- Artist + Jew
- Animated series featuring Jewish Artists and the questions they ask themselves about creativity, identity, audience and intention.
In episode 1, Musician Lily Henley deeply hopes to find something alive in the endangered language of Ladino, all while asking herself if it’s okay to update old Ladino songs. Lily is Sephardic, a type of Jew that’s often invisible to American non-Jews and sometimes exoticized by American Jews. Through irresistible folk music, Lily shares her culture to help us fall in love with our own.
More About the Series
- Created by Alex Salsberg
Featuring Lily Henley
Character Animation by Olivia Sciulli + Sam Silvers
Backgrounds by R. Lee
Sound Effects + Theme Music by Adam J Salsberg
Song: “Oras Dezaoradas” - Lily Henley, Duncan Wickel, Haggai Cohen-Milo (Courtesy of Lily Henley)
Special Thanks: Rekha Murthy, Sarah Lefton, Janine Okmin, Rebecca Friedman, Rick Zieff, Mia Schon, Digital Storytellers Lab fellows
Artist + Jew was developed with support from the Jewish Writer’s Initiative Digital Storytellers Lab
- 2025