The Planning for the Project Entitled Textiles in Jewish Life: The Old and the New

FAIN: GM-10421-74

Jewish Museum (New York, NY 10128-0118)
Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson (Project Director: February 1975 to present)

To present a major exhibition of Jewish ceremonial texiles used in the synagogue and at home. This Jewish art form is significant for its unique integration of Jewish symbols with various national and cultural art styles and because it is an untapped source of information recording Jewish community life, culture and socio-economic status over many centuries.