The New-York Historical Society Presents, “City of Promise. Aspects of Jewish Life in New York, 1654–1970”. Sponsored by the Central Synagogue to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Laying of its Cornerstone(183 words)
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New York City, USA, 1971. 45 pp., illustrations: 24 col., 34 b&w, 23 × 30.5 cm. English.
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| Location |
New York Historical Society (10 March–5 September 1971)
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| Description |
Historical overview of New York’s Jewish community. Introductory text by Mary Black. Brief note on the Central Synagogue by Herbert Schwartz. Exhibition topics include: religious life, burial, the Mill Street Synagogue, various holidays, etc. Basic listing 322 items.
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| main keywords |
CERREMONIAL OBJECTS
NEW YORK CITY
PHOTOGRAPHS
PRINTS
SYNAGOGUES
TORAH ORNAMENTS
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| minor keywords |
Bedikat Chametz, candleholders
Besamim
Book bindings
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Circumcision implements/objects
Elijah’s cup
Etrog containers
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah sets/compendia
Hevra Kadisha
Historical photographs
Illions, Marcus Charles
Ketubbot
Kiddush cups
Medals
Mezuzah cases
Mill Street Synagogue
Myer Myers
Paintings, synagogues
Portraits
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Prints, synagogues
Purim groggers
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Shabbat lamps
Silhouettes
Synagogues, New York City
Synagogues, United States
Tass
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Arks
Torah Arks, fragments
Torah arks, miniature
Torah binders
Tzedakah boxes/containers
United States
Wedding cups
Wedding rings
Yad
Yiddish press
Yiddish theater
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| Related ephemera |
Exhibition booklet including texts “Historic Central Synagogue” (Herbert Schwarz), and “A Brief History of the New York Jewish Community” (Mary Black), 8 pp., cover illus. only, 25.4 × 17.7 cm.
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Cite this page
“The New-York Historical Society Presents, “City of Promise. Aspects of Jewish Life in New York, 1654–1970”. Sponsored by the Central Synagogue to Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Laying of its Cornerstone”, in:
Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica.
Consulted online on 29 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC0431>
First published online: 2019
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