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Carpet with embroidered designs and four small posts near each corner.

Persian Carpet

This Persian carpet, manufactured between 1600 and 1630, was later used for a reader’s desk and desk cover in the Portuguese Synagogue in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Manuscript page with drawing of building complex with inner courtyards.

Synagogue in K’ai-fêng (Kaifeng, China)

Jews first settled in Kaifeng, the capital of Henan province in central China, before 1127. According to scholars, they had come from India or Persia, spoke Persian, and worked as cotton dyers and…

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Photograph of creek lined with rows of straight trees.

Latina, Southern Italy

Dorothy Bohm was known for her photographic still lifes, portraits, reportage, social documentary, and landscapes, such as this one, expressing her interest in capturing “poetic, mysterious…

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