Berit Engen: "WEFT and D'RASH – A Thousand Jewish Tapestries" (2007-present)

ABOUT MY TAPESTRY PROJECT
MY TAPESTRIES: 36 SERIES
- [a]:
- Anticipation
- The Torah (I-?)
  - The Torah (I)
  - The Torah (II)
  - The Torah (III)
- The Story of Joseph
- Book of Prophets (I-?)
  - Book of Prophets (I)
  - Book of Prophets (II)
- And, Sheva N'viot
- Book of Psalms (I-?)
  - Book of Psalms (I)
  - Book of Psalms (IV)
  - Book of Psalms (V)
- THE Book of Misery
- The Five M'gillot (I-?)
  - The Five M'gillot (I) (Song of Songs)
  - The Five M'gillot (II) (Ruth)
  - The Five M'gillot (III) (Lamentations)
  - The Five M'gillot (IV) (Ecclesiastes)
  - The Five M'gillot (V) (Esther)
  - The Five M'gillot (VI)
- My Flaxen Tanakh Map
- PaRDeS (I-?)
  - PaRDeS (I)
  - PaRDeS (III)
- Mitzrayim, B’er Sheva, Givat ha’Aralot
- Our Sacred Scrolls (I-III)
  - Our Sacred Scrolls (I)
  - Our Sacred Scrolls (II)
  - Our Sacred Scrolls (III)
- [b]:
- The Talmud (I-?)
  - The Talmud (I)
- "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (I-?)
  - "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (I)
  - "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (II)
- The Mystical (I-?)
  - The Mystical (I)
  - The Mystical (II)
  - The Mystical (III)
  - The Mystical (IV)
  - The Mystical (V)
- [c]:
- Our Prayerbook (I-?)
  - Our Prayerbook (I)
  - Our Prayerbook (II)
- The Most Beautiful Modim
- Kaddish in December
- uN'taneh Tokef
- Song of the Sea
- The Whimsical Haggadah (I-XIII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (I)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (II)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (III)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (IV)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (V)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VI)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VIII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (IX)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (X)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XI)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XIII)
- [d]:
- The Illuminated Shlep
- Holy Days (I-?)
  - Holy Days (I)
  - Holy Days (II)
  - Holy Days (III)
  - Holy Days (IV)
  - Holy Days (V)
  - Holy Days (VI)
  - Holy Days (VII)
- The Exile (I-?)
  - The Exile (I)
  - The Exile (II)
  - The Exile (III)
  - The Exile (IV)
  - The Exile (V)
  - The Exile (VI)
  - The Exile (VII)
- Women of S'farad (I-?)
  - Women of S'farad (I)
  - Women of S'farad (II)
- Yiddishe Outpourings (I-?)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (I)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (II)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (III)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (IV)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (V)
- The Shoah (I-II)
  - The Shoah (I)
  - The Shoah (II)
- The Land, ha'Aretz (I-?)
  - The Land (I)
- Lost but Found (I-III)
  - Lost but Found (I)
  - Lost but Found (II)
  - Lost But Found (III)
- [e]:
- Solomonic Wisdom at the Kitchen Table (I-?)
  - Solomonic Wisdom at the Kitchen Table (I)
- Mount Sinai on Route 43
- Isaiah in Manhattan
- New Psalms for an Old Book (I-?)
  - New Psalms for an Old Book (I)
  - New Psalms for an Old Book (II)
  - New Psalms For an Old Book (III)
- [g]:
- Last, My Tapestry G'nizah (I-?)
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MY TAPESTRIES: 36 SERIES > The Exile (I-?) > The Exile (VII)

THE EXILE (VII)
– The Unimaginable and in Spite of It

In the diaspora, survivors and the generation that followed the Shoah quietly kept the remnants of their lives together; the following generations picked them up and have felt able to renew, create, and state their presence.

- 7 tapestries (series in progress).
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