From ‘The 613,’ by Archie Rand (all images by Archie Rand, courtesy Blue Rider Press) In the year 2000, Brooklyn-born painter Archie Rand embarked on the most ambitious project of his career: He would ...

(RNS) Painterly engagement with the central texts of Judaism almost doesn’t exist. Except for Archie Rand. (RNS) A new book by a trailblazing artist raises an old question: Is there such a thing as ...

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There is a comforting story we tell ourselves. It holds that suffering ennobles, that the persecuted become the most reliable guardians against persecution, that a people who endured the full ...

A new book illustrating each one of the 613 commandments according to Maimonides’ count has been published by artist Archie Rand. Rand began working on the original masterwork for the book, a 17 foot ...

The Ten Commandments come twice in the Torah, the first time in Parashat Yitro (this Shabbat) and the second time (with changes) in Parashat Va’et’channan. There are actually 613 commandments, of ...