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Forms Serving Functions: Coins and Medals as Judaica – In-Person Event
Numismatic imagery has mirrored and illuminated many facets of Jewish culture for centuries. The current Center for Jewish History exhibition, Jewry Reflected, Refracted, and Recorded on Medals, and this presentation based on it, highlight the wide variety of forms and functions that Jewish coins, tokens, and medals have assumed over the centuries. Having served as active agents, as actual participants, in the religious and social lives of Jewish people both in the Holy Land and in the Diaspora, they incorporate and constitute material evidence of past Jewish experience.
About the Speaker
Ira Rezak is a retired physician and educator who has studied and collected Judaica for many years. An Emeritus Professor at Stony Brook University, he serves as president of the Harry G. Friedman Society.
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