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These silver Torah finials with bells adorned a Torah scroll at the consecration ceremony of the Mill Street Synagogue of Congregation Shearith Israel, which opened in New York in 1730 and was located…
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Artist Unknown
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New York City, Great Britain (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1730
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Commandment II is from a series of forged-iron sculptures Kirili began in the late 1970s. They are among his best-known works and reflect his strong interest in religious concepts and ancient texts…
Contributor:
Alain Kirili
Places:
Tribeca, United States of America
Date:
1980
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Akedah is one of a series of photographs made by Winn while he was undergoing treatment for AIDS. In each photograph, a Band-Aid covers the place on his body from which blood was taken or an injection…
Contributor:
Albert J. Winn
Places:
Los Angeles, United States of America
Date:
1995
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Laurence’s Tefillin questions both western art and patriarchal aspects of Judaism. The triptych portrays parts of women’s naked bodies, bound in the leather straps of tefillin, the small black leather…
Contributor:
Geoffrey Laurence
Places:
New Mexico, United States of America
Date:
1999