Jewish Life In The Village Communities Of Southern Germany

On the cover: Detail of painted ceiling in the synagogue at Horb, near Bamberg, Southern Germany. Painted by Eliezer Sussman, 1735. Wood upper portion of Torah Ark wall and barrel vaulted ceiling decorated with polychrome paintings in floral motifs with imaginary animals and symbolic Jewish representations.On permanent loan to the Israel Museum by the city of Bamberg.