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2863
JEWISH MYSTICAL TESTIMONIES
JACOBS, LOUIS
ROBERTA POLLACK
MYSTICAL TEXTS FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO 20TH CENTURY - FULL RANGE OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL.
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6539
AN ANTHOLOGY
COHN-SHERBOK, DAN
ELLEN WERTHE
IN THIS ENGROSSING INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM, COHN-SHERBOK PRESENTS NEARLY TWO HUNDRED THOROUGHLY ANNOTATED EXCERPTS FROM THE GREATEST MYSTICS. © 1996
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8571
WISHNIA, KENNETH
MARCEL SISLOWITZ
A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF ALL-NEW STORIES BY AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS.THE STORIES EXPLORE SUCH ISSUES AS THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS, ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE MID- AND LATE-20TH-CENTURY UNITED STATES, AND THE DARK SIDE OF THE DIASPORA.
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8375
JEWISH ODYSSEY OF GEORGE ELIOT
HIMMERLFARB, GERTRUDE
MURPHY, MARY
THE MOST REMARKABLE NOVEL ABOUT JEWS AND JUDAISM, PREDICTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JEWISH STATE, WAS WRITTEN IN 1876 BY A NON-JEW - A VICTORIAN WOMAN AND A FORMIDABLE INTELLECTUAL, WHO IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ENGLISH NOVELISTS. HERE, THE BIOGRAPHER TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEORGE ELIOT'S INTEREST IN JEWISH MATTERS.
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374
PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK
PESSIN, DEBORAH
TEMPLE EMANUEL
THE SECOND IN THE SERIES OF STUDENT ACTIVITY BOOKS ACCOMPANYING THE TEXT OF THE SAME NAME. © 1952
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373
PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK
PESSIN, DEBORAH
FLORENCE BERMAN
THE ACTIVITY BOOK THAT ACCOMPANIES THE TEXT OF THE SAME NAME. © 1951
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22
PESSIN, DEBORAH
SCHIER, NANCY
THIS THIRD VOLUME CONTINUES THE STORY OF THE JEWS AFTER THEIR EXILE FROM SPAIN. THEIR LIVES IN HOLLAND, TURKEY, POLAND, RUSSIA, GERMANY AND EVENTUALLY IN AMERICA ARE DEPICTED. INCLUDES THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
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3536
JEWISH PEOPLE, JEWISH THOUGHT
THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN HISTORY
SELTZER, ROBERT M.
STANLEY R. BRAV
THIS VOLUME INTEGRATES AN OVERVIEW OF JEWISH SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY WITH AN INSIGHT INTO CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS-INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS.
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2920
KATZ, STEVEN
SURVEY OF PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION, INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, AND GLOSSARY OF RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS.
SURVEY OF PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION, INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, AND GLOSSARY OF RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS.
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1747
JEWISH PHILOSOPHY IN MODERN TIMES
ROTENSTREICH, NATHAN
RUTH HIRCH
A HISTORY OF JEWISH PHILOSOPHY. INCLUDES THE IDEAS OF MOSES MENDELSSOHN, MOSES LUZZATTO, MORITZ LAZARUS, HERMANN COHEN, RABBI ABRAHAM KOOK, A. D.GORDON, AND FRANZ ROSENZWEIG.
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2384
JEWISH PIONEERS IN AMERICA
LEBESON, ANITA LIBMAN
JANE N. WEISS
THE ROLE OF THE JEWS IN SETTLING THE NEW WORLD IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
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8368
JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
HOW A GENERATION OF SWASHBUCKLING JEWS CARVED OUT AN EMPIRE IN THE NEW WORLD IN THEIR QUEST FOR TREASURE
KRITZLER, EDWARD
LIPMAN, DIANE
THE AUTHOR TELLS THE TALE OF AN UNLIKELY GROUP OF SWASHBUCKLING JEWS WHO RANSACKED THE HIGH SEAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION.
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7637
JEWISH PORTRAITS, INDIAN FRAMES
(WOMENS NARRATIVES FROM A DIASPORA OF HOPE)
SILLIMAN, JAEL
LONDON, ELIZABETH
THE SAGA OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF JEWISH INDIAN WOMEN WHO LIVED MOST OF THEIR LIVES IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, BAGHDADI, IN CALCUTTA.© 2001
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5809
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON JEWISH FAITH AND CULTURE
HIMELSTEIN, SHMUEL, DR., RABBI
IRMA GREEN
AN INTRODUCTION FOR JEWS AND NON-JEWS TO THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND ITS PRACTICES. WRITTEN IN A QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THEOLOGY, THE DIETARY LAWS, THE SABBATH, THE HOLY DAYS, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE, JEWISH MEDICAL VIEWS, AND THE JEWISH LIFE CYCLE. INCLUDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OTHER JEWISH MOVEMENTS.
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2607
JEWISH REFLECTIONS ON DEATH
RIEMER, JACK (EDITOR)
DICKIE MILLER
A VARIETY OF ESSAYS THAT PORTRAY THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT STATUS OF THE JEWISH WAY OF DEATH.
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6426
A PATH TO HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION
LERNER, MICHAEL
ELLEN MICHAE
LERNER, EDITOR OF THE LIBERAL JEWISH MAGAZINE TIKKUN, TAPS THE ROOTS OF JEWISH TRADITION THROUGH A CLOSE READING OF THE TORAH, TALMUD AND OLD TESTAMENT. HE THEN OUTLINES A PLAN FOR JEWISH RENEWAL THAT COMBINES COMMITMENT TO FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND TRADITION WITH A 'REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTION' OF A PASSIONATE GOD.© 1994
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3834
JEWISH RESISTANCE IN FRANCE (1940-44)
LATOUR, ANNY
BARBARA JUSTER
A CERTAIN FRENCH JEWISH ELITE, WHEN SUBJECTED TO HUMILIATION AND TORTURE DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AWAKENED TO PRIDE IN THEIR OWN IDENTITY AND ROSE UP AS JEWS AGAINST THE NAZIS. THE IMAGE OF A PASSIVE, MARTYRED PEOPLE WHO OFFERED NO RESISTANCE IS ALTERED BY THIS HISTORY.
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7168
JEWISH SCI-FI STORIES FOR CHILDREN
PETERSEIL, YAACOV, ED.
HOWELL MAYER
SIX STORIES ABOUT JEWISH KIDS, COMBINING JEWISH THEMES WITH SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY: A BOY CREATES A CLONE OF HIMSELF TO FILL IN AT BAR-MITZVAH LESSONS; A JEWISH CHILD MAGICALLY HEALS AN INJURED NAZI; RABBI BARUCH ROGERS IS A JEWISH SPOOF OF BUCK ROGERS. ASSUMES SOME FAMILIARITY WITH ORTHODOX LIFE AND JEWISH MYSTICISM. © 1999
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6706
26 ESSAYS WRITTEN TO HONOR THE OCCASION OF THE 70TH BIRTHDAY...
HOFFMAN, LAWRENCE A; WOLFF, ARNOLD J
LYNN KARPO, CANTOR
OF RABBI EUGENE B. BOROWITZ: RABBIS HOFFMAN AND WOLFF EDITED THIS COLLECTION, WRITTEN BY OLD CLASSMATES WITH WHOM RABBI BOROWITZ HAS LONG REMAINED IN DIALOGUE, AND STUDENTS OLD AND NEW, WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO BE IN TOUCH WITH HIS THINKING, OFTEN THROUGH POST-GRADUATE SEMINARS THAT THE NEW YORK CAMPUS OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE OPERATES FOR ITS ALUMNI. © 1997
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5406
FROM THE BIBLE TO THE MIDDLE AGES
GREEN, ARTHUR, ED.
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
FIFTEEN U.S. AND ISRAELI SCHOLARS EXPLORE JUDAISM'S SPIRITUALITY FROM ITS FOUNDATION IN THE BIBLICAL AGE AND ITS EMERGENCE IN THE RABBINIC AGE TO THE PERIOD OF REFLECTION IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE.
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7608
RABBIS AND THEIR WORK
WEINER, HOLLACE AVA
SHIRLEY SOMMER
PROFILES OF UNFORGETTABLE TEXAN RABBIS.© 1999
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6066
JEWISH TRAVELERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
19 FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS
ADLER, ELKAN NATHAN, ED.
DOROTHY AXELROTH
IN THESE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS, TRAVELING JEWISH SCHOLARS, MERCHANTS, PILGRIMS, AMBASSADORS AND OTHERS OFFER RARE PERSPECTIVES ON LIFE IN EUROPE, THE NEAR EAST, AND NORTH AFRICA IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
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1417
JACOBS, LOUIS
ROSLYN LEFFER
EXAMINES THE GAP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL VIEWS AS PRESENTED IN THE CLASSIC SOURCES OF JUDAISM AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE DILEMMAS OF THE PRESENT TIME. SUGGESTS AN APPROACH TO BRIDGING THIS GAP.
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5209
JEWISH VALUES IN BIOETHICS
MEIER, LEVI, RABBI, ED.
DR. I. W. KRAMER
A SERIES OF LECTURES BY NINE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF JEWISH MEDICAL ETHICS, INCLUDING LEGAL, MORAL, AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS THAT ARE FACED BY BOTH PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS.
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7083
REICH, TOVA
MARILYN WEINSTOCK
FORMER BRONX SOCIAL WORKER JERRY GOLDBERG HAS BECOME YEHUDI HAGOEL, CULT LEADER OF A BAND OF AMERICAN JEWISH ZEALOTS WHO ESTABLISH A SHORT-LIVED SECESSIONIST KINGDOM ON ISRAEL'S WEST BANK. JOINING HIM IN THIS DOOMED QUEST ARE HIS THREE WIVES, A COMRADE FROM BROOKLYN AND OTHER FANATICS WILLING TO DIE FOR THEIR CAUSE. © 1995
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6182
LIVING THE HOLIDAYS
GREENBERG, IRVING, RABBI
HELEN STEWART
WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR THE PLURALISM IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE, RABBI GREENBERG EXPLAINS AND INTERPRETS THE ORIGIN AND BACKGROUND, CEREMONIAL RITUALS, AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. HE SHOWS HOW THEY RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO JUDAISM AS A WHOLE - PRESENTING THEM WITHIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF LIVING A JEWISH LIFE ALL YEAR ROUND. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES EXTENSIVE SECTIONS ON THE TWO NEW HOLY DAYS - HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY (YOM HASHOAH) AND ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY (YOM HAATZMAUT) © 1988
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929
JEWISH WAY IN DEATH AND MOURNING
LAMM, MAURICE
MRS. MARTIN DANIEL
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE JEWISH RITUALS SURROUNDING DEATH, INCLUDING PREPARATION OF THE BODY, THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL, AS WELL AS THE OBSERVANCES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MOURNERS.
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3396
JEWISH WAY IN LOVE & MARRIAGE
LAMM, RABBI MAURICE
SHIRLEY KALB
A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE RELEVANT TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE WITHIN THE JEWISH TRADITION.
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5617
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE TRADITION
ROUTTENBERG, LILLY S.; SELD, RUTH R.
THE AUTHORS PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RITUALS OF THE JEWISH WEDDING, ACCORDING TO THE VARYING PRACTICES OF ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, AND REFORM JEWS.
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1418
AN ANTHOLOGY
HALTIN, LIZ
SYLVIA ESTES
A COLLECTION OF STORIES ON THE JEWISH WOMAN.
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5900
JEWISH WOMEN IN TIME AND TORAH
BERKOVITS, ELIEZER
SERENE MYERS
THE AUTHOR PROVIDES A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN HALAKHAH. BERKOVITS ALSO OFFERS A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THAT STATUS WITHOUT CIRCUMVENTING JEWISH LAW.
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1053
ASSIMILATION AND THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY
GUTTMANN, ALLEN
THE AUTHOR ADDRESSES THE POST-WAR FLOWERING OF JEWISH WRITERS. EXAMINES THE THEMES OF ASSIMILATION AND IDENTITY CRISIS. REMAKE OF DOROTHY HALL'S 1972 RECORDING.
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4459
JEWISH WRITINGS FROM DOWN UNDER
KALECHOFSKY, R.;KALECHOFSKY, R.
RUBELLE SCHAFFER
AN ANTHOLOGY OF WORKS BY JEWISH WRITERS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
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5184
ESSAYS ON JEWISH HUMOR
COHEN, SARAH BLACHER, ED.
RICHARD HANAU
AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH HUMOR FROM ITS ROOTS IN EASTERN EUROPE THROUGH THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE IRVING HOWE, ROBERT ALTER, SANFORD PINSKER, AND ESTHER FUCHS.
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3926
STEEBER, SHARON
JANE N. WEISS
FROM RUSSIA TO AMERICA, THIS IS THE SAGA OF THE LUMINOVS. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF POWERFUL FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, WE BEAR WITNESS TO A CULTURE AND A SOCIETY ON THE MOVE AS DANIEL AND ALMA'S HOPES ARE SHATTERED BY THE BITTER HATRED OF THEIR PARENTS.
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952
THE CLASSIC AMERICAN MINORITIES
HALPERN, BEN
ALYCE POLLACK & PAULA BRAVERMAN
AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE AND HISTORY OF JEWISH LIBERALISM IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND BLACKS.
EN4
8329
BECOMING AMERICAN IN THE AGE OF PROHIBITION
DAVIS, MARNI
NIKKI JAMES
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES AMERICAN JEWS' LONG AND COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP TO ALCOHOL DURING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, THE YEARS OF THE NATIONAL PROHIBITION MOVEMENT'S RISE AND FALL.
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8249
JEWS AND THE AMERICAN SOUL
HUMAN NATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
HEINZE, ANDREW R.
WIN ROBBINS
THIS GROUNDBREAKING, WONDERFULLY RESEARCHED AND CONSISTENTLY PROVOCATIVE BOOK SUGGESTS THAT WHILE TRADITIONAL PROTESTANT VALUES FORMED THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATION'S PRESCRIPTION FOR HAPPINESS, AFTER 1900 JEWISH THINKERS-FROM FREUD AND ADLER, TO THE 1950S POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY OF DR. JOYCE BROTHERS AND ANN LANDERS-PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK TO SHAPE THE AMERICAN PSYCHE AND "INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT."
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8396
OZ, AMOS; OZ-SALZBERGER, FANIA
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
THE AUTHORS EXAMINE THE ROLE WORDS AND LANGUAGE HAVE PLAYED IN BINDING THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO THEIR HERITAGE.
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5607
FOUR CENTURIES OF AN UNEASY ENCOUNTER
HERTZBERG, ARTHUR
CHARLOTTE MEYER
THIS HISTORY FOCUSES ON CONTROVERSIAL OR SELDOM-DISCUSSED ISSUES SUCH AS THE ROLE OF JEWS IN SMUGGLING DURING THE CIVIL WAR; JEWS' ADULATION OF FORMER-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND THE BIRTH OF THE 'JEWISH MOTHER' FIGURE. THROUGH THESE EVENTS, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL DILEMMAS FACED BY JEWS IN AMERICA.
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8412
NEW YORK JEWS IN A CHANGING CITY 1920-2010
GUROCK, JEFFREY S.
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
THE BOOK DETAILS THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS THAT CAUSED JEWS TO PERSIST, ABANDON, OR BE LEFT BEHIND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS DURING CRITICAL MOMENTS OF THE PAST CENTURY.
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720
HOLDE, ARTHUR
JOHN ETTELSOHN
JEWISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC SINCE THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY ARE EVALUATED IN A CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDY. MANY MUSICAL PERSONALITIES ARE DISCUSSED. © 1959
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6585
FROM RAMESES II TO HADRIAN
MODRZEJEWSKI, JOSEPH MELEZE
MARK YOHALEM
A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, FROM ITS BIBLICAL BEGINNINGS UNDER THE PHARAOHS TO ITS PEAK UNDER THE PTOLEMIES, FOLLOWED BY ITS RAPID DECLINE AND CATASTROPHIC DISAPPEARANCE UNDER ROMAN RULE. © 1995
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7249
A HISTORY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
BENBASSA, ESTHER
EILEEN DACEY
IN THE FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION OF A GENERAL, SYNTHETIC HISTORY OF FRENCH JEWRY, ESTHER BENBASSA TELLS THE INTRIGUING TALE OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL VICISSITUDES OF A PEOPLE IN DIASPORA. SHE REVEALS THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH LIFE THROUGHOUT FRANCE'S REGIONS, WHILE SHOWING HOW JEWISH IDENTITY HAS CONSTANTLY REDEFINED ITSELF IN A COUNTRY KNOWN FOR BOTH THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE DREYFUS AFFAIR. BEGINNING WITH LATE ANTIQUITY, SHE CHARTS THE MIGRATION OF JEWS INTO FRANCE AND TRACES THEIR FORTUNES THROUGH THE MAKING OF THE FRENCH KINGDOM, THE REVOLUTION, THE RISE OF MODERN ANTI-SEMITISM, AND THE CURRENT RENEWAL OF INTEREST IN JUDAISM. © 1999
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8588
THE RISE, DECLINE, AND REVIVAL OF A JEWISH COMMUNITY
GUROCK, JEFFREY S.
DIANE LIPMAN
THE COMPLETE STORY OF JEWISH HARLEM AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY
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5163
LEWIS, BERNARD
DON EISENBERG
THE AUTHOR TRACES THE ORIGINS OF THE JUDEO-ISLAMIC TRADITION FROM THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES TO THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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7892
ZURAWIK, DAVID
AMY AVERSA
IN A TIME WHEN SO MANY TELEVISION NETWORKS AND WRITERS WERE JEWISH, WHY WERE THERE SO FEW IDENTIFIABLY JEWISH CHARACTERS ON TV? A TV CRITIC AND HISTORIAN INVESTIGATES, INTERVIEWING EXECUTIVES, PRODUCERS, AND ACTORS, AND ANALYZING SHOWS AND THEIR CHARACTERS. © 2003
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3073
THE HISTORY OF A SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY
ANGEL, MARC D.
FREDA MELTZER
DR. ANGEL, RABBI OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK HAS CAREFULLY DESCRIBED AND DOCUMENTED THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE RHODIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. HE DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE ROLE OF WOMEN, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND NON-JEWS, THE GREAT RABBINIC RHODIAN LUMINARIES WHOSE HALACHIC DISCOURSES SHED ADDITIONAL LIGHT ON JEWISH LIFE AND LITERATURE.
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6015
A HISTORY OF THE SEPHARDIC EXPERIENCE
GERBER, JANE S.
CONSTANCE WARSHAWSKY
AN EXAMINATION OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPANISH JEWRY, THE TENSIONS BETWEEN SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ASHKENAZIM AND SEPHARDIM, AND A LOOK AT SEPHARDIC COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL, FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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7485
SELF-EXILE IN PARADISE
SEGAL, ARIEL
SPENSER. RAINE
IN THE HEART OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON LIES THE REMOTE CITY OF IQUITOS AND AN UNUSUAL COMMUNITY OF JEWS. THE DESCENDANTS OF LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY FORTUNE-SEEKERS, THE JEWS OF THE AMAZON HAVE INHERITED A DISTINCTIVE AND RICH CULTURE, ONE THAT MIXES NATIVE CUSTOMS WITH JUDEO-CHRISTIAN FAITH.
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4386
JEWS OF WARSAW, 1939-1943
GHETTO, UNDERGROUND, REVOLT
GUTMAN, YISRAEL
FAY COHEN
A PARTICIPANT AND HISTORIAN CHRONICLES THE JEWS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO FROM THE START OF WORLD WAR II UNTIL THEIR UPRISING AND REVOLT IN APRIL AND MAY 1943.
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4202
THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICA
KANTER, KENNETH AARON
RUTH FRANKFORT, RITA LEVINE & JESSE BRONITSKY
DISCUSSES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH PERFORMERS, PUBLISHERS AND SONGWRITERS TO BROADWAY AND VAUDEVILLE. EXAMINES THE COMPOSITIONS OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN, IRVING BERLIN, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN AND OTHERS.
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1855
JEWS SETTLE IN NEW AMSTERDAM 1654
GRAND, SAMUEL
ESTELLE WEISBERG
THE STORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF JEWS IN THE NEW WORLD. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
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3247
GOLD, MICHAEL
ELISSA BAUM
THE CLASSIC AMERICAN NOVEL OF URBAN SOCIAL PROTEST, WHICH TAKES FOR ITS THEME THE LIVES OF THE TENEMENT POOR DURING THE TRYING TIMES OF THE DEPRESSION.
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131
DIMONT, MAX I.
STANLEY, R. BRAV
A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE OVER THE AGES AND A STUDY OF THE CIVILIZATIONS IN WHICH JEWISH CULTURE PROSPERED. DESCRIBES THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE JEWISH PEOPLE MADE TO THE HISTORY OF ASIA, EUROPE, AND AMERICA.
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8108
THE YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN'S HANDBOOK FOR COMING OF AGE
ADELMAN, P; FELDMAN, A; REINHARZ, S
SHIRLEY KALB
JEWISH SOURCES AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY ARE COMBINED TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL ADVICE TO GIRLS APPROACHING BAT MITZVAH AND BEYOND, REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION. THE AUTHORS, A SOCIAL WORKER, EDUCATOR, AND SOCIOLOGIST WHO ALL SPECIALIZE IN JEWISH WOMEN'S ISSUES, COVER A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM FRIENDS, AUTHORITY FIGURES, SELF-ESTEEM, AND HEALTH TO THE SABBATH, RELIGIOUS STUDIES, AND MITZVOT SUCH AS TIKKUN OLAM, IMPROVING THE WORLD. INPUT FROM RABBIS, ATHLETES, MUSICIANS, AND OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES, AS WELL AS FROM "ORDINARY" JEWISH GIRLS AND WOMEN, GIVES THIS SURVIVAL GUIDE A REAL-LIFE FLAVOR THAT EVEN ADULTS MAY ENJOY. © 2005
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4065
THE STORY OF A SIMPLE MAN
ROTH, JOSEPH
ADELINE MAREMONT
A PORTRAYAL OF THE CONFLICTS AND PRESSURES OF EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. MENDEL SINGER, THE PROTAGONIST, LEAVES RUSSIA WITH HIS THREE SONS, SLOWLY LOSES HIS FAITH IN GOD, AND ENDS BY RETURNING TO HIS JEWISH HERITAGE.
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6232
AN AMERICAN LIFE
EPSTEIN, HELEN
SANDY SKODNIK
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE THEATRE DIRECTOR IN WHICH EPSTEIN DEPICTS HIM AS A MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR HIS PRINCIPLES AND INSPIRED INTENSE EMOTIONS IN OTHERS: ANGER AND CONTEMPT AS WELL AS LOVE AND ADMIRATION.© 1994
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8408
JOHANNES REUCHLIN AND THE CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY JEWISH BOOKS
PRICE, DAVID H.
WIN ROBBINS
THIS BOOK IS A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO STUDY OF AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN HISTORY: CHRISTIANS ACQUIRING ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF JUDAISM AND ITS HISTORY.
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5262
THE HUMOR OF SOVIET JEWS
HARRIS, DAVID A.; RABINOVICH, IZRAIL
ADELINE MAREMONT
A COLLECTION OF JOKES THAT FINDS HUMOR IN THE OFTEN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES OF BEING A JEW IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
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1628
FREEDLAND, MICHAEL
THELMA HULNICK
A BIOGRAPHY OF AL JOLSON, FROM HIS BIRTH IN RUSSIA THROUGH HIS CHILDHOOD IN NEW YORK AS THE SON OF A CANTOR, AND HIS CAREER IN VAUDEVILLE AND SHOW BUSINESS. © 1972
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3046
JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS VOLUMES 1-4
HISTORY OF JACOB
THOMAS MANN
H. WEISBERG
THE GREAT WRITER TREATS THE BIBLICAL STORY HERE IN A TETRALOGY WHICH IS ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES OF MODERN LITERATURE.
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973
THE SACRIFICE TO THE VISTULA
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
ADELINE MAREMONT
A STORY SET IN POLAND, BASED ON A LEGEND THAT EVERY YEAR A YOUNG GIRL WAS TO BE SACRIFICED TO THE GODS. A WANDERING JEWISH GOLDSMITH PITS THE STRENGTH OF HIS ONE GOD AGAINST THE EVIL PAGAN SPIRITS IN ORDER TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE GIRL.
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1723
THE MAN AND THE HISTORIAN
THACKERY, H. ST. JOHN
AN EVALUATION OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSEPHUS, HIS WRITINGS AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO JUDAISM, HELLENISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
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3466
RICHTER, MORDECHAI
THE AUTHOR OF THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ RETURNS TO JEWISH MONTREAL, WHERE JOSHUA SHAPIRO, DESPITE HAVING A AD WHO IS A BOXER-TURNED-HONEST-CROOK AND AN EXOTIC DANCER MOM WHO PERFORMS AT HIS BAR-MITZVAH, GROWS UP TO FIND SUCCESS AS A TV WRITER AND JOURNALIST. BUT IN MIDDLE AGE, HE IS BESIEGED BY THE PRESS AND TORMENTED BY THE GHOSTS OF HIS YOUTH WHEN HE IS INJURED IN A FREAK ACCIDENT, HIS WASP WIFE DISAPPEARS, AND HE IS ENTANGLED IN A SEX SCANDAL. © 1980
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6189
FINK, IDA
IDA FINK
AN EXPLORATION OF SURVIVAL DURING THE HOLOCAUST IN WHICH TWO JEWISH SISTERS, ARMED ONLY WITH POORLY FORGED PAPERS, ESCAPE FROM A POLISH GHETTO. POSING AS CHRISTIANS, THEY GO THROUGH A SERIES OF ESCAPES AND IDENTITIES AND ENCOUNTER THE BRUTALITY OF THE NAZI REGIME.© 1992
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2596
REISS, JOHANNA
PHYLLIS COHN
THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY WHO WENT UNDERGROUND IN HOLLAND DURING THE HOLOCAUST BUT WERE SAVED AND REUNITED IN 1944.
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5603
JOURNEY FROM PRAGUE STREET
DEMETZ, HANA
THE STORY OF HELENE, AN ORPHAN OF THE HOLOCAUST, WHO MEETS PAUL IN POST-WORLD WAR II PRAGUE AND AGREES TO MARRY HIM DESPITE HIS PHILANDERING. THE NOVEL FOLLOWS THE COUPLE TO AMERICA IN THE 1950S WHERE HELENE FINDS HER SKILLS AS A SURVIVOR TESTED AGAIN.
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8053
JOURNEY FROM THE LAND OF NO
A GIRLHOOD IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN
HAKAKIAN, ROYA
LORNA KOCH
ROYA WAS TWELVE WHEN THE REVOLUTION SWEPT THROUGH HER NATIVE TEHRAN IN 1979. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF AN ESTEEMED POET IN AN INTELLECTUAL JEWISH HOUSEHOLD. WITH THE INNOCENT CONFUSION OF YOUTH, SHE WITNESSED HOW LIFE CHANGED FOR WOMEN - AND JEWS - AFTER IRAN FELL INTO THE HANDS OF ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS. © 2004
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JEWISH WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY
ANTLER, JOYCE
ALYCE DOMENITZ
THIS OVERVIEW OF THE LIVES OF OUTSTANDING AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN FROM 1890 TO THE PRESENT EMPHASIZES THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THEIR RELIGION. SHE HAS TAKEN 50 WOMEN FROM MANY BACKGROUNDS INCLUDING LITERATURE, SHOW BUSINESS, ZIONISM, AND FEMINISM AND HERE GIVES A WELL-RESEARCHED AND LIVELY PORTRAIT OF EACH AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHTING THEIR CONNECTIONS TO THEIR RELIGION. ANTLER ALSO DESCRIBES HOW EACH WOMAN CAME TO TERMS WITH HAVING BOTH A FEMALE AND A JEWISH IDENTITY. © 1997
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8223
JOURNEY THAT SAVED CURIOUS GEORGE
THE TRUE WARTIME ESCAPE OF MARGRET AND H.A. REY
BORDEN, LOUISE
NORMA FIRE
CURIOUS GEORGE IS BELOVED AND KNOWN BY ADULTS AND KIDS AROUND THE WORLD - BUT FEW HAVE HEARD OF THE HISTORY OF HIS CREATORS, HANS AND MARGRET REY, WHO HAD TO FLEE THEIR PARIS HOME AS THE GERMANS INVADED. THEIR JOURNEY ON BICYCLES WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S BOOK MANUSCRIPTS AMONG THEIR FEW POSSESSIONS IS RECOUNTED IN THIS BOOK WITH FLARE AND DRAMA.
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3452
GORN, MORDECAI MARTIN
NARRATIVE BY A MAN WHO OVERCAME POVERTY, POGROMS ETC. ESCAPED FROM RUSSIA TO BECOME A CAPTAIN OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND ENTHUSIASTIC CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ZIONIST CAUSE.
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6330
JOURNEY TO THE GOLDEN DOOR
A SURVIVOR'S TALE
SOMMER, JAY
ALYCE DOMENI
THE AUTHOR'S STORY OF HOW HE SURVIVED THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND EMIGRATED TO AMERICA WHERE HE CONTINUED HIS EDUCATION AND BECAME A LEADING FIGURE WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEM.© 1994
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8112
ROSEN, JONATHAN
CARYL GREENBLATT
RABBI DEBORAH GREEN IS DEVOTED TO HER RELIGION, HER NEW YORK CONGREGATION, AND HER VOLUNTEER WORK AS A HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN. STILL, AS SHE OFFICIATES AT WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS, SHE FEELS HER OWN LIFE IS SOMEWHAT EMPTY. THEN SHE MEETS AN AILING HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HIS SON, WHO IS AS SHY AND RELIGIOUSLY SKEPTICAL AS SHE IS OUTGOING AND DEVOUT. A SURPRISING ROMANCE DEVELOPS, IN SPITE OF THEIR CONTRASTING RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES; WHILE SHE INSPIRES HIM TO RETURN TO JUDAISM, SHE EXPERIENCES A RELIGIOUS CRISIS OF HER OWN. © 2004
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A RELAXED LEXICON
ROSTEN, LEO
STANLEY R. BRAV
THE HUMOR AND DELIGHT OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE, INCLUDING MANY WORDS THAT HAVE BECOME COMMONPLACE IN THE ENGLISH VERNACULAR. © 1968
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8121
THE AWKWARDLY TRUE & DAZZLING ADVENTURES OF A JEWISH CUBAN GODDESS
ANDERS, GIGI
ELIZABETH LONDON
GIGI ANDERS MOVED AS A TODDLER TO MARYLAND AFTER HER FAMILY FLED CUBA AND CASTRO'S REGIME. IN HER POIGNANT AND FUNNY MEMOIR ANDERS MANAGES TO CAPTURE THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF BOTH HER JEWISH AND CUBAN HERITAGES, AS WELL AS HER COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER, WHO IS CAPABLE OF DOING PERPLEXING THINGS, LIKE BRINGING 4-YEAR-OLD GIGI TO THE MENTAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WORKS.
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5169
THE JEWISH CONFEDERATE
EVANS, ELI N.
FAY COHEN
THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS THAT JUDAH BENJAMIN, A FIGURE IN CIVIL WAR AND SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORY, WAS DRIVEN INTO PUBLIC LIFE BY HIS JEWISHNESS. THE BOOK TRACES BENJAMIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFFERSON DAVIES. © 1988
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5147
JUDAIC ETHICS FOR A LAWLESS WORLD
GORDIS, ROBERT
MARTIN FELDINGER
THE AUTHOR LAMENTS WHAT HE SEES IS A LACK OF A MORAL ORDER IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. HE SUGGESTS THAT A RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF 'NATURAL LAW,' REVITALIZED BY A JUDAIC VIEW, WOULD RESTORE THAT ORDER.
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1131
ITS TEACHINGS, PHILOSOPHY AND SYMBOLS
BRASCH, R.
RUTH KRISTAL
THIS BOOK DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS JUDAISM IN SIMPLE TERMS FOR MODERN READERS. COVERS THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND OBSERVANCES, THEIR REASONS, AND THEIR HISTORY.
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A PORTRAIT
ROTH, LEON
ELAYNE BERNSTEIN
A SCHOLARLY APPROACH TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF JUDAISM. THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH JUDAISM STANDS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE.
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3066
JUDAISM AND CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS
SANDMEL,SAMUEL
R. SCHAFFLER
A GIFTED AND ENGAGING AUTHOR TRACES THE HISTORY, INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF JUDAISM FROM 200 B.C. TO 175 A.D. TO REVEAL THE ORIGINS OF SYNAGOGUE JUDAISM AND THE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE RELIGION OF EUROPE.
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7679
PORTRAYALS IN ANCIENT TEXTS FROM THE TANACH THROUGH THE BAVLI
ABRAMS, JUDITH Z., RABBI
WEISS, IRWIN, MINA BERKOWITZ, ABBA COHEN, JEROME
IN THIS HIGHLY RESEARCHED WORK, ABRAMS BRINGS SOURCES FROM VARIOUS ANCIENT JEWISH TEXTS TO SHOW THE PROGRESSION OF ATTITUDES TOWARD PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.© 1998
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HALAKHIC PERSPECTIVES
BLEICH, J. DAVID, RABBI
IRVING W. KRAMER
MODERN MEDICINE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE JEWISH LEGAL SYSTEM, RANGING FROM TEST-TUBE BABIES AND EUTHANASIA TO SEXUAL MATTERS AND ABORTION.
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988
ROSENTHAL, ERWIN I. J.
MR. THEODORE T. JONAS
IN PART I, ROSENTHAL COMPARES THE BELIEFS, PRACTICES, AND CUSTOMS OF BOTH RELIGIONS, EXAMINING SUCH PHENOMENA AS BIBLICAL MATERIAL IN THE KORAN. IN PART II, HE EXPLORES INTERRELIGIOUS INFLUENCES, FROM GEONIC RESPONSA AND MAIMONIDES' CODE OF JEWISH LAW TO PLATONISM IN ISLAM. HE CONCLUDES WITH A LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE.
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5497
JUDAISM AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS
BAMBERGER, DAVID
SARENE MYERS
A COURSE ON COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS WHICH DISCUSSES WHAT HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, ISLAM, AND CHRISTIANITY SHARE WITH JUDAISM AND HOW THEY DIFFER. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE HISTORY, BELIEFS, PRACTICES, AND TEACHINGS OF EACH, AS SEEN THROUGH JEWISH EYES
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7540
FALCON, RABBI TED AND BLATNER, DAVID
HOWELL MAYER
IF YOU'RE INTERESETED IN RECONNECTING WITH YOUR JEWISH HERITAGE, OR JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, THEN THIS GUIDE IS FOR YOU. WITH HUMOR AND WARMTH, YOU'LL DISCOVER JEWISH TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS, UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
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FROM CURIOSITY TO THIRD FAITH
BLAU, JOSEPH L.
JOAN LEHN
BLAU ASSERTS THAT JUDAISM'S ADAPTATION TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF AMERICA SIGNIFIES THE VITALITY OF THE RELIGION AND THE CREATIVITY OF ITS ADHERENTS.
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1783
EISENSTEIN, IRA
DALE ALLEN
PATTERNS OF LIVING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE ON THE AMERICAN SCENE.
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JUDAISM WITHOUT SUPERNATURALISM
THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO ORTHODOXY
KAPLAN, MORDECAI M.
ROBERTA POLLACK
THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT CONTENDS THAT JUDAISM CAN BE ENHANCED BY BEING FREED FROM SUPERNATURALISM.
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7648
WIESEL, ELIE
BARBARA FERBER
SET IN A CONNECTICUT PARLOR, FIVE STRANGERS STRANDED TOGETHER AFTER THEIR PLANE MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING, FIND THEMSELVES MANIPULATED BY A SADISTIC HOST WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE JUDGE AND DECLARES THAT ONE OF THEM WILL DIE BEFORE MORNING. © 1999
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8597
BERGELSON, DAVID
NIKKI JAMES
SET IN 1920 DURING THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, JUDGMENT TRACES THE DEATH OF THE SHTETL AND THE BIRTH OF THE “NEW, HARSHER WORLD” CREATED BY THE 1917 REVOLUTION.
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JUDHA HALEVI'S KITAB AL KHAZARI
HALEVI, JUDAH
FRANCES GOLDIN
A PHILOSOPHICAL WORK BASED ON THE CONVERSION TO JUDAISM OF THE KHAZARS.
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BLANKFORT, MICHAEL
ROSE POSESS
A NOVEL ABOUT A TROUBLED MAN WHO WAS ONCE A FAMOUS JUGGLER WHO SURVIVES THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND COMES TO ISRAEL FOR ASYLUM.
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8299
RATNER, AUSTIN
ELLISON EDWARDS
PHILIP HALSMAN WITNESSED HIS FATHER'S DEATH, WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER, AND WAS TOSSED IN AN AUSTRIAN PRISON COURTESY OF A CASE BUILT UPON ANTI-SEMITISM. HALSMAN WAS EVENTUALLY LIBERATED AND ARRIVED IN PARIS, WITH THE EXTRA BAGGAGE OF HIS WIDELY PERCEIVED GUILT. DESPITE HIS UNFORTUNATE BEGINNING, HE BECAME A MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER PHOTOGRAPHER.
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7131
KELLERMAN, FAYE
JERRY O'NEIL
DR. EMIL GANZ WAS CONSIDERED A WORLD-RENOWNED PROFESSOR OF ASTROPHYSICS, WHEN HE DISAPPEARED WITHOUT WARNING HE VANISHED, ONLY TO REAPPEAR TEN YEARS LATER AS "FATHER JUPITER," THE FOUNDER OF A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC CULT. SUDDENLY THE AGING CHARISMATIC LEADER IS FOUND DEAD, AND LAPD LIEUTENANT PETER DECKER INVESTIGATES WITH HIS TEAM AND THE SUPPORT OF HIS WIFE, RINA. SOON THE ORDER TURNS VIOLENT, ERUPTING INTO MAYHEM SO DEADLY THAT IT THREATENS NOT ONLY THE LIVES OF IT ADULT MEMBERS BUT ALSO SCORES OF HELPLESS, INNOCENT CHILDREN. © 1999
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4739
THE ROLE OF FRIENDSHIP IN OUR LIVES
RUBIN, LILLIAN
A PSYCHOLOGIST EXAMINES THE NATURE OF FRIENDSHIP AND ITS MEANING AND IMPORTANCE.
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7371
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M.
PRESTON TROMBLY
PROFESSOR MAX MANUCHEN HAS FOUND THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN COLD BLOOD MORE THAN A HALF A CENTURY AGO. MAX, WHO HAS NEVER BROKEN A LAW, CANNOT TURN DOWN HIS CHANCE FOR REVENGE. © 1999
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A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS NOVEL
KELLERMAN, FAYE
JERRY O'NEIL
CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THE SHOCKING MURDER OF A HIGH SCHOOL'S PROM QUEEN, DETECTIVE PETER DECKER CONFRONTS THE ROOTLESS, AFFLUENT, SOMETIMES VIOLENT TEENAGERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHEN A DISTURBED YOUNG MAN IS IDENTIFIED AS THE PRIME SUSPECT, EVERYONE IS RELIEVED EXCEPT FOR DECKER, WHO COMES TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION.© 1995
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CONOT, ROBERT E.
MILDRED WEISBLATT
AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, BASED ON OFFICIAL COURT TRANSCRIPTS. INCLUDED ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 21 NAZI WAR CRIMINALS GATHERED FROM INTERVIEWS, MEMOIRS, LETTERS, AND THEIR OWN DEPOSITIONS BEFORE THE COURT.
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LAPHAM, ARTHUR L.
RUTH COHEN
A NOVEL ABOUT JUSTUS, BODYGUARD OF KING HEROD. HALF-ROMAN AND HALF-JEWISH, JUSTUS IS INSTRUCTED BY THE KING TO SLAUGHTER ALL JEWISH NEWBORN MALES.
