On Eagles’ Wings. A Decade of Collecting. The Saving of the Ark. Tenth Anniversary Exhibitions

Curators	Linda Steinberg, Deenah Loeb.
Imprint	Philadelphia, Pa., USA, 1986. 96 pp., illustrations: 20 col., 40 b&w, 28 × 21.7 cm. English.
Location	National Museum of American Jewish History (1 June–31 December 1986)
Description	A two-part exhibition dedicated to Museum acquisitions and the conservation of an early-20th-century American Torah ark from Philadelphia (belonging to Congregation Shaarei Eli). Introduction to the exhibitions by Alice M. Greenwald. Two essays on “The Museum as Mirror” (Arthur Power Dudden), “On Eagles’ Wings: A Decade of Collecting” (Linda Steinberg) and “The Saving of the Ark” (Deenah Loeb). Descriptive entries. 203 items.
main keywords	CEREMONIAL OBJECTS CONGREGATION SHAARIE ELI, PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS PHOTOGRAPHS TORAH ARKS
minor keywords	Circumcision garments Cookbooks/Recipes Etrog containers Haggadot Hanukkah lamps Ketubbot Kiddush cups Mohel books Music Needlework/Embroidery Omer calendars Pesach plates Portraits Posters Printed books Purim groggers Shana Tova greeting cards Synagogues, restoration/reclamation Synagogues, United States Theater Torah Ark curtains Torah Ark valances Torah Arks, fragments Tzedakah boxes/containers Synagogues, United States United States Yad Zionism

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