Rembrandt van Rijn, "Belshazzar's Feast" (detail), National Gallery, London

This panel will explore hidden layers of literature and paintings. By focusing on works of art by Rembrandt Van Rijn and Franz Kafka, we will discover these men's unique ways of creating through mystification, concealment and parable, and learn how their artworks are connected to Jewish philosophy.

Christian Grusq, President of the American Institute for Levinassian Studies, will moderate the discussion between the two speakers:
 

Andreas Kilcher, professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, a prominent scholar of German-Jewish literature and culture.

Zhenya Gershman, an internationally renowned artist and Rembrandt scholar, who has worked for over a decade in the J. Paul Getty Museum and is an alumnae of AJU's Institute for Creativity's Inquiry Fellowship.