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JEWISH ART AND LIFE WING

This wing comprises treasures associated TOP 10
with Jewish rituals around birth, marriage, HIGHLIGHTS
and death, and ends with a stunning array 1 20th-century wedding
of clothing and jewelry from throughout dress from Cochin, India
the Jewish Diaspora. The attention given 2 19th-century bridal
to aesthetics and presentation, in addition jewelry from Izmir, Turkey
to each object’s historical value, makes an 3 19th-century
immediate impact. Particularly memorable Hungarian funeral
are the two walls displaying over 100 carriage
Hanukkah lamps in lit glass cases, and the 4 15th-century
gallery of rare illuminated manuscripts that Maimonides’ illuminated
includes Maimonides’ Mishne Torah from the Mishne Torah
15th century. Visitors can follow a Synagogue 5 19th-century sukkah
Route through the reconstructed interiors from Fishach, Germany
of synagogues brought from Germany, Italy, 6 Shabbat spice boxes
India, and Suriname, each one reflecting the 7 18th-century Suriname
culture of its host country while maintaining synagogue
the key features of a Jewish house of worship.
8 120 Hanukkah lamps
9 Esther Scrolls from
Purim
10 18th- to 19th-
century hooded cape
from Morocco

The Vittorio Veneto
synagogue (1700)
from Northern Italy has
been reconstructed
and is part of the
museum’s Synagogue
Route exhibit.
The Rothschild Room
Rubin’s The Sea of
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Galilee (mid-1920s)
(18th century)
This Parisian salon, donated by Reuven Rubin used a naive style and
Baron Edmond de Rothschild, is clear colors inspired by Palestine’s
decorated with tapestries, paintings, bright landscapes to capture scenes
chandeliers, and gilt paneling. of daily life. Here he contrasts
traditional and modern life, as
Turrell’s Space That
8 agriculture meets nature and the
Sees (1992)
Arab and Zionist worlds connect.
In the Billy Rose Art Garden, follow
Mihrab from Isfahan
the gravel path down to view James 0
Turrell’s Modernist sculpture hewn (17th century)
from the bedrock. Looking through In a mosque, the mihrab indicates
the white frame to a square of blue the direction of Mecca and thus
sky above feels like being inside an prayer. This specimen is adorned
abstract painting. After dark, the with glazed mosaics – cut from
stars provide a different perspective. blue tiles – and Quranic verses.
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