Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

Jewish Threads in the Muslim Moroccan Tapestry
(155 words)

Author & Curator

Ori Z. Soltes.

Imprint

Washington, D.C., USA, 1994. Booklet, 32 pp., illustrations: 14 col., 16.5 × 28 cm. English.

ISBN

188145617X

Location

B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum (1994)

Description

The history of Morocco’s Jews and the artistic and architectural language they share with Morrocco’s Muslim community. Includes brief essays on the Jews of Fez, Islamic art and architecture, Moroccan Islamic art, the cultural and spiritual synthesis of Moroccan Jews and Muslims, and an in-depth look at the Synagogue and the Mosque (Joal A. Zack). No itemized listing.

Description

The catalog also includes a second exhibition “Faces of Faith: Recent Works by Judy Fox, Simonida, and Mohamed Zakariya”, which examined representations of the sacred in works of a Jewish sculptress, a Christian painter and a Muslim calligrapher/illuminator. 16 pp., 6 col. illus.

main keywords

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
ISLAMIC ART
MOROCCO
SYNAGOGUES
SYNAGOGUES, ARCHITECTURE

minor keywords

Hamsas, lamp hangers
Hanukkah lamps
Magen David as symbol
Papercuts
Synagogue lamps
Synagogues, Morocco
Torah Arks

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“Jewish Threads in the Muslim Moroccan Tapestry”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 05 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1332>
First published online: 2019



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