Archive of Objects of the Month
2004
July - Laces on Synagogue Textiles
August - Item from the Old Jewish Museum in Prague
September - Rabbi Loew Cup
October - Etrog dish
November - Torah mantle
December - Hanukkah lamp with the images of Moses and Aaron on either side
2005
January - Torah Shield
February - Torah shield with the images of Moses and Aaron
March - Torah Mantle of Mordecai Maisel
April - Seder Plate
May - Pendant with engraved letters “EHA”
June - Picture for the Shavuot festival
July - Max Liebermann, Gartenlokal an der Havel, c. 1933
August - Shiviti with Daily Psalms
September - ANNIVERSARY: The Prague publisher Jakob B. Brandeis
October - Georg Jilovsky: Prague painter and graphic artist
November - Salomon Hugo Lieben
December - Robert Guttmann: Kindling the Hanukkah Lights
2006
January - Václav Kejmar: Portrait of Composer Jaromír Weinberger
February - Jewish National Fund Certificate
March - Writer Oscar Baum – death anniversary
April - Wedding plate, 1842
May - Ferdinand Schmutzer - Portrait of Sigmund Freud
June - Václav Popelík: Commemoration of the Old Jewish Cemetery and its Surroundings
July - Scroll of Esther in a case
August - Anonymous: Portrait of Rabbi Salomon Winter
September - Bedřich Fritta (1906-1944): Makeshift Barracks (An Evening in the Barracks)
October - Whip used on Yom Kippur
November - Torah binder
December - Porcelain Hanukkah lamp
2007
January - Robert Piesen: Portrait of Pavla Mautnerová (b. 1919)
February - Karel Fleischmann: Registration of People Waiting for Deportation
March - Dezider (Dudy) Salomon: Purim Mask with the Text of the Yiddish Song ‘A gutn purim, malech’
April - Pesach cup
May - Goods tram in the Lodz ghetto, ID card of Dr. Pavel Eckstein
June - Otto Gutfreund: Feather Strippers
July - Mementoes from the Terezín ghetto: Toy doll
August - Holy Scripture from the collections of the Central Jewish Museum (1942–1945)
September - Shell with Rosh Hashanah greetings
October - Ignác Porges: Portrait of Chief Rabbi of Prague Solomon Judah Löb Rapoport
November - Tefillin bag, a relic from the Patria disaster
December - Friedrich Feigl: King David Street in Jerusalem, 1933
2008
January - Jewish National Fund Alms Box
February - Pavel Hrach, Václav Fajt: Miniature sheet and stamp featuring the drawing Moonscape by Petr Ginz
March - Set of adornments for a Torah scroll
April - Seder plate with an illustration of the song Chad Gadya
May - Torah shield, a copy of which was presented to Israeli President Herzog
June - Synagogue Cushion with the Motif of the 10th Anniversary of the Foundation of the State of Israel
July - Flowers and Views of the Holy Land
August - Decorative wall panel – Jews Praying at the Western Wall
September - Anonymous author: Fragment of a New Year’s Greetings Card
October - Habonim Flag
November - Copy of an ancient shekel and a present-day coin
December - Alms box for the poor in the Holy Land
2009
January - Wine Carafe
February - Chain worn by the shames of Vinohrady Synagogue
March - The Terezín Family Camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau
April - Case for dowry cash
June - Model for the Rabbi Loew Monument at the New Town Hall, 1910
July - Ladislav Šaloun (1870, Prague – 1946, Prague) Model for the Rabbi Loew Monument at the New Town Hall, 1910,
August - Commemorative coin for the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Loew
September - Hazkarah (memorial prayer) for Rabbi Loew and his wife Perle
October - Karel Zeman, Jaroslav Tvrdoň, Special Postage Stamp – Rabbi Judah Loew
November - Helga Hošková-Weissová (b. 1929) Girls’ Billets in Terezín before a Visit by the International Red Cross, Terezín, 1944
December - Master CS (Cyrillus Schillberger ?): Hanukkah Lamp, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1873
2010
January - Torah binder
February - Purim cups
March - Wildt Atelier, Oskar Baum at Work
April - Pesah Haggadah with illustrations by Otto Geismar
May - TerezĂn vase with a portrait of Theodor Herzl
June - Circumcision outfit of the composer Karel Reiner
July - Hermann Weiss, Jihlava: View of Mahler’s house on Znojemská Street in Jihlava, 1936
August - Commemorative coin for the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Loew
September - Hazkarah (memorial prayer) for Rabbi Loew and his wife Perle
October - Karel Zeman, Jaroslav Tvrdoň, Special Postage Stamp – Rabbi Judah Loew
November - Helga Hošková-Weissová (b. 1929) Girls’ Billets in Terezín before a Visit by the International Red Cross, Terezín, 1944
December - Master CS (Cyrillus Schillberger ?): Hanukkah Lamp, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire, 1873
2011
January - Carved Pointer
February - Author unknown: Rabbi and His Wife, ca. 1855
March - Anonymous: Micrography (Megillat Esther, chapters 1-6 and 6-9)
April - Leo Haas (1901-1983): Conversation, Vienna, 1925
May - Emil Orlik (1870-1932), Portrait of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Vienna, 1902
June - František Gellner (1881-1914): Ex libris (before 1914)
July - Bohumil Lonek (1903-1998): Portrait of Rudolf Slánský (1901-1952), 1951
August - Aron ha-kodesh from the synagogue in Dašice near Pardubice, East Bohemia, ca. 1822
September - Synagogue curtain from Kolín (1630), decorated using a rare textile method
October - Player piano roll on a spool (Inv. No. 179.622)
November - Synagogue curtain, inv. no. 020.221 Silk, passement (braiding), appliqué in metal and metal thread 2130 x 1700 mm
December - Eugen von Kahler (1882–1911) Self-Portrait, 1911 Oil on canvas, 105 x 60 cm
2012
January - Cinema advertisement of Rudolf Elsner, tradesman from Říčany by Prague, Bio-Reklama Slavia, Prague, Národní 21, year of production and display: 1926
February - Georges Kars (2 May 1880, Kralupy, Central Bohemia – 6 February 1945, Geneva, Switzerland) City Corner, 1906
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