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1. Brass Shabbat lamp and drip tray acquired by a German Jewish woman
Object | Accession Number: 2018.356.2 a-b
Date:
acquired: after 1907 September 26-before 1939 March 15
… their political rights, barring them from many professions, and forbidding marriage between Jews and non-Jews. That same year, Maria immigrated to the…
2. Embroidered pouch for tefillin brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.3
Date:
use: 1901-1946
… brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and…
3. Embroidered yarmulke brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.2
Date:
use: 1901-1946
… Bespaloff or another man in his extended family. The kippah was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s.…
4. Tallit katan brought to England by a British soldier and Kindertransport refugee
2016.203.2 side a
Object | Accession Number: 2016.203.2
Date:
use: after 1924 June 02
… Müllers began making plans to immigrate. Everyone in the family got passports and the family registered for American immigration quota numbers. Norbert…
5. Embroidered pouch for a tallit brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.4
Date:
use: 1901-1946
… family. The pouch was brought to the United States when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. A tallit is a prayer shawl worn by observant Jewish men…
6. Pair of small tefillin brought to the United States by Nisson Bespaloff or a family member
Object | Accession Number: 2017.694.5 a-b
Date:
use: 1901-1946
… when the owner immigrated in the 1930s or 1940s. Tefillin are small boxes containing prayers attached to leather straps and worn on the arm and the head…
7. Hanukkah menorah with rearing lions used by a Polish German survivor
2014.557.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2014.557.2
Date:
manufacture: 1900-1933
…, 1947, when he boarded the Marine Marlin and immigrated to the United States. He arrived in New York on March 3. On October 25, 1947, Herman married…
8. White silk tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.4
Date:
received: approximately 1927
… Otto immigrated to England. On September 2, 1939, Richard sailed from Antwerp on the SS Westernland, arriving in New York on September 13. During the war…
9. Embroidered purple tallit bag used by two Hungarian rabbis
1990.245.6_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.6 a
Date:
received: 1923 December 06
use: 1923 December 06-1952 March 29
… immigrated to the United States afterward.…
10. Striped tallit worn by two Hungarian rabbis
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.6 b
Date:
received: 1923 December 06
use: 1923 December 06-1952 March 29
… immigrated to the United States afterward.…
11. Monogrammed tallit pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.1
Date:
received: approximately 1927
… Otto immigrated to England. On September 2, 1939, Richard sailed from Antwerp on the SS Westernland, arriving in New York on September 13. During the war…
12. White wool tallit with black stripes brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.3
Date:
received: approximately 1927
… Otto immigrated to England. On September 2, 1939, Richard sailed from Antwerp on the SS Westernland, arriving in New York on September 13. During the war…
13. Tefillin pair kept through the war by a Jewish Polish man
2003.418.2 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2003.418.2 a-b
Date:
received: approximately 1930
… after three weeks for France and worked as an EKG technician in Paris. In 1959, the family immigrated to the United States where Michael completed his…
14. White kittel used by Rabbi Ferenc Hevesi on High Holidays
1990.245.14 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.245.14 a-b
Date:
use: 1922-1952
… was a diplomat, changed his name to Eugene and immigrated to the United States with his wife and young son. During the 1930s, both Ferenc and Simon…
15. Tefillin pair and embroidered pouch brought with a German Jewish refugee
1990.223.1.2._a front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.223.1.2 a-c
Date:
received: approximately 1927
… Otto immigrated to England. On September 2, 1939, Richard sailed from Antwerp on the SS Westernland, arriving in New York on September 13. During the war…
16. Calligraphy of a graveside Kaddish created by a sofer [scribe]
1992.8.35 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.35
Date:
creation: approximately 1930-1933
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Kaddish
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
17. Pair of Sabbath candlesticks with wax reservoirs owned by a Jewish refugee
1992.8.28 a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.28 a-d
Date:
use: approximately 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
18. Circumcision knife with a glass and metal handle with a black wooden case used by a mohel
1992.8.30_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.30 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: approximately 1910-1938
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
19. Mizrach, a sign designating the direction of Jerusalem, with a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.36 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.36
Date:
creation: 1928-1929
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Mizrach for my Wife
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
20. Mezuzah in a copper metal case used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.26 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.26
Date:
use: 1910-1938
emigration: 1938
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…