Great Synagogue (Slonim, Belarus)
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1635–1642
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Visual and Material Culture, 1500–1750
Early modern Jewish visual culture flourished, with illuminated manuscripts, ornate synagogues, and portraiture alongside increasing non-Jewish interest in Jewish customs and greater Jewish self-representation.
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Slonim, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Slonim, Belarus)
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