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Seal of the Jewish Publication Society of America
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The Jewish Publication Society of America (JPS) was founded in Philadelphia in 1888. (It had a number of precursors that did not last.) Today, JPS is the oldest nonprofit, nondenominational publisher…

Contributor:

Moses Ezekiel

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1913

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Israel/Israelis, Diaspora, Aesthetics, Scholarship

Categories:

Print & book culture
Drawing of a round seal with lion, lamb, child, snake, and Star of David which reads in English, "Israel's Mission is Peace."
Jew in the Holy Land
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This illustration is from Franciscan monk Eugène Roger’s La terre saincte (The Holy Land), a comprehensive study of the Land of Israel which includes dozens of etchings depicting Jewish, Muslim, Druze…

Contributor:

Eugène Roger

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1646

Subjects:

Print, Jewish identity, Israel/Israelis, Ethnography

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of man in hat stepping with one arm outstretched and the other grasping the hem of his robes with French heading.