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This carpet was one of the many decorative objects with biblical themes produced at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts. This design features the legendary burial site of the biblical matriarch…
This hand-drawn map of Hebron, Israel, is from an autograph manuscript of Melekhet Shelomoh (The Work of Solomon), Solomon Adeni’s commentary on the Mishnah.
Maurice Ascalon, sometimes called the father of modern Israeli decorative arts, was commissioned to create this sculpture for the façade of the Palestine Pavilion of the 1939 New York World’s Fair…
Raban was known as a designer, painter, and book illustrator but also designed at least two posters, including this one for the Society for the Promotion of Travel in the Holy Land. The poster’s…
Bassan is particularly well known for his photographs of the Old Yishuv, the community of Jews established well before the arrival of Zionist pioneers. He was the first Jewish photographer born in…
This photograph of a discus thrower refers to the Zionist idea of “muscular Judaism,” in which the “new” Jew would celebrate and cultivate the body, sports, and physical fitness. When Grschebina…
Baghdad-born Suleiman (Saliman) Menaḥem Mani (1850–1924) held many important posts in Ottoman Palestine, including chief rabbi of Hebron. He was also a Hebrew poet and fiction writer and the author of…
