Torah Ark Valance

Photograph of rectangular room with arched windows, floor covered in sand, wooden cabinet on far wall, wooden benches on left side and along walls, and wooden lectern on right side.

Tzedek ve-Shalom Synagogue, Suriname

Built in 1736, the Tzedek ve-Shalom synagogue served a Sephardic congregation of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had migrated from Holland to Suriname. Located in Suriname’s capital of Paramaribo, the…

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Two circular drawings of exterior of building surrounded by fence and trees and English caption; two circular drawings, one of exterior of buildings side-by-side and the other of interior of building with columns and balcony, with English caption underneath.

Shearith Israel Synagogue

Congregation Shearith Israel was the first Jewish congregation established in North America, and the only Jewish congregation in New York City from 1654 until 1825. Between 1654 and 1730, it used…

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Abstract painting depicting faces in a crowded city.

The Autumn of Central Paris (After Walter Benjamin)

R. B. Kitaj considered himself a figurative artist at a time when abstract art was the dominant trend. His paintings, with their brightly colored and sometimes overlapping figures, produce a collage…

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