Finding community & solidarity thru artmaking!

[u/so_finch]

made this print after connecting with Jewish antizionists local to me, had a little art Shabbat gathering where I started sketching the idea out, and then sold prints at an art market that someone hosted in their home where 100% of the sales went directly to mutual aid funds. (We raised a significant amt of money, for a fairly impromptu, private event!) Grateful for the connections I’ve made locally for the energy to create and stay active/present when the horror of what’s happening in our names makes me want to shut down.

The print spells out “teshuvah,” meaning return but also usually taken to mean repair/repentance, & is meaningful to the high holidays as the beginning of a new year & the time to make teshuvah for our mistakes & harm we’ve caused. The symbols are keys of return, watermelon, patterns from a keffiyeh, & olive branches. This is my first block print in a verrrry long time so please be kind about the quality :)

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Rabbi David Mivasair has a GoFundMe to help provide basis necessities for the Palestinians of Gaza. If it is within your means, this is the link:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-gaza-families-survive

Rabbi Mivasair writes:

I want to add that the need is not only for money. There is a huge need for people there to simply have someone NOT there who expresses care toward them, who listens to them, who witnesses with compassion and empathy. I think of the people who scrawled on the walls of barracks in Nazi concentration camps "if only someone on the outside knew what they are doing to us here". I want to be the people who let them know that we do care, we are listening, we are trying to help, and they can tell us what is going on in their lives.

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Please consider signing this petition which calls for a ceasefire and arms embargo, started by Rabbi Brant Rosen of Tzedek Chicago.

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/not-another-bomb-sign-on-letter?source=direct_link&referrer=group-jvp-2

Excerpt:

We know that in order to achieve a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the U.S. must stop arming Israel’s war and occupation against Palestinians. That’s why we are calling for an immediate embargo on US arms to Israel. Join us in calling on presidential candidate Kamala Harris to distance herself from Biden’s disastrous policy of arming Israel’s ongoing genocide and occupation in Palestine.

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[u/Think-Discipline1576]

This is very beautiful! I really love it

[u/bearoscuro]

Hey that looks really great! Is it a linocut or something else? I was considering getting into printmaking a while back but I made a pact with myself to not buy any more art supplies until I got through my existing ones, haha :')

[u/so_finch → u/bearoscuro]

It’s a soft block/rubber- I find Lino is a little hard for me but maybe one day I’ll get there!

[u/Menschlichkat]

This is soooo lovely and visually satisfying to the eye. Thank u for sharing!

[u/sar662]

Thanks for explaining. I thought it was succot themed with raindrops and haddasim but then was unsure about the keys.

[u/anusfalafels]

Beautiful. But tshuva doesn’t means return. At least not in the sense you’re meaning it to

[u/anusfalafels → u/anusfalafels]

It only means return in the context of “returning” to god

[u/accidentalrorschach]

Truly gorgeous work

[u/malry]

So beautiful!! Love seeing the combo of motifs 💜