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Within the Walls
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Scene: The living room of the Herming family house. The walls of the home contain valuable paintings by many of the greatest nineteenth-century Danish national romantic painters.State…

Contributor:

Henri Nathansen

Places:

Copenhagen, Denmark

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Betrothal, Love, Gentiles, Interfaith relations, Performing arts

Categories:

Theater/Drama, Performing Arts
Familiar Jewish Scenes
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A Suitor Calls with the Matchmaker. Illustration from Scènes familiales juives (Familiar Jewish Scenes), Alphonse Lévy’s book of caricatures of Alsatian rural Jewish life.

Contributor:

Alphonse Lévy

Places:

Alsace, France

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Marriage, Family, Betrothal, Community

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art
Drawing of women seated in front of a man as two men spy on the scene from behind a door.