| Author |
Marvin D. Schwartz. |
| Imprint |
Philadelphia, Pa., USA, 1976. Booklet, 32 pp., illustrations: 16 b&w, 23 × 19 cm. English. |
| Location |
National Museum of American Jewish History (1976) |
| Description |
Aspects of Jewish life in Colonial America, and the Jewish contribution to the nascent country. Catalog includes individual texts on the synagogue, circumcision, life cycle, holidays, and craftsmen. A wide variety of ceremonial objects are featured, most of European production, but some from America. Separate check-list, with basic and descriptive entries, by Robert A. Goldstein. 111 items. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSHISTORICAL DOCUMENTSPORTRAITSTORAH ORNAMENTSUNITED STATES |
| minor keywords |
BesamimCircumcision implements/objectsDreidelsHalitza shoeHanukkah lampsKiddush cupsMatzah rolling pins/scorersMyer MyersNeedlework/EmbroideryOmer calendarsPesach platesPortraits, rabbisPrints, Jewish customs & ceremoniesPrints, synagoguesPurim platesRimmonimScrolls of Esther, illuminatedSeals/Stamps, Jewish society/institutionSeals/Stamps, kosher certificationShabbat lampsSoldiers (Jewish) & related objectsSynagogues, AmsterdamSynagogues, NetherlandsTefillin casesTorah Arks, fragmentsTzedakah boxes/containersYad |
| Related publication |
Goldstein, Robert A., The Role of the Jew in the Forging of the Nation. A Check-List of the Documents and Objects In the Exhibition, 1976. |