NEW FROM ARTSCROLL: 1,100 Year History of German Jewry Carefully researched and beautifully designed with illustrations, photos, and maps, this full color coffee-table book takes us on a breathtaking tour of 1,100 years of accomplishment, including such important events as: • the development of the Yiddish language • the world of the B'alei Tosafos • the shaping of "minhagei Ashkenaz," which were ultimately codified into Jewish law • the "Torah im Derech Eretz" philosophy of Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch The World that Was Ashkenaz includes profiles of more than 50 of the greatest luminaries and leaders the Jewish world has known, from the Ba'al HaTurim and the Pnei Yehoshua to Rav Samson Rafael Hirsch and Rav Shimon Schwab; from Rabbeinu Gershon, to Moreinu Yaakov Rosenheim.