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Date:: 1856
Description:: Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 9, No. 7. In German, the text reads : --"Gott Mosis - was bringst Du denn da für ne Alte Schachtel mit?" --"Herr Baraun, s'ist meine Frau - ihre Aussenseite verspricht nicht viel aber für ihr Inneres kann ich garantieren, - s'ist ausgeseichnet?" --"Gott Mosis - lass sie doch wenden." In English, the text reads : --"Oh, God, Mosis - what sort of ugly hag did you bring with?" --"Herr Baraun, she is my wife - her outer appearance doesn't promise much, but I can guarantee that her heart is exquisite." --"Oh, God, Mosis - just let her turn around."

Date:: 1856
Description:: Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 9, No. 1. In German, the text reads : --"Sarchen, wie hat dir gefallen de Ariadne auf Naxos?" --"Nu? Ariadne könnt mer schon gefalle, aber das Naxos nicht." In English, the text reads : "Dear Sarah, how did you like Ariadne on Naxos?" --"Nu? I could like Ariadne, but not Naxos." Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera by Richard Strauss.

Date:: 1856
Description:: Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 9, No. 8. In German, the text reads : --"Wai, verfluchter Hund - willst Du meinen Figaro loslassen." --"Mauschel lass ihn doch die Paar Knöchelchen abnagen." In English, the text reads : --"Get, you damned dog - will you let go of my Figaro." --"Mauschel, just let him chew on those couple of little bones."

Date:: 1856
Description:: Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Jews in Odessa. The associated article reads : "Odessa can only boast of one public walk, and this is situated in the best part of the town and near the harbor. Every Saturday this walk is crowded by the Israelitisch inhabitants, who constitute a large proportion of the entire population, and who with their families, pass the greater portion of the day under the cool shade of the chestnut and lime trees, with which the walk is freely planted." Published in the April 19, 1856, edition of the Illustrated Times.

Date:: 1856
Description:: Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the vestments of the Jewish high priest, left, and a menorah, right. From Piccola biblioteca religiosa, morale, scientifica e letteraria, Volume 6.

Date:: 1856
Description:: Black-and-white lithographed portrait of scholar Filosseno Luzzatto. Lithograph printed Turin: J. Junck.

Date:: 1856
Description:: Color lithograph of the Karaite cemetery of Chufut-Kale. Lithograph by Edmund Walker after a painting by Carlo Bossoli. From The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings by Carlo Bossoli, published London: Day & Son.

Date:: 1856
Description:: Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the interior of the Zülfaris Synagogue in Istanbul, during a ceremony commemorating Jewish soldiers in the French Army who fought and fell alongside the Ottomans during the Crimean War. Published in Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper.

Date:: 1856
Description:: Caricature published in the Düsseldorfer Monathefte, Band 9, No. 17. In German, the text reads : --Meyer: "Nun wie geht's?" --Moses: "Ach ich bin nur gesund." --Meyer: "Was willst du sagen mit deinem nur?" --Moses: "Was ich will sagen? Als ich hob nischt verdient, was thu ich mit der Gesundheit? Wär ich krank, hätt ich doch weniger Appetit." In English, the text reads : --Meyer: "Well how's it going?" --Moses: "Oh, I'm just healthy." --Meyer: "What are you trying to say with your 'just'? --Moses: "What am I trying to say? If I did not deserve it, what am I going to do with good health? If I were sick, I'd have less of an appetite."

Date:: 1856
Description:: Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the former location of Congregation Beth Israel on Crown Street in Philadelphia. Published in the January 12, 1856, edition of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.

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