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Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur
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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.

Contributor:

Maurycy Gottlieb

Places:

Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Vienna, Austria)

Date:

1878

Subjects:

Painting, Art, Yom Kippur, Synagogue, Ashkenazi

Categories:

Decorative arts, Painting
Painting depicting men in skullcaps and prayer shawls in foreground at podiums, one holding a Torah scroll, and women in background in hats and shawls.
The High Holidays
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Between 1723 and 1737, illustrator Bernard Picart partnered with the Dutch bookseller, editor, and publisher Jean-Frédéric Bernard on Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (R…

Contributor:

Bernard Picart

Places:

Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Date:

1725

Subjects:

Holidays, Yom Kippur, Synagogue, Ritual & observance, Mourning

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Print depicting two scenes with French text under frames: top shows men in prayer shawls sitting while one man on central platform sounds a ram's horn. Bottom image shows men in prayer shawls sitting and standing in room with several lit candles.