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The ceiling and wall paintings in the baroque-style Kupa Synagogue in Kraków, which dates from 1643, were damaged during World War II and in a pogrom that occurred in August 1945 immediately following…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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17th Century
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Dutch Colonial Empire (Kerala, India)
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1721
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Johannes Alexander Böner
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Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (Nuremberg, Germany)
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1705
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Padua, Republic of Venice (Padua, Italy)
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17th–18th Century
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The Isaac (or Izaak) Synagogue in Kraków was built in 1638–1644. Named after its donor, Izaak Jakubowicz (d. 1673), also known as Isaac the Rich, the synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis during World…
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Artist Unknown
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)
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1638–1645
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This lacquered, cylindrical case for a Torah scroll was made from a combination of wood, bronze, and iron in Kaifeng, China. (The hard-sided Torah case was a Sephardic tradition. It offered more…
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Kaifeng, Qing Dynasty (Kaifeng, China)
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17th or 18th Century
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This silver circumcision set was crafted in Salonika in the Ottoman Empire. The cylindrical silver casket holds a circumcision knife; its handle is made from agate. A similarly shaped powder box and…
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Artist Unknown
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Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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18th Century
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William Spackman
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London, Kingdom of Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)
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1719
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A.Z.
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Kérkyra (Corfu), Ottoman Empire (Corfu, Greece)
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1675–1699
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The Gerush (Hebrew for “expulsion”) synagogue in Bursa, Turkey, dates back to the early sixteenth century and is unique in its dual-ark design; one upper section is located in the women’s gallery…
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Bursa, Ottoman Empire (Bursa, Turkey)
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Early 16th Century