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301. Moses Mendelssohn

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Black-and-white stipple engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Engraving by Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert after a sculpture by Jean-Pierre-Antoine Tassaert.

302. Mosé Mendelssohn

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Black-and-white engraved portrait of philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Engraving by Colni after a drawing by Demarchi.

303. Meyerbeer

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Black-and-white lithographed portrait of composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. Lithograph by Hilmar Johannes Backer (1804-1845).

304. [Moses and the parting of the Red Sea]

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Black-and-white wood engraving depicting Moses holding out his staff and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea.

305. Moses on Mount Sinai

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Black-and-white engraving depicting Moses on Mount Sinai, as described in Exodus 19:3.

306. The Mourner

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Black-and-white mezzotint depicting a mourner in a Jewish cemetery. Signed by the artist Paul Perle.

307. Partitenmachende-Närzin

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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.

308. Neue Synagoge

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Black-and-white print of of the exterior of the Liberal Synagogue in Darmstadt.

309. [Old New Synagogue, Prague]

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Color lithograph of the exterior of the Old New Synagogue and Jewish Town Hall in Prague. Lithograph signed by the artist.

310. [Old New Synagogue, Prague]

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Black-and-white etching of the exterior of the Old New Synagogue and Jewish Town Hall in Prague. Etching signed by the artist Jiří Valdštýn-Karlínský.

311. [Old New Synagogue, Prague]

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Black-and-white etching of the interior of the Old New Synagogue in Prague, signed by artist Lionel S. Reiss.

312. Nürnberg

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Black-and-white etching of the exterior of the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) on Hans-Sachs-Platz in Nuremberg. Etching signed by the artist.

313. Synagoge zu Nürnberg

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Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Hauptsynagoge (Main Synagogue) on Hans-Sachs-Platz in Nuremberg.

314. [Oranienburger Straße in the rain]

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Drawing of the exterior of the New Synagogue in Berlin. Drawing in pencil, pen, and ink. Signed by the artist Ernst Marcuse.

315. [Torah scroll and ornaments]

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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.

316. [Passover]

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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.

317. Potash and Perlmutter

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Caricature of the fictional characters Abe Potash and Mawrus Perlmutter.

318. [Sketch of a pogrom]

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Black-and-white drawings depicting scenes of a pogrom against Jews.

319. [Sketch of a pogrom]

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Black-and-white drawing depicting a scene of a pogrom against Jews.

320. [Portug: Synagoge]

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Print reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Original drawing by Ludwig Willem Reymer Wenckebach.

321. [Staronová synagoga, Praha]

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Black-and-white etching of the exterior of the Old New Synagogue and Jewish Town Hall in Prague. Etching signed by the artist Jiří Valdštýn-Karlínský.

322. Praha, Stará synagoga

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Painted handkerchief depicting the Old New Synagogue and Jewish Town Hall in Prague.

323. Praha, synagoga

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Painted handkerchief depicting the exterior of the Vinohrady Synagogue in Prague.

324. Swelled with pride

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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."

325. Procession of the sepharim

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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.

326. The Rabbi of Vitebsk

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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.

327. Židovská radnice

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Color print reproduction of a painting by Václav Jansa of the Old New Synagogue and Jewish Town Hall in Prague.

328. Židovská radnice

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Color print reproduction of a painting by Václav Jansa of the Old New Synagogue and Jewish Town Hall in Prague.

329. Rodeph Shalom

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Black-and-white etching of the interior of Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia. Etching signed by the artist Nathan Margolis.

330. [On the Sabbath]

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Color print reproduction of Isidor Kaufmann's painting On the Sabbath.

331. Schakkerjöderne

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Caricature depicting a Jewish peddler.

332. Sheeney

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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.'"

333. [Simchat Torah]

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Hand-colored engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

334. Sinagoga

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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.

335. To be sold

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Caricature depicting a group of Jewish men gathered around an item at auction.

336. In the Study

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Color print reproduction of Isidor Kaufmann's painting Beth Hamidrash.

337. Stuttgart. Synagoge.

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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.

338. [Sukkot]

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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.

339. Synagoge

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Black-and-white print of the exterior of the Hauptsynagogue (Main Synagogue) in the Börnestrasse in Frankfurt am Main.

340. Synagoge

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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.

341. Synagoge

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Hand-colored offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Neue Synagoge (New Synagogue) in Hannover.

342. [Synagogen]

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Black-and-white engraving of houses of worship in Copenhagen, including the Great Synagogue.

343. [Unidentified synagogue]

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Aquatint depicting the exterior of an unidentified synagogue.

344. Touro Synagogue

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Black-and-white wood engraving of the exterior of the Touro Synagogue in Newport. Engraving signed by artist Bernard Brussel-Smith.

345. Synagogue. (Zsinagóga.)

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Black-and-white offset print reproduction of the exterior of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest.

346. Taschlich / תשליך

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Color lithograph depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. Published Cologne: Wolf Topilowsky, London: Topilowsky u. Schapiro.

347. [Türkischer Tempel, Vienna]

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Hand-colored etching of the exterior of the Türkischer Tempel (Turkish Temple) in Vienna. Etching signed by the artist J. Wolf.

348. Unser Verkehr

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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!"

349. Viehjuden

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Black-and-white etching depicting "Viehjuden" (Jewish cattle traders). Published Nuremberg: Friedrich Campe.

350. The Wailing Wall / כותל המערבי

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Color offset print reproduction of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.