Portrait of Tzvi Ashkenazi

Photograph of carved doorway set in wall with curtain across it, surrounded by candelabra, Hebrew writing on wall, and chandelier in forefront.

Torah Ark from the Great Synagogue of Tykocin, Poland

The mannerist and baroque Great Synagogue of Tykocin, Poland, was built in 1642. The synagogue was damaged during World War II and in the years following, but was restored in the 1970s, including its…

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Photograph of wooden building exterior with several layers of roofs.

The Synagogue of Gwoździec, Galicia

Wooden synagogues were a distinctive style of vernacular architecture that first developed in the lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the sixteenth century and then flourished in the…

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Metal box engraved with images of dogs and foliage, with handle and key on top.

Jewelry Box

This exquisite jewelry box was crafted in Nuremberg, Germany, before 1540 and given to a bride for her wedding. Etched in steel, copper-plated, and partly gilt, the panels, on four sides and the lid…

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Portrait of Tzvi Ashkenazi

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