Uriah P. Levy (1792–1862) Hal Reed (Oklahoma 1921-California 2003) USA, 1988 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, 2019.7.39 40 years before French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was court-martialed, convicted, and eventually exonerated [...]
Béla Schick (1877–1967) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1898-2000 New York) USA, 1990 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, 2019.7.43 Béla Schick was born in Hungary and brought up in Graz, Austria. Young [...]
Herbert Lehman (1878–1963) Jacques Schnier (Romania 1898-1988 California) USA, 1974 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, 2019.7.11 Herbert Henry Lehman was born in New York City to a German Jewish immigrant family. [...]
Ernestine Rose (1810–1892) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1898-2000 New York) USA, 1994 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, 2019.7.51 A self-described “rebel at the age of five,” Ernestine Louise Potowski was born [...]
Tik (Case) and Torah India, Bombay (Mumbai), late 19th—early 20th century Velvet, wood, silver, and ink-inscribed deerskin, h. 36 x w. 11 1/2 x d. 11 1/4 in. (closed) B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.145 The tik or Torah case originates in design from Sephardic (Spanish and Middle Eastern) communities in areas such as Afghanistan, [...]
Red Horse Nahum Tsachbasov (Russia 1899–1984 New York) New York, 1944 Oil on canvas, h. 14 11/16 x w. 11 7/16 in. B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.116 Born in Azerbaijan, Russia, Tschacbasov immigrated to the United States with his family in 1907 and grew up in the Chicago slums. He studied electrical [...]
Prayer Book Prayer Book Probably Amsterdam, 18th century Cut out hammered silver; brass, cloth, h. 3.375 x w. 2.5 in. B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.360 Enclosed in his cover is an Ashkenazi Prayer Book (Polish Rite). The term Ashkenazi refers to Jews of central and eastern European ancestry. The prayer book was [...]
