Sam Borenstein, Artist and Art Dealer: The Polemics of Post-Holocaust Jewish Cultural Identity

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Title
Sam Borenstein, Artist and Art Dealer: The Polemics of Post-Holocaust Jewish Cultural Identity
Abstract
Montreal artist Sam Borenstein (1908-1969) used his art to expound his philosophy that culture was the conveyor of traditional values, and that the essence of Jewish culture could be preserved despite the Holocaust. Borenstein was a modern expressionist artist active from the 1930s to the 1960s. The author points out that his conflicted feelings about his Jewishness are most apparent in the portraits of his father, a rabbinical scholar with whom he immigrated to Montreal from Poland in 1921. On the other hand, Borenstein found emotional and intellectual sustenance in a circle of Jewish artists and friends who were part of Montreal's vibrant Yiddish-speaking community. As an art dealer, Borenstein acquired Jewish ceremonial objects for the Aron Museum at Temple Emanu-El.
Publication
Canadian Jewish Studies/Études juives canadiennes.
Volume
Vol. 12
Pages
31-44
Date
2004
Language
en
URL
Citation
Lerner, Loren. “Sam Borenstein, Artist and Art Dealer: The Polemics of Post-Holocaust Jewish Cultural Identity.” Canadian Jewish Studies/Études juives canadiennes. Vol. 12 (2004): 31–44. http://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/22625/21096.
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