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Inscription from the Establishment of the Rema Synagogue
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The text on this inscription, dating from the establishment of the Rema Synagogue in Krákow, reads, in part: “The man, R. Israel ben Joseph (of blessed memory), gathered his strength, for the honor of…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

1553

Subjects:

Synagogue, Charity, Memory, Women, Marriage

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Inscriptions
Wood-framed Hebrew inscription.
Doors to the Bimah, Rema Synagogue (Krakow)
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The Rema Synagogue, named after the famous rabbi and scholar Moses Isserles (known by the Hebrew acronym “Rema”), was built in 1553 in the city of Kazimierz (today a district of Kraków). It was…

Places:

Kraków, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Kraków, Poland)

Date:

Early 18th Century

Subjects:

Synagogue, Ritual object, Ritual & observance, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
Set of curved doors with carving of peacock-shaped pitcher filled with foliage and fruit extending to top of door.
Synagogue (Gwoździec, Poland)
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The wooden synagogue in Gwoździec, eastern Galicia (modern-day Poland), was one of more than two hundred wooden synagogues that existed in Poland before World War II. Wooden synagogues were a…

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Isaac Ber and His Son, Isaac ben Judah Leib ha-Kohen, Israel ben Mordechai Lisnicki

Places:

Gwoździec, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Gwoździec, Poland)

Date:

ca. 1650

Subjects:

Synagogue, Community, Animals, Art, Aesthetics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
Photograph of wooden building exterior with several layers of roofs.