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

Beste aller Frauen. Weibliche Dimensionen im Judentum
(169 words)

Translated titleThe Best of All Women. The Female Dimension in Judaism
Editors & Curators

Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz, Wiebke Krohn.

Imprint

Vienna, Austria, 2007. 172 pp., illustrations: 53 col., 22 b&w, 27 × 21 cm. German.

ISBN

3901398449

Location

Jüdisches Museum Wien (16 May–18 November 2007)

Description

The role of Jewish women in religious, economic, social and cultural contexts. Eleven essays by various authors address: the women’s place in synagogue, the changing role of women in progressive Judaism, art and the Jewish woman (as producer or critic), specific women in Jewish history (Lilith, Fanny von Arnstein, Marie Frischauf), etc. No itemized listing.

main keywords

ANGELS/DEMONS
ARNSTEIN, FANNY VON
FEMALE ARTISTS
LILITH
PHOTOGRAPHS
PORTRAITS
WOMEN IN JUDAISM

minor keywords

Amulets
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia/Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Historical photographs
Needlework/Embroidery
Seals/Stamps, personal
Torah Ark curtains
Torah mantles
Tsena u-Rena
Tzedakah boxes/containers

Related ephemera

Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 6 col., 1 b&w illus., 21 × 10 cm. German and English; Invitation to exhibition opening, single card, 1 col. illus., 20.7 × 10 cm; List of events related to the exhibition, single card, 1 col. illus., 20.7 × 10 cm.

Cite this page
“Beste aller Frauen. Weibliche Dimensionen im Judentum”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 25 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1920>
First published online: 2019



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