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THE BOOKS
Ben-Ami, Alia, edited by. “In All Their Finery: Jewels from the Jewish World.”
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, 2002. ISBN: 965-278-305-6. Royal octavo, metal
spiral binding, paper covers, 70 pp., color plates throughout. 29 pieces
illustrated. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in English and Hebrew. (18533)
Chevlove, Susan. “The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography.” New
York, The Jewish Museum, New York, Under the auspices of the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America, and Yale University Press, New Haven, 2006. ISBN:
0-300-10916-4. Quarto, glossy stiff paper covers with flaps, color
frontispiece, xii, 215 pp., color photos throughout with some b/w photos,
artist biographies, exhibition checklist, notes, selected bibliography, index.
Softbound. Very Good. Foreword by Joan Rosenbaum. Articles are "Framing
Jewishness: Photography and the Boundaries of Community," Chevlove, "Oy, Are We
a Pluribus? Multiculturalism and American Jews," Ilan Stavans, "Commissions and
Collaboration: 'The Jewish Identity Project' Behind the Scenes," Joanna
Lindenbaum. Artist Portfolios by Dawoud Bey, Tirtza Even and Brian Karl, Rainer
Ganahl, Nikki S. Lee, "Shari Rothfarb Mekonen and Avishai Mekonen, Yoshua Oken,
Jaime Permuth, Andrea Robbins and Max Becher, Jessica Shokrian and Chris
Verene. (36754)
Ehl, Petr etal. “Old Bohemian and Moravian Jewish Cemeteries.” Prague, Paseka,
1991. ISBN: 80-85192-12-8. Quarto in dust jacket, 175 pp., b/w photos.
Hardbound. Very Good. (1213)
Gidal, Nachum T. “Jews in Germany from Roman Times to the Weimar Republic.”
Koln, Germany, Konemann, 1998. ISBN: 3-8290-0491-5. Small quarto in dust
jacket, 440 pp., 974 b/w illustrations, bibliography, index, picture credits.
Hardbound. Very Good. Translated from the German. (18355)
Grafman, Rafi. “Crowning Glory: Silver Torah Ornaments of the Jewish Museum,
New York.” New York, The Jewish Museum, New York, under the auspices of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America in association with David R. Godine,
Publisher, 1996. First Edition. ISBN: 1-56792-068-3. Large quarto in dust
jacket, xvi, 400 pp., some color photos, b/w photos throughout, Hallmarks,
Pastiches and Dubious Objects, Index of Places of Origin, Index of Makers,
Index of Person and Place Names in Inscriptions, Bibliography. Hardbound. Very
Good. Edited by Vivian B. Mann with an article also by Mann entitled, "Torah
Ornaments before 1600." With acknowledgments by Joan Rosenbaum. (18410)
Hirsch, Sanford. “Adolph Gottlieb: Una Retrospectiva, A Survey Exhibition. Ivam
Centre Julio Gonzalez 1 Febreo / 22 Abril 2001.” Valencia, Spain, Generalitat
Valenciana, Conselleria de Cultura, Educacio i Ciencia, 2001. ISBN:
84-482-2684-4. Quarto, stiff glossy paper covers, 137 pp., b/w photos, color
reproductions, biography, exhibitions bibliography. Softbound. Very Good. Joint
Spanish-English language edition (34620)
Hunter, John, et al. “For Every Thing A Season: Jewish Ritual Art in Cleveland.
September 7 - November 4, 2000. Cleveland State University Art Gallery, College
of Arts and Sciences.” Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland State University, 2000. ISBN:
1-880834-51-0. Quarto, glossy paper covers, 140 pp., color photos, glossary,
selected bibliography. Softbound. Very Good. Articles are "Chronicle of an
Exhibition," John Hunter, "The Study of Jewish Ritual Objects," Joseph Gutmann,
"Ritual Art in Cleveland," Claudia Z. Fechter. (82760)
Kadish, Sharman, edited an introduced by. “Building Jerusalem: Jewish
Architecture in Britain.” London, Vallentine Mitchell, 1996. ISBN:
0-85303-309-9. Quarto, glossy paper covers, xvi, 231 pp., b/w photos, drawings
and plans, index. Softbound. Very Good. Articles are "Between Europe and the
New World: Britain's Place in Synagogue Architecture," Carol Herselle Krinsky,
"Building Jerusalem in the 'Islands of the Sea': The Archaeology of Medieval
Anglo-Jewry," Raphael M.J. Isserlin, "Compromising Traditions in
Eighteenth-Century London: The Architecture of the Great Synagogue, Duke's
Place," Clarence Epstein, "Synagogue Bodies: Building Policy and Conservation
Issues," Edward Jamilly, "'Eden in Albion': A History of the 'Mikveh' in
Britain," Kadish, "Jewish Cemeteries in the West of England," Bernard Susser,
"'Four Per Cent Philanthropy': Social Architecture foe East London Jewry,
1850-1914," Lesley Fraser, "'All Manner of Workmanship': Interior Decoration in
British Synagogues," Jamilly, "Alternative Uses for 'Redundant' Synagogues,"
Stephen Rosenberg. (55246)
Kaniel, Michael. “A Guide to Jewish Art.” New York, Philosophical Library,
1989. ISBN: 0-8022-2553-5. Quarto in dust jacket, b/w frontispiece
illustration, 256 pp., b/w and color illustrations, notes, selected
bibliography, index. Hardbound. Very Good. (70458)
Kleeblatt, Norman, edited by. “Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/ Recent art.” New
York and New Brunswick, New Jersey, The Jewish Museum and Rutgers University
Press, 2001. ISBN: 0-8135-2960-3. Quarto, glossy paper covers, xviii, 164 pp.,
b/w and color illustrations, artist biographies, contributors, bibliography,
credits. Softbound. Very Good. Director's Preface by Joan Rosenbaum. Foreword:
Looking into the Mirrors of Evil by James E. Young. Articles are "The Nazi
Occupation of the White Cube: Transgressive Images/ Moral Ambiguity/
Contemporary Art," Kleeblatt, "Acts of Impersonation: Barbaric Spaces as
Theater," Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi, "Childhood, Art, and Evil," Ellen Handler
Spitz, "'Avant-Garde and Kitsch' Revisited: On the Ethics of Representation,"
Lisa Saltzman, "Playing the Holocaust," Ernst van Alphen, "Playing it Safe?:
The Display of Transgressive Art in the Museum," Reesa Greenberg." Reflection
on the Works of Art are "Keeping One's Hands Clean: Six Commissioned Portraits
of a Perpetrator. Christine Borland's L'Homme Double, 1997." "Male Fantasies of
Hitler: Confusing Gender and Identity. Roee Rosen's 'Live and Die as Eva
Braun,' 1995" "Transforming Images into Symbols: Mischa Kuball's 'Hitler
Cabinet,' 1990, "The Conflation of Good and Evil: Piotr Uklanski's 'The Nazis,'
1998," "A Feminist Rejoinder to Uklanski's 'The Nazis': Elke Krystufek's
'Economical Love' Series, 1998," "Impersonating the Victim: Consorting with
History. Alan Schechner's 'Barcode to Concentration Camp Morph,' 1994 and 'It's
the Real Thing - self-Portrait at Buchenwald, 1993," "Impossible Bedfellows:
Adolf Hitler and Marcel Duchamp. Rudolf Herz's 'Zugswang,' 1995," "The Villain
Speaks the Victim's Language. Boaz Arad's 'Safam,' 2000 and 'Marcel Marcel,'
2000," "Fascinating Fascism: Then and Now? Maciej Toporowicz's 'Eternity #14,'
1991," "Mirror's of Innocence and Violence: Alain Sechas 'Enfants Gates,'
1997," "Zbigniew Libera's 'Lego Concentration Camp Set,' 1996" "Fashioning
Terror. Tom Sachs 'Giftgas Giftset,' 1998 and 'Prada Deathcamp' 1998," and
"Staging Depravity. Mat Collishaw's 'Burnt Almonds (Gustav and Helga),' 2000."
(28059)
Klein, Dennis B., edited by et al. “Hidden History of the Kovno Ghetto.”
Boston, United States Holocaust Memorial Musem by Little Brown and Company,
1997. First Edition. ISBN: 0-8212-2457-3. Large quarto in dust jacket, 255 pp.,
b/w and color illustrations throughout, notes, chronology, further reading,
index. Hardbound. Very Good. With chapters "Ruins and Remembrance," by Dov
Levin and "Inner Life of the Kovno Ghetto," Lawrence L. Langer (13196)
Lutske, Harvey. “History in Their Hands: A Book of Jewish Autographs.”
Northvale, NJ, Jason Aronson, 1996. ISBN: 1-56821-290-9. Quarto in dust jacket.
xx, 323 pp., b/w illustrations. Hardbound. Very Good, remainder mark. (4212)
Meek, H.A. “The Synagogue.” London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1995. ISBN:
0-7148-2932-3. Large quarto in dust jacket, 240 pp., color and b/w
illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. Hardbound. Very Good. A nicely
illustrated introduction (36882)
Newhouse, Alana, edited by. “A Living Lens: Photographs of Jewish Life from the
Pages of the Forward.” New York, Forward Books, W.W. Norton & Company, 2007.
First Edition. ISBN: 978-0-393-06269-4. Quarto in dust jacket, 352 pp., b/w
photos throughout, photo credits. Hardbound. Very Good. Foreword by Pete
Hamill. (55763)
Polack, Emmanuelle, edited by. “Artisans et paysans du Yiddishland/ The
Tradesmen and Farmers of Yiddishland/ Bal-melokhhes un foyerim inem Yidishland,
1921-1938.” Paris, ORT France, Somogy Editions D'Art, 2006. ISBN:
2-85056-862-7. Quarto in dust jacket, map, 96 pp., duotone photos throughout.
Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in French, English and Yiddish. Preface by Serge
Klarsfeld. Articles are "On Reading Photographic Images," Anne Grynberg and
"From Shtetl to Kolkhoz: The Tradesmen and Farmers of Yiddishland (1921-1938),"
Emmanuelle Polack. Featuring photos reproduced from original glass plates in
the Paris archive of ORT. The images were taken to serve the fund-raising
purposes of ORT in the west and the propaganda purposes of the Soviet and
Romanian governments. Nevertheless, they are a rare source of images of rural
Jewish life in those places and that time. (56877)
Porter, Ruth, edited by. “Jews in Arab Lands Today: Photographs.” Micha Bar-Am,
Alex Levac, Robert Lyons, Frits Meyst, Zion Ozeri, Shlomo Taitz, Michal Heiman
and Buky Schwartz. Tel Aviv, Beth Hatefusoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the
Jewish Diaspora and Gina Kehayoff, Munich, 1996. ISBN: 3-929078-45-7. Quarto in
edgeworn dust jacket, 143 pp., color and b/w photos throughout. Hardbound. Very
Good. With a message from Shimon Peres, Prime Minister of Israel. Foreword by
Giora Goren. Introduction by Ruth Porter, With the article, "Jews in Arab Lands
Today: A Diaspora that Dissolved Itself," Norman A Stillman and "The Synagogue:
Introduction," by Samuel D. Gruber. (38718)
Sorek, Ronit and Weisner-Ferguson, Sharon. “The Divine Image: Depicting God in
Jewish and Israeli Art.” Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, 2006. ISBN:
965-278-334-X. Royal octavo, glossy paper covers, 70, 58 pp., color
illustrations throughout, notes. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in English and
Hebrew. With an introductory essay "Of Pictures and Words: Visual and Verbal
Representation of God," by Moshe Halbertal. (38604)
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