Miriam Cup. Marian Slepian. 2000.
Silver with cloisonné enamel.
Dorothy Garfunkel Baker Fine Arts Fund.

The Miriam Cup is placed on the seder table to symbolize Miriam’s importance as a source of sustenance and spirit for the Jewish people. The cup represents Miriam’s Well, which, according to the Midrash, accompanied the Israelites throughout their wanderings in the desert. The Temple purchased this Miriam Cup from The Temple exhibit, Beautifying Torah and Contemporary Ritual Art, in 2001

Judith Liberman Wall Hangings at The Temple - Tifereth Israel

CROSS

Maps of the Holocaust 1996

Artist: Judith Weinshall Liberman

The layout of the six Nazi death camps – Auschwitz, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek, Sobibor and Treblinka – is presented in this wall hanging in the form of a cross. The image of the cross begs the question: Where was God during the Holocaust?

ID

Artist: Judith Weinshall Liberman

In this work, a self-portrait of the artist appears on an identification card similar to those which Jews had to bear under the Nazis. The large red “J” on the left half of the document (standing for “Jude”, or “Jew”) and the added middle name “Sara” on the right identify the bearer of the document as a female Jew. Jewish males’ ID cards also bore the letter “J” but had “Israel” added as a middle name.