Baal-Teshuva was born in Jerusalem in 1929.[3] He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and New York University. He was married to artist Aviva Baal-Teshuva (Hebrew: אביבה בעל תשובה), born Heilvig Hilde Schmidt in Berlin in 1940, until her death in 2016. Over the next 50 years, they collected 20th-century artworks, most of which were sold in a Sotheby's online auction titled "An Artistic Home."[4]
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (1963). The Mission of Israel. Robert Speller & Sons. ISBN9780831500000. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (1964). Art Treasures of the United Nations. Thomas Yoseloff. ISBN9780805200000. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (1964). Toward World Peace: Addresses and Public Statements 1957–1963 by U Thant. Thomas Yoseloff. ISBN9780805200017. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (1993). Andy Warhol: 1928–1987: Works from the Collection of Jose Mugrabi and an Isle of Man Company. Prestel. ISBN9783791312774.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (1993). Christo: The Reichstag and Urban Projects. Prestel. ISBN9783791313238.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob; Chagall, Marc (1995). Chagall: A Retrospective. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates. ISBN9780883634950.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob; Christo; Jeanne-Claude; Volz, Wolfgang (1995). Running Fence: Sonoma and Marin Counties, California 1972–76. Taschen. ISBN9783822885659.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (1998). Calder: 1898–1976. Taschen. ISBN9783822882702.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (1998). Marc Chagall: 1887–1985. Taschen. ISBN9783822882719.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (2001). Louis Comfort Tiffany. Taschen. ISBN9783836503136.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob; Clemente, Francesco; Basquiat, Jean-Michel (2001). Jean Michel Basquiat: Gemälde Und Arbeiten Auf Papier = Paintings and Works on Paper. Swiridoff. ISBN9783934350564.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob; Restany, Pierre (2003). Faces of the Art World: Photography of Jacob Baal-Teshuva. National Center of Photography of Russian Federation.
Kadishman, Menashe; Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (2007). Menashe Kadishman. Prestel Verlag. ISBN9783791338149.
Baal-Teshuva, Jacob (2009). Mark Rothko: 1903–1970: Pictures as Drama. Taschen. ISBN9783836512831.