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

Nicht ganz koscher? Not Quite Kosher?
(180 words)

Editor & Curator

Johannes Reiss.

Collection

Gross Family Collection.

Imprint

Eisenstadt, Austria, 2000. 144 pp., illustrations: 40 col., 24 × 16 cm. German and English.

ISBN

3900907072

Location

Österreichisches Jüdisches Museum (26 September 2000–26 October 2001)

Description

The significance of kosher food in Judaism and its influence on Jews’ religious awareness. Texts from the exhibition explain the laws and history of kashrut. Books and manuscripts (dealing with the laws of kashrut and ritual slaughtering), and other related objects from the Gross Family Collection and the Jewish Museum of Vienna. Listing of kosher eateries/supermarkets in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Descriptive entries. 33 items.

Description

This catalog also contains the texts from the Museum’s earlier exhibition “Der Wein erfreut des Menschen Herz” [Wine That Gladdens the Hearts of Men] (1998).

main keywords

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
KASHRUT
PRINTED BOOKS

minor keywords

Challah covers
Cookbooks/Recipes
Hamsas
Hand-washing vessels
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Azores
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Egypt
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Greece
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Morocco
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Yemen
Mizrach
Purim pastries & molds
Seals/Stamps, kosher certification
Shechita knives
Wine

Related ephemera

Exhibition card, with general overview of the exhibition. 21 × 14.8 cm. German and English.

Cite this page
“Nicht ganz koscher? Not Quite Kosher?”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 25 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1607>
First published online: 2019



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