Judaica Across America: Highlighted Entries
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Saturday
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Wednesday
Kiddush cup
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Candlestick
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kiddush cup
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Matzah Tash
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Monday
Kiddush Cups Set
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Eight children and their two parents huddled together by a ramshakle wood-burning stove on frigid nights in Lagow, Poland. Their tiny two-r...
Wednesday
Menorah
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Could I have waited any longer to submit this entry? Here it is, December 31, 2007, at 5:12 PM. Part of the reason why it took me so long to...
Monday
Stones From Temple Mount
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As the van rumbled and bumped over the sand, I was still complaining about going. By going, I thought I was "signing up" for an un...
Silver Candlesticks
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My grandmother, Rose, came to America in 1905, never to see her family again, and met my grandfather soon after arriving. Her mother, my gr...
Thursday
Sephardic Borekas
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From the glorious days of Renaissance Spain to the expulsion of the Jews during the Spanish Inquisition in 1492, our ancestors, originally ...
Wednesday
Shabbat Lamp
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“Would you like a Sabbath lamp that used to belong to your grandfather?” “Heavens yes!” I replied to my aunt, calling from Seattle. ...
Tuesday
Kiddush Cups
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I am a Holocaust survivor from Eastern Poland. After liberation I returned to my hometown hoping to find remnants of my family, but it was ...
Thursday
Kiddush Cup
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"Do you have The Cup?," my father asked me, panicking that we could not find The Cup. This was the Friday night after my older so...
Monday
Spice Box
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Jewish ceremonial objects made of carved wood from pre-war Europe are extremely scarce. This spice tower is of the utmost rarity, as Europea...
Sunday
Candlesticks
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Pictured lighting candles from left to right P.G.(mother), S.S. daughter) and P.S(grandma) P.S.’s Aunt Ruth (of blessed memory) received th...
Friday
Grampa's Menorah
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In my family, there are precious few "religious heirlooms". In fact, other than this menorah, I can only think of my Grandmother...
An Airport Grager
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We were in Poland in September 2003 and went to an open air antique market.We spotted this [grager] and felt that no matter what the value i...
Candlesticks
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They are not beautiful or shiny like other candlesticks you may have seen. As a matter of fact, they wobble a bit from side to side – uneven...
Thursday
The Leather Suitcase
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My father and his parents arrived to the United States in the late 1950’s after surviving the Holocaust. Although my father learned to speak...
1896 Hungarian Hagada
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There, buried amidst my grandmothers most valuable possessions, in a simple brown leather suitcase, I found this amazing Hagada dating back ...
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