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HAMEIRI, AVIGDOR
SHIRLEY KALB
A NOVEL BY AN ISRAELI WRITER ABOUT JEWISH LIFE AND PRIVATION ON THE EUROPEAN EASTERN FRONT DURING WORLD WAR I.
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8057
CANTOR, JAY
ELIZABETH LONDON
A GROUP OF SUBURBAN NEW YORKERS GROW UP IDEALISTIC, RADICAL, AND ROMANTIC IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. THEIR SIXTH-GRADE HOLOCAUST LESSONS IN 1960 INSPIRE THE CLASSMATES - MOST OF WHOM ARE JEWISH - TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. AS TIME GOES ON, THE FRIENDS GET INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT SOME OF THEM MOVE ON TO THE WEATHERMAN AND OTHER RADICAL GROUPS. THROUGHOUT, ONE OF THE GUYS, A TALENTED CARTOONIST, IMMORTALIZES HIS PALS AS SUPERHEROES IN HIS COMIC BOOKS. © 2003
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7203
MATAS, CAROL
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
CHAMBON, A SMALL VILLAGE WHOSE INHABITANTS AGREE TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN. BUT AS THE WAR RAGES ON, JEWS IN FRANCE - AND THOSE WHO SHELTER THEM - ARE IN INCREASING DANGER. WILL ANNA AND HER FRIENDS SURVIVE? © 1999
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1586
GREATEST JEWISH CITY IN WORLD
GOLDEN, HARRY
ROBYN SILVERBERG
THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE JOYS, OF BEING JEWISH IN NEW YORK CITY. WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR AND HUMORIST
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7008
GREATEST JEWISH STORIES EVER TOLD
PATTERSON, DAVID
MIMI GREENSTEIN
THIS COLLECTION BRINGS TOGETHER BIBLICAL, TALMUDIC, MIDRASHIC, KABBALISTIC, FOLK, HASIDIC, AND MODERN TALES THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR PROMINENCE WITHIN THE MANY TRADITIONS OF JEWISH LIFE. PRESENTED IN CATEGORIES THAT REFLECT THE HISTORY OF THEIR TELLING, THEY ARE PREFACED BY THE AUTHOR'S INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES. © 1997
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6142
GREEN FIRES: ASSAULT ON EDEN
A NOVEL OF THE ECUADORIAN RAINFOREST
MUELLER, MARNIE
DORIA KALT
ANNIE, A FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER IN ECUADOR, IS JEWISH. HER NEW HUSBAND KAI IS GERMAN AND THE SON OF A FORMER NAZI. THEY RETURN TO ECUADOR, AND, AS THEY BECOME INVOLVED IN THE PLIGHT OF THE RAINFOREST, THEY FIND THEMSELVES WORKING THROUGH THEIR OWN CONFLICTS.
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7018
ADCOCK, THOMAS
BARRIE SNIDER
NYPD DETECTIVE NEIL HOCKADAY AND HIS WIFE, RUBY, ARE DRAWN INTO A KILLER'S SAVAGE DESIGN WHEN THE FIRST VICTIM, A RABBI AND FRIEND OF THEIRS, IS KILLED BEFORE HIS CONGREGATION. AS HOCK INVESTIGATES, MORE BLOOD IS SPILLED, AND A TABLOID REPORTER CONNECTS THE MURDERS TO GRIEF STREET, A DISTURBING PLAY SENT TO RUBY BY ITS AUTHOR. © 1997
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6061
A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS MYSTERY
KELLERMAN, FAYE
MARCIA FELDMAN
WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL ENJOYING THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD, DETECTIVE PETER DECKER IS DRAWN INTO A MYSTERY WHEN AN INFANT VANISHES FROM THE HOSPITAL NURSERY. WHEN THE NURSE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE UNIT DISAPPEARS AS WELL, DECKER MUST DETERMINE WHETHER SHE IS A CRIMINAL OR A VICTIM HERSELF.
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4047
THE BIOGRAPHY OF GROUCHO MARX
ARCE, HECTOR
ETHEL E. MADURO
A SYMPATHETIC BUT OBJECTIVE PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN COMEDIAN.
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8545
THE COMEDY OF EXISTENCE
SIEGEL, LEE
PAUL SPERRY
A TRENCHANT EXAMINATION OF AN ICONIC AMERICAN FIGURE THAT EXPLORES THE CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOTS OF HIS COMIC GENIUS
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6789
WHAT I LEARNED MY DAUGHTER'S FIFTEENTH YEAR
JAFFE, SHERRIL
JANET KALISH
REBBETZIN JAFFE GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF ONE YEAR AS A MOTHER OF TEENAGERS. HER FOCUS IS ON REBEKAH, 14, WHO CONFOUNDS HER PARENTS BY LYING, RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME, AND CONVINCING HER YOUNGER SISTER TO STEAL. THE JAFFES COPE BY TALKING TO OTHER PARENTS AND CONSULTING EXPERTS. EVENTUALLY THEY WORK OUT A WAY TO DEAL WITH THEIR DAUGHTER. © 1997
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314
GROWING UP IN THE KIBBUTZ
RABIN, A.E.
BLAUNER, SPITZER, SABLOW, SPIEGEL
A STUDY COMPARING THE PERSONALITIES OF CHILDREN REARED ON ISRAELI KIBBUTZIM WITH THOSE BROUGHT UP IN A CONVENTIONAL FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. © 1965
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2532
BERNAYS, ANNE
A NOVEL ABOUT A GIRL COMING OF AGE IN THE 1940S AND 1950S.
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5519
A JEWISH MOTHER'S STORY
SHAPIRO, SARAH
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
BASED ON HER DIARY, THE AUTHOR CHRONICLES THREE YEARS IN HER LIFE AS A HOMEMAKER AND MOTHER TO SIX YOUNG CHILDREN. SHAPIRO SHARES THE DAY-TO-DAY STRUGGLES AND JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AND TELLS OF HER OWN SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
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4258
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE LAWS OF GOSSIP
PLISKIN, ZELIG
IRVING W KRAMER
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE LAWS OF GOSSIP AND SLANDER BASED ON THE WORKS OF RABBI YISROEL MEIR HAKOHEN ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHOFETZ CHAYIM.
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761
AGNON, S.Y.
TRUDY CUTLER
A NOVEL BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN WHICH A MAN RETURNS FOR A VISIT TO HIS NATIVE VILLAGE IN POLAND AFTER WORLD WAR I. HE FINDS THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED WHILE HE WAS GONE. REMAKE OF MRS. MILTON GARSON'S 1/20/71 RECORDING. © 1968
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476
GUGGENHEIMS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
HOYT, EDWIN P.
THE STORY OF THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE GUGGENHEIM FAMILY IN EUROPE AND THEIR COMING TO AMERICA, WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED A FOUNDATION FOR ART. © 1967
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3624
GUIDE FOR THE JEWISH HOMEMAKER
LEVI, SHONIE B. &. KAPLAN, SYLVIA R
JANE N. WEISS
DETAILED, PRACTICAL COUNSEL IN SUCH MATTERS AS DEVELOPING MENUS, PLANNING A WEDDING, FINDING BOOKS AND RECORDS FOR CULTURAL ENRICHMENT.
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3949
GUIDE FOR THE JEWISH WOMAN AND GIRL
EISENBERG, DOV
A MANUAL OF THE JEWISH LAWS, CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES AS THEY ARE CARRIED OUT BY FEMALES.
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1459
MAIMONIDES, MOSES
ELAINE SUSSMAN & ROSALIND GALLARD
THE CLASSIC PHILOSOPHICAL WORK BY THE "RAMBAM," THE TWELFTH CENTURY JEWISH RABBI-PHYSICIAN. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY SHLOMO PINES.
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5131
GUIDE TO EVERYTHING JEWISH IN NEW YORK
DAVIS, NANCY; LEVITT, JOY
A GUIDE TO MANHATTAN'S WEALTH OF JEWISH RESOURCES FROM PROGRAMS TO CULTURAL RESOURCES TO NOUVELLE KOSHER CUISINE. INCLUDED ARE LISTINGS OF SYNAGOGUES, RESTAURANTS, MUSEUMS, AND SCHOOLS.
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7660
STEINSALTZ, RABBI ADIN
IRWIN WEISS
ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AND RESPECTED RABBIS HAS GIVEN US THE ONE GUIDE WE NEED TO PRACTICE JEWISH PRAYER AND UNDERSTAND THE PRAYER BOOK.
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146
GUIDE TO THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS
HISTORY AND OBSERVANCE
SCHAUSS, HAYYIM
AIDA WIENER
THE HISTORY, THE CEREMONIES, AND THE OBSERVANCES OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S 'CLASSIC JEWISH FESTIVALS.'
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6708
PROSE, FRANCINE
JEREMY HANDELMAN
PROSE CREATES DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HELL ON EARTH IN THESE TWO NOVELLAS. THE FIRST DEALS WITH A PLAYWRIGHT WHOSE IRRATIONAL JEALOUSY LEADS TO DISASTER ON A TOUR OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP. IN THE SECOND, A YOUNG WRITER IN PARIS, MISERABLE WITHOUT HER EDITOR/LOVER, MUST DEAL WITH HER UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH HIM WHEN HE TAKES HER ON A "DEATH TOUR OF PARIS."
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2008
BROCH, HERMAN. RALPH MANHEIM, TRANS
RICA FEIL, L
A NUMBER OF STORIES DEPICTING THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHOSE INDIFFERENCE AND FEELINGS OF GUILTLESSNESS PAVED THE WAY FOR NAZISM.
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8336
ROTENBERG, ROBERT
TOM LIVINGSTON
WITH THE GUILTY PLEA, A GRIPPING SEQUEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OLD CITY HALL, ROBERT ROTENBERG HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER SHARP, SUSPENSEFUL LEGAL THRILLER WITH AN EXPLOSIVE CONCLUSION.
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7261
GORDON, NEIL
RITA FEDER
FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS, ALLISON ROSENTHAL HAS LIVED THE LIFE OF THE LIBERAL ELITE, BUT WHEN HER FATHER IS INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES AND HIS PROFESSION - ARMS DEALING - IS EXPOSED TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY, HER LIFE CHANGES RADICALLY. AND WHEN HER SECRET CHILDHOOD LOVER IS NAMED AS HER FATHER'S PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, ALLISON MUST DECIDE WHERE HER LOYALTIES LIE IN A TRIAL THAT IS ROCKING THE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION. DOES FAMILY BECOME POLITICS? LOVE BEFORE TRUTH? TRUTH BEFORE LOYALTY? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THE GUN RUNNER'S DAUGHTER MUST FACE AS SHE TRIES TO NEGOTIATE THE DANGEROUS AND MURKY WORLD OF HER FATHER'S PROFESSION AND THE AMBIGUOUS MORALITY OF POWER POLITICS IN AMERICA AND ISRAEL. © 1998
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4335
SIEGEL, DANNY
ESTELLE I. SILVERMAN
SIEGEL USES EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE THE CONCEPT OF CHARITY.
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8609
GOLD, NILI SCHARF
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
THE AUTHOR OFFERS A REMARKABLE HOMAGE TO HER NATIVE CITY DURING ITS HEYDAY AS AN INTERNATIONAL PORT AND CULTURAL CENTER.
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4536
URIS, LEON
EVELYN GODMAN
AN HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN PRE-JEWISH STATEHOOD PALESTINE, FOCUSING ON FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN JEWS AND PALESTINIANS. © 1984
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4956
HALACHA, MEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY HALAC
LEVIN, FEITEL
STANLEY R. BRAV
INCLUDES SECTIONS ON MEDICINE, ELECTRICITY, THE HANDICAPPED, PASSOVER KASHRUT, AND A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF HALACHA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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4356
SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH B., RABBI
EVE HABERMAN
THIS WORK PRESENTS RABBI SOLOVEITCHIK'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE CENTRALITY OF HALACHA (JEWISH LAW) IN JEWISH LIFE.
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8517
SEGAL, LORE
ELLEN DAVID
AT CEDARS OF LEBANON HOSPITAL, DOCTORS HAVE NOTICED A MARKED UPTICK IN ALZHEIMER'S PATIENTS. IS IT JUST NORMAL AGING, OR AN EPIDEMIC? IS IT A COINCIDENCE, OR A SECRET TERRORIST PLOT?LORE SEGAL MASTERFULLY INTERWEAVES HER CHARACTERS' LIVES—LIVES THAT, FOR GOOD OR FOR ILL, ALL CONVERGE IN CEDAR'S ER—INTO A FUNNY, TRAGIC, AND TENDER PORTRAIT OF HOW WE LIVE TODAY.
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7519
A CELEBRATION
KLEIN, DANIEL & VUIJST, FREK
RAMU & ZIMMERMAN
THIS BOOK INCLUDES AN EYE-OPENING ESSAY ON HALF-JEWISH IDENTITY AND LOOKS INTO THE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD HISTORY OF HALF-JEWS IN THE HOLOCAUST. IT IS A BLEND OF A CULTURAL MIX THAT IS FAR GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS.
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A MIDRASH READER
GLATZER, NAHUM N.
SARENE MEYER
A SELECTION OFFERING SOME 200 REPRESENTATIVE PASSAGES WHICH SERVE AS A TANTALIZING INTRODUCTION TO TALMUDIC LORE.
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7790
A TRUE STORY
LEVINE, KAREN
LORNA KOCHE
WHEN HANA BRADY'S SUITCASE ARRIVED AT A HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER IN TOKYO IN MARCH 2000, VISITING CHILDREN WANTED TO KNOW WHO SHE WAS AND WHAT BECAME OF HER. SO CURATOR FUMIKO ISHIOKA INVESTIGATED, LEARNING OF HANA'S IDYLLIC SMALL TOWN CHILDHOOD IN 1930S CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THE SUBSEQUENT NAZI INVASION, AND THE GIRL'S EVENTUAL DEATH AT AUSCHWITZ. IN THE COURSE OF HER RESEARCH, FUMIKO LOCATED HANA'S BROTHER GEORGE, AND BROUGHT HIM TO TOKYO TO MEET THE STUDENTS. THIS BOOK IS BASED ON A RADIO DOCUMENTARY, NARRATED BY FUMIKO ISHIOKA AND GEORGE BRADY.© 2003
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3839
KOHAN, RHEA
A VERY FUNNY NOVEL ABOUT MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS AND SISTERS AND BEING MARGINALLY JEWISH IN CALIFORNIA.
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4869
HANDBOOK OF JEWISH THOUGHT
KAPLAN, ARYEH, RABBI
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
KAPLAN BEGINS WITH THE IDEA OF GOD AND HIS PURPOSE IN CREATION, AND GOES ON TO SHOW HOW THIS RELATES TO THE CONCEPTS OF MAN, ISRAEL, REVELATION, THE TORAH AND THE COMMANDMENTS. HOW THE TORAH WAS REVEALED, WRITTEN AND THE ORAL TORAH TRANSMITTED ARE ALSO DISCUSSED AS WELL AS HALACHAH, CUSTOM AND OTHER TOPICS.
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6620
CHAFETS, ZEV
HARRY SMALL
DETROIT PISTONS COACH DAWKINS AND PLAYERS HOLLIMAN AND BANNION ARE MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF A ZIONIST CONTINGENT AND ABDUCTED BY A TERRORIST GROUP. HOLLIMAN'S BROTHER, A FORMER COP, FLIES TO ISRAEL TO WORK OUT A PLAN TO FREE THE HOSTAGES. © 1996
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5446
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
GREENBERG, HANK
RICHARD HANAU
GREENBERG RECOUNTS HIS YEARS AS THE FIRST JEWISH BASEBALL PLAYER, A SUCCESSFUL BASEBALL MANAGER, AND AN INVESTMENT BROKER.
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8675
LIVNEY, VARDA
LONDON, ELIZABETH
No one loves Hanukkah more than Monica. And celebrating the Festival of Lights is even more fun with friends. Luckily, Monica has lots of friends, including a robot, a pirate — even a jellyfish! Who’s going to arrive at her party next?
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8001
HOLIDAY POETRY
HOPKINS, LEE BENNETT, ED.
NANCY BRONSTEEN
THE TRADITIONS AND SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THIS ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS FOR BEGINNING READERS FROM A VARIETY OF CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN'S POETS. © 2004
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8190
CODELL, ESME RAJI
NORMA FIRE
CODELL RETELLS DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, REPLACING YULE CUSTOMS WITH THOSE OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. OLD SCROOGEMACHER, THE OWNER OF A GARMENT SHOP, MISTREATS HIS WORKERS. THE RABBI OF HANUKKAH PAST HELPS SCROOGEMACHER TO RECALL THE ORIGINS OF THE HOLIDAY, THE RABBI OF HANUKKAH PRESENT TAKES HIM ON A TOUR OF THE TENEMENTS WHERE HIS EMPLOYEES LIVE, AND THE RABBI OF HANUKKAH FUTURE SHOWS HIM THE FUTURE.
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7134
FORMULAS, STORIES AND INSIGHTS
PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI
LEA GREENBERG
EVERYONE WANTS IT. FEW PEOPLE HAVE IT. MANY PEOPLE THINK HAPPINESS IS A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET. IT'S NOT. RABBI PLISKIN DISCUSSES WHERE TO FIND IT - AND HOW! IT'S EVERYWHERE, HE EXPLAINS. EVEN BETTER, IT'S WITHIN OURSELVES, IF WE ONLY KNOW HOW TO MINE IT. © 1999
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8306
A FAMILY'S CENTURY OF ART AND LOSS
DE WAAL, EDMUND
PAUL SPERRY
EDMUND DE WAAL IS A WORLD-FAMOUS CERAMICIST. WHEN HE INHERITED A COLLECTION OF 264 TINY JAPANESE WOOD AND IVORY CARVINGS HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW THE COLLECTION HAD MANAGED TO SURVIVE. AND SO BEGINS THIS MEMOIR AND DETECTIVE STORY AS DE WAAL DISCOVERS THE STORY OF HIS FAMILY OVER FIVE GENERATIONS.
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7649
MOSSANEN, DORA LEVY
CHERNANSKY, DIANE
THE STORY OF THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FROM THE PERSIAN JEWISH QUARTER IN IRAN AND THE LIVES EACH ONE LEADS.© 2002
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8454
RICH, ROBERTA
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
A HISTORICAL NOVEL WHICH TAKES PLACE IN HE IMPERIAL HAREM, CONSTANTINOPLE IN 1578. THE AUTHOR INCORPORATES A WEALTH OF HISTORICAL DETAIL INTO HER RIVETING TALE OF A HEROINE WHO WON'T GIVE UP ON HER MARRIAGE.
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6586
RHYTHM, RAINBOWS AND BLUES
JABLONSKI, EDWARD
MARILYN BECK
THE AUTHOR DRAWS ON FAMILY DOCUMENTS AND MEMORABILIA FOR THIS BIOGRAPHY OF HAROLD ARLEN, FROM BANDLEADER TO BROADWAY COMPOSER. THE BOOK CONVEYS A SENSE OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS AT THAT TIME. © 1996
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7314
A NOVEL
DILLON, MILLICENT
JUDITH MENKEN
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A SPY. AND A SPY, BY DEFINITION, LIES. SO HOW TO WRITE THE LIFE OF A SPY? ESCHEWING THE CONFINES OF TRADITIONAL BIOGRAPHY AND INVERTING THE GLAMOUR OF ESPIONAGE, BIOGRAPHER DILLON BLENDS FACT AND FICTION TO CHRONICLE THE HUMAN DRAMA OF HARRY GOLD, THE AMERICAN CHEMIST WHO BECAME A SOVIET SPY. © 2000
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2652
HARRY JAMES CARGAS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELIE WIESEL
CARGAS, HARRY JAMES
BARBARA FRIEDMAN
A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH ELIE WIESEL, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS ON THE HOLOCAUST.
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5926
HARRY KAPLAN'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND
STERN, STEVE
SET IN WATERLOGGED MEMPHIS DURING THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1939, THIS IS THE STORY OF A 15-YEAR-OLD JEWISH BOY WHO ABANDONS WORK IN HIS FATHER'S PAWNSHOP TO LINK UP WITH SOME LOCAL CHARACTERS AND EXPLORE THE SEAMIER SIDE OF THE CITY.
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8337
HARRY LIPKIN, PRIVATE EYE
FANTONI, BARRY
TIM ZAGIN
HARRY LIPKIN IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO CARRIES A .38 ALONG WITH A SPARE SET OF DENTURES. HE'S NOT THE BEST P.I. IN MIAMI, BUT AT EIGHTY-SEVEN, HE'S CERTAINLY THE OLDEST. SOMEONE HAS BEEN STEALING SENTIMENTAL TRINKETS AND THE OCCASIONAL PRICELESS JEWEL FROM HIS CLIENT, MRS. NORMA WEINBERGER; SOMEONE SHE EMPLOYS, TRUSTS, CARES FOR, AND TREATS LIKE FAMILY. WITH THE STAKES FAIRLY LOW AND BLOOD PRESSURE THAT'S A LITTLE TOO HIGH, HARRY LIPKIN MUST FIGURE OUT WHODUNIT BEFORE THE THIEF STRIKES AGAIN.
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5716
PLAIN, BELVA
THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE WERNERS AND THEIR EXTENDED CLAN AS THE FAMILY REAFFIRMS ITS JEWISH HERITAGE DURING THE STORMY 1960S.
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6843
THE ART OF DARKNESS
FINE, MARSHALL
HOWELL MAYER
MARSHALL FINE IS UNFLINCHING IN HIS ACCOUNT OF HARVEY KEITEL'S PERSONAL LIFE. HE DEPICTS KEITEL'S HEADLINE-MAKING MARITAL TROUBLES AND HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLOSE FRIENDS ROBERT DENIRO AND MARTIN SCORSESE, UNVEILING THE PROLIFIC YET RECLUSIVE ACTOR AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER. © 1998
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4098
COPPEL, ALFRED
A SPY NOVEL INVOLVING DISASTROUS ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS, RUSSIAN SPIES AND A DEFECTING CIA AGENT.
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7882
THE STORY OF JEWISH COMEDIANS IN AMERICA
EPSTEIN, LAWRENCE J.
STEVEN SCHREIBER
A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH DOCUMENTS THE JEWISH COMEDIANS WORKING IN AMERICA FROM THE 1890S TO THE TURN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, THE INFLUENCES THAT SHAPED THEIR COMEDY, AND HOW THEY THEMSELVES INFLUENCED ENTERTAINMENT AND THE NEW MEDIA. QUOTES FROM CLASSIC ROUTINES © 2001
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5422
ABOUT THE SONG AND THE COMPOSER
FEINBERG, SHELDON
SHELDON FEINBERG
THE STORY OF MOSHE NATHANSON WHO AT AGE 12 WROTE THE WORDS TO THE FAMOUS SONG, HAVA NAGILA, IN JERUSALEM. HE LATER CAME TO THE U.S. WHERE HE BECAME A CANTOR, COMPOSER, MUSIC TEACHER, AND CONCERT ARTIST.
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8590
HAVE I GOT A STORY FOR YOU
MORE THAN A CENTURY OF FICTION FROM THE FORWARD
GLINTER, EZRA
AUDREY FLAMBERG
THE BEST STORIES PUBLISHED DURING THE FORWARD'S NEWSPAPER 120-YEAR HISTORY, PRESENTING SUCH VARIED WORKS AS WARTIME NOVELLAS, AVANT-GARDE FICTION, AND SATIRICAL SKETCHES ABOUT IMMIGRANT LIFE IN NEW YORK.
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8409
NEW YORK JEWS IN THE NEW WORLD, 1654-1865
ROCK, HOWARD B
AUDREY FLAMBERG
HAVEN OF LIBERTY CHRONICLES THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST JEWS TO NEW YORK IN 1654 AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF REPUBLICANISM IN SHAPING THEIR IDENTITY AND INSTITUTIONS.
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4247
THE DRAMATIC STORY OF 1,000 WORLD WAR II REFUGEES AND HOW THEY CAME TO AMERICA
GRUBER, RUTH
THE AUTHOR WAS SENT TO EUROPE IN 1944 TO BRING 1,000 REFUGEES (MOSTLY JEWISH, BUT ALSO PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC AND GREEK ORTHODOX) TO THE UNITED STATES AS 'GUESTS' OF THE GOVERNMENT, BY THE SPECIAL ORDER OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. GRUBER RECOUNTS THE HARROWING EXPERIENCES OF THESE REFUGEES AND THEIR STRUGGLE TO FIGHT DEPORTATION.
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6515
PIERCY, MARGE
PIERCY, MARGE
SHIRA SHIPMAN, A 'PSYCHOENGINEER' IN THE 21ST CENTURY, RETURNS TO TIKVA, HER HOMETOWN, AFTER THE LOSS OF HER SON IN A CUSTODY BATTLE. EXPECTING COMFORT AND SOME OF GRANDMA'S CHICKEN SOUP, SHE FINDS INSTEAD THAT GRANDMA MALKAH, A BRILLIANT COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, NEEDS HER HELP IN BATTLING 'INFORMATION PIRATES.' © 1991
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6973
HEADING SOUTH, LOOKING NORTH
A BILINGUAL JOURNEY
DORFMAN, ARIEL
MARSHALL STEVENSON
DORFMAN EXPLORES THE MANY EXILES OF A LIFE TORN, FROM AGE TWO, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA. INTERWOVEN WITH THE STORY OF HOW HE SWITCHED LANGUAGES AND CULTURE THREE TIMES, IS A DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT OF THE MULTIPLE ESCAPES FROM DEATH DURING A MILITARY TAKEOVER IN CHILE.
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5568
APPELFELD, AHARON
RUBELLA SCHAFLER
SET IN PRE-WORLD WAR II VIENNA, THIS IS THE STORY OF A WEALTHY FAMILY, WHO, WHILE NO LONGER PRACTICING JEWS, JOURNEY TO A REMOTE JEWISH HAMLET TO CONSULT A HEALER WHO TELLS THEM TO PRAY AND STUDY THE SCRIPTURES. THE FAMILY'S EFFORTS TO RETURN TO VIENNA DEMONSTRATE THE ANTI-SEMITISM THAT WILL SOON ENGULF THE CITY.
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5514
HEALER OF SHATTERED HEARTS
A JEWISH VIEW OF GOD
WOLPE, DAVID J.
JEAN MARKS
DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE BIBLE, THE TORAH AND THE MIDRASH, THE AUTHOR, A CONSERVATIVE RABBI, PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO THOSE SEEKING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
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7764
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR INNTER STRENGTH, MEANING AND HOPE
STERNHARTZ, NOSON; BELL, YITZCHOK L.
DIANE GODING
REB NOSON OF BRESLOV (1780-1844), A STUDENT OF THE FAMOUS CHASSIDIC MASTER REB NACHMAN OF BRESLOV, WAS A PROLIFIC LETTER WRITER. THIS VOLUME COMPILES INSPIRATIONAL EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS HE WROTE TO OFFER HIS CORRESPONDENTS THE STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE TO "RENEW THEIR LIVES IN A POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL WAY."© 1999
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HEALING THE HEART OF CONFLICT
8 CRUCIAL STEPS TO MAKING PEACE WITH YOURSELF AND OTHERS
GOPIN, MARC
WENDY GOULSTON
RABBI GOPIN IS A CONFLICT RESOLUTION EXPERT, HAVING WORKED IN SUCH INTERNATIONAL HOT SPOTS AS THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTHERN IRELAND AND AFRICA. NOW HE TEACHES HOW HIS TECHNIQUES CAN BE APPLIED TO OUR OWN CONFLICTS IN BUSINESS AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. POINTING OUT THAT EMOTIONS AS WELL AS RATIONAL THOUGHT AFFECT OUR REACTIONS, HE PROVIDES A SYSTEM OF EIGHT STEPS TO HEAL FEELINGS OF DISHONOR AND HUMILIATION THAT TOO OFTEN INTERFERE WITH THE ABILITY TO GET PAST OUR DIFFERENCES. A WIDE RANGE OF ANECDOTES DEMONSTRATE HOW THESE STEPS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS, WHETHER AT WORK, AT HOME, IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY - OR EVEN WITHIN OURSELVES. © 2004
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HOLOCAUST RESCUERS AND THEIR STORIES OF COURAGE
KLEMPNER, MARK
EMERY THOMPSON
MARK KLEMPNER EXAMINES THE LIVES OF 10 DUTCH RESCUERS WHO SAVED JEWISH CHILDREN DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II. ASKED WHY SHE HELPED WHILE SO MANY OTHERS STOOD BY, ONE OF THE RESCUERS REPLIED, "THE HEART HAS REASONS."
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2568
GOLDSTEIN, RUTH TESSLER
A NOVEL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND THE HEARTACHES IN A HASIDIC FAMILY IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN, DURING THE 1930S, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE YOUNG DAUGHTER.
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8228
HOFFMAN, YOEL
ROSEANNE RUBINO
YEHOAHIM AND BATYA COME TOGETHER IN MODERN-DAY HAIFA; EACH HAS AN UNCERTAIN PAST THAT INCLUDES LOST LOVE. WE ARE GIVEN A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR MINDS, WHERE ORDINARY WORDS AND OBJECTS BECOME TOTEMS, RELIGION AND ART SERVE AS TOUCHSTONES, AND MEANING IS AS EPHEMERAL AS LOVE ITSELF.
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7192
CELEBRATING THE MANY VOICES WITHIN JUDAISM
HARTMAN, DAVID
SHIRLEY KALB
DAVID HARTMAN ADDRESSES THE SPIRITUAL AND THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS THAT FACE ALL JEWS AND ALL PEOPLE TODAY. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM, HE HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE VARIETIES OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH PRACTICE AND SHOWS THAT COMMITMENT TO BOTH JEWISH TRADITION AND TO PLURALISM CAN CREATE BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS. © 1999
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5840
A THOUGHT FOR EACH DAY OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR
RASKIS, BERNARD S.
CORINNE SHAFTEL
A BOOK OF INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS FOR EACH DAY OF THE JEWISH YEAR INCLUDING HOLIDAYS, GLEANED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.
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1764
MALOFF, SAUL
A NOVEL, SET IN A GIRLS' COLLEGE IN THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA, WHICH EXPLORES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIFE IN THE EAST AND IN THE WEST, BETWEEN JEW AND NON-JEW, AND BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.
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1535
THE ETERNAL LANGUAGE
CHOMSKY, WILLIAM
RUTH ZAIMAN
THE HISTORY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE AS IT PARALLELS THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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3790
POSNER, RAPHAEL & ISRAEL TA-SHEMA
THE JEWS ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK. THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE HAS BEEN EXPRESSED, NOT SO MUCH IN STATUES OR PICTURES, BUT IN BOOK FORM, THE TORAH OR THE BIBLE.
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821
THE BOOK OF GENESIS
GRAVES, ROBERT; PATAI, RAPHAEL
RUTH ZAIMAN
A COLLECTION OF 61 STORIES FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS WITH COMMENTARIES, RABBINIC EMBELLISHMENTS, AND PARALLELS FROM ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN OR CLASSICAL SOURCES. © 1963
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8041
HEIR TO THE GLIMMERING WORLD
OZICK, CYNTHIA
AUDREY FLAMBERG
IT'S THE 1930S, AND ROSE MEADOWS, AN 18-YEAR-OLD ORPHAN, IS KICKED OUT OF A DISTANT RELATIVE'S HOME BY HIS LOVER. SO SHE TAKES A JOB WITH PROFESSOR MITWASSER, PATRIARCH OF A LARGE, CHAOTIC HOUSEHOLD. ONCE MEMBERS OF BERLIN'S ELITE, THE MITWASSERS ARE NOW REFUGEES IN THE BRONX, SUPPORTED BY JAMES, A FAN OF THE PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH, WHOSE WEALTH CAME FROM HIS FATHER'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS, STARRING A CHARACTER BASED ON JAMES. ROSE'S SHARP EYE TAKES ON THIS CAST OF ECCENTRICS AS SHE STRUGGLES TO FIND HER OWN PLACE. © 2004
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8351
HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND
EMBRACING ANGER TO HEAL YOUR LIFE
HERSCHKOPF, ISAAC
LASSNER, DANIELE
HERSCHKOPF PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE ROOTS OF ANGER IN SUCH AREAS AS FAMILY ABUSE AND REPRESSION, AND THE AUTHOR'S EXAMPLES OF APPLYING THE APPROACH IN MARRIAGE, CHILD-REARING AND WORK-RELATED SITUATIONS ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HELPFUL.
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5081
RECORD OF A LIFE
ZEITLIN, ROSE
NANCY SCHIERING
BASED ON PUBLISHED MATERIAL, PERSONAL LETTERS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES, THIS BOOK PROFILES HENRIETTA SZOLD, THE FOUNDER OF HADASSAH. DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS ESTABLISHMENT OF WELFARE CENTERS, HOSPITALS, AND CLINICS, AMONG OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS IN ISRAEL. © 1952
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7559
ZIGMAN, LAURA
BARBARA FERBER
JEALOUSY AND PRE-WEDDING JITTERS FILL THIS "WILD TALE OF A WOMAN'S TRANSFORMATION". THIS FUNNY NOVEL SHUTTLES BETWEEN THE WORLD OF MANHATTAN'S WOMEN'S MAGAZINES AND GRADUATE SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE THE HEROINE FINDS HERSELF OBSESSED WITH HER FINACE'S EX.© 2002
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6396
JEWISH WOMEN ON MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS
MOSKOWITZ, FAYE, ED.
JEAN BASS
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, POEMS, ESSAYS, AND NOVEL EXCERPTS BY A VARIETY OF JEWISH MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. AMONG THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE GRACE PALEY, TILLIE OLSEN, JUDITH VIORST AND LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN.© 1994
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4729
SEGAL, LORE
MULTIPLE
THE TENUOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A YOUNG JEWISH IMMIGRANT AND 'HER FIRST AMERICAN', A MIDDLE-AGED AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITER ON THE DECLINE.
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6760
THE STORY OF THE JEWS IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA - 750-1650
WEIN, BEREL
SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE
BEREL WEIN HAS WOVEN AN INFORMATIVE AND PROVOCATIVE TAPESTRY OUT OF THE EVENTS OF THE JEWISH MIDDLE AGES. THE SEPHARDIC WORLD AND ASHKENAZIC SOCIETY, THE LONGING FOR ZION AND REDEMPTION, THE INTRIGUES AND PREPOSTEROUS TRUTHS OF HISTORY ARE REPRODUCED AND EXPLAINED. © 1994
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6433
COHEN, ROBERT
BECK, MARILYN
WHEN SAM KARNISH MEETS A HASIDIC COUPLE ON AN AIRPLANE, THEY PROVE A WELCOME DIVERSION IN HIS LIFE. EVENTUALLY HE BECOMES COMPLETELY INVOLVED WITH THEM, EVEN THOUGH HE DISCOVERS THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE. SAM SOON FINDS HIMSELF RISKING HIS FUTURE, HIS PRINCIPLES, AND EVEN HIS LIFE FOR THE HASIDIC WIFE.© 1996
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8530
LEAVING HASIDISM, KEEPING MY FAMILY
DEITSCH, CHAYA
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
A HEARTFELT AND INSPIRING PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN RAISED AS A LUBAVITCHER HASID WHO LEAVES THAT WORLD WITHOUT LEAVING THE FAMILY THAT REMAINS WITHIN IT.
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7717
CONTEMPORARY JEWISH STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
BERKMAN, MARSHA LEE; MARCU, ELAINE
GOLDFARB, IRVING
A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH SHORT STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, SPANNING SIX CONTINENTS AND 24 COUNTRIES. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE CYNTHIA OZICK, ELIE WIESEL, PRIMO LEVI, NADINE GORDIMER, AND ALLEGRA GOODMAN, AS WELL AS MANY AUTHORS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH.© 1998
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7448
WEINSTEIN, LEWIS
A. KEMPNER
THE HERETIC IS A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY IN SPAIN, THE CATALANS, WHO WERE FORCED TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY AND ARE TRYING TO BECOME WEALTHY AND INFLUENCIAL AND CLOSE TO THOSE ON THE THRONE. BUT THEY MUST MAKE SURE NOT TO GET CAUGHT PRACTICING JUDAISM.
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8586
LEONARDO PADURA
NIKKI JAMES
A SWEEPING NOVEL OF ART THEFT, ANTISEMITISM, CONTEMPORARY CUBA, AND CRIME FROM A RENOWNED CUBAN AUTHOR.
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4361
CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS
EBAN, ABBA
ADELINE MAREMONT
THIS COMPANION VOLUME TO THE PUBLIC TELEVISION SERIES OF THE SAME NAME, TRACES OVER 4,000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY.
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5831
TALES FROM THE ISRAELI WARS
HELLMAN, PETER
NOAH WATERMAN
A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF WAR ON ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS. TOPICS RANGE FROM REPORTS ON THE COMBAT EXPERIENCES OF MILITARY RECRUITS TO A LOOK AT UNUSUAL ISRAELI HEROINES.
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5409
PROFILES IN JEWISH COURAGE
HERZOG, CHAIM
THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL COURAGE OF EACH JEWISH HERO FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE 1976 ENTEBBE RESCUE IS DEPICTED ALONG WITH THE CONDITIONS AND ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH THEY BATTLED.
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4788
THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF RECHA STERNBUCH
FRIEDENSON, JOSEPH; KRANZLER, DAVID
LOIS CHUDACUFF
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF A SWISS COUPLE WHO RESCUED HUNDREDS OF JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST, SUCCEEDING WHERE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS FAILED.
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4772
BELLOW, SAUL
ELEANOR ELDIN
AS A CHARACTER WHO REFLECTS THE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVES, HERZOG IS A JEWISH COLLEGE TEACHER FROM MONTREAL, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO WHO CAME OF AGE IN THE SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST. NEARING THE END OF HIS LIFE HE CONTEMPLATES HIS FAILURE IN RELATIONSHIPS AND IN HIS CAREER.
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2787
SCHWEITZER, GERTRUDE
ELISSA BAUM
THE BIOGRAPHY OF A GERMAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT WHO FOUNDED A NEWSPAPER DYNASTY IN 1875 AND THE THREE GENERATIONS OF HERZOG WOMEN WHO CARRIED ON THE FAMILY TRADITION.
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7538
KIRSHENBAUM, BINNIE
MILLER, ANDRA
HESTER ROSENFELD A HISTORIAN WHO IS VERY AMERICAN AND MARGINALLY JEWISH GOES TO MUNICH TO RESEARCH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR HEINRICH FALK. ROSENFELD BELIEVED THAT THE PROFESSOR'S LIFE COULD MAKE A VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY. THE MORE ROSENFELD SPEAKS WITH THE PROFESSOR THE MORE SHE UNCOVERS HIS FAMILY'S POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO NAZISM. ROSENFELD STARTS RE-EXAMINING HER OWN FEELINGS ABOUT HER PARENTS WHO ARE GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. PROFESSOR FALK WHO WAS MARRIED FOUR TIMES AND TWICE TO HIS CURRENT WIFE FALLS MADLY IN LOVE WITH ROSENFELD AND THEIR LOVE GROWS.
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5912
TELLER, HANOCH
RITA FEDER
IN THIS COLLECTION, TELLER WRITES OF THE SPIRITUAL STORIES WHICH HE HEARD IN TAXIS, TOLD BY CABDRIVERS AND PASSENGERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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8219
HOOSE, PHILLIP M.
CYNTHIA HARRIS
BASED ON A SONG, THIS BOOK HAS A MESSAGE: RESPECT ALL CREATURES AND THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE. AN ANT, LOADED DOWN WITH TWO SHOPPING BAGS, IS CONFRONTED BY A HUMAN YOUNGSTER INTENT ON STEPPING ON HIM. BEFORE THE BOY CAN CARRY OUT HIS THREAT, THE ANT BEGS HIM TO RECONSIDER. THE BOY IS URGED TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE ANT'S POINT OF VIEW BEFORE DECIDING ON HIS COURSE OF ACTION.
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212
BILDERSEE, ADELE
DOROTHY RAPPOPORT
SELECTIONS FROM THE APOCRYPHA, A GROUP OF BOOKS EXCLUDED FROM THE HEBREW CANON. © 1956
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8180
MILMAN, ISAAC
BERGMAN, RICHARD
THIS BIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON A YOUNG PERSON HIDDEN DURING THE HOLOCAUST--BUT THIS CHILD SURVIVED. THE AUTHOR TELLS HIS OWN STORY. HIS FAMILY FLED FROM POLAND TO FRANCE BEFORE THE WAR, BUT AFTER THE GERMAN INVASION, HIS PARENTS WERE TAKEN AWAY. A WOMAN, HENA, FOUND HIM, THEN AGE NINE, SITTING ON A PARIS SIDEWALK. SHE TOOK HIM IN, AND CONCEALED HIS AND HER OWN JEWISH IDENTITY. DESPITE THE HORROR OF LOSING MOST OF HIS FAMILY, THE AUTHOR EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE FOR HIS SALVATION AND HIS EVENTUAL ADOPTION BY AN AMERICAN JEWISH FAMILY AT AGE 15. AN INSPIRING AND POWERFUL VIEW OF THIS TRAGIC PERIOD IN HUMAN HISTORY.
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6327
THE SECRET SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST
MARKS, JANE
RITA LEVINE
TWENTY-THREE SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST RECOUNT THEIR EXPERIENCES AS CHILDREN DURING THE WAR WHEN MANY WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND FORCED TO HIDE THEMSELVES OR THEIR JEWISHNESS.© 1993
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8361
AN ARCHEOLOGICAL ADVENTURE
ANOUCHI, AVRAHAM
TIM ZAGIN
A HISTORICAL NOVEL ON AN ARCHAEOLOGY PROFESSOR WHOSE PASSION IS THE SEARCH FOR ANCIENT PARCHMENTS AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE TIME OF THE SECOND TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM AND THE MACCABEEAN REVOLT. HE ENCOUNTERS OBSTACLES BY A RADICAL ISLAMIST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO UNDERMINE THE JEWISH CLAIM TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
