Kadavumbagam Synagogue (Cochin, India)

Photograph of room lined with narrow wooden pews and set of stairs at far end of room leading to gilded podium.

Scuola Canton Synagogue, Venice

The second-oldest building in the Venetian ghetto is the Scuola Canton Synagogue. Built several years after the Scuola Grande Tedesca, the Canton Synagogue also served the Ashkenazic community. The…

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Sculpture of bearded man wearing shawl, with mouth open and hands clasped.

Moses’ Death

Mendes da Costa was best known for the reliefs he sculpted for buildings in Amsterdam (many of which were figures of animals) in the style of the Niewe Kunst, the Dutch variant of Art Nouveau. But he…

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Table lamp with domed silver lampshade with geometric designs.

Table Lamp with Elaborate Silver Lampshade

During the time that Erich Goldberg served on the faculty of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, he produced several silver objects, inspired by Yemenite silver craft. Green stones of…

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Kadavumbagam Synagogue (Cochin, India)

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