Moments of brilliance in the creative arts are rare in the Jewish world. (although last week’s Galeet Dardashti performance at Le Poisson Rouge was quite amazing)so praise is due to the men (and the organization – Reboot) behind Union Square Park’s latest display, Sukkah City. Foer, Cove, and Bennett have concocted this brief explosion of Jewish arts – spun out by artists Jewish and not who worked within the confines of sukkah making. (I love most of them, but “Log” is my personal favorite)

Sukkah City is perfect as it is – a display of architectural creativity that uses organic elements. But I did think of some potential side commentaries that might evolve:

1) A menu for each sukkah that matches the artistic qualities of the structure.
2) A folktale for each sukkah that conjures up something about the artistic theme.
3) A soundscape for each sukkah — could be very minimalistic…could be just noises or could be symphonic works, or live band playing on handcrafted organic instruments.
Sadly, only one of these sukkot will stay up during the actual holiday, and I imagine that the sukkah that Chabad will be putting up will be of the pre-fab, aluminum pole rectangular variety. (ball is in your court, Chabad — how about stepping up and designing a sukkah-city type model this year?)

Anyways — go see this before it is taken down this evening!