Calla Lily Papercut Ketubah

Posted by on May 2, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News, Papercuts | 0 comments

Calla Lily Papercut Ketubah

The bride and groom approached me with a desire to develop an elaborate and meaningful papercut design for their ketubah, and with just that much information and their short list of images – calla lilies, menorah, chai, a tree of life symbol, their Hebrew names, and a passage from Song of Songs – I set to work!  I chose a domed shape for the text and a curved top to the entire piece to soften the look, as well as to connect to some historic ketubot, and tapped some traditional patterns from Arabic tilework as the lacy network to hold the papercut together.  Hours and hours of cutting, and about two dozen blades left me with a happily tingling forefinger and a carpet of confetti!  The couple chose to frame the ketubah by first mounting it on museum grade (non-reflective) Plexiglas, for the ceremony, that will eventually give the impression that the papercut ketubah is floating above the backing mat once the framing is complete. The lettering around the perimeter reads, “Ani l’dodi v’dodi li” in Hebrew across the top, and the English translation, “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,” wrapping around the bottom.  On either side are the bride and groom’s names in Hebrew.  The engineering challenge in crafting a papercut is to make sure everything stays attached, so particular care is taken to plan connections before a knife touches the paper. Calla Lily Papercut Ketubah    ...

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Illumination demonstration, Lafayette College

Posted by on Mar 28, 2012 in News, Susan at work | 0 comments

Illumination demonstration, Lafayette College

In March, 2012, I gave lecture/demonstration titled “The Improbable History of Sarajevo Hagaddah” at Lafayette College in Easton, PA. In large ‘smart’ lecture hall, and could take advantage of document camera to project lettering, gilding, and design work as gave students, faculty, and community members glimpse of how work was manuscripts in 14th Century! http://www.buy-online-watches.com/ https://www.replicawatchesguide.com/ https://www.best-watches.cc/ https://www.swissreplicas.to www.replica-watch.org http://www.123celebrities.com/ www.expresssgiftz.com...

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YIddish in the Nutshell: The Stories and Songs that Shaped the Wild Things!

Posted by on Mar 9, 2012 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

YIddish in the Nutshell: The Stories and Songs that Shaped the Wild Things!

Sunday, April 15 starting at 3:00 pm, the Haverford Township Free Library will swell with the traditional sounds of Yiddish song and the Klezmer clarinet as Susan Leviton accompanied by Ken Ulansey bring Maurice Sendak‘s childhood neighborhood, family, and influences into new focus. The library was chosen as one of 15 across the nation to host a traveling exhibit from the Rosenbach Museum, home of the Sendak archive.  The program will be an interactive, intergenerational Wild Rumpus with costumes, props, and sing-along materials, so if you are anywhere close by, make tracks to Haverford for a truly Sendakian afternoon! Here’s the link to see everything at the library about the exhibit, which is titled “In the Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak.  The exhibit runs through April 20, 2012....

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Lafayette College

Posted by on Mar 6, 2012 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Lafayette College

Lafayette College Hillel will host me on Tuesday evening, March 21, 2012, where I’ll be presenting a program on the unlikely history of the Sarajevo Hagaddah.  The program will include a lecture, art demonstration of design, lettering and gilding techniques, and songs relating to the 13th Century treasure as it tracked the movement of Jews from the Iberian peninsula through Venice, Rome, Sarajevo, and beyond.  Although the story that Geraldine Brooks wove in her celebrated People of the Book is spectacular historic fiction, the ACTUAL events that saved the book over and over are even more compelling! Appropriate to the weeks just before Passover, I will be singing songs in the Judeo-Spanish dialect of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia,  Yiddish, and Hebrew, and a Pesach melody from Morocco.  Click HERE for specifics from the college...

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Dayton Concert with Lauren Brody

Posted by on Mar 1, 2012 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Dayton Concert with Lauren Brody

Two full sets of music in a concert titled “Weaving Our Lives in Song” will feature the new team of Susan Leviton accompanied by Lauren Brody on accordion and vocals – when and where?  Sunday, April 1, 2012 in Dayton, Ohio.  The Lynda A. Cohen Yiddish Club and the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton are sponsors for what will be a spectacular event for all who attend.  A seed was planted during my program offerings at last summer’s International Conference of Yiddish Clubs in Detroit, and after months of planning, Lauren and I are ready to take the stage! To read more, click...

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