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The Table As It Is
Drora Dominey
1989
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Israeli sculptor Drora Dominey was born at Kibbutz Merhavia. Many of her pieces focus on her experience of kibbutz life and on Israeli identity. Dominey, who teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, is the recipient of the Israel Education & Culture Minister’s Award (2007).
This impressive cut-paper birth amulet is in the form of the double eagle, the symbol of the Habsburg Monarchy (and pre-partition Poland) and thus a popular motif in Galician Jewish folk art. It is…
These are modern reconstructions of the Ark of the Covenant. Chests with images on top and with carrying poles are known from ancient Egypt. The depictions of the cherubs here are based on winged…
This medal by master engraver Charles Wiener honors the Jewish philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) and his wife, Lady Judith Montefiore (1784–1862). Montefiore was an activist on behalf of…