Orit Engelberg Baram.

Houman Sarshar.

Tel Aviv, Israel, 2010. 290 pp., illustrations: 115 col., 29 b&w, 27 × 22.5 cm. Hebrew and English.

9789654250207

Beit Hatfutsot—The Museum of the Jewish People (December 2010–May 2011)

Monumental, multi-disciplinary study of Iranian Jewry. 13 essays address: the exhibition itself, the history of this ancient community (David Yeroushalmi), its visual culture (Ariella Amar), its 20th-century existence (David Meashri), immigrant communities in the United States (Houman Sarshar) and in Israel (Yeroushalmi), wedding customs, including images of 8 ketubbot (Esther Shkalim), contemporary Iranian Jewish art (Hagai Segev), etc. No itemized listing.

AMULETS
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
COSTUME
IRAN/PERSIA
JEWISH ART, CONTEMPORARY/MODERN
PAINTINGS
WEDDING/MARRIAGE

Antisemitic images/objects
Archaeological finds
Astrolabes
Biblical images
Bridal garments
Carpets/Rugs
Dura Europos
Elijah’s chair
Hamsas
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Persian
Historical documents
Historical photographs
Incantation bowls
Isfahan
Jewish artists
Jewish Press
Judeo-Persian manuscripts
Ketubbot
Kiddush cups
Medicine
Mikvah items
Montefiore, Moses
Musical instruments
Ner Tamid
Paintings, Jewish figures
Postcards
Purim costumes
Rimmonim
Shiviti plaques, parchment/leather
Textiles, printing block
Tombs of the Righteous
Torah cases
Writing implements
Zionism

Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (12 October 2012–10 March 2013)

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