Object Details
- Description
- Made in Wenkheim, Germany, this silk Torah mantle was brought to San Francisco by Jewish immigrants during the California gold rush and presented to Congregation Emanu-El. Founded in 1850, Emanu-El (Hebrew for "God is with us") was one of the first synagogues in San Francisco. It provided a spiritual and social community for German and central European Jews who came to California in search of economic opportunities and political freedom.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco), 1987
- 1785 - 1786
- ID Number
- 1988.0183.001
- accession number
- 1988.0183
- catalog number
- 1988.0183.001
- Object Name
- cover
- mantle, Torah
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- silk (overall material)
- linen (overall material)
- metallic thread (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 34 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 86.995 cm x 39.37 cm x 3.4925 cm
- Place Made
- Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Wenkheim
- Related Publication
- Grossman, Grace Cohen, with Richard Eighme Ahlborn. Judaica at the Smithsonian: Cultural Politics as Cultural Model
- Myers, Susan H.. Promise of A New Life: Jewish Immigrants in America, 1820-1880, The
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Religion
- National Treasures exhibit
- Religion
- National Museum of American History
- religion association
- Judaism
- Subject
- Immigration
- Migration
- Gold Rush
- related event
- California Gold Rush
- Record ID
- nmah_683368
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9ac5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
