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The Torah binder (also known as a wimpel) was intended to accompany the male child through his lifetime, through the stages of his circumcision, bar mitzvah, and wedding. This linen Torah binder from…
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Wife of Shimon Soave
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17th Century
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Ben-Zvi’s early paintings focused on ecology and nature. He often depicted human and ecological disasters, calling attention to the fragility of human and animal life. The birds and insects featured…
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Asaf Ben-Zvi
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1989
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Each corner of Mickie Caspi’s Seasons Ketubah represents one of the four seasons. The traditional text is framed by a mosaic of heart-shaped flowers and encircled by a quote from the Song of Songs.
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Mickie Caspi
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Newton, United States of America
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2005
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One of Charlotte von Rothschild’s most outstanding works is the only known nineteenth-century Hebrew manuscript to have been illuminated by a woman.
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Charlotte von Rothschild
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Frankfurt am Main, German Confederation (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
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1842
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People Pouring out of a Public Building into the Street is one of Friedrich Friedländer’s best-known works. In the mid-nineteenth century, as part of a trend in European art that was moving away from…
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Friedrich Friedländer
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Vienna, Austrian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
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1859
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This wedding riddle from Italy is written in Hebrew and Judeo-Italian. Wedding songs, sometimes performed by professional jesters, were traditional at Jewish weddings. Some had lyrics in the form of…
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Artist Unknown
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ca. 1770
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This cup and saucer set features a portrait of Jewish German banker Isaac Daniel Itzig and a picture of one of his homes in Berlin, the Bartholdy Meierei (Bartholdi dairy) on Köpenickerstrasse…
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Artist Unknown
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
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1795
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This silver alms plate was likely used to collect donations in a synagogue. In the center is a boat, meant to represent Noah’s ark, a common image on Jewish alms containers. The Hebrew word for…
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Artist Unknown
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1864
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This ketubah was written and illustrated for the wedding of Isaac Pereira and Rachel de Pinto, members of prominent Sephardic families. At the top a pair of hands clasp, and vignettes along the sides…
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Shalom Italia
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1648
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On June 7, 1690, Samuel de Isaac Senior Teixeira married Rachel Senior de Mattos in Hamburg. Their beautiful ketubah (marriage contract) depicts the couple under the wedding canopy, accompanied by…
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Artist Unknown
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Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (Hamburg, Germany)
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1690