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2390
PIONEER OF AMERICAN JUDAISM
GUMBINER, J.H.
AMY STIVELMAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY RABBI WHO INFLUENCED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN JEWS. ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF REFORM JUDAISM, WISE ADVOCATED THE USE OF A COMMON PRAYER BOOK, A UNION OF CONGREGATIONS, AND A COLLEGE TO TRAIN AMERICAN RABBIS.
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970
WHEDBEE, WILLIAM J.
ADELINE MAREMOUNT
AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF BIBLICAL PROPHETS TO THE WISDOM TRADITIONS OF EIGHTH-CENTURY ISRAEL.
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7427
A LIFE
IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL
S. SCHREIBER
AIAH BERLIN WAS WITNESS TO A CENTURY. BORN IN RUSSIA TOWRD THE END OF THE DOMINATION OF THE TSARIST EMPIRE, HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE SOVIET STATE COLLAPSE. HE WAS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF INTELLECTUAL LIFE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. WHEN BERLIN DIED IN 1997, HE WAS HAILED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LIBERAL PHILOSOPHERS OF HIS TIME. BERLIN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS INCLUDED NOT ONLY INTELLECTUALS, BUT ALSO RENOWNED FIGURES OF THE ARTS, POLITICS, AND PHILOSOPHY.
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784
LEWISOHN, LUDWIG
LILLIAN SCHAFFER
A SAGA OF RACIAL HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND MANNERS, WITH INTERMARRIAGE AS THE THEME. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1928
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6975
SLOAN, SUSAN R.
MEGAN OWEN
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM A PROMINENT FAMILY IS FOUND BRUTALLY SLAIN. FOR DETECTIVE GINGER EARLY AND HER CHIEF RUBEN MARTINEZ THE MURDER IS BAFFLING AND FRUSTRATING. BUT THEY FINALLY HAVE A SUSPECT. HE IS A LIBERAL, OUTSPOKEN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WHO CAME TO THE SMALL ISOLATED ISLAND FROM THE EAST. HE IS ALSO A JEW.
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1663
A COLONIAL SETTLER STATE?
RODINSON, MAXIME
CELIA BORACK
THE AUTHOR, A FRENCH JEW, CONTENDS THAT ZIONISM SUCCEEDED IN ISRAEL BECAUSE IT COINCIDED WITH THE ERA OF COLONIAL EXPANSION BY MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. ©1974
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7598
AN APPRAISAL IN HISTORY
SACHAR, HOWARD M.
MARK YOHALEM
HOWARD SACHAR DESCRIBES THE SYNERGY IN ISRAEL AND EUROPE THROUGH THE CHALLENGES AND VICISSITUDES OF THE LAST HALF-CENTURY.© 1999
EN4
1561
BUBER, MARTIN
ESTHER M. COHEN
PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS ON THE EXPERIENCE OF ISRAEL AMIDST THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
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1866
EBAN, ABBA
ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE HAUNTED BY THE PAST; AND YET, ALTHOUGH THE PAST AFFECTS THE PRESENT, IT IS THE HOPE OF ISRAEL THAT IT WILL NOT MONOPOLIZE IT. THIS WAS THE VIEW OF MR. EBAN.
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355
LAND OF MANY NATIONS
GRUBER, RUTH
BARBARA COHEN
A RECORD OF THE LAUGHTER AND SPIRIT WHICH PERVADE LIFE IN THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. © 1963
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383
WOHLGELERNTER, MAURICE
BIRDIE SAFION
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH-JEWISH WRITER. © 1964
EN4
313
ISRAEL, MIRACLE IN THE DESERT
PRITTIE, TERENCE
WEINSTEIN, DORIS; ELINSON, MINNIE
THIS BOOK ANALYZES ASPECTS OF ISRAEL'S EVOLUTION: POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, MILITARY, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HOW ISRAEL HAS MET THE CHALLENGE OF THE DESERT, ESTABLISHING HERSELF AS THE FIRST AND ONLY PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. © 1967
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8531
SHAPIRA, ANITA
ARLENE SIMON
WRITTEN BY ONE OF ISRAEL’S MOST NOTABLE SCHOLARS, THIS VOLUME PROVIDES A BREATHTAKING HISTORY OF ISRAEL FROM THE ORIGINS OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY.
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6328
THE FIRST FULL STORY OF THE ISRAEL
COHEN, ELIEZER 'CHEETAH'
JEFF CAPLAN
COHEN, A VETERAN OF AIR COMBAT IN SEVERAL ISRAELI WARS, CHRONICLES THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE'S SUCCESSES AND MISFIRES SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. HE INTRODUCES LEADERS AND HEROES, EXPLAINS IAF ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING AND DISCUSSES THE IAF SHIFT TOWARD THE WAR ON TERRORISM.© 1994
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1607
GUTHRIE, HARVEY H.
SYLVIA SCHMUKLER
A STUDY OF THE DOMINANT THEMES IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS.
EN4
6096
A HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
BLACK, IAN; MORRIS, BENNY
RICHARD HANAU
A HISTORY OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE IN WHICH THE AUTHORS CATALOGUE HALF A CENTURY OF THE AGENCY'S TRIUMPHS, DEBACLES, AND INFIGHTING.
EN4
4895
A CONTEMPORARY ANTHOLOGY
THE 11 POETS HERE REPRESENT 40 YEARS IN ISRAELI POETRY.
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8101
ORDINARY PEOPLE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY LAND
ROSENTHAL, DONNA
LAWRENCE AVERY
A JOURNALIST DEPICTS THE DIVERSITY OF ORDINARY ISRAELIS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR LIVES, PORTRAYING THE DICHOTOMIES OF MALE AND FEMALE, SEPHARDI AND ASHKENAZI, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR, AND EVEN ARAB AND JEW. SHE POINTS OUT THE PARADOX OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS ASSAULTING IMMODESTLY DRESSED WOMEN IN THE ONLY NATION WHOSE ARMY DRAFTS WOMEN, AND OF ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO GREW UP WITHOUT ELECTRICITY ENDING UP HIGH-TECH JOBS. IN PRESENTING THIS MULTICULTURAL POPULATION, SHE DISPELS MANY STEREOTYPES ABOUT ISRAEL, YET SHE SHOWS THAT ISRAELIS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY, CAREERS, AND RECREATION AS THEY FACE LIFE'S UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCES IN THIS UNIQUE LAND. © 2003
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7458
ISRAELIS AND THE JEWISH TRADITION
ANCIENT PEOPLE DEBATING ITS FUTURE
HARTMAN, DAVID
SHIRLEY KALB
IN HIS NEW BOOK DAVID HARTMAN GRAPPLES WITH THE ISSUES THAT DIVIDE ISRAEL'S SECULAR COMMUNITY FROM ITS RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS. ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF BOTH COMMUNITIES, HARTMAN SUGGESTS A MORE INCLUSIVE AND INVITING FRAMEWORK FOR THE MODERN ISRAELI ENGAGEMENT OF THE JEWISH TRADITION.
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6113
FROM THE DIM PAST TO THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
BELLOW, SAUL
NITZA WILON
IN THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, BELLOW STRIVES TO DEMONSTRATE HIS CONTINUING VIGILANCE AND LOYALTY TO AMERICA. THE TOPICS OF THESE PIECES RANGE FROM HIS WAR REPORT FROM SPAIN IN 1948 TO HIS NOBEL PRIZE LECTURE TO HIS FORBES ARTICLE TITLED, 'THERE IS SIMPLY TOO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.'
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6180
FROMMER, MYRNA KATZ; FROMMER, HARVEY
SYLVIA JACOBS
THE AUTHORS HAVE INTERVIEWED AN ARRAY OF THEIR FELLOW BROOKLYN BORN-AND-BRED WHO GREW UP BETWEEN THE ERAS OF PEARL HARBOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM 25 YEARS LATER. MANY ARE NOTABLE PEOPLE AND MOST OF THEM ARE JEWISH BUT NO LONGER LIVE THERE.© 1993
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6851
THE STORY OF HADASSAH
LEVIN, MARLIN
AUDREY FLAMBERG
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT LEVIN NARRATES THE ADVENTURES OF THE HADASSAH PIONEERS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN WINNING ZIONISM'S BATTLES IN WAR AND PEACE IS HIGHLIGHTED. LEVIN RELATES HOW WOMEN HELPED CREATE AND DEVELOP THE JEWISH STATE. © 1997
EN4
5413
TORME, MEL
MARION HARRIS
IN HIS MEMOIR, TORME, THE CHICAGO-BORN SON OF RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, LOOKS BACK AT HIS YEARS IN SHOW BUSINESS.
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6914
IT'S A SMALL WORD AFTER ALL
THE AMAZING IMPACT OF A KIND GESTU
TELLER, HANOCH
HARRY SMALL
IN THIS COLLECTION OF NEW, INSPIRING STORIES, EVER-POPULAR HANOCH TELLER DEMONSTRATES HOW A TENDER WORD AND A FRIENDLY GESTURE, OR THE SMALLEST ACT OF LOVING KINDNESS CAN HAVE FAR-REACHING RAMIFICATIONS AND EVEN CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE FOREVER.
EN4
8097
THOUGH IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT AT THE TIME
ADAHAN, MIRIAM
MICHAL NUSSBAUM, DEBBIE WOLF
DR. ADAHAN, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH PSYCHOLOGIST, OFFERS A HELPFUL PHILOSOPHY FOR COPING WITH LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS. SHE EXPLAINS THAT BOTH GOOD AND BAD EVENTS HAVE SOME SORT OF HOLY PURPOSE, AND WE MUST TRUST THAT THIS IS SO, EVEN IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND REMINDS US THAT WE WERE ALL CREATED IN THE DIVINE IMAGE. OUR TASK IS TO WORK ON CHANGING OUR ATTITUDE TO APPRECIATE THE GOODNESS IN OUR LIVES. © 1992
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8232
IT'S SID BERNSTEIN CALLING
THE AMAZING STORY OF THE PROMOTER WHO MADE ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY
BERNSTEIN, SID & AARON, ARTHUR
IRVING GOLDFARB
IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT PHONE CALL OF YOUR LIFE BASED ON A WISH AND A HUNCH. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT PROMOTER SID BERNSTEIN DID WHEN, FEELING THAT THE TIME WAS RIGHT FOR THE BEATLES TO PLAY AMERICA, HE PLACED A SINGLE CALL TO BRIAN EPSTEIN AND ARRANGED THE POP GROUP'S HISTORY-MAKING EVENT AT CARNEGIE HALL. A YEAR LATER, SID PRESENTED JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO TO A SOLD-OUT SHEA STADIUM. THAT UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCE, THE FIRST CONCERT IN A VENUE THAT LARGE, CHANGED THE FACE OF MUSIC.
EN4
4079
LEHMANN, MARCUS
THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN IN ANCIENT ISRAEL WHO IS BETRAYED BY A FAMILY SLAVE AND CHEATED OUT OF HIS INHERITANCE.
EN4
5264
JACKIE MASON FROM BIRTH TO REBIRTH
MASON, JACKIE; GROSS, KEN
JACK LACKS, MON. CELE SAFER & GERTRUDE ROSENBERG
PEPPERED WITH IRREVERENT COMMENTARY, MASON CHRONICLES HIS PROFESSIONAL FALL AND RISE AND DESCRIBES HIS STRUGGLES AS AN IMMIGRANT'S SON AND A TENTH GENERATION RABBI WHO DREAMED OF A LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS.
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5305
BEN SHEA, NOAH
JUDITH PAKIER
AN ENTIRE TOWN SEEKS THE ADVICE OF A PIOUS BAKER AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY BAKES A NOTE OF PERSONAL REFLECTION INTO ONE OF HIS LOAVES.
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6758
BECKER, JUREK
ADELE BORDEN
LIFE FOR JEWS IN THE GHETTO IN 1940 IS GRIMLY OVERSEEN BY THEIR NAZI CAPTORS. BECAUSE JACOB WAS OUT AFTER CURFEW, HE IS BROUGHT BEFORE GERMAN OFFICIALS. HE OVERHEARS A RADIO AND LEARNS THAT LIBERATORS ARE NEAR. THIS NEWS TRANSFIXES THE GHETTO, BUT WHEN JACOB IS ASKED FOR MORE NEWS, HE SUPPLIES INFORMATION THAT IS ONLY IN HIS HEAD. THIS NOVEL WAS MADE INTO A MOTION PICTURE STARRING ROBIN WILLIAMS. © 1990
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8402
MILLER. REBECCA
ALISON EDWARDS
IN 18TH CENTURY PARIS, JACOB CERF IS A JEW, A PEDDLER OF KNIVES AND SNUFFBOXES. HE IS DETERMINED TO RAISE HIMSELF UP IN LIFE, BY WHATEVER MEANS HE CAN. MORE THAN 200 YEARS LATER, JACOB IS AMAZED TO FIND HIMSELF REINCARNATED AS A FLY IN THE LONG ISLAND SUBURBS OF 21ST CENTURY AMERICA.
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5399
COLLINS, ALAN
BERNICE PERLMAN
IN AN ORPHANAGE SURROUNDED BY YOUNG REFUGEES FROM HITLER'S GERMANY, JACOB IS TAUGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS HERITAGE. BUT IT TAKES A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES FOR JACOB TO BEGIN TO LIVE HIS LIFE FULLY.
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7778
COHEN, PAULA MARANTZ
ESTHER FOSTER
JANE AUSTEN'S CLASSIC NOVEL "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" IS UPDATED AND RELOCATED TO BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, WITH THE BENNETT DAUGHTERS RECAST AS ELDERLY JEWISH WIDOWS.© 2002
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47
WELLS, LEON W.
SHAF, CORRINE
THIS EYE-WITNESS REPORT OF LIFE DURING THE NAZI PERSECUTIONS SERVES AS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT OF THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD.
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3754
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PUBLIC MAN
SENATOR JACOB K. JAVITS
FREDA MELTZER
THE U.S. SENATOR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, COVERING HIS MANY YEARS IN PUBLIC LIFE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK STATE.
EN4
5550
RAGEN, NAOMI
EVE HABERMAN
THE STORY OF BATSHEVA HA-LEVI WHO FLEES AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE AND HER CLOISTERED HASIDIC COMMUNITY IN JERUSALEM FOR LONDON. DESPITE THE MANY APPEALING ASPECTS OF HER NEW LIFE, HA-LEVI DECIDES TO RETURN TO JERUSALEM TO CONFRONT HER HUSBAND AND HER OLD LIFE.
EN4
8673
GELLMAN, ELLIE B.; MOLA, MARIA
LONDON, ELIZABETH
At the dreidel-making workshop, Jeremy’s friends think he’s molding a secret code on his clay dreidel. But he’s really making a special gift for his father, who is blind. How will he get his friends to appreciate his special dreidel?
EN4
6654
GOLD, ALAN
PAUL KRAM
WHEN HER GRANDFATHER IS MURDERED SHORTLY AFTER GIVING HER AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH, LAWYER MIRIAM DAVIS AND HER JOURNALIST LOVER PAUL SINCLAIR UNEARTH A WORLDWIDE WEB OF TERRORISM UNKNOWN EVEN TO THE MOSSAD. THEIR DISCOVERY: A DECADES-OLD KGB PLOT THAT REACHES INTO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. © 1993
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5506
WHITTEMORE, EDWARD
WHAT SEEMS APPARENT IS NOT ALWAYS THE TRUTH IN THIS NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG SYRIAN WHO GIVES UP HIS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TO HELP THE ARAB CAUSE. IN REALITY, HE IS AN IRAQI JEW WORKING FOR ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE.
EN4
7011
THE ENTIRE DOMAIN
TRACY, KATHLEEN
JERRY O'NEIL
A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE SERIES THAT CHANGED THE FACE OF TELEVISION AND AN IN-DEPTH BIOGRAPHY AND INSIGHTFUL RETROSPECTIVE. IT COVERS JERRY'S LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD TO HOLLYWOOD HUMOR MOGUL, OFFERING AN INTRIGUING LOOK INTO HIS PUBLIC PERSONA AND PRIVATE PERSONALITY, HIS DRIVES, AMBITIONS, AND LOVE LIFE. © 1998
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5467
CITY OF MIRRORS
ELON, AMOS
BARBARA JUSTER & JEANNE KAISER
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES JERUSALEM'S BIBLICAL LANDSCAPE AGAINST A PAST AND PRESENT CHOKED WITH RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL STRIFE.
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2165
JERUSALEM AND OTHER WRITINGS
MENDELSSOHN, MOSES
FRIEDA STERNBERG
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THINKING OF MOSES MENDELSSOHN, THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN-JEWISH PHILOSOPHER OF THE HASKALAH, THE 'ENLIGHTENMENT.'
EN4
8670
AZIRIELI, AVRAHAM
MCGOWAN, JAMES
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3526
GORDON, NOAH
JUDY BOMBACK
THE STORY OF A 211-CARAT DIAMOND FROM THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM, LOST OVER CENTURIES, WHICH FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF MOSLEMS, THE VATICAN AND OTHERS. DIAMOND MERCHANT HARRY HOPEMAN, WHO IS COMMISSIONED TO RETRIEVE THE DIAMOND, IS FOLLOWED THROUGH VARIOUS, OFTEN ROMANTIC, ADVENTURES.
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8677
A young talmudic Scholar, a beautiful Israeli spy, and the 1967 War
AZRIELI, AVRAHAM
LAUFER, MD
On the eve of the Six Day War, a young Talmudic student falls in love with a beautiful Mossad agent twice his age, breaks off the shackles of religious observance, and volunteers for a dangerous mission that will determine the outcome of the war.
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8442
A NOVEL
CARNER, TALIA
ELIZABETH LONDON
A YOUNG ORTHODOX JEWISH WOMAN IN JERUSALEM IS EXPECTED TO MARRY. WHILE ESTHER UNDERSTANDS HER OBLIGATIONS, HER ARTISTIC TALENT INSPIRES HER TO SECRETLY EXPLORE WORLDS OUTSIDE HER RELIGION, TO DREAM OF STUDYING IN PARIS. ESTHER FORCED TO CONFRONT THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION: TO WHOM MUST SHE BE TRUE, GOD OR HERSELF?
EN4
3375
EDWARD WHITTMORE
ETHEL E. MADURO
A NOVEL ABOUT A POKER GAME THAT LASTS 12 YEARS, AND THE WINNER GETS TO CONTROL JERUSALEM.
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8207
STARS, CROSSES, AND CRESCENTS
PODWALL, MARK
JESSICA LEONARD
WITH BEAUTIFUL POEMS, PODWAL CAPTURES THE HOPE AND TEARS THE CITY EVOKES AMONG FOLLOWERS OF THE THREE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD. CALLING ON BOTH HISTORY AND MYTH, PODWAL EXPLAINS WHY JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM HOLD IT HOLY.
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5187
LITERARY ALARM CLOCK
SHERWIN, BYRON L.
A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE POLISH-AMERICAN AUTHOR PROVIDING THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH KOSINSKI'S WRITINGS WITH A SURVEY OF HIS LITERARY OUTPUT.
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5391
MARKISH, DAVID
MURRAY GLANZ
COMIC AND TRAGIC ELEMENTS ARE USED IN THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT PETER THE GREAT AND HIS THREE JEWISH ADVISERS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THE FINE LINE ONCE WALKED BY AMBITIOUS EUROPEAN JEWS AS THEY HAD TO BE BOTH CLEVER AND NON-THREATENING TO THOSE IN POWER.
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4661
BOWKER, JOHN
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
THIS IS A COMPANION TO STUDIES OF THE PHARISEES, IN PARTICULAR TO DISCUSSIONS OF THE PHARISEES AS THEY OCCUR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. INCLUDED IS A TRANSLATION OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL.
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1781
JOYCE, DONOVAN
REEVA DORMAN
A BIBLICAL SCHOLAR DESCRIBES HIS MEETING IN TEL AVIV IN 1964 WITH A MEMBER OF THE YADIN EXPEDITION. ONE OF THE MEMBERS SHOWED JOYCE AN ANCIENT SCROLL CONTAINING THE "AUTOBIOGRAPHY" OF JESUS.
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7463
KAUFMAN, ALAN
ELIZABETH TOMCHO
ALAN KAUFMAN'S COMING-OF-AGE ACCOUNT IS BY TURNS HILARIOUS AND TERRIFYING. IN HIS AUTHENTICALLY AMERICAN VOICE HE TOUCHES ON THEMES RARELY EXPLORED IN AMERICAN WRITING-THE PAIN, GUILT, AND CONFUSION OF AMERICA-BORN CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.
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8289
THE CURIOUS REFLECTIONS OF A FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN
EHRENREICH, JAKE
JAKE OSTROWITZ
AS A BOY, JAKE EHRENREICH WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO FIT IN. THE REALITY OF BEING THE FIRST AMERICAN-BORN CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WITH THICK EUROPEAN ACCENTS MADE HIM CRINGE, AND HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO FIT HIS VISION OF WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A 'REAL' AMERICAN.
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5301
ERENS, PATRICK
STANLEY KIRSCH
A CHRONOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SHIFTING TYPOLOGY OF JEWISH CHARACTER TYPES IN MOVIES. THE AUTHOR CHARTS THE JEW'S CHANGING POSITION AS OUTSIDER OR INSIDER AND EXAMINES HOW JEWISH PRESSURE GROUPS AND EXECUTIVES SOUGHT TO LIMIT HIGHLY NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES.
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335
JEW IN THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND
MODDER, FRANK MONTAGU
POLITZINER, MRS. S.
THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE ROLE OF THE JEW IN ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. © 1939
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6622
A POET'S REDISCOVERY OF JEWISH IDENTITY IN BUDDHIST INDIA
KAMENETZ, ROGER
BETTY SMITH
KAMENETZ, A POET AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, ACCOMPANIED A GROUP OF EIGHT JEWISH LEADERS TO DHARAMIN IN OCTOBER 1990 FOR AN INTERFAITH EXCHANGE WITH THE DALAI LAMA AND OTHER TIBETAN BUDDHIST LEADERS. INSPIRED BY THE ENCOUNTER BOTH AS A HUMAN BEING AND AS A JEW, HE DRAWS INTERESTING PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO FAITHS. © 1995
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5903
FEUCHTWANGER, LION
ESTELLE ADEN
A HISTORICAL NOVEL, PART OF A TRILOGY ABOUT JOSEPHUS, THE JEWISH HISTORIAN, IN WHICH HE BEFRIENDS THE ROMAN EMPEROR. THE BOOK EXPLORES HOW JOSEPHUS STRUGGLES TO CONSOLIDATE HIS POSITION IN THE ROMAN WORLD YET REMAIN LOYAL TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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6971
A FAMILY MEMOIR
SUBERMAN, STELLA
AMY GOLDBERG
HIS IS THE HEARTWARMING STORY OF AARON BRONSON, WHO LIKE OTHER ENTERPRISING JEWISH IMMIGRANTS DURING THE 1920S, SET OUT FROM NEW YORK CITY IN SEARCH OF A PLACE TO SETTLE HIS FAMILY AND PROVE HIMSELF AS A BUSINESSMAN AND PROVIDER. HE PROVED THAT...AND MUCH MORE IN HIS 'JEW STORE.'
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4530
FEUCHTWANGER, LION
BETTY WEINER
A NOVEL OF THE RISE OF A JEW, JOSEPH SUSS, A FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL GENIUS WHO FORSAKES HIS HERITAGE BUT CANNOT ESCAPE HIS JEWISH TIES.
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7536
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICAN JEWRY
FREEDMAN, SAMUEL G.
RITA LEVINE
AT A TIME WHEN AMERICAN JEWS SHOULD FEEL SECURE AND MORE COHESIVE THAN EVER, CIVIL WAR IS TEARING APART THEIR COMMUNITY. JEW VS. JEW TELLS THE STORY OF HOW AMERICAN JEWRY HAS INCREASINGLY--AND PERHAPS TERMINALLY--BROKEN APART IN THE LAST FORTY YEARS. FREEDMAN, PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM HAS DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND CONDUCTED MANY INTERVIEWS AS HE CHRONICLES AN EMBITTERED AND POLARIZED COMMUNITY.
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3026
JEWISH AMERICAN LITERATURE
AN ANTHOLOGY
EDITED BY: ABRAHAM CHAPMAN
JOYCE KARP
THE COLLECTION CONTAINS FICTION, POETRY, CRITICISM AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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8621
EMBRACING CHOICE IN A CHANGING WORLD
MNOOKIN, ROBERT H
JOEL PARKS
THE BOOK BOLDLY PROMOTES A RADICALLY INCLUSIVE AMERICAN-JEWISH COMMUNITY--ONE WHERE BEING JEWISH CAN DEPEND ON PERSONAL CHOICE AND PUBLIC SELF-IDENTIFICATION, NOT SIMPLY BIRTH OR FORMAL RELIGIOUS CONVERSION.
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3499
JEWISH BANKERS AND THE HOLY SEE
FROM THE 15TH CENTURY TO THE 17TH CENTURY
POLIAKOV, LEON
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
A STUDY OF THE JEWISH BANKING COMMUNITY IN ITALY FROM THE 15TH TO THE 17TH CENTURY.
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6147
KAY, ALAN A.
RABBI BRUCE GOLDWASSER
A BOOK WRITTEN FOR THOSE SEEKING COMFORT AFTER THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. KAY COMBINES INSPIRATIONAL READINGS WITH PERSONAL REFLECTIONS TO HELP A MOURNER GRIEVE.
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3813
JEWISH BOOK OF WHY AND THE SECOND JEWISH BOOK OF WHY
KOLATCH, ALFRED J. RABBI
JOAN ADELL
THE 'HOW' AND 'WHY' OF NEARLY EVERY SYMBOL AND CUSTOM IN JUDAISM EXPLAINED CLEARLY AND CONCISELY BY RABBI KOLATCH.
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7915
AN ARMY WITH TWO MASTERS, 1944-45
BECKMAN, MORRIS
RABBI MARTIN COOPER
IN 1944, IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC PRESSURE, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FORMED AN OFFICIAL JEWISH BRIGADE. AFTER THE THIRD REICH HAD SURRENDERED, SOME MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH BRIGADE EMBARKED ON AN UNAUTHORIZED "REVENGE" MISSION AGAINST NAZIS. THIS BOOK TRACES THE HISTORY AND ACTIVITY OF THE JEWISH BRIGADE AND PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE SUBSEQUENT STRUGGLE FOR ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE. © 1999
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3029
FROM ITS ORIGINS TO 1905
TOBIAS, HENRY J.
J. WEISS
THE WELCOME APPEARANCE OF THIS BOOK CORRECTS THE GLARING ABSENSE OF A FULL- LENGTH SCHOLARLY TREATMENT OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE BUND.
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8419
CROSSLAND, DAVID
POLLY ADAMS
A POLITICAL THRILLER WHICH PAINTS A CHILLING SCENARIO OF THE THREATS POSED TO CONTEMPORARY GERMAN SOCIETY BY NEO-NAZI EXTREMISTS.
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2150
SIEGEL, RICHARD & MICHAEL AND SUSAN
ELLEN PROPP
A CATALOG WHICH COMBINES THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS OF JEWISH CUSTOMS AND PRECEPTS AND ADVICE ON PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE.
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5641
LYMAN, DARRYL
RENEE GOODSTEIN
BIOGRAPHIES OF NEARLY 100 JEWISH AMERICAN COMEDIANS. THE ENTRIES ARE PEPPERED WITH SAMPLES OF THE COMEDIANS' HUMOR AND ANECDOTES ABOUT THEIR LIFESTYLES.
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8616
JEWISH COMEDY, A SERIOUS HISTORY
DAUBER, JEREMY
MARCEL SISLOWITZ
THE BOOK EXAMINES THE ORIGINS OF JEWISH COMEDY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE AGE OF TWITTER.
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7942
JEWISH CONTINUITY IN AMERICA
CREATIVE SURVIVAL IN A FREE SOCIETY
KARP, ABRAHAM J.
ZIPPORAH PORTUGAL
PROFESSOR KARP IDENTIFIES AND EXAMINES THREE REASONS FOR AMERICAN JUDAISM'S CONTINUING VITALITY: THE SYNAGOGUE, THE RABBINATE, AND JEWISH RELIGIOUS PLURALISM, WHICH ITSELF FITS INTO THE LARGER PICTURE OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PLURALISM. © 1998
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7950
JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE 20TH CENTURY
SYMONS, ALAN
RHODA KAHN
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF 1000 JEWISH PEOPLE - LIVING AND DEAD - WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN ALL AREAS OF ENDEAVOR. © 1997
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5038
JEWISH COOKING FROM AROUND THE WORLD
BACON, JOSEPHINE LEVY
BEATRICE DAVIS
THIS COLLECTION OF RECIPES INCLUDES ASHKENAZIC, SEPHARDIC, ITALIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, AND NORTH AFRICAN DISHES. © 1986
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7569
INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FOLK TRADITIONS
LOWENSTEIN, STEVEN M.
JON ROUMIE
BY EXPLORING THE GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS IN JEWISH CULTURAL EXPRESSION, THIS COMPREHENSIVE BOOK HIGHLIGHTS THE UNITY WITHIN THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE. THE JEWISH CULTURAL TAPESTRY TRACES THE MIGRATION AND INTERACTION OF JEWS WITH OTHER CULTURES, WHICH HAVE SHAPED THE DIVERSE FORMS OF JEWISH MUSIC, COSTUME, RELIGIOUS RITES, AND NAMES FOUND AROUND THE WORLD.© 2000
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DRESNER, SAMUEL H., & SEYMOUR SIEGEL
ADELE STEIN
A GUIDE TO THE UNDERSTANDING AND OBSERVANCE OF JEWISH DIETARY LAWS. PUBLISHED 1959.
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4738
A STUDY GUIDE
LOWEN, JOSEPH, ED.
SCHIERING, NANCY
PART OF THE HADASSAH STUDY SERIES, THIS BOOK CONTAINS ESSAYS ON INTERPERSONAL, MEDICAL, AND POLITICAL ETHICS WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN EACH FIELD. A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FOLLOWS EACH ESSAY.
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4451
JEWISH ETHICS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
RITTNER, STEVEN
SCHEIRING, NANCY
A HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOK ON ETHICS FOR JEWISH RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STUDENTS. INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF GOD, PRAYER AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
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1172
JEWISH ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY AND MYSTICISM
VOLUME II: THE CHAIN OF TRADITION SERIES
JACOBS, LOUIS
EVE GREEN
THE SECOND VOLUME IN A SERIES THAT INCLUDES A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY ON WORKS TAKEN FROM TRADITIONAL JEWISH SOURCES.
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7208
JEWISH GUIDE TO NATURAL NUTRITION
LEVINSON, YAAKOV
HARRIET GUSSIN
YAAKOV LEVINSON, MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NUTRITION, IS AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN NUTRITIONIST AND AUTHOR. HE HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER THE WORLD'S BEST NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION AND IDEAS AND PLACED THEM IN A MEANINGFUL CONTEXT FOR THE TORAH-OBSERVANT READER. © 1995
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7556
JEWISH HEROES AND HEROINES
THIER UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENTS
LYMAN, DARRYL
ISA GOLDBERG
DARRYL LYMAN OFFERS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF JEWS IN A WIDE RANGE OF FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR- FROM GOVERNMENT, LAW, BUSINESS, AND MEDICINE TO LITERATURE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND SPORTS.© 1996
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6168
AMERICAN JEWRY'S HALL OF FAME
BRODY, SEYMOUR
RICHARD HANAU
BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS ABOUT 101 AMERICAN JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN, FOCUSING ON PATRIOTS AND MILITARY HEROES, THE FIRST JEWISH ARMY CHAPLAIN, AND SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FIGURES.© 1991
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3546
NATHAN, JOAN
RUTH FRANKFORT
A MINI-HISTORY OF JEWISH CUISINE FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT, INCLUDING RECIPES REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH CULTURE.
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7483
A BEAUTIFUL GUIDE TO CELEBRATING THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS IN STYLE
BROWNSTEIN, RITA MILOS
G. ZIMMERMAN
THIS BOOK IS A HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE IDEAS AND A PRIMER ON THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
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4737
A GUIDE AND COMMENTARY
STRASSFELD, MICHAEL
ADELE STEIN
BLENDING TRADITION AND INNOVATION, THIS GUIDE GIVES EACH HOLIDAY ITS OWN CHAPTER, WITH AN OVERVIEW, A DESCRIPTION OF ITS LAWS AND CUSTOMS AND NEW APPROACHES AND INTERPRETATION.
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6133
A GUIDE FOR JEWISH LIVING
SYME, DANIEL B.
MULTIPLE
RABBI SYME EXPLAINS THE HOW AND WHYS OF LIVING IN A JEWISH HOME. HE INCLUDES DETAILS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CUSTOMS, RITUALS, LEGENDS, AND SUPERSTITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS.
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7046
WHAT THE BEST JEWISH JOKES SAY ABOUT THE JEWS
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI
JANET GILBERT
THE AUTHOR OF JEWISH LITERACY ANALYZES OVER ONE HUNDRED OF THE BEST JEWISH JOKES AND THROUGH THEM IDENTIFIES THE KEYSTONES OF JEWISH CHARACTER. THROUGH THE HUMOR, HE DESCRIBES HOW JEWS COPE WITH PERSECUTION AND DISCRIMINATION, HOW THEY HANDLE ANTI-SEMITISM, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT SEX, AND HOW THEY HANDLE ASSIMILATION AND INTERMARRIAGE. © 1998
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JEWISH IDENTITY IN AMERICA
GORDIS, DAVID M.; BEN-HORIN, YOAV
RABBI STANLEY BRAV
THE CONTRIBUTORS REFLECT ON THE NATURE OF JEWISH IDENTITY, METHODS OF ASSESSING AND MEASURING IT, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NURTURING IT IN THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT.
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LIVING GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PROMISE
RUBIN, RICHARD L.
TIM ZAGIN
IN A 1790 LETTER TO THE TOURO SYNAGOGUE IN RHODE ISLAND, PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON PROMISED THAT AMERICA’S JEWS WOULD ALWAYS ENJOY THE FULL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND PROTECTIONS OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP.SINCE THAT AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING, JEWS HAVE FLOURISHED IN AMERICA.BUT HAS ALL THAT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF JEWISH DISTINCTIVENESS?
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ARON, ROBERT
A DESCRIPTION OF JESUS' JEWISH BACKGROUND AND BELIEFS.
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AN UNORTHODOX HALL OF FAME
FOER, FRANKLIN; TRACY, MARK
STEVE SCHREIBER
A TIMELESS COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHICAL MUSINGS, SOCIOLOGICAL RIFFS ABOUT ASSIMILATION, FIRST-PERSON REFLECTIONS, AND, ABOVE ALL, GREAT WRITING ON SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND UNEXPECTED PIONEERS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.
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JEWISH JUSTICIES OF THE SUPREME COURT
From Brandeis to Kagan
DALIN, DAVID G.
AUDREY FLAMBERG
EXAMINES THE LIVES, LEGAL CAREERS, AND LEGACIES OF THE EIGHT JEWS WHO HAVE SERVED OR WHO CURRENTLY SERVE AS JUSTICES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT: LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, BENJAMIN CARDOZO, FELIX FRANKFURTER, ARTHUR GOLDBERG, ABE FORTAS, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, STEPHEN G. BREYER, AND ELENA KAGAN.
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5426
ZWEIG, STEFAN
ROBERT UCHITELLE
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SWEDEN, THESE JEWISH STORIES WERE WRITTEN DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
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5902
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
IN THIS BOOK, RABBI TELUSHKIN PROVIDES BRIEF EXPLANATIONS OF CONCEPTS AND TOPICS CONCERNING JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. AMONG THE SUBJECTS COVERED ARE HISTORY, CULTURE, ETHICS, RELIGIOUS TEXTS, AND JEWISH PERSONALITIES.
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JEWISH MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION
A STUDY IN FOLK RELIGION
TRACHTENBERG, JOSHUA
R. POLLACK
A CONTRIBUTION TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF FOLK JUDAISM, THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, THAT EXPRESSED THE FOLK PSYCHE AND WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE HISTORIC PROGRAM OF THE JEWISH FAITH, MADE UP THE EVERYDAY RELIGION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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A PRACTICAL GUIDE
KAPLAN, ARYEH
S. BRAV & RABBI EMERITUS
THIS IS A STEP-BY-STEP INTRODUCTION TO THE JEWISH TRADITIONAL METHODS OF MEDITATION THAT WERE PART OF MAINSTREAM JUDAISM UNTIL THE 18TH CENTURY.
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PATAI, RAPHAEL
STUDY OF 6 HISTORIC ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE JEWS AND OTHER CULTURES OVER 2000 YEARS. EMPHASIZES MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT AND ATTITUDES.
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MODIFIED RHYMES FOR MESHUGENNAH TIMES
BORGENICHT, DAVID
GINGER RICH
HERE ARE MORE THAN FIFTY CLASSIC NURSERY RHYMES, REWRITTEN TO POKE FUN AT TODAY'S WORLD AND TO CELEBRATE THE LONG TRADITION OF JEWISH LITERARY HUMOR. © 2000
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JEWISH MOTHERS TELL THEIR STORIES
ACTS OF LOVE AND COURAGE
SIEGEL, RACHEL JOSEFOWITZ ET AL., ED
LILA STERN
AS JEWISH PROFESSIONALS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK, THE EDITORS (SIEGEL, WITH ELLEN COLE AND SUSAN STEINBERG-OREN) SEEK TO PORTRAY HOW JEWISH MOTHERS CREATE A FAMILY LIFE, AND WISH TO PRESENT WOMEN AS INDIVIDUALS AND NOT REFLECTIONS OF THE JEWISH-MOTHER STEREOTYPE. THE CONTRIBUTORS COME FROM ALL SORTS OF FAMILY SITUATIONS, INCLUDING SINGLE MOTHERS, MOTHERS WITH DISABLED CHILDREN, ORTHODOX, INTERMARRIED, ETC. © 2000
