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8679
The Charismatic Leader
PENSLAR, DEREK
IAN STRASFOGEL
FROM THE PRIZEWINNING JEWISH LIVES SERIES, A MASTERFUL NEW BIOGRAPHY OF THEODOR HERZL BY AN EMINENT HISTORIAN OF ZIONISM.
EN4
8331
SHALEV, ZERUYA
ELIZABETH LONDON
ELLA MILLER IS A 36-YEAR-OLD ARCHAEOLOGIST STUDYING ONE OF THE LARGEST VOLCANIC BLASTS IN HISTORY, THE FAMOUS THERA ERUPTION. SHE THEORIZES THAT THE DEVASTING BLAST SPARKED THE BIBLICAL TEN PLAGUES. ELLA'S LIFE IS ALSO UNDERGOING TECTONIC SHIFTS. HER MARRIAGE TO HER NEEDY AND BRUTISH FORMER MENTOR HAS ENDED. HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER INTELLECTUALLY TOWERING FATHER AND HIS SERVILE WIFE ARE UNBEARABLE. HER SON SWINGS WILDLY FROM ADAPTABILITY TO DESPAIR. HER NEW LOVER MUST FACE UP TO HIS OWN RECENTLY DESTROYED MARRIAGE. AS THESE FAULT LINES THREATEN TO DESTABILIZE HER FUTURE, ELLA SEEKS TO BUILD A NEW KINGDOM ATOP THE RUINS OF THE OLD.
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8221
THERE ARE JEWS IN MY HOUSE: STORIES
VAPNYAR, LARA
JOAN PLATNIK
IN HER FIRST BOOK, VAPNYAR, A RECENT RUSSIAN EMIGRANT, DRAMATIZES AN ARRAY OF RUSSIAN AND RUSSIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES IN SIX NEATLY CONSTRUCTED AND EMOTIONALLY INTRICATE SHORT STORIES. IN THE TITLE STORY, GALINA, A RUSSIAN LIBRARIAN IN A SMALL NAZI-OCCUPIED TOWN TAKES IN HER BEST FRIEND, RAYA, A JEWISH WOMAN WITH AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. AS TIME PASSES, GALINA NURSES AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PETTY GRUDGES, UNTIL SHE CONSIDERS GOING TO THE NAZI AUTHORITIES.
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1474
SILVER, ABBA HILLEL
EDITH GIFFORDS
SERMONS AND WRITINGS OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY REFORM RABBI AND ZIONIST LEADER WHO LIVED FROM 1893-1963.
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8072
A VOCABULARY OF JEWISH SPIRITUAL LIFE
GREEN, ARTHUR
CHARLES ROEMER
ONE OF THE FOREMOST SCHOLARS OF JEWISH SPIRITUALITY CONSIDERS JUDAISM TO BE A KIND OF LANGUAGE - A "WAY OF EXPRESSING OUR BELIEFS, LONGINGS, ASPIRATIONS, DREAMS..." GREEN EXPLAINS THE BASIC TERMS OF THIS LANGUAGE IN 149 ESSAYS, WHICH CONSTITUTE A BRIEF ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JUDAISM - A HELPFUL REMINDER OF WHAT KEY JEWISH TERMS MEAN AND OF HOW THESE WORDS SHAPE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO SPEAK THEM. © 1999
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6083
THE MAIDEN OF LUDOMIR
WINKLER, GERSHON
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
THE STORY OF CHANA ROCHEL WERBERMACHER, A WOMAN WHO BECAME A TORAH SCHOLAR AND WAS CALLED 'REBBE' BY MANY WHO SOUGHT HER ADVICE. HER POSITION BECAME THE FOCUS OF GREAT CONTROVERSY IN HER SHTETL AND IN THE JEWISH WORLD AT LARGE.
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345
THE STORY OF JEWISH RESISTANCE IN NAZI EUROPE
SUHL, YURI
BEATRICE TROKEL
AN ANTHOLOGY OF ACCOUNTS BY SURVIVORS AND HISTORIANS OF JEWISH RESISTANCE IN NAZI EUROPE DURING THE HOLOCAUST. © 1967
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4510
CHRONICLE OF AN EXPERIMENT
KOESTLER, ARTHUR
STANLEY KIRSCH
THIS NOVEL DEPICTS LIFE IN PALESTINE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1939. THE CENTRAL CHARACTER STRUGGLES WITH HIS DUAL IDENTITY AS AN ENGLISHMAN AND A JEW.
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1869
THIRD AND FOURTH BOOKS OF MACCABEES
EMMET, C.W.
J. KASOFSKY
TRANSLATIONS OF EARLY DOCUMENTS WITH NOTES ON THE TEXTS.
EN4
3829
THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE, THE
STEINSALTZ, ADIN
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS HIS OWN THEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS, SHOWING HOW, IN JEWISH THINKING, BELIEF AND ACTION, FAR FROM BEING SEPARATE OR IN OPPOSITION, ARE BOTH EARTHLY MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SAME DIVINE PRINCIPLE.
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2205
COPPEL, ALFRED
ROSELYN WALD
A NOVEL OF ADVENTURE AND SUSPENSE INVOLVING THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, POLITICS AND TERRORISM, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE.
EN4
4363
GOLDREICH, GLORIA
RITA KING
THIS NOVEL CONTINUES THE STORY, BEGUN IN 'THIS PROMISED LAND,' OF A FAMILY'S MIGRATION TO AND STRUGGLE IN PALESTINE.
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8266
THE MISSION OF RICK HODES
BERGER, MARYLIN
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
THE REMARKABLE STORY OF RICK HODES'S JOURNEY FROM SUBURBAN AMERICA TO MOTHER TERESA'S CLINIC IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. WHILE THERE, HE WAS DRAWN TO MOTHER TERESA'S MISSION IN ADDIS ABABA. IT WAS THERE THAT RICK FOUND HIS CALLING WHEN HE BEGAN CARING FOR THE SICKEST CHILDREN IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES. HE BEGAN TAKING THEM INTO HIS HOME AND OFFICIALLY ADOPTED FIVE OF THEM.
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8166
THE JEWISH WAY OF LIFE
WOUK, HERMAN
KEN KLIBAN
A BOOK ABOUT JUDAISM FOR JEWS AND NON-JEWS THAT EXPLAINS AND CLARIFIES BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS, LAWS, HISTORY, LITURGY, AND OBSERVANCES.
EN4
8142
THIS IS REAL AND YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNPREPARED
THE DAYS OF AWE AS A JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATION
LEW, ALAN
BERNICE LEIBOWITZ
LEW, WHO DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A ZEN RABBI, EXPLORES THE DAYS OF AWE, ALTHOUGH HE BEGINS WITH TISHA B'AV AND NOT ROSH HASHANAH BECAUSE HE FEELS THAT TISHA B'AV SETS THE TONE FOR RELIGIOUS INTROSPECTION. HE DRAWS ON JEWISH TRADITION, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, AND OF COURSE BUDDHIST STORIES TO EXPLAIN TO THE READER THE IMPORTANCE OF INTROSPECTION AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION.
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5584
KOLATCH, ALFRED J.
MILDRED WEISBLATT
THIS BOOK USES A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER FORMAT TO ADDRESS OVER 500 QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED ABOUT THE TORAH. INCLUDED ARE QUERIES REGARDING THE TORAH'S ORIGINS, ITS HANDLING IN THE SYNAGOGUE, AND ITS USE IN THE LITURGY AND SERVICE.
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1701
THE PHIL SILVERS STORY
SILVERS, PHIL, WITH ROBERT SAFFRON
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACTOR AND COMEDIAN. © 1973
EN4
1998
WEISFELD, ISRAEL H.
HERMAN KINGSLEY
A BOOK ABOUT MOSES BASED ON HIS PORTRAYAL IN THE BIBLE AND IN RABBINIC, HASIDIC, AND MODERN LITERATURE, AS WELL AS IN ART AND POETRY.
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143
THE MEANING OF JEWISH EXISTENCE
BAECK, LEO
SALO MINKIN
THIS BOOK, WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN GERMAN RABBI AND THEOLOGIAN, WAS BEGUN WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP, AND PRESENTS BAECK'S THOUGHTS ON THE ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL BASIS OF JUDAISM.
EN4
3874
GOLDREICH, GLORIA
IRVING W. KRAMER
THIS IS A NOVEL OF THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE JOYS AND STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS (CIRCA 1888-1922).
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6500
THIS WAY FOR THE GAS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
BOROWSKI, TADEUSZ
RITA LEVINE
THE AUTHOR, A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR, SHOWS HOW ATROCIOUS CRIMES BECOME AN UNREMARKABLE PART OF A DAILY ROUTINE. PRISONERS EAT, WORK, SLEEP AND FALL IN LOVE A FEW YARDS FROM WHERE OTHER PRISONERS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTERED. THE WILL TO SURVIVE OVERRIDES COMPASSION, AND THE LINE BETWEEN THE NORMAL AND ABNORMAL VANISHES. © 1967
EN4
8160
BLUM, JENNA
PAM VASSIL
FOR FIFTY YEARS, ANNA SCHLEMMER HAS REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT HER LIFE IN GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR II. TRUDY'S SOLE EVIDENCE OF THE PAST IS AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING ANNA, TRUDY, AND A NAZI OFFICER. TRUDY, NOW A PROFESSOR OF GERMAN HISTORY, BEGINS INVESTIGATING THE PAST AND FINALLY UNEARTHS THE HEARTBREAKING TRUTH OF HER MOTHER'S LIFE.
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1702
THREE CASES OF SHOMRI SHOMAR
A TRIO OF FULL-LENGTH NOVELS
KLINGER, HENRY
ETTA EPSTEIN
THREE MYSTERY STORIES INVOLVING AN ISRAELI DETECTIVE ARE INTERWOVEN WITH BIBLICAL REFERENCES. © 1961
EN4
1694
A TRILOGY
ASCH, SHOLEM
RUTH LEVINSTEIN
A NOVEL OF THREE CRITICAL PERIODS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY, AND HOW THE JEWS WERE AFFECTED BY THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. TRANSLATED FROM THE YIDDISH NOVEL, 'FAREN MABUL' ('BEFORE THE FLOOD'). ©1933
EN4
7789
POGREBIN, LETTY COTTIN
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
FIFTY-YEAR-OLD SHOSHANNA FACES THE TASKS OF RECONCILING HER AGED RABBI FATHER WITH HER OLDEST HALF-SISTER LEAH, A BRILLIANT BUT BROODING RADICAL FEMINIST, AND RECONCILING LEAH WITH THEIR OTHER HALF-SISTER, RACHEL, A TRADITIONAL, RELIGIOUS SUBURBANITE. HAMPERED BY THE LOSS OF HER PRECIOUS ORGANIZER BOOK, SHOSHANNA SETS OFF ON HER DUAL MISSION, JUST AS MAJOR UPHEAVALS REDEFINE THE SISTERS' LIVES. THIS IS POGREBIN'S FIRST WORK OF FICTION.© 2002
EN4
8608
NEVO, ESHKOL
NIKKI JAMES
SET IN AN UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS TEL AVIV APARTMENT BUILDING, THIS NOVEL EXAMINES THE INTERCONNECTED LIVES OF ITS RESIDENTS, WHOSE TURMOILS, SECRETS, UNRELIABLE CONFESSIONS, AND PROBLEMATIC DECISIONS REVEAL A SOCIETY IN THE MIDST OF AN IDENTITY CRISIS.
EN4
1966
THREE JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS
PHILO, SAADYA GAON, JEHUDA HALEVI
LEWY, HANS & ALEXANDER ALTMANN & ISA
RHODA GOLDBERGER
EXCERPTS FROM THE WORKS OF THREE JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS: PHILO, 'SELECTIONS;' SAADYA GAON, 'BOOK OF DOCTRINES AND BELIEFS,' AND JEHUDA HALEVI, 'KUZARI.'
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4808
THREE MERCHANTS AND OTHER STORIES
WEINBACH, SHAINDEL
CORRINE SHAFTEL
A COLLECTION OF STORIES ON THE LIVES OF SEPHARDIC JEWS, THE HASIDIC COURTS OF EASTERN EUROPE, AND OF MODERN JEWRY. FOR CHILDREN 8 AND UP.
EN4
8663
MENDELSOHN, DANIEL
STRASFOGEL, IAN
EN4
3294
DAYAN, YAEL
SET IN ISRAEL DURING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, THIS IS THE STORY OF AMILIA AND DANIEL WHOSE MARRIAGE IS STRAINED BY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES.
EN4
7233
PIERCY, MARGE
ELLEN DAVID
SUZANNE BLUME HAS SURVIVED RWO MARRIAGES, HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A LAWYER, PUT TWO CHILDREN THROUGH COLLEGE, AND IS ENJOYING HER FIRST SEXUAL ENCOUNTER IN TEN YEARS. THEN ONE DAY A MESSENGER APPEARS IN COURT TO ANNOUNCE THAT HER MOTHER, A WOMAN OF LEGENDARY INDEPENDENCE, HAS BEEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. INTERTWINING THE LIVES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY WOMEN, MARGE PIERCY FOCUSES ON SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS FACING US TODAY, ONE OF WHICH IS: HOW DO WE NURTURE CHILDREN WHO CAN'T POSSIBLY LIVE UP TO THE DREAMS WE HAVE CREATED FOR THEM? © 1999
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2332
THUNDER OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN
GERVASI, FRANK
RUBELLE SCHLAFLER
THE AUTHOR ASSESSES THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST BY ANALYZING ITS COMPLEXITIES AND STUDYING ITS PAST HISTORY. THE BOOK ALSO CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR.
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3000
THURSDAY THE RABBI WALKED OUT
KEMELMAN, HARRY
BARBARA WOLLINS
THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE SERIES ABOUT RABBI SMALL, THE SLEUTH WHO EMPLOYS TALMUDIC REASONING TO SOLVE THE HIGH CRIME OF MURDER.
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1299
KAUFMAN, MYRON S.
EVE GREEN
A NOVEL ABOUT A RABBI'S DAUGHTER WHO IS TROUBLED BY THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MODERN AMERICAN LIFE AND THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE.
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6304
KRICH, ROCHELLE MAJER
ADELE BORDEN
WHEN JAKE VOGLER IS SHOT TO DEATH, HIS EX-WIFE, DEENA, AND HER OVER-PROTECTIVE FATHER, MAX, BECOME PRIME SUSPECTS. ALTHOUGH THEY HAD BEEN CIVILLY DIVORCED, JAKE HAD REFUSED TO GRANT DEENA A JEWISH DIVORCE AND HAD BEEN CONSTANTLY HARASSING HER. OTHER SUSPECTS ABOUND AS THE STORY TAKES ON SOME SURPRISING TWISTS.© 1992
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8428
SCHONSTEIN, PATRICIA
JESSIA LEONARD
A COLORFUL EXPATRIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ITALIAN JEWS IN POST-APARTHEID CAPETOWN IS THE SETTING FOR THIS CHARMING NOVEL OF FOOD, LOVE AND MAGIC.
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1826
A PERSONAL APPROACH TO THE JEWISH PRAYER BOOK
GOLDSTEIN, ROSE
AMITA LIEF LEVINE
COMBINING HISTORICAL FACTS, PERSONAL ANECDOTES, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND PHILOSOPHICAL WISDOM, MRS. GOLDSTEIN EXPLAINS AND GIVES MEANING TO THE DAILY PRAYERS, MAKING THEM COME ALIVE.
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6450
TIME TO REND, A TIME TO SEW
POMERANTZ, RACHEL
FLAMBERG, AUDREY
BETH'S FATHER, A DOCTOR, IS CERTAIN THAT SHE COULD BECOME A SURGEON, A POSITION HE WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITISM. BETH BEGINS TO PURSUE THE DEGREE BUT WHEN SHE BECOMES RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT, IT SEEMS TOO DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE. TO PRESERVE THE FAMILY, HER SISTER ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE BETH'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.© 1995
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6553
A LIFE
MILLER, ARTHUR
HARRY SMALL
WITH PASSION, WIT AND CANDOR, MILLER RECALLS HIS CHILDHOOD IN HARLEM AND BROOKLYN, HIS SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN THE THEATER AND HOLLYWOOD AND THE FORMATION OF HIS POLITICAL BELIEFS, WHICH EVENTUALLY BROUGHT HIM INTO CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. © 1985
EN4
487
MARKFIELD, WALLACE
MRS. IRVING KLAUSS
A JEWISH-AMERICAN NOVEL WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF BOHEMIAN JEWISH CHARACTERS. © 1964
EN4
1885
A GUIDE TO JEWISH OBSERVANCE IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE
DONIN, RABBI HAYIM HALEVY
S. KALB
CLEARLY ORGANIZED IN FOUR PARTS, THIS GUIDE, WRITTEN BY A PRACTICING RABBI, IS BASED ON THE SHULKHAN ARUCH AND RESPONSA LITERATURE OF THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH CODE. IN DIRECT, LUCID LANGUAGE, THE ESSENTIALS OF JUDAISM PERTAINING TO VARIOUS RITES AND OBSERVANCES ARE PRESENTED AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBED.
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1289
GREEN, GERALD
ROBYN SILVERBERG
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 12-YEAR-OLD BROOKLYNITE, SUMMER 1933. ALBERT "FOUR EYES" ABRAMS HAS THE HIGHEST I.Q. IN P.S. 133, BUT HE IS ALSO NEARSIGHTED AND UNATHLETIC. WHAT GOOD ARE BRAINS, HE WONDERS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A PAUNCH BEFORE YOUR BAR-MITZVAH, IF YOU'RE ALWAYS PICKED LAST, AND IF YOU'RE TOO CHICKEN TO FIGHT BACK?
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1458
BUBER, MARTIN
JOYCE KARP
AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER AND THEOLOGIAN.
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8131
TO HEAL A FRACTURED WORLD
THE ETHICS OF RESPONSIBILITY
SACKS, JONATHAN, RABBI
JOAN PLATNICK
IN THIS BOOK THAT WILL RESONATE WITH PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS, RABBI JONATHAN SACKS, THE CHIEF RABBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND A RESPECTED RELIGIOUS THINKER EXHORTS HIS READERS OF AN OBLIGATION TO LIVE MORAL AND ETHICAL LIVES, AS EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO GOOD IN THE FACE OF EVIL, FOR THROUGH OUR ACTIONS, WE ALL HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL OUR WORLD.
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2505
A PERSONAL ACCOUNT
BELLOW, SAUL
LEE SEAMAN
BELLOW TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE IN 1975 OF THE TIME HE SPENT IN JERUSALEM. HE TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER RABIN, ABBA EBAN, MAYOR TEDDY KOLLEK, OTHER POLITICIANS, WRITERS, PROFESSORS, AND EVEN ORDINARY PEOPLE LIKE A BARBER.
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5917
OZ, AMOS
ARLINE WETREICH
AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, ISRAELI ESPIONAGE AGENT, YOEL RAVID, RETIRES. IN THE MIDST OF AN AFFAIR WITH HIS NEIGHBOR AND HIS ATTEMPTS TO HELP HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER, RAVID SUFFERS FROM HALLUCINATIONS AND FLASHBACKS WHICH FORCE HIM TO CONFRONT UNRESOLVED ISSUES IN HIS MARRIAGE AND IN HIS LIFE.
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7402
CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BEING & THOU
KUSHNER, HAROLD S.
MIMI GREENSTEIN
HAROLD KUSHNER WRITES OF THE TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM EXPLORING THE IDEAS AND VISIONS OF JUDAISM-EXPLAINING WHY PRAYER MATTERS, HOW HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES AND LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS TEACH US TO BE HUMAN, HOW WE LOOK AT CHRISTIANITY, AND FINALLY WHY THE WORLD NEEDS COMMITTED JEWS TO MAKE GOD'S PURPOSE COME ABOUT.
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3596
DONIN, RABBI HAYIM HALEVY
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
A LUCID GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRAY IN THE JEWISH WAY BUT DON'T KNOW HOW. THE BOOK IS ALSO INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO PRAY BY ROTE EVERY DAY BUT WOULD LIKE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. BLENDING HALAKHA AND HISTORY, MIDRASH AND PHILOSOPHY, DONIN CLARIFIES THE CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE PRAYERS.
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2743
A GUIDE FOR PARENTS
DONIN, RABBI HAYIM HALEVY
RABBI DONIN OFFERS PRACTICAL ADVICE ON JEWISH PARENTING AND GIVES SUGGESTIONS FOR DEALING WITH MANY OF THE DECISIONS PARENTS MUST MAKE CONCERNING JEWISH EDUCATION, FAMILY LIFE, AND THE CHILD'S SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT.
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6292
PURSUING THE AMERICAN JEWISH DREAM IN MIAMI AND LOS ANGELES
MOORE, DEBORAH DASH
ROSE SPANIER
MOORE DEPICTS THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE POSTWAR MIGRATIONS OF JEWS WHO SETTLED IN MIAMI AND LOS ANGELES. SHE DETAILS LIFE IN THESE REGIONS AND DESCRIBES THE LOSS OF A TRADITIONAL JEWISH SENSE OF IDENTITY AND THE CONSTANT PRESENCE OF ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1994
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4845
TO THE LAND OF THE CATTAILS
APPELFELD, AHARON
FLORENCE ELSTER
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY WITH HER ADOLESCENT SON ACROSS EASTERN EUROPE MAKES TANGIBLE THE AWFUL HELPLESSNESS OF A EUROPEAN JEWRY TRAPPED AMONG ENEMIES
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1490
ROSSNER, JUDITH
ELAINE LEE
A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE, STRUGGLES, AND TRIUMPHS OF A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE.
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4534
KASHNER, RITA
GOLDBERGER, AMY
AN OUTCAST ACCORDING TO ANCIENT JEWISH LAW, DANI ON REACHING MANHOOD MUST FACE THE CHALLENGE OF PERILOUS MILITARY SERVICE AND LOVE FOR A WOMAN WHO IS FORBIDDEN TO HIM.
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7378
HAYS, DAVID
ZIPPORAH PORTUGAL
WHEN RENOWNED THEATER DESIGNER DAVID HAYS WAS 66 AND JOINED A SYNAGOGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER FIFTY YEARS, HE DECIDED TO STUDY HEBREW AND BE A BAR MITZVAH. SO, AT A STAGE OF LIFE WHEN MOST PEOPLE BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN, HAYS, FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL THEATER OF THE DEAF, FEELS MORE ALIVE THAN EVER, REJUVENATED BY NEWFOUND CONNECTIONS TO HIS YOUTH AND FAITH. © 2000
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958
THE LIFE HISTORY OF ELIEZER BEN YEHUDA
ST. JOHN, ROBERT
MARY GILSON & LAURA GOLDENBERG
A NOVEL (FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHY) ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF ELIEZER BEN YEHUDA, WHO IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN THE FATHER OF MODERN HEBREW. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING.
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6069
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
CURTIS, TONY; PARIS, BARRY
HARRY SMALL
CURTIS TELLS THE STORY OF HIS TRANSFORMATION FROM A TOUGH STREET KID NAMED BERNIE SCHWARTZ WHO BATTLED ANTI-SEMITIC GANGS TO A FAMOUS SCREEN PERSONALITY.
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3882
A MODERN COMMENTARY
PLAUT, W. GUNTHER
STANLEY R. BRAV
THE SECOND VOLUME OF A NEW COMMENTARY ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, WITH TRANSLATION AND NOTES, BY THE DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR OF REFORM JUDAISM.
EN4
3836
A MODERN COMMENTARY
PLAUT, W. GUNTHER & DR. BERNARD BAMB
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
A NEW COMMENTARY ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, WITH TRANSLATION AND NOTES, BY TWO DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF REFORM JUDAISM.
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3814
A MODERN COMMENTARY
PLAUT, W. GUNTHER & DR. BERNARD BAMB
STANLEY R. BRAV
A NEW COMMENTARY ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, WITH TRANSLATION AND NOTES, BY TWO DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF REFORM JUDAISM.
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3894
A MODERN COMMENTARY
BAMBERGER, BERNARD
RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV
ESSAYS ON LEVITICUS IN THE CONTEXT OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE. INCLUDES ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND NOTES.
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4496
ME'AM LO'EZ. VOL. 11
MAGRISO, YITZCHOK, RABBI
ROBERTA & SIMON POLLACK
THIS VOLUME PRESENTS TEXT AND COMMENTARY FOR THE BOOK OF LEVITICUS (VA-YIKRA).
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4326
TORAH ANTHOLOGY (ME'AM LO'EZ). VOL. 10
MAGRISO, YITZCHOK, RABBI
THIS VOLUME OF COMMENTARY COVERS THE TORAH PORTIONS KI-THISA, VAYAK'HEL AND PEKUDEI (EXODUS 31:18-40:38) BEGINNING WITH MOSES' DESCENT FROM MT. SINAI WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
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3825
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, (ME'AM LO'EZ). VOL. 5
CULI, RABBI YAACOV
THE AUTHOR COMPLETES THE ACCOUNT OF THE EXODUS, THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HERE WE WITNESS THE FIRST PASSOVER, THE MASS MIGRATION FROM EGYPT, THE SPLITTING OF THE RED SEA, AND THE MIRACLE OF THE MANNA.
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4167
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 8
CULI, YAACOV, RABBI
ROBERTA & SIMON POLLACK
A COMMENTARY ON THE LAWS OF KASHRUTH, THE COMPLEX DIETARY LAWS DISCUSSED IN THE TORAH.
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6081
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, (ME'AM LOEZ). VOL. 14
MAGRISO, YITZCHOK, RABBI
A CONTINUATION OF THE BIBLICAL COMMENTARY STARTED BY REB YAAKOV CULI. MAGRISO WROTE THIS VOLUME ON NUMBERS (BAMIDBAR) WHICH COVERS THE INSURRECTION OF KORACH, THE PRACTICE AND SYMBOLISM OF SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS ON THE FESTIVALS, BALAAM THE PROPHET, THE DEATH OF AARON, AND A RECORD OF THE FINAL JOURNEYS. INCLUDES NOTES BY RABBI ARYEH
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3808
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), GENESIS. VOL. 3A
CULI, YAAKOV RABBI
STANLEY R. BRAV
THE STORY OF JACOB'S MARRIAGE TO RACHEL AND LEAH AND THE BIRTH OF HIS SONS, WHO EVENTUALLY BECAME THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF COMMENTARIES.
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2939
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 1, 2
CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI
SIMON & ROBERTA POLLACK
ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF A CLASSIC COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH WRITTEN BY THE SEPHARDIC SCHOLAR IN 1730. RICH USE OF MIDRASH.
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4660
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 12
MAGRISO, YITZCHOK, RABBI
COMMENTARY ON THE CONCLUDING PORTION OF LEVITICUS, WHICH DEALS WITH MORALITY AND ETHICS: FROM BASIC LAWS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF 'LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR LIKE YOURSELF.' INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
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2995
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 2
CULI, YAAKOV
KRAMER, IRVING W. RABBI
THE AUTHOR TELLS ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS, VIVIDLY DESCRIBING THEIR ROLES IN THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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4775
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 3B
CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI
THIS FOURTH VOLUME, WHICH COMPLETES THE BOOK OF GENESIS, PRESENTS JACOB'S MARRIAGE TO RACHEL AND LEAH, THE BIRTH OF HIS TWELVE SONS, AND JOSEPH'S EXPERIENCES IN EGYPT.
EN4
3889
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 4
CULI, YAACOV
AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE CODE OF LAW WHICH ACCOMPANIED THEM.
EN4
4059
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 6
CULI, YAACOV
ROBERTA & SIMON POLLACK
THE ORIGIN OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIRACLES AROUND THEM.
EN4
4174
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 7
CULI, YAACOV, RABBI
ROBERTA & SIMON POLLACK
AN EXPLANATION OF MISHPAT, THE LAWS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, PRESENTED IN THIS TORAH PORTION.
EN4
4259
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 9
CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI
DEALS WITH THE BUILDING OF THE SANCTUARY IN THE PORTIONS OF TERUMAH, TETZAVEH, AND KI-THISA (EXODUS 25:1-31:37).
EN4
4950
TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ). VOL. 13
MAGRISO, YITZCHOK, RABBI
COMMENTARY ON THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK OF NUMBERS (BAMIDBAR). IT TELLS OF THE INITIAL EXPERIENCE OF THE ISRAELITES IN THE DESERT AFTER THE TABERNACLE WAS ERECTED, AND THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH THE DESERT. THE LAWS OF CHALLAH AND TZITZITH ARE ALSO DISCUSSED.
EN4
5682
TORAH COMMENTARY FOR OUR TIMES, VOL. 1. GENESIS
FIELDS, HARVEY J
A STUDY OF THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS, INCLUDING BRIEF OVERVIEWS, A DETAILED TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH, AND COMMENTARY BY THE AUTHOR.
EN4
8011
TORAH OF THE EARTH, VOL. 2
EXPLORING 4,000 YEARS OF ECOLOGY IN JEWISH THOUGHT
WASKOW, ARTHUR, ED.
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
MORE THAN 30 JEWISH SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS OFFER THEIR DIVERSE UNDERSTANDINGS OF HOW ECOLOGY AND JUDAISM WORK TOGETHER. IN REMINDING US THAT PEOPLE AND PLANET ARE INTERTWINED, THE BOOK OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES. © 2000
EN4
4835
A RENEWED ENCOUNTER WITH SCRIPTURES
PELI, PINCHAS H.
RABBI STANLEY R BRAV
A COLLECTION OF FIFTY-FOUR ESSAYS THAT COMMENT ON EACH OF THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS.
EN4
4037
CANETTI, ELIAS
AFTER READING THE BABYLONIAN EPIC OF GILGAMESH, THE AUTHOR TOOK THE ENDLESS REBELLION AGAINST DEATH, AND HE DID SO IN VIENNA FROM THE YEARS 1921-1931.
EN4
2726
ROIPHE, ANN
HERBERT L MORGENROTH
A ROMANTIC NOVEL ABOUT AN UPPER-CLASS JEWISH WOMAN WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC.
EN4
938
FAST, HOWARD
MARY PERLOW
A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE FIRST LEADER OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION WHO WAS GIVEN THE TITLE 'INQUISITOR GENERAL' AND WHO CAME TO SYMBOLIZE CRUELTY AND PERSECUTION.
EN4
5502
GOODMAN, ALLEGRA
IN THESE 11 SHORT STORIES, THE AUTHOR GENTLY SATIRIZES THE LIVES OF OBSERVANT JEWS LIVING IN ENGLAND AND HAWAII WHO, WHILE COMMITTED TO THEIR PRINCIPLES, MUST ADAPT TO AN ALIEN AND SEDUCTIVE WORLD.
EN4
3116
TOUCH THE WATER, TOUCH THE WIND
OZ, AMOS
SUZANNE M. SETON
A NOVEL ABOUT PEOPLE SEEKING ESCAPE FROM A HOSTILE WORLD. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW.
EN4
7878
THE WISDOM OF THE REBBE
SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL
MARCIA STERN
RABBI SCHNEERSON, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "THE REBBE," LED THE LUBAVITCH SECT FROM THE ASHES OF THE HOLOCAUST TO WORLDWIDE SUCCESS AS THE BEST KNOWN CHASSIDIC MOVEMENT TODAY. THIS POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF HIS THOUGHTS AND TEACHINGS ON ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE WERE COMPILED BY SIMON JACOBSON TO CONVEY HIS MESSAGE OF LOVE, PRODUCTIVITY, EDUCATION, AND VIRTUE, ALL WITH THE GRACE OF A GOOD AND LOVING GOD, TO JEWS AND NON-JEWS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. © 1995
EN4
371
WEST, MORRIS L.
LILA SAVADA
A NOVEL WHICH FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF FIVE MAJOR CHARACTERS IN THE PERIOD JUST PRIOR TO THE SIX-DAY WAR.
EN4
3864
WIESEL, ELIE
HENRIETTA NATENBERG
A STUDY OF A YOUNG JEW WHO HAS SURVIVED NAZI ATROCITIES AND RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE TOWN BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN.
EN4
6780
FINK, IDA
THE 21 STORIES HERE ARE LITTLE MORE THAN VIGNETTES, FINELY OBSERVED DETAILS THAT DELICATELY ILLUSTRATE THE DAILY LIFE OF FINK'S CHARACTERS AS THE EVENTS OF THE HOLOCAUST OVERTAKE THEM. THE 'TRACES' OF THE TITLE ARE THE LITTLE SCRAPS OF INFORMATION THAT REMAIN BEHIND WHEN THE FORCES OF WAR CONSPIRE TO ERASE A HUMAN BEING. © 1997
EN4
5657
ACCORDING TO THE MEIRI
FOLGER, YECHESKEL D.
JOSEPH REUTLINGER
AN ENGLISH ADAPTATION OF THE MEIRI'S 'BEIT HA-BEHIRAH' ON TRACTATE KIDDUSHIN FROM THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD. A CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATION OF THE COMMENTARY BY THE THIRTEENTH-CENTURY SCHOLAR.
EN4
1977
ROTENSTREICH, NATHAN
FAITH GARFIELD
A STUDY OF SIX MEN AND THEIR DIFFERENT CONCEPTIONS ABOUT JUDAISM: LEOPOLD ZUNZ, NAHMAN KROCHMAL, HEINRICH GRAETZ, SIMON DUBNOW, AHAD HA-AM (ASHER GINSBERG), AND HAYYIM NAHMAN BIALIK.
EN4
4362
BLACK, EDWIN
FREDA MELTZER
BLACK CHRONICLES THE SECRET PACT OF 1933 BETWEEN THE THIRD REICH AND JEWISH PALESTINE. THIS PACT ALLOWED 60,000 JEWS TO EMIGRATE WITH THEIR ASSETS INTACT IN EXCHANGE FOR AN END TO JEWISH LED ANTI-NAZI BOYCOTTS.
EN4
8480
SEGHERS, ANNA
RICHARD BERGMAN
AN EXISTENTIAL, POLITICAL, LITERARY THRILLER THAT EXPLORES THE AGONIES OF BOREDOM, THE VITALITY OF STORYTELLING, AND THE PLIGHT OF THE EXILE.
EN4
8566
DAYAN, YAEL
ELIZABETH LONDON
YAEL DAYAN, NOVELIST DAUGHTER OF THE LEGENDARY MOSHE DAYAN AND? A PUBLIC FIGURE WITH A LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS POLITICAL CAREER BEHIND HER, LOOKS BACK AT HER LIFE.
EN4
5245
AMICHAI, YEHUDA
ZOE LANTEIME BELTH
THIS BOOK-LENGTH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEM IS A SERIES OF LINKED MEDITATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LIFE OF THE POET AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
EN4
5041
TRAVELS WITH DUBINSKY AND CLIVE
GUREWICH, DAVID
A SERIES OF BIZARRE EVENTS LEADS OLEG DUBINSKY, AN ACADEMIC BUREAUCRAT IN A SMALL TOWN IN RUSSIA, TO APPLY FOR AN EXIT VISA. THE NOVEL HUMOROUSLY DEPICTS THE TRAVAILS OF DUBINSKY AS HE BURROWS HIS WAY THROUGH SOVIET RED TAPE AND WALLOWS IN RUSSIAN DEBAUCHERY. © 1987
EN4
6921
TREASURY OF AMERICAN-JEWISH FOLKLORE
KOPPMAN, STEVE & LION KOPPMAN
MARJORIE RAP
THIS LARGE WORK IS A COMPENDIUM OF STORIES, ANECDOTES, RECOLLECTIONS, STYLINGS, JOKES, BELIEFS, SUPERSTITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND SONGS OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA.
EN4
5542
TREASURY OF JEWISH ANECDOTES
EPSTEIN, LAWRENCE J.
SARAJEAN SHERK
THE ANECDOTES INCLUDED ARE ABOUT A VARIETY OF JEWISH PERSONALITIES FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT AND WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR ABILITY TO PROVOKE LAUGHTER OR TEARS, ILLUMINATE A CHARACTER, OR TEACH A MORAL LESSON.
EN4
729
AUSUBEL, NATHAN, ED.
VERA LEHRMAN
AN ANTHOLOGY OF HUMOROUS STORIES, POEMS, EPIGRAMS, AND SAYINGS CULLED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES WITHIN JEWISH LITERATURE. © 1951
EN4
3936
TREASURY OF JEWISH LITERATURE
FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO TODAY
EDITED BY: GLORIA GOLDREICH
SARENE MEYERS
SELECTIONS FROM TORAH, TALMUD, SIDDUR, KABBALAH, HASIDIC, YIDDISH AND ZIONIST WRITINGS. EACH SECTION HAS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF A HISTORICAL AND/OR LITERARY BACKGROUND,
EN4
2082
TREASURY OF JEWISH QUOTATIONS
BARON, JOSEPH L., ED.
SALO MINKIN
A BOOK CONTAINING 18,000 QUOTATIONS CULLED FROM JEWISH SOURCES.
EN4
6795
TREASURY OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM CHILDREN'S STORIES
SHEVRIN, ALIZA, ED., TRANS.
HELEN STEWART
FILLED WITH VIVID DESCRIPTIONS AND THE INTENSELY AUTHENTIC VOICES FOR WHICH SHOLOM ALEICHEM IS FAMOUS, THESE TWENTY-FIVE STORIES RELATE THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN IN THE IMPOVERISHED YET LIVELY SHTETL AS THEY OBSERVE HOLIDAYS, ENGAGE IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, AND COPE WITH THE STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL AND FAMILY. © 1996
