Noisemaker; Casino de Paree; New York, New York, United States; undated
Subject:
Noisemakers; Religious objects; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Noisemaker from Casino de Paree made of a wooden slat with wooden boards on either side meant to clap back and forth. Red board reads, Billy Rose's Revue in World's Most Novel Restaurant; 254 West 54th Street, New York, NY
Corporate Name:
Casino de Paree
Date:
unknown
Language:
English
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Modern American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Containers (receptacles); Judaism -- Customs and practices; Religious objects; Charity
Description:
Charity [tzedakah] box with locking door and coin slot made of green and black metal. Below the coin slot it reads Alms in English and Tzedakah in Hebrew
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; Hebrew
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Coverings and hangings; Religious objects; Mantles
Description:
Torah mantle made of white velvet with gold tassels and gold bottom line has Stars of David. At the top is a gold crown with pink jewels flanked by the Hebrew words Torah Crown. Below in Hebrew it says that it is a gift to the Synagogue Benai Yeosha from Rabbi Yakov Mordechai the Son of Yosef and Bracha Lund and His Wife the Lady Raizel the Daughter of Rabbi Zev Vellvil and Leiah
Date:
unknown
Language:
Hebrew
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Modern American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Noisemakers; Religious objects; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Round metal grager in yellow and blue with a red handle. On the front it has an image of a man and woman dressed in royal clothing and sitting on thrones, who are identified in English as Mordechai and Esther. Above them it says in Hebrew "It happened in the days of Achashverosh." Below them it says in Hebrew "The Jews had light happiness and joy."
Date:
unknown
Language:
English; Hebrew
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Modern American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Case furniture; Religious objects; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Wooden ark [Aron Kodish] inlaid with contrasting woods with free standing turned columns and stairs. At the top is a crest with a Star of David, hands symbolizing the Priestly Blessing, flanked by opposing kittens. Acorns hang below them. The doors open and inside is a stand with a torah scroll. Roses are painted on the back wall. It is wired and when plugged in is illuminated from a small bulb inside the ark
Date:
unknown
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Modern American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
Plaque; New York, New York, United States; undated
Subject:
Plaques (flat objects); Religious objects; Judaism -- Customs and practices
Description:
Painted memorial plaque for a couple with their names and dates of death written in Hebrew inside a tablet of the commandments and images of burial places of King David, the Jewish foremother Rachel and forefather Abraham used as a Mizrah [ it is placed on the eastern walls of homes and synagogues to indicate the direction of worship] from the lower east side of New York; New York, NY
Date:
unknown
Language:
Hebrew
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Collection:
Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)
