by Susan Schnur
The Old Is New Again
Ken Goldman, 52, is one of the most whimsical Judaica artists out there [check out kengoldmanart.com]. A communitarian — he’s lived on Kibbutz Shluchot for 27 years, but is a New Jersey boy — he was first drawn to house rings because they “belonged to the community, then became personal property for a short while, then reverted to the community with additional marriages in their history.” Goldman sees his artistic responsibility as “reviving traditions and making them work in this century,” and he especially likes forms, like house rings, that have both Ashkenazi and Sephardic antecedents.
by Rabbi Susan Schnur
House Ring! Housework! Pioneering Men, Step Up!
by Alix Kates Shulman
As parents, we believe we must share all responsibility for taking care of our children and home — not only the work, but the responsibility.