{"id":1334,"date":"2017-10-15T10:13:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T10:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2019-01-24T13:07:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T13:07:53","slug":"mst-tutor-rebecca-abrams-on-the-jewish-journey-4000-years-in-22-objects-in-the-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams on &#8220;The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects&#8221; in The Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?attachment_id=1261\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?fit=313%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"313,417\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2017-06-16 at 16.38.24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?fit=313%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-1261 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-16-at-16.38.24.jpg?resize=163%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a>MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams&#8217; article complementing her book, <em>The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects<\/em>, is in <em>The Observer<\/em> of 15th October 2017.<\/p>\n<p>From <em>The Observer<\/em> :<\/p>\n<div class=\"content__header tonal__header\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column u-cf\">\n<h1 class=\"content__headline\">\u2018<em>Like stars in a complex constellation, these objects convey the sweep of Jewish history\u2019<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tonal__standfirst u-cf\">\n<div class=\"gs-container\">\n<div class=\"content__main-column\">\n<div class=\"content__standfirst\" data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\"><em>A new book by Rebecca Abrams traces the journeys of the Jewish people through 22 objects in Oxford\u2019s Ashmolean Museum. Here, she tell us some of their stories<\/em>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\">Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2017\/oct\/15\/like-stars-complex-objects-jewish-history-ashmolean-museum-jewish-journey-rebecca-abrams\">the full article on <em>The Observer<\/em> website.<\/a><\/div>\n<div data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\"><\/div>\n<div data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-link-name=\"standfirst\" data-component=\"standfirst\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSt tutor Rebecca Abrams&#8217; article complementing her book, The Jewish Journey: 4,000 Years in 22 Objects, is in The Observer of 15th October 2017. 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