Video · Winner · Shmitah Brick By Brick by Levi Selig of Oakland Hebrew Day School || Hello, our names are Levi, Simon, and Eitan. We go to Oakland Hebrew Day School. And… Read more
Ritual Object · Winner · Renewing Shmita by Idelle Hammond-Sass || This ritual object was conceived as an object to explore the creation of a personal Shmita ritual. In its current iteration… Read more
Fine Art · Winner · Sleeping Huts by Mira Burack || How do we create space for valuing rest, stillness, deep breathing, contemplation, and connection to the land? We live in the… Read more
Written Word · The Thistle by Benjamin Shalva || I believe the Shmita cycle – working six years, resting on the seventh – is a natural cycle, something that resonates… Read more
Performance Art / Music / Liturgy · Winner · Seij Años by Jessi Roemer || This is a music video for my original composition, Seij Años, a musical setting of a Ladino translation of Torah verses… Read more
Performance Art / Music / Liturgy · Earth Chant/Yotzeir Or by Alisa Fineman || I love Shabbat, especially because it’s all about getting back to the garden. Shabbat is the sacred instruction to cease from… Read more
Ritual Object · I HAD A GREAT TIME by Maya Simkin || I HAD A GREAT TIME is a built space for a ritual suspension. After learning a text from Menachot 29b, where… Read more
Ritual Object · Shabbat Candlesticks by Cassandra Clark || I made this artwork because I love handmade Judaica. It is ceramic painted with acrylic and finished with acrylic glaze. The… Read more
Performance Art / Music / Liturgy · Sulam Slam by Lisë Stern || I’ve always been drawn to Jacob’s dreams, so mysterious and compelling. When he leaves his childhood home, forever, as it turns… Read more
Performance Art / Music / Liturgy · Shmitacure by Sara Phina || Nails are an outer symbol of adornment/ feminine beauty. Women are told that they have to primp and “prune” to meet… Read more
Ritual Object · Seven Strands for Seven Years by Sara Phina || Havdalah is a weekly ritual. A havdalah candle must have at least two flames to form a torch. Shmita is the seventh year… Read more