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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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Panneau Chemla
Daily life

Chemla Pottery (circa 1880-1966)

Tunis, circa 1920

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

Joseph Budko (Plonsk, 1888 – Jérusalem, 1940)

Berlin, 1923
 

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Maquette de la synagogue de Zabłudów
Synagogue*, History

Algiers, workshop of the ORT (Organisation Reconstruction Travail) school, 1948-1950

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Samuel Hirszenberg, Portrait d’un écrivain juif
Fine arts

Samuel Hirszenberg (Łódz, 1865 – Jérusalem, 1908)

Circa 1902

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Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Anonymous

Germany, 1731

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Maurycy Gottlieb, Autoportrait
Fine arts

Maurycy Gottlieb (Drohobych, 1856 – Kraków, 1879)

1879

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Art moderne

Issachar Ryback (Yelisavetgrad, 1897 – Paris, 1935)

Berlin, Schwellen Verlag, 1923

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Daily life

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

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

Hermann Struck (Berlin, 1876 – Haïfa, 1944)

Berlin, 1903

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Bagues de mariage
Festivals and ceremonies

Germany and Italy, 16th-17th centuries