Sukkah Plaque Hand-colored woodcut Germany, 18th C. The High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, are followed a week later by a weeklong harvest festival, called Sukkot or “booths.” Sukkot not only reflects joy in the physical bounty of God’s creation, but also reminds Jews [...]
Stamp for Marking Kosher Meat Wood and brass Italy, 19th century Gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz B'nai B'rith Klutznick Collection of the Skirball Museum This rare stamp was used to indicate that meat was judged Kosher. A blue or purple food-safe dye would have been used to stamp this mark directly onto [...]
Elijah Cup Ori Resheff (b. 1955) Silver and gilt Israel, 1993 Gift of Judith and Clarence Lapedes, Maureen Lynch, and Richard Lapedes to honor Ted Schwartz z”l on his significant birthday Cincinnati Skirball Museum Spring brings with it one of the major Jewish spring festivals, Pesach, or Passover, a seven day festival which marks [...]
Le Mere et l’Enfant (Mother and Child) Reuven Rubin (1893-1974) Lithograph Israel, 1960 Gift of Harry F. Hemmerich to the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Romanian-born Rubin Zelicovici had a dream when he first set foot in Ottoman Palestine in 1912. His dream was to be an artist in Israel, to create an [...]
Absalom Gerald Wartofsky (b. 1935) Oil on canvas United States, 1993 B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Skirball Museum Gerald Wartofsky studied in Washington, DC and in New York, pursuing a method to assimilate the dualistic nature of classical and expressionistic approaches to his artmaking. He finds inspiration in literature, music and dance. His [...]
Menorah Samuel Bak (b. 1933) Serigraph United States, ca. 1997 Gift of Mike and Toby Chernin B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Skirball Museum Samuel Bak survived the destruction of the Vilna ghetto and immigrated with his mother to Jerusalem in 1948, where he studied at the Bezalel School of Art and Design. After [...]
Shemini Azeret and Simchat Torah Stained glass window Cincinnati, OH, Adath Israel Congregation (1927—1964) Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Alter Peerless. The fall season brings with it a number of Jewish holidays and festivals, beginning with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the most solemn days of the religious year. The High Holy Days are followed closely by Sukkot, a [...]
Menorah #2 Marvin Lipofsky (1938-2016) Hand blown glass; cut, sandblasted, acid polished United States, 1998 Cincinnati Skirball Museum; given by the family of Judy Lucas in honor of her dedication to the Skirball Museum and special birthday Hanukkah, a joyous winter holiday, commemorates the military victory in 165 BCE of a small number of [...]
Abstract No. 3 Merle Rosen (American, 1949—2017) Mixed media on paper Cincinnati, ca. 2001 Gift to Cincinnati Skirball Museum from the Estate of Merle Rosen Merle Rosen was a practicing artist in Cincinnati for more than 40 years. Her work has been shown extensively in museums and galleries and has been widely collected by [...]
Mask – Esther of Inner Vision Dina Dar (1939-1995) California, USA, ca. 1980 Cajeput tree and acrylic 14 h. x 10 ½ w. Museum purchase with funds provided by Judy and Stanley Lucas, M.D. and family in honor of 90th birthday of Dr. M. S. Schulzinger On the Jewish holiday of Purim, it is [...]
