In 2003, the newly formed Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley released its first illustrated social history of the Jews of Napa Valley from 1848 to 2003. The success of that book inspired further elaboration. In July, 2012 Arcadia Publishing's America Series published a pictorial history, Napa Valley's Jewish Heritage, composed by Henry Michalski and Donna Mendelsohn. In 126 pages, divided into five periods, 1848 to the present, and illustrated with 200 vintage images, the authors present Napa's Jews, from the firstcomers to today's current population of 1,200. These photographs, generously and colorfully captioned, show, in all its diversity, Napa's 164-year-long history of Jewish life. Families, homes, weddings, religious holidays, schools, farms, stores, store owners, professionals, elected officials (men and, recently, women), and philanthropists are all represented, as is Napa's large and widely recognized wine-making industry.