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4290
GREENBERG, JOANNE
E. ADEN
THIS ONE IS ABOUT A MIDDLE-AGED JEWISH MOTHER WHOSE SON HAS JOINED THE HARE KRISHNAS AND WHOSE DAUGHTER IS OBSESSIVELY INVOLVED IN THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN CALIFORNIA. SHE HAS FOUND MEANING FOR HER OWN LIFE AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE LOCAL FIRE-AND-RESCUE SQUAD, AND IN HER FAITH AND HER COMMUNITY.
EN4
7623
MILLER, BRENDA
BEVERLY STERN
AUTOBIOGRAPHIC ESSAYS DETAILING THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND, AS SHE IS UNABLE TO BEAR CHILDREN, THEY DESCRIBE HER LIFE IN RELATION TO THE EXTENDED HUMAN FAMILY.© 2002
EN4
5268
SHADBOLT, MAURICE
FAITH GARFIELD, CELE SAFER & JACK SANDERS
THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON AN ACTUAL MAORI REVOLT AGAINST THE BRITISH IN NEW ZEALAND FROM 1868 THROUGH 1869.
EN4
7109
ROSENBAUM, THANE
PETER JONES
MILA KATZ LIVES BY THE WITS BY WHICH SHE SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST; HER SON GROWS UP TO BE A NAZI-HUNTER. BUT IN A SERIES OF DEATHBED CONFESSIONS TO HER NURSES, SHE REVEALS THE EXISTANCE OF ANOTHER SON, ABANDONED IN POLAND. MILA'S AMERICAN-BORN SON LEARNS OF HIS HALF-BROTHER'S EXISTENCE AND DECIDES TO TRAVEL TO POLAND TO FIND HIM. TOGETHER THE BROTHERS RETRACE THE FAMILY'S DERAILED PATH, WALKING AMONG THE GHOSTS OF THE HOLOCAUST, CONFRONTING REAL AND IMAGINERY DEMONS. © 1999
EN4
8304
A NOVEL
RABB, JONATHAN
PAM VASSIL
ON THE EVE OF HITLER'S OLYMPICS, CHIEF INSPECTOR NIKOLAI HOFFNER, A HALF JEW, HAS BEEN FORCED OUT OF THE KRIMINALPOLIZEI. HIS SON GEORG IS MISSING IN SPAIN. HE HAS ALREADY LOST HIS ELDER SON, WHO IS FULLY ENTRENCHED IN THE NAZI REGIME. BUT GEORG IS NOT WHAT HE APPEARS TO BE, AND WHEN HOFFNER DISCOVERS THIS, HE IS DETERMINED TO SAVE THE ONE SON HE CAN.
EN4
5767
THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE RESCUE OF THE JEWS SINCE WORLD WAR
SZULC, TAD
THE STORY OF THE FURTIVE ROLE PLAYED BY AMERICAN JEWRY IN THE RESCUE OF TWO MILLION JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. SZULC ALSO DETAILS THE SAGA OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE BETWEEN 1943 AND 1948. THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THESE MIGRATIONS.
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63
BERCUSON, DAVID J.
WEISS, JANE N.
AN EXAMINATION BY A CANADIAN HISTORY PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS, MOSTLY AMERICAN, CANADIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN, WHO SERVED IN THE ISRAELI ARMED FORCES IN THE 1948 WAR.
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7080
SECRET BOOK OF GRAZIA DEI ROSSI
PARK, JACQUELINE
KEN STEART
INSPIRED BY AN ACTUAL LETTER, JACQUELINE PARK OFFERS US A LOOK AT RENAISSANCE ITALY THROUGH THE EYES OF GRAZIA DEI ROSSI. HEIRESS TO A JEWISH BANKING DYNASTY, SECRETARY TO THE WORLD-RENOWNED ISABELLA D'ESTE, MARRIED TO THE POPE'S JEWISH PHYSICIAN AND LOVER OF THE CHRISTIAN LORD GONZAGA, DEI ROSSI IS SUSPENDED BETWEEN TWO CULTURES, FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO MEN AND TWO WORLDS. © 1997
EN4
8643
BRANDES, YOCHI
LONDON, ELIZABETH
SHELOMOAM, A YOUNG MAN FROM THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM, HAS GROWN UP IN THE SHADOW OF DARK SECRETS. HE WONDERS WHY HIS FATHER IS DEATHLY AFRAID OF THE KING'S SOLDIERS AND WHY HIS MOTHER HAS LIED ABOUT THE IDENTITIES OF THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. SHELOMOAM IS DETERMINED TO UNEARTH HIS MYSTERIOUS PAST, NEVER IMAGINING WHERE HIS QUEST WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD HIM.
EN4
4654
COHEN, BARBARA
CORINNE SHAFTEL
A TALE OF TWO YOUNG BOYS, ONE ISRAELI AND ONE JORDANIAN, WHO MAKE A SECRET PACT. TEACHES YOUNG READERS HOW HATRED CAN BE OVERCOME WHEN CHILDREN REFUSE TO ACCEPT PREJUDICE.
EN4
8354
THE UNTOLD STORY OF NONNA BANNISTER
BANNISTER, NONNA
ALLISON EDWARDS
NONNA BANNISTER CARRIED A SECRET ALMOST TO HER GRAVE: THE DIARIES SHE HAD KEPT AS A YOUNG GIRL EXPERIENCING THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE BOOK TELL THE REMARKABLE TALE OF HOW A RUSSIAN GIRL FROM A FAMILY THAT HAD KNOWN WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE, THEN EXPOSED TO GERMAN LABOR CAMPS, LEARNED THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FORGIVENESS.
EN4
1774
PRINZ, JOACHIM
PHYLLIS SCHWARTZ
THE HISTORY AND CUSTOMS OF THE MARRANOS, THE JEWS WHO OBSERVED JUDAISM IN SECRET, IN BOTH CHRISTIAN AND NON-CHRISTIAN LANDS.
EN4
5672
SECRET OF JEWISH FEMININITY
INSIGHTS INTO THE PRACTICE OF TAHARAT HAMISHPACHA
ABRAMOV, TEHILLA; TOUGER, MALKA
ERICA SIMON GOLDMAN
A BOOK ABOUT JEWISH LAWS OF FAMILY PURITY, INCLUDING PHILOSOPHIC INSIGHTS.
EN4
8497
VAN HANDEL, ESTHER
HAYDEN PLATTUS
Children's book, contains 8 minutes of recording. SOME PEOPLE ARE LOUD BUT BERYL IS THE LOUDEST. BUT THAT CHANGES WHEN HE LEARNS A SECRET.
EN4
8483
SILVA, DANIEL
ELLEN DAVID
IN THIS SEQUEL TO THE MESSENGER, A TERRORIST PLOT IN LONDON LEADS ISRAELI ART RESTORING SECRET AGENT GABRIEL ALLON ON A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR THE KIDNAPPED DAUGHTER OF AN AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.
EN4
2968
KLUGER, RUTH & PEGGY MANN
SARA S. STER
JUVENILE VERSION OF RUTH KLUGER'S SUSPENSEFUL ACCOUNT OF HER OWN INVOLVEMENT IN THE SECRET RESCUE OF EUROPEAN JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND THEIR TRANSPORTATION BY BOAT TO PALESTINE. FOR CHILDREN AGED 9-14.
EN4
6879
THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF ISRAEL'S GREATEST COMMANDO
BETSER, MUKI; ROSENBERG, ROBERT
BOB MESARD
THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE IS KNOWN FOR ITS SURGICALLY PRECISE ANTITERRORIST MISSIONS, CONDUCTED WITH A MINIMAL LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE. BETSER, FORMERLY A COMMANDO WITH THE ELITE SAYERET MATKAL UNIT, PRESENTS HIS LIFE STORY, AND, IN THE PROCESS, PULLS BACK THE VEIL THAT HAS LONG CONCEALED THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE UNIT. © 1996
EN4
6332
SECRET WAR AGAINST THE JEWS
LOFTUS, JOHN; AARONS, MARK
MICHAEL FLOR
THE AUTHORS ARGUE THAT THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER WESTERN DEMOCRACIES HAVE HAD A COVERT AGENDA TO SUBVERT JEWISH NATIONALISTIC CLAIMS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURY. THEY FURTHER THEIR CLAIMS BY RELYING ON FORMERLY CLASSIFIED AMERICAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RECOLLECTIONS OF MANY FORMER OPERATIVES.
EN4
7643
SECRET: UNLOCKING THE SOURCE OF JOY & FULFILLMENT
(THE POWERFUL TEACHING OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST SPIRITUAL WISDOM)
BERG, MICHAEL
MICHELLE HARBOR
THE RESULTS OF THE AUTHOR STUDYING THE GREAT KABBALIST, RAV ASHLAG'S, LIFE AND WORK. HE DISCUSSES THE ESSENCE OF KABBALAH, THE WORLD'S OLDEST SPIRITUAL WISDOM.© 2002
EN4
6800
SECRETS OF FAT-FREE KOSHER COOKING
OVER 150 LOW-FAT AND FAT-FREE TRADITIONAL & CONTEMPORARY RECIPES
BERNSTEIN, DEBORAH, M. D.
EVE ROSHEVSKY
FROM MATZOH BALLS TO KUGEL. DO YOU REMEMBER DINNER AT YOUR BUBBE'S HOUSE? THERE WERE THE WARM HUGS AND KISSES, BUT MOST OF ALL THERE WERE THE MOUNTAINS OF WONDERFUL FOOD. DR. BERNSTEIN HAS RECREATED SOME OF THESE TRADITIONAL DISHES AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY CREATIONS USING VERY LITTLE OR NO FAT. ALL OF THE RECIPES ARE EASY TO PREPARE AND CONFORM TO THE LAWS OF KASHRUS. © 1998
EN4
5337
GROSSMAN, DAVID
RUBELLE SCHOFLER
SET IN ISRAEL IN 1959, THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON MOMIK, A NINE-YEAR-OLD CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO HAS LEARNED TO HIDE HIS FEELINGS AND SHIELD HIMSELF FROM ALL ATTACHMENTS. BUT WHEN HUMANITY TOUCHES HIM, MOMIK REALIZES THAT GOODNESS CAN EXIST ALONGSIDE THE HORRORS OF HISTORY.
EN4
5191
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MELVYN DOUGLA
DOUGLAS, MELVYN; ARTHUR, TOM
HELEN DITTUS
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR, THE SON OF A RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT AND A PROTESTANT FROM KENTUCKY, WHOSE LOOKS, CHARM AND TALENT MADE HIM A STAR.
EN4
8114
A JEWISH MYSTICAL THEOLOGY
GREEN, ARTHUR, RABBI
CHARLES ROEMER
USING THE HEBREW LETTERS OF GOD'S NAME AS AN ACROSTIC ROADMAP, RABBI GREEN LEADS HIS READERS ON A JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND GOD, THE WORLD, AND OURSELVES. HE SEEKS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN GOD'S ELUSIVE PRESENCE AND OUR LACK OF SUFFICIENT LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND MODERN JEWISH SPIRITUALITY. AN UPDATE OF A CLASSIC WORK FROM THIS RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBI AND PROFESSOR. © 2003
EN4
8560
SELECTED LECTURES BY RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK
RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK
RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK
SERIES OF LECTURES BY RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK.
EN4
2193
MANDELSTAM, OSSIP
JUDY HELDERMAN
A SELECTION OF POETRY TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN BY A POET WHO WAS A VICTIM OF STALIN'S TERROR.
EN4
818
SELECTED STORIES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
BEA AHRENS, FRANCES HOROWITZ, & JEANNE PEARSON
AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALFRED KAZIN.
EN4
4934
AN INQUIRY INTO CONFLICTS AND PREJ
LEWIS, BERNARD
STANLEY KIRSCH
AN ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM WHICH INCLUDES A LOOK AT ITS HISTORY AND PRESENCE IN THE ARAB WORLD, A DEBUNKING OF THE NOTION THAT JEWS AND ARABS ARE SEMITES, AND A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF JEWISH EXISTENCE UNDER CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM RULE.
EN4
8607
Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump
WEISSMAN, JONATHAN
NIKKI JAMES
EN4
7964
MUÑOZ MOLINA, ANTONIO
ROZ DLUTMAN
INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING A LINEAR NARRATIVE, THIS NOVEL CONTAINS 17 CHAPTERS LINKED BY THEME AND SUBJECT, IN WHICH READERS MEET MEN AND WOMEN - BOTH REAL AND IMAGINED - IN THE SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE REGIMES OF STALIN AND FRANCO. THE AUTHOR USES THIS DEVICE TO CONVEY THE UNFATHOMABLE HORROR AND GRIEF OF THE ERA, AWAKENING EMPATHY BY ILLUMINATING THE PSYCHES OF THE DISPLACED AND THE TORTURED. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY MARGARET SAYERS PEDEN © 2001
EN4
8605
A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, 1700–1950 (STANFORD STUDIES IN JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE)
COHEN, JULIA PHILLIPS; STEIN, SARAH ABREVAYA
STEVE SCHREIBER
THIS DOCUMENTARY HISTORY CONTAINS OVER 150 PRIMARY SOURCES ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY OR ABOUT SEPHARDI JEWS?DESCENDANTS OF JEWS WHO FLED MEDIEVAL SPAIN AND PORTUGAL SETTLING IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, INCLUDING THE BALKANS, ANATOLIA, AND PALESTINE.
EN4
5181
SEPHARDIM IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA
IN SEARCH OF UNITY
PAPO, JOSEPH M.
NANCY SCHIERING
A DETAILED STUDY OF THE EFFORTS OF SEPHARDIC JEWS TO INTEGRATE THEMSELVES INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR DISTINCTIVE CULTURES. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THOSE WHO WORKED TO BENEFIT THE SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS SEPARATED FROM THE ASHKENAZIM BY LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS.
EN4
791
HESKY, OLGA
RAE SHARON
A SUSPENSEFUL AND THRILLING WHODUNIT SET IN MODERN ISRAEL. THE CHARACTERS ARE AN ATTRACTIVE AMERICAN GIRL REPORTER AND AN ISRAELI COUNTER-ESPIONAGE AGENT. THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND AN ARAB SABOTAGE PLOT. © 1969
EN4
6801
KELLERMAN, FAYE
JERRY O'NEIL
A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF A RITZY RESTAURANT OPENS FIRE THERE, KILLING 13 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING DOZENS; THEN HE COMMITS SUICIDE. OR SO IT SEEMS, UNTIL LAPD LIEUTENANT PETER DECKER AND HIS TEAM SPOT INCONSISTENCIES. © 1997
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7416
WENNER, KATE
R. KRUSKAL
SETTING FIRES IS THE STORY OF ANNIE FISHMAN WALDMAS, A DOCUMENTARY FILMAKER, WIFE, AND MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO USES HER PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO UNRAVEL THE SHOCKING SECRETS BEHIND TWO FIRES THAT COME TO DOMINATE AND HAUNT HER AND THE ANTI-SEMITIC ARSONIST WHO THREATENS HER FAMILY.
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1591
LEVIN, MEYER
ROSEMARY MARKS
FLEEING THE POGROMS IN CZARIST RUSSIA, THE CHAIMOVITCH FAMILY COMES TO ERETZ YISRAEL. THIS IS THE SAGA OF THE FAMILY'S RETURN TO THE JEWISH HOMELAND IN THE EARLY 1900S AND THEIR SETTLEMENT OF THE LAND IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO (AND INCLUDING) WORLD WAR I. © 1972
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7960
KING, RUCHAMA
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
NAMED FOR THE RITUAL BLESSINGS OF THE JEWISH WEDDING CEREMONY, THIS ROMANTIC NOVEL, SET IN PRESENT DAY JERUSALEM, FOLLOWS THE COMPLICATED LIVES OF FIVE ORTHODOX WOMEN AND MEN - INCLUDING TWO MATCHMAKERS - WHOSE SEARCH FOR A SOUL MATE MIRRORS THEIR SEARCH FOR GOD. © 2003
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351
SIMCKES, L. S.
LILA SAVADA
A NOVEL OF FAMILY STRIFE DEALING PARTICULARLY WITH THE TWO CHILDREN: A MARRIED DAUGHTER WHOSE MARRIAGE THE FAMILY DISAPPROVES OF AND HER INVALID SIBLING. © 1963
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5842
JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND CLASSICAL REFLECTIONS ON HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY
SCHIMMEL, SOLOMON
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
THE AUTHOR, A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, DRAWS ON THE MORAL TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM, CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY, AND CHRISTIANITY, AS WELL AS INSIGHTS GLEANED FROM HIS CLINICAL PRACTICE TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN MODERN SOCIETY.
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4402
SEVEN GOOD YEARS AND OTHER STORIES
PERETZ, I. L.
MARION HARRIS
FOR AGES EIGHT TO TWELVE, THIS BOOK CONTAINS TEN SHORT STORIES SET IN EASTERN EUROPE. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY I. L. PERETZ, THE STORIES ARE HERE RETOLD BY ESTHER HAUTZIG.
EN4
3455
LICHTENSTEIN, AARON
ROBERTA POLLACK
IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE NOAHIDE LAWS, INCLUDING MANY TALMUDIC REFERENCES.
EN4
7711
ON THE MAJOR JEWISH FESTIVALS
STEINSALTZ, ADIN; EISENBERG, JOSY
FRANCINE PRINCE
A BOOK LENGTH DIALOGUE BETWEEN RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ AND RABBI JOSY EISENBERG ON THE SUBJECT OF THE JEWISH HOLY DAYS IN LIGHT OF THE TEACHING OF THE GREAT HASIDIC MASTER RABBI SCHNEER ZALMAN OF LYADY. © 2000
EN4
5536
SEGHERS, ANNA
SUSAN WINOGRAD & NAOMI MUNTER
A NOVEL THAT LOOKS AT REPRESSION IN RURAL GERMANY BEFORE FASCISM RAGED ACROSS EUROPE.
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2230
SEX AND THE FAMILY IN THE JEWISH TRADITION
GORDIS, ROBERT
SALLY ROSENBAUM
A PAMPHLET ON THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND TRADITION IN THE SEX LIFE OF THE JEWISH FAMILY ONE OF A SERIES ON CONTEMPORARY LIFE PUBLISHED BY THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT.
EN4
5633
COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH. VOL II
SFORNO, OVADIAH, RABBI
DR. WILLIAM EISENBERG
A BOOK OF COMMENTARIES BY THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN SCHOLAR. AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW OF SFORNO'S WORK ON THE LAST OF THE THREE BOOKS OF THE TORAH.
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7459
RECIPES & MENUS FOR THE SABBATH
FRIEDLAND, SUSAN R.
H. SCHNEIDER
SUSAN R. FRIEDLAND SHOWS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE INVENTIVE YET RESPECT THE TRADITION OF THE SABBATH DINNER WITH THESE RECIPES WHICH INCLUDE THE MEDITERRANEAN, EASTERN EUROPE AND INDIA.
EN4
3323
WRIGHT, PATRICIA
A NOVELIZATION OF THE STORY OF DAVID AND HIS KINSMAN, JOAB, THE COMMANDER OF HIS HOSTS.
EN4
8630
INSIDE ISRAEL'S SECRET MISSION TO ELIMINATE SYRIAN NUCLEAR POWER
KATZ, YAAKOV
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2007, SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT, ISRAELI FIGHTERS ADVANCED ON DEIR EZ-ZOUR IN SYRIA. THE BOOK IS THE STORY OF THE ESPIONAGE, POLITICAL COURAGE, MILITARY MIGHT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE BEHIND ISRAEL’S DARING OPERATION TO STOP ONE OF THE GREATEST KNOWN ACTS OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION.
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6858
A NOVEL OF WAR AND FRIENDSHIP
BERNICE FOERDER
BERNICE FOERDER
ELISABETH GILLE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HER MOTHER, THE RUSSIAN WRITER IRENE NEMIROVSKY, WAS DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. GILLE AND HER SISTER WERE HIDDEN IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. THIS IS A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF HER EXPERIENCES. © 1998
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7768
A JESSIE DRAKE MYSTERY
KRICH, ROCHELLE
TANYA SHERMAN
DR. RONALD BUSHNELL AND TWO OF HIS EMPLOYEES ARE SHOT DEAD IN HIS ELEGANT OFFICE. THE PLASTIC SURGEON'S WOUNDS ARE SO SAVAGE, JESSIE DRAKE KNOWS THIS WAS NO RANDOM KILLING. SHE INVESTIGATES HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND FINDS THAT HIS TROUBLED FOSTER SON HAS DISAPPEARED. IS THE TEENAGER A WITNESS, ANOTHER VICTIM, OR EVEN THE MURDERER? THE JESSIE DRAKE MYSTERIES STAR A JEWISH WOMAN WHO IS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE IN THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.© 2001
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8568
A CHILD'S MEMOIR OF THE WARSAW GHETTO (JEWS OF POLAND)
KEESE, KRISTINE
LORNE KOCHE
AFTER SIXTY YEARS, KRISTINE KEESE IS FINALLY ABLE TO SHARE THE MEMORIES OF HER YEARS SPENT IN THE WARSAW GHETTO AS A SMALL CHILD. IT IS TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF, NOT A VICTIM, BUT A CHILD ENGAGED WITH HER DAILY REALITY FOCUSED ON SURVIVAL.
EN4
6794
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
NEW YORK CITY IN THE LATE FORTIES IS THE SETTING FOR THE INTERTWINED LIVES OF A GROUP OF PROSPEROUS JEWISH REFUGEES. AMID FAMILY QUARRELS AND RELIGIOUS DEBATES, ATTEMPTED MARRIAGES OF LOVE AND CONVENIENCE, LIFE AND DEATH, SINGER COVERS THE TERRITORY OF AMERICAN JEWRY IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HOLOCAUST. © 1997
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6714
SHAPIRO, JAMES
BARBARA JUSTER
DRAWING ON ELIZABETHAN DIARIES, TRAVEL NARRATIVES, PROFESSIONS OF FAITH, SERMONS, POLITICAL TRACTS, AND PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, SHAPIRO EXPLORES QUESTIONS ABOUT JEWS THAT PREOCCUPIED ENGLAND DURING THAT ERA. HE SHOWS HOW ELIZABETHANS IMAGINED JEWS TO BE UTTERLY DIFFERENT FROM THEMSELVES IN RELIGION, RACE, AND EVEN SEXUALITY. © 1996
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8682
HOFFER, RINAT
ELIZABETH LONDON
A CLEVER AND ORIGINAL STORY BY AN AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR, WHICH WILL INSPIRE KIDS TO GET CREATIVE WHILE LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS.
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7279
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
SCHNEIER, MARC, RABBI
AMANDA MOULSON
MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF JEWISH SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT THIS HISTORY HAS ANOTHER SIDE, ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOLD FULLY UNTIL NOW. RABBI SCHNEIR BRINGS TO LIFE THE IMPRESSIVE, SURPRISING, AND LONG-NEGLECTED HISTORY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR'S EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE RELATIONSHIP AND COMMITMENT BETWEEN THE JEWISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AS THEY STRUGGLED TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS. © 1999
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4715
AN ISRAELI CAESAR
BENZIMAN, URI
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES SHARON'S MILITARY AND POLITICAL CAREER AND HIS INFLUENCE ON ISRAEL'S HISTORY.
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1820
(THE ELI COHEN AFFAIR)
ALDOUBY, ZVI & BALLINGER JERROLD
K. BROWN
A COMPELLING STORY OF THE MASTER SPY, ELI COHEN, WHO NEARLY BECAME SYRIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE.
EN4
3760
GOODMAN, PHILIP
JEANE BLUMENGARTEN
THE BOOK AIMS TO CONVEY THE SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL OF SHAVUOT IN ITS MANY ASPECTS, PRESENTING THE DIVERSE WAYS IN WHICH THE FEAST OF WEEKS HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN DIFFERENT PERIODS AND LANDS. © 1974
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5343
A STORY AND A NOVELLA
OZICK, CYNTHIA
AMY GOLDBERG
OZICK STEERS THE READER THROUGH THE MIND OF ROSA, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, WHO RELIVES THE PAST BY WRITING LETTERS IN HER HEAD TO HER DEAD DAUGHTER, MAGDA. THE SHAWL OF THE TITLE IS MAGDA'S WHICH ROSA HAS PRESERVED AS BOTH TALISMAN AND SECURITY BLANKET.
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5132
HERO OF OUR TIME
GILBERT, MARTIN
CORINNE KLAFTER
A BOOK ABOUT SHCHARANSKY'S NINE-YEARS IN A SOVIET PRISON AND HIS RELEASE AND REUNION WITH HIS WIFE IN ISRAEL. THE STRUGGLES OF THE REFUSENIKS IN THE FORMER U.S.S.R. AND THEIR CAMPAIGNS IN THE WEST PROVIDE THE BACKDROP TO SHCHARANSKY'S STORY.
EN4
1391
SHEILA LEVINE IS DEAD AND LIVING IN NEW YORK
PARENT, GAIL
RENEE GOODSTEIN & SONYA ROTH
A NOVEL IN THE FORM OF A SUICIDE NOTE FROM A 30-YEAR-OLD JEWISH WOMAN WHO HAS COMMITTED THE SIN OF FAILING TO FIND A HUSBAND.
EN4
2167
KABAK, AHARON A.
AHARON A. KABAK
A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF DIOGO PIRES, A SECRET JEW WHO WAS A GRANDEE AT THE PORTUGUESE COURT, AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE MESSIANIC TURMOIL OF HIS TIME.
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7432
SPIRITUALITY AND LAW IN JUDAISM
LAMM, NORMAN
WIN ROBINS
RABBI LAMM, ORTHODOX SCHOLAR AND LONG-TIME PRESIDENT OF YESHIVA UNIVESITY, FOCUSES ON THE SHEMA IN HIS EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND LAW IN JUDAISM.
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8083
THE GENTILE WOMAN IN THE JEWISH WORLD
BENVENUTO, CHRISTINE
EDITH FOSTER
BENVENUTO, A JOURNALIST AND CONVERT TO JUDAISM, ADDRESSES THE ROLE PLAYED BY GENTILE WOMEN IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, BOTH IN THE BIBLE AND IN MODERN LIFE. SHE EXPLORES MANY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND STEREOTYPES CONCERNING NON-JEWISH WOMEN, INCLUDING THEIR ALLEGED APPEAL TO JEWISH MEN AND THE PROBLEMS OF CONVERTS BEING SOCIALLY ACCEPTED. © 2004
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7461
(OR, HOW I SPENT MY FORTIES) ESSAYS
WASSERSTEIN, WENDY
BARBARA ABIS
WENDY WASSERSTEIN WAS AN AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT WHO RECEIVED THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA AND A TONY AWARD FOR BEST PLAY. WHEN WASSERSTEIN TURNED FORTY, SHE MADE A TO DO LIST COMPOSED MOSTLY OF ITEMS LEFT OVER FROM WHEN SHE TURNED THIRTY. IN THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WASSERSTEIN WROTE ABOUT EACH OF HER QUESTS AND MIDLIFE OBSESSIONS AS WELL AS HER SISTER'S BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER, AND HER OWN PREGNANCY AND THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD AT FORTY-EIGHT. WASSERSTEIN DIED OF LYMPHOMA 4 YEARS AFTER PUBLISHING THE "SHIKSA GODDESS."
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5288
ISAACS, SUSAN
EVE HABERMAN
SET IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON AND BERLIN DURING WORLD WAR II, THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW A SERIES OF EVENTS TRANSFORM AN ORDINARY SECRETARY INTO A HEROIC SPY WHO UNDERTAKES A DANGEROUS MISSION TO HELP SAVE HER COUNTRY.
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7051
ELBERG, YEHUDA
BETTY SMITH
THE WARSAW GHETTO IN 1943 IS NOTHING LIKE THE PREWAR VILLAGE OF DOMBROVKA. GOLDA, HER HUSBAND, SHIYA, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN DO THE BEST THEY CAN. SHIYA AND ONE CHILD ARE SENT TO AUSCHWITZ. GOLDA IS TAKEN TO TREBLINKA, BUT ESCAPES AND WANDERS THE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE. HER SON YOSSEL, POSES AS A CHRISTIAN AND HIDES OUT WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER ON A FARM, BUT EVEN THERE TRAGEDY AWAITS. AT THE END OF THE WAR, WHOEVER SURVIVES FROM THIS FAMILY WILL ATTEMPT THE DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO PALESTINE ON A "SHIP OF THE HUNTED." © 1997
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7634
AGNON, S.Y.
MARION HARRIS
THIS POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED NOVEL IS SET IN JERUSALEM IN THE 1930S. IT IS AGNON'S FINAL NOVEL AND INVOLVES AN ADULTEROUS AFFAIR BETWEEN DR. MANFRED HERBST, A MIDDLE-AGED PROFESSOR AND A NURSE HE MET IN THE HOSPITAL WHILE HIS WIFE WAS GIVING BIRTH TO THEIR THIRD CHILD. THE NURSE'S NAME IS SHIRA MEANING "POETRY."© 1986
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8559
A CONSPECTUS OF THE PUBLIC LECTURES OF RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK
SOLOVEITCHIK, RABBI JOSEPH
MD LAUFER
THE FIRST ENGLISH VERSION OF THE RAV'S HEBREW AND YIDDISH DISCOURSES, WITH SUMMARIES OF HIS SHIURIM AND LECTURES, BRINGING TOGETHER NINETEEN OF THE RAV'S MOST ILLUMINATING WORKS NOT PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE.
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3960
SHOFAR THAT LOST ITS VOICE
FASS, DAVID E.
GERTRUDE SHAPIRO
ON THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ROSH HASHANAH YOUNG AVI RACES HOME TO PRACTICE BLOWING ON THE RAM'S HORN FOR THE SERVICE, BUT NO SOUND COMES OUT.
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8456
SHOLEM ALEICHEM COLLECTION
ALEICHEM, SHOLEM
VARIOUS
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF (4) BOOKS WRITTEN BY SHOLEM ALEICHEM IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS: "INSIDE KASRILEVKE (294) "ADVENTURES OF MOTTEL" (1130), "THE NIGHTINGALE" (4681) AND "BLOODY HOAX" (6121).
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3309
YIDDISH LITERATURE
BUTWIN, JOSEPH & BUTWIN, FRANCES
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
SHOLOM ALEICHEM IS PORTRAYED AS A RECORDER OF FOLKLORE WHOSE COMIC AND SYMPATHETIC NARRATION CREATES ENDEARING CHARACTERS.
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1177
GROSMAN, LADISLAV
BIRDIE SAFION
THE POIGNANT, MOVING STORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF A SMALL TOWN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE DAYS OF NAZI TAKEOVER.
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8592
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
RICHARD BERGMAN
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN.
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995
FRANKEL, ZYGMUNT
MARJORIE ASCHE
IN THIS NOVEL, THE HERO DESCRIBES THE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL DURING THE SIX DAY WAR.
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6574
FRIEDMAN, CARL
MIMI GREENSTEIN
CHAYA, AN ATHEISTIC BELGIAN PHILOSOPHY STUDENT WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, WORKS AS A NANNY TAKING CARE OF 3-YEAR-OLD SIMCHA, A HASIDIC BOY. HER 'INEXPLICABLE' LOVE FOR THE BOY IGNITES HER INTEREST IN JEWISH TRADITION AND THE SEARCH FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW. © 1996
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7069
MAZURSKY, PAUL
GUY LEBOW
OVER THE PAST THIRTY YEARS, PAUL MAZURSKY, WRITER, FILM DIRECTOR, ACTOR, AND PRODUCER, HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST RESPECTED AND ADMIRED FILMMAKERS. HE TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF SOME OF HIS GREATEST SUCCESSES AND PROVIDES VERY HUMAN PORTRAITS OF MANY OF HOLLYWOOD'S LEGENDS. OF COURSE, THERE IS PAUL MAZURSKY'S OWN STORY AS WELL. © 1999
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6864
A MEMOIR
HERMAN, JERRY; STASSIO, MARILYN
MARTY GERBER
THE LIFE, THE TIMES, THE SONGS, THE SHOWS OF THE FAMOUS LYRICIST-COMPOSER. HERMAN'S MEMOIR GOES BEYOND THE CREATION OF HIS LEGENDARY HITS, INCLUDING HITHERTO UNREVEALED, BEHIND-THE-SCENES ENCOUNTERS WITH SUCH LUMINARIES AS ANGELA LANSBURY, CAROL CHANNING, BARBRA STREISAND, ETHEL MERMAN, JUDY GARLAND, AND DAVID MERRICK. © 1996
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7786
BANVILLE, JOHN
LLOYD MOSS
PROFESSOR AXEL VANDER IS A RENOWNED SCHOLAR, ELDERLY CURMUDGEON, AND ADMITTED LIAR. EVEN HIS IDENTITY IS A LIE, CONCOCTED IN THE WAKE OF HIS ESCAPE FROM BELGIUM IN WORLD WAR II, WHICH LEFT HIM DISABLED. NOW WIDOWED AND LIVING IN CALIFORNIA, HE IS SUDDENLY CONTACTED BY THE MAD BUT BRILLIANT CASS CLEAVE (FROM BANVILLE'S EARLIER BOOKS), WHO SOMEHOW SEEMS TO KNOW HIS SECRET AND THREATENS TO EXPOSE HIS LIES. VANDER'S JOURNEY TO MEET HER IN TURIN FORCES HIM TO CONFRONT HIS PAST.© 2003
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3778
NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM
BERNICE STRAUSS
AN ANTHOLOGY OF YIDDISH STORIES CONVEYING THE QUALITY OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE SHTETLS OF EASTERN EUROPE FROM THE LATE MIDDLE AGES TO WORLD WAR II. SINCE THE STORIES ARE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, READERS CAN FOLLOW THE GRADUAL INTRUSION OF SECULAR INFLUENCES UNTIL AN ENTIRE WAY OF LIFE WAS DESTROYED BY THE HOLOCAUST.
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2531
SHTETL AND OTHER YIDDISH NOVELLA
WISSE, RUTH R., ED.
ADELINE MAREMONT
LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN SHTETL SERVES AS THE BACKGROUND IN THESE FIVE SHORT NOVELS.
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3155
RESKIES, DAVID & DIANE RESKIES
SYLVIA LUBLINER
A FICTITIOUS BOOK ABOUT REAL PLACES AND EVENTS IN THE LIVES OF YIDDISH-SPEAKING SHTETL JEWS SUBJECT TO CHANGING TIMES
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7107
SHUKI'S UPSIDE-DOWN DREAM
GANZ, YAFFA
DAN SHTEINGART
SHUKI'S STRANGE DREAM HELPS HIM TO LOOK AT HIS ELDERLY AUNT IN A NEW LIGHT. © 1986
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8639
SINCLAIR, CLIVE
LONDON, ELIZABETH
Since his first public appearance in the late 1590s, Shylock has been synonymous with antisemitism. Following Shakespeare's example these seven stories range from the comic to the melancholic describing the cycle of family life, with all its comedy and tragedy.
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3614
ALLEN, WOODY
BERNICE STRAUSS
HUMOROUS ARTICLES AND APHORISMS ON SUCH TOPICS AS THE PREDICAMENT OF MODERN MAN AND ALLEN'S FAVORITE SUBJECTS: SEX, DEATH AND RELIGION.
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5052
A TANNAITIC COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY
HAMMER, REUVEN, TRANS.
STANLEY R. BRAV
A COLLECTION OF MIDRASHIC COMMENTARIES DATING FROM THE THIRD CENTURY, NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. © 1986
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8658
GREENGRASS, JESSIE
LYNN KARPO-LANTZ
A NOVEL ABOUT BEING A PARENT AND A CHILD: WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BRING A PERSON IN TO THE WORLD, AND WHAT IT IS TO LET ONE GO.
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7466
AGNON'S FEAR OF GOD
OZ, AMOS
STARK, L. J.
NOVELIST AMOS OZ'S SUBJECT, S. Y. AGNON'S ONLY YESTERDAY, EXPLORES AGNON'S WONDERMENT OF GOD, HIS REFLECTIONS ON THE RELIGIOUS WORLD OF SIMPLE FOLK OF EASTERN EURPOEAN JEWRY, AND AGNON'S VISION OF THE DEGENERATION OF THIS WORLD. THROUGH RICH, THICK READINGS OZ EXPLORES MAJOR THEMES OF HEBREW LITERATURE AND THE IDEOLOGIES OF JEWISH IDENTITY THROUGH TEXTS.
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8007
ROTH, JOSEPH
LILA STERN
THE TROTSKY-LIKE FRIEDRICH KARGAN IS A PERPETUAL EXILE, SEARCHING FOR A PLACE IN THE NEW EUROPE THAT EMERGED AFTER WORLD WAR I AND FOR A SET OF VALUES TO COUNTER HIS OWN SKEPTICISM AND GROWING DISILLUSIONMENT. HIS EXPERIENCES ARE ALSO THOSE OF THE JEWISH OUTSIDER, AND REFLECT ROTH'S OWN SEARCH. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN ("DER STUMME PROPHET," 1966) IN 1979 BY DAVID LE VAY © 2002
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6577
ABRAMS, CHARLOTTE
RITA FEDER
THIS IS A STORY OF LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION. IT IS ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF TWO DEAF JEWISH PARENTS WHO TRIED TO PROVIDE A 'REGULAR' LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. © 1996
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7636
SHAPIRO, SHIRLEY
ANDRA MILLER
THE STORY OF FIVE GENERATIONS OF A JEWISH FAMILY, STARTING WITH THEIR EMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA TO AMERICA TO THE PRESENT DAY, AND THE FAMILY'S SILVER CANDLESTICKS THAT WERE LOST FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS.© 2001
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4057
SILVER MATZOTH AND OTHER STORIES
KRANZLER, GERSHON
ELISSA BAVOY
TEN PIECES ABOUT JEWS WHO KEPT THEIR FAITH DESPITE THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
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7343
KINGSTON, VICTORIA
NOAH WATERMAN
THIS IN-DEPTH BIOGRAPHY FOLLOWS THE TWO MUSICIANS FROM THEIR QUEENS CHILDHOOD AND EARLY DAYS AS "TOM AND JERRY" AND RELATIVE OBSCURITY UNTIL THEIR SONG "THE SOUND OF SILENCE" BECAME AN INSTANT HIT. KINGSTON GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THIER BREAK-UP, SOLO CAREERS, AND LEGENDARY REUNION. © 1998
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8296
THE LIFE AND LEGENDS
SEGEV, TOM
M.D.LAUFER
FIRST FULLY DOCUMENTED BIOGRAPHY OF SIMON WIESENTHAL AND BRILLIANT CHARACTER STUDY OF A MAN WHOSE LIFE WAS PART INVENTION BUT WHOLLY DEDICATED TO ENSURING BOTH THAT THE NAZIS BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CRIMES AND THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
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6849
SIMON WIESENTHAL A LIFE IN SEARCH OF JUS
PICK, HELLA
SY HOROWITZ
THIS IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF WWII TO EXPLORE, AND WIESENTHAL WAS VERY MUCH A FORERUNNER IN REUNITING FAMILIES, AND HUNTING WAR CRIMINALS, IN PARTICULAR, NAZI WAR CRIMINALS. FASCINATING TOPIC ABOUT AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING AND DEDICATED MAN.
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7118
A NOVEL OF TWO FAMILIES
FREDRIKSSON, MARIANNE
ELLEN DAVID
EVER SINCE CHILDHOOD, SIMON LARSSON HAS STRUGGLED WITH THE FEELING THAT SOMETHING FROM HIS PAST IS NOT QUITE RIGHT. DESPITE HIS PARENTS' SIMPLE LIVES, HISTORY FORCES THEM TO CONCEAL A SHATTERING SECRET FROM SIMON-ONE THAT, IF EVER REVEALED, THREATENS TO DESTROY THEM ALL. AS THE SHADOW OF WORLD WAR II FALLS OVER EUROPE, SIMON FORMS A FRIENDSHIP WITH A JEWISH CLASSMATE. IT IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL FOREVER CHANGE BOTH THEIR LIVES, AS THE LARSSONS AND LENTOVS ARE IRREVOCABLY DRAWN TOGETHER TO CREATE A MAKESHIFT FAMILY ALL THEIR OWN. © 1988
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7655
FROM WHEN THE WORLD WAS GOOD
HIJUELOS, OSCAR
TANYA ALBERT SHERMAN
ISRAEL LEVIS, A CUBAN COMPOSER, RETURNS TO HIS CHILDHOOD HOME IN HABANA AFTER ANY YEARS IN EUROPE WHERE HE WAS MISTAKEN FOR A JEW BY THE NAZIS BECAUSE OF HIS SEPHARDIC LAST NAME. BACK IN HABANA, LEVIS IS FILLED WITH MEMORIES OF THE VANISHED WORLD OF HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.©
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2157
BEILENSON, EDNA, EDITOR
R. FUCHS
A DELIGHTFUL LITTLE COOKBOOK COVERING THE BASICS OF JEWISH COOKING FROM GEFILTE FISH TO CHEESE CAKE IN A VERY SIMPLE STYLE.
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4040
LEVIN, SHEILA
MARION T. COHEN
THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, CAUGHT BETWEEN A LIFE-NEGATING MARRIAGE TO ONE MAN AND SEXUALLY OBSESSED WITH ANOTHER, IS CLOSE TO GIVING UP.
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7285
THINKING ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE
STEINSALTZ, ADIN
EILEEN DACEY
FRIENDS, FAMILY, LOVE, GOD, DEATH, FAITH; RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ EXPLORES SOME OF THE MEANINGS OF THESE POWERFUL WORDS THAT ARE SO CENTRAL TO OUR LIVES. HE CHALLENGES US TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CONNOTATIONS OF THESE COMMONPLACE WORDS, AND IN SO DOING, TO SEE THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS WE HAVE TAKEN FOR GRANTED ALL OUR LIVES. © 2000
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3767
THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE WILDERNESS
BERNSTEIN, BURTON
SARENE MEYERS
IN 1978, THE AUTHOR, JAMES THURBER'S BIOGRAPHER, VISITED THE SINAI DESERT ON A NEW YORKER ASSIGNMENT TO OBSERVE WHAT ORDINARY THINGS LOOK LIKE TO AN OUTSIDER. HE DISCUSSES THE BEDOUINS WHO GAVE HIM A WARM WELCOME, UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPERS, TOURISTS, HIPPIES, PALESTINIANS AND LOOKS AT SINAI FROM THE EGYPTIAN SIDE.
