Philistine (?), "Asiatics," and Other Captives

Sculpture of a man standing over a boy lying on his back.

Sacrifice of Isaac

Segal’s sculptural representation of the Akedah, the biblical story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son Isaac, raised eyebrows when it was first exhibited. His irreverent depiction of Abraham as a…

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Photograph of building with stone wall and cylindrical window; photograph of stone wall building exterior with triangular balconies.

Schocken Library, Jerusalem

In 1934, the German-Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist Salman Schocken (1877–1959) commissioned Mendelsohn to design a villa for him and his family in Jerusalem, where they had fled from Nazi…

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Medal depicting two figures on either side of a set of tablets and small portrait of man in center.

Medal of Appreciation

In 1860, the Austrian Jewish community commissioned a medal of appreciation for Franz Joseph to commemorate the emperor’s granting to Jews the right to own property within the Austrian Empire. On the…

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