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7182
KIS, DANILO
TANYA SHERMAN
IN YUGOSLAVIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, YOUNG ANDI SCHAM AND HIS BELEAGUERED FAMILY ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING, SEARCHING FOR REFUGE. FROM HIS MEMORIES EMERGES THE WONDROUS STORY OF HIS FATHER, EDUARD SCHAM, THE WANDERING JEW: A MAN WHO RECEDES FROM LIFE AND THEN DISAPPEARS IN THE HOLOCAUST. ANDI'S SEARCH FOR HIS FATHER IS A POETIC AND LYRICAL REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. © 1975
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5731
SALMON, ELON
MILDRED WESIBLATT
THE STORY OF FOUR GENERATIONS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PALESTINE. AFTER BERL LEFF'S SUICIDE IN LITHUANIA, SOLOMON LEFF MOVES TO PALESTINE WITH HIS FAMILY AND ESTABLISHES A DYNASTY.
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5820
HOLY DAY PRAYERS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
BOGOT, H.; OAKLAND, R.; OAKLAND, J.
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF PRAYERBOOKS FOR PRESCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN. © 1991
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6669
CHRONICLES OF THE SLEPAK FAMILY
POTOK, CHAIM
SYLVIA JACOBS
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CHOSEN, THE TUMULTUOUS TRUE CHRONICLE OF A JEWISH FATHER AND SON IN THE SOVIET UNION: THE FATHER AN INFLEXIBLE OLD-GUARD BOLSHEVIK; THE SON A 'REFUSNIK' HERO PERSECUTED FOR 18 YEARS FOR ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE RUSSIA. © 1996
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343
WIESEL, ELIE
MRS. IRVING KLAUS
A NOVEL ABOUT A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR WHO IS BESET BY THE QUESTION OF HOW TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHICH HE BELIEVES HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY GOD.
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5780
A PRAYERBOOK FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN
ORKAND, ROBERT; ORKAND, JOYCE
A BOOK OF JEWISH PRAYERS FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN COMPILED BY THE REFORM MOVEMENT.
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4127
A BOOK OF JEWISH LEGEND
PATAI, RAPHAEL
JOYCE KARP
A GUIDE TO THE EVOLUTION OF THIS LITERARY GENRE, AS WELL AS SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE, FOLKLORE AND HASIDIC TALES.
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4130
GUIDE TO HAPPINESS AND PEACE OF MIND
PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
TORAH WRITINGS REVEAL HOW ONE CAN FIND HAPPINESS IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS.
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4707
GATEWAY TO SELF-KNOWLEDGE
PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI
NANCY SCHIERING
A PRACTICAL GUIDE THAT WILL SUPPLY THE READER WITH TOOLS FOR GREATER SELF-AWARENESS. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THAT A PERSON'S CHOICE OF THOUGHTS, WORDS AND BEHAVIORS IS THE KEY TO WHAT HE OR SHE CAN BECOME.
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6423
GEMARAKUP SUPER SLEUTH SERIES: LOST ON SKULL MOUNTAIN AND OTHER STORIES
ZAKON, MIRIAM STARK
CHRISTINE WALTERS
GEMARAKUP, OR YISRAEL DAVID FINKEL, THE GREATEST BOY-DETECTIVE, IS DANGEROUSLY LOST ON SKULL MOUNTAIN. READERS MUST SEE IF THEY CAN SOLVE THE MYSTERY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE HIM IN THIS AND IN OTHER CASES BEFORE TURNING TO THE END OF THE BOOK FOR GEMARAKUP'S SOLUTIONS.© 1994
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6734
THE BEGINNING OF DESIRE
ZORNBERG, AVIVA GOTTLIEB
BEATRICE DAVIS
ZORNBERG REANIMATES THE ANCIENT CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE. A TEACHER OF BIBLE AND CAMBRIDGE SCHOLAR, SHE DRAWS UPON HER BACKGROUND IN LITERATURE TO CREATE A SYNTHESIS OF BIBLICAL, MIDRASHIC AND LITERARY ANALYSIS. © 1995
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7310
TEN STORIES OF BIBLICAL INJUSTICE
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M.
TONY MEEKER
VIOLENCE, LUST, DECEPTION, MURDER, INCEST, AND VENGEANCE; THESE ARE THE SUBJECTS OF THE BIGGEST - AND PERHAPS THE JUICIEST - BESTSELLER OF ALL TIME, THE BOOK OF GENESIS. ITS TALES HAVE INSPIRED AND CHALLENGED HUMANKIND FOR GENERATIONS. USING TEN OF THE MOST INTRIGUING BIBLICAL NARRATIVES AND DRAWING ON NOT ONLY HIS OWN OBSERVATIONS BUT THOSE OF BIBLICAL COMMENTATORS THROUGHOUT THE AGES, DERSHOWITZ, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, SHOWS US HOW THE FLAWED BEHAVIOR OF ITS PROTAGONISTS LED TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND A DEEPER, RICHER SENSE OF JUSTICE THAN ANY MERE LEGAL CODE COULD EVER PROVIDE. © 2000
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7928
A PSYCHOANALYST AND RABBI EXAMINES THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE
SHULMAN, DENNIS G.
MARYANN DEROSA
DRAWING ON HIS PERSPECTIVE AS BOTH A RABBI AND A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, RABBI SHULMAN, PH.D., OFFERS THIS INTERPRETATION IN THE HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND OURSELVES IN THE WISDOM THAT IS GENESIS. © 2003
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8124
GENIZAH AT THE HOUSE OF SHEPHER
YELLIN, TAMAR
BARBARA FERBER
SHULAMIT, A BRITISH BIBLICAL SCHOLAR, RETURNS TO JERUSALEM TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER FAMILY HOME, WHICH IS TO BE TORN DOWN IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS. SHE GETS ENTANGLED IN A FAMILY FEUD OVER POSSESSION OF THE CODEX, A 13TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT, WHEN UNCLE SAUL, WHO RUNS THE HOUSE, ASSUMES THAT SHE HAS COME FOR THE CODEX. SHE LEARNS HOW PRECIOUS THIS MANUSCRIPT IS WHEN SHE IS FOLLOWED BY A RELIGIOUS FANATIC WHO CLAIMS TO BE FROM THE TRIBE OF DAN AND COMMISSIONED WITH THE TASK OF RETURNING THE CODEX TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNER. WHILE UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF THE CODEX, SHE UNCOVERS THE LIFE OF GREAT-GRANDFATHER SHALOM, WHO LEFT A WIFE IN VILNA, STARTED A NEW FAMILY IN JERUSALEM, AND EVENTUALLY SET OFF IN SEARCH OF THE TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL. MYTH, MYSTERY AND HISTORY COMBINE TO GIVE THE FLAVOR OF JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE MODERN ERA. © 2005
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553
HOBSON, LAURA Z.
ESTHER GERSTEIN
A NOVEL ABOUT A NON-JEWISH JOURNALIST WHO POSES AS A JEW FOR A FEW WEEKS IN ORDER TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1947
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1414
AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY
TEICHMANN, HOWARD
LOIS MESKIN & ELINORE TANNENBAUM
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, WRITTEN BY THE CO-AUTHOR OF ONE OF HIS GREAT STAGE SUCCESSES.
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4539
A SYNTHESIS OF JUDAISM AND WESTERN
BACH, H. I.
CLARA LINN SPECTOR
A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH THOUGHT WITHIN GERMAN SOCIETY. THIS WORK WAS LEFT UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF BACH'S DEATH IN 1977, AND WAS COMPLETED BY DAVID GOLDSHEIN, LOUIS JACOBS AND VIVIAN KIPMAN.
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7849
RAPHAEL, LEV
RICHARD BERGMAN
ROSE MENKUS, A BITTER HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, HAS LEFT ALL THREE OF HER CHILDREN PSYCHOLOGICALLY SCARRED, TO THE EXTENT THAT HER SON PAUL HAS BEEN ESTRANGED FROM THE WHOLE FAMILY - INCLUDING HIS GIRLFRIEND, A HOLOCAUST MEMOIRIST. WHEN ROSE DIES UNEXPECTEDLY, PAUL RETURNS TO NEW YORK, WHERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ARISE: WHY DID ROSE, WHO WAS IN GOOD HEALTH, SUDDENLY SUFFER A FATAL HEART ATTACK? AND WHY DID SHE LEAVE "THE GERMAN MONEY" - HER REPARATION PAYMENTS - TO PAUL, THE LEAST FAVORITE SON? © 2003
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8273
REMAKING THE JEWISH SOCIAL BODY IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC
GILLERMAN, SHARON
WIN ROBBINS
THE BOOK TURNS TO AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND MISUNDERSTOOD PERIOD OF GERMAN AND JEWISH HISTORY-THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. IT HAS BEEN ASSUMED THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN GERMANY WAS IN DECLINE DURING THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC. BUT THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES THAT WEIMAR JEWS SOUGHT TO RECONFIGURE THEIR COMMUNITY AS A MEANS BOTH OF STRENGTHENING THE GERMAN NATION AND OF CREATING A MORE EXPANSIVE AND AUTONOMOUS JEWISH ENTITY WITHIN THE GERMAN STATE.
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8090
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND AMERICA'S SECRET WAR
MILLER, J.; ENGELBERG, S; BROAD, WM.
RICHARD RUBIN
IN A GROUNDBREAKING WORK OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, NEW YORK TIMES REPORTERS JUDITH MILLER, STEPHEN ENGELBERG, AND WILLIAM BROAD UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND SHOWS WHY BIO-WARFARE AND BIO-TERRORISM ARE FAST BECOMING OUR WORST NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. THE WORK IS BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH SCIENTISTS AND OFFICIALS ALL THE WAY UP TO PRESIDENT CLINTON, AS WELL AS RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. © 2001
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5218
JABLONSKI, EDWARD
JOSEPH REUTLINGER
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PLACING GERSHWIN'S WORK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
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1722
KIMBALL, ROBERT; SIMON, ALFRED
HELEN BELINK
A BOOK ABOUT THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER COMPOSERS AND SONGWRITERS, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN.
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7006
ENGEL, HOWARD
MARIAN FELDINGER
IN HIS MOST BAFFLING CASE YET, BENNY COOPERMAN IS 'ASKED' BY NOTORIOUS CRIME BOSS ABRAM WISE TO INVESTIGATE ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE. BENNY SOON FINDS HIMSELF ENTANGLED IN MORE CORRUPTION, VENGEANCE AND INTRIGUE THAN ONE EVER IMAGINED COULD EXIST IN THE SLEEPY TOWN OF GRANTHAM. © 1998
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8187
GETTING TO KNOW RUBEN PLOTNICK
ROSENBLUTH, ROZ
NORMA FIRE
WHEN RUBEN PLOTNICK, A LOVABLE YET OFTEN WACKY BOY WITH A HEART OF GOLD, MEETS HIS NEW FRIEND'S GRANDMA ROSIE, WHO HAS DEMENTIA, RUBEN TEACHES DAVID A THING OR TWO ABOUT COMPASSION ... AND MUCH MORE.
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1182
ZANGWILL, ISRAEL
MRS. HERSH FRANKS
ONE OF THE CLASSICS BY THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH AUTHOR ON JEWISH THEMES, INCLUDING 'THE YIDDISH HAMLET,' 'ELIJAH'S GOBLET,' AND 'THE RED MARK.'
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6913
RAGEN, NAOMI
MARILYN BECK
WHEN CATHERINE DE COSTA LEARNS SHE HAS ONLY A SHORT TIME TO LIVE, SHE IS DETERMINED TO TRANSFER THE FAMILY LEGACY TO HER GRANDDAUGHTERS. PERSUADED OUT OF LOYALTY TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND REACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THEIR HERITAGE, THEY FIND THEIR LIVES IRREVOCABLY CHANGED BY THE GHOST OF FAMILY MATRIARCH HANNAH MENDES (A TRUE HISTORICAL FIGURE).
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6584
BRONER, E. M.
SHIRLEY SOMMER
DEATH DOES NOT RESOLVE THE EMOTION, ANGER, AND TENSION BETWEEN LEILA, A MIDDLE-AGED, PROFESSIONAL JEWISH WOMAN, AND HER MOTHER. AT A FRIDAY NIGHT SYNAGOGUE SERVICE LEILA DISCOVERS HER MOTHER'S GHOST SITTING BESIDE HER AND FOR THE NEXT 11 MONTHS, THE WOMEN TALK, TRYING TO RECONCILE THEIR DIFFERENCES. © 1995
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3434
ROTH, PHILIP
A YOUNG WRITER'S SEARCH FOR A SPIRITUAL FATHER WHOSE SUPPORT WILL JUSTIFY HIS FLIGHT FROM A JEWISH MIDDLE-CLASS HOME.
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8125
HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED A GENERATION
MOORE, DEBORAH DASH
WIN ROBBINS
IN THIS STUDY OF JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES DURING WWII, MOORE RELIES ON MEMOIRS AND ORAL INTERVIEWS OF 15 VETERANS TO SHOW HOW THESE SOLDIERS HAD TO CONTEND WITH ANTI-SEMITISM, STEREOTYPING OF JEWS, AND THE REALITY OF THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY, WHICH MANY TOOK FOR GRANTED, HAVING GROWN UP IN AREAS WITH MANY OTHER JEWS. SHE ALSO NOTES THAT MANY OF THE ANTI-SEMITIC SOLDIERS WERE ALSO RACIST, THUS SOWING SEEDS FOR THE BLACK-JEWISH ALLIANCE OF THE 1960S.
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5677
POTOK, CHAIM
EMILY ROSEN
AFTER TWENTY YEARS IN EXILE, ASHER LEV, AN ARTIST, RETURNS TO THE HASIDIC COMMUNITY OF HIS CHILDHOOD FOR THE FUNERAL OF HIS FAVORITE UNCLE. THE CONFLICT THAT EMERGES BETWEEN THE CULTURE THAT LEV WAS BORN INTO AND THE CULTURE THAT HE HAS CHOSEN FORCES HIM TO CONFRONT BOTH WORLDS.
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8328
REDISCOVERING THE BEAUTY OF THE SABBATH
LIEBERMAN, JOE, SENATOR
MARY MURPHY
SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN SHOWS HOW HIS OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH HAS NOT ONLY ENRICHED HIS PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE BUT ENHANCED HIS CAREER AND ENABLED HIM TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY TO HIS GREATEST CAPACITY.
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6838
HOW A TRIBE OF DESERT NOMADS CHANGED THE WAY EVERYONE THINKS...
CAHILL, THOMAS
RITA LEVINE
...AND FEELS. THOMAS CAHILL, AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION, TAKES READERS ON ANOTHER JOURNEY INTO THE PAST. IT IS A ROAD MAP THAT OPENS UP THE PATH OF WESTERN HISTORY, ENABLING US TO TRACE OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE BACK TO ITS ULTIMATE SOURCE: THE RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND FEELINGS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. © 1998
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8276
LILY SAFRA: THE MAKING OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST WIDOWS
VINCENT, ISABEL
MAGGIE SNIDER
THE MESMERIZING BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST WOMEN, LILY SAFRA, THE WIDOW OF MONACO BANKER EDMOND SAFRA, WHO DIED IN A SUSPICIOUS FIRE IN HIS MONTE CARLO PENTHOUSE IN 1999.
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375
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
BIRDIE SAFION
A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING NOVELIST. SET IN EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLAND, SINGER'S CHARACTERS DEAL WITH DEMONS AND DYBBUKS AND REFLECT THE HUMOR AND PATHOS OF GHETTO LIFE. © 1953
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8481
GHOSTS OF MEMORY IN A JEWISH FAMILY
COHEN, ROGER
PAUL JOHNSON
BEGINNING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND CONTINUING THROUGH TO THE PRESENT DAY, COHEN TRACKS HIS FAMILY’S STORY OF REPEATED UPHEAVAL, FROM LITHUANIA TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND THEN TO ENGLAND, THE UNITED STATES, AND ISRAEL.
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8613
GIRL:MY CHILDHOOD AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR
FRANKEL, ALONA
POLLY ADAMS
AN IMPRESSIONISTIC MEMOIR OF A POLISH JEWISH GIRL’S SURVIVAL HIDING AS A GENTILE IN NAZI-OCCUPIED POLAND.
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6925
ABRAHAM, PEARL
HOWELL MAYER
WHEN DEENA DECIDES TO MARRY DANIEL, AN ORTHODOX JEW, HER FATHER, A HASIDIC SCHOLAR, OPPOSES THE MARRIAGE. YET THE MARRIAGE APPEARS BLESSED UNTIL DANIEL BRINGS HOME THE NEW TEMP AND HER FRIEND FROM WORK. BUT CRACKS BEGIN TO APPEAR IN THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR MARRIAGE, AND THE VALUES THAT DEENA GREW UP WITH ARE THROWN INTO QUESTION.
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3553
GIZELLE, SAVE THE CHILDREN
HERSH, GIZELLE & PEGGY MANN
ZELDA PANZIRER
THE STORY OF FOUR HUNGARIAN-ROMANIAN SISTERS WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST.
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7174
PAUL, TERRI
TONY MEEKER
SERENE'S FATHER HAS VANISHED FROM THEIR SMALL HUNGARIAN VILLAGE IN 1913, LEAVING HIS BELEAGUERED JEWISH FAMILY TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES IN A TIME OF DANGER AND DISRUPTION. THE VALUES AND BELIEFS OF HER TIGHTLY KNIT FAMILY CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF THE SOCIETY WHICH IS UNRAVELING AROUND HER. WORLD WAR I FORCES THE FAMILY TO FLEE; THEY RETURN AFTER THE WAR TO FIND THEIR VILLAGE DESTROYED. SERENE MUST LEAVE IT BEHIND, WITH ITS GHOSTS, CHARMS AND DREAMS, AND START ANEW, IN A NEW COUNTRY. AS SHE AGES FROM 5 TO 11, SHE COPES BY USING DREAMS AND VISIONS TO RECOVER HER FATHER. © 1999
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7033
A BIOGRAPHY
MILES, JACK
JERRY KOENIG
WITHOUT FIGHTING CLASSICAL TRADITION, JACK MILES, A HISTORIAN, HAS ATTEMPTED TO TURN A TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD TRADITION OF HISTORICAL BIBLE SCHOLARSHIP INTO A WORK OF ART, WITH GOD AS THE PROTAGONIST. © 1995
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4624
MILLSTEIN, GILBERT
ISABELLE RUBIN
IN THIS NOVEL GOD, PORTRAYED AS A PUERTO RICAN WOMAN, APPEARS TO HARVEY GROSBECK AS HE LIES IN AN INTENSIVE CARE WARD. SHE TAKES HIM ON A TOUR OF HEAVEN, WHICH IS MODELED ON THE TIMES SQUARE SUBWAY STATION.
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6747
DISCOVERING HARMONY BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY
MATT, DANIEL C.
MARK YOHALEM
DRAWING ON THE INSIGHTS OF PHYSICS AND JEWISH MYSTICISM, MATT UNCOVERS THE SENSE OF WONDER THAT CONNECTS US WITH THE UNIVERSE AND GOD. HE SHOWS PARALLELS BETWEEN MODERN COSMOLOGY AND ANCIENT JEWISH KABBALAH AND DEMONSTRATES HOW SCIENCE AND RELIGION TOGETHER CAN ENRICH OUR SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING. © 1996
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448
SPERO, SHUBERT, RABBI
MRS. BURTON GELLMAN
A COLLECTION OF SERMONS AND ESSAYS ABOUT THE JEWISH FESTIVALS BASED ON THE PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE OF A MIDWESTERN RABBI. © 1967
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7037
URIS, LEON
AUDREY FLAMBERG
SPANNING THE DECADES FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, THIS IS THE STORY OF QUINN PATRICK O'CONNELL, AN HONEST AND PRINCIPLED MAN ON THE BRINK OF BECOMING THE SECOND IRISH CATHOLIC PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT QUINN IS A MAN WITH A SECRET BURIED OVER HALF A CENTURY THAT EVEN HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT. © 1999
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390
A PHILOSOPHY OF JUDAISM
HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
IN THIS COMPANION VOLUME TO 'MAN IS NOT ALONE', THE JEWISH SCHOLAR AND PHILOSOPHER EXPLORES THE INTENSE AND COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. © 1955
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8505
SOURCES OF JEWISH HUMOR
FRIEDMAN, HERSHEYH; WEISER,LINDA
ELIZABETH LONDON
THE BOOK REVIEWS, ORGANIZES, AND CATEGORIZES THE HUMOR OF THE ANCIENT JEWISH TEXTS—THE HEBREW BIBLE, THE TALMUD, AND MIDRASH—IN A CLEAR, READABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE MANNER.
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1145
HURST, FANNIE
EDITH DREZNER
A NOVEL ABOUT AN IRISH NURSE IN THE WORLD OF A WEALTHY ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY IN NEW YORK.
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5934
GOD WAS IN THIS PLACE AND I I DID NOT KNOW
FINDING SELF, SPIRITUALITY AND ULTIMATE MEANING
KUSHNER, LAWRENCE
DOROTHY AXELROTH
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS INTERPRETATIONS BY SEVEN RABBIS THROUGHOUT HISTORY OF JACOB'S DREAM IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS. © 1991
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6480
THE SEARCH FOR A SPIRITUAL JUDAISM
GORDIS, DANIEL
MARK YOHALEM
GORDIS EXPLORES THE SPIRITUAL RENEWAL OF JUDAISM THROUGH THE CENTRAL TEXTS OF JUDAISM, RITUALS, THE COMMANDMENTS, PRAYER AND ETHICS. HE CONCLUDES THAT JUDAISM'S INTELLECTUAL OPENNESS, ITS ETHICAL RIGOR AND RITUAL POWER GUARANTEE THE TRANSMISSION OF TRADITION. © 1995
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7302
GOD, LOVE, SEX, AND FAMILY
A RABBI'S GUIDE FOR BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT LAST
GOLD, MICHAEL
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
GOD, LOVE, SEX, AND FAMILY GREW OUT OF RABBI GOLD'S MANY YEARS OF COUNSELING FAMILIES ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES. IT DEALS WITH SUCH QUESTIONS AS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN, SIBLING RIVALRY, MAKING MARRIAGES THAT WORK, THE ROLE OF SEXUALITY, AND THE MEANING OF FAMILY. IT IS WRITTEN BY A PASSIONATE MODERATE WHO BELIEVES THAT FAMILY IS A GOD-GIVEN IDEAL. © 1998
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1674
A JEWISH INTERPRETATION
BERKOVITZ, ELIEZER
FANCILLE H. HLAVATY
A JEWISH VIEWPOINT ON GOD, MAN, AND HISTORY AND HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED. ©1959
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7956
HEBREW & THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION
GOLDMAN, SHALOM
GROUP
SINCE COLONIAL TIMES, AMERICA HAS BEEN PERCEIVED AS A WESTERN PROMISED LAND WITH EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND PHYSICAL LINKS TO THE PROMISED LAND OF THE BIBLE. EVIDENCE FROM SCHOLARSHIP, DIPLOMACY, JOURNALISM, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE ARTS SHOW THAT THIS PERCEPTION IS LINKED TO THE ROLE HEBREW AND THE BIBLE HAVE PLAYED IN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY. © 2004
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8184
POEMS
WRIGHT, FRANZ
KATHY FORD
THE AUTHOR, A PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, CONJURES HIS PARTICULAR MAGIC THROUGH A PERSONALIZED MIX OF REALISM, LYRICISM, AND MYSTICISM IN POWERFUL NEW POEMS. PERHAPS ONE OF WRIGHT'S MOST ATTRACTIVE POETIC GIFTS IS HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK WITH THE WORLD-WORN WISDOM OF AN ELDER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EVOKING CHILDLIKE AWE. THOUGHT-PROVOKING, ORIGINAL, AND REFRESHINGLY INSPIRED, THIS COLLECTION WILL CERTAINLY GARNER MORE PRAISE FOR THIS TALENTED POET.
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5488
SCLIAR, MOACYR
CLAIRE LAWRENCE
IN SEARCH OF HER JEWISH IDENTITY IN CATHOLIC BRAZIL, RAQUEL BELIEVES SHE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. SHE DENIES HERSELF PARTICIPATION IN EITHER RELIGION BUT CANNOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL HER DILEMMA IS ULTIMATELY RESOLVED.
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6030
POLLOCK, J. C.
BOB HEITMAN
WHEN THE SON OF A FORMER NAZI USES TREASURES, MISSING FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS, TO FUND HIS SECRET TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THE CIA, THE MOSSAD, AND THE RUSSIANS TEAM UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP HIM.
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2969
DIXON, ROGER
BERNICE FOER
A NOVEL ABOUT FORMER NAZI WAR CRIMINAL, DR. ADOLPH GREER, WHO GIVES HIMSELF UP TO STAND TRIAL IN ISRAEL. WHEN A YOUNG ISRAELI ARAB CHOOSES GREER AS THE FIRST TARGET OF HIS WAR OF TERROR, A WAVE OF VIOLENCE IS SET OFF.
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5290
GOLDA MEIR:THE ROMANTIC YEARS
MARTIN, RALPH G.
DOROTHY MASKIN
THIS INFORMAL NARRATIVE FOLLOWS THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FROM HER FIRST EIGHT YEARS IN KIEV, WHERE SHE WAS BORN IN 1893, TO AMERICA AND ENDS IN 1948 WITH THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
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741
PORTRAIT OF A PRIME MINISTER
AGRESS, ELIAYHU
ARLENE RICHARDS
A BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN RUSSIA THROUGH HER ELECTION AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL IN OCTOBER, 1969. © 1970
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1096
GOLDEN BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR
GOLDEN, HARRY
DOROTHY HALL
AN ANTHOLOGY OF HUMOROUS STORIES AND ESSAYS IN WHICH THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES MOTHERHOOD, SHOW BUSINESS, ASSIMILATION, AND OTHER TOPICS OF INTEREST.
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5340
PLAIN, BELVA
NORMA FLASTER
SET IN THE WORLD OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THIS IS THE STORY OF HENNIE ROTH, A SUFFRAGETTE AND FIGHTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. SHE STRUGGLES TO RECONCILE THE DEMANDS OF FAMILY AND OF HER CONSCIENCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF HER HEART.
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1166
GERSON, NOEL B.
CORRINE M. GANZ
A FAST-PACED NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF CONTEMPORARY FILM MAKERS WHO ARE PRODUCING UNDERGROUND FILMS.
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7719
THE STORY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI
CORY FALK
IN THIS BOOK, TELUSHKIN OFFERS A HISTORY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA FROM THE FIRST ARRIVAL OF JEWS TO NEW AMSTERDAM IN 1654 TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. HE REVEALS HOW THEY CHANGED OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCESS IN FIELDS FROM COMMERCE, MEDICINE, AND SCIENCE TO MOVIES, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE.© 2002
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1644
DAVIDOWICZ, LUCY
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
AN ANTHOLOGY OF MEMOIRS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWISH LEADERS. © 1967
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5907
EPSTEIN, JOSEPH
SYLVIA FEUERSTEIN
IN THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, THE AUTHOR PROBES THE LIVES OF SECOND-AND THIRD-GENERATION JEWISH AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
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4619
EPSTEIN, LESLIE
EVELYN LESLIE
THIS IS A SERIES OF VARIATIONS ON THE THEMES BEGUN IN 'STEINWAY QUARTET'. THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND THE BOOK COMBINES MELODRAMA WITH MEDITATIONS ON SURVIVAL AND ITS RELATION TO MUSIC.
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2950
MARX, ARTHUR
JOAN RAPHAEL
THE SAGA OF SAMUEL GOLDWYN FROM HIS DAYS AS A BOY IN THE WARSAW GHETTO THROUGH HIS STRUGGLES TO REACH THE TOP OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY.
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1020
A HERO FOR OUR TIME
LUDWIG, MYLES ERIC
JEAN BEST
A STORY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF A FICTITIOUS CHARACTER NAMED GOLEM.
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3569
WINKLER, GERSHON
DR. IRVING W KRAMER
TALES OF THE GOLEM, THE 16TH CENTURY CLAY 'MAN' CREATED BY RABBI YEHUDA LOEW, THE THEN CHIEF RABBI OF PRAGUE, TO PROTECT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FROM BLOOD LIBELS AND OTHER ANTI-SEMITIC THREATS.
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7537
ROSENBAUM, THANE
DINA STERNBERG
A NOVEL ABOUT A CHILD'S LONGING TO SAVE HER FATHER AND A MYSTERY WRITER'S QUEST TO FIGURE OUT THE RIDDLE OF HIS OWN LIFE. A STORY OF IMAGINATION THAT EXPLORES SOME OF THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME.
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5188
PIERCY, MARGE
MEL DAVIS
A PORTRAIT OF WORLD WAR II WHICH INTERWEAVES THE STORIES OF TEN CHARACTERS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF CATACLYSMIC EVENTS.
EN4
8284
A NOVEL
SPARK, DEBRA
ELLEN PLATT
PART MYSTERY AND PART STRANGER-COMES-TO TOWN STORY, THE BOOK IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE BIBLICAL BOOK OF ESTHER. LIKE ESTHER, THE CHARACTERS DEAL WITH ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE WAY THAT POWERFUL MEN---AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM---NEGOTIATE BUREAUCRACIES.
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7505
DIAMANT, ANITA
MARJORIE SUNSHINE
TWO WOMEN ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH THEIR TURMOIL. ONE IS A FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD WOMEN, A CONVERT, RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND THE OTHER IS WOMEN WHO FEELS FRICTION WITH HER TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND A LACK OF CONNECTION TO HER HUSBAND.
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7629
WEINER, JENNIFER
BARBARA ABBIS
A HUMOROUS BOOK ABOUT A WOMAN WHO CONQUERS HER OBSESSIONS WITH FOOD AND FAMILY, AND DEALS WITH ISSUES OF SUCCESS AND RELATIONSHIPS.© 2001
EN4
7597
HELEN BAMBER, A LIFE AGAINST CRUELTY
BELTON, NEIL
RENEE WENGER
THE GOOD LISTENER TELLS THE STORY OF HELEN BAMBER, A GOOD BUT COMPLEX WOMAN NOW IN HER SEVENTIES, WHO HAS SPENT HER LIFE BATTLING TO BRING THE DARK SIDE OF HISTORY INTO THE LIGHT.© 1999
EN4
7222
MAZER, NORMA FOX
BROWN, SHIRLEY
KARIN LEVI'S WORLD OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND FRIENDS IS TORN APART WHEN THE GERMAN ARMY OCCUPIES PARIS IN JUNE OF 1940. KARIN AND HER BROTHER, MARC, LIKE JEWS ALL OVER EUROPE, FIND THEMSELVES ON THE RUN, SEEKING SAFETY, WHEREVER THEY CAN FIND IT. WHEN MARC OBTAINS TWO COVETED PLACES ABOARD A SHIP BOUND FOR THE UNITED STATES, KARIN KNOWS THAT CROSSING THE OCEAN MEANS SHE MAY NEVER SEE HER BELOVED PARENTS AGAIN.
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8120
IN MY ANECDOTAGE
WALLACH, ELI
JOEL PLAVIN
ELI WALLACH, PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, TELLS HIS STORY, FROM GROWING UP AS THE ONLY JEW IN AN ITALIAN BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGH HIS LONG, SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS AN ACTOR. THE ANECDOTES FOLLOW ONE AFTER ANOTHER, AND INCLUDE MEMORIES ABOUT ACTORS AND ROLES HE PLAYED, AS WELL AS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND HIS MORE THAN 50-YEAR MARRIAGE TO FELLOW ACTOR ANNE JACKSON.
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660
GOODBYE COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES
ROTH, PHILIP
BERNICE LASBERG, JACQUELINE WOODLAND
A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY PHILIP ROTH DEALING WITH AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE IN THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY AREA. © 1959
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8508
STORIES
KIRCHHEIMER, GLORIA DEVIDAS
ELIZABETH LONDON
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES REVOLVING AROUND THE TENSIONS BETWEEN SEPHARDIC JEWS AND AMERICAN URBAN LIFE.
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8146
BROWN, MARGARET WISE
SARAH WOLF
IN THIS CHILDREN'S CLASSIC, A YOUNG RABBIT WISHES GOODNIGHT TO EVERYTHING WITHIN SIGHT AND EARSHOT AS HE GETS READY FOR BED.
ENGLISH WITH HEBREW TRANSLATION
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1242
LEVIN, MEYER
CEIL ROSEN
THE STORY OF TWO BOYS, ONE AMERICAN AND ONE RUSSIAN, EACH OF WHOM FLEES FROM INJUSTICE IN HIS HOMELAND AND FINDS REFUGE AND ADVENTURE IN ISRAEL.
EN4
6684
THE POWER OF THE WORD
WYLEN, STEPHEN M.
HAROLD SIEGELL
RABBI WYLEN ADDRESSES THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE PERSIST IN PATTERNS OF SPEECH THAT DISRUPT RELATIONSHIPS, CAUSE UNHAPPINESS AND EVEN ENDANGER LIVES. USING EXAMPLES, WYLEN ANALYZES THE TALE BEARING, FALSE JUDGMENT, UNTRUTHS, REVENGE, AND EVEN DANGERS OF FAVORABLE JUDGMENT CONTAINED IN ORDINARY DISCOURSE. © 1993
EN4
1593
BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN
BETTY STONE
THE STORY OF SPANISH-PORTUGUESE JEWISH FAMILIES WHO SETTLED IN NEW YORK AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.
EN4
8262
GRANDMOM GRODE'S GOURMET GOODIES
RECIPES BY ELIZABETH GRODE
NEW, R. DAVID
CONNIE ZIMET
ELIZABETH GRODE WAS BORN IN KIEV AND CAME TO AMERICA AS AN INFANT. SHE LOVED - AND WAS LOVED FOR - BAKING FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MOTIVATING HER GRANDSON TO DOCUMENT HER WORK FOR THE FAMILY. THEN HE LOST HIS EYESIGHT AND REALIZED THAT AN AUDIO VERSION OF HIS GRANDMOTHER'S RECIPES WOULD BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR OTHERS LIKE HIM, AND HE DONATED THE RESULTING RECORDING TO JBI. THE MAIN PART OF THE BOOK CONTAINS RECIPES FOR BAKED GOODS, FOLLOWED BY A SECTION OF NON-DESSERT RECIPES, INCLUDING SUCH JEWISH CLASSICS AS KNEIDLACH AND KUGELS. NOT AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE - DTB OR MP3 ONLY. © 2004
EN4
4289
GRAUEL, JOHN S., REVEREND
B. JUSTER
THIS METHODIST MINISTER WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE EXODUS OF '47 CREW, THE ONLY NON-JEW AND NON-REFUGEE AMONG 4,500 PASSENGERS ON A SHIP BUILT TO HOLD 600. A MEMBER OF THE HAGGANAH, JOHN THE PRIEST, AS HE IS KNOWN IN JERUSALEM, DEEPLY BELIEVES THAT THE DEMISE OF ISRAEL WOULD BE THE DEATH KNELL OF CIVILIZATION.
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430
ARENT, ARTHUR
MARCIA MARKELL, LAURA ELIGATOR
A NOVEL ABOUT A NON-OBSERVANT/SECULAR JEW AND HIS DEALINGS WITH THE NEO-NAZI PARTY IN WEST GERMANY. © 1967
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2406
GREAT AGES AND IDEAS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
SCHWARZ, LEO W., ED.
STANLEY R. BRAV
AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS AND VALUES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHICH HAVE EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY.
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8201
NINE JEWS WHO FLED HITLER AND CHANGED THE WORLD
MARTON, KATI
KATHY FORD
AMONG THE HUNGARIAN JEWS WHO MADE THEIR WAY TO ENGLAND AND AMERICA AS HITLER ROSE TO POWER WERE FOUR SCIENTISTS, TWO FILMMAKERS, TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND A WRITER. SEEING HOW ABRUPTLY THE WORLD COULD CHANGE, THE HUNGARIANS DIDN'T DOUBT THAT THEY COULD CHANGE IT. THEY ALSO STUCK TOGETHER. BY LOOKING AT THESE NINE LIVES - SALVAGED, AND CRUCIAL - MARTON PROVIDES A MOVING MEASURE OF HOW MUCH WAS LOST.
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2702
MEMOIRS OF THE SPY HITLER COULDN'T
TREPPER, LEOPOLD
JUDITH HOFFMAN
THE PERSONAL STORY OF THE HEAD OF A SPY NETWORK WHICH OPERATED IN EUROPE AGAINST THE NAZIS DURING WORLD WAR II. THE NETWORK, DUBBED THE RED ORCHESTRA BY THE GESTAPO, INFILTRATED GERMAN ORGANIZATIONS IN OCCUPIED FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY.
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5318
GREAT JEWISH DEBATES AND DILEMMAS
JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON MORAL ISSUE
VORSPAN, ALBERT
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES JEWISH LIBERALISM FROM ALL SIDES OF THE DEBATE AND WONDERS WHETHER IT IS TIME TO RECONSIDER 'TRADITIONAL' JEWISH LIBERALISM.
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7097
LYMAN, DARRYL
SYLVIA ESTES
THE BRONFMANS, DAYANS, REICHMANNS, MAIMONS, AND ROTHSCHILDS ARE JUST SOME OF THE MORE THAN EIGHTY GREAT JEWISH FAMILIES WHOSE STORIES ARE TOLD IN THIS VOLUME. LYMAN PRESENTS A BIOGRAPHICAL OVERVIEW OF EACH FAMILY AND THEN FOCUSES ON EACH NOTABLE FAMILY MEMBER, DEMONSTRATING HOW THE TIGHTLY-KNIT JEWISH FAMILY UNIT HAS INSPIRED ITS MEMBERS TO REACH FOR GREATNESS. © 1997
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7613
SLATER, ELINOR; SLATER, ROBERT
DONNA BATKIN
ELINOR SLATER AND ROBERT SLATER PAY TRIBUTE TO JEWISH MEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED PROMINENCE WORLDWIDE BY VIRTUE OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THE WORKS THEY HAVE PRODUCED, THE DISCOVERIES THEY HAVE MADE, AND THE COUNTLESS WAYS IN WHICH THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE LOT OF HUMANITY.
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1565
GREAT JEWISH PERSONALITIES IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TIMES
NOVECK, SIMON, ED.
DALE NADEL & SYLVIA STILLMAN
A HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF 12 JEWISH SAGES, PROPHETS, AND PHILOSOPHERS, AMONG THEM MOSES, JEREMIAH, DAVID, AKIVA, AND MAIMONIDES
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1412
GREAT JEWISH PERSONALITIES IN MODERN TIMES
NOVECK, SIMON, ED.
EDITH SCHMIDT
AN ANTHOLOGY OF BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS ON LEADING JEWISH THINKERS ON THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE, THEIR PHILOSOPHIES, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHANGING IDEAS IN A FAST-CHANGING WORLD AND VALUE-SCHEME.
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7431
FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF TRUTH & HUM
BEN SHEA, NOAH
ELIZABETH LONDON
GREAT JEWISH QUOTES OFFERS THE WISDOM OF FOLK SAYINGS, THE TALMUD, AND THE OLD TESTAMENT, ALONG WITH THOUGHTS OF FAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN FROM OUR OWN CENTURY
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1268
GREAT JEWISH SHORT STORIES
BELLOW, SAUL, ED.
ESTHER COHEN
THIS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES REPRESENTS A DIVERSITY OF JEWISH WRITERS. REMAKE OF BESS CHALSKE'S 1972 RECORDING.
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6408
SLATER, ELINOR;SLATER, ROBERT
SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE
PROFILES OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED JEWISH WOMEN INCLUDING GOLDA MEIR, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, NELLY SACHS, BARBRA STREISAND, WENDY WASSERSTEIN, AND DIANNE FEINSTEIN. EACH WOMAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOTED AND HER RELATIONSHIP TO JUDAISM IS HIGHLIGHTED.© 1994
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6950
LYMAN, DARRYL
NANCY SCHMID
A GUIDE TO JEWISH INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC, IT INCLUDES OVER ONE HUNDRED MAJOR BIOGRAPHIES AND HUNDREDS OF THUMBNAIL SKETCHES WHICH FOCUS ON THE CAREERS AND PERSONAL LIVES OF THE SELECTED ARTISTS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE LISTINGS OF THE MAJOR WORKS OF EACH SUBJECT.
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5283
SLATER, ROBERT
HARRY M. GARTEN
AN INTERNATIONAL GALAXY OF NOTED JEWS IN SPORTS, INCLUDING MANY ELECTED TO THE JEWISH HALL OF FAME IN ISRAEL. SKETCHES OF 'NEAR GREATS' AND ISRAELI SPORTS FIGURES ARE ALSO INCLUDED.
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7452
GREAT JEWS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
LYMAN, DARRYL
JERRY ONEILL
MAJOR PROFILES OF ONE HUNDRED JEWISH PERSONALITIES AND BRIEF SKETCHES OF TWO HUNDRED MORE OUTSTANDING FIGURES. INTRODUCED BY A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE THAT JEWS HAVE PLAYED IN THE PERFORMING ARTS FROM EARLIEST TIMES THROUGH THE PRESENT, IT IS A REFRESHING LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINERS OF ALL TIMES.
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5580
SCHOR, SANDRA
ROSALIE ROTTENBACH
BARRY GLASSMAN IS AN OPTOMETRIST WHOSE MARRIAGE AND BUSINESS IS FALLING APART. HE BURIES HIMSELF IN PHILOSOPHY AND JEWISH THEOLOGY AND DEVELOPS A FASCINATION WITH ALL THINGS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER 'E,' INCLUDING HIS SEXY COUSIN ENID.
