Boris Khaimovich, Hillel (Gregory) Kazovsky, Maria Kaspina.

Museum of the Jewish History in Russia.

Moscow, Russia, 2015. 47 pp., illustrations: 31 col., 26 × 22 cm. Russian and English.

Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center (15 July–23 August 2015)

Burial rites and rituals of Eastern-European Jews, with particular emphasis on the activities of the Hevra Kadisha and the iconography of Yahrzeit forms. Exhibits included objects from material culture (including a Jewish hearse from Transylvania, early 20th C), as well as national art and literature. Three essays on: the Jewish cemetery, sacred gravesites, and Yahrzeit plaques. Basic and descriptive entries. Unnumbered listing. 174 items.

CEMETERIES
DEATH/MOURNING
HEVRA KADISHA
RUSSIA/SOVIET UNION
TOMBSTONES
UKRAINE
YAHRZEIT/MEMORIAL PLAQUES/SHEETS

Bags of earth from the Holy Land
Cemeteries, Russia/Soviet Union
Cemeteries, Ukraine
Hevra Kadisha illuminated manuscripts
Hevra Kadisha pitchers/tankards
Hevra Kadisha tzedakah boxes
Hevra Kadisha utensils
Historical photographs
Papercuts
Tombstones, shrouds
Tombstones, Russia/Soviet Union
Tombstones, sketches/rubbings
Tombstones, Ukraine