Selected Treasures from the Rissman Kol Ami Collection

Selected Treasures from the Rissman Kol Ami Collection

Keter (Torah Crown)
Hammered silver with Hebrew letters
for the twelve tribes
20th Century
USA
Gift of Benjamin and Gertrude Harris
Parochet (Ark Curtain)
Embroidered with silk and metallic threads on a silk ground with metallic fringe
1755
Northeastern Italy, between Ancona and Venice/Gorizia
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
Torah Tik
Wood, velvet, silver, floral appliqués,
medallions and turquoise
19th century
Persia
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
Rothschild Miscellany
Facsimile edition (London, 1989) of original (Italy, 1479)
Offset lithography on vegetable parchment, with gold-colored metal-leaf illumination with morocco goatskin and silver binding
Silver Seder Tray
Three interior tiers for matzah
Pesach, Matzah and Maror” inscribed on top
Four glass and silver wine cups for the Seder
One glass and silver wine cup for Elijah
19th century
Poland
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
Hanukkiah (Hanukkah Menorah)
For a Synagogue
19th Century
Germany
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
Hanukkiah (Hanukkah Menorah)
Silver Repoussé on Copper
Late 19th Century
Europe
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
Gates of the Kol Ami Museum
Henri Nehemiah Azaz
b.1923, Germany
Israeli
Wrought iron doors representing
an alphabetical acrostic piyyut which is part of the morning recitation of the Shema
1962
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus
(currently in storage)
Miniature of European-style Synagogue
Created by Herman Kasindorf at age 82
1972 – 1973
USA
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tolin
(currently on display in the School Wing)
Young Rabbi from N., circa 1910
After Isidor Kaufmann (1853 – 1921), Austria
Copy after the original, currently at the
Tate Gallery, London
Gift of Maurice and Badona Spertus