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Dr. Jessica Hammerman

Belt Fitting, 1727-1748 (Walters Art Gallery) — After the Roman world embraced Christianity, Jews faced persecution, mob violence, and Crusaders.

Jewish history to the middle ages

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Judaism, an introduction

Ben Shahn, Allegory, 1948, tempera on panel, 36-1/8 x 48-1/8 inches (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth) — Lacking any unifying authority, doctrine, or practice, Judaism is highly diverse.

Jewish history in the post-war period

Torah Crown, 1698-99, Bolzano, Italy (The Jewish Museum, New York) “Originally dedicated to an Italian synagogue in 1698/99, this crown was later plundered during a Russian pogrom and then recovered. It became part of the collection of the Great Synagogue of Danzig in the early 20th century. In 1939, it was sent to the Jewish Theological seminary in New York for safekeeping when the Nazis' rise to power forced the Danzig Jewish community to disband.” — […]

Jewish history 1750 to WW II

Panel from a Torah Shrine from the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, 11th century, wood (walnut) with traces of paint and gilt, 87.3 x 36.7 cm (The Walters Art Museum). — After the Roman world embraced Christianity, Jews faced persecution, mob violence, and Crusaders.

Jewish history to the middle ages

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Gil de Siloe, Saint James the Greater, 1489–93 (Burgos, Castile-León, Spain), Alabaster with paint and gilding, 45.9 × 17.4 × 12.5 cm (The Cloisters, New York)

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