Judaism
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 200 objects related to Judaism. These date from the year 100 to the present. This collection represents both social and ritual practices and boasts rare and unusual items. The vast majority of the collection is comprised of artwork. Apart from two key pieces by the artist Dora Holzhandler, most of the work is directly associated with or painted by Jews who arrived in Scotland as refugees, either before or after the Holocaust. Other objects include metalwork, textiles, coins, paper cards, Torah scrolls, a Hebrew Bible, an Esther scroll, tefillin, talliths, a Havdalah spice tower, candlesticks, seder plates, mezuzahs, watercolours, etchings, prints and sculpture. Some artefacts, such as the coins, date as far back as the 1st century. However, much of the collection is made up of 20th century material originating from the Middle East, Europe, UK and Scotland. Additional material associated with the collection includes photographs and oral histories from the Jewish community in Glasgow.
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