Russian artist Yuri Kuper immigrated to Israel in 1972, and soon moved to England. He is particularly known for his still lifes, which often feature found objects from his studio. He has exhibited in the United States, Europe, and Japan, and his work is found at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He lives in France and has a studio in New York.
Immigrants on a ship from Hamburg, Germany, arriving in New York, December 10, 1906. They were among the 15 million immigrants who came to the United States between 1900 and 1915. Most of the…
In Ashkenazic communities, circumcision benches with two seats were sometimes used from the nineteenth century on, one for the sandek, the godfather on whose lap the baby boy is circumcised, and one…