EditorialA Chinese Torah in the collection of the Jewish Theological Seminary studied by Professor Menahem Schmelzer, rear, in New York on Feb. 9, 1973. (Edward Hausner/The New York Times)
EditorialJudaism. Torah scroll case wrapped in black. Libya, 1889. Carved wood and cotton. Case: Gift of the Moshav movement, through Rabbi Menahem Hacohen and Bracha Yaniv, Survey of Synagogues, The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Wr...
EditorialJudaism. Torah scroll case wrapped in black. Libya, 1889. Carved wood and cotton. Case: Gift of the Moshav movement, through Rabbi Menahem Hacohen and Bracha Yaniv, Survey of Synagogues, The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Wr...
EditorialJudaism. Torah scroll case wrapped in black. Libya, 1889. Carved wood and cotton. Case: Gift of the Moshav movement, through Rabbi Menahem Hacohen and Bracha Yaniv, Survey of Synagogues, The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Wr...
EditorialA 'carpet' page from The Burgos Bible (eventually also called 'Damascus Keter'), developed in Burgos, Spain. Date/Period: 1260. Width: 27 cm. Height: 30.5 cm.
EditorialJudaism. Torah scroll case wrapped in black. Libya, 1889. Carved wood and cotton. Case: Gift of the Moshav movement, through Rabbi Menahem Hacohen and Bracha Yaniv, Survey of Synagogues, The Center for Jewish Art, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Wr...