Victor Majzner: Painting the Torah

Victor Majzner is a highly regarded Australian
painter who has produced an extraordinary new
body of work - an ambitious and beautiful collection
of watercolours - for every parashah (the weekly
reading from the Torah).
Painted over a six year period, these paintings are
imbued with symbols which reflect the Australian
Jewish experience.

“So now write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel, place it in their mouths”
                                                                                                                                           [Deuteronomy 31:19]

I’m not a scribe. I’m a painter, so I decided to paint mine. My original intention through this project was to learn more Torah and hopefully make a contribution to the body of Jewish Art. Having completed it, however, I hope that my paintings can also provide a new level of meditation, contemplation and understanding of Torah.                 Victor Majzner

3 August - 7 September

NATIONALITY:   STATELESS:   DESTINATION:   AUSTRALIA
The Joint (JDC) and theAustralian Survivor Community
an exhibition that tells the story of the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee’s (JDC’s) role in helping thousandsof post-war Jewish refugees
to rebuild their lives in Australia.