Leshone-toyve shifskarte (Jewish New Year's Card in the Form of an Ocean Liner Ticket)

Illustration of two children greeting a man at the door to a dining room, where the table is set with flowers, cake, and lit candles.

Bilderbuch (Picture Book)

[Picture 1]I am king Solomon With scepter and crown Pikkolo is my chancellor. He stands near my throne.

Photograph of a man jumping barricade in front of crowd of people.

Daniel Cohn-Bendit Jumping the Police Barricade

Daniel Cohn-Bendit was a student leader during the protest in France in May 1968, when up to ten million workers went on strike and 800,000 people marched through Paris. Here he vaults a police…

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Manuscript scroll page with Hebrew text and decorated border with illustrations of cherubs, faces, animals, ribbons, and flowers.

Scroll of the Book of Esther

Like Torah scrolls, the scroll of the biblical book of Esther, read ritually in the synagogue on the holiday of Purim, must be completely unadorned. However, in the sixteenth century, for reasons…

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Leshone-toyve shifskarte (Jewish New Year's Card in the Form of an Ocean Liner Ticket)

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