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Presentation by Dr. Vladimir Levin of the Center of Jewish Art (pdf file) at the EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Digitisation of Culture, Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, 12-13 November 2013 http://www.digital-heritage.org.il Presentations available at: http://2013.minervaisrael.org.ilTRANSCRIPT
Center for Jewish Art Center for Jewish Art at theat the
Hebrew University of JerusalemHebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Vladimir Levin
Documentation Activities of the Center for Jewish Art
Uncovering of a dedicatory inscription in an old synagogue in Bukhara,
Uzbekistan
Recognition of wall paintings in the synagogue in Saluzzo,
Italy
Documentation of Hebrew Manuscripts in Bavarian State
Library, Munich, Germany
Documentation of the Ibn-Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt
Uncovering of a mosaic menorah in the 5th-century synagogue in
Saranda, Albania
Documentation of synagogues in Brandenburg, Germany
Countries in Europe and Asia where the Center for Jewish Art Countries in Europe and Asia where the Center for Jewish Art sent documentation expeditionssent documentation expeditions
Rafael Rafael AbramovAbramov House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1903 (Photo 2002) House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1903 (Photo 2002)
Rafael Rafael AbramovAbramov House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,House in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 1903 (Photos 2002 & 2005). 1903 (Photos 2002 & 2005).
The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine, 1632 (photo 1994)., Ukraine, 1632 (photo 1994).
The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine, 1632 (photo 2010)., Ukraine, 1632 (photo 2010).
The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine (photo 2010), Ukraine (photo 2010)
The Great Synagogue in The Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , VolhyniaVolhynia, Ukraine (drawings 1994), Ukraine (drawings 1994)
Wooden Wooden HabadHabad Synagogue in Synagogue in SubateSubate, Latvia, 1880 (photo 2007), Latvia, 1880 (photo 2007)
Synagogue and Synagogue and bietbiet midrashmidrash in Plunge, Lithuania (photo 2004)in Plunge, Lithuania (photo 2004)
Aliza Cohen-Mushlin, Sergey Kravtsov, Vladimir Levin, Giedrė Mickūnaitė and Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė (eds.),
Synagogues in Lithuania: A Catalogue (Vilnius, 2010–2012)
Cemetery Chapel in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1890
Publications of Bet Tfila Research Unit for Jewish Architecture in Europe
The Tempel in Chernivtsi (Czernowitz), Ukraine
TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) Synagogue in Rose) Synagogue in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582
TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) SynagogueRose) Synagoguein in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582
TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) SynagogueRose) Synagoguein in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582
TaZTaZ ((GoldeneGoldene Rose) SynagogueRose) Synagoguein in LvivLviv, Ukraine, 1582, Ukraine, 1582
MikvehMikveh in Schwedt am Oderin Schwedt am Oder18761876
MikvehMikveh in Schwedt am Oderin Schwedt am Oder18761876
Jewish Ritual Architecture
The The ZvulunovZvulunov home synagogue, Samarkand, home synagogue, Samarkand, early 20th c.early 20th c.
Cemetery Chapel in Cemetery Chapel in Leipzig, 1928Leipzig, 1928
Great Synagogue in Great Synagogue in OstrohOstroh, , Ukraine, 1627Ukraine, 1627
PeitavasPeitavas Synagogue in Riga, Synagogue in Riga, Latvia, 1905Latvia, 1905
MikvehMikveh in Schwedt, Germany, 1876in Schwedt, Germany, 1876Synagogue in Synagogue in SubateSubate, Latvia, 1880, Latvia, 1880TaZTaZ Synagogue, Synagogue, LvivLviv, Ukraine 1582, Ukraine 1582
Torah ark, Great Synagogue in Torah ark, Great Synagogue in AkhaltsikheAkhaltsikhe, Georgia (1910), Georgia (1910)
Sacred and Ritual Objects
Torah case, Iraq, 1932Torah case, Iraq, 1932
Sacred and Ritual Objects
Torah coronet, Libya, beginning of the Torah coronet, Libya, beginning of the 20th century20th century
Torah crown, Poland, 1847Torah crown, Poland, 1847Dedicated to the Dedicated to the BeitBeit Midrash in Midrash in IaIașșii, ,
RomaniaRomania
Sacred and Ritual Objects
HannukahHannukah lamp, Russia, late 19lamp, Russia, late 19thth c.c. Kiddush cup, Poland, 1885Kiddush cup, Poland, 1885--18881888
Great Synagogue in Lutsk, Ukraine, 1642Great Synagogue in Lutsk, Ukraine, 1642
Torah ark curtain, Lutsk, Ukraine, 1751Torah ark curtain, Lutsk, Ukraine, 1751Found in the Russian Ethnography Found in the Russian Ethnography
Museum in St. PetersburgMuseum in St. Petersburg
CohanimCohanim De'getiyahDe'getiyah Synagogue in Synagogue in DjerbaDjerba, Tunisia (18th, Tunisia (18th––19th c.) 19th c.)
Oil lamp, Israel, 6th c.Oil lamp, Israel, 6th c.
(Franciscan Museum, Jerusalem)(Franciscan Museum, Jerusalem)Temple faTemple faççade, mosaics, ade, mosaics, SusyaSusya Synagogue, 6th c.Synagogue, 6th c.
Ancient Jewish Art
The Duke of Sussex Catalan Bible, 14th centuryThe Duke of Sussex Catalan Bible, 14th centuryKetubbahKetubbah, Carpi, , Carpi, 16291629
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts
Second Leningrad Bible, Second Leningrad Bible, FustatFustat, , 10101010
TegernseTegernse HaggadahHaggadah, , AshkenazAshkenaz, 15th century, 15th century
Rothschild Miscellany, North Italy, Rothschild Miscellany, North Italy, 15th century15th century
Esther scroll, Italy, 18th centuryEsther scroll, Italy, 18th century
Prayer book, Morocco, 19Prayer book, Morocco, 19thth c. (BSBc. (BSB,,Cod. Cod. hebrhebr. 453). 453)
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts
The Messiah entering Jerusalem,The Messiah entering Jerusalem,TegernseeTegernsee Passover Passover HaggadahHaggadah, ,
Passau region? Late 15th c. (BSB, Cod. Passau region? Late 15th c. (BSB, Cod. hebrhebr. 200, fol. 24v) . 200, fol. 24v)
Modern Jewish Art
Marc Chagall, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1960 Marc Chagall, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1960 –– 19651965
MenasheMenashe KadishmannKadishmann, Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982 , Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982
Wroclaw Mahzor, South-West Germany, ca. 1290
Beit Alpha Synagogue, Palestina Secunda, 6th c.
Dura EuroposSynagogue, western wall, Syria 244- 245.
Regensburg Pentateuch, Germany, Bavaria, Regensburg?, ca. 1300
Parokhet , Silesia, 1792
Redemption plate, Austro Hungary, Vienna,
1824?
Day of Atonement buckle, Austro Hungary, Galicia,
Lvov, 1818
Menashe Kadishmann, Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982
Marc Chagall, The Sacrificeof Isaac, 1960–65
Beit Tefilah Benyamin, Czernowitz, 1920’s
Simhat Torah’s Flag, Poland, end of the 19th c.
Mizrah plaque, Moses son of Isaac (Shah Mizrahi),
Jerusalem, 1886
Fireplace in Rabbi’s houseCortemaggiore, 19th c.
Sacrifice of Isaac in the Index of Jewish Art
Tombstone, Amsterdam, 1746
The BezalelNarkissIndex of
Jewish Art
Ancient Jewish Art
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts
Sacred& Ritual Objects
Jewish Ritual
Architecture
Modern JewishArt
The archives of the Center of Jewish Art include:
around 1,400 sets of plans of ritual buildings,
documentation of 750 Hebrew illuminated manuscripts
and 50,000 ritual objects in c. 500 synagogues and collections
Zhytomyr Torah Crown (1875) in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art
Zhytomyr Torah Crown (1875) in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art
Beit Tefilah Benyamin Synagogue in Chernivtsi (1923)
Subject “Bull, Zodiak Sign” in the Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art
Wroclaw Mahzor, South-West Germany, ca. 1290
Beit Alpha Synagogue, Palestina Secunda, 6th c.
Dura EuroposSynagogue, western wall, Syria 244- 245.
Regensburg Pentateuch, Germany, Bavaria, Regensburg?, ca. 1300
Parokhet , Silesia, 1792
Redemption plate, Austro Hungary, Vienna,
1824?
Day of Atonement buckle, Austro Hungary, Galicia,
Lvov, 1818
Menashe Kadishmann, Sacrifice, Tel Aviv, 1982
Marc Chagall, The Sacrificeof Isaac, 1960–65
Beit Tefilah Benyamin, Czernowitz, 1920’s
Simhat Torah’s Flag, Poland, end of the 19th c.
Mizrah plaque, Moses son of Isaac (Shah Mizrahi),
Jerusalem, 1886
Fireplace in Rabbi’s houseCortemaggiore, 19th c.
Sacrifice of Isaac in the Index of Jewish Art
Tombstone, Amsterdam, 1746
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