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Center for Jewish Art Center for Jewish Art at theat the

Hebrew University of JerusalemHebrew University of Jerusalem

Dr. Vladimir Levin

Documentation Activities of the Center for Jewish Art

Uncovering of a dedicatory inscription in an old synagogue in Bukhara,

Uzbekistan

Recognition of wall paintings in the synagogue in Saluzzo,

Italy

Documentation of Hebrew Manuscripts in Bavarian State

Library, Munich, Germany

Documentation of the Ibn-Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt

Uncovering of a mosaic menorah in the 5th-century synagogue in

Saranda, Albania

Documentation of synagogues in Brandenburg, Germany

Countries in Europe and Asia where the Center for Jewish Art Countries in Europe and Asia where the Center for Jewish Art sent documentation expeditionssent documentation expeditions

Rafael Rafael AbramovAbramov House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1903 (Photo 2002) House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1903 (Photo 2002)

Rafael Rafael AbramovAbramov House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1903 (Photos 2002 & 2005). 1903 (Photos 2002 & 2005).

The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine, 1632 (photo 1994)., Ukraine, 1632 (photo 1994).

The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine, 1632 (photo 2010)., Ukraine, 1632 (photo 2010).

The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine (photo 2010), Ukraine (photo 2010)

The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine (drawings 1994), Ukraine (drawings 1994)

Wooden Wooden HabadHabad Synagogue in Synagogue in SubateSubate, Latvia, 1880 (photo 2007), Latvia, 1880 (photo 2007)

Synagogue and Synagogue and bietbiet midrashmidrash in Plunge, Lithuania (photo 2004)in Plunge, Lithuania (photo 2004)

Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė and Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.),

Synagogues in Lithuania: A Catalogue (Vilnius, 2010–2012)

Cemetery Chapel in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1890

Publications of Bet Tfila Research Unit for Jewish Architecture in Europe

The Tempel in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz), Ukraine

TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) Synagogue in Rose) Synagogue in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582

TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) SynagogueRose) Synagoguein in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582

TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) SynagogueRose) Synagoguein in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582

TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) SynagogueRose) Synagoguein in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582

MikvehMikveh in Schwedt am Oderin Schwedt am Oder18761876

MikvehMikveh in Schwedt am Oderin Schwedt am Oder18761876

Jewish Ritual Architecture

The The ZvulunovZvulunov home synagogue, Samarkand, home synagogue, Samarkand, early 20th c.early 20th c.

Cemetery Chapel in Cemetery Chapel in Leipzig, 1928Leipzig, 1928

Great Synagogue in Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , Ukraine, 1627Ukraine, 1627

PeitavasPeitavas Synagogue in Riga, Synagogue in Riga, Latvia, 1905Latvia, 1905

MikvehMikveh in Schwedt, Germany, 1876in Schwedt, Germany, 1876Synagogue in Synagogue in SubateSubate, Latvia, 1880, Latvia, 1880TaZTaZ Synagogue, Synagogue, LvivLviv, Ukraine 1582, Ukraine 1582

Torah ark, Great Synagogue in Torah ark, Great Synagogue in AkhaltsikheAkhaltsikhe, Georgia (1910), Georgia (1910)

Sacred and Ritual Objects

Torah case, Iraq, 1932Torah case, Iraq, 1932

Sacred and Ritual Objects

Torah coronet, Libya, beginning of the Torah coronet, Libya, beginning of the 20th century20th century

Torah crown, Poland, 1847Torah crown, Poland, 1847Dedicated to the Dedicated to the BeitBeit Midrash in Midrash in IaIașșii, ,

RomaniaRomania

Sacred and Ritual Objects

HannukahHannukah lamp, Russia, late 19lamp, Russia, late 19thth c.c. Kiddush cup, Poland, 1885Kiddush cup, Poland, 1885--18881888

Great Synagogue in Lutsk, Ukraine, 1642Great Synagogue in Lutsk, Ukraine, 1642

Torah ark curtain, Lutsk, Ukraine, 1751Torah ark curtain, Lutsk, Ukraine, 1751Found in the Russian Ethnography Found in the Russian Ethnography

Museum in St. PetersburgMuseum in St. Petersburg

CohanimCohanim De'getiyahDe'getiyah Synagogue in Synagogue in DjerbaDjerba, Tunisia (18th, Tunisia (18th––19th c.) 19th c.)

Oil lamp, Israel, 6th c.Oil lamp, Israel, 6th c.

(Franciscan Museum, Jerusalem)(Franciscan Museum, Jerusalem)Temple faTemple faççade, mosaics, ade, mosaics, SusyaSusya Synagogue, 6th c.Synagogue, 6th c.

Ancient Jewish Art

The Duke of Sussex Catalan Bible, 14th centuryThe Duke of Sussex Catalan Bible, 14th centuryKetubbahKetubbah, Carpi, , Carpi, 16291629

Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts

Second Leningrad Bible, Second Leningrad Bible, FustatFustat, , 10101010

TegernseTegernse HaggadahHaggadah, , AshkenazAshkenaz, 15th century, 15th century

Rothschild Miscellany, North Italy, Rothschild Miscellany, North Italy, 15th century15th century

Esther scroll, Italy, 18th centuryEsther scroll, Italy, 18th century

Prayer book, Morocco, 19Prayer book, Morocco, 19thth c. (BSBc. (BSB,,Cod. Cod. hebrhebr. 453). 453)

Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts

The Messiah entering Jerusalem,The Messiah entering Jerusalem,TegernseeTegernsee Passover Passover HaggadahHaggadah, ,

Passau region? Late 15th c. (BSB, Cod. Passau region? Late 15th c. (BSB, Cod. hebrhebr. 200, fol. 24v) . 200, fol. 24v)

Modern Jewish Art

Marc Chagall, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1960 Marc Chagall, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1960 –– 19651965

MenasheMenashe KadishmannKadishmann, Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982 , Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982

Wroclaw Mahzor, South-West Germany, ca. 1290

Beit Alpha Synagogue, Palestina Secunda, 6th c.

Dura EuroposSynagogue, western wall, Syria 244- 245.

Regensburg Pentateuch, Germany, Bavaria, Regensburg?, ca. 1300

Parokhet , Silesia, 1792

Redemption plate, Austro Hungary, Vienna,

1824?

Day of Atonement buckle, Austro Hungary, Galicia,

Lvov, 1818

Menashe Kadishmann, Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982

Marc Chagall, The Sacrificeof Isaac, 1960–65

Beit Tefilah Benyamin, Czernowitz, 1920’s

Simhat Torah’s Flag, Poland, end of the 19th c.

Mizrah plaque, Moses son of Isaac (Shah Mizrahi),

Jerusalem, 1886

Fireplace in Rabbi’s houseCortemaggiore, 19th c.

Sacrifice of Isaac in the Index of Jewish Art

Tombstone, Amsterdam, 1746

The BezalelNarkissIndex of

Jewish Art

Ancient Jewish Art

Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts

Sacred& Ritual Objects

Jewish Ritual

Architecture

Modern JewishArt

The archives of the Center of Jewish Art include:

around 1,400 sets of plans of ritual buildings,

documentation of 750 Hebrew illuminated manuscripts

and 50,000 ritual objects in c. 500 synagogues and collections

Zhytomyr Torah Crown (1875) in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art

Zhytomyr Torah Crown (1875) in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art

Beit Tefilah Benyamin Synagogue in Chernivtsi (1923)

Subject “Bull, Zodiak Sign” in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art

Wroclaw Mahzor, South-West Germany, ca. 1290

Beit Alpha Synagogue, Palestina Secunda, 6th c.

Dura EuroposSynagogue, western wall, Syria 244- 245.

Regensburg Pentateuch, Germany, Bavaria, Regensburg?, ca. 1300

Parokhet , Silesia, 1792

Redemption plate, Austro Hungary, Vienna,

1824?

Day of Atonement buckle, Austro Hungary, Galicia,

Lvov, 1818

Menashe Kadishmann, Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982

Marc Chagall, The Sacrificeof Isaac, 1960–65

Beit Tefilah Benyamin, Czernowitz, 1920’s

Simhat Torah’s Flag, Poland, end of the 19th c.

Mizrah plaque, Moses son of Isaac (Shah Mizrahi),

Jerusalem, 1886

Fireplace in Rabbi’s houseCortemaggiore, 19th c.

Sacrifice of Isaac in the Index of Jewish Art

Tombstone, Amsterdam, 1746