Seder Plate Richard Fishman (b. 1941) Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 1977 Cast silver, onyx B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection, Gift of Joseph H. and Olga Hirshhorn Used during the celebration of Pesach, or Passover, a Seder plate displays the foods used to tell the story of Passover. Foods traditionally included on the Seder plate are [...]
Raoul Wallenberg Medal Marika Somogyi (b. 1933) California, USA, 1983 Bronze, 4 ½ inches Gift of Judith Hanenson The life-saving rescue work of Raoul Wallenberg is a noteworthy example of resistance against Nazism. Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat who began aiding Hungarian Jews in July of 1944. He provided Swedish protective passports to Jews [...]
Etrog Container France or Germany, 19th century Silver, carved coconut shell B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Skirball Museum The Festival of Sukkot, a seven-day Thanksgiving festival, takes place four days after Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Sukkot is one of Judaism’s harvest festivals and is often celebrated with various ceremonies, such as Consecration, [...]
Saul Bellow Sarah Miller (1924-2016) Bronze United States, 1993 Gift of Lesha and Samuel Greengus and Rachel and William Schultz Saul Bellow (1915-2003) was a Canadian-American writer who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only writer to win the National Book [...]
Elijah Cup Robert Lipnick Ceramic United States, 1991 B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum Cups for Elijah are used ceremoniously during Pesach, or Passover, a seven-day festival that marks the beginning of spring and recalls the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. During this holiday seders, meaning order, which retell the story [...]
Gentleman from Cracow Raphael Soyer (1899-1987) Lithograph, 1970 Cincinnati Skirball Museum; gift of Herbert and Nancy Bernhard A prolific painter who is often described as an American scene painter and Social Realist, Raphael Soyer was also a reluctant Jewish artist. Raphael and his twin brother Moses were born in Borisoglebsk, South Russia, and emigrated [...]
Hanukkah Lamp Morocco, 18th century Cast and pierced bronze B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum; donated by Dr. Leanore K. Feine; gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horowitz In North Africa–Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia–Chag haBanot or Festival of the Daughters is celebrated during Hanukkah. The festival occurs on Rosh Hodesh Tevet (a [...]
Three-piece Havdalah Set Ludwig Wolpert (1900-1981) Sterling silver New York, 1955 Abram and Frances Kanof Collection of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection of the Cincinnati Skirball Museum Born in Hildesheim, Germany in 1900, Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert studied at the School for Arts and Crafts in Frankfurt-on-Main until 1920 where he specialized in metalwork. After [...]
Pesach Chaim Gross (1904-1991) United States Lithograph, 1968 Passover, or Pesach, is a seven-day festival that marks the beginning of spring and recalls the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The Passover seder, meaning order, retells the story of the exodus from Egypt and rich symbolism appears throughout. The Passover seder is modeled after the ancient Greek symposia, [...]
Tel Aviv Pole on Rooftops Joseph Zaritsky (1891-1985) Watercolor Tel Aviv Gift of Philip Klutznick B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection Joseph Zaritsky (1891-1985) was one of Israel’s early, modern artists. He was born in Borispol, which is within Kiev today. In 1923 he made aliyah (immigration to Israel). His artwork mostly included Israel’s urban [...]
