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Tefillin, Ilya Schor (American, b. Galicia, 1904-1961), NYC, USA, 1950s.

Bronze stamp seal with Menorah and shofar, southern Levant or Syria, 4th–7th century CE.

Prague’s Spanish Synagogue is a wonder for the eyes. Built in 1868 in the Moorish Revival style, it isn’t the largest synagogue in Europe, but it’s definitely one of the most ornate.

Jewish farmers in the Ukrainian Carpathian mountains, 1936

Today is Yom Ha’Shoah. You can honor a victim of the Holocaust by lighting a memorial candle here.

Afikoman bag, 1931

1984

ca. 1925, silver

“The Passover Plates are made using old plates we bought at the Jaffa flea market, with an image of a traditional Passover plate fired onto them using a ceramic decal. Firing them in the kiln also burned away any leftover chametz and prepared them for Passover. We were interested in the idea of taking discarded, forgotten objects and transforming them into precious objects traditionally seen as heirlooms.”

Elijah cup with a depiction of the Western Wall, Tomb of the Patriarchs, and Rachel’s Tomb, 19th century

A Yemenite Habani Family Celebrating the Passover Seder at their New Home in Tel Aviv. April, 1946. Photographer: Zoltan (Zvi) Kluger (1896-1977). לע''מ/GPO

Jerusalem, July of 1950. Photographs by Seymour Katcoff.

Challah cover from Volhynia, western Ukraine (left) and from Kurdistan (right), 19th century

Post stamps depicting Ukrainian Jews, 2017. From the series "Minorities of Ukraine"

Credit: S.Cohen [with permission]