| Translated title | The World of Jewish Postcards |
| Curator |
Bernhard Purin. |
| Imprint |
Fürth, Germany, 2001. Leaflet, 8 pp., illustrations: 9 b&w, 21 × 10.5 cm. German. |
| ISBN |
3854981449 |
| Location |
Jüdisches Museum Franken, Fürth und Schnaittach (17 October 2001–2 March 2002) |
| Description |
Jewish postcards from the turn of the 20th C showing a variety of topics: synagogues, Jewish customs, portraits of famous personalities, cards sent from the Front by Jewish soldiers during the First World War, and Zionist themes. Images of antique Judaica are featured in a section of postcards showing individual objects, synagogue museums, and early-20th-century Judaica exhibition halls (including those of the Jewish Museum Prague, the Musée de Cluny, the Musée Alsacien, the Hungarian State Jewish Museum, etc.). No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
CEREMONIAL OBJECTSJUDAICA EXHIBITIONS, PRE-WORLD WAR II (PHOTOGRAPHS OF)PHOTOGRAPHSPORTRAITSPOSTCARDSSOLDIERS (JEWISH) AND RELATED OBJECTSSYNAGOGUESZIONISM |
| minor keywords |
CemeteriesEretz IsraelGermanyJunker, HermannLilien, Ephraim M.Oppenheim, Moritz DanielPortraits, rabbisShana Tova greeting cardsSynagoguesWorld War I |
| Other venue |
Jüdisches Museum Wien, Austria (30 June–29 September 2002) |
| Catalog from other venue | |
| Related publication |
Purin, Bernhard, Die Welt der Jüdischen Postkarten, 2001. Book that accompanied the exhibition. Mostly pictorial, with short introductory texts on each of the seven divisions: Jewish holidays, Jewish life, Synagogues, Portraits, Jewish antiquities (including images of early Judaica exhibition spaces), Jewish soldiers and Eretz Israel. |