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ARCHER, JEFFREY
BETTY KAPLAN
FLORENTYNA KANE INHERITED A VAST HOTEL EMPIRE FROM HER FATHER, BUT HIS GREATEST GIFT TO HER WAS HIS LOVE OF AMERICA. IT WAS HIS PASSIONATE DEVOTIONS TO THE LAND'S IDEALS THAT ALLOWED A PENNILESS POLISH IMMIGRANT TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN. FLORENTYNA KNEW THAT IT WAS A DEBT SHE WOULD SOMEDAY TRY TO REPAY BY RUNNING FOR THE HIGHEST POLITICAL OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY. ALONG THE PATH TO POWER, FLORENTYNA FINDS FULFILLMENT, BUT STILL SHE STRUGGLES UPWARD WITH THE BURDEN OF HER DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PRICE OF POWER MAY BE HIGHER THAN EVEN SHE CAN PAY. © 1982
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ROTH, PHILIP
P.M. APFELBAUM
DAVID KEPESH, THE HERO IN PHILIP ROTH'S TENTH NOVEL, IS JEWISH AND UNHAPPY, ECHOING A THEME DEALT WITH BY ROTH IN PREVIOUS NOVELS.
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POTOK, CHAIM
IRVING W. KRAMER
THIS SEQUEL TO 'THE CHOSEN' FOLLOWS REUVEN AND DANNY AS THEY GROW UP, ESTABLISH CAREERS AND CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO DEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ORTHODOX JEW. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1969
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4041
THE HOLOCAUST AND RENEWAL
KLEIN, GERDA WEISSMAN
MARION T. COHEN
HOW THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF EUROPE WERE DESTROYED, AND HOW THEIR SURVIVORS MANAGED TO BUILD UP THEIR LIVES AGAIN.
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GOLD, AVNER
PART OF THE RUACH AMI SERIES, THE BOOK INTRODUCES THE SAGA OF THE PULICHEVERS, A RABBINIC FAMILY WHO, FOR GENERATIONS, HAD SERVED AS RABBIS IN PULICHEV, A SMALL CITY IN SOUTHERN POLAND.
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ONE MAN'S JOURNEY AGAINST INCREDIBLE ODDS
MICHEL, ERNEST W.
ESTELLE ADEN
THE AUTHOR, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, RECALLS HIS TWO YEARS IN AUSCHWITZ WHERE, AS AN ORDERLY, HE DEALT WITH VICTIMS OF DR. MENGELE'S EXPERIMENTS. ESCAPING DURING AN EVACUATION IN 1945, MICHEL BEFRIENDED AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO LATER HELPED HIM GET A NEW START IN THE U.S. WHERE HE SERVED FOR 42 YEARS AS A LEADER OF THE UJA-FEDERATION.© 1993
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7434
SINGERMAN, PHILIP
HOWELL MAYER
AFTER HIS NEW BRIDE IS MURDERED IN AUSTRIA WHILE THEY ARE ON THEIR HONEYMOON, SUPERSLEUTH AND UNDERCOVER AGENT ROLAND TROY QUITS CHASING CRIMINALS AND RETREATS TO THE BACKWOODS OF VERMONT. BUT WHEN HIS FRIEND AND FORMER PARTNER, MCKENZIE ROCKETT ASKS HIM FOR A FAVOR, TROY FINDS HE CAN'T REFUSE IS FRIEND'S REQUEST IN SOLVING ONE LAST HOMICIDE. TROY IS PARTNERED WITH ANGELA BECKER, AN EXCELLENT UNDERCOVER COP IN HER OWN RIGHT. THE TWO OF THEM QUICKLY DISCOVER THAT THEY ARE ON THE TRAIL OF SOMETHING FAR LARGER THAN WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY ASSUMED.
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5561
HAREVEN, SHULAMITH
ADELINE MAREMONT
A NOVEL DEPICTING THE BIRTH THROES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A CANAANITE SOOTHSAYER, HIVAI, WHO SPENDS SEVEN YEARS IN A HEBREW CAMP AFTER HIS NATIVE CITY IS BESIEGED.
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4333
TROTSKY, 1929-1940
DEUTSCHER, ISAAC
FAITH GARFIELD, RICA ZWEIBEL & FLO COGAN
THIS VOLUME OF DEUTSCHER'S BIOGRAPHY OF LEON TROTSKY COVERS THE PERIOD FROM TROTSKY'S BANISHMENT FROM THE SOVIET UNION IN 1929 TO HIS MURDER IN MEXICO IN 1940. IT DETAILS HIS FAMILY LIFE AND HIS STRUGGLES WITH STALIN.
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PROPHET UNARMED, THE TROTSKY 1921-1929
DEUTSCHER, ISAAC
FRANCES ZASLOW
THIS SECOND WORK IN THE TROTSKY TRILOGY TRACES THE YEARS FROM THE UNEASY TRUCE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY'S EXPULSION BY STALIN.
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HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA
RUBELLE SCHA
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPHETS IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, WITH NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURE OF PROPHETIC INSPIRATION.
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A BACKGROUND TO FREUD, KAFKA, EINS
GRUNFELD, FREDERIC V.
KATHY BECK
VIGNETTES OF 16 GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN JEWS WHO FIGURED IN THE WEIMAR RENAISSANCE.
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8431
GOLDSMITH, ANDREA
ELLEN DAVID
A STORY ABOUT IDENTITY AND FORGIVENESS SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF NAZI GERMANY AND THE HOLOCAUST. THE THIEF'S CRIME IRREVOCABLY LINKS TWO FAMILIES AND CREATES A LEGACY THAT HAS FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES.
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8547
EISENBERG, DEBY
POLLY ADAMS
THE HEART-RENDING STORY OF PAIGE NOBLE, A YOUNG GIRL WHO IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR WHEN HER PARENTS AND BROTHER ARE MURDERED BY A CHICAGO GANG.
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A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH
EVANS, ELI N.
A HISTORY OF THE JEWS LIVING IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES JEWISH FRATERNITIES, BIGOTRY, POLITICS, BUSINESS, BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS, AND THE ATTITUDES OF NON-JEWS TOWARDS JEWS.
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7890
BE'ER, HAIM
ARLINE KEMPNER
THIS BOOK CAN BE CONSIDERED AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION OR A FICTIONALIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY. IT TELLS OF THE AUTHOR'S DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER IN THREE TRIPTYCH-LIKE SECTIONS; THE MAIN SECTION ABOUT GROWING UP AS THE ONLY CHILD OF HIS PARENTS' TROUBLED, ORTHODOX MARRIAGE IS FRAMED BY SECTIONS ABOUT HIS DEVOUT, STORYTELLING GRANDMOTHER AND ABOUT HIS FIRST STEPS AS A WRITER AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (1998) BY BARBARA HARSHAV. © 2003
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7248
KIRSHENBAUM, BINNIE
ROBERT BROWNE
MEET LILA MOSCOWITZ, A SMART-MOUTHED, JEWISH-AMERICAN BEAUTY WITH A VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR SEX, A REMARKABLE TALENT FOR OUTRAGEOUS LIES, AND AN UNERRING KNACK FOR SCREWING UP HER LIFE. AN ACCOMPLISHED POET, SHE GOES ABOUT HER LIFE WITH ENOUGH ATTITUDE AND VERVE TO WIN YOUR HEART FOREVER. BUT SINCE FLEEING THE ALL-CONSUMING PASSION OF HER MARRIAGE TO MAX, THE SEXY GERMAN, SHE CAN NO LONGER COMPOSE SO MUCH AS A COUPLET. NEITHER HER BEST FRIEND, CARMEN, NOR HER CROSS-DRESSING ANALYST, LEON, IS ABLE TO SOOTHE HER ANGST OVER HER IMPENDING THIRTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. BUT TIME WAITS FOR NO WOMAN, AND THE DREADED BIRTHDAY DOES BRING INSIGHT. © 2000
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6486
PURIM WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH
GANZ, YAFFA
MARK SIMON
A CHILD'S EYE VIEW OF PURIM. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF SHUSHAN! IT'S TIME FOR A PURIM TOUR WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI, THE HOLIDAY DOVE. IN SHUSHAN, NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS, AND NOTHING TURNS OUT THE WAY YOU THINK. BUT OF COURSE CHAGGAI KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND SO WILL YOU, ONCE YOU'VE READ THE STORY. © 1991
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3318
FISH, ROBERT L.
GOLDIE M. KURTIN
A NOVEL ABOUT A GERMAN WAR CRIMINAL WHO POSES AS A JEW AT THE END OF THE WAR.
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5936
ROIPHE, ANNE
ADELE BORDEN
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE GRUENBAUM FAMILY, WHICH IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1892, BUILT AND LOST AN EMPIRE, AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN ISRAEL.
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7947
MY GRANDFATHER AND THE TRAGEDY OF JEWISH VIENNA
SINGER, PETER
JUDITH BASES
THE SCHOLAR DAVID OPPENHEIM WAS A COLLEAGUE OF FREUD AND ADLER, BUT DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST. HIS GRANDSON, A PROFESSOR OF BIOETHICS, NEVER KNEW HIM, AND USED MANY DOCUMENTS TO LEARN ABOUT HIM. WHILE SINGER FOUND MANY PARALLELS BETWEEN HIS GRANDFATHER'S THINKING AND HIS OWN, HE ALSO LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF PRE-WAR VIENNA AND ITS PSYCHOANALYTIC CIRCLE. © 2003
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6715
OZICK, CYNTHIA
ARLYNN GREEN
RUTH PUTTERMESSER FINDS HERSELF MIRED IN THE LOWEST CIRCLES OF CITY BUREAUCRACY. HER LOVE LIFE IS HOPELESS. STILL, SHE TURNS OUT TO BE THE BEST MAYOR NEW YORK CITY HAS EVER ELECTED. BUT THE IMPACT OF GETTING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN LOSING IT PLAYS ITSELF OUT IN A DRAMATIC AND SURPRISING FASHION. © 1997
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5966
PUTTING GOD ON THE GUEST LIST
SALKIN, JEFFREY E., RABBI
KAREN LANDSMAN
THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE MEANING OF THE BAR MITZVAH RITUAL FROM A HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE.
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1170
URIS, LEON
FLORENCE KRAMON
A HOLOCAUST NOVEL INVOLVING A SURGEON CHARGED WITH PERFORMING EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY ON JEWISH INMATES IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
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5730
KELLERMAN, FAYE
JEROME BROOKMAN
SET IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND, THIS IS THE STORY OF REBECCA, A SPANISH JEW POSING AS AN ANGLICAN, WHO MEETS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. THE ENCOUNTER IRREVOCABLY CHANGES BOTH THEIR LIVES.
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7435
OZICK, CYNTHIA
T. SHERMAN
IN HER COLLECTION OF ESSAYS CYNTHIA OZICK EXAMINES SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED WRITERS AND THEIR WORK, AS WELL AS FOCUSING ON CONTEMPORARY LITERARY AND MORAL ISSUES AND GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HER OWN LIFELONG ENGAGEMENT WITH LITERATURE.
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GROSSINGER, HARVEY
AUDREY FLAMBERG
GROSSINGER'S FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD-WINNING COLLECTION OF FIVE STORIES AND ONE SHORT NOVELLA FOCUSES ON JEWISH FAMILIES, FATHER-AND-SON RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. © 1997
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3733
SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG
A COLLECTION OF EIGHT SHORT STORIES AND TWO NOVELLAS THAT INCLUDE 'HIS DAUGHTER'S HOUSE', A STORY ABOUT BROOKLYN JEWS; THE NOVELLA 'DESTINIES', CONTAINING SOME SCENES OF FAMILY FIGHTS; AND 'THE EXACT NATURE OF THE PLOT', WINNER OF THE 1977 O. HENRY AWARD, THAT EXPLORES THE TROUBLES IN STORE FOR A WOMAN WRITER.
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A NOVEL OF KING DAVID'S QUEEN
EDGHILL, INDIA
JANET KALISH
QUEENMAKER IS A NOVEL ABOUT KING DAVID, AS SEEN THOUGH THE EYES OF HIS WIFE, MICHAL.
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3718
SAID, EDWARD
EDITH DREZNER
A PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE AND PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST, SAID ANALYZES THE NATURE AND UNITY OF THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY; ZIONISM; AND THE AMERICAN POLICY OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. DENYING IDENTIFICATION BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND TERROR, SAID PLEADS FOR A POSITIVE AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THE ARAB MODERATION THAT HAS BEGUN TO EMERGE SINCE 1967.
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THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
MURRAY POLNER
S. KALB
HEARTWARMING ACCOUNT OF RABBIS AS PASTORS, SCHOLARS, FUND-RAISERS, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS.
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8614
SAGE OF THE TALMUD
HOLTZ, BARRY W.
CHANA NEWMANN
A COMPELLING AND LUCID ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF A FOUNDER OF RABBINIC JUDAISM AND ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED HEROES OF JEWISH HISTORY
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7884
A TRUE TALE OF MURDER, PASSION, & THE SHATTERD FAITH OF A CONG.
MAGIDA, ARTHUR J.
DAVID COLP
A JOURNALIST'S ACCOUNT OF AN ADULTEROUS NEW JERSEY RABBI WHO HAD HIS WIFE MURDERED. IN ADDITION TO REPORTING THE FACTS, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE TROUBLING QUESTIONS THAT ARISE WHEN RELIGIOUS LEADERS FALL FROM GRACE. © 2003
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SCHREIBER, MORDECAI
FRANK SWEENEY
RABBI KAYE AND SISTER EVE ARE PASSIONATELY COMMITTED TO THEIR RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. YET IN SPITE OF THEIR DIFFERING BELIEFS, THEY BECOME ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER. THEY TEAM UP IN THEIR SPIRITUAL SEARCH, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.© 1993
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RABBI KOOK'S PHILOSOPHY OF REPENTANCE
A TRANSLATION OF OROT HA-TESHUVAH
METZGER, ALTER B. Z.
TRUDY CUTLER
OROT HA-TESHUVA BY RABBI AVRAHAM ISAAC KOOK (1868-1935), THE FIRST CHIEF RABBI OF ISRAEL, IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BOOKS ON RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. ITS DOCTRINE OF PENITENCE UNDERSCORES THE UNDERLYING MOTIF OF RAV KOOK'S ETHICAL SYSTEM.
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TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND BASED ON BRESLOVER WORKS
KAPLAN, ARYEH
RABBI S. BRAV
WITH THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION ARE THE THIRTEEN TALES, ADDITIONAL STORIES, RABBI NACHMAN'S PARABLES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX AND GENERAL INFORMATION. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TRANSLATIONS OF RABBI NACHMAN'S STORIES. THE PRESENT WORK, HOWEVER, INCLUDES A RUNNING COMMENTARY DRAWN FROM THE TRADITIONAL COMMENTARIES OF RABBI NACHMAN'S STUDENTS AND FOLLOWERS.
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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF HASKEL BESSER
KOZAK, WARREN
ASHER SUSS
A HASIDIC RABBI ON MANHATTAN'S UPPER WEST SIDE, RABBI HASKEL BESSER IS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS MAN WHO IS AT HOME IN THE SECULAR WORLD. WITH AN EASY SMILE, HE SPREADS JOY WHEREVER HE GOES, ENRICHING LIVES WITH HIS PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND HUMAN NATURE. HE GREW UP IN A POLAND RICH WITH HASIDIC CULTURE AND THE MUSIC, ART, AND LITERATURE OF A VIBRANT EUROPE, BUT WITH THE ADVENT OF THE HOLOCAUST, HE AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPED TO PALESTINE. HIS STORY IS ALSO THE STORY OF JUDAISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CENTURIES-OLD TRADITIONS TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; AND OF THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH, KINDNESS, AND SPIRIT. © 2004
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RABBI OF RESURRECTION BAY
GOLDSMITH, SETH B.
STEVE SCHREIBER
THE WIFE OF MARC, SOUTH FL PLASTIC SURGEON, TRAGICALLY DIES. HE IS LEFT TO CARRY FOR HIS ANGRY AND DEPRESSED 14 Y.O. SON. MARC BEGINS REENGAGING WITH HIS JUDAISM AND IS HELPED BY A YOUNG WIDOW RABBI CHANI KAHN WHO IS BUILDING A VIBRANT JEWISH COMMUNITY IN RESURRECTION BAY.
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KANE, ANDREW
ROSE SPANIER
YAKOV IS A YOUNG MAN FULFILLING HIS FAMILY'S EXPECTATIONS IN BECOMING AN ORTHODOX RABBI. REBECCA IS A YOUNG WOMAN DEFYING HER FAMILY'S EXPECTATIONS IN BECOMING A REFORM RABBI. AS THEY STRUGGLE WITH THEIR CHOICES, THEIR STORY OF LOVE, FAITH AND COURAGE IS SET IN A WORLD ALTERED BY THE HOLOCAUST AND THE FORMATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.© 1995
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SFAR, JOANN
1930S, ALGERIA. A CAT BELONGING TO A WIDOWED RABBI AND HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, ZLABYA, EATS THE FAMILY PARROT AND GAINS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. THE CAT IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO TELL LIES. THE RABBI VOWS TO EDUCATE HIM IN THE WAYS OF THE TORAH, WHILE THE CAT INSISTS ON STUDYING THE KABBALAH AND HAVING A BAR MITZVAH. RABBI'S DAUGHTER, ZLABYA, FALLS IN LOVE WITH A YOUNG RABBI FROM PARIS, AND SOON MASTER AND CAT ARE ACCOMPANYING THE NEWLYWEDS TO FRANCE TO MEET ZLABYA'S IN-LAWS. FULL OF DRAMA AND ADVENTURE, THEIR TRIP INVITES COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RABBI AND HIS CAT TO GRAPPLE WITH ALL THE IMPORTANT-AND TRIVIAL-DETAILS OF LIFE.
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HARLOW, JULES, RABBI, ED
L. KARPO; K. KAPLAN
THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF THE 1952 RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY MANUAL. A 'HOW-TO' BOOK FOR RABBIS, IT DESCRIBES THE VARIOUS RABBINIC DUTIES ON SUCH OCCASIONS AS WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS.© 1965
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BENEDICTUS, DAVID
BRIANNA CAPLAN
WHEN ARAB TERRORISTS TAKE OVER RABBI JAMIE'S SYNAGOGUE, HIS WIFE IS TRAPPED INSIDE. THE STORY MOVES FROM LONDON TO BEIRUT AND BACK TO LONDON WHERE IT ENDS WITH A STARTLING DENOUEMENT.
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GRADE, CHAIM
SUSAN WOLMAN
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PASSIONS, TENSIONS AND CONSCIENCES LIKE OURS, PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO RECONCILE PIETY AND MODERNITY.
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OUR LIFE, HIS LEGACY
RABIN, LEAH
ISA GOLDBERG
RABIN'S WIDOW REFLECTS ON HER HUSBAND'S LIFE, HIS LEGACY AND THEIR 48 YEARS TOGETHER IN THIS BIOGRAPHY. MRS. RABIN TOUCHES ONLY BRIEFLY ON THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILY EVENTS, BUT DETAILS FULLY HER HUSBAND'S LONG CAREER, PUNCTUATING THE ACCOUNT WITH HIS SHARPLY REMEMBERED OPINIONS AND ANECDOTES.
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A JEWISH HOMESTEADER ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS
CALOF, RACHEL BELLA
SYLVIA JACOBS
IN 1894, THE 18-YEAR-OLD CALOF, A RUSSIAN JEW, WAS SHIPPED TO THE U.S. TO MARRY AN UNKNOWN MAN AND STAKE A HOMESTEADING CLAIM WITH HIM IN NORTH DAKOTA. OCCASIONALLY REVEALING A BITING SENSE OF HUMOR, CALOF WRITES OF HER DIFFICULT AND OFTEN PATHETIC CIRCUMSTANCES, YET SHE REMEMBERS THE PLEASANT TIMES, TOO. HER SON JACOB PROVIDES AN EPILOGUE, TYING UP LOOSE ENDS, AND AND ESSAY BY J. SANFORD RIKOON PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON THE PHENOMENON OF JEWISH FARM SETTLEMENTS. © 1995
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TENNENBAUM, SILVIA
RUTH S. DIAMOND
A NOVEL ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS TO BE MORE THAN 'MERELY' THE RABBI'S WIFE ARE UNFULFILLED.
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RADICAL APPROACH TO JEWISH HISTORY
MELLMAN, AL
ANITA KAUFMAN
© 2002
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HOW JEWS SEWED THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS IN AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE
MENDELSOHN, ADAM D
AUDREY FLAMBERG
COMPARING THE HISTORY OF JEWISH PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE CLOTHING TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES WITH THAT OF JEWS IN THE SAME BUSINESS IN ENGLAND, THE RAG RACE DEMONSTRATES THAT DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED TO A VERY REAL DIVERGENCE IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FOR JEWS IN EACH SETTING.
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DOUGLAS, KIRK
EDITH FRIEDMAN
THE CHILD OF JEWISH-RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS, RAISED IN POVERTY, DOUGLAS BECAME A MOVIE STAR AND A MILLIONAIRE. HE RECOUNTS HIS EARLY YEARS, HIS RISE TO FAME, AND HIS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
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6600
A JEWISH GUIDE TO CHILDREARING
ADAHAN, MIRIAM
RITA FEDER
THIS IS A GUIDE TO HELPING JEWISH PARENTS TRAIN THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO BECOME CARING, SELF-DISCIPLINED, AND RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE. © 1988
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RAISING YOUR CHILD TO BE A MENSCH
KURSHAN, NEIL, RABBI
HARRIET MARCUS
RABBI KURSHAN OFFERS GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH WHAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL ACHIEVE, BUT ALSO WITH THE KIND OF PEOPLE THEY WILL BECOME.
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TRACHTENBERG, JEFFREY A.
EDITH GIFFORDS
THE RAGS-TO-RICHES STORY ABOUT THE CREATOR OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL APPAREL COMPANIES.
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COMMENTARY ON GENESIS
TRANSLATED BY: CHAVEL,CHARLES
S. BRAV
RABBI MOSHE BEN NACHMAN, THE 13TH CENTURY JEWISH LEADER AND SCHOLAR KNOWN AS RAMBAN.HIS COMMENTARY, WHICH ENCOMPASSES A PANORAMA OF JEWISH LEARNING, LANGUAGE, HALACHAH, AGGADAH, PHILOSOPHY, KABBALAH, AND HISTORY OFFERS A PENETRATING ANALYSIS OF THE TORAH THAT WILL BOTH ENLIGHTEN AND INSPIRE.
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2655
RAMBAN'S COMMENTARY ON EXODUS
TRANSLATED BY: CHARLES B. CHAVEL
STANLEY BRAV
A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF EXODUS.
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RAMBAN'S COMMENTARY ON NUMBERS
TRANSLATED BY: CHAVEL,CHARLES
S. BRAV
RABBI MOSHE BEN NACHMAN, THE 13TH CENTURY JEWISH LEADER AND SCHOLAR KNOWN AS RAMBAN, EARNED HIMSELF A PLACE ALONGSIDE RASHI AS ONE OF JUDAISM'S PRIMARY TORAH COMMENTATORS.
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RAMBAN'S COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH
SEFER DEVARIM - DEUTERONOMY
TRANSLATED BY: RABBI CHARLES CHAVEL
S. BRAV
COMMENTARY.
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Ramban(Nachmanides)Commentary On The Torah
RABBI CHARLES B. CHAVEL
COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH
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ANGEL OF RESCUE
ROSENFELD, HARVEY
MARCIA FELTHEIMER
THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGENDARY SWEDISH DIPLOMAT WHO IS CREDITED WITH HAVING SAVED, SINGLE-HANDEDLY, AS MANY AS 100,000 HUNGARIAN JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST.
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A WOMAN OF ISRAEL
GRUBER, RUTH
HELEN MOGUL
THE FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY OF A 9TH GENERATION JERUSALEMITE, WHOSE LIFE AS A WIFE, MOTHER, NURSE, AND MIDWIFE SERVES AS A VIVID EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN OF ISRAEL, FROM HER 1920S CHILDHOOD THROUGH THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE UP UNTIL THE 1970S. © 1978
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LIBER, MAURICE
REEVA DORMAN
A COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF RASHI, ONE OF THE GREATEST COMMENTATORS ON THE BIBLE, IS SET IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS ELEVENTH CENTURY FRENCH BACKGROUND AND OFFERS A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS WORK, INCLUDING RESPONSA AND POETRY. HIS INFLUENCE ON BIBLICAL, RABBINIC, AND EVEN CHRISTIAN SCHOLARSHIP IS TRACED. PUBLISHED 1970.
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RASHI'S DAUGHTERS BOOK 1, JOHEVED
A NOVEL OF LOVE AND THE TALMUD IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE
ANTON, MAGGIE
MAGGIE SNYDER
THE FIRST TWO NOVELS IN A DRAMATIC TRILOGY SET IN ELEVENTH-CENTURY FRANCE ABOUT THE LIVES AND LOVES OF THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT TALMUD SCHOLAR.
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RASHI'S DAUGHTERS COMPLETE (BOOKS 1-3)
COMPILATION
ANTON, MAGGIE
MAGGIE SNYDER
INCLUDES BOOK 1 JOHEVED, BOOK 2 MIRIAM, BOOK 3 RACHEL
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SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH B., RABBI
ANITA LIEF LEVINE
TRANSCRIPTS OF FIVE SPEECHES DELIVERED BY RABBI SOLOVEITCHIK AT MIZRACHI CONVENTIONS IN ISRAEL BETWEEN 1962 AND 1967.
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SCHLINK, BERNHARD
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL IS RESCUED FROM A FALL BY HANNA, A WOMAN TWICE HIS AGE WHO BECOMES HIS LOVER. SUDDENLY HANNA DISAPPEARS; THE NEXT TIME MICHAEL SEES HER, HE IS A LAW STUDENT AND SHE IS ON TRIAL FOR A HIDEOUS CRIME. AS THE TRIAL PROGRESSES, MICHAEL REALIZES SHE MAY BE GUARDING A SECRET SHE CONSIDERS MORE SHAMEFUL THAN MURDER.
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CONTEMPORARY WOMEN RECLAIM A SACRE
KATES, JUDITH A. & GAIL TWERSKY REIM
CONNIE WARSH
CONTEMPORARY WRITERS INCLUDING PHILOSOPHER RUTH ANNA PUTNAM, REBECCA ALPERT AND AVIVAH ZORNBERG FOCUS ON THE BOOK OF RUTH AND OFFER A VARIETY OF APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES.
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SECULAR VS. ULTRA-ORTH. & TH STRUGGLE FOR JEWISH IDENTITY IN ISR
EFRON, NOAH J.
JANET KALISH
IN ISRAEL, THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX SEE THEMSELVES AS THE MORE AUTHENTIC JEWS BECAUSE THEY CLING TO THE OLD WAYS, BUT THEY ARE HARSHLY CRITICIZED BY SECULAR JEWS, WHO IDENTIFY WITH THE STRONG, MODERN JEW WHO RECLAIMED THE WILDERNESS AND SERVES IN THE MILITARY TO PROTECT THE STATE. PROFESSOR EFRON EXPLORES THE ORIGIN OF THE TENSION BETWEEN THESE GROUPS, AND SEES IT AS A SIGN OF SHATTERED CONFIDENCE IN THE ZIONIST VISION. © 2003
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THE LIFE AND IDEALS OF HAGAON RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN
FINKELMAN, SHIMON, RABBI
BRAV, STANLEY R.
THE AUTHOR HAS BASED HIS BOOK ON INTERVIEWS, FIRST-PERSON ARTICLES, AND EULOGIES DELIVERED BY THOSE WHO HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN. © 1986
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8371
THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON
HEILMAN, SAMUEL; FRIEDMAN, MENACHEM
LAUFER M.D.
FROM THE 1950S UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1994, MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON--REVERED BY HIS FOLLOWERS SIMPLY AS THE REBBE--BUILT THE LUBAVITCHER MOVEMENT FROM A RELATIVELY SMALL SECT WITHIN HASIDIC JUDAISM INTO THE POWERFUL FORCE IN JEWISH LIFE THAT IT IS TODAY.
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6695
DANSKY, MIRIAM
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
DR. JUDITH GRUNFELD WAS A YOUNG EDUCATOR IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY, WHEN SHE RECEIVED A SUMMONS FROM POLAND TO BECOME A COLLEAGUE OF SARAH SCHENIRER, THE LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF THE BAIS YAAKOV MOVEMENT. JUDITH GRUNFELD BECAME AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE MODEL FOR ORTHODOX JEWISH WOMEN. © 1994
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7561
WOMEN OF GENESIS
CARD, ORSON SCOTT
ALEXANDRA PIVODA
A NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL REBEKAH.© 2001
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8504
TAWL, HAYIM, WEISSMAN, CHANANYA
MARCEL SISLOWITZ
THE FICTIONAL RETELLING, BASED ON HISTORICAL FACTS, OF THE GROWTH OF THE COLONIAL AMERICAN SOUTH FROM 1732 TO 1791, THE INTRICATE RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS, JEWS, AND NATIVE AMERICANS, THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, AND THE UNIFYING POWER OF FREEDOM.
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7196
ROTH, JOSEPH
STEVE SHER
ANDREAS PUM RETURNS FROM WORLD WAR I MINUS A LEG, BUT WITH A MEDAL. A JOB AND MARRIAGE OFFER HIM A CHANCE FOR A WINTER OF BLISS. DISASTER STRIKES WHEN HE IS JAILED AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH A STRANGER AND IN A MAGICAL TOUCH AGES TERRIBLY IN A MATTER OF WEEKS. UPON HIS RELEASE, ANDREAS, OLDER, FEEBLE MINDED, AND OBSESSED WITH THE INJUSTICE HE'S SUFFERED, GOES TO WORK FOR A FORMER ROOMMATE AND FINALLY DIES AN EMBITTERED OLD MAN. © 1999
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7204
TANENBAUM, ROBERT K.
GERRY SPANGER
AN ELDERLY JEWISH SHOPKEEPER IS FOUND SLAIN BENEATH A MIRROR SCRAWLED WITH A HATE-FILLED MESSAGE IN ARABIC. WITHIN HOURS, POLICE AREN'T JUST SEARCHING FOR A MURDERER; THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A LID ON A SEETHING HOTBED OF RACIAL CONFLICT THAT HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN ONE RIOT IN THE STREETS. IT FALLS TO BUTCH KARP, DEPUTY DA FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS, TO KEEP THE HUNT FOR THE KILLERS, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT PROSECUTION, FROM IGNITING A FULL-SCALE ETHNIC WAR. © 1998
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1012
ELMAN, RICHARD M.
ELLEN JAKOBSON
THE THIRD AND FINAL NOVEL IN A SERIES ABOUT AN EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH FAMILY IN THE DAYS PRECEDING THE NAZI HOLOCAUST.
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6196
COONTS, STEPHEN
JAKE GRAFTON, DIRECTOR OF THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, LEARNS THAT HE COULD BE TARGETED FOR MURDER BY THE CIA. THEN HE DISCOVERS THAT HE IS, IN FACT, BEING SPIED ON, AND THIS COMPLEX ADVENTURE STORY THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE U.S., EUROPE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST IS SET IN MOTION.© 1993
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5785
EVANIER, DAVID
SHEILA PENN
A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE ROSENBERGS, WHO WERE EXECUTED FOR SELLING ATOMIC SECRETS TO THE RUSSIANS. INTERSPERSED WITHIN THEIR STORY ARE THE HISTORIES OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST CIRCLE.
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8603
SANDERL, BORIS
POLLY ADAMS
RACHEL, A DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS RAISED IN BRIGHTON BEACH, ENCOUNTERS A MOLDOVAN JEWISH IMMIGRANT DIVORCEE. AS THE TWO BEGIN A RELATIONSHIP, THE STORY REVEALS THEIR PAST AND THE COMMONALITIES BETWEEN TWO CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS RAISED IN VERY DIFFERENT SOCIETIES.
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6871
DIAMANT, ANITA
LINDA W. LEVINE
HER NAME IS DINAH. IN THE BIBLE, HER LIFE IS ONLY HINTED AT IN A BRIEF AND VIOLENT DETOUR WITHIN THE MORE FAMILIAR CHAPTERS THAT ARE ABOUT HER FATHER, JACOB, AND HIS TWELVE SONS. TOLD IN DINAH'S VOICE, THIS NOVEL REVEALS THE TRADITIONS AND TURMOIL'S OF ANCIENT WOMANHOOD. © 1997
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7024
ISAACS, SUSAN
FBI AGENT CHARLIE BLAIR AND GEN-X LAUREN MILLER ARE DRAWN TOGETHER BY A HATE CRIME AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY KIN, DESCENDANTS OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS WHO MET ON A BOAT ON THEIR WAY TO AMERICA. ISAACS NOT ONLY CHRONICLES THEIR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BRUTAL MURDER, BUT EXPLORES THEIR AMERICAN HERITAGE AS WELL. © 1998
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7110
FAST, HOWARD
STEVE SHER
WHEN IKE GOLDMAN, A RETIRED LAW PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DISSUADES A MUCH YOUNGER WOMAN FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE, HE NEVER SUSPECTS THAT HIS SELFLESS ACTION WILL LEAD TO LOVE AND THE POSSIBLE DEFENSE OF A WOMAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER ABUSIVE EX-HUSBAND. EVENTUALLY HE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN FOLLOWING HIS HEART OR THE LOSS OF HIS FAITH IN LOVE. © 1999
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5026
AN ESSAY ON KITSCH AND DEATH
FRIEDLANDER, SAUL
BEATRICE DAVIS
THE AUTHOR, A HISTORIAN, DISCUSSES HIS UNEASE AT THE CHANGING IMAGE OF NAZI GERMANY SINCE THE EARLY 1970S. HE DEMONSTRATES HOW FILMS AND BOOKS THAT EMPHASIZE THE EMOTIONS AND IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH NAZISM HAVE INADVERTENTLY REKINDLED A FASCINATION WITH THE MOVEMENT. © 1984
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7765
REFLECTIONS OF THE MAGGID
INSPIRATIONAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE & AROUND THE CORNER
KROHN, PAYSACH J., RABBI
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
THIS IS THE SIXTH BOOK IN THE MAGGID SERIES, INSPIRED BY THE AUTHOR'S CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH RABBI SHLOMO SCHWADRON (1912-1997), THE MAGGID OF JERUSALEM. KROHN USES THE MAGGID'S TEACHINGS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO REAL LIFE EVENTS, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.© 2002
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8006
CITY OF DAVID IN CLASSICAL TEXTS
ROTHENBERG, SILBERMAN, & TANENBAUM
JUDITH BASES
THIS HADASSAH STUDY GUIDE PROVIDES HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT; EXCERPTS FROM THE BIBLE, TALMUD, ZOHAR, CONTEMPORARY AND MEDIEVAL RABBINIC WRITINGS, AS WELL AS EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT AND QUR'AN, QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION; AND SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS. EDITED BY CAROL DIAMANT © 1995
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3968
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
BLAU, JOSEPH L., EDITOR
AN OVERVIEW OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.
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7050
MICHAEL, SAMI
NAOMI ROSENBACH
THE TIME IS 1973, THE SETTING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. COMMUNIST AND ZIONIST, ISRAELI ARAB, PALESTINIAN REFUGEE, AND ASHKENAZI JEW CLASH IN THIS STORY OF LOVE AND HATRED. MARDUCH, COMMUNIST SURVIVOR OF AN IRAQI PRISON (LIKE THE AUTHOR) AND ZIONIST BY DEFAULT, HAS GONE TO FIGHT FOR ISRAEL--THE COUNTRY THAT GAVE HIM REFUGE. WHEN MARDUCH'S WIFE IS ASKED TO SHELTER AN ARAB COMRADE SLATED FOR PREVENTIVE DETENTION, THE ANGUISH OF MORAL, POLITICAL, AND SEXUAL TENSIONS SURFACE. WHO IS GIVING WHOM REFUGE? WHERE DOES ONE'S LOYALTY LIE? © 1977
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4005
EPSTEIN, LESLIE
MILDRED E. GRASS
A NOVEL SET IN MANHATTAN ABOUT AN ACTRESS TURNED JOURNALIST, WHO IN HER FORTIES IS RETURNING TO ACTING AND CONFRONTING THE STRESSES IN HER LIFE.
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6829
FAMILY, FAITH, FORTUNE, AND THE EMPIRE OF OLYMPIA & YORK
BIANCO, ANTHONY
AUDREY FLAMBERG
AN IN-DEPTH ACCOUNT OF THE REICHMANN FAMILY, BEGINNING WITH MATRIARCH RENEE, WHO WITH HER HUSBAND, SAMUEL STARTED AN EGG DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A HUGE FORTUNE. DESPITE HEAVY FINANCIAL LOSES DUE TO A WORLDWIDE DROP IN PROPERTY VALUES, THE REICHMANNS ARE REEMERGING AS A FORCE IN THE WORLD OF HIGH FINANCE. © 1997
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1638
RELIGION OF ETHICAL NATIONHOOD
JUDAISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD PEACE
KAPLAN, MORDECAI M.
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT PROPOSES A NATURALISTIC, HUMANISTIC JUDAISM WHICH HE VIEWS AS THE EVOLVING DESTINY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. © 1970
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1835
FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE BABYLONIAN EXILE (BOOK ONE)
KAUFMANN, YEHEZKEL
S. BRAV
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8498
A NOVEL
SHALEV, ZARUYA
PAM VASSIL
THE STORY OF A FAMILY IN TURMOIL, BROUGHT TOGETHER IN JERUSALEM WHERE THE MOTHER LIES DYING IN A HOSPITAL BED.
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7832
REBELS, RABBIS & OTHER WOMEN FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT
EMILY TAITZ; SONDRA HENRY
NINA MELTZER
HISTORIANS TAITZ AND HENRY OFFER YOUNG READERS A KALEIDOSCOPE OF JEWISH WOMEN FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE BIBLE TO MODERN TIMES. IN THIS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 80 PORTRAITS, THE AUTHORS SHOW THESE WOMEN WITHIN A CAREFULLY RESEARCHED HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT.© 1996
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1641
MALAMUD, BERNARD
JANE SCHWARTZ
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES DEALING WITH SELF-ESTEEM. © 1973
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1247
KAUFMAN, MYRON S.
ADELINE MAREMONT
A YOUNG BOSTONIAN'S ANGUISH IN COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. RICHARD AMSTERDAM, HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE AND SON OF A BOSTON JUDGE WANTS TO JOIN THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. HIS STRUGGLE IS HAMPERED BY HIS FATHER'S INTEGRITY. REMAKE OF ADELINE MAREMONT'S 1972 RECORDING.
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4814
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE JEWISH AMERICAN
MELTZER, MILTON
HARRIET MARCUS
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JEWS FROM THE EARLY 1900S TO THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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5742
STORIES ABOUT BEING JEWISH
HAUTZIG, ESTHER
HELAINE NEWHOUSE
HAUTZIG, WHO WAS EXILED TO SIBERIA WITH HER FAMILY IN WORLD WAR II, AND THEN MOVED TO NEW YORK, WRITES OF JEWS WHO FLEE TO JAPAN, OF LONG LOST FRIENDS WHO REAPPEAR, AND OF JEWS WHO MOVE TO ISRAEL. THROUGH THESE STORIES, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE CHALLENGE AND SOLACE OF JUDAISM AND PAINTS A PORTRAIT OF A MULTIFACETED LIFE.
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5822
A THEOLOGY FOR THE POSTMODERN JEW
BOROWITZ, EUGENE B.
BRAV, STANLEY R.
IN THIS BOOK, RABBI BOROWITZ CONFRONTS FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGICAL ISSUES SUCH AS: 'WHO IS GOD?' AND 'WHAT DOES GOD STILL DO?' THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES BY ARTICULATING HIS OWN THEOLOGY FOR THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEW. © 1991
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8463
A NOVEL
FISHMAN, BORIS
STEVE SCHREIBER
A HILARIOUS STORY OF A FAILED JOURNALIST ASKED TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE: FORGE HOLOCAUST-RESTITUTION CLAIMS FOR OLD RUSSIAN JEWS IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
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8028
REPORT FROM A PARISIAN PARADISE
ESSAYS FROM FRANCE, 1925-1939
ROTH, JOSEPH
WIN ROBINS
CONSIDERED THE GREATEST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT OF HIS AGE, ROTH LEFT THE DISINTEGRATING WEIMAR REPUBLIC IN 1925 AND SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN FRANCE. THE ESSAYS HE WROTE THERE PROVIDE A DESCRIPTIVE PORTRAIT OF FRANCE IN THE LATE 1920S AND 1930S. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY MICHAEL HOFMANN © 2004
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6856
ROTH, HENRY
LESLIE CARROLL
THIS IS THE FINAL VOLUMES OF THE SERIES THAT WAS BEGUN BY ROTH IN THE NEW MEXICO DESERT IN 1979 AND WAS CONCLUDED JUST SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH. SET IN JEWISH HARLEM AND GREENWICH VILLAGE DURING A PRE-THANKSGIVING WEEK IN 1927, IT IS THE HARROWING PORTRAIT OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN A CULTURAL TURMOIL DURING AMERICA'S ROARING '20S. © 1998
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6707
SUCHER, CHERYL PEARL
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, RACHAEL WALLFISH IS RAISED IN A COMFORTABLE BUT ALMOST STIFLING ENVIRONMENT FILLED WITH FAMILY STORIES OF WARTIME ATROCITIES. TWENTY YEARS LATER, RACHAEL, NOW A SUCCESSFUL FILM PRODUCER, STRUGGLES WITH THE TENSIONS IN HER LIFE IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINE HER SENSE OF SELF. © 1997
