MIRIAM BOOKS
ZIONIST ART AND CULTURE
MIRIAM BOOKS is a non-profit publisher of
visual, literary and cultural works, dedicated to fostering Zionism as an avant-garde force for artistic and intellectual progress in the 21st century.
Through publications and presentations, we seek to promote new creative works that express the centrality of Israel to modern Jewish experience, identity and existence.
"Artists will fully understand why I, who otherwise reason clearly, have allowed extravagances and dreams to vegetate wildly [in these notes]."
-Theodor Herzl, 1895, on the writing of The Jewish State
Write to us:
info [at] miriambooks.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Award-winning book author and visual artist Alan Kaufman received standing ovations through out the San Francisco Bay Area for his ground-breaking and historic presentation of 'The Zionist Arts Movement:' an inspiring and informative talk that includes: Total program is one hour. Program can include any combination of above elements. ALAN KAUFMAN is an author, poet, essayist and visual artist. He is the author of Matches (2005); a critically acclaimed memoir Jew Boy (2000); and the editor of several anthologies, including The Outlaw Bible of American Literature (2004). Kaufman's paintings have hung in solo shows as well as group exhibits in galleries in New York City and San Francisco, including Art @ 304 and the Himmelberger Gallery. He is the subject of Miriam Books' premier publication, Kaufman's Visionary Expressionism: A Zionist Art (October 2008).
MIRIAM BOOKS HAS JUST RELEASED ITS INAUGURAL PUBLICATION,
VISIONARY EXPRESSIONISM: A ZIONIST ART
GO HERE TO READ THE PRESS AND ORDER COPIES!
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NOW AVAILABLE: THE ZIONIST ARTS MOVEMENT PRESENTATION PACKAGE:
For booking in your School, Synagogue or Institution.
See why audiences throughout the San Francisco Bay Area--from the San Francisco JCC to the East Bay JCRC to the Golden Gate Breakfast Club--are giving standing ovations...
For program cost contact Alan Kaufman at Akpoem2@aol.com
About Us:
MIRIAM BOOKS is named for the mothers of its co-founders Alan Kaufman and Polly Zavadivker. Alan's mother Marie survived the Holocaust in France, and Polly's mother Maryana left the Soviet Union for the United States in 1979. Both women, of blessed memory, were passionately committed to Israel and Zionism. The work of Miriam Books is a testament to their lives, as survivors of two 20th century regimes that sought to eradicate Jewish life and spirit.
