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THE BOOK OF BERAISHIS
WEISS, MOSHE, RABBI
SHLOMO ENGELBERG
A NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE TORAH THAT IS COMPILED AND ADAPTED FROM MATERIAL FOUND IN THE AGGADOT OF THE TALMUD AND THE MIDRASHIM. THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO PRESENT THE IDEAS EXPLAINED BY THE CLASSICAL COMMENTATORS OF THE TORAH AND THE MIDRASH.
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3831
COURTER, GAY
HANNAH BLAU, THE ONLY JEWISH MIDWIFE TRAINEE IN THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, ARRIVES IN AMERICA IN 1903, FLEEING FROM POGROMS AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW SHE SUCCEEDS IN GAINING HER HEROIC STRUGGLE TO PRACTICE HER PROFESSION ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE.
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6120
COURTER, GAY
ROSE SPANIER
IN THIS SEQUEL TO 'THE MIDWIFE,' HANNAH SOKOLOW IS NOW HEAD MIDWIFE AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL. SHE FINDS HERSELF DISPENSING SEXUAL ADVICE TO HER IMPOVERISHED PATIENTS AS WELL AS FORMING AN UNEASY ALLIANCE WITH FEMINISTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES SUCH AS WALTER LIPPMANN AND EMMA GOLDMAN.
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3629
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOSEPH L. GREENSTEIN
SPIELMAN, ED
HERBERT L. MORGANSTERN
THE NEAR-MYTHICAL LIFE OF A MAN WHOSE SELF-RELIANCE AND ETHNIC PRIDE EPITOMIZE WHAT IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT. JOSEPH L. GREENSTEIN BEGAN LIFE IN POLAND, EMIGRATING TO TEXAS IN 1911 AND FINDING HIS WAY INTO VAUDEVILLE AS A STRONGMAN. BY SHEER FORCE OF WILL, HE CONQUERED POVERTY AND PREJUDICE.
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7949
THE BRAVE LIFE AND DEATH OF MY HUSBAND
PEARL, MARIANE
MARGARET ROSSI
THE WIDOW OF MURDERED WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER DANIEL PEARL DESCRIBES HIS KIDNAPPING, THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT SHE LED TO RESCUE HIM, AND THROUGH THIS EFFORT, NEW KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERRORISTS' METHODS, IDEOLOGY, AND RUTHLESS VIOLENCE. SHE GOES ON TO TELL THE STORY OF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AND THEIR SHARED IDEALS, INCLUDING A BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD REPORTING. WITH SARAH CRICHTON © 2003
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8326
A NOVEL
JACOBSON, HOWARD
TIM ZAGIN
A HILARIOUS AND HEARTBREAKING STORY OF ONE MAN'S COMING OF AGE IN 1950S MANCHESTER
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7745
THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN CONVERT
SHAFRAN, AVI
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
THE STORY OF A DESCENDENT OF AMERICAN-INDIANS WHO MARRIES AN ASSIMILATED JEW AND THEN BEGINS A JOURNEY CONVERTING TO JUDAISM. THIS ACCOUNT OF HIS AND HIS FAMILY'S SPIRITUAL QUEST IS FRANK, FUNNY, AND INSPIRING.© 1992
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6902
AND THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE BUDGIE
HALPERN, CHAIKY
BEATRICE DAVIS
WHEN PENNY THE BLUE BUDGIE FLEW OUT THE OPEN WINDOW OF THE FINES' NEW HOME, HILLEL WAS SURE HE WOULD NEVER SEE HIS PET AGAIN. BUT RENA AND REUVEN FIND THE LITTLE BIRD, AND WITH THE HELP OF MIHU THE DETECTIVE, PENNY IS RETURNED TO HIS OWNER AND HILLEL FINDS NEW FRIENDS. © 1987
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1068
URIS, LEON
HILDY BERLIN
NOVEL ABOUT THE POLISH JEWS WHO FOUGHT DESPERATELY TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF THE NAZIS. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING.
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7271
FRIEDMAN, KINKY
SANDI SKODNIK
IT ALL STARTS WITH A CASUAL FLIRTATION ON A FLIGHT FROM DALLAS TO NEW YORK. WHEN THE PLANE LANDS, OUR HERO KINKY FRIEDMAN FINDS THAT HE HAS BEEN LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN, HAVING ASKED THE KINKSTER TO WATCH HER LUGGAGE, HAS SOMEHOW VANISHED. CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL FIND HER AGAIN, KINKY HOLDS ON TO THE BAG. SURE ENOUGH SHE DOES TURN UP, BUT NOT BEFORE KINKY HAS EXCITED THE INTEREST OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT, BEEN PARTY TO A THWARTED KIDNAP ATTEMPT BY ARAB TERRORISTS, AND FOUND A DEAD ISRAELI AGENT IN HIS LOFT. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS SIDEKICKS, KINKY EVENTUALLY GETS TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF THE MANY VISITORS TO HIS LOFT, BUT BEFORE IT'S OVER THE BAG IS GONE. © 2000
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5873
KELLERMAN, FAYE
RUTH S. DIAMOND
WHEN NEARLY AN ENTIRE FAMILY IS FOUND MURDERED, DETECTIVE PETER DECKER AND RINA LAZARUS, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH WIDOW, BECOME INVOLVED IN THE CASE. THE UNWANTED PRESENCE OF DECKER'S ARMY BUDDY COMPLICATES MATTERS AND ENDANGERS THE COUPLE'S RELATIONSHIP AS WELL AS LAZARUS'S LIFE.
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2276
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BERLE, MILTON
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE JEWISH COMEDIAN WHO WAS KNOWN AS 'MR. TELEVISION."
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3065
CLASSICAL JEWISH FOLKTALES. VOL. I
BIN GORION, EMANUEL, ED.
ELAYNE BERNSTEIN
A COLLECTION OF OVER 1000 FOLK TALES BASED ON THE POPULAR LITERATURE THAT EVOLVED IN JEWISH SOCIETIES THROUGH THE CENTURIES.
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3272
MIMEKOR YISRAEL (CLASSICAL JEWISH FOLKTALES), VOL. II
BIN GORION, MICHA, ED.
A COLLECTION OF OVER 1,000 FOLK TALES BASED ON THE POPULAR LITERATURE THAT EVOLVED IN JEWISH SOCIETIES THROUGH THE CENTURIES.
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4138
GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA
ELIZABETH P. KAUFMAN
THE HEROINE RENEE FACES A CLASSIC DILEMMA OF THE HIGHLY EDUCATED FEMALE: SEX VERSUS CEREBRATION.
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5300
HAREVEN, SHULAMITH
CORINNE SHAFTEL
SET IN BIBLICAL TIMES, ESHKAR IS A HEBREW BORN INTO SLAVERY IN EGYPT. HE TAKES PART IN THE EXODUS BUT SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM THE OTHER TRIBES WHEN HE SEES THAT MOSES' MIRACLES CAUSE ONLY PAIN. HE REMAINS IN THE DESERT, CYNICAL AND ALONE.
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4085
GAMZEY, ROBERT
BARBARA JUSTER
STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF INTEGRATING ORIENTAL JEWS INTO ISRAELI SOCIETY.
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7961
MIRACLE OF THE SEVENTH DAY
A GUIDE TO TH SPIRIT MEANG, SIG, & WKLY PRACTICE OF TH J SABBATH
STEINSALTZ, ADIN, RABBI
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
JUST AS THE HAGGADAH IS THE GUIDE BOOK TO THE PASSOVER SEDER, WITH ITS STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS, THIS BOOK IS A SIMPLE BUT THOROUGH GUIDE TO THE AT-HOME CELEBRATION OF THE ENTIRE SABBATH DAY, WITH PRAYERS, SONGS, AND COMMENTARY FROM THIS NOTED SCHOLAR. © 2003
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8513
LETZTER, ANNE
ELLEN DAVID
A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF MIRIAM AND HER INFANT BROTHER MOSES.
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6839
A MEMOIR
EHRLICH, ELIZABETH
SANDI SKODNIK
ONE WOMAN'S PRESERVATION OF RECIPES, IMMIGRANT STORIES, CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, DROLL MUSINGS OVER RITUAL, AND HABITS OF THE HEART. IT IS AN EXPLORATION OF THE NEED TO CONNECT WITH THE PAST AND WITH TRADITION, AND OF OUR HUNGER FOR MEANING IN A CHAOTIC WORLD. © 1997
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5596
RITUALS FOR JEWISH WOMEN AROUND THE YEAR
ADELMAN, PENINA V.
ESTHER GERSTEIN
A COMPILATION OF WOMAN-CENTERED JEWISH RITUALS DESIGNED FOR WOMEN'S GROUPS, BASED ON ROSH HODESH GATHERINGS CONCEIVED TO HONOR EACH MONTH ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR.
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1726
ORAL TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM
LIPMAN, EUGENE J.
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
THIS BOOK ELUCIDATES LEGAL PASSAGES FROM THE MISHNAH AND EXAMINES AGGADIC MATERIAL DEALING WITH PHILOSOPHICAL VALUES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS.
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5258
BESS MYERSON'S OWN STORY
DWORKIN, SUSAN
R. FRANKFORT/ R. LEVINE/J. BRONITSKY
THIS BIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON THE PERIOD WHEN MYERSON WON THE MISS AMERICA TITLE AND PAINTS A PORTRAIT OF THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR ERA.
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8416
MISHANI,D.A.
POLLY ADAMS
ISRAELI DETECTIVE AVRAHAM AVRAHAM MUST FIND A TEENAGE BOY GONE MISSING FROM THE SUBURBS OF TEL AVIV.
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368
HABE, HANS
MARIAN BAER
BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S ACTUAL REPORT OF THE EVIAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE WHICH TOOK PLACE THE SUMMER OF 1938 ON LAKE GENEVA, THIS NOVEL IS A CONDEMNATION OF WORLD APATHY WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN JEWS. © 1966
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5440
URIS, LEON
BILL ARONSON
WITH HIS MARRIAGE IN TURMOIL AND HIS WRITING CAREER AT A STANDSTILL, GIDEON ZADOK GOES TO ISRAEL DURING THE 1956 SINAI WAR TO TRY TO REDEEM HIMSELF AS A WRITER AND A JEW.
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8423
CLAYTON, JOHN J.
RICHARD BERGMAN
MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, ADAM FRIEDMAN FINDS SOLACE THROUGH LIVING THE MITZVOT. BUT WHILE SOME HAIL THE MITZVAH MAN AS A MODERN-DAY PROPHET, OTHERS BRAND HIM A MADMAN IN DANGER OF LOSING CUSTODY OF HIS ONLY CHILD.
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2262
CHILL, ABRAHAM
SARENE MEYERS
A STUDY OF THE TRADITIONAL EXPLANATION OF THE 613 COMMANDMENTS IN THE TORAH.
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6731
MITZVOT AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
A JEWISH GUIDEBOOK FOR THE SOUL
CHASIN, ESTHER G.
BOBBY DOR
BASED ON ESTHER CHASIN'S POPULAR 'LA'ASOT' (TO DO) COURSES, THIS BOOK USES THE MYSTICAL TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM AND THE SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL OF MITZVOT AS TECHNIQUES TO HELP THE READER BECOME MORE SELF-AWARE, CONFRONT UNWANTED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS, AND REPLACE THEM WITH POSITIVE QUALITIES FOR GREATER PERSONAL HARMONY. © 1997
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8058
AMERICA'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH COMEDY TEAMS FROM BURNS & ALLEN TO...
EPSTEIN, LAWRENCE J.
HOWELL MAYER
FROM 19TH CENTURY VAUDEVILLE TO RADIO, FILM, AND TELEVISION, COMEDIANS WHO PERFORM AS PARTNERS HAVE CREATED A PARTICULARLY AMERICAN TYPE OF HUMOR. AMERICANS HAVE GROWN TO DEPEND ON COMEDIANS TO RESPOND TO EVENTS, MAKE THEM LAUGH, AND SHOW THAT EVEN IN THE WORST OF TIMES, FRIENDSHIP AND HUMOR CAN HELP YOU SURVIVE. FROM LAUREL AND HARDY, THE MARX BROTHERS, AND LUCILLE BALL AND VIVIAN VANCE RIGHT THROUGH THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS AND THE CASTS OF FRIENDS AND SEINFELD, EPSTEIN LOOKS AT THESE CLASSIC TEAMS THROUGH A SOCIOLOGICAL PRISM. © 2004
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4713
WOLF, CHRISTA
ESTELLE ADEN
AS A REMEMBRANCE OF A GERMAN CHILDHOOD IN THE 30'S AND 40'S THIS NOVEL ADDRESSES PAINFUL TIMES AND PROBES FOR THE ANSWER TO DIFFICULT QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW THE PROTAGONIST COULD KNOW BUT NOT ADMIT WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
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2504
ALTER, ROBERT, EDITOR
S. BRAV
A PANORAMA OF HEBREW FICTION AND NON-FICTION PROSE OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES.
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MODERN INTERPRETATION OF JUDAISM
SCHWARTZ, CHARLES; SCHWARTZ, BETTIE G.
THE INDIVIDUAL CHAPTERS ARE A NICE SNAPSHOT OF THE PERIOD'S SENSIBILITIES AS WELL AS A CLEAR ACCOUNTING OF JEWISH THOUGHT.
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7533
A JOURNEY THROUGH LITERATURE AND CULTURE
WISSE, RUTH
STEVEN SCHRIBER
RUTH WISSE, A PROFESSOR OF YIDDISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, EVALUATES THE GREAT BOOKS OF JEWISH LITERATURE AS WELL AS LINKING THE WORKS TOGETHER TO PRESENT A NEW KIND OF JEWISH HISTORY.
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8206
MODERN JEWISH GIRL'S GUIDE TO GUILT
ELLENSON, RUTH
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
TWENTY-EIGHT OF TODAY'S TOP JEWISH WOMEN WRITERS TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THEIR RABBIS WARNED THEM NEVER TO DISCUSS IN PUBLIC.
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4924
MODERN MEANING OF JUDAISM
GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B.
HERMINE KATZ
A PRESENTATION OF THEMES ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW TODAY. INCLUDES ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SUCH AS: 'WHO IS A JEW?'; 'WHAT DOES A JEW BELIEVE?'; AND 'WHAT DOES A JEW DO?'.
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1848
MODERN MEDICINE AND JEWISH LAW
ROSNER, FRED, M.D.
L. GRANT
RECENT ADVANCES IN MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES HAVE CREATED A CRISIS IN MODERN MEDICINE. THE MORAL AND JEWISH LEGAL ASPECTS OF SUCH ISSUES AS ABORTION, BIRTH CONTROL, TRANSPLANTS AND AUTOPSY ARE EXAMINED HERE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE HALAKHA AND MODERN MEDICINE.
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1450
MODERN NATIONALISM AND RELIGION
BARON, SALO W.
SALO W. MINKIN
A HISTORY OF THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM AND AN INTERPRETATION OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON MODERN RELIGION -- PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF THE VIEWPOINT THAT NATIONALISM HAS BEEN MANIPULATED IN OUR TIMES AS A DEVICE FOR JUSTIFYING POLITICAL ANTI- SEMITISM.
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8148
A LIFE
MEYERS, JEFFREY
LORNA KOCH
MODIGLIANI WAS AN ARTIST WHOSE TUMULTUOUS AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE LIFE STYLE PROBABLY HASTENED HIS EARLY DEATH, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR. THIS BIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON THE PERSONALITY OF MODIGLIANI, HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH WOMEN, WINE, AND DRUGS, AS WELL AS HIS FRIENDSHIPS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS SUCH AS PICASSO. MODIGLIANI'S ART BROUGHT HIM NEITHER ACCLAIM NOR MONEY DURING HIS LIFETIME-IT BECAME POPULAR ONLY AFTER HIS DEATH.
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6683
THE SPY BEHIND HOME PLATE
GREY, VIVIAN
MARCI GORDON
A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER FLUENT IN NINE LANGUAGES, AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOLAR, AND AN ATTORNEY, MOE BERG LED A LIFE OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE AS A TOP-SECRET SPY WHO HELPED THE UNITED STATES WITH THE RACE AGAINST GERMANY TO BUILD THE DREADED ATOMIC BOMB. AFTER WW II, BERG FOCUSED HIS ACTIVITIES ON THE SOVIET UNION. © 1997
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3670
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
PICON, MOLLY & JEAN GRILLO
RITA KING
A HUMOROUS, UNPRETENTIOUS AND HONEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY. PICON WAS FIVE WHEN SHE BEGAN SINGING TO HELP MEET THE FAMILY FOOD BILLS. SHE SANG, DANCED AND SOMERSAULTED HER WAY INTO VAUDEVILLE, YIDDISH MUSICALS, BROADWAY AND THE LONDON STAGE.
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5787
A GIFT OF LAUGHTER
PERL, LILA
HARRIET MARCUS
AS PART OF THE JPS YOUNG BIOGRAPHY SERIES, THIS BOOK LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE WELL-KNOWN TWENTIETH-CENTURY YIDDISH ACTRESS. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES PICON'S FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES FOR ISRAEL AND HER VISITS WITH CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS AFTER WORLD WAR II.
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8294
LIFE, LOVE, AND BEATING THE ODDS
SHAPIRO, DAN
STEVEN SCHREIBER
HONEST AND OFTEN HILARIOUS, THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF THE AUTHOR'S JOURNEY FROM COLLEGE STUDENT AND CANCER PATIENT TO GRATEFUL SURVIVOR AND LOVING FATHER.
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7707
HUNTER, EVAN
MARGARET A. ROSSI
WHEN ANNIE DISAPPEARS, HER MOTHER CALLS HER TWIN, ANDY, TO FIND HER. BUT THIS IS ONE OF MANY TIMES THAT ANNIE HAS DISAPPEARED AND NOT THE FIRST TIME HER MOTHER HAS TRIED TO DENY THAT ANNIE IS SUFFERING FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA. AS ANDY REVEALS HIS MEMORIES OF HIS SISTER'S BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HE TRIES TO LOCATE HER AND TRIES ONCE AGAIN TO GET HER THE HELP SHE NEEDS. © 2002
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1146
MONDAY THE RABBI TOOK OFF
KEMELMAN, HARRY
DOROTHY HALL
FIFTH IN A SERIES OF BOOKS ABOUT RABBI DAVID SMALL, A RABBI IN NEW ENGLAND WHO UTILIZES HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE TALMUDIC METHODOLOGY KNOWN AS 'PILPUL' IN ORDER TO SOLVE MYSTERIES. THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A MYSTERY WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING A FAMILY TRIP TO JERUSALEM.
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8341
JOSIPOVICI, GABRIEL
RICHARD BERGMAN
JACK TOLEDANO IS TRYING TO WRITE A NOVEL ABOUT LANGUAGE, AS EXPRESSED THROUGH THE SYMBOL OF MOOR PARK, A MANSION THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY PURPOSES AND, MISSPELLED BY A STUDENT, IS THE SOURCE OF THE TITLE. BUT, CYNICAL AND DISILLUSIONED BY MODERN LIFE, JACK CAN'T GET THE BOOK WRITTEN, AND INSTEAD SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON LIFE AND LITERATURE DURING LONG WALKS THROUGH LONDON WITH A FRIEND.
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6284
SHULMAN, SONDRA
RITA FEDER
BETWEEN THE JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAYS OF ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR, REENIE RICHTER, A COMPULSIVE GAMBLER WHO HAS SQUANDERED HER FAMILY'S FORTUNE, OBTAINS $97,000 FROM A FELLOW RESIDENT OF HER MOTHER'S MIAMI BEACH CONDOMINIUM. ARIEL ZAUBERMAN GRANTS HER MORE CASH, BUT EXTRACTS A HEAVY PRICE FOR IT.© 1994
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7647
MORE STORIES FROM MY FATHER'S COURT
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
SANDI SKODNIK
THE TWENTY-SEVEN NEW STORIES GATHERED HERE WERE PUBLISHED IN THE FORWARD DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THOSE IN THE FIRST VOLUME; NONE OF THEM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH. FROM THE EARTHY TO THE ETHEREAL, THESE STORIES PROVIDE AN INTIMATE AND POWERFUL EVOCATION OF A BYGONE WORLD.© 2000
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4841
REIBEL, PAULA
HELEN DITTUS
MINDEL ROSSNER DARED TO REBEL AGAINST THE JEWISH TRADITION OF ARRANGED MARRIAGES, AND SHE IS LED TO MARRIAGE BY FORCE. NO SOONER DOES SHE FALL IN LOVE WITH HER HUSBAND WHEN A TERRIBLE RUMOR THREATENS HER HOPES FOR HAPPINESS.
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8293
POEMS
GRUBIN, EVE
ELAINE WOLBROM
IN HER STRONG DEBUT, GRUBIN WRITES FROM, AND ABOUT, HER JEWISH FAITH, EXPLORING AND JUSTIFYING IT IN CAREFUL IMAGES FROM MODERN CITY LIFE, AND IN JUXTAPOSITIONS OF JEWISH LITURGY WITH HER OWN MEMORIES OF CRISIS AND EPIPHANY.
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718
SHAZAR, ZALMAN
LIVIA SCHACTER, HARRIET KOSHAR
THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL REMINISCES ABOUT HIS YOUTH AND THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED SHAPE HIS LIFE. © 1967
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357
MOROCCAN JEWISH FOLKTALES
NOY, DOV
LILLIAN ZWEIBEL & RUTH EPSTEIN
A COLLECTION OF TALES FROM THE ONCE-THRIVING MOROCCAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. ©
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5537
PORTER, ANNA
SARENE MEYERS
WHEN RECLUSIVE FINANCIER PAUL ZIMMERMAN DIES SUDDENLY OF A HEART ATTACK, TORONTO-BASED JOURNALIST, JUDITH HAYES, IS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT HE IS CONNECTED TO THE DEATH OF HARVEY SINGER, A RETIRED CLOTHING MANUFACTURER. THE CONNECTION REMAINS INEXPLICABLE UNTIL HAYES TRAVELS TO HUNGARY TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY.
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1143
LEADER, PROPHET, MAN
ROSHWALD, MORDECAI & MIRIAM ROSHWALD
NANCY SCHIERING
THE LIFE AND PERSONALITY OF THE BIBLICAL MOSES. REMAKE OF NANCY SCHIERING'S 1972 RECORDING.
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4669
FREUD, SIGMUND
NANCY SCHIERING
A PSYCHOANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF MOSES AS IT IS FOUND IN EXODUS.
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8369
MOSES, A STRANGER AMONG US
HARRIS, MAURICE D.
DIANE LIPMAN
RABBI MAURICE HARRIS LEADS US TO LOOK BEYOND FAMILIAR AND POPULAR PORTRAYALS OF MOSES SO THAT WE CAN DISCOVER THE MOSES WHOSE LESSER-KNOWN ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCES PROVIDE US WITH SURPRISINGLY FRESH ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE.
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7158
MOSES, THE PRINCE, THE PROPHET
HIS LIFE, LEGEND AND MESSAGE FOR OUR LIVES
MEIER, LEVI, RABBI, PH.D.
SARENE MEYERS
TO HELP US COPE WITH THE BURDEN OF OUR OWN "EGYPTS," RABBI MEIER BRINGS TO LIFE THE STRUGGLES, FAILURES, AND TRIUMPHS THAT REVEAL THE HUMAN SIDE OF MOSES, A CENTRAL FIGURE IN JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND ISLAMIC TRADITIONS. HE SHOWS HOW PERSONAL STRUGGLE AND PERSERVERANCE CREATE A FOUNDATION FOR LIBERATION AND CHANGE WHILE TEACHING US ABOUT OURSELVES - OUR ROLE IN LIFE, OUR STRUGGLES, AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. © 1998
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DAYAN, MOSHE
RENEE RATNER
FILLED WITH PERSONAL ANECDOTES REVEALING THE MAN HIMSELF, HIS CANDID OPINIONS OF OTHER STATESMEN AND HIS ROLE AS ISRAEL'S LEADER.
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3688
EISENBERG, DAN, & LANDAU, E.
JUDY ELLIS
TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE ALL THE FEATS, TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES OF MOSSAD AGENTS, MEN AND WOMEN WITH RUTHLESS DEDICATION, AND GREAT INGENUITY. A SPY STORY THAT COMES FROM REAL LIFE.
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1976
MOST OF S.J. PERELMAN, THE. PART 2 AND PART 3.
PERELMAN, S.J.
HELEN H. ASCHER
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES WRITTEN BY THE HUMORIST.
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7404
A FAMILY HISTORY
MORGANTHAU III, HENRY
E. MADURO
FAMILY CHRONICLER MORGANTHAU HAS MANAGED TO PRESENT US WITH A MOVING AND FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF HIS FAMILY'S BAVARIAN-JEWISH HISTORY AS WELL AS AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF PROMINENT IMMIGRANT SOCIETY DURING AMERICAS GILDED AGE.
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2418
ASCH, SHOLEM
NANCY SCHEIRING
A POLISH FAMILY COMES TO NEW YORK, CHANGES THEIR SURFACE HABITS BUT KEEPS TO ANCIENT TRADITION.
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1049
FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY
NANCY SCHIERING
A NOVEL ABOUT THE FUNNY, EMOTIONAL, AND PICTURESQUE ADVENTURES OF A MOTHER AND SON. REMAKE OF BESS CHALSKE'S 1972 RECORDING.
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7958
MOTHERS, SISTERS, RESISTERS
ORAL HISTORIES OF WOMEN WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST
GUREWITSCH, BRANA, BONNIE, ED.
ELLEN DAVID
TWENTY FIVE WOMEN SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORIES. THE INTERVIEWER, A NOTE HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR, CORROBORATES THEIR STORIES AND SUPPLIES EXPLANATORY FACTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARTICULAR EXPERIENCES UNIQUE TO FEMALE SURVIVORS. © 1998
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8450
SCHURR, ASAF
DAN PARILIS
THE NOVEL DEPICTS THE UNEQUAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN MOTTI AND MENACHEM, TWO MIDDLE-AGED MEN LIVING IN JERUSALEM.AFTER A NIGHT OF DRINKING TOGETHER, MENACHEM HITS AND KILLS A PEDESTRIAN WHILE DRIVING DRUNK, AND MOTTI, ALSO IN THE CAR, STEPS UP AND TAKES THE RAP—FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.
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1563
MR. JACK AND THE GREENSTALKS
HOROWITZ, GENE
GERT ZUCKERMAN
A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG DESIGNER AND THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK CITY.
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6039
YEHOSHUA, A. B.
RITA CROSBY
IN THIS NOVEL ABOUT SIX GENERATIONS OF THE MANI FAMILY, THE AUTHOR EMPLOYS MYSTERY, COINCIDENCE AND FATE, AS HE GRADUALLY DISCLOSES THE TRAGEDY THAT HAUNTS EVERY GENERATION OF THE FAMILY. ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF FIVE CONVERSATIONS, THE NARRATIVE MOVES FROM 1982 TO 1848 AS IT PLACES ITS DOMESTIC EVENTS WITHIN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
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481
FUKS, LADISLAV
MARIE RUBENFELD
IN 1942 PRAGUE, AN ELDERLY MAN LIVES IN FEAR OF DEPORTATION, WHILE THOSE AROUND HIM SEEM BLIND TO THE APPROACH OF WAR AND ADVERSITY. A KAFKAESQUE LOOK AT LIFE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THAT ERA. © 1968
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6477
AUSTER, PAUL
JEANNE LINDE
IN 1924, WALT, A FOULMOUTHED, BADLY-ABUSED 9-YEAR-OLD, IS PICKED FROM A ST. LOUIS GUTTER BY THE MYSTERIOUS MASTER YEHUDI WHO PROMISES TO TEACH HIM HOW TO FLY. THIS STORY OSCILLATES BETWEEN FANTASY AND REAL TIME, COVERING A LARGE CHUNK OF AMERICAN HISTORY.© 1994
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6368
ELKIN, STANLEY
SANDI SKODNIK
TED BLISS HAS DIED SOON AFTER THE BLISS'S RETIREMENT TO MIAMI, AND THUS BEGINS THE LAST STAGES OF MRS. TED BLISS'S LIFE ON EARTH. IT IS A LONELY BUT SPIRITED, COMIC EXISTENCE IN A CONDOMINIUM OVERLOOKING BISCAYNE BAY. COUNTLESS RETIREES WILL RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN DOROTHY BLISS, BUT FINDING HER IN A NOVEL, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.© 1995
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8144
MUCH ADO ABOUT JESSIE KAPLAN
A NOVEL
COHEN, PAULA MARANTZ
NORMA FIRE
CARLA'S FAMILY LIFE HAS HER EXHAUSTED. HER HUSBAND, A DOCTOR IN PRIVATE PRACTICE COMES HOME FRAZZLED BECAUSE MEDICINE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE. HER TEN YEAR OLD SON IS WREAKING HAVOC IS HIS CLASSROOM IN SCHOOL, AND HER ORNERY 12 YR OLD DAUGHTER IS ABOUT TO HAVE A BAT MITZVAH. BUT IT'S HER MOTHER, JESSIE KAPLAN, WHO HAS HER REALLY WORRIED: JESSIE STARTS TO REMEMBER A PREVIOUS LIFE AS THE DARK LADY OF SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS. THIS IS A STORY OF LOVE, LOSS AND FAMILIAL RITES OF PASSAGE.
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6502
KOCH, EDWARD I.
AUDREY FLAMBERG
'RIDICULOUS!' PROCLAIMS HIZZONER WHEN HE FINDS HIMSELF ON THE N.Y.P.D.'S LIST OF PRIME SUSPECTS. DRAWING ON HIS WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, IN AND OUT OF CITY HALL, KOCH FIGHTS TO CLEAR HIS NAME WHILE RUNNING THE CITY AND SECRETLY FOLLOWING A CRIME TRAIL THAT STRETCHES FROM GRAND ARMY PLAZA TO THE WEST SIDE RAILROAD YARDS. © 1995
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8279
A NOVEL
KUSTANOWITZ, SHULAMIT
LES SUSSMAN
A SHOT IN THE SYNAGOGUE PARKING LOT BRINGS RABBI LONDON RUNNING. THE RABBI KNOWS HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN TROUBLE BREWING WEEKS BEFORE WHEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DEATH TURNED NASTY. DESPITE THE RABBI'S TEACHINGS, THE MURDERER HAS PUT HIS PLAN INTO MOTION. SOON THERE WILL BE ENOUGH PEOPLE MOURNING HIS VICTIMS TO ENSURE THE MINIMUM OF TEN MEN AT THE DAILY SERVICE, AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY HIS KADDISH.
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7756
AN ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL
KELLERMAN, JONATHAN
BARRY SNIDER
DETECTIVE ALEX DELAWARE RECEIVES A BOOK FULL OF GRISLY POLICE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE MAIL ENTITLED "THE MURDER BOOK" THAT INCLUDES A PICTURE OF A MURDER THAT HE HAD INVESTIGATED 20 YEARS BEFORE. HE IS LED ON A TRAIL THROUGH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SOCIETIES IN ORDER TO SOLVE THIS MURDER.© 2002
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7145
A MUSICAL CASE
GUR, BATYA
TAMIR
SRAELI POLICEMAN MICHAEL OHAYON, RETURNING IN THIS FOURTH MYSTERY, OHAYON IS ABOUT TO SPEND A QUIET EVENING LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC WHEN HE HEARS WHAT SOUNDS LIKE A BABY CRYING. AND INDEED, IN A STAIRWELL JUST OUTSIDE HIS DOOR, IS A REAL LIVE BABY IN A BOX. THIS EVENT LEADS TO HIS MEETING A NEIGHBOR, NITA VAN GELDEN, WHO IS A SINGLE MOTHER AND CELLIST FROM AN EXTENDED FAMILY OF INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN MUSICIANS. WHEN A MEMBER OF THIS ILLUSTRIOUS FAMILY IS MURDERED, OHAYON BECOMES INVOLVED WITH THE INVESTIGATION. © 1999
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8254
A MICHAEL OHAYON MYSTERY
GUR, BATYA
LLOYD MOSS
TIRZAH RUBIN, SET DESIGNER FOR ISRAELI TELEVISION, IS FOUND DEAD UNDER A FALLEN MARBLE PILLAR. MICHAEL OHAYON, THE QUIET, INTROSPECTIVE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ISRAELI POLICE, ARRIVES ON THE SCENE TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION OF WHAT FIRST APPEARS TO BE AN ACCIDENT AND SOON BECOMES A CRIME. WHEN THE KILLING IS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND AND THEN A THIRD DEATH AT THE STUDIO, OHAYON AND HIS STAFF DELVE FURTHER INTO THE DEEPLY INTERTWINED LIVES OF THE VICTIMS AND THE OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS IN THIS CLOSELY KNIT TELEVISION FAMILY.
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5256
HAIBLUM, ISIDORE
MELVIN DAVIS
JIM SHAW'S INVESTIGATION OF AN EX-POLICE OFFICER TAKES ON A NEW TWIST WHEN HIS ELDERLY JEWISH NEIGHBOR IS BEATEN TO DEATH. IN ORDER TO SOLVE HIS CASE AND PREVENT ANOTHER CRIME, SHAW MUST UNCOVER THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO PEOPLE.
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7147
A COMMUNAL CASE
GUR, BATYA
PATRICIA LAVIN, HELEN SCHNEIDER
THE MURDER BY POISON OF OSNAT HAREL, BEAUTIFUL AND FORCEFUL KIBBUTZ SECRETARY, IS A MOST DISTURBING ONE. TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT "ONE WHO HASN'T LIVE ON A KIBBUTZ CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND LIFE THERE," MICHAEL OHAYON, NOW HEAD OF THE NATIONAL DIVISION'S DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTIGATION OF SERIOUS CRIMES, BECOMES EVER MORE DETERMINED TO PENETRATE THE SPIRIT OF THIS WORLD HE MUST INVESTIGATE. DEFYING HIS COMMANDER'S ORDERS. OHAYON WORKS ALONE, CONVINCED THAT ONLY THROUGH DELICATE PROBING OF KIBBUTZ LIFE WILL HE UNCOVER THE MOTIVES BEHIND THIS STRANGE HOMICIDE. © 1991
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7515
CONWAY, SARA
MARILYN BECK
A SHOCKING MURDER COMPLICATED BY RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE FUELS ONE MAN'S SEARCH FOR TRUTH AS WELL AS HIS OWN SOUL.
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8231
ROTHSTEIN, GIDON
TIM ZAGEN
RACHEL TUCKER, AN ABC NEWS ANCHORWOMAN TEMPORARILY LIVING IN ISRAEL, HAS JUST HAD A BABY AND LOST HER BEST FRIEND TO SUDDEN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. HER ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE REAL CAUSE OF THAT FRIEND'S DEATH FORCE HER TO CONFRONT UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS ABOUT THE MESSIANIC SOCIETY THAT ISRAEL HAS BECOME, ABOUT HERSELF, AND ABOUT HOW SHE CAN OR CANNOT FIND HER PLACE IN THAT WORLD.
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8330
AN AMERICAN HEIRESS IN THE NAZI RESISTANCE
ISENBERG, SHEILA
NIKKI JAMES
AN AMERICAN HEIRESS TURNED RESISTANCE HERO, MURIEL GARDINER SAVED COUNTLESS JEWS AND ANTI-FASCISTS, PROVIDING SHELTER AND DOCUMENTS ENSURING THEIR ESCAPE.
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5138
MUSIC IN MY HEART AND BORSCHT IN MY BLOOD
TOBIAS, HENRY
A MEMOIR BY A 'GRADUATE' OF THE BORSCHT BELT, FOCUSING ON THE AUTHOR'S YEARS AS A SOCIAL DIRECTOR AT VARIOUS CATSKILL HOTELS. INCLUDED ARE ANECDOTES ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE WHO TRAINED ON THE 'BORSCHT' CIRCUIT.
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6898
FROM THE BIBLICAL ERA TO MODERN TIMES
GRADENWITZ, PETER E.
EVA YARRET
THIS VOLUME INCORPORATES 5,000 YEARS OF JEWISH MUSICAL HISTORY. © 1996
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7541
MAKINE, ANDREI
ALEXEI BERG, A JEW, IS A CLASSICAL PIANIST ALLOWED TO CONTINUE PLAYING DURING STALIN'S REIGN OF TERROR IN THE 1930'S. BERG SEES HIS PARENTS ARRESTED, AND IN ORDER TO PREVENT HIS OWN ARREST, FLEES. ASSUMING THE IDENTITY OF A DEAD SOLDIER, HE ENLISTS IN THE SOVIET ARMY. TWO DECADES LATER, HE TELLS HIS STORY TO THE NOVEL'S NARRATOR.
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4899
MUSIC OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
EISENSTEIN, JUDITH K., DR.
DR. JUDITH EISENSTEIN
THIRTEEN LECTURES WHICH TRACE JEWISH MUSICAL CREATIVITY FROM THE BIBLE TO THE PRESENT, REFLECTING THE JEWISH LIFE-CYCLE.
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6178
FRIEDMAN, KINKY
HYLA MELNICK
AFTER THREE EX-BAND MEMBERS DIE MYSTERIOUSLY, FRIEDMAN, A RETIRED MUSICIAN TURNED PRIVATE EYE, SOLVES THE CRIME WITH THE HELP OF THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND LOTS OF LIQUOR, ESPRESSO, AND CIGARS.© 1991
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7836
AND OTHER STORIES
KENAZ, YEHOSHUA
MICHAEL BERNSTEIN
FOUR STORIES FOLLOW A YOUNG BOY THROUGH THE RITES OF PASSAGE. IN "THE THREE-LEGGED CHICKEN," THE BOY EXPERIENCES HIS GRANDFATHER'S DEATH. "HENRIK'S SECRET" DEALS WITH A FRIENDSHIP THAT CROSSES SOCIAL BOUNDARIES. IN "MUSICAL MOMENT," THE BOY'S VIOLIN BECOMES A WEAPON IN HIS STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM HIS DOTING MOTHER. "BETWEEN NIGHT AND DAWN" EXPLORES ADOLESCENT CRUELTY AND LUST ON A WEEKEND OUTING. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU.© 1995
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4903
MUSICAL VARIATIONS ON JEWISH THOUGHT
D'ALLONES, OLIVIER REVAULT
ROBERTA POLLACK
A PROFESSOR OF AESTHETICS ANALYZES ELOHIM AND YAHWEH AS 'NOMADIC AND SEDENTARY' GODS, AND LOOKS AT JEWISH TRAITS IN MUSICAL, RATHER THAN HISTORICAL, TERMS.
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3193
MICHAELIS, MEIR
REBECCA KADITZ
A STUDY OF GERMAN-ITALIAN RELATIONS DURING THE FASCIST PERIOD, AND ITALIAN FASCIST POLICY TOWARD THE JEWS.
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7860
A MEMOIR
REINER, CARL
MEGAN OWEN
THE COMEDIAN-WRITER-ACTOR OFFERS 27 ANECDOTES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN SHOW BUSINESS, FROM THE CATSKILLS TO HOLLYWOOD.© 2003
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8346
A NOVEL
MILLER, RISA
ALLISON EDWARDS
WHEN HONEY AND SUSAN'S ELDERLY FATHER EMBRACES ORTHODOX JUDAISM ON A TRIP TO ISRAEL, THEY ARE SHOCKED, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY EXPLAINING THEIR CONCERNS, WHILE HE TRIES TO TEACH THEM ABOUT RELIGIOUS LIFE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADULT CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS CAN SOMETIMES BE PRICKLY AS EACH GENERATION TRIES TO UNDERSTAND AND COME TO TERMS WITH THE OTHER'S CHOICES.
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2231
A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT
BAUER, YEHUDA
RUBELLE SCHAFFER
A HISTORY OF THE JOINT AND OF AMERICAN JEWRY FROM 1929 AND THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE HOLOCAUST.
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1485
THE STORY OF MODERN ISRAEL
EBAN, ABBA
JANE N. WEISS
A HISTORY OF THE FIRST 25 YEARS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WRITTEN BY THE NOTED STATESMAN AND FORMER CABINET MINISTER. A FOLLOW-UP TO HIS EARLIER WORK, "MY PEOPLE." REMAKE OF A LOST 1973 RECORDING BY SALO W. MINKIN.
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8536
A MEMOIR OF FOOD, LOVE, AND FAMILY, WITH RECIPES
LERMAN, DAWN
ELIZABETH LONDON
THE AUTHOR REFLECTS ON HER COLORFUL FAMILY AND CULINARY-CENTRIC UPBRINGING, AND HOW FOOD SHAPED HER CONNECTION TO HER FAMILY, HER JEWISH HERITAGE, AND HERSELF.
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2873
ALON, YIGAL
F. WICKOFF
LIFE OF ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER IN PALESTINE FARMING VILLAGE DURING 1920'S AND 30'S.
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7240
STERN, ISAAC; POTOK, CHAIM
BEVERLY STERN
WORLD RENOWNED VIOLINIST ISAAC STERN SHARES BOTH HIS PERSONAL AND HIS ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES: THE STORY OF HIS RISE TO EMINENCE; HIS FEELINGS ABOUT MUSIC AND THE VIOLIN; HIS RICH EMOTIONAL LIFE; HIS GREAT FRIENDSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH COLLEAGUES SUCH AS LEONARD BERNSTEIN AND PABLO CASALS; HIS BACKGROUND AS AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL; HIS IDEAS AND BELIEFS ABOUT ART, LOVE, AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. WITH CHAIM POTOK. © 1999
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8107
WEIL, SYLVIE
BETSY NEWBERRY
A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE CRUSADES IN 11TH CENTURY FRANCE, AS DESCRIBED BY TWELVE-YEAR-OLD ELVINA, THE REAL-LIFE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE REVERED SCHOLAR RASHI. WHILE ELVINA PREFERS THE INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS USUALLY LIMITED TO JEWISH BOYS, SHE DUTIFULLY CARRIES OUT THE ROLE OF "WOMAN OF THE HOUSE" WHILE HER MOTHER IS AWAY. SUDDENLY, A KNOCK AT THE DOOR REVEALS GAUTHIER, WHO, LIKE HER, WOULD RATHER STUDY THAN DO WHAT HIS SOCIETY EXPECTS - FIGHT IN THE CRUSADES. IN RETURN FOR HER ASSISTANCE, HE OFFERS ADVANCE WARNING OF THE CRUSADERS' ARRIVAL IN HER TOWN. IS IT WORTH THE RISK? WILL HER GUARDIAN ANGEL HELP? TRANSLATED FROM THE 2001 FRENCH ORIGINAL. © 2004
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2589
MEIR, GOLDA
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR, ISRAEL'S FOURTH PRIME MINISTER. MEIR, WHO WAS BORN IN KIEV IN 1898, DESCRIBES HER EARLY LIFE IN RUSSIA, HER FAMILY'S EMIGRATION TO MILWAUKEE, HER ALIYAH TO A KIBBUTZ IN PALESTINE, AND HER CAREER AS STATESWOMAN, FOREIGN MINISTER, AND LABOR LEADER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
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5522
OZ, AMOS
ALYCE DOMENITZ
HANNAH, AN ISRAELI HOUSEWIFE TRAPPED IN A MONOTONOUS LIFE, SPINS A FANTASY WORLD OF VIOLENCE INVOLVING ARAB TWINS SHE HAD BEEN FRIENDLY WITH AS A YOUNG GIRL. ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, HIS AUNTS, AND HER SON, HANNAH SYMBOLIZES THE CHANGING CONSCIENCES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF ISRAELIS.
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4540
A SON'S EVOCATION OF LIFE WITH GOLA MEIR
MEIR, MENAHEM
VARIOUS
A BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FROM 1969 TO 1974, BY HER SON.
