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    Wishing card for Rosh Hashanah

    Greeting card from the Jewish "Esther Orphanage", for Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year) of the year 5709 (1949). The “Esther Orphanage” operated in Kifissia...

    Silk Parohet

    Silk Parohet, Torah Ark curtain, centrepiece made from bedspread with gold embroidery, dedicated by Meir Pinto and his wife in memory of their son...

    Summer by the sea

    Pre-war picture of a group of men on a boat, possibly in Volos, JMG Photographic Archive. © The Jewish Museum of Greece

    Wooden Tik, Torah case

    Wooden Tik, Torah case, 19th century, from Beth Shalom Synagogue, Athens. The gesso-covered and olive green painted Tik with reddish-brown, stepped cornice dating to the...

    May

    Aleph, childbed amulet and circumcision certificate in paper and ink, made for the son of Isaac Joseph Matsa in Patras and from the Synagogue...

    Haggadah (Narration of the Exodus) for Pessach

    Haggadah (Narration of the Exodus) for Pessach in ladino in Latin alphabet, published by “La Verdad” newspaper, Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, 1920’s © Collection of the...

    Child’s silk caftan

    Child’s silk caftan, displayed with a range of charms and amulets for the protection of the child against harm and for good luck, 19th...

    Silver Megillah

    Jewish scribe (Sofer Stam) writing Esther Scroll, Thessaloniki, 1905 (Photo R.S. Cresswell, National Geographic Creative). Typical example of a Megillah, Esther Scroll, from Ioannina, in...

    Commemorative photograph

    Commemorative photograph of the Primary School of the Jewish School of Serres, after a celebration of the Year. At the back, one may see...

    Hanukkiyah

    In December, Hanukkah is celebrated for 8 days by the kindling of one light on the first night and an additional one each succeeding...

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