Images of Prayer, Politics, and Everyday Life from the Harry and Brank Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection
An Exhibition in the Special Collections Research Center
Main Gallery
March 10, 2008 - July 6, 2008
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| Postcards
Clockwise from top center: Das Verhöre, Sabbat-Ruhe auf der Gasse, Après le repas du Sabbath, Bar Mizwa-Vortrag, and La bénédiction du Rabbi. Postcards reproducing paintings by Moritz Oppenheim (1800-1882) of scenes from Jewish family life. Harry and Branka Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection, University of Chicago Library. |
Das Laüberhütten Fest
Reproduced from: Paul Christian Kirchner. Jüdisches Ceremoniel, oder, Beschreibung dererjenigen Gebräuche. Nürnberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1724. Harry and Branka Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection, University of Chicago Library. |
Das Küchen Bachen
Reproduced from: Paul Christian Kirchner. Jüdisches Ceremoniel, oder, Beschreibung dererjenigen Gebräuche. Nürnberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1724. Harry and Branka Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection, University of Chicago Library. |
The Manner of Holding up the Law
Reproduced from: William Burder. The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Known Religions Throughout the World. . London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1733. Vol. 1. Harry and Branka Sondheim Jewish Heritage Collection, The University of Chicago Library. |
