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3196
RIBALOW, HAROLD U., ED.
AN ANTHOLOGY ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA. IT IS MADE UP OF SHORT STORIES, WRITTEN BY JEWISH AUTHORS.
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6754
'...AND THESE DAYS OF PURIM'
THE MIRACULOUS TURNAROUND AS RECORDED IN TALMUD AND MIDRASH
ROTENBERG, SHLOMO, RAV
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE STORY OF PURIM, EXCERPTED FROM AM OLAM, VOLUME TWO, WITH ITS WEALTH OF DETAIL AND ENLIGHTENING POINTS, OFFERS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE STORY OF PURIM. © 1996
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6391
STORIES OF STRIVING AND YEARNING
TELLER, HANOCH; TABAK, MARSI
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
IN THESE COLLECTIONS OF STORIES, THE FIRST BOOK IS BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS AND REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES WHILE THE SECOND BOOK IS FILLED WITH JEWISH LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE.© 1986
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6472
BURNS, GEORGE
FRANK SWEENEY
GEORGE BURNS' CAREER SPANNED THE HISTORY OF MODERN SHOW BUSINESS. HE STARRED IN VAUDEVILLE, RADIO, TELEVISION, THE MOVIES, AND THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AND ON THE NIGHTCLUB STAGE. HERE HE DELIVERS HUMOROUS ANECDOTES ON HIS LIFE AND CAREER.© 1996
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3258
1001 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT JUDAISM
GROSS, DAVID C.
EVELYN GODMAN
THIS BOOK ASKS AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT BASIC RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS SUCH AS LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, FESTIVALS, AND SOCIAL ETHICS.
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6720
JEWISH HUMOR FROM GROUCHO MARX TO JERRY SEINFELD
MENCHIN, ROBERT
MARTY GERBER
FROM THE BORSCHT BELT 'SHTICK' OF RODNEY DANGERFIELD TO THE URBANE WIT OF JERRY SEINFELD, JEWISH HUMOR HAS HAD AN ENORMOUS INFLUENCE ON MODERN COMEDY. MENCHIN, A NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST, HAS COMPILED A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN JEWISH JOKES
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7225
A MEMOIR
ROIPHE, ANNE
LESLIE CARROLL, BARBARA ABIS
IN THIS CAPTIVATING MEMOIR, NOVELIST ANNE ROIPHE SHOWS US WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE TO GROW UP RICH AND JEWISH IN NEW YORK IN THE 1940S AND 1950S. REVISITING THE WORLD OF HER CHILDHOOD, ROIPHE BRINGS ALIVE A CAST OF CHARACTERS WHO ARE BOTH DIFFICULT TO LOVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET. THROUGH THE EYES OF THIS PRECOCIOUS, LOVING DAUGHTER, WE WITNESS THE BRUTALITIES THAT LURKED BEHIND THE MAH-JONGG TABLES, COCKTAIL PARTIES, AND SUMMER HOUSES OF HER FAMILY. BY TURNS HEARTBREAKING, FUNNY, AND MERCILESSLY HONEST, ROIPHE'S STORY EXPOSES THE FAULT LINES OF MISERY THAT EXPLODED IN THE DOMESTIC BATTLES OF THE HOME FRONT, FAR OVERSHADOWING THE WAR OVERSEAS. © 1999
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5938
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUAN CABEZON
ARIDJIS, HOMERO
RICHARD HANAU
A NOVEL ABOUT JUAN AND ISABEL, CONVERTED JEWS WHO FALL IN LOVE DURING THE SPANISH INQUISITION. AFTER DISCOVERING THAT SHE IS PREGNANT, ISABEL RUNS AWAY, FEARING FURTHER PERSECUTION. JUAN FINDS HIS LOVER, BUT LEAVES AFTER A BRIEF REUNION, BELIEVING THAT HIS DESTINY LIES ELSEWHERE.
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8388
A SKINNY JEWISH KID FROM CHICAGO FIGHTS HEZBOLLAH: A MEMOIR
CHASNOFF, JOEL
TIM ZAGIN
JOEL CHASNOFF IS TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD, AN AMERICAN, AND THE GRADUATE OF AN IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY. WHEN HIS CAREER AS A STAND-UP COMIC FAILS TO GET OFF THE GROUND, CHASNOFF VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES. THE BOOK IS A NEW KIND OF COMING-OF-AGE STORY -- ONE THAT TEACHES US, MOVES US, AND MAKES US LAUGH.
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6501
BABEL, ISAAC
GEORGE ROBINSON
PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS SLENDER WORK RECORDS ISAAC BABEL'S EXPERIENCES AS A CORRESPONDENT DURING THE RUSSO-POLISH WAR (1919-1920). MOST ENTRIES ARE BRIEF, TELEGRAPHIC NOTES TO SPUR THE MEMORY AND EVOKE SCENES OR PEOPLE TO BE DESCRIBED LATER. © 1995
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8244
25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER
GOLD, JUDY: RYAN, KATE MOIRA
SANDI SKODNIK
A VERY FUNNY AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK BASED ON INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED ACROSS AMERICA WITH MORE THAN 50 JEWISH WOMEN OF DIFFERENT AGES AND OCCUPATIONS. AT TIMES HILARIOUSLY FUNNY, ENDEARING, COMPLEX, RELEVANT FOR EVERYONE AND ALWAYS TOUCHING. AN INSIGHTFUL VIEW OF THE MOTHER/CHILD RELATIONSHIP.
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478
ELMAN, RICHARD M.
LUCILLE KAHN
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8501
WERTH, LEON
NIKKI JAMES
A RARE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT BY AN IMPORTANT AUTHOR OF FLEEING THE NAZIS’ MARCH ON PARIS IN 1940, FEATURING A NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED INTRODUCTION BY ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY.
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7916
THE UNTOLD STORY OF THEIR FIGHT AGAINST FACISM
RABBI MARTIN COOPER
THE AUTHOR WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS GROUP OF BRITISH-JEWISH VETERANS WHO BANDED TOGETHER TO FIGHT OSWALD MOSLEY'S NEO-NAZI FACIST MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER WORLD WAR II. © 2000
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8285
AN EDIBLE HISTORY OF FIVE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN ONE NEW YORK TENEMENT
ZIEGELMAN, JANE
TIM ZAGIN
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE CULINARY LIFE THAT WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHERE GERMANS, IRISH, ITALIANS, AND EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS ATTEMPTED TO FORGE A NEW LIFE. EACH REPRESENTS THE PREDICAMENTS FACED IN ADAPTING THE FOOD TRADITIONS IT KNEW TO THE COUNTRY IT ADOPTED.
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1520
OREN, URI
ETHEL MANDURO
THE STORY OF THE HIGHJACKING OF TWA FLIGHT 840.
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8578
GROSSMAN, DAVID
ELIZABETH LONDON
OVER THE COURSE OF ONE NIGHT, THIS BOOK FOLLOWS DOVALEH GREENSTEIN'S STAND-UP COMEDY PERFORMANCE AT A SMALL DIVE IN NETANYA ISRAEL.
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7450
LIFE AND WORK OF AN UNCOMMON MAN
POLLACK, HOWARD
MEGAN OWEN
HOWARD POLLACK DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS BIOGRAPHY OF AARON COPLAND THE FAMOUS AMERICAN COMPOSER. HE EXPLORES COPLAND'S CHILDHOOD, STUDIES ABROAD, ROMANTIC ACTIVITIES, WORK IN HOLLYWOOD, HEARING BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE DURING THE MCCARTHY PERIOD, CONDUCTING CAREER AND STRUGGLE WITH DEBILITATING DEMENTIA.
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6660
A PRIME TIME LIFE
SPELLING, AARON; GRAHAM, JEFFERSON
JEAN EIFERT
THE SON OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS WHO SETTLED IN DALLAS, SPELLING GREW UP SPINNING YARNS AND HONING STORY SKILLS THAT EVENTUALLY LED HIM FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF TV PRODUCTION TO THE TOP OF THE INDUSTRY. IN THIS MEMOIR, HE AVOIDS THE USUAL GOSSIP AND FOCUSES ON FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND HIS OWN "FANTASY ISLAND" LIFESTYLE. © 1996
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5212
AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST, 1941-1945
WYMAN, DAVID
JOYCE KARP
A DOCUMENTED STUDY OF AMERICA'S RESPONSE TO THE NAZI ASSAULT ON EUROPEAN JEWRY.
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2884
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
EBAN, ABBA
MINA MOSKOWITZ
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FORMER ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER, STATESMAN, POLITICIAN, AND AMBASSADOR. KNOWN FOR HIS ELOQUENCE AND EXCELLENT COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, EBAN SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS ISRAEL'S REPRESENTATIVE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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1348
KUMIN, MAXINE
RUTH BUDISH
LUCY STARR IS 42 AND INVOLVED IN AN INNER-CITY EDUCATIONAL PROJECT. AS A PROTEST AGAINST HER LOSING BATTLE WITH LIFE, SHE ABDUCTS A TEN-YEAR-OLD BLACK BOY.
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6204
A BIOGRAPHY
KALMAN, LAURA
FORTAS, WHO DIED IN 1982, WAS A LAWYER IN THE NEW DEAL ERA, A PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER, AND A JUSTICE ON THE SUPREME COURT. FORCED TO RESIGN DUE TO AN ALLEGED CONFLICT OF INTEREST, FORTRAS RETURNED TO PRIVATE PRACTICE. KALMAN DEPICTS HIM AS VERSATILE, ENTERPRISING AND MANIPULATIVE IN BOTH HIS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.© 1990
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6573
BEGLEY, LOUIS
TANYA SHERMAN
A PATRICIAN LAWYER IN LOVE, HIS YUPPIE DAUGHTER AND HER JEWISH FIANCEE PLAY PARTS IN THIS NOVEL SET AMIDST A FADING WASP SOCIETY AND RISING NEW FORTUNES IN NEW YORK AND THE HAMPTONS. © 1996
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8155
A NOVEL
SHTEYNGART, GARY
ASHER SUSS
MISHA VAINBERG IS A RICH MAN OF RUSSIAN DESCENT. AFTER HAVING SPENT 12 YEARS IN THE MIDWEST AND NEW YORK, HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF TO BE AN AMERICAN. MISHA IS IN LOVE WITH NEW YORK CITY AND ROUENNA SALES OF THE BRONX. HE IS DENIED RE-ENTRY TO THE U.S. AFTER HIS FATHER, A RESIDENT OF ST. PETERSBURG, KILLED AN OKLAHOMAN BUSINESSMAN. THIS NOVEL IS WRITTEN AS MISHA'S APPEAL TO THE INS FOR ENTRY TO THE US. IT IS ALSO A SATIRE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE TALE OF MISHA'S LOVE LIFE.
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4901
HANOVER, NATHAN, RABBI
IN HIS ACCOUNT OF THE CHMIELNICKI MASSACRES OF 1648-58, IN WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POLISH AND UKRAINIAN JEWS WERE KILLED, THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT A PRECEDENT FOR HITLER'S HOLOCAUST WAS SET. HANOVER ALSO DEPICTS HOW THE JEWS REBUILT THEIR LIVES AND DEVELOPED NEW WAYS TO EXPRESS THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE.
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7704
ACCEPTING THE YOKE OF HEAVEN
COMMENTARY ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION
LEIBOWITZ, YESHAYAHU
IRWIN WEISS
COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION BY THE ACCLAIMED AND SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHER, YESHAYAHU LEIBOWITZ. THROUGH HIS SHORT SEGMENTS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO EACH TORAH PORTION, PROFESSOR LEIBOWITZ CHALLENGES OUR CONCEPTIONS OF THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER AND THE PRESENCE OF HOLINESS IN THE WORLD THROUGH HIS COMMENTS ON TOPICS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE TORAH PORTION.©2002
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1133
WIESEL, ELIE
EDITH DREZNER
A SURVIVOR OF AUSCHWITZ, NOW A CORRESPONDENT FOR AN ISRAELI NEWSPAPER, IS RUN OVER BY A TAXICAB IN NEW YORK CITY. THIS IS THE STORY OF HIS TORMENTED CONFLICT WITH LIFE AND DEATH.
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1721
BARRETT, MARY ELLIN
A NOVEL ABOUT A LOWER MIDDLE-CLASS JEWESS WHO ACHIEVES HER GOAL OF UPWARD MOBILITY THROUGH INTERMARRIAGE BUT EVENTUALLY SUFFERS TRAGEDY.
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6966
ROSENBERG, ROBERT
AUDREY FLAMBERG
SOMEONE WANTS TO KILL AVRAM COHEN-OR SO IT SEEMS-IN THIS LATEST BOOK ABOUT THE RETIRED JERUSALEM DETECTIVE. BUT THEN NISSIM LEVY, COHEN'S LONGTIME PROTEGE IS FOUND MURDERED. IS THIS A REVENGE KILLING AGAINST COHEN FOR HIS PAST ACTIONS? COHEN MUST LOOK AT HIS OWN GUILT BEFORE HE CAN UNVEIL A KILLER WITH A MISGUIDED MOTIVE FOR MURDER.
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8446
A NOVEL
HEDAYA, YAEL
MARY MURPHY
YONATAN IS A WRITER, A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD WIDOWER LEFT TO RAISE HIS CHILD ALONE. WHEN HE MEETS SHIRA, A BESTSELLING AUTHOR PARALYZED BY STAGE FRIGHT, THE THAW BEGINS AS MAN, WOMAN, AND GIRL ENTER A HALTING RELATIONSHIP.
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7123
BACHE, ELLYN
JULIE RATNER
REJECTING ALL ATTEMPTS BY HER LIBERAL JEWISH FAMILY TO INTEREST HER IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, BERYL ROSINSKY BELIEVES SHE'S ESCAPED THEIR INFLUENCE WHEN SHE ENTERS THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AS A FRESHMAN. THERE, INEVITABLY, SHE WITNESSES THE RACISM AND BIGOTRY THAT ARE INTERTWINE WITH THE GENTILITY AND SOCIAL PROPRIETY OF THE SOUTH. LONGING TO FIT IN, BERYL NEVERTHELESS EMPATHIZES WITH THE PAIN OF THOSE WHO DON'T. MEANWHILE, HER FAMILY PERIODICALLY URGES HER TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO HER RELIGIOUS HERITAGE. OUTWARDLY, BERYL REMAINS RESOLUTELY UNINVOLVED UNTIL THE DAY SHE REACTS INSTINCTIVELY TO AN ACT OF PURE MEANNESS AND FINDS SHE'S TAKEN THE FIRST STEP TOWARD ACTIVISM. © 1997
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5986
SEGAL, ERICH
SYLVIA LEVINSON
A STORY THAT CENTERS ON THE CHILDREN OF RABBI LURIA, HEAD OF THE BROOKLYN-BASED SILCZER DYNASTY. LURIA'S DAUGHTER HAS AN AFFAIR WITH A STUDENT-PRIEST WHILE HIS SON LEAVES RABBINICAL SCHOOL WHEN HE BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE THROUGH THE STOCK MARKET. ULTIMATELY, THE FATHER AND HIS CHILDREN RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR COMPROMISE AND ACCEPTANCE.
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3540
COHEN, ARTHUR A.
HILDRED E. GROSS
A METAPHYSICAL MYSTERY CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF BEAUTY AND MORALITY, MYTH AND CREATION, IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUSCHWITZ AND BUCHENWALD.
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6655
BELLOW, SAUL
DAVID THOMPSON
HARRY TRELLMAN'S PARENTS CONSIGNED HIM TO AN ORPHANAGE AND SHADY BUSINESS DEALINGS KEPT HIM IN THE THIRD WORLD FOR MOST OF HIS ADULTHOOD. MEANWHILE, HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART HAS GROWN OLD IN THE ARMS OF OTHER MEN, NOW IN MIDDLE AGE, HARRY HAS RETURNED TO THE CHICAGO OF HIS YOUTH TO RECOVER WHAT HE CAN OF THE LIFE HE HAS MISSED. © 1997
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7840
KANIUK, YORAM
NORMA FIRE
ADAM, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHOSE TALENT AS A CLOWN SAVED HIM FROM THE GAS CHAMBERS, NOW LIVES IN AN ISRAELI ASYLUM FOR OTHER SURVIVORS, WHERE HE WORKS OUT HIS GUILT BY HELPING THE OTHERS. RERECORDED TO REPLACE EC-1837 (C. 1975).© 2000
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THE COLLECTED TALES OF HOWARD SCHWARTZ
SCHWARTZ, HOWARD
CHARLES KORN
A COLLECTION OF THE AUTHOR'S WRITINGS IN WHICH SCHWARTZ PROVIDES READERS WITH STORIES IN A VARIETY OF STYLES INCLUDING MIDRASHIC STORIES, JEWISH FOLKTALES, AND HASIDIC TALES.© 1992
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6265
TAYLOR, KRESSMANN
GAIL PECK J
IN 1932, A JEWISH ART-GALLERY OWNER, MAX EISENSTEIN, BIDS FAREWELL TO HIS FRIEND AND PARTNER MARTIN SCHULSE, WHO IS RETURNING WITH HIS FAMILY TO GERMANY. MARTIN'S LETTERS TO MAX BECOME INCREASINGLY ANTI-SEMITIC AND WHEN HE REFUSES REFUGE TO MAX'S SISTER, SHE IS MURDERED BY THE NAZIS. MAX TAKES HIS REVENGE THROUGH A CLEVER EPISTOLARY PLOY.© 1995
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7941
SABATO, HAIM
STEVEN SCHREIBER
HAIM AND DOV SERVE TOGETHER IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, BUT ARE SEPARATED IN THE CHAOS OF BATTLE. HAIM, HOME ON LEAVE, STRUGGLES TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS EXPERIENCES AND TURNS TO HIS RELIGIOUS FAITH, NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FRIEND. HAIM MUST ADJUST NOT ONLY THE SIGHTS OF HIS TANK, BUT ALSO HIS VIEW OF THE WORLD. SAPIR PRIZE WINNER, TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY HILLEL HALKIN © 2003
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4287
COHEN, ARTHUR A.
HERBERT L. MORGENROTH
A NOVEL ABOUT ERIKA HERTZ, BASED ON THE CHARACTER OF HANNAH ARENDT, ABOUT AN INTELLECTUAL WOMAN WHO IS A WRITER, PHILOSOPHER, AND HISTORIAN. ALTHOUGH ERIKA CLAIMS THAT HER INTELLECT IS CENTRAL, SHE ADMITS ON HER DEATHBED THAT HER LIFE WAS SHAPED BY PASSION.
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2668
TOLAND, JOHN
HELEN DITTUS
A BIOGRAPHY OF HITLER FOCUSING ON HIS ANTI-SEMITISM.
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396
ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH
BELLOW, SAUL
ROBERTA POLLACK
THE AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST'S PORTRAYAL OF JEWISH CHICAGO. © 1953
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5372
ADVENTURES OF MENACHEM MENDL
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
SARENE MEYERS
AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE HERO AND HIS WIFE WHO IS LEFT BEHIND IN THE VILLAGE OF KASRILEVKE WHILE HER HUSBAND SEEKS HIS FORTUNE IN THE BIG CITIES OF ODESSA AND KIEV.
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1130
THE CANTOR'S SON
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
ISABELLE RUBIN
AN EPISODIC NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG JEWISH BOY, FIRST IN HIS NATIVE RUSSIAN VILLAGE, THEN ON THE LONG TRIP TO AMERICA. UNFINISHED WHEN THE AUTHOR DIED, THE STORY ENDS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY'S FIRST MOVE IN NEW YORK AND A PROMISE OF BETTER THINGS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING.
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6266
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M.
ARLENE FRIED
JOE CAMPBELL, KNICKS BASKETBALL STAR, IS ACCUSED OF RAPING A WOMAN IN CAMBRIDGE. HE ENGAGES LOCAL ATTORNEY ABE RINGEL TO DEFEND HIM AND ABE BELIEVES HE HAS AN EASY CASE UNTIL THE CONCERN ARISES THAT CAMPBELL IS CONCEALING INFORMATION. ABE ENLISTS THE AID OF HIS MENTOR, A LAWYER AND TALMUDIC SCHOLAR, TO RESOLVE THE CASE.© 1994
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2237
CROSBY, JOHN
A SPY THRILLER TAKES A TURN FOR THE ROMANTIC WHEN AN ISRAELI AGENT FALLS IN LOVE WITH A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD ARAB TERRORIST. THE SECURITY OF FRANCE, THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THEIR FATE AS LOVERS IS AT STAKE.
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AND OTHER STORIES
LEMBERGER, MICHAL
Informed by the author’s deep knowledge of the Jewish Bible and vividly reimagined with contemporary clarity, each of these nine stories recasts a biblical saga from the perspective of a pivotal woman.
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8260
JEWISH RELIGIOUS RESPONSES TO MODERNITY
ELLENSON, DAVID
WIN ROBBINS
THIS IS A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF TWENTY-THREE ESSAYS. ELLENSON, PRESIDENT OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE, HAS BEEN INTRIGUED BY THE ATTEMPTS OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN ALL DENOMINATIONS OF JUDAISM TO REDEFINE THEMSELVES AND THEIR TRADITIONS IN THE MODERN PERIOD AS BOTH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL JEWS ENTERED RADICALLY NEW REALMS OF POSSIBILITY AND CHANGE.
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8152
WOMEN IN THE BIBLE - TIMELESS STORIES OF LOVE, LUST, AND LONGING
ROSENBLATT, NAOMI HARRIS
AUDREY FLAMBERG
ROSENBLATT TAKES THE FAMILIAR STORIES ABOUT WOMEN FROM THE BIBLE AND GIVES HER READERS NOVEL WAYS TO APPROACH THE TALES OF LOVE, LUST, AND LONGING AS THEY ARE TOLD IN THE BIBLE. SHE USES PSYCHOANALYTIC SKILLS TO PRESENT THESE WOMEN IN WAYS THAT THE MODERN READER CAN UNDERSTAND AND RELATE TO. COPYRIGHT 2005
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8308
FRANK, LINDA
EILEEN PLATT
LILY KOVNER COULD NOT HAVE DREAMED THAT RESEARCH FOR A MAGAZINE ASSIGNMENT WOULD RESURRECT A SEARING MEMORY FROM HER CHILDHOOD. A GLIMPSE OF A FAMILY TREASURE LOOTED BY THE NAZIS LAUNCHES HER QUEST FOR JUSTICE AND RESTITUTION SPANNING THREE CONTINENTS.
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5484
KENAZ, YEHOSHUA
HELEN STEWART
SET IN PALESTINE IN THE EARLY 1900S, THIS IS THE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY LIVING IN A SMALL FARMING VILLAGE. THEIR ORDERED LIFE SLOWLY BEGINS TO UNRAVEL AS THE FAMILY'S BIZARRE IMPULSES START TO SURFACE.
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7612
REBUILDING JEWISH LIVES IN POSTWAR GERMANY
BRENNER, MICHAEL
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
THIS BOOK IS THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES OF JEWS WHO REMAINED IN GERMANY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE WAR. GATHERING NEVER-BEFORE PUBLISHED EYEWITNESS FROM HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.© 1997
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5562
STUDIES IN THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH
SHECHNER, MARK
VIRGINIA SADOCK
THE AUTHOR TRACES THE LIVES OF POST-WORLD WAR II JEWISH WRITERS WHOSE LITERARY WORKS EVOLVED FROM THEIR POLITICS. INCLUDED ARE NORMAN MAILER, CALVIN TRILLING, AND SAUL BELLOW.
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2091
ESSAYS ON MODERN JEWISH WRITING
ALTER, ROBERT
RUTH EPSTEIN
LITERARY CRITICISM OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES WRITTEN IN THE EARLY 1970S ABOUT AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE HOLOCAUST.
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5795
AFTER TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH
MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
BERENBAUM, MICHAEL
HYLA MELNICK
ESSAYS WHICH EXAMINE THE ROLE OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURE, AND ITS EFFECTS ON JEWISH THINKING. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISCUSSES ORTHODOX JUDAISM, ITS RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE, AND ITS PLACE IN ISRAEL.
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1668
AFTERGROWTH AND OTHER STORIES
BIALIK, HAYYIM NACHMAN.
EVELYN SIMON
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN HEBREW POET. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY I. M. LASK. ©1939
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1993
THE STORY OF THE FOURTH REICH
FARAGO, LADISLAS
L. ABBOTT & R. FEIL
THE STORY OF THE FLIGHT OF NAZI FUGITIVES TO SOUTH AMERICA AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND THE DETAILS OF THEIR LIVES IN HIDING.
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4286
APPELFELD, AHARON
PENNY WOLFE
THIS NOVEL DEALS WITH THE HOLOCAUST OBLIQUELY THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON POTENTIAL VICTIMS.
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5402
IGNATIUS, DAVID
JACK LACKS
A SPY NOVEL SET IN THE TURBULENCE OF THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST. INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF CHARACTERS EACH CONVINCED OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF HIS OR HER OWN GOAL.
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1076
FAST, HOWARD
EVE HABERMAN
A STORY ABOUT HEROD'S DAUGHTER, BERENICE, DURING THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF JUDEA. CAUGHT BETWEEN OPPOSING FACTIONS, SHE BEARS WITNESS TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND INTERACTS WITH THE NOTED PERSONALITIES OF THE ERA. REMAKE OF HAZEL GREENE'S 1972 RECORDING.
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2140
GRADE, CHAIM
THE STORY OF A RABBI AND HIS DECISION TO AID AN 'AGUNAH,' A WOMAN WHO CANNOT REMARRY, IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO HER HUSBAND'S DEATH.
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6453
THE HOLOCAUST AND BEYOND
RAMRAS-RAUCH, GILA
RACHEL KRUSKAL
AN ANALYSIS OF APPELFELD'S NOVELS AND SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES APPELFELD'S PERSONAL DISENGAGEMENT IN HIS FICTION AND HIS NEED TO PLUMB THE ROOTS OF A LOST JEWISH PAST.© 1994
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A LOVE STORY, BERLIN 1943
FISCHER, ERICA
ELIZABETH LONDON
ERICA FISCHER, VIENNA'S FOREMOST FEMINIST WRITER, TELLS THIS TRUE STORY OF THE BLAZING, DEVOTED LOVE BETWEEN A GENTILE MOTHER OF FOUR, AND A JEWISH WOMAN LIVING UNDERGROUND. SET IN WW II NAZI GERMANY, THIS TALE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LOVE AND STRENGHT OF THESE TWO WOMEN.
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8406
AL CAPP, A LIFE TO THE CONTRARY
SCHUMACHER, MICHAEL; KITCHEN, DENIS
AUDREY FLAMBERG
CAPP WAS A FAMILIAR PERSONALITY ON TV AND RADIO.WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO CAPP'S ARCHIVES , THE AUTHORS HAVE WRITTEN A PROBING BIOGRAPHY. CAPP'S STORY IS ONE OF INCREDIBLE HIGHS AND LOWS, OF POPULARITY AND VILLAINY, OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE-TOLD HERE WITH AUTHORITY AND HEART.
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6618
JABLONSKI, EDWARD
JAMES BRENNAN
JABLONSKI CHRONICLES THE LIFE AND CAREER OF THE NOTED LYRICIST AND SCREENWRITER ALAN JAY LERNER (1918-1986). LERNER HITS INCLUDE 'BRIGADOON,' 'PAINT YOUR WAGON,' MY FAIR LADY' AND THE MOVIE 'GIGI'. LERNER'S MOST IMPORTANT COLLABORATOR WAS FREDERICK LOEWE; BUT LATER HE WORKED WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN, BURTON LANE AND ANDRE PREVIN. © 1996
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1501
CREATOR AND REBEL
HOFFMAN, BANESH
MILDRED B. LITTMAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOTED SCIENTIST COMPILED BY HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES.
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7990
A TAPESTRY OF TRADITION AND FAITH
SABATO, HAIM
STEVEN SCHREIBER
THREE STORIES INTERTWINE THE HISTORY OF SABATO'S SYRIAN-JEWISH FAMILY IN AN ANCIENT JEWISH COMMUNITY WITH THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TURMOIL OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN THE WHEEL TURNS FULL CIRCLE, AN HEIRLOOM MENORAH ENDS UP IN THE LOUVRE. IN BROKEN TABLETS, A GENERATION OF SEPHARDIC SCHOLARS EMIGRATE TO ISRAEL IN THE 1950S. TRUTH FROM THE EARTH SHALL SPRING IS THE MYSTERY OF A RARE MANUSCRIPT WHOSE EXISTENCE HAS BEEN HIDDEN FOR GENERATIONS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY PHILIP SIMPSON. © 1997, 2004
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THREE GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN-JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO ISRAEL
LEIBOVITZ, LIEL
ARLENE SIMON
LIEL LEIBOVITZ FOLLOWS THE STORIES OF SEVERAL IMMIGRANTS. BROOKLYN-RAISED MIKE GINSBERG ARRIVED IN ISRAEL IN 1969 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR; THE KALKERS MADE ALIYA IN 2001. WITH A FLAIR FOR STORYTELLING, LEIBOVITZ RICHLY ILLUSTRATES THESE LIVES, DETAILING THEIR EMOTIONAL JOURNEY FROM CAREFREE AMERICANS TO PROUD ISRAELIS. FOR READERS THE BOOK IS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE UNIQUE YEARNING THAT HAS DEFINED AND UNITED JEWS THROUGH A 2000-YEAR EXILE.
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SCHACHTER, SARA; SCHARFSTEIN, SOL
SHELLEY MILL
A STUDENT TEXTBOOK THAT FOCUSES ON THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND THE MANY ASPECTS OF ISRAELI LIFE.©
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6070
KLEIN, GERDA W.
MULTIPLE
A MOVING, EVOCATIVE ACCOUNT OF KLEIN'S HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCES. DESPITE THE DESTRUCTION OF HER WORLD, KLEIN DESCRIBES HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO BUILD A NEW LIFE.
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6627
THE LIFE AND IMPACT OF YAAKOV YOSEF HERMAN
SHAIN, RUCHOMA
MARK YOHALEM
THE STORY OF A MAN WHO, IN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE NEW WORLD, CHOSE TO ADHERE TO HIS AGE-OLD RELIGION. OUT OF HIS LOVE FOR TORAH, HE BECAME A GREAT EDUCATOR AND INFECTED OTHERS WITH HIS DEDICATION AND ENTHUSIASM. © 1984
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7862
A NOVELLA AND NINE STORIES
RAPHAEL, FREDERIC
JIM IORIO
THE AUTHOR/SCREENWRITER LOOKS AT THE FILM INDUSTRY AND AT PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF NOVEL WAYS. THE TITLE NOVELLA CONCERNS TWO BROTHERS - A BLUNT FILM PRODUCER AND A WAVERING FILM PROFESSOR - IN CONFLICT OVER THEIR FATHER'S SUSPICIOUS DEATH.© 1999
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6145
BURNS, GEORGE; FISHER, DAVID
MURRAY GLANZ
THE COMEDIAN DESCRIBES HIS LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS WHICH STARTED IN THE 1900S. HIS STORY IS FULL OF ANECDOTES ABOUT OTHER SHOW BUSINESS PERSONALITIES SUCH AS EDDIE CANTOR, SOPHIE TUCKER, AL JOLSON, JACK BENNY, AND THE MARX BROTHERS.
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7512
ALL MY MOTHERS AND FATHERS
A MEMOIR
BLUMENTHAL, MICHAEL
MICHELLE. HARBER
SHORTLY AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER FROM BREAST CANCER, POET AND NOVELIST, BLUMENTHAL, BEGINS TO DISCOVER STARTLING FACTS ABOUT HIS FAMILY. THIS MEMOIR SPEAKS FO A DESIRE FOR BELONGING.
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2079
ROBINSON, EDWARD G. WITH L. SPIGELGA
HELENA KLEIN
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACTOR WHO OFTEN PORTRAYED THE 'TOUGH GUY' IN HIS MOVIES.
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1984
ALL OF THE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE
DEEN, EDITH
ELAINE LEE
A STUDY OF ALL THE WOMEN IN BIBLE. INCLUDES 52 STUDIES OF WOMEN WHO PLAYED PROMINENT ROLES IN BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS, 125 SHORTER SKETCHES OF WOMEN WHOSE NAMES ARE MENTIONED, AND 125 NOTES ON WOMEN WHO LIVED IN THOSE TIMES BUT WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT MENTIONED.
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4927
GINZBURG, NATALIA
SET IN ITALY BETWEEN 1939 AND 1944, THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE LIVES OF TWO FAMILIES AND HOW THEY WERE TOUCHED BY WAR.
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6723
ALL RIVERS RUN TO THE SEA
MEMOIRS
WIESEL, ELIE
BARI SNIDER
IN ELIE WIESEL'S UNFORGETTABLE MEMOIR, WE SEE HIM AS A CHILD TORN FROM A TRADITIONAL AND LOVING JEWISH FAMILY AND DRAGGED THROUGH THE HORRORS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. AFTER THE WAR, AS A PARIS-BASED JOURNALIST, WIESEL DISCOVERED HIS CALLING: TO TESTIFY ABOUT NAZI GENOCIDE, THUS JUSTIFYING HIS OWN SURVIVAL. © 1995
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5727
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED...FROM A WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW
GANZ, YAFFA
HARRIET MARCUS
A HUMOROUS LOOK, LACED WITH TRADITIONAL TORAH SOURCES AND ATTITUDES, OF LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY LIFE.
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8538
A MEMOIR
DEEN, SHULEM
M.D.LAUFER
A MOVING AND REVEALING EXPLORATION OF HASIDIC LIFE, AND ONE MAN'S STRUGGLES WITH FAITH, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY
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A NOVEL
APPELFELD, AHARON
LLOYD MOSS
FICTION.
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TAYLOR, SIDNEY
RENEE GOODSTEIN
THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY NEW YORK.
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IN PURSUIT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST COVETED, SACRED, AND MYSTERIOUS BOOKS
FRIEDMAN, MATTI
LORNA KOCHE
WRITTEN IN THE TENTH CENTURY, THE ALEPPO CODEX IS THE MOST ACCURATE COPY OF THE HEBREW BIBLE. NAMED FOR THE SYRIAN CITY IN WHICH IT WAS KEPT, THE CODEX IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CROWN OF ALEPPO AND WAS SAID TO PROTECT THOSE WHO CARED FOR IT AND CURSE THOSE WHO DEFILED IT.
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HOFFMAN, ROY
LUCILLE JACOBS
PORTRAIT OF THE LONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH ALABAMA WOMAN AND THE BLACK WOMAN SHE EMPLOYS.
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ISAACS, SUSAN
THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE LIVES AND MARRIAGE OF TWO PEOPLE FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
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STORIES AND LIES
ZEVY, AARON
PAUL SPERRY
A SHORT STORY COLLECTION WHICH OFFERS WHIMSICAL, MOSTLY TRUE TALES OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AS A CHILD OF EGYPTIAN JEWS IN CANADA.
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6527
A NINA FISCHMAN MYSTERY
PIESMAN, MARISSA
BARBARA JUST
LEGAL SERVICES LAWYER NINA FISCHMAN INVESTIGATES THE DEATH OF A DOORMAN FOUND SLAIN IN HER BOYFRIEND JONATHAN'S CAR. NINA'S ANGST OVER MOVING IN WITH JONATHAN AND HER DESCRIPTION OF THE MINUTIAE OF PARKING IN NEW YORK CITY MAKE AN AMUSING FRAMEWORK FOR THIS MYSTERY. © 1995
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5499
RESCUERS OF JEWS IN NAZI EUROPE
OLINER, SAMUEL P.; OLINER, PEARL
BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 700 RESCUERS OF JEWS DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION, THE AUTHORS EXPLORE THE MOTIVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO AIDED JEWS WHILE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER.
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FREEMAN, CYNTHIA
MARION HARRIS
KATHY ROSS TRAVELS FROM AMERICA TO WAR-RAVAGED HAMBURG IN 1945 TO AID IN RESETTLING REFUGEES. THERE SHE BECOMES INVOLVED WITH DAVID KOHN, AN IDEALISTIC DOCTOR WHOSE PARENTS WERE KILLED IN THE HOLOCAUST, AND HIS COUSIN PHIL KOHN, WHO IS IN GERMANY TO SMUGGLE STOLEN ART BACK TO AMERICA.
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MY JOURNEY AMONG THE BELIEVERS AND PRETENDERS, THE LAPSED AND THE LOST
ROSS, THEODORE
PAUL SPERRY
WHEN THEODORE ROSS MOVED FROM NEW YORK CITY TO SMALL-TOWN MISSISSIPPI, HIS MOTHER INSISTED THAT THE FAMILY PRETEND TO NOT BE JEWISH. HE WAS SENT TO AN EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, WHERE HE STUDIED THE BIBLE. AS AN ADULT, HE WONDERED: AM I A JEW? FILLED WITH HUMOR AND SINCERITY THE AUTHOR EXPLORES AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY, AND ONE MAN'S QUEST TO STAKE A CLAIM WITHIN IT.
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TESTAMENT OF A JEWISH GHETTO POLICEMAN
PERECHODNIK, CALEL
MARTIN WALDMAN
HOPING HIS UNIFORM WOULD PROTECT HIS FAMILY, 27-YEAR-OLD AGRONOMIST PERECHODNIK JOINED THE GHETTO POLICE DURING WORLD WAR II ONLY TO FIND HIMSELF PARTICIPATING IN THE AUGUST 1941 EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY. HE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 1944, BUT LEFT THIS DISTURBING MEMOIR FOR OTHERS TO READ.
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KIRCHHEIMER DEVIDAS, GLORIA
LORNA KOCHE
AMALIE PRICE HAS BEEN COASTING ALONG IN NEW YORK AS A SHELTERED FACULTY WIFE, WHEN SHE SUDDENLY FINDS HERSELF A WIDOW AT 40.SET IN THE LATE 1980S, AMALIE IN ORBIT IS AN INSIGHTFUL AND OFTEN HILARIOUS TALE OF ONE WOMAN'S MIRACULOUS CONVERSION.
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GERTRUDE VAN TIJN AND THE FATE OF THE DUTCH JEWS
WASSERSTEIN, BERNARD
DIANE LIPMAN
IN MAY 1941, GERTRUDE VAN TIJN ARRIVED IN LISBON ON A MISSION OF MERCY FROM GERMAN-OCCUPIED AMSTERDAM. SHE CAME WITH NAZI APPROVAL TO NEGOTIATE THE DEPARTURE OF THOUSANDS OF GERMAN AND DUTCH JEWS. SOME LATER CALLED HER A HEROINE FOR THE CHOICES SHE MADE; OTHERS DENOUNCED HER AS A COLLABORATOR.
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KRANSON, RACHEL
PARKS, JOEL
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AMACHAI, YEHUDA
JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN
THE POET'S FIRST COLLECTION OF WORKS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THIS COUNTRY IS BRILLIANTLY TRANSLATED AND WILL HAUNT THE READER LONG AFTER HE CLOSES THE BOOK.
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SHORT STORIES BY AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN WRITERS
ANTLER, JOYCE, ED.
JUDITH B. GELLER
FOUR GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN ARE REPRESENTED IN THESE STORIES THAT SPAN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE AUTHORS ADDRESS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMEN AND A JEW, GENERATIONAL CONFLICT, THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE SEXUAL AND EMOTIONAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE HORTENSE CALISHER, LYNN SHARON SCHWARTZ, AND CYNTHIA OZICK.
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ALOFSIN, DOROTHY
SARENE MEYERS
STORIES ABOUT THE LIVES OF AMERICAN JEWISH LEADERS. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
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VOICES FROM AN AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
COHN-SHERBOK, DAN; COHN-SHERBOK, LAV
LILA STERN
A SNAPSHOT OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIVING AND EXPRESSION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A LARGE MIDWESTERN CITY WITH A POPULATION OF 40,000 JEWS. WHILE MANY OF THE INTERVIEWEES ARE NOT OBSERVANT JEWS, THEIR VALUES ARE JEWISH NONETHELESS. EVEN THE FORMER OWNER OF A STRIPTEASE JOINT PUTS ASIDE MONEY FOR CHARITY! © 1994
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A HISTORY
SARNA, JONATHAN D.
WIN ROBBINS
CHRONICLING THE 350-YEAR HISTORY OF THE JEWISH RELIGION IN AMERICA, PROF. SARNA EXPLORES THE WAYS IN WHICH JUDAISM ADAPTED IN THIS NEW CONTEXT. HE STUDIES HOW AMERICAN CULTURE - PREDOMINANTLY PROTESTANT AND CAPITALIST - AFFECTED JEWISH RELIGION AND CULTURE, AND HOW AMERICAN JEWS SHAPED THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FAITH IN THE NEW WORLD. © 2004
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KRESH, PAUL, ED.
GERT ZUCKERMAN
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAGAZINE "AMERICAN JUDAISM." © 1967
