Black-and-white steel engraving of the Tomb of Absalom, Tomb of Benei Hezir, and Tomb of Zechariah in the Valley of Jehoshaphat (Kidron Valley) in Jerusalem. Engraving by Thomas Heawood after a drawing by Alexius Geyer. Printed and published Leipzig: A. H. Payne.
Black-and-white engraving entitled depicting "express travel" to the Sabbath. One man whips a horse, urging it to go faster, while another holds up a timepiece.
Donnerstag (Thursday). In German, the text reads : "Der Tag an den mann wird gemahnt / Die Schulden zu bezahlen, / Kommt oft so schnell herbeigerant / Das mann erschrickt zumalen; / Wenn mann Just nicht bei Gelde ist, / Ach! da macht einem Jud und Christ. Wahrhaftig Donnerstäge." In English, the text reads : "The day on which one is reminded / To pay the debts, / It often sneaks up on one so quickly, / That one becomes the picture of shock. / When one doesn't have access to the money, / Oh! As does a Jew and a Christian."
Sheet music cover for "Levi Lion, or thats the best link in an Isralites chain; a new comic song," written by an amateur; adapted by I. Lawson, published London: J. Fentum.
Sheet music for "Nach Grosswardein : Jux-Marsch nach orientalischen Motiven für Pianoforte," words by Anton Groiss; music by Hermann Rosenzweig, published Budapest: Zipser & König.
Print reproduction of James Tissot's painting Treasurers and the Keepers of the Vases. With text from I Chronicles 26:20 : "And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the hallowed things."
Print reproduction of James Tissot's painting Solomon Dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem. With text excerpted from I Kings 8:23 : "And he said: 'O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like Thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath."
Print reproduction of Leopold Pilichowski's painting The Opening of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, depicting the ceremonies held on April 1, 1925. Notables, including Herbert Samuel, Chaim Weizmann, Nahum Sokolow, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, are grouped about Arthur Balfour, who is seen delivering the inaugural address.
Caricature. The text in German reads : --Bauer: "Wolf - wie kimmts doch, daß ihr Juden o' Schwain nit loide könnt?" --Jude: "Is doch nich immer der Fall - wir Zwa sein doch die besten Freunde." In English, the text reads : --Peasant: "Wolf - how is it, that you Jews can't stand pigs?" --Jew: "That isn't always the case - we two are the best of friends."
Print reproduction of a portion of John Singer Sargent's mural Triumph of Religion. Includes Biblical prophets Moses, Zephaniah, Joel, Obadiah, Hosea, Amos, Nahum, Ezekiel, Daniel, Elijah, Joshua, Jeremiah, Jonah, Isaiah, Habakkuk, Micah, Haggai, Malacchi, and Zechariah. The original mural is at the Boston Public Library.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting Moses presented to Pharaoh. Lithograph by Louis Stanislas Faivre-Duffer after a painting by Victor Orsel. The original painting is held by the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon. Printed Paris: Imprimerie Lemercier.
Black-and-white engravings depicting Jacob wrestling with the angel, as described in Genesis 32; and Jacob meeting Esau, as described in Genesis 33. From a Latin Bible.
Hand-colored lithograph of the interior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Lithograph by Renner & Ketzschau.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the interior of the Große Gemeindesynagoge (Great Community Synagogue), also known as the Temple and the Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue) in Leipzig. Engraving by Alfred Krauße after a drawing by Adolf Eltzner.
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.
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : --Dr. Smith: "Your husband's prostration is due to business--overwork. You must give him this antimony prescription." --Mrs. Cohen (in a whisper): "Sh! Don'd let mein husband hear you say dot again. I subbose it vill do him good, but don'd let him hear der name ohf dot remedy--he vouldn't take it."
Hand-colored lithograph of the exterior of the Leopoldstädter Tempel in the Leopoldstadt district in Vienna. Lithograph by Carl Waage. Printed by the Artistische Anstalt v. Reiffenstein & Rösch in Wien. Published by Verlag v. Artaria & Co. in Wien.
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : --Miss Timmid: "Why are you so positive that these bathing-suits are fast colors?" --Isaacs: "Because my vife und daughter Sadie haff vorn every suit in dot lot at four different vatering places."
Caricature by Eugene Zimmerman published in Judge. The text reads : --Papa Goldberg: "You haff bin by der synagogue, yes? Vell, I asks you a kervestion. Vat are der t'ree graces?" --Ikey (confidently): "Gold, silver und diamonds! Popper, ask me a hard one."
Sheet music cover for "Rebecca's Hymn," words by Walter Scott; music by E. Stirling, published London: C. Jefferys. Chromolithograph printed by M. & N. Hanhart.
Black-and-white engravings depicting the priestly blessing, above, and lifting the Torah, below, at the Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague. Engraving after Bernard Picart.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting the interior of the original building of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston. From a painting by Solomon Nunes Carvalho. Lithograph printed Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen.
Black-and-white lithograph depicting the interior of the original building of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston. From a painting by Solomon Nunes Carvalho. Lithograph printed Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen.
Black-and-white stipple engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Engraving by Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert after a sculpture by Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert.