Tag: Judaica
Judaica collector gives some pointers to the University of Virginia
Clay Barr’s husband Jay D. A. Barr had been ill for “quite a long time” when she brought him home in early 1994. “There was no more to be done, and I’m pacing around...
Shopping for shofars, finding something larger
The last neighborhood Judaica store in Manhattan is ready for the High Holidays.
Long, twisted Kudu shofars—made from the horns of the African antelope—hang dramatically from the ceiling. But small rams’ horns are still the...
Collector of Jewish souls: A rabbi’s treasures culled from around the world
A 12-branch copper candelabra kindled on holidays by Jews in 18th-century Italy. Sheets of prayers handwritten in Hebrew by an unknown scribe in 15th-century Spain. An oven for baking matzah from 19th-century Portugal. A...
Archaeologists unearth crate of historic Judaica items under synagogue in Poland
A wooden crate filled with Judaica items was discovered during an archaeological excavation in a synagogue in Małopolska, Poland, reported The Jewish Chronicle.
Archaeologists were digging a small test hole at the Old Synagogue in Wieliczka when...
Exhibit at Museum for Islamic Art features Jewish jewelers from the Arab world
The Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem, with a mission of promoting interfaith dialogue, has opened a “past and present” jewelry exhibit featuring a section that highlights the Jewish amuletic jewelry in the communities of the Islamic world.
According to its...