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1)TheRoad into the Open by Arthur Schnitzler (1991, Paperback) NEW. RARE PAPERBACKEDITION OF CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORK.
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A finely drawn portrayal of the disintegration of Austrian liberal society under the impact of nationalism and anti-semitism, The Road into the Open (Der Weg ins Freie,1908) is a remarkable novel by a major Austrian writer of the early twentieth century. Set in fin-de-siècle Austria--the cafés, salons, and musical concerts frequented by the Viennese elite--Schnitzler\'s perceptive exploration of the creative process and the private lives and public aspirations of urban Jewish intellectuals ranks with the highest achievements of Karl Kraus and Robert Musil. The novel\'s central character, Baron Georg von Wergenthin, is a handsome young composer whose troubled relations with women, musical collaborators, and representatives of the old social order make Schnitzler\'s book a revealing investigation of individual psychology and social allegory. In his comprehensive introduction, Russell Berman situates the book within the literary and political history of Central Europe and analyzes its relation to psychoanalysis, Marxism, musical aesthetics, and the legacy of European modernism.
Offers a finely drawn portrayal of the disintegration of Austrian liberal society under the impact of nationalism and anti-semitism.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10
0520077741
ISBN-13
9780520077744
Key Details
Author
Arthur Schnitzler
Number Of Pages
314 pages
Format
Paperback
Publication Date
1991-12-19
Language
English
Publisher
University of California Press
Additional Details
Copyright Date
1992
Original Language
German
Dimensions
Height
0.8 In.
Width
6.1 In.
Length
9 In
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2)LandscapePainted with Tea by Milorad Pavic (1991, Paperback) NEW.
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Product Identifiers
ISBN-10
0679733442
ISBN-13
9780679733447
Key Details
Author
Milorad Pavic
Number Of Pages
352 pages
Format
Paperback
Publication Date
1991-10-01
Language
English
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Additional Details
Original Language
Serbian
Dimensions
Height
1 In.
Width
5.5 In.
Length
8.5 In
By the author of the highlyacclaimed literary bestseller Dictionary of the Khazars, this is a taleof a mysterious quest that is part modern Odyssey and part crossword puzzle. Itbegins with the story of a brilliant but failed architect in Belgrade and hissearch for his father, an officer who vanished in Greece during World War II. The truth about his fate—some of it set in motion 2,000 years ago and some ofit by the Nazis—is raveled in the history and secrets of Mount Athos, the mostancient of all monasteries, perched atop its inaccessible mountain on theAegean.“A hugely ambitious, playful, inventive, demanding, magical, linguisticallysensuous reading experience.”—The Washington Post“A brilliantly playful and haunting novel.”—The New York Times Book Review
Important Greece, Serbia, Judaica,Holocaust literature,Jews, Germany, WWII, War, Nazism.
3)Berlin Between the Wars by Thomas Friedrich 1991 Hardcover) NEWSEALED Vendome and Rizzoli International First Edition EXTREMELY SCARCE. DustJacket.Illustrated in black & white.
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· Hardcover: 240pages
· Publisher: VendomePress; First Edition 1991
· Language: English
· ISBN-10: 0865651264
· ISBN-13: 978-0865651265
· Product Dimensions: 9.8x 1 x 12.2 inches
The everyday life of Berliners during theturbulent years of the Weimar Republic (1918-33) is movingly revealed here.Friedrich, who is associated with the Museumspadagogische Dienst in Berlin andwho specializes in the photographic history of this period, has assembled fromBerlin archives almost 300 \"rarely seen\" photographs, written a lucidtext, and captioned each photograph. He provides a spellbinding look at thecontrasts that existed in this restless city from the severe economicdeprivations to glorious artistic and technological achievements. The unusuallysharp images portray the hungry in soup lines, masses of striking workers,uniformed patrols quelling rioters, innovative architectural structures, garishcabaret life, scenes from acclaimed film and theater productions, leisureactivities, and the distressing presence of storm troopers. In addition,British poet Stephen Spender has contributed an eloquent foreword. A masterfulwork for all library collections.
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This is ahandsome portrait of Berlin, from 1914 to 1933 and the accession of the Nazisto power. The principal feature of the book - its raison d\'être -- is nearly300 black-and-white photographs from German archives, excellently reproducedand printed. They are complemented by about fifty pages of integrated text.The photographs cover seemingly all aspects of life in the Berlin of the WeimarRepublic: governmental buildings; street scenes; revolutionary workers at thebarricades; soup kitchens; slums; preeminent examples of International Modernarchitecture; cabarets and night life; the Berlin Philharmonic underFurtwängler; Potsdamer Platz and the Kurfürstendamm; the lakeside resort atWannsee; striking workers; and fights between SA members and the police. Thecollection is a lot like an early edition of \"LIFE\" Magazine, exceptof Berlin rather than the U.S.The text and photographs are organized by chapters, as follows:
* The Imperial Legacy
* Revolution and Crisis
* A Tour of the City
* Art and Culture
* Everyday Life
* The End of the RepublicThe text has been translated from German, perhaps a tad too literally, for attimes it is somewhat cumbersome and lumbering. Substantively, though, I foundit more than satisfactory in providing an overview of interwar Berlin and theappropriate context for the photographs.The book would be ideal for anyone wishing to get a good feel for Berlinbetween the wars. It also would be ideal for a good public or school library(if either of those things still exist).
4)EastRiver by Sholem Asch (1983, Paperback, Reprint) NEW. RARE 1983 EDITION OFCRITICALLY IMPORTANT NOVEL.
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This novel wasoriginally released in 1946. Sholem Asch was a popular writer in that period.He died in 1957. The story takes place in NY City, in early 1900s. The readerbecomes aquatinted with the immigrant Jewish residents of 48th St. The peopleare orthodox jews and adhere strictly to the rituals of their faith. Most ofthis story centers around a mixed religious marriage and the heartache itbrings. Nath is a brilliant polio crippled young man who finally finds his way toa life of fulfillment. Most the people are poor and do contract work for thegarment industry. They are paid pitiful amounts and living conditions arewretched. The labor movement is early, but much needed to enforce the childlabor laws. Asch is different from many of the writers of today. After 438pages, problems are solved and nearly everybody lives happily ever after.
Gives an awareness ofthe struggles for the first generations of immigrants. Having escaped tyrannyin Russia, Slavic countries, Poland, Italy they fled to the USA for a brighterfuture only to find themselves in sweatshops in the garment district, behindpushcarts or struggling in small business in the East side New York. Againslaves in a system in order to feed their poor families. Unions evolved.Religious orthodoxy became diluted. Some out of their own enterprise went fromhaving nothing to become millionaires owning large companies. The debatescontinued as to what political system works.... socialism, capitalism, communismetc. There were no answers, just debates and struggle. This book puts apersonal face on the struggle with each unique character. Asch is a talentedwriter, himself a child of immigrant parents. He was a famous Yiddishplaywright. He has a strong Jewish point of view in his writing. If you are3rd/4th generation of immigrant Jewish parents, I strongly suggest you readthis book. You will have a renewed respect for your parents/ grandparents pointof view...their struggle, and why they raised you as they did.
5)Kafka HardcoverBook1990BY Pietro CitatiNEW! SCARCE!! First Edition.DJ.
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Much given tofigurative and aphoristic language, which sometimes turns purple in criticalrhapsody, Italian biographer Citati (Goethe) examines Kafka\'s diary and lettersin a revisionist attempt to discover the human origins of that writer\'s fictions,arguing that Kafka envisioned an authoritarian \"god of literature\"who forced him to \"transform his life, his mind and his body into a\'precisely articulated\' instrument to secrete literature as the great writerswhom he admired had done.\" Kafka\'s inner torments, variously attributed byother biographers to the dreaded influence of his father, the God of the OldTestament or the dreary bureaucratic ossification of Europe as he knew it, arehere pronounced \"literary\" in origin, without diminishing the scopeof the work (Amerika , The Trial , The Castle and others are thoroughlyglossed). Citati takes a fresh and welcome approach, but one that isintentionally selective and finally incomplete, restricted to the period ofKafka\'s mature writings (roughly from 1913 to his death in 1924) and decliningto treat in depth his early life or the formative political events of histimes.
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Citati focuses onretelling Kafka\'s novels and major stories, relating his work to his life , andexplicating both as religious allegories dealing with the plight of those whobelieve in God after the death of God. Yet though they are often pumped up byrhetoric and purple prose, Citati\'s interpretations seem too thin to do justiceto Kafka, the enigmatic myths he created out of his life of renunciation, thequalities of his prose, and the special place his vision and myths hold inmodern literature. Nevertheless, this book may appeal to those seeking a basicintroduction to Kafka\'s life and works.
- Richard Kuczkowski, Dominican Coll., Blauvelt, N.Y.
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6)Travelto Prague by Christine Adams (1992, Hardcover) NEW DJ RARE Czechoslovakia. DustJacket.Original Printing First Edition. ProfuselyIllustrated in black & white and color.
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Important travel,architecture and historical literature: Eastern Europe, Iron Curtain, SovietUnion, Germany, Poland, Judaism, Nazism, Eastern Europe,Judaica reading.
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7)Ghetto ofPrague Hardcover1991 by JiriMacht (Author) 1991 Hardcover NEW.EXTREMELY SCARCE. Dust Jacket.Original Printing FirstEdition. Profusely illustrated in color. Published byOlympia, Prague.
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8)TooFar Afield by Günter Grass (2000, Hardcover) NEW! RARE FIRST EDITION OFCRITICALLY IMPORTANT NOVEL. Dust Jacket.
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From the Nobel Prize-winning author of My Century and The Tin Drum, a novel of broad historical proportions set in Berlin during the years of German reunification. Two old men roam through Berlin observing life in the former German Democratic Republic after the fall of the Wall in 1989. Theo Wuttke, a former East German functionary, is a keen observer and a gifted speaker. Ludwig Hoftaller is a mid-level spy whose loyalties shift with each new regime. Together, both men see what the future is bringing as they try to save what they can from the past and understand the meaning of being German. A complex and challenging exploration of what Germany\'s reunification will mean-for Germans, for Europe, and for the world-Too Far Afield is a masterwork from one of Europe\'s greatest writers. Written with the wit, fantasy, literary erudition, and political acerbity for which Grass is celebrated, it is a deeply human story laced with pain and humor in equal measure., Two old men roam through Berlin observing life in the former German Democratic Republic after the fall of the Wall in 1989. The men are Theo Wuttke, a former East German cultural functionary, keen observer, and gifted speaker; and Ludwig Hoftaller, a mid-level spy who can serve the Prussian police, or the Gestapo, or the East German Stasi with equal dedication. Both men are employed by the Treuhand-the agency in charge of privatizing former East German state enterprises-which occupies the building in Berlin that was once the headquarters of Goering\'s Air Ministry. Wuttke, in his capacity as file courier, desperately tries to save the old-fashioned elevator, which has carried the famous and powerful up-and down again. And he comforts the disheartened head of the agency, who seeks relief from the burdens of office by roller skating around the corridors at night. This novel will stand as perhaps the most complex and challenging exploration of what Germany\'s recent reunification will mean-for Germans, for Europeans, for the world. Grass writes with the wit, fantasy, literary erudition, and political acerbity for which he is celebrated. And in his inimitable fashion, he tells a deeply human story laced with pain and humor in equal measure.
9)AGuide to Eastern Germany by James Bentley (1993, Hardcover) NEW RARE DJ.NEW.
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In August 1990 East andWest Germany signed a treaty of unification, to be ratified by the four WorldWar II Allies. Already the border crossings had disappeared, and the infamousBerlin Wall had been virtually demolished. Opportunities for visiting EastGermany are now unrivalled since the partition of the country. Still morevisitors will pour into this part of Germany after custom and frontier controlsare abolished. This book describes the landscape from the Baltic Coast, and thehistory of this part of Germany, looks at those who contributed to thecountry\'s tremendous cultural inheritance and the treasures of Saxony.
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10) Jewish Possibilities: TheBest of Moment Magazine (1987, Hardcover) NEW. DJ. Original Printing.IMPORTANT, SCARCE AND VALUABLE FIRST 1987 EDITION. Illustrated in black andwhite.
11)LostLandscapes : In Search of Isaac Bashevis Singer and the Jews of Poland by AgataTuszynska (1998, Hardcover) NEW!!!VERY SCARCE!! First Edition. DJ.
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12)ThreeCities by Sholem Asch (1983, Paperback, Reprint) NEW Near Mint Unread! DJ.RARE. First Carroll& Graf edition. Originally published in1933.
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13) Remnants: The Last Jews ofPoland Malgorzata Niezabitowska 1986 Hardcover NEW! NoDJ. OriginalPrinting. IMPORTANT, SCARCE AND VALUABLE FIRST 1986 EDITION. Illustrated incolor.
Offering a rare glimpse of Polish-Jewish dailylife, family and religious celebrations, cultural and community events,Niezabitowska, a Polish journalist, tries to \"overcome my own ignorance aswell as my often unconscious presuppositions and stereotypes,\" and for themost part succeeds in penetrating a foreign world. The tragedy of Polish Jewry,the population decreased from the three and a half million of pre-World War IIto 5000, the majority elderly, in 1980is made painfully palpable through theirreminiscences recorded here and through Tomaszewski\'s color photographs: of a tailorwho laments his daughter\'s interfaith marriage, a brushmaker who has beenbaptized yet leads the synagogue prayers, the first Warsaw child to celebrate abar mitzvah in 30 years. A community leader, without self-pity, tells Americantourists to \"bring us youth, joy, life . . . That is what we reallymiss.\" First serial to National Geographic; B\'nai B\'rith Jewish Book Clubmain selection; author tour.
Remnants is a sad, touching look at the last ofPoland\'s long-suffering Jewish minority. The story of the group, now numberingless than 5000 mostly old and tortured souls, is sympathetically captured by ayoung Polish couple in a series of short interviews and over 70 poignantphotographs. Tragedy, of course, is the common denominator, and the experiencesof those in Remnants is largely one of Holocaust, pogrom, degradation, andpoverty. Their triumph, if any, has been in their ability to survive and toretain cherished fragments of their culture. This is an excellent word pictureof the Jewish experience in Poland. Highly recommended to libraries with largeJewish studies collections. Joseph W. Constance, Jr., Georgia State Univ. Lib.,Atlanta
14)Fromthe Ends of the Earth : Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress by AbrahamJ. Karp and Rizzoli (1991, Hardcover) Original Printing. IMPORTANT,SCARCE AND VALUABLE FIRST 1991 EDITION. Illustrated in black and whiteandcolor.
The Library of Congress has oneof the world\'s great collections of Judaica, as this catalogue of a recentexhibition makes abundantly clear. Combining a highly readable text withwondrous illustrations, this revelatory volume offers glimpses of Jewishreligious life in the Middle Ages, profiles medieval Jewish men of science,traces the massive migration of Jews from Russia beginning around 1870, anddiscusses such 19th-century Jewish-American woman poets as Emma Lazarus. Wordsand images delineate the rise of American Jewry as a visible factor in thenation\'s social, economic, cultural and political life. Reproduced are lettersfrom presidents Washington, Madison, Jefferson and Lincoln to prominent Jewishleaders; music composed by Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin, the Gershwins andArnold Schoenberg; Hebrew literary and religious treasures; and such unique artforms as richly colored synagogue plaques and kabbalistic illustrations. Karpis curator of the Library of Congress\'s Judaica collection.
WWII. Judaica. Poland.Warsaw.Germany. Nazism. Nazis. HolocaustLiterature. Hitler. France. Vichy. Paris.Resistance
15) Encyclopedia of JewishGenealogy Vol. 1 Sources in the United States and Canada NEW!DJ. OriginalPrinting. IMPORTANT, SCARCE AND VALUABLE FIRST 1991 EDITION. Illustrated.
Synopsis
The first of a projected three-volume guide for helping the Jewish family historian find source material (vols. 2 and 3 will focus on non-North American sources and topical issues). After a section of articles on immigration and naturalization, descriptions of institutional resources are arranged by
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10
0876688350
ISBN-13
9780876688359
Key Details
Number Of Pages
248 pages
Format
Hardcover
Publication Date
1991-03-01
Language
English
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Year
19910000
Dimensions
Width
11.4 In.
Length
9.1 In
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16)The Synagogue byHarold A. Meek (1995, Hardcover) NEW DJ RARE!!! Original Printing.IMPORTANT, SCARCE AND VALUABLE FIRST 1995 EDITION. Illustrated in color.
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A photographic portrait of the world of jazz music. Presented as a stream of 196 images interspersed with DeCarava\'s own poetry, this volume is, in its form and overall effect, a printed equivalent of jazz -composed of overlapping passages of pain, sweetness, optimism and suffering. Roy DeCarava has documented the people, both famous and anonymous, and the seemingly mundane yet intimate moments of his Harlem neighbours and neighbourhood. The result is at once a work for photography enthusiasts, an historic documentation for jazz lovers, and a profound message to African-Americans as well as Whites that artistic talent knows no boundaries of race., An engaging exploration of synagogues, their history and decoration., Retells the history of Jewish communities through the architecture and decorative art associated with the synagogue. This book traces the history of the synagogue from its origins in Solomon\'s Temple to the classic simplicity of the modern synagogue., Synagogues, their history and decoration, represent an illuminating record of the cultural and artistic history of the Jewish people. As a focal point for community life as well as a spiritual centre, the synagogue has both a symbolic and a practical significance. From its origins in the Tabernacle, through the exuberant Venetian synagogues of the Renaissance, to the often stark simplicity of modern buildings, Harold Meek examines the fascinating story of the building that remains central to every Jewish community. His spirited narrative shows the diverse ways in which a vast array of cultural influences have merged to produce a rich and coherent heritage in the fields of architecture and decoration. A meticulously researched and magnificently illustrated tome, The Synagogue combines spiritual and aesthetic sensitivity with a passion for human creativity, producing an erudite and accessible introduction not just for the scholar, but for anybody with an interest in the subject.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10
0714829323
ISBN-13
9780714829326
Key Details
Author
Harold A. Meek
Number Of Pages
240 pages
Format
Hardcover
Publication Date
1995-11-05
Language
English
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Publication Year
19950000
Additional Details
Copyright Date
1995
Illustrated
Yes
Dimensions
Height
1 In.
Width
10 In.
Length
11.8 In
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17)OnClowns The Dictator and the Artist Norman Manea 1994 Hardcover DJ NEW!RARE!!Original Printing. PRIZED, IMPORTANT, SCARCE AND VALUABLE FIRST1994 EDITION.
Synopsis
Survivor of the Nazi camps and Ceausescu\'s Romania, winner of the National Book Award, recipient of a MacArthur Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, Norman Manea, an extraordinary man of letters, \"gives us a taste of something beyond the scope of even our twentieth-century imagination. . . . Manea is too profound a witness to place his gift for observation in the service of another sensualist account. . . . What matters for him is the phenomenon of an entire nation\'s life under this simultaneously grotesque and terrifying rule.\" -- The New Republic
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10
0802133754
ISBN-13
9780802133755
Key Details
Author
Norman Manea
Number Of Pages
192 pages
Format
Paperback
Publication Date
1994-01-28
Language
English
Publisher
Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication Year
19940000
Dimensions
Height
0.5 In.
Width
5.4 In.
Length
8.2 In
WWII. Romania. Ceausescu.USSR. Soviet Union. Iron Curtain.Rumania.Judaica. Poland. Warsaw.Germany.Nazism. Nazis. Holocaust Literature. Hitler.France. Vichy. Paris. Resistance
18)Upon the Doorposts of Thy House : Jewish Lifein East-Central Europe, Yesterday and Today by Ruth Ellen Gruber (1994,Hardcover) VERY SCARCE!! First Edition. DJ.
Synopsis
A detailed description of the homes, synagogues and workplaces along with the practices and beliefs that comprised the Jewish world of Eastern Europe for hundreds of years until the Holocaust, including an intimate look at who and what remains today. Layers excerpts from oral histories, literary reflections and poems with the author\'s own interviews, research and photographs to form a rich, multi-dimensional tapestry of a vanished world., This is a multidimensional portrait of the centuries-old Jewish world of East-Central Europe, as it once was and what remains of it today. Excerpts from oral histories, poetry, literary reflections, original interviews and photographs produce a rich tapestry of a vanished world. The author describes the homes, synagogues and workplaces, as well as the practices and beliefs which comprised the Jewish world of East-Central Europe for hundreds of years until the Holocaust. Countries included in the region are the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10
0471595683
ISBN-13
9780471595687
Key Details
Author
Ruth Ellen Gruber
Number Of Pages
320 pages
Format
Hardcover
Publication Date
1994-08-16
Language
English
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Publication Year
19940000
Additional Details
Copyright Date
1994
Illustrated
Yes
Dimensions
Height
1 In.
Width
7.3 In.
Length
10.2 In
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19)Jewish Travel Guide 2002 by Michael Zaidner(2002, Paperback) NEW. EXTREMELY RARE!
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Synopsis
For many years The Jewish Travel Guide has been essential reading for all Jewish travellers. As the world gets ever smaller and more places become accessible they, like everyone else, are expanding their travel horizons., Over the years the Jewish Travel Guide has been essential reading for all Jewish travellers. As the world gets ever smaller and more places became accessible they, like everyone else, are extending their travel horizons. Your business has sent you to Hong Kong or Cali and you want to find a synagogue. The Guide not only tells you where they are but also offers you a choice. You are five thousand miles from home in unfamiliar territory and want to know if the local fish is kosher. The Guide tells you the answer. You are searching for your roots in Eastern Europe and want to have a kosher meal. The Guide tells you where to find one. All your Jewish travel questions are answered in the Jewish Travel Guide.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10
0853034338
ISBN-13
9780853034339
Key Details
Author
Michael Zaidner
Number Of Pages
422 pages
Format
Paperback
Publication Date
2002-01-01
Language
English
Publisher
Vallentine Mitchell Publishers
Publication Year
20020000
Additional Details
Copyright Date
2002
Illustrated
Yes
Dimensions
Width
5.5 In.
Length
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Graven Images GraphicSymbols of the Jewish Gravestone Arnold Schwartzman NEW! Hardcover 1993. SEALEDIN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!VERY SCARCE!! First Edition. DJ.
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20) A spirited view of a somber subject,this book is a treasury of Jewish history, legend and lore. Over 200photographs offer a look at the graven images that have traditionally decoratedJewish tombstones in Europe.
Hardcover, 144pages
Published June 9th1993 by ABRAMS (first published March 1993)
What an indispensablelittle book this is! It collects 240 full-color photographs of motifs on Jewishgravestones, breaking them down into family symbols, workman\'s tools, Talmudicreferences, etc. Like an encyclopedia, it defines each symbol, gives areference from the Bible or Jewish lore, and remarks on the differences insymbolism from one community to the next. The artistry of tombstone carvers hasnever, in my experience with cemetery books, been as completely or asbeautifully documented as this.Inside are gravestones that depict Abraham preparing to sacrifice Isaac,candelabra which were believed to ward off grave robbers, hands feeding thecharity box, skeletons with scythes, Jewish cherubim, lions, monkeys, fantasticbirds, even a scorpion (which the author can\'t explain). The variety isstartling and impressive.My only disappointment with the book is the size of some of the photos. Atwo-page layout demonstrating the blessing hands motif contains 28 pictures,each less than two inches square!Throughout the book, the photographs themselves are wonderfully reproduced,even the tiny ones. The printing captured the spectrum of lichen, as well asthe ivy and grasses that surround the stones. The stones themselves seem roughenough to touch. The sunshine looks as if it\'s warmed the stones. Theoccasional shadow looks chilly.Chaim Potok\'s foreword explores the second commandment (\"No gravenimages\") and its relationship to the creatures here displayed. He groundshis discussion in passages from the Talmud and Jewish authorities (whom I wishhe had named), saying that there was never any consensus on what constituted animage. Perhaps tombstone carvings are permissible because they are in lowrelief, rather than three-dimensional?Potok also reviews the history of Jewish grave markers. The first tombstone ismentioned in Genesis, when Jacob places a monument at Rachel\'s grave.Schwartzman uses the centuries of vandalism of Jewish cemeteries to detail thepersecution Jews have suffered. Many of the communities recorded on tombstonesin this book have ceased to exist. I am glad these beautiful carvings wererecorded before they too disappear.
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