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Circular amulet with stones around perimeter and image of candelabrum with Hebrew text in center, surrounded by images of the zodiac.

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Amulet for Rudolf II

ca. 1600

Cloth embroidered with floral border, and four central panels, the top two with pitchers, vines, and flowers, and the bottom two with trees and ribbons with Hebrew text.

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Torah Cover (?)

ca. 1600

Cloth embroidered with floral border, Hebrew text across the top, and repeating motif in center.

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Torah Ark Curtain (Prague)

Temerl bat Hirsch Perlhefter

1685/6

Printed page with Hebrew and Yiddish text in center flanked by two figures with decorative borders at top and bottom, and text wrapping around margins of page.

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Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch (scribe and artist), Psalms

Nathan ben Samson of Meseritsch

1728

Tombstone in graveyard with triangular top, Hebrew inscription, and Star of David.

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Tombstone of David ben Solomon Gans

1613

Woodcut portrait of man in hat and moustache and beard with Hebrew text on left and right sides of face.

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Portrait of Issachar Baer Teller

1637

Facing-page of printed Hebrew text on right side and illustration on left side of Hebrew text surrounded by four full-length figures, decorative border, and two animal-human hybrids on the bottom of page on either side of shield with lion.

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Haggadah (Prague)

Gershom Katz | Ḥayyim Schwarz

1526

Woodcut of man in foreground while background figures walk a path toward smoke stacks depicting clouds of smoke that contain faces.

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Home! Home?

Miklós Adler

1945

Print of half-length portrait of woman in hat and dress with lace border, and Polish text underneath.

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Portrait of Eva Frank

Aleksander Kraushar

ca. 1771

Painting of men cutting cloth and women sewing.

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Jewish Burial Society: Sewing the Shrouds and The Washing of the Body

ca. 1780

Two-seater bench with central armrest, decorated on the seat backs with ritual objects and Hebrew text.

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Circumcision Bench

ca. 1805

Silver comb and nail pick.

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Burial Comb and Nail Pick of the Bischitz Burial Society

1855–1856