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Title: History in Their Hands: A Book of Jewish Autographs

Synopsis
This collection contains the autographs of noted Jewish sages and thinkers along with brief biographies and quotations from the subjects' work.

Details
Language:        English

Size
Length:        322 Pages
Weight:        2.5 Pounds
Height:         11.5 Inches
Width:          9 Inches
Thickness:    1.3 Inches



Publisher Notes
The people presented in this book are as varied as their signatures. Some were religious, some secular; some made their mark in science, others in humanities. Despite their diverse roots, they all shared a common goal: to advance the Jewish name, the Jewish people, and the Jewish cause. Lutske has grouped these personalities into nine categories: Sages and Saints, including the Baal Shem Tov, Moshe Feinstein, Abraham Isaac Kook, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe; Scientists, including Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, and Dr. Bela Schick; Scholars and Philosophers, including Simon Dubnow, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Mordecai Kaplan, and Solomon Schechter; Zionists, including Theodor Herzl, Menachem Begin, Abba Eban, Levi Eshkol, and Golda Meir; Literary Figures, including S. Y. Agnon, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Emma Lazarus, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Elie Wiesel; Americans, including Bernard Baruch, Louis D. Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Felix Frankfurter, and Jacob Schiff; One of a Kind, including Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Marc Chagall, Eli Cohen, Alfred Dreyfus, and Sir Moses Montefiore; Holocaust Voices, including Anne Frank, Simon Wiesenthal, and Hannah Senesch; and the Signers of the Israeli Declaration of Independence, including David Ben-Gurion, Tzvi Luria, Golda Meir, and Abraham Katznelson. Each entry is accompanied by a reproduction of the original autograph, or writing sample, of the personality, an epigraph by or about the personality, and a biography highlighting the accomplishments of each personality. The reader will learn not only about those who made history but also about history itself. This book includes autographs, letters, and manuscripts in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, French, German, andRussian.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is History in Their Hands: A Book of Jewish Autographs and it was written by Harvey Lutske. This edition of History in Their Hands: A Book of Jewish Autographs is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is February 1996 and it has a suggested retail price of $50. There are 322 pages in the book and it was published by Jason Aronson Inc. The 10 digit ISBN is 1568212909 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9781568212906. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.