Barquist, David L., et al. Myer Myers. Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York. New Haven Yale University Art Gallery: 2001. Born in New York in 1723, Myer Myers became the city's leading silversmith during the late colonial period, and is now remembered as one of America's great craftsmen. This catalogue explores his career in the larger contexts of the Jewish community, the silversmith's trade, and his network of patrons. Large-scale color photographs of his teapots, tankards, milk pots, and candlesticks are presented alongside maps, paintings, and other illuminating documents. An appendix focuses on the nine signature marks that Myers employed, and an extensive bibliography is provided. Softcover. 9.5"x11.5",304 pages, color and b/w illustrations. New.

Inventory #: 90137 Price: $ 35.00

Borowsky, Irvin J. (ed.). Artists Confronting the Inconceivable. Award Winning Glass Sculpture. Philadelphia American Interfaith Institute: 1992. One of an edition of 400 numbered copies. An elegant book, filled with color plates, illustrating the work of glass artists from 28 countries who were asked to create work that expressed remembrance of Kristallnacht and the Holocaust. The pieces of glass they created range from the highly representational to the brutally direct, and often combine beauty and horror in surprising and moving ways. Hardcover. 9"x12", 133 pages, color illustrations, dj a nice copy.

Inventory #: 7780 Price: $ 75.00

Braunstein, Susan L. Luminous Art. Hanukkah Menorahs of the Jewish Museum. New Haven The Jewish Museum & Yale University Press: 2004. "The Jewish tradition of lighting the menorah during the eight-day holiday of Hanukkah represents the victory of religious freedom-the liberation and rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in 164 BCE. Luminous Art celebrates this tradition and the craftsmanship of menorahs by showcasing over 100 Hanukkah lamps from the collection in The Jewish Museum in New York. The lamps and menorahs were created with materials from all over the world, including the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and they date back from the Renaissance to present day." Hardcover. 9.5"x12.5", 244 pages, color and black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Fine.

Inventory #: 90352 Price: $ 50.00

Dershowitz, Alan M. Chutzpah. New York Touchstone / Simon & Schuster: 1991. "A provocative reflection on his generation of Jews in America". Softcover. 6"x9", 378 pages, b/w illustrations light wear.

Inventory #: 6692 Price: $ 10.00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art. New York Sotheby's: June 2-3rd, 1982. A fine selection of printed and manuscript work, as well as metalwares, silver, and much more. Softcover. 8.5"x9.5", 90 pages, 581 lots, several color and many b/w illustrations prices realized stapled to title page a nice copy.

Inventory #: 8070 Price: $ 35.00

Gilboa, Violet. Catalog of the Bernice and Henry Tumen Collection of Jewish Ceremonial Objects in the Harvard College Library and the Harvard Semitic Museum. Cambridge Harvard University Library: 1993. This volume features photographs and descriptions of 166 Jewish ceremonial objects including wine cups beakers Sabbath lamps candlesticks spice boxes Hanukkah lamps Torah pointers crowns, shields, and finials plates for the Passover Seder and other occasions charity boxes Esther scrolls containers for the etrog fruit used on Sukkot marriage rings amulets and others. The vast majority of the objects are made of silver, with some additional pieces of pewter, a few brass and ceramic objects, and some textiles. Violet Gilboa is Littauer Hebraica Technical and Research Services Librarian at the Judaica Division of the Harvard College Library. Softcover. 6"x9", 172 pages, b/w illustrations bibliography. New.

Inventory #: 95038 Price: $ 25.00

Hebraica & Judaica including an Extensive Collection of Early Printed Books. New York Swann Galleries: December 17, 1989. Books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, prints, and ceremonial & other arts. Softcover. 6.5"x9.5", 441 lots, black & white illustrations. Light wear. Prices realized sheet.

Inventory #: 34512 Price: $ 20.00

Important Judaica, including property of the Jewish Community of Amsterdam (NIHS). New York Sotheby's: December 13, 2006. A very fine selection of silver, paintings, books and manuscripts, and much more. Softcover. 8"x10.5", 252 pages, 258 lots, color illustrations. Near fine.

Inventory #: 34507 Price: $ 40.00

[Israeli] Israeli and International Art. Tel Aviv Sotheby's: April 14, 1998. Sale TA0004. The catalog of an auction devoted to paintings and sculpture by Israeli and Jewish artists, including works by Marc Chagall, Josef Israels, Reuven Rubin, Ziona Tajar, and many more. Softcover. 8"x11", 91 pages, 127 lots, color illustrations. Institutional stamp on title page, else fine condition.

Inventory #: 31848 Price: $ 25.00

Latner, Helen. The Everything Jewish Wedding Book. Holbrook Adams Media: 1998. "The complete guide to planning the ceremony and celebration -from traditional to contemporary- for the most important day of your life". Softcover. 8"x9", 288 pages, line illustrations near fine.

Inventory #: 6694 Price: $ 10.00

Shadur, Joseph & Yehudit. Traditional Jewish Papercuts. An Inner World of Art and Symbol. Hanover University Press of New England: 2002. "The definitive work on papercuts, a long-overlooked aspect of Jewish folk art. The making of devotional papercuts is a relatively little-known aspect of traditional Jewish folk art and culture. While many ritual objects treasured today as "Judaica" were crafted from expensive materials, even the poorest Jew could afford paper, pencil, and penknife with which to make a papercut as a deeply-felt, personal expression of faith. Many of these works are gems of unaffected artistic creation. More than any other form of Jewish art, the surviving old Jewish papercuts evoke the spirit and lore of the East-European shtetl and the North African mellah. By the mid-20th century, however, the venerable Jewish papercutting tradition had become another lost folk art. This lavishly illustrated, full-color volume features many Jewish papercuts from Eastern and Central Europe reproduced here for the first time. These, and such works from Middle Eastern, North African, and North American Jewish communities incorporate an unparalleled wealth of Jewish symbols. Joseph and Yehudit Shadur's discussions of these configurations constitute a basic presentation of Jewish iconography of the last three centuries. The culmination of over twenty-five years of their searches and research on four continents, Traditional 'Jewish Papercuts' is the definitive work on the subject. The Shadurs' initial, profusely-illustrated, Jewish Papercuts: A History and Guide, published in 1994, won the annual National Jewish Book Council Award for the outstanding book in the visual arts. Their present work, Traditional Jewish Papercuts: An Inner World of Art and Symbol, offers readers much new material, insights, and interpretations, with detailed chapters on sources, typologies, and techniques. A special chapter deals with modern imitations and fraudulent works aimed at the collectors' market. An expanded, selective bibliography and an index are appended". Hardcover. 9"x11", 263 pages, 95 color and 107 black & white illustrations, dust jacket. New condition.

Inventory #: 90298 Price: $ 40.00

Volavkova, Hana. The Synagogue Treasures of Bohemia and Moravia. Prague Sfinx: 1949. A selection of early synagogue textiles from the collection of the Jewish Museum in Prague. The Jewish Museum was founded in 1906 by Dr. Hugo Lieben and Dr. Augustin Stein. After the Nazi invasion the Museum was closed, but when the Nazis began rounding up Jewish residents, closing synagogues and confiscating all Jewish property, Dr. Stein managed to negotiate to have special objects stored at the Museum under care of a group of Jewish scholars. Among the treasures thus saved were 10,000 religious textiles, including torah curtains, top draperies, torah mantles, covers, swaddling bands, cushions and other objects of the 17th-20th centuries. After the War the Museum and its contents came under the control of the Soviet government, but in 1994 it was returned to the Jewish Community of Prague and has become an important and vibrant center for the preservation of Jewish art and artifacts. An exhibition catalog of some of these textiles has just been published by the Museum, but its coverage differs somewhat from the contents of this book. This 1949 study concentrated exclusively on the earlier textiles, from the 17th and 18th centuries. It also featured translations from the Hebrew inscriptions made by Dr. T.J. Jakobowits, Curator of the Museum, in 1942-1944, before he and his family were sent to their deaths in the concentration camps at the end of 1944. Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 39 pages of text plus 97 plates, some in color, of curtains and torah mantles some wear and soil, tape marks on endpapers hinges loose.

Inventory #: 5598 Price: $ 35.00

[Zagayski] Property from the Collection of Michael and Doris Zagayski. Silver, Judaica, Antiquities, Works of Arts, Decorations, Books, Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture and Prints, Furniture, Rugs and Carpets. New York Sotheby's: June 29, 1995. Sale 6732. The catalog of an auction devoted to the Michael and Doris Zagayski collection. The Zagayski's were famous collectors of fine Judaica and other arts. Softcover. 8"x11", about 100 pages, 398 lots, b/w and some color illustrations, prices realized sheet stapled to title page. Institutional stamp on first page, else a fine copy.

Inventory #: 31655 Price: $ 35.00