The first man, Adam, lies in the grass,
And spits at a passing cloud,
Humbly, the cloud says, “Adam,
Please, would you cut that out.”
But Adam sticks out his tongue
And…
Ben-Dov was the founder of the photography department in the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. This photograph of an art student posing as the biblical Ruth is faithful to the Bezalel mission to…
In 1735, Eleazar ben Samuel arrived in Amsterdam to take up the post of chief rabbi of the Ashkenazic community. To mark the occasion, Joel ben Lippman Levi minted a medal. On the front of the medal…
Made in Prague, this Torah ark curtain is exquisitely ornamented with embroidery of silk, silk velvet, and metallic thread. Set against a vivid red background, its borders and central panel are decorated with elaborate designs. The Hebrew inscription announces that the curtain was the gift of Yitsḥak Kohen Popers, son of the cantor Lipman Popers and his wife Temerl, daughter of Hirsch Perlhefter, to celebrate “the work of her hands.”
The first man, Adam, lies in the grass,
And spits at a passing cloud,
Humbly, the cloud says, “Adam,
Please, would you cut that out.”
But Adam sticks out his tongue
And…
Ben-Dov was the founder of the photography department in the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. This photograph of an art student posing as the biblical Ruth is faithful to the Bezalel mission to…
In 1735, Eleazar ben Samuel arrived in Amsterdam to take up the post of chief rabbi of the Ashkenazic community. To mark the occasion, Joel ben Lippman Levi minted a medal. On the front of the medal…