Ketubah (Rome)

This omer calendar, marking the days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, is still used at Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. The letters stand for H=Homer (Ladino for Omer); S…

Miriam, Aristobolus and Dina. Miriam:Mother! Enter Alexandra, Miriam’s mother. Alex:Your shouting will wake the dead. A little refinement, Miriam, you’re no longer a little girl. Miriam:It…

This seal, found at the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem, shows a uraeus or upright cobra with four wings. Modeled on the black-necked cobra that applies its venom both by biting and spitting, it was…