The Jews of India. Exhibit. A Selection of Books, Documents, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects, Textiles, Gathered from the Historic Communities of Indian Jewry, Brought to the United States for Preservation through the Efforts of the Magnes Museum, the Jewish Museum of the West(137 words)
| Editor & Curator |
Ruth Eis.
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| Imprint |
Berkeley, Calif., USA, 1969. Booklet, 14 pp., illustrations: 4 b&w, 21.6 × 17.8 cm. English.
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| Location |
Museum catalog, no. 2
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| Description |
Judah L. Magnes Museum (1 May–29 August 1969)
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| Description |
Exhibition presented one year after the 400th-anniversary celebration of the Paradesi Synagogue of Cochin. Partial listing according to object type or material. Brief descriptions. Exhibits also included a series of contemporary paintings of historical events in Cochin, prepared for the anniversary. 71 items, 12 paintings.
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| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
INDIA
PAINTINGS
PRINTED BOOKS
SYNAGOGUES
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| minor keywords |
Amulets
Cochin
Costume
Elijah’s chair
Hanukkah lamps
Ketubbot
Mezuzah cases
Paradesi Synagogue, Cochin
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Shabbat lamps
Shiviti plaques, paper
Synagogues, India
Torah Arks
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“The Jews of India. Exhibit. A Selection of Books, Documents, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects, Textiles, Gathered from the Historic Communities of Indian Jewry, Brought to the United States for Preservation through the Efforts of the Magnes Museum, the Jewish Museum of the West”, in:
Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica.
Consulted online on 29 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0373>
First published online: 2019
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