The Other in Judaism - Kol Hamevaser
The Other in Judaism - Kol Hamevaser
The Other in Judaism - Kol Hamevaser
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<strong>Kol</strong> <strong>Hamevaser</strong><br />
Creative Arts<br />
Images and <strong>in</strong>formation provided by the Yeshiva University<br />
Museum. Please visit www.yumuseum.org<br />
Torture of Simon<br />
of Trent<br />
Nuremberg, 1493<br />
Artists: Michael Wolgemut (d. 1519) and Wilhelm Peydenwurg<br />
(d. 1494)<br />
Woodblock pr<strong>in</strong>t<br />
JEWISH FAMILY ON MOUNT ZION.<br />
England, 19th century.<br />
Engraver: Cousen. W.H. Bartlett, Walks about Jerusalem. Engrav<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Collection of Yeshiva University Museum (2008.041).<br />
Bartlett described his visit <strong>in</strong> 1842 to the family of the wealthiest Jew <strong>in</strong><br />
Jerusalem. <strong>The</strong>re he met the women <strong>in</strong> the family as well as the men and<br />
expressed his surprise at the "equality" of the women with the males of the<br />
family, <strong>in</strong> contrast to the manner of "...the wives of Oriental Christians." A<br />
later visitor, Elizabeth Anne F<strong>in</strong>n, describes the profusion of gold jewelry<br />
worn by the women of this family.<br />
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Volume V, Issue 5
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