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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Allégorie à la gloire de Joseph II
History, Fine arts

Allegory to the Glory of Joseph II

Anonymous

Austro-Hungary, around 1782

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Festivals and ceremonies

Hut for the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkah)

Austria or southern Germany, mid 19th century

Joseph Budko, Dans la ville du massacre
Art moderne, History

In the City of Slaughter

Joseph Budko (Plonsk, 1888 – Jérusalem, 1940)

Berlin, 1923
 

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Books and manuscripts

Prayer book

Ferrara, 1512

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Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Ritual for the Passover Seder (Haggadah shel Pessah)

Anonymous

Germany, 1731

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Art moderne

Shtetl. Mayn Khorever Heym, A Gedekhtnish (Shtetl. My Destroyed Home. A Remembrance)

Issachar Ryback (Yelisavetgrad, 1897 – Paris, 1935)

Berlin, Schwellen Verlag, 1923

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Daily life

Spice box (bessamim) and candelabrum

Eastern France or Germany, late 18th or early 19th century

Hermann Struck, Portrait de Theodor Herzl, 1903
History, Art moderne

Theodor Herzl

Hermann Struck (Berlin, 1876 – Haïfa, 1944)

Berlin, 1903

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Synagogue*

Torah Ark (Aron Kodesh)

Modena, 1472

Arche sainte miniature (aron qodesh)
Synagogue*, History

Torah Ark (Aron Kodesh)

Vienna, 1707