Pittsburgh's Beth Shalom Art Show Gets Under Way This Week

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
By Toby Tabachnick

"Synagogue ll" by Shemuel Katz

PENNSYLVANIA - Congregation Beth Shalom [Pittsburgh] will host a festival this week showcasing more than 1,500 works of Israeli art, including original oil and watercolor paintings, lithographs, etchings and woodcuts, at the synagogue. All the art, which will be on exhibit from Sept. 22 to 25, comes from the Safrai Gallery in Jerusalem and will be available for purchase. “The only other way of seeing such a large quantity of Israeli art is to come to Israel,” said gallery owner Menachem Safrai, whose grandfather founded the business in 1935. The artworks range in price as well as style, and represent about 100 different artists. All the artists, with the notable exception of Marc Chagall, are Israeli. Safrai Gallery brings its art as a fundraiser to various synagogues and Jewish organizations throughout the United States several times a year. [link]