PARSHA IN PICTURES

Stockholm

Creative

Text Studies

Tuesdays 19:15-21:15

8 sessions

Application

Applications are open until June 22.

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Each session, we look at that week’s Torah reading, or Parsha, for insight into our contemporary lives, our relationships and our inner worlds. The texts and commentaries guide us in creating and exploring an expressive, creative vocabulary of symbols and marks on paper, using various art materials and techniques of art therapy. 

The course is given in collaboration with the Jewish Community in Stockholm.

 

Course structure

The methods used in the course are lectures, discussions and artmaking. 

Prior knowledge

The course is given in English.

No artistic or textual experience is needed, the course is also suitable to those with previous knowledge of the weekly Torah reading, Parsha.

Course material

Course material is included in the cost for this course.

About the teacher

Esther Amster moved to Stockholm as a Rabbanit in the Jewish Community and lives here with her husband, Rabbi Mattias Amster, and their children. Esther received her Masters degree in Art Therapy from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and has studied Jewish texts, thought and history at schools in the US and Israel, receiving her BA from Touro College.

She has taught studio art for over ten years, led art therapy groups with a focus on identity and empowerment, and taught Jewish texts with special attention to symbolism in Jewish thought and practice. 

Photo: Canva/Paideia.

Frequently Asked Questions

Application

Applications are open until June 22.

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Course information

Times

Tuesdays 19:15-21:15

Course start

Tuesday 9 September

8 sessions

Teacher

Esther Amster

Application deadline

Sunday 22 June

Admission

The admission letter is sent via email approximately 2 weeks before the start of the course. Check your spam folder if you are missing information.

Costs

450 SEK to be paid via invoice or PayPal. Information about payments will be sent in the admission letter.

Miscellaneous

The course is given if a sufficient amount of participants apply. The profile courses are closed during some Jewish holidays and on bank holidays.

Contact

Paideia Folkhögskola

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