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Full-color reproductions of 400 oil paintings of prominent Jews from various cultures, eras, and continents exhibited at the Jewish Museum, Vienna, 22 September-31 October 1999; Beth-Hatefutsoth, the Nahum Goldmann Museum of Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv, 12 May-13 August 2000; Hallisch-Frankisches Museum, Schwabisch Hall, 1 September-12 November 2000. Includes portraits of well-known politicians, scientists, writers, philosophers, artists, musicians, composers, businessmen and actors, among others, from Moses to the present.