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8089
HOW ONE OF HITLER'S SOLDIERS SAVED THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE
RIGG, BRYAN MARK
WIN ROBBINS
A NOTED HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR RELATES HOW PRESSURE FROM THE LUBAVITCH CHASSIDIM AND THE DESIRE FOR GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS HELPED PUSH HIGH RANKING NAZI OFFICIALS - INCLUDING ONE WITH A JEWISH FATHER AND ANOTHER WHO, THOUGH ANTI-SEMITIC, WAS BECOMING DISAFFECTED WITH HITLER - TO SPIRIT RABBI JOSEPH SCHNEERSOHN, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS ENTOURAGE FROM WARSAW TO RIGA TO STOCKHOLM, WHERE PASSAGE TO NEW YORK WAS OBTAINED. WITH THE LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT NOW HEADQUARTERED IN BROOKLYN, IT EVENTUALLY GREW INTO THE WIDESPREAD AND WELL-KNOWN MOVEMENT OF TODAY. © 2004
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8681
Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany
STOLTZFUS, NATHAN
LORNA KOCHE
A STUDY OF THE 1943 ROSENSTRASSE PROTEST EXPLAINS HOW HUNDREDS OF GENTILE SPOUSES OF JEWS ROUNDED UP BY THE NAZIS FACED DOWN HITLER'S GENOCIDAL POLICY AND THE SS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THEIR LOVED ONES.
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8227
A NOVEL
EDWARD SCHWARZSCHILD
MAX WOLINSKY, A SWINDLING SALESMAN, REVISITS HIS PHILADELPHIA STOMPING GROUNDS. AFTER A YEAR OF EXILE IN FLORIDA, FOLLOWING HIS WIFE'S INFIDELITY, MAX RETURNS TO SEE HIS FATHER AND STROKE-IMPAIRED UNCLE AND TO ATTEND HIS SON NATHAN'S BAR MITZVAH, BUT THE TRIP GOES SOUR WHEN OLD ASSOCIATES WANT IN ON HIS LATEST SCAM. AS MAX GEARS UP FOR A MIDLIFE CRISIS, HE BEGINS TO QUESTION HIS OWN DUPLICITY AND MEETS A WOMAN WHO MIGHT JUST KEEP HIM HONEST.
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4406
BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN
THIS IS A HISTORY, WRITTEN IN NARRATIVE STYLE, OF THE IMMIGRATION OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS TO THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1882 AND 1915.
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4640
APPELFELD, AHARON
EVELYN GODMAN
THE ISRAELI AUTHOR TAKES HIS READERS TO A REMOTE HOTEL IN AUSTRIA ON THE BRINK OF THE HOLOCAUST. ITS PATRONS ARE ALL JEWS TAKING LESSONS IN ASSIMILATION: HOW TO LOOK, TALK, AND THINK LIKE A GENTILE.
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871
ROSTEN, LEO
EVELYN THORNER
A HUMOROUS ACCOUNT OF KAPLAN, HIS IMMIGRANT FRIENDS, AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO LEARN ENGLISH AT NIGHT SCHOOL. A SEQUEL TO 'THE EDUCATION OF HYMAN KAPLAN.'
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7417
KENAZ, YEHOSHUA
B. STERN
RETURNING LOST LOVES TELLS OF THE TANGLED LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ALL LIVE IN THE SAME TEL AVIV APARTMENT COMPLEX.
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8332
LEVY, AMY
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
THE STORY OF AN EXTENDED ANGLO-JEWISH FAMILY IN LONDON FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO COUSINS AND THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THEIR JEWISH IDENTITIES AND ENGLISH SOCIETY.
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7014
BLUEFARB, SAM
RAMU DAMODARAN
THE STORY OF AN OBSESSIVE AND TRAGIC LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN A VETERAN ATTENDING UCLA ON THE GI BILL AND AN ENIGMATIC STUDENT FROM INDIA. THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE IMMEDIATE POST-WAR YEARS, WHEN OLD MORES WERE BEING REPLACED BY NEW ATTITUDES. © 1998
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2088
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF RABBI ISRAEL
ECKMAN, LESTER SAMUEL
MINNIE ELINS
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF RABBI ISRAEL MEIR KAGAN, KNOWN AS THE HAFEZ HAYYIM, A TWENTIETH-CENTURY TALMUDIC SCHOLAR AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF POLISH AND LITHUANIAN JEWRY.
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7179
SCHULMAN, HELEN
MARION FELDINGER
DR. DAVID HERSHLEDER, A BRILLIANT BUT TORTURED JEWISH NEUROLOGIST, IS THROWN OUT OF THE HOUSE BY HIS SHIKSA WIFE. IN ORDER TO AVOID THE CRUSHING WEIGHT OF HIS LOSS, HE EMBARKS ON A RESEARCH PROJECT INVOLVING A HOLOCAUST DENIER. HE BECOMES MORE AND MORE OBSESSED AND, WITH THE HELP OF TWO ODDBALL BUDDIES FROM COLLEGE, HE FINDS AND CONFRONTS A REVISIONIST IN PARIS AND IN THE PROCESS CONFRONTS HIMSELF, EXPLODING THE LIES HE HAS CONSTRUCTED HIS OWN LIFE AROUND. © 1998
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826
STORY OF THE IRGUN
BEGIN, MENACHEM
LEE SEEMAN
POWERFUL INSIDE STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND ARMY THAT DROVE BRITISH FORCES OUR OF PALESTINE IN THE 1940'S. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1972
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8612
A YAEL AZOULAY NOVEL
LEBOR, ADAM
LYNN KARPO-LANTZ
YAEL AZOULAY IS A COVERT NEGOTIATOR FOR THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL. SHE FIGHTS THE PULL OF HER OLD LIFE WHILE BROKERING THE TRIUMPH OF HER CAREER: A SUMMIT IN REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN.
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2321
LUDLUM, ROBERT
RUTH S. DIAMOND
A NOVEL OF ESPIONAGE WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING WORLD WAR II, INVOLVING AN UNDERCOVER TRADE OF INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND NAZI LEADERS. WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR OF 'THE MADLOCK PAPER.'
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5267
A SEPHARDIC APPROACH
ANGEL, MARC D.
SARENE MYERS
A DISCUSSION OF THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEPHARDIC APPROACH TO THE OBSERVANCES AND CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM. THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT ISSUES SUCH AS THE FAMILY, THE APPLICATION OF HALACHA TO MODERN LIFE, ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS, AND CONVERSION.
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8665
PINSKER, SHACHAR M.
SISLOWITZ, MARCEL
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8305
AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY
BROWN, DAVID S.
ARLENE SIMON
RICHARD HOFSTADTER WAS AMERICA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL GROUNDBREAKING BOOKS HE WAS A VIGOROUS CHAMPION OF THE LIBERAL POLITICS THAT EMERGED FROM THE NEW DEAL. IN THIS MASTERFUL BIOGRAPHY, DAVID BROWN EXPLORES HOFSTADTER'S LIFE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM.
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4773
DRAKE, JAMES A.
ROSALIND SCHEER
A RECREATION OF TUCKER'S BOYHOOD IN BROOKLYN TO HIS SUCCESSES AT NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN OPERA AND OTHER OPERA HOUSES TO HIS UNTIMELY DEATH. DESCRIPTIONS OF TUCKER'S BACKGROUND, CAREER, FAMILY LIFE, AND JEWISH FAITH PRODUCE A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PORTRAIT.
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8045
A MORAL DEFENSE OF ISRAEL'S WARS
LOZOWICK, YAACOV
SELMA MARGULIES
HISTORIAN YAACOV LOZOWICK CONSIDERS AND REBUTS DOZENS OF HARMFUL MYTHS AND OUTRIGHT LIES ABOUT THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. HE SEES INTERNATIONAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST ISRAEL AS EVIDENCE THAT IT IS NOT JUST ISRAEL'S CONDUCT THAT IS BEING QUESTIONED, BUT ALSO ITS RIGHT TO EXIST. THIS LED MANY ISRAELI LIBERALS TO VOTE FOR HARD-LINER ARIEL SHARON. © 2004
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7999
THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST
GILBERT, MARTIN
GINGER RICH
A NOTED SCHOLAR PORTRAYS HUNDREDS OF RIGHTEOUS GENTILES WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. SIR MARTIN INCLUDES WELL-KNOWN RESCUERS LIKE KING CHRISTIAN X, OSKAR SCHINDLER, AND RAOUL WALLENBERG AS WELL AS LESSER-KNOWN ROYALTY, CLERGY, AND "ORDINARY" CIVILIANS. © 2003
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3692
STEEL, DANIELLE
JANE LESSER
A LOVE STORY PLAYED OUT OVER THREE GENERATIONS BEGINNING IN HITLER'S GERMANY WITH THE EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR OF A GERMAN WOMAN WITH A JEWISH NOVELIST. IT CONTINUES WHEN THE WOMAN'S DAUGHTER, ARIANA, IS RESCUED FROM THE NAZI TERROR BY A GERMAN OFFICER AND ENDS IN PRESENT-DAY AMERICA, WHEN ARIANA'S SON LEARNS HIS MOTHER'S SECRET.
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8638
RISE AND FALL OF ADAM AND EVE
GREENBLATT, STEPHEN
LIPMAN, DIANE
The book explores the enduring story of Adam and Eve which has served as a mirror in which we seem to glimpse the whole long history of our fears and desires, as both a hymn to human responsibility and a dark fable about human wretchedness.
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6216
RISE AND FALL OF THE JEWISH GANGSTER IN AMERICA
FRIED, ALBERT
SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE
THE AUTHOR TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH UNDERWORLD FROM ITS ORIGINS TO ITS GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE AFTER PROHIBITION. THIS REVISED EDITION CONTAINS UPDATED INFORMATION ON SUCH FIGURES AS MEYER LANSKY, BUGSY SIEGEL AND DUTCH SCHULTZ.© 1994
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7244
STRAUSS, RON
BEN OLIVER
PASHA ED-AL ("THE GHOST"), ISRAEL'S MOST REVERED ARAB UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE, HAS RETIRED. NAYEFF, THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED TERRORIST, HAS NOT. IN HIS LATEST EXPLOIT TO BLOCK THE PEACE PROCESS, NAYEFF LED AN ATTACK AT THE AIRPORT IN ROME. AMONG THE DEAD PASSENGERS WERE PASHA'S DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON. PASHA COMES ROARING OUT OF RETIREMENT SEEKING PERSONAL REVENGE AS THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN TO A FORTHCOMING WASHINGTON PEACE CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF JERUSALEM. © 1999
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5783
CAHAN, ABRAHAM
GOODSTEIN, RENEE
THE STORY OF A JEWISH IMMIGRANT'S RISE TO PROMINENCE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD OF NEW YORK AND HIS QUEST FOR SPIRITUAL VALUES. THE AUTHOR WAS THE EDITOR OF THE YIDDISH DAILY NEWSPAPER, 'DER FORVERTS,' FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS.
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4790
KELLERMAN, FAYE
THE WORLD OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM IS THE SETTING FOR THIS MYSTERY WHICH INVOLVES THE RAPE OF A WOMAN AT A RITUAL BATH.
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3971
SINGER, I. J.
BETTY WEINER
THE IMPRESSION OF SHEER, RELENTLESS POWER IS MAINTAINED IN THESE THIRTEEN SHORT STORIES.
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7068
NATTEL, LILIAN
BARBARA BEHAR FERBER
IN BLASZKA, A FICTIONAL SHTETL NORTHWEST OF WARSAW, THE LIVES OF FOUR WOMEN ARE INTERTWINED. AS CHILDREN, THEY ROMPED IN THE WOODS. BUT NOW HANNA-LEYA IS THE BUTCHER'S MYSTERIOUSLY CHILDLESS BUT EFFICIENT WIFE WHO RELAXES BY BATHING IN THE RIVER. FEYGELE HAS A LARGE FAMILY, BUT HER OLDEST CHILD IS JAILED FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY. ZISA-SARA DIES IN AMERICA; HER CHILDREN ARE SENT BACK TO BLASZKA, WHERE THEY MUST READJUST TO SHTETL LIFE. MISHA, THE TOWN MIDWIFE, DIVORCES HER HUSBAND AND THEN BECOMES PREGNANT HERSELF, BUT REFUSES TO REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER. THROUGH IT ALL, THE PEOPLE OF BLASZKA CLING TO THEIR TRADITIONS. © 1999
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8623
WORLD WAR II ON THE CÔTE D'AZUR
KUNDAHL, GEORGE
TIM ZAGIN
DURING WORLD WAR II THREE DISTINCT FORCES OPPOSED THE ALLIES - GERMANY, ITALY, AND JAPAN. THE AUTHOR TELLS FOR THE FIRST TIME THE FULL STORY OF WORLD WAR II ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA.
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7828
TAX, MEREDITH
ELLEN DAVID
THIS IS A FEMINIST IMMIGRANT FAMILY SAGA OF STRONG WOMEN: OF HANNAH LEVY WHO, AT THE COST OF HER MARRIAGE, BRINGS HER DAUGHTERS FROM THE RUSSIAN PALE TO AMERICA; OF SARAH, A SOCIALIST FIREBRAND, AND RUBY WHO TURNS HER PASSION FOR BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES INTO AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY, AND OF RACHEL COHEN, IN LOVE WITH A NON-JEW.© 2001
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255
ISRAEL, CHARLES E.
DOROTHY RAPPAPORT
A NOVEL WITH VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED DURING BIBLICAL TIMES. © 1961
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5320
KENAN, AMOS
SYLVIA ESTES
THIS NOVEL DEPICTS AN ISRAEL HEADING TOWARD FASCISM AFTER A MILITARY COUP. EIN HAROD, A LEGENDARY KIBBUTZ FOUNDED BY SOCIALIST ZIONISTS, IS THE LAST CENTER OF ISRAELI RESISTANCE.
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385
THE ETHICS
SPINOZA, BARUCH
HELEN FRANKEL
A SIGNIFICANT WORK BY ONE OF THE MAJOR PHILOSOPHERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY. © 1957
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8384
A TRUE STORY OF WORLD WAR II ITALY, THE NAZIS, AND THE CYCLIST WHO INSPIRED A NATION
MCCONNON, AILI AND ANDRES
LONDON, ELIZABETH
THE INSPIRING, AGAINST-THE-ODDS STORY OF GINO BARTALI, THE CYCLIST WHO MADE THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN TOUR SE FRANCE HISTORY AND SECRETLY AIDED THE ITALIAN RESISTANCE DURING WORLD WAR II.
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8515
THE GREAT JEWISH MIGRATIONS TO THE NEW WORLD AND THE PEDDLERS WHO FORGED THE WAY
HASIA R.DINER
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
BETWEEN THE LATE 1700S AND THE 1920S, NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD’S JEWS EMIGRATED TO NEW LANDS. HERE ARE THE STORIES OF MILLIONS OF DISCONTENTED YOUNG JEWISH MEN WHO SOUGHT OPPORTUNITY ABROAD, LEAVING PARENTS, WIVES, AND SWEETHEARTS BEHIND.
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2624
BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEDEVILED
SAMUEL MARX & JAN CLAYTON
ESTHER COHEN
THE STORY OF HART AND RODGERS,"THE BOYS FROM HARLEM" AS THEY WERE OFTEN CALLED, AND HOW THEY BECAME WORLD-RENOWNED SONGWRITERS.
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6495
ABRAHAM, PEARL
BARBARA JUST
STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL'S COMING-OF-AGE IN AN ULTRAORTHODOX HASIDIC HOME. RACHEL, THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN, YEARNS FOR SOME OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUITS OF THE SECULAR WORLD SHE LEARNS ABOUT FROM ROMANCE NOVELS. SHE AGREES TO AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE, BUT WHEN THE MATCH GOES AWRY, HER SOLUTION IS BITTERSWEET. © 1995
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7247
DEEP UNDERCOVER IN THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE
ROSENTHAL, RICHARD
AUDREY FLAMBERG
IN THE SUMMER OF 1970, AN UNTRAINED POLICE RECRUIT WAS SECRETLY ASSIGNED BY THE NYPD TO INFILTRATE AN UP AND COMING URBAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LED BY A CHARISMATIC RABBI WHOSE IMPACT WOULD BE FELT AROUND THE WORLD. FOR THE NEXT YEAR, ROSENTHAL ADVANCED THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE FROM ITS EARLY DAYS OF STREET INTIMIDATION, THROUGH THE MANUFACTURE OF INCENDIARY WEAPONS, BOMBINGS, AND APPOINTMENT AS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR AND ULTIMATELY A BODYGUARD TO RABBI MEIR KAHANE, ITS LEADER. WITH A DIVERSE CAST OF CHARACTERS, INCLUDING JOE COLOMBO, THE KU KLUX KLAN, AND THE SOVIET MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES, THIS STORY OF A YOUNG SPY ON A DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT MAY BE ONE OF THE WACKIEST POLICE STORIES EVER TOLD. © 2000
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6360
MY GRANDFATHER'S STORY
APPLE, MAX
LEE EHMAN J
THE AUTHOR DEPICTS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS GRANDFATHER - IRASCIBLE, SCRAPPY HERMAN 'ROCKY' GOODSTEIN - WHO LIVES WITH APPLE AS HE IS GROWING UP AND TAKES OVER HIS TROUBLED FAMILY AT THE AGE OF 105, SHOWING THEM ALL HOW TO SURVIVE, HOW TO HEAL, AND HOW TO LOVE.© 1993
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8669
LOEFFLER, JAMES
ADAMS, POLLY
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8651
INSIGHTS INTO HEBREW, HOLIDAYS, AND HISTORY
FIRST, MITCHELL
62 short articles address interesting questions about the Hebrew language, liturgy, Jewish history, and the calendar and holidays.
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6694
A FAMILY PORTRAIT
MORTON, FREDERIC
RITA LEVINE
AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF A JEWISH FAMILY WHOSE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN FRANKFURT'S CROWDED JEW STREET EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO A HUGE FINANCIAL EMPIRE. © 1961
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2299
A FAMILY OF FORTUNE
COWLES, VIRGINIA
FRITZI BAER & AUDREY LAMBERT
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY FROM THE GHETTO OF FRANKFURT, WHERE THEIR BUSINESS BEGAN, THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIVE SONS WHO BECAME PROMINENT BANKERS AND PHILANTHROPISTS.
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3632
A NOVEL
SCHWARTZ, LYNN SHARON
THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE BETWEEN A JEW AND A GENTILE WHO MEET IN ROME AND SLOWLY BEGIN AN AFFAIR. BACK IN THE U.S., THEY EMBARK ON CAREERS AND SET UP LIFE TOGETHER FIRM IN THEIR CONVICTION THAT THEY BELONG TOGETHER AS A FAMILY.
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2481
LEHMANN, MARCUS
A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH COMMUNITY OF HALBERSTADT, GERMANY. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
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6735
AN INDIAN JEWISH WOMAN REMEMBERS
DANIEL, RUBY; JOHNSON, BARBARA C.
ELLEN WERTHEIM
THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK WRITTEN BY A JEWISH WOMAN FROM COCHIN. IT IS A RICH DESCRIPTION OF JEWISH LIFE IN THIS EXOTIC CULTURE, SPANNING MANY CENTURIES. THIS IS TRULY A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF COCHIN FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT UNTIL TODAY, WHEN A DYING COCHIN COMMUNITY IS FINDING NEW LIFE IN ISRAEL. © 1995
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7309
REFLECTIONS ON ANTISEMITISM & THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZIO
BRONNER, STEPHEN ERIC
MARK YOHALEM
THE PROTOCOLS OF THE LEARNED ELDERS OF ZION WAS A FORGERY CREATED IN RUSSIA BY THE CZARIST SECRET POLICE AND QUICKLY TRANSLATED INTO A HOST OF LANGUAGES. IT PORTRAYED JUDAISM AS A WORLDWIDE CONSPIRACY DEDICATED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION. THE APPEARANCE OF THE PROTOCOLS SPARKED NUMEROUS POGROMS AND HELPED SHAPE THE THINKING OF RIGHT-WING MOVEMENTS, FROM HITLER'S NAZIS TO CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITIC GROUPS IN RUSSIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE UNITED STATES. A WORK OF INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, A RUMOR ABOUT THE JEWS EXPRESSES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ANTISEMITISM AND THE OVERARCHING POLITICAL ASSAULT UPON THE ENLIGHTENMENT LEGACY AND PROVIDES A NEW AND PENETRATING UNDERSTANDING OF AN INSIDUOUS IDEOLOGY AND ITS BROADER IMPLICATIONS. © 2000
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8426
REFLECTIONS AND RECIPES FROM THE HOUSE THAT HERRING BUILT
FEDERMAN, MARK RUSS
BARBARA FEISTEIN
THE FORMER OWNER/PROPRIETOR OF THE BELOVED APPETIZING STORE ON MANHATTAN’S LOWER EAST SIDE TELLS THE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY’S JOURNEY FROM A PUSHCART IN 1907 TO “NEW YORK’S MOST HALLOWED SHRINE TO THE MIRACLE OF CAVIAR, SMOKED SALMON, ETHEREAL HERRING, AND SILKEN CHOPPED LIVER”
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7722
RUSSIAN DEBUTANTE'S HANDBOOK
SHTEYNGART, GARY
SHTEYNGART, GARY AND HOWELL MAYER
NOVEL ABOUT 25-YEAR-OLD VLADIMIR GIRSHKIN, A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA, AND THE ATTEMPTS HE MAKES TO PROVE HIS OVERACHIEVING PARENTS THAT MONEY SHOULD NOT BE LIFE'S ONLY PURSUIT. HE SEARCHES FOR LOVE, A DECENT JOB, AND A CREDIBLE SELF-IDENTITY AND ENDS UP IN THE RUSSIAN DOMAIN OF PRAVA (A PSEUDONYM FOR PRAGUE), WHERE HE INVOLVES HIMSELF IN HIGHBROW PUBLISHING,
ROWDY EXPATRIATE EXPLOITS AND THE RUSSIAN MAFIOSO.© 2002
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5133
A LIFE
HERRMANN, DOROTHY
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BROOKLYN-BORN AUTHOR WHO LIVED FROM 1904 TO 1979. DESCRIBES HIS EARLY BOYHOOD IN RHODE ISLAND, HIS BUDDING CAREER, AND HIS RELATIONSHIPS.
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2395
HAROLD FISCH
ESTHER COHEN
THE AUTHOR MAKES A PERSUASIVE CASE THAT AGNON DESERVES TO BE MUCH BETTER KNOWN.
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2219
SCHOLEM, GERSHOM
MARIAN BAER
A DETAILED STUDY OF SABBATAI ZEVI, A SELF-PROCLAIMED MESSIAH, AND A HISTORY OF THE SABBATEAN MOVEMENT WHICH CAPTIVATED THE ENTIRE JEWISH WORLD. FINALLY REVEALED AS A 'FALSE MESSIAH,' SABBATAI ZEVI DIED IN 1676.
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GRUNFELD, DR.,I.
DR. I. GRUNFELD
A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF THE LAWS OF THE SABBATH.
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933
BERKMAN, TED
DELL OSTROW & LILA ROTHMAN
A STORY ABOUT A DOZEN ISRAELIS, MOSTLY YOUNG AND NATIVE BORN, WHO FOUGHT IN AND SURVIVED IN THE 1967 CAMPAIGN.
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4984
KELLERMAN, FAYE
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
SOME ORTHODOX JEWISH BOYS FIND TWO CHARRED BODIES WHILE ON A CAMPING TRIP AND IT IS UP TO LOS ANGELES DETECTIVE PETER DECKER TO SOLVE THE MURDER. DECKER'S OUTWARD JOURNEY AS HE HUNTS DOWN THE KILLER IS PARALLELED BY HIS SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THROUGH JUDAISM AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A JEWISH WIDOW.
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5512
RECOVERING THEOLOGY FOR THE MODERN JEW
GILLMAN, NEIL
EMPLOYING A WIDE RANGE OF JEWISH PERSPECTIVES AND THE IDEAS OF INFLUENTIAL TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH THINKERS, THE AUTHOR ADDRESSES MANY COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN JEWISH THEOLOGY.
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THE LOST AND FOUND WORLD OF THE CAIRO GENIZA
HOFFMAN, ADINA; COLE, PETER
DIANE LIPMAN
THE STORY OF THE RETRIEVAL FROM AN EGYPTIAN GENIZA, OR REPOSITORY FOR WORN-OUT TEXTS, OF THE MOST VITAL CACHE OF JEWISH MANUSCRIPTS EVER DISCOVERED.
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6321
RAGEN, NAOMI
BETH SHERRY
TAMAR FEINGOLD IS A HAPPY, CHASTE YOUNG BRIDE IN ONE OF BROOKLYN'S ULTRA-ORTHODOX ENCLAVES. THIS ALL CHANGES WHEN SHE IS RAPED ONE NIGHT BY A BLACK MAN WHILE SHE IS CARING FOR HER SISTER'S BABY. DISCOVERING SHE IS PREGNANT, TAMAR HIDES WHAT HAPPENED, BUT A SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS ULTIMATELY FORCES TAMAR TO FACE THE TRUTH.© 1994
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4087
THE MAN WHO CHANGED MIDEAST HISTORY
SULLIVAN, GEORGE
NAOMI RABER
THE LIFE OF THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT IS COUPLED WITH A HISTORY OF EGYPT AND DETAILS ON HIS WIDOW'S WORK FOR WOMEN'S' RIGHTS.
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5660
SADDAM HUSSEIN AND THE CRISIS IN THE GULF
MILLER, JUDITH; MYLROIE, LAURIE
ELLEN MICHAELS
BY COMBINING HISTORICAL ANALYSIS WITH TIMELY JOURNALISTIC REPORTING, THIS BOOK ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE AN INFORMED ANALYSIS OF THE 1991 PERSIAN GULF CRISIS.
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8657
DISTELHEIM,ROCHELLE
DIANE LIPMAN
THE AUTHOR SWEEPS US BACK TO 1913 AND THE WORLD OF STRUGGLING JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK CITY’S LOWER EAST SIDE.
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SADIE SHAPIRO, MATCHMAKER
SMITH, ROBERT K.
SYLVIA JACOBS
WITH HER DOWN-TO-EARTH WIT AND WISDOM SADIE SHAPIRO, JOGGER, KNITTER AND GRANDMOTHER, NOW ALSO COMES INTO HER OWN AS A MATCHMAKER. SHE KNOWS THAT DR. MICHAEL NEWMAN AND HER FRIEND AND TV PRODUCER, MAXINE MORRIS, ARE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. BUT WHEN A PROFESSIONAL MATCHMAKER BEQUEATHS SADIE HER FILES, SADIE FACES NO EASY TASK.
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THEIR CONCEPTS AND BELIEFS
URBACH, EPHRAIM E.
DOROTHY AXEL
A LOOK AT THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL THOUGHT OF THE TANNA'IM (EARLY TALMUDISTS) AND AMORA'IM (LAST OF THE TALMUDISTS), WHOSE INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS CRYSTALLIZED THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH THE JEWISH PEOPLE LIVE. URBACH DEPICTS THEIR METHODS OF LEARNING, THEIR SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES, AND THE GOALS THEY SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE.
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PORTRAITS AND LEGENDS FROM THE JEWISH TRADITIONS
WEISEL, ELIE
FAITH GARFIELD
DEPICTIONS OF 25 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD, AND THE HASIDIC TRADITION.
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8528
REFLECTIONS OF A 100-YEAR-OLD AUTHOR
WOUK, HERMAN
MARCEL SISLOWITZ
“A SPARKLING MEMOIR OF A WELL-LIVED LIFE OF LITERATURE, FAME, AND LOVE” (BOOKLIST) BY ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST BELOVED AUTHORS, AS HE LOOKS BACK OVER HIS 100 YEARS.
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST ICONOCLASTIC PRODUCER...
FRASER-CAVASSONI, NATASHA
HOWELL MAYER
SPIEGEL, A NATIVE OF JAROSLAV IN WESTERN GALICIA, ARRIVED IN AMERICA AS A PENNILESS REFUGEE. CHARMING, RUTHLESS, AND LARGER-THAN-LIFE, HE BECAME A SUCCESSFUL MOVIE PRODUCER, WINNING AN ASTONISHING TWENTY-FIVE OSCARS. HIS FILMS INCLUDE THE AFRICAN QUEEN, ON THE WATERFRONT, AND LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. THE AUTHOR OF THIS BIOGRAPHY WORKED WITH HIM ON HIS PRODUCTION OF BETRAYAL. © 2003
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NEUGEBOREN, JAY
BETTY FLEISCHER
A NOVEL ABOUT A NEW YORK GAMBLER AND HIS FATHER, A DEVOUT JEW.
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6929
LOWENTHAL, MICHAEL
RAMU DAMODAR
JACOB AND JONATHAN. TWIN BROTHERS JOINED BY BLOOD AND FAITH, DIVIDED BY RELIGIOUS FERVOR, DESIRE AND SEXUAL IDENTITY. THE BOOK MOVES FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO THE HOLY LAND, TO TELL THE STORY OF TWO YOUNG MEN STRUGGLING AGAINST A HERITAGE OF INTOLERANCE AND SILENCE IN A TRANSCEDENT SEARCH FOR THE SELF, AND FOR EACH OTHER...
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7482
A NOVEL
OZ, AMOS
RIFKIN, S.
THE STORY ABOUT A FAMILY AND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH WHEN THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY PASSES AWAY. © 2001
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4302
SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH ON EXODUS
HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL
RABBI STANLEY R BRAV
COMMENTARIES ON THE SECOND BOOK OF THE TORAH BY THE LATE-NINETEENTH CENTURY GERMAN RABBI AND SCHOLAR WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN ORTHODOX JUDAISM.
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7825
A NOVEL FROM MEMORY
EPSTEIN, LESLIE
GAYLE ZIMMERMAN
IN THE YEAR 2000, ARTIST RICHARD JACOBI LOOKS BACK AT HIS CHILDHOOD FAMILY IN THE 1950S: HIS FILM DIRECTOR FATHER MOCKS THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE AT HIS TELEVISED HEARING, HIS BEAUTIFUL, LOOSE-CANNON MOTHER MUST KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER, AND HIS LITTLE BROTHER HAS FITS AND VISIONS. A HIRED COUPLE TAKES CARE OF THEM ALL, AND YOUNG RICHARD BEARS WITNESS TO THE TIMES AND THEIR EFFECT ON HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE STATUS OF JEWS AND BLACKS.© 2003
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6239
KELLERMAN, FAYE
STANLEY STONE
WHILE LAPD DETECTIVE PETER DECKER IS INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DIAMOND DEALER ARIK YALOM AND HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE RINA IS PLAYING HOSTESS TO A FRIEND FROM BROOKLYN. BUT WHEN YALOM AND HIS FAMILY ARE FOUND MURDERED AND RINA'S FRIEND DISAPPEARS AFTER HER HUSBAND IS FOUND DEAD, CLUES LEAD DECKER AND HIS WIFE TO ISRAEL.© 1994
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7909
A LEFTY'S LEGACY
LEAVY, JANE
BEN OLIVER
A SPORTS WRITER INTERVIEWED SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES IN BASEBALL FOR THIS BIO OF THE CY YOUNG AWARD WINNING BROOKLYN DODGER, FAMED FOR HIS REFUSAL TO PLAY ON YOM KIPPUR AS MUCH AS FOR HIS MODESTY, GOOD LOOKS, AND AMAZING PITCHING SKILLS. © 2003
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303
FROMM, ERICH
RUTH BERKELEY
A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY BY A NOTED JEWISH PSYCHOANALYST WHICH REVEALS THE INFLUENCE OF JEWISH IDEALS AND ATTITUDES TO MAN. © 1955
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3627
SANITARIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS
SCHULZ, BRUNO
JOYCE KARP
A COLLECTION OF 13 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES OF SMALL TOWN FAMILY LIFE IN PREWAR POLAND. SCHULZ EVOKES MEMORIES OF THE SEASONS, OF NATURE AND PEOPLE AND DRAWS MEANING FROM THE SMALLEST EVERYDAY ARTIFACTS. HIS IMAGINATION IS BOTH WILD AND CONTROLLED AND COMPLETELY ORIGINAL. TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH.
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2133
SLOBODKIN, FLORENCE
A STORY ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL GROWING UP IN A SHTETL AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND HER DESIRE TO GO TO SCHOOL AGAINST ALL OBSTACLES.
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8314
DE ROSNAY, TATIANA
LORNA KOCH
PARIS, JULY 1942: SARAH, A TEN-YEAR-OLD JEWISH GIRL, IS TAKEN WITH HER PARENTS BY THE FRENCH POLICE. DESPERATE TO PROTECT HER YOUNGER BROTHER, SARAH LOCKS HIM IN A BEDROOM CUPBOARD AND PROMISES TO COME BACK FOR HIM. SIXTY YEARS LATER JULIA JARMOND, AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, STUMBLES ONTO A TRAIL OF SECRETS THAT LINK HER TO SARAH.
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2872
SARNOFF, AN AMERICAN SUCCESS
DREHER, CARL
ELLEN KANNER
SARNOFF DESCRIBES HIS VISION OF POPULAR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF NBC, RKO, AND RCA OF WHICH HE BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1929.
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6294
A PSYCHOANALYTICAL CASE
GUR, BATYA
NITZA WILON
CHIEF INSPECTOR MICHAEL OHAYON IS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF DR. EVA NEIDORF, A SENIOR ANALYST AT THE JERUSALEM PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE. CLUES LEAD OHAYON THROUGH JERUSALEM'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND INTO THE RANKS OF THE MILITARY BUT IT IS POLICE DETECTION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS THAT REVEAL THE MYSTERY.© 1992
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BAXTER, CHARLES
PAM VASSIL
THE IDYLLIC LIFESTYLE OF SAUL GOLDBERG AND HIS WIFE PATSY, WHO SETTLE IN A SMALL MIDWESTERN TOWN, IS CHALLENGED BY ONE OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, A DISTURBED BOY WHOSE ACTIONS LEAD TO INNER AND OUTER CONFLICT. WILL SAUL BE BLAMED AS AN OUTSIDER? AS A JEW? BY HIMSELF? AS HE QUESTIONS HIMSELF, HIS COMMUNITY, AND HIS MARRIAGE, HE EXPLORES ISSUES OF LOVE, PARENTHOOD, SOCIAL CLASS, AND LOSS. HE MUST ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHAT KIND OF MAN HE WANTS TO BE. © 2003
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5706
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE IMAGINATION
MILLER, RUTH
DRAWING ON THE AUTHOR'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH BELLOW, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BELLOW ARCHIVES, AND MILLER'S OWN INTERPRETATIONS OF HIS WRITING, THE BOOK OFFERS A LITERARY HISTORY OF BELLOW'S LIFE AND WORK.
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7628
LEVY FAMILY'S EPIC QUEST TO RESCUE THE JEFFERSON'S HOUSE
LEEPSON, MARC
GUY LEBOW
THIS IS THE STORY OF THE LEVY FAMILY, THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PRESERVATION OF MONTICELLO AND HOW THEY ULTIMATELY SAVED JEFFERSON'S ESTATE.© 2001
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3855
SAVTA SIMCHA AND THE INCREDIBLE SHABBOS BAG
GANZ, YAFFA
JACOB & LILLIAN ZENGER
AN ISRAELI WOMAN VISITING WINTERGREEN CITY BRINGS HAPPINESS TO ITS RESIDENTS WITH HER 'SHABBOS BAG' OF HOLIDAY TREATS. A HEBREW AND YIDDISH GLOSSARY ROUNDS OUT AN UNUSUALLY APPEALING BOOK.
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8458
THE STORY OF BURNS & ALLEN
BLYTHE, CHERYL; SACKETT, SUSAN
DIANE LIPMAN
THIS BOOK IS A DETAILED HISTORY OF THE BURNS & ALLEN TV SHOW. AS SUCH, THE WRITERS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RE-CREATED THE 1950-58 PROGRAM AND AT THE SAME TIME REVEALED THE WARM RELATIONSHIP THAT EXISTED BETWEEN BURNS AND THE ON-STAGE CHARACTER OF GRACIE ALLEN.
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8322
OZ, AMOS
CHANA NEUMAN
STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN TEL ILAN, A CENTURY-OLD PIONEER VILLAGE. A DISGRUNTLED RETIRED POLITICIAN COMPLAINS TO HIS DAUGHTER THAT HE HEARS THE SOUND OF DIGGING AT NIGHT. WHERE HAS THE MAYOR'S WIFE GONE, VANISHED WITHOUT TRACE?
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KENEALLY, THOMAS
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
STORY OF THE GERMAN INDUSTRIALIST WHO BUILT A CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II IN ORDER TO SHELTER 1,300 JEWS.
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2229
WISSE, RUTH R.
ANNE MESTEL
THE AUTHOR HAS TAKEN THE SCHLEMIEL, THE FOOL IN JEWISH FOLKLORE, AS HER THEME IN ANALYZING THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHARACTER AND THE CULTURE FROM WHICH HE SPRINGS. IN THE PROCESS, SHE EXAMINES THE WORKS OF JEWISH AUTHORS, SUCH AS SHOLOM ALEICHEM, MENDELE MOCHER SFORIM, ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, SAUL BELLOW, AND BERNARD MALAMUD.
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SCHLEPPING THROUGH THE ALPS
MY SEARCH FOR AUSTRIA'S JEWISH PAST WTH ITS LAST WANDERING SHEPHERD
APPLE, SAM
ASHER SUSS
WHEN SAM APPLE, A NEW YORK BASED WRITER, HEARS ABOUT HANS BREUER, AUSTRIA'S ONLY WANDERING SHEPHERD WHO SINGS YIDDISH LULLABIES TO HIS SHEEP AND GIVES CONCERTS IN HISTORICALLY ANTI-SEMITIC TOWNS, HE SIGNS ON AS AN APPRENTICE. URBAN AND FASTIDIOUS, SAM FINDS THIS NO EASY TASK. SAM AND HANS MEANDER THROUGH NUMEROUS AUSTRIAN LANDSCAPES IN THIS HILARIOUS ADVENTURE, AND MEET AUSTRIANS OF MANY STRIPES.
SAM APPLE IS DETERMINED TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE AS MANY ANTI-SEMITES IN AUSTRIA AS HE FEARS AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW HANS, WHO GREW UP FIGHTING NAZISM IN VIENNA BECAME A WANDERING SHEPHERD. APPLE'S DISCOVERIES ARE MORE FASCINATING THAN HE COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
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BEGLEY, LOUIS
MICHELE HARBER
IN THIS SEQUEL TO "ABOUT SCHMIDT," LOUIS BEGLEY REVISITS THE PRICKLY, BELEAGUERED LAWYER, ALBERT SCHMIDT, NOW REDISCOVERING DOMESTIC BLISS WITH A YOUNG LOVER IN HIS HAMPTON HOME. BUT SHE WON'T MARRY HIM, HIS DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE IS IN TROUBLE, AND A EGYPTIAN-JEWISH MILLIONAIRE BUDDY MAY BE HIS SALVATION. © 2000
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CHIEL, DEBORAH
SHIRLEY RICH
THE STORY OF DAVID GREENE, A JEWISH STUDENT AT AN ELITE NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL, WHO IS TORN BETWEEN HIS BELIEFS AND HIS DESIRE TO FIT IN.
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6405
WILSON, JONATHAN
MARTY GERBER
A COLLECTION OF STORIES SET LARGELY IN ISRAEL AND IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. WILSON'S PROTAGONISTS ARE PORTRAYED AT VARIOUS TURNING POINTS IN THEIR LIVES ACTING OUT COUNTLESS HUMAN FOIBLES IN OFTEN HUMOROUS AND SOMETIMES SAD ENCOUNTERS.© 1995
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THE CONVERGENCE OF SCIENTIFIC AND BIBLICAL WISDOM
SCHROEDER, GERALD
G. HENNION
PHYSICIST AND BIBLICAL SCHOLAR GERALD SCHROEDER DEMONSTRATES THE OFTEN SURPRISING PARALLELS BETWEEN A VARIETY OF BIBLICAL TEACHINGS AND THE FINDING OF BIOCHEMISTS, PALEONTOLOGISTS, ASTROPHYSISTS AND QUANTUM PHYSICISTS. HE ARGUES THAT THE LATEST SCIENCE AND A CLOSE READIN OF THE BIBLE ARE NOT JUST COMPATIBLE BUT INTERDEPENDENT.
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CROWDER, HERBERT
NITZA WILON
WHEN PALESTINIANS HIJACK A CHINESE IRBM ENROUTE TO SAUDI ARABIA AND THEN STEAL CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARHEADS FROM IRAQ, TEL AVIV BECOMES A MISSILE ZONE. DANIELLA LLEWELLYN, A MOSSAD AGENT, AND HER HUSBAND TRACK THEIR TERRORIST QUARRY FROM THE ALLEYS OF JERUSALEM TO THE DESERT OF BALUCHISTAN TO THE SKIES OVER TEL AVIV.© 1991
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SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
MAX BARABANDER, A TRANSPLANTED POLISH JEW, RETURNS TO POLAND IN THE EARLY 1900S WHERE HE FINDS COMPANIONSHIP IN THE UNDERWORLD AND WITH WOMEN. BUT THOSE WHO BEFRIEND BARABANDER ARE ULTIMATELY DECEIVED BY HIM AND VIOLENCE ENSUES.
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KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT
RUTH SHERMAN
THIS NOVEL TRACES THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE TEENAGE SON OF A GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN FRANKFURT IN THE LATE 1930S. ADOPTED BY AN AMERICAN FAMILY, HE IS GIVEN A CHANCE AT A NEW LIFE.
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FREUD, ESTHER
MARILYN BECK
ARCHITECT KLAUS LEHMANN LOVED HIS WIFE ELSA, DESPITE LONG PERIODS OF SEPARATION. THEY AND OTHER GERMAN-JEWISH ÉMIGRÉS LIVED IN A PICTURESQUE ENGLISH TOWN, SURROUNDED BY SUCH CHARACTERS AS DEAF PAINTER MAX MEYER AND BRITISH CHILD-PSYCHOANALYST GERTRUDE JILKS. FIFTY YEARS LATER, LILY COMES TO THE TOWN TO DO RESEARCH ON KLAUS, SEEING PARALLELS TO HER OWN RELATIONSHIPS. FREUD (SIGMUND'S GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER) WAS INSPIRED BY THE HISTORY OF HER GRANDFATHER. © 2003
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A BRONX MEMOIR
WOLFE, DANIEL
STEVE SCHREIBER
DANIEL WOLFE BRINGS TO LIFE HIS BRONX NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
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SEARCH FOR GOD AT HARVARD
GOLDMAN, ARI
GOLDMAN, A FORMER NEW YORK TIMES RELIGION REPORTER, WAS SENT TO HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL IN 1985. IN THIS BOOK HE DESCRIBES THE YEAR IN WHICH HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS, CONFRONTED PAST TRAUMAS, AND CLARIFIED HIS OWN BELIEFS.
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BIRNHACK, SARAH
MARILYN PERELMAN
THE STORY OF A SHELTERED ONLY CHILD FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, WHOSE SEARCH FOR INDEPENDENCE FORCES HER TO CONFRONT IDENTITY ISSUES. DEPICTIONS OF THE SETTING REVEAL THE DEEP DIVISIONS AND HIDDEN CONTROVERSIES WITHIN THE JEWISH WORLD.
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MODIANO, PATRICK
IAN STRASFOGEL
THE AUTHOR HAPPENED UPON A NOTICE IN A 1941 PARIS NEWSPAPER PLACED BY THE PARENTS OF A 15-YEAR-OLD JEWISH GIRL, DORA BRUDER, WHO HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THE CATHOLIC BOARDING SCHOOL. THE AD SETS HIM OFF ON A QUEST TO FIND OUT EVERYTHING HE CAN ABOUT HER AND WHY, AT THE HEIGHT OF GERMAN REPRISALS, SHE RAN AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE HIDING HER.
