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Isaac ben Judah Leib ha-Kohen

18th Century

Isaac ben Judah Leib ha-Kohen was an artist from Jaryczow (now Novyi Yarychiv, Ukraine) who painted the ceiling of at least one synagogue.

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Synagogue (Gwoździec, Poland)

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The wooden synagogue in Gwoździec, eastern Galicia (modern-day Poland), was one of more than two hundred wooden synagogues that existed in Poland before World War II. Wooden synagogues were a…
Map depicting rivers and settlements, an image of a large building with a waterwheel, and an image of small huts with palm trees at the top and two cherubs with Dutch text.
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