| Translated title | The Jewish Museum in Prague. On Beautiful Objects and their Owners |
| Editors & Curators |
Edna Brocke, Michael Zimmermann. |
| Collection |
Jewish Museum in Prague |
| Imprint |
Essen, Germany, 1991. 240 pp., illustrations: 32 col., 166 b&w, 27.5 × 21 cm. German. |
| Location |
Alte Synagoge Essen (22 September 1991–2 January 1992) |
| Description |
Largely photographic exhibition about the history of the Museum. Catalog with 9 essays on: the exhibition (Edna Brocke and Michael Zimmermann), the Museum and its collections (Arno Pařík, Hana Volavková, Ludmila Kybalová), the history and communal life of the Jews of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia (Hillel Joseph Kieval, Livia Rothkirchen, Vivian B. Mann), Franz Kafka (Christoph Stölz), and biographical notes on Hana Volavková (Arno Pařík). No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSCZECH REPUBLICHEVRA KADISHAJEWISH MUSEUM IN PRAGUE, HISTORY OFPHOTOGRAPHSSLOVAKIASYNAGOGUE TEXTILESTORAH ORNAMENTS |
| minor keywords |
Cemeteries, Czech RepublicCemeteries, PragueCzech RepublicEruv containersHand-washing vesselsHanukkah lamps, synagogueHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CHevra Kadisha beakersHevra Kadisha illuminated manuscriptsHevra Kadisha painted panelsHevra Kadisha pitchers/tankardsHevra Kadisha utensilsHistorical photographsHolocaustJudaica exhibitions, pre-World War II (photographs of)Keter TorahKeysNer TamidRimmonimShiviti plaques, metalSynagogue furnitureSynagogues, Czech RepublicSynagogues, models/reconstructionsTankards/JugsTassTorah Ark curtainsTorah Ark valancesTorah bindersTorah mantlesTzedakah boxes/containersYad |