| Curator |
Rita Rosen Poley. |
| Sponsor |
Joseph Levine & Son. |
| Imprint |
Elkins Park, Pa., USA, 1999. Booklet, 23 pp., no illustrations, 27.8 × 21.5 cm. English. |
| Location |
Temple Judea Museum of Keneseth Israel (26 September 1999–7 January 2000) |
| Description |
Ceremonial and folk objects used for the celebration of Jewish life cycle events. These objects, drawn from the Museum’s collection of some 800 treasures, were supplemented by original contemporary artworks, and family photographs. Exhibits described and displayed according to life cycle events: Marriage, Birth, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, The Torah and Education, and Death. No itemized listing. |
| Description |
This exhibition was drawn from the 1979 exhibition “Rites of Passage” [#542]. The exhibitions shared only one object in common: an 18th-century Eastern European wedding cane that contains poles to uphold the chuppah (from the Obermayer Collection). The cane is now housed in the Rodeph Shalom Congregation, Philadelphia, USA. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSJEWISH ART, CONTEMPORARY/MODERNPHOTOGRAPHS |
| minor keywords |
AmuletsBags of earth from the Holy LandBook bindingsChuppahCircumcision implements/objectsElijah’s chairElijah’s chair, coversHand-washing vesselsHistorical documentsKetubbotTorah bindersTzedakah boxes/containersWedding cupsWedding gifts (sivlonot)Wedding rings, medievalYadYahrzeit calendars |