Exhibitions

The Max Stern Collection of Judaica

May 9, 2006 - January 28, 2007
Mezzanine Gallery

Motivated by his desire to preserve a Jewish heritage devastated by the Holocaust, Max Stern, founder of Hartz Mountain pet products, built a collection of over 400 Judaica items. Many pieces originally came from famous collections, including the Zagayski, Feinberg and Davidowitz Collections. This selected exhibition includes a variety of ceremonial metalwork and textiles dating from the 17th century to the present, created in North Africa, Europe, Iran, Galicia and Turkey.

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Hanukkah lamp. Austria-Hungary ca. 1740-50 (?). Mastermark: Eb Silver: repoussé, engraved. Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, The Max Stern Collection.
Etrog container. Augsburg, 1625. Maker: Gabriel Schmidt, 1579-1642 Silver: repoussé, partly gilt. Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, The Max Stern Collection.
Hanukkah lamp. Germany ca. 1750. Maker: Benjamin Hentsche Silver: repoussé, pierced, punched. Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, The Max Stern Collection.
Torah binder. Italy, 1602. Linen, silk embroidery. Collection of Yeshiva University Museum, The Max Stern Collection.