Esther Scroll Carved ivory, watercolor, gold paint, ink, and gouache on vellum Venice, Italy, 1700 Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Skirball Museum The festival of Purim, which takes place in March this year, celebrates the continual resilience of the Jewish people. Purim commemorates the story of [...]
Smelling Salts Container Cast, engraved, and cut silver Holland, c. 1800 Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz This tiny box was most likely used on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, observed 10 days after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This year, [...]
Miniature Hanukkiah (Hanukkah Lamp) Gilt silver and brass Austrian Empire, 2nd half 19th century Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz Hanukkah, a joyous winter holiday, commemorates the military victory in 165 BCE of a small number of Jews, led by Judah Maccabee, over the oppressive ruling Syrian-Greek government, which had commanded the Jews [...]
Hanukkiah (Hanukkah Lamp) Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts Silver Jerusalem, 1915 Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz Hanukkah, a joyous winter holiday, commemorates the military victory in 165 BCE of a small number of Jews, led by Judah Maccabee, over the oppressive ruling Syrian-Greek government, which had commanded the Jews to worship [...]
Sukkah Plaque Hand-colored woodcut Germany, 18th C. The High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, are followed a week later by a weeklong harvest festival, called Sukkot or “booths.” Sukkot not only reflects joy in the physical bounty of God’s creation, but also reminds Jews [...]
Elijah Cup Ori Resheff (b. 1955) Silver and gilt Israel, 1993 Gift of Judith and Clarence Lapedes, Maureen Lynch, and Richard Lapedes to honor Ted Schwartz z”l on his significant birthday Cincinnati Skirball Museum Spring brings with it one of the major Jewish spring festivals, Pesach, or Passover, a seven day festival which marks [...]
Menorah Samuel Bak (b. 1933) Serigraph United States, ca. 1997 Gift of Mike and Toby Chernin B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Skirball Museum Samuel Bak survived the destruction of the Vilna ghetto and immigrated with his mother to Jerusalem in 1948, where he studied at the Bezalel School of Art and Design. After [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
