Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Michaela Feurstein-Prasser.

Hohenems, Austria, 2014. 183 pp., illustrations: 53 col., 30.7 × 23.6 cm. German.

9783854764397 (German edition); 9783854764403 (English edition)

Jüdisches Museum Hohenems (25 March–5 October 2014)

The Jewish contribution to European civilization, especially in the Habsburg Empire and the areas under its influence. Emphasis placed on the Jews’ mobility and extensive cross-border networks, which enabled them to play a critical role as mediators between cultures and regions. Title essay by Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek and Michaela Feurstein-Prasser elaborates on the exhibition’s conceptual framework. 6 additional essays on: the Jews in Central Europe, 18th–20th C (Diana Pinto), the Jews as the first Europeans (Erik Petry), networks amongst Jews in Early Modern Europe (Joshua Teplitsky), Josel of Rosheim as “commander” of Germany Jewry (J. Friedrich Battenberg), etc. Catalog with full-page, extensive entries for each exhibit. 41 items.

AUSTRIA
CENTRAL EUROPE
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHS
PRINTED BOOKS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
TORAH ORNAMENTS
VIENNA

Aaron Wolf Herlingen of Gewitsch (scribe-artist)
Coins
Drawings/Sketches
Hanukkah lamps
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th C
Hebrew printing, Vienna
Historical photographs
Kaufmann, Isidor
Keter Torah
Memor books
Micrography
Posters
Prayers for the sovereign
Rimmonim
Shiviti plaques, paper
Shmirot
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Synagogues, Germany
Tass
Temple of Jerusalem models
Torah Ark curtains
Torah mantles
Tzedakah boxes/containers