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Great Jews Boxed Set : History, Music, Performing Arts
Great Jews Boxed Set History Music Performing Arts Author:Darryl Lyman, Elinor Slater, Robert Slater Great Moments in Jewish History, Great Jews in Music, and Great Jews in the Performing Arts packaged in a sturdy blue slipcase suitable for gift-giving. Great Moments in Jewish History — In their highly acclaimed Great Jewish Women and Great Jewish Men, the Slaters profile renowned Jewish men and women who have made ou... more »tstanding contributions to civilization. Here, the authors bring to life events that have, over the past four thousand years, shaped the Jewish people and determined the course of their history. Divided into four sections-Moments of Courage, Moments of Joy, Moments of Despair, and Moments of Creativity-this stirring work recreates the high points and low points of the Jewish adventure over the millennia and throughout the world. Great Jews in Music
This up-to-date guide to Jewish involvement in the world of music includes over one hundred major biographies and hundreds of thumbnail sketches that focus on the careers and personal lives of the selected artists. Through these biographies, which include listings of the major works of each subject, we begin to see the effects of Jewish emancipation on the music world at large. Features such diverse talents as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Itzhak Perlman, Richard Rodgers, and Barbra Streisand. Great Jews in the Performing Arts
Throughout the ages Jewish actors, singers, dancers, and comics from all parts of the world have graced the stage and screen and provided audiences with countless hours of pleasure. In this volume, Darryl Lyman celebrates the lives of three hundred such greats-including Billy Crystal, Lauren Bacall, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Jerry Seinfeld, Morris Carnovsky, Sammy Davis, Jr., and George Burns. This refreshing look at some of the most popular entertainers of our time will inspire, instruct and-above all-entertain.« less