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5832
STORYTELLER, VOL. I, 2 AND 3
SELECTED SHORT STORIES
MINDEL, NISSAN
HARRIET MARCUS
A COLLECTION OF SELECTED SHORT STORIES FROM THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 'TALKS AND TALES.' SUBJECTS RANGE FROM JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE IN MEDIEVAL TIMES TO THE HOLOCAUST TO KEEPING JUDAISM ALIVE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
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6478
GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA
MELINDA DAVIS
A COLLECTION OF STORIES THAT EXPLORES THE INTERACTIONS OF THOUGHT AND FEELING, MIND AND HEART, TO REVEAL THE DEEP, MYSTERIOUS TIES BETWEEN SEEMINGLY UNRELATED LIVES.© 1993
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7575
BUKIET, MELVIN JULES
AUDREY HAMBERG
BLIND, FATHERLESS, HOMOSEXUAL, RUSSIAN EMIGRE NATHAN KAZAKOV HAS ENOUGH PROBLEMS BEFORE HIS EAR IS OBLITERATED BY A BULLET PRESUMABLY MEANT FOR HIS EMPLOYER, THE HAWKISH PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. NATHAN BEGINS AN INVESTIGATION THAT LEADS HIM INTO A WEB OF CONSPIRACIES INVOLVING A DIVERSE GROUP OF CHARACTERS.© 2001
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8509
STRANGER IN MY OWN COUNTRY
A JEWISH FAMILY IN MODERN GERMANY
MOUNK, YASCHA
BARRIE SNIDER
VIVID AND FASCINATING, STRANGER IN MY OWN COUNTRY TRACES THE CONTOURS OF JEWISH LIFE IN A COUNTRY STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE LEGACY OF THE THIRD REICH AND PORTRAYS THOSE WHO, INEVITABLY, CONTINUE TO LIVE IN ITS SHADOW.
EN4
5993
A JEWISH FAMILY IN WARTIME SHANGHAI
KRASNO, RENA
MARILYN BECK
AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF SHANGHAI DURING WORLD WAR II, THAT WAS LARGELY COMPRISED OF REFUGEES FROM NAZI EUROPE AND RUSSIA. KRASNO ALSO DETAILS THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN SHANGHAI AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE UNDER FOREIGN OCCUPATION AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHER CULTURES.
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8532
LESSONS IN EXILE FROM ONE OF IRAQ'S LAST JEWS
SHAMASH, CYNTHIA KAPLAN
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
THIS RIVETING AND UTTERLY UNIQUE MEMOIR CHRONICLES THE COMING OF AGE OF CYNTHIA SHAMASH, AN IRAQI JEW BORN IN BAGHDAD IN 1963.
EN4
8432
ROTENBERG, ROBERT
PAM VASSIL
A LEGAL THRILLER FEATURING DETECTIVE ARI GREENE IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE.
EN4
7922
KELLERMAN, FAYE
MARILYN BECK
PETER DECKER AND RINA LAZARUS RETURN WHEN DECKER'S DAUGHTER CINDY, NOW AN LAPD OFFICER HERSELF, FINDS AN ABANDONED BABY IN A DUMPSTER. THE DECKERS' INVESTIGATION IS COMPLICATED BY LEFTOVER EMOTIONAL TRAUMA FROM THEIR MOST RECENT CASES, AS WELL AS BY RINA'S QUEST TO SOLVE THE DECADES-OLD MURDER OF HER GRANDMOTHER IN GERMANY. BUT CINDY IS ASSISTED BY A HANDSOME ETHIOPIAN-JEWISH MALE NURSE. © 2003
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2526
SCHULZ, BRUNO
A NOVEL, BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, DESCRIBES SCHULZ'S CHILDHOOD YEARS IN A TOWN ON THE PLAINS OF SOUTHWEST POLAND.
EN4
6762
EDWARDS, ANNE
MARTIN KLEINWALD
DESPITE ALL THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HER, THE REAL BARBRA STREISAND HAS REMAINED ELUSIVE. NOW STREISAND TELLS THE STORY-BEHIND-THE-STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME. WRITTEN BY A HOLLYWOOD INSIDER AND BASED ON MORE THAN 140 OF STREISAND'S FRIENDS, FAMILY, LOVERS, ETC., STREISAND TAKES YOU FROM HER HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT. © 1997
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7523
STEINSALTZ, ADIN
BARBARA STRUMAN
AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF SAMPLES OF THE THINKING OF ADIN STEINSALTZ, WRITTEN OR SPOKEN IN VARIED CIRCUMSTANCES DURIGN A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WHILE THE COMMON THREAD IS THE AUTHOR HIMSELF, THE PIECES ALL SHARE THE CONCERN FOR THE SPIRITUALITY OF HUMAN EXISTANCE.
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1052
THE STORY OF FATAH
YAARI, EHUD
ARLENE RICHARDS & SYLVIA ESTES
AN ACCOUNT OF THE PALESTINIAN TERRORIST MOVEMENT, AL FATAH, AND OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS WHICH VIE WITH IT. THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE USE OF TERRORISM AS A POLITICAL INSTRUMENT.
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5281
STRIVE FOR TRUTH (PARTS I & II) (MICHTAV ME'ELIYAHU)
DESSLER, ELIYAHU E., RABBI
BERNICE G. DAVIS
ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW, THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE IDEAS OF A TWENTIETH-CENTURY PROPONENT OF THE MUSSAR (ETHICS) MOVEMENT. (PART 1 & 2)
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293
BLANKFORT, MICHAEL
ROSLYN LEFFER
A NOVEL ABOUT A RABBI AND A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER WHO FALL IN LOVE BUT CANNOT MARRY BECAUSE SHE IS AN 'AGUNAH,' A WOMAN WHOSE FIRST HUSBAND HAS NOT GIVEN HER A JEWISH DIVORCE CALLED A 'GET.' © 1956
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1244
LEVIN, MEYER
ROSE COHEN
THIS NOVEL, SET IN A BARONIAL CASTLE DEEP WITHIN A NAZI-OCCUPIED COUNTRY, EXPLORES THE QUESTIONS OF WAR AND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE.
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2642
J.C. HUREWITZ
P.M. APFELBAUM
A DETAILED CHRONICLE OF PALESTINIAN POLITICS FROM 1936 TO 1947 - FROM THE ARAB REVOLT THAT CAUSED BRITAIN TO DECLARE THE PALESTINE MANDATE "UNWORKABLE" UNTIL AFTER THE BRITISH LEFT PALESTINE FOLLOWING THE U.N. DECISION TO PARTITION THE COUNTRY.
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2753
LEIBOWITZ, NEHAMA
S. BRAV
CHAPTER BY CHAPTER ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS.
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2305
CRITICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE ESSAYS
KASHAP, PAUL S.
ROSE WEIL
AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARTICLES AND CRITIQUES ON THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS WORK.
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1493
STUDIES IN THE COMMUNAL LIFE OF THE JEWS OF SPAIN
AS REFLECTED IN THE RESPONSA OF RABBI...
EPSTEIN, ISADORE
CAROLE PESNER
A STUDY ABOUT THE COMMUNAL LIFE OF SPANISH JEWS DURING THE LATTER YEARS OF THE 'GOLDEN AGE OF SPAIN' AND DURING THE PERIOD OF THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE JEWS IN THE BARBARY STATES. BASED ON THE RESPONSA OF RABBI SOLOMON BEN ADRETH, THE 'RASHBA,' WHO LIVED FROM 1235-1310, AND RABBI SIMON BEN ZEMAH DURAN.
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7601
ADVENTURES OF A RESTAURANT FAMILY
VOLK, PATRICIA
BETTY SMITH
THE HUMOROUS STORY OF A RESTAURANT FAMILY THROUGH THE YEARS. GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU STUFFED WITH LAUGHTER.© 2001
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7449
JEWS RAISED AS GENTILES DISCOVER THEIR JEWISH ROOTS
KESSEL, BARBARA
LAURA SPERBER
BARBARA KESSEL, IN INTERVIEWS WITH OVER 150 PEOPLE WHO WERE RAISED AS NON-JEWS ONLY TO LEARN LATER THAT THEY ARE OF JEWISH DESCENT, ASKS "WHAT IS IT LIKE TO FIND OUT YOU ARE NOT WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE?" PRESENTED IN THEIR OWN WORDS, THE VARIED RESPONSES OF THESE DISPARATE PEOPLE TO A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE NATURE OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE.
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3717
STERN, DANIEL
MARION BAER
THE ACADEMY IS THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT OF A PERMISSIVE SOCIETY. PART ASSEMBLY LINE, PART UNIVERSITY, PART HOSPITAL, AND PART BROTHEL, IT IS THERE POTENTIAL SUICIDES GO FOR A DAY OF SELF-EXAMINATION AND MEDITATION BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO KILL THEMSELVES.
EN4
4400
ENGEL, HOWARD
SARAH G. BAKER
THIS MYSTERY FOLLOWS A JEWISH PRIVATE DETECTIVE AS HE TRIES TO PROVE THAT A SUPPOSED SUICIDE WAS ACTUALLY A MURDER.
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8149
A NOVEL
NEMIROVSKY, IRENE
KATHY FORD
IRENE NEMIROVSKY, A UKRANIAN IMMIGRANT TO FRANCE, WAS AN AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING FICTION IN PRE-WWII FRANCE. SHE COMPOSED THIS NOVEL ABOUT GERMAN OCCUPIED FRANCE IN THE EARLY 1940'S, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE IT BEFORE BEING DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ WHERE SHE DIED. THE MANUSCRIPT WAS KEPT BY HER DAUGHTERS WHO LATER DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A NOVEL. THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO OF WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BE A FIVE-PART NOVEL. THE FIRST PART, "A STORM IN JUNE" TELLS OF PARISIANS WHO FLEE PARIS IN 1940 JUST BEFORE THE NAZI INVASION WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD NOTHING IN COMMON ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A SHARED ATTEMPT TO SURVIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS FALLING APART. THE SECOND PART, "DOLCE" TELLS HOW A FARMING VILLAGE IS ABLE TO CO-EXIST WITH THE OCCUPYING GERMAN FORCES.
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2525
DONIN, HAYIM, RABBI
A BOOK ABOUT THE LAWS AND CEREMONIES CONNECTED WITH THE FESTIVAL OF SUKKOT. WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR OF 'TO BE A JEW.'
EN4
7374
CLANCY, TOM
CHRIS BASKOUS, PETER JONES
THE GULF WAR IS OVER. AN ISRAELI NUCLEAR WEAPON IS MISSING. THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MIDEAST - AND THE WORLD - IS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER. CIA DEPUTY DIRECTOR JACK RYAN, HERO OF PREVIOUS CLANCY NOVELS, RETURNS TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION. © 1991
EN4
6903
FREUD, ESTHER
SANDI SKODNIK
SARAH IS A YOUNG MOTHER-TO-BE WHEN SHE FIRST LEARNS ABOUT GAGLOW, HER FATHER'S FAMILY ESTATE IN EAST GERMANY THAT WILL BE RETURNED TO THEM WITH THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL. THE STORY ALTERNATES BETWEEN THE PRESENT AND HER GRANDMOTHER'S CHILDHOOD DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND UNITES FOUR GENERATIONS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY. © 1997
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4158
ASHER, SANDY
PHYLLIS COHN
IT ALL STARTS WHEN THE EIGHT GRADE REPORTER IS BORN. SUMMER SMITH HAS TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO HER CLASS NEWSPAPER. SHE RACKS HER BRAIN, BUT NOTHING OCCURS TO HER UNTIL SHE HEARS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE COMPULSORY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM.
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4253
FUCHS, DANIEL
THE HUMOROUS STORY OF A BROOKLYN APARTMENT BUILDING AND ITS INHABITANTS DURING THE 1930S.
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2130
SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER
GREENE, BETTY
C. BORACK
AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH GIRL AND A GERMAN SOLDIER LEADS TO TRAGEDY IN A POWERFUL NOVEL SET IN A SMALL ARKANSAS TOWN DURING WORLD WAR II.
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5486
THE ATTEMPT TO BUILD A JEWISH EDEN
KANFER, STEFAN
SYLVIA LEVINSON
THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS FROM 1753 THROUGH THE 1970S.
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6542
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
SHAMIR, YITZHAK
FAITH GARFIELD
IN THIS FRANK AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ISRAEL'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS HIS PARTY'S HARD-LINE POLICIES, RECALLS HIS EXPLOITS AS A MOSSAD INTELLIGENCE AGENT AND AS A FOREIGN MINISTER AND GIVES AN INSIDER'S ACCOUNT OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE'S DESTRUCTION OF AN IRAQI NUCLEAR FACILITY IN 1981. © 1994
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2465
WIESENTHAL, SIMON
MARCIA FELTHEIMER
A YOUNG JEW, AN INMATE OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP, IS TAKEN TO THE BEDSIDE OF A DYING, GUILT-RIDDEN NAZI SOLDIER WHO BEGS ABSOLUTION. AFTER HEARING THE SOLDIER'S STORY, THE JEW LEAVES WITHOUT SPEAKING. WIESENTHAL'S STORY FORMED THE BASIS FOR A SYMPOSIUM DEALING WITH THE MORAL QUESTIONS INVOLVED.
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5092
STORIES OF OUR CONTEMP. TORAH LUMINARIES & THEIR SPIR. HEROISM
TELLER, HANOCH
STANLEY R. BRAV
STORIES OF CONTEMPORARY TORAH SCHOLARS AND THEIR SPIRITUAL HEROISM. © 1987
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6662
WEISS, HERMAN
ELYSE WEISBERG
WHEN A LOCAL SHERIFF CONSULTS TWO RETIRED NYPD DETECTIVES ON A MURDER CASE, THEY FIND THE TEMPTATION TO INVESTIGATE ON THEIR OWN TOO HARD TO RESIST. SUDDENLY CHELSEA AND NOVICK ARE IN OVER THEIR HEADS ON A CONSPIRACY OF INTERNATIONAL PROPORTIONS. A SERIAL KILLER IS ON THE LOOSE. AND HE'S TARGETING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. © 1996
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8440
HOW COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES CAME TO SERVE TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE JEWISH-AMERICAN WAY
BROD, HARRY
POLLY ADAMS
HARRY BROD REVEALS THE LINKS BETWEEN JEWS AND SUPERHEROES IN AN INVESTIGATION OF ICONIC COMIC BOOK FIGURES.
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5190
SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ AND THE REAWAKENING
LEVI, PRIMO
IN THESE ACCOUNTS OF HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP EXPERIENCES, LEVI FOCUSES ON HIS CAPTORS AND HIS COMPANIONS AND HOW HE RE-ENTERED THE WORLD WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER. INCLUDES AN AFTERWARD IN WHICH LEVI EXPLAINS WHY HE HAS EXPRESSED NO HATRED FOR THE GERMANS AND NO DESIRE FOR REVENGE.
EN4
6791
KELLERMAN, JONATHAN
BARIE SNIDER
THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELI DIPLOMAT IS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD. HER FATHER ADAMANTLY DENIES ANY POLITICAL MOTIVE, WHICH LEAVES LAPD DETECTIVE MILO STURGIS AND HIS PSYCHOLOGIST FRIEND ALEX DELAWARE PUZZLED. THEN THERE IS ANOTHER KILLING AND DELAWARE, STURGIS, AND ISRAELI INSPECTOR DANIEL SHARAVI JOIN FORCES TO UNCOVER A MURDERER. © 1997
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8671
Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-44
SEMELIN, JACQUES
JAMES, NIKKI
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6498
FEINSTEIN, ELAINE
ESTHER GERST
THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE FORTUNES OF TWO RUSSIAN JEWISH FAMILIES WHO SETTLE IN LIVERPOOL AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. ONE ORTHODOX AND THE OTHER LIBERAL, THE FAMILIES' FATES BECOME INTERTWINED AS THEY LIVE THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS, THE DEPRESSION, AND THE RISE OF BRITISH FASCISM. © 1991
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5394
DISCOURSES ON CHASIDIC THOUGHT
STEINSALTZ, ADIN
HELEN STEWART
A COMPANION VOLUME TO 'THE LONG SHORTER WAY,' IN WHICH STEINSALTZ CONTINUES HIS COMMENTARY ON THE 'TANYA,' THE CLASSIC CHASIDIC TEXT. THE BOOK DEALS WITH SEVERAL FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF JEWISH THOUGHT.
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6648
SWIMMING ACROSS THE HUDSON
HENKIN, JOSHUA
DAVID THOMPSON
WHEN BEN SUSKIND, ADOPTED AND RAISED AS A JEW, MEETS HIS GENTILE BIRTH MOTHER, HIS ABSORPTION IN THE HISTORY OF HIS BIOLOGICAL FAMILY THREATENS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ADOPTIVE PARENTS. UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, BEN GRADUALLY COMES TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE CAN BE A LEGITIMATE JEW WITHOUT RECOURSE TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. © 1997
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8340
LEVY, DEBORAH
POLLY ADAMS
AS HE ARRIVES WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE VILLA, JOE SEES A BODY IN THE SWIMMING POOL. BUT THE GIRL IS VERY MUCH ALIVE. WHY IS SHE THERE? AND WHY DOES JOE'S WIFE ALLOW HER TO REMAIN? A BRILLIANT STUDY OF LOVE, THE BOOK REVEALS HOW THE MOST DEVASTATING SECRETS ARE THE ONES WE KEEP FROM OURSELVES.
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460
WERNER, ALFRED, ED.
EVE GREEN
SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE OF HEINRICH HEINE. © 1960
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3226
DEBREFFNEY, BRIAN
ILLUSTRATED WORLD HISTORY OF THE SYNAGOGUE FROM THE 1ST CENTURY THE 1970S. TRACES THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND SYNAGOGUE ARCHITECTURE.
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7577
SHABBOS AND YOM TOV DIVREI TORAH
PELCOVITZ, RAPHAEL, RABBI
MICHAL NUSSBAUM
RABBI PELCOVITZ OFFERS A LIFETIME OF LEARNING AND IDEAS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH READINGS. HE SHARES WITH US HIS ABILITY TO RELATE THE THOUGHTS OF THE SAGES AND COMMENTATORS TO OUR EVERYDAY CONCERNS.© 1999
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6049
YOUNGMAN, HENNY; KARLEN, NEAL
LYNN HIMELFARB
AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMEDIAN'S LIFE FROM HIS BIRTH IN LONDON AND HIS CHILDHOOD IN BROOKLYN TO HIS EARLY CAREER ON THE BORSCHT BELT CIRCUIT. THE BOOK PROVIDES DETAILS ABOUT YOUNGMAN'S LONG CAREER WHICH CONTINUED TO FLOURISH EVEN WHEN THE COMEDIAN WAS IN HIS 80S.
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1580
YOUNGMAN, HENNY
DONNA ROGOVIN
A HUMOROUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE WELL-KNOWN COMEDIAN.
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8247
A NOVEL
BRODER, BILL
SANDY SKODNIK
JEWISH IDENTITY, AUTISM AND BOOTLEGGING FORM THE UNLIKELY FRAMEWORK FOR THIS SET IN A LAKESIDE MICHIGAN TOWN DURING PROHIBITION. REBECCA BEARWALD LONGS TO ESCAPE THE CONFINES OF SMALLTOWN LIFE IN CHARLEVOIX, WHERE HER FAMILY IS THE ONLY JEWISH ONE, BUT HER PARENTS EXPECT HER TO STAY AT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF CLEO, REBECCA'S AUTISTIC OLDER SISTER. BUT REBECCA DEFIES HER PARENTS, SECRETLY APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
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8116
TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS
OZ, AMOS
ASHER SUSS
TRANSLATED BY NICHOLAS DE LANGE
THIS ELOQUENT MEMOIR CHRONICLES AMOS OZ'S CHILDHOOD IN THE BRITISH-RULED PALESTINE OF THE 1940S AND 50S, HIS ARRIVAL AT KIBBUTZ HULDA AND LITERARY FAME. THE STORY HE TELLS LOOPS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PAST GENERATIONS AND HIS OWN LIFETIME, TELLING OF THE ANTI-SEMITISM AND ZIONISTIC PASSIONS THAT LED HIS FAMILY TO PALESTINE IN THE EARLY 1930S, HIS PARENTS' DISAPPOINTMENTS, HIS MOTHER'S SUICIDE, THE INFLUENCES OF HIS MULTI-LINGUAL AND WIDELY READ FAMILY, HIS LITERARY MASTERS, AND MANY OTHERS WHOSE ENCOUNTERS LEFT THEIR MARK ON HIM. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF LIVING IN A COUNTRY UNDER CONSTANT THREAT, RIFE WITH PAINFUL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARAB AND JEW.
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4847
A KADDISH
STIFFEL, FRANK
SUSAN WINOGRAD
FROM THE WARSAW GHETTO TO TREBLINKA TO AUSCHWITZ, STIFFEL BEARS WITNESS TO THE HUMAN CAPACITY TO SURVIVE THE MOST ADVERSE SITUATIONS.
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3307
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
PHYLLIS COHN
A CHILDREN'S BOOK BY THE AMERICAN YIDDISH NOVELIST.
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8010
TRANSFORMATIONS, ESCAPE, & OTHER STORIES
AUERBACH, JOHN
LILA STERN
TWO NOVELLAS ("TRANSFORMATIONS" AND "ESCAPE") AND THREE SHORT STORIES TELL THE SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY OF DAVID GORDON, A YOUNG JEW FROM WARSAW WHO BECOMES WLADYSLAW GRABOWSKI TO SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST. WITH FOREWORD BY SAUL BELLOW © 2003
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1210
LATER MASTERS
BUBER, MARTIN
NATALIE STRAUSS
STORIES ABOUT EARLY CHASSIDIC LEADERS, DEPICTING LIVES OF FERVOR AND EXALTED JOY.
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8514
TALES OF THE HASIDIM LATER MASTERS
BUBER, MARTIN
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
Martin Buber devoted forty years of his life to collecting and retelling the legends of Hasidim. "Nowhere in the last centuries," wrote Buber in Hasidim and Modern Man, "has the soul-force of Judaism so manifested itself as in Hasidim... Without an iota being altered in the law, in the ritual, in the traditional life-norms, the long-accustomed arose in a fresh light and meaning."
These marvelous tales—terse, vigorous, often cryptic—are the true texts of Hasidim. The Hasidic masters, of whom these tales are told, are full-bodied personalities, yet their lives seem almost symbolic. Through them is expressed the intensity and holy joy whereby God becomes visible in everything.
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6010
HERSHMAN, MARCIE
RITA LEVINE
SET IN THE FICTIONAL TOWN OF KREISWALD, THESE NARRATIVES TAKE THE READER INSIDE THE LIVES OF 'ORDINARY' GERMAN CITIZENS WHO CATCH ONLY GLIMPSES OF THE CHANGING AND TURBULENT WORLD AROUND THEM. HERSHMAN DEMONSTRATES HOW THE CORRUPTIONS OF THE THIRD REICH MANAGED TO FILTER INTO EVERYDAY EXISTENCE.
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6738
THE UNORTHODOX JOURNAL OF AN ORTHODOX RABBI
FELDMAN, EMANUEL
GINGER RICH
THIS JOURNAL TAKES US ON A VIVID AND UNFORGETTABLE TOUR OF FORTY YEARS IN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN THE AMERICAN RABBINATE, AS RABBI FELDMAN RECORDS HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEFEATS, HIS HOPES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS. HIS INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN NATURE AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH HISTORY ARE PERCEPTIVE AND WITTY. © 1997
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7276
A JOURNEY BETWEEN WORLDS
ROSEN, JONATHAN
SHIRLEY KALB
ROSEN EXPLORES THE CONTRADICTIONS OF HIS INHERITANCE AND TOGGLES BETWEEN PERSONAL PARADOXES AND THOSE OF THE LARGER WORLD. ALONG THE WAY, HE CHRONICLES THE REMARKABLE PARALLELS BETWEEN A PAGE OF TALMUD AND THE HOME PAGE OF A WEB SITE. IN THE LOOSE, ASSOCIATIVE LOGIC AND VASTNESS OF EACH, ROSEN DISCOVERS NOT MERELY THE DISRUPTION OF A BROKEN WORLD BUT A KIND OF DISJOINTED HARMONY. IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE TALMUD HELPED JEWS SURVIVE AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE BY MAKING JEWISH CULTURE PORTABLE AND PERSON
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5855
TALMUD FOR BEGINNERS VOL. 1
PRAYER
ABRAMS, JUDITH Z., RABBI
JOSEPH REUTLINGER
IN THIS INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO THE TALMUD, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE ANSWERS TO FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF FAITH, PIETY, AND MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.
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2194
TALES AND TEACHINGS OF THE RABBIS
EDITED BY: LOUIS NEWMAN
J. WEISS
SELECTED AND TRANSLATED FOR THE MODERN READER FROM THE MONUMENTAL WRITINGS WHICH STAND SECOND ONLY TO THE BIBLE.
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7180
STEINSALTZ, ADIN, RABBI
SARENE MEYERS
THIS VOLUME IS NOT INTENDED AS A HISTORY OF THE SAGES, NOR DOES IT ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE THEIR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT. STEINSALTZ'S INTENTION IS TO BRING THEM TO LIFE BY PROVIDING A SKETCH OF THEIR PERSONALITIES, NOT ONLY AS THINKERS AND SCHOLARS, BUT ALSO AS HUMAN BEINGS. © 1997
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3823
ZALMAN, RABBI SCHNEUR
EDITH PERMAN
'TANYA,' THE CLASSIC SACRED TEXT OF THE LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT, WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE INTELLECTUAL NEEDS OF THE ANALYTICAL AND QUESTING MIND AMONG THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE.
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5226
PLAIN, BELVA
LYNN HIMELFARB
THE CHARACTERS OF 'THE GOLDEN CUP' ENTER ADULTHOOD IN THIS NOVEL.
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5987
ELMAN, RICHARD
BILL BUSCHEL
THE AUTHOR DEPICTS A 1947 BROOKLYN SUMMER AND THE PEOPLE WHO SPEND THEIR DAYS SUNBATHING ON A SYNAGOGUE ROOF. THE STORY IS TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PETER WHO COMMENTS ON THE ACTIONS OF HIS PARENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS.
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1562
TARGUMS AND RABBINIC LITERATURE
AN INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH INTERPRETATIONS OF SCRIPTURE
BOWKER, JOHN
STANLEY R. BRAV
THIS BOOK SERVES WELL AS AN INTRODUCTION TO RABBINIC THOUGHTS AND LITERATURE. IT PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARAMAIC TARGUMS AND SHOWS HOW THE TARGUMS FORM A PART OF JEWISH EXEGESIS IN GENERAL.
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8203
STORIES
HASAK-LOWY, TODD
TIM ZAGIN
A DEMORALIZED ISRAELI JOURNALIST ENDS UP WORKING AS A SNACK-SHOP CASHIER AT JERUSALEM'S HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL. ANOTHER FLOUNDERING JOURNALIST GETS OVERLY INVOLVED IN HIS INVESTIGATION INTO A WEIGHT-WATCHER COMPANY THAT PROVIDES BODYGUARDS TO ENFORCE ITS RULES. IN THE TENSE YET DARKLY FUNNY TITLE STORY, A POSEUR FINDS HIMSELF PLAYING THE ROLE OF TRANSLATOR AT A VIOLENT CONFRONTATION INSTIGATED BY THE BOSNIAN WAR.
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5858
MENDELS, ORA
ROBERT KAMLOT
THE IDENTITY OF A TOP ISRAELI AGENT, WHO HAS BEEN POSING AS A PALESTINIAN LEADER, IS IN DANGER OF BEING EXPOSED. DAN SHEMTOV, CHIEF OF ISRAELI SECURITY, MUST DEVISE A PLAN TO PROTECT HIM, EVEN IF THAT MEANS BETRAYING OTHERS.
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8333
CIMENT, JILL
LORNA KOCHE
THE LIFE OF A NEW YORK SURREALIST ARTIST WHOSE 30 YEARS AMONG SOUTH PACIFIC NATIVES TEACHES HER THE SACRED ART OF TATTOOING.
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8130
CALISHER, HORTENSE
MEGAN OWEN
A TATTOO IS A BUGLE CALL, A SUMMONING THAT LINGERS IN THE EAR. CALISHER COMES FROM A VIRGINIAN-BORN FATHER WHO MOVED TO THE NORTH FOR BUSINESS. HE REPEATEDLY INSISTS THAT HER FAMILY NEVER KEPT SLAVES, AN ASSUMPTION THAT CALISHER MAINTAINED UNTIL BOTH OF HER PARENTS WERE DEAD. UPON GOING THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF HER PARENT'S SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX, SHE COMES ACROSS A RECEIPT FOR AN INSURANCE PAYMENT HER GRANDFATHER MADE FOR 2 "SERVANTS", AND BECOMES DETERMINED TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT HER SLAVE-OWNING GRANDPARENTS.
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OATES, JOYCE CAROL
KATHY FORD
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOSHUA SEIGL, A SUCCESSFUL BUT RECLUSIVE AUTHOR IN FAILING HEALTH, AND HIS NEW ASSISTANT, ALMA BUSCH, A TROUBLED BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN WITH BIZARRE TATTOOS AND A PAINFUL PAST. © 2003
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A NOVEL
NIEDERHOFFER, GALT
FORD, KATHY
SET ALL OVER NEW YORK THIS BOOK TAKES A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO ONE PARTICULARLY ECCENTRIC FAMILY. PART BATTLE OF THE SEXES, PART SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, PART RACE FOR THE WORLD SERIES, THE BOOK IS AN INVENTIVE AND UTTERLY FRESH SOCIAL COMEDY THAT IS AS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AS IT IS UNIQUE.
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STORIES FROM THE YESHIVA
ALBERELLI, GERRY
GERRY ALBERELLI
A NON-JEWISH TEACHER TELLS OF HIS CHAOTIC YEAR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO AN ALL BOYS YESHIVA RUN BY THE ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE HASSIDIC SECT IN BROOKLYN©
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3577
RIVERS, GAYLE & JAMES HUDSON
FRIEDA GOLDMAN
A NOVEL OF INTRIGUE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF KHOMEINI'S RETURN TO IRAN. THE ACTION CENTERS ON THE RESCUE OF AN INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT JEWISH FAMILY ON THE DEATH LIST OF BOTH THE NEW REGIME AND THE PLO. IT ALSO IS THE STORY OF THE MERCENARIES WHO TRADE THEIR LIVES FOR MONEY AND HIGH ADVENTURE.
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TEHILLA AND OTHER ISRAELI TALES
AGNON, S.Y. AND OTHERS
SCHWARTZENBERG, M. & BERRY, E.
NINE STORIES WRITTEN BY DIFFERENT ISRAELI AUTHORS ON JEWISH THEMES AND LIFE IN ISRAEL. INCLUDES SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THE AUTHORS.
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MARKFIELD, WALLACE
CAROL SLOTE & JOY GERSTEN
A HUMOROUS, WARM ACCOUNT IN FICTION FORM OF THE GROWING-UP YEARS OF A JEWISH BOY IN BROOKLYN IN THE 1930S.
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8499
KERET, ETGAR: GAVRON, ASSAF
PAM VASSIL
COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY YOUNG ISRAELI'S WRITERS ABOUT THE UNKNOWN SIDE OF TEL-AVIV.
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1354
LEOKUM, ARKADY
FRIEDA K. STERNBERG
A NOVEL ABOUT THE BUILDING OF A REFORM TEMPLE WHICH DEALS WITH THE DILEMMA OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND AREAS OF CONFLICT WITHIN THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY.
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6834
GREENE, MELISSA FAY
ARLENE KEMPNER
IN 1958, ANTI-SEMITIC WHITE SUPREMACISTS DYNAMITED ATLANTA'S OLDEST JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, WHERE THE RABBI, JACOB ROTHSCHILD, WAS AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE OF INTEGRATION. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUSED TERRORISTS WERE NOT CONVICTED, THE REFORM JEWISH TEMPLE BECAME A RALLYING POINT UNITING BLACKS AND JEWS IN EFFORTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE, AND THE RABBI BEFRIENDED MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. © 1996
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TEN COMMANDMENTS OF CHARACTER
ESSENTIAL ADVICE FOR LIVING AN HONORABLE, ETHICAL, HONEST LIFE
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH
HOWELL MAYER
RABBI TELUSHKIN COMPILED THIS VOLUME OF RESPONSA FROM HIS ETHICS ADVICE COLUMN ON BELIEFNET.COM. THE ETHICAL QUESTIONS PEOPLE SENT IN LED HIM TO CREATE A LIST OF TEN PREREQUISITE VALUES FOR GOOD CHARACTER. THESE VALUES ARE ILLUSTRATED BY HIS RESPONSES TO REAL-LIFE MORAL DILEMMAS. © 2003
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8145
TRUE STORY OF FAMILY'S JOURNEY FROM WAR-TORN AUSTRIA TO SHANGHAI
KAPLAN, VIVIAN JEANETTE
JAN BURRELL
NINI KARPEL, WHO GREW UP IN VIENNA DURING THE 1920S, LOVED THE CITY OF HER BIRTH. BUT WHEN HITLER SEIZED NEARBY GERMANY IN THE 1930S, AND ANTI-SEMITISM BECAME WIDESPREAD, THE KARPEL FAMILY SOUGHT REFUGE IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, WHICH IS A PLACE OF PRIVILEGE FOR SOME, POVERTY FOR MOST, WITH OPIUM DENS, DISEASE, AND WAR.
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7513
WRITING THE PATH OF ABRAHAM
GOLD, MICHAEL
ZIMMERMAN, A.
RABBI GOLD USES THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ABRAHAM TO DESCRIBE THE TEN JOURNEYS THAT SPIRITUAL SEEKERS MUST GO THROUGH TO REACH MATURITY.
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HASIDIC SAYINGS
BUBER, MARTIN, ED.
BETTY STONE
THE RENOWNED PHILOSOPHER HAS COLLECTED TALES, LEGENDS, APHORISMS, SAYINGS, AND OTHER TIDBITS THAT CONVEY MUCH OF HASIDIC BELIEF.
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8234
TRUE STORIES TOLD BY CHILDREN WHO ESCAPED THE HOLOCAUST ON THE KINDERTRANSPORT
FOX, ANNE; ABRAHAM-PODIETZ, EVA
MARILYN BECK
TELLS THE TRUE STORIES OF CHILDREN WHO ESCAPED NAZI GERMANY ON THE KINDERTRANSPORT, A RESCUE MISSION LED BY CONCERNED BRITISH TO SAVE JEWISH CHILDREN FROM THE HOLOCAUST.
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1003
MALAMUD, BERNARD
HELEN B. LEVINE
A POWERFUL NOVEL ABOUT TWO WRITERS, ONE BLACK AND THE OTHER JEWISH, AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THEM AS THEY PURSUE SIMILAR PROFESSIONAL GOALS.
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GROWING UP AT THE TABLE
REICHL, RUTH
BARBARA ABIS
RUTH REICHL'S MEMOIR IS THE STORY OF A LIFE DETERMINED, ENHANCED, AND DEFINED IN EQUAL MEASURE BY A PASSION FOR FOOD, UNFORGETTABLE PEOPLE, AND THE LOVE OF TALES WELL TOLD. IT IS A WITTY AND COMPELLING CHRONICLE OF A CULINARY SENSUALIST'S COMING OF AGE.
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8640
GESSEN, KEITH
ZAGIN, TIM
A wise, sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history, and fate, the book asks what you owe the place you were born and what it owes you.
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THE EXCLUSIVE STORY OF JONATHAN J. POLLARD
BLITZER, WOLF
KAREN LANDSMAN
BLITZER, A JOURNALIST, RECOUNTS THE STORY OF JONATHAN J. POLLARD, THE AMERICAN JEW WHO SPIED ON THE UNITED STATES FOR ISRAEL, AND ANSWERS SOME DISTURBING QUESTIONS
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THE KLAN'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE JEWS
NELSON, JACK
AMY GOLDBERGER
COMMUNITIES WERE DRAWN INTO THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE KLAN WHEN THEY BECAME TARGETS AND HOW THEY HELPED THE FBI APPREHEND KLAN MEMBERS. IN THE LAST SECTION, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RISKS HE TOOK TO UNCOVER THIS STORY.
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7934
TERRORIST HUNTER: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A WOMAN WHO WENT UNDERCOVER
TO INFILTRATE THE RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS OPERATING IN AMERICA
ANONYMOUS
DINA STERNBERG
THE AUTHOR IS AN IRAQI JEW WHO ESCAPED TO ISRAEL AFTER SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME EXECUTED HER FATHER. NOW LIVING IN NEW YORK, HER BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE HAVE HELPED HER BECOME A COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERT, AND SHE HAS UNCOVERED INFORMATION THAT THE FBI MISSED. BECAUSE OF HER UNDERCOVER WORK, HER NAME HAS BEEN KEPT SECRET. © 2003
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STEINSALTZ, ADIN
A GUIDE FOR NEWLY OBSERVANT JEWS (BA'ALEI TESHUVAH), THE BOOK EXPLORES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED IN THE ONGOING PROCESS OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING.
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THE MICHAEL THOMAS STORY
ROBBINS, CHRISTOPHER
BEN OLIVER
THE INCREDIBLE STROY OF A JEWISH MAN WHO BOLDLY ESCAPED VIENNA AFTER THE ANSCHLUSS, ARRIVED STATELESS IN PARIS ONE WEEK BEFORE KRISTALLNACHT AND BEGAN TO FIGHT WHAT WAS TO BECOME A FANTASTIC AND ULTIMATELY HEROIC PERSONAL WAR AGAINST THE FORCES OF BARBARISM THAT ENGULFED HIS WORLD.© 2000
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LEVY, BERNARD-HENRI
DOROTHY MILLER
AN ANTI-MARXIST THINKER SURVEYS THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION FOR WAYS TO COMBAT THE MODERN TOTALITARIANISMS OF BOTH LEFT & RIGHT. GOD IS UNCONSCIOUS WITHIN US.
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TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN AND THE RAILROAD STORIES
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
SUSAN WINOGRAD
THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES IS A SERIES OF VIGNETTES OF SHTETL LIFE IN THE JEWISH PALE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I
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COLLECTED STORIES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM
SHOLOM ALEICHEM
MAGGIE SNIDER
OF ALL THE CHARACTERS IN MODERN JEWISH FICTION, THE MOST BELOVED IS TEVYE THE MILKMAN. THREE OF HIS DAUGHTERS ARE WELL KNOWN FORM THE FILM "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF". HERE THE STORY CONTINUES WITH THE TALES OF HIS YOUNGER DAUGHTERS, SCHPRINTZE AND BEILKE.
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THAT DAY THE RABBI LEFT TOWN
KEMELMAN, HARRY
SANDI SKODNICK
RABBI SMALL HAS RESIGNED AS RABBI OF BARNARD'S CROSSING'S TEMPLE AND ACCEPTED A PROFESSORSHIP AT WINDEMERE COLLEGE. THE BODY OF AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR IS FOUND IN A SNOWDRIFT. HEART ATTACK? RABBI SMALL THINKS NOT, FOR A MAN AS SUBLIMELY SELF-INTERESTED AS PROFESSOR KENT MUST HAVE RACKED UP MANY A GRUDGE. AND, AS USUAL, THE RABBI IS RIGHT. © 1996
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GOLDREICH, GLORIA
A CHRONICLE OF THE LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR II IN THE LIVES OF A LARGE, EXTENDED JEWISH FAMILY. THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON 15-YEAR-OLD SHARON AS SHE STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH HER MOTHER'S DEATH, HER ANXIETY OVER HER FATHER'S SAFETY, AND HER OWN ADOLESCENCE.
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GROSS, JOEL
Spanning five centuries, this is the saga of an indomitable Jewish family unified by business, blood and a name. In each generation the first-born daughter is given the name of Rachel. Each Rachel is a real heroine, displaying the character traits of the legendary Rachels who preceded her.
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A SHORT HISTORY?WITH PUNCHLINES
BAUM, DEVORAH
PAUL SPERRY
THIS FUNNY BOOK INCLUDES TALES FROM MANY OF THE MUCH-LOVED COMICS, AND WILL APPEAL TO THEIR BROAD AUDIENCE, WHILE REVEALING THE HISTORY, CONTEXT AND WIDER CULTURE OF JEWISH JOKING.
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8589
KADISH, RACHEL
AUDREY FLAMBERG
SET IN LONDON OF THE 1660S AND OF THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, THE BOOK IS THE INTERWOVEN TALE OF TWO WOMEN OF REMARKABLE INTELLECT WHO WERE SEPARATED BY CENTURIES—AND THE CHOICES AND SACRIFICES THEY MUST MAKE IN ORDER TO RECONCILE THE LIFE OF THE HEART AND MIND.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THEODORE BIKEL
BIKEL, THEODORE
DASHOW, KEN
THE FILM ACTOR, BROADWAY STAR, AND FOLKSINGER RECOUNTS HIS LIFE FROM AGE 13, WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPED FROM AUSTRIA TO ISRAEL. HE DESCRIBES HIS TRAINING IN THE HEBREW THEATER, IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART IN LONDON, AND HIS MOVE TO THE U.S. HE ALSO DISCUSSES HIS ACTIVE POLITICAL LIFE INCLUDING HIS WORK FOR JEWISH CAUSES.© 1994
