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7962
NATTEL, LILIAN
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
TWO JEWISH RUNAWAYS IN 1890S LONDON STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE, UNITED BY A CHILD THAT ONE GIVES BIRTH TO, AND THE OTHER ONE RAISES. © 2004
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7913
JUNE 1967 AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
OREN, MICHAEL B.
WIN ROBBINS
AN EXPERT IN MIDDLE-EASTERN HISTORY AND DIPLOMACY PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE SIX DAY WAR, CASTING IT AS BOTH A LOCAL STRUGGLE AND A CRITICAL COLD WAR EPISODE. WHILE HE SEES THE WAR AS INEVITABLE BY THE LATE 1960S, HE ALSO VIEWS IT AS THE CATALYST FOR MUCH OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE. © 2002
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7919
BRODRICK, WILLIAM
LLOYD MOSS
DURING WORLD WAR II, AGNES HELPED SMUGGLE JEWISH CHILDREN TO SAFETY UNTIL HER GROUP WAS EXPOSED BY AN SS OFFICER. FIFTY YEARS LATER, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE NAZI HAS BEEN GIVEN SANCTUARY BY THE CHURCH. BY NOW AGNES IS TERMINALLY ILL, SO IT FALLS TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER LUCY AND FATHER ANSELM TO UNCOVER THE WHOLE STORY. © 2003
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6154
CONVERSATIONS WITH PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL
GROSSMAN, DAVID
GROSSMAN REPRODUCES HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH ISRAELI ARABS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN WHICH THEY COMMENTED ON THEIR OWN SOCIETY. THE AUTHOR WARNS OF THE DANGERS TO ISRAEL IN MISTREATING THIS POPULATION.© 1993
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6280
BERGMAN, ANDREW
ALAN BENJAMI
THE STORY OF BOBBY WEISGLASS'S EMERGENCE INTO MANHOOD AND HIS DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY. HIS SISTER CAROL IS GORGEOUS AND SEXUALLY OVERCHARGED; HIS OVERPROTECTIVE MOTHER MAKES HER HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCES AN EXCUSE FOR HER BEHAVIOR; AND, HIS FATHER IS A SILENT OBSERVER THROUGH IT ALL.© 1994
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5417
OZ, AMOS
ROSE SPANIER
A SERIES OF ARTICLES AND SPEECHES WRITTEN BETWEEN 1982 AND 1988 WHOSE SUBJECTS INCLUDE KURT WALDHEIM AND THE AUSTRIAN ORIGINS OF MANY NAZIS, CLAUDE LANZMANN'S HOLOCAUST FILM, 'SHOAH,' THE 1984 HIJACKING OF A BUS BY ARAB TERRORISTS, THE WEAKENING OF ISRAEL'S LABOR PARTY, AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL.
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6287
GLASCO, GORDON
HYLA MELNICK
IN 1920, DAVID LINZ, A JEWISH AMERICAN PHYSICIST STUDYING IN GERMANY MARRIES A GERMAN PHYSICIST, AND, TOGETHER, THEY BEGIN TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE ATOM. DAVID IS SOON FORCED TO FLEE GERMANY WITH THEIR SON AND HIS JOURNEY UNFOLDS AS THE ALLIES AND GERMANY RACE TO PRODUCE THE FIRST BOMB.© 1992
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7858
A COLLECTION OF STORIES
HENDEL, YEHUDIT
LORNA KOCH
THESE IMPRESSIONISTIC STORIES ARE ABOUT CHARACTERS FACING OLD AGE IN CONTEMPORARY ISRAEL AND CONFRONTING MORTALITY AND LONELINESS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU, BARBARA HARSHAV, MARSHA POMERANZ, AND LILY RATTOK. © 2002
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6629
SMALL MIRACLES (VOLUMES I & II)
EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES FROM EVERYDAY LIFE
HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH
JANET KALISH
A COLLECTION OF OVER SIXTY STORIES THAT ARE MOVING, HEARTWARMING AND INSPIRATIONAL. THESE UNUSUAL COINCIDENCES, OFTEN CONTAINING MORAL, PROFOUND, AND EVEN DIVINE MESSAGES, DRAW US OUT OF THE ORDINARINESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. © 1997
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8060
SMALL MIRACLES FOR THE JEWISH HEART
EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES FROM YESTERDAY OR TODAY
HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH
BERNICE LEIBOWITZ
THE SMALL MIRACLES SERIES OFFERS HEARTWARMING, TRUE-TO-LIFE STORIES WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH. THIS FIFTH BOOK IN THE SERIES FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON JEWISH STORIES AND INCLUDES SUCH MODERN PHENOMENA AS A "VINTAGE" CABBAGE PATCH DOLL AND THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. © 2002
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7338
EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES
HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH
SANDRA CAREY
SMALL MIRACLES FOR WOMEN IS A COLLECTION OF TRUE EXPERIENCES, EACH FEATURING A SPECIAL WOMAN AND THE MIRACLES THAT HAVE BLESSED HER. © 2000
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7260
SMALL MIRACLES OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES OF WARMTH AND DEVOTION
HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH
J.B. HARRISON
SMALL MIRACLES OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP IS A COLLECTION OF OVER 50 INSPIRATIONAL, HEARTWARMING STORIES OF WONDROUS COINCIDENCES. EACH DEMONSTRATES THE POWER AND REACH OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, FROM THE UNEXPECTED REUNION OF SEPARATED LOVERS TO AN INSTANT, MAGICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN STRANGERS.
EN4
6589
HOFFMAN, ALLEN
HARRY SMALL
SET IN THE RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED POLISH TOWN OF KRIMSK IN 1903, THIS TALE EVOKES THE LOST WORLD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWRY, WITH ITS DAILY LIFE, ITS MYSTICISM, LAWS, FOLK SUPERSTITIONS AND ANTI-CZARIST SOCIALISM. © 1996
EN4
6225
SOLOMON, BARBARA PROBST
ANDREA BURROWS
FEISTY KATY BECKER IS INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT WITH HER BROTHER-IN-LAW WHOM SHE BELIEVES IS CHEATING HER OUT OF A SHARE OF THE FAMILY ESTATE. BECKER PROVIDES THE VOICE FOR THE NARRATIVE AND THE PRESENT EVENTS ARE INTERWOVEN WITH HER MANY REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST.© 1992
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7009
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMAGE OF JEWISH SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE
GILMAN, SANDER L.
MARK YOHALEM
PSYCHOANALYST-TURNED-MEDICAL-HISTORIAN GILMAN OFFERS NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE QUESTION OF JEWISH 'SUPERIOR' INTELLIGENCE. IN HIS EXAMINATION OF A VAST ARRAY OF MATERIAL, THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER JEWS ARE SMARTER BUT HOW THIS IMAGE HAS SERVED THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL
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5778
GROSSMAN, DAVID
RENEE WENGER
SET IN THE EARLY 1980S BEFORE THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING IN ISRAEL, THE BOOK CONSISTS OF NARRATIVES BY ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS RELATING THE EVENTS OF ONE FATEFUL DAY. THEIR STORIES REVEAL THE MORAL AND ETHICAL IMPACT OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK.
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6702
HAMILL, PETE
GUY LEBOW
IN BROOKLYN IN 1947, 11-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL DEVLIN MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A NEWLY EMIGRATED ORTHODOX RABBI. IN EXCHANGE FOR LESSONS IN ENGLISH AND BASEBALL, RABBI HIRSCH TEACHES MICHAEL YIDDISH AND MYSTERIES OF THE KABBALAH. SOON, THOUGH, ANTI-SEMITISM APPEARS IN THE FORM OF A GANG OF TOUGHS THAT IT SEEMS ONLY A GOLEM CAN STOP. © 1998
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14
PICON, MOLLY
MURIEL HELLER & ROSE MINKIN
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TRIBUTE TO THE ACTRESS MOLLY PICON'S MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.
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5254
SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE JEWS,
LATE MIDDLE AGES AND ERA OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION,1200-1650
BARON, SALO WITTMAYER
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
THIS VOLUME LOOKS AT THE ROLE OF THE JEWS IN THE COLLAPSING BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND THE REMNANTS OF THAT CIVILIZATION.
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2398
SOCIALIST, ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW
DONALD L. NIEWYK
S. BRAV
THIS BOOK EXPLAINS THE ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS OF THE GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY TOWARD JEWS AND ANTI-SEMITISM FROM THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO HITLER'S REGIME.
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3120
STAMPFER, JUDAH
EDNA GREENSPAN
A NOVEL ABOUT TWO FRIENDS FROM A FIRST-GENERATION IMMIGRANT JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW YORK.
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7444
ROE, CAROLINE
HARRIET GUSSIN
AS A SCORCHING SUMMER HEAT DESCENDS ON GIRONA, SPAIN IN 1354, A HIGHLY RESPECTED MERCHANT IS FOUND DEAD AND ROBBED OF A FORTUNE IN GOLD. ISAAC LEARNS THE MAN WAS GOING TO PURCHAST WHAT HE THOUGH WAS THE FABLED HOLY GRAIL. AGAINGST THE WISHES OF HIS EXCELLENCY, THE BISHOP BERENGUER, ISAAC SEEKS OUT THE MURDERER-AND UNCOVERS MUCH MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE...
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7954
THE LIFE OF YITZHAK RABIN 1922-1995
KURZMAN, DAN
ELANNA D. OSDOB
AN INTIMATE AND COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE ASSASSINATED ISRAELI LEADER, FROM HIS CHILDHOOD AS A SHY, TROUBLED BOY TO HIS POLITICAL CAREER ON THE WORLD STAGE. THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR IS A JOURNALIST WHO SHARED A LONG PROFESSIONAL FRIENDSHIP WITH MR. RABIN. © 1998
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5965
ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
KATZ, SAMUEL M.
NOAH WATERMAN
KATZ LOOKS AT A'MAN, ISRAEL'S OLDEST INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AND THE VITAL ROLE IT PLAYED IN MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S WARS AND CAMPAIGNS. IN 1990, THE AGENCY OFFICIALLY BECAME THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE'S FOURTH BRANCH OF SERVICE.
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6166
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ISRAELI
RAFUL, EITAN, M. K., GENERAL
JEROME BROOKMAN
THE TRUE STORY OF ONE OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY LEADERS AND A MEMBER OF THE KNESSET. EITAN PRESENTS A FIRST-HAND VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION'S SURVIVAL STRATEGIES AND PROVIDES DESCRIPTIONS OF ISRAEL'S MOST FAMOUS BATTLES.© 1992
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1566
A RABBI'S RABBI
WEINSTEIN, JACOB J.
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
THE LIFE STORY OF AN AMERICAN RABBI WHO WAS DEDICATED TO THE CONTINUITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE RENEWAL OF HEBREW EDUCATION, AND THE REBUILDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
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5705
RICHLER, MORDECAI
JOYCE KARP
FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, MOSES BERGER, A RHODES SCHOLAR 'GONE BAD,' HAS BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THE DISDAINED, DISGRACED AND DEAD SOLOMON GURSKY. WHAT HE DISCOVERS HAS AN UNEXPECTED IMPACT ON HIS LIFE.
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2376
MAIMON, SOLOMON
A SELF-PORTRAIT BY AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER-BOHEMIAN-HERETIC WHO DESCRIBES HIS WANDERINGS FROM THE POLISH GHETTO TO THE CITIES OF WESTERN EUROPE.
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8367
SOME GIRLS, SOME HATS AND HITLER
A TRUE LOVE STORY REDISCOVERED
KANTER, TRUDY
DIANE LIPMAN
THE AUTHOR, A JEWISH HATMAKER, RECALLS HER EFFORTS TO FLEE NAZI-OCCUPIED VIENNA. FROM PARIS TO VIENNA TO LONDON, KANTER CREATES A VIBRANT TAPESTRY OF HER INCREDIBLE ODYSSEY THROUGH ONE OF THE DARKEST PERIODS IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.
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646
SOME LAUGHTER, SOME TEARS
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
ELINOR STECKER
TALES FROM BOTH THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW, WRITTEN BY THE JEWISH MARK TWAIN. SELECTED AND TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CURT LEVIANT. © 1968
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6907
KAGAN, ELAINE
SANDRA CAREY
IN 1959, IF YOU LIVED IN A WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD IN KANSAS CITY, GENTILE BOYS WERE OFF-LIMITS. JENNY JAFFE KNEW THE RULES, BUT WHEN SHE MET WILL MCDONALD, EVERYTHING SHE KNEW ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG DISAPPEARED. WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE STORY OF TRUE LOVE THAN SPANS THREE DECADES AND SENDS AN ADOPTED CHILD ON A SEARCH FOR HER BIOLOGICAL PARENTS.
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4456
SOMEDAY THE RABBI WILL LEAVE
KEMELMAN, HARRY
CELIIA C BELFROM
RABBI DAVID SMALL IS CONFRONTED WITH A CRIME WHICH HE SOLVES WITH HIS EXPERTISE IN JEWISH LAW. PART OF KEMELMAN'S SERIES OF 'RABBI' MYSTERIES.
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8140
SOMEONE NOT REALLY HER MOTHER
A NOVEL
CHESSMAN, HARRIET SCOTT
ELLEN DAVID
HANNAH, IN HER 80S, RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME. HER ALZHEIMER'S IS ADVANCING, AND AS IT DOES, HER FAMILY LEARNS OF HER WWII EXPERIENCES; LOSING HER FAMILY IN THE HOLOCAUST AND FLEEING FROM FRANCE AS A TEENAGER. AS HANNAH DESCENDS INTO THE PAST, HER DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTERS TRY, EACH IN HER OWN WAY, TO GET TO KNOW OF HANNAH'S PAST EXPERIENCES AND INNER LIFE.
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8044
GROSSMAN, DAVID
ELAINE WOLBRO
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD ASSAF, LONELY AND BORED AT HIS SUMMER JOB, IS ASSIGNED TO FIND THE OWNER OF A MISCHIEVOUS DOG. THE DOG LEADS HIM ON A WILD TOUR OF JERUSALEM, AND ASSAF MEETS A VARIETY OF ODD CHARACTERS WHILE HE PICKS UP CLUES ABOUT - AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH, SIGHT UNSEEN - THE DOG'S OWNER. THE DOG BELONGS TO TAMAR, A GIRL ASSAF'S AGE, WHO IS OUT TO RESCUE A DRUG-ADDICTED RUNAWAY BOY WHILE LOOKING FOR HER PET. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (2000) BY VERED ALMOG AND MAYA GURANTZ © 2004
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7814
SOMETHING AIN'T KOSHER HERE
THE RISE OF THE "JEWISH" SITCOM
BROOK, VINCENT
ASHER SUSS
FROM 1989-2002, THERE WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED SURGE IN AMERICAN SITCOMS WITH JEWISH CHARACTERS. INTERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS ARE USED TO DETERMINE WHY THIS TREND APPEARED AT THIS TIME AND WHAT ITS SIGNIFICANCE IS FOR JEWS AND FOR NON-JEWS. © 2003
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4003
WIESEL, ELIE
MARIANNE HAYDU
IN THE WORLD OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY EUROPE, AN AGE OF BLOODSHED, WE LEARN HOW A HANDFUL OF HASIDIC RABBIS HELPED THEIR PEOPLE OVERCOME DESPAIR.
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1891
KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT
FLORENCE PRITZ
UPON THE DEATH OF HIS FARTHER, A RABBI IN A PROVINCIAL TOWN NEAR WARSAW LEAVES HIS HOME TOWN AND EVENTUALLY LANDS IN THE SWIRLING EXCITEMENT OF PRE- WORLD WAR I LONDON.
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8374
ULITSKAYA, LYUDMILA
PAM VASSIL
FICTION.
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8088
ZACHARIAS, WALTER
LORNA KOCH
MIA LEVY, A PRIVILEGED POLISH JEW, IS A SONGBIRD TAKING VOICE LESSONS IN PARIS WHEN THE HOLOCAUST BEGINS. SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE DEPORTED TO TREBLINKA, BUT WHEN HER FATHER PUSHES HER OFF THE TRAIN, SHE JOINS THE PARTISANS, ESCAPES TO AMERICA, AND SETTLES IN BROOKLYN, WHERE SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A FELLOW MUSICIAN. HER NEW LIFE, TOO, IS DISRUPTED AFTER PEARL HARBOR, WHEN SHE IS RECRUITED TO RETURN TO EUROPE AND WORK UNDERCOVER IN A NAZI BROTHEL. CAN SHE SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH TO FULFILL HER MISSION, AVENGE HER FAMILY, AND REUNITE WITH HER LOVER? © 2004
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6337
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF PSALMS
SARNA, NAHUM M.
JACK LACKS
THROUGH A LINGUISTIC-HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF 10 SELECTED PSALMS, SARNA SEEKS TO TRANSPORT THE READER BACK TO THE WORLD FROM WHICH THE PSALMS EMERGED. HIS ANALYSIS INCORPORATES THE LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT OF THE HEBREW BIBLE AND OF OTHER ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND HISTORY.
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8600
WHO ESCAPED THE NAZIS AND RETURNED WITH THE U.S. ARMY TO FIGHT HITLER
HENDERSON, BRUCE
DIANE LIPMAN
THE STORY OF THE RITCHIE BOYS TRACING THEIR JOURNEYS FROM CHILDHOOD THROUGH THEIR ESCAPES FROM EUROPE, THEIR FEATS AND SACRIFICES DURING THE WAR, AND FINALLY THEIR DESPERATE ATTEMPTS TO FIND THEIR MISSING LOVED ONES.
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3394
STYRON, WILLIAM
BARBARA FRIEDMAN
THE STORY OF A LONELY BROOKLYNITE WHO BEFRIENDS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HER PSYCHOPATHIC LOVER.
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7570
SOROS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MESSIANIC BILLIONAIRE
KAUFMAN, MICHAEL T.
RICHARD RUBIN
THE BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE SOROS WHO COMES FORM JEWISH HUNGARIAN ROOTS. HE WAS BORN "SCHWARTZ" BUT HIS FATHER CHANGED HIS NAME TO CREATE A SECRET IDENTITY AND ESCAPE HUNGARY DURING THE WAR. SOROS WHO ESCAPES TO ENGLAND AND THEN TO AMERICA PUTS HIS MIND INTO MAKING A HUGE FORTUNE. SORO'S LIFE IS FULL OF DRAMA DETERMINATION, PERSONAL GROWTH, IDEALISM, BIG MONEY FAILURES AND SOARING SUCCESSES.© 2002
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5997
RAGEN, NAOMI
LYNNE KUSHNER
SET IN THE WORLD OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS, THE STORY FOCUSES ON THE REICH FAMILY'S THREE DAUGHTERS AND HOW THEY FARE IN THE COMMUNITY'S CRUCIAL RITE OF PASSAGE: MARRIAGE. THE DRAMA CENTERS ON THE DEVOUT MIDDLE DAUGHTER, DINA, AND HOW SHE BECOMES A 'SOTAH,' OR A WOMAN SUSPECTED OF ADULTERY.
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1382
PORTRAITS AND LEGENDS OF HASIDIC MASTERS
WIESEL, ELIE
NANCY SCHIERING
DEPICTED THROUGH LEGENDARY TALES ARE EIGHT MAJOR FIGURES OF HASIDISM, FROM ISRAEL BAAL SHEM TO RABBI NAHMAN OF BRATZLAV. WIESEL RECORDS THEIR ADVENTURES, SECRETS, STRUGGLES, AND THEIR MYSTERIOUS POWERS AND CHARISMA. REMAKE OF A 1973 RECORDING.
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6350
A TALE OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE
OZ, AMOS
TAMIR JBI S
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD SOUMCHI RECEIVES A GIRL'S BICYCLE FROM HIS UNCLE. IGNORING THE TAUNTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOYS, HE DREAMS OF RIDING FAR AWAY. IT IS WHEN HE AGREES TO SWAP THE NEW BICYCLE FOR HIS FRIEND ALDO'S NEW TRAIN SET THAT SOUMCHI'S MISADVENTURES BEGIN.© 1978
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8542
MATALON, RONIT
AUDREY FLAMBERG
AN INVENTIVE NOVEL OF IMMIGRATION AND EXILE.
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7245
FROM SHTETL TO CHICAGO/A MEMOIR OF 1 FAMILY'S JOURNEY THRU HISTORY
LEONARD, JOANN ROSE
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
AT HOME IN HER PENNSYLVANIA KITCHEN, JOANN LEONARD MAKES SOUP. IN HER GRANDFATHER'S POT, SHE IMPROVISES, USING HER GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S UNWRITTEN RECIPE. WITH THE FRAGRANT STEAM RISING FROM THE POT COMES A STREAM OF MEMORIES, HALF-TOLD TALES, AND DEPARTED ANCESTORS ASKING THAT THEIR STORIES BE TOLD. IN A NATION WHERE MOST PEOPLE'S ROOTS LIE IN FARAWAY LANDS, THE SOUP HAS MANY EYES IS A RICH, POETIC, DEEPLY SATISFYING TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY BONDS, SPIRITUAL INSIGHT, AND, MOST OF ALL, THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE INVITE THE PAST INTO OUR LIVES. © 2000
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420
MICHENER, JAMES A.
IRA NEWMAN
THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND, MORE BROADLY, THE FOUNDATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. © 1965
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4607
COHEN, MATT
CORINNE KLAFTER
A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN THE MIDDLE AGES. THROUGH A LIFETIME OF PERSECUTION AND SUFFERING, AVRAM HALEVI, A MARRANO, LEARNS ABOUT REAL LOVE AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DENYING HIS FAITH.
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6517
KRICH, ROCHELLE MAJER
SYLVIA JACOB
FOR LAWYER DEBRA LASLOW, BEING REQUIRED TO DEFEND A MAN ACCUSED OF RAPE, EVEN A RESPECTABLE DOCTOR, MAKES HER UNEASY, ESPECIALLY SINCE HIS FIRST LAWYER WAS SHOT AND HER TONGUE SEVERED. THREE MORE LAWYERS MEET THE SAME FATE AND DEBRA RECEIVES A WARNING TO 'GET OUT OF THE WAY OF JUSTICE.' © 1996
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7176
SIEGEL, SHELDON
AUDREY FLAMBERG
MEET MIKE DAILEY, EX-PRIEST, EX-PUBLIC DEFENDER, AND EX-HUSBAND. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, EX-PARTNER AT SIMPSON & GATES, ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST PROMINENT LAW FIRMS. TODAY HE'S OUT ON HIS OWN, SETTING UP A PRIVATE PRACTICE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN. THEN HIS BEST FRIEND AND FORMER COLLEAGUE IS CHARGED WITH A BRUTAL DOUBLE MURDER. DALEY HAS HIS FIRST CLIENT AND IS INSTANTLY CATAPULTED INTO A HIGH PROFILE CASE INVOLVING THE PRESTIGIOUS LAW FIRM THAT JUST BOOTED HIM. © 2000
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4591
CHARNEY, LEON H.
EDITH GIFFORDS
THE AUTHOR SHARES HIS EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS AS 'UNOFFICIAL LIAISON' BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE 1979 EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI PEACE TREATY.
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4648
AN ORAL HISTORY OF SOVIET JEWISH EMIGREES TO THE U.S.
ROTHCHILD, SYLVIA
STANLEY KIRSCH
THE ORAL HISTORIES OF 178 SOVIET JEWS WHO EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN THE 1980'S.
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7547
ROSNER, ELIZABETH
ELIZABETH LONDON
AS CHILDREN, JULIAN AND PAULA PEREL LIVED WITH THEIR FATHER WHO KEPT A PAINFUL SECRET. AS THEY GROW UP PAULA UNCOVERS PIECES OF HER FATHER'S EARLY LIFE IN BUDAPEST AND THE HORRIFYING TRUTH OF HIS PAST.
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2947
SPICE AND SPIRIT OF KOSHER JEWISH COOKING
ANDRUISIER, F., EDITOR
E. ROTHENBERG
THIS IS THE "FIRST MAJOR HASIDIC COOKBOOK" CONTAINING 500 RECIPES, WITH MANY VARIATIONS; LAW AND RITUALS OF A KOSHER KITCHEN; AND SECTIONS ON THE SABBATH, HOLY DAYS AND CULINARY TRADITIONS.
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6528
THE MAN, THE MOVIES, THE MYTHOLOGY
SANELLO, FRANK
WILLIAM GREV
SANELLO GIVES BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES ABOUT THE MAKING OF EACH OF STEVEN SPIELBERG'S FILMS, AS WELL DETAILS OF THE FILMMAKER'S HIS PERSONAL LIFE, HIS EMERGING SENSE OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE MAKING OF THE HOLOCAUST FILM 'SCHINDLER'S LIST,' FOR WHICH HE WON AN OSCAR AS BEST DIRECTOR. © 1996
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8415
INSIDE ISRAEL'S SECRET WARS: UPDATED & REVISED
RAVIV, DAN & MELMAN, YOSSI
ARLENE SIMON
THIS IS A HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S ESPIONAGE AND SECURITY NETWORK FROM 1948 UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY
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1392
SPIES IN THE PROMISED LAND
ISER HAREL AND THE ISRAELI SECRET
BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL
KAREN SOLL
THE STORY OF THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE AND ITS ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES.
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7654
A LIFE
NADLER, STEVEN
MIRIAM ALIMONOS
DUE TO SPINOZA'S EXILE FROM JUDAISM, THIS BOOK TELL OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND RELIGIOUS WORLD OF THE YOUNG DUTCH REPUBLIC, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ARCHIVE RESEARCH BASED ACCOUNT OF SPINOZA'S LIFE.© 1999
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1000
SPINOZA AND THE RISE OF LIBERALISM
FEUER, LEWIS SAMUEL
SALO MINKIN
ESSAYS ON THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHER AND HIS LASTING INFLUENCE.
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934
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
AMY STIVELMAN
PORTRAITS OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE SHTETLS AND CITIES OF EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, AS TOLD BY A MASTER STORYTELLER.
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8393
YALOM, IRVIN D.
PETER LEVINE
THE STORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY THINKER BARUCH SPINOZA, HIS PHILOSOPHY AND SUBSEQUENT EXCOMMUNICATION FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, AND HIS APPARENT INFLUENCE ON THE NAZI IDEOLOGUE ALFRED ROSENBERG,
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8312
KLUGER, JEFFREY
SUSAN HENDERSON
THE BOOK TELLS HOW POLIO WAS BEATEN 50 YEARS AGO IN ONE OF THE TRIUMPHS OF MODERN MEDICINE. THE NARRATIVE CENTERS ON JONAS SALK, WHOSE LAB DEVELOPED THE FIRST POLIO VACCINE.
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8470
A BITTERSWEET ROOTS JOURNEY TO ANCESTRAL LANDS
FEIN, JUDITH
NIKKI JAMES
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL WRITER JUDITH FEIN RESEARCHES AND VISITS HER GRANDMOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE. THE RESULTING BOOK, FIILLED WITH FASCINATING PEOPLE AND BITTERSWEET HISTORY, TELLS US WHERE SHE CAME FROM, WHAT THE OLD WORLD WAS LIKE, AND WHAT REMAINS OF THE PLACES SO MANY OF OUR ANCESTORS LEFT BEHIND WHEN THEY CAME TO AMERICA.
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7209
SPORTS AND THE AMERICAN JEW
RIESS, STEVEN A., ED.
TINA CERVASI, HELEN SCHNEIDER
THIS BOOK DEBUNKS THE CONVENTIONAL STEREOTYPE THAT JEWS AND SPORTS ARE SOMEHOW INCOMPATIBLE AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT SPORTS HAVE LONG BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTION IN AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. JEWS WERE AMONG THE VERY FIRST PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYERS AND THE MOST OUTSTANDING EARLY AMERICAN TRACK STARS. IN THE 1920S AND 1930S, THEY DOMINATED INNER-CITY SPORTS AND PRODUCED STAR ATHLETES IN VIRTUALLY ALL SPORTS. MANY JEWS WERE ALSO PROMINENT IN THE BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND LITERARY ASPECTS OF SPORTS. © 1998
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6238
MY LIFE AS A JEWISH-AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN SPYING FOR ISRAEL
SCHACK, HOWARD H.; JEFFERS, H. PAUL
NOAH WATERMAN
DISMAYED BY ISRAEL'S VULNERABILITY DURING THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR, SCHACK VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES TO THE MOSSAD. SOON, HE WAS POSING AS A NON-JEW, GATHERING INTELLIGENCE IN ARAB COUNTRIES FROM THE MID-1970S TO THE LATE 1980S. SCHACK LACES HIS ACCOUNT WITH HUMOR AND OBSERVATIONS OF ARAB CULTURE AND CUSTOMS.© 1993
EN4
7418
KELLERMAN, FAYE
MARILYN BECK
FIRST-YEAR ROOKIE COP CYNTHIA DECKER IS DETERMINED TO MAKE IT ON HER OWN, WITHOUT HELP FROM HER POLICE DETECTIVE FATHER. HER INSTINCTS TELL HER SOMETHING IS WRONG, AND HER FEAR IS TRUE: SOMEONE IS STALKING HER.
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6825
ADVENTURES WITH TODAY'S MYSTICAL MASTERS
KAMENETZ, RODGER
TAMIR
RODGER KAMENETZ CONTINUES THE SPIRITUAL ADVENTURES HE BEGAN IN THE JEW IN THE LOTUS. IN THIS BOOK, HE TAKES HIS WILD MIND ON THE ROAD, AND IN A SERIES OF DIALOGUES, ENCOUNTERS, QUICK TAKES AND MEDITATIONS, SEARCHES FOR HIS OWN JEWISH TRUTH. © 1997
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1982
THE DON JUAN OF SECOND AVENUE
ALLMEN, RICK
CORRINE SCHAFTEL
A NOVEL ABOUT GROWING UP IN NEW YORK DURING THE LATE 1930S.
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998
KA-TZETNIK 135633
RUTH BERKELY
USING HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP NUMBER AS A PSEUDONYM, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE INDIGNITIES OF GHETTOIZATION AND THE HORRORS OF AUSCHWITZ.
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28
NATHAN, ROBERT
COHEN, BEVERLY
A NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF IN POST-WORLD WAR II ROME AND IN ISRAEL DURING THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE TWO WOMEN WHO HELP HIM.
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1341
ROSENZWEIG, FRANZ
NANCY SCHIERING
WRITTEN BY THE PROMINENT GERMAN JEWISH PHILOSOPHER, THIS BOOK PRESENTS AN ORIGINAL APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS THINKING. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING.
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7944
ROCK 'N' ROLL'S JEWISH STORIES
BENARDE, SCOTT R.
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
INSPIRED BY A BACKSTAGE CHAT WITH DAVID LEE ROTH (WHO LEARNED TO SING FOR HIS BAR-MITZVAH), A ROCK MUSIC REVIEWER INVESTIGATES THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENRE. IN SOME 60 CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED INTERVIEWS, HE EXPLORES HOW THE JEWISHNESS OF SOME NOTEWORTHY MUSICIANS INFLUENCED ROCK 'N' ROLL. © 2003
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8263
THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC MIRACLE
SENOR, DAN; SINGER, SAUL
TIM ZAGEN
HAMPERED BY AN ARAB NATION BOYCOTT THAT MAKES REGIONAL TRADE IMPOSSIBLE AND ENDOWED WITH PRECIOUS LITTLE BY WAY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ISRAEL HAS BEATEN THE ODDS TO BECOME A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE GLOBAL BUSINESS WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR. WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF STARTUPS PER CAPITA OF ANY NATION IN THE WORLD AND MASSIVE VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, ISRAEL IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUBS.
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6970
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
MORTON, BRIAN
JACK LACKS
LEONARD SCHILLER IS AN UNDISTINGUISHED WRITER IN HIS SEVENTIES. HEATHER WOLFE IS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN HER TWENTIES WHOSE LIFE HAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF SCHILLER'S BOOKS. SHE DECIDES TO WRITE HER THESIS ABOUT SCHILLER'S WORK AND SETS OUT TO MEET HIM. THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF THAT MEETING.
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3626
SYRKIN, MARIE
ROBERTA POLLACK
A BOOK ABOUT JEWISH RESISTANCE TO NAZI MASS MURDER DURING THE WAR, GATHERED FROM DOCUMENTS AND SURVIVORS. SYRKIN HAS GIVEN VOICE TO THOSE WHOSE VOICES WERE STILLED AND FASHIONED A MEMORIAL FOR GHETTO STRUGGLE. HER ACCOUNT REPRESENTS A MULTI-FACETED STATEMENT OF THE ZIONIST CAUSE.
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7918
AN EMMA PRICE MYSTERY
RAND, NAOMI
TANYA SHERMAN
THE SECOND IN A SERIES ABOUT AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE CAPITAL DEFENDER'S OFFICE, THIS NOVEL FINDS EMMA JUGGLING HER JOB AND HER ROLE AS A NEWLY SINGLE MOTHER WHEN AN OLD FAMILY FRIEND, WHO IS A CONTROVERSIAL ACTIVIST, IS MURDERED. © 2003
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897
SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA
RENEE HEILBRONNER
THE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH JEW WHO DESERTS THE CZAR'S ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING © 196
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987
FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY
BARBARA RUBIN
THIS NOVEL IS A CHARACTER STUDY OF STERN, A JEWISH MAN DENIED OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH HIS HERITAGE.
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8420
STERN, THE MAN AND HIS GANG
GOLAN,ZEV
MARIE HOFFMAN
THE BOOK TRACES ABRAHAM STERN'S EVOLUTION FROM HATED GANGSTER TO FOLK HERO AND CHRONICLES THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL DEEDS OF THE THOUSAND JEWS WHO JOINED HIS WAR AGAINST ENGLAND.
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3940
NEUGEBOREN, JAY
EVELYN GODMAN
NATHAN MALKIN RETURNS FROM A SELF-IMPOSED EXILE IN ISRAEL TO NEW YORK TO MOURN THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER.
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6291
SMITH, MURRAY
GORDON ROTHM
A BRITISH SPYMASTER GETS WIND OF A SERIES OF COUNTERFEITS AND FRAUDS CARRIED OUT AGAINST BANKS, CORPORATIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS. FOLLOWING THE SUBTLE CLUES, HE FINDS HIMSELF INVOLVED WITH AGENTS OF ISRAEL, BEIRUT, THE U.S. AND THE SICILIAN MAFIA. HE EVENTUALLY PREDICTS A COUP WHOSE TARGET IS THE U.S. TREASURY.© 1994
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7706
A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS NOVEL
KELLERMAN, FAYE
MICHAEL BERNSTEIN
PETER DECKER'S HALF-BROTHER JONATHAN, A NEW YORK RABBI, ASKS THE POLICE LIEUTENANT FOR HELP WHEN HIS WIFE'S BROTHER EPHRAIM LEIBER IS SLAIN EXECUTION-STYLE IN A SEEDY NEW YORK HOTEL ROOM, AND THE VICTIM'S TEENAGE NIECE SHAYNDIE WHO MAY HAVE WITNESSED HER UNCLE'S MURDER, DISAPPEARS.©2002
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6784
HEGI, URSULA
TANYA SHERMAN
TRUDI MONTAG IS A ZWERG - A DWARF-SHORT, UNDESIRABLE, DIFFERENT, THE VOICE OF ANYONE WHO HAS EVER TRIED TO FIT IN. EVENTUALLY SHE LEARNS THAT BEING DIFFERENT IS A SECRET THAT ALL HUMANS SHARE, FROM HER MOTHER, WHO FLEES INTO MADNESS; TO HER FRIEND GEORG, WHOSE PARENTS PRETEND HE'S A GIRL; TO THE JEWS TRUDI HARBORS IN HER CELLAR. © 1994
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1103
GERBER, MERRILL JOAN
MARY PERLOW
A COLLECTION OF POIGNANT STORIES ABOUT AMERICAN JEWS AND THE WORLD IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
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4785
STORIES OF BERNARD MALAMUD
MALAMUD, BERNARD
SYLVIA FEUERSTEIN
A VOLUME OF 25 STORIES FROM 1950 TO THE 1980S, WHICH DEPICTS, USUALLY THROUGH A YIDDISH-SPEAKING IMMIGRANT, THE INDIGNITIES AND ANGUISH OF ORDINARY PEOPLE.
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7003
STORIES OF DAVID BERGELSON
YIDDISH SHORT FICTION FROM RUSSIA
BERGELSON, DAVID
JUDITH MENKEN
INNOVATIVE YIDDISH STYLIST BERGELSON, NOT WIDELY KNOWN TO ENGLISH-LANGUAGE READERS, WRITES OF THE DECLINING WORLD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS, CAPTURING THE DREARINESS OF THE UNCOMMITTED LIFE. HIS CHARACTERS SUFFER FROM DESPAIR AND DEPRESSION AS A RESULT OF THE LOOSENING TIES OF THE SHTETL AND RELIGION. © 1996
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38
ZELLIGS, DOROTHY F.
PLOFSK, RHODA
A RETELLING OF THE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. HIGHLIGHTS THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEBREW PEOPLE.
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8055
APPELFELD, AHARON
ASHER SUSS
APPELFELD'S CHILDHOOD WAS DISRUPTED AT AGE 7 WHEN THE NAZIS OCCUPIED CZERNOWITZ IN 1941. HE SURVIVED THE GHETTO, THE MARCH TO A LABOR CAMP, AND AN ESCAPE TO THE FOREST, WHERE HE HID FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR. AFTERWARDS, HE WENT TO A DISPLACED PERSON'S CAMP UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO GET ON A SHIP TO PALESTINE. AS HE BEGAN A NEW LIFE THERE, HE STRUGGLED TO RETAIN HIS MEMORIES IN SPITE OF THOSE WHO URGED HIM TO SIMPLY FORGET. THE EXPERIENCES HE RECOUNTS OFFER PERSONAL GLIMPSES INTO THE THEMES THAT RESONATE THROUGH HIS AWARD-WINNING FICTION. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (1999) BY ALOMA HALTER © 2004
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3631
STORY OF AUNT SHLOMZION THE GREAT
KANIUK, YORAM
HERBERT WEISBERG
THE HEROINE OF THIS NOVEL, LIKE THE IMPERIOUS QUEEN OF THE TITLE WHO ONCE RULED JUDEA, TREATS EVERYONE WITH SCORN AND DERISION, EXCEPT HER FATHER AND HER HUSBAND, FOR FAILING TO LIVE UP TO THE STANDARD OF HER MAJESTIC BACKGROUND.
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8564
LIBRARY OF JEWISH IDEAS
GLINERT, LEWIS
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
A UNIQUE HISTORY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE MODERN JEWISH STATE
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2367
STORY OF JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE
KAHANE, RABBI MEIR
NANCY SCHIERING
THE INSIDE STORY OF THE JDL, THE MILITANT ORGANIZATION WHOSE GOAL IT WAS TO DEFEND JEWS IN WHATEVER MANNER NECESSARY. WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER AND LEADER OF THE GROUP.
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1040
BAMBERGER, BERNARD J.
JUDITH HOFFMAN & EVE GREEN
A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JUDAISM ALONG WITH AN EXPLANATION OF JEWISH LIFE, OBSERVANCES, CONCEPTS, AND INSTITUTIONS.
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1672
STORY OF THE JEWISH WAY OF LIFE
LEVIN, MEYER & TOBY KURZBAND
ROSE COHEN
A DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIC COMPONENTS, RITUALS, AND CEREMONIES WHICH ARE PART OF THE JEWISH LIVING, AND THEIR MEANINGS. ©1959
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8490
FINDING THE WORDS 1000 BC - 1492 AD
SCHAMA, SIMON
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
THE STORY OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, TRACING IT ACROSS THREE MILLENNIA, FROM THEIR BEGINNINGS AS AN ANCIENT TRIBAL PEOPLE TO THE OPENING OF THE NEW WORLD IN 1492 TO THE MODERN DAY.
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11
LEVIN, MEYER; KURZBAND, TOBY
A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNCTION OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
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11
A MIDRASH READER
LEVIN, MEYER; KURZBAND, TOBY
JANE WEISS
A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNCTION OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.
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5676
LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS
SHIRELY KALB
THE STORY OF SAUL ZURATAS, A JEW WITH A DISFIGURING FACIAL BIRTHMARK, WHO IS OBSESSED WITH PRESERVING THE CULTURE OF A TINY ISOLATED INDIAN TRIBE.
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5971
MINDEL, NISSAN
HARRIET MARCUS
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES SELECTED FROM THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 'TALKS AND TALES.' SUBJECTS INCLUDE RIGHTEOUS SCHOLARS, JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE IN MEDIEVAL AND PRE-HOLOCAUST TIMES, THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE STRUGGLE TO KEEP JUDAISM ALIVE BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN.
