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Fascinating find. We’ve got a juicy series going about Picon’s incredible career; read more about her here! 

Evening Dress worn by
Molly Picon
Silk
1930s
Collection of Yeshiva University Museum
Gift of Sarah Safford

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In the mid-1970s, Sarah Safford, a dancer from New York was driving in Mahopac in Upstate New York…

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Pogrom in Polen, early 20th century. This poster by L. Pinkhof, printed in Amsterdam, warns of recent pogroms in Poland. 

Artist: Leo Pinkhof (1898-1943)
Amsterdam, early 20th century
Collection of Yeshiva University Museum.

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Jesselson

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Photo of the day: Silver circumcision knife, Italy (ca. 1620). Hebrew inscription: “My covenant was with him for life…” Genesis 17.11; Deuteronomy 30.12; Genesis 17.12. 

Collection of Yeshiva University Museum

The Max Stern Collection

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Photo of the day: Louise Waterman Wise and Justine Wise (1920). From American Jewish Historical Society.

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