A Conversation with Hersh Eidlisz

Our Guest this evening is Hersh Eidlisz, former Judaica Books and Manuscripts consultant to Sotheby's, currently a buyer and seller of these with many clients throughout the country. We will be discussing some of the techniques used to determine whether a book or manuscript is genuine and how much it might be worth. We will also discuss, in fascinating detail whether, some of the censhorship - historically - that involved the printing and dissemination of religious Jewish books.