Alms Box

Exterior photograph of brick building of high niches.

Old Synagogue (Krakow)

The Old Synagogue (Alte-Schul, or Stara Bożnica) 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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Painting of two bearded men in robes, one on each side of large tablets with Hebrew and Spanish text.

Moses and Aaron with the Ten Commandments

Moses and Aaron with the Ten Commandments was painted by Aron de Chavez, a painter and engraver of Dutch origin, for the synagogue in Creechurch Lane (the first post-medieval synagogue in London) used…

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Glass cup etched with Hebrew text and image of group of people walking.

Glass for a Burial Society’s Annual Banquet

This beaker was used by the members of a burial society in Prague at their annual banquet, held on the day traditionally designated as the anniversary of Moses’ death. The painted scene depicts a…

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Old Synagogue (Krakow)

Moses and Aaron with the Ten Commandments

Glass for a Burial Society’s Annual Banquet