Author: Oshman Family JCC

Deercrop

That Moment When Nature Takes Your Breath Away

Some of my most treasured childhood memories are visiting Rancho San Antonio Nature preserve with my parents and sister. Hearing the rushing sound of the stream, smelling the pungent scent of bay leaves, coming upon a barn owl, seeing a bobcat in the distance, visiting animals at Deer Hollow Farm—all...

The "Mona Lisa of the Galilee" portion of the Sepphoris Mosaic in  Zippori, Israel.

A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words

Consciously or unconsciously, visual art influences our perception of God. Classical images shown to us as children, paintings memorized during art history class to fulfill college requirements, and the occasional visit to an art museum increase our exposure to visual depictions of the divine. For the past 2,000 years or...