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101. 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…
102. Pair of tefillin with blue velvet bag used by a Jewish refugee
1992.8.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.17 a-c
Date:
emigration: 1938
use: 1900-1943
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
103. Handpainted linen Torah binder made for a German Jewish boy
1992.8.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.1
Date:
creation: 1919 January
commemoration: 1919 January-1919 January
emigration: 1938-1938
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
104. Burgundy velvet tefillin pouch saved with a hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.11 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.11
Date:
use: before 1942
… East Indies before the outbreak of war. Vera and Herman eventually immigrated to Canada, then the United States. They had a son, David (1967-2004). Vera…
105. Medallion with Moses and the S'hma prayer found by a young Jewish woman on a camp transport
2009.359.3 front
Object | Accession Number: 2009.359.3
Date:
found: 1943-1945
…, during a death march from Retzow. She settled in Prague for about a year until she immigrated to London in 1946. She joined her only known relative, an…
106. Purple striped cloth bag saved with hidden Dutch Jewish infant
2002.140.17 front
Object | Accession Number: 2002.140.17
Date:
use: before 1942
… East Indies before the outbreak of war. Vera and Herman eventually immigrated to Canada, then the United States. They had a son, David (1967-2004). Vera…
107. Brass Hanukkah menorah with fish shaped feet used by a Jewish refugee family
1992.8.32 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.32
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…
108. 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…
109. Tallit with Great Seal, Star of David and 10 commandments used by a US Army chaplain
Object | Accession Number: 2011.320.1
Date:
use: 1942-1946
… Lena died in 1919, and he was raised by his stepmother Nettie Gifter Nadich, an immigrant from Lithuania. Nadich was awarded a scholarship to study at…
110. Circumcision knife with inscription and agate handle with wooden case used by a mohel
1992.8.27_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.27 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…
111. Calligraphy of Sukkot prayers and a personal inscription created by a sofer
1992.8.37 front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.37
Date:
creation: 1933-1934
emigration: 1938
Artwork Title:
Welcoming Sukkot
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
112. Electric Ner tamid [Eternal light] with a table mount issued by Yad Vashem
1992.8.34_a front
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.34 a-b
Date:
emigration: 1939
use: approximately 1961
…. An Arab revolt in 1936 resulted in the British severely limiting immigration. He discussed his plight with Rabbi Kahaneman, the head of the Yeshiva…
113. Embroidered blue tefillin bag carried by a Lithuanian Jewish man in hiding
1990.251.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1990.251.1.1
Date:
use: approximately 1900-1967
… Feldafing DP camp. Aron illegally immigrated to Palestine to join his daughters Hadasa and Tamar. Nachman, Sima, and their three year old daughter Esther…
114. Tefillin worn by a Lithuanian Jewish man in hiding
1990.251.1.3 3/4 view
Object | Accession Number: 1990.251.1.3
Date:
use: approximately 1900-1967
… Feldafing DP camp. Aron illegally immigrated to Palestine to join his daughters Hadasa and Tamar. Nachman, Sima, and their three year old daughter Esther…
115. Tefillin worn by a Lithuanian Jewish man in hiding
1990.251.1.2 cover on
Object | Accession Number: 1990.251.1.2
Date:
use: approximately 1900-1967
… Feldafing DP camp. Aron illegally immigrated to Palestine to join his daughters Hadasa and Tamar. Nachman, Sima, and their three year old daughter Esther…
116. Set of tefillin buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar
2004.333.1 a front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.333.1 a-b
Date:
recovered: approximately 1945 May
… the city in March 1941. The next transport to Palestine was full and HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) provided housing. In April, Germany invaded…
117. Tefillin storage pouch buried for safekeeping and recovered postwar
2004.333.2 front
Object | Accession Number: 2004.333.2
Date:
recovered: approximately 1945 May
… the city in March 1941. The next transport to Palestine was full and HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) provided housing. In April, Germany invaded…
118. Challah cover with a handpainted crest of lions with a crown with a Star of David created by a Jewish Polish refugee in Bergen-Belsen DP camp
2012.443.4 front
Object | Accession Number: 2012.443.4
Date:
creation: 1948
… Pepi get US immigration visas and they arrived in 1949. It was presumed that Leopold's mother, sisters, and youngest brother had been deported to…
119. Ritual circumcision set with 2 knives, a case, 2 shields, a suction tube, and scissors used by a mohel
1992.8.38_a closed
Object | Accession Number: 1992.8.38 a-g
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…
120. Embroidered brown tefillin bag used by a Jewish Polish man
1993.156.1.1 front
Object | Accession Number: 1993.156.1.1
Date:
received: after 1945 May
…, where they were liberated on May 5, 1945. They stayed in a hospital in Wels, then lived in Bindermichl displaced persons camp until their 1949 immigration…