Jeffrey Shandler, Beth S. Wenger.

Philadelphia, Pa., USA, 1997. 104 pp., illustrations: 7 col., 34 b&w, 25.5 × 20.4 cm. English.

1891507001

National Museum of American Jewish History (23 January–5 July 1998)

The place of the Holy Land and Zionism in the thoughts and lives of American Jews. Three essays on: the Holy Land in American Jewish Imagination (Jeffrey Shandler and Beth S. Wenger), Celebrating Zion in America (Arthur A. Goren), and Jews and the Holy Land at World’s Fairs (Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett). Includes a small selection of objects from the Bezalel art school, a few other Judaica items (most listed on p. 92), and a variety of souvenirs, photographs and printed books. Basic checklist. 374 (unnumbered) items.

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
ERETZ ISRAEL
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
HOLY LAND SOUVENIRS
PHOTOGRAPHS
PRINTED BOOKS
UNITED STATES
ZIONSIM

Amulets
Archaeological finds
Bags of earth from the Holy Land
Besamim
Bet Shean
Bezalel Art School
Book bindings
Carpets/Rugs
Costume
Dolls/Puppets
Haggadot
Hamsas
Hanukkah lamps
Herzl, Theodore
Historical photographs
Holy Land souvenirs, olive wood
Holy Land travelogues/itineraries
Jewelry
Jewish National Fund
Judaica exhibitions, pre-World War II (photographs of)
Maps, Holy Land
Maps, Jerusalem
Medals
Mizrach
Music
Oil lamps, ancient
Paintings, Eretz Israel/Holy Land
Pesach plates
Playing cards
Postage stamps
Postcards
Posters
Prints, Temple
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Shana Tova greeting cards
Temple of Jerusalem in art/architecture
Temple of Jerusalem models
Tile decorations
Tzedakah boxes/containers