Etrog Container Crafted by Zelig Segal Israel, 1989 Sterling silver and mahogany Gift of Dr. Stanley and Judy Lucas in honor of their 40th Anniversary 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 [...]
Torah Crown Ori Resheff (b. 1955) Israel, 1996 Silver and patinaed copper Purchased 1997 B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion The Torah, the five books of Moses, is considered to be at the center of Jewish life. The scroll on which the Torah is written becomes a beautifully hand-crafted [...]
Tzedakah Box Yaakov Greenvurcel (b. 1952) Silver Israel, 1992 Gift of Theodore and Selma Tannenwald, Jr., in honor of Audrey and Charles Kenis The term tzedakah comes from the Hebrew word tzedek, which means justice. The giving of tzedakah is one of the most important laws in Judaism, and the Talmud teaches: "Tzedakah is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Le Mere et l’Enfant (Mother and Child) Reuven Rubin (1893-1974) Lithograph Israel, 1960 Gift of Harry F. Hemmerich to the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Romanian-born Rubin Zelicovici had a dream when he first set foot in Ottoman Palestine in 1912. His dream was to be an artist in Israel, to create an [...]
Three-piece Havdalah Set Ludwig Wolpert (1900-1981) Sterling silver New York, 1955 Abram and Frances Kanof Collection of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum Born in Hildesheim, Germany in 1900, Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert studied at the School for Arts and Crafts in Frankfurt-on-Main until 1920 where he specialized in metalwork. After [...]
Tel Aviv Pole on Rooftops Joseph Zaritsky (1891-1985) Watercolor Tel Aviv Gift of Philip Klutznick B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection Joseph Zaritsky (1891-1985) was one of Israel’s early, modern artists. He was born in Borispol, which is within Kiev today. In 1923 he made aliyah (immigration to Israel). His artwork mostly included Israel’s urban [...]
Hanukkah Lamp Ludwig Wolpert (1900-1981) Brass Jerusalem, ca. 1950 Signed in Hebrew “Wolpert Jerusalem” and in English “Israel” Cincinnati Skirball Museum, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, gift of Abram Kanof This Hanukkah lamp was made by German-born Ludwig Wolpert (1900-1981) who studied sculpture and metalwork in Frankfurt before immigrating to Mandate Palestine in [...]
