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By TAHLIB

There’s a lot about what happens to us in life that we cannot control. What we can control, however, is how we seek God in the midst of all the craziness. How do you get there? Jews believe it takes moments like those experienced by their first Patriarch Abraham, when you relinquish your grip on your picture of your future and risk putting all your trust in God. Jewish artist, Yona Verwer makes "Temple Talismans", or contemporary amulets for health and protection, including the "Orchard Hamsa Red Amulet" (above) as her way of focusing her trust in God. It takes confidence to trust God to give what only God can provide, and that makes today's art opening of "Temple Talismans" at Temple Adad Israel in Sag Harbor in Long Island, NY, the NEWS OF WEEK.

In other Religious Art news from across the USA, and the world:

• Teenage performance artists take Angelic forms to protest 52,173 killings since 2006 by Mexican drug cartels. [More: Christian News]
• Ardis Zarem's elaborate wedding canopy -- a chuppah is the centerpiece of a new exhibit - "Mazel Tov: A Celebration of Jewish Weddings" - at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee. [More: Judaic News]
• Amr Fekry's new photography book, "Holy of Holies" was released yesterday and reflects on Egypt's Islamic, Coptic, and ancient identities. [More: Islamic News]
• Mallikarjuna Rao paints to recreate the past glory of Buddhism, and his collectors have joined the journey by putting the show on the road. [More: Buddhist News]
• Tyeb Mehta's painting, "Mahishasura" (1996) recounts a Hindu legend where a demon-king produces a son through his union with a she-buffalo, and is expected to fetch up to $2.8 million at auction on Monday. [More: Hindu News]
• Ridley Scott's new film "Prometheus" takes movie goers in search of God with questions of why the creator(s) would give up on us, and explores our search to know the motivations of our creator(s) despite the horrors of the journey? [More: Interfaith News]

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