Great Synagogue (Slonim, Belarus)

This poster, designed by an unknown artist, presents in a clear, graphic manner the goal of the Soviet campaign to eradicate religious life. The texts in Yiddish emphasize the need to bring an end to…

The scroll (megillah) of Esther is read out loud on the holiday of Purim. This example, from Baghdad, is hand painted, with an ornate design in which bands of flowers frame the text. It is rolled on a…

Édouard Moyse’s paintings of Jewish religious life earned him the nickname “the painter of rabbis.” His paintings often depict an idealized Judaism not situated in a specific place or time. The…