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This Torah binder, made for boys at birth and later brought by young men as a symbol of participation in the synagogue, illustrates the fixed nature of traditional gender expectations.
Contributor:
Koppel ben Moses Heller
Places:
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (Munich, Germany)
Date:
1814
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The women’s prayer section depicted in this painting gives a rare glimpse into the ways that women have asserted their agency and voices even in gender-segregated spaces.
Contributor:
Maurycy Gottlieb
Places:
Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1878
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One of Charlotte von Rothschild’s most outstanding works is the only known nineteenth-century Hebrew manuscript to have been illuminated by a woman.
Contributor:
Charlotte von Rothschild
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1842