About the Artist




	Artist's Biography
	1935 Born, Jerusalem, Israel 1953-1955 Served in the Israeli army 1955-1958 Education Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel 1961 - 1988 Invited by the Jewish Museum, New York as artist-in-residence at Tobe Pascher Workshop 1981-1988 Director, Tobe Pascher Workshop 1988 Returned to Israel

	In my work I try to link my contemporary art with that of the past in order to develop continuity with past generations. Sometimes this is reflected in a design element, or a quotation, or a repeat of a line that gives the sense or the atmosphere or the feeling of the Jewish past. At the same time it is always clear to me that the pieces have to be functional for ritual purposes. Some of my works are not of the type widely in use or commonly produced by other artists, such as a brit mila set, muktza box or a pidyon haben tray. I created these for the very reason that Jews crafted and used such items a hundred or more years ago and I did not want to break with those traditions. Another challenge is to create new works based on parameters and requirements that I set for myself, not those requested by the client or demanded by commercial considerations. Another aspect that I try to incorporate in my work is the interpretation of biblical and midrashic elements. This is expressed particularly in the sculptures that I create, as well in some of the ceremonial objects.
	Exhibitions 1960 Forms from Israel, Department of Commerce, Munich, Germany 1962 Young Americans. Museum of Contemporary Art, New York 1967 Recent Acquisitions. Museum of Modern Art. N.Y. 1968-1969 Contemporary Ceremonial Art from the Tobe Pascher Workshop; 1968-1969 Traveled to the American Jewish Historical Society, Boston: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; "Y" Jewish Center, Philadelphia; Maurice Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago 1969 Sixth Biennial National Religious Art Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1972 Judaica, Temple Sholom, Greenwich, Conn. 1975 Judaica Now, Y M-YMHA, West Orange, NJ 1978 Judaica Lights, The Jewish Museum, New York 1982 Torah Ornaments by Moshe Zabari, The Jewish Museum, New York 1985 Nerot Mitzvah, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1985 Wine: Celebration and Ceremony, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York 1986-1987 Moshe Zabari; A Twenty-Five year Retrospective at The Jewish Museum, New York Skirball Museum, Los Angeles; The Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne 1989 Ceremonial Objects, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1998 Homecoming to the Holy Land: New Works by Moshe Zabari, The Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles,CA; Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania to the top
	Awards 1958 Sooneborn Prize, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel 1959 First Prize, International Competition for Yad Veshem Institute, Jerusalem 1969 First Prize, Sixth Biennial National Religious Art Exhibition, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1981 Citation of Merit, The National Terrazzo and Mosaic Association [Outdoor Sculpture for the Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles] 1990 Israel Museum, Jesselson Judaica Prize 2000 Biran Volunteer of the Year Award, SPNI, Jerusalem to the top
	Teaching 1956-1957 Instructor, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1961-1988 The Tobe Pascher Workshop, The Jewish Museum, New York to the top
	Commissions: architectural 1974 Wall of History, Y M-YWHA, Essex County, NJ 1977 Wall Sculpture, Memorial for the Six Million, Beth Meir Synagogue, Raleigh N.C. 1977 Torah Ark, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles 1978 Memorial Sculpture, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles 1979 Torah Ark Doors, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles 1981 Sculpture for Outdoor Synagogue, Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles 1982 Exterior Facade, Sephardic Community Center, Brooklyn, NY 1983 Torah Center, Camp Ramah, the Berkshires, N.Y. 1985 Honorial Wall: Tree of Life, Beth Am Temple, Pearl River, NY 1990-1991 Ark and Bima, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Washington, DC 1998 Ark, Bima, and Menorahs, Temple Sholom, Greenwich,Conn. to the top
	Commissions-Ceremonial Art 1962-1966 Ceremonial Art Collection: Gift of Abram and Frances Collection to the Jewish Museum , New York 1967-1974 Ceremonial Art Collection: Gift of the Albert A. List family to the Jewish Museum, New York 1973 Torah Mantle: for rescued Torah scroll in memory of the Six Million, Jericho Jewish Center, Jericho, New York 1978 Judaica Lights, in memory of Naomi and Eve Routtenberg,The Jewish Museum, New York 1982 Sfirot: Ten Sets of Torah Ornaments. Temple Sinai, Roslyn, New York 1985 Nerot Mitzvah, Israel Museum, Jerusalem to the top

	Commissions-Museum Installations 1970 Hanukkah Lamps: Reflections of an Age, The Jewish Museum, New York 1971 Passover: A Rite of Spring,The Jewish Museum, N.Y. 1971 National Foundation for Jewish Culture, Pittsburgh, Penn. 1972 Look/Listen/Touch, The Jewish Museum, New York 1974 A Walk Through the Past, Hebrew Union College, Skirball Museum, Los Angeles 1975 Magic and Superstition in Jewish Tradition, The Jewish Museum, New York 1975 Bergrasse 19: The Office and Antiques of Dr. Sigmund Freud, The Jewish Museum, N.Y. 1976 Continuity and Change: Bicentennial Celebration of the Philadelphia Jewish Federation, Philadelphia, Penn. 1976 The Book and the Spade: Archaeology and the Bible, The Jewish Museum New York 1976 Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert: A Retrospective, the Jewish Museum ,N.Y. 1982 Design of Judaica Museum, The Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York 1985 Rotating Exhibition Module, The Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York 1990 Installation Design, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, Israel to the top
	Selected Bibliography Berman, Nancy. Moshe Zabari: A Twenty- Five Year Retrospective New York: The Jewish Museum and Los Angeles: the Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, 1986 Encyclopedia Judaica 1971 ed. " The Sabbath," vol. 14, col.568 Encyclopedia Judaica, Yearbook Edition 1975-76. " The Jewish Museum, New York," opp. p.428, pl. 7. Furman,Jacobo. Treasures of Jewish Art and Religious Observance. New York: Harry Abrams, 1968 Kanof, Abraham. Jewish Ceremonial Art and Religious Observance. New York: Harry Abrams. 1968 North Carolina Museum of Art: Introduction to the Collections. Raleigh, NC: The North Carolina Museum of Art, Revised edition, 1992 Seidman, Hillel. The Glory of the Jewish Holidays. NY: Shengold Publishers, Inc., 1968. Siegel, Richard, Michael Strassfeld and Sharon Strassfeld. The Jewish Catalog. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1973 Vivian B. Mann, Norman L. Kleeblatt.Treasures of The Jewish Museum. The Jewish Mueseum New York. Universe Books N.Y-1986 Nerot Mitzvah: Contemporary Ideas for Light in Jewish Ritual. Jerusalem, Israel: The Israel Museum, 1986 Zedaka: Judische Sozialarbeit im Wandel der Zeit. Judisches Museum der Stadt Frankfurt am Main und Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Juden in Deutschland e.V., 1992 Berman, Nancy M. The Art of Chanukkah. Southport,CT: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1996 Furman,Jacobo. Treasures of Jewish Art and Religious Observance. New York: Harry Abrams, 1997 Center for Jewish Art-The Hebrew University Jerusalem, Ingathering of the Nations. Jerusalem-1998 Weber, Vicki L. Tradition: Celebration and Ritual in Jewish Life. Southport, CT.: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 2000 Hamazkirut Hapedagogit, Department of Education. Chanukiot - Or Veclee. Jerusalem: The Israel Department of Education,p.82 to the top
	Affiliations Board Member, Judaica Museum, Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, New York Board Member, Friends of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Board Member, Biannual Judaica Fair, Israel Board Member, Society of Protection of Nature in Israel Chairman, Guardians of the Jerusalem Forest Selected Public Collections The Jewish Museum, New York Museum of Modern Art, New York Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C. HUC Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, Los Angeles B'nai B'rith Klutznik Museum, Washington, D.C. Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota to the top