Visual artist Judith Joseph discusses the work she contributed to the Jewish Museum of Maryland's exhibit A Fence Around The Torah; a series of hand-pulled woodblock prints about Baruch Spinoza. Spinoza was a 17th century Jewish Dutch philosopher who was excommunicated from the Jewish community of Amsterdam for his ideas about God, nature, and philosophy, which were viewed at the time as heretical. Joseph also discusses traditional Jewish arts like illuminated manuscripts, calligraphy, and ketubot, handmade wedding contracts.

Judith Joseph is a Chicago-based visual artist who works across multiple media, including printmaking, painting, calligraphy, and installation. She has exhibited her work around the world and her work is in hundreds of public and private collections. She has participated in fellowships from Spertus Institute and the Amen Institute Visual Arts Project, and is a two-time Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Awardee.

Liora Ostroff is Curator-In-Residence at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, where she curated A Fence Around The Torah. She is a painter whose work explores themes like queerness, Jewishness, violence, and the idiosyncrasies of life in Baltimore.