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

The Jews of Devon and Cornwall
(156 words)

Editor

Evelyn Friedlander.

Curators

Evelyn Friedlander, Helen Fry.

Imprint

Penzance, United Kingdom, 2000. 123 pp., illustrations: 62 b&w, 23 × 21 cm. English.

ISBN

1900178826

Location

Penlee House Gallery & Museum (2 February–1 April 2000)

Description

The Jews of South-West England (Exeter, Plymouth, Flamouth and Penzance). Eight brief essays on their synagogues and cemeteries, rabbis and ministers, prominent citizens (Nathan Joseph Altmann, Solomon Alexander Hart, and Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel of Exeter), and the Jews of Barnstaple. Catalog of the exhibition, including several examples of fine Anglo-Jewish silver. Descriptive entries. 52 items.

main keywords

CEMETERIES
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
CORNWALL
DEVON
PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTRAITS
RABBIS
SYNAGOGUES
TORAH ORNAMENTS

minor keywords

Calendars
Cemeteries, England
England
Ezekiel, Abraham Ezekiel
Historical photographs
Kiddush cups
Memor books
Painters, Jewish
Paintings, Jewish figures
Rimmonim
Silver, English
Stained glass
Synagogues, architecture
Synagogues, Cornwall
Synagogues, Devon
Synagogues, England
Tass
Torah Ark curtains
Torah binders
Torah mantles
Yad

Other venues

Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, United Kingdom (13 May–16 June 2000); Falmouth Art Gallery, United Kingdom (12 August–28 October 2000); Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, United Kingdom (16 November 2000–28 February 2001); Museum of North Devon, Barnstaple, United Kingdom (6 March–28 April 2001)

Cite this page
“The Jews of Devon and Cornwall”, 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_CC1635>
First published online: 2019



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