Eshkol HaKofer

A Research Blog About the History, Culture, and Religious Significance of Henna Art

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

Seen in the Yemen: Visiting a Yemeni Henna Artist, 1938

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Apologies for the long break with no posts! The end of the semester and the deadline for my thesis, combined with my move, ate up every spar...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Book Review: Nomi Eve's "Henna House"

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A few years ago, I got an email from a woman who was interested in Yemenite Jewish henna traditions. We corresponded for some time but after...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Henna History: Now in Hebrew!

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An Israeli friend made a special request if I could translate my post on Yemenite Jewish henna into Hebrew... Here it is! Feel free to shar...
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Lost and Found? Henna Art Among Yemenite Jews

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I recently corresponded with a lovely Israeli art student interested in the patterns of Yemenite Jewish henna. I’ve written a little bit a...
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Monday, November 11, 2013

From the Henna Files: new discoveries in henna research

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So I haven’t written a blogpost in a few weeks, not only because I’ve been super busy, but also because I’ve been trying to decide what to...
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Resistance is Futile: Henna in Reverse, Part II

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This is part two of the series that we began last week investigating sap and wax resists . Those techniques use a liquid mixture that is d...
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Noam Sienna
I'm a graduate student at the University of Minnesota in the Department of History. My research has focused on researching Jewish henna rituals and their uses in both traditional and modern contexts. On this blog I will be posting pieces from my research, including pictures, descriptions, interviews, and other observations about henna's history and culture. Some of my other interests include book art and history, rabbinic literature, eco-spirituality, and multifaith (esp. Jewish-Muslim) dialogue.
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