Torah Mantle
date: label: Date made
content: 1785 - 1786
notes: label: Description
content: Made in Wenkheim, Germany, this silk Torah mantle was brought to San Francisco by Jewish immigrants during the California gold rush and presented to Congregation Emanu-El. Founded in 1850, Emanu-El (Hebrew for "God is with us") was one of the first synagogues in San Francisco. It provided a spiritual and social community for German and central European Jews who came to California in search of economic opportunities and political freedom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Baden-Württemberg, Wenkheim
topic: label: religion association
content: Judaism
label: Subject
content: Immigration
label: Subject
content: Migration
label: Subject
content: Gold rush
label: related event
content: California Gold Rush
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content: Home and Community Life: Religion
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Religion
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Grossman, Grace Cohen, with Richard Eighme Ahlborn. Judaica at the Smithsonian: Cultural Politics as Cultural Model
label: Related Publication
content: Myers, Susan H.. Promise of A New Life: Jewish Immigrants in America, 1820-1880, The
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco), 1987
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0183.001
label: accession number
content: 1988.0183
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0183.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cover
label: Object Name
content: mantle, Torah
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metallic thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 86.995 cm x 39.37 cm x 3.4925 cm