| Translated title | The Best of All Women. The Female Dimension in Judaism |
| Editors & Curators |
Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz, Wiebke Krohn. |
| Imprint |
Vienna, Austria, 2007. 172 pp., illustrations: 53 col., 22 b&w, 27 × 21 cm. German. |
| ISBN |
3901398449 |
| Location |
Jüdisches Museum Wien (16 May–18 November 2007) |
| Description |
The role of Jewish women in religious, economic, social and cultural contexts. Eleven essays by various authors address: the women’s place in synagogue, the changing role of women in progressive Judaism, art and the Jewish woman (as producer or critic), specific women in Jewish history (Lilith, Fanny von Arnstein, Marie Frischauf), etc. No itemized listing. |
| main keywords |
ANGELS/DEMONSARNSTEIN, FANNY VONFEMALE ARTISTSLILITHPHOTOGRAPHSPORTRAITSWOMEN IN JUDAISM |
| minor keywords |
AmuletsCandlesticks/CandelabraHaggadot, illuminated manuscriptsHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Ashkenaz, 12th–14th CHebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia/Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th CHistorical photographsNeedlework/EmbroiderySeals/Stamps, personalTorah Ark curtainsTorah mantlesTsena u-RenaTzedakah boxes/containers |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet, 6 pp., 6 col., 1 b&w illus., 21 × 10 cm. German and English; Invitation to exhibition opening, single card, 1 col. illus., 20.7 × 10 cm; List of events related to the exhibition, single card, 1 col. illus., 20.7 × 10 cm. |