Ariel TishbyThe map of the Holy Land reflects the religious and political outlook, as well as the scientific and aesthetic sensibilities, of the mapmakers and the society in which they...

Danny P Jackson The longing stretch toward the infinite... the reluctant embrace of the temporal... this is the eternal lot of mankind; this is The Epic of Gilgamesh. Born in...

Netalia Berger Since the Middle Ages, Jews have regarded medicine as one of the most honorable professions to pursue. Jews and Medicine is sprinkled with full-color photographs of manuscripts, posters,...

Shaul MayzlishFrom his days as a precocious youngster in Lomzha to his service as rabbi of Belfast and Dublin, chief rabbi of the Irish Free State, and then chief rabbi...

Franz Meyer

Norman L KleeblattA selection of Jewish paintings, sculptures, and ceremonial objects is accompanied by an examination of Jewish art First published March 1, 1986  

Roy McMullenArt critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century". According to art historian Michael J. Lewis, Chagall was considered to be "the...

Kevin SinclairAbout fine in like dust jacket. First American edition. Gilt lettering on blue cloth with illustrated endpapers. Folio. 208 pp. Illus. with color photos. Beautiful photos of China, its...

Roman VishniacThis pictorial history of Jewish life in Germany in the 1930s before the Holocaust, shows the stories of individuals, their increasing poverty, sad wisdom and enduring love in the...

David Liittschwager, Susan MiddletonFor this project, Middleton and Liittschwager gained unprecedented access to photograph on and around these protected islands that are otherwise completely off-limits to people. Home to nearly...

Mark W MoffettYou’re two inches away from a poison dart frog. You’re lying on the rainforest floor as she hops toward you, utterly fearless. This deadly terribilis frog has nothing...

Charles StuckeyA comprehensive guide to Monet's life and work contains more than two hundred reproductions and illustrations, accompanied by insightful criticism by such classic authors as Proust and Zola, as...