Exhibition

Belief and Ritual

Permanent

This gallery examines the foundations of Judaism – the enduring religious beliefs and traditions that have bound us together for 4,000 years.

Structured like a synagogue with the bimah or alter facing towards Jerusalem, it brings to life Jewish rituals from birth to death and everything in between.

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Image Gallery

Sefer Torah scroll with mantle

c. 1939, Poland
Parchment, ink, wool and silk
Scroll (rolled) 36.5 x 15 cm, mantle 27 x 18 cm, binder 110 x 3.5 cm
Jewish Museum of Australia Collection 1480

Tefillah

Parchment, leather, lacquer
2.2 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Jewish Museum of Australia Collection 1204.6

Milch and Fleish

Germany, date unknown
cotton
Jewish Museum of Australia Collection 11069

Memory Container II

Leah Teschendorff, gold and silversmith
Victoria, 1999
Steel and silver, 9.5 x 6 x 6 cm
Jewish Museum of Australia Collection 9004

Amulet holder

1910
Silver, 1 x 10 x 13.5 cm
Jewish Museum of Australia Collection 154

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We acknowledge the first storytellers and their diverse Indigenous cultures across what is now called Australia. At the Jewish Museum, we share our stories on the lands of the Bunurong people and pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their Elders, past and present.