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Jewish History: The Big Picture (Books)

This lively and accessible volume presents the full range of Jewish history, from biblical to contemporary times. Adapted from the two-volume award-winning work, The History ...

Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago

Excerpt: PICTURES OF JEWISH HOME-LIFE FIFTY YEARS AGO By HANNAH TRAGER Author of Stories of Child-Life in Palestine Festival Stories of Child-Life in Palestine Pioneers in Palestine WITH A PREFATORY LETTER BY LEO JUNG WITH FOUR PLATES AND A GLOSSARY NEW YORK BLOCH PUBLISHING CO., Inc. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE STANHOPE PRESS, LTD. ROCHESTER FOREWORD My dear Mrs. Trager, It gives me great pleasure to write a preface to your new book. I consider it a real privilege, since it represents the fulfilment of

Faith & Fate - Dawn of the Century - Double DVD Set! Essential - Indispensable - Puts 4,000 years of Jewish History into perspective.

About - Faith & Fate - Dawn of the CenturyFaith & Fate focuses on how the events of the 20th century impacted on the Jewish people - and how the Jewish people impacted on the century. The series explores how the survival of the Jewish people defied the ravages and challenges of over 40 centuries. It includes original historical clips and photographs rarely seen. By combining the historical videos and the productivity tools on the second accompanying DVD the student and researcher has the tools needed to

Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age

P-- Amos Elon, author, IThe Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933/I/PPLike most of Jacoby's work, IPicture Imperfect/Iis sui generis. It is an erudite polemic, spirited and consistently engaging. The writing is epigrammatic and the scholarship broad-ranging. -- James Miller, New School of Social Research, author of IThe Passion of Michel Foucault /I /PPRussell Jacoby challenges the all too common wisdom that utopian dreams breed dystopian political nightmares. His passionate brief

MARC CHAGALL - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 76074

MARC CHAGALL - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 76074 MARC CHAGALL Color German postcard of Marc Chagall's Circus Rider , signed by Chagall Picture post card signed "Marc/Chagall" in black crayon. B/w, 5¾x4 overall, 5x3¾ image, one surface. Postcard by Die Piperdrucke Verlags-GmbH, Munich, Germany. © Die Piperdrucke Verlags-GmbH. Blank message side. This postcard has a color reproduction of a Chagall's Circus Rider . This piece was in a private collection when this postcard was released. Chagall

Idolizing Pictures: Idolatry, Iconoclasm, and Jewish Art

New - In this ground-breaking book Anthony Julius derives a Jewish aesthetic from the Second Commandment. The prohibition of idolatry in fact contains a positive program. It is both an injunction against idol worshipping and a call to idol breaking; it promotes a creative iconoclasm that uses irony to expose inflated claims about art.Examining works by artists such as Chagall and Shahn, Julius finds that much Jewish art does not meet this bracing criterion. But in the output of contemporary arti

The Story of Hanukkah (Trophy Picture Books)

Jewish children look forward to Hanukkah more than any other holiday, and The Story of Hanukkah explains why and how people observe this beloved occasion. You'll learn that Hanukkah is the Jewish people's way of remembering their ancestors' revolt against a cruel king. Then you'll understand why the holiday is eight days long, and even learn how to make latkes using the author's own recipe!Packed with fascinating facts, hands-on activities, and jewellike illustrations, Norma Simon and Leonid Gore's book is

PARAMOUNT PICTURES - JEWISH AMERICANS, THE (DVD MOVIE)

The Jewish Americans directed and produced by David Grubin tells the dramatic history of Jews in America. This riveting documentary focuses on individual personalities and stories that chronicle the 350 year saga about immigrants who gradually wove themselves into the fabric of American life by forging a thoroughly American identity without abandoning the cherished traditions that often set them apart.System Requirements :Running Time: 360 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES /BIOGRAPHY UPC:

ADOLF "DER FUHRER" HITLER - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 280338

ADOLF "DER FUHRER" HITLER - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 280338 ADOLF HITLER This extraordinary - and very rare - signed German picture post card has a b/w bust photograph of a young Adolf Hitler in a suit and tie and a Nazi swastika pin. It shows the dictator as a surprisingly young man, before the strains of World War II had taken their toll on him. Picture post card signed "Af Hitler". Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. B/w, 3½x5½ overall, 3¼x5¼ image, one surface. Captioned on image:

Great Jewish Men

Albums/Picture Books Great Jewish Men Author: Elinor & Robert Slater Tribute to Jews who have achieved prominence worldwide by virtue of their work Product Description The Jewish contribution to civilization has been remarkable. Elinor and Robert Slater pay tribute to Jews who have achieved prominence worldwide by virtue of the excellence of the works they have produced, the discoveries they have made, and the countless ways in which they have contributed toward improving the lot of humanity.

Picture Portrait of Meyer Kahane Framed

Picture Portrait of Meyer Kahane Framed [Wdkahan5] Limited edition framed portrait of Meyer Kahane the murdered Jewish leader of the Jewish Defence League. Original portrait was painted by Mordechai Ovadia and this is a framed print of his work. 11 1/2" Wide x 9 1/2" High

Kabbalah Soul Key Awareness Spiritual Growth

Product Details - This beautiful Kabbalah Key is made from .925 Sterling Silver. It is decorated with a Jade 'sphere' gemstone. It has the Hebrew letters 'het ayin mem' and 'aleph noon yud' on either side of the key's stem. At the end of the stem is an opening (see picture below) where a small scroll with the bearer's name can be placed within. The key measures approx. 6cm in length and hangs on a 60cm, hallmarked sterling silver chain. The Soul Key For Awareness and Spiritual Growth In this era we live in,

Picture Parade of Jewish History

Streets of Gold (Picture Books)

Masha, a young Russian girl, is terribly afraid of the czar, whose piercing eyes glare at her from the portrait Masha's parents must keep on the wall. In the last decade of the nineteenth century, the czar's harsh anti-Semitic laws forbid Masha, who is Jewish, from going to school-something the bright, inquisitive girl desperately wishes to do. When her family immigrates to America, Masha not only achieves the long-desired education, but also gains success as a poet, and a love for her new country that will

PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: LEON LEVITE - DOCUMENT 272383

PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: LEON LEVITE - DOCUMENT 272383 CHAIM WEIZMANN Weizmann and several others, including Polish Zionist Leon Levite, sign an unmailed postcard picturing Theodor Herzl. Picture Postcard signed: "Chaim Weizmann" in pencil, 5½x3½. No place, no date. Unmailed, but addressed in ink (unknown hand) to Madame Regina Sokolow, Warsaw. Front of postcard has a printed text, celebrating the first and tenth Zionist Congresses, both held in Basel, Switzerland

Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball Cards 2008

Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball Cards 2008 2008 marks the 75th Anniversary of Hank Greenberg's rookie year. As baseball's first Jewish all-time Great, Greenberg attracted a whole generation of American Jews to baseball, and it was their children and grand-children who have gone on to become owners, coaches, players, executives, sportswriters, broadcasters, statisticians and, most of all, fans. No player has had a greater historical impact on the attachment of American Jews to America's Game. Included are

D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time

D.W. Griffith's the Birth of a Nation A History of the Most Controversial Motion Picture of All Time November 01, 2007 In this deeply researched and vividly written volume, Melvyn Stokes illuminates the origins, production, reception and continuing history of this ground-breaking, aesthetically brilliant, and yet highly controversial movie. By going back to the original archives, particularly the NAACP and D. W. Griffith Papers, Stokes explodes many of the myths surrounding The Birth of a Nation (1915). Yet

The Story of Hanukkah (Trophy Picture Books)

Jewish children look forward to Hanukkah more than any other holiday, and The Story of Hanukkah explains why and how people observe this beloved occasion. You'll learn that Hanukkah is the Jewish people's way of remembering their ancestors' revolt against a cruel king. Then you'll understand why the holiday is eight days long, and even learn how to make latkes using the author's own recipe!Packed with fascinating facts, hands-on activities, and jewellike illustrations, Norma Simon and Leonid Gore's book is

ADOLF "DER FUHRER" HITLER - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 257549

ADOLF "DER FUHRER" HITLER - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 257549 ADOLF HITLER 3x5 rare postcard photo signed by Hitler as Führer, in original Nazi-era frame Rare Post Card Photograph signed: " Af Hitler " as F ü hrer. B/w, 3¼x5. Framed to 9½x12 with pedestal base and carved Nazi eagle, 4¼x1½, at upper center. Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the Nazi leader who would forge a ruthless campaign during WWII that included the genocide of the Jewish people, began his rapid rise to power in 1919, becoming the

MARC CHAGALL - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 71618

MARC CHAGALL - PICTURE POST CARD SIGNED - DOCUMENT 71618 MARC CHAGALL Signed picture postcard reproducing his work, "Girl on a White Horse" Picture Postcard signed: "Marc Chagall" . Color, 5¾x4 overall, image 5x3¾ (one surface). Reproduction of his "Girl on a White Horse", signed vertically in right margin. Chagall (1887-1985) was born in the poor, mostly Jewish village of Vitebsk in the Russian Empire, in a region that is now Belarus. He began his art education here and, in 1910, was sent to Paris, France