| Editor & Curator |
Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek. |
| Collection |
Gross Family Collection. |
| Imprint |
Vienna, Austria, 2001. 139 pp., illustrations: 115 col., 66 b&w, 24 × 23 cm. German and English. |
| ISBN |
3901398201 |
| Location |
Jüdisches Museum Wien (23 May–23 September 2001) |
| Description |
Judaica from 33 communities around the world. Each community was represented by a group of items which demonstrated both the individuality of the local Jewish culture and the commonality of Jewish themes and objects throughout the world. Preface by William L. Gross. Three catalog essays: title essay (Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek), “Objects of Diaspora” (Eva Grabherr) and “About the Exhibition Design” (Martin Kohlbauer). The bulk of the catalog is devoted to images and brief histories of each individual community, and the objects chosen to represent them. 130 items. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS |
| minor keywords |
Afghanistan |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet for Tel Aviv showing, 4 pp., 11 col., 5 b&w illus. 21 × 10 cm. Hebrew; Exhibition reviews from various sources, reprinted in “Das Jüdische Museum der Stadt Wien, 2001–2004”, Chronik, pp. 172–174; Exhibition review in The Jewish Press Magazine, June 21, 2002, p. M5. |
| Other venues |
Museum Judengasse Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (22 November 2001–24 February 2002); Yeshiva University Museum, New York City, USA (June–October 2002); Bet Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv, Israel (17 March–17 October 2003) |
