An Evening of Jewish Culture with Chabad at the Beaches
Sunday, January 12, 2025 from 04:00pm to 06:00pm
Beaches Museum and History Park
381 Beach Boulevard
$25.00
Art: Judaic themed art exhibit with renowned artist Suzanne Schuenke
Music: A taste of Jewish Music
Lecture: From the Talmud to Netflix: Jewish Humor through the ages with Dr. Caroline Gruenbaum
Cuisine: Wine Bar & Decadent Desserts
About the Artist:
German-American artist Susanne Schuenke was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, and received her education in Cologne and London, earning her doctorate at the University of Cologne in 1986. Since then she has been living and working successfully in the USA while maintaining strong and lively connections with Europe.
Her fine oil paintings and watercolors possess the technical old-master quality. Her unique stylizations and the rich nuances of her palette enhance her compositions. In the narrative surrealistic artwork of Susanne Schuenke one can find fascinating connections between form and color, discover an animated dialogue, or start a meditative journey into new dimensions. This exhibit will focus on Susanne's Judaic inspired collection.
Dr. Schuenke has presented her works to an international public in one-person and group exhibitions in England, Germany, France, and the United States.
About the Lecturer
Caroline Gruenbaum is Assistant Director of Digital Content at the Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization. She is the author of Reading across Cultures: Translating Romances, Fables, and Poetry in Medieval Ashkenaz (Cornell, 2025) and the co-editor of Medieval and Early Modern Jewish Romance (Arc Humanities, 2023), and has published and taught widely on the topic of medieval literature and Jewish culture. Caroline holds a PhD from New York University in Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
