The Collection

George H. Knight

Display of Judaica Objects in the H. Ephraim Benguiat Museum Collection

c. 1904

Torah Binder

1800

Staff of Elijah

probably late 19th century

Circles of Life

Skullcap

2014

El Lissitzky

The Angel of Death Came and Slew the Slaughterer

1919

Offering Bowl

early 2nd millennium BCE

Isidor Kaufmann

Head of a Rabbi

early 20th century

Book of Blessings

Book: 1734/5 (date of inscription); cover: 1700, with later additions

Nodar Djin

Bar Mitzvah, Tbilisi

1978-80

El Lissitzky

Then Came the Most Holy and Slew the Angel of Death

1919

Unknown Artist/Maker

The Worshipper: Morning Prayers

late 19th century

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

The Godfather Awaits the Child (Der Gevatter erwartet das Kind)

1867

Archie Granot

Mizrah

1985

Torah Binder For Firla, daughter of Yehoshua Baruh Halevy

1752 (date of inscription)

El Lissitzky

The Slaughterer Came and Slaughtered the Ox

1919

El Lissitzky

The Water Came and Extinguished the Fire

1919

Ben Shahn

Etrog, Lulav, and Menorah

1967

Isidor Kaufmann

Man With Fur Hat

c. 1910

Paula Hofmann Gruenebaum

Torah Binder From the voyage of the St. Louis

1916

Mi Polin

Mezuzah in Case Braille Mezuzah

c. 2014