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The Forward Building
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Founded in 1897 in New York City, the democratic socialist Yiddish daily Forverts quickly became the most popular Jewish newspaper in the United States (and the most widely circulated non-English…

Contributor:

George Boehm

Places:

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

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Modernism, Cities, Writing, Assimilation, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Façade of building with arched entryways and columns with ornate capitals.
The Music Room of Fanny Hensel
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Fanny Hensel (1805–1847), the granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and financier Daniel Itzig, and sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, was born in Hamburg into a wealthy…

Contributor:

Julius Helfft

Places:

Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (Berlin, Germany)

Date:

1849

Subjects:

Crafts, Art, Women, Music, Assimilation, Architecture, Painting

Categories:

Architecture, Painting
Painting of room featuring natural light, grand piano, and walls filled with pictures in gold frames.
Ark and Two Cathedrae
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This wooden Torah ark and its two cathedrae (chairs), from the Scuola Grande Synagogue in Mantua, Italy, date from 1543. Decorated with gilt carvings and architectural elements, they were meant to…

Contributor:

Artist Unknown

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

1543

Subjects:

Ritual objects, Synagogue, Jewish quarters, Aesthetics, Assimilation, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture, Ritual Objects
Wooden Torah ark decorated with carvings, columns, and capitals, flanked by two similarly decorated chairs.