Julie-Marthe Cohen, Curator of Cultural History at the Jewish Historical Museum of Amsterdam will speak about how Jewish ritual textiles represent a rich cultural and social historical source when studied beyond their physical appearance, illustrating this by showing a number of Dutch Jewish textiles of the collection of the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam. Amsterdam Portuguese Jewish Torah mantles, for example, display a unique form, which not only clearly differs from that of other Dutch Ashkenazi Torah mantles, but reveal specific deeper cultural meanings . This will be a virtual (Zoom) event only.