Menorah #2 Marvin Lipofsky (1938-2016) Hand blown glass; cut, sandblasted, acid polished United States, 1998 Cincinnati Skirball Museum; given by the family of Judy Lucas in honor of her dedication to the Skirball Museum and special birthday Hanukkah, a joyous winter holiday, commemorates the military victory in 165 BCE of a small number of [...]
Abstract No. 3 Merle Rosen (American, 1949—2017) Mixed media on paper Cincinnati, ca. 2001 Gift to Cincinnati Skirball Museum from the Estate of Merle Rosen Merle Rosen was a practicing artist in Cincinnati for more than 40 years. Her work has been shown extensively in museums and galleries and has been widely collected by [...]
Mask – Esther of Inner Vision Dina Dar (1939-1995) California, USA, ca. 1980 Cajeput tree and acrylic 14 h. x 10 ½ w. Museum purchase with funds provided by Judy and Stanley Lucas, M.D. and family in honor of 90th birthday of Dr. M. S. Schulzinger On the Jewish holiday of Purim, it is [...]
Seder Plate Richard Fishman (b. 1941) Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 1977 Cast silver, onyx B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection, Gift of Joseph H. and Olga Hirshhorn Used during the celebration of Pesach, or Passover, a Seder plate displays the foods used to tell the story of Passover. Foods traditionally included on the Seder plate are [...]
Raoul Wallenberg Medal Marika Somogyi (b. 1933) California, USA, 1983 Bronze, 4 ½ inches Gift of Judith Hanenson The life-saving rescue work of Raoul Wallenberg is a noteworthy example of resistance against Nazism. Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who began aiding Hungarian Jews in July of 1944. He provided Swedish protective passports to Jews [...]
Etrog Container France or Germany, 19th century Silver, carved coconut shell B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Skirball Museum The Festival of Sukkot, a seven-day Thanksgiving festival, takes place four days after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Sukkot is one of Judaism’s harvest festivals and is often celebrated with various ceremonies, such as Consecration, [...]
Saul Bellow Sarah Miller (1924-2016) Bronze United States, 1993 Gift of Lesha and Samuel Greengus and Rachel and William Schultz Saul Bellow (1915-2003) was a Canadian-American writer who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book [...]
Elijah Cup Robert Lipnick Ceramic United States, 1991 B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum Cups for Elijah are used ceremoniously during Pesach, or Passover, a seven-day festival that marks the beginning of spring and recalls the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. During this holiday seders, meaning order, which retell the story [...]
Gentleman from Cracow Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) Lithograph, 1970 Cincinnati Skirball Museum; gift of Herbert and Nancy Bernhard A prolific painter who is often described as an American scene painter and Social Realist, Raphael Soyer was also a reluctant Jewish artist. Raphael and his twin brother Moses were born in Borisoglebsk, South Russia, and emigrated [...]
Hanukkah Lamp Morocco, 18th century Cast and pierced bronze B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum; donated by Dr. Leanore K. Feine; gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horowitz In North Africa–Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia–Chag haBanot or Festival of the Daughters is celebrated during Hanukkah. The festival occurs on Rosh Hodesh Tevet (a [...]
