Hoshana Rabbah Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal Hoshana Rabba is the seventh day of the festival of Sukkot, the celebration of the fall harvest. Hoshana is Hebrew for “please save (us)” and refers to a series of seven liturgical poems [...]
Sukkot Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal The Torah commands no less than three times to rejoice and be happy on Sukkot, the celebration of the fall harvest (Leviticus 23:39-40; Deuteronomy 16:14-16). Symbols of the harvest, the lulav (palm branch, myrtle, [...]
Ushpizin Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal According to rabbinic tradition, Jews build a sukkah (booth) on the festival of Sukkot to recall the Israelites’ fragile dwellings during their forty years of wandering after the Exodus from Egypt (Leviticus 23:33-43). Tents [...]
Shabbat Shuvah Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal Shabbat Shuvah (The Sabbath of Return) occurs between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur during the Ten Days of Repentance. These ten days are regarded as one’s last chance, through one’s actions, to be [...]
Rosh Hashanah Mark Podwal (b. 1945) Digitial archival pigment print on paper 7 7/16 x 7 9/16" USA, 2020 © Mark Podwal The shofar (ram’s horn) is blown on Rosh Hashanah (the New Year) to fulfill the Torah’s commandment, “On the first day of the seventh month, you shall observe complete rest, a sacred occasion [...]
Haym Salomon (1740–1785) Paul Vincze (Hungary 1904-France 1994) USA, 1973 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, 2019.7.9 & 2019.7.10 Born in Lesno, Poland to refugees from Portugal escaping religious persecution, Haym Salomon [...]
Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Hal Reed (Oklahoma 1921-California 2003) USA, 1980 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, 2019.7.23 & 2019.7.24 Virologist Jonas Salk was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrants. After [...]
Levi Strauss (1829–1902) Hal Reed (Oklahoma 1921-California 2003) USA, 1979 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, 2019.7.21 & 2019.7.22 Levi Strauss was born Löb Strauss in Buttenheim, Bavaria, and immigrated to the [...]
Golda Meir (1898–1978) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1907-New York, 2000) USA, 1978 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, 2019.7.19 & 2019.7.20 Born in Kiev, Russia, Golda Mabovitch (later Meir) emigrated with her [...]
Touro Synagogue (1763) Victor Ries (Germany 1907-California, USA 2013) USA, 1977 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, 2019.7.17 & 2019.7.18 The oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the Touro [...]
