Children of Ruth in the Press

My art in the exhibition Children of Ruth was featured in two publications.

Simi Horwitz in The Forward:

Excerpt: "In artist Yona Verwer’s “Immersion VIII,” a nude woman in a fetal position floats in a swirl of water. The image is at once ethereal and surreal, not unlike Verwer’s first mikveh experience, a purification ritual, and central to conversion, the transition from non-Jew to Jew.

“It is the joy of weightlessness and the feeling of being spiritually elevated,” said Verwer, the co-founder of the Jewish Art Salon, who was born Catholic in the Netherlands and converted to Judaism in 1995."

Read the article here: https://forward.com/culture/778891/children-of-art-jewish-artists-conversion-heller-museum/

Jean Bloch Rosensaft in Reform Judaism

...."Verwer explains that “Immersion VIII” portrays her “mikvah experience: the joy of weightlessness, the reference to the marriage ritual (before which one also goes to the mikvah), and the feeling of being spiritually elevated.” Verwer is from the Netherlands and includes her interpretations of Dutch artist Hieronymous Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights.”....

Read article here: https://reformjudaism.org/blog/children-ruth-artists-choosing-judaism

“Children of Ruth: Artists Choosing Judaism,” is an unprecedented international group exhibition by artists who have found a spiritual home in Judaism through conversion. Their journeys evoke the message of the Book of Ruth, one of the five megillot (scrolls) of the Bible, which tells the story of a convert to Judaism who became an ancestor of King David."

On view until February 26, 2026 at the Heller Museum, 1 West 4 St (& Broadway), NYC, 10012.

Mon-Thurs 9-6:30

Check out also my other painting there, in the “Proverbs” exhibition on the ground level.