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Hanukkah Lamp

B’nai B’rith, Holidays and Festivals, Special Collections 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

B’nai B’rith, Holidays and Festivals, Special Collections 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

Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Special Collections 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 [...]

Barbara Streisand

Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Special Collections 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

Israel, Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Special Collections 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 [...]

Uriah P. Levy

Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Special Collections 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

Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Special Collections 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

Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Special Collections 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

Jewish-American Hall of Fame, Special Collections 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

B’nai B’rith, Special Collections, Torah 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, [...]

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