Bill Drendel.

Gross Family Collection.

Chicago, Ill., USA, 2003. DVD. English.

Columbia College, Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts (22 September–13 December 2003)

The first Judaica exhibition catalog in DVD form. Large selection of rare works on paper which capture the essence of Jewish life across centuries, cultures and continents. Exhibits displayed in 9 sections: Bible, Holiday, Home & Daily Life, Wedding, Mysticism, Personalities, Prayer & Ritual, Holy Land, and Synagogue. DVD includes: a virtual tour of the exhibition, a commentary on and brief history of each object, an essay by William L. Gross about the exhibition, an interview with him about his collecting activities, and a dictionary of Judaica terms. 174 items.

AMULETS
BIBLES
ERETZ ISRAEL
HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
KETUBBOT
PAPER, WORKS ON
PAPERCUTS
PRINTED BOOKS
PRINTS
SHIVITI PLAQUES

Adar plaques
Aleph-Bet books/sheets
Astronomy/Astrology
Ba’al Shem Tov
Calendars
Games/Toys
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Iraq
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Jerusalem, 19th–20th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Kurdistan
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Morocco
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Turkey
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Yemen
Hevra Kadisha illuminated manuscripts
Historical photographs
Holy Land souvenirs
Hurva synagogue, Jerusalem
Ilan ha-gadol
Kabbalah
Maps, Holy Land
Maps, Jerusalem
Menasseh ben Israel
Micrography
Minhagim books
Mizrach
Napolean Bonaparte
Needlework/Embroidery folk panels
Oppenheimer, Joseph (“Jud Süß”)
Portraits
Portraits, rabbis
Posters
Prayerbooks/Mahzors
Prints, cemeteries
Prints, costume
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Prints, synagogues
Scrolls of Esther, bookform
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Shabbetai Tsvi
Shana Tova greeting cards
Shiviti plaques, paper
Simchat Torah flags
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Sukkah decorations, Ushpizin
Synagogues, Amsterdam
Synagogues, Frankfurt
Synagogues, Vienna
Wedding poems, riddles and songs
Woodcuts
Yahrzeit/Memorial plaques/sheets
Zionism

Postcard announcing exhibition opening, 1 col. illus., 26.6 × 15.5 cm.