1996; (edition of 750) 

They are lost people searching for themselves or people who know themselves too well and wish they could escape.  Their stories — sexy, funny, poignant and often disturbing — are letters home from a writer of exceptional perceptiveness and power.

Grant winner  for "artistic excellence" from the Government of Israel;  Publication grant winner, Center  for Jewish Culture and Creativity.

"Margolis is incapable of writing a boring sentence" 
           — Dan McCall,  Author of Jack the Bear

David Margolis is the author of two novels, 
The Stepman and Change of Partners (Permanent Press/Sag Harbor, NY), and co-author of the Holocaust memoir The Muselman, (Katav, Hoboken, NJ) . These books are available from www.amazon.com

1997;  (edition of 750)

Celebrating 25 years of learning, this linen-covered hard-bound volume features articles by 20 Torah scholars — men and women who have helped create Pardes' reputation as an exceptional place of learning in Jerusalem. 

Contributors include  Aviva Zornberg, Dov Berkovits, Mimi Feigelson,  Daniel Landes, Daniel Sinclair, Aryeh Strikovsky, and Joseph Leibowitz.

Available from Machon Pardes
pardesinst@netmedia.net.il

Jacques Vatine: Mémoires

1996;  (edition of 500) French; 358 pages

"J'étais en train de bavarder avec Schick devant la tente de commandement quand le capitaine Langlois en sortit et, s'adressant à moi en souriant: "Savez-vous où nous allons, Vatine?" -"Non, mon capitaine" - "En Palistine!" 

Perfect for libraries and historians of the WWII/Palestine era. 
Contact: Yonat918@mail.iol.co.il 

K'khu Mizmirat Ha'aretz

1998;  (edition of 1000) Hebrew

This scholarly investigation of  the Talmudic sources for grape harvesting was written by Yehoshua Heger-Lau.   Published to commemorate the eighteenth anniversary of the founding of Beit Yatir, a yeshuv in the Har Hevron region of Israel. With whimsical line drawings by Tamar Kadri.

1998 (limited-edition of 90)  Gold foil stamped engraving on hard cover, acid-free paper, 90 pps. (German and Hebrew) 

Meticulously produced facimile of the Kisch Hagaddah, with commentary by  Dr. Alexander Kisch, who was the rabbi of Prague's Maisel Synagogue when this hagaddah was  published in Prague in 1888. The unusual engravings by Slovac Christian artist, Cyril Kutlik, are featured in the Yaari Compendium (#1338)

Explorations in Literature, History, Text Studies, Anthropology, Theology, Contemporary Thought, Sociology, The Arts and more

Published by The Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies and International Research Institute on Jewish Women, Brandeis University

To order a subcription: dvorahg@iol.co.il or IRIJW@brandeis.edu

by Frieda Clark Hyman
Published by Gefen Publshers, Jerusalem

I did the cover design and illustrations for this book in 1995 when I was art director at Gefen. 
 

Click image or title to see some of the drawings from this charming book