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Photograph: Wooden synagogue. European Jews

Title:

Photograph: Wooden synagogue

Ethnic groups:

European Jews

Territory:

Southwestern Krai, Podolia province, Ushitsky district, Shtetl of Zamehov

Date:

1912-1914s

Collectors-person:
Photographer:
Yudovin S. B.
Photographic process:

Gelatin silver printing with chemical development (DOP)

Dimensions:

11,6 x 16,9

Number:

РЭМ 4997-11

Annotation:

Jewish ethnographic expedition of S. A. An-sky. Synagogue: Jewish house of prayer, spiritual and administrative center of a Jewish community. The synagogue combined ritual, managerial, and educational functions; it hosted public prayers and study of sacred texts, religious rites, and meetings of the community's administration and courts; often, spaces for ritual immersion (mikvah) and schools for children (cheders and Talmud Torahs were also provided in synagogues. Some synagogues had special spaces for visitors.

Ethnical annotation:

בית הכנסת מעץ. מחוז פודולסק, אוייזד אושיצקי, עיירה יהודית זמחוב. יהודים אירופאים. המשלחת האתנוגרפית היהודית של ס'.א'. אנ-סקי צלם - יודובין ס'.ב'. 1912-1914. תמונה מודפסת.