Scott Jacobs: Pumping Iron

When it comes to deciding on the size of a home or living space, one question must be asked: How much space is enough? Americans often relate "enough" space to dimensions, rather than to how a space will really be enjoyed. In Blueprint Small, Michelle Kodis examines small spaces (each ...more

Digital archive edition of hE@D Magazine #6, originally published Feb. 2002. Features include interviews with experimental film maker Stan Brakhage, with Jacob Eichert; Drop in on Jack Johnson, with Ken Volok; Gidget (Kathy Kohner-Zuckerman) is Back (with Ken Volok); also Joe Mickey and The Tibetan Photo Project; plus Tenacious D ...more

"We look at this cradle as representing a particular family; we see that someone took time to create it; we feel the love that it expresses; it speaks to us; it tells us of our past."--Philip Bread With such words, Kiowa and Comanche people express their deep connection to their ...more

This massive two-volume reference provides a systematic account of Midrash, biblical interpretation in Judaism, from well before the second century BCE through the end of the seventh century CE. It covers interpretation of Scripture in a number of distinct Judaic canons, but emphasizes the Rabbinic one, which came to predominate ...more

Brill Academic Publishers, in collaboration with The Museum of Jewish Heritage (New York) and Continuum (New York) proudly presents The Encyclopaedia of Judaism, published in Fall 1999. This carefully crafted, three-volume work includes every topic necessary to systematically describe the Jewish faith in all its complexity and wonder. Comprehensive and ...more

When the editors completed the initial three volumes of "The Encyclopaedia of Judaism", they had covered more than 100 topics - but they also realized that many other important topics remained to be set forth in a systematic way. This led to new inquiries into the history, practices and theology ...more