A Polish Jew

Shemen ha-tov u-zekan Aharon (The Goodly Oil and the Beard of Aaron)

There was once a little city with few Jewish inhabitants, roughly twenty households, the name [of the city] being Ragusa; and it was self-governing. Now it transpired that in the year 5383 [1622], on…

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Mixed media work featuring stack of buildings on bicycle.

The Great Vehicle

The Great Vehicle is one of dozens of wheeled sculptures Rantzer created for “The Zionists,” his 2001 solo exhibition at the Gordon Gallery in Tel Aviv. The overall themes of the show were migration…

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Painting and drawing of bearded man wearing a hat, checkered jacket, and skirt-like garment around legs.

Costume Design (Bearded Male) for Peretz’s At Night in the Old Marketplace

The Russian Revolution initially lifted restrictions on Jewish publishing, sparking a burst of creativity among Jewish writers and artists. Jewish theater companies experimented with modernist…

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A Polish Jew

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