Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper, Efrat Carmon.

Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper.

Jerusalem, Israel, 1991. 48 pp.*, 54 pp., 58 pp. (illus.), illustrations: 24 col., 92 b&w, 25 × 22 cm. Hebrew and French.

965-278-141-x

Israel Museum (December 1991–May 1992)

Alsatian Jewish history and culture. The first of the Israel Museum’s ethonographic exhibitions to focus on a European Ashkenazic (vs. Asian or African) Jewish community. Preface by Rivka Gonen. Introduction to the exhibition by Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper. Seven additional essays on Alsatian Jewish history (Max Warschawski; Simon Schwarzfuchs), the spirit of Alsatian Judaism (André Neher), the Loeb-Picard family (Jean-Louis Loeb-Picard), the cattle-dealer as a symbol of Alsatian Jewry (Freddy Raphaël), Alsatian burial garments (Corinne Ze’evi-Weil), and representation of Jewish life in Alsace in the artworks of Alphonse Lévy. Basic entries. 71 items.

ALSACE
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
COSTUME
DEATH/MOURNING
FRANCE
LÉVY, ALPHONSE
PHOTOGRAPHS
PRINTS
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Amulets
Drawings/Sketches
Eruv containers
Graphic arts
Haggadot
Hanukkah lamps
Havdalah candleholders
Head coverings, men’s
Historical documents
Historical photographs
Keter Torah
Levite sets
Mezuzah cases
Mizrach
Papercuts
Pesach plates
Pesach towel covers
Portraits
Portraits, rabbis
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Prints, Jewish figures
Purim plates
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Seals/Stamps, personal
Shabbat lamps
Synagogues, France
Tass
Tombstones, Alsace
Torah Ark curtains
Torah binders
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Yad