EditorialAbove: pointer (or yad) with vegetal motifs and Hebrew inscription, used to follow the reading of the Torah (Jewish Law). Centre: pointer (or yad) with Hebrew inscription and spice receptacle. From Italy, 20th century. Bottom: pointer (or yad). 19th-20...
EditorialPresident Joe Biden of the U.S., standing at right, participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Veshem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)