RIMONIM

A Periodical of Jewish Art (in Hebrew)

 

Rimonim is the only periodical in the Hebrew language dedicated to Jewish art. It contains original studies on Jewish art and ethnography, which were originally published in this periodical, as well as selected articles from other publications that were translated into Hebrew. Rimonim is intended for use by Jewish artists and craftsmen as well as for teachers and students of Jewish culture who are interested in the information in the rich fields of Jewish art, folklore and ethnography.
Rimonim is published by the Society for Jewish Art, which was founded in 1979 to desseminate information on and promote the appreciation of Jewish art in Israel.

 

Rimonim 1 (1983)	Rimonim 2 (1985)	Rimonim 3 (1988)
Rimonim 4 (1995)	Rimonim 5 (1997)	Rimonim 6-7 (1999)

Other Hebrew Language Publications

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Rimonim 1 (1983)

Edited by Bezalel Narkiss

52 pages, 91 illustrations, 6 in color

Ziva Amishai-Maisels

Jacques Lipchitz and the Holocaust

Michael Levine

The Pyramid as a Means of Perpetuation - The Repetition of a Motif

Michel Garel

The Foa Bible

Bezalel Narkiss

Medieval Illuminated Haggadot

Chaya Benjamin

An Illustrated Esther Scroll and the Commedia dell'Arte

Elisheva Revel-Neher

Jewish Influences on Byzantine Iconography

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Rimonim 2 (1985)

Edited by Ziva Amishai-Maisels

40 pages, 69 illustrations

David Cassuto

The Scuola Grande Tedesca in the Venice Ghetto

Milly Heyd

Lillien and Beardsley: 'To the Pure all Things are Pure'

Avigdor W.G. Posèq

The "Binding of Isaac" in Beth Alpha and the Problem of Perspective in Ancient Jewish Art

Mordechai Narkiss

The Secret of a 15th Century Italian Niello Casket

Victor Klagsbald

An Ancient Torah Breastplate

 

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Rimonim 3 (1988)

This volume dedicated to King David's image in art

Edited by Bezalel Narkiss

64 pages, 81 illustrations

Andre Neher

"In Silence is Thy Praise"

Elisheva Revel-Neher

Jewish Prototypes in the Byzantine Iconography of David

Guy N. Deutsch

David Rending his Garment in Mourning of Saul's Death

Avigdor W.G. Posèq

"David and Goliath" in the work of Rembrandt and Salem Italia

Dalia Haitovsky

Andrea del Castagno's "David" - Sources, Significance and Later Influences

Iris Fishof

David Calling God in Distress

Mira Friedman

David and the Myth of Orpheus in Chagall's Work

 

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Rimonim 4 (1995)

This volume dedicated to Jewish culture in Spain and the Spanish Diaspora

Edited by Bezalel Narkiss

60 pages, 84 illustrations, 12 in color

This issue presents the wealth of Jewish culture in Spain and the Spanish Diaspora before and after the expulsion. Each article discusses the characteristic regional outlook, as well as the inspirational sources of the local artistic creations.
Spanish art was directly influenced by the customs of ancient Eretz Yisrael, from the local Muslim art of Spain and Egypt and from local Christian art. The art in the Spanish Diaspora was based on the art of the Iberian peninsula, as well as on regional sources, from Morocco, Italy, Eretz Yisrael and Surinam.

Gabrielle Sed-Rajna

"Toledo or Burgos?"

Leila Avrin

The Spanish Passover Plate in the Israel Museum - Genuine or Forgery?

Dalith Tahon

Tappuhim: Torah Finials from Morocco

Gnter Böhm

The Synagogues of Surinam

Evelyn Greenberg

Far from the Inquisition - To the End of the Jungle

Shalom Sabar

From Spain to Venice: The Exiles of Spain and the Beginning of Ketubbah Illustration in Italy

Jonathan Benjamin

"As God's Garden Flourishes" - Illustrated Ketubbot from Eretz Israel

Esther Juhasz

The Custom of Serving Sweets among the Jews of Izmir

 

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Rimonim 5 (1997)

Birth, Childhood and Bar Mitzvah in the Art and Tradition of Jewish Communities

Edited by Shalom Sabar

109 pages, 112 illustrations, 57 in color

Avigdor Shinan

The Birth of Moses in View of Talmudic Sources

Sarit Shalev-Eyni

The Finding of Moses and the Rebirth of Pharoah's Daughter

Hagit Matras

Amulets for Childbirth and the Child in Jerusalem Today

Zanet Battinou

Circumcision Certificates from Greece

Natalia Berger

Circumcision Implements - Between Sacred Objects and Surgical Tools

Ruth Jacoby

The Relation between the Elijah's Chair and the Sandak's (Godfather's)Chair

Yemima Leben

Customs Pertaining to the Elijah's Chair in the Jewish Communities of Southern Tunisia

Joseph Gutman

Carrying the Torah Scroll Wimple to the Synagogue - A Unique Judeo-German Custom

Aviva Muller-Lancet

The Story of a Unique Yemenite Portable Leather Cradle

Shalom Sabar

The Bar Mitzvah Ceremony in the Tradition and Art of Jewish Communities

Michael Tal

The Mar'ot Ha-Sulam Synagogue of the Old Yishuv in Neveh Tzedek

Ora Schwartz-Be'eri

Ethiopian Attire as Historical and Cultural Documentation

David Cassuto

Was the Valencia Passover Plate Made before the Expulsion from Spain?

Leila Avrin

Response to David Cassuto

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Rimonim 6-7 (1999)

The Jewish Wedding in the Art and Tradition of Jewish Communites

Edited by Shalom Sabar

184 pages, 209 illustrations, 125 in color

Sarit Shalev-Eyni

"Come with Me from Lebanon My Bride"

Shalom Sabar

A Jewish Wedding in 18th Century San`a: The Story of the Ketubbot of the Al-Sheikh families - Between Tradition and Innovation.

Rachel Arbel

Georgian Ketubbot

Postcript: Nineteenth Century

Georgian Ketubbot in Eretz Israel

David Sperber

Some Marriage Customs in Jewish Art

Mira Friedman

Chagall`s Weddings

Chaya Friedberg

Wedding Pictures in the Work of Larry Rivers

Shlomit Steinberg

Bianca Eshel-Gershuni: Waking Up from the Dream of Love

Carmella Abder

Head Adornnent of the Habanic Bride in the 1960s in Israel: A Brige Between Past and Future

Ora Schwartz-Be`eri

Symbols, Tradition and Change - Gold Jewelry of Jewish Women in Kurdistan

Gila Pollack

The "Grooms` Canopy" in Sephardic and Oriental Congregations in Jerusalem

Dana Peleg

Images of the Self in the Pre-State Caricatures of Aryeh Navon

Daisy Raccah-Djivra

The Enigma of the Italian Wedding Riddle

Shalom Sabar

Wedding Scenes on German Tora Binders

Tami Traub-Ben Shalom

"The Wedding" by Oppenheim

Tanya Pogorelskaya

Love in the Jewish Tradition in the Pictures of Children of St.Peterburg

Aviva Muller-Lancett

"Returning the Crown to its Glory" - The Rehabilitation of the Jewish Bridal Crown from San`a

Ruth Yaari

The Bride`s Candels in the Yemenite Community

Ora Schvartz-Be`eri

The Yihud Corner in Kurdistan

Ora Shvartz-Be`eri

The Bridal Dowry of the Jews of Bukhara