Waltuch Gallery
The Waltuch Art Gallery infuses Jewish art and/or works by Jewish artists into our shared cultural experiences. The exhibits are designed to ignite imagination and encourage people to connect the visual arts with philosophical and spiritual concepts through a creative Jewish lens.
The Waltuch Gallery exhibits rotate monthly, and feature the work of painters, photographers, digital artists and other creative designers.
Exhibits are free and open to the community, and most work is typically for sale. A portion of the proceeds support programming efforts at the JCC.
Outdoor gallery exhibits are displayed throughout the Kaplen JCC Campus and indoor gallery exhibits are on the second floor of the main JCC building.
Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner
Photography from Israel
Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner currently serves as the Senior Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Closter. He is a prominent and widely respected community leader, having served as Past President of both the New York and New Jersey Boards of Rabbis. He is also a member of the New Jersey–Israel Commission, an adjunct faculty member at the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) and has served on numerous additional boards and committees.
Rabbi Kirshner is the author of Streams of Shattered Consciousness: A Chronicle of the First 50 Days of the Israel–Hamas War. With more than 10,000 copies in circulation, the book was featured in the New York Times Book Review in February 2024. His articles have been published in the Jewish Standard, The Bergen Record, The Times of Israel, and other outlets, and he has been featured on numerous national radio and television programs.
He holds a BA from York University in Toronto, Canada, and earned an MA in Hebrew Letters along with rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary. Rabbi Kirshner is married to Dori Frumin Kirshner, and they have two children.
Rabbi David Seth Kirshner has always had hobbies. A few of those hobbies have been with him for ages. Photography is one of those. His photographs can be viewed at www.dskphotos.com.
He has photographed all over the world, including on 6 continents and 49 states.
He usually looks for a Jewish angle and content. This exhibit is from summer of 2025 in Israel. Each day, Rabbi Kirshner took an excursion to capture the beauty, wonder and awe of our homeland.
Enjoy.
SHOWING: Jan 7-Jan 30
ARTIST RECEPTION: January 26, 5 PM-6 PM