Kupa Synagogue (Kraków)

Page of Aramaic text in center and around border with images of birds and flowers.

Ketubah

The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, it outlines the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and is written in Aramaic. This ornate one from Isfahan, Iran…

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Consulta sobre o uso das pinturas (Inquiry into the Use of Paintings)

Since the law prohibits one, in no uncertain terms, from depicting figures, the question one may ask is how Jews have had all manner of paintings in their homes? And it is not enough to say that only…

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Portion of wall fresco depicting carriage, carriage driver, and two horses.

Carriage Driver (Self-Portrait), Drohobycz

When Drohobycz (present-day Ukraine) was occupied by the Nazis, Bruno Schulz was initially spared the fate of other Jews in his hometown. Because of his fame as a writer and artist, he was kept alive…

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Kupa Synagogue (Kraków)

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