​THE MICHAEL KLEIN JUDAICA COLLECTION

THE MICHAEL KLEIN JUDAICA COLLECTION – CONGREGATION B’NAI JEHUDAH

LIVE FROM KANSAS CITY!

TJAA Zoom Program – January 22, 2023

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Enjoy a tour of the Michael Klein Collection, one of the largest Judaica collections with 767 objects and art works spanning centuries and continents. Learn about Jewish history, culture and rituals going back to the year 600 CE.

Tour guide: Abby Magarial, curator of the collection at 
Congregation B’nai Jehudah, Kansas City congregation

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Review of January’s Program on Zoom
Michael Klein Collection Judaica 
By:  Barbara Katz
 
Abby Magariel, curator of the Michael Klein Collection of Judaica at Temple B’nai Jehudah in Kansas City, gave a fascinating talk about some of the collection highlights in our January Meeting.  For example, the bottle is a 19th century Shabbat wine bottle from a Syrian community near Damascus.  The community is gone, but the bottle with Hebrew and Arabic inscriptions (and a stopper from England) has survived for over 100 years.
 
The silver Temple is an early 19th century Polish menorah of a Temple.  It is definitely a “show stopper.”  The amount of detail is amazing.
 
The  wedding ring was made in Germany in the 1700’s with a Temple or home on top.  The family was obviously wealthy – the 18-carat gold ring was hand-wrought and hand-carved.  The words “Mazel Tov” are on the top.  Early Jews weren’t allowed to join the metal-working guilds, and they either had to commission the work from a Christian or work independently.  At certain points, Jews were allowed to be part of guilds, and in Germany there was a metal guild headed by a female.