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The first Ashkenazi Jews to settle in Amsterdam, refugees from the Chmielnicki uprising in Poland and the Thirty Years War, initially joined the Sephardi congregation there. In 1671, they established…
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Martin Monnickendam
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date:
1935
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Simeon Solomon’s Carrying the Scrolls of Law, like other pre-Raphaelite paintings, explores the themes of spirituality and religious devotion. Solomon also explores the beauty of the young man…
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Simeon Solomon
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London, United Kingdom
Date:
1867
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The Bechhofen Synagogue (built in 1685) is believed to have been the largest wooden synagogue in Germany. The interior of the synagogue was painted with lavish decorations in 1732 and 1733, in typical…
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Eliezer Zusman of Brody
Places:
Bechhofen, Holy Roman Empire (Bechhofen, Germany)
Date:
1684
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The women’s prayer section depicted in this painting gives a rare glimpse into the ways that women have asserted their agency and voices even in gender-segregated spaces.
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Maurycy Gottlieb
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Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)
Date:
1878
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Around the time of his move to Amsterdam, the Dutch painter Emanuel de Witte began to produce architectural paintings, particularly of church interiors and other grand buildings. He was interested in…
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Emanuel de Witte
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Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Date:
1680
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Jules Lellouche painted the interior of this synagogue in Djerba during World War II, when Tunisia was ruled by Vichy France. Though Tunisia’s Jewish community escaped mass deportations and murder in…
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Jules Lellouche
Places:
French Protectorate of Tunisia (Tunisia)
Date:
1939–1949