Experience Jewish creativity, cultural pride, and hands-on art at the Jewish Street Art Festival – Live @ the JCC!

Meet many meet select artists from the Jewish Community Foundation Orange County Weissman Arts 2025 OC Jewish Street Art mural campaign—including Hillel Smith, Adam Podber, Alexander Golob, and Sheina Yarmush. Join us in a nontraditional panel talk designed in a lightning-round format. Anne Hromadka Greenwald, curator at the Jewish Community Foundation Orange County, will act as moderator. Each artist will answer quickly and concisely. Learn the behind-the-scenes of  bringing this mural campaign to life. 

Get ready to move in this high-energy dance session designed for kids ages 8 and up. Led by a dynamic student instructor and her teammate, this beginner-friendly class will introduce foundational hip-hop moves in a fun, supportive environment. Each session can accommodate up to 25–30 kids. Parents and guardians are welcome to stay and watch, but participation is optional. These are not drop-off classes. Multiple time slots available—sign up for the one that works best for your family. Let’s groove! (Families)

Join Hillel Smith for this hands on workshop in the art studio space on the second floor.  Aimed at teenage and above. 

Get ready to move in this high-energy dance session designed for kids ages 8 and up. Led by a dynamic student instructor and her teammate, this beginner-friendly class will introduce foundational hip-hop moves in a fun, supportive environment. Each session can accommodate up to 25–30 kids. Parents and guardians are welcome to stay and watch, but participation is optional. These are not drop-off classes. Multiple time slots available—sign up for the one that works best for your family. Let’s groove! (Families)

Aimed at 16+  - Discover how street art is bringing beauty and hope to communities in crisis. Join us for an engaging and interactive session as Craig Dershowitz, founder of Art Over Hate (formerly known as Artists 4 Israel), takes us behind the scenes of ten powerful murals created throughout Israel. Learn about the communities they were painted in, the stories behind each work, and the artists’ intentions. At the end of the presentation, the audience will vote on their favorite mural—and we’ll rank the works together in real time. Ideal for teen and adult audiences.

Sheina Yarmush, a los Angeles based artist has been providing paint parties for her community for over a decade. She started as a caricature artist, 20 years ago in Brooklyn and now paints special commission artwork as well as murals accross the states. Her exquisite 3-dimensional art were displayed 4 times in LA Fashion Week including a glow Jerusalem and a glow Lubavitch Rebbe. She proudly displays her Jewish identity and has gotten the tremendous positive feedback when she transforms antisemitic graffiti into Jewish pride art. Join us upstairs in the art studio for this lively session. 

Join artist and ritual guide Amir Magal for a dynamic, hands-on experience exploring the Jewish tradition of symbolic remembrance and embodiment. Through the art of Tribal Marking, participants will learn the meanings behind ancient Hebrew letters and sacred symbols, and use skin-safe, ceremonial markers to mark each other in a guided ritual of identity, blessing, and connection. Amir will share a brief history of body marking in Indigenous and Jewish cultures, guide a partner-based marking practice, and offer reflective prompts to awaken stories of lineage, intention, and personal expression. Families (intergenerational bonding)

Get ready to move in this high-energy dance session designed for kids ages 8 and up. Led by a dynamic student instructor and her teammate, this beginner-friendly class will introduce foundational hip-hop moves in a fun, supportive environment. Each session can accommodate up to 25–30 kids. Parents and guardians are welcome to stay and watch, but participation is optional. These are not drop-off classes. Multiple time slots available—sign up for the one that works best for your family. Let’s groove! (Families)

Join in family friendly project designed by Jewish DC based street artist Alexander Golob. Making a Mark - Tote Bag Decorating with Stencil-Art  Participants: 30 max, ages: min. 7 y/o Alexander Golob is a second-generation Italian and Jewish public artist with a practice rooted in joy, dialogue, curiosity, and technical experimentation. Golob’s work uses materials like paint, fabric, wood, and metal to explore social dynamics, traditional craft, complicated histories, and layered meanings.

Stencil, Spray, Story - Create Iconic Spray paint Art on Found and vintage Textiles. Participants: 15 max, ages: min 14 y/o Alexander Golob is a second-generation Italian and Jewish public artist with a practice rooted in joy, dialogue, curiosity, and technical experimentation. Golob’s work uses materials like paint, fabric, wood, and metal to explore social dynamics, traditional craft, complicated histories, and layered meanings.

Aimed at teens (16+) and adults join journalist and pop culture expert Esther Kustanowitz and more in this engaging panel discussion. What does a strong Jewish identity look like in today’s world? How are Jewish stories, symbols, and voices represented across pop culture—from TV and film to music and street art? This panel will explore the evolving image of our people in media and the arts, celebrating the many ways Jewish identity is expressed, challenged, and reclaimed today.