Theme
Memory
How communities remember events, people, and sacred places.
11 work(s)
Photograph
Public Hanukkiah in Rostov-on-Don
21st century
CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Painting
Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur (Gottlieb)
1878
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Purim (Arthur Szyk)
first half of the 20th century
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Manuscript
Megillah (Scroll of Esther)
CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jewish Theological Seminary / Wikimedia Commons
Mosaic
Beth Alpha synagogue mosaic
6th century
CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Manuscript
Birds' Head Haggadah
c. 14th century
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Manuscript
Sarajevo Haggadah
c. 14th century
CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Photograph
Western Wall on Shavuot
21st century
CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Manuscript
Akdamut (Worms Mahzor)
medieval
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Other
Bowl fragments with menorah, shofar and Torah ark (Met)
300–350
CC0 / Public Domain (Met Open Access) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manuscript
Ketubah dated 1889 (Met)
dated 1889
CC0 / Public Domain (Met Open Access) · The Metropolitan Museum of Art