Colors in the Dark  

Behind the Iron Curtain, hidden away from the eyes of the KGB, two Jewish artists — each in a different city under different circumstances — sat and painted Jewish motifs with brushes, tears,  and no little fear.

Years later, as their lives became joined through their children, those paintings of the soul that the Soviets failed to find are now in Jerusalem, where the backstory can finally be told.

Visitors walk through the exhibit, whispering to each other as they examine the paintings on the walls, studying the lines and colors as they try to decipher the hidden riddles the canvases hold.

But one person knows the secrets. “The fact that these paintings are being exhibited at all, and especially here in Jerusalem, is something that can’t be taken for granted, even nearly 30 years after my father’s death. My father nearly burned this entire collection. He was terrified of being discovered. And now, decades later, they’re finally seeing the light.”