Sukkot. Arthur Szyk (1894-1951). 1948. New Canaan, Connecticut. Painting, tempera and ink on paper. c/o Yeshiva University Museum.
Illustration from Juedisches Ceremoniel, a German book published in 1724. c/o Leo Baeck Institute.
Etrog container decorated with depictions of lulav and etrog. Artist unknown. 19th century. c/o Yeshiva University Museum.
Lulav (palm twig) and Etrog (citrus fruit) used during Sukkot. Illustration from Juedisches Ceremoniel, a German book published in 1724. c/o Leo Baeck Institute.
The Written World is a wall-sized paper mosaic created by Diane Samuels in which each tile is inscribed with a handwritten letter or character from one of dozens of languages collected from users of the Center. Stop into the Center’s Ackman and Ziff Genealogy Institute to admire it for yourself!
Illuminated Manuscript Presented in Thanks after the Holocaust July 1945 Tangier, Morocco Vellum, Gouache and Silk Ribbons, Bound in Leather From the Collection of the American Sephardi Federation
On display through November 3rd
Hungarian Jews stranded in Morocco during World War II created this lavish thank-you note for Lorna…
List of donors to the Association for Free Distribution of Matsot to the Poor. 1850s. From the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society.
This image is featured in Contributors to the Cause, a traveling exhibition about the history of Jewish philanthropy in the United States presented by the Center for Jewish History and made possible by The David Berg Foundation.