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 line engraving of a Jewish man and woman from Tangier. Engraving by William Finden after Pharamond Blanchard. From Voyage pittoresque en Espagne, en Portugal et sur la côte d'Afrique de Tanger a Tétouan by Isidore Justin Séverin Taylor, published Paris: A. F. Lemaitre.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting Joshua commanding the sun to stand still. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the crossing of the Red Sea. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by John Martin. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the plague of darkness, the ninth of the ten plagues of Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas. Published Paris: Rittner & Goupil.
Black-and-white mezzotint depicting the Israelites leaving Egypt. Mezzotint by James G. Seymour Lucas after a painting by David Roberts. Published Paris: Leclere, Boulevard Poissonnière, 29.
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Hussar with Jewish horse dealers. Engraving by Johann Lorenaz Rugendas after Georg Philipp Rugendas. In German, the text reads : "Die Pferde, Jud, sind schön, doch aber schier zu theuer: / Allein, was liegt daran, man brauchet sie doch heuer!" In English, the text reads : "The horses, Jew, are very nice, but far too expensive: / What does it matter, one needs them this year!"
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 Gerichte, 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!"
Hand-colored engraving depicting the Judengasse in Augsburg. Engraving by Karl Remshard. Published Augsburg: Kaiserlich Franciscische Akademie der Freien Künste und Wissenschaften. From the series Collection des Prospects : Vue de la Ville Imperiale d'Augsbourg.
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!"
Sheet with hand-colored etchings of Jewish characters from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Engraving by Johann Michael Voltz.
Sheet with hand-colored etchings of Jewish characters from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Engraving by Johann Michael Voltz.
Sheet with hand-colored etchings of Jewish characters from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Engraving by Johann Michael Voltz.
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 : --Polckwitzer: "Lydie - meine Tochter - mein Haupt-Capital - mein Alles! Da staiht ä Mann, ä talentvoller Mann, ä geschickter Mann, ä reicher Mann, ä theurer Freund! Er will haben deine kunstreiche Hand, deine schaine Stimme, deinen witzigen Kopf, deine angenehme Manieren, deine vortreffliche Person - er will dich heirothen, - Wirst de sogen Nein?" In English, the text reads : -- Polckwitzer: "Lydia - my daughter - my capital asset - my everything! There stands a man, a talented man, a clever man, a rich man, a loyal friend! He would like to have your artful hand, your beautiful voice, your witty mind, your pleasant manner, your excellent character - he wants to marry you, - Will you say no?"
Hand-colored etching of a scene from Karl Borromäus Alexander Sessa's satirical play "Unser Verkehr" (The Company We Keep). Etching by Johann Michael Voltz. In German, the text reads : "Gaih! Gaih! - Loss dich tretten von de Leit, loss dich warfen aus de Stuben, loss dich verklagen bey de Gerichte, loss dich setzen ins Hundeloch, loss dich binden mit Strick und Ketten, loss dich martern halb taud! Aber du musst doch werden raich!" 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 etching depicting reading from the Torah. Signed by the artist Hermann Struck. The text reads : "Blessed be He, who in His holiness gave the Torah to his people Israel."
Program for the inauguration of the synagogue in Zabrze on April 2, 1873, including a lithograph of the exterior of the synagogue on the cover. Published Gleiwitz: Reinhard David.
Caricature by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler published in Puck. In German, the caption reads : "Ein Mittel weiß ich, wunderbar, das führt zum ew'gen Frieden, - Ein Austausch ist's: Victoria, sie nimmt die armen Jüden, - Und über Irland's Söhne darf der Russen Czar gebieten, - Als Straßenkehrer nehmen wir den Mann vom sonn'gen Süden. - Auf diese Weise wird der Welt die Ruhe bald beschieden." The text proposes an exchange of emigrants. Under Quotations: "England - Jews in demand." The caricature depicts Queen Victoria taking two Jews under her arms.
Black-and-white illustration of the interior of the Türkischer Tempel (Turkish Temple) in Vienna during the celebration of Shavuot. From the calendar card for the youth service of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien, dated June 1, 1935.
Black-and-white photograph of the interior of the Stadttempel in Vienna. From the calendar card for the youth service of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien, dated February 9, 1935.
Black-and-white lithograph of the interior of the Old New Synagogue in Prague. Lithograph by František Šír after a painting by Josef Mánes. Published Prague: Verlag von Wolf Pascheles.
Black-and-white engraving depicting, above, Simon of Trent, whose disappearance and murder led to charges of blood libel against the Jewish community of Trent; below, an image of a Judensau (Jews' sow). This engraving is a copy of a wall painting on the bridge tower of Frankfurt am Main; the bridge was demolished in 1801. In German, the text reads : "Au weih Rabbi Anschl, au, au! Mausch, au weih, au, au! Sauff Mauschi, sauff die Milch! Friss du Rabbi den Dreck, es ist doch alle Zeit euer bestes Geschleck!" In English, the title reads : "In 1475 on Maundy Thursday, the child Simon, who was 2 years old, was murdered by the Jews." In English, the text reads : "Oy vey Rabbi Anschl, oy, oy! Mausch, oy vey, oy, oy! Drink Mauchi, drink the milk! Eat, Rabbi, this filth! That's your greatest delicacy!"
Black-and-white lithograph with views of the Old New Synagogue, Klausen Synagogue, and Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague. Lithograph printed and published Prague: W. Popelik. From Alterthümer der Prager Josefstadt : israelitischer Friedhof, Alt-Neu-Schule und andere Synagogen by Benedikt Foges and David J. Podiebrad.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the Hauptsynagogue (Main Synagogue) in the Börnestrasse in Frankfurt am Main. Engraving by Fresca after an original by Hoff. Published Frankfurt am Main: C. Jügel's Verlag.
Black-and-white lithograph, entitled "pell-mell," with three scenes: bucking broncos, a man in a carriage driving a sickly horse with a whip, and dignified military carriage with multiple soldiers. A Jewish man, at left, observes the scenes. Lithograph by Anton Zampis. Published Vienna: L. T. Neumann.
Hand-colored etching depicting a funeral procession with the title "the triumph of youth." The faces of all of the individuals depicted have been shaded black.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the old Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) in Frankfurt am Main. This building was demolished in 1854 and replaced by a new Main Synagogue on the Börnestraße. Steel engraving by Wilhelm Lang after a drawing by Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann. Published Frankfurt am Main: C. Jügel's Verlag.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the old Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) in Frankfurt am Main. This building was demolished in 1854 and replaced by a new Main Synagogue on the Börnestraße. Steel engraving by Wilhelm Lang after a drawing by Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Berlin. Engraving by Joseph Maximilian Kolb after a photograph by Ludwig Rohbock. Published Darmstadt: Gustav Georg Lange.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Berlin. Engraving by Joseph Maximilian Kolb after a photograph by Ludwig Rohbock. Published Darmstadt: Gustav Georg Lange.
Black-and-white engraving of the interior of the Stadttempel in Vienna. From Wiens vorzüglichste Gebäude und Monumente. Les principaux batiments et monuments de Vienne. Published Vienna: Chez Tranquillo Mollo.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Berlin. Engraving by Joseph Maximilian Kolb after a photograph by Ludwig Rohbock.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Hauptsynagogue (Main Synagogue) in the Börnestrasse in Frankfurt am Main. Engraving by Fresca after an original by Hoff. Published Frankfurt am Main: C. Jügel's Verlag.
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the Semper-Synagoge (Semper Synagogue), also known as the Dresdner Synagoge (Dresden Synagogue) or Alte Synagoge (Old Synagogue). Lithograph by Johann Riedel after a drawing by Gustav Täubert. Published Dresden: Verlag v. G. Täubert.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Main Synagogue of Fürth, known as the Altschul, which was built in 1616-1617. Engraving by Gerson Löwensohn.
Black-and-white lithographed portraits of 40 rabbis throughout Jewish history, with a larger, central image of Maimonides. Includes Samuel Edels, Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi, Isaac Abravanel,the Maggid of Kozhnitz, the Vilna Gaon, Moses Sofer, Akiva Eger, Jonathan Eybeschütz, David Nieto, Dov Berush Meisels, Meir Leibush, Shimon Sofer, Mordecai Banet, Abraham Tiktin, Yechezkel Landau, and others. Hebrew (and some German) captions including respective rabbi's name and other information including: city, position, magnum opus, and date of death. Published Breslau: S. Schottlaender.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Passover, as described in Exodus 12: 1-27. Engraving by J. de Later after Gerard Hoet. From Figures de la Bible, drawings by Gerard Hoet and others, published The Hague: P. de Hondt.
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.
Embroidered textile depicting the Western Wall in Jerusalem. June 7, 1967, marks the reunification of Jerusalem and establishment of Israeli control over the Old City, including the Western Wall.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Moses and the Ten Commandments. Engraving by Abram Rimini after a painting by Daniele Crespie. The text reads : "And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses."
Black-and-white engraving depicting King David. Engraving by Abram Rimini after a painting by Daniele Crespie. The text reads : "The Lord hath sought him a man after His own heart."
Hand-colored lithograph depicting Moses with the Ten Commandments, with text excerpted from Exodus 35:1 : "'These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them." Lithograph printed Wissembourg: C. Burckardt.
Color lithograph depicting Aaron in the vestments of the Jewish high priest, with text excerpted from Leviticus 16:3 : "Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place." Printed Metz: Dembour et Gangel.
Sheet music for Zion Songs, including "ha-Tiḳṿah, und Dorṭ ṿu di tseder" = "Hatikvoh, und Dort wu die zeder," words and music by Naphtali Herz Imber, published New York: S. Schenker.
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.
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Frontispiece from Ueber die Juden und ihre tausendjährigen Leiden by S. v. Vereby.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Aaron and his sons sacrificing a ram, as described in Exodus 29:13-22. Engraving by Georg Daniel Heumann. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Aaron at the altar of incense, as described in Exodus 30:1-2. Engraving by Georg Daniel Heumann. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white woodcut and text from Panoplia omnium illiberalium, the Latin edition of Das Ständebuch (The Book of Trades) with text by Hans Sachs and illustrations by Jost Amman. The book describes trades practiced in 16th-century Nuremberg. In English, the text reads : "I'm called a Jew because, in dearth, / Pledge I pawn at half its worth; / If not redeemed on time, it will / Make my profits higher still. / I thus destroy all carless folk, / While they eat and drink and joke. / My business never suffers, for / I have many brothers more."
Black-and-white engraving depicting Aaron at the altar of incense, as described in Exodus 30:1-2. Engraving by Georg Daniel Heumann. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Zipporah circumcising her son, as described in Exodus 4:25. Engraving by Georg Daniel Heumann. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engravings depicting the golden calf (Exodus 32:7); sacrifice during the consecration of Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 8:14); and spies returning from the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:26). Drawing and engraving by Georg David Nessenthaler. From Biblia, das ist: Die ganze Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments by Johann Caspar Ulrich, published Zurich Conrad Orell und Comp.
Black-and-white engraving depicting consuming the Passover lamb, as described in Exodus 12:11. Engraving by Martin Tyroff. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraving illustrating the Pharisees as a brood of vipers, as described in Matthew 3:7. Engraving by Johann Georg Pintz. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Engraving of a Jewish man wearing a prayer shawl and phylacteries. From Introduction à l'Ecriture sainte, où l'on traite tout ce qui concerne les Juifs… by Bernard Lamy.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the creation of man, as described in Genesis 1:26-27. Engraving by Jacob Andreas Fridrich. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraving illustrating the proscription against eating pigs, as described in Leviticus 11:7. Engraving by Martin Tyroff. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraving depicting consuming the Passover lamb, as described in Exodus 12:11. Engraving by Martin Tyroff. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Hand-colored engraving with a view from the Muidergracht, including the Portuguese Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Black-and-white engraving with a view from the Muidergracht, including the Portuguese Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Jacob wrestling with the angel, as described in Genesis 32:24-32. Engraving by Georg Daniel Heumann. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraving depicting Abimelech restoring Sarah to Abraham, as described in Genesis 20:16. Engraving by Hieronymus Sperling. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the embalming of Jacob, as described in Genesis 50:2-3. Engraving by Georg Daniel Heumann. From Kupfer-Bibel, in welcher die Physica Sacra, oder geheiligte Natur-Wissenschafft derer in Heil. Schrifft vorkommenden Natürlichen Sachen by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer published Augsburg and Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731-1735.
Black-and-white engraved portrait of Sabbatai Zevi, who claimed to be the Jewish Messiah. Engraving by Cornelis Meyssens. Printed by Johannes Meyssens.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From 100 afbeeldinge der voornaamste gebouwen van Amsterdam by Peter Schenk.
Hand-colored steel engraving of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Engraving by Georg Michael Kurz. Published Darmstadt: G.G. Lange.
Black-and-white steel engraving of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Engraving by Georg Michael Kurz. Published Darmstadt: G.G. Lange.
Hand-colored lithograph of the exterior of the Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest. Lithograph by Carl Graf Vasquez. From Topographie der königl. ungarischen freyen Städte Ofen und Pesth von Carl Graf Vasquez.
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