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Embroideries and fabrics for synagogue and home; 5000 years of ornamental needlework / by Freehof, Lillian S.(Lillian Simon),1906-1998.; King, Bucky.;

Bibliography: pages 217-219.

Subjects: Jewish embroidery.; Jewish decoration and ornament.; Textile design.;

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Jewish antiques : from menorahs to seltzer bottles / by Kaplan, Tsadik,author.(CARDINAL)356965;

For anyone who has ever been interested in Judaism and Judaica, this book will hold great fascination. Ranging from the 18th to the early 20th century, the objects in this book take readers on an informative tour through Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, as well as through the holidays and the Sabbath.Sabbath & the home -- Passover -- Chanukah -- Purim -- Succot -- Birth & marriage -- The Synagogue -- The Bezalel School -- Jewelry -- Israeliana -- Exonumia -- Americana -- World War I -- Athletics -- World War II.

Subjects: Judaism; Jewish decoration and ornament.; Jewish art.;

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The art of Judaic needlework : traditional and contemporary designs / by Aber, Ita H.(CARDINAL)143294;

Bibliography: pages 145-146.

Subjects: Jewish needlework.; Jewish decoration and ornament.; Judaism;

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Brides and betrothals : Jewish wedding rituals in Afghanistan / by Bar'am-Ben Yossef, Noam.(CARDINAL)220995; Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)(CARDINAL)152251;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-136).

Subjects: Exhibition catalogs.; Jewish marriage customs and rites; Jews; Jewish decoration and ornament;

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The carved wooden Torah arks of Eastern Europe / by Yaniv, Bracha,author.(CARDINAL)289200;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.Part I. History and culture, function and design. The emergence of the Torah ark from antiquity to the seventeenth century -- Historical and cultural background -- Construction and design -- Part II. Form and content. Introduction : the architectural structure of the Torah ark -- The kingdom of God in the little sanctuary -- The temple -- Messianic expectations -- Part III. Appendices. Fourteen Torah arks : comprehensive description, technical data, and supporting documentation -- Biblical quotations and liturgical phrases adorning the arks -- Carpenters and woodcarvers of arks -- Alphabetical list of the arks comprising the visual database for this study.

Subjects: Torah arks; Wood-carving; Jewish decoration and ornament; Judaism; Jewish art and symbolism; Jewish folk art;

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Beauty in holiness : studies in Jewish customs and ceremonial art / by Gutmann, Joseph,editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)126486; Wischnitzer, Mark,1882-1955,contributor.(CARDINAL)855936; Ḳremer, Yehuda Mosheh ben Avraham,contributor.(CARDINAL)855935; Schoenberger, Guido,1891-contributor.(CARDINAL)309070; Werner, Alfred,1911-1979,contributor.(CARDINAL)148900; Landsberger, Franz,1883-1964,contributor.(CARDINAL)174197; Lauterbach, Jacob Zallel,1873-1942,contributor.(CARDINAL)855934; Finesinger, Sol Baruch,1900-1976,contributor.(CARDINAL)855933; Krauss, Samuel,1866-1948,contributor.(CARDINAL)855932; Freehof, Solomon Bennett,1892-1990,contributor.(CARDINAL)126847; Ktav Publishing House,publisher.(CARDINAL)855931;

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Jewish art and symbolism.; Judaism;

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Hanukkah crafts / by Bledsoe, Karen E.(CARDINAL)337393;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31) and index.Dreidel mobile -- Helping hands menorah -- Embossed place cards -- Hanukkah symbol stamps -- Hanukkah magnets -- Holiday cards -- Star of David ornament -- Collage bookmarks -- Dreidel braided key chain -- Candle candy holders -- Patterns -- Words to know -- Reading about Hanukkah -- Internet addresses.Provides information about the origin and customs of Hanukkah, ideas for celebrating this holiday, and directions for making such crafts as a dreidel mobile, holiday cards, and candle candy holders. Menorahs light up the night. Children play with dreidels. It is Hanukkah, a very happy holiday. It is a time to remember a great battle that the Jewish people won more than two thousand years ago. Using these step-by-step instructions and photographs, you can make Hanukkah decorations, gifts, and cards for your family and friends. So get ready to make these fun projects while you learn about Hanukkah!

Subjects: Handicraft.; Hanukkah; Jewish crafts;

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Contemporary synagogue art; developments in the United States, 1945-1965. by Kampf, Avram.(CARDINAL)172405;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.The Synagogue: A house of prayer, study and assembly -- Synagogue and ancient temple -- A house of the people instead of a house of God -- Worship by prayer and not sacrifice -- Instruction and debate replace magical elements -- New relation of individual to service -- The origin of the synagogue -- Löw's Theory -- From city gate to people's house to synagogue -- The view of S. W. Baron -- conditions for growth of self government in ancient Israel -- The synagogue as institution adapted to survival of religious-ethnic group in many lands -- The synagogue as house of instruction -- Prayer as instruction -- Psychological consequences of daily prayer -- The synagogue as house of assembly -- Community functions of the synagogue --Philo on the synagogue -- The Interpretation of the Second Commandment: Strict and liberal interpretations of the second commandment -- General retarding effect on development of plastic arts -- Sculptures in the biblical temple -- David Kaufmann revises historical view of Jewish attitude toward arts -- The work of Leopold Löw -- Abraham Geiger's Responsum -- View of contemporary scholarship -- The archeological evidence of an ancient Jewish art -- Liberal and conservative talmudic views -- Jewish craftsmen as makers of idols -- The view of Maimonides -- Art among the Jews of Italy and Poland -- Philosophic considerations -- Judaism's preference for the spoken word -- Views of Grätz and Herman Cohen -- The Jewish concept of God -- Attitude toward images reflecting religious situations in the ancient world -- Pervasiveness of a moral view of life -- The American Synagogue Today: The return to the synagogue -- The rise of the synagogue center -- Jewish survival under conditions of freedom -- The quest for Jewish identity -- The expansion of synagogue activities -- The quest for decorum -- Demand for art coming from tradtional sources and new conditions -- The view of Dr. M. M. Kaplan -- The idea of the Holy -- The adoption of modern architecture -- What should a synagogue look like? -- The view of Lewis Mumford -- The need for reconciliation of function and expression in synagogue architecture --The failure of functional planning to satisfy psychological needs -- The need for the work of art -- relationship of art and modern architecture -- the solutions to the problem of art in architecture by Sullivan, Wright, the International Style and the Bauhaus -- Leaders in architecture build synagogues -- The function of art in today's architecture -- Percival Goodman's contribution to the problem -- Collaboration among the arts -- Aft for Today's Synagogue: The expression of the Jewish ethos -- The communal art of a seventeenth-century synagogue -- The breakdown of the traditional Jewish world view -- Jewish theology today -- The function of art in the reestablishment of Jewish communal and religious values -- The artist vis-à-vis the community -- The position of the architect -- The role of the rabbi -- The need for his education in the arts -- art as an avenue of religious experience -- Modern art for the synagogue -- The expansion of the repertoire of Hebrew art -- A monumental scale for Jewish Analytic, expressive, and decorative tendencies of contemporary art in the synagogue -- The problem of communication in modern synagogue art -- The Hebrew letter -- Didactic art -- Synthesis of the abstract and the concrete in synagogue art -- synagogue art and the freedom of the artist -- Existence of Jewish motives in contemporary art of which the synagogue is unaware -- A genuine religious art for which the synagogue is a natural home -- Younger American artist and their Jewish subjects -- The place of the isolated work of art in the synagogue -- Relation of Jewish community to Jewish artists -- The case of Ben-Zion -- Congregation B'nai Israel in Millburn, New Jersey: Contemporary artists in the service of the synagogue -- Artwork integrated into exterior -- Sculpture aiding architecture in expressing the building's purpose -- The burning bush -- Use of new materials and new techniques -- A mural on the theme of the temple wall -- Inscriptions on the walls of the prayer hall -- A congregation remembers -- Stones from destroyed synagogues -- Torah curtains designed by artist and executed by women of congregation -- The signs of the curtain -- The reaction of the congregation -- The aims and achievements of the artist -- Artwork on Synagogue Exteriors -- The pillar of fire in hammered bronze -- The creation of the world and the liberation from bondage in sgraffito, terrazzo and metal -- Eight relief sculptures on persistent ideas of Judaism -- "Not by might but by my spirit..." -- The use of Hebrew mythology for representation of spirit and might -- "On three things the world is founded" -- A bronze sculpture of Moses and the burning bush -- A menorah designed in brick -- The pillar of fire and pillar of smoke in concrete, and a menorah resembling a chariot -- Five tile murals on Jewish ideas from the Bible -- A sculptural metaphor on theme of the menorah -- Sculpture in wrought iron -- The ladder, the Torah and the crowns -- A sculpture in metal and glass -- Artwork in the Vestibule: House of prayer, house of study , house of assembly, a mosaic mural on the contemporary synagogue -- the burning bush and the Messianic hope -- The yoke of Torah, a ladder to heaven -- Jacob's dream --The Messianic theme, another version of a mosaic mural -- The Miracle -- Artwork in the Prayer Hall-Part I: The ark as receptacle for the Torah scrolls -- Ark and bimah, two centers competing for attention -- The bimah, from a small platform to an imposing structure -- The representation of the ark in ancient Hebrew art -- The enlargement of the ark's frame -- The Torah curtains and the Eternal Light -- The menorah, a cosmic tree transformed as symbol of Judaism -- The memorial light -- The Torah ornaments -- The commanding position of the ark today -- The prayer hall embodying tensions within Judaism--the point of view of a Jewish theologian -- The functions of the synagogue are indivisible -- The need to evoke the numinous -- The use of stained-glass windows -- Different artistic conceptions of the prayer hall -- The wall which shelters the ark -- The ark, free standing and recessed -- The impact of contemporary design and materials on the ark -- The menorah today, search for depth and asymmetry -- A variety of Eternal Light lamps -- The memorial tables -- The use of electricity questioned -- Artwork in the Prayer Hall-Part II: Interiors designed by Erich Mendelsohn -- The evocation of the Holy by darkness and emptiness -- The bimah of Temple B'nai Israel in Bridgeport, Conn. -- The Beth El, Springfield, Mass. -- The primitive invades a modern synagogue -- Evocation of time and mobility in the arks of the Hebrew Congregation in Indianapolis, Ind. -- Silver ark doors narrate the biblical story in Temple Beth El in Great Neck, N.Y. -- Sculptured lead doors which recall the Holocaust -- Human figures and artist's self portrait carved on ark doors -- A modern carving of an old Hebrew fold motif -- The winged ark at Brandeis University -- The meeting of man with God -- The bronze ark of Temple B'rith Kodesh in Rochester, N.Y. -- Stained-Glass Windows: Stained-glass windows -- Man and community -- The windows in Temple B'nai Aaron, St. Paul, Minn. -- Stained-glass walls at the Milton Steinberg House in New York City and at Temple Shalom in Newton, Mass. -- Jewish history in stained glass at Har Zion in Philadelphia, Pa. -- Aspects of American Jewish history at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh -- Stained-glass windows as backdrop for the ark in New York City -- Fragments of old stained-glass windows worked into a modern design -- the unity of man, god, and the universe -- Abraham Rattner bases the design of a window on the cabala -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

Subjects: Synagogue art, American.; Synagogue architecture;

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