Judaica

Boston museum pays $500K for rare Torah ornaments

The high price reflects their “rarity, beauty and the level of craftsmanship.”

How this pristine 15th-century Hebrew Bible survived the Inquisition

For centuries, librarians at Portugal's University of Coimbra library hid Jewish texts from Catholic fanatics and censors.

Dutch war hero’s family sells Hanukkah lamp for record $440,000

The 270-year-old menorah belonging to the family of Dutch Jewish resistance fighter George Maduro was sold in The Hague for 30 times more than its estimated worth.

United States

4 stolen Torahs mysteriously returned to Brooklyn synagogue

Global

After 50 years, Judaica damaged in Florence flood restored, exhibited

Global

Scottish rabbi hawks ‘kosher’ tartan celebrating Scottish, Jewish heritage

United States

16th-century Talmud sells for record $9.3 million

United States

Judaica store manager assaulted outside Manhattan shop

Global

Judaica studio Mi Polin casts Polish Jewish history in bronze

Culture

At European art fair, collectors increasingly seek Jewish objects

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