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A Fragment of the Altar of a Synagogue in Mariampol
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The Torah ark in the synagogue of Mariampol was surmounted by tablets of the law flanked by rampant lions and topped with a crown, with hands making the priestly blessing. After World War II, Soviet…

Contributor:

Valerii Rybarskii

Places:

Marijampole, Russian Empire (Marijampole, Lithuania)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Synagogue, Jewish identity, Piety, Ritual objects, Cities, Architecture, Sculpture

Categories:

Architecture, Sculpture
Photograph of wooden structure with two small columns of Hebrew writing with crown on top, and two sculped lions on either side.
The Mizrachi Manifesto
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Pave the way! Pave the way!More than twenty years have passed since the idea that we now call Zionism began to reawaken among the Jews, though its essence and intensity had never ceased among the…

Contributor:

Ze’ev Yavetz

Places:

Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Piety, Jewish identity, Mizrahi, Zionism, Israel/Israelis, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture