On Common Ground. The Boston Jewish Experience 1649–1980

Curator	Ellen Smith.
Co-curators	Martha Katz-Hyman, Ellen Spencer.
Imprint	Boston, Mass., USA, 1980. Booklet, 44 pp., illustrations: 58 b&w, 28.2 × 27 cm. English.
Location	Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Opening: 1 December 1980)
Description	330 years of Jewish participation in the history and life of Boston. Predominantly documentary and domestic items, but also including a selection of ceremonial objects. Four main categories framed the exhibition: 1. Before Community: The Colonial Period, 2. From the Old World to the New, 3. Acculturation (including Yiddish Culture, Education, and Religion), and 4. Boston and Beyond (the Jewish community as a vital force). Brief descriptive entries. 198 items.
main keywords	BOSTON CEREMONIAL OBJECTS HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS MASSACHUSETTS PHOTOGRAPHS
minor keywords	Besamim Candlesticks/Candelabra Challah knives Etrog containers Hanukkah lamps Historical photographs Holy Land souvenirs Holy Land souvenirs, olive wood Kiddush cups Omer calendars Pesach plates Portraits Prints, synagogues Rimmonim Synagogues, Boston Synagogues, United States Tass Torah mantles Tzedakah boxes/containers United States Yad Yiddish
Other venues	Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Mass., USA (1 February–26 April 1981); Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, USA (12 May–31 July 1981) (photographic panels only); Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton, Mass., USA (September–November 1983)

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