Jewish Collection (page 6)

Scenes from Iraq - Basra, Tomb of Ezra, Ctesiphon, Baghdad
(Top) - The Strand - Basra, Iraq, WWI era. (Middle upper) - Ezras Tomb on the Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-╩╗Uzair

School of Talmudists, 1887, by Samuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908
Samuel Hirszenberg (1865-1908). Polish painter. School of Talmudists, 1887. National Museum. Krakow. Poland

Initial with image (amanuensis). Letter H. Manuscript. 15th
Jewish history and wars. Initial with image (amanuensis). Letter H. Manuscript. 15th century. Chantilly Castle. France

Menorah. Sephardic Museum. Toledo. Spain
Seven-branched candelabrum or menorah. Sephardic Museum. Synagogue of El Transito. Toledo. Spain

Christ and the Adulteress by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). German painter. Christ and the Adulteress. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

Aaron throwing her stick, which became in serpent. Colored
Aaron. High Priest of the Israelites. Aaron throwing her stick, which became in serpent, in front of the Pharaoh. Exodus. Colored engraving

King David (c. 1040 BC - 970 BC). Second king of the Hebrews (1008-970 BC). Window of the Church of the Juncal. Irun. Province of Guipuzcoa. Basque Country

15th century Spanish Jews by Jaume Huguet (1414-1492)
15th century Spanish Jews. Detail of the altarpiece of St. Bernardino and the guardian angel by Jaume Huguet (1414-1492). Barcelona Cathedral Museum. Catalonia. Spain

William Benn, Puritan
WILLIAM BENN Puritan churchman and theologian, defending the Christian sabbath against the Jewish one. Date: 1600 - 1680

Buckets & Spades Home, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex
The Buckets and Spades Home, St Leonards on Sea for mentally handicapped Jewish children

Bible of Alba or Arragel. 1422 - 1430. Castilian translation of the Hebrew Bible by Jewish Rabbi Mose Arragel of Guadalajara, commissioned by Don Luis de Guzmᮠ Gonzᬥ z

Jewish man praying, Jerusalem
A Jewish man holding a book and praying, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Special Jewish Unit
Britain has been all she could be to Jews. Jews will be all they can be to Britain. Join the Special Jewish Unit. Recruitment poster

Emigration of the Russian Jews from Liverpool
Emigration of the Russian Jews - the doctor examining steerage passengers before their departure from Liverpool. A scene on board the Guion liner Wisconsin, in the Mersey. Date: 1891

Harold Abrahams
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (18991978) - a British athlete of Jewish origin. He was champion in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympics in Paris (July 7th)

Abrahams wins the 100m final, 1924 Paris Olympics
Harold Maurice Abrahams, CBE, (15 December 1899 14 January 1978), British athlete of Jewish origin pictured winning the 100 metre sprint final at the Paris Olympic Games of 1924

Reading the Talmud
An elderly Jewish man reads the Talmud, a central text of Judaism which includes discussions on Jewish law, ethics, customs and history. Date: 1884

Brick Lane Market, London, 1902
Illustration showing the Sunday morning market in Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London, in 1902. This market, selling a wide variety of goods including clothing and livestock

The Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts, Jerusalem, Israel
The Bezalel School of Arts & Crafts on Abyssinia Street in Jerusalem, established by Professor Boris Schatz in 1906 (pictured on the left in the white suit)

Thessaloniki - Jacob Meir - the Chief Rabbi
Jacob Meir, (1856-1939) - elected chief rabbi of Thessaloniki in 1908, where he remained until 1919. Date: circa 1911

Jewish Samaritan High Priest and Scroll
Samaritan High Priest and the Old Abisha Pentateuch. The Samaritan Pentateuch, sometimes called Samaritan Torah is a version of the Hebrew language Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible

Syrian Jewish Woman. Date: circa 1907

Madame De Rothschild
PAULINE POTTER DE ROTHSCHILD Madame de Rothschild, standing beside her car. In her heyday she was a famous fashion icon and translator of Elizabethan poetry into French. Date: 1908 - 1976

Zion Mule Corps in Palestine, WW1
Troops of the Zion Mule Corps (part of the Jewish Legion section of the British Army, Royal Fusiliers) travelling along a dusty road in Palestine during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Theodor Herzl, journalist, founder of Zionism
Theodor Herzl (born Benjamin Zeev Herzl, 1860-1904), Austro-Hungarian journalist and the founder of modern political Zionism. Date: circa late 19th century

Scapegoat Released
During the Jewish ceremony of Solemn Expiation, a High Priest draws lots for two goats, and the scapegoat is sent out into the desert to atone for their sins. Date: BC

Evelina Rothschild School for Girls, Jerusalem
Evelina de Rothschild (1839 - 1866) was the daughter of Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879), the first Jew to sit in the British House of Commons

Tailors Sweat Shop, East End of London, 1904
Engraving showing a dark, cramped tailors sweat shop with Jewish immigrants sewing at a bench or asleep in beds in same room, London, 1904

Cyrus the Great
CYRUS II (THE GREAT) Overthrew Croesus Kingdom of Lydia. Led a successful conquest of Babylon (539) and freed Jewish captives

Haman Hanged
Haman, his scheming against the Jews revealed by Esther, Jewish wife of the emperor Ahasuerus, is hanged on the gibbet he had prepared for his Jewish opponent Mordecai

Philo Judaeus / Alexandria
PHILO JUDAEUS or PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA Jewish philosopher, known as " the Jewish Plato"

Jewish temple interior, holy room
View of a Jewish temple interior, showing the holy room. Adjoining the holy of holies, this room had an incense altar, a menorah and a shewbread table

Pawnbroker and customer on a postcard -- Trying to pass the time. Date: circa 1900s

Scene in a synagogue, Jerusalem. circa 1850s

Stylish Austrian Ladies in highly fashionable attire. Date: 1916

Bible scene, Esther before Ahasuerus
Bible scene, Esther before the Persian King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) -- the Jewish heroine pleads for her people (Book of Esther). BCE

Abies Irish Rose by Anne Nichols - The Jewish and Irish fathers do not like their children marrying out. Rosemary, the Irish girl, is seen here with Solomon, the Jewish father

Henry Irving as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice
Henry Irving as Shylock in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice. circa 1879

Bank building in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Natal Bank Building, Market Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1900

Orthodox Jews. Ritual. Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery. Jeru
Judaism. Orthodox Jews performing a ritual. Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery. Jerusalem. Israel

Jerusalem. Israel Museum. Room

Torah finials. Persia, ca. 1921. Silver, repousse and cast. Gift of the Hafetz Hayyims synagogue, Moshav Beit Nekofa, through Hananiah Der i. Israel Museum. Jerusalem

Torah mantle. Sefrou, Morroco, ca. 1926. Israel Museum. Jeru
Torah mantle. Sefrou, Morroco, ca. 1926. Cotton, silk; abd gilt metal-thread embroidery. Inscribed in Hebrew. Israel Museum. Jerusalem

Torah finial. Persia, ca. 1921. Silver, repousse and cast. I
Torah finial. Persia, ca. 1921. Silver, repousse and cast. Gift of the Hafetz Hayyims synagogue, Moshav Beit Nekofa, through Hananiah Der i. Israel Museum. Jerusalem

Judaism. Synagogue of Kadavumbagam in the town of Cochin, India. The synagogue interior was purchased for the Israel Museum and brought to Jerusalem for restoration and reconstruction. Israel Museum

Israel Museum. Interior. Eighteenth century Venetian Room. J
Israel Museum. Interior. Eighteenth century Venetian Room. Decoration and furniture. Jerusalem

Israel Museum. Jerusalem. Room dedicated to Hebrew synagogues. View of Torah ark or Ark

Scroll of Esther with miniature illustrations by the scribe
Scroll of Esther with miniature illustrations in a silver case. By the scribe Aarib Wolf Herlingen (ca. 1700-ca. 1760). Pen and ink on parchment. Gold leaf. Scroll: Vienna, 18th century

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