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11 Jan
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Classic Board Games
On permanent exhibition at the Corning Museum of Glass is this Chess set featuring Jews vs Catholics. The set is by Gianni Toso from 1981.
You can see a closeup on pvanorden’s Flickr site. Interestingly, the Catholics have bigger noses than the Jews.
On the subject of Jewish-themed Chess, here’s one between two cute Hassidic dynasties from Lorna Sakalovsky.
And a set from the 1960s that features Jews from the Conservative movement.
And last, nothing to do with Jews, but a lovely wooden stepped Chess set.
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That Lorna Sakalovsky set rules! I hate Chess, but that is a thing of pure beauty! :)