Special Projects
In addition to Joan Roth’s portfolios, collection, and publications,
she has been involved in numerous special long-term projects.
Documentary Film A Feminist Lens: The Art & Activism of Photographer Joan Roth - 2022
A Feminist Lens: The Art & Activism of Photographer Joan Roth is an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth.
The film focuses on five decades of Roth’s pioneering use of her camera as a tool to advocate for homeless women in New York City, document leaders in the U.S. Women’s Movement from the 1970s to today, and shine a light on the diverse lives of Jewish women around the world
Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate - 2022
Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate with Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion and The Braid.
Holy Sparks pairs leading artists with 24 woman rabbis to illuminate the creativity, commitment, and vision of women who were “firsts” in their time. Their challenges and contributions, struggles and successes, represent the achievements of all women rabbis since June 3, 1972, when Rabbi Sally Priesand was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
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​In 1972: (the first woman rabbi ordained in North America, by the Reform movement) RABBI SALLY PRIESAND was illuminated by the rainbows that brought blessing to her life in JOAN ROTH‘s dazzling digital photograph
The Jewish North Africa Conferences 2019 in NY and 2022 in Morocco
Joan Roth’s photographs of Ethiopian Jews were the featured exhibit at the opening of the Jewish Africa: Past, Present and Future Conference organized by the Association Mimouna, in coordination with the American Sephardi Federation and the Institute of Jewish Experience that took place in Rabat, Morocco.
The Conference brought together experts, Israeli organizations, academics, and community leaders from Jewish communities throughout Africa - Ethiopia, Yemen, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, Cape Verde, Namibia, Algeria, Israel, the US, and more. The Conference was the second meeting and ground floor of this important effort to continue to raise up the lives and experiences of diverse Jewish communities worldwide.
Joan Roth’s exhibit Embracing the Rituals of a Moroccan Wedding was the featured exhibit in the 2019 Conference on Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities held at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York and organized by the American Sephardi Federation in partnership with the Association Mimouna and the Institute of Semitic Studies of Princeton NJ.
Jerusalem Biennial, Sept - Nov 2015
The second Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art showcased the work of nearly 200 Israeli and international artists. Joan Roth’s photography was part of the exhibit “Ima Iyla’a: The Art of Motherhood.”
This breakthrough exhibit aimed to challenge stereotypical images of the earthly mother, while asking, “How does the kabbalistic concept of Mother find expression in our world through human wisdom, empathy, and nurturing?” This and other existential questions were posed by twenty-five internationally acclaimed artists—including Joan Roth, Maya Zack, Joy Rose, Dorit Jordan, Gidon Levin, and Doni Silver Simons— leading to new interpretations of the real and the ideal of the maternal in the postmodern age of Jewish Art.
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Documentary Film A Feminist Lens: The Art & Activism of Photographer Joan Roth - 2022
A Feminist Lens: The Art & Activism of Photographer Joan Roth is an intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed photographer Joan Roth.
The film focuses on five decades of Roth’s pioneering use of her camera as a tool to advocate for homeless women in New York City, document leaders in the U.S. Women’s Movement from the 1970s to today, and shine a light on the diverse lives of Jewish women around the world
Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate - 2022
Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate with Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion and The Braid.
Holy Sparks pairs leading artists with 24 woman rabbis to illuminate the creativity, commitment, and vision of women who were “firsts” in their time. Their challenges and contributions, struggles and successes, represent the achievements of all women rabbis since June 3, 1972, when Rabbi Sally Priesand was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
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​In 1972: (the first woman rabbi ordained in North America, by the Reform movement) RABBI SALLY PRIESAND was illuminated by the rainbows that brought blessing to her life in JOAN ROTH‘s dazzling digital photograph
The Jewish North Africa Conferences 2019 in NY and 2022 in Morocco
Joan Roth’s photographs of Ethiopian Jews were the featured exhibit at the opening of the Jewish Africa: Past, Present and Future Conference organized by the Association Mimouna, in coordination with the American Sephardi Federation and the Institute of Jewish Experience that took place in Rabat, Morocco.
The Conference brought together experts, Israeli organizations, academics, and community leaders from Jewish communities throughout Africa - Ethiopia, Yemen, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, Cape Verde, Namibia, Algeria, Israel, the US, and more. The Conference was the second meeting and ground floor of this important effort to continue to raise up the lives and experiences of diverse Jewish communities worldwide.
Joan Roth’s exhibit Embracing the Rituals of a Moroccan Wedding was the featured exhibit in the 2019 Conference on Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities held at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York and organized by the American Sephardi Federation in partnership with the Association Mimouna and the Institute of Semitic Studies of Princeton NJ.
Jerusalem Biennial, Sept - Nov 2015
The second Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art showcased the work of nearly 200 Israeli and international artists. Joan Roth’s photography was part of the exhibit “Ima Iyla’a: The Art of Motherhood.”
This breakthrough exhibit aimed to challenge stereotypical images of the earthly mother, while asking, “How does the kabbalistic concept of Mother find expression in our world through human wisdom, empathy, and nurturing?” This and other existential questions were posed by twenty-five internationally acclaimed artists—including Joan Roth, Maya Zack, Joy Rose, Dorit Jordan, Gidon Levin, and Doni Silver Simons— leading to new interpretations of the real and the ideal of the maternal in the postmodern age of Jewish Art.