Berit Engen WEFT and D'RASH – A Thousand Jewish Tapestries

MY TAPESTRIES: 35 SERIES
- [a] ___________________
- Anticipation
- My Flaxen Tanakh Map
- Torah and Beyond (I-?)
  - Torah and Beyond (I)
  - Torah and Beyond (II)
  - Torah and Beyond (III)
- The Story of Joseph As if Chanted
- 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-VI)
  - The Five M'gillot (I)
  - The Five M'gillot (II)
  - The Five M'gillot (III)
  - The Five M'gillot (IV)
  - The Five M'gillot (V)
  - The Five M'gillot (VI)
- PaRDeS (I-?)
  - PaRDeS (I)
  - PaRDeS (III)
- Mitzrayim, B’er Sheva, Givat ha’Aralot . . .
- Our Holy Torah Scrolls (I-III)
  - Our Holy Torah Scrolls (I)
  - Our Holy Torah Scrolls (II)
  - Our Holy Torah 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)
- Lost but Found (I-III)
  - Lost but Found (I)
  - Lost but Found (II)
  - Lost But Found (III)
- The Exile (I-?)
  - The Exile (I)
  - The Exile (II)
  - The Exile (III)
  - The Exile (IV)
  - The Exile (V)
  - The Exile (VI)
- 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)
- [e] _______________
- Solomonic Wisdom at the Kitchen Table (I-?)
  - Solomoic 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)
- Last, My Tapestry Genizah (I-?)
  - Last, My Tapestry Genizah (I)
ABOUT MY PROJECT
MY STORY
MOUNTING AND FRAMING
TOOLS AND YARN
PROJECT STRUCTURE
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PRESENTATION TOPICS
ZOOM, LOOK, LISTEN!
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CV
CONTACT
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ESSAYS
THE JACC HAGGADAH

Whether in person or online:
I enjoy discussing (and at times singing to) my tapestries

Above is one of my presentation fliers and a photo from a related talk that I gave about the commission of ten tapestries permanently installed at Temple Har Zion in River Forest, IL. The presentation was for the Chicago Architecture Center's annual fall event, "Open House Chicago" in 2022.

Below is a list of eighteen suggested topics. Click on any title to see the respective flier. The "GENERAL INFORMATION FLIER" contains information about me as a presenter.

#0: GENERAL INFORMATION FLIER

#1: MY TANAKH MAP
– The Scriptures Color-Coded

#2: THE TORAH
– Love, Rivalry, and Murder, He Spoke

#3: THE JOSEPH STORY AS IF CHANTED
– A Seemingly Endless Shalshelet

#4: THE FIVE SCROLLS
– Slim Books, Wide Scopes

#5: INSPIRED BY THE BOOK OF RUTH
– The Beauty of Biblical Minimalism

#6: SONG OF THE SEA
– And a Man with a Plan

#7: THE TORAH SCROLL
– Shalom, Good Lookin’!

#8: OUR PRAYERBOOK
– The Rock We Fashioned

#9: U'NTANEH TOKEF
– Prayer Without Gray

#10: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MODIM
– A Liturgical Chant from Trondheim and Skokie

#11: HOLY DAYS
– Not Just Holidays

#12: THE WHIMSICAL HAGGADAH
– A Colorful Prayerbook

#13: THE SHOAH
– Songs in the Face of Death

#14: LOST BUT FOUND
– From Dark to Shrine: Three Stories

#15: MOUNT SINAI ON ROUTE 43
– A Commission by Temple Har Zion

#16: YIDDISH!
– Murmured and Moaned, Wailed and Whined, Voiced with Joy

#17: OUT OF THE NARROWS: THE ARTISTS' HAGGADAH
– Compiling, editing, and designing the JACC Haggadah

#18: TRANSLATED INTO TAPESTRIES
– The Challenge in Blue of Living Between Two Languages