This month’s poster is by Israeli artist Chana Helen Rosenberg and features this quote from Golda Meir: “We hate war. We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown, and when strawberries bloom in Israel.”
What do you see?
- Name the different elements that you find in this image. How does each relate to the quote? What emotions does this poster arouse in you?
- Why might the artist have used the imagery of a rainbow and a dove?
- Why do you think the artist has depicted this particular group of people (soldier, kibbutznik, man, woman, and children)?
What do you think?
- Do you agree that we don’t rejoice in victory? Why or why not?
- What invention or innovation makes you particularly joyful or fill you with wonder?
- What about contemporary Israel might elicit a similar response to Golda Meir’s wonderment about strawberries and cotton?
The Poster Series
Massachusetts-based philanthropists Harold Grinspoon and Diane Troderman are pleased to share what makes them “Proudly Jewish.” The six quotes selected for a new poster series they commissioned, along with powerful images and thought-provoking commentaries, inspire and motivate the Grinspoons in their Jewish living and giving. So they donated these beautiful prints to congregations including Sha’are Shalom to share some of the special values Jews have given the world.
Each month we will display one of the six posters in our Social Hall and in the Gatekeeper. We encourage you to discuss the quote, the picture, and how it affects you. If you send your thoughts to George Gazarek at [email protected], we’ll include them in next month’s Gatekeeper.