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To ward off depression while living as a refugee in France, Charlotte Salomon began telling the story of her life in the form of a drama, in hundreds of gouache paintings. This painting depicts her…
Front page of the first issue of Moledet (Homeland), a Hebrew monthly for youth created by Simḥah Ben-Tsiyon and published by the Hebrew Teacher’s Union in Palestine from 1911 to 1946. The goal of the…
The Hebrew word Shaddai—another name for God—is etched in the center of this ornate silver amulet from Italy.
In 1915, photographer Léon Gimpel began spending time with a group of children he had encountered in the Rue de Grenata neighborhood in Paris. It was during World War I, and the boys’ favorite…
Written by a rabbi, God's Paintbrush carries a message that is not unique to Judaism but rather is intended to appeal to children of a variety of faiths and backgrounds. The book was popular among…
This silver plate from Padua, Italy, was made for use in the brit milah, the circumcision ritual celebrated when a baby boy is eight days old. In this detailed depiction of the ritual, the baby seems…
Here, Catherine da Costa, the first known female Jewish painter, has painted her daughter and granddaughter to resemble a Madonna and child. An unidentified woman leans over the infant, seemingly…
In 1976, Safdie was appointed by Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority to design a museum at Yad Vashem devoted to the 1.5 million children who were murdered in the Holocaust…
Boy Holding a Ball is painted in the fauvist style for which Béla Czóbel was best known. It features the bright colors, flat paint areas, and bold outlines that characterize his early work. Czóbel…
Amulets were crafted to protect pregnant women and newborn children from the powers of the evil Lilith, Adam’s mythical first wife. Mystical texts surround this image, written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and…
