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

… möcht’ ich ein Österreicher sein. Judaica aus der Sammlung Eisenberger. I would like to be an Austrian. Judaica out of the Eisenberger Collection.
(156 words)

Editor & Curator

Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek.

Collection

Jenö Eisenberger.

Imprint

Vienna, Austria, 2000. 115 pp., illustrations: 26 col., 59 b&w, 30.5 × 20.5 cm. German and English.

ISBN

3901398112

Location

Jüdisches Museum Wien (9 February–30 April 2000)

Description

Judaica objects, primarily from Austro-Hungary, 18th–20th C. Introductory essay on collecting in general, and the development of private Judaica collections in particular. 42 items presented with descriptive texts and quotations from Jenö Eisenberger on his collection, his personal and family history, and the history of the region. Remaining 30 exhibits with basic entries. 72 items.

main keywords

AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
TORAH ORNAMENTS

minor keywords

Besamim
Circumcision cups
Hanukkah lamps
Hevra Kadisha tzedakah boxes
Keter Torah
Kiddush cups
Painters, Jewish
Rimmonim
Scrolls of Esther, cases
Shabbat lamps
Tass
Tzedakah boxes/containers
Wedding cups
Yad
Yom Kippur belt buckles

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 7 col. illus., 21 × 10 cm. German and English; Invitation to exhibition opening, postcard, 1 col. illus., 21 × 10 cm.

Cite this page
“… möcht’ ich ein Österreicher sein. Judaica aus der Sammlung Eisenberger. I would like to be an Austrian. Judaica out of the Eisenberger Collection.”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 07 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1642>
First published online: 2019



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