Synopses & Reviews
Full color photographs and a lively text describe the ancient rituals and the modern customs of the Jewish people. Traces the influences of their many migrations throughout the world on the development of Jewish culture and how it all fuses in Israeli, American and international life today.
Table of Contents
Who are the Jews? -- The Middle Eastern background -- The stories of the Hebrew scriptures -- Dispersion -- Oral law -- Philosophers and mystics -- The Hasidim -- Anti-Semitism and Zionism -- Holocaust -- The Jewish community today -- Index.