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

Theodor Herzl

Hermann Struck (Berlin, 1876 – Haïfa, 1944)

Berlin, 1903

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Art moderne

The Kiss or The Family

Chana Orloff (Tsaré-Constantinovska, 1888 – Tel-Aviv, 1968)

Paris, 1916

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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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Festivals and ceremonies, Books and manuscripts

Ritual for the Passover Seder (Haggadah shel Pessah)

Anonymous

Germany, 1731

Pro Patria
Art moderne, History

Pro Patria

Simon Mondzain (Szamaj Mondszajn, known as ; Chelm, Poland, 1887 or 1888 – Paris, 1979)

Paris, 1920

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Books and manuscripts

Prayer book

Ferrara, 1512

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Art moderne

Montparnasse Newspaper Seller

Chaïm Soutine (Smilovitchi, 1893 – Paris, 1943)

Paris, circa 1925

Oeuvre clé : Poèmes liturgiques, piyyoutim
Books and manuscripts

Liturgical poems for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Northern Spain, 15th century

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Art moderne

Khaliastra (The Gang)

Marc Chagall (Vitebsk, 1887 – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1985)

Peretz Markish (Polonne, 1895 – Moscou, 1952)

Oser Warszawski (Sochaczew, 1898 – Auschwitz, 1944)

Paris, 1924

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Books and manuscripts

Kabbalistic treatise

Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (Book of Raziel the Angel)

Amsterdam, Abraham Mendes Coutinho, 1701