Circumcision Set

Photograph of room with raised platform with railings in center and carved wooden Torah chamber on back wall.

Chendamangalam Synagogue (Cochin, India)

Built in the early fifteenth century and rebuilt in 1614 following a fire, the Chendamangalam Synagogue served members of the Malabari Jewish community, descendants of Cochin’s earliest Jews, who are…

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A Guest for the Night

On the eve of the Day of Atonement, in the afternoon, I changed from the express to the local train that runs to my home town. The Jews who had traveled with me got…

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Photograph of gated door outside, surrounded by large archway and decorative floral motifs.

Sandor Schmidl Mausoleum (Jewish Cemetery, Budapest)

The elaborate art-nouveau tomb of the wealthy Schmidl family in the Rákoskeresztúr Jewish cemetery in Budapest is made of ceramic tile made by the Zsolnay factory, famous for its art-nouveau ceramics…

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Circumcision Set

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