Jerusalem Post Coffee Table Book: The 4000 Year Journey in Search of Peace By Danny Taran

Coffee table book – personal inscription can be done upon completion of auction The 4000 Year Journey in Search of Peace By Danny Taran This 252-coffee table book is a photographic history of the Jewish people commencing with Abraham until it’s publication 2006. The book captures the spirit, determination and achievements of a people who have struggled for survival and succeeded. About the Author: After graduating from Baron Byng High School in Montreal in 1949, Danny Taran joined Consoltex, a publicly traded textile manufacturing company. In 1964 he became president at the age of 32. By the end of his presidency in 1983, Consoltex was the second largest textile manufacturer in Canada. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts (SBC), Montreal, and Chairman of the Board from 1997 to 1999. He endowed the Liane and Danny Taran Gallery at the SBC in 1998. As an avid photographer, Danny has participated in solo and group exhibits both in Canada and in the United States, where his work was widely sold. His photographs are represented in numerous corporate collections. He now devotes his time to philanthropic endeavors. In 2000, he established the Liane and Danny Taran Foundation, 'Art for Charity', with the mission of encouraging donors to increase their charitable donations through an incentive program. To date, approximately 1,000 photographs have been presented, representing well over a million dollars in increased donations. He then embarked on the project of creating a photographic history of the Jewish people. The purpose to make teenagers and youth more aware of their roots and in so increasing the voices in opposition to the alarming escalating spread of anti Semitism and anti-Israeli propaganda that is so pervasive presently.

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