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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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El Lissitzky, Had Gadia
Art moderne

El Lissitzky (Lazar Eliezer Lissitzky, known as ; Potchinok, Smolensk Oblast, 1890 – Moscou, 1941)

Kiev, Kooperativer farlag Kultur-Lige, 1919

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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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Festivals and ceremonies

Diadem (taj), ear ornaments (khoras amara), bird medallion (serdokh), fibulas (tizerzaï)

Fez, Tangiers, Tétouan, late 18th – early 19th century

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Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Anonymous

Germany, 1731

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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

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Synagogue*

Alsace or Germany, 1752