DUST AND STARS:
TODAY IN JEWISH HISTORY

Every day, waiting for you in your inbox, will be a daily post about people and events of interest in Jewish history that occurred on that unique conjunction of the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars.

Hi, I'm Steven Drucker and I've been working on this project for over 20 years. It has morphed from a hard copy personal organizer (remember those?) to a coffee table book and now into a Substack.

Why “Dust and Stars”?

"The Jewish nation is compared in the Bible to the dust of the earth (Genesis 13:16), and to the stars of the heavens (Genesis 15:5). This teaches you that when they descend, they descend to the dust, and when they rise, they rise to the stars."     Megillah 16 A

Enduring millennia of unprecedented suffering culminating in the Holocaust, Jews are clearly no strangers to the dust. Against all odds the other half of the prophecy is no less real--Jews shine brightly in every field of human endeavor.

Dust and Stars tells this most unlikely story that spans 4,000 years of history, peopled by remarkable Jews who have touched billions of lives.

Designed to entertain, inform and stimulate; Dust and Stars features:

• HIGH-LEVEL GRAPHIC PRESENTATION

• ILLUSTRATIONS, PHOTOS, ART-WORK

• IMPORTANT DATES THROUGHOUT JEWISH HISTORY

• HOLIDAYS WITH CONCISE EXPLANATIONS

• BIRTHDATES OF MAJOR HISTORICAL FIGURES

• YAHRZEITS OF MAJOR BIBLICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS

• THUMBNAIL BIOGRAPHIES

• POEMS, QUOTATIONS

• BACKGROUND ESSAYS

I certainly hope you will enjoy and share it with your family and friends.

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