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'It's my gift to the world': Why this Canadian artist painted all 54 chapters of the Torah

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JL;DR SUMMARY Sheila Nemtin Levine has undertaken the immense task of creating 54 large mixed-media paintings, each representing one chapter of the Torah, integrating modern elements and cultural references into her art. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish EducationMontrealJewish ResilienceArt ExhibitCultural EngagementSheila Nemtin LevineTablet TableauxMixed Media ArtB'nei Mitzvah

Places mentioned

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Montreal artist Sheila Nemton-Levine painted the Torah out of her home, synagogues in Montreal hosted exhibits."
Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec, Canada
"Rabbi Mark Fishman, the spiritual leader at the time of her synagogue in Dalar de Zarmou."
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