Yom Kippur

Holidays and Festivals
Yom Kippur Chaim Gross (1904-1991) United States Lithograph, 1969 Gift of Renee and Chaim Gross, 66.2738 c   Chaim Gross was born in 1904 in the Carpathian Mountain region of Austrian Galicia. He spent his first decade steeped in the traditions of Orthodox Jewish life. After his parents were violently attacked by Russian troops, he [...]

Shevuoth

Holidays and Festivals
Shevuoth Chaim Gross (1904-1991) United States Lithograph, 1969 Gift of Renee and Chaim Gross, 66.2738 j   Chaim Gross was born in 1904 in the Carpathian Mountain region of Austrian Galicia. He spent his first decade steeped in the traditions of Orthodox Jewish life. After his parents were violently attacked by Russian troops, he fled, [...]

Simchath Torah

Holidays and Festivals
Simchath Torah  Chaim Gross (1904-1991) United States Lithograph, 1969 Gift of Renee and Chaim Gross, 66.2738 e   Chaim Gross was born in 1904 in the Carpathian Mountain region of Austrian Galicia. He spent his first decade steeped in the traditions of Orthodox Jewish life. After his parents were violently attacked by Russian troops, he [...]

Rosh Hashonah

Holidays and Festivals
Rosh Hashonah Chaim Gross (1904-1991) United States Lithograph, 1969 Gift of Renee and Chaim Gross, 66.2738 b   Chaim Gross was born in 1904 in the Carpathian Mountain region of Austrian Galicia. He spent his first decade steeped in the traditions of Orthodox Jewish life. After his parents were violently attacked by Russian troops, he [...]

Succoth

Holidays and Festivals
Succoth Chaim Gross (1904-1991) United States Lithograph, 1968 Gift of Renee and Chaim Gross, 66.2738 d   Chaim Gross was born in 1904 in the Carpathian Mountain region of Austrian Galicia. He spent his first decade steeped in the traditions of Orthodox Jewish life. After his parents were violently attacked by Russian troops, he fled, [...]

Hanukkiah Lamp with Olives

Holidays and Festivals, Works by Mark Podwal
Hanukkiah Lamp with Olives Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal   This work was inspired by this hanukkiah, created to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Prague B’nai B’rith Lodge in [...]

Jazzy Shofar

Holidays and Festivals, Works by Mark Podwal
Jazzy Shofar Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) Colored pencil on paper h. 16 inches x w. 20 inches Cincinnati Skirball Musuem Gift of the artist © Mark Podwal   This work was inspired by this 19th century shofar.