Sukkot Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal The Torah commands no less than three times to rejoice and be happy on Sukkot, the celebration of the fall harvest (Leviticus 23:39-40; Deuteronomy 16:14-16). Symbols of the harvest, the lulav (palm branch, myrtle, [...]
Ushpizin Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal According to rabbinic tradition, Jews build a sukkah (booth) on the festival of Sukkot to recall the Israelites’ fragile dwellings during their forty years of wandering after the Exodus from Egypt (Leviticus 23:33-43). Tents [...]
Shabbat Shuvah Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal Shabbat Shuvah (The Sabbath of Return) occurs between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur during the Ten Days of Repentance. These ten days are regarded as one’s last chance, through one’s actions, to be [...]
Rosh Hashanah Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal The shofar (ram’s horn) is blown on Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) to fulfill the Torah’s commandment, “On the first day of the seventh month, you shall observe complete rest, a sacred occasion [...]
Man of Peace Leonard Baskin Woodblock print 1952 Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Peter Blum 66.2461 Born in New Jersey, Baskin was raised in Brooklyn, New York. The son of a rabbi, he was educated at a Jewish religious college which had a profound effect on his aesthetic. He studied in New York and [...]
Hanukkiah Irivah Brass New York, 1920 Museum Purchase This hanukkiah (a candelabra used to celebrate the holiday of Hanukkah), was produced by an organization called Irivah, a division of the Women's Division of the Jewish Education Committee, founded in 1926 in New York City. Irivah provided scholarships for thousands of Jewish children unable to [...]
Candlesticks Ludwig Wolpert Silver USA, 1965 77.131 a/b German-born Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert immigrated to Palestine in 1933, where he taught metalworking at the Bezalel School for Arts and Crafts in Jerusalem. In 1956, he immigrated to New York to establish the Tobe Pascher Workshop for Jewish ceremonial objects at the Jewish Museum. He is [...]
Yahrzeit Lamp/Kristallnacht Linda Gissen Kiln-fused, enameled and slumped glass; engraved bronze and copper direct welded metals USA, 1992 Gift of the Artist Gissen was one of 1000 artists who responded to the invitation to create work that expressed remembrance of the Holocaust, and specifically Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) for a publication entitled Artists Confronting [...]
Robert Fabe Self Portrait Robert Fabe (1917—2004) Ink and wash on tan paper, 1943 Gift of the Artist 66.4840 A beloved Cincinnati artist best known for cityscapes of his hometown, Robert Fabe studied first with his father, a talented amateur, and then at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, where he taught some years later. After [...]
Young Indian Woman Henry Mosler (1841-1920) Oil on silk, 1887 Paris, France Gift of Stanley and Frances Cohen 1996.155.1 This tondo-shaped study on silk of a young Indian woman may seem out of place in a museum of Jewish art and artifacts, but Cincinnati connections abound. It was painted by Henry Mosler, who also [...]
