EN4
1044
ZAHLER, HELENE S.
SYLVIA SCHMUKLER
A BIOGRAPHY OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN WHO BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AS A YOUNG CHILD AND ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS A COMPOSER AND AS CONDUCTOR OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
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6689
ROTH, PHILIP
MARILYN BECK
ROTH RECREATES THE CONFLICTS AND VIOLENT TRANSITIONS OF THE 1960S. HE PORTRAYS HOW THE INNOCENCE OF ONE MAN, SWEDE LEVOV, IS SWEPT AWAY BY THE TIMES. EVERYTHING INDUSTRIOUSLY CREATED BY LEVOV'S FAMILY IN AMERICA OVER THREE GENERATIONS IS LEFT IN A SHAMBLES BY THE EXPLOSION OF A BOMB IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. © 1997
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2771
ROSENTHAL, GILBERT S., ED.
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS PRESENTING A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE OF THE RABBI IN THE SYNAGOGUE, THE COMMUNITY, AND THE COUNTRY. ALL BRANCHES OF JUDAISM ARE REPRESENTED.
EN4
5999
THE STORY OF GEORGE GERSHWIN
KRESH, PAUL
JUDY BOMBECK
A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE AMERICAN COMPOSER. DISCUSSES HIS MUSICAL COMEDIES, POPULAR SONGS, SYMPHONIC WORKS, AND THE OPERA 'PORGY AND BESS.'
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2289
FROM HERZL TO THE HOLOCAUST
UROFSKY, MELVIN I.
RIVY DOLIN
A HISTORY OF ZIONISM IN AMERICA FROM THE TIME OF HERZL, WHO ADVOCATED A ZIONIST STATE IN 1896, UNTIL THE HOLOCAUST WHEN AMERICAN JEWS BECAME COMMITTED TO THE GOAL OF A JEWISH STATE.
EN4
4357
THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE 1967 BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM
MOSKIN, J. ROBERT
MARILYN GOLDBERG
AN ACCOUNT BY A JOURNALIST OF THE BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM DURING THE SIX-DAY WAR OF 1967.
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8245
LOST STORIES FROM THE HOLOCAUST'S LONG REACH INTO ARAB LANDS
SATLOFF, ROBERT
ARLENE SIMON
ROBERT SATLOFF IS A MAN WITH A MISSION. HE BELIEVES THAT IF CONTEMPORARY ARABS KNEW ABOUT ARABS WHO RESCUED JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST, THEY WOULD REJECT THE HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ANTI-SEMITISM THAT ARE NOW SO PREVALENT IN THE ARAB/MUSLIM WORLD. THIS BOOK TELLS OF HIS QUEST TO TRACK DOWN THE HISTORY OF THOSE ARABS' DEEDS.
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8303
AMOROUS BUSBOY OF DECATUR AVENUE
A CHILD OF THE FIFTIES LOOKS BACK
KLEIN, ROBERT
HOWELL MAYER
THE COMEDIAN, ACTOR, AND WITTY OBSERVER OF OUR SOCIAL FOIBLES IS ALSO A FINE AND VERY FUNNY WRITER. WINNING A JOB WITH CHICAGO'S SECOND CITY IMPROVISATIONAL TROUPE IS REMEMBERED HERE FONDLY, AND KLEIN FILLS HIS STORY WITH INTERESTING AND REVEALING ANECDOTES ABOUT MANY SECOND CITY ALUMNI.
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2433
WARD, JAMES M.
SALO W. MINKIN
A STUDY OF THE BIBLICAL PROPHETS AMOS AND ISAIAH.
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7639
(THE KLAUS BARBIE TRIAL & THE CITY OF LYON 1940-1945)
MORGAN, TED
MICHELLE HARBOR
TED MORGAN COVERED THE WAR CRIMINAL TRIAL OF KLAUS BARBIE IN LYON, FRANCE. USING COPIES OF SECRET DOCUMENTS PREPARED FOR THIS TRIAL, THE AUTHOR USES THIS INFORMATION TO RELATE UNTOLD STORIES ABOUT LYON'S OCCUPATION.© 1990
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4507
ROTH, PHILIP
ROTH'S MAIN CHARACTER, ZUCKERMAN, STRUGGLES WITH PHYSICAL DETERIORATION, MIDDLE AGE AND WRITER'S BLOCK.
EN4
1653
STEINBERG, MILTON
TRUDY CUTLER
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ANALYZING THE PHILOSOPHIES OF KIERKEGAARD, SARTRE, NIEBUHR, DEWEY, JAMES, AND OTHERS. EXAMINES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON IN CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM. © 1960
EN4
2948
JAMES, E.O.
JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN
A STUDY OF THE DIVERSE RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, FROM RITUALS OF PALEOLITHIC MAN TO CHRISTIANITY.
EN4
5867
BIBLICAL CRITICISM FROM MAX WEBER TO THE PRESENT
ZEITLIN, IRVING M.
DOROTHY AXELROTH
THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE ORIGINS OF JUDAISM IN THE LIGHT OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP. © 1986
EN4
6745
ANONYMOUS
MERRILL PAM COOPER
THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE GREAT TALMUDIC SAGE RABBI AKIVA, AS RELATED BY A FRIEND OF HIS WIFE, RACHEL, WHO LEFT HER WEALTHY CHILDHOOD BEHIND TO MARRY THE PENNILESS SCHOLAR AND ENCOURAGED HIM IN HIS STUDIES. © 1990
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8377
BRAZER, ELLEN
LORNA KOCHE
THE BOOK TRAVELS TO A TIME WHEN A THIRD TEMPLE IS BUILT AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT HOLDING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS FOUND. AS THE ROMANS PREPARE TO RECLAIM ISRAEL, THE BOOK FOLLOWS TWO SETS OF BROTHERS-ONE ROMAN AND ONE JEWISH-WHOSE FRIENDSHIPS, HATREDS, AND LIVES INTERTWINE.
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8093
THE MURDER OF MARY PHAGAN AND THE LYNCHING OF LEO FRANK
ONEY, STEVE
MICHELLE HARBER, FRANCIE ANNE RILEY
A TEENAGER'S 1913 MURDER IN ATLANTA, THE CONVICTION OF A JEWISH FACTORY OWNER, THE LAST MINUTE COMMUTATION OF HIS DEATH SENTENCE, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT LYNCHING HAVE BEEN NOVELIZED AND DRAMATIZED ON STAGE AND SCREEN. BUT NOW A JOURNALIST PROVIDES A DETAILED HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THESE EVENTS, PRESENTED IN A NARRATIVE STYLE REMINISCENT OF A 19TH CENTURY NOVEL. © 2003
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1524
AND THE HILLS SHOUTED FOR JOY
THE DAY ISRAEL WAS BORN
POSTAL, BERNARD, & HENRY W. LEVY
FLORENCE S. LAZERSON
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORIC EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON MAY 15, 1948, THE DAY THAT ISRAEL WAS PROCLAIMED A SOVEREIGN STATE. INCLUDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE.
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7273
AND THE SEA IS NEVER FULL
MEMOIRS, 1969-
WIESEL, ELIE
HELEN SCHNEIDER
AS THIS CONCLUDING VOLUME OF HIS REVEALING MEMOIR BEGINS, ELIE WIESEL IS FORTY YEARS OLD, A WRITER OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE. DETERMINED TO SPEAK OUT MORE ACTIVELY FOR BOTH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND THE DEFRANCHISED EVERYWHERE, HE SETS HIMSELF A CHALLENGE: "I WILL BECOME MILITANT. I WILL TEACH, SHARE, BEAR WITNESS. I WILL REVEAL AND TRY TO MITIGATE THE VICTIMS' SOLITUDE." HE MAKES WORDS HIS WEAPONS, AND IN THESE PAGES WE RELIVE WITH HIM HIS UNSTINTING BATTLES. © 1999
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6476
AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE
AN AMERICAN RABBI AND HIS CONGREGATION
WILKES, PAUL
SARENE MEYER
THE AUTHOR, A CATHOLIC, SPENT A YEAR WITH RABBI JAY ROSENBAUM, THE LEADER OF A CONSERVATIVE CONGREGATION, EXPLORING THE PATTERNS OF FAITH AND PRACTICE IN HIS COMMUNITY. THE RABBI, THOUGH FRUSTRATED BY THE APATHY AND RESENTMENT OF CONGREGANTS, IS NOT DETERRED IN HIS ATTEMPT TO REACH ALIENATED JEWS.© 1994
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6523
AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING
AN UNFOLDING OF THE SIX WORDS THAT BEGIN EVERY BRAKHA
GRISHAVER, JOEL LURIE
BETTY SMITH
GRISHAVER LOOKS AT THE FIRST SIX WORDS THAT BEGIN EVERY BLESSING AND DISCOVERS IN THEM A KEY TO A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH PRAYER IN GENERAL, AT THE SAME TIME OFFERING A PROFOUND GRASP OF THE JEWISH VIEW OF LIFE ITSELF. © 1993
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7383
MUNVES, JAMES
SARENE MEYERS
A SCIENTIST WHO HAD WORKED ON THE MANHATTAN PROJECT QUIT HIS JOB, LEFT HIS FAMILY, AND WENT OFF TO COLOMBIA TO WORK WITH THE PEACE CORPS ON AN ORNITHOLOGICAL PROJECT. BUT NOW THOMAS COOPER CANNOT BE FOUND, AND HIS MOTHER ENLISTS HER RABBI TO TRAVEL TO THE ANDES IN SEARCH OF HER SON. © 1999
EN4
7085
GLASSGOLD, PETER
RAYMA FELDMAN
AS A YOUNG CHILD IN KOVNO, MAX PETROVICH KRAFT HAD A CLEAR VISION OF HIS OWN FUTURE AND OF THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES HE WAS GOING TO HAVE IN AMERICA. HE MOVES TO NEW YORK, WHERE A SOUND MARRIAGE AND AN EQUALLY SOUND BUSINESS VENTURE MAKE THE AMERICAN DREAM IMMEDIATELY COME TRUE. BUT THERE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FAMILY: REVOLUTIONARY STEPSISTERS, A VIOLENT HALF BROTHER, AND AN ANARCHIST COUSIN. THEY ARE IN AND OUT OF MAX'S LIFE, AND HE BECOMES AN "ANGEL" FOR THE CAUSE, A LITTLE OUT OF SYMPATHY, BUT MORE TO KEEP THEM AT A DISTANCE. © 1998
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6240
KRICH, ROCHELLE MAJER
SANDI SKODNIK
LAPD DETECTIVE JESSICA DRAKE NEEDS TO DISCOVER IF THE HATE MESSAGE PAINTED ON ATTORNEY BARRY LEWIS' FRONT DOOR IS MEANT JUST FOR HIM OR THE ENTIRE JEWISH COMMUNITY. DRAKE SOON LEARNS THAT LEWIS IS EVERYBODY'S ENEMY NOW THAT HE IS REPRESENTING NEO-NAZIS.
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4643
IRVING, CLIFFORD
H. DITTUS. MON. R. DORSAY & J. SANDERS
THE NOVEL TAKES PLACE IN A NAZI DEATH CAMP AND ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: CAN AN INDIVIDUAL RETAIN HIS HUMANITY IN THE FACE OF MONSTROUS, UNTHINKABLE AND PARALYZING EVIL?
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7214
THE INNER TEACHER
PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
RABBI PLISKIN PRESENTS A NINE-STEP PROGRAM TO HELP US PURGE ANGER FROM OURSELVES. THE AUTHOR DRAWS ON TORAH LITERATURE AND HIS EXTENSIVE COUNSELING EXPERIENCE TO BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR COPING WITH ANGER. THIS BOOK IS A GUIDE OFFERING UNDERLYING CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL HANDS-ON TOOLS FOR DECREASING AND PREVENTING ANGER. THE STEP-BY-STEP PROGRAM IS FOR ANYONE WISHING TO GAIN GREATER MASTERY OVER HIS OR HER EMOTIONS. IT ALSO PROVIDES A USEFUL MODEL FOR THOSE IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS. © 1999
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904
URIS, LEON M.
ADELINE MAREMONT
AN ADVENTURE WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING THE GERMAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF GREECE DURING WWII. © 1971
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318
TWENTY-THREE CENTURIES OF ANTI-SEMITISM
FLANNERY, EDWARD H.
ZOE BELTH
A STUDY OF ANTI-SEMITISM, WRITTEN BY A CATHOLIC PRIEST, COVERING CENTURIES OF CONFLICT BETWEEN JEWS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND EXAMINING DISCRIMINATION AND GENOCIDE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. © 1965
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1909
WIESEL, ELIE
ANNE MARANTZ
A POETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF A TALMUDIC TALE ABOUT FAITH IN THE MESSIAH.
EN4
6412
FAGAN, CARY
EMILY HSU J
AT AGE 31, COLLEGE DROPOUT SHEILA HERSH LEADS A SCHIZOID EXISTENCE. BY DAY SHE IS THE DUTIFUL JEWISH DAUGHTER WORKING IN HER FATHER'S STORE. AT NIGHT, SHE FREQUENTS A TRENDY CLUB-HOPPING SCENE. THEN SHE BECOMES OBSESSED WITH A BOOK OF POEMS LEFT BY HER DEAD MOTHER. SHE TRAVELS TO VIENNA TO RESOLVE HER FEELINGS AND FINDS NEW LOVE.© 1996
EN4
8521
COOK, SOPHIE
NIKKI JAMES
SPANNING THE YEARS FROM 1880 TO 1944, ANNA & ELIZABETH TELLS THE STORY OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT WOMEN AND THEIR UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP --- ANNA, A BAPTIST WOMAN FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE, AND ELIZABETH, HER ONE-TIME JEWISH EMPLOYER.
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1613
A PORTRAIT IN COURAGE
SCHNABEL, ARNST
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE YOUNG GIRL WHOSE DIARY DESCRIBED HER LIFE WHILE HIDING IN AN ATTIC DURING THE NAZI ERA. BASED ON ANNE FRANK'S OWN WORDS AS WELL AS GERMAN DOCUMENTS AND EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS.
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265
THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL
FRANK, ANNE
ELISSA BAUM
THIS IS THE FAMOUS DIARY WRITTEN BY A YOUNG JEWISH DUTCH GIRL WHICH RECOUNTS HER EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS WHILE IN HIDING FROM THE GERMANS DURING WORLD WAR II.
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1620
JUNG, C. G.
ESTHER COHEN
STUDY OF THE BOOK OF JOB IN LIGHT OF JEWISH, EARLY CHRISTIAN AND AGNOSTIC THOUGHT. © 1969
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1988
ANTHOLOGY OF HOLOCAUST LITERATURE
GLATSTEIN, JACOB & KNOX, ISRAEL & SAM
SONNIE WATERS
A COLLECTION OF STORIES WRITTEN BY THE VICTIMS AND WITNESSES TO THE HOLOCAUST ON THE SUBJECTS OF LIFE IN GHETTOS, THE CAMPS, THE CHILDREN, AND THE JEWISH RESISTANCE.
EN4
4490
ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM
BEN ZION, RAPHAEL
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
A KABALISTIC TEXT WHICH ENABLES THE VIEWER TO EXAMINE THAT WHICH IS NEAR BUT NONETHELESS CONCEALED.
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1117
AN EXPLORATION OF THE ETIOLOGY OF HATE
SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL
CLARA LYNN SPECTOR
THE FRENCH AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER, WHO DEVELOPED THE THEORY OF EXISTENTIALISM, PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND PROVIDES ADVICE TO ITS VICTIMS.
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5552
A DISEASE OF THE MIND
RUBIN, THEODORE ISAAC, M.D.
CLARA LYNN SPECTOR
RUBIN, A PSYCHIATRIST, EXPLORES THE MIND OF THE ANTI-SEMITE, PINPOINTING THE DYNAMICS OF THE BIGOTRY FROM ITS MILDER TO ITS MORE VIRULENT FORMS. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, ANTI-SEMITISM IS A 'SYMBOL SICKNESS' IN WHICH THE JEW IS TURNED INTO AN OBJECT OF THE BIGOT'S PROJECTED GUILT AND SELF-HATE.
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8662
OZICK, CYNTHIA
IAN STRASFOGEL
A TALE THAT CAPTURES THE SHIFTING MEANINGS OF THE PAST AND HOW OUR EXPERIENCE COLORS THOSE MEANINGS.
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2510
A NOVEL
SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG
JOYCE KARP
A NOVEL OF HUMAN STRENGTH, TENACITY, AND LOVE IN A WORLD UNDER THE SPECTRE OF NAZI GERMANY.
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1422
ASCH, SHOLEM
AL REITWITCH
A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY AND ITS TIES TO JUDAISM, THE FIRST MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION.
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2027
APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ
RICHLER, MORDECAI
BEATRICE TRO
A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN MONTREAL WHO IS DETERMINED TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF.
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5336
SHAMMAS, ANTON
E. WORTHEIMER
THE AUTHOR, A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN, WRITES A HISTORY OF HIS YOUTH IN AN ARAB VILLAGE IN THE GALILEE. FANATICISM AND SUPERSTITION ARE COUPLED WITH THE PLEASURES AND PAINS OF PEASANT LIFE. A FRACTURED NARRATIVE AND SHIFTING CHRONOLOGY GIVE THE BOOK ITS DESCRIPTION AS A WORK OF FICTION.
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4031
A COLLECTION OF HUNGARIAN-JEWISH STORIES
HANDLER, ANDREW
TWENTY WORKS ILLUMINATE JEWISH LIFE IN THAT COUNTRY BETWEEN 1920 AND 1945.
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6564
THE HILARIOUS, SCANDALOUS CONFESSIONS OF A T.V. PIONEER
LEBOW, GUY
GUY LEBOW
MEMOIRS OF THE OWNER OF A NEW YORK RADIO STATION WHO HAS ALSO BEEN AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, SPORTSCASTER, TALK SHOW HOST AND AN ACTOR IN A WOODY ALLEN FILM. © 1992
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7496
GOTTLIEB, YAFFA; ZAKUTINSKY, RIVKA
ZAPPORAH PORTUGAL
IN BROOKLYN IN 1991 A FEW HASIDIC WOMEN BEGAN MEETING ONCE A WEEK FOR LUNCH AND A PERIOD OF INTENSE TORAH STUDY. GATHERED TOGETHER BY SARAH, THESE WOMEN FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS SHARE THEIR JOYS AND SORROWS AND ALLOW US TO SEE THE REAL WOMAN BEHIND THE STEREOTYPE.
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7809
AROUND THE MAGGID'S TABLE
MORE CLASSIC STORIES AND PARABLES FROM THE GREAT TEACHERS OF ISRAEL
KROHN, PAYSACH, RABBI
MICHAL NUSSBAUM
THIS SEQUEL TO THE MAGGID SPEAKS CONTAINS MORE STORIES AND THEIR MORALS, AS TOLD BY SOME OF ORTHODOX JEWRY'S MOST ELOQUENT AND POPULAR SPEAKERS. THE BOOK CAPTURES THE DISTINCTIVE ART OF THE MAGGID.© 1989
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6593
YEZIERSKA, ANZIA
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1927, THIS IS A NOVEL OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY ABOUT JEWISH CLASS AND ETHNIC TENSIONS. THE BOOK BRINGS TO LIFE THE TEEMING ACTIVITY OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. © 1996
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4685
BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL
RICHARD HANAU
THE TRUE STORY OF PAUL FACKENHEIMER, A GERMAN JEW IMPRISONED IN DACHAU, WHO WAS TAKEN BY THE ABWEHR AND TRAINED AS A SPY TO GET MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FROM THE BRITISH IN PALESTINE.
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4296
OZICK, CYNTHIA
E. GERSTEIN
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS INCLUDED IN WHAT ONE CRITIC HAS CALLED "NOT YOUR TYPICAL COLLECTION," THE WORK OF "A RABBI, FEMINIST AND DISCIPLE OF HENRY JAMES."
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2206
KERTZER, RABBI MORRIS N.
R. ROSALER
THE JEWISH VIEW OF SUCH IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS AS INTERFAITH MARRIAGE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ETC.
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8655
ALTER, ROBERT
CHANA NEUMANN
IN THIS BOOK, AWARD-WINNING BIBLE TRANSLATOR ROBERT ALTER OFFERS A PERSONAL AND PASSIONATE ACCOUNT OF WHAT HE LEARNED ABOUT THE ART OF BIBLE TRANSLATION DURING THE TWO DECADES HE SPENT COMPLETING HIS OWN ENGLISH VERSION OF THE HEBREW BIBLE.
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7787
POEMS WITH A JEWISH THEME
PIERCY, MARGE
BARBARA STURMAN
PIERCY'S LATEST VOLUME OF POEMS IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS ABOUT MISHPOCHEH (FAMILY), THE CHUPPAH (MARRIAGE), TIKKUN OLAM (REPAIR OF THE WORLD), TOLDOT MIDRASHIM (OF HISTORY AND INTERPRETATION), TEFILLAH (PRAYER), AND HA-SHANAH (THE YEAR). WINNER OF THE 2000 PATERSON POETRY PRIZE.© 2000
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1788
GROSSINGER, JENNIE
S. KLEIN
A COOKBOOK BY THE FAMOUS RESORT OWNER, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANT BASIC RECIPES OF THE KOSHER KITCHEN, HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES AND MENU PLANNING.
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3238
PEARSON, SIDNEY A., JR.
FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUDY OF KOESTLER'S COMPLETE WRITINGS IN ENGLISH AND A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE AUTHOR'S CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER.
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6131
ARTHUR MILLER AND COMPANY
ARTHUR MILLER TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK
BIGSBY, CHRISTOPHER, ED.
SARENE MEYERS
OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS, THE AUTHOR CONDUCTED AN EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT WHICH HE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY FOR THIS BOOK.
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8170
STEINBERG, MILTON
KEN COHEN
THE STORY OF ELISHA BEN ABUYAH, A SECOND-CENTURY RABBI WHOSE PASSION FOR A REASONABLE FAITH LED HIM TO RENOUNCE HIS RELIGION AND BETRAY HIS PEOPLE TO THE ROMANS.
EN4
1598
MINDEL, NISSAN
STANLEY BRAV
A COMMENTARY ON THE DAILY PRAYERS.
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4036
MEGED, AHARON
MILDRED GRASS
AN INTROSPECTIVE, CONFUSED MAN IN HIS LATE THIRTIES IS TORN BETWEEN HIS MOTHER'S GENERATION OF ISRAELI PIONEERS AND THE YOUNGER SABRAS WHO LEAD GENTRIFIED LIVES IN THE CITIES. A PORTRAYAL OF THE STRUGGLE OF INDIVIDUAL ISRAELIS TO FIND A PLACE WITHIN COMMUNAL SOCIETY.
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3045
PONTHIER, FRANCOIS
A SPY THRILLER.
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7301
LAW, J. PATRICK
AMANDA MOULSON
WHEN BEN POLTAREK, A YOUNG WASHINGTON LAWYER AND BRILLIANT AMATEUR MAGICIAN, OPENS HIS DOOR TO TARNOFSKY, A DYING SECRET AGENT WHISPERING INCOMPREHENSIBLE SECRETS, HIS LIFE IS CHANGED FOREVER. BEN IS UNEXPECTEDLY PROPELLED INTO THE SECRET UNDERGROUND OF THE "ASSISTANTS," AMERICAN JEWS WHO PLACED THEIR SKILLS - AND THEIR LIVES - IN THE SERVICE OF ISRAEL. THE TERRITORY IS UNFAMILIAR AND THE STAKES, LIFE OR DEATH. PURSUED BY ARAB TERRORISTS OUT TO SILENCE HIM, MANIPULATED BY AGENTS OF THE MOSSAD, AND TARGETED BY HIS OWN GOVERNMENT, ONLY BEN AND HIS MAGIC CAN SAVE THE MIDDLE EAST FROM SPIRALING INTO FLAMES AND BRINGING THE UNITED STATES DOWN WITH IT. © 2000
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3979
AMERY, JEAN
THESE 5 SOUL-SEARCHING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS TELL OF SURVIVAL-MENTAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL-THROUGH THE ENORMITY OF THE HOLOCAUST.
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4136
ROSSNER, JUDITH
ELIZABETH KAUFMAN
LIKE PARISIANS, SHRINKS LEAVE TOWN IN AUGUST. ENDURING IT OR DELIGHTING IN IT, PATIENT AND ANALYST MUST SOMEHOW COME TO TERMS WITH AUGUST. FAMOUS AS A CLINICIAN OF DISORDERED MINDS, THE AUTHOR NOW TURNS HER ATTENTION TO THE SCENE WHERE DISORDERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RECTIFIED. IN METICULOUS DETAIL, SHE NARRATES THE FIVE-YEAR ANALYSIS OF DAWN HENLEY BY DR. LULU SHINEFELD, THE ONE A BLOND NEW ENGLAND TEENAGER, THE OTHER A FORTYISH JEWISH MANHATTANITE.
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7527
SEBALD, W. G.
D. FRANK
OVER THIRTY YEARS, IN THE COURSE OF CONVERSATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE ACROSS EUROPE, A MAN NAMED JACQUES AUSTERLITZ TELLS A NAMELESS COMPANION OF HIS ONGOING STRUGGLE WITH THE RIDDLE OF HIS IDENTITY.
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7732
SMITH, ZADIE
ELIZABETH LONDON
A FICTIONAL NOVEL ABOUT THE HOLLOW THINGS OF MODERNITY: CELEBRITY, CINEMA, AND THE UGLY TRIUMPH OF SYMBOL OVER EXPERIENCE. THROUGH LONDON AND THEN NEW YORK, SEARCHING FOR THE ONLY AUTOGRAPH THAT HAS EVER MATTERED TO HIM, HALF-CHINESE, HALF-JEWISH AUTOGRAPH TRADER ALEX-LI TANDEM FOLLOWS THE PAPER TRAIL WHILE RESISTING THE MYSTICAL LURE OF KABBALAH AND ZEN, AND AVOIDING ALL COLLECTORS, CON MEN, AND INTERFERING RABBIS WHO WOULD PUT THEMSELVES IN HIS PATH. PUSHING AGAINST THE TIDE OF HIS GENERATION, ALEX-LI IS ON HIS WAY TO FINDING ENLIGHTENMENT.© 2002
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5229
PIERCY, MARGE
A COLLECTION OF POEMS IN WHICH THE AUTHOR EXPLORES COMING TO TERMS WITH HERSELF AND HER PARENTS, FALLING IN LOVE, AND REDISCOVERING HER JEWISH IDENTITY.
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8307
WOLITZER, HILMA
FRED SULLIVAN
IN THIS FUNNY NOVEL, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR HILMA WOLITZER MINES THE UNPREDICTABLE FALLOUT OF SUDDENLY BECOMING SINGLE LATER IN LIFE, AND THE CHAOS AND JOYS OF FALLING IN LOVE THE SECOND TIME AROUND. THIS BOOK WAS RECORDED COMMERCIALLY. THE AUTHOR AND THE PUBLISHER GAVE THEIR PERMISSION TO OFFER IT TO JBI PATRONS AS PART OF THE COLLECTION.
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7303
A JEWISH WAR STORY
COHEN, RICH
NOAH WATERMAN
IN 1944, A BAND OF JEWISH GUERILLAS EMERGED FROM THE BALTIC FOREST TO JOIN THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN ITS ATTACK ON VILNA, THE CAPITAL OF LITHUANIA. THE BAND, CALLED THE AVENGERS, WAS LED BY ABBA KOVNER, A YOUNG POET. IN THE GHETTO, ABBA HAD BUILT BOMBS, SNEAKING OUT THROUGH THE CITY'S SEWER TUNNELS TO SABOTAGE GERMAN OUTPOSTS. AFTER THE LIQUIDATION OF THE GHETTO, THE AVENGERS ESCAPED TO THE FOREST WHERE THEY LIVED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, FIGHTING ALONGSIDE OTHER PARTISAN GROUPS, AND ULTIMATELY BOMBING THE CITY THEY LOVED, IN ORDER TO PAVE THE WAY FOR ITS LIBERATION. THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE REBELS IN THE GHETTO AND IN THE FOREST EVENTUALLY SEGUES TO HOW, FIGHTING FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL, THEY MOVED BEYOND THE VIOLENCE OF THE HOLOCAUST AND MADE NEW LIVES. © 2000
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8196
STORIES
NAYMAN, SHIRA
ED REISS
THESE LUMINOUS STORIES PORTRAY THE CONTEMPORARY LIVES OF THE CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS AS THEY STRUGGLE WITH THE LEGACY OF THEIR PARENTS--THEIR QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, FAMILY, AND FAITH.
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3977
MILLER, AVIGDOR
DR. IRVING KRAMER
A HANDBOOK OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF HASIDISM EXPLAINED IN NUMBERED PARAGRAPH FORM.
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8489
THE DEATH OF TIN PAN ALLEY AND THE REBIRTH OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONG
YAGODA, BEN
PAUL SPERRY
THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
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6537
A BAR MITZVAH JOURNEY
WAYSMAN, DVORA
MARJORIE RAP
DANNY IS JEWISH. HE IS GOING TO HAVE A BAR MITZVAH CELEBRATION WITH LOTS OF DANCING AND SINGING, AND PRESENTS. MURI IS ABORIGINE. HE IS ABOUT TO INITIATE DANNY INTO HIS MANHOOD CEREMONY. IT ALSO HAS LOTS OF DANCING AND SINGING, AND PRESENTS. AND ONE MORE THING...BLOOD! © 1996
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4909
READING THE CLASSIC JEWISH TEXTS
HOLTZ, BARRY W.
SARA WEINBERGER
A NON-ACADEMIC GUIDE TO THE CLASSIC JEWISH TEXTS WHICH INCLUDES HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ESSAYS.
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8493
BACKSTAGE PASS TO BROADWAY
TRUE TALES FROM A THEATRE PRESS AGENT
SCHULMAN, SUSAN L.
BARBARA ABIS
SUSAN L. SCHULMAN HAS BEEN A THEATRICAL PRESS AGENT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.IN HER NEW MEMOI RSHE PULLS BACK THE CURTAIN TO LET READERS SEE WHAT GOES ON BACKSTAGE ON BROADWAY.
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1847
ELKIN, STANLEY
LEE KEIL
A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH DEPARTMENT STORE OWNER AND CONVICT, WHICH BLENDS SATIRE AND MORALISM.
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8615
AND OTHER STRANGE BUT TRUE STORIES FROM THE YIDDISH PRESS
PORTNOY, EDDY
STEVE SCHREIBER
STORIES ABOUND OF IMMIGRANT JEWS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, CLAMBERING UP THE LADDER OF SOCIAL MOBILITY, SUCCESSFULLY ASSIMILATING AND INTEGRATING INTO THEIR NEW WORLDS.
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3543
APPELFELD, AHARON
IN THIS NOVEL, A SERIES OF TRIVIAL BUT OMINOUS EVENTS IN A JEWISH RESORT TOWN NEAR VIENNA PRESAGE THE HOLOCAUST.
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1261
KARMEL-WOLFE, HENIA
MARY PERLOW
A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY IN WARTIME POLAND.
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1615
KELLER, BEVERLY
ISABELLE WEILL
A TALE OF SUSPENSE AND ESPIONAGE SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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6434
ROSEN, SIDNEY; ROSEN, DOROTHY
HERBERT ABRAHAM
A STORY SET IN 800 C.E. ABOUT A YOUNG NOBLE STOWAWAY ON A JEWISH MERCHANT SHIP, SEEKING REFUGE AND VENGEANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER'S MURDERER.© 1994
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ON OUR OWN
LAZEWNIK, LIBBY
BETTY SCHWARTZ
DURING A SPRING CLEANING PROJECT, MRS. BAKER IS HURT AND WINDS UP IN THE HOSPITAL. HER CHILDREN, THE BAKER'S 'DOZEN,' ASSURE HER THEY CAN MANAGE UNTIL SHE RETURNS HOME. CHAOS ENSUES AS SOME CHILDREN ARE LOST, SOME MONEY DISAPPEARS, AND FOOD GOES FLYING AROUND THE HOUSE.
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DO NOT DISTURB
STEIN, AIDEL
HELEN STEWART
THE PROBLEM WITH BEING A QUINTUPLET IS THAT YOU NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ANY PRIVACY, SO DINI DECIDES TO TAKE MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS. MEANWHILE, THE BAKER BOYS ARE IN HOT WATER OF THEIR OWN. IT TAKES AN EMERGENCY TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL AND A LONG, LONG NIGHT TO BRING THEM ALL BACK TO THEIR SENSES - AND BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. © 1993
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6268
THE DO-GOODERS
STEIN, AIDEL
GAIL J. PECK
WHILE SEVEN OF THE BAKER CHILDREN ARE ENGAGED IN A CONTEST OF SORTS IN WHICH THEY ARE EACH DETERMINED TO DO MORE GOOD DEEDS THAN THE OTHERS, THEIR OLDER SISTER IS BROODING OVER A MYSTERIOUS PROBLEM AT SCHOOL. THEIR LITTLE BROTHER IS SUFFERING FROM NIGHTMARES AND THEIR LITTLE SISTER HAS A NEW TENDENCY TO WANDER AWAY.© 1994
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THE BAKER FAMILY CIRCUS
ROSE, MIRIAM
DANIELLE STANLEY
A BAS MITZVAH SHOULD BE A JOYOUS EVENT BUT THE BAKER QUINTUPLETS ARE MISERABLE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AGREE ON WHAT KIND OF PARTY TO HAVE. ALSO, ASHI IS IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL AND TIKVAH FEELS LIKE SHE IS LOSING THE MOST PRECIOUS THING OF ALL. THE BAKERS MUST WORK THROUGH THESE PROBLEMS TOGETHER.© 1994
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SOMETHING'S FISHY
STEIN, AIDEL
NITZA WILON
THE BAKER BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT SUMMERS, SO FOR TWO DAYS THEY DECIDE TO TAKE SEPARATE VACATIONS. MR. BAKER AND HIS SONS GO FISHING IN THE MOUNTAINS WHILE THE GIRLS AND THEIR MOTHER HEAD FOR NEW YORK AND A SHOPPING SPREE. ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES SOON FOLLOW.© 1994
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SORRY ABOUT THAT
STEINBERG, RUTH
ARLENE KEMPN
IT'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIME FOR THE BAKERS AND DESPITE THE EXCITEMENT IN THE HOUSE, SOME OF THE CHILDREN ARE NOT HAPPY. DONNY IS NERVOUS ABOUT FIRST GRADE, CHEZKY IS SCARED OF ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES, AND YOCHIE FEELS LEFT OUT OF A PROJECT. TOGETHER, THE FAMILY HELPS EVERYONE WORK OUT THEIR PROBLEMS.© 1995
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BAKER'S BEST
LAZEWNIK, LIBBY
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
LIFE IS EXCITING AT THE BAKERS. THE CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AS ARE THEIR PARENTS. THEY ARE ALL EAGERLY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEWEST BAKER. BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME OF RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ALTHOUGH THE BAKER KIDS HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, GOOD INTENTIONS HAVE A WAY OF GOING ASTRAY... © 1996
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GHOSTBUSTERS
SIEGEL, MALKY
CANTOR LYNN KARPO
MOVING TO THE NEW MANSION SEEMS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE FOR THE BAKER FAMILY, BUT STRANGE NOISES AND AN INTRUDER THREATEN TO TURN THE DREAM INTO A NIGHTMARE.
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AND THE WINNER IS...
STEIN, AIDEL
SUE FISHKOFF
THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE BAKER HOUSEHOLD WHEN MR. BAKER RUNS FOR TOWN COUNCILMAN, BRACHA GETS A LEAD IN THE SCHOOL PLAY, AND MOISHY THINKS HE WILL RECEIVE THE BEST STUDENT AWARD. BUT AS EACH OF THEIR FORTUNES TURN, THE FAMILY LEARNS A VALUABLE LESSON.
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5974
STARS IN THEIR EYES
STEIN, AIDEL
SUE FISHKOFF
SINGING STAR AVI SHOHAM'S PRE-PURIM CONCERT HAS BEEN SOLD OUT FOR MONTHS, BUT THE BAKER QUINTUPLETS ARE ANXIOUS TO ATTEND. THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET TICKETS, EVEN IF IT MEANS PRETENDING TO BE FRIENDS WITH AVI'S QUIET COUSIN, IDY.
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THE INSIDE STORY
LAZEWNIK, LIBBY
SANDI SKODNIK
A MAGAZINE IS DOING A FEATURE STORY ON THE BAKER QUINTUPLETS BUT THREE OF THE BROTHERS ARE ANGRY THAT THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED. AS THEIR SISTERS PREPARE, THE BOYS MAKE PLANS TO RUIN THE INTERVIEW. IT TAKES A SERIES OF MISHAPS TO BRING ALL THE SIBLINGS TO THEIR SENSES.
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TRAPPED!
LAZEWNIK, L.; ZAKON, M.; ZITTER, E.
ELEANOR SCHWARTZ
THE BAKER GIRLS ARE ALL SET TO SPEND THEIR FIRST SHABBOS ALONE WHILE, ACROSS TOWN, THE STAFF OF THE B.Y. TIMES IS HOLDING ITS USUAL PRE-SHABBOS MEETING. MEANWHILE, WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DETERIORATING AND SOON ALL THE GIRLS FIND THEMSELVES STRANDED IN THE MANSION, TRAPPED BY A RAGING TORNADO.
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IMA COME HOME
STEIN, AIDEL
SANDI SKODNIK
MRS. BAKER'S NEW JOB IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR HER, BUT IT CREATES PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY. AS THEY ALL WAIT FOR THEIR MOTHER TO COME HOME, THE BAKER CHILDREN HAVE TO DEAL WITH A HYSTERICAL HOUSEKEEPER, A SCIENCE PROJECT RUN AMOK, AND A HOUSE THAT'S GONE CRAZY.
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HEY WAITER!
ZITTER, EMMY
ROBIN DIAMOND
THE BAKERS DECIDE TO GO TO THE RILEY LAKE RESORT HOTEL FOR PASSOVER. WHILE MR. AND MRS. BAKER PLAN ON A RESTFUL VACATION, OF THEIR CHILDREN HAVE PLANS OF THEIR OWN THAT INEVITABLY LEAD TO A CHAOTIC BUT ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE.
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THROUGH THICK AND THIN
GARFUNKEL, DEBBY
SARA BRICKMAN
THE BAKER KIDS THINK THEIR FATHER IS GOING BANKRUPT AND EACH CHILD MAKES PLANS TO EARN LOTS OF MONEY AND SAVE THE DAY. MEANWHILE, THE EYE PROBLEMS OF THEIR SISTER TIKVA ARE MAKING HER FEEL LONELY AND LEFT OUT. EVENTUALLY, TIKVA DISCOVERS SOMETHING SURPRISING ABOUT HERSELF WHILE THE CHILDREN FIND OUT A SECRET ABOUT THEIR FATHER.
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2269
HIGGINS, AIDAN
CLARA S. LINN
A NOVEL ABOUT AN IRISH PAINTER AND HIS LOVE FOR A MARRIED JEWISH WOMAN FROM AMERICA.
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8257
A NOVEL
RAKOFF, ALVIN
TIM ZAGIN
ROOTED IN THE VITAL JEWISH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY OF SHOPKEEPERS IN TORONTO DURING THE DEPRESSION, THIS NOVEL TELLS SURPRISING STORIES OF FINDING HOME, OFTEN FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF TEENAGE LEONARD ABLESON. THERE IS THE TENSION BETWEEN HAUNTING MEMORIES OF WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND VERSUS THE TOUGH STRUGGLE FOR ASSIMILATION.
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STEIN, LEONARD
SELMA BROWN
THE BACKGROUND AND ORIGINS OF THE 1917 BALFOUR DECLARATION ESTABLISHING A JEWISH HOMELAND IN PALESTINE.
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5230
A JEWISH FATHER'S STORY
SCHWARTZBAUM, AVRAHAM
THE TRUE STORY OF HOW AN AMERICAN COUPLE ADOPTED A CHINESE INFANT FOUND ABANDONED IN A TAIWAN RAILROAD STATION. THE SUBTEXT OF THE BOOK IS THE DISCOVERY OF THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE.
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6320
A JEWISH BOY'S COMING OF AGE
KIMMEL, ERIC A.
KAREN KAPLAN, RABBI
A GUIDE TO THE CONCEPTS AND RITUALS OF THE BAR MITZVAH IN WHICH KIMMEL UNITES STORYTELLING WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF ITS RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ASPECTS. HE ACCOMMODATES JEWISH READERS FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND INCLUDES FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF THE CEREMONY.© 1995
