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Artist Unknown
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Baghdad, Ottoman Empire
(Baghdad, Iraq)
Date:
ca. 1850
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Meir Magino
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Rome, Papal States
(Rome, Italy)
Date:
1560
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Joseph ben Issachar Süsskind Oppenheimer (1698–1738) was a financier and court Jew who served as adviser to Duke Carl Alexander. Economic reforms enacted by Carl Alexander (and informed by Oppenheimer…
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Artist Unknown
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Stuttgart, Kingdom of Prussia
(Stuttgart, Germany)
Date:
1738
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This Torah mantle, from about 1655, is embroidered with silk and gilt-silver thread and is richly decorated with curling, interlocking patterns. The crown dates from the middle of the nineteenth…
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Artist Unknown
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Venice, Republic of Venice
(Venice, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1655
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Pieter van Hoven
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1696
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Rachel Millman
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Bessarabia, Russian Empire
(Bessarabia, Moldova)
Date:
1907
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Contributor:
Joseph Barsky
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Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
1909
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Jacob Epstein
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1904
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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