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.
Black-and-white lithographed portrait of Rabbi Abraham Geiger, who served as a rabbi in Wiesbaden, Breslau, Frankfurt am Main, and Berlin. Published Berlin: F. Sala & Co.
Black-and-white engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving Thomas Bowles 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.
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.
This photograph in the Joe Engel collection is of unknown origin. It appears to be a snapshot of a postwar advertisement picturing a child searching for relatives. The text under the photo appears to read: "My name is Eva Marguiles (?). I was born in Lvov (Lemberg), Poland in 1941-1942. If you are a relitive [sic] of mine or (illegible) friends- please contact me...."
Black-and-white lithograph of the exterior of the former Portuguese Synagogue in the Hague, now the synagogue of the Liberal Jewish Congregation. Published The Hague : A. P. van Langhuysen.
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 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 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 Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, 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 Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, below. Engraving by James Mynde after Bernard Picart.
Black-and-white engravings depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul in Amsterdam, 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 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.