A Fresh Look at 4,000 Years of Jewish
History—Authoritative, Complete...Funny
Through witty, illustrated narrative,
celebrated artist Stan Mack will take you on a rewarding
pictorial journey through 4,000 years of ups and downs in
Jewish history. The first “graphic history book” of
its kind, The Story of the Jews celebrates the major characters and events that
have shaped the Jewish people and culture, illustrating what it
means to be Jewish.
You will visit all the major Jewish
happenings from biblical times to the twenty-first
century—from Abraham and Sarah on the banks of the
Euphrates to the Diaspora, intermarriage, and the State of
Israel.
- Moses receiving the Ten
Commandments
- The triumph of King David
- The creation of the Talmud
- The rise of Christianity and Islam
- The Crusades
- The Inquisition
- The Enlightenment
- Life in the new Babylon (the United
States)
- The birth of the state of Israel
- And—of course—the
world’s first “Oy!”
“An entertaining refresher course
for adults and a breezy primer for kids.”
—Moment
“[Mack’s] formidable talents
as a storyteller, amateur historian and bravura cartoonist make
for a very entertaining (and informative) dash through Jewish
history.”
—Publishers
Weekly
“Highly readable and extremely
enjoyable.... Presents concepts and ideas that, for other
authors, might take pages or chapters to explain. Through
imaginative drawings, delivers the concepts and convictions of
the Jewish people in a charming and engrossing style. Mazel Tov: we
really needed this opus to supplement all the other long and
stodgy Jewish history books.”
—Rabbi
Lawrence Goldmark, former
president, the Board of Rabbis of Southern California
“Funny and original, and it
won’t take 4,000 years to read.”
—Matt
Groening, creator of The Simpsons
Stan Mack is an
award-winning cartoonist and former art director of the New York Times Sunday Magazine. He has created cartoon features for Adweek, Bon Appetit, Modern Maturity, Natural
History, the New York Times, and the New Yorker. He has
authored and/or illustrated over a dozen books for children,
teens (in collaboration with Janet Bode), and adults.
