More Published Art

More Published Art

Faye's Phalaenopsis
I'm thrilled my sister's orchid is used on my photo card.

Orchid photo used for congregation donation acknowledgement card

Ahavat Torah Donation Card

© Joy Krauthammer

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Feels good to be a Creative Soul Featured Artist Interview:

http://thecreativesoul.org/news/featured-artist-joy-krauthammer

Happy that American Guild of Judaic Art shares my Featured Artist link

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Japanese Cherry Trees

Lake Balboa © Joy Krauthammer 

Photos and Poem Published by City of Los Angeles

full poem:  http://joys-poems.blogspot.com/2012/02/blossoming-cherry-trees.html

... and more...

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Santa Susanna State Historical Park published Joy's photos of Jan. 1, 2014 public hike.
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Photos from Dancing With My Soul retreat 1.23-25.2015
published in LEV EISHA newsletter Feb. 2015:

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Poem and Photo added to LEV EISHA newsletter:

© Joy Krauthammer

Published in Lev Eisha news, Jan. 2014

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FUN to have your photos published in organizations' new web sites

taken by you, and you in them.
These are the cover photos for main and additional sections
and a colored filter reduces brightness of images:

Joy's Timbrels, cover photo

published in Lev Eisha new website, Feb. 2014

© Joy Krauthammer

Joy's talleisim collage cover photo

published ongoing in Lev Eisha new website, March 2014

 Says, "A Place for Spritual Growth."

© Joy Krauthammer

"Weave sacred vestments out of glory and splendor."

- Exodus 28:2

Original collage before purple filter is added:

Talleisim cover photo.

Created photo collage this week from friends' talleisim. 

Some friends made their own.  Ahh, lots of purple! 

Happy that collage is now the cover photo for a shul's website.

© Joy Krauthammer

Lev Eisha Dancing With My Soul retreat

Joyous Nature Photo Walk  2015

© Joy Krauthammer 

Lev Eisha Dancing With My Soul Retreat Closing Circle

© Joy Krauthammer  2015

Lev Eisha Retreat Closing Circle

© Joy Krauthammer  2013

Lev Eisha Retreat Closing Circle

© Joy Krauthammer

Joy, Sarah, Robin, Sharon

Lev Eisha at Wagner Women Weekend

my camera 2013

Lev Eisha Dancing With My Soul retreat

Joyous Nature Photo Walk  2015

Joy's timbrel leading women in dance Aviva's bridal shower

Aviva, Joy, Karen R, Karen W, Hare

 cover photo published in Lev Eisha new website, Feb. 2014

© Aaron Kirsch

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Happy that my photos taken of Lev Eisha women at Wagner Women retreat 

are included in Lev Eisha April 2014 newsletter.

A joyous community of Jewish women engaged in prayer, study and spiritual growth   Newsletter/April 2014 Wagner Women Celebrate Purim 2014 The weekend of March 14th found an enthusiastic group of women enjoying each other's friendship, sharing Shabbat, celebrating Purim, and marveling at the beauty of nature at Brandeis-Bardin in Simi Valley. For over 30 years women from all over California and beyond have come together for this special weekend.  LEPREKAUFMANs Carol Kaufman and daughter Gabrielle Levanthal. The Queen Rabbi August always does an amazing job as our spiritual leader and teacher. Cindy, Joy, and Robin brought their usual vitality and ruach to the weekend. There was an opportunity to join in the singing, dancing, hiking, and workshops. There was also time to relax with friends - both old and new, to read, or to enjoy exploring the property and commune with nature. Saturday night, after Havdalah, several of our women, under Cindy's guidance, performed a Purim Shpiel based on "Westside Story" called "Middle Eastside Story". The songs, costumes, and adapted story had us laughing and cheering all evening! Congrats to all participants - you were "maahvelous"! Marion Klein Robin Winston and mom Myrna Kayton Lynn Beliak and mom Edith Ballonoff Marion Klein, Louise Feinberg, and Annie Cindy singing Pete Seeger songs with Cindy Paley and Robin Winston Closing Ceremony Participants brought their beautiful talleisim,  which Joy so artfully arranged  in this photo collage Thank you to Joy Krauthammer for her beautiful photographs.

Reduced size screen shots:

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LEV EISHA annual retreat  2018
photo collages  © Joy Krauthammer

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CAFFEINATED PHOTOGRAPHERS

Facebook group

April 2014

~ ~ ~ Lev Eisha Newsletter October 2014 Creative Soul Gallery EXHIBITED See other post.

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TED TALKS, Ben Gurion University, Israel,
photo of me "in action as photographer" (© Stephanie Smith)
used by Yosef Adest to illustrate 52 Frames.

Screen Shot of Ted Talk

Yosef Adest, 52 Frames CEO, May 2014

Joy Krauthammer on Apple store floor shooting "Furniture" 

for 52 Frames weekly theme challenge.

Screen shot from Ted Talk Live Stream

© Stephanie Smith  

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WHOLNES

WHOLNES

- Joy Krauthammer

Arriving early at Vista del Mar today for Lev Eisha’s spiritual service, I parked my car in my reserved drummer’s space, right in front of the chapel. I watched as a small car was approaching on the private road. The male car driver and female passenger noticed me staring at the car and acknowledging them. They backed up to come closer, and I acknowledged their personalized vanity auto license plate. 


I asked permission to photograph their plate and they were delighted. "Surprised", they said, that I could decipher what their license message was. I didn't tell them that my serious hobby for decades, is photographing spiritual license plates and have hundreds.  The man said he had a hard time deciding between ONENES and WHOLNES. And the decorated metal silver frame (that the woman chose) was lovely also.  

The couple had just gotten off work at Vista del Mar, the children's foster care residence, and were grateful that they chose this inner road to travel, not their usual path. I, too, am grateful, for having met them, and sharing their joy in life.

I love the shadow in the early morning, of the growing palm tree reflecting on the car, adjacent to the license frame image of the palm trees.

Today is the Kabbalistic Sephirotic Counting of the Omer day #18. 
In the TREE OF LIFE, today is Netzach sh'b Tiferet.  
18 = Chai =  Choosing Life


This third week is TIFERET; compassion, truth and harmony, and today the 4th day of the week is NETZACH; endurance and stepping forth, in beauty and joy.

I stepped forward to the strangers to delight in their truth of their creative and spiritual service, letting their message of WHOLNES * be known.


I have informed myself that going forward in victory, is not only for warriors in war, but for warriors of truth and beauty.


* (Seven letters are allowed on vanity auto plates. Enjoy the photo.)

May 7, 2011


photo, Joy Krauthammer © 

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CYMBAL ON ONE FINGER

CYMBAL ON ONE FINGER

- Joy Krauthammer

Today, as percussionist at Lev Eisha - Heart of a Woman shul, I began to pack up my percussion just before the service ended. (Takes me a long time to pack many instruments.) Thinking wrongly that I would no longer need it, I took off my large cymbal too soon, unscrewing it from the music stand, preparing to pack it away. 

What was I to do? Here was the song where I need cymbal. I heard the moment arriving.  I quickly placed the cymbal on the top of my left index finger pointing north, while still drumming on my djembe with only my right hand, and I spontaneously took the fat soft padded mallet and played the wide round metal cymbal resting balanced on my upright index finger.  I felt very proud of my ingenuity! And I saw others in the congregation near by rows, witnessing me and smiling, if not laughing with me.  That I could make others laugh, felt good!

Kabbalistic Sephirotic Counting of the Omer, day 18.

Netzach sh’b Tiferet.  Endurance in Balance

I went forth in victory, in joy and harmony.

May 7, 2011

DAVID DANCED

DAVID DANCED

- Joy Krauthammer

David was a first timer today at Lev Eisha – Heart of a Woman congregation. He had his adult Bar Mitzvah two weeks ago at VBS, I was informed. His VBS Jewish ‘mothers (and my four spiritual sisters), Carol, Shirley, Sydell, and Shirley were present with him today. David, when introduced to me, clearly explained his presence to me (the shul percussionist), that although it was a women’s shul, men were invited.

I explained to David that this is an experiential participatory service and he needs to get his feet dancing and his voice singing. When the women made snake lines of aisle dancing (while I drummed), from the musician's pit, I looked at David in the second row, and directed him that he needed to get up and join. (I know what it feels like to want to do something, but at first don't have the courage, until encouraged.) David listened. I saw that the zillion dancers were already a distance away circling the chapel's interior, and decided he would join them on their next circle around. It was perfect. David rose from his seat.

As the dancers came toward the front again, I encouraged David to join all the women and one man, and he did. At that point he jumped into the snake line and immediately became the FRONT DANCER with a timbrel high in his hand, leading all the women around the aisles, and HE LOVED IT, smiling with very good dancing feet.  This Persian male Jew knew how to fit right in to this Ashkenazi camp of dancing women.  And they circled around. David’s joyous expression is embedded in my mind and heart of a woman. Maybe David will return and he’ll be a second timer.

May 7, 2011

Today is the Kabbalistic Sephirotic Counting of the Omer day #18. 
18 = Chai = Choosing Life


In the TREE OF LIFE, today is Netzach sh'b Tiferet.  This third week is TIFERET; compassion, truth and harmony, and today the 4th day of the week is NETZACH; endurance and stepping forth (like a warrior), in beauty and joy.

The 'warrior', fully empowered, conquers him/her self, knows how to face truth with strength, and stand and dance his/her walk.
This is what David did (in the story above), transformed, dancing (in a foreign land). He was inspired.
This is also how I encouraged and supported David, no longer a 'first-timer'.

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