Caesarea Reuven Rubin (Romania 1893–1974 Tel Aviv) Caesarea, 1972 Color lithograph, h. 24 5/8 x w. 24 5/16 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Nancy M. Berman and Alan J. Bloch, 2018.12 Romanian-born Rubin Zelicovici immigrated to Israel in 1912 and settled in Jerusalem, where he started to sign his drawings “Reuven” in Hebrew [...]
All Our Hands to the Light Joint painting by Israeli and Palestinian children Acrylic, pencil, marker, glue on canvas, 42 7/8 x 35" Jerusalem, 2010 Gift of The Institute for the Study of Religions and Communities in Israel, 2016.15.120 Publications: Children of Jerusalem Painting Pain, Dreaming Peace: From My Jerusalem to Our Jerusalem, The Institute for the Study of [...]
Tree of Peace Mahmud Al-Tamimi Colored pencil, marker, and pencil on paper, 19 1/8 x 13 3/8” Jerusalem, 2003 Gift of The Institute for the Study of Religions and Communities in Israel, 2016.15.42 Publications: Children of Jerusalem Painting Pain, Dreaming Peace: Brotherhood Between Cultures, The Institute for the Study of Communities and Religions in Israel, 2010, p. 31.
Bombs in the City Center Chicko Afriat Acrylic and pencil on paper, 13 1/8 x 19 1/8" Jerusalem, 2003 Gift of The Institute for the Study of Religions and Communities in Israel, 2016.15.9 Publications: Children of Jerusalem Painting Pain, Dreaming Peace: Brotherhood Between Cultures, The Institute for the Study of Communities and Religions in Israel, 2010, p. 5. [...]
Our Jerusalem Manar Mrakstu, Orli Bergelson, and Galia Vigodny (joint painting); Abd Al-Aziz Sabbah, Jonathan Bar Shalom (joint painting); Suleiman Sabbah, Yusef Abu Sneineh, Matias Jelski (joint painting); Marwa Sabbah, Osher Shabat (joint painting) Oil pastel, chalk, collage, and pencil on paper, 14 x 19.5" Jerusalem, 2010 Gift of The Institute for the Study of Religions and [...]
Religions Flourish in Peace Joint Painting by Dafna Ben-Ari, Safa’ Mansur, Alexandra Rivera Pastel, collage, acrylic, and pencil on board, 19 ½" x 27 3/8" Jerusalem, 2010 Gift of The Institute for the Study of Religions and Communities in Israel, 2016.15.108 Publications: Children of Jerusalem Painting Pain, Dreaming Peace: From My Jerusalem to Our Jerusalem, The Institute for [...]
The Old City in Mourning Reem Al-Halawani Acrylic and marker on paper, 19 1/8 x 13 1/8" Jerusalem, 2003 Gift of The Institute for the Study of Religions and Communities in Israel, 2016.15.10 Publications: Children of Jerusalem Painting Pain, Dreaming Peace: Brotherhood Between Cultures, The Institute for the Study of Communities and Religions in Israel, 2003, p. [...]
Henrietta Szold (1860–1945) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1898-2000 New York) USA, 1976 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.15 Henrietta Szold was born in Baltimore, Maryland a little more than a year [...]
Israel Moses Jacob Ezekiel (Richmond, VA 1844-1917 Rome, Italy) Rome, 1904 Bronze relief, h. 44 x w. 56 in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, 67.62 Ezekiel, who fought as a Confederate cadet and graduated from Virginia Military Institute, entered the Medical College of Virginia in 1867 to study anatomy. After just one year of medical school, his [...]
Havdalah Compendium Rafi Landau (b. Israel 1954) Israel, 1992 Sterling silver, anodized aluminum, tray: diam. 8 in.; cup: h. 3 ½ in.; candle holder and spice container: h. (each) 2 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum; gift of Rosa Hable Flegenheimer Schwartz and David Miller Schwartz, 28.12a–d Shabbat, or the Sabbath, is the most important weekly [...]
