Key works

Discover the richness of the mahJ’s collection through a selection of major works, representative of the diversity of artistic expressions related to Jewish history and culture.

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Abel Pann, Création
Art moderne

And God Breathed into his Nostrils the Breath of Life

Abel Pann (Abba Pfeffermann, known as ; Kreslawka, 1883 – Jerusalem, 1963)

Jerusalem, circa 1924

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Books and manuscripts

Bible (Tanakh)

Romeyn de Hooghe (illustrations; Amsterdam, 1645 – Haarlem, 1708)

Amsterdam: Menasseh ben Israel, 1631; engravings incorporated after 1712

Rouleau d'Esther, Amsterdam, 1641
Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Esther scroll (megillat Ester)

Attributed to Shalom Italia (Mantua, circa 1619 – Amsterdam, circa 1655)

Amsterdam, circa 1641

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Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701

Nira Pereg, Kept Alive Portraits
Contemporary art

Kept Alive Portraits

Nira Pereg (Tel Aviv, 1969)

Jérusalem, 2009-2010

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Daily life

Picture indicating the East (mizrah)

Levi David van Gelder (draughtsman and lithographer; Amsterdam, 1816 – New York, 1878)

Amsterdam, 1845

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Books and manuscripts

Prayer book

Ferrara, 1512

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Synagogue*

Torah Ark (Aron Kodesh)

Modena, 1472

Vue de la synagogue ashkénaze et de la synagogue portugaise à Amsterdam
History, Fine arts

View of the Sephardic and Ashkenazi Synagogues in Amsterdam

Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (Haarlem, 1638–Haarlem, 1698)

Amsterdam, 1682

Bagues de mariage
Festivals and ceremonies

Wedding rings

Germany and Italy, 16th-17th centuries