| Curators |
Boris Khaimovich, Hillel (Gregory) Kazovsky, Maria Kaspina. |
| Collection |
Museum of the Jewish History in Russia. |
| Imprint |
Moscow, Russia, 2015. 47 pp., illustrations: 31 col., 26 × 22 cm. Russian and English. |
| Location |
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center (15 July–23 August 2015) |
| Description |
Burial rites and rituals of Eastern-European Jews, with particular emphasis on the activities of the Hevra Kadisha and the iconography of Yahrzeit forms. Exhibits included objects from material culture (including a Jewish hearse from Transylvania, early 20th C), as well as national art and literature. Three essays on: the Jewish cemetery, sacred gravesites, and Yahrzeit plaques. Basic and descriptive entries. Unnumbered listing. 174 items. |
| main keywords |
CEMETERIESDEATH/MOURNINGHEVRA KADISHARUSSIA/SOVIET UNIONTOMBSTONESUKRAINEYAHRZEIT/MEMORIAL PLAQUES/SHEETS |
| minor keywords |
Bags of earth from the Holy LandCemeteries, Russia/Soviet UnionCemeteries, UkraineHevra Kadisha illuminated manuscriptsHevra Kadisha pitchers/tankardsHevra Kadisha tzedakah boxesHevra Kadisha utensilsHistorical photographsPapercutsTombstones, shroudsTombstones, Russia/Soviet UnionTombstones, sketches/rubbingsTombstones, Ukraine |