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Henriette de Lemos Herz (1764–1847) was a Berlin salon hostess famed for her beauty and literary engagement. She was highly educated, especially in ancient and modern languages. Following her marriage…
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Anna Dorothea Lisiewska-Therbusch
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1778
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A pathbreaking composer, Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) surprised and delighted generations of opera fans in Europe and around the world. To the staid formula of live performances, he added sound…
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Friedrich Georg Weitsch
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Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1802
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I. W. Loewenbach’s medal commemorating the dedication of the new synagogue in Munich (1826) is among the earliest German synagogue medals. On one side of the medal, one sees the façade of the…
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I. W. Loewenbach
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Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria (Munich, Germany)
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1826
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Max Liebermann frequently traveled to Amsterdam. He was attracted to the city because of its connection to Rembrandt, whom he idolized. But he came back again and again, drawn to Amsterdam’s Jewish…
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Max Liebermann
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1908
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Illustration from the German translation of Morris Rosenfeld’s Yiddish “sweatshop” poems, Lieder des Ghetto (Songs from the Ghetto). The illustrations in the deluxe book are in the art nouveau style…
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Ephraim Moses Lilien
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
Date:
1902
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The actor, comedian, and playwright Donat (David) Herrnfeld grew up in the small town of Raab (Győr) in Hungary; his family later moved to Vienna. Donat and his siblings performed and toured early on…
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Photographer Unknown
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German Empire (Germany, Germany)
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Early 20th Century
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Alfred Messel
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Berlin, German Empire (Berlin, Germany)
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1897–1902
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The august synagogue in Mainz, erected on Hindenburgstrasse in 1911–1912, included a central, circular nave with a large dome and side wings housing a weekday synagogue, community rooms, wedding hall…
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Willy Graf
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Mainz, German Empire (Mainz, Germany)
Date:
1911
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The Bechhofen Synagogue (built in 1685) is believed to have been the largest wooden synagogue in Germany. The interior of the synagogue was painted with lavish decorations in 1732 and 1733, in typical…
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Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire (Bechhofen, Germany)
Date:
1684
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This map, in a manuscript copy of Be’er mayim ḥayim (A Spring of Living Water), a commentary on Rashi published in Worms or Friedberg in the late fifteenth or sixteenth century, is based on Rashi’s…
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Ḥayim ben Bezalel
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Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Friedburg (Friedberg, Germany)
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Late 15th or 16th Century