Isaac Synagogue (Kraków)

Page of Aramaic text surrounded by many images and decorations, including zodiac symbols, scenes of figures and animals, cherubs, Hebrew words around margins, and vines and flowers.

Ketubah with a Depiction of Jerusalem

This ketubah (marriage contract) from Padua, Italy, marks the marriage of Samuel ben Gerson ha-Kohen me-ha-ḥazanim (“of the cantors,” or Cantarini) and Colomba bat David Aziz. The groom was a…

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Saâda the Moroccan

Meanwhile, the beautiful Saâda wandered the streets of Blidah . . . She continued straight ahead, without purpose or thought. She went . . . She found Blida banal with its one-story European…

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Photograph depicting tall statue in the center of large atrium with interior staircases.

Wertheim Department Store (Interior)

The façade of the massive Warenhaus Wertheim had rows of narrow pillars extending from the ground floor to the roof and was a showpiece of early twentieth-century Berlin. The interior looked more like…

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Isaac Synagogue (Kraków)

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