Yeshiva University Museum

Collection item of the week: Simchat Torah flag, Israel, c. 1950 Check out this vintage Simchat Torah flag from the early years of the State of Israel! The palladian-style Torah Ark is decorated with images evoking the Tabernacle, such as the High Priest’s breast plate, incense censer, Menorah, and the Tablets of the Law. Children dance in the foreground, some wearing modern clothing and waving Zionist flags, others in traditional garb carrying Torah scrolls. ... Post by Baruch-Lev Kelman, Leon Charney Research Associate, Center for Israel Studies YU Center for Israel Studies

Collection item of the week: Etrog container, Okinawa, Japan, 1954 This etrog container is decorated with the etrog (citron) on one side and a lulav (palm frond) on the other side. The etrog and lulav are two of the four species (palm frond, myrtle, willow branch, and citron) used during the holiday of Sukkot. Schneier Program for International Affairs of Yeshiva University

Collection item of the week: Sheet music for the Yom Kippur anthem Kol Nidre arranged by popular Yiddish musician A.R. Zagler, New York, 1913 Kol Nidre introduces the beginning of the Day of Atonement by allowing the readers to proclaim their previous and future vows to be considered annulled.... Post by Rebecca Zami, Leon Charney Research Associate, Center for Israel Studies

Collection item of the week: Rosh Hashanah greeting card, featuring a textile pattern designed by Lotte Frömel-Fochler for the Wiener Werkstätte, Austria, c. 1910. Greetings in Hebrew and German.

Collection items of the week: two very different 20th century watercolor depictions of heder. Samuel Rothbort’s (1882-1971) horrified teacher finds his class drawing portraits of him. Albert Dov Sigal’s (1912-1970) teacher smilingly interacts with his studious young charges.

Collection items of the week: 19th century wedding dresses from Gallipoli (left), Morocco (center), and New York City (right)

Collection item of the week: evocation of Jews in Hungary by Orit Hofshi, woodcut on handmade paper, gift of Martin Peretz

Collection item of the week: Carpet Vendor, painting by Moshe Matus, Israel, n.d., Gift of Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff. Can you find the man’s face? Would this be considered inappropriate today?

Collection item of the week: Herod's Temple Mount in Jerusalem. York Model Making and Display Ltd. Created for Benjamin Adelman; Leen Rittmeyer consultant, Gift of Saul Adelman

Collection item of the week: doll by Ali, Israel ca. 1950, gift of David Michaels

Collection item of the week: Samson and Delilah, watercolor by Albert Dov Sigal (1912-1970)

Babushka, gouache by Leon Sherker (1897-1963), New York, 1956