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The origin of this Torah scroll is in Turkey. It was donated by the Camondo family, one of the most important Jewish families in Istanbul, many of whose members settled in Paris and greatly…
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1860
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Jacob Koppel Gans
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(Bavaria, Germany)
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1772–1773
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Wilhelmus Angenendt
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1809
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Artist Unknown
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Prague, Holy Roman Empire
(Prague, Czechia)
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1602
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The use of wall niches for Torah scrolls was a feature of some of the earliest synagogues and continues today in Mizrahi communities. This striking faience-tile mosaic structure would have decorated a…
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Isfahan, Safavid Empire
(Isfahan, Iran)
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16th Century
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This Torah ark, installed in a synagogue in the Italian town of Urbino, is a fine example of Renaissance Judaica. Carved from walnut in the early sixteenth century, the ark belonged to the Sephardic…
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Urbino, Duchy of Urbino
(Urbino, Italy)
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ca. 1500
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Home to a Jewish community from at least the thirteenth century, Pesaro later became the refuge of Portuguese and Spanish Jews in the sixteenth century. In 1642, a few years after the town’s Jews were…
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Pesaro, Duchy of Urbino
(Pesaro, Italy)
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Late 16th Century
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This Hanukkah Lamp from Poland is made from brass and would likely have been placed near the Torah ark in a synagogue. An engraved and cast eagle sits above a domed cupola, representing gratitude and…
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17th Century
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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)
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1698/9
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Tobias Völsch
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Hamburg, Free Imperial City of Hamburg
(Hamburg, Germany)
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Late 17th Century