Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel, Jewish Carving Traditions

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award

Based on more than 20 years of original research in Europe, Israel, and the United States by artist Murray Zimiles, and accompanied by an essay by distinguished Judaica scholar Vivian B.Mann, this book is the first fully developed study of the secularization of Eastern European Jewish folk art traditions in America.

Until recently, little was known in the United States about the creative work of European Jewish folk artists. The dest…