Anne Grant opened her traveling art exhibit “Shmattes” at the Brody Jewish Center Friday. Grant, who received her degree in Jewish Studies from the University in 2012, presents viewers with a collection of t-shirts to show different representations of cultural Jewish identity in modern America.
Over the past two years, Grant has compiled over 150 shirts for her collection. The project began as a response to an op-ed in an Israeli newspaper that warned readers about the rise of American youth who consider themselves culturally Jewish but are not ritually observant, labelling them as a threat to Judaism.
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