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מוצג מיוחד לציון שנה לשבעה באוקטובר בתצוגת האגף לאמנות ותרבות יהודית

A Time to Remember

Special Display marking a year to the October 7 attack

  • Date iconSeptember 1 2024
  • Curators: Miki Joelson, Gioia Perugia, Sharon Weiser-Ferguson
  • Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Wing for Jewish Art and Life

On Simhat Torah, the 7th of October 2023, our world was turned upside down. To mark one year of mourning the victims of the massacre and the fallen soldiers, and to express our fervent prayer for the return of all the hostages, we have installed in our galleries several works that resonate with this theme: the Mourning Necklace and candlesticks “In Memory of the Destruction of the Temple” in the Simhat Torah display, the Redemption of Captives charity box alongside contemporary items expressing solidarity with the hostages in the synagogue from Suriname, and the video work Mizrah together with Remembrance pins in the display devoted to Tish’ah be-Av.

Among the participating artists: Shaul Cohen, Anat Golan, Ken Goldman, Einat Leader, and Zelig Segal.

 

Dam Hamaccabim (“Blood of the Maccabees”) pin
Israel, 2018
Dried flower, metal
Made by Dam Hamaccabim Project
Gift of Yair, Sharon, and Ori Shapira, in memory of Yair Zur, Neve Eitan
Photo: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Zohar Shemesh
Einat Leader, Israeli, born 1966
Memorial candle brooch, 2017
Stainless steel, silver, matches, candle, paper
Purchase, Katharine Sonneborn Falk Fund for Modern Judaica
Photo: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Zohar Shemesh
Zelig Segal, Israeli, 1933–2015
“In Memory of the Destruction of the Temple” Sabbath candlesticks, 1988
Silver, bent and spun
Purchase, Eric Estorick Fund
Photo: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Nahum Slapak
Ken Goldman, Israeli, born USA 1960
Mizrah, 2015
Video, iPad and cut Perspex
Purchase, Katharine Sonneborn Falk Fund for Modern Judaica
Photo: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem by Zohar Shemesh
Anat Golan, Israeli, born 1983
Keep It Light mourning necklace, 2017
Ready-made printed tin from memorial candle cups; cut, punched, filled with paraffin wax, and stringed on cotton thread
Gift from the Engelberg-Spera family, Austria
Photo: Anat Golan
Museum Admission Tickets