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This Torah binder, made for boys at birth and later brought by young men as a symbol of participation in the synagogue, illustrates the fixed nature of traditional gender expectations.
Contributor:
Koppel ben Moses Heller
Places:
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
(Munich, Germany)
Date:
1814
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On June 7, 1690, Samuel de Isaac Senior Teixeira married Rachel Senior de Mattos in Hamburg. Their beautiful ketubah (marriage contract) depicts the couple under the wedding canopy, accompanied by…
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Artist Unknown
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
(Hamburg, Germany)
Date:
1690
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Jakob Steinhardt
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1913–1914
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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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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
Date:
1748
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Contributor:
Paul Christian Kirchner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1795
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One of Charlotte von Rothschild’s most outstanding works is the only known nineteenth-century Hebrew manuscript to have been illuminated by a woman.
Contributor:
Charlotte von Rothschild
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1842
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Contributor:
Paul Christian Kirchner
Places:
Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire
(Nuremberg, Germany)
Date:
1724
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Contributor:
Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz
Places:
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Date:
1748
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Contributor:
Else Lasker-Schüler
Places:
Berlin, German Empire
(Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1913