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by Sybil Zimmerman
Israel Digest
What would be your reaction if
you were to find some Bedouin
beads, a Persian pendant or a
Moroccan amulet? If you were
Sarah Einstein, formerly of New
York but in Israel since 1973, you
would be very excited. Almost
since her arrival, Sarah has been
collecting and acquiring old pieces
of jewelry and redesigning them
with a fashionable look which is
attractive to the woman of today.
Sarah's jewelry is carried
primarily by Maskil and other
exclusive shops. Attached to each
piece is a silver or bronze charm
with her initials, a shin and an
aleph, as a mark of distinction.
“Finding these materials is like
digging up a small part of the
history of the Jewish people. These
pieces were handmade by
craftsmen as a labor of love. They
could come from any part of the
Jewish world but they have all
found their way to Israel. That's
why they symbolize, to me
personally, a kind of ingathering of
the exiles. When people buy these
pieces, even though they have been
reworked to fit more modern
styles, they are buying a small part
of the history of Israel.”
Sarah makes earrings and
necklaces as well as pendants. She
hunts the bazaars in the Old City
of Jerusalem for pieces of Bedouin
silver, amber amulets or actual old
jewelry. She then takes them back
to her home, and, working with her
assortment of beads, chains and
other miscellaneous bits and
pieces, she slowly and laboriously
begins to create a new piece. “I try
to preserve their authenticity by
recreating the style and period
from which they originally came. I
give old jewelry a modern look
without taking away the history. I
also do research, and consult
books to make sure that my
designs are authentic.”
When Sarah sells her jewelry
privately, she is able to give the
customer a card explaining the
history and origin of the pieces as
far as she can tell. At one point, she
took a job selling jewelry in a shop
which carried her jewelry and
other genuine antique pieces so she
could leant how to choose pieces of
good quality and how to
distinguish between copies and
real antique pieces.
“Once in a while you find real
old amulets, spice holders or other
very old pieces. But there are lots
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Sarah Einstein demonstrates one of her creations.
of copies. After all, how many
original old things can there be?"
The greatest problem Sarah has
is finding authentic pieces. “Fewer
and fewer pieces are finding their
way to Israel. Sometimes it is very
painful to sell a necklace which has
a particular piece because you
know you might never find
another piece like it again.”
One of the most interesting
pieces Sarah has found was a copy
of an amulet with Hebrew letters
engraved on it that no one could
read. “We discovered that when
someone was going on a voyage, it
was customary to give them an
amulet for good luck. Often the
craftsman couldn’t read; all he
knew was words from the Bible. So
he would pick letters at random
without meaning and engrave
them upon the amulet.”
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