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Boris Schatz
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Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1925–1935
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Torah finials are a pair of ornaments used to decorate the upper ends of the rollers on which the Torah scroll is wound. The Hebrew term rimonim, which means “pomegranates,” references the…
Contributor:
Myer Myers
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Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies
(Philadelphia, United States of America)
Date:
1776
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Women played key roles in preparing the deceased for burial. This painting shows women’s involvement in the ultimate act of generosity.
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Artist Unknown
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Praha, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
ca. 1780
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Angora, Ottoman Empire
(Ankara, Turkey)
Date:
1826
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
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1840
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Artist Unknown
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Bischitz, Austrian Empire
(Byšice, Czech Republic)
Date:
1855–1856
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Jacob Abraham Jesurun
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1861
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1864
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In the grey evening, beside the white house, three old ladies sit, gazing straight ahead. And stillness all around. As if the eagle had suddenly frozen in flight. Three old ladies sit beside the…
Contributor:
Abraham Shlonsky
Places:
Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
(Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1934
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These high officials were not accustomed to wearing European-style shirts. When they decided to dress in the European style, they asked a certain ham, Daniel Andjel, whose shop at the Women’s Market…
Contributor:
Sa’adi Besalel a-Levi
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire
(Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
1881–1902