{"product_id":"reinventing-ritual-daniel-belasco-9780300146820","title":"Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eA guidebook to the most current trends in contemporary Jewish art and design, \u003ci\u003eReinventing Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e provides an unprecedented look at the work and thought of contemporary artists as they respond to the needs and practices of traditional culture. Beautifully illustrated with new art from Israel, Europe, and the Americas, this publication features both traditional and avant-garde sculpture, textiles, architecture, metalwork, and ceramics by forty leading artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Daniel Belasco surveys current trends in Jewish ritual art and the influences of feminism, environmentalism, multiculturalism, and new media; Julie Lasky provides a groundbreaking discussion of the role of recycling and social consciousness in contemporary Jewish design; Danya Ruttenberg, a recently ordained rabbi, offers a lively perspective on the constantly evolving Jewish impulse \"to concretize the encounter with the Divine\"; Arnold M. Eisen writes an absorbing and personal commentary on the role of ritual in Jewish life today; and Tamar Rubin contributes an illustrated timeline covering key Jewish cultural and historical events from 1994 to 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with The Jewish Museum \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jewish Museum, New York (September 13, 2009-February 7, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (April 22 - September 28, 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Belasco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300146825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300146820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.28w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010","brand":"Daniel Belasco","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44598224584959,"sku":"9780300146820","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a5acda5-b337-432a-94e4-4d59c09e1c9c.jpg?v=1702381297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reinventing-ritual-daniel-belasco-9780300146820","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}