Windows on Jewish Worlds

Essays in Honor of William Gross - Collector of Judaica

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edited by Shalom Sabar, Emile Schrijver, Falk Wieseman

This volume celebrates the collecting effort of perhaps the greatest of all contemporary collectors of Judaica, William Gross, of Tel Aviv. It appears on the occasion of his eightieth birthday and contains discussions of a variety of items from the Gross Family Collection, authored by friends and colleagues from the world of Jewish museums and Jewish studies. Items discussed include Hebrew manuscripts and printed works, Jewish ceremonial silver, textiles, amulets, medals and texts. The articles are illustrated richly, mostly with items from the Gross Family Collection.

Editors

Shalom Sabar is a professor of Jewish Art and Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Emile Schrijver is general director of the Jewish Historical Museum and the Jewish Cultural Quarter in Amsterdam, as well as professor of the History of Jewish Heritage, in particular of the Jewish Book, at the University of Amsterdam.

Falk Wiesemann is retired professor of Modern History at the Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf.