"Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur"
An 1878 painting by Maurycy Gottlieb depicting Ashkenazi Jews praying
in the synagogue on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.
Traditional elements shown include tallit, the torah, kippot and the
separation of men and women in the synagogue. The artist has painted
himself among the people of his hometown of Drohobych.
Painting by Maurycy Gottlieb
Candidate, Picture of the Year 2006
1680 x 1050
Original at Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Desktop image created from Wikimedia Commons image
VeriNav 25 months ago | reply
Credit: Published under the Creative Commons License from Flickr by Chris Yunker
Trodel 22 months ago | reply
@VeriNav - not sure what your comment means - did you publish it somewhere else under the cc license? - if so can you include a link? Thanks - Jim