'My mother painted Judaism with joy'

(JNS) - In a quiet art gallery on George Washington Street, a short walk from Jerusalem's bustling city center, color fills the walls with scenes of weddings, musicians, Jerusalem landscapes and Biblical figures bathed in radiant light.

For the London-born Robert Elisha, the owner and curator of Huvy's, these are not simply paintings. They represent memories, faith and history-preserved on canvas in his art gallery and reflecting his family's own warmth and hospitality.

In an interview at the JNS Media Hub in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, Elisha described the lifelong mission of safeguarding the work...