Interior of a Synagogue in Safed

Chagall visited Israel eight times, frequently in connection with monumental projects in Jerusalem, such as his twelve stained-glass windows for the synagogue of the Hadassah hospital (1960–62) and his large tapestries and floor and wall mosaics for the Knesset building (1965–69). According to the artist, however, it was his first visit, made in 1931 with his wife, Bella, and young daughter, Ida, …