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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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ca. 1800
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This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…
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Artist Unknown
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Ioannina, Ottoman Empire (Ioannina, Greece)
Date:
1728
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Vidin, Ottoman Empire (Vidin, Bulgaria)
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1658
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Angora, Ottoman Empire (Ankara, Turkey)
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1826
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Built in the seventeenth century, the Scuola Greca is a synagogue located in the area of the ghetto in which Jews were confined in 1622, in a neighborhood still known as “Evraiki” (Jews). It is the…
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Artist Unknown
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Corfu, Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)
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17th Century
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The Yeshivat Dijet Synagogue was located in the Hara Seghira (the “small ghetto”) neighborhood of Djerba, Tunisia. It was one of several synagogues in this area, which, along with Hara Kebira, were…
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Artist Unknown
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Djerba, Ottoman Empire (Djerba, Tunisia)
Date:
End of the 17th Century
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The origin of this Torah scroll is in Turkey. It was donated by the Camondo family, one of the most important Jewish families in Istanbul, many of whose members settled in Paris and greatly…
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1860
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
18th Century
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These small Torah finials, decorated with silver repoussé and dark- and light-blue enamel, originated in Persia. They are further adorned with slender flowers and graceful geometric patterns.
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18th Century
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A.Z.
Places:
Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)
Date:
1675–1699