Esther Scroll

Watercolor featuring seated young woman in beaded headdress and flowing dress, and another woman in shawl leaning over her.

Saada the Wife of Abraham Benchimol and Préciada, One of Their Daughters

In 1832, after the French conquest of Algeria, French artist Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) traveled to North Africa, creating a series of paintings and drawings that exoticized scenes of daily life in…

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Cloth with embroidered columns on either side, pattern in the middle, and Hebrew text between two lions and crown on top.

Torah Ark Curtain

This splendid Torah ark curtain, made in Kriegshaber, Germany, is the work of the embroiderer Elkana Schatz Naumberg of Fürth, whose name appears in an inscription in the central bottom section. It is…

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Terra-cotta figurine with enlarged head and breasts.

Judahite Pillar Figurine with Hand-made Head

In this terra-cotta figurine from Beersheba, 5.5 inches (14 cm) high, the face is made by pinching the clay to draw out the nose, thereby forming the eye sockets. The nose has a beak-like appearance…

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Saada the Wife of Abraham Benchimol and Préciada, One of Their Daughters

Torah Ark Curtain

Judahite Pillar Figurine with Hand-made Head