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always great to hear my boss say "we're living through the collapse of the american library system" while I'm at my american library system job

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Liora Isaac (Itzhak) creates Indian music in Hebrew (she’s a Jewish Indian) and I heavily recommend you’d check her out!

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Glass pendant, 4th century CE, maybe Egypt?

This glass pendant depicts a seven branched menorah, an etrog, and a lulav. The British Museum does not list any location where this pendant was created or excavated, but they did include it in an exhibit about religion in Egypt, so I've tentatively added that as this item's place of origin.

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Jewish nonfiction books I recommend

Pleasant Are Their Names: Jewish Names in the Sephardi Diaspora Edited by Aaron Demsky

These Are the Names: Studies in Jewish Onomastics by Aaron Demsky

The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom by Rabbi Dr. Slifkin

Sacred Monsters by Rabbi Dr. Slifkin

Growing up Jewish in India by Siona Benjamin

The Jews of Kaifeng, China: History, Culture, and Religion by Xin Xu

Chinese and Jews: Encounters Between Cultures by Irene Eber

Basically any book on the Kaifeng Jews (though many are outdated) such as The Survival of the Chinese Jews by Donald Leslie, Wanderers and Settlers in the Far East: A Century of Jewish Life in China and Japan by Herman Dicker, Chinese Jews by William Charles White, Mandarins Jews and Missionaries by Michael Pollak, Jews in Old China by Sidney Shapiro, and Studies of the Chinese Jews compiled by Hyman Kublin.

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Etrog box, 19th century, silver

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Cara Drook, Reclaiming La Belle Juive, (2022 –).

'"La belle Juive" translates to "the beautiful Jewess." It is an archetype of Jewish women that is repeatedly shown in paintings and media throughout history. "La belle Juive" is rooted in antisemitism and misogyny. My goal with this collection is to have Jewish women take control of their narrative and reclaim "La belle Juive." I want to return dignity to the subjects and show what truly makes Jewish women beautiful.'

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Dutch silver Torah shield, prabably by J.F Bouchette, Arnhem, 1932

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🕍🇮🇳 Did you know? There are approximately 5,000 Jews living in India. The Indian Jewish community always had the unique ability to blend into the local culture of the region while keeping to the Jewish traditions and customs. In the photo, an Indian Synagogue in Mumbai. Photo: Moshe Milner, Government Press Office

Humans of Judaism

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a prayer of gratitude

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A nice chicken I encountered in the margins of a Haggadah, the ‘Ashkenazi Haggadah,’ with commentaries attributed to Eleazar Ben Judah of Worms, c. 1430.

The British Library

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Elijah’s cup, 1805, silver

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“Don’t get into pointless arguments with jerks on the Internet” –the rabbis

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Happy Jewish New Year

Hungarian vintage postcard

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Shaar HaYichudim, 1855

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Torah Shield

Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert

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http://recursos.esefardic.es/dhje/consulta.php

Spanish-ladino dictionary!