Rema Synagogue (Kraków)

Single page in ink on vellum featuring image of throne in center with bird of prey above, surrounded by Hebrew writing.

Amulet for the protection of women and newborn children

Amulets were crafted to protect pregnant women and newborn children from the powers of the evil Lilith, Adam’s mythical first wife. Mystical texts surround this image, written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and…

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On Seeing the Statuettes of Ezekiel and Jeremiah in the Church of Notre Dame

They have given you French names and made you captive, my rugged troublesome compatriots; your splendid beards, are epicene, plaster white and your angers unclothed with Palestinian hills quite lost…

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Photograph of woman in headscarf looking toward camera, holding bucket and paintbrush next to wall, with woman behind her looking at camera.

Jewish Woman of Safed Whitewashing Her Home in Preparation for Pessah

Morpurgo was most interested in documenting everyday life. The photographs he took during his 1927 trip to Palestine portray Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities and focus on coexistence rather…

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Rema Synagogue (Kraków)

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