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Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), mother with child in arms, 1916, lithography.

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), infant mortality, 1925, woodcut.

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(more) Hanukkah lamps- Menorahs

In order:

1. By Morice Masslaton, Damascus, Syria, 1925, damascene work:Copper sheet, engraved and punched; silver thread; brass, 28 x 33 cm, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 

Inscribed in Hebrew and Arabic: “These lights are sacred”; in Hebrew: “This hanukkah lamp to the Shmaya synagogue in Damascus” and the Hebrew year 5685.

2. Poland or Ukraine, 1803, Silver, filigree and partly gilt metal, 24 x 30 cm, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

3. Yemen, 1930s, Steatite stone, 17x 15 cm, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.  

4. By Meir Ben Ammica, Mazagan, Morocco, 1950, Cut plates and strips of tin, scraps of cloth, and pieces of glass, Printed on tin in English and other languages, 37.5 x 26 cm, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

5. Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, Jerusalem, 1908-29 ,Silver, filigree, and turquoise,12.4 × 22.7 × 3.8 cm, The Jewish museum, New-York. 

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Menorahs (Hanukkah Lamps)

In order:

1.   Netherlands (?), 19th-early 20th century (?), Copper alloy,  26.8 × 24.8 × 8.9 cm, The Jewish museum, New-York.

2. Fez/ Meknes, Morocco, second half 19th century, Copper alloy: cast and appliqué, 24.1 × 20.3 × 5.7 cm,  The Jewish museum, New-York.

3.  Eastern Europe, early 19th century (?), Copper alloy: cast, 70 × 37.8 × 18.9 cm,  Garden of Eden, The Jewish museum, New-York, The lamp depict of the Garden of Eden.

4.  By David Palombo (Israeli, 1920-1966), Jerusalem, Israel, 1960-66, Wrought iron, painted, 26.4 × 21.9 × 8.5 cm, The Jewish museum, New-York.

Happy Hanukkah!

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Mosaic pavement of synagogue at Bet Alfa, central panel(Zodiac wheel, chariot of the Sun and 4 turning points (“tekufah”) of the year), 6th century, uncovered in 1928, Mosaic, Beit Alfa, Israel.

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Bring them back

Bring them back

Bring them back

Bring them back

Bring them back

Pleasepleaseplease bring them back now

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I've seen so many people here that support the horrible acts of terror against Israelis now. I know it's fashionable to say free Palestinian, but this is no attempt for any freedom for Palestinians, and definitely not for peace.

There is so much disinformation, half truth, and plain lies here. And even worse, people justifying the horrible acts of terror organisations - Isis style, against innocent people (and hamas killed also many Israeli arabs, Palestinians and Bedouins in Israel, not just Jews) Absolutely horrifying.

Freedom warriors don't kill children and babies

Freedom warriors don't assult teenagers

Freedom warriors don't rape kidnapped girls

Freedom warriors don't burn and loot houses

Freedom warriors don't throw LGBT people off roofs and don't oppress women

Freedom warriors don't execute pogroms

Freedom warriors do kneel and reach out a hand in peace, they shout "I have a dream" and not "Allahu Acbar", freedom warriors walk proudly carrying flags, not guns, they demonstrate with all their might and do not murder innocent people

We, LGBT+, women, black people and anyone who ever wished to fight for real freedom - never chose slaughter, rape and loot of civilians as our form of riot.

These are not freedom warriors, they are heinous killers, fanaic, religious extreme nationalists, and every attempt to explain their actions with psychology is unspeakable, justifying the most horrid war crime ever to be committed on this land

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Jacob wrestling with the angel, Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) postcard with illustration by Ephraim Moses Lilien, early 20th century (1918?), 14 x 9 cm, private collection.

“תִּכְלֶה שָׁנָה וְקִלְלוֹתֶיהָ, תָּחֵל שָׁנָה וּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ”

Shana Tova שנה טובה

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"Smiling" (sonrientes) Figure, Remojadas Culture, (Veracruz, contemporary Mexico, Mesoamerica), 7th–8th century, Ceramic with colour, 47.5 x 29.9 x 15.9 cm, The Metropolitan Museum.

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Emily Kame Kngwarreye (Anmatyerre people, Utopia, The northern territory, Australia. 1910 - 1996), No title, 1981, Batik on cotton, 174 x 110 cm.

© Emily Kame Kngwarreye/Copyright Agency, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art

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Kol nidre, initial word: כל (“All”) opening the Eve of Yom Kippur prayers from David bar Pesah Mahzor (Germany). Volume 2, 1301 - 1400 (Approximate), ink and watercolor on Vellum, From The New York Public Library.

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Red Sun by Mordechai Ardon (Israeli, born in Poland ,1896–1992), 1972, Oil on canvas, 92 x 72.5 cm. The Israel Museum.

© Estate of the artist

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Headdress frontlet, Tsimshian Culture (British Columbia, Canada), ca. 1820–40, Wood, abalone shell, pigment, and nails. 17.8 × 15.2 × 7 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New-York, USA

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Necklace Centerpiece, Attributed to Syria ,11th century, Gold & glass, H. 5.8 x W. 3.4 x D. 0.6 cm. x Wt. 11.3 g. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New-York, USA

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Two Deer in the Evening Winter Forest by Ludvig Munthe (Norwegian, worked in Germany, 1841-1896), Oil on canvas, 60 x 43 cm. Private collection.

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Head Burst on Red by Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921–2006), 1961, Oil on canvas, 229 x 299 cm. The Israel Museum.

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Jacob wrestling with the angel, Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) postcard with illustration by Ephraim Moses Lilien, early 20th century (1918?), 14 x 9 cm, private collection.

“תִּכְלֶה שָׁנָה וְקִלְלוֹתֶיהָ, תָּחֵל שָׁנָה וּבִרְכוֹתֶיהָ”

Shana Tova שנה טובה

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Escape by Norbertine von Bresslern-Roth (Austrian, 1891-1978), 1923, colour linocut print, 20.8 x 22.8 cm, signed: Bresslern-Roth, private collection