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Obj. ID: 14223
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  Shiviti Plaque, Tel Aviv

© Center for Jewish Art, Photographer: Radovan, Zev, 2001
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Name/Title
Shiviti Plaque | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
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Date
1940s-1950s (?)
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Artist/ Maker
Schlesinger, Joseph (Publisher in Vienna and Pressburg) | Sinai, Publishing House in Tel Aviv
{"2756":"In 1939 Akiva Schlesinger, a great-great-grandson of Joseph Schlesinger, left Budapest and moved to Israel to open a branch of the Joseph Schlesinger Publishing House in Tel Aviv, changing its name to Sinai Publishing Company. The company focuses on the publication of religious books, mainly the scriptures and prayer books, with translations into a wide range of languages. It also acts as a distributor of books on Jewish subjects, as well as other Judaica items."}
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Ornamentation
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Sources

Rodov, Ilia M., "Hallucination Depicted: God’s Name on Shiviti Plates" in Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals: Encounters with Religion and Culture, eds. Paul van Geest, Marcel Poorthuis, Els Rose (Leuven, Peeters: 2017), 238-74., https://www.academia.edu/33738130/Ilia_M_Rodov_Hallucination_Depicted_God_s_Name_on_Shiviti_Plates_in_Sanctifying_Texts_Transforming_Rituals_Encounters_with_Religion_and_Culture_eds_Paul_van_Geest_Marcel_Poorthuis_Els_Rose_Leuven_Peeters_2017_238_74 (accessed October 8, 2024)
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