Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought
Emily D. Shapiro, ed.
2012
Contemporary Jewish Museum
96 pgs., color illustrations
english text
ISBN-13: 978-0-615-25144-8

Full color catalog of the exhibition Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought, organized by The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, is a major contemporary art exhibition that highlights how artists examine and celebrate the tree. The exhibition features the works of over 70 artists from around the world who re ect on trees and the environment, explore the concepts of “do not destroy” (ba’al tashchit), “repairing the world” (tikkun olam), and celebrate the Jewish holiday of the Trees, Tu B’Shevat.