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64 April 28  2016

arts & life

  collections

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64 April 28  2016

being prepared for the temple.

The oldest known yad, ornate and in 
silver, was crafted in Italy around 1488, 
according to Daniel Belasco, consulting 
curator as the collection launched. Polish 
Rabbi Moses ben Isserles (1520-1572) 
was the first to discuss pointers in rab-
binical literature.
Jay Barr donated two Torah pointers 
in the early 1990s as the action that set 
the example for his wife
s commitment. 
The yads, bought at auction at Sotheby
s, 
were given to Congregation Beth El 
in Norfolk; one was in memory of the 
couple
s mothers, and the other was in 
honor of cousins.
I grew up in a home filled with 
antiques and art, and I studied art his-
tory,
 says Barr, who has had committee 
affiliation at the Jewish Museum in New 
York and who has been asked to teach a 
course in the history of decorative arts 
by Old Dominion University.
I think my husband would be very 
pleased to be memorialized with Judaica, 
and I can
t resist collecting Judaica. I buy 
a Chanukiah every once in a while, and 
I also buy mezuzahs and kiddish cups. 
I probably have more than most people 
because I see beautiful things looking at 
auction catalogues and sites.

Barr, proud that one of the couple
s 

two daughters (Elana Baum) connects 
to religion as director of the Holocaust 
Commission of the United Jewish 
Federation of Tidewater in Virginia, now 
operates a New York-based business with 
a cousin  Missions Possible  which 
handles gifting, including Judaica, for 
individual and corporate customers. 
I
m always looking for great yads, and 
there
s no set pattern,
 Barr says. I feel 
I
m doing the right thing by my husband. 
I can
t do anything for him literally, but I 
can keep working to make this collection 
better and better.  
There are some yads commissioned 
and done by renowned artists; some I
ve 
seen at craft shows, and some have been 
found at jewelers. I
ve met with artists in 
Israel.
It took me 18 years to convince 
Albert Paley to make one; he usu-
ally makes huge pieces, but I wore him 
down,
 she says of the piece crafted of 
iron that has a stand.
Janet Strote, who co-chairs the Temple 
Israel museum initiative, thanks the 
volunteer corps who helped install the 
exhibit.
This is a connection with world 
Jewry,
 Strote says. I hope that people 
seeing the exhibit will be aware of the 
way Judaism and art go hand in hand.
 *

Clay Barr at home with some of her yads

The baluster shaft of this yad, acquired at 

auction, is inscribed, Presented by Felicie 

Kahn, July 20, 1886.

Barr, proud that one of the couples
way Judaism and art go hand in hand. *

The baluster shaft of this yad, acquired at

auction, is inscribed, Presented by Felicie

Kahn, July 20, 1886.


