Page of 50 shekel banknotes with portraits of David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel, in front of the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute in Sde Boker.
Print No. 1465 of the series Imagerie d'Épinal, printed and published by Pellerin & Cie. The print includes a depictions of a Jewish man and woman from Algeria.
Black-and-white engravings depicting a Jewish funeral, above, and a Jewish burial, below. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.
Black-and-white engravings depicting a circumcision performed by a Portuguese Jewish family in Amsterdam, above, and pidyon haben (redemption of the first-born son), below. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.
Black-and-white engravings depicting a marriage ceremony of Portuguese Jews, above, and Ashkenazi Jews, below, in Amsterdam. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments. Wood engraving by Héliodore Pisan after an illustration by Gustave Doré.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish circumcision. Engraving by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin after Hubert-François Gravelot. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.
Caricature. In German, the text reads : --"Mai - höre, Memmelchen! Hab' ich doch gemacht alle Papierche zu baarem Gold und wollt' es wegschicken, weil es nicht mehr sicher ist hier - aber sie lassens nicht mehr hinaus, und wenn sie uns hier todtschlagen kriegen se unser Geld ach noch - das bringt mich um." In English, the text reads : "Dear mother, isten to me! I had all of the paper money turned into bars of gold and wanted to send it away, because it isn't safe here anymore - but they are not letting any more out, and if they kill us here, they will get our money also - that kills me."
Caricature. In German, the text reads : --"Gott - Schmul - bist de aach gelade zum reichen Salomon - und hast nich emal e reines Hemd an?" --"Du ja auch nich - !" --"Weßt De was, zieh Du mein Hemd an - und ich Dains, so haben wir doch Baide die Wäsche gewechselt!" In English, the text reads : --"Oh, God - Schmul - you're also invited to rich Salomon's -- and don't even have a clean shirt on?" --"You don't either - !" --"You know what, you put my shirt on - and I'll put on yours, that way it'll look like we both just mixed up the laundry!"
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting the ceremony of Havdalah. Original illustration from the article "The Jews in New York--II" by Richard Wheatley, published in the February 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Engraving and text from Darstellungen menschlicher Narrheiten (Representations of human follies). In German, the text reads : "Der Juden ihr Betrug und List. / Beӱ weiten nicht zulänglich ist, / Partiten so ich mit Manier. / Kan spielen hurtig dort und hier. / Ja, ja, die Mauschel lassen dir, / Das Præ du sehr verschmiktes Thier." In English the text reads : "The Jews' betrayals and tricks. / Far and wide it is inadequate, / To make false coins in such a manner. / I can play daily here and there. / Yes, yes, the Mauschel let you. / That's the priority you bejeweled animal." This engraving is part of a series satirizing the foolish schemes people believed during the economic crisis in the early 17th century.
Hand-colored engraved caricature of a Jewish peddler. Engraving by Franz Barth. In German, the text reads : "Gar veile nennen Juden mich / Und machen drüber lustig sich - / Ich bitt Euch, mit dem Witze spart / Es giebt auch Juden ohne Bart, / Und veile, die sich Christen nennen / Und doch betrügen, wo sie können." In English, the text reads : "Many call me a Jew / And mock me for it - / I beg you, spare me the mockery / There are also Jews without a beard, / And many who call themselves Christians / And yet deceive, wherever they can."
Black-and-white engraving of a Torah scroll and its ornaments. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the flood, with inset scenes of Noah entering and leaving the ark. Engraving by John Chester Buttre after a painting by Nicolas Poussin.
Painting of Rahab and the spies, with text from Joshua 2:15 : "Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall."
Black-and-white engraving of the original location of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun on Elm Street in New York. After a drawing by Alexander Jackson Davis.
Hand-colored lithograph of the exterior of the Hauptsynagogue (Main Synagogue) in the Börnestrasse in Frankfurt am Main. Published Frankfurt am Main: Lith. Inst. v. Ph. Frey & Co.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Hauptsynagogue (Main Synagogue) in the Börnestrasse in Frankfurt am Main. Engraving by Tanner after an original by Hoff. Published Verlag von H. Keller.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the New Synagogue in Berlin. Engraving by August Weger. Published Leipzig: Verlag von Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung.
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Hannover. Drawing and lithograph by Robert Geissler. Published Hannover: Helwing'sche Hofbuchhandlung (T. Mierzinsky).
Print reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Original drawing by Ludwig Willem Reymer Wenckebach.
Sheet music cover for "Song of the Hebrew maiden : in answer to the song of the crusader," written by Mrs. Crawford; music by Mrs. Miller, published London: Jefferys & Nelson.
Caricature of a Jewish man, accompanied by a poem : "You horrid 'sheeney,' though you strut / About, and wear the best of clothes; / Your dirty soul looks thro' your eyes, / You cannot hide your fearful nose. / With stony heart you grind the poor, / On 'cash' your thoughts are all intent; / You're never satisfied, unless / You get at least your 'cent per cent.'"
Caricature drawn by Roy Leighton Budd of a Jewish family eating a meal. The text written on the reverse reads : "Ikey! Ikey!! Mein Gott, boy, vould you ruin your olt fader? Vat I told you from chewing on dat side ver da gold filling is?"
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