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2472
WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE
THE CONTINUED ADVENTURES OF K'TONTON, A TOM THUMB FOR JEWISH CHILDREN.
EN4
6875
GOODMAN, ALLEGRA
ARLYNN GREENBAUM
IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1976 IN KAATERSKILL, A TINY TOWN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, WHERE SUMMERING ORTHODOX JEWS AND YANKEE YEAR-ROUNDERS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE FROM JUNE THROUGH AUGUST. EACH GROUP HAS ITS OWN AGENDA, AND THERE IS A CERTAIN RESTLESSNESS THAT THREATENS TO UPSET THE UNEASY TRUCE BETWEEN THE TWO. © 1998
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3019
FRANCK, ADOLPH
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
EXPLANATION OF THE KABBALAH'S PHILOSOPHY--THE ORIGIN OF MAN, HIS DESTINY, RELATIONS WITH THE DIVINE BEING, NATURE OF EVIL, ETC.
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5055
KABBALAH AND JEWISH MYSTICISM
GUTWIRTH, ISRAEL
ALICE ARLOW
LOOKING BACK AT THE OUTSTANDING FIGURES OF THE SPANISH JEWISH GOLDEN AGE, THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THE BEAUTY AND SANCTITY OF JEWISH MYSTICAL DOCTRINE. © 1987
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8110
KABBALAH AND THE POWER OF DREAMING
AWAKENING THE VISIONARY LIFE
SHAINBERG, CATHERINE
EDITH FOSTER
DR. SHAINBERG, A PSYCHOLOGIST, SPENT MANY YEARS STUDYING KABBALAH WITH COLETTE ABOULKER-MUSCAT, A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE 13TH-CENTURY PROVENÇAL KABBALIST ISAAC THE BLIND. HERE SHE COMBINES ANCIENT SEPHARDIC-KABBALISTIC TRADITION WITH MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICE TO UNLOCK THE INTUITIVE POWERS OF OUR DREAMS AND ACHIEVE INCREASED AWARENESS, CREATIVITY, AND SELF-REALIZATION. SHE PROVIDES SIMPLE MENTAL EXERCISES AND ANECDOTES ABOUT HOW THESE METHODS HAVE IMPROVED HER OWN LIFE. © 2005
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4526
AN OPENING TO THE GATES OF JEWISH MYSTICISM
BERG, PHILIP S., DR.
DR. IRVING W KRAMER
THE HISTORY OF THE SECRECY OF KABBALAH AND ITS EVENTUAL ACCESSIBILITY TO THE NON-JEW.
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2783
KABBALAH FOR THE MODERN WORLD
GONZALEZ-WIPPLER, MIGENE
ROBERTA POLLACK
NEW KEY TO THE ANCIENT MYSTICAL BOOK THAT UNLOCKS THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE.
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8215
KUSHNER, LAWRENCE
ELLEN DAVID
THE AUTHOR STITCHES TOGETHER A SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED NARRATIVES THAT RANGE ACROSS MORE THAN EIGHT CENTURIES AND TRANSPORT THE READER FROM 20TH CENTURY NEW YORK TO MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO POLAND DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE MAIN THREAD THAT LINKS THESE TALES IS THE STORY OF RABBI KALMAN STERN, A SCHOLAR OF JEWISH MYSTICISM WHOSE PSYCHIC SCARS FROM HIS FIRST WIFE'S DECISION TO ABANDON HIM FOR ANOTHER MAN EARLY IN THEIR MARRIAGE HAVE STUNTED HIS EMOTIONAL LIFE, PREVENTING HIM FROM CONNECTING WITH ANY OTHER WOMEN.
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7469
WIESELTIER, LEON
CHARLIE ROEMER
WHEN LEON WIESELTIER'S FATHER DIED IN MARCH 1996, HE BEGAN TO OBSERVE THE RITUALS OF THE TRADITIONAL YEAR OF MOURNING, GOING DAILY TO THE SYNAGOGUE TO RECITE THE KADDISH. BETWEEN HIS PRAYERS AND HIS EVERYDAY RESPONSIBILITIES, HE SOUGHT OUT ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL, AND MODERN JEWISH TEXTS IN PURSUIT OF THE KADDISH'S HISTORY AND MEANING. AND EVERY DAY HE STUDIED, TRANSLATED, AND WROTE HIS OWN REFLECTIONS ON THE OBSCURE TEXTS THAT HE FOUND, PUNCTUATING HIS JOURNAL WITH STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN HIS SYNAGOGUE AND ABOUT HIS FAMILY'S PROGRESS THROUGH GRIEF.
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6900
KADDISH FOR A CHILD NOT BORN
KERTESZ, IMRE
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
A TALE OF IDENTITY AND MEMORY: THE STORY OF A MIDDLE-AGED MAN TAKING STOCK OF HIS LIFE IN THE EVER-PRESENT SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE STORY UNFOLDS AT A RETREAT AS THE NARRATOR, A SURVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST, TRIES TO EXPLAIN TO A FRIEND THAT HE CANNOT BRING A CHILD INTO A WORLD WHERE THE HOLOCAUST HAS OCCURRED AND COULD OCCUR AGAIN. © 1997
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8660
ENGLANDER, NATHAN
IAN STRASFOGEL
A SATIRE THAT TOUCHES WITH UNFORGETTABLE HUMOUR, ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR WORLDS, AND THE HYPOCRISIES THAT RUN THROUGH BOTH.
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2618
KAFKA AND THE YIDDISH THEATRE
ITS IMPACT ON HIS WORK
TORTON BECK, EVELYN
FRANCES KLIPSTEIN & IRMA KITTAY
WITHOUT HIS EXPOSURE TO THE YIDDISH PLAYS HE SAW IN PRAGUE IN 1911 AND 1912, KAFKA MIGHT NEVER HAVE DEVELOPED THE UNIQUE AND UNIVERSAL VOICE THAT SO WELL ENCAPSULATED THE EXISTENTIAL STATE OF THE 20TH CENTURY MAN.
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8163
KAFKA IN BRONTELAND AND OTHER STORIES
YELLIN, TAMAR
DEBBIE WOLF
THIRTEEN STORIES ADDRESS UNIVERSAL THEMES OF YEARNING AND DISPLACEMENT, LOVE, LOSS AND THE STRUGGLE TO BELONG. BLENDING IRONY WITH PATHOS, THE MYTHICAL MYTH WITH THE MUNDANE, THIS BOOK GIVES VOICE TO A RICH MIX OF CHARACTERS LIVING OUTSIDE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS OF IDENTITY IN A WORLD OF COMPLEX MIGRATIONS AND TUMULTUOUS CHANGES.
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7820
THE MYSTERY OF DORA DIAMANT
DIAMANT, KATHI
KATHY FORD
THIS "LITERARY DETECTIVE STORY" IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS AT KAFKA'S SIDE AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. SHE CAME FROM A POLISH HASIDIC FAMILY AND BECAME A ZIONIST, AN AGITPROP ACTRESS IN BERLIN, ETC.© 2003
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8628
THE CASE OF A LITERARY LEGACY
BALINT, BENJAMIN
NIKKI JAMES
WHEN FRANZ KAFKA DIED IN 1924, HIS FRIEND MAX BROD DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO RESCUING HIS LEGACY FROM BOTH OBSCURITY AND PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION.NEARLY A CENTURY LATER, AN INTERNATIONAL LEGAL BATTLE ERUPTED TO DETERMINE WHICH COUNTRY COULD CLAIM OWNERSHIP: ISRAEL OR GERMANY?THE BOOK OFFERS A GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE CONTROVERSIAL TRIAL IN ISRAELI COURTS THAT DETERMINED THE FATE OF KAFKA’S MANUSCRIPTS.
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8604
LEVIANT, CURT
ROBERT AYZIN
SET IN NEW YORK CITY AND PRAGUE IN 1992 THE BOOK UNFOLDS A LABYRINTHINE TALE THAT IS BOTH DETECTIVE NOVEL AND LOVE STORY, CAPTIVATING MAZE AND REALISTIC FANTASY, AND A STUNNING TRIBUTE TO KAFKA AND HIS CITY.
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8325
JUDD, ALAN
PAM VASSIL
A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE KAISER WILHELM'S LAST YEARS IN NAZI-OCCUPIED HOLLAND. THROUGH JUDD'S DEPICTION OF THE KAISER, THE NOVEL DRAWS UNIQUE PARALLELS BETWEEN GERMANY AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND HITLER'S GERMANY.
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7197
DAVID, MARTIN A.
MARTIN A. DAVID
KARPSTEIN LIVES IN ROOMS OF HIS OWN MIND. THE WALLS ARE FLEXIBLE AND THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN LIVING AND DEAD AND BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT ARE EPHEMERAL. IN THE PAST THERE WAS THE HOLOCAUST. KARPSTEIN SURVIVED IT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT THERE. THE GUILT OF HIS SURVIVAL HAUNTS HIM. IN THE PRESENT THERE IS A WAREHOUSE CROWDED WITH LIVING MEMORIES. CAN KARPSTEIN SURVIVE THAT? © 2000
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6163
APPELFELD, AHARON
FLORENCE ELSTER
AT AGE 79 AND LIVING ALONE ON HER PARENTS DESERTED FARM KATERINA, A POLISH HOUSEKEEPER, NARRATES HER LIFE STORY IN WHICH SHE WORKED FOR JEWISH FAMILIES, RAISED HER SON AS A JEW, AND SPENT 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS MURDERER.© 1992
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5425
SHANKMAN, SARAH
SARAH LEE KASE
EMMA FINE, AN INDEPENDENT JEWISH GIRL, SETS OUT FROM LOS ANGELES FOR ATLANTA AND NEW YORK TO FIND HER TRUE IDENTITY. WHEN SHE RETURNS HOME, SHE HAS A SURPRISING REVELATION ABOUT HER NATURAL PARENTS.
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5964
KIDDUSH CUP WHO HATED WINE
SALOP, BYRD
LYMAN SMITH-EISEMAN
A STORY ABOUT A KIDDUSH CUP WHO HATED THE STICKY, WET FEELING OF WINE. IT MANAGES TO OVERCOME THIS WITH THE HELP OF ITS SABBATH AND HOLIDAY FRIENDS.
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337
AN EPIC OF 1648
ASCH, SHOLEM
ARLENE RICHARDS
A NOVEL ABOUT ORTHODOX JEWISH LIFE AND THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN RUSSIA DURING THE 1648 COSSACK ATTACK LED BY CHMIELNITZKI.
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5696
JEWISH RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL LIFE
HUBERBAND, SHIMON, RABBI
SHELLY GOLDBERG
A TRANSLATION FROM YIDDISH OF THE HOLOCAUST ARCHIVAL MATERIALS COLLECTED AND WRITTEN BY HUBERBAND, A RABBI AND HISTORIAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN TREBLINKA IN 1942. THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK DEPICTS RELIGIOUS LIFE FOR THE JEWS UNDER THE NAZI RULE.
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6444
KIDNAPPED AND THE RANSOMED
THE NARRATIVE OF PETER AND VINA ST
PICKARD, KATE E. R.
MIRIAM FRIEDMAN ALIMONOS
RIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1856, THIS IS THE RECOLLECTION OF PETER STILL, A BLACK SLAVE. HE WAS STOLEN AS A CHILD FROM HIS HOME, FORCED TO BE A SLAVE FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS, AND FINALLY FREED WITH THE HELP OF TWO JEWISH BROTHERS. IT IS THE ONLY NINETEENTH CENTURY SLAVE NARRATIVE SHOWING JEWISH PARTICIPATION IN THE ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT.© 1995
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6817
KIDNAPPING OF EDGARDO MORTARA
KERTZER, DAVID I.
RITA LEVINE
A COMPELLING NARRATIVE OF THE ABDUCTION BY THE VATICAN IN 1858, IN BOLOGNA, OF THE SIX-YEAR-OLD JEWISH CHILD EDGARDO MORTARA. PURPORTEDLY THE FIRST FULL ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH, IT IS A DRAMATIC SAMPLING OF A FANATICISM AND ITS PAIN EMERGING IN RELIGIOUS GUISES. © 1997
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6597
WALDER, CHAIM
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
THIS COMPILATION OF ESSAYS BY CHILDREN AGES 8 TO 13 REVEALS THEIR FEARS, STRUGGLES IN SCHOOL AND THEIR EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS. IT PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE REASONS BEHIND THEIR SCHOLASTIC PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. © 1994
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1573
A DOCUMENTARY OF ANTI-SEMITISM
SELZER, MICHAEL, ED.
MRS. EDWARD L. BASS
A HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA, DATING FROM THE ANTI-JEWISH LAWS OF THE DUTCH COLONIALS TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE KU KLUX KLAN. TOLD THROUGH THE WORDS AND PICTURES OF ITS PROPONENTS.
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7366
SILVA, DANIEL
AUDREY FLAMBERG
GABRIEL ALLON HAD A SIMPLE BUT BRUTAL JOB: HE TRACKED DOWN AND ELIMINATED ISRAEL'S TERRORIST ENEMIES. BUT WHEN HIS WIFE AND SON FELL VICTIM TO THE DANGER THAT ACCOMPANIED HIM EVERYWHERE, GABRIEL QUIT AND DEVOTED HIMSELF TO ART RESTORATION, THE OCCUPATION THAT HAD BEEN HIS COVER ALL THESE YEARS. NOW ARI SHAMRON, THE HEAD OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE, NEEDS GABRIEL'S EXPERIENCE TO THWART A PLOT TO DESTROY PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. THE ARCHITECT OF PLOT, A PALESTINIAN ZEALOT, IS A LETHAL PART OF GABRIEL'S PAST, SO AS THE TWO BEGIN A DEADLY, INTERCONTINENTAL GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK, THE MOTIVES ARE AS PERSONAL AS THEY ARE POLITICAL. © 2000
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7908
KILL TWO BIRDS & GET STONED
FRIEDMAN, KINKY
DIANE LIPMAN
GREENWICH VILLAGE AUTHOR WALTER SNOW IS CAUGHT UP IN A SERIES OF PRANKS AGAINST CORPORATE SPRAWL, WHICH SOON SPIN OUR OF CONTROL. © 2003
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8138
A NOVEL
EISLER, BARRY
BENNET POLOGE
THIS IS EISLER'S FOURTH THRILLER FEATURING JOHN RAIN, A FREELANCE ASSASSIN. HIS EMPLOYER THIS TIME IS ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE, WHICH HAS SENT HIM OFF TO KILL A WEAPONS DEALER, LEVI, IN MANILA. INSTEAD OF KILLING LEVI, RAIN SHOOTS HIS BODYGUARDS, WHO TURN OUT TO BE EX-CIA. THE COMPANY WITH WHOM THE BODYGUARDS WERE WORKING WANT REVENGE. RAIN WANTS TO COMPLETE HIS MISSION AND CONTACTS DELILAH, ANOTHER INTELLIGENCE AGENT WITH WHOM HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BUT MOSSAD HAS LOST CONFIDENCE IN RAIN AND ARE COMING UP WITH THEIR OWN PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
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6019
DRUCKER, OLGA LEVY
BETTY SMITH
A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE HOLOCAUST. TAKEN TO ENGLAND AS PART OF A PROGRAM TO SAVE GERMAN JEWISH CHILDREN IN 1939, DRUCKER DID NOT SEE HER FAMILY AGAIN FOR SIX YEARS. SHE RECALLS HER BEWILDERMENT AND HER STRUGGLES TO ADJUST AND PROVIDES A HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR HER STORY.
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1708
HEYM, STEFAN
VIVIAN EMMET
IN THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL, KING SOLOMON COMMISSIONS A POET-HISTORIAN TO WRITE THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF DAVID'S RISE TO THE THRONE AND SOLOMON'S SUCCESSION.
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6540
THE LIFE AND ART OF JERRY LEWIS
LEVY, SHAWN
JERRY O'NEIL
THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED COMEDIAN JERRY LEWIS EXTENSIVELY FOR THIS PENETRATING BUT UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY. © 1996
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3475
A NOVEL OF THE LIFE OF DAVID
MARTIN, MALACHI
FREDA MELTZER
A NOVEL, RECREATING THE LIFE OF DAVID, THE SHEPHERD BOY WHO SLEW GOLIATH AND BECAME THE FIRST GREAT CAPTAIN-KING.
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5289
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
RUTH SHERMAN
SINGER'S INTERPRETATION OF PRIMITIVE HISTORY DEPICTS THE TRANSITION OF POLAND FROM A HUNTER-GATHERER SOCIETY TO A SOCIETY BASED ON AGRICULTURE.
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3407
EPSTEIN, LESLIE
RENEE HEILBRONNER
A STORY OF THE DREADED JUDENRAT, COUNCILS OF JEWS SET UP BY THE NAZIS TO RULE OVER THEIR FELLOW-JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
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4246
ROMAIN, GARY
NAOMI RABER
WEALTHY, A FORMER CLOTHING MERCHANT, BECOMES OBSESSED WITH THE PARISIAN TELEPHONE COUNSELING SERVICE HE RUNS.
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8270
MONEY, MASSACRE AND EXODUS IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
MUNDILL, ROBIN R.
NIKKI JAMES
IN 1290 ENGLAND BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO EXPEL A JEWISH MINORITY FROM ITS BORDERS. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE THEIR PORTABLE PROPERTY BUT THEIR HOUSES WERE CONFISCATED BY THE KING. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THE JEWS OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND AS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. WHAT EMERGES IS A PICTURE OF A LOST SOCIETY WHICH HAD MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE AND YET WAS TURNED AWAY.
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GREENBERG, JOANNE
SILVERS, EDNA
A NOVEL DESCRIBING THE JEWISH MONEY LENDERS WHO WERE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE KING OF ENGLAND. TAKES PLACE DURING THE MASSACRE OF THE JEWS OF YORK IN 1190.
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8183
MY SEARCH FOR LOVE AND ART
WILDER, GENE
HOWELL MAYER
THE MAN WHO CREATED SOME OF THE FUNNIEST MOMENTS IN FILM HISTORY TALKS ABOUT ACTING, ADULTERY, AND DEATH IN THIS INTIMATE MEMOIR. HONESTY IS A PREVAILING QUALITY OF THIS BOOK, AS WILDER FREELY DISCUSSES TOPICS RANGING FROM HIS OWN NEUROSES TO THE DRUG-FUELED MISBEHAVIOR OF HIS GREAT COMEDIC PARTNER, RICHARD PRYOR. HE ALSO DOESN'T AVOID TELLING THE DETAILS OF HIS OWN BOUT WITH NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA. WILDER CLEARLY ISN'T INTERESTED IN WRITING A CONVENTIONAL HOLLYWOOD MEMOIR. HIS BOOK CANDIDLY EXPLORES HIS OWN FAULTS AND FEELINGS, AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE PEOPLE HE'S LOVED AND LOST.
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8579
KISS OF THE PRISON DANCER
RICHARD, JEROME
ELLEN DAVID
A PORTRAIT OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR STRUGGLING TO MOVE BEYOND HIS TERRIBLE PAST.
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5733
THE INVISIBLE SHIELD BETWEEN AMERICANS AND ISRAELIS
STARR, JOYCE R.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE INNATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICANS AND ISRAELIS AND HOW EACH GROUP PERCEIVES THE OTHER.
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2105
KALB, MARVIN & BERNARD KALB
LEE SEAMAN
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIPLOMAT AND FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE. WRITTEN BY TWO TELEVISION NEWS ANALYSTS AND REPORTERS.
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8394
ONE MAN'S QUEST FOR A VANISHED JEWISH COMMUNITY
RICHMOND, THEO
STEVE SCHREIBER
IN 1939 THE POLISH TOWN OF KONIN VANISHED IN THE WAKE OF NAZI OCCUPATION. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, THEO RICHMOND SET OUT TO FIND WHAT HE COULD ABOUT THAT VANISHED WORLD.
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6831
YOUR TRADITIONAL JEWISH FAVORITES COOKED HEALTHY
BAHAR, ZILLAH
EVE F. ROSHEVSKY
ISRAELI-BORN FOOD COLUMNIST ZILLAH BAHAR ACHIEVES WHAT HEALTH CONSCIOUS LOVERS OF KOSHER JEWISH FOOD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR: AUTHENTIC, FLAVORFUL, AND STRICTLY KOSHER FAVORITES - POTATO LATKES, CHEESECAKE, MATZAH BALLS, AND CHALLAH THAT TASTES LIKE BUBBIE'S BUT CONTAIN VIRTUALLY NO FAT, NO CHOLESTEROL, AND NO SODIUM. © 1998
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7453
GRUVER, EDWARD
G. LEBOW
SPORTSWRITER EDWARD GRUVER ILLUMINATES THE STORY OF THE MAN MANY CONSIDERED THE GREATEST LEFT-HANDED PITCHER OF ALL TIMES, SANDY KOUFAX. BASED ON EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH FRINEDS, FORMER TEAMMATES AND OPPONENTS, AND SPORTS JOUNALISTS, KOUFAX WILL REAQUAINT GENERATIONS OF FANS WITH A LARGER-THAN-LIFE PLAYER FROM THEIR YOUTH AND INTRODUCE A NEW GENERATION TO THE MAN ONCE SAID TO HAVE "COME DOWN FROM A HIGHER LEAGUE.'
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6604
SCHNUR, STEVEN
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
WHEN DANNY'S MOTHER INSISTS THAT HE NOT PITCH IN THE SEASON OPENER BECAUSE IT IS ALSO THE FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER, DANNY IS FACED WITH A DIFFICULT DILEMMA. © 1997
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6927
ISLER, ALAN
MARILYN BECK
NICHOLAS MARCUS KRAVEN, A VISITING LECTURER, IS A COMPULSIVE LIAR, A CAD, AND A WOULD-BE SEDUCER OF STUDENTS. HE IS AN IMPOSTER AS WELL, POSING AS HIS DEAD ENGLISH COUSIN. YET KRAVEN IS A MAN WHO IS HAUNTED BY HIS PAST-BY THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, SOON AFTER THE FAMILY ESCAPED FROM NAZI OCCUPIED POLAND, AND HIS OWN DEMONS.
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3679
HALEVI, YEHUDAH
A PHILOSOPHIC WORK, WRITTEN IN 1167, DESIGNED AS A DIALOGUE IN DEFENSE OF JUDAISM, BASED ON THE STORY OF THE CONVERSION TO JUDAISM OF THE KHAZARS AND THEIR KING IN 740 C.E. HALEVI IS FAMOUS AS THE FOREMOST HEBREW POET OF THE SPANISH PERIOD OF JEWISH LITERATURE.
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4110
THE SEPHARDIC EXPERIENCES IN NEW YORK CITY
ANGEL, MARC D.
R. SCHAFLER
THE VAST MAJORITY OF IMMIGRANTS SETTLED IN NEW YORK CITY. IN THE MIDST OF THE DIVERGENT AND ISOLATED POPULATION THERE EMERGED THE JUDEO-SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, LA AMERICA, FROM THIS STUDY TAKES ITS TITLE AND WHOSE ARCHIVES YIELDED MATERIAL FOR THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION.
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8366
ANCIENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JACOB AND HIS CHILDREN
KUGEL, JAMES L.
LIPMAN, DIANE
THE AUTHOR IS ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT HOW ANCIENT INTERPRETERS WORKED. THE LADDER OF JACOB IS AN ARTFUL, COMPELLING ACCOUNT OF THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION.
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7822
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ORIGINAL MUSIC OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET, AND WEEKEND IN MUSTARA
TWO NOVELLAS
LEVIANT, CURT
LORNA KOCHE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SENDS A MUSICOLOGIST TO BUDAPEST TO MEET A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO HOLD THE KEY TO A MUSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET. IS IT THE REAL THING OR IS THE MAN A FRAUD? IN THE SECOND NOVELLA, A SCHOLAR OF MEDIEVAL HEBREW SPENDS A "WEEKEND IN MUSTARA" TO RESEARCH YEHUDAH HALEVI, AND FINDS HIMSELF IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY, ENMESHED IN A BIZARRE PLOT. IN BOTH STORIES, JEWISH CUSTOMS, FOLKLORE, AND HISTORY PLAY VITAL ROLES.© 2002
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7226
MIRVIS, TOVA
SANDRA CAREY
THE LADIES AUXILIARY IS THE GROUP OF WOMEN AT THE HEART OF THIS CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, AND IT IS THEIR VOICES THAT TELL OF HOW A CAREFULLY STRUCTED WORLD BEGINS TO UNRAVEL WITH THE ARRIVAL OF BATSHEVA, A YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL CONVERT WHO IS A WIDOW WITH A SMALL CHILD. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY CANNOT SEE BEYOND THE WALLS IT HAS BUILT AGAINST THE OUTSIDE WORLD? © 1999
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8246
DOROTHY SCHIFF AND THE NEW YORK POST
NISSENSON, MARILYN
TIM ZAGIN
IN THIS TANTALIZING BIOGRAPHY, NISSENSON REVEALS A FASCINATING WOMAN WHO MANAGED THE POST FROM 1939 UNTIL 1976, WHEN SHE SOLD IT TO RUPERT MURDOCH. NISSENSON OFFERS AN INTERTWINED LOOK AT THE LIFE OF SCHIFF AND THE POST DURING THE MAJOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF AMERICAN LIFE. SCHIFF'S PERSONAL LIFE WAS AGLITTER WITH ROMANCES WITH PROMINENT MEN, INCLUDING FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, AND SHE WAS NOT AVERSE TO USING HER SOCIAL STATUS AND PERSONAL CHARM TO ADVANCE THE POST.
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3735
AHARONI, YOHANAN
MARJORIE BEAR
AHARONI, A SENIOR LECTURER IN ARCHAEOLOGY AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM AND THE DISCOVERER OF THE BAR KOCHBA CAVES, TRACES THE PART PLAYED BY GEOGRAPHY IN THE HISTORY OF THE CANAANITE PERIOD, THE ISRAELITE CONQUEST AND THE PERIOD OF THE KINGS BEFORE AND AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM LEADING UP TO THE EXILE.
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563
GREEN, GERALD
HERMAN KINGSLEY
THE STORY OF A NEW YORK CITY DOCTOR IN THE EARLY PART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WHO IS TOTALLY DEDICATED TO HIS PROFESSION, BUT IS ANGRY AT THE IGNORANCE AND PREJUDICE HE ENCOUNTERS. REMAKE OF ELLEN KANNER'S 1969 RECORDING. © 1956
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8301
A NOVEL
APPANAH, NATACHA
WIN ROBBINS
THE BOOK TELLS ABOUT THE LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT 1500 JEWS WERE SENT FROM PALESTINE TO MARITIUS, AN ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, FOR FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT PAPERS WHEN THEY LANDED IN PALESTINE. THIS IS ALSO A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO YOUNG BOYS, ONE FROM MAURITIUS AND THE OTHER A JEWISH PRISONER.
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2214
KLUGER, RUTH; MANN, PEGGY
A FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF HOW 200,000 JEWS WERE SMUGGLED INTO PALESTINE, DESPITE THE BRITISH BLOCKADE, BY UNDERGROUND WORKERS DURING THE YEARS 1938-1948.
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6205
THE LIFE, TIMES, AND LEGACY OF SOL HUROK
ROBINSON, HARLOW
STAN STONE
A BIOGRAPHY OF HUROK, WHO ROSE FROM A HUMBLE BEGINNING IN THE UKRAINE TO BECOME A DOMINANT FORCE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. ROBINSON CHRONICLES THE FACTS OF HIS LIFE AND CAREER AND DEMONSTRATES HOW HUROK PLAYED A PIONEERING ROLE IN BRINGING MANY SOVIET UNION PERFORMERS TO U.S. AUDIENCES.© 1994
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7267
GORDON, NOAH
RITA LEVINE
IN THE YEAR 1492, THE INQUISITION HAS ALL OF SPAIN IN ITS GRIP. THE JEWS, WHO HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF SPANISH LIFE SINCE THE DAYS OF THE ROMANS, ARE EXPELLED FROM THE COUNTRY BY ROYAL EDICT. MANY WHO WISH TO REMAIN ARE INTIMIDATED BY CHURCH AND CROWN AND BECOME CATHOLICS. FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD YONAH TOLEDANO HAS SEEN HIS FATHER AND BROTHER DIE DURING THOSE TERRIBLE DAYS. TRAPPED IN SPAIN BY CIRCUMSTANCES, YONAH IS DETERMINED TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF HIS FAMILY BY REMAINING A JEW. NOAH GORDON GIVES US A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST, AN AUTHENTIC TALE OF HIGH ADVENTURE, AND A TENDER AND UNFORGETTABLE LOVE STORY. © 2000
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6909
ZIMLER, RICHARD
BARIE SNIDER
ZIMLER TRANSPORTS THE READER INTO THE MYSTICAL UNIVERSE OF THE KABBALAH DURING THE LISBON MASSACRE OF 1506. AT THE HEART OF THE STORY IS A SECRET JEW NAMED BEREKIAH ZARCO WHO SEARCHES, IN THE CRUCIBLE OF THE RAGING POGROM, FOR THE KILLER OF HIS BELOVED UNCLE A RENOWNED KABBALIST.
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POETRY FROM THE HOLOCAUST
KRAMER, AARON, ED.
ELLEN DAVID
THE WORKS COLLECTED HERE INCLUDE POEMS BY EUROPEANS AND RUSSIANS WHO ATTAINED RECOGNITION AS PUBLISHED WRITERS, AS WELL AS POEMS AND SONGS BY PEOPLE WHO NEVER INTENDED TO BECOME POETS BUT WHO WERE DRIVEN TO EXPRESS THE UNBEARABLE EMOTIONS AROUSED BY THE HORRORS OF THE NAZI ERA. SOME OF THE POEMS ARE THE PRAYERS OF MARTYRS AND THE ELEGIES OF MOURNERS. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY THE EDITOR. © 1998
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3567
MAZER, HARRY
JANE N. WEIS
A 15-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN JEWISH BOY WHO PRETENDED TO BE OLDER SO THAT HE COULD GET INTO THE AIR FORCE IN 1944, IS SHOT DOWN BEHIND GERMAN LINES. FORCED TO ENDURE TERRIFYING EXPERIENCES IN A P.O.W. CAMP, HE DISCOVERS WHAT WAR IS REALLY LIKE
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8511
A NOVEL
TORDAY, DANIEL
TIM ZAGIN
THE BOOK TELLS THE FICTIONAL STORY OF A LATE 20TH CENTURY TEENAGE BOY, ELIJAH GOLDSTEIN, WHO RECOUNTS THE STORY OF HIS UNCLE, POXL WEST, WHO WROTE A MEMOIR ABOUT HIS YEARS AS AN RAF PILOT DURING WWII.
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8507
SCHWARTZ-BART, ANDRE
MD LAUFER
IN MARCH 11, 1185, IN THE OLD ANGLICAN CITY OF YORK, THE JEWS OF THE CITY WERE BRUTALLY MASSACRED BY THEIR TOWNSMEN. AS LEGEND HAS IT, GOD BLESSED THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THIS MEDIEVAL POGROM, RABBI YOM TOV LEVY,A BLESSING WHICH EXTENDED TO ONE LEVY OF EACH SUCCEEDING GENERATION. THIS TERRIFYING AND REMARKABLE LEGACY IS TRACED OVER EIGHT CENTURIES.
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5353
FREEMAN, CYNTHIA
RUTH FRANKFURT, RITA LEVINE & JACK SAUNDERS
SET IN NEW YORK CITY'S UPPER EAST SIDE, HOLLYWOOD, AND THE ISRAELI DESERT THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF LILY GOODHUE AND HARRY KOHLE, AN INTERMARRIED COUPLE.
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1168
WEIDMAN, JEROME
MRS. IRA SAFRON
THE AUTHOR RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF SOME OF HIS EARLIER WORK, TO TELL ANOTHER STORY OF BENNY KRAMER AND HIS MOTHER, THE BOOTLEGGER.
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1713
BERMANT, CHAIM
ISABELLE F. WEILL
THE ENFORCED TOGETHERNESS OF A FAMILY SITTING SHIVA IN AN ELEGANT LONDON HOMESTEAD SERVES AS THE CATALYST FOR A SEQUENCE OF UNSETTLING EVENTS
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3958
GEORGE, CLAIRE
EDNA GREENSPAN
A SENSITIVE, BEAUTIFUL.MEMOIR OF GROWING UP IN AN AFFLUENT, ASSIMILATED JEWISH FAMILY WHO THEN BECAME THE NAZI'S VICTIMS. A LOVE LETTER TO VIENNA AND A THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION ON WHY IT WAS SO HARD TO ACCEPT THE REALITY OF THE NAZI MESSAGE AND ACTIONS.
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3415
KAUFELT, DAVID A.
BELLE EISENMAN
THE STORY OF A ELDERLY JEWISH WIDOW WHO TRIES TO START A NEW LIFE IN MIAMI, BUT FINDS THAT SHE CANNOT SWITCH FROM HER OLD WAYS TO BECOME AN INSTANT 'SWINGER'.
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4430
YEHOSHUA, A. B.
ADELE STEIN
THIS NOVEL OF NINE DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE TURBULENT KAMINKA FAMILY ALSO SERVES AS AN ALLEGORY FOR THE MODERN ISRAELI CONDITION AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE AUTHOR.
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5395
BROOKNER, ANITA
MULTIPLE
THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO MEN, FROM THEIR TRAGIC BEGINNINGS AS REFUGEES FROM GERMANY TO THEIR SUCCESS AS PARTNERS IN BUSINESS.
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7019
LATKES, LATKES GOOD TO EAT
A CHANUKAH STORY
HOWLAND, NAOMI
JERRY KOENIG
SADIE AND HER FOUR YOUNGER BROTHERS LIVE IN A SMALL COTTAGE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A TINY VILLAGE. THEY ARE VERY POOR AND ALWAYS HUNGRY. ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF CHANUKAH, SADIE IS GIVEN A FRYING PAN THAT COOKS UP POTATO PANCAKES ON DEMAND. WHEN SADIE GOES OUT ON THE LAST DAY OF CHANUKAH SHE WARNS HER BROTHERS NOT TO TOUCH THE PAN, BUT... © 1999
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6823
ON WRITING M*A*S*H*, TOOTSIE, OH GOD!, & A FEW OTHER FUNNY THING
GELBART, LARRY
GUY LEBOW
PART MEMOIR, PART SAMPLER, LARRY GELBART TELLS OF HIS YEARS WRITING RADIO COMEDY, OFFERS BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES, AND LETS US KNOW ABOUT THE PLACES HE'S LIVED, HOW HE'S LIVED, AND WHAT HE'S LEARNED WHILE DOING SO. © 1998
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521
COHEN, MYRON
ZENA WINSTON
A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM OF THIS MASTER RACONTEUR'S BEST KNOWN AND LOVED ANECDOTES, JOKES AND STORIES IN A JEWISH VEIN. © 1958
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1983
BRISTOW, ROBERT
MARION BAER
A NOVEL ABOUT A BLIND INSTRUCTOR AT A GIRLS' COLLEGE AND HIS GUIDE DOG. WRITTEN WITH HUMOR AND COMPASSION.
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1831
LAW AND TRADITION IN JUDAISM
COHEN, BOAZ
LILLIAN SCHAFFER
ADDRESSES, ESSAYS AND LECTURES ON JEWISH LAW, PHILOSOPHY, INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM.
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6656
STRACHER, CAMERON
JEAN BASS
STRACHER'S DEBUT NOVEL PUTS A NEW TWIST ON THE STORY OF THE WANDERING JEW. AT ITS HEART, 'THE LAWS OF RETURN' IS A ROMANTIC AND HUMOROUS EXPLORATION OF THE AMBIVALENCE MANY OF US FEEL TOWARD THE ROLE RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY PLAY IN OUR LIVES. © 1996
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2451
ARENT, ARTHUR
MRS. ROBERT WHITE
A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE INVOLVING AN INTERNATIONAL ARMS SMUGGLING RING, TWO LOVE AFFAIRS, AND A DEADLY GAME PLAYED OUT BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND EX-NAZIS.
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5244
LAZAR MALKIN ENTERS HEAVEN
STERN, STEVE
SARAJEAN SHERK
NINE STORIES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE ON MYTHICAL NORTH MAIN STREET IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
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4365
STORIES AND SKTECHES
BOTWINIK, BERL
THESE 20 SHORT STORIES AND SKETCHES DEPICT THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. BOTWINIK WAS A WRITER FOR 'THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD.'
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92
EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR
MERRILY Y. BALINSON
37 YEAR OLD SPINSTER WITH INTELLIGENCE AND WIT EMERGES AS A FRESH, UNIQUE HUMAN BEING.
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5082
GOLDREICH, GLORIA
SYLVIA ESTES
THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS LEAH GOLDFEDER'S THREE CHILDREN ON THEIR JOURNEYS THROUGH LIFE. © 1985
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3613
GOLDREICH, GLORIA
FAY COHEN
SAGA OF THE LOVE AND STRUGGLES OF A JEWISH COUPLE WHO FLEE POGROMS IN RUSSIA TO FIND A NEW LIFE, FIRST IN THE SQUALOR OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE AND THEN IN THE LUXURIOUS SUBURBS.
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5327
MOSKOWITZ, BETTE ANN
SARAH LEE CASE
WHEN BARNEY GOODMAN ACCIDENTALLY DIES, HE LEAVES HIS WIDOW WITH A BOOKSTORE IN A DECLINING NEIGHBORHOOD AND A NUMBER OF MYSTERIES TO BE UNRAVELED.
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8269
STORIES OF COURAGE, HUMOR, AND RESILIENCE, OF LOVE, LOSS, AND LIFE-CHANGING ENCOUNTERS, BY NEW WRITERS SIXTY AND OLDER
EDITED BY LEIBOVITZ, MAURY; SOLOMON, LINDA
ELLEN DAVID
A COLLECTION OF STORIES WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SIXTY OR OLDER REPRESENTS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF INDIVIDUALS OF EVERY RACE, CLASS, AND RELIGION.
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2538
BERN, RONALD L.
ROSE C. NICHTHAUSER
DAVID HARRIS, A YOUNG JEW IN ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THE SON OF A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND HIS RICH YET ALIEN HERITAGE.
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1894
LEGEND OF THE WANDERING JEW
ANDERSON, GEORGE K
S. BRAV
WITH EXTRAORDINARY GRASP ON THIS SUBJECT, THE AUTHOR HAS DESCRIBED THE FULL COURSE OF THE LEGEND, IN BOTH ITS POPULAR AND ITS ART FORMS, FROM ITS ORIGINS IN THE LEGENDS OF MALCHUS AND ST. JOHN TO THE PRESENT.
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2707
THE SACRED LAND. VOL. 1.
VILNAY, ZEV
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES AND FOLKTALES FROM MIDRASHIC AND RABBINIC LITERATURE CONTAINING OVER 300 LEGENDS ABOUT JERUSALEM.
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501
WIESEL, ELIE
NANCY SCHIERING
15 STORIES DERIVED FROM THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AND EMBELLISHED BY HIS IMAGINATION, TRANSPORT THE READER THROUGH WIESEL'S CHILDHOOD, THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND LIBERATION. © 1968
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4518
GINZBERG, LOUIS
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
LEGENDARY BACKGROUND OF THE SIGNIFICANT PERSONS AND EVENTS IN THE BIBLE.
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5310
KAHANA, S. Z., DR.
SHIRLEY KALB
WHEN MYSTICS VISIT SACRED, HEAVENLY SITES, THEY MAKE THEIR ENTRY AND EXIT THROUGH SEVEN GATE, USING EACH ACCORDING TO THE OCCASION AND THE SEASON OF THE YEAR. THESE SEVEN GATES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE SEVEN STARRY FIRMAMENTS, WITH THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK AND THE 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK BELONG TO THOSE LEGENDARY TALES WHICH CLING TO THE ZODIAC.
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1374
TEACHER OF THERESIENSTADT
FRIEDLANDER, ALBERT H.
MRS. LEONARD VOGEL
A CRITICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE LEADER OF GERMAN JEWRY DURING THE HOLOCAUST. FRIEDLANDER, A LONDON RABBI AND LEADER IN THE REFORM MOVEMENT, PRESENTS BAECK'S PHILOSOPHY OF JUDAISM AND THE CONTROVERSIES THAT AROSE FROM HIS UNORTHODOX VIEWS.
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8485
LEON BLUM: PRIME MINISTER, SOCIALIST, ZIONIST
BIRNBAUM, PIERRE
NIKKI JAMES
THE BIOGRAPHY OF FRANCE’S THREE-TIME PRIME MINISTER, SOCIALIST ACTIVIST, AND COURAGEOUS OPPONENT OF THE PRO-NAZI VICHY REGIME, WHO PROFOUNDLY ALTERED FRENCH SOCIETY.
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8334
A REVOLUTIONARY'S LIFE
RUBENSTEIN, JOSHUA
TIM ZAGIN
BORN LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN IN UKRAINE, TROTSKY WAS AN EFFECTIVE MILITARY STRATEGIST AND AN ADEPT DIPLOMAT, WHO STAKED THE FATE OF THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION ON THE MEAGER FOUNDATION OF A EUROPE-WIDE COMMUNIST UPHEAVAL.
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6256
BURTON, HUMPHREY
DANIELLE STA
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER WHICH THE AUTHOR WROTE WITH THE AID OF FAMILY ARCHIVES, INTERVIEWS, AND A LAYPERSON'S MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE. BURTON EMPHASIZES BERNSTEIN'S JEWISH HERITAGE AND NOTES HOW MUCH OF HIS SERIOUS MUSIC HAD JEWISH ROOTS.© 1994
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8376
A BIOGRAPHY
GLENDINNING, VICTORIA
TIM ZAGIN
THE FIRST FULL BIOGRAPHY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MAN WHO WAS THE "DARK STAR" AT THE CENTER OF THE BLOOMSBURY SET, AND THE DEFINITIVE PORTRAIT OF THE WOOLF MARRIAGE.
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3324
JEWISH FORCED LABOR AND THE QUEST FOR COMPENSATION
FERENCZ, BENJAMIN; TAYLOR, TELFORD
A U.S. war crimes investigator's account of his efforts to gain monetary compensation for Jewish laborers forced to work for German companies during World War II.
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4521
LESSONS IN ETHICAL AND MORAL LIVING
COLODNER, SOLOMON, DR.
DR. SOLOMON COLODNER
COLODNER ADDRESSES ISSUES OF ETHICS AND MORALS INCLUDING FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH.
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4947
LEST INNOCENT BLOOD BE SHED
HALLIE, PHILIP
THELMA LEVENBERG
THIS TRUE STORY DEPICTS THE TRUE FEELINGS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TOWARDS THE FUGITIVES FLEEING NAZI OCCUPATION.
