Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Hal Reed (Oklahoma 1921-California 2003) USA, 1980 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, 2019.7.23 & 2019.7.24 Virologist Jonas Salk was born in New York City to Russian-Jewish immigrants. After [...]
Levi Strauss (1829–1902) Hal Reed (Oklahoma 1921-California 2003) USA, 1979 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, 2019.7.21 & 2019.7.22 Levi Strauss was born Löb Strauss in Buttenheim, Bavaria, and immigrated to the [...]
Golda Meir (1898–1978) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1907-New York, 2000) USA, 1978 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, 2019.7.19 & 2019.7.20 Born in Kiev, Russia, Golda Mabovitch (later Meir) emigrated with her [...]
Touro Synagogue (1763) Victor Ries (Germany 1907-California, USA 2013) USA, 1977 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, 2019.7.17 & 2019.7.18 The oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States, the Touro [...]
George Gershwin (1898-1937) Robert Russin (New York, NY 1914-Los Angeles, CA 2007) USA, 1972 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, 2019.7.7-8 Growing up on the Lower East Side of New York, young [...]
Hanukkiyah (Hanukkah Menorah) David Palombo (Turkey 1920-1966 Jerusalem) Israel, ca. 1963 Rock and iron Cincinnati Skirball Museum, x.2021.1 Hanukkah, a joyous winter holiday, commemorates the military victory in 165 BCE of a small number of Jews, led by Judah Maccabee, over the ruling Syrian-Greek government. The Jews had been commanded to worship only Greek idols under penalty [...]
Sisters Susanna Levine Fisher (b. New York 1948) USA, 1977 Oil on canvas, h. 30 x w. 18 in. unframed Cincinnati Skirball Museum, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, 2015.17.131 The daughter of artists Jack Levine and Ruth Gikow, Susanna often modeled for her mother, as well as for the Social Realist painter Raphael [...]
Sabbath Candlesticks Danzig or Lemberg, Poland, ca. 1670-1700 Cast, repousée, engraved parcel-gilt silver, h. 11 11/16 x w. 7 ½ in. Marks: Polish and Austrian. Czihak5; indistinct maker’s mark; r7989 (restamping of Lemberg [Lvov] 1806-7 and 7884 (a Rosenberg mark); restamping 1809-10 Cincinnati Skirball Museum, B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, gift of Joseph [...]
Torah Shield Maker: Franz Anton Gutwein (ca. 1729-1805) Augsburg, Germany, 1801 Cast, repoussé, parcel-gilt and engraved silver, h. 18 ¼ x w. 10 1/8 x d. 2 3/8 in. Inscription: “Samuel s[on of]…Nathan Arieh HaCohen…Tirzah daughter of…Joshua” B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Collection, gift of Joseph B. and Olyn Horwitz, 2015.17.147 The first known [...]
Plum Street Temple Henry Mosler (Germany 1841-1920 New York) Cincinnati, OH 1866 Oil on canvas, h. 36 1/4 x w. 31 1/4 in. USA, 1866 Signature: Verso "HMosler 1866 pinxit" Cincinnati Skirball Museum, gift of Audrey Skirball Kenis, granddaughter of the artist, 41.259 Acclaimed for its Moorish-style decoration that became synonymous with synagogue architecture, [...]
