{"id":2524,"date":"2019-07-30T12:52:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T16:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/?p=2524"},"modified":"2019-07-30T13:00:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T17:00:58","slug":"jewish-treasures-from-medieval-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/jewish-treasures-from-medieval-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Treasures from Medieval France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2019\/colmar-treasure-medieval-jewish-legacy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2527\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2019\/07\/Colmar-Treasure.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1438\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2019\/07\/Colmar-Treasure.png 1438w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2019\/07\/Colmar-Treasure-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2019\/07\/Colmar-Treasure-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2019\/07\/Colmar-Treasure-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/files\/2019\/07\/Colmar-Treasure-500x266.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1438px) 100vw, 1438px\" \/><\/a>The Metropolitan Museum Cloisters in New York City has an exhibit \u201cThe Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy\u201d until January 12, 2020. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2019\/colmar-treasure-medieval-jewish-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2019\/colmar-treasure-medieval-jewish-legacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Jewish Week<\/em> has a special report by Diane Cole, which you can read at <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishweek.timesofisrael.com\/jewels-give-voice-to-a-lost-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jewishweek.timesofisrael.com\/jewels-give-voice-to-a-lost-community\/<\/a>. In <em>The Wall Street Journal, <\/em>Susan Delson described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hidden-treasures-from-the-middle-ages-11563468972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Hidden Treasures from the Middle Ages<\/em><\/a> with a reproduction of a page from a 14<sup>th<\/sup> century Jewish prayer book. The major collection of hidden jewels and coins was discovered in 1863. In addition, \u201cresearch in the Colmar municipal library recently yielded another hidden treasure: fragments of Hebrew manuscripts that were later incorporated into the bindings of other books.\u201d Several of these pages are among the pictures on the Cloisters\u2019 website.<\/p>\n<p>As we strive to promote understanding and harmony between Jews and their neighbors today, we appreciate the poignant reminders of the past and its burdens of persecution and suffering. May the principle of the Golden Rule be effective for a better future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Metropolitan Museum Cloisters in New York City has an exhibit \u201cThe Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy\u201d until January 12, 2020. See www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2019\/colmar-treasure-medieval-jewish-legacy. The Jewish Week has a special report by Diane Cole, which you can read at jewishweek.timesofisrael.com\/jewels-give-voice-to-a-lost-community\/. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/jewish-treasures-from-medieval-france\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524\/revisions\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/lawrencefrizzell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}