Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts, Edited by Marc Michael Epstein Yiddish Learning generational conflict

generational conflict

author Kadya Molodovsy provides keen insight into the day-to-day activities of the large immigrant Jewish community of New York

' I know of no other single book in any language which could respond to these questions by conveying to the uninitiated

Leaving Vitebsk at seventeen

along with two unlikely allies

Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts, Edited by Marc Michael Epstein Yiddish Learning generational conflictThe love of books in the Jewish tradition extends back over many centuries, and the ways of interpreting those books are as myriad as the traditions themselves. Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink offers the first full survey of Jewish illuminated manuscripts, ranging from their origins in the Middle Ages to the present day. Featuring some of the most beautiful examples of Jewish art of all timeincluding hand illustrated versions of the Bible, the