Francesco Spagnolo, India Mandelkern.

Berkeley, Calif., USA, 2014. Booklet, 33 pp., illustrations: 10 col., 1 b&w, 28 × 10.7 cm. English.

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley (28 August 2014–26 June 2015)

An exploration of the traditions, tastes, rituals and customs that define Jewish food. Exhibits listed according to display cases, each focusing on a specific theme: Religious and Secular Food Rituals, Food and Celebration, Ritual Bread Covers, Wimpel and Wine, Esther Scrolls and Banquets, Ritual Slaughter, Educating with Food, The Ritual Table, etc. Introduction to each section. Basic and descriptive entries. 127 items.

CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
FOOD IN JEWISH CULTURE

Adar plaques
Aleph-Bet books/sheets
Besamim
Bezalel Art School
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Challah boards/plates
Challah knives
Circumcision cups
Cookbooks/Recipes
Elijah’s cup
Haggadot, illuminated manuscripts
Hand-washing vessels
Havdalah sets/compendia
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Netherlands, 17th–19th C
Hevra Kadisha beakers
Historical photographs
Jewish National Fund
Kiddush cups
Kiddush jugs/decanters
Matzah covers/bags
Paintings, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Pesach pillow covers
Pesach plates
Pesach plates, 3-tiered
Porcelain
Postcards
Posters
Prayerbooks/Mahzors
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Purim cups/beakers
Purim plates
Shechita knives
Scrolls of Esther, engraved borders
Scrolls of Esther, illuminated
Shabbat towels
Shana Tova greeting cards
Sukkah textiles
Torah binders