Torah Scroll from Kaifeng

Single manuscript page with Hebrew text, two illustrations on the left margin of two people at a table with an herb and of a person next to child, and an illustration on the bottom of people sitting around a table while man waits outside the door.

Flörsheim Haggadah

This Haggadah, decorated in the Ashkenazic tradition, was copied in northern Italy. As is traditional for Ashkenazic Haggadahs, illustrations appear in the margins and frame the text. At the top left…

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Cloth embroidered with columns on either side and building in the middle with turrets and dome, with small Hebrew inscription above.

Torah Ark Curtain

The embroidered structure in the center of this silk Torah ark curtain is thought to be a loose representation of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, with its six minarets and entryway stairs. A somewhat…

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Photograph of two men playing handball, both of whom are turned away from the viewer and facing the wall.

Handball Players, Houston Street, NY

Leon Levinstein, widely admired for his street photography, held himself at a distance from the art world and never produced a book of his work. He kept his day job as a graphic designer and went out…

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Torah Scroll from Kaifeng

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