Jerusalem, Israel, 1953. Hebrew edition: 33 pp., cover illustration only, 20.2 × 16 cm; English edition: 36 pp.

Bezalel National Museum (25 April–13 June 1953)

Ceremonial objects and other items from Diaspora communities, presented in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the State of Israel. Most exhibits displayed according to geographic region, with additional sections devoted to artistic representations of the Jews’ longing for the Holy Land, the reciprocal relations between Israel and the Diaspora, and a list of objects in areas not currently under Israeli rule (including Hebron). Introduction by Mordechai Narkiss. Descriptive entries. 426 items.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
ERETZ ISRAEL
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
PRINTED BOOKS
PRINTS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
TORAH ORNAMENTS
ZIONISM

Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)
Amulets
Besamim
Book bindings
Bridal boxes/chests
Bridal garments
Bridal/Wedding belts
Brust-tichl
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Challah covers
Circumcision implements/objects
Circumcision Torah Ark curtains
Costume
Drawings/Sketches
Etrog containers
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hamsas
Hand-washing vessels
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah cups
Head coverings, men’s
Head coverings, women’s
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hevra Kadisha illuminated manuscripts
Hevra Kadisha member portraits
Hevra Kadisha pitchers/tankards
Hevra Kadisha utensils
Holy Land souvenirs
Holy Land travelogues/itineraries
Itinerarium
Jewelry
Keter Torah
Ketubbot
Kiddush cups
Matzah covers/bags
Medals
Meshullam Zimmel of Polna (scribe-artist)
Micrography
Nathan ben Simson of Meseritsch (scribe-artist)
Ner Tamid
Paintings
Pesach cups
Pesach plates
Pidyon ha-Ben
Prints, Eretz Israel/Holy Land
Purim cups/beakers
Rimmonim
Rosewater containers
Salom Italia, Esther scroll borders
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Seals/Stamps, personal
Shabbat cloths/tablecloths
Shiviti plaques, metal
Shiviti plaques, paper
Sterntichl
Tass
Tefillin bags
Tile decorations
Tombstones, ancient
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Ark valances
Torah binders
Torah cases
Torah mantles
Torah plaques
Torah wrappers, Italian
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Vigna Randanini, catacombs
Wedding cups
Wedding rings
Woodcuts
Yad
Yom Kippur belt buckles