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The gravestone of Judah Loew (known as the Maharal) and his wife, Pearl (1528–1610) is located in the Old Jewish Cemetery of the Jewish quarter in Prague. A prominent scholar and kabbalist, the…
This Assyrian-style monument commemorates the death of Josef Trumpeldor, who was killed by Arabs in 1920 at the Jewish settlement of Tel Hai. His heroic death and the idea of “one against many” became…
This tombstone of Isaac ben Ḥayim, who died in 1728, includes (at the top) a pair of deer and a pair of lions, animal carvings that often appeared on Jewish tombstones in Eastern Europe. They…
