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Congregation Shearith Israel was the first Jewish congregation established in North America, and the only Jewish congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825. Between 1654 and 1730, it used…
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Esther Oppenheim
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New York, British America and the British West Indies (New York City, United States of America)
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1730 and 1818
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The Steerage is considered Alfred Stieglitz’s masterpiece. It marks a departure from the painterly approach he had previously championed in favor of paying more attention to forms, a reflection of his…
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Alfred Stieglitz
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1907
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Cover of sheet music for “Do Not Say Goodbye” from the Marx Brothers’ musical comedy Home Again.
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Marx Brothers
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
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1914
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Segal’s sculptural representation of the Akedah, the biblical story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son Isaac, raised eyebrows when it was first exhibited. His irreverent depiction of Abraham as a…
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George Segal
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South Brunswick Township, United States of America
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1973
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Moss’s Black Forest series is perhaps her best-known work. The seventeen acrylic and Rhoplex (a water-based acrylic emulsion) paintings feature thick vertical shapes and boldly colored stripes. They…
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Susan Moss
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Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1977
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Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
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Indianapolis, United States of America
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1992
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Lost Youth is from a series of paintings called Forever, whose themes are youth, love, and death. Hod intended this picture, which depicts attendees at the funeral of a young Israeli soldier, as more…
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Nir Hod
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New York, United States of America
Date:
2005
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Chicago and her former husband Donald Woodman said that part of their motivation for their multimedia Holocaust Project was the realization of how cut off from their Jewish heritage and how detached…
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Judy Chicago
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California, United States of America
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1989
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The empty chair was a recurrent image in the work of Israeli artists. Because of its associations with the (fallen) throne of the biblical King David, it was sometimes used to represent a fallen…
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Yigal Ozeri
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1991
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This painting of a box of Horowitz Margareten matzah, a popular U.S. brand, is a clear reference to the images of Campbell soup cans and other consumer products that Andy Warhol made in the 1960s…
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Adam Rolston
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New York, United States of America
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1993