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This painting exemplifies the decorative plaques that sometimes adorned the eastern walls of synagogues to commemorate the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem and indicate the direction of prayer. In…
Contributor:
Netanel Leichter
Places:
Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Lviv, Ukraine)
Date:
1898
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By the early twentieth century, many Jewish women in Algeria dressed in European clothing for daily activities. Yet many also continued to dress in their traditional garb for ceremonial and…
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French Algeria (Algeria)
Date:
Early 20th Century