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Herzl Observing the Rhine from the Balcony of Hotel Les Trois Rois during the Fifth Zionist Congress in 1901 in Basel
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Ephraim Lilien’s photograph of Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern political Zionism, depicts him staring off into the distance like a lonely prophet. The congress in Basel in 1901 was the…

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Ephraim Moses Lilien

Places:

Basel, Switzerland

Date:

1901

Subjects:

Portrait, Philosophy, Jewish identity, Cities, Zionism

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Photography
Photograph of man leaning over a bridge.
Geneviève Straus Sitting with Proust et al.
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At the house of salonnière Geneviève Straus in Clos des Mûnieres, Trouville, Normandy, 1893. Sitting (from left) are Marcel Proust, Louis Ganderax, and Straus. Standing (from left) are an unidentified…

Contributor:

Photographer Unknown

Places:

Normandy, France

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Portrait, Philosophy, Class, Jewish identity, Scholarship

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Photography
Photograph of several figures sitting at table in garden and signatures below as labels.
Jeremiah
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This bronze plaque, one of the many decorative art objects produced in the workshops of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, depicts the biblical prophet Jeremiah, whose name is…

Contributor:

Boris Schatz

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Education, Philosophy, Scholarship, Portrait

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Sculpture
Etching of bearded man looking at viewer with pen in hand and sheet of paper on his lap.