Elisheva Carlebach Author

Mark Podwal is a celebrated artist whose work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Israel Museum, the Jewish Museum in Prague, among many others. He may have been best known initially for his drawings on The New York Times Op-Ed page. In addition, he is the author and illustrator of numerous books. Most of these works - Podwal's own as well as those he has illustrated for others - typically focus on Jewish legend, history, and tradition. In 1995, the French government named Podwal an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. Elie Wiesel is a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, and Nobel Laureate. He is the author of over fifty titles, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps. Cynthia Ozick is an American'Jewish short story writer, novelist, and essayist. Elisheva Carlebach is an American scholar of early modern Jewish history and a professor of Jewish history, culture, and society at Columbia University.