Catalogue: Bezalel Exposition of Jewish Arts and Crafts from Jerusalem.

SCHATZ, BORIS.

Samuels

Cincinnati

1914

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With detailed listing of events held during the course of this exhibition from March 5th-11th. Includes many names of honorees. In 1914, Schatz left Jerusalem to tour the United States, bringing with him a traveling exposition of works from the Bezalel School, which were exhibited in New York and Cincinnati. The tour was a resounding success. In Schatz’s words: “Not with the sword, nor with fire, but with the spirit can we win out our rights; only by our spiritual creativeness and with culture can we gain recognition of cultured people. Bezalel is a part of our culture, it is the only Jewish art school in the world and it is the property of the entire Jewish people. These are the things and many more, which American Jews found in Bezalel…I take the privilege here and now, to convey to all of them my deepest gratitude for the splendid support they rendered to Bezalel.” See Israel Museum Catalogue, Bezalel, p. 327.