The JMG Collections

Include more than 10,000 original artifacts, which document the material evidence of 2,300 years of Jewish history and culture in Greece.

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Tik (Torah case) wrapper, wine red silk, gold brown silk centrepiece with gold embroidery in secondary use, with dedicatory strip in tablet weaving technique, donated by Judah Abraham Levy, Ioannina.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, faded blue cotton, wine red centrepiece with gold chain stitch embroidery in secondary use, with dedicatory strip in tablet weaving technique, donated by Hannah in memory of her husband Judah Abraham Russo, Ioannina.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, faded red cotton, wine red silk centrepiece with laid and couched gold embroidery in secondary use, with dedicatory strip in tablet weaving technique, donated by Simhah, wife of Jacob Moses Benjamin to the New Congregation, Ioannina.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, gold laid and couched embroidery on purple silk velvet, made from an Ottoman-style festive dress, used to decorate the Tik held by the Hatan Torah (Bridegroom of the Torah), rear side detail.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, gold laid and couched embroidery on purple silk velvet, made from an Ottoman-style festive dress, used to decorate the Tik held by the Hatan Torah (Bridegroom of the Torah), rear side detail.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, gold laid and couched embroidery on purple silk velvet, made from an Ottoman-style festive dress, used to decorate the Tik held by the Hatan Torah (Bridegroom of the Torah), front side detail.

Centrepiece of Tik (Torah case) wrapper, cream linen with gold floral embroidery in repeated floral pattern, in secondary use.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, dark red velvet with gold embroidery around the edges and at the corners, central motif of the Tablets of the Covenant, dedicated by Leah i.m. of her husband Joshua Samuel Halevy and her son Elijah at Hoshana Rabba to Old Congregation, Ioannina.

Reader's desk cover, dark red velvet, made from a cushion cover or tablecloth, gold embroidery with repeating bunches and rows of lappets at the narrow sides, gold embroidered dedicatory inscription, donated by Miriam in memory of Abraham Amon and Eliyah (?) to the Large Congregation, Trikala.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, cherry red silk brocade, salmon silk borders, decorated with fringe trim.

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, gold laid and couched embroidery on purple silk velvet, made from an Ottoman-style festive dress, used to decorate the Tik held by the Hatan Torah (Bridegroom of the Torah).

Tik (Torah case) wrapper, gold embroidered red silk, dedicated to the Candia Congregation (Venetian Herakleion), Crete, by Miss Bona Elhai.

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