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Silver kiddush cups of Caspary family [LCID: 200210aw]
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Silver kiddush cups of Caspary family

Goblets used in Shanghai by the Caspary family for blessings (Kiddush) over wine on the Sabbath or Jewish holidays. The Orthodox Casparys ran a kosher restaurant frequented by yeshiva students from Poland. [From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue.]

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Shanghai Judaism China refugees
  • Gift of Zalcgendler Family
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections

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