From ‘The 613,’ by Archie Rand (all images by Archie Rand, courtesy Blue Rider Press) In the year 2000, Brooklyn-born painter Archie Rand embarked on the most ambitious project of his career: He would ...

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(RNS) Painterly engagement with the central texts of Judaism almost doesn’t exist. Except for Archie Rand. (RNS) A new book by a trailblazing artist raises an old question: Is there such a thing as ...

The first report that the Torah contains 613 commandments dates to the third century CE, when Rabbi Simlai mentioned this concept in a sermon that is recorded in the Babylonian Talmud, Makkot 23b. The ...

The Ten Commandments come twice in the Torah, the first time in Parashat Yitro (this Shabbat) and the second time (with changes) in Parashat Va’et’channan. There are actually 613 commandments, of ...

A new book by a trailblazing artist raises an old question: Is there such a thing as truly Jewish art? And its corollary: If so, would anyone buy it? On Nov. 10, Penguin Random House’s Blue Rider ...