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- location Hebrew College
Mark E. Atkins and Family Atrium
1860 Washington Street
Newton, MA 02466 - cost Free
- organizer Hebrew College's Arts Initiative
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FALL ART EXHIBIT
September 9 – December 18, 2026
We invite you to visit our fall art exhibit, “Psalm 27: A Dialogue with Text and Art” featuring works by 18 artists responding creatively to
this timeless biblical poem. The psalm is traditionally recited daily in the month of Elul and throughout the High Holidays, where its complex spirituality and expansive emotional landscape echoes the season’s liturgy of sacred accounting and return. The poem cycles through several emotional registers including resolve, fear, despair, and sincerity, invoking biblical war imagery, ritual practice, and legal metaphor, ultimately directing the listener’s attention to the strength of the divine. Attributed to King David, Psalm 27’s tonal contrasts and varied rhetoric chart a profound and relatable tension between worldly fear and divine faith.
Visit the exhibit to view a curated selection of works generated in conversation with the Psalm.
Join us online for our next Tamid of Hebrew College free GROW program on Wednesday, August 12 2026, when Rabbi Or Rose will speak about “Seeing God’s Shelter: Psalm 27 & Preparing for the High Holy Days.”
About the Program
Why has it become customary to read Psalm 27 in preparation for the High Holy Days? When did this come to be? What are the actual contents of this ancient prayer-poem? How has it been understood by Jewish interpreters throughout the ages? In this special GROW session, we will explore these and other related questions as we enter the month of Elul — the final month before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rabbi Rose will draw on a variety of materials, including from his new co-edited volume, Returning Higher: Hasidic & Neo-Hasidic Wisdom for the High Holy Day Journey (Panui Press, 2026).
GROW is Tamid of Hebrew College’s free, monthly adult learning program, offering an hour with us to Gather, Reflect, Observe, and Wrestle with topics that will deepen your Jewish learning.