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New York City, USA, 1988. 341 pp., illustrations: 11 col., 123 b&w, 26 × 19 cm. English.
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| Description |
A major exhibition and catalog on German Jewish history, arranged in five sections: Early History, A New Era, The Social Fabric, Political and Economic Life, and The Tragedy of Ashkenaz. Introduction by Sylvia Herskowitz. Numerous essays within each category by Shlomo Eidelberg, Israel Ta-Shema, Jacob J. Schacter, Judith Bleich, Eric Zimmer and Alexander Carlebach, including: “Early Twentieth-Century German Jewish Artists and Architects” (pp. 136–145), “The Kehillah: The Communal Life and Organization of Ashkenazi Jewry” (Zimmer, pp. 151–177), “The Religious Legacy of German Jewry” (Carlebach, pp. 209–233, with items listed according to life cycle and holidays), and “Jews in the German Armed Forces” (pp. 293–297). Additional ceremonial objects, including items made by Jewish silversmiths (pp. 116–117, 142–143), listed throughout the catalog. Unnumbered catalog of exhibits within each section. Detailed historical and descriptive entries, including information, where relevant, on the object’s use by its owners. More than 700 items.
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Aleph-Bet books/sheets
Amulets
Besamim
Bridal/Wedding belts
Calendars
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Cantors, garments
Cemeteries, Germany
Challah covers
Challah knives
Chuppah stone
Circumcision cups
Circumcision garments
Circumcision implements/objects
Circumcision Torah Ark curtains
Court Jews
Elijah’s cup
Etrog containers
Evronot
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Halitza shoe
Hand-washing vessels
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah plates
Havdalah sets/compendia
Head coverings, women’s
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Netherlands, 17th–19th C
Hebrew printing, typefaces
Hevra Kadisha beakers
Hevra Kadisha illuminated manuscripts
Hevra Kadisha tzedakah boxes
Hevra Kadisha utensils
Historical photographs
Homes/Residences, Jewish
Horovitz, Felix
Horovitz, Leo
Jacob ben Judah Leib Jaffe of Berlin (scribe-artist)
Joseph ben David of Leipnik (scribe-artist)
Ketubbot
Kiddush cups
Kiddush Levana, decorated
Levite sets
Matzah containers
Matzah covers/bags
Matzah rolling pins/scorers
Medals
Memor books
Mendelssohn, Moses
Mezuzah cases
Mikvah
Minhagim books
Mizrach
Moses ben Jacob Schnaittach (scribe-artist)
Needlework/Embroidery
Omer calendars
Oppenheim, Moritz Daniel
Oppenheimer, Joseph (“Jud Süß”)
Paintings
Germany
Pesach cups
Pesach plates
Pesach plates, 3-tiered
Pesach towel covers
Portraits, rabbis
Postcards
Praybooks/Mahzors
Printed books
Prints, antisemitic
Prints, cemeteries
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Prints, synagogues
Purim parodies
Purim pastries & molds
Purim plates
Rimmonim
Rings
Rothschild Family
Samplers (needlework)
Schpanyer arbet
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Scrolls of Esther, miniature
Seals/Stamps, community
Shabbat lamps
Shabbes deckel
Shabbetai Tsvi
Shiviti plaques, paper
Silversmiths, Jewish
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Sukkah, muraled wall panels
Synagogues, Germany
Synagogues, models/reconstructions
Textiles
Tass
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Ark valances
Torah Arks, miniature
Torah binders
Torah mantles
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Wedding cups
Wedding rings
Yad
Yahrzeit/Memorial lamps
Yom Kippur at Metz, wall hanging
Zionism
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