CJP Arts & Culture

Explore and appreciate the beauty of Jewish arts and culture, together. See what our Arts and Culture Grantees are up to, and view upcoming events.

Traditional Middle eastern Persian chicken and lamb meat Shashlik Kebab (skewered meat) BBQ Grill on flat pita bread and saffron rice and tahchin and pomegranate on a dark background. Iranian cuisine

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An Evening With Esther

Nov 12, 5:00 pm

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Free

Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

Thursday, November 12 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum25 Evans WayBoston, MA 02115

Requires registration Free

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Olivia Link, Haylee Denham and Gabriela Amy-Moreno in “Do I Want to Remember” by Rachel Linsky (Photo: Olivia Moon Photography)

8/4/2026 Top Pick

Community Creative Fellowship: Seven Years Later

From music and film to dance, food and visual art, discover how the Community Creative Fellowship helps Jewish artists make a lasting impact.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

7/6/2026 Top Pick

“Echoes of Home”: An Immersive Art Exhibit at The Vilna

Through ceramics, textiles, watercolor and found objects, “Echoes of Home” explores immigration, memory and belonging.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

5/20/2026 Top Pick

Did Medieval Jews Hide a ‘Secret Synagogue’ in Tarot Cards?

“Torah in the Tarot,” on view through June at the Vilna Shul, explores claims that tarot cards were created by early crypto-Jews.

By Rich TenorioFor The Times of Israel

5/1/2026 Top Pick

Jewish Dragons and Other Stories

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

4/16/2026 Top Pick

“Interlaced/Interwoven” – Reimagining Jewish Ritual Through Art

Two artists explore healing, connection, and Jewish ritual through weaving and mosaic in a collaborative exhibit at Mayyim Hayyim.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

2/9/2026 Top Pick

Meet CJP’s 2026 Arts and Culture Grantees

From theater and film to music, dance and visual art, meet 10 Greater Boston artists redefining Jewish creativity in 2026.

By Dan SeligsonFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

Yuval Gur and Shirah Rubin with Sandra Mayo embroidery for Malegria

12/16/2025 Top Pick

Boston Heads to the Jerusalem Biennale

An American Israeli art show in the heart of the world.

By Laura Conrad MandelFor Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture

Jayden Declet and Library Lion (by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop) in Adam Theater’s “Library Lion” (Photo: Dan Jentzen)

11/3/2025 Top Pick

“Library Lion” Roars Onto the Stage in a Musical Celebration of Inclusivity

By Penny SchwartzFor JewishBoston

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