Gershom Mendes Seixas (1745–1816) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1898-2000 New York) USA, 1975 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, 2019.7.13 Among the earliest Jewish communal leaders born and educated in the United [...]
Esther Scroll Ze’ev Raban (Poland 1890–1970 Israel) Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem, 1927 Case: cast silver with applied silver balls and filigree, l. 4 1/8 x w. 15/16 x d. 7/8 in. Scroll: watercolor, pen and ink on parchment Inscriptions: Exterior: Hebrew and English above and below center decorative element: “Membership in Bezalel 1927”; stamped on scroll [...]
Shofar Central Europe, 19th century Ram’s horn, l. 26 ¼ x w. 6 ½ in. x h 5 ½ in. Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz B’nai B’rith Klutnick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.263 A shofar is an instrument made from the horn of a ram or other kosher animal. It was used in [...]
Elijah Cup Robert Lipnick (b. 1958) Ceramic, h. 5 3/5 x w. 3 ½ in. United States, 1991 B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 1992.007 Passover, or Pesach, is a seven-day festival that marks the beginning of spring and recalls the exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Passover seder, meaning order, retells [...]
Torah Crown (Keter) Cast, repoussé, hammered and engraved silver, h. 7 ½ x w. 5 3/8 in. Mantua, Italy, ca. 1810 Marks: R3 7329 (800/100 standard; in use in Italy 1810-1872), 7391 (Mantua), and SIC1 Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.359 Torah finials evolved from knobs [...]
Hanukkah Lamp Copper alloy, cast and engraved, h. 12 15/16 x w. 7 3/8 x d. 2 3/8 in. Morocco, 19th century B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection; gift of Olga Hirshhorn, 1994, 2015.17.361 Hanukkah is a post-biblical festival that recalls the deliverance of the Jews from the tyranny of the Syrian-Greek government in [...]
Hanukkah Menorah Babette Bloch (b. New Jersey 1956) Bronze, h. 15 ¼ x w. 13 ¼, limited edition of 250 United States, 1985 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Melzac, 1990 B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.356 Hanukkah is a post-biblical festival that recalls the deliverance of the Jews from the tyranny of [...]
Benjamin Cardozo (1870-1938) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1898-2000 New York) USA, 1997 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, 2019.7.37 Benjamin Nathan Cardozo was born in New York City to a prominent Sephardic [...]
Barbra Streisand (b.1942) Alex Shagin (b. Russia, 1947) USA, 1997 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, 2019.7.59 Legendary entertainer Barbra Streisand was born Barbara Joan Streisand in Brooklyn. Displaying talent from a young [...]
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 [...]
