Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art, Volume 12

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Bracha Yaniv is Professor Emerita of Jewish Art History at Bar-Ilan University and founding editor of Ars Judaica: The Bar-Ilan Journal of Jewish Art. She is the author of The Carved Wooden Torah Arks of Eastern Europe (2017) and Ceremonial Synagogue Textiles from Ashkenazi Sephardi and Italian Communities (2019) both published by the Littman Library. Sara Offenberg is Lecturer in the Jewish Art Department at Bar-Ilan University. She published articles and a book on Jewish-Christian relations in art and literature the image of the Jew in Christian art and literature Hasidei Ashkenaz Piyyut Commentary and Hebrew illuminated prayer books. Mirjam Rajner is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. Since 2005 she has been co-editor of Ars Judaica the leading journal on Jewish art and visual culture. She has published numerous articles on Marc Chagall and modern central and east European Jewish art in exhibition catalogues edited volumes and academic journals such as East European Jewish Studies Images Jewish Art Nashim Studia Rosenthaliana and Studies in Contemporary Jewry. She is the author of Fragile Images: Jews and Art in Yugoslavia19181945 (2019) and is currently co-editing a collection of articles entitled Crossing Borders: Jewish History and Culture in Southeastern Europe. Ilia Rodov is Head of the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University. He is the author of many works on European synagogue art focusing on the history patronage and meanings of synagogue paintings sculptures architectural decoration and furniture design.