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6290
CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND THE WAR OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
SILBERMAN, NEIL ASHER
ARLENE KEMPNER
IN THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR NARRATES THE STORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SCROLLS AND DESCRIBES THE BATTLE TO FREE THEM FROM THE CONTROL OF A SMALL CIRCLE OF EXPERTS. BASED ON HIS INTERVIEWS WITH SCROLL SCHOLARS, SILBERMAN ALSO CHALLENGES THE ORTHODOX INTERPRETATION OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS.© 1994
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6482
WILSON, JONATHAN
NITZA WILON
IN THIS LOVE-STORY-CUM-HISTORICAL THRILLER DAVID WEISS DECIDES TO TRY TO DISCOVER THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER HE NEVER KNEW. HIS FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE FRAMES FLASHBACKS TO 1941, WHEN ARCHIE RAWLINS A BRITISH OFFICER ENCOUNTERS A YOUNG REFUGEE WHO IS TRYING TO SLIP PAST THE BRITISH EMBARGO TO REACH PALESTINE. A ROMANCE ENSUES. © 1995
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3625
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
GREENBERG, JOANNE
ELLEN PROPP
GREENBERG'S PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHT AND KEEN ANALYSIS OF ORDINARY EVENTS, COMBINED WITH A FREEWHEELING COMIC IMAGINATION, MAKE FOR PROFOUND AND HUMOROUS READING IN THESE 10 STORIES. EACH DEPICTS A CRIME, A DEVIATION OF SOME SORT FROM THE NORM - WHETHER SOCIAL, THEOLOGICAL OR PERSONAL.
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6894
APPEL, ALLAN
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
IN A HEARTBREAKING AND HILARIOUS YOM KIPPUR SERMON, JONAH TELLS A TRAGICOMIC JEWISH-BUDDHIST LOVE STORY THAT TAKES ON ONE OF THE CRITICAL RELIGIOUS ISSUES OF THE 1990S: CAN WE STAY TRUE TO TRADITION AND KEEP OUR FAITH RELEVANT TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES? © 1997
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6257
MATTISON, ALICE
MARILYN BECK
WHEN 11-YEAR-OLD FRANCES LEVENSON FINDS A PAIR OF BABY SHOES HIDDEN IN A BUREAU DRAWER, SHE BEGINS TO UNRAVEL A SECRET INVOLVING HER PARENTS AND AN AUNT AND UNCLE. TOLD PARTLY THROUGH FRANCES'S VOICE AND PARTLY THROUGH FLASHBACKS, THE DETAILS EMERGE, AND A SEDUCTION, A BABY OF DISPUTED PARENTAGE AND A TRAGIC DEATH ARE REVEALED.© 1995
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3086
OZ, AMOS
ELLEN KANNER
THREE INTERWOVEN STORIES BY A FOREMOST ISRAELI WRITER PORTRAYING JERUSALEM IN THE TWILIGHT OF THE BRITISH MANDATE PERIOD. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW
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8323
HILLEL: IF NOT NOW, WHEN?
JEWISH ENCOUNTERS
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
JOSEPH TELUSHKIN'S PORTRAIT OF THE ANCIENT JEWISH LEADER HILLEL. HILLEL'S LESSONS AND SAYINGS AS A TALMUD SCHOLAR HAVE UNIVERSAL APPLICATION FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN BRINGING DIGNITY AND PEACE TO THE WORLD. IN HILLEL WE FIND A MASTER EDUCATOR AND A PERSON OF PROFOUND LEARNING, SPIRITUAL DEPTH, HUMILITY, AND TOLERANCE.
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1395
GAMORAN, MAMIE
LENORE SANDEL
A RELIGIOUS TEXT FOR CHILDREN CONCERNING THE CELEBRATION OF THE JEWISH FESTIVALS.
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4312
HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH
BELLOW, SAUL
FLORA SHERBER
FIVE STORIES BY THE NOTED AMERICAN-JEWISH WRITER. MOST FEATURE THE SAME TYPE OF PROTAGONIST, A JEWISH INTELLECTUAL AND LOVER OF THE ARTS FROM A TOUGH IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND. THE NARRATIVE DEALS WITH UNIVERSALS, AND SHEDS LIGHT ON SUCH QUESTIONS AS THE 'PROFOUND PHILOSOPHICAL DISSONANCE OF MODERN LIFE.'
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7288
ISRAEL AND DIASPORA JEWRY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
BEILIN, YOSSI
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
YOSSI BEILIN, ISRAEL'S OUTSPOKEN MINISTER OF JUSTICE, OFFERS A BOLD PRESCRIPTION FOR RENEWING AND ENRICHING JEWISH LIFE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. HIS APPROACH CALLS FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND DIASPORA JEWRY. THE GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH IDENTITY NOW SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL HAVE A VIABLE TRADITION TO PASS ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN. © 2000
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8512
YORAM, KANIUK
RICHARD BERGMAN
The disappearance of his daughter, Miriam, forces a retired brigadier-general, Joseph Krieger, to reassess nothing less than his entire existence. As usual, the noted Israeli author paints larger-than-life protagonists who chase their own demons across dense and dazzling canvases. Translated from the Hebrew by Seymour Simckes.
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5928
KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT
EMILY ROSEN
IN A STORY THAT PITS LIFE'S UNEXPECTED TRICKS AGAINST FAITH, A SYNAGOGUE CANTOR IS A SECRET AGNOSTIC WHO IS BOTHERED BY HIS LUSTFUL IMPULSES, HIS BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF POLAND, AND HIS DAUGHTER, WHO IS DATING A GENTILE.
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5105
THE DIMENSIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM
BERGER, DAVID, ED
NANCY SCHIERING
THIS COLLECTION OF EIGHT ESSAYS PROBES THE DYNAMICS OF ANTI-SEMITISM, AS IT HAS APPEARED IN ALL PERIODS OF HISTORY, FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA.
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95
HISTORY AND JEWISH HISTORIANS
ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES
BARON, SALO W.
JUDITH HOFFMAN
AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISCREPANCIES AND RELEVANCIES IN THE WORK OF JEWISH HISTORIANS BY THE FORMER PROFESSOR OF JEWISH RELIGION AND HISTORY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
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6659
HISTORY AND VARIETIES OF JEWISH MEDITATION
VERMAN, MARK
EVA YARETT
VERMAN COMBINES HISTORY AND PRACTICES AS HE EXAMINES THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH MEDITATION PRACTICES IN GREAT DEPTH, BEGINNING WITH ITS ROOTS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL. © 1996
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1505
FROM THE TIME OF CHRIST TO THE COURT JEWS
POLIAKOV, LEON
ROBERTA POLLACK
A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM, ITS DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORICAL EVOLUTION. (3 VOL.'S COMBINED...EC-1505, 1882 & 5352)
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3224
HISTORY OF JEWISH LITERATURE, VOL VI
ZINBERG, ISRAEL
THE DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE OF GERMAN-POLISH JEWRY FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE MASSACRES OF 1648.
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2265
HISTORY OF JEWISH LITERATURE. VOL. 2.
ZINBERG, ISRAEL
PAT DAVIDSON
THE SECOND VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF FRENCH AND GERMAN JEWRY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROVENCAL LITERATURE IN THE 11TH-13TH CENTURIES. ALSO INCLUDES THE LITERATURE OF THE ITALIAN-JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE 9TH-13TH CENTURY.
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8646
GOODMAN, MARTIN
JOHNSON, PAUL
A sweeping history of Judaism over more than three millennia. The truly comprehensive look at how Judaism came to be, how it has evolved from one age to the next, and how its various strains, sects, and traditions have related to each other.
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8117
A NOVEL
KRAUSS, NICOLE
ARLINE KEMPNER
OLD LEO GURSKY TRIES TO ATTRACT ATTENTION TO HIMSELF TO LET HIS NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT HE IS STILL ALIVE. BUT LIFE WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS; SIXTY YEARS AGO IN POLAND, LEO FELL IN LOVE AND WROTE A BOOK. UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM, THE BOOK HAS SURVIVED.
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALMA WAS NAMED AFTER A CHARACTER IN THAT BOOK. SHE HAS HER HANDS FULL; KEEPING TRACK OF HER BROTHER BIRD AND TAKING NOTES IN HER NOTEBOOK, HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD VOLUME THREE. WHEN A MYSTERIOUS LETTER ARRIVES IN THE MAIL SHE UNDERTAKES AN ADVENTURE TO FIND HER NAMESAKE AND SAVE HER FAMILY.
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1949
HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
HUSIK, ISAAC
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
AN ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND THINKERS FROM THE NINTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURIES.
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8620
HISTORY OF THE GRANDPARENTS I NEVER HAD
JABLONKA, IVAN
RICHARD BERGMAN
IVAN JABLONKA'S GRANDPARENTS' LIVES ENDED LONG BEFORE HIS BEGAN. PERSECUTED AS COMMUNISTS IN POLAND, AS REFUGEES IN FRANCE, AND THEN AS JEWS UNDER THE VICHY REGIME, MATÈS AND IDESA LIVED THEIR SHORT LIVES UNDERGROUND. THE AUTHOR'S CHALLENGE WAS, AS A HISTORIAN, TO RIGOROUSLY DISTANCE HIMSELF AND YET, AS FAMILY, TO INVEST HIMSELF COMPLETELY IN THEIR STORY.
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4904
HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI ARMY
SCHIFF, ZE'EV
ESTHER COHEN
THE AUTHOR'S REVISED VERSION OF HIS 1974 HISTORY INCLUDES ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS ON ISRAEL'S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, AND THE 1982 LEBANON CAMPAIGN.
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67
HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
PARKES, JAMES
DEN, FLORENCE
A HISTORY OF THE CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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1296
SACHAR, ABRAM LEON
SCHIERING, NANCY
A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE SCHOLAR AND HISTORIAN, FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AS WELL AS TO PURELY RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENT. REMAKE OF NANCY SCHIERING'S 1972 RECORDING.
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6613
HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA
SACHAR, HOWARD M.
LYNN HIMELFARB
THIS MONUMENTAL YET VIBRANTLY DETAILED HISTORY CHRONICLES JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA FROM EARLY SETTLEMENT IN NEW AMSTERDAM IN 1654 TO THE EFFORTS TO RESETTLE RUSSIAN JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1980S. THE NARRATIVE ALSO DEALS WITH ACCULTURATION AND A REAFFIRMATION OF IDENTITY IN FACE OF ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1992
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2245
HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN, A. VOL.II
BAER, YITZHAK
GERTRUDE FLEISCHMAN
THE SECOND VOLUME OF A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JEWS LIVING IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN. BASED ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
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943
HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN, VOL.1.
BAER, YITZHAK
SUZANNE OTTENSTEIN
THE FIRST VOLUME OF A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JEWS LIVING IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN. BASED ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. REMAKE OF EARLIER RECORDING.
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2334
HISTORY OF THE JEWS, VOL.1.
GRAETZ, HEINRICH
ANNE MARANTZ
THE FIRST VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT OF CANAAN BY THE PATRIARCHS UNTIL 135 B.C.E.
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2034
HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. 2.
GRAETZ, HEINRICH
ROSE WEIL
THE SECOND VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE REIGN OF JOHN HERCANUS IN 135 B.C.E. TO THE COMPLETION OF THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD IN 500 C.E.
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5381
HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. 5
GRAETZ, HEINRICH
LILLIAN GLIXON
THE FIFTH VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE CHMIELNICKI PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN POLAND IN 1648 UNTIL 1870.
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2417
HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. III.
GRAETZ, HEINRICH
THE THIRD VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE REVOLT AGAINST THE ZENDIK IN 511 C.E. THROUGH 1306, THE PERIOD IN WHICH RABBI SOLOMON BEN ADRET (KNOWN AS THE 'RASHBA') LIVED.
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2680
HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL.IV .
GRAETZ, HEINRICH
THE FOURTH VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE RISE OF THE KABBALA MOVEMENT IN 1270 C.E. TO THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OF THE MARRANOS IN HOLLAND IN 1618 C.E.
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6630
MORANTE, ELSA
RITA LEVINE
TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN, THIS IS MORANTE'S MASTERPIECE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF ORDINARY ITALIANS IN WORLD WAR II. THROUGH HER CHARACTERS' LIVES MORANTE LINKS THE HISTORY OF THE WAR AND THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CONVEYING THEIR DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCES IN A POWERFUL WAY. THIS IS WRITING ON A COSMIC LEVEL. © 1977
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2547
TINNIN, DAVID B.
NANCY SCHIERING
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ASSASSINATIONS CARRIED OUT BY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AGAINST THE LEADERS OF BLACK SEPTEMBER IN THE WAKE OF THE 1972 MUNICH MURDERS.
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4465
HITLER'S WAR AGAINST THE JEWS
ALTSCHULER, DAVID
A YOUNG READER'S VERSION OF 'THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS: 1933-1945'. BY LUCY S. DAWIDOWICZ
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7104
HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS
ORDINARY GERMANS AND THE HOLOCAUST
GOLDHAGEN, DANIEL JONAH
STEVEN SPRARAGEN
OLDHAGEN ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS BOOK AS A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AT HARVARD. IN IT, HE ENDEAVORS TO SHOW THAT THE COMMON APOLOGIA FOR THE GERMANS - THAT HITLER "BRAINWASHED" THEM - IS NONSENSE AND THAT MOST GERMANS GAVE THEIR ACTIVE CONSENT TO GENOCIDE. THE BOOK ENDS WITH A DETAILED NOTES SECTION AND AN APPENDIX THAT EXPLAINS THE CORRECT METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING THE NAZI PERIOD. © 1996
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8054
WOUK, HERMAN
MARGARET A. ROSSI
PHYSICIST GUY CARPENTER WORKED ON THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER, A GIGANTIC FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT IN TEXAS AIMED AT FINDING THE ELUSIVE HIGGS BOSUN SUBATOMIC PARTICLE. CONGRESS PULLED THE PLUG ON THE SSC IN 1993 (IN REAL LIFE, TOO), PROFESSIONALLY STRANDING HIM AND LEAVING THE PROJECT INCOMPLETE. TEN YEARS LATER, CHINESE SCIENTISTS CLAIM TO HAVE DISCOVERED THE HIGGS BOSUN, AND HIS LIFE - NOW SETTLED AND PEACEFUL - IS ONCE AGAIN DISRUPTED. HIS SCC WORK AND A SECRET ROMANCE WITH THE CHIEF CHINESE SCIENTIST PUT CARPENTER ON THE SPOT WITH HIS WIFE, THE MEDIA, CONGRESS AND POSSIBLY THE CIA. IT ALSO INTRODUCES HIM TO A FORMER MOVIE STAR CONGRESSWOMAN, WHO'S CHARMED BY HIS INTELLECT AND SYMPATHETIC TO HIS PLIGHT. © 2004
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3198
GREEN, GERALD
JEAN SCHULMAN
A NOVEL OF TWO FAMILIES - ONE JEWISH, ONE NAZI - FROM 1935 TO 1945.
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3660
HOLOCAUST AND THE HISTORIANS
DAVIDOWICZ, LUCY S.
FLORA SHERBER
THE AUTHOR OF 'THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS' CITES VARIOUS REASONS FOR HISTORIANS' NEGLECT OF THE HOLOCAUST: ATTRACTION TO GERMAN CULTURE; AVERSION TO THE IRRATIONAL; A HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY THAT VALUES ACTIONS ABOVE IDEAS AND SO IGNORES THE FACT THAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS A DIRECT OUTCOME OF ANTI-SEMITIC IDEOLOGY.
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5127
MARRUS, MICHAEL
RUBELLE SCHAFFLER
DID THE NAZIS HAVE A MURDEROUS MASTER PLAN FROM THE VERY START? COULD NEUTRAL POWERS, ALLIED GOVERNMENTS OR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVE DONE MORE TO SAVE JEWISH LIVES? - AND COULD THE JEWS THEMSELVES HAVE DONE MORE TO RESIST THE NAZI`S FINAL SOLUTION? HISTORIANS HAVE PROVIDED MANY CRUCIAL,INSIGHTS INTO THESECOMPLEX QUESTIONS. IN THIS BOOK, MICHAEL R. MARRUS PRESENTS A JUDICIOUS AND LUCID SURVEY OF THEIR VIEWS, TOGETHER WITH HIS OWN CONCLUSIONS.
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8552
COLE, TIM
NIKKI JAMES
PROFESSOR TIM COLE TELLS THE STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST THROUGH A NUMBER OF LANDSCAPES WHERE GENOCIDE WAS IMPLEMENTED, EXPERIENCED, AND EVADED--MANY OF WHICH HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN FORGOTTEN IN THE POST WAR WORLD.
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1888
WAITE, A.E.
REBECCA CADITZ
AN EXAMINATION OF THE KABBALAH AND OTHER JEWISH MYSTICAL WRITINGS.
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3982
AVI-YONAH, MICHAEL
NANCY SCHIERING
THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE COUNTRY IS EXAMINED, INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH PLACES AS JERUSALEM, NAZARETH, BETHLEHEM, MASADA AND THE QUMRAN CAVES.
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8127
A CON MAN'S JOURNEY FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT
BOROVITZ, MARK; EISENSTOCK, ALAN
LLOYD MOSS
BY AGE 14, SHORTLY AFTER HIS FATHER DIED, BOROVITZ BEGAN SELLING STOLEN GOODS FOR THE CLEVELAND MOB. HE MAINTAINED A DOUBLE LIFE A GOOD JEWISH BOY - HE WENT TO SHUL AND SAID KADDISH FOR HIS FATHER, LOOKED AFTER HIS SISTER, AND GAVE HIS MOTHER OF HIS ILL-GOTTEN GAINS TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY. HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND CONTINUED HIS LIFE OF CRIME. EVENTUALLY THE LAW CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, AND DURING A STINT IN JAIL HE FOUND RELIGION. UPON HIS FINAL RELEASE FROM JAIL, BOROVITZ WENT TO HELP OUT HARRIET, WHO HAD ESTABLISHED BEIT T'SHUVAH, AN IN-PATIENT REHAB CENTER. BOROVITZ MARRIED HARRIET, AND AT AGE 50 DECIDED TO BECOME A RABBI. HE IS SPIRITUAL LEADER OF BEIT T'SHUVAH, COMMITTED TO HELPING PEOPLE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.
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3867
MARKSON, ELAINE
VIVIAN KLEIN
ON THE EVE OF HER WEDDING A HIP MIAMI WIDOW IS DESCENDED UPON BY HER TWO NEUROTIC AND IMMATURE CHILDREN.
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2329
BETTELHEIM, BRUNO
ELIZABETH MATTES
BETTELHEIM'S REPORT ON HIS PIONEERING WORK WITH MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN IN A 'THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY' INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
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4983
FREED, LYNN
HERMINE KATZ
A YOUNG GIRL SEARCHES FOR HER OWN 'HOME GROUND' AMIDST THE CONFUSION OF HER ECCENTRIC THEATRICAL JEWISH FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
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6771
PLAIN, BELVA
MARILYN BECK
IT IS A CRISP DECEMBER DAY WHEN ANNETTE BYRNE DROPS FIVE SEALED LETTERS INTO THE MAILBOX. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WITH THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHING, HER ESTRANGED FAMILY, INTIMATE ENEMIES, WILL BE GATHERED AT HER COUNTRY ESTATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. BUT NOT EVEN ANNETTE'S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT CAN HEAL THE RIFT - UNTIL A TRAGEDY OCCURS. © 1997
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999
GLATSTEIN, JACOB
ADELE STEIN
A TALE OF POLISH JEWRY AND OF A BY-GONE ERA.
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912
GLATSTEIN, JACOB
ROSE WEIL
A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF POLISH JEWS IN THE YEARS PRECEDING WORLD WAR II. © 1969
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8467
HESS, HANNAH S
LORNA KOCHE
A COMPELLING STORY OF WARTIME LIES AND THEIR BRUTAL RESONANCE THROUGH TIME. HANNAH HESS HAS SKILLFULLY DRAWN CONVINCING PORTRAITS OF A GERMANY UNDER THE HEEL OF NAZISM AND THEN, TWENTY YEARS LATER, DEEP IN THE PIT SELF-INDUCED AMNESIA OVER ITS PAST.
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3107
KUSHNER, LAWRENCE
RABBI VERNON KURTZ
FILLED WITH TALES OF 'THE SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS THAT FILL OUR LIVES,' THIS IS A WORK OF WISDOM AND INSPIRATION.
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6055
ARCHER, JEFFREY
SANDI SKODNIK
A MAFIA/IRAQI CONSPIRACY STEALS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND SENDS IT TO IRAQ WHERE SADDAM HUSSEIN PLANS TO BARBECUE IT ON JULY FOURTH IN FRONT OF TELEVISION CAMERAS. THE CIA AND THE MOSSAD RACE THE CLOCK IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE THE DOCUMENT AND UNDO THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE.
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4096
ROSTEN, LEO
LEE SAMELSON
A COLORFUL LEXICON OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS LORE. PRESENTED ARE ALSO YIDDISH WORDS INCORPORATED INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
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6140
WOUK, HERMAN
ALEX SAMUELS
BATTLE SCENES AND POLITICAL SKIRMISHES IN ISRAEL AND ACCOUNTS OF DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PROVIDE THE BACKDROP FOR THIS STORY OF TWO PEOPLE AND THEIR FORTUNES IN LOVE AND WAR.
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7931
HOT CHOCOLATE AT HANSELMANN'S
LOY, ROSETTA
ARLENE KEMPNER
LORENZA REVISITS MEMORIES SHE ONLY VAGUELY UNDERSTOOD AS A CATHOLIC CHILD IN ITALY ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR II. WHAT SEEMED LIKE A FAMILY AFFAIR INVOLVING HER MOTHER, HER FATHER'S JEWISH FRIEND, AND HER AUNT IN SWITZERLAND TURNED OUT TO BE A MICROCOSM OF THE TRAGEDY OF ITALY'S JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. PART OF THE EUROPEAN WOMAN WRITERS SERIES, THIS BOOK WAS TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN BY GREGORY CONTI. © 2003
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8656
PRICE, ADAM O'FALLON
JAMES MCGOWAN
THE GRIPPING PORTRAIT OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN THE CATSKILLS OVER THE COURSE OF A CENTURY.
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5252
ROTH, JOSEPH
ELEANOR SCHICK
SET IN A GREY INDUSTRIAL TOWN IN EASTERN EUROPE, THE NARRATOR HAS BEEN A PRISONER OF WAR IN SIBERIA. THIS IS A COMPELLING EVOCATION AND PARABLE OF EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS.
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7076
THE CAREER OF EHRICH WEISS
SILVERMAN, KENNETH
MOLLY STARK
SILVERMAN'S ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT MAGICIAN AND ESCAPE ARTIST PROVIDES MORE DETAIL THAN PREVIOUS BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT HOUDINI'S EARLY YEARS, SHOWING HOW EHRICH WEISS, A SCRAPPY JEWISH KID FROM WISCONSIN, ENDURED A GRUELING APPRENTICESHIP IN VAUDEVILLE AS AN ACROBAT, MAGICIAN, AND MEDICINE-SHOW SHILL TO BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS PERFORMER OF HIS AGE. © 1996
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7935
LETTERS OF LOVE AND LONGING IN WAR'S AFTERMATH
KLEIN, GERDA WEISSMANN; KLEIN, KURT
RITA ROSEN & CRAIG DAVENPORT
GERDA AND KURT MET IN MAY, 1945, WHEN SHE WAS A HOLOCAUST DEATH MARCH SURVIVOR AND HE WAS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER. THEY FELL IN LOVE BUT WERE SEPARATED SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ENGAGED. THESE ARE THE LETTERS THEY WROTE TO EACH OTHER FOR THE NEXT YEAR, UNTIL THEY WERE REUNITED AND MARRIED IN PARIS. © 2000
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2121
LANDAY, JERRY M.
RIVY DOLIN
A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE TIMES OF KING SAUL, KING DAVID, AND KING SOLOMON.
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2986
GETYNSKI, KAROL
ALVIN REIWITCH
FACT-BASED NOVEL ABOUT THE DEBASEMENT OF JEWISH GIRLS BY THE NAZIS.
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7945
COURTINE-DENAMY, SYLVIE
AMY AVERSA
THE AUTHOR TRACES HER FAMILY'S HISTORY FROM THE SPANISH INQUISITION TO SALONIKA, CONSTANTINOPLE, VIENNA, PARIS, AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND AUSCHWITZ. WHILE TIME AND PLACE SEPARATE THE GENERATIONS, THEY REMAIN CONNECTED THROUGH THEIR LADINO LANGUAGE AND SEPHARDIC CULTURE, WHICH SHE PRESENTS AS A COUNTERPOINT TO THE DOMINANT ASHKENAZI-JEWISH IDENTITY. TRANSLATED FROM THE 2001 FRENCH BY WILLIAM SAYERS © 2003
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6591
ROSEN, CHARLEY
JERRY O'NEIL
A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH BASKETBALL PLAYER STRUGGLING TO REALIZE HIS DREAMS AMID THE TURMOIL OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. © 1996
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7413
HOFFMAN, ADINA
P.GIAMBARESI
A COMPELLING EVOCATION OF JERUSALEM SEEN THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE HAS LIVED FOR EIGHT YEARS.
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7566
FREED, LYNN
COLLIN BIDDLE
A NOVEL ABOUT 17 YEAR-OLD THEA WHO IS SHELTERED FROM THE WORLD BY HER MOTHER GROWING UP ON AN ESTATE AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AFRICA. NALIA IS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO ESCAPES TO ANOTHER CONTINENT WHERE SHE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH A WOMANIZER THAT TURNS FROM LOVE TO HATE. THEA IS THE PRODUCT OF THE RELATIONSHIP. ONE DAY THEA'S FATHER TRICKS HER INTO MARRYING A MYSTERIOUS MAN WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HER SHELTERED LIFE.© 2002
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3730
DEMETZ, HANA
MARION T. COHEN
THE HALF-JEWISH HELENE RICHTER'S CHILDHOOD IS AN IDYLL UNTIL WORLD WAR II. WITH ADOLESCENCE, HER ONCE SERENE LIFE STARTS TO DISINTEGRATE. THIS NOVEL IS ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL WHO ATTEMPTS TO SALVAGE SOME HAPPINESS OUT OF THE HORROR AROUND HER.
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3559
SILBER, JOAN
ARLENE RICHARDS
A NOVEL THAT PORTRAYS THE UNDERLYING DEPTHS OF ORDINARY LIVES. A NICE JEWISH GIRL WHO IS A HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHER MARRIES A PHARMACIST, HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AND LIVES IN A COMFORTABLE SUBURBAN HOME.
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686
HOW CAN A JEW SPEAK OF FAITH TODAY?
BOROWITZ, EUGENE B.
MIRIAM BENDER, ROSE KAYE
A BOOK ON FAITH AND THEOLOGY WRITTEN IN UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE, DIRECTED TO THE THOUGHTFUL READER. THIS BOOKS IS THE COMPANION PIECE TO "NEW JEWISH THEOLOGY IN THE MAKING." C.1969
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6612
HOW GOOD DO WE HAVE TO BE?
A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF GUILT AND FORGIVENESS
KUSHNER, HAROLD, RABBI
AMY S. GOLDBERGER
A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ADAM AND EVE'S QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT FALL FROM GRACE. KUSHNER CONTENDS THAT THE EATING OF THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE WAS NOT AN ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE BUT A COURAGEOUS STEP TOWARD SPIRITUAL SELF-REALIZATION. © 1996
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7428
HOW I CAME INTO MY INHERITANCE
GALLAGHER, DOROTHY
VICTORIA SKURNICK
DOROTHY GALLAGHER BEGAN HER CAREER WRITING FABRICATED STORIES ABOUT CELEBRITIES FOR A PULP MAGAZINE. NOTHING, THOUGH, COULD COMPARE IN COLOR AND DRAMA THE TRUE STORY OF HER OWN FAMILY-RUSSIAN-IMMIGRANT JEWS WHO LIVED IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, SWORE ALLEGIANCE TO MARX AND STALIN, AND TRIED TO IGNORE THE REALITIES OF THE NEW WORLD IN WHICH THEIR DAUGHTER HAD TO MAKE THEIR WAY
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6172
COLLECTED STORIES
YEZIERSKA, ANZIA
LILLIAN GLIXON
THESE STORIES DEPICT THE LIVES OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS ON NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE. CRUSHED BY HUNGER, POVERTY, HARD WORK, CRUEL BOSSES, EVICTIONS, LONELINESS, AND DISILLUSIONMENT, THESE PEOPLE RESOLVE TO REMAKE THEIR LIVES.© 1991
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6947
KOSS, AMY GOLDMAN
ALICE SHEINM
MARLA FEINSTEIN IS THE ONLY JEWISH KID IN HER CLASS AND IT LOOKS TO HER AS IF THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WILL BE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER ONE. BUT THIS HANUKKAH TURNS OUT TO BE VERY DIFFERENT. MARLA DECIDES TO FIND OUT WHAT A DREIDEL IS ALL ABOUT...AND GETS HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS INVOLVED IN A CELEBRATION THAT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST PARTY IN TOWN.
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8585
HOW THE WISE MEN GOT TO CHELM
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A YIDDISH FOLK TRADITION
BERNUTH, RUTH VON
ELIZABETH LONDON
THE FIRST IN-DEPTH STUDY OF CHELM LITERATURE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ITS LITERARY PRECURSORS.
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8191
HOW THIS NIGHT IS DIFFERENT
STORIES
ALBERT, ELISA
BARBARA FERBER
TITLED TO REFLECT THE CUSTOMARY QUESTION ASKED AT PASSOVER, THESE 10 STORIES BY DEBUT WRITER ALBERT EXPLORE TRADITIONAL JEWISH RITUALS WITH YOUTHFUL, IRREVERENT EXUBERANCE AS HER CHARACTERS TRANSITION INTO MARRIAGE AND CHILD-REARING.
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7799
HOW TO BE A JEWISH PARENT
A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR FAMILY LIFE
DIAMANT, ANITA; KUSHNER, KAREN
ELAINE BIRNBAUM
THE AUTHOR OF GUIDES TO JEWISH RITUALS AND A FAMILY THERAPIST JOIN FORCES TO PROVIDE A COMBINATION OF JEWISH TRADITION AND MODERN THEORY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT. THEY ADDRESS THE CREATION OF A HOUSEHOLD WITH JEWISH VALUES AND THE MANY CURRENT CONCERNS OF PARENTS, AND INCLUDE MANY RESOURCES FOR FURTHER HELP.© 2000
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8208
OZ, AMOS
PAUL SPERRY
AMOS OZ'S TWO SHORT ESSAYS ARE FULL OF VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE MINDSET OF A FANATIC IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS INTO JUST AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT.
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8345
HOW TO MARRY A JEWISH DOCTOR
ZEIDMAN, LEE
ELLEN DAVID
SUSAN LIEBOWITZ'S DOMINEERING MOTHER ONLY WANTS HER TO MARRY A JEWISH DOCTOR, REGARDLESS OF HER OWN DREAMS. SUSAN'S RESULTING EXPERIENCES ARE A SERIES OF CRAZY EVENTS, FROM THE FUNNY TO THE HEARTBREAKING, PROVING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM, AND THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T HURRY LOVE.
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8461
HOW TO RAISE A JEWISH DOG
WEINER, ELLIS; DAVILMAN, BARBARA
BARBARA ABIS
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY FUNNY SPOOF POOCH MANUAL FILLED WITH DIRE JOKES THAT WOULD MAKE EVEN WOODY ALLEN CRINGE.
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4448
HOW TO RUN A TRADITIONAL JEWISH HOUSEHOLD
GREENBERG, BLU
M. FRIEDMAN & P. KRAVITZ
GREENBERG, A MODERN ORTHODOX FEMINIST THINKER, GIVES A DETAILED GUIDE TO ORTHODOX OBSERVANCE.
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7393
HOW TO SURVIVE A JEWISH MOTHER
A GUILT-RIDDEN GUIDE
ARNOLD, R. STEVEN
HAL BRISTER
THE AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT LIFE FROM A JEWISH MOTHER'S POINT OF VIEW. © 1996
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6270
MASON, JACKIE; BERKOW, IRA
SANDI SKODNICK
MASON, A COMEDIAN, AND BERKOW PROVIDE READERS WITH A GUIDE TO 100 YIDDISH WORDS, PHRASES, AND EXPRESSIONS. THE BOOK INCLUDES PRONUNCIATIONS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXAMPLES OF USAGE, ALONG WITH MASON'S HUMOROUS ASIDES.© 1995
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6999
HOW YUSSEL CAUGHT THE GEFILTE FISH
A SHABBOS STORY
HERMAN, CHARLOTTE
ALICE SHEINM
YUSSEL LOVES GEFILTE FISH, AND NOW HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO ACCOMPANY PAPA ON HIS FISHING TRIP TO CATCH FISH FOR THE SHABBOS MEAL. BUT NONE OF THE FISH THAT YUSSEL CATCHES ARE ROUND LIKE A BALL-AS HE IS SURE GEFILTE FISH MUST BE. 'DON'T WORRY,' SAYS PAPA 'YOUR MOTHER CAN WORK MIRACLES.'
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8074
CASTEL-BLOOM, ORLY
MICHAEL BERNSTEIN
ONE COLD WINTER, ISRAEL IS FACED WITH RUINOUS WEATHER, A DECLINING ECONOMY, THE INTIFADA, AND A DEADLY ILLNESS CALLED THE "SAUDI FLU." DESPITE THESE DIFFICULTIES, A CROSS-SECTION OF ISRAELIS TRY TO COPE, INCLUDING A CLEANING WOMAN WHO APPEARS ON TELEVISION, A DIVORCED ARTIST AND MOTHER WHO TURNS TO AN EX-BOYFRIEND FOR WORK, AN ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANT WHO WANTS TO MARRY THE EX-BOYFRIEND, AND THE NATION'S PRESIDENT, WHOSE DAYS HAVE BECOME A ROUND OF FUNERALS AND HOSPITAL VISITS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU © 2003
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2585
BELLOW, SAUL
NANCY SCHIERING
A NOVEL IN WHICH A MODERN, INTELLECTUAL, AND TALENTED JEW IS PITTED AGAINST THE FORCES OF CONTEMPORARY CULTUR
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3423
HUNGARIAN-JEWISH STUDIES, VOL. III.
BRAHAM, RANDOLPH L., ED.
FANCILLE HLAVATY
DEALS WITH THE HOLOCAUST AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CATASTROPHE THAT BEFELL HUNGARIAN JEWS. ALSO SHEDS LIGHT ON RESCUE AND RESISTANCE OPERATIONS.
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4090
PROSE, FRANCINE
MINNIE BLUMENKRANTS
A YIDDISH THEATER GROUP IN THE 20'S ABOUT TO PLAY THE DYBBUK IS FACED WITH A REAL-LIFE DYBBUK OF ITS OWN.
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8073
ZIMLER, RICHARD
BAZ SNIDER
IN THE 19TH CENTURY PORTUGAL, MIDNIGHT, AN AFRICAN HEALER AND FREED SLAVE, BEFRIENDS JOHN ZARCO STEWART, A PLAYFUL, INQUISITIVE CHILD WHO DISCOVERS THAT HE IS A DESCENDANT OF THE IBERIAN PENSINULA'S JEWS, WHO HAVE BEEN HIDING SINCE THE INQUISITION THREE CENTURIES AGO. WHEN NAPOLEON'S INVASION DESTROYS JOHN'S LIFE, THE TWO FRIENDS JOURNEY TO AMERICA, SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND A REDISCOVERY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HERITAGE. © 2003
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8192
HYPOCRITE IN A POUFFY WHITE DRESS
TALES OF GROWING UP GROOVY AND CLUELESS
GILMAN, SUSAN JANE
ELIZABETH LONDON
SUSAN GILMAN HAS A GIFT FOR SHOWING THE HUMOR IN THE ORDINARY. SHE RECOUNTS BEING RAISED BY ECCENTRIC, HIPPY PARENTS, BEING A KINDERGARTEN DIVA, AND LIVING WITH HER HUSBAND ABROAD.
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4890
I AM A STAR-CHILD OF THE HOLOCAUST
AUERBACHER, INGE
CORINNE SHAFTEL
THROUGH WORDS AND POETRY, THE AUTHOR, A SURVIVOR OF NAZI GERMANY, DESCRIBES FOR YOUNG READERS THE STORY OF HER CHILDHOOD YEARS IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMP TEREZIN.
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5102
MORTON, LEAH
FLORENCE JABLON
THE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO OVERCAME GENDER AND CLASS BARRIERS BETWEEN 1900 AND 1927.
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7991
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS INSPIRED BY THE LAST WORDS OF DANIEL PEARL
PEARL, JUDEA; PEARL, RUTH, ED.
BETTY SMITH
THE MARTYRED JOURNALIST'S PARENTS COLLECTED THESE THOUGHTS, ESSAYS, AND ONE-LINER RESPONSES FROM JEWS AROUND THE WORLD, HOPING TO ENCOURAGE BOTH JEWISH IDENTITY AND CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. THE CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE RABBIS, SCHOLARS, AND POLITICIANS AS WELL AS ARTISTS, ATHLETES, AND ENTERTAINERS, AND EVEN CHILDREN. © 2004
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6513
NIMOY, LEONARD
DAVID THOMPSON
NIMOY GIVES US INSIGHT INTO THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND THE ACTOR'S CRAFT, AND GIVES HIS OWN INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE CREATION OF THE STAR TREK PHENOMENON. © 1995
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213
BUBER, MARTIN
KENNETH J. BROWN
A PHILOSOPHICAL WORK ON MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BY THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY THINKER. © 1970
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6725
I HAVE LIVED A THOUSAND YEARS
GROWING UP IN THE HOLOCAUST
BITTON-JACKSON, LIVIA
ROSE SPANIER
BITTON-JACKSON WAS 13 WHEN THE NAZIS FORCED HER AND HER FAMILY INTO A JEWISH GHETTO AND THEN SENT THEM TO AUSCHWITZ WHERE THEY WERE LIBERATED AFTER A YEAR. THE AUTHOR BRINGS AN ARTIST'S RECALL TO CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WHICH ARE ALL THE MORE BRUTAL, FRANK AND TERRIFYING BECAUSE HER OBSERVATIONS ARE PERSONAL AND IMMEDIATE. © 1998
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4572
HIRSH, MARILYN
LAURA SPERBER
A LITTLE GIRL TELLS THE STORY OF PASSOVER WHILE HELPING HER MOTHER TO PREPARE THE FEAST FOR THE FIRST SEDER.
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6978
ROTH, PHILIP
AUDREY FLAMBERG
SET IN THE HEART OF THE MCCARTHY ERA, THIS IS THE STORY, AS NARRATED BY HIS BROTHER, MURRAY YEARS LATER, OF RADIO ACTOR IRON RINN (IRA RINGOLD) AN IDEALISTIC COMMUNIST WHO ENDS UP BEING BLACKLISTED, UNEMPLOYABLE AND PUBLICLY DENOUNCED BY HIS WIFE, A REIGNING RADIO STAR.
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8230
I PROMISE TO KEEP QUIET (AFTER I'M DEAD)
BECKER, LEA HOPE
AUDREY FLAMBURG
THE AUTHOR'S FERVENT DESIRE IS TO REDUCE THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE UNIVERSE TO A FEW PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR BETTER LIVING. HER ADVICE TO BOTH YOUNG AND OLD IS: "SAY SOMETHING FUNNY YOU CAN LAUGH AT EVERY SINGLE DAY -- IT CAN EVEN BE SILLY AND MIGHT BE WORTH JOTTING DOWN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE."
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8372
A GAZA DOCTOR'S JOURNEY ON THE ROAD TO PEACE AND HUMAN DIGNITY
ABUELAISH, IZZELDIN
PAUL SPERRY
A PALESTINIAN DOCTOR WHO HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO MEDICINE AND RECONCILIATION BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS.
