The panel is also divided into five groups of four paintings, according to the colour of their background. The continuity of the mountains, forests, and words, on the one hand, and the discontinuity of their background, on the other, create an opportunity to think about the pandemic as a situation that emphasizes these two aspects in our lives.

In these paintings, Noa portrays a world inhibited by objects such as stars, moons, flowers, houses, glasses of wine, and hearts. Many of them are animated, communicating with one another and with the viewer. They bring softness and sweetness to a world that is partially depicted upside down.

"Artist in Residence" is Noa’s work-from-home project as a Research Assistant at the Centre. She will display it at the Centre when the campus is re-open. We are delighted to have enabled Noa to share with us her experience through a creative endeavor. Currently, her art is reflecting upon the present we all share, but in the future, it will serve as a document that tells us about the past.

The following images show details of the paintings, which are all ink and acrylic on paper, 23 x 30.5 cm.

We will be celebrating the works of Natalie Morrill, Kathy Kacer and Jordana Lebowitz, Pierre Anctil, Max Wallace, Rebecca Papucaru, Daniel Kupfert Heller, Seymour Mayne, and Anne Renaud and Richard Rudnicki.

Please join us for a meet-the-author reception and book signing after the ceremony.

Passes to the Student Services Parking Structure will be available on site.

The venue is located just outside the �첥��Ƶ subway station (TTC Line 1).

Register .

Free and Open to the Public.

Please register by email at cjs@yorku.ca

Prof. Della Pergola will discuss how seventy years of Israeli statehood offer an opportunity to review the ways in which several major processes of change have shaped Jewish peoplehood.

Free and Open to the Public

Light Kosher Refreshments

Parking is available at the York Lanes Parking Garage and the Vanier Parking Lot.

TTC access: From Line 1 - �첥��Ƶ station exits directly across from the Kaneff Tower.

Call for Submissions

The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards will again acknowledge excellence in writing on Jewish themes and subjects by Canadian authors.

The 2018 awards program will accept submissions of books on Jewish subjects or with significant Jewish content published between May 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018.

The submission deadline is May 31, 2018.

Last year more than 60 submissions were received from Canadian publishers. Some of the books recognized by the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards have gone on to receive other major awards, including a Governor General’s Literary Award for My Shoes Are Killing Me by Robyn Sarah, and a National Jewish Book Award in the United States for Birth, Sex and Abuse: Women's Voices Under Nazi Rule by Beverley Chalmers.

For more information see the Submission Criteria and the Award Categories below or contact: Edward Trapunski, Chair, info@cjlawards.ca.

Submission Criteria

We invite you to submit any books on a Jewish theme or on a Jewish topic by a Canadian author. The prizes will continue the tradition of recognizing the best books on Jewish subjects by Canadian authors, who need not themselves be Jewish.

Eligibility

• Books written on subjects with Jewish themes or with significant Jewish content
• Books written by Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada
• Books written in English or French
• Books published between May 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018
• Books with a 13 digit ISBN, including E-books
• Books with Jewish content written by non-Jewish authors are eligible
• Graphic books are eligible
• Previously submitted titles, new translations (except from Yiddish) and reissues are not eligible.

How to Submit

• Five copies of each book.
• For E-Books: Three free downloads and two hard copies.
• Completed submission form 2018.
• $40 entry fee per title submitted.

Cheques should be made out to:

"�첥��Ƶ – Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies"

and mailed along with copies of your books to:

The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards

Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies

763 Kaneff Tower, �첥��Ƶ,

4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3

Early submission is encouraged and appreciated!