New Visibility For Carolina Judaica Collection
Michael Kaminer Special To The Jewish Week Raleigh gallery will now be housed in slickly renovated North Carolina Museum of Art.Raleigh, N.C. — Outside its home state, the Judaica collection at the...
View ArticleKiddush Cups, Haggadahs Suddenly Chic? Major Museums Get Into Judaica
For years Jewish art museums have looked upon traditional Judaica with something approaching disdain. The rising profile of venues like The Jewish Museum and the San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish...
View ArticleMagnes Merger Has Its Costs
Eric Herschthal Staff Writer Partnership with UC-Berkeley seen mostly as a boon but questions linger about prized collection’s independence.The new home of the Magnes Collection for Jewish Art and...
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Freedom’s Bounty
Cool (and meaningful) gifts for Passover. Sandee Brawarsky Jewish Week Book Critic Wed, 03/13/2013 Celebrate freedom, the beginning of spring and the great joy of family and friends coming together in...
View ArticleSotheby's Says $8.5M Steinhardt Sale Was Biggest Judaica Auction Ever
JTA and Staff Report An auction of the 500-piece Judaica collection owned by philanthropist Michael Steinhardt was the "most valuable auction of Judaica ever held,"Sotheby's said. Monday's auction of...
View ArticleAn Expert's View On The Steinhardt Auction
Judaica collector Jonathan Greenstein discusses the record-setting $8.5 million Steinhardt auction at Sotheby's with The Jewish Week's Heather Robinson, and shows some of the treasures he...
View ArticleHigh Profile Art And Judaica At Sotheby’s
Each December (perhaps in time for holiday shopping?), Sotheby’s in New York presents its sales of ”Important Judaica” as well as “Israeli and International Art.”read more
View ArticleSurprises At The Sotheby’s Auctions
The results are in from last Tuesday’s auctions at Sotheby’s when the Upper East Side auction house held its annual December sales on Important Judaica and Israeli & International Art.read more
View ArticleChief Rabbi’s Historic Letter In New Hands
As reported last week, a 1954 handwritten letter from Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Herzog to the author of the book “Judaism in Islam” was offered at auction by Kestenbaum & Company. A private...
View ArticleThis Week: Rare Judaica At Rare Prices
Bibliophiles and collectors of Jewish texts have been prowling the precincts of Kestenbaum & Company these past days, covetously eyeing and reverently handling the rare items now on display and...
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