In this first episode of Disloyal we talk about A Fence Around The Torah, the Jewish Museum of Maryland's latest contemporary art exhibit. It explores how Jewish communities navigate the concepts of safety and unsafety in traditional, contemporary, and futuristic ways. The fifteen featured artists tap into ancestral and historical Jewish narratives, while imagining what safety, solidarity, and mutual aid mean in today’s world. The exhibit focuses on how people who have been marginalized and excluded from Jewish institutional spaces experience physical and emotional harm and safety. It was on view in person at the Jewish Museum of Maryland this past winter, and lives on online at afencearoundthetorah.com.

Sol Davis, Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Maryland

Liora Ostroff, Painter and Curator-in-Residence at the Jewish Museum of Maryland