Bratislava, Slovakia, 2016. 111 pp., illustrated, 26.5 × 23.8 cm. Slovak.

9788096972067

Židovské komunitné múzeum (27 May–9 October 2016)

A range of previously un-displayed Judaica objects connected to Bratislava. The exhibits were drawn from the collections of the Museum and other prominent Slovak institutions, and presented in conjunction with the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives in Budapest. Objects, including precious textiles from Bratislava synagogues, commemorate rabbis, scholars and important events in the life of the city’s Jewish community. Extensive essay by Jana Švantnerová on the synagogue textiles, followed by catalog of 29 exhibited objects, each with full-page illustration and in-depth entry. No itemized listing.

BRATISLAVA
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
SYNAGOGUES
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Cemeteries, Slovakia
Circumcision
Historical documents
Historical photographs
Paintings, synagogues
Portraits, rabbis
Postcards
Prayerbooks/Mahzors
Printed books
Reader’s desk covers
Rimmonim
Slovakia
Synagogues, Bratislava
Synagogues, Slovakia
Tass
Tombstones, Slovakia
Torah Ark curtains
Torah Ark valances
Torah binders
Torah mantles