Price NIS 8,000/$2,200 This 30 layer paper cut Mizrach is inspired by the ceiling design of a synagogue in Tashkent Uzbekistan. In the West, one faces East toward Jerusalem to pray. Many Jewish households have a Mizrach (East) to indicate this direction. I have recently […]
Original not available. Recreations NIS 900/$250 are available by commission Havdalah in Hebrew means to differentiate or to discern nuanced distinctions – even to the point of hair splitting (and now gene splitting!). The ribbons are actually hair follicles magnified 600-fold! Havdalah partway completed Mechitzoth […]
CLICK HERE FOR MAGAZINE ARTICLE: More Than Meets the Eye; The Art of Jonathan Lyon, Inyan Magazine Article 3:18:2015
This is my favorite type of tree. They are both ancient and majestic. They are some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world, containing the repository of 2-3,000 years worth of climate conditions in their trunks and 10,000+ years worth in their root […]
Tallit Kavannah Papercut on Tyvek Paper 46″x55″ NIS 25,000/$6,900 each is cut individually by hand by commission By Jonathan Lyon 1-6-2015 Tallit Kavannah incorporates the many themes and contexts to remember, which interconnect and depend on each other to create kavannah (mental preparation and intention) […]
The 4 Sons of the Passover Seder: Original not for sale. Recreations available by commission NIS 700/$200 plus shipping At the Passover Seder, we read about the 4 Sons and their very different approaches and interactions with the Seder. I have symbolically incorporated several themes […]
Marc Berkowitz: If You Save One Life, It Is as if You Saved An Entire Universe The boy in this picture is a survivor of Auschwitz and one of the twins experimented on by “Dr.” Joseph Mengele. The iconic picture of him when found, […]
Original not for sale. Recreations available by commission NIS 700/$200 plus shipping This paper cut came to me in a dream. It expresses my love for my congregation, symbolized here by our synagogue and it’s surrounding references. It shows the synagogue, sitting on a foundation […]
Tracks vs Ladders: They tried to destroy our vision and yet we dare to dream.
Original not for sale. Recreations available by commission NIS 700/$200 plus shipping In this wall hanging, Sukkoth has yet to arrive. The Sukkoth do not yet have greenery on them. There are two doves in the picture one of being white and the other transparent, […]
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