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Painting of the Żólkiew Synagogue
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This painting exemplifies the decorative plaques that sometimes adorned the eastern walls of synagogues to commemorate the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem and indicate the direction of prayer. In…

Contributor:

Netanel Leichter

Places:

Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)

Date:

1898

Subjects:

Synagogue, Cities, Crafts, Jewish identity, Jerusalem, Architecture, Painting

Categories:

Painting, Architecture
Painting of building with two-tiered roof and Hebrew and Yiddish writing on bottom of page.
Pogrom
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Issachar Ber Ryback painted Pogrom during the Russian Civil War, when waves of pogroms were occurring in Ukraine and other areas in the former Pale of Settlement. In the foreground a slain man…

Contributor:

Issachar Ber Ryback

Places:

Kiev, Russian Empire (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Date:

1918

Subjects:

Pogroms, Expressionism, Antisemitism, Jewish identity, Violence, Painting

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Painting
Painting of central rock-like formation surrounded by figures charging with bloody swords, and bloody figure lying on ground clutching a Torah scroll.