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Congregation Shearith Israel was the first Jewish congregation established in North America, and the only Jewish congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825. Between 1654 and 1730, it used…
Contributor:
Esther Oppenheim
Places:
New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)
Date:
1730 and 1818
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This rare example of an eighteenth-century American snuff box made of gold may have been made by its goldsmith Myer Myers in honor of the opening of a new Masonic lodge in New York. The cover of the…
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Myer Myers
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New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)
Date:
1770
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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
Places:
Philadelphia, British America and the British West Indies (Philadelphia, United States of America)
Date:
1776