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An Inspirational Guide for Christians from a Rabbi

Product Description

Holy Days of Israel is a book written by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. The goal of the Fellowship is “to help needy Jews in Israel and throughout the world, and to build bridges of understanding between Christians and Jews.” In this book Rabbi Eckstein offers, as an expression of appreciation, an inspiring guide about the five most important days of the Jewish calendar to help Christians deepen their understanding of the Jewish roots of the Christian faith.

Design Corps involvement

Design of the book Holy Days of Israel by Design Corps included the following:
• COVER DESIGN
— Six concepts were presented in two phases
• INTERIOR DESIGN
— The interior is full-color. Three concepts were presented for a design that included three types of spreads: introductions, lessons, and devotions.
• PAGE COMPOSITION
• IMAGE SELECTION ASSISTANCE
— Over fifty images were required. These were divided primarily between full-color photographs for the lessons and nineteenth century woodcut engravings for the devotions.

A NOTE ON THE ENGRAVINGS
Most of the woodcuts were done by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 – May 24, 1872) a German artist born in Leipzig who became part of the Nazarene Movement. This school of religious and romantic art sought to revive the principles of earlier periods, abandoning the modern styles.

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: IFCJ
Author: Rabii Yechiel Eckstein