Black-and-white lithographed portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Lithograph printed Leipzig: M. Prescher. Published Leipzig: Verlag v. J. K. Buchner.
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.
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 engravings depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of, above, and a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, below. Engraving after Bernard Picart.
Print reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Original drawing by Ludwig Willem Reymer Wenckebach.
Caricature published in Judge. The text reads : --Mr. Hayrick (from Pine Corners): "But mister, this suit is too big fer me." --Mr. Cohen: "Listen, mine frendt. People vill t'ink you vun dot suit on a bet, und dot vill swell you up mit pride so much dot you vill fill out der suit fine."
Black-and-white wood engraving depicting Simchat Torah at the Park East Synagogue in New York. Original illustration by Irving R. Wiles. From the article "The Jews in New York" by Richard Wheatley, published in the January 1892 edition of The Century Magazine.
Print reproduction of the oil painting The Praying Jew (The Rabbi of Vitebsk) by Marc Chagall. The original painting is held in the Joseph Winterbotham Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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.'"
Hand-colored engraving of the interior of a synagogue. Engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso. From Il costume antico e moderno, o, storia del governo, della milizia, della religione, delle arti, scienze ed usanze di tutti i popoli antichi e moderni, Asia, Volume 5, by Giulio Ferrario.
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue) in Stuttgart. Drawing and lithograph by Robert Geissler. Published Stuttgart: Verlag von Paul Neff.
Black-and-white engravings depicting Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, below. Engraving after Bernard Picart.
Print of a black-and-white etching of the exterior of the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) on Hans-Sachs-Platz in Nuremberg. Original etching by E. Schotte.
Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). In German, the text reads : "Gaih! Gaih! - Los dich treten von de Leut, los dich werfen aus de Stuben, los dich verklagen bei de Gericht, los dich hetzen ins Hundeloch, los dich binden mit Stricke und Ketten, los dich martern halb taudt! Aber du must doch werden reich!" In English, the text reads : "Go! Go! Let yourself be stepped on by people, let yourself be thrown out of rooms, let yourself be denounced to the courts, let yourself be pushed into kennels, let yourself be bound with cords and chains, let yourself be martyred half to death! But you must become rich!"
Black-and-white steel engraving of landmarks in Wiesbaden, including the Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue) on Michelsberg. Engraving by C. Rorich & Sohn. Published Zurich: Verlag v. J. H. Locher.
Color lithographed portrait of three rabbis: Rabbi Yechezkel Landau (above), Rabbi Moses Sofer (below right), and Rabbi Akiva Eger (below left). Printed in Germany.
Color lithographed portrait of three rabbis: the Vilna Gaon (above), Rabbi Meir Leibush (below right), and Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (below left). Printed in Germany.
Color illustration of Tisha B'Av by Ze'ev Raban. Originally published in Hagenu : sefer temunot / Our holidays (1928). With stanzas excerpted from "The Wailing Place in Jerusalem" by Louis Federleicht.
Print reproduction of a painted portrait of Zionist Theodor Herzl by Ludwig Blum (1934). Published Jerusalem: Tmuna. Printed Jerusalem: Azriel Printing Press.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of Rabbi Zevi Hirsch ben Benjamin Baschko, rabbi of the three communities of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbeck. By C. Begge in Altona.
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."
Metal engraving of Moses and Aaron flanking the Chumash, with Torah crown above it. The image above depicts Moses receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Saini, surrrounded by crowds of ancient Israelites. The image below depicts the Temple in Jerusalem.
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