The mobile exhibition
"How Goodly Are Thy Tents, O Jacob...Wall paintings in Bukovinian Synagogues"

The exhibition was prepared by the Chernivtsi Museum of Bukovynian Jewish History and Culture within the framework of the project "Wall paintings in Bukovynian synagogues: rediscovering the old Jewish tradition", which had been realizing during the period of 2015-2016. The main goal of the project was to acquaint more people in Chernivtsi, in Ukraine and from abroad with the examples of the wall paintings in the synagogues, which are preserved in the historical region of Bukovyna. The museum with the help of this project tries to attract attention of those, on whom it depends, to take measures in order to save the wall paintings. In that, many of them or the buildings, where they are drawn, are in danger to be ruined.
The exhibition and the exhibition catalog with the same title were presented in Chernivtsi and Kharkiv in September - November 2016. The exhibition was held from the 2nd till the 17th of October in Chernivtsi in the gallery "SweetArt-Znannia". The officials of the city and the region, representatives of the local Jewish community and Jewish organizations from Kyiv and Bucharest, Consulate General of Romania, the honorary consul of the Republic of Austria, scholars, experts and connoisseurs of art and a lot of citizens and guests of Chernivtsi. The exhibition was held in Kharkiv from the 20th of October till the 15th of November in the hall of the Jewish center "Beit Dan". Besides numerous visitors and center employees, also the representatives of The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and others Jewish organizations, and the University administration of Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts and creative intellectuals took part in the opening of the exhibition.
Altogether in both cities the exhibition was attended by around 3 thousand people.
The photos made during the opening of the exhibition in both above mentioned cities also images of the exhibition stands and of the catalog are given below.

"How Goodly Are Thy Tents, O Jacob..." Wall Paintings in Bukovinian Synagogues. Catalogue of the Exhibition / edited by Mykola Kuschnir, Eugeny Kotlyar, Anna Yamchuk. - Chernivtsi-Kyiv: The Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews, "DUH-I-LITERA, 2016. - 172 pp., 133 figs.

The catalogue presents the materials of a photographic exhibition dedicated to the wall paintings of eight synagogues located in the Northern (Ukrainian) and Southern (Romanian) Bukovinian region. The catalogue features analytical articles, historical reviews and recent photographs with descriptions and explanations, as well as graphic reconstructions.
They shape a holistic view of the eastern European tradition of synagogue wall painting and its regional peculiarities. An in-depth analysis of the iconography, semantics and artistic approaches to traditional motifs enables the reader to realise the profound spiritual content and social value of the cultural heritage of Eastern European Jewry largely lost during Holocaust and as a result of policies of the post-war authoritarian regimes.