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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.
Tombstone (Prague)
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Tombstone of Hendl bat Eberl Geronim, wife of the Court Jew Jacob Bassevi von Treuenberg (1570–1634), in the Jewish cemetery in Prague. The Hebrew date on the top part of the stone indicates that she…

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1628

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cemetery, Burial, Marriage, Death

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions
Tomb with high tombstones on either end, lions, shield and floral decorations on top, and Hebrew inscription on surface of stone.