Israeli artist Asaf Ben-Zvi lives in Jerusalem. His work has been the subject of more than a dozen solo exhibitions in Israel. He is the recipient of the Mendel Pundik Prize for Israeli Art (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1989), the Israel Discount Bank Prize (1994), and the Eugen Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Art (Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1997).
Albert Antebi (1873–1919), the subject of this photograph, was an educator, philanthropist, and diplomat in Ottoman Palestine. Born in Damascus to a rabbinical Jewish family, he became a prominent…
Shpanyer-arbet (spun work) was the name for a type of decorative gold and silver lace that adorned yarmulkes, prayer shawls, and other Jewish ritual garments in Eastern Europe. It was woven on a…
In some Hasidic communities, it became a common practice for the Hasidic leader or rebbe to give specially sanctified coins as amulets that could confer blessings on the holder. These coins-turned…