| Author |
Tamar Shadmi. |
| Curator |
Leah Fish. |
| Imprint |
Ramat Gan, Israel, 2013. Booklet, 30 pp., illustrations: 24 col., 19 b&w, 21 × 14.8 cm. Hebrew, with title page also in English. |
| Location |
Bar Ilan University, Lieber Center for Jewish Art Exhibitions (29 October 2013–23 March 2014) |
| Description |
Inscriptions from 23 painted synagogues in Eastern Europe, grouped, analyzed and presented according to 5 categories: 1. liturgical texts (prayers), 2. sayings of Chazal [the Sages] on the importance of communal prayer, proper behaviour, and the giving of tzedakah, 3. biblical passages on the synagogue as a miniature Temple and meeting place for Man and the Divine, 4. dedicatory inscriptions, 5. artists’ signatures. General introduction to painted synagogues, followed by discussion of each category of inscription. No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
EASTERN EUROPE |
| minor keywords |
Chodorov Synagogue, wall paintings |
