George Gershwin (1898-1937) Robert Russin (New York, NY 1914-Los Angeles, CA 2007) USA, 1972 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, 2019.7.7-8 Growing up on the Lower East Side of New York, young [...]
Sisters Susanna Levine Fisher (b. New York 1948) USA, 1977 Oil on canvas, h. 30 x w. 18 in. unframed Cincinnati Skirball Museum, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.131 The daughter of artists Jack Levine and Ruth Gikow, Susanna often modeled for her mother, as well as for the Social Realist painter Raphael [...]
Sabbath Candlesticks Danzig or Lemberg, Poland, ca. 1670-1700 Cast, repousée, engraved parcel-gilt silver, h. 11 11/16 x w. 7 ½ in. Marks: Polish and Austrian. Czihak5; indistinct maker’s mark; r7989 (restamping of Lemberg [Lvov] 1806-7 and 7884 (a Rosenberg mark); restamping 1809-10 Cincinnati Skirball Museum, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, gift of Joseph [...]
Torah Shield Maker: Franz Anton Gutwein (ca. 1729-1805) Augsburg, Germany, 1801 Cast, repoussé, parcel-gilt and engraved silver, h. 18 ¼ x w. 10 1/8 x d. 2 3/8 in. Inscription: “Samuel s[on of]…Nathan Arieh HaCohen…Tirzah daughter of…Joshua” B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz, 2015.17.147 The first known [...]
Megillah in Empty Wine Bottle Mark Podwal (b. Brooklyn, NY 1945) USA, 2017 Colored pencil on paper, h. 16 x w. 20 in, Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of the artist, ©Mark Podwal, 2018.5.15 Inspired by this miniature Scroll of Esther in the Skirball collections, the artist has made a playful reference to the Purim [...]
Gragger (Noisemaker) Peter Ehrenthal (1920-2022) USA, 1960 Silver B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz, 1980, TAP 0072 The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates the continued resilience of the Jewish people. The Purim story is related in the Book of Esther, a melodramatic tale of court intrigue in [...]
Judah Magnes (1877–1948) Victor Ries (Germany 1907-2013 California) USA, 1969 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, 2019.7.1 Born in San Francisco, Magnes grew up in Oakland and was the first native Californian [...]
Harry Houdini (1874–1926) Hal Reed (Oklahoma 1921-California 2003) USA, 1996 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, 2019.7.55 The famed magician Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz (later Ehrich Weiss) in Budapest, Hungary. [...]
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) Alex Shagin (b. Russia, 1947) USA, 1995 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, 2019.7.53 Elie Wiesel was born in the town of Sighet, now part of Romania. In 1944, [...]
Spanish Expulsion (1492) and Luis Torres (d. 1492) Paul Vincze (Hungary 1907-1994 France) London, England, 1986 Bronze, dia. 2 ¼ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.47 This medal commemorates the 500th anniversary of the voyage of Christopher Columbus across the [...]
