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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…
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Artist Unknown
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Philadelphia, United States of America
Date:
18th century
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Myer Myers
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(New York City, United States of America)
(United)
Date:
1770
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In 1829, German Jewish metallurgist Lewis Feuchtwanger attempted to introduce a metal alloy known as “German silver” into U.S. coinage, promoting this nickel silver as a less-expensive alternative for…
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Lewis Feuchtwanger
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1837
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Zemah Davidsohn
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1863
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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Utah, United States of America
Date:
1854
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Gertrud Natzler, Otto Natzler
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Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1960
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Artist Unknown
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New York City, Kingdom of Great Britain
(New York, United States of America)
Date:
1730
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International Order of B’nai B’rith
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New Orleans, United States of America
Date:
1886
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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…
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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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Peter Harrison
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(Newport, United States of America)
Date:
1763