Siona Benjamin
Painting Pictures of India’s Jews
Siona Benjamin traveled to India to document the lives of Mumbai’s remaining Jews, transforming the stories into a collection of paintings.
The Flavors of Jewish India
There are fewer than 5,000 Indian Jews still living in India. Growing up, artist Siona Benjamin was one of them. She shares their recipes and culinary secrets.
Bombay Blue
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Treating Sacred Texts as Art Objects at Museum of Biblical Art
What happens when an artist takes an ancient Jewish text and turns it into contemporary art? A dozen did their best to turn the sacred into the starkly compelling.
Are We Living in a Golden Age of Jewish Art?
Most people do not know that we are living in a golden age of Jewish American art. But, as I will explain in a lecture at the Jewish Museum on March 7, we are.