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This copper Torah crown was made in Bolzano, Italy. An excellent repoussé piece, its delicate pierced and traced decorations are adorned with floral arrangements of leaves and vines. The shape of this…
This intricately decorated textile, possibly used as a Torah cover, was produced in Prague around 1600. Four squares adorn its center, the top two containing vases ringed by flowers and vines and the…
These small Torah finials, decorated with silver repoussé and dark and light blue enamel, originated in Persia. They are further adorned with slender flowers and graceful geometric patterns.
Krakauer’s work, mostly chalk and charcoal drawings on paper, was largely devoted to expressionist landscapes of Jerusalem and its environs. His unique style was characterized by short strokes, often…
When Arnold Newman was asked by Newsweek magazine to photograph industrialist Alfred Krupp, he initially refused. He was repelled by the idea of photographing a man who had been prosecuted as a war…
Samuel Bak’s paintings have been described as surrealist, but they also show the influence of Old Masters, such as Albrecht Dürer and Michelangelo. He himself has said, “I don't mind if people call my…
The Only Corner illustrates Yaker’s ability to depict nature in its varied beauty and to express cultural meaning in his work. The same year he exhibited this painting, Yaker showed a series of works…
Mané-Katz was a prominent member of the School of Paris (École de Paris), a group of young artists, many of whom were Jews from Eastern and Central Europe. Mané-Katz painted in a modernist style but…
Vadim Sidur was sometimes called “the Soviet Henry Moore” because of the similarities between his aesthetic and those of the British artist. In Sidur’s native Soviet Union, however, his work was…
Adam Muszka likely painted this scene from memory. As a child, he had attended cheder, a traditional Jewish elementary school, in his native Piotrków Trybunalski, a Polish town of about 51,000…
