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There were once hundreds of wooden synagogues in Poland and Lithuania, but only a very few examples of this particularly Jewish form of architecture have survived. The Zabłudów synagogue, built around…
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Zabludow, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Zabłudów, Poland)
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ca. 1637
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Henryk Glicenstein
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
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ca. 1911
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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Early 18th Century
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Lea Lilienblum
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1943
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Jennings Tofel
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Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Second Polish Republic
(Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland)
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1929
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This 1934 illustration of the Passover story of the four sons features a caricature of the “wicked” son dressed as Hitler.
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Arthur Szyk
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Lodz, Second Polish Republic
(Łódź, Poland)
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1934
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The Rema Synagogue, named after the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Isserles (known by the Hebrew acronym “Rema”), was built in 1553 in the city of Kazimierz (today a district of Kraków). It was…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1553 and 1557
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The Old Synagogue (Alte-Schul, or Stara Bóz.nica) of Kraków is located in the Kazimierz district of the city. Because it was in a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth vulnerable to attack by…
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Kraków, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(Kraków, Poland)
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1557–1570
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This partially gilt-silver Torah crown from Poland is studded with semi-precious stones. Its two-tiered base is typical of Torah crowns from Eastern Europe. It is inscribed in Hebrew with the words,…
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1729
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The three art nouveau-influenced covers by Ber Kratko for three of Y. L. Peretz’s plays feature somewhat grotesque figures. The one for Vos in fidele shtekt (What Sticks in the Fiddle) features a…
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Ber Kratko
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1910