“Apples & Onions” by Ludlow Smethurst

“Power of Squares: Salute to Women in the Arts” with mixed media and paintings is on display at the Waltuch Gallery of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly this month. A meet-the-artist reception will be on Sunday, Feb. 5, from 1 to 3 p.m. Salute is an affiliate of the Art Center of Northern New Jersey. Admission is free and artwork is available for sale. For information, call Ophrah Listokin, Waltuch Gallery director, at (201) 408-1408 or www.jccotp.org.

Salute to Women in the Arts, an organization for artists affiliated with the Art Center of Northern New Jersey in New Milford, will display its annual January Art Winterfest exhibition “Women’s Issues: Controversy and Challenge,” through Jan. 30.

Sheryl Intrator Urman was recently named vice president of exhibitions for the group. A member of Salute for six years, she hopes to bring the mitzvah of tzedakah (charity) to the organization by collaborating with local charities and having artists contribute a portion of their proceeds to these causes.

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A photograph by Ely Dennis.

“Point of View” photographs by Ely Dennis will be on display at the Waltuch Gallery of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly from Jan. 2 to 26. A meet-the-artist reception will be on Sunday, Jan. 8, from 1 to 3 p.m.

The photographs are mostly high resolution archival black and white images, printed on metallic paper, that capture unique images — or “Points of View” — of people, buildings and landscapes, taken in New York City, Rockland County, Asbury Park, Southern California, and Canada. For information, call Ophrah Listokin, at (201) 408-1408 or www.jccotp.org.

Liron Sissman, an internationally collected, Israeli raised, Bergen County-based artist, paints in oils to depict nature often with a metaphorical flare. Hudson Valley Hospital Center acquired her large-scale artworks of scenes in New Jersey for its new oncology wing. Sissman’s works are also displayed in many medical centers including Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and AtlantiCare Medical Center in Atlantic City.

David and Agnes Adler

The Martin Hicks Gallery at the Belskie Museum of Art in Closter will present an exhibit by Holocaust survivors/sculptors Agnes and David Adler of Westwood. Their creative work began in Israel where they went after escaping from Hungary. They met in 1955 as students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tel Aviv, married, and immigrated to the United States in 1961.

Agnes Adler was the recipient of a Puffin Foundation grant to digitalize her large collages dealing with issues of social justice, a selection of which will be in the exhibit.

The exhibit opens on Sunday, Jan. 8, with a reception from 1 to 5 p.m. (201) 768-0286 or www.belskiemuseum.com.

“Streets of Facades — Petra Jordan” daniel Yoffe

Daniel Yoffee of Orangeburg, N.Y., who joined the Puffin Photography Club on a tour of Israel about a year ago, is displaying his works in three venues. His exhibit, dedicated in memory of his twin brother who died in 1992, blends his journal and photography from his Israel trip. Yoffee previously exhibited his works in many locations in New Jersey and New York.

Daniel Yoffee Howard Zucker

Until Dec. 30, he is part of a group exhibit at the Teaneck General Store, (201) 530-5046. Also until the end of the month, there is an exhibit at the Park Ridge Library, (201) 391-5151. From Jan. 3 to 30, he will have a solo photography show at the Stable Art Gallery in Ridgewood. There will be an artist’s reception on Sunday, Jan. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. Contact (201) 670-5560, (914) 260-4717, or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Gabriel Bass Courtesy GRJC

Israeli artist Gabriel Bass will discuss “Objects and Spaces that Influence Jewish Memory,” a lecture that will be accompanied by photographs and videos, at the Glen Rock Jewish Center on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m.

Bass has traveled the world creating and installing Judaica and synagogue furniture, including a visit to the Jewish community in Uganda to install a ner tamid, (eternal light). He also has an art studio near Jerusalem.

There will be works for sale with a portion of the profits benefiting GRJC. Refreshments will be served. For information, call (201) 652-6624 or www.grjc.org.

A photograph by Ken Youner

Cong. Ahavath Torah in Englewood will host “A Discerning Eye and a Giving Heart: When Photography and Kindness Meet,” an exhibition of photography by congregant Dr. Kenneth D. Youner. There will be a reception on Sunday, Nov. 13, from 1:30 to 4 p.m., at the shul.

At 2:30, Youner will share the inspiration for his photographs, followed by words from his children and Rabbi Shmuel Goldin.

According to Youner, “On Oct. 2, 2010, my life as I knew it ended. During a training ride for the second annual Spokes for Hope bike ride to raise money for the Cecile and Ken Youner Fund for Cancer Research, I suffered a severe central spinal cord injury. Between then and now, a paradigm shift in my life occurred.”

His passionate interest in cancer awareness came after losing his first and second wives to the disease and to his own battle with kidney cancer, and he turned to photography as a way to help cope with the tragedy in his life.

To “give back” to the community of Englewood, where he was helped this past year by hundreds of volunteers who brought him home-cooked meals, he has put together, with Goldin’s help, the exhibit of his photographs. His works and a coffee table book will be sold, with proceeds going to Goldin’s discretionary fund at the shul. Light refreshments will be served. Call (201) 568-1315.