Our homes are treasure troves of Jewish objects–each with a story to tell. We asked Jewish Chicagoans to tell us what Judaica they cherish most–and the stories behind them. Here’s what they said… My ...
(JTA) — A trove of sacred Jewish objects from Greece that was stolen by the Nazis and displaced for decades in Poland is finally heading back home. Poland returned 91 religious and ceremonial ...
MICHAEL Strauss issues a challenge: Try picking up his pride and joy, a gold-and-silver Rothschild menorah. The visitor tries with one hand and fails but remains fascinated by the beautiful piece made ...
A rusted bolt seems to sit on a shelf next to a cherry-red, toy plastic gas pump. Here a sea shell hangs near a metal ruler. There a worn pair of blue jeans appears to hang on the wall next to faded ...
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In Germany, a Jewish family is reunited with a treasured family object — but also a sense of exile
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After a Maryland teacher’s death, her 200-piece Judaica collection finds new life in a Jewish museum
(JTA) — As Rae Ann Kaylie sat on her mother’s couch in the wake of her death, the Judaica felt overwhelming. Over 50 menorahs ...
In The Art of the Jewish Family, Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who all lived in New York in the years between 1750 and 1850: a letter from ...
The antique silver menorah. The shabbos candlesticks. The tiny tefillin set. The last remnants from Europe that my grandparents, all Holocaust survivors, managed to shlep to America. And I need to get ...
Hebrew prayers scrawled on the back of Romanian wine labels are displayed as part of the “Living Memory” exhibit at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. (Larry Luxner) JERUSALEM — A guitar played by Jewish ...
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