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This unusual heart-shaped amulet from Morocco is inscribed with the words “God Almighty,” followed by the priestly blessing (Numbers 6:24–26) and an individualized text: “May God give him life and…
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Artist Unknown
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1861–1862
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The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This printed ketubah created by…
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Zemah Davidsohn
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1863
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This bronze medal by Jacques Elion commemorates the opening of a Jewish orphanage in Amsterdam. The Hebrew inscription reads: “Orphanage.” It was customary for Jewish communities to issue medals to…
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Jacques Elion
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1865
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Designed in the German neoclassical style, the Wörlitz synagogue was modeled on Rome’s Temple of Vesta, featuring a circular building with a conical roof. It was commissioned by Prince Leopold…
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff
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Wörlitz, Holy Roman Empire (Wörlitz, Germany)
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1789–1790
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Janów, Poland, was home to a unique wooden synagogue. The town was settled by Jews toward the end of the seventeenth century, and, by 1739, the Jewish population formed the majority of the town’s…
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Artist Unknown
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Yanuv, Russian Empire (Janów, Poland)
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1700s
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The Grand Synagogue of Lyon was built shortly after the establishment of a regional consistory by Emperor Napoleon III and the appointment of a regional chief rabbi. In 1858, a new synagogue for the…
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Abraham Hirsch
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Lyon, Second French Empire (Lyon, France)
Date:
1863–1864
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho painted this portrait of Wakara (ca. 1808–1855) of the Timpanogos tribe (later chief of the Utah Indians) after returning from a trip to the territories of Kansas, Colorado, and…
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Solomon Nunes Carvalho
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Utah, United States of America
Date:
1854
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This is the second version of First Class: The Meeting—And at First Meeting Loved painted by Abraham Solomon. A young man in naval uniform talks with an older man and a young woman, who sits near the…
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Abraham Solomon
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1855
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Édouard Moyse’s painting portrays the Grand Sanhedrin, the Jewish high court assembled by Napoleon in 1807 to ratify the answers of an assembly of Jewish communal leaders to twelve questions submitted…
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Édouard Moyse
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Paris, Second French Empire (Paris, France)
Date:
1867
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A woman holding an infant sits on a rock under a gloomy sky at twilight or dawn. In the background is the wreck of a boat. Julius Muhr painted other sentimental and romantic paintings like this one…
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Julius Muhr
Places:
Munich, German Confederation (Munich, Germany)
Date:
ca. 1860s