| Translated title | Jews in Alsace |
| Editors & Curators |
Katia Guth-Dreyfus, Eve-M. Hoffmann. |
| Co-editor |
Charlotte Berger. |
| Co-curators |
Theo Gantner, Katharina Eder Matt. |
| Imprint |
Basel, Switzerland, 1992. 88 pp., illustrations: 8 col., 178 b&w, 21 × 21 cm. German, with one essay in French. |
| Location |
Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde (26 November 1992–15 August 1993) |
| Description |
Alsatian Jewish ceremonial objects. Introduction to the Jewish Museum of Switzerland, and its relationship to the current exhibition (Katia Guth-Dreyfus). Four catalog essays describe the Jewish collection of the Musée Alsacien (Malou Schneider, in French), Alsatian Jews in the 19th C (Daniel Gerson), the cattle dealer as a symbol of Alsatian Jews (Freddy Raphaël), and a transcription/translation of an 1848 letter by Seligmann Brunschwig describing the pogrom “Judenrumpel” (Astrid Starck). Objects grouped into 7 categories, each with introductory text: house, life cycle, Shabbat, synagogue, holidays, caricatures, and history. Basic listing. 187 items. |
| main keywords |
ALSACECEREMONIAL OBJECTSFRANCESYNAGOGUE TEXTILESSYNAGOGUESTORAH ORNAMENTS |
| minor keywords |
AmuletsBesamimCircumcision implements/objectsElijah’s chairEruv containersHaggadot, illuminated manuscriptsHalitza shoeHanukkah lampsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, AlsaceHistorical documentsKiddush cupsMezuzah casesMizrachPapercutsPesach platesPortraits, rabbisPrints, biblical imagesPurim groggersPurim platesRabbis, garmentsScrolls of Esther, illuminatedSeals/Stamps, kosher certificationSeals/Stamps, personalShabbat lampsShabbat platesShtendersSimchat Torah crownsSukkah decorationsSynagogues, AlsaceSynagogues, FranceSynagogues, inscriptions fromTassTombstones, AlsaceTorah Ark curtainsTorah Ark valancesTorah bindersTorah mantlesTzedakah boxes/containersWedding ringsYad |
| Related ephemera |
Supplements and corrections for the catalog, 3 pp., 29.5 × 21 cm; Exhibition texts, extracted from Daniel Stauben’s Scènes de la Vie Juive en Alsace (Paris 1860), 10 pp., 29.5 × 21 cm. |