Torah Scroll from Kaifeng

The ketubah is a religious and legal contract of marriage. Traditionally, ketubot outline the conjugal and economic conditions of a marriage and are written in Aramaic. This ketubah was copied and…

This shadai’a (dedicatory plaque) from the Romaniote community in Ioannina, Greece, is made of repoussé silver with an engraved Hebrew inscription. The central inscription is a rhymed text dedicated…

The focus of this photograph is the rank-and-file participants at a socialist May Day rally, rather than the politicians delivering the speeches. Members of the Photo League maintained that it was the…