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In 1735, Eleazar ben Samuel arrived in Amsterdam to take up the post of chief rabbi of the Ashkenazic community. To mark the occasion, Joel ben Lippman Levi minted a medal. On the front of the medal…
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Joel ben Lippman Levi
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Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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1735
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Five years after the death of his second wife Reb Meshulam Moskat married for a third time. His new wife was a woman in her fifties, from Galicia, in eastern Austria, the widow of a wealthy brewer…
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
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1950
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This medal for St. Stephanskirche in Vienna provides an example of the style innovated by its engraver Jacques Wiener (1815–1899), in which the exterior of a building appears on one side and the…
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Jacques Wiener
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Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium (Brussels, Belgium)
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1862
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This glimpse into an eighteenth-century German Jewish marriage ceremony offers an opportunity to consider how gender roles have changed for this vital ritual.
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire (Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
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1748
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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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Ludwig Förster
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Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)
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1854–1859
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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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Artist Unknown
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Yanuv, Russian Empire (Janów, Poland)
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1700s
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Abraham Hirsch
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Lyon, Second French Empire (Lyon, France)
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1863–1864