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8599
A TREASURY OF GREAT JEWISH HUMOR AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS
KRASNY, MICHAEL
PAUL JOHNSON
A COMPENDIUM OF JEWISH JOKES THAT PACKS THE PUNCHES WITH HILARIOUS RIFF AFTER RIFF AND ALSO OFFERS A WINDOW INTO JEWISH CULTURE.
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5241
SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH JEWISHNESS
TWERSKI, A PSYCHIATRIST AND TORAH SCHOLAR, SUGGESTS A WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN COME TO KNOW AND VALUE THEMSELVES.
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4517
LET'S HEAR IT FOR A BEAUTIFUL GUY
FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY
CORINNE K. KLAFTER
THIS COLLECTION OF FRIEDMAN SHORT STORIES FOCUSES ON LIFE IN URBAN AMERICA.
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6525
HESSE, KAREN
MARCI GORDON
RIFKA KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT AMERICA WHEN SHE FLEES RUSSIA WITH HER FAMILY IN 1919. THROUGHOUT HER JOURNEY, SHE CARRIES A CHERISHED VOLUME OF POETRY BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN IN WHICH SHE RECORDS HER OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN THE FORM OF LETTERS TO TOVAH, THE BELOVED COUSIN SHE HAS LEFT BEHIND IN THE OLD COUNTRY. BASED ON A TRUE STORY. © 1996
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4824
HILLESUM, ETTY
FREDA MELTZER
HILLESUM WAS IMPRISONED AT WESTERBOOK, THE LAST STOP FOR MANY DUTCH JEWS BEFORE THEY WENT TO AUSCHWITZ. HER LETTERS, WHICH SHE WROTE BEFORE SHE WAS EXECUTED BY THE NAZIS, PAINT A PORTRAIT OF LIFE INSIDE A NAZI CAMP.
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4255
PADOVER, SAUL K.
ALYCE DOMENITZ
THE 46-YEAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN COMMUNISM, SHOWING HIS EVER-BELLIGERENT SPIRIT.
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979
LETTERS OF SIGMUND FREUD AND ARNOLD ZWEIG
FREUD, ERNST L., ED.
ADELINE TOPKIS
THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE OVER A TWELVE-YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN PSYCHOANALYST FREUD AND NOVELIST ZWEIG ON SUBJECTS SUCH AS ANTI-SEMITISM, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE.
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7699
THE 5,000 YEAR HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR FAITH
GILBERT, MARTIN
ISRAEL, MERAV
SIR MARTIN GILBERT TELLS THE SAGA OF FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN A SERIES OF PERSONAL LETTERS TO A FRIEND, "AUNTIE FORI." © 2002
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8647
DE WAAL, EDMUND
SPERRY, PAUL
This book is a collection of imaginary letters from Edmund de Waal to Moise de Camondo, the banker and art collector who created a spectacular house in Paris, now the Musée Nissim de Camondo, and filled it with the greatest private collection of French eighteenth-century art.
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820
LETTERS TO FRIEND AND FOE
SPINOZA, BARUCH
LILLIAN SPIEGLER, ROSE KAPLOWITZ
A COLLECTION OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S LETTERS REVEALING HIS FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. © 1966
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2416
PHILIP ROTH
C. SHAFTEL
THIS NOVEL FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN CHARACTERS: A YOUNG INSTRUCTOR IN THE HUMANITIES WHO HAS AN INDEPENDENT INCOME AND LIBBY AND PAUL HERZ WHO ARE FOREVER PLAGUED BY MONEY AND DOMESTIC CRISES.
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4243
FIVE FICTIONS
OZICK, CYNTHIA
JANE N. WEISS
THESE FIVE STORIES DEAL WITH LEVITATION, HALLUCINATION, TRANSFORMATION AND EVEN THE 'THWACK OF INFATUATION.'
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8413
A NOVEL
ALDERMAN, NAOMI
ELIZABETH LONDON
IMAGINING THE STORY OF JESUS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HIS MOTHER, A FRIEND, A COLLABORATOR, AND A REBEL, ALDERMAN PROVIDES A JEWISH VERSION OF THE GOSPEL. ALTHOUGH A STORY CAN'T BE SEPARATED FROM ITS TELLER'S MOTIVES, THIS POWERFUL REIMAGINING SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON AN OLD STORY.
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4561
BOROWITZ, EUGENE B.
HERMINE KATZ
PUBLISHED IN 1984, BOROWITZ' BOOK PRESENTS THE REFORM MOVEMENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES.
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7887
YEHOSHUA, A. B.
JAN BURRELL
A HAIFA PROFESSOR AND HIS DISTRICT JUDGE WIFE PONDER THE MYSTERY OF THEIR SON'S FAILED MARRIAGE AFTER ATTENDING THE WEDDING OF AN ARAB GRADUATE STUDENT WHO DOES RESEARCH WITH THE PROFESSOR. WHAT BEGINS AS A BITTERSWEET COMEDY OF DOMESTIC MANNERS AMONG ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENTSIA BECOMES A SEARCHING EXPLORATION OF A POLITICALLY DIVIDED SOCIETY IN WHICH DECENT PEOPLE, BOTH JEWS AND ARABS, TRY TO LIVE PEACEABLY WITH EACH OTHER. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY HILLEL HALKIN. © 2003
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6936
KAMINSKY, STUART
RHODA KAHN
AGING CHICAGO COP ABE LIEBERMAN'S DAY BEGINS WITH A PREDAWN PHONE CALL: HIS NEPHEW, DAVID, HAS BEEN KILLED IN A MUGGING, AND DAVID'S WIFE IS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. AND THAT'S ONLY THE FIRST DOSE OF BAD NEWS IN THE LONGEST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN LIEBERMAN'S LIFE.
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6536
KAMINSKY, STUART
WHEN A SYNAGOGUE IS DEFACED AND A TORAH STOLEN AGING CHICAGO COP ABE LIEBERMAN TAKES IT PERSONALLY; IT'S HIS SHUL AND HIS WIFE IS THE PRESIDENT. ABE IS ALSO BATTLING A KOREAN GANG AND HIS OWN FAMILY PROBLEMS AS HE HITS THE TRAIL OF A PERVERSE ALLIANCE OF WHITE SKINHEADS AND ARAB MILITANTS. © 1996
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3126
LIFE AND TIMES OF MENACHEM BEGIN
GERVASI, FRANK
GERTRUDE LIEBERMAN, FLORENCE KADIS
A BIOGRAPHY OF BEGIN, SPANNING THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. COVERS BEGIN'S EXPLOITS AS A MEMBER OF THE IRGUN AND ENDS WITH HIS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE PEACE WITH EGYPT WHILE SERVING AS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER.
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1640
LIFE AND WORK OF SIGMUND FREUD (3 VOLUMES)
EDITED AND ABRIDGED BY LIONEL TRILLING & STEVEN MARCUS
JONES, ERNEST
MARCIA SPRINGER, SHIRLEY CUTLER, & JOYCE KARP
A THREE-VOLUME BIOGRAPHY OF THE FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, COVERING HIS FORMATIVE YEARS. ABRIDGED FROM THE ORIGINAL WORK, THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY A FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE OF FREUD. © 1961
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5107
LIFE AND WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS
ZOEY LANTHAM BELL
THE CHRONICLES OF JOSEPH BEN MATTHIAS, A PRIEST FROM JERUSALEM WHO WRITES UNDER THE NAME FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. A HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE UNDER ROMAN RULE BETWEEN THE SECOND CENTURY B.C.E. AND C.E. 73.
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7220
LIFE AND WORKS OF HAROLD PINTER
BILLINGTON, MICHAEL
SHARON SPENSER
LONDON THEATER CRITIC MICHAEL BILLINGTON DRAWS ON INTERVIEWS WITH THE NOTED BRITISH DRAMATIST, HIS FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS TO EXPLORE THE LINKS BETWEEN HAROLD PINTER'S LIFE AND WORKS. HE DISCOVERS A GREAT DEAL OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES IN PINTER'S WRITING, AS WELL AS POLITICAL COMMENTARY ON THE POWER STRUGGLE IMPLICIT IN MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS. PINTER'S YOUTH IN LONDON'S EAST END AND HIS CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHER SMART, ICONOCLASTIC JEWISH BOYS ARE EMPHASIZED. © 1996
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6614
LIFE DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
THE HOLINESS OF LITTLE DAILY DRAMAS
ALPER, ROBERT A.
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
THROUGH FORTY APPEALING NARRATIVES, A RABBI-TURNED- STAND-UP COMIC ILLUSTRATES HOW SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING MOMENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME. © 1996
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8111
UNGER, DAVID
WENDY GOULSTON
IN THE CORRUPT WORLD OF 1980S GUATEMALA, THE THREE ELTALEPH BROTHERS STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS AFLOAT IN A SEA OF MILITARY RULE, TERRORISM, AND SABOTAGE. NARRATED BY MARCOS, THE PLAYBOY MIDDLE BROTHER, THE ACTION REVOLVES AROUND A NIGHT CLUB HIS EX-PROSTITUTE GIRLFRIEND PERSUADES HIM TO OPEN WHILE AARON AND DAVID RUN THE FACTORIES. BUT SOON A SHADY FIGURE IS USING THE PLACE FOR CLANDESTINE MEETINGS THAT LEAD TO A SHOOTING THAT SOMEHOW INVOLVES AARON, A PROMINENT LEADER IN A JEWISH COMMUNITY BATTERED BY CORRUPTION AND ASSIMILATION. © 2002
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THE CULTURE OF THE SHTETL
ZBOROWSKE, MARK; HERZOG, ELIZABETH
DORIS WEINBERG
THROUGH HUNDREDS OF YEARS THE SHTETL, THE SMALL TOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY OF EASTERN EUROPE, DEVELOPED A WAY OF LIFE UNIQUELY ITS OWN. IN THIS STUDY, A TEAM OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS EXAMINE THIS CULTURE. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1952
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8169
PINSKY, ROBERT
ASHER SUSS
POET, WARRIOR, AND KING, DAVID HAS LOOMED LARGE IN MYTH AND LEGEND THROUGH THE CENTURIES. UNDER THE CLARIFYING AND CAPTIVATING LIGHT OF PINSKY'S IMAGINATION, KING DAVID - BOTH THE MAN AND THE IDEA OF THE MAN - IS BROUGHT BRILLIANTLY TO LIFE.
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8318
KANIUK, YORAM
RICHARD BERGMAN
IN THE 1950S, THE PROTAGONIST/AUTHOR IN THIS FICTIVE MEMOIR MEETS EVERYBODY FAMOUS IN THE NYC ART AND MUSIC SCENE AND BECOMES THEIR FRIEND. LATER HE MARRIES HIS WAY INTO AMERICAN "ARISTOCRACY" AND SAILS BACK TO ISRAEL TO BEGIN THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
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3270
GOLDSTEIN, MORRIS
CUTLER TRUDY
THIS BOOK HELPS TO GIVE A FORMULA FOR EVERYDAY LIVING AND GUIDES IN FINDING INCENTIVES, VALUES, MEANINGS AND PURPOSE.
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4568
THE STORY AND MEANING OF HANUKKAH
CHAIKEN, MIRIAM
ADELE HOCHBAUM
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS CHILDREN'S BOOK, CHAIKEN EXPLAINS THE HANUKKAH STORY. IN THE SECOND PART SHE DESCRIBES A VARIETY OF MODERN WAYS THAT JEWS OBSERVE THE HOLIDAY.
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4328
ADVENTURES IN HASIDIC THOUGHT
KAPLAN, ARYEH, RABBI
IRVING W. KRAMER M.D.
KAPLAN EXPLORES MAJOR QUESTIONS OF JEWISH PHILOSOPHY THROUGH THE LENS OF HASIDIC AND KABALISTIC TRADITIONS.
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3399
THE NAZI INVASION OF AMERICA
ALLHOFF, FRED
THIS 1940 NOVEL ANSWERS THE QUESTION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF HITLER INVADED AMERICA.
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7281
JEWISH FOLKLORE THROUGH THE GRADES
SCHACHT, REBECCA
REBECCA SCHACHT
A GRADED COLLECTION OF STORIES ROOTED IN ANCIENT JEWISH TALMUDIC AND MIDRASHIC RELIGIOUS SOURCES. © 1999
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8437
THE STORY OF THE ISRAELI PARATROOPERS WHO REUNITED JERUSALEM AND DIVIDED A NATION
HALEVI,YOSSI KLEIN
DIANE LIPMAN
THE LIFE STORIES OF MEN OF BRIGADE 55, A RESERVE UNIT PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR LIBERATING THE WESTERN WALL AND SEIZING EAST JERUSALEM FROM JORDANIAN CONTROL.
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7270
HAVAZELET, EHUD
SHIRLEY KALB
A YOUNG BOY IN WORLD WAR II IS COMPELLED TO MAKE A TERRIBLE CHOICE: ABANDON HIS BROTHER AND SAVE HIMSELF, OR REVEAL HIS IDENTITY AND FACE CERTAIN CAPTURE BY THE NAZIS. A WOMAN IS VISITED BY NEW YORK CITY DETECTIVES, WHO TELL HER A MURDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HER APARTMENT, AND FINDS HER MARRIAGE IRREPARABLY CHANGED BY THE NEWS. AN ELDERLY MAN, ON THE LAST NIGHT OF HIS LIFE, DISCOVERS HIS KITCHEN HAS BEEN INVADED BY RAUCOUS, HUNGRY GHOSTS. AT THE CENTER OF THESE STORIES IS DAVID, A MAN POISED AT MIDCAREER AND AT THE CUSP OF MIDLIFE, TORN BY HIS BREAK WITH HIS ORTHODOX JEWISH PAST, ACHINGLY UNCERTAIN OF THE FUTURE. A MOVING, OFTEN FUNNY PORTRAIT OF THREE GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY STRAINING TO HOLD TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF CHANGING CULTURES AND SHIFTING FORTUNES. © 1998
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BERESHIT
SCHNEERSON, MENACHM M., RABBI
VOLUME ONE OF AN ANTHOLOGY OF LECTURES ON THE WEEKLY PORTIONS OF THE TORAH AND ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS IN THE JEWISH CALENDAR. WRITTEN BY THE LATE REBBE OF LUBAVITCH.
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6852
LIKUTEY MOHARAN - VOLUME 3
RABBI NACHMAN
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
THIS VOLUME OF REBBE NACHMAN'S MAGNUM OPUS CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND INTRICATE LESSONS THE REBBE DELIVERED. THEY ARE PACKED WITH TIMELY INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW A PERSON CAN ATTAIN LOFTY LEVELS OF SPIRITUALITY...EVEN WHILE GOING ABOUT HIS DAILY ROUTINE. TRANSLATED BY MOSHE MYKOFF. © 1990
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LIKUTEY MOHARAN - VOLUME 4
RABBI NACHMAN
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
THIS VOLUME OF REBBE NACHMAN'S MAGNUM OPUS CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND INTRICATE LESSONS THE REBBE DELIVERED. THEY ARE PACKED WITH TIMELY INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW A PERSON CAN ATTAIN THESE LOFTY LEVELS OF SPIRITUALITY...EVEN WHILE GOING ABOUT HIS DAILY ROUTINE. TRANSLATED BY MOSHE MYKOFF. © 1993
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THE IMAGE, THE WOMAN
WRIGHT, WILLIAM
MARGARET ALLEN
FOCUSING ON THE FACTS, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PERSONAS OF HELLMAN AND CONCLUDES THAT, WHILE SHE WAS AN IMPRESSIVE WOMAN, HELLMAN WAS NOT AS REMARKABLE AS SHE INSISTED ON PRETENDING.
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628
ELMAN, RICHARD M.
INA MARCUS
A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL IN HUNGARY DURING THE SUMMER OF 1944, BEFORE THE NAZI DEPORTATIONS. WRITTEN IN DIARY FORM. © 1968
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6675
ISAACS, SUSAN
ARLYNN GREENAUM
MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR MEETS NANCY DREW IN ISAACS'S LATEST BOOK, A BLEND OF SATIRE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. LILY WHITE NEE LILY ROSE WEISS MOVES BETWEEN THE LONG ISLAND JEWS, INCLUDING HER PARENTS, WHO ARE TRYING TO FIT INTO WASP SOCIETY; AND THE UNSAVORY CHARACTERS SHE SOMETIMES MUST DEFEND AS A SUCCESSFUL TRIAL LAWYER. © 1996
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8486
SARNA, JONATHAN D.
ARLENE SIMON
THIS GROUNDBREAKING WORK REVEALS HOW LINCOLN'S REMARKABLE RELATIONSHIP WITH AMERICAN JEWS IMPACTED BOTH HIS PATH TO THE PRESIDENCY AND HIS POLICY DECISIONS AS PRESIDENT.
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FAMILIAR ESSAYS
EPSTEIN, JOSEPH
WIN ROBINS
AUTOBIOGRAPICAL ESSAYS RELATING TO MUNDANE, EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES.
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8370
ISRAEL, THE ARABS, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, 1948-2011
RABINOVICH, ITAMAR
TIM ZAGIN
NOTED AUTHOR AND DIPLOMAT ITAMAR RABINOVICH PROVIDES A DETAILED HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ARAB-ISRAEL RELATIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE BIRTH OF THE ISRAELI STATE IN 1948.
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8212
THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF LOUIS B.MAYER
EYMAN, SCOTT
AUDREY FLAMBERG
MAYER'S "MANIA FOR QUALITY" DROVE MGM TO THE TOP OF HOLLYWOOD'S STUDIO SYSTEM, WHILE HIS MELODRAMATIC FAINTING SPELLS AND CRYING JAGS WOULD FREQUENTLY INDUCE FELLOW EXECUTIVES OR STARS TO RELENT. EYMAN'S EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF OLD HOLLYWOOD, HIS SCRUPULOUS RESEARCH AND HIS REFUSAL TO INDICT THE OFTEN-PILLORIED MAYER MAKE THIS BIOGRAPHY AN OFTEN REVELATORY DELIGHT.
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6025
OSTROVSKY, VICTOR
MARK KAPLAN
IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THEIR MOSSAD MOLE, SYRIAN POLICE PLOT TO FRAME MOSSAD OFFICER NATAN STONE. STONE MUST UNCOVER THE TRAITOR TO CLEAR HIMSELF AND TO STOP THE TERRORIST ACTIVITY THAT THREATENS TO UNDERMINE MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS.
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8596
GOLDA MEIR AND THE NATION OF ISRAEL
KLAGSBRUN, FRANCINE
ARLENE SIMON
THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-WILLED LEADER, CHAIN-SMOKING POLITICAL OPERATIVE, AND TEA-AND-CAKE-SERVING GRANDMOTHER WHO BECAME THE FOURTH PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL
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HEROES OF ISRAEL
BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL, ED.
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
IN EVERY GENERATION AND ON EVERY BATTLEFIELD THAT MARKS THE HISTORY OF MODERN ISRAEL, HEROES HAVE RISEN WITH THE COURAGE TO TAKE THE LEAD. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THESE EXTRAORDINARY PERSONALITIES AS WELL AS EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO FELL IN COMBAT OR ON ISRAEL'S SECRET FRONTS AND TO THOSE STILL ALIVE TODAY. © 1998
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8642
Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky
LINFIELD, SUSIE
MCGOWAN, JAMES
A lively intellectual history that explores how prominent midcentury public intellectuals approached Zionism and then the State of Israel itself and its conflicts with the Arab world
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4129
MACHLIS, JOSEPH
MILDRED FRIDUSS, ADA GROSS, RICA ZWEIBEL
CARRIES US FROM JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN BROOKLYN TO WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN NEW YORK TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF MEANING OF LOVE.
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AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE
FRAND, YISSOCHER, RABBI
MICHAEL NUSSBAUM
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A SERIES OF "CONVERSATIONS" TO PROVIDE TORAH-BASED PRACTICAL ADVICE ON MANY OF TODAY'S TROUBLING ISSUES, FROM FAMILIES AND HMOS TO THE TENSION BETWEEN JEWISH LIFE AND A "BOTTOM LINE" SOCIETY. © 1999
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8625
LITERARY JOURNEY TO JEWISH IDENTITY
RE-READING BELLOW, ROTH, MALAMUD, OZICK, AND OTHER GREAT JEWISH WRITERS
SHEPARD, STEPHEN
PAUL SPERRY
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH A FEW WRITERS WHO INFLUENCED HIS SENSE OF JEWISH IDENTITY: AND HIS ULTIMATE RETURN TO THE FOLD.
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6195
A CRITICAL CASE
GUR, BATYA
ARLENE KEMPER
TWO PROFESSORS OF HEBREW LITERATURE FROM THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM ARE KILLED IN ONE WEEKEND. IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE CASE, SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL OHAYON MUST UNRAVEL THE TANGLED PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT BINDED THE VICTIMS AND THE SUSPECTS TO EACH OTHER.© 1993
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6503
PART ONE - TOP SECRET
LAZEWNIK, LIBBY
MARK TAFOYA
A GROUP OF TOP-NOTCH SCIENTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE GETTING TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL CONFERENCE AT A LUXURIOUS CATSKILLS RESORT. BUT SOMETHING MORE IS BREWING. SHRAGA MORGENSTERN AND PINNY KATZ TRAVEL TO THE HOTEL WITH THEIR SCIENTIST FATHERS AND A SECRET WEAPON, NEVER DREAMING OF THE PERILS THAT LIE IN WAIT FOR THEM. © 1995
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6919
LITTLE BLACK BOX, PART TWO
THE SECOND SECRET
LAZEWNIK, LIBBY
SYLVIA ESTES
FOR SHRAGA MORGENSTERN AND PINNY KATZ, THE LAKE VIEW HOTEL IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER. THE NEW AND DEADLY SECRET WEAPON THEIR FATHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON HAS DISAPPEARED. CAN THE BOYS CLEAR THE CLOUD OF SUSPICION THAT HANGS OVER THEIR FATHERS' HEADS-AND SURVIVE THE SINISTER 'ACCIDENTS' THAT THREATEN THEIR OWN LIVES?
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LITTLE DISTURBANCES OF MAN
STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN AT LOVE
PALEY, GRACE
PALEY, GRACE
STORIES ABOUT WOMEN AND MEN IN THE THICK OF LIFE, AND THE LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM.
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4272
LE CARRE, JOHN
EVELYN GODMAN
AN ACTION-PACKED SPY THRILLER SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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8056
WEINER, JENNIFER
MARILYN BECK
FOUR VERY DIFFERENT WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA BOND OVER PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD AFTER ONE GOES INTO LABOR AT A YOGA CLASS. REBECCA IS A SUCCESSFUL CHEF WITH A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND A MOTHER-IN-LAW FROM HELL. KELLY IS AN OVERACHIEVING EVENT PLANNER WHOSE HUSBAND LOSES INTEREST IN EVERYTHING - INCLUDING HER - WHEN HE LOSES HIS JOB. AYINDE IS A NEWSCASTER WHO MOVED TO PHILLY WHEN HER HUSBAND BECAME THE 76ERS NEWEST BASKETBALL STAR, BUT HE MAY NOT BE AS FAITHFUL AS SHE IS. FINALLY, LIA RETURNS HOME, FLEEING A GLAMOROUS HOLLYWOOD CAREER, HER HUSBAND, AND A TRAGIC SECRET. © 2004
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A MEMOIR
SHTEYNGART, GARY
TIM ZAGIN
A TRUE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY BETTING ITS FUTURE ON AMERICA, AS TOLD BY A LIFELONG MISFIT WHO FINALLY FINDS A PLACE FOR HIMSELF IN THE WORLD THROUGH BOOKS AND WORDS.
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THE THRILLS AND PANIC OF A LIFE IN ISRAEL
HOROVITZ, DAVID
JANET KALISH
WHEN DAVID HOROVITZ EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND TO ISRAEL IN 1983, IT WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM. BUT TODAY, A HUSBAND AND A FATHER, HE IS TORN BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR, BETWEEN THE DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND FEAR FOR HIS FAMILY'S SAFETY. IN THIS CANDID BOOK, HOROVITZ CONFRONTS THE HEART-WRENCHING QUESTION OF WHETHER TO CONTINUE RAISING HIS CHILDREN AMID THE UNCERTAINTY AND DANGER THAT IS ISRAELI DAILY LIFE. IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, HE PROVIDES US WITH AN OFTEN SURPRISING, MYTH-SHATTERING, AND SHOCKINGLY IMMEDIATE VIEW OF A COUNTRY PERPETUALLY AT A CROSSROADS, YET FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS A GENERATION AGO. © 2000
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4865
GINZBURG, NATALIA
NANCY SCHIERING
THE AUTHOR REFLECTS ON HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND THE SORROWS AND JOYS OF LIFE IN THIS COLLECTION OF ELEVEN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS.
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4567
GROSS, JOEL
RITA LEVINE
COVERING A THOUSAND YEARS, THIS BOOK CHRONICLES THE STORIES OF FIVE WOMEN, EACH NAMED RACHEL.
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5060
DOCTOROW, E.L.
ANN GROSSMAN
EACH OF THESE SIX SHORT STORIES AND A NOVELLA DEALS WITH A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. © 1984
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6159
COHEN, SHARLENE COOPER
NANCY MARKOW
SET IN LOS ANGELES IN 1976, THIS NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE BLACKER DAUGHTERS AND THEIR CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IN THE FACE OF CHRONIC ILLNESS, ACCUSATIONS OF PLAGIARISM, AND FALSE MURDER CHARGES.
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JEWISH TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS AND VALUES FOR TODAY'S FAMILIES
DIAMANT, ANITA; COOPER, HOWARD
ELLEN MICHAELS
THE AUTHORS DEMONSTRATE HOW JEWISH TRADITION, HISTORY, MORALS, AND ETHICS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A CONTEMPORARY LIFESTYLE.
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7788
LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS
RESOLVING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIENCE AND SUCCESS
KUSHNER, HAROLD S.
MIMI GREENSTEIN
Most of us need to feel that we matter, but we also need to feel that we're good people. Rabbi Kushner bridges the gap between these seemingly irreconcilable needs, showing us how even our smallest daily actions can become stepping stones toward integrity. Drawing on the stories of his own congregants, on literature, current events, and the Biblical story of Jacob, Kushner addresses these dilemmas: Why do decent people so often violate their moral standards? How can we pursue justice without giving in to the lure of revenge? How can we turn relationships with family and friends into genuine sources of meaning?© 2001
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6696
A MEMOIR
HERZOG, CHAIM
JAMES SPECTOR
BORN IN BELFAST IN 1918, HERZOG MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO PALESTINE IN 1935. HE FOUGHT IN ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND, AS DIRECTOR OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, MOLDED IT INTO ONE OF THE BEST AGENCIES OF ITS KIND. AS PRESIDENT (1983-1993), HERZOG WORKED TO FORGE A COALITION GOVERNMENT AND RESOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS. © 1996
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3594
JUNG, RABBI LEO
FLORENCE JABLON
ARTICLES ABOUT JUDAISM ON SUCH TOPICS AS 'THE FAMILY,' 'JEWISH AMERICANS,' 'THE JEW AND THE WORLD' AND 'THE JEWISH YEAR.' THE AUTHOR, LEO JUNG, ONE OF THE LEADING ORTHODOX RABBIS IN AMERICA, SAYS OF THIS COLLECTION OF HIS WORK THAT THEY REPRESENT 'RADIATIONS OF JUDAISM, RAYS OF ITS SUN'.
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3824
GOLDMAN, EMMA
NANCY SCHIERING
THE SECOND PART OF THE LIFE OF THE ANARCHIST EMMA GOLDMAN, WHO DOMINATED RADICAL CIRCLES IN THE UNITED STATES UNTIL SHE WAS DEPORTED TO RUSSIA AFTER WORLD WAR 1. THERE SHE SOON DISCOVERED WHAT UNDERLAY THE PROPAGANDA SHE HAD SO TRUSTINGLY IMBIBED. GOLDMAN ESCAPED WITH HER LIFE, BUT WAS NOT PERMITTED TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES.
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8250
ISLER, ALAN
PAUL SPERRY
CYRIL ENTWISTLE, WOMANIZER AND WORLD-CLASS LIAR, HAS CHOSEN STAN KOPS, AN ACADEMIC, TO WRITE HIS BIOGRAPHY. OUR NARRATOR IS ROBIN SINCLAIR, WHOSE MOTHER WAS ONCE ENTWISTLE'S MISTRESS. IN HIS BOOK ALAN ISLER ACHIEVES ONCE MORE HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF COMEDY AND TRAGEDY AS HE EXPLORES QUESTIONS HAVING TO DO WITH THE DEPENDABILITY OF FACTS AND TRUTHS AS THEY ARE RECORDED IN MEMORY, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. AND IN DOING SO, HE HAS PRODUCED A RICH TRANS-ATLANTIC SOCIAL SATIRE.
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LIVING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE (INCLUDING YOURSELF)
ADAHAN, MIRIAM
STANLEY KIRSCH
THE AUTHOR'S APPROACH TO IMPROVING INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE FAMILY.
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6512
PARENTS AT THEIR BEST
ADAHAN, MIRIAM
MARILYN PERE
SUGGESTIONS AND WORKABLE SOLUTIONS FOR PARENTS ON MANY FAMILY PROBLEMS. © 1994
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3752
DAYAN, MOSHE
ANNE MARANTZ
PORTRAITS OF BIBLICAL CHARACTERS BY ISRAEL'S WELL-KNOWN GENERAL, FUSED WITH HIS OWN KNOWLEDGE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
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4793
LORAINE, PHILIP
DAN GORDON
AN EX-CIA MAN, UPSET AFTER HIS FAILURE TO PREVENT THE ASSASSINATION OF AN ISRAELI 'DOVE', IS DRAWN INTO INVESTIGATIVE WORK TO DISCOVER WHO MURDERED HIM.
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2890
FOODS FROM BIBLE TIMES
KINARD,MALVINA & CRISLER,JANET
LAURA WEINSTEIN
BIBLE FOODS BROUGHT INTO THE 20TH CENTURY
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8644
DISKIN, EHUD
MCGOWAN, JAMES
When Hitler’s reign of terror begins, David Gabinsky loses everything he holds dear. Driven by vengeance, he leads a group of Jewish resistance fighters against the Nazi regime. When Germany is defeated, he journeys to Jerusalem looking for a new life. What he finds is a new love.
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6105
REFLECTIONS OF A JEWISH SOUTHERNER
EVANS, ELI N.
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WRITTEN FROM THE EARLY 1970S THROUGH THE EARLY 1990S, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR REFLECTS ON HIS IDENTITY AS A JEWISH SOUTHERNER AND DISCUSSES THE INVOLVEMENTS OF SOUTHERN JEWS IN POLITICS, NOVELS DEALING WITH THE JEWISH SOUTH, AND THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL. INCLUDES EVAN'S DIARY OF A 1975 DIPLOMATIC TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST.
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8548
SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH B.
CHANA NEUMANN
RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK WAS A LEADING AUTHORITY ON THE MEANING OF JEWISH LAW AND PROMINENT FORCE IN BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND THE MODERN WORLD. IN THIS BOOK SOLOVEITCHIK INVERSTIGATES TH
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ISAACS, SUSAN
ABIS, BARBARA
COURTNEY LOGAN, FORMER INVESTMENT ANALYST, DEVOTED MOTHER AND LONG ISLAND WIFE, LEAVES HER HOME ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT FOR A QUICK TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE. FIVE MONTHS LATER, HER BADLY DECOMPOSED BODY IS FOUND FLOATING IN THE BACKYARD POOL, CONCEALED BY THE POOL COVER.
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7853
THE WISDOM OF THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
KUSHNER, HAROLD S.
ELAINE WOLBROM
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE 23RD PSALM HAS COMFORTED AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE IN TIMES OF GRIEF AND FEAR. NOW RABBI KUSHNER ANALYZES THE TEXT, DISCUSSING EACH VERSE (ONE PER CHAPTER) IN THE CONTEXT OF BOTH THE TIME WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN AND THE PRESENT, UNCOVERING EVERYDAY LIFE LESSONS TO BENEFIT ALL OF US.© 2003
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LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - WHY DO I STILL WANT?
ANCIENT WISDOM FOR THE MODERN SOUL
PLOTKIN, RABBI PAUL
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
DURING A DIFFICULT TIME IN HIS LIFE, RABBI PLOTKIN WAS SAYING HIS MORNING PRAYERS WHEN A VERSE FROM PSALMS SUDDENLY TOOK ON NEW MEANING AND HELPED HIM REGAIN HIS EQUILIBRIUM. THE EXPERIENCE INSPIRED THIS STUDY OF THE ANCIENT BUT TIMELESS BOOK OF PSALMS AND ITS RELEVANCE AS A GUIDE AND COMFORT DURING MODERN LIFE'S TOUGHEST PREDICAMENTS. © 2003
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7414
MY JOURNEY TO JEWISH ORTHODOXY
KLINGHOFFER, DAVID
RITA FEDER
ADOPTED IN INFANCY BY A SECULAR JEWISH COUPLE, DAVID KLINGHOFFER STARTED TO EXPLORE TRADITIONAL JUDAISM AS A YOUNG BOY. BY ADULTHOOD HE FEELS THAT GOD IS GUIDING HIM IN SOME PARTICULAR DIRECTION. YET AFTER TWO MORE COMVERSIONS, HE STILL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE HEART OF JUDAISM UNTIL HE HAS SET OUT TO FIND HIS SWEDISH BIRTH MOTHER, A NON-JEW, WHO REVEALS TO HIM A FAMILY SECRET THAT SENDS DAVID ON A RESEARCH MISSION TO STOCKHOLM. THERE, AMONG 200-YEAR-OLD BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS FROM A SWEDISH CHURCH, HE DISCOVERS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW.
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4730
GOLDREICH, GLORIA
FRANCES EDELSTEIN
THE STORY OF A 16-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN GIRL SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL AND SENT TO LIVE IN AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL.
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7606
LOSERS AND KEEPERS IN ARGENTINA
A WORK OF FICTION- JEWISH LATIN AMERICA
BARRAGAN, NINA
HAMBERG, AUDREY
THE BOOK SPANS THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS AND EXAMINES THE EXPERIENCE OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. BARRAGAN OFFERS A MOVING AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL PORTRAIT OF 20TH CENTURY ARGENTINA AND ITS CONTEMPORARY DESCENDENTS.© 2001
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THE HUNT FOR THE WORLD'S OLDEST BIBLE
TIGAY, CHANAN
TIM ZAGIN
A GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF ONE MAN'S QUEST TO FIND THE OLDEST BIBLE IN THE WORLD AND SOLVE THE RIDDLE OF THE BRILLIANT, DOOMED ANTIQUITIES DEALER ACCUSED OF FORGING IT.
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A JOURNEY WITH MY FATHER
NULAND, SHERWIN B.
VICTORIA SKURNICK
A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE PLAGUED BY DEPRESSION AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIS FATHER, MEYER NUDELMAN, A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO AMERICA TO FIND A BETTER LIFE. HOWEVER, RATHER THAN FIND A BETTER LIFE, MEYER'S LIFE WAS WROUGHT WITH SUFFERING THAT INCLUDED THE PREMATURE DEATHS OF HIS FIRST SON AND WIFE; HIS OLDEST SURVIVING SON DISABLED BY RHEUMATIC FEVER IN HIS TEENS; AND HIS OWN ILLNESS OF WHICH HE WAS NEVER INFORMED.© 2003
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RUNES, DAGOBERT D.
MRS. STEPHEN CARB
A COLLECTION OF TALES FROM MANY SOURCES DEALING WITH THE JEW'S STRIVING FOR THE SUPERNATURAL, THE MYSTICAL, THE ETHICAL, AND THE DIVINE. © 1969
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8358
JEWISH COLLECTORS, NAZI ART THEFT, AND THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE
MULLER, MELISSA; TATZKOW, MONIKA
LONDON, ELIZABETH
THE TRAGIC STORIES OF 15 JEWISH COLLECTORS, THE DISPERSAL OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTIONS THROUGH FORCED SALE AND/OR CONFISCATION, AND THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF THEIR HEIRS TO RECOVER THEIR INHERITANCE.
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FINDING LEAH IN THE BIBLE AND MIDRASH
RABOW, JERRY
ELIZABETH LONDON
THROUGH JERRY RABOW’S WEAVING OF BIBLICAL TEXT AND MIDRASH, READERS LEARN THE LESSONS OF THE REMARKABLE LEAH, WHO TRIUMPHED OVER ADVERSITY AND HARDSHIP BY LIVING A LIFE OF MORAL HEROISM.
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8503
FRANK, LINDA
MARIE HOFFMAN
AS ISRAEL BRAVES SADDAM HUSSEIN’S SCUD MISSILES, A TORAH FROM IRAQ DISAPPEARS IN CHINA. CAN THE “JEWISH MISS MARPLE” FIND THE HISTORIC RELIGIOUS SCROLL IN TIME FOR A MOMENTOUS DIPLOMATIC BREAKTHROUGH?
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AMERICAN PROPHET
ROSEN, JEFFREY
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
A RIVETING NEW EXAMINATION OF THE LEADING PROGRESSIVE JUSTICE OF HIS ERA, PUBLISHED IN THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF HIS CONFIRMATION TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
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SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
LYNNE KUSHNER
SINGER, THE NOBEL-PRIZE WINNING YIDDISH WRITER, RECOUNTS HIS YOUTH IN POLAND, HIS EXILE TO AMERICA, AND HIS MANY COMPANIONS AND LOVERS.
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KLIMA, IVAN
JEANNE LINDEN
THE NARRATOR OF THIS NOVEL, SET IN COMMUNIST CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HAS BEEN DEMOTED TO BEING A GARBAGE COLLECTOR BECAUSE OF HIS IRREVERENT ATTITUDE TO THE AUTHORITIES. THE NOVEL IS WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE GARBAGE, BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL, WHICH THE PROTAGONIST MUST ENDURE. © 1990
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LOVE AND TERROR IN THE GOD ENCOUNTER
THE THEOLOGICAL LEGACY OF RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK, VOLUME 1
HARTMAN, DAVID
COOPER, M.
THE INTELLECTUAL LEGACY OF ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S GREATEST RELIGIOUS THINKERS-EXPLAINED BY A LEADING THEOLOGIAN OF OUR DAY.
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MARRIAGE BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS
MAYER, EGON
HELEN STEWART
DRAWING ON HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES AS WELL AS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, THE AUTHOR TACKLES THE MANY LARGE AND SMALL ISSUES OF INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS FROM CHILD REARING, HOLIDAYS, AND RITUALS TO CHOICE OF CUISINE.
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MAZYA, EDNA
PAUL SPERRY
MIDDLE-AGE ASTROPHYSICS PROFESSOR ILAN BEN NATHAN SUSPECTS HIS YOUNG WIFE, NAOMI, IS HAVING AN AFFAIR. AFTER OBSERVING NAOMI AND HER LOVER IN THE MIDST OF A TRYST, HE DECIDES TO CONFRONT THE MAN. A MOMENT OF RAGE LEADS TO MURDER.
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WOMEN SURVIVING AUSCHWITZ
MILLER, JOY ERLICHMAN, PH.D.
MARCY CHELMOW
BASED ON A TWO-YEAR STUDY OF 16 WOMEN SURVIVORS, DR. MILLER, A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, RECORDS EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY FROM THE OFTEN OVERLOOKED FEMALE VIEWPOINT, AND ALSO ANALYZES THE UNIQUE COPING SKILLS THAT HELPED THESE WOMEN SURVIVE THEIR EXPERIENCES.© 2000
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LOVE IN BLOOM'S AND BLOOMING ALL OVER
ARNOLD, JUDITH
GAYLE ZIMMERMAN & RICHARD RUBIN
BAGELS, LOX AND LOVE. THE PERFECT COMBO. WELCOME TO THE DELI, BLOOM'S, WHERE LOVE, FAMILY RIVALRIES, TREACHERY, AND GOOD FOOD ABOUND!© 2002. HE ROMANTIC MISADVENTURES OF THE BLOOMS, UPPER WEST SIDE DELI OWNERS, CONTINUE IN THIS SEQUEL TO LOVE IN BLOOM'S. WHILE SUSIE REACHES A CROSSROAD WITH HER HANDSOME BUT NON-JEWISH BAGEL-MAKING BOYFRIEND, HER SISTER JULIA TRIES TO PLAN HER OWN WEDDING, IN SPITE OF HER MOTHER, WHO WANTS IT AT THE PLAZA HOTEL, AND GRANDMA IDA, WHO WANTS IT AT HER APARTMENT OVER THE STORE. © 2004
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BLOOM, AMY
SANDRA CAREY
THIS FIRST NOVEL CHRONICLES A YOUNG GIRL'S JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD AND HER SEARCH FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. ELIZABETH TAUBE IS A CHUBBY, LONELY NEGLECTED CHILD WHO BEGINS TO FIND COMFORT IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES UNTIL, AT 16, SHE MEETS HUDDIE LESTER. A TRUE LOVE STORY, MINUS ALL THE SUGAR COATING. © 1997
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KAUFMAN, MYRON S.
JUNE N. WEISS
THE STORY OF A STRONG WILLED YOUNG HEROINE WITH A PASSIONATE BELIEF IN A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HER FATE.
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AN AMOROUS WIDOWER'S TALE
FREUND, HARRY L
PAUL SPERRY
FREUND'S DEBUT NOVEL, SET AMONGST THE PARK AVENUE JEWISH SOCIAL SET, SKATES BY ON A BREEZE OF LIGHT SOCIAL COMEDY. TWO YEARS AFTER HIS BELOVED WIFE'S DEATH, 60-YEAR-OLD UPPER EAST SIDE STOCKBROKER DAN GELDER FINDS HIMSELF "BACK IN THE SADDLE," PURSUED BY ELIGIBLE WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, EACH LOOKING FOR LOVE AND COMFORT IN THEIR RAPIDLY APPROACHING GOLDEN YEARS.
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YEHOSHUA, A. B.
M. FRIDUSS, A. GROSS & R ZWEIBEL
THIS COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK CONTAINS AN INTERWEAVE OF VERY DISTINCT VOICES. ADAM AND ASYA ARE AN 'OLD' MARRIED COUPLE WITH A TEENAGE DAUGHTER, DAFI. BOTH ASYA AND ADAM GIVE MONEY TO DOWN-AND-OUT GABRIEL, NEWLY RETURNED TO ISRAEL FROM PARIS, WHO BECOMES ASYA'S LOVER. AFTER THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, GABRIEL HAS DISAPPEARED ...
