What a ride the world has been on over the last 30 years: the fall of the Berlin Wall, China’s re emergence as a major power, the wishful creation of the BRICS, technological innovations, 9/11, confli
"Edward Goldberg shares his sensational discovery of the largest body of surviving correspondence from any Jew in Early Modern Europe. Over the course of six years, Benedetto Blanis - a scholar and en
In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especiall
Papers presented at a 1971 NATO Conference on the the state of the North Sea. This volume evolved from the North Sea Science Conference held under the auspices of the NATO Science Committee at Aviem
Carlo Dolci (1616–1687), arguably the greatest painter in 17th-century Florence, was admired and patronized by the city’s leading families. Best known for his half-length and single-figure devotional
Rabbi Dr John D Rayner CBE, Hon. Life Pres of Liberal Judaism, is one of the most distinguished Progressive rabbis in the world. Over a career spanning more than 50 years, he has written, lectured, ta
