Afterlife of the Sacred: Torah Scrolls on Display in Regional Holocaust Museums.
In this article we explore the curation and history of Torah scrolls on display at regional Holocaust museums in the United States in Atlanta, Skokie, Dallas, and Pittsburgh. Through a comparative analysis of four case studies, we interrogate a variety of Torah scroll installations across different...
| Publicado en: | Jewish Social Studies Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 176 - 220 |
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Fall2025
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