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הארכיון המרכזי לתולדות העם היהודי ירושלים חל"צ (אמת"י)

Selected Illustrations

See some selected illustrations here. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge and enter gallery. Gallery also contains image descriptions.

New Years greeting sent from Jerusalem to Safed, 1930
Confirmation of the coat of arms granted to Dr. Moritz Moskovitz de Zempleni (Hungary), 1867
Seal of the Stargard (Germany) community elders, 1817
Seal of the Guestrow (Germany) community elders, 1828
Letter of thanks from the Siebenbuergen "Kollel" and the "Menachem Zion" prayer house of Safed to Chaim Klein of Petrosani, 1908
"Memorbuch" from Nové Mesto na Vlahu in Czechoslovakia, 1844
Torah breastplate from Gerolzhofen, Germany (from the Harburger collection)
Postcard from a rabbinical conference, Cracow (Poland), 1903
Postcard from a rabbinical conference, Cracow (Poland)
Postcard from a rabbinical conference, Cracow (Poland)
Switzerland, medical treatment, 1950's (from the OSE photo collection)
OSE dispensaries, Tunisia, 1950's, (from the OSE photo collection)
Children's home in Italy 1950's(from the OSE photo collection)
Nursing students starting a morning's work in the Mahalleh, Iran 1966 (from the OSE photo collection)
Construction of the new synagogue in Mainz, Germany, 1912
OSE Mobile dental unit, Mexico (from the OSE photo collection)
Yiddish writers (mid 1940's), among them Bergelson, Fefer, Markish, who were executed in Aug. 1952 by Josef Stalin
Stamp of Perets Markish, yiddish writer, executed in Aug. 1952 by Josef Stalin
Imperial license to import Etrogim from Italy for Sukkot, Hamburg 1696 (parchment, Latin)
Invitation to a Hadassah Sabbath with Ms. Affachiner, the first National Field Secretary of Hadassah, 1926
Jewish life in Poland at the beginning of the 20th c.
Minute book of the burial society, Izmir, Turkey, 1777-1948
Clinic of Dr. Moses Erlanger in Jerusalem, 1910
The sale of a house belonging to the "Etz Haim" yeshiva and dedication of the income to the yeshiva, Jerusalem, 1863
Army medals from WW I (from the Paul Lazarus collection)
Rosh Hashana greeting card
Military chaplain Dr. Wilde with German "Armee-Ober-Kommando IV" in Flandern, Germany, 1918
The archives in the snow
Certificate of inheritance, Meknes, Morocco, 1927
כרזת בחירות לקהילת ברלין, 1930
Ketubah, Bander (Iran), 1882
Jewish service in the field during WWI (from the Aron Taenzer collection)
"Memorbuch" of the Jewish Community of Schwarza (Germany), 1767
President Yitzchak Navon visiting the JCA exhibition in Jerusalem commemorating Baron Maurice de Hirsch
From the OSE photo collection. Boy lighting Hanukkah candles in an OSE home
Pinkas of the Chevra Kadisha in Tura Luka, Slovakia, 1899
"Memorbuch" of the community, Arnswalde (Germany), after 1740
Planting trees in front of the ORT school in Teheran in honor of Tu b'Shvat
Purim in Casablanca, Morocco, 1950's (from the OSE photo collection)
Children's home in Italy 1950's (from the OSE photo collection)
Pinkas of the Chevra Kadisha in Tura Luka, Slovakia, 1899
Ketuba from Itacutiara, Brazil, 1901
Confirmation of the Salvador family coat of arms in 1745. Copied from the records of the College of Arms, London, 1821
Selected Illustrations
Seal of the Rabbi of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Germany), 1836
Minute book of the Talmud Torah Society, Riga, Latvia, 1867-1959
Purim in Jerusalem, 1927 (from Dolzhansky' archives)
"Memorbuch" of the community, Arnswalde (Germany), after 1740
Ketubah, Istanbul (Turkey), 1862
A child in Morocco, 1950's, Day Nursery (from the OSE photo collection)
Chanukah menorah from Munich, photographed by Theodor Harburger in 1927
Esther scroll for Purim from Munich, photographed by Theodor Harburger
Seder plate (from the Harburger photo collection)
From the OSE France collection
A resident of an old age home in Casablanca, 1963/64 (from the OSE photo collection)
Curtain for the ark (Parochet) in Sulzbach, Germany (from the Harburger collection)
Minute book of the Talmud Torah Society, Riga (Latvia),1867 - 1959
The Day Care Centre for the Aged in Bombay, (from the OSE photo collection)
Document of appreciation granted to Ignatz Deutsch by the "Kollel Prushim", Jerusalem, 1854
Plan of the the "Unión Israelita Argentina" synagogue, Buenos Aires, 1905
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