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The interior of the wooden Horb synagogue (completed in 1735) is richly decorated in typical East European style, which, it seems, the artist Eliezer Zusman, originally from Brody, introduced to…
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Artist Unknown
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Horb am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Marktzeuln, Germany)
Date:
1735
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This glimpse into an eighteenth-century German Jewish marriage ceremony offers an opportunity to consider how gender roles have changed for this vital ritual.
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Date:
1748
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Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Date:
1685/6
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This Torah mantle was made in Vienna in the eighteenth century. It is embroidered with silk and metallic thread, metallic ribbon, and has metallic fringes. Set against a red background, this mantle’s…
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Artist Unknown
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Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
(Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1722/3
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Jacob Koppel Gans
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(Bavaria, Germany)
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1772–1773
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This copper Torah crown was made in Bolzano, Italy. An excellent repoussé piece, its delicate pierced and traced decorations are adorned with floral arrangements of leaves and vines. The shape of this…
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Artist Unknown
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Bolzano, Holy Roman Empire
(Bolzano, Italy)
Date:
1698/9
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff
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Wörlitz, Holy Roman Empire
(Wörlitz, Germany)
Date:
1789–1790
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Elkana Schatz Naumberg
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Kriegshaber, Holy Roman Empire
(Kriegshaber, Germany)
Date:
1724