Coming to Life: Growing Up, Giving Back, and the Founding of the Contemporary Jewish Museum [Signed, Inscribed, Numbered]

[ART]. Stephen S. Leavitt. "Coming to Life: Growing Up, Giving Back, and the Founding of the Contemporary Jewish Museum [Signed, Inscribed, Numbered]." New York: Frontier Press. Printed by Graphic Imagery, 2015. First edition, numbered 84 of 100 copies. Signed and inscribed in ink by author on front flyleaf. English language. Hardcover with cream cloth boards stamped white and gilt. Nonfiction memoir in twenty-eight parts with a preface and afterword; the memoir turns into a book about the founding of the Jewish Museum in New York, with full-color photo illustrations and blue illustrations on every chapter title. 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. 21 oz. [4], 116 pp. Slight stain on bottom edge. Text clean. Near Fine. ISBN: 9781452144931. "This is not the Chronicle Books version published in 2014. This is instead an expanded hardcover edition signed, inscribed, and numbered by the author, and limited to 100 copies by the publisher. When the founders of the Contemporary Jewish Museum stood on the dirt floor of a former electrical power substation built in 1907, they tried to envision it as a museum for the twenty-first century, a place that would enlighten and inspire everyone. That contemplation of the CJM, which would open in 2008, also became self-contemplation for Dr. Stephen Leavitt. He began to write essays about the shaping of the museum and about his own experiences growing up Jewish in America and being a member of the Jewish community in San Francisco. His reflections on identity and commitment, on history and tradition, offer an insightful and moving perspective on how the CJM came to be what it is and how he came to be one of its visionaries.".…