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Easter Picture
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This fantastical picture by Florine Stettheimer melds together a biblical pastoral scene (palm trees, sheep, and women dressed in imagined Middle Eastern clothing) with a group of modern American…

Contributor:

Florine Stettheimer

Places:

New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

Date:

ca. 1915–1917

Subjects:

Modernism, Modernity, Painting, Holidays, Interfaith relations

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Painting
Painting of several people and animals dotted around landscape of ponds, trees, and hills.
Yontev-bletlekh: “Why Is This Night Different (Ma nishtanah)?”
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Passover is coming soon and I ask you to invite me to the seder. Let me in!I won’t cost you very much. I don’t eat kneydlekh! Don’t serve me maror, the bitter herbs—I was born with them!Do not ask me…

Contributor:

David Pinski, Y. L. Peretz

Places:

Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1895

Subjects:

Holidays, Haggadah, Modernity, Passover, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology