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2899
HALE, JOHN
ALVIN REIWITCH
A FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER, UPON HEARING OF THE DEATH OF A FRIEND WHOM HE MET IN BERLIN, IS PROMPTED TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION.
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7278
SHALEV, MEIR
HELEN SCHNEIDER
WHEN JUDITH ARRIVES IN A SMALL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE IN PALESTINE AFTER WORLD WAR II, SHE IS THE CENTER OF EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY MOSHE, A WIDOWED FARMER OBSESSED WITH HIS DEAD WIFE; GLOBERMAN, A COARSE CATTLE DEALER WHO LOVES WOMEN, MONEY AND MEAT; AND JACOB, A FARMER WHO GIVES UP HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE TO RAISE CANARIES AND WOO JUDITH. FOR TEN YEARS THE THREE MEN STRIVE TO WIN JUDITH'S EXCLUSIVE LOVE, BUT SHE WILL NOT AGREE TO MARRY ANY ONE OF THEM. IN HER ELEVENTH YEAR IN THE VILLAGE, SHE GIVES BIRTH TO A SON WHO LOOKS LIKE ALL THREE MEN. ALL THREE CONSIDER ZAYDE THEIR SON, AND ALL THREE PARTICIPATE IN RAISING HIM. THIS TALE IS TOLD MANY YEARS LATER BY AN ADULT ZAYDE AS HE LEARNS THE DETAILS OF HIS MOTHER'S LIFE OVER MEALS PREPARED FOR HIM BY JACOB. © 1999
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5222
BECOMING A JEW
LESTER, JULIUS
B.J. EISENSTAT
THE ODYSSEY OF THE FORMER CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, AND ACADEMIC WHICH CULMINATED IN HIS CONVERSION TO JUDAISM.
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4897
ROIPHE, ANNE
NANCY SCHIERING
A NOVEL ABOUT ANNIE JOHNSON, AN ASSIMILATED JEWISH WOMAN AND A SINGLE PARENT. DEALS WITH ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND FEMINISM.
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7027
THE GRAND RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW OF RABBI BENZION UZIEL
ANGEL, MARC D.
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
RABBI ANGEL EXPOUNDS AND EXPANDS UPON THE THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY OF RABBI BENZION UZIEL WHO, AS THE FIRST SEPHARDIC CHIEF RABBI OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER OF HALAKHA, PREACHED A MESSAGE OF MITZVOT, SUPPORT FOR THE IDEALS OF RELIGIOUS ZIONISM, AND LOVE AND CONCERN FOR ALL JEWS. © 1999
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7389
A JEWISH PLACE IN AMERICA
DINER, HASIA R.
BEN OLIVER
THROUGH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, HASIA DINER, A PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, GIVES AN INSIGHTFUL ACCOUNT OF ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S MOST FAMOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. © 2000
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2909
A TRADITION
MCHUGH, ARONA
CORINNE SHAFTEL
18TH CENTURY STORY OF MAN WHO SEARCHES OUT HIS SCATTERED JEWISH FAMILY AND CLASSIFIES THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAITS.
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3292
LYUBKA, THE COSSAK AND OTHER STORIES
BABEL, ISAAC
THE AUTHOR'S LIFE STORY IS REFLECTED HERE FROM THE POGROMS DURING CHILDHOOD, TO COSSACK IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY, AS GOVERNMENT AGENT.
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2479
EDITED BY: EHUD BEN EZER
M. WEIL
IN A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH PROMINENT ISRAELI INTELLECTUALS, THINKERS AND WRITERS WHO REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS, THIS YOUNG ISRAELI WRITER TRIES TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF UNEASE WHICH IS FELT IN ISRAEL AND RAISES THE QUESTION OF THE PRICE OF ZIONISM IN THE EYES OF THE ISRAELIS TODAY AND THEIR APPRAISAL OF JUDAISM.
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4119
BOOK OF JEWISH TALES AND LEGENDS
GASTER, MOSES
LILLIAN & JACOB VENGER
A COLLECTION OF ANONYMOUS MEDIEVAL STORIES ON GERMAN MYSTICS, RASHI AND MAIMONIDES AND THE JEWISH POPE.
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5332
ANATOMY OF A BIBLICAL REVOLUTION
HARRINGTON, DANIEL J.
DOROTHY AXELROTH
A STUDY OF THE BOOKS OF DANIEL AND MACCABEES, INTENDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STORY OF THE MACCABEAN REVOLT.
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8151
GROWING UP JEWISH ON A REMOTE SCOTTISH ISLAND
HOFMAN, ETHEL G.
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP JEWISH ON THE SCOTTISH ISLAND OF LERWICK. THE AUTHOR TELLS OF HER FATHER, HARRY, WHO HAS A SHOP IN LERWICK AND OF HER MOTHER, JEAN, WHO IS DETERMINED TO RAISE HER CHILDREN PRIDEFUL OF THEIR RELIGION. SHE DESCRIBES THE HARDSHIPS ENCOUNTERED, THE FOOD PREPARED AS ITS ANTIDOTE, AND HOW PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND CULTURES CAN LIVE TOGETHER PEACEABLY. (C) 2005
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7111
A TWENTIETH-CENTURY ODYSSEY
DOBBS, MICHAEL
SPENCER RAINE
SHE WAS BORN MARIA JANA KORBELOVA IN PRAGUE, JUST BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, THE FIRST CHILD OF CZECH JEWISH PARENTS. ALMOST SIXTY YEARS LATER MADELINE KORBEL ALBRIGHT WAS SWORN IN AS THE FIRST WOMAN SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE UNITED STATES. MICHAEL DOBBS, A WASHINGTON POST REPORTER, PIECES TOGETHER THE FASCINATING LIVES OF SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF ALBRIGHT'S ANCESTORS, REVEALING A JEWISH FAMILY'S RECURRING QUEST FOR ASSIMILATION (HER PARENTS RAISED HER AND HER SIBLINGS AS CATHOLICS) AS THEY MOVED FROM AN EASTERN EUROPEAN GHETTO TO THE CORRIDORS OF POWER IN WASHINGTON. © 1999
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5217
KROHN, PAYSACH, RABBI
A SELECTION OF STORIES AND PARABLES BY RABBI SHOLOM SCHWARDON, A MASTER PREACHER LIVING IN JERUSALEM.
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182
MALAMUD, BERNARD
AURELIA MINT
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA.
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6380
MAHATMA GANDHI IN A CADILLAC
ROSEN, GERALD
AUDREY FLAMBERG
OFFERED A SUMMER JOB IN SEATTLE, DANNY SCHWARTZ, A JEWISH BOY FROM THE BRONX, SETS OFF ON THE ROAD TO AMERICA. ON THE FIRST DAY HE MEETS LESLIE SCHMIDT, A FARMER'S DAUGHTER AND MUSICIAN AND SOON FALLS IN LOVE.© 1995
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4229
A BIOGRAPHY
MILLS, HILLARY
MARCIA FELTHEIMER
A FIRST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
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1526
HIS LIFE AND WORKS
YELLIN, DAVID, & ISRAEL ABRAHAMS
SALO W. MINKIN
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHER, SCHOLAR, AND PHYSICIAN WHO LIVED FROM 1135-1204.
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2689
MAIMONIDES' INTRODUCTION TO TALMUD
TRANSLATED BY: ZVI LAMPEL
H. MEYERS
MAIMONIDES PRESENTS A CLEAR EXPOSITION OF THE ORIGIN, AIMS, METHODOLOGY AND SPIRIT OF THE TALMUD.
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5634
MAIMONIDES' COMMENTARY ON PIRKEI AVOTH
LIVING JUDAISM
FORCHHEIMER, PAUL
A COMMENTARY ON PIRKEI AVOT BY THE TWELFTH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. INCLUDES A SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL WRITINGS BY MAIMONIDES AND COMMENTS BY THE AUTHOR.
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8113
JEWS AND THE BROADWAY MUSICAL
MOST, ANDREA
BEA BRESLOW
MUSICAL THEATER IS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS, YET MANY OF THE MOST CREATIVE MINDS BEHIND IT WERE JEWISH. PROFESSOR MOST, FOCUSING ON THE SOCIO-POLITICALLY TUMULTUOUS SECOND QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, ANALYZES HOW THE VISION OF JEWISH ARTISTS ON BROADWAY INFLUENCED ACCEPTED IDEAS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN - AND TO BE A JEW IN AMERICA. USING THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED EXAMPLES FROM SUCH SHOWS AS ANNIE GET YOUR GUN AND OKLAHOMA!, SHE DEMONSTRATES HOW CURRENT EVENTS AFFECTED THE WORK OF THE GERSHWINS, ROGERS AND HART, AND OSCAN HAMMERSTEIN, AMONG OTHERS. © 2004
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249
PODHORETZ, NORMAN
ELAINE KANNER
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE EDITOR OF 'COMMENTARY,' IN WHICH PODHORETZ DESCRIBES HIS JOURNEY ACROSS THE BRIDGE FROM BROOKLYN TO MANHATTAN'S LITERARY WORLD. © 1968
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6570
BRONFMAN, EDGAR M.
HARRY SMALL
BRONFMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS SINCE 1981 AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SEAGRAM CORPORATION, REFLECTS ON HIS REJECTION OF JUDAISM AS A YOUNG MAN AND HIS COMPLETE TURNAROUND IN RECENT YEARS. © 1996
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675
STEINBERG, MILTON
MIRIAM BENDER, ROSE KAYE
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS, BEGINNING WITH MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND PRESENTING AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR POSITION IN THE MODERN WORLD. © 1955
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7770
BROOKNER, ANITA
ROZ DLUTMAN
AS HERZ PONDERS PROPOSING MARRIAGE TO AN OLD FRIEND, GOING TO PARIS TO SEE A FAVORITE PAINTING, SELLING HIS HOME, AND STARTING AFRESH, HE KNOWS HE MUST DO SOMETHING WITH HIS REMAINING YEARS. BUT WHAT? HIS STORY CAPTURES THE QUANDARIES OF AGING, THE SELF-DISCOVERIES THAT COME WITH MATURITY, AND THE ETERNAL QUESTION FACED BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES: WHAT WILL I DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE?© 2002
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7580
PEARLS OF WISDOM FROM THE WORLD OF YIDDISH
ROSMARIN, RACHEL
JEROME TURK
THESE SAYINGS WERE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION IN EVERY JEWISH HOME, CAPTURING THE FABRIC AND CHARACTER OF THE WORLD OF YIDDISH. EACH SAYING IS PRINTED IN YIDDISH TYPE, TRANSLITERATED INTO ENGLISH TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND THE MEANING IS EXPLAINED. SIDEBARS TO THE TEXT OFFER WORDS OF OUR SAGES AND QUOTES FORM BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC SOURCES.© 2000
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567
A PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA
AMY STIVELMAN
AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF FAITH BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER. INCLUDES A DISCUSSION ON THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER, AND MAN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD. © 1951
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3881
SACHAR, HOWARD
EDNA GREENSPAN
ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE HAS UNCOVERED AN ESPIONAGE PLOT WHICH IMPLICATES A WAR HERO. WHAT THEY DO NOT SUSPECT IS A TRAITOR IN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
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7829
KRAUSS, NICOLE
MARILYN BECK
A MAN WITH AMNESIA STRUGGLES TO RECLAIM HIS LIFE.© 2002
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8591
MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED SLEEPING
APPELFELD, AHARON
IAN STRASSFOGEL
A YOUNG HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TAKES HIS FIRST STEPS TOWARD CREATING A NEW LIFE IN THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED STATE OF ISRAEL.
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48
ST. JOHN, ROBERT
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
THE STORY OF A HUNGARIAN JEW WHO RISKED THE STIGMA OF BEING CALLED A COLLABORATOR TO PURCHASE FREEDOM FROM THE NAZIS FOR NEARLY TWO THOUSAND OF HIS OWN PEOPLE.
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6122
MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MESSIAH
LEVIANT, CURT
RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATZLAV, THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LEADER OF A HASIDIC SECT, IS AT THE CENTER OF A VARIETY OF EVENTS IN THIS NOVEL. AMONG HIS ADVENTURES, HE TRAVELS TO VIENNA, TO ISRAEL, TO TURKEY; HE IS ALMOST PERSUADED THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH; HE LOSES HIS ABILITY TO READ BECAUSE OF GUILT; AND, HE BECOMES THE CONFIDANT OF BEETHOVEN.
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6420
BEGLEY, LOUIS
JULIET RATNER
JACK, A WRITER AND A HARVARD WASP, NARRATES THE STORY OF HIS FRIEND BEN, A HARVARD-EDUCATED JEWISH BANKER WHO IS UNABLE TO CONFRONT WHO HE IS. AN AFFAIR WITH JACK'S COUSIN BRINGS OUT BEN'S FATAL FLAW AND LEADS TO TRAGEDY.© 1993
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2301
HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA
ELAINE LEE
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PRAYER, RELIGION AND WORSHIP, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF GOD AND MAN.
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1102
FRANKL, VICTOR E.
CLARICE CUTTS
A PROFOUND REVELATION OF A PSYCHIATRIST'S SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE MIDST OF THE HORRORS OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS -- A SEARCH THAT HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE WHOLE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. REMAKE OF SYLVIA SORIN'S 1972 RECORDING.
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8137
MANDRAKES FROM THE HOLY LAND
MEGGED, AHARON
BARBARA AXEL
BEATRICE IS A FANATIC AND SLIGHTLY PSYCHOTIC ENGLISH CHRISTIAN WHO TRAVELS TO PALESTINE IN 1906 TO PAINT THE FLOWERS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE AND TO ESCAPE FROM HER EROTIC ATTRACTION TO VANESSA, VIRGINIA WOLFE'S SISTER. WHILE IN PALESTINE, SHE HIRES AN ARAB GUIDE TO TAKE HER AROUND THE LAND OF WHICH SHE HAS EXCELLENT SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT OVER TIME THE TWO DEVELOP A TENSE RELATIONSHIP. SHE MEETS AND ADMIRES JEWS, WHOSE RELIGIOUS RITUALS AND RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD APPEAL TO HER. WHEN BEATRICE IS RAPED, SHE IS BROUGHT TO HER SENSES.
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6628
ROSEN, ISAAC
MELVIN DAVIS
ROSEN'S DEBUT NOVEL IS A COMING-OF-AGE TALE. REBELLIOUS 16-YEAR-OLD JOSH LIPKIN HAS RUN AWAY FROM HIS DYSFUNCTIONAL JEWISH FAMILY, BUT SEEKS HUMAN CONTACT BY SNEAKING INTO NURSING HOMES AND BEFRIENDING OCTOGENARIANS. HE FINDS A SOUL MATE IN A WOMAN TWICE HIS AGE. BOTH ARE SEEKERS AND GO ON THE ROAD TOGETHER. © 1996
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473
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
ZELDA SALOMON
A STORY OF A JEWISH BUSINESSMAN AND HIS FAMILY IN POLAND DURING THE 1860S AND THE EFFECT THAT SECULAR CIVILIZATION HAD ON THEIR LIVES. © 1967
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183
MANY WORLDS OF LEO ROSTEN
ROSTEN, LEO
MARY PERLOW
HUMOROUS STORIES, SATIRE, AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE.
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2892
REICH, TOVA
LUCILLE JACOBS
THE ENTERTAINING AND REVEALING STORY OF A MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN ORTHODOX RABBI'S DAUGHTER AND AN ISRAELI HIPPIE.
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6181
AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY
ALEXANDER, SIDNEY
BERNICE FOERDER
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE JEWISH PAINTER. ALEXANDER TRACES CHAGALL'S LIFE FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN VITEBSK TO THE EXOTIC ART WORLD OF ST. PETERSBURG TO HIS EXILE TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE HOLOCAUST.© 1978
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4449
HOWE, IRVING
MIRIAM BLOSVERN
HOWE'S MEMOIR EXPLORES A RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING LITERARY INFLUENCES AND RADICALISM FROM THE 1930S TO THE TIME OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK IN 1982.
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689
WOUK, HERMAN
EVE GREEN
A ROMANTIC NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH GIRL GROWING UP ON NEW YORK CITY'S UPPER WEST SIDE AS AN ASPIRING ACTRESS WHO LATER BECOMES A TRADITIONAL JEWISH WIFE AND MOTHER WITH A HOME IN THE SUBURBS. © 1955
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7375
HUSTON, NANCY
DEBORAH OLSTEIN
IN THIS NOVEL OF LOVE, BETRAYAL AND THE IRONIES OF HISTORY, WE MEET SAFFIE, A DISTANT AND DAMAGED YOUNG GERMAN WOMAN AND HER EMPLOYER, RAPHAEL, A PRIVILEGED MUSICIAN WHO FINDS HER REMOVE IRRESISTIBLE. WHEN SAFFIE MEETS A HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENT MAKER LIVING IN THE MARAIS, PARIS'S JEWISH QUARTER, ALL THEIR LIVES WILL BE ALTERED IN STARTLING AND UNEXPECTED WAYS. © 1999
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8133
A CONTEMPORARY CRYPTO-JEWISH PRIEST REVEALS SECRETS OF HIS DOUBLE LIFE
ALEXY, TRUDI
BETTY SMITH
TRUDI ALEXI DISCOVERED A SPIRITUAL KINSHIP WITH THE MEDIEVAL MARRANOS WHICH SHE CHRONICLES IN HER FIRST BOOK, THE MEZUZAH IN THE MADONNA'S FOOT. ALEXY'S JEWISH FAMILY FLED FROM PRAGUE AND HID IN FASCIST SPAIN DURING WWII AS BAPTIZED CATHOLICS.
SIMON IS A CRYPTO-JEWISH CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO READ ALEXY'S FIRST BOOK AND WAS INTRIGUED BY THE SIMILARITIES WITH HIS OWN FAMILY'S HISTORY OF HIDDEN IDENTITY. SIMON HAS BEEN PROTECTING A LARGE COMMUNITY OF CRYPTO-JEWS IN LATIN AMERICA. THIS BOOK CHRONICLES THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ALEXY AND SIMON, AND ALEXY'S STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND WHY SIMON CONTINUES TO LIVE IN DANGER OF DISCOVERY BY BOTH CATHOLICS AND MAINSTREAM JEWS, WHILE WRESTLING WITH DOUBT AND TRAGEDY THAT CAUSE HIM TO ALMOST ABANDON HIS FAITH IN GOD AND HIS JEWISH IDENTITY.
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99
A JEWISH VIEW
SHOULSON, ABRAHAM B., ED.
ROSE TATE
AN ANTHOLOGY PRESENTING THE MODERN AUTHORITATIVE JEWISH POINT OF VIEW OF EVERY ASPECT OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE AS INTERPRETED BY DISTINGUISHED SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN AMERICA.
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8544
VOGEL, DAVID
PAUL JOHNSON
THE NOVEL IS SET IN THE VIENNA OF THE 1920'S. THE HUMILIATING MARRIAGE OF GURDWELL AND THEA IS SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF A CITY WHICH HAD WITNESSED THE COLLAPSE OF ITS EMPIRE IN THE 1ST WORLD WAR.
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7382
A LOVE STORY FEATURING ANNE MEARA
STILLER, JERRY
HAL BRISTER
CELEBRITIES. BUT MOST OF ALL, HE DESCRIBES HIS LIFE WITH ANNE, HIS ADMIRATION FOR HER AS A PERFORMER, AND THE LONG-SOUGHT INSIGHT INTO ACTING SHE GAVE TO HIM. THEIRS IS A LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO PEOPLE WHO FOUND THEIR PLACE IN SHOW BUSINESS WITHOUT LOSING SIGHT OF EACH OTHER. © 2000
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6883
GOLDSMITH, OLIVIA
ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH
WANTED: A GENTLEMAN OF MEANS, NEITHER YOUNG NOR DECREPIT, LOOKS IRRELEVANT. GENEROUS TO A FAULT. WITTY, MATURE, DECISIVE WIDOW HAS RECENTLY RELOCATED TO NEW YORK TO BE VERY CLOSE TO HER GROWN CHILDREN. THEIR LIFELONG GRATITUDE AND RELIEF (PLUS THEIR LOVELY MOTHER) WILL BE YOUR REWARD. NO OFFER OF ANY KIND WILL BE REFUSED. © 1996
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8473
MARRYING OF CHANI KAUFMAN
HARRIS, EVE
NIKKI JAMES
THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE INSULAR ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY IN LONDON.THE BOOK INTRODUCES READERS TO A LITTLE-KNOWN WAY OF LIFE AND ASKS US TO CONSIDER THE ROLE OF FAITH AND FAMILY IN TODAY’S WORLD.
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1525
THE LIFE OF DIALOGUE
FRIEDMAN, MAURICE S.
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
A COMMENTARY ON BUBER'S WRITINGS, WITH A SYSTEMATIC INTERPRETATION OF THE MAJOR ASPECTS OF HIS THOUGHT. AN INTRODUCTION TO UNDERSTANDING BUBER'S UNIQUE PHILOSOPHY.
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5022
MARTIN BUBER AND THE ETERNAL
FRIEDMAN, MAURICE, PHD
ROBERTA POLLACK
AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF BUBER'S PHILOSOPHY ON ETHICS, THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE, AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. © 1986
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7591
WILENTZ, AMY
MARCIA KAHN
ISRAELI LIEUTENANT ARI DORON FINDS HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF DEADLY RIOTS IN ISRAEL. HE IS DRAWN TO AN AMERICAN-BORN PALESTINIAN WOMAN, MARINA. IN ANOTHER PLACE, AT ANOTHER TIME, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOVERS, BUT HERE THEIR STORY MOVES TOWARD A TRAGIC CONCLUSION WITH THE KIND OF INEVITABILITY THAT WAR IMPOSES.© 2001
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5159
ASCH, SHOLEM
NANCY SCHIERING
THIS NOVEL DEALS WITH THE LIFE OF MARY OF NAZARETH.
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3592
GANN, ERNEST K.
DAN GORDON, ROSE DORSAY & NAOMI ROSENBERG
A NOVEL OF LOVE, COURAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.
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1876
BOROWITZ, EUGENE B.
MARCIA FELTHEIMER
A DISCUSSION OF THE SELF-DECEPTIONS OF AMERICAN JEWRY, MODERN 'MARRANOS' WHO SEEK TO CONCEAL A ETHNICITY THAT IS BASIC TO THEM. THE REFORM SCHOLAR AND THEOLOGIAN ARGUES THAT AMERICAN JEWS SHOULD TAKE OFF THEIR 'MASKS' AND RETURN TO THEIR JEWISHNESS AND THE JEWISH VALUE SYSTEM.
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7604
A MEMOIR OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
TELUSHKIN, DVORAH
ELLEN WERTHEIM
THROUGH A SERIES OF POIGNANT VIGNETTES, DVORAH TELUSHKIN DESCRIBES HOW SHE BECAME SINGER'S ASSISTANT, THEN HIS EDITOR, AND AFTER FIVE YEARS, HIS TRANSLATOR. FINALLY SHE BECAME THE ONE PERSON TO WHOM SINGER TAUGHT HIS CRAFT. SHE ALSO REVEALS THE PRIVATE SINGER.© 1997
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5363
REICH, TOVA
SYLVIA ESTES
A SOCIAL PARODY ABOUT ISRAELI PENITENTS, TRANSFORMED INTO ZEALOTS, WHO BECOME INTOXICATED BY THE HASIDISM OF RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV.
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5905
JUDAISM
CARMELL, ARYEH, RABBI
DOROTHY AXEROTH
THIS WORK EXPLORES THE GOALS OF TORAH AND MITZVOT, AND DEMONSTRATES THEIR RELEVANCE TO MODERN DAY CONCERNS SUCH AS THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
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8277
A NOVEL
KAUFMAN, ALAN
RICHARD RUBIN
THE TITLE IS AN ISRAELI ARMY TERM FOR A SOLDIER, OR ONE WHO "STRIKES, BURNS, AND DIES." NATHAN FALK IS AN AMERICAN EXPATRIATE SERVING IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (IDF). HIS UNIT IS REPEATEDLY CALLED UP TO SERVE IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. THE AUTHOR CAPTURES THE ABSURDITY OF THE WAR AND THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT SHOWS HOW WAR DAMAGES A MAN'S SOUL.
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8668
ROJSTACZER, STUART
SISLOWITZ, MARCEL
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8629
MATRIMONIAL FLIRTATIONS OF EMMA KAULFIELD
FISHBEYN, ANNA
MAGGIE SNYDER
THE ENTERTAINING TALE OF EMMA KAULFIELD AS SHE TRIES TO FIND HER OWN PATH IN LIFE—WHILE SURROUNDED BY HER RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILY’S STRUGGLE TO ASSIMILATE, THEIR NEWFOUND LOVE OF CAPITALISM, AND THEIR INSISTENT PUSH FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S TANGIBLE SUCCESS.
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4860
HARCOURT, PALMA
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
COURIERS, ASSASSINS, POLITICOS, INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES, AND GRIEVING WOMEN POPULATE THIS DENSELY PLOTTED THRILLER.
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8315
BEGLEY, LOUIS
AUDREY FLAMBERG
AN ELEGANT NOVEL OF ENDURING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN SAM, THE ADOPTED SON OF AN ALCOHOLIC BANKER AND HENRY, SMART JEWISH REFUGEE. SAM, WHO ACHIEVES A MEASURE OF SUCCESS AS A LITERARY NOVELIST, NARRATES THEIR 50 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP.
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6246
A PASSOVER STORY
PORTNOY, MINDY AVRA
CORRINE SHAF
BECAUSE OF PASSOVER, AARON CAN'T EAT HIS USUAL FARE AT THE BALLPARK. BUT HIS FRIENDS PREFER HIS PASSOVER FOOD AND HE SOON FINDS HIMSELF WITHOUT LUNCH. A KIND STRANGER PROVIDES SOME NOURISHMENT ALONG WITH A SURPRISE ENDING.© 1994
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7038
ROTHENBERG, JOAN
SHIRLEY RADCLIFF
EVERY YEAR AT PASSOVER, ROSIE'S GRANDMA PUTS FOUR MATZAH BALLS IN EACH BOWL OF SOUP. BUT ROSIE WANTS TO KNOW, WHY DOES SHE NEED FOUR OF THEM? SO GRANDMA TELLS ROSIE THE HILARIOUS TALE OF THE FAMOUS MATZAH BALL CONTEST THAT OCCURRED MANY YEARS AGO, WHICH FOREVER CHANGED HER VIEW OF WHAT WAS MEANT BY THE BEST MATZAH BALL. © 1999
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8085
MATZO BALLS FOR BREAKFAST
AND OTHER MEMORIES OF GROWING UP JEWISH
KING, ALAN, & FRIENDS
NANCI BRONSTEEN
THE POPULAR COMEDIAN ASKED A VARIETY OF FAMOUS PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES ABOUT BEING JEWISH, RESULTING IN THIS COLLECTION OF 80 BRIEF ESSAYS FILLED WITH HUMOR, NOSTALGIA, AND OCCASIONAL "PUNGENCY," AND GROUPED BY TOPIC INTO CHAPTERS, EACH WITH KING'S OWN INTRODUCTION. KING DIED WHILE THE BOOK WAS IN PRODUCTION, AND THE FINAL THREE ESSAYS ARE EULOGIES TO HIM BY RICK MORANIS, BARBARA WALTERS, AND BILLY CRYSTAL. © 2004
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8181
CULINARY TALES OF THE JEWISH SOUTH
FERRIS, MARCIE COHEN
MEGAN OWEN
ANTHROPOLOGICAL HISTORIAN FERRIS UNCOVERS MANY DISHES THAT BLEND JEWISH AND SOUTHERN FOODWAYS (RECIPES INCLUDED). FERRIS SEES FOOD AS A SYMBOL THAT ENCOMPASSES THE PROBLEM OF HOW JEWS LIVE IN A REGION DOMINATED BY CHRISTIANS. CYNICS WILL WONDER IF A JEWISH KUGEL PREPARED IN THE SOUTH IS ANY DIFFERENT FROM KUGEL IN CHICAGO. FERRIS'S ANSWER IS AN EMPHATIC YES-BECAUSE JEWS IN THE SOUTH FACE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAN THOSE IN CHICAGO. SOUTHERN JEWS MUST BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT COOKING THAT KUGEL AND PASSING THE RECIPE DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
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5346
REICHEL, AARON I.
BERNICE PERLMAN & MIRIAM BENDER
THE BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI HERBERT GOLDSTEIN, FOUNDER OF THE INSTITUTIONAL SYNAGOGUE IN HARLEM, A FORERUNNER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE FIRST AMERICAN-BORN, IVY LEAGUE-EDUCATED ORTHODOX RABBI.
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3957
WIESENTHAL, SIMON
THE FAMOUS NAZI HUNTER TELLS OF TWO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO PERSUADED HIM NOT TO PURSUE THEIR CONCENTRATION CAMP COMMANDER.
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5598
SCLIAR, MOACYR
BEVERLY STERN
A STORY THAT SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CONSCIENCES OF GERMANS WILL COMPEL THEM TO CONFRONT THE NAZIS IN THEIR MIDST. MAX SCHMIDT IS A TEENAGER WITH AN OVERBEARING FATHER AND A HOST OF IRRATIONAL FEARS. A MISHAP AT HIS FAMILY STORE FORCES HIM TO FLEE TO BRAZIL WHERE HE LEARNS THAT HE MUST FACE REALITY AND HIS DEMONS.
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65
GORDON, MAX
NORMAN KINGS
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRODUCER OF BROADWAY SHOWS.
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6436
GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA
RABBI KAREN
FOR SASHA SAUNDERS BORN IN A POLISH SHTETL AND NOW A SOPHISTICATED NEW YORKER, MAZEL IS THE PREDOMINANT FACTOR IN HER LIFE. GOLDSTEIN DEPICTS THE HEADY EXCITEMENT, THE INTELLECTUAL FERMENT AND THE CULTURAL VIGOR OF SHTETL LIFE IN WARSAW BEFORE THE WAR AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF NEW YORK JEWISH COMMUNITY LIFE.© 1995
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6393
OR THE MILK OF A LIONESS
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
TWINKLE BURK
WHEN MAZEL, THE SPIRIT OF GOOD LUCK, MEETS SHLIMAZEL, THE SPIRIT OF BAD LUCK, THE FATE OF A PEASANT BOY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.© 1995
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3908
MEDICAL HALACHAH FOR EVERYONE
ABRAHAM S. ABRAHAM
SYLVIA LANDOW
A COMPREHENSIVE SENSITIVE GUIDE TO JEWISH MEDICAL LAW IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS THAT FACE THE ILL AND THOSE WHO ATTEND THEM.
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4910
KAPLAN, ARYEH
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
KAPLAN REVEALS THE METHODOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT CABBALISTS AND STRESSES THE MEDITATIVE TECHNIQUES ESSENTIAL TO THEIR DISCIPLINE. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE TECHNIQUES IS ALSO EXAMINED IN LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH.
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1633
MEDITATION OF THE SAD SOUL
TRANSLATED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GEOFFREY WIGODER
BAR HAYYA, ABRAHAM
ADELINE MAREMONT
THIS PHILOSOPHICAL AND ETHICAL MANUSCRIPT COMBINES ARISTOTELIAN AND NEO-PLATONIST TRADITIONS AND IS A KEY WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH THOUGHT. IT IS THE FIRST OF ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE WRITINGS OF BAR HAYYA, A 12TH CENTURY SPANISH-JEWISH SCHOLAR. © 1968
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6918
MEDITATIONS FROM THE HEART OF JUDAISM
TODAY'S TEACHERS SHARE THEIR PRACT
DAVIS, AVRAM, EDITOR
BETTY SMITH
HERE IN THEIR OWN VOICES, 22 MASTERS OF MEDITATION-RABBIS, SCHOLARS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, TEACHERS=EXPLAIN WHY THEY MEDITATE, AND HOW THE MEDITATIVE EXPERIENCE BRINGS THEM CLOSER TO THEMSELVES, TO GOD AND TO THE UNIVERSE.
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7274
DU BRUL, JACK
HAL BRISTER
TEN YEARS AGO, THE SPY SATELLITE MEDUSA BURNED UPON RE-ENTRY, BUT NOT BEFORE ITS SENSORS REVEALED A SECRET BURIED DEEP IN THE EARTH, HIDDEN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS FROM THE EYES OF HUMANITY. IT IS A PRICELESS DISCOVERY THAT SOME WOULD DIE TO FIND AND KILL TO POSSESS. © 2000
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349
LEVENSON, SAM
IRVING W. KRAMER
AN EARLY COMPILATION OF HUMOROUS OBSERVATIONS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOKE, AND A SESSION WITH ONE OF AMERICAN JEWRY'S BEST JOKESTERS. © 1946
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2186
BUBER, MARTIN
VIOLET BLUMENTHAL
A SMALL PHILOSOPHIC WORK CONTAINING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS FROM BUBER'S LIFE.
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66
LEVANT, OSCAR
TEMPLE ISRAEL
HUMOROUS MEMOIR OF THE GREAT PIANIST WITH OBSERVATIONS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND LIFE IN GENERAL.
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4032
MEMOIRS OF AN ANTI-SEMITE
A NOVEL IN FIVE STORIES
VON REZZORI, GREGOR
BARBARA FRIEDMAN
FIVE INTERRELATED WORKS WHICH TRACE THE LIFE OF A YOUNG RUMANIAN BOY BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS.
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909
MEMOIRS OF DAVID BEN-GURION
BEN-GURION, DAVID
ESTHER COHEN
THIS VOLUME OF THE ISRAELI LEADER'S MEMOIRS IS COMPILED FROM A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS, AND SERVE AS A PRELUDE TO A LATER BOOK. © 1970
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2661
MEMOIRS OF GLUCKEL OF HAMELN
GLUCKEL OF HAMELN. MARVIN LOWENTHAL,
ROBERTA POLLACK
THE MEMOIRS OF A JEWISH WOMAN WHO LIVED DURING THE 17TH CENTURY AND WHOSE JOURNAL PROVIDED A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH SHE LIVED.
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6428
A TORAH PIONEER'S GLIMPSES OF GREAT MEN AND YEARS OF CHALLENGE
KAMINETSKY, JOSEPH, DR
AUGUSTA ZIMM
THE AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF BEING THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF TORAH UMESORAH AND HIS ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A YESHIVA OR DAY SCHOOL IN EVERY JEWISH COMMUNITY OF FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE. KAMINETSKY ALSO DISCUSSES THE MEN WHO INSPIRED HIM, HIS COLLEAGUES, AND HIS OPPONENTS WHO FAILED TO BREAK HIM.© 1995
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6213
THE LIFE OF GEORGE GERSHWIN
PEYSER, JOAN
SY HOROWITZ
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER IN WHICH THE AUTHOR OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO THE MAN, HIS MUSIC, AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.© 1993
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5718
HIGHER EDUCATION, ORTHODOXY AND AMERICAN JUDAISM
GUROCK, JEFFREY S.
LORIAN D. JACKS
THE AUTHOR TRACES THE HISTORY OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT AS A MAJOR UNIVERSITY. GUROCK DEMONSTRATES HOW YESHIVA HAS REMAINED TRUE TO ORTHODOX JUDAISM WHILE OFFERING A SECULAR COURSE OF STUDY.
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3090
THE LEGEND AND THE MAN
HABER,EITAN
JOAN LEHN
HABER EXAMINES BEGIN'S LIFE AND CAREER "FROM HIS ZIONIST BETAR DAYS IN POLAND TO HIS EXPERIENCE AS A PRISONER OF STALIN'S GULAG... TO HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE UNDERGROUND IRGUN ZVAI LEUMI TO HIS ELECTION AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL."
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1389
THREE GENERATIONS OF GENIUS
KUPFERBERG, HERBERT
DORA VOLINSKY
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER MOSES MENDELSSOHN; HIS SON, ABRAHAM, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FAMILY'S BANKING CONCERN; AND HIS GRANDSON, THE MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER, FELIX MENDELSSOHN.
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8624
FROM THE BIBLE TO MODERN ISRAEL
FINE, STEVEN
LEE WILKOFF
THE BOOK EXPLORES THE CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF THE WESTERN WORLD’S OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY USED RELIGIOUS SYMBOL.
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4097
GUIDE TO BASIC LAWS & THEMES OF SHABBOS & YOM TOV & APPLICATIONS
KATZ, MORDECHAI
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
THIS WORK IS DEVOTED TO LAWS OF SHABBOS AND YOM TOV. IT INCLUDES SECTIONS ON ALL OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS OF THE YEAR, AND THE SUMMARIES OF THE VARIOUS LAWS ARE FOLLOWED BY STORIES AND PARABLES PERTAINING TO THEM.
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7886
HAWKE, SIMON
KATHY FORD
THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF MYSTERIES SET IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND, THIS TIME YOUNG WILL SHAKESPEARE AND HIS COMPANION, TUCK SMYTHE, SET OFF TO RESEARCH JEWS FOR A NEW PLAY, AND STUMBLE ACROSS STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND MURDER. © 2003
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6078
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
SANDI SKODNIK
A NOVEL BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING WRITER THAT DEALS WITH A ROMANTIC TRIANGLE OF MIRIAM, A YOUNG POLISH IMMIGRANT AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR; MAX, A 67-YEAR-OLD WOMANIZING INVESTOR; AND, AARON, A MIDDLE-AGED YIDDISH NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST. THE TRIO ARE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THEIR MORAL DILEMMAS UNTIL THEY MEET AFTER A LONG SEPARATION IN ISRAEL.
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8200
SILVA, DANIEL
IRENE BRILL
DANIEL SILVA HAS WRITTEN AN INGENIOUS, THRILLING, AND ENTERTAINING BOOK ABOUT GLOBAL TERRORISM AND ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM WITH COMPLEX CHARACTERS AND SETTINGS, FROM LONDON AND JERUSALEM TO ROME. AHMED BIN SHAFIQ, A FORMER CHIEF OF A CLANDESTINE SAUDI INTELLIGENCE UNIT, TARGETS THE VATICAN FOR ATTACK, IN PARTICULAR POPE PAUL VII AND HIS TOP AIDE, MONSIGNOR LUIGI DONATI.
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TIME AND PLACE IN THE EARLY HALAKH
WACHOLDER, BEN ZION
DR. IRVING KRAMER
THIS IS A LECTURE WHICH EXAMINES THE THEMES, BELIEFS, AND VALUES OF THE MISHNAH REGARDING THE MESSIAH.
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8039
FEIERSTEIN, RICARDO
JANET KALISH
THIS ARGENTINE MYSTERY CONCERNS AN ASSASSINATION AND A LOST MAN TRYING TO RECONSTRUCT HIS IDENTITY. IT IS SET AGAINST THE STORY OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF A JEWISH FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY, INCLUDING WWI, THE RUSSIAN AND CUBAN REVOLUTIONS, THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN ARGENTINA. AS MESTIZOS, OR PEOPLE OF MIXED CULTURE AND BLOOD, THE CHARACTERS FACE MANY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AS THEY ESTABLISH THEIR PERSONAL, CULTURAL, AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH (1994) BY STEPHEN A. SADOW © 2000
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5534
OZICK, CYNTHIA
A SELECTION OF ESSAYS, REVIEWS AND ORATIONS CULLED FROM VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS WHICH REFLECT OZICK'S LITERARY AND SOCIAL INTERESTS AND COMMITMENTS.
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5203
A CHILD'S HANUKKAH
STERN, STEVE
ENID SEIDEN
MICKEY TAKES A LIVING CLAY GIANT OUT OF THE ATTIC OF AN ABANDONED SYNAGOGUE IN AN OLD JEWISH SECTION OF MEMPHIS AND BRINGS HIM TO CHEER HIS DYING GRANDFATHER.
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6544
GOLDBERG, EDWIN C.
HARRY GARTEN
IN THIS BRIEF STUDY, GOLDBERG USES A MIDRASH TO INTRODUCE READERS TO THE POWER OF INTERPRETATION FOR EXPANDING THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL STORIES. HE FOCUSES ON THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND CONTRASTS HIS OWN MIDRASHIM WITH BOTH THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE AND GENESIS RABBAH (TRADITIONAL MIDRASHIC WORK ON GENESIS). © 1996
