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2004

Format:	Book
Author:	Bilski, Emily D., 1956-
Title:	Objects of the spirit : ritual and the art of Tobi Kahn / Emily D. Bilski ; meditations by Nessa Rapoport ; with essays by Leora Auslander [and others].
Publisher, Date:	New York : Avoda Arts : Hudson Hills Press ; [Lanham, Md.?] : Distributed in the U.S. through National Book Network, ©2004.
Description:	159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Summary:	This volume details the art of ritual in Jewish ceremony and how those customs relate to the rise of spirituality in the United States. Tobi Kahn's work offers a look at ritual observances and captures the yearning for shared spaces that help inspire the search for spirituality.
Subjects:	Kahn, Tobi, 1952- -- Criticism and interpretation. Judaism -- Liturgical objects -- United States.
Other Author:	Kahn, Tobi, 1952- Rapoport, Nessa. Auslander, Leora.
Other Title:	Ritual and the art of Tobi Kahn
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-151).
Contents:	Tobi Kahn's objects of the spirit / Emily D. Bilski -- Shaping the sacred in contemporary art / Terrence E. Dempsey, S.J. -- Resisting context: the spiritual objects of Tobi Kahn / Leora Auslander -- The birth of rituals / Jonathan Rosen -- Meditations / Nessa Rapoport -- Creating Midrash: an artist's perspective / Ruth Weisberg.
LCCN:	2004041037
ISBN:	9781555952471 155595247X
Other Number:	54046180
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Control Number:	139209
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Call Number:	709.2 Kahn

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