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Head of a Young Jew, Natan Altman’s most famous sculpture, is an expression of his desire to set a new, modern course for Jewish art. The asymmetrical sculpture, a combination of bronze, copper, and…
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Natan Altman
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1916
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Founded in 1897 in New York City, the democratic socialist Yiddish daily Forverts quickly became the most popular Jewish newspaper in the United States (and the most widely circulated non-English…
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George Boehm
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1912
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The [Babylonian] Talmud in tractate Sanhedrin [109b] brings a statement that when a stranger came to the city of Sodom, he would be placed on a bed. Someone who was taller than the bed would have his…
Contributor:
Yitsḥak Morganstern
Places:
Sokolov, Russian Empire (Sokolov, Czech Republic)
Date:
1918