EditorialIndia: Bust of David Sassoon (1792 - 1864), Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Byculla, Mumbai. As a Baghdadi Jew and a wealthy entrepreneur, Sassoon was the leader of the Jewish community in Bombay
EditorialFunerary gravestone belonging to a Jew. 6th-7th centuries. Marble. From Emerita Augusta (M?rida, province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain). Sephardic Museum. Toledo. Castile-La Mancha. Spain.
EditorialScene 2: Her innocence lost, she becomes the kept mistress of a rich Jew, and cheats on him. The Lure of Venus: or, a Harlot's progress. An heroi-comical poem. In six cantos ... Founded upon Mr. Hogarth's six paintings; and illustrated with prints of t...
EditorialMaster of Vallbona de les Monges (Guillem Seguer?), 14th century. Altar frontal of the Corpus Christi, ca. 1335-1345. Detail depicting a Miracle of the host that flees from the hands of a priest when he intends to administer the communion to an unworth...
EditorialPainting from Safed, Palestine. The story of Abraham and Isaac, and of the angel halting the sacrifice. The inscription asks to remember the " akedah", the binding of Isaac" on the high holidays. Painting by Moshe Mizrachi, a Persian jew...
EditorialMosaic mask of Tezcatlipoca, one of the Aztec creator gods, also the god of rulers, warriors and sorcerers. Alternate bands of turquoise and lignite cover a human skull. The jew is moveable and hinged with leather. The eyes are made of two disks of iro...