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8539
FEUCHTWABGER, EDGAR
TIM ZAGIN
EDGAR'S ACCOUNTS AS AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD LIVING ON THE SAME STREET AS HITLER POST MIEN KOMF, PREWAR AND EVENTUALLY WHEN HITLER FARM THE SS THEY MOVED INTO THE APARTMENT BELOW EDGAR AND HIS FAMILY
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8186
RUBENS, BERNICE
M.D.LAUFER
SIR ALFRED DREYFUS, BELOVED HEADMASTER OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND, IS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. SAM TEMPLE, LITERARY AGENT AND FELLOW JEW, VISITS DREYFUS IN HIS PRISON CELL AND, HEARING THE APPALLING NARRATIVE OF HIS BETRAYAL, MUST FACE HIS OWN DENIAL OF HIS FAITH.
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6157
WISSE, RUTH R., ED.
ISABELLE RUBIN
A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE YIDDISH WRITER WHO LIVED FROM 1852 TO 1915. PERETZ DESCRIBES GROWING UP ORTHODOX IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLAND AND DEPICTS GRINDING POVERTY SIDE BY SIDE WITH A BELIEF IN MIRACLES AND A STOIC ACCEPTANCE OF LIFE'S REALITIES.© 1991
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1552
PSYCHOLOGIST OF LITERATURE
ROBACK, A.A.
MURIEL DORIS
AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PERETZ USES HIS CHARACTERS TO EXPLORE JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE.
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5608
RUDNICK, PAUL
BETTY ZOLAT
THE THREE ELDERLY ESKER SISTERS, IDA, POLA AND HEDY, AND HEDY'S SON JOE, GO ON A SHOPPING SPREE THROUGH A SERIES OF NEW ENGLAND OUTLETS. THEY INTEND TO SHOP UNTIL THEY DROP AND, TO JOE'S SURPRISE, TO STEAL MUCH OF WHAT THEY PICK OUT.
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8272
WARTIME MEMOIR OF A CHILD EVACUEE
WINTROB, KITTY
ALLISON EDWARDS
AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II, THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN ARE EVACUATED FROM LONDON TO THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE BEFORE GERMAN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL. KITTY SIMMONDS, A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL, ISN'T PLEASED TO BE LEAVING HER MUM BEHIND. ONCE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, SHE'S STUNNED AT THE HARDSHIPS SHE HAS TO ENDURE FROM HER "FOSTER PARENTS" AS SHE STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN HER JEWISH IDENTITY IN AN ALIEN WORLD.
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7454
THE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
BLACK, EDWIN
SHELDON RIFKIN
THE STUNNING STORY OF IBM'S ALLIANCE WITH NAZI GERMANY TAKES YOU THROUGH THE CAREFULLY CRAFTED COLLUSION WITH THE THIRD REICH, AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURED DENIABILITY OF ORAL ARGUEMENTS, UNDATED LETTERS, AND THE GENEVA INTERMEDIARIES- ALL UNDERTAKEN AS THE NEWSPAPERS BLAZED WITH ACCOUNTS OF PERSECUTION AND DESTRUCTION.
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7438
A LEIB GOLDKORN COCKTAIL
EPSTEIN, LESLIE
ETHEL E. MADURO
97-YEAR-OLD LIEB GOLDKORN MADE HIS DEBUT ALMOST A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO IN THE STEINWAY QUARTET. THE CHARACTER WE MEET HERE REMAINS EVERY BIT THE "PERSON OF CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY." BUT HE IS A NEW MAN AS WELL, ONE WHO HAS TURNED THAT CULTURE AND HIS OWN NATURE UPSIDE DOWN. FOR THIS IS THE UNSUBLIMATED LEIB, WHAT MUSIC MEANT TO HIM IN THE PAST, LOVE, LONGING, AND EROTIC FULFILLMENT DO NOW.
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1235
IDEAS AND IDEALS OF THE HASSIDIM
ARON, MILTON, DR.
ELLEN PROPP
A STUDY OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT AND THEIR TEACHINGS.
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2022
EINSTEIN, ALBERT
JULIUS HLAVA
AN ANTHOLOGY OF ESSAYS BY THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING PHYSICIST.
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7729
IF A PLACE CAN MAKE YOU CRY
DISPATCHES FROM AN ANXIOUS STATE
GORDIS, DANIEL
DINA STERNBERG
AN EDITED COLLECTION OF DANIEL GORDIS' EMAILS THAT HE WROTE WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED FROM LOS ANGELES TO ISRAEL FOR A YEAR DURING WHICH THEY DECIDED TO MAKE ALIYAH. DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR THERE, THE LATEST INTIFADA BROKE OUT AND GORDIS WRITES ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE SITUATION ON HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY.© 2002
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6018
IF I AM NOT FOR MYSELF...
THE LIBERAL BETRAYAL OF THE JEWS
WISSE, RUTH
RITA FEDER
DESPITE ITS RETRACTION, THE AUTHOR VIEWS THE 'ZIONISM EQUALS RACISM' EQUATION AS PART OF AN ARAB PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL. WISSE ASSERTS THAT THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN HAS CAUSED AMERICANS OF ALL POLITICAL STRIPES TO REFLEXIVELY BLAME ISRAEL FOR PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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807
IF I FORGET THEE O JERUSALEM
AMERICAN JEWS AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL
SILVERBERG, ROBERT
ROSALIND GALLARD
AN ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY AMERICAN JEWRY. © 1970
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7313
BUDNITZ, JUDY
WENDY GOULSTON
IN HER NOVEL ABOUT MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, AND LOVE, JUDY BUDNITZ GIVES THE TRADITIONAL FOLKTALE AN ELECTRIFYING TWIST AS SHE FOLLOWS FOUR GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FROM AN EASTERN EUROPEAN VILLAGE TO THE TENEMENTS OF AN AMERICAN CITY. ILANA, EAGER TO ESCAPE HER FORMIDABLE MOTHER'S ALL-CONSUMING LOVE, EMBARKS ON AN EPIC JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD AND IS MET ALONG THE WAY BY EVIL, MAGIC, AND GOOD FORTUNE. THE DAUGHTER, GRANDDAUGHTER, AND GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER WHO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS SHARE HER SPECIAL POWERS OF OBSERVATION AND, OFTEN, DESTRUCTION. THE RESULT IS A FAMILY SAGA UNLIKE ANY OTHER, A HILARIOUS, HEARTBREAKING STORY OF FAMILY TIES THAT BIND. © 1999
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5364
LEVI, PRIMO
CONSTANCE WARSHOWSKY
THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS THE JEW NOT AS A VICTIM OF NAZISM, BUT AS A FIGHTER, AFFIRMING HIS HUMANITY AGAINST IMPOSSIBLE ODDS.
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2381
IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR
TOM SULLIVAN & DEREK GILL
FREDA MELTZER
TOM SULLIVAN, BLIND SINCE BIRTH, TELLS HIS OWN INSPIRING STORY.
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7184
CANNISTRARO, PHILIP; SULLIVAN, BRIAN
SYLVIA LEVINSON
A PERSON OF EXCEPTIONAL ERUDITION AND CULTURE, MARGHERITE SARFATTI (1880-1961) WAS THE ITALIAN DICTATOR'S LOVER, POLITICAL ADVISOR AND INTELLECTUAL MENTOR. THE AUTHORS REVEAL HOW, IN THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE GREAT WAR, THE TWO COMBINED THEIR SOCIALIST IDEALS AND FIERCE NATIONALISM TO FORGE A REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT - FASCISM - AND HOW MUSSOLINI IN THE END "COULD NOT TOLERATE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT A WOMAN AND A JEW HAD DONE AS MUCH AS SHE HAD TO BUILD THE FASCIST REGIME." © 1993
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7477
STOLLMAN, ARYEH LEV
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
THE ILLUMINATED SOUL FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF EVA LAQUEDEM AND THE AUGSBURG MISCELLANY, A FIFTHEENTH CENTURY HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT SHE SMUGGLES OUT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT THE OUTBREAK OF WW II. STOLLMAN'S NOVEL EMBRACES ISSUES OF MEMEORY AND LONGING THROUGH THE TALES OF EVA'S TRAVELS, THE DANGERS SHE FACES, AND THE BEAUTY SHE ENCOUNTERS.
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4898
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
CYNTHIA MINTZER
THE SETTINGS FOR THESE 22 STORIES RANGE FROM WARSAW IN THE 1900S TO MANHATTAN IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE NOBEL LAUREATE DRAWS A SENSITIVE AND HUMOROUS PORTRAIT OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE PERMEATED BY THEIR JEWISHNESS.
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4883
SILVER, DANIEL JEREMY
DR. IRVING KRAMER
A SCHOLAR OF JEWISH HISTORY EXAMINES THE FACTORS THAT, OVER THE COURSE OF 2,500 YEARS, HAVE SHAPED INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS CENTRAL FIGURE IN JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS.
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5137
BECKY OF ELDRIDGE STREET
HARVEY, BRETT
SIDNEY BIEGELSON
BECKY, WHOSE FAMILY HAS EMIGRATED FROM RUSSIA TO AVOID BEING PERSECUTED AS JEWS, DESCRIBES GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1910.
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5405
FAST, HOWARD
SARAJEAN SHERK
THIS FIFTH AND FINAL VOLUME OF THE LAVETTE FAMILY SAGA IS SET AGAINST THE TURBULENT BACKDROP OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND CENTERS ON THE POLITICAL AND PERSONAL LIFE OF BARBARA LAVETTE.
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5179
APPELFELD, AHARON
CONSTANCE WARSHAWSKY
IN A BLEND OF ALLEGORY AND REALISM, APPELFELD PRESENTS AN EMBITTERED HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO COPES WITH EVERYDAY LIFE IN MODERN ISRAEL.
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1556
NIZER, LOUIS
ADELINE MARAMOUNT
A BOOK DEALING WITH THE ROSENBERG TRIAL AND ITS AFTERMATH. WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN TRIAL LAWYER.
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1369
MEMOIRS OF VERA WEIZMANN
WEIZMANN, VERA, WITH DAVID TUTAEV
TRUDY CUTLER
THE MEMOIRS OF THE WIFE OF CHAIM WEIZMANN, THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
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6887
SOLOMON, SHEILA KLASS
TINA CERVASI
EVA GREENFIELD AND HER HUSBAND, SOL, ORTHODOX JEWS, BECAME PARENTS LATE IN LIFE. ALWAYS DIFFICULT, THEIR SON, BEN ENLISTS IN THE ARMY AND IS SENT TO KOREA DURING THE WAR. EVA SEEKS THE GUIDANCE OF A FORTUNE TELLER WHO EXTORTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM EVA TO "GUARANTEE" BEN'S SAFE RETURN. WHILE KEEPING THIS LOSS SECRET FROM SOL, EVA SEEKS JUSTICE AGAINST THE GYPSY. © 1997
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7361
MORING, MARCEL
BETTY SMITH
THE WORST WINTER BLIZZARD THE EAST NETHERLANDS HAS SEEN IN MANY YEARS HAS LEFT NATHAN HOLLANDER AND HIS NIECE, NINA, SNOWBOUND IN THE DESERTED HOUSE OF HIS LATE UNCLE HERMAN. AS THEY WAIT FOR THE STROM TO SUBSIDE, NATHAN AND NINA PIECE TOGETHER THE STORY OF THEIR FOREFATHERS, A FAMILY OF ITINERANT JEWISH CLOCKMAKERS WHO CAME TO THE NETHELANDS FROM EASTERN EUROPE, AND THEN FLED TO AMERICA IN 1939. AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY HISTORY EMERGES AS WELL AS MANY UNSOLVED MYSTERIES. © 1999
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2393
BOURGEON, ROGER
ROGER BOURGEON
KATE KASS
WHEN THE MISFORTUNE OF BLINDNESS STRIKES A VITAL YOUNG MAN, IT IS THE OLD- FASHIONED VIRTUES OF FAITH, COURAGE AND FAMILY THAT WORK OUT HIS SALVATION.
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5911
GOODMAN, ERIC
SYLVIA ESTES
AFTER JOE SINGER, A BASEBALL PITCHER, IS ACCUSED OF THROWING A GAME, HE ATTEMPTS TO ATONE FOR THE BETRAYALS HE HAS WROUGHT ON HIS FATHER, HIS GIRLFRIENDS, HIS FELLOW JEWS AND ON BASEBALL. HE COUNSELS RUNAWAYS, CAMPAIGNS FOR GUN CONTROL, AND TRIES TO OBTAIN THE BASEBALL COMMISSIONER'S FORGIVENESS.
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7830
IN DREAMS BEGIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHER STORIES
SCHWARTZ, DELMORE
SANDRA CAREY
EIGHT STORIES SET IN NEW YORK, MAINLY IN THE 1930S AND 1940S, CAPTURE THE SPEECH, GENERATIONAL CONFLICTS, AND MOCKING SELF-ANALYSIS OF EDUCATED, AMBITIOUS, DEPRESSION-STYMIED YOUNG PEOPLE AT ODDS WITH THEIR IMMIGRANT PARENTS.© 1978
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8178
KUSHNER, LAWRENCE; SCHMIDT, GARY
JESSICA LEONARD
THIS LOVELY PIECE COMBINES A GOOD TALE WITH A STRONG, EASILY UNDERSTOOD MESSAGE.JACOB IS RICH, DAVID IS POOR. ONE DAY, JACOB HEARS A TORAH VERSE: MAKE 12 LOAVES AND SET THEM BEFORE ME. JACOB BAKES THE LOAVES AND PUTS THEM IN THE ARK WITH THE TORAH SCROLLS. DAVID COMES TO THE SYNAGOGUE AND FINDS THE BREAD. WHEN JACOB RETURNS TO THE SYNAGOGUE, THE BREAD IS GONE. BOTH MEN THINK GOD PERFORMED A MIRACLE. AFTER MONTHS OF GIVING AND RECEIVING, THEY LEARN THE TRUTH. AT FIRST THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED, BUT THEIR RABBI MAKES THEM UNDERSTAND THAT ON EARTH GOD'S MIRACLES OFTEN COME THROUGH HIS PEOPLE.
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6043
REFLECTIONS AND ESSAYS
SCHULWEIS, HAROLD M.
A COMPILATION OF RABBI SCHULWEIS'S WRITINGS ON TOPICS WHICH RANGE FROM THE POLARITIES OF JEWISH IDEAS TO A CRITIQUE OF THE EXCESSIVE FOCUS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN MODERN JEWISH IDENTITY. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISCUSSES JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND FAMILY AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS.
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8050
WEINER, JENNIFER
BARBARA ABIS
THE FELLER SISTERS CLAIM TO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON BUT A CHILDHOOD TRAGEDY, DNA, AND THE SAME SIZE FEET. ROSE, 30, IS A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER WHO LONGS FOR ROMANCE. MAGGIE, 28, IS A STRUGGLING ACTRESS WHO DREAMS OF FAME AND FORTUNE. BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE MORE ALIKE THAN THEY'D EVER IMAGINED! WITH READER'S GUIDE. © 2002
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8300
A HISTORY OF JEWS IN MUSLIM LANDS
GILBERT, MARTIN
WIN ROBINS
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE EVOLUTION OF JUDAISM AND ISLAM THROUGH A LENS OF MIDDLE EASTERN STABILITY.
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7194
A FAMILY MEMOIR
ELY, STANLEY E.
SPENCER RAINE
STANLEY ELY COMBINES THE STORIES OF HIS GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES, SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS AS HE SHARES HIS FAMILY STORY FROM THE IMMIGRATION OF HIS PARENTS (AS YOUNG CHILDREN) AND GRANDPARENTS TO GALVESTON FROM RUSSIA AND ROMANIA UNTIL TODAY. ELY'S STORY REFLECTS THE IMPRESSIVE GROWTH OF DALLAS AND ITS JEWISH POPULATION IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. © 1998
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7827
A WARTIME JOURNEY
AINSZTEIN, REUBEN
BERNICE LEIBOWITZ
MEMOIR OF A JEWISH HISTORIAN WHO REPEATEDLY FLED ANTI-SEMITISM (POGROMS IN HIS HOMETOWN, UNIVERSITY EXCLUSION THROUGHOUT POLAND, THE NAZI INVASION OF BELGIUM, A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN SPAIN, ETC.) AND WOUND UP IN ENGLAND, JOINING THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TO HELP DEFEAT HITLER.© 2002
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4152
HADA, PAMELA WHITE
FOUR WOMEN FROM THE BIBLE ARE EXAMINED FROM A JEWISH MYTHOLOGICAL, BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
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7187
A LEGACY FROM THE WOMEN OF TEREZIN
DE SILVA, CANA, ED.
DONNA BATKIN, VERA ROSEN
WRITTEN BY UNDERNOURISHED AND STARVING WOMEN IN THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GHETTO/CONCENTRATION CAMP OF TEREZIN (ALSO KNOWN AS THERESIENSTADT), THE RECIPES GIVES INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING BELOVED DISHES IN THE RICH, ROBUST CZECH TRADITION. SOMETIMES STEPS OR INGREDIENTS ARE MISSING, THE GAPS A PAINFUL ILLUSTRATION OF THE CONDITION AND SITUATION IN WHICH THE AUTHORS LIVED. © 1993
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7581
TWIN BROTHERS SEPARATED BY FAITH AFTER THE HOLOCAUST
POGANY, EUGENE L.
MICHELE HARBOR
THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHERS, MIKLOS AND GYORGY POGANY, WHO WERE BORN IN HUNGARY OF JEWISH PARENTS BUT RAISED AS DEVOUT CATHOLIC CONVERTS UNTIL THE SECOND WORLD WAR UNRAVELED THEIR FAMILY.© 2000
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SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
ZELDA SOLOMON
THE AUTHOR'S FOND REMEMBRANCES OF GROWING UP IN A HOME, IN NINETEENTH CENTURY WARSAW, WHERE HIS FATHER, A RABBI, RESOLVED THE PROBLEMS OF HIS FOLLOWERS. © 1962
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2952
MORGENSTERN, SOMA
ROY C. BENNETT
A YOUNG AUSTRIAN JEW DISCOVERS HIS CULTURAL HERITAGE WHILE VISITING AN UNCLE IN POLISH GALICIA.
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7231
MEMOIRS OF A HOLOCAUST RESCUER
OPDYKE, IRENE GUT; ARMST, JENNIFER
GUY LEBOW
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD IRENE GUT, A POLISH CATHOLIC STUDENT NURSE, WAS FORCED TO WORK AS A WAITRESS IN A GERMAN OFFICERS' DINING ROOM. SHE PICKED UP SNATCHES OF CONVERSATION ALONG WITH THE NAZIS' DIRTY DISHES AND PASSED THE INFORMATION TO JEWS IN THE GHETTO. LATER, SHE BECAME THE HOUSEKEEPER FOR A NAZI MAJOR, AND HID TWELVE JEWS IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS HOME UNTIL THE GERMAN DEFEAT. SHE WAS DETERMINED TO DELIVER HER FRIENDS FROM EVIL. IT WAS AS SIMPLE AND IMPOSSIBLE AS THAT. © 1999
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1728
IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER
LEVENSON, SAM
A HUMOROUS LOOK AT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE BOTH PAST AND PRESENT.
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2667
OPATOSHU, JOSEPH
JANE R. WEISS
A HISTORICAL NOVEL DEPICTING THE LIFE OF THE JEWS IN EUROPE DURING THE 1860S AND INCORPORATING THE FOLKLORE OF THE POLISH WOODS AND STREAMS. ALSO DESCRIBES THE EFFECT OF THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT, THE HASKALAH, AND POLISH INDEPENDENCE ON THEIR LIVES.
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7198
LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH WITH MICHAEL D'ORSO
MIRIAM ALIMINOS
IN A VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF PUBLIC LIFE, SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN DEFINES THE DUTY, THE HONOR, AND THE PRIVILEGE OF PUBLIC LIFE IN THE FACE OF AMERICANS' PERENNIAL CYNICISM ABOUT IT. © 2000
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1981
AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN EGYPT
GORNICK, VIVIAN
BETH SALISMAN
AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, WHO WAS LIVING IN CAIRO IN 1971, DESCRIBES LIFE IN THAT CITY, THE EGYPTIANS' AMBIVALENCE TOWARDS THEIR REVOLUTION, AND THE IMPACT OF THE 1967 WAR WITH ISRAEL.
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3482
A PERSONAL EXPEDITION
WHITE, THEODORE
MARTIN WEISS
A JEWISH/AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT'S ATTEMPT TO LINK HIS OWN JOURNALISTIC CAREER WITH A BROADER HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
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2511
BALSIGER, DAVID & SELLIER, CHARLES
BATTY BERCBACH
AN EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE THAT THE ARK OF NOAH MAY BE LODGED ON TOP OF MT. ARARAT IN EASTERN TURKEY.
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6963
THE ELUSIVE JAPANESE DIPLOMAT
LEVINE, HILLEL
JEANNE LINDE
HONORED IN ISRAEL AND JAPAN, YET STILL LARGELY UNKNOWN IN THE WEST, JAPANESE DIPLOMAT AND SPY CHIUNE SUGIHARA, WITH THIS BOOK, JOINS THE RANKS OF RAOUL WALLENBERG, OSKAR SCHINDLER AND OTHER RESCUERS OF JEWS ESCAPING NAZI PERSECUTION.
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2695
IN THE ALMOST PROMISED LAND
AMERICAN JEWS AND BLACKS, 1915-193
DINER, HASIA R.
EDITH DREZNER
THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT CHAMPIONING BLACK CAUSES GAVE JEWS A MEANS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO THEIR OWN ACCULTURATION.
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2397
POTOK, CHAIM
HELEN BELINK
A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG YESHIVA STUDENT GROWING UP IN AN ORTHODOX FAMILY DURING THE 1930S AND 1940S AND HIS AWAKENING TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF JEWISH LEARNING AND SCHOLARSHIP.
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8214
IN THE BEGINNING: BIBLICAL CREATION AND SCIENCE
AVIEZER, NATHAN
CRAIG DAVENPORT
THE AUTHOR DOES A TRULY CREDIBLE JOB IN CONNECTING THE BIBLICAL STORY OF CREATION WITH SCIENCE'S MOST RECENT FINDINGS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL WORLD. IT IS AN INTERESTING STUDY ABOUT EVOLUTION AND ORIGINS FROM A BIBLICAL AND A SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW.
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7641
IN THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE
HALLIE, PHILIP
JEREMY HANDELMAN
THE EXPLORATION OF THE HUMAN CHOICE TO DO GOOD OR EVIL. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES SEVERAL "HEROS" AND THEIR BEHAVIOR.© 1997
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7746
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MAGGID
INSPIRATIONAL STORIES ABOUT EMINENT PEOPLE OF YESTERDAY & TODAY
KROHN, PAYSACH J., RABBI
JANICE TOWERS
THE THIRD IN THE MAGGID SERIES IS FILLED WITH INSPIRATIONAL STORIES AND PARABLES ABOUT EMINENT PEOPLE OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY.© 1992
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1189
A STORY OF A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL
AGNON, S.Y.
ROBERTA POLLACK
A POETIC NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF PIOUS EUROPEAN JEWS ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOLY CITY, JERUSALEM.
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7669
HORN, DARA
MATT SANDLER
FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF A HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND, LEORA CUTS OFF ALL EMOTIONAL TIES TO THE WORLD. IT IS THE GRANDFATHER OF HER DECEASED FRIEND WHO RECONNECTS LEORA TO LOVE AND FAITH THROUGH THE SLIDE IMAGES HE HAS TAKEN ON HIS EXPLORATION OF JUDAISM. © 2002
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6786
A FEMINIST COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH
ANTONELLI, JUDITH S.
SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE
USING CLASSICAL JEWISH SOURCES AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FROM HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, ANCIENT RELIGION, AND FEMINIST THEORY, JUDITH ANTONELLI HAS EXAMINED IN DETAIL EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY ISSUE PERTAINING TO WOMEN IN THE TORAH, PARSHAH BY PARSHAH. © 1996
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8487
TAITZ, SONYA
SONYA TAITZ
LILY TAUB, DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, GOES TO COLLEGE AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH PETER. WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT PETER'S PARENTS ARE ANTI-SEMITIC AND WILL GIVE HER A HARD TIME WHEN SHE VISITS THEM.
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4271
OZ, AMOS
BESS POBINER
OZ SHARES HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH JEWS AND ARABS LIVING IN ISRAEL ON A RANGE OF IDEOLOGICAL AND MORAL QUESTIONS.
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8683
IN THE MARKET OF ZAKROBAT
ELON, ORI
ELIZABETH LONDON
TOLD WITH HUMOUR AND A LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH, THIS CLASSIC FABLE OF A MISER’S COMEUPPANCE CELEBRATES GENEROSITY OF SPIRIT AND THE JOY OF SHABBAT AS ALL THE RICHES A PERSON NEEDS.
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4783
ZAR, ROSE
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
THE AUTHOR SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST BY ESCAPING FROM HER POLISH GHETTO AND USING FALSE PAPERS TO WORK AS EVERYTHING FROM A LAUNDRESS TO A HOUSEKEEPER FOR A NAZI OFFICER. THE THREAT OF EXPOSURE AS A JEW WAS CONSTANT BUT ZAR DESCRIBES HOW SHE MANAGED TO ELUDE CAPTURE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND LIVE TO TELL HER STORY.
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8193
LIVES OF JEWISH AMERICANS
RAPPAPORT, DOREEN
JJ KENNEDY
YOUNG READERS ARE INTRODUCED TO THE LIVES OF THIRTEEN DISTINGUISHED JEWISH AMERICANS. BY FOCUSING ON ONE KEY SCENE FROM EACH OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES THE AUTHOR GIVES YOUNG READERS AN EXCITING INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT HISTORY OF JEWISH AMERICANS.
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THE SACRIFICE OF CHILDREN
BERGMANN, MARTIN S.
BREGMANN ANALYZES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING OF SACRIFICE AND USES THE EVOLUTION OF SACRIFICE IN GREEK TRAGEDY TO EXPLORE THE FUNCTION OF RELIGION IN TODAY'S CULTURE.
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IN THE SPIRIT OF THE MAGGID
KROHN, PAYSACH J., RABBI
MD LAUFER
THE WARMTH, PERCEPTION, AND INSIGHT OF THE MAN KNOWN AS THE AMERICAN MAGGID COMES THROUGH IN EVERY STORY. IN HIS STORIES WE CAN FEEL THIS ACCEPTANCE AND AFFECTION AND THEREFORE WE ALLOW THE STORIES TO TEACH US -- AND TO TOUCH US.
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ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
THIS NOVEL, SET IN A SMALL RUSSIAN TOWN UNDER CZARIST RULE, FOLLOWS SEVERAL FAMILIES THROUGH SITUATIONS OF TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH.
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7239
SARREN, SANDRA C.
ELLEN DAVID
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD ISAAC SEGAL KNEW THAT HIS LIFE WOULD BE DIFFERENT AFTER HIS BAR MITZVAH, WHEN, ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION, HE WOULD BECOME A MAN. BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T COUNT ON WERE THE CHANGES HAPPENING TO HIM NOW, ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS BAR MITZVAH! ISAAC FIRST NOTICES HIS UNUSUAL ABILITIES AT HIS BEST FRIEND TODD'S BAR MITZVAH, WHEN HE DISCOVERS HE CAN READ THE MIND OF THE GOOD-LOOKING GIRL SITTING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SYNAGOGUE. ISAAC'S DISCOVERY OVER THE FOLLOWING DAYS THAT HE CAN ALSO LEVITATE OBJECTS AND COMMUNICATE TELEPATHICALLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE LEADS HIM TO CONFIDE IN HIS PARENTS. © 2000
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THE FIRST CRUSADE AND THE JEWS
CHAZAN, ROBERT
SHIRLEY RADCLIFF
CHAZAN RELATES STORIES OF CHRISTIAN ENEMIES, BUT ALSO OF CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, AND OF JEWISH MARTRYS, BUT ALSO OF JEWISH NEGOTIATORS AND CONVERTS. HE DEVOTES THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOOK TO TRACING VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGH THE SUBSEQUENT NINE CENTURIES OF JEWISH HISTORY. © 1996
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IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT
PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB
ELAINE LEE
A COLLECTION OF HASIDIC STORIES AND FOLK TALES OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWRY DRAWING ON THE TRADITIONAL HERITAGE OF JUDAISM.
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6721
FAST, HOWARD
LESLIE CARROLL
FAST, NOW OVER 80, THOUGHT HE HAD CONCLUDED HIS POPULAR IMMIGRANT FAMILY SAGA IN 1985. THEN HIS WIFE, SAID TO BE THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS HEROINE, BARBARA LAVETTE, DIED, AND FAST HAS NOW RETURNED FOR ONE FINAL INSTALLMENT TO BRING BARBARA'S LIFE, TOO, TO A FICTIONAL CONCLUSION. © 1997
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7430
INEXTINGUISHABLE SYMPHONY
TRUE STORY OF MUSIC & LOVE IN NAZI
GOLDSMITH, MARTIN
A. FLAMBERG
SET AMID THE GROWING TYRANNY OF GERMANY'S THIRD REICH, THIS IS A MOVING ACCOUNT OF GUNTHER GOLDSCHMIDT AND ROSEMARIE, TWO COURAGEOUS JEWISH MUSICIANS WHO STRUGGLED TO PERFORM UNDER UNIMAGINABLE CIRCUMSTANCES-AND FOUND THEMSELVES FALLING IN LOVE IN A COUNTRY DETERMINED TO DESTROY THEM.
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A NOVEL
KENAZ, YEHOSHUA
MEGAN OWEN
SET IN THE 1950S, THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS A GROUP OF ISRAELI ARMY RECRUITS THROUGH BASIC TRAINING IN A SPECIAL UNIT FOR CONSCRIPTS WITH MINOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS. THE DIVERSE GROUP OF MEN, INCLUDING A PATRIOTIC KIBBUTZNIK, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, A WORKING CLASS ROMANTIC, AND A FORMER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE, REPRESENT A MICROCOSM OF THE COMPETING SOCIO-ECONOMIC, ETHNIC, AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU, © 2003
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4658
ROSTEN, LEO
SUSAN WINOGRAD
THIS SELECTION OF QUOTATIONS RANGE FROM ONE-LINERS TO SOLID PARAGRAPHS. THEY ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY TOPIC AND OFTEN INCLUDE SOURCES.
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98
CONDON, RICHARD
SALO MINKIN
A DOCUMENTARY NOVEL ABOUT A FRENCH JEWESS AND A YOUNG GERMAN OFFICER WHO FALL IN LOVE, BUT ARE HINDERED BY HITLER'S RISE TO POWER.
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5876
CHAFETS, ZEV
WHEN MAX GROSSMAN, THE LAST OF THE BIGTIME JEWISH GANGSTERS DIES, HIS NEPHEW, WILLIAM GORDON, UNHAPPILY DISCOVERS THAT HE HAS INHERITED HIS UNCLE'S NEFARIOUS INTERESTS. BUT GORDON'S BEST FRIEND, A LIFELONG GANGSTER BUFF, IS DETERMINED TO MAKE GORDON'S MID-LIFE CAREER CHANGE A SUCCESS.
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8672
SHAPIRO, DANI
JAMES, NIKKI
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8365
THE LEGACY OF THE PATRIARCH IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM
LEVENSON, JON D.
BARABARA FEINSTEIN
A MASTERFUL READING OF JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND ISLAMIC THINKING THAT YIELDED THREE DIFFERENT PORTRAITS OF ABRAHAM. THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE BIBLICAL PATRIARCH.
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7200
LIPMAN, ELINOR
LYNNE KUSHNER
IT'S THE EARLY 1960S AND NATALIE MARX IS STUNNED WHEN HER MOTHER INQUIRES ABOUT VACATION ACCOMMODATIONS IN VERMONT AND RECEIVES A RESPONSE THAT IN EFFECT SAYS THAT JEWS ARE NOT WELCOME. SO BEGINS NATALIE'S FIXATION WITH THE INN AND THE FAMILY THAT OWNS IT. AND WHEN NATALIE FINAGLES AN INVITATION TO JOIN A FRIEND ON VACATION THERE, SHE SETS HERSELF UPON A PATH THAT WILL INEXTRICABLY LINK HER ADULT LIFE TO THIS PECULIAR FAMILY AND ITS ONCE-RESTRICTED HOTEL. © 1998
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8457
A NOVEL OF THE YEAR 100
KOTKER, ZANE
DIANE LIPMAN
A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE CONFLICT-FILLED LIVES OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN YEAR 100 CE.
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ESSAYS ON HUMAN EXISTENCE
HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
A STUDY OF MODERN MAN: HIS SOCIAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS, AND THE SOLUTIONS WHICH MAY BE DERIVED FROM RELIGION. WRITTEN BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY SCHOLAR AND THINKER. © 1965
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294
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
SYD FRIEDMAN
THE STORY OF A LEGENDARY VILLAGE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND ITS JEWISH INHABITANTS, WRITTEN WITH THE USUAL HUMOR AND CHARM OF THE AUTHOR. © 1965
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4659
WOUK, HERMAN
KAREN LANDSMAN
FOR A JEWISH, MIDDLE-AGED ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT NIXON DURING WATERGATE, LIFE CONSISTS OF THE 'INSIDE' WORLD OF PIETY, CLANNISH JEWS AND OBSERVED TRADITIONS, AND THE 'OUTSIDE' WORLD RIFE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM.
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8012
AMERICAN JEWISH DETECTIVE STORIES
ROTH, LAURENCE
MULTIPLE
A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND JEWISH STUDIES ANALYZES STORIES ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH DETECTIVES, SUCH AS HARRY KEMELMAN'S RABBI SMALL AND FAYE KELLERMAN'S DECKER AND LAZARUS. HE SAYS THAT THE DETECTIVE STORY EXAMINES THE NEED FOR ORDER IN A DISORDERLY SOCIETY AND THUS OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE NEGOTIATION OF JEWISH IDENTITY. © 2004
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6119
INTERNATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME
SEIGMAN, JOSEPH M.
JOSEPH M. SIEGMAN
THIS BOOK DETAILS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1980 TO HONOR JEWISH SPORTS FIGURES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
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4300
THE DIARIES OF ETTY HILLESUM, 1941-1943
HILLESUM, ETTY
SHIRLEY KALB
AN INTENSE AND INSPIRING JOURNAL CHRONICLING TWO YEARS IN THE LIFE OF A 27 YEAR-OLD JEWISH WOMAN UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION IN HOLLAND. THE AUTHOR DIED IN AUSCHWITZ IN 1943.
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2494
FROM MERCY KILLING TO MASS MURDER
SERENY, GITTA
BARBARA FELDMAN
A STUDY OF NAZI GENOCIDE, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH SS MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, HISTORIANS, DIPLOMATS, AND PRIESTS, AS WELL AS SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE BOOK ATTEMPTS TO ANALYZE THE REACTIONS AND THE BEHAVIOR OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE THIRD REICH.
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4605
A COURSE OUTLINE
EINSTEIN, STEPHEN J.;KUKOFF, LYDIA
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
A VOLUME DESIGNED TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF JEWISH PRACTICES. IT COVERS RITUALS, LIFE-CYCLE OBSERVANCES, HOME CELEBRATIONS, MUSIC AND COOKING.
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4603
INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH HOME
SYME, DANIEL B., RABBI
AN OUTLINE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'DO JEWISHLY' ALSO PROVIDING THE STUDENT WITH HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS ON THE VARIOUS LAWS AND OBSERVANCES IN THE JEWISH RELIGION.
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2401
INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUD AND MIDRASH
STRACK, HERMAN
LILLIAN SCHAFFER
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE TALMUD, USING OBJECTIVE AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS.
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8153
A NOVEL
GOODMAN, ALLEGRA
JAN BURRELL
THE PHILPOT INSTITUTE IS A LAB DEDICATED TO CANCER RESEARCH WHERE FUNDS ARE LOW AND PROGRESS IS GENERALLY SLOW. WHEN POSTDOC CLIFF BANNAKER'S EXPERIMENTS BEGIN TO WORK TO REDUCE TUMORS IN MICE, THE MOOD AT THE LAB PICKS UP. ROBIN, CLIFF'S COLLEAGUE AND EX-GIRLFRIEND SUSPECTS THAT CLIFF'S RESEARCH RESULTS ARE FRAUDULENT. THE ENSUING CONTROVERSY AND INQUIRY TAKES OVER EVERYONE AT THE LAB.
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8484
DAHL, JULIA
LORNA KOCHE
THIS IS A BOOK THAT SERVES TWO PURPOSES - TO ENTERTAIN AS A MURDER MYSTERY, AND, IN THE PROCESS, TO INFORM ABOUT LIFE IN THE CLOSED ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY IN BROOKLYN
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INVISIBLE LINES OF CONNECTION
SACRED STORIES OF THE ORDINARY
KUSHNER, LAWRENCE
ALYCE DOMENI
THROUGH HIS EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND STRANGERS, KUSHNER TAKES US DEEPLY INTO OUR OWN LIVES, FINDING FLASHES OF SPIRITUAL INSIGHT IN THE PROCESS. HE DEMONSTRATES HOW OTHERWISE ORDINARY MOMENTS CAN ACTUALLY BE TOUCHSTONES FOR THE SACRED. © 1996
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6982
GERMANS AND JEWS, A PERSONAL EXPLO
BLUMENTHAL, W. MICHAEL
MARTIN KLEINWALD
IN THIS COMPELLING FAMILY SAGA, BLUMENTHAL, U.S. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY UNDER PRESIDENT CARTER, TRACES THE HISTORICAL TRAJECTORY OF GERMAN JEWRY, FROM MEDIEVAL GHETTO TO THE HOLOCAUST, THROUGH THE LIVES OF SIX OF HIS ANCESTORS.
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A GERMAN FAMILY UNDER THE NUREMBURG LAWS
HECHT, INGEBORG
MILDRED FRIDUSS, ADA GROSS, RICA ZWEIBEL
HECHT'S MEMOIR EXPLORES THE SITUATION OF A GERMAN-JEWISH INTERMARRIED FAMILY UNDER THE NUREMBURG LAWS.
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IPHIGENIA IN FOREST HILLS
ANATOMY OF A MURDER TRIAL
MALCOLM, JANET
DIANE LIPMAN
THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT A MURDER TRIAL IN THE BUKHARAN-JEWISH COMMUNITY OF FOREST HILLS, QUEENS, WHICH CAPTURED NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE DEFENDANT, A YOUNG PHYSICIAN, IS ACCUSED OF HIRING AN ASSASSIN TO KILL HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, MR. MALAKOV, AN ORTHODONTIST, IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR FOUR-YEAR OLD CHILD. THE PROSECUTOR CALLS IT AN ACT OF VENGEANCE: JUST WEEKS BEFORE MALAKOV WAS KILLED IN COLD BLOOD, HE WAS GIVEN CUSTODY OF A CHILD FOR INEXPLICABLE REASONS.
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THE ART OF THE LYRICIST
FURIA, PHILIP
HARRY SMALL
IN THIS PORTRAIT OF THE OLDER AND LESS FLAMBOYANT OF THE GERSHWIN BROTHERS, PHILIP FURIA ILLUMINATES THE CRAFT BEHIND GERSHWIN'S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS TO REVEAL HOW THE LYRICIST TOOK THE EVERYDAY SPEECH OF AMERICANS AND MADE IT SING. © 1997
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6797
APPELFELD, AHARON
PETER JONES
ERWIN SIEGELBAUM HAS BEEN OBSESSIVELY RIDING THE TRAINS OF POSTWAR AUSTRIA FOR THE PAST FORTY YEARS. HIS MISSION IS TO COLLECT THE MENORAHS, KIDDUSH CUPS, AND HOLY BOOKS THAT HAVE SURVIVED THEIR VANISHED OWNERS. HE ALSO RETAINS THE HOPE THAT HE WILL MEET THE NAZI OFFICER WHO MURDERED HIS PARENTS - AND HAVE THE STRENGTH TO KILL HIM. © 1998
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2059
FREELAND, MICHAEL
BETTY BUSMAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN COMPOSER WHO LIVED FROM 1888 TO 1989. BERLIN WROTE SONGS SUCH AS 'GOD BLESS AMERICA,' 'ALWAYS,' AND 'ON THE AVENUE,' AND THE MUSIC FOR THE BROADWAY SHOWS 'CALL ME MADAM' AND 'ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.'
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IRVING HOWE SOCIALIST, CRITIC, JEW
ALEXANDER, EDWARD
GARY HENNION
THROUGH A CLEAR, ELOQUENT, AND FORCEFULLY ARGUED STUDY OF IRVING HOWE'S POLITICS, WRITINGS AND THOUGHT, EDWARD ALEXANDER CONSTRUCTS A SYMPATHETIC YET CRITICAL INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF THIS COMPLEX INDIVIDUAL.
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8582
STACH, REINER
RICHARD BERGMAN
OUT OF THE MASSIVE RESEARCH FOR AN AUTHORITATIVE 1,500-PAGE BIOGRAPHY EMERGES THIS WUNDERKAMMER OF 99 DELIGHTFULLY ODD FACTS ABOUT KAFKA.
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3054
MALIN, IRVING
THERESA TAX VOLKELL
AN APPRECIATION OF THE STORIES OF THE RENOWNED YIDDISH AMERICAN WRITER.
