Permanent Exhibition – Portrait and Book
In 2010, curator David Ben-Naim curated an exhibition titled "Portrait and Book": Litvinovsky – Portraits of Rabbis and a Display of Books Authored by Them.
The exhibition featured 12 portraits created by the artist Pinchas Litvinovsky (1894–1985). The paintings were printed as lithographs and silkscreens from a portfolio produced in Ein Hod in 1979.
Today, these rabbinical portraits are displayed on the entrance level of the Jewish Studies Library building and along the stairwell leading to the lower floor.
List of Works:
[a]. Portrait of Rabbi David Cohen ("The Nazir"). Born 1887, died 1972.
[b]. Portrait of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, son of Rabbi David Shlomo. Born 1863, died 1940.
[c]. Portrait of Rabbi Naphtali Zvi Judah Berlin (the Netziv). Born 1816, died 1893.
[d]. Portrait of Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Gevirtzman of Antwerp. Died 1973.
[e]. Portrait of Rabbi Shimon Nathan Nata, son of Rabbi David Zvi Shlomo of Lelov. Born in Safed 1870, died in Jerusalem 1930.
[f]. Portrait of Rabbi Kopel Charif (Mofet HaDor) .
[g]. Portrait of Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, son of Rabbi Zvi of Wodzislaw. Born 1767, died 1827.
[h]. Portrait of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer. Born 1795, died 1874.
[i]. Portrait of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch son of Yaakov Ashkenazi (the Chacham Zvi). Born 1660, died 1718.
[j]. Portrait of Rabbi David of Tolna, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl. Born 1808, died 1882.
[k]. Portrait of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (the Tzemach Tzedek), son of Rabbi Shalom Shachna and son-in-law of Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch. Born 1789, died 1866.
[l]. Portrait of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (the Alter Rebbe). Born 1745, died 1812.