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    Illu­mi­na­tion: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Mark Podwal

    Ada Brun­stein
    January 25, 2021
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    Jew­ish Trea­sures from Oxford Libraries
    Edited by Rebecca Abrams and Cesar Merchan-Hamann
    Cover of The Illustrated Pirkei Avot
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    The Illus­trat­ed Pirkei Avot
    Jes­si­ca Tamar Deutsch
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    The Broth­er Hag­gadah: A Medieval Sephar­di Mas­ter­piece in Facsimile
    Marc Michael Epstein, ed.
    Cover of The Illuminated Torah: Paintings and Essays on the Weekly Portions
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    The Illu­mi­nat­ed Torah: Paint­ings and Essays on the Week­ly Portions
    Avner Moriah and Shulamit Laderman
    Cover of Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated Manuscripts
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    Skies of Parch­ment, Seas of Ink: Jew­ish Illu­mi­nat­ed Manuscripts
    Marc Michael Epstein, ed.
    Cover of The Monk's Haggadah: A Fifteenth-Century Illuminated Codex from the Monastery of Tegernsee
    Jew­ish Text
    The Monk’s Hag­gadah: A Fif­teenth-Cen­tu­ry Illu­mi­nat­ed Codex from the Monastery of Tegernsee
    David Stern, Christoph Markschies, Sarit Shavlen-Eyni, eds.
    Cover of The Medieval Illuminated Haggadah: Family Edition
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    The Medieval Illu­mi­nat­ed Hag­gadah: Fam­i­ly Edition
    David Holzer
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    The Song of Songs: The Hon­ey­bee in the Garden
    Debra Band
    Cover of The Illuminated Kaddish: Interpretations of the Mourner's Prayer
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    The Illu­mi­nat­ed Kad­dish: Inter­pre­ta­tions of the Mourn­er’s Prayer
    Hyla Shifra Bolsta
    Cover of Richard Codor's Joyous Haggadah: The Illuminated Passover Story
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    Richard Codor­’s Joy­ous Hag­gadah: The Illu­mi­nat­ed Passover Story
    Richard and Liora Codor
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    Free­dom Illu­mi­nat­ed: Under­stand­ing The Szyk Haggadah
    Byron L. Sherwin and Irvin Ungar, eds.

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