Portrait of Samson Wertheimer

Photograph of room interior with Torah ark, chandelier, and tall arched doorways.

Klausen Synagogue (Prague)

The Klausen Synagogue in Prague gets its name from the kloyz (a complex of buildings used for religious purposes, including synagogues) that originally stood on its site, erected in the 1570s. The…

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Portrait painting of man in hat facing viewer and pointing toward a book tucked under his arm with slip of paper with Hebrew text.

Portrait of Tzvi Ashkenazi

Tzvi Hirsch ben Jacob Ashkenazi was a talmudist and community leader from Moravia. He was also known as the Ḥakham Tzvi, a Sephardic scholarly title he is thought to have received from the rabbinic…

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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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Portrait of Samson Wertheimer

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