Door Knobs and Backplates Rockdale Avenue Temple, Cincinnati, 1905 Brass Gift of Howard and Marlene Mayers The doorknobs and backplates affixed to the wall in the Cincinnati Skirball Museum originally graced the Rockdale Avenue building of K.K. Bene Israel, now located in Amberley Village. The Rockdale Avenue location in Avondale was the third home [...]
Jood Badge Cloth Bergen Belsen, 1944 Gift of Werner Weinberg Estate Werner Weinberg (1915-1997), a former faculty member at Cincinnati’s HUC-JIR Campus, was born on May 30, 1915 in Rheda, Germany. Werner graduated from the Jewish Teachers Seminary in Wurzburg in 1936 and accepted a position in Hanover at a Jewish elementary school and [...]
Riverfront Josef Warkany (1902-1992) Etching Cincinnati, OH, c. 1990 Gift of Steve F. Warkany Josef Warkany is generally remembered for his work in medicine, not his artistic ability. His is called the father of teratology, which is the scientific study of congenital abnormalities and abnormal formations. He is renowned for his work in prenatal [...]
Shemini Azeret and Simchat Torah Stained glass window Cincinnati, OH, Adath Israel Congregation (1927—1964) Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Alter Peerless. The fall season brings with it a number of Jewish holidays and festivals, beginning with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the most solemn days of the religious year. The High Holy Days are followed closely by Sukkot, a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Portrait Bust of Isaac Mayer Wise Moses Jacob Ezekiel (Richmond, VA 1844–1917 Rome, Italy) Carrara marble, 1903 Gift of Isaac Mayer Wise heirs 67.123 One of the most prominent Jewish leaders of the nineteenth century, Isaac Mayer Wise was instrumental in establishing the major ideas and institutions of Reform Judaism in America, including the [...]
Therese Bloch Wise Henry Mosler (Germany 1841–1920 New York) Oil on canvas, 1867 Cincinnati Skirball Museum Therese Bloch Wise (1822–1874) was born in Grafenried, Bohemia to Herman and Nannie Rieser Bloch. The Blochs were the only Jewish family in their small village. Therese met her future husband, Isaac Mayer Wise, when he was her [...]
Plum Street Temple Henry Mosler (Germany 1841-1920 New York) Cincinnati, OH 1866 Oil on canvas, h. 36 1/4 x w. 31 1/4 in. USA, 1866 Signature: Verso "HMosler 1866 pinxit" Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Audrey Skirball Kenis, granddaughter of the artist, 41.259 Acclaimed for its Moorish-style decoration that became synonymous with synagogue architecture, [...]
