The external appearance of Jews throughout the world evinces the constant tension between segregation and integration that has always characterized Jewish existence in the Diaspora. From the eighth century on in many Islamic countries, and later in Christian Europe until the modern era, Jews had to be recognized by their external appearance, and governmental restrictive decrees were issued in order to maintain this distinction.

Collection: Images, Multimedia, Texts

Project: 10. Churches and religions in Europe.

Chronology: 8th - 20th century

Scope: Secondary Education, Higher Education

Link: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/FwXh-9RCgNvsIQ

Resource type: Exhibition

Format: Images|Texts|Multimedia

Source: The Israel Museum

Language: English

Date: 8th - 20th century

Owner: Filippo Galletti (Modernalia)

Copyright: Isreal Museum. Chief Curator: The Jack, Joseph, & Morton Mandel Wing for Jewish Art and Life: Daisy Raccah-Djivre. Curators: No'am Bar'am-Ben Yossef, and Efrat Assaf-Shapira

Abstract: Costume from the collection of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem