Record #:

8060

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The North Carolina Museum of Art is one of only two art museums in the country to have a permanent display of Jewish ceremonial art. The Judaic Art Gallery was founded by the late Dr. Abram Kanof. Among the items in the collection are ornaments that decorate the Torah and a rare late 18th-century silver Torah shield.

Source:

Preview (NoCar Oversize N 715 R2 A26), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 2006, p6-7, il

Subject(s):

Folk art, Jewish; North Carolina Museum of Art--Collections