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Jewish man from the Turkestan Krai, Central Asia, 1872

Ketubbah with depiction of the banks of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1853. Handwritten on paper; ink, gouache, and gold powder

Made by hand with an ordinary pen-knife by J.H. Cantarow, M.D. (1841-1904), and presented by his grandson, J. Harold Cantarow, M.D. With esteem and affection to Rabbi Julian Feingold

these super intricate papercutting i've been looking at are blowing my mind...new york, 1860s. details:

Ancient Jewish marble and prayer book from Bulgaria, from the Jewish historical museum at the Central Sofia Synagogue.

The history of Jews in Bulgarian lands dates back more than 2000 years. The largest part of the Bulgarian Jewish community before the 15th century belonged to the Hellenic (Romaniote) rite. In the center of Plovdiv, the remains of an ancient synagogue from the 3rd century, when the city was under the control of the severians, were recently found. Even the faith of the early Bulgarian Christians was a syncretistic mixture of Christian, Jewish, and pagan beliefs. The monks Cyril and Methodius consulted Jewish scholars in the preparation of their literary work. In the early 12th century Leo Mung, born a Jew and later a pupil of the 11th-century Bulgarian Talmudist Tobiah b. Eliezer, became archbishop of the diocese of Ochrida and Primate of Bulgaria. Tsar Ivan Alexander (1331-1371) married a Jewish girl named Sarah, who took the name Theodora at her baptizing.

Ancient brass comb with the Lion of Judah. Its inscription says, “A day of darkness, a day of mayhem comes upon us.”

Kaunas Synagogue, Kaunas, Lithuania. [1872]

Dutch New Year plate. made of glazed and painted faience. dated 1701-1719 and produced by the DePaauw Factory. now belongs to the Jewish Museum.

Jewish women's head cover (Kupke), Galicia, 18th - 19th century

The Kupkes, a common headwear for married Jewish women in Eastern Europe, were elaborately sewn from brocade or velvet and were decorated with pearls and gold or silver thread, often using the shpanyer arbet method.

Book decoration, written c. 1300 - 1399

Antique Jewish Hamsa amulets and other Jewish talismans from Morocco, Kurdistan and Israel. 🪬 (png)

"East Coast Hamsa"

"Happy New Year"

Judaica themed vintage postcard

Kiddush cup from Persia, late 19th-early 20th century, silver

fun fact about me: i am obsessed with strawberries

like, strawberry dish towels, house coat, containers, spoon rest, stationary, grocery bags, you name it i have it in strawberry. i’m also very excited about judaism!

you’ll never guess what i just got an ad for

Lessing and Lavater as guests in the home of Moses Mendelssohn (1856) by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. Judah L. Magnes Museum.

Portrait of Simon Moritz von Bethmann with his two nephews in Frankfurt (1826). By Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Deutsches Historisches Museum.

Heinrich Heine by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim (1831). Heinrich-Heine-Institut, Düsseldorf.

Seated Woman with Fan (The Banker’s Wife) by Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921).