Portrait of a People

Jewish heritage at the Grad Library

by Laura Bien

posted 4/1/2005

Cloves. The sharp brown smell lingers in the dainty silver spice box, resembling a cross between a pagoda and a chalice, and is released when event coordinator Harriet Teller unlatches the tiny door for a sniff. Like this vessel emanating the enduring fragrance of its history, other items in the exhibit — an ivory-plated prayer book, an embroidered matzo

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