Translated title | I Have a Chanukkiyah. Israeli Hannukah Lamps from the First Decades of Statehood. Ze’ev Zelig Collection |
Author |
Shalom Sabar. |
Curator |
Ze’ev Zelig. |
Collection |
Ze’ev Zelig. |
Imprint |
Kfar Saba, Israel, 2014. 56 pp., illustrations: 209 col., 22 × 22 cm. Hebrew. |
Location |
Yad LeBanim, Kfar Saba (2–29 December 2014) |
Description |
More than 200 Hanukkah lamps, exhibited according to iconographic motifs and themes, materials and artistic style, including: heroes, oil jars, lions, Tzahal (Israel Defense Forces), State of Israel, Maccabean victory, floral motifs, animals, iron, ceramic, and “Bezalel”. Introductory essay on the history and ideology of the Hanukkah lamp throughout the ages (Shalom Sabar). All objects pictured. Basic captions. 209 items. |
main keywords |
ERETZ ISRAELHANUKKAH LAMPS |
minor keywords |
Bezalel Art SchoolJewish symbols/themesLions as symbolSoldiers (Jewish) and related objects |