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TREASURY OF YIDDISH STORIES
HOWE, IRVING; GREENBERG, ELIEZER, ED
IRVING W. KRAMER
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF OVER FIFTY STORIES BY YIDDISH WRITERS REPRESENTING LITERATURE FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT; THEY DEMONSTRATE THE RHYTHM OF JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
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1099
STEINER, JEAN-FRANCOIS
MELVIN COHEN
THE STORY OF THE LAST 600 VALIANT JEWS IN TREBLINKA WHO REVOLTED AGAINST THEIR CAPTORS AND WERE EVENTUALLY EXECUTED IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMP.
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3496
TRENDS AND ISSUES IN JEWISH SOCIAL WELFARE
1899-1958
MORRIS, ROBERT
MRS. MILTON GARSON
A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S SOCIAL PROGRAMS IN RELATION TO JEWS.
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2310
COHN, HAIM
KATHY BECK
IN THIS STUDY, THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF JESUS ARE INVESTIGATED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A DISTINGUISHED JURIST, A MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL.
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955
WEIZMANN, CHAIM
ELAINE LEE
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL, ENCOMPASSING THE STORY OF THE WORLD ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH STATE.
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4805
A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
WIESEL, ELIE
JACK TUREEN
A DRAMA WHICH UNFOLDS ON PURIM EVE IN 1649, AS THREE PURIM PLAYERS WANDER INTO A VILLAGE WHOSE ONLY JEWISH INHABITANTS ARE TWO SURVIVORS OF A DEVASTATING POGROM. THE PLAYERS AGREE TO STAGE A MOCK TRIAL WITH GOD AS DEFENDANT, HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATROCITIES INFLICTED ON THE JEWS.
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6335
TRIAL OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE
STATE OF ISRAEL VS JOHN DEMJAMJUK
TEICHOLZ, TOM
MERYL ROSENT
A UKRAINIAN-BORN CLEVELAND FACTORY WORKER, DEMJAMJUK WAS STRIPPED OF HIS U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND DEPORTED TO ISRAEL WHERE HE STOOD TRIAL AS 'IVAN THE TERRIBLE,' SADISTIC NAZI BUTCHER OF THE TREBLINKA DEATH CAMP. DEMJAMJUK CLAIMED IT WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, BUT THE EVIDENCE AS PRESENTED IN THIS STUDY ATTESTS TO HIS GUILT.© 1990
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8037
THE FIRE THAT CHANGED AMERICA
VON DREHLE, DAVID
EDITH FOSTER
A JOURNALIST PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH REPORT OF THE 1911 FACTORY FIRE THAT KILLED 146 WORKERS, MOSTLY YOUNG JEWISH OR ITALIAN WOMEN. THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE TRAGEDY AND THE SUBSEQUENT INDUSTRY REFORMS AND MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ACCOUNT. © 2003
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4511
GELLER, RUTH
RITA KING
THIS NOVEL FOCUSES ON A WOMAN COMING TO TERMS WITH HER JEWISH HERITAGE AND HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS WITH SUCH ISSUES AS NONVIOLENCE, MOTHERING AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM.
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5476
A JEWISH WOMAN'S ANTHOLOGY
KAYE-KANTROWITZ, M; KLEPFISZ IRENA
SARENE MEYERS
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, POETRY, ESSAYS AND INTERVIEWS THAT CELEBRATE THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING A JEWISH WOMAN.
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3327
COWAN, PAUL
ADELINE MAREMONT
THE AUTHOR DISCOVERS HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS JEWISH FAITH AS HE RESEARCHES WHAT HE CALLS THE MAJOR 'TRIBES', I.E., ETHNIC SUBGROUPS, OF AMERICAN SOCIETY.
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7705
A RACHEL GOLD MYSTERY
KAHN, MICHAEL A.
YOCHEVED KLEINBART
ACHEL GOLD, THE REFORM JEWISH LAWYER WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BOYFRIEND, HAS ACQUIRED ANGELA GREEN, A CELEBRITY FOR SERVING TIME FOR THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND, AS HER LATEST CLIENT. DURING THE CASE, HOWEVER, RACHEL DISCOVERS THAT HER CLIENT WAS FRAMED, AND THAT MONEY, NOT PASSION, WAS THE MOTIVE AND THAT THE TRUE MURDERER IS PROBABLY STILL AT LARGE. © 2002
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8576
THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONFLICT OVER ISRAEL
WAXMAN, DOV
MARCEL SISLOWITZ
THE BOOK EXPLORES THE INCREASINGLY CONTENTIOUS PLACE OF ISRAEL IN THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. ISRAEL USED TO BRING AMERICAN JEWS TOGETHER. NOW IT IS DRIVING THEM APART. TROUBLE IN THE TRIBE EXPLAINS WHY.
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7237
THE PRIVATE AND POWERFUL FAMILY BEHIND THE NEW YORK TIMES
TIFFT, SUSAN E.; JONES, ALEX S.
THIS FULL-SCALE PORTRAIT OF THE OCHS AND SULZBERGER FAMILIES IS A DRAMATIC SAGA SET AGAINST A BACKDROP OF WORLD EVENTS AND THE BURDEN AND PRIVILEGE OF WEALTH AND POWER. IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE DOMESTIC DRAMAS OF ONE EXTRAORDINARY CLAN SHAPED THE PAGES OF THE GREATEST NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD; OF A JEWISH FAMILY THAT FOUND ITSELF UNDER ATTACK FOR ITS POLICIES FROM ANTI-SEMITES AND JEWS ALIKE; OF SUCCESSION BATTLES, HUMAN FRAILTY, AND TREMENDOUS AFFLUENCE; AND THE LEGACY OF PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY THAT HAS DRIVEN THE FAMILY TO SERVE AS DEVOTED STEWARDS OF A TRUST THEY HOLD SACRED. © 2000
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8390
HOW A DOG HELPED HEAL A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR'S HEART
PETERS, SHARON
M. HOFFMAN
MAX EDELMAN WAS 17 WHEN THE NAZIS TOOK HIM TO THE FIRST OF FIVE WORK CAMPS WHERE HE WAS BEATEN INTO BLINDNESS BY GUARDS. AFTER WITNESSING A GERMAN SHEPHERD KILL A FELLOW PRISONER, HE DEVELOPED A LIFELONG FEAR OF DOGS. MAX SURVIVED AND MOVED ON. WHEN HE RETIRED, HE RECEIVED CALVIN, A CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER. THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A MAN WHO SURVIVED HISTORY AND THE DOG THAT UNLOCKED HIS HEART.
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1992
TUESDAY THE RABBI SAW RED
KEMELMAN, HARRY
SONNIE WATERS
RABBI DAVID SMALL, A CONGREGATIONAL RABBI WHO USES TALMUDIC PILPUL TO SOLVE MYSTERIES, TEACHES A COURSE AT WINDEMERE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, AND BECOMES INVOLVED IN A MURDER CASE ON CAMPUS.
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6822
AN OLD MAN, A YOUNG MAN, AND LIFE
ALBOM, MITCH
HAL BRISTER
MORRIE SCHWARTZ WAS MITCH ALBOM'S COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND A MENTOR DURING HIS YOUNG AND SEARCHING YEARS. OVER TIME MITCH LOST CONTACT WITH MORRIE AS HE MADE HIS WAY IN THE WORLD. BUT HE REDISCOVERED MORRIE IN THE LAST MONTHS OF THE OLDER MAN'S LIFE, AND THEIR TUESDAY VISITS TURNED INTO A FINAL 'CLASS' LESSON IN HOW TO LIVE. © 1997
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3074
LEESHA ROSE
BARBARA WOLLINS
THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A GIRL NAMED HAVA BORNSTEIN AND HER TESTIMONY AND TRIBUTE TO THE DUTCH CHRISTIAN HISTORY OF RESISTING INVADERS AND OF HELPING JEWS.
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7132
A CATHOLIC SON'S RETURN TO HIS JEWISH FAMILY
DUBNER, STEPHEN J.
AUDREY FLAMBERG
THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN, STEPHEN DUBNER GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT WAS INDUSTRIOUS, RAMBUNCTIOUS, AND ABOVE ALL, CATHOLIC. HIS PARENTS WERE TRUE BELIEVERS, THEIR FAITH EXTENDING TO EVERY CORNER OF THEIR LIVES. BUT THEY WERE ALSO JEWISH CONVERTS WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH CATHOLICISM AND THEN WITH EACH OTHER. BY THE TIME STEPHEN WAS BORN, THEIR PASTS HAD BEEN LOCKED AWAY. ONLY WHEN DUBNER REACHED HIS TWENTIES DID HE DISCOVER HIS PARENTS' EXTRAORDINARY STORY, A STORY FULL OF BITTER ESTRANGEMENTS, HARD-FOUGHT TRIUMPHS, AND DEEP SECRETS. IN EXCAVATING THE STORY, HE FELT THE TUG OF THE RELIGION HIS PARENTS HAD ABANDONED AND BEGAN TO PURSUE IT AS VIGOROUSLY AS THEY HAD PURSUED THEIR ADOPTED FAITH. © 1998
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6594
JACOBS, NANCY BAKER
RHODA KAHN
AS DR. BENJAMIN LEVY'S CHILD LIES DYING OF LEUKEMIA, LEVY HIRES A DETECTIVE TO LOCATE A CHILD HE FATHERED AS A SPERM DONOR WHEN HE WAS A MEDICAL STUDENT, TO TRY TO FIND A MATCH FOR A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. BUT THE CHILD TURNS OUT TO BE THE SON OF A MEMBER OF THE ARYAN SUPREMACY PARTY. MURDER AND INTRIGUE ENSUE. © 1991
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7816
VOICES OF A CULTURE
FLEISHER, ROBERT
DAVID COLP
THROUGH INTERVIEWS, TWENTY ISRAELI COMPOSERS SHARE THEIR DIVERSE INSPIRATION AND THE CULTURAL MEANING OF THEIR WORKS.© 1997
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8653
WEN, SHAWN
PAUL SPERRY
The author pays homage to the great artist French mime Marcel Marceau.
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662
FELDMAN, EMANUEL
ADELINE TOPKIS
THE DRAMATIC, EMOTIONAL DAY-TO-DAY JOURNAL OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN ISRAEL DURING THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. CAPTURES THEIR FEAR, AGONY, AND DESPAIR, AS WELL AS THEIR JOY, TRIUMPH, AND LAUGHTER. © 1968
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1046
GHEORGHIU, C. VIRGIL
CEIL ROSEN
A NOVEL ABOUT A ROMANIAN JEW TORTURED DURING THE NAZI REGIME BECAUSE A POLICE CAPTAIN DESIRED HIS WIFE.
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555
RUBIN, THEODORE I.
MARCIA MARKELL, LAURA ELIGATOR
A NOVEL IN THE FORM OF AN INTERIOR MONOLOGUE OF A HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, 29 GOING ON 30, LONGING FOR A LOST LOVE. © 1966
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6417
TWENTY-TWO GATES TO THE GARDEN
ROSMAN, STEVEN M.
BERNICE FOER
A COLLECTION OF TALES DRAWN FROM THE AUTHOR'S STUDIES AND EXPERIENCES OF KABBALISTIC TRADITION. EACH TALE LEADS TO A WORLD OF MYSTERY AND DISCOVERY AND OFFERS THE READER A CHANCE TO SEE HIS OR HER WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY.© 1994
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5915
WIESEL, ELIE
SHIRLEY SOMMER
WIESEL DRAWS ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR IN THIS NOVEL OF A MAN OBSESSED BY GUILT FOR A FRIEND WHO GAVE UP HIS SANITY TO SAVE THE MAN'S BROTHER.
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6116
TWILIGHT AND OTHER STORIES
HAREVEN, SHULAMITH
TAMIR
IN THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES WHAT SEPARATES THE REAL FROM THE IMAGINED IN HER DEPICTIONS OF JERUSALEM AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS INHABITANTS.
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7315
TWO CENTS AND A MILK BOTTLE
BATTERMAN, LEE CHAI'AH
BEVERLY STERN
THE YEAR IS 1937, ONE OF THE WORST YEARS OF THE DEPRESSION. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD LEELY DORMAN AND HER FAMILY HAVE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT FEAR TURNS TO SURPRISE WHEN SHE MEETS THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE THERE. ONE OF THEM, PHILLY BRONSON, THE BOY WITH THE BLUEST EYES LEELY HAS EVER SEEN, GIVES HER A RIDING LESSON ON HIS NEW BICYCLE. DISASTER STRIKES WHEN LEELY CRASHES THE BIKE AND BREAKS A TAILLIGHT. SHE PROMISES TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE, BUT AS SHE DOES ODD JOBS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THE MONEY SHE EARNS KEEPS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARING. FOLLOW ALONG WITH LEELY ON HER ADVENTURES AS SHE DOES WHATEVER SHE CAN FOR EXTRA MONEY, WHILE MAKING SPECIAL FRIENDS, DISCOVERING BOYS, AND LEARNING ABOUT HER JEWISH HERITAGE AND HERSELF. © 1997
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1978
BANKS, LYNN REID
CORINNE M. GANZ
A NOVEL ABOUT A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO FIND HERSELF AND TO FIND CONTENTMENT IN HER LIFE.
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8204
VIKRAM, SETH
ASHER SUSS
AT 17, THE INDIAN-BORN AUTHOR LEFT HIS HOMELAND TO STUDY AT OXFORD. HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNT AND UNCLE, A MIDDLE-CLASS ENGLISH COUPLE IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT ONE-HIS UNCLE SHANTI WAS INDIAN AND HIS AUNT HENNY WAS A GERMAN JEW. THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH HIS UNCLE AND A TRUNK OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM HIS AUNT, HE IS ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY.
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874
BERRI, CLAUDE
CORRINE M. GANZ
A FRENCH JEWISH BOY IS SENT TO THE COUNTRY TO LIVE WITH AN OLD MAN, WHO HAS ANTI-SEMITIC FEELINGS, DURING WORLD WAR II. © 1968
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3142
TWO ROTHSCHILDS AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL
SCHAMA, SIMON
GOLDIE M. CURTAIN
THE STORY OF BARON EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD, WHO IN THE 19TH CENTURY BEGAN AGRICULTURAL COLONIES FOR DISPLACED JEWS IN TURKISH PALESTINE. OVER A CENTURY LATER, THESE CULTIVATED ACRES WERE TURNED OVER TO ISRAEL.
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3154
AGNON, S.Y. WALTER LENS, TRANS.
MILDRED RABINOWITZ
TWO SHORT NOVELS STRESSING THE UNIVERSAL FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, AND MAN AND MAN. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW.
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6859
LEVY, DANIEL S.
JAMES SPECTOR
THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF MORRIS 'TWO-GUN' COHEN, THE CHUNKY JEWISH BATTLER FROM THE EAST END OF LONDON, CON MAN, CARDSHARP AND CHARLATAN-WITH-A-HEART WHO BECAME A BODYGUARD TO SUN YAT-SEN AND A GENERAL IN THE CHINESE ARMY. © 1997
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3921
LOUIS, ARTHUR M.
A SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF THIS COUNTRY'S BIGGEST INDUSTRIALISTS, BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH.
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4122
THE STORY OF A LIFE
APPELFELD, AHARON
SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TALE OF A GIRL WHO, LIKE THE AUTHOR, ESCAPES FROM A LABOR CAMP AT AGE 8 IN THE EARLY 1940S AND WANDERS THE FORESTS OF CENTRAL EUROPE. THE STORY UNFOLDS LIKE A PARABLE IN WHICH LANDSCAPES, WEATHER AND THE PASSAGE OF THE SEASONS ARE FREQUENTLY PRESENTED WITH AS MUCH DRAMA AS TZILI'S PROGRESS TO MATURITY.
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8286
HELENA RUBINSHTEIN, L'OREAL AND THE BLEMISHED HISTORY OF LOOKING GOOD
BRANDON, RUTH
AUDREY FLAMBERG
THE STORY OF HELENA RUBINSTEIN, A POLISH JEW FROM A POOR FAMILY, WHO BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TYCOON AND SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE. AT THE SAME TIME, A YOUNG FRENCH CHEMIST NAMED EUGÈNE SCHUELLER WAS MAKING HIS NAME IN HAIR DYES (AND LATER COLLABORATING WITH THE NAZIS); IT WAS HIS COMPANY, L'OREAL, THAT SWALLOWED RUBINSTEIN'S BUSINESS.
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2113
BERNHARD, ROBERT
CORRINE M. GANZ
A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT A FORMER AMERICAN SPY WHO IS ON A MISSION TO FIND A DIARY WRITTEN IN SECRET CODE BY A JEWISH VICTIM OF THE NAZIS.
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3443
MARKUS, JULIA
JESSE BRONITSKY, JOE BIENER
IRVING BENDER IS THE FULCRUM OF A STEREOTYPICAL JEWISH FAMILY, AND, DEPRESSION POOR, HE PROSPERS WITH HIS CAMP FOR JEWISH YOUTHS.
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8319
A NOVEL
BAILEY, PAUL
PETER LEVINE
AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY, ANDREW PETERS LOOKS BACK ACROSS THE YEARS TO REMEMBER LIFE WITH HIS DOTING UNCLE RUDOLF, WHO RESCUED HIM FROM FASCIST ROMANIA AS A CHILD.
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7663
MEMORIES OF A CHEMICAL BOYHOOD
SACKS, OLIVER
COHEN, ABBA AND OLIVER SACKS
IN HIS MEMOIR, OLIVER SACKS CHRONICLES HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH SCIENCE AND THE INFLUENCES THAT LED HIM TO HIS FASCINATION WITH METALS, BIOLOGY, AND CHEMISTRY. AMONG THOSE INFLUENCES IS HIS UNCLE "TUNGSTEN" WHO "MANUFACTURED LIGHT BULBS WITH FILAMENTS OF FINE TUNGSTEN WIRE." SACKS INTRODUCES THE READER TO HIS FAMILY, DESCRIBES HIS PAINFUL YEARS IN BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS SENT TO ESCAPE THE WAR'S BOMBINGS, AND BRINGS THE READER ALONG FOR THE RIDE OF HIS JOURNEY TO BECOMING A NEUROLOGIST WHO NEVER LOSES HIS LOVE OF SCIENCE.© 2001
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8475
OBSCENITY, JEWS, AND AMERICAN CULTURE
LAMBERT, JOSH
NIKKI JAMES
THE BOOK ANALYZES THE VARIABLE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS THAT ACCOUNT FOR THE CENTRAL ROLE JEWS HAVE PLAYED IN THE STRUGGLES OVER OBSCENITY AND CENSORSHIP IN THE MODERN UNITED STATES.
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5124
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH
RUTH DIAMOND
A BOOK ON THE WIT AND WISDOM OF EVERYONE FROM ARISTOTLE TO GEORGE BERNARD SHAW TO DE GAULLE TO ANNE FRANK TO MAE WEST. INCLUDED ARE QUOTES ON LOVE AND MARRIAGE, MORALITY AND SIN, HAPPINESS AND SUFFERING, AND WAR AND PEACE.
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6336
OZ, AMOS
WILLIAM GREV
A COLLECTION OF POLITICAL, PERSONAL AND LITERARY PIECES BY THE ISRAELI NOVELIST. AMONG THE TOPICS HE DISCUSSES ARE THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT, THE CHARACTER OF ZIONISM, AND THE NATURE OF THE KIBBUTZ.© 1995
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2134
UNDERSTANDING GENESIS - BOOK ONE
THE HERITAGE OF BIBLICAL ISRAEL
SARNA, NAHUM M.
SARENE MEYERS
A PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARY ON THE EVENTS OF CREATION AS RECOUNTED IN THE BIBLE.
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6820
THE BASICS OF DEED AND CREED
BLECH, BENJAMIN, RABBI
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
RABBI BLECH PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLICATION OF THE JEWISH FAITH. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A JEW? HOW DOES RELIGION AFFECT THE WAYS IN WHICH JEWISH PEOPLE THINK AND ACT? WHAT ARE THE BASICS CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM? THIS VOLUME ANSWERS THESE AND OTHER VITAL QUESTIONS. © 1992
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4157
UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETS
BLANK, SHELDON H.
MILDRED H PLATT
AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR TEACHINGS AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONVEYED THEIR PROPHECIES TO A SKEPTICAL PEOPLE.
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2846
TRATTNER, ERNST R.
BIRDIE SAFIAN
STUDY OF CONTENTS AND MEANING OF TALMUD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE AND LAWS.
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8541
GLICKMAN, MARY
NIKKI JAMES
A SWEEPING NOVEL OF AMERICAN HISTORY. AS THEIR STORIES CONVERGE IN THE SHAMEFUL MACHINATIONS OF HISTORY, THREE OUTSIDERS WILL BEAR WITNESS TO THE HORRORS KNOWN AS ANDREW JACKSON’S INDIAN REMOVAL ACT—JUST AS THEY ALSO DISCOVER THE POSSIBILITY FOR HOPE.
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1095
KISHON, EPHRAIM
EDNA SAMPLINER
A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS ESSAYS ON THE DAY-TO-DAY ABSURDITIES OF COMMON- PLACE PRETENTIOUSNESS AND THE HILARITY OF LIVING IN A COUNTRY (ISRAEL), WITH HIGH IDEALS BUT ONLY AVERAGE HUMAN INSTINCTS.
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6778
EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS ENCOUNTER AMERICA
GAY, RUTH
RAYNA FELDMAN
GAY WEAVES AN ABSORBING TALE OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS WHO CAME TO AMERICA DURING THE 40 YEARS THAT BRACKETED THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. SHE COMBINES HISTORY WITH HER OWN REMINISCENCES OF THE 'UNFINISHED JEWS,' MOST OF THEM YOUNG, SINGLE, UNEDUCATED AND UNSKILLED; WHO HAD YET NOT MASTERED THE OLD WORLD BEFORE ENCOUNTERING THE NEW. © 1996
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5991
AND OTHER JEWISH HOLIDAY TALES
JAFFE, NINA
ELEANOR SCHWARTZ
A COLLECTION OF STORIES THAT SPAN THE JEWISH HOLIDAY CALENDAR FROM ROSH HASHANAH TO PASSOVER. BASED ON TRADITIONAL SOURCES, THE STORIES DEMONSTRATE FAITH AND RITUAL THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. INCLUDES A BRIEF HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO EACH STORY AND A GLOSSARY OF HEBREW AND YIDDISH TERMS.
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7555
RASKER, MAYA
JANET KALISH
A NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHOSE WIFE HAS DISAPPEARED AND HIS COMMITMENT TO STAY FAITHFUL TO HER UNTIL THEY FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW A BATTERED SOUL CAN LIVE WITH A TRAGIC PAST AND MAKE PEACE WITH THE TRUTH. A ROMANTIC, UNSETTLING NOVEL TOLD LIKE A REAL GREAT GHOST STORY. © 2002
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8401
GERTRUDE STEIN, BERNARD FAŸ, AND THE VICHY DILEMMA
WILL, BARBARA
ALISON EDWARDS
IN 1941, THE JEWISH AMERICAN WRITER GERTRUDE STEIN EMBARKED ON ONE OF THE STRANGEST INTELLECTUAL PROJECTS OF HER LIFE: TRANSLATING FOR AN AMERICAN AUDIENCE THE SPEECHES OF MARSHAL PHILIPPE PÉTAIN, HEAD OF STATE FOR THE COLLABORATIONIST VICHY GOVERNMENT. WHY AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD STEIN UNDERTAKE THIS PROJECT? THE ANSWERS LIE IN STEIN'S LINK TO THE MAN AT THE CORE OF THIS CONTROVERSY: BERNARD FAÿ, STEIN'S APPARENT VICHY PROTECTOR.
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4461
ISRAEL AND SOUTH AFRICA
ADAMS, JAMES
SILVIA MORENSTEIN
PUBLISHED IN 1984, THIS BOOK CRITICALLY ANALYZES THE STRENGTHENING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA OF THAT TIME.
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8352
THE SCANDALOUS REJECTION OF MY HASIDIC ROOTS
FELDMAN, DEBORAH
NICOLE CHARBANI
AS A MEMBER OF THE STRICTLY RELIGIOUS SATMAR SECT OF HASIDIC JUDAISM, DEBORAH FELDMAN GREW UP UNDER A CODE OF RELENTLESSLY ENFORCED CUSTOMS. IT WAS STOLEN MOMENTS SPENT WITH THE LITERARY CHARACTERS OF JANE AUSTEN AND LOUISA MAY ALCOTT THAT HELPED HER TO IMAGINE AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF LIFE.
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3751
MIRSKY, NORMAN B.
BERNICE MANDELL
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES FROM A REFORM PERSPECTIVE THE PROBLEM OF HOW THE JEW CAN REMAIN A JEW DESPITE THE FORCES EMANATING FROM THE NON-JEWISH WORLD. MIRSKY ANALYSES THE MANY TRADITIONS AND CROSSCURRENTS THAT POSE PARADOXES AND DILEMMAS FOR THE AMERICAN JEW IN SEARCH OF A SECURE IDENTITY.
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4877
UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI WAHL
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH
FRANCES EDELSTEIN
THE MURDER OF A FEMALE RABBI AFTER HER APPEARANCE ON A RADIO TALK SHOW HAS THE HOST, RABBI WINTER, DISCOVERING A SECULAR TALENT FOR DETECTION.
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7341
UNRULY LIFE OF WOODY ALLEN
MEADE, MARION
SPENCER RAINE
THE FIRST INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF WOODY ALLEN REVEALS THE CONTROVERSIAL PRIVATE LIFE BEHIND THE ICON. MARION MEADE HAS TRACKED DOWN SCORES OF PEOPLE IN ALLEN'S LIFE: BOYHOOD PALS; BROOKLYN NEIGHBORS AND TEACHERS; COLLEAGUES, ACTORS, AND THE FILM REVIEWERS WHO HAVE FOLLOWED HIS CAREER FOR DECADES. © 2000
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8046
UNTHINKABLE THOUGHTS OF JACOB GREEN
BRAFF, JOSHUA
ASHER SUSS
JACOB DOESN'T MEAN TO DISAPPOINT HIS FATHER, BUT HE CAN'T HELP HIS IRREVERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT HIS ORTHODOX FAMILY AND LIFE IN THE 1970S NEW JERSEY SUBURBS. HIS MOTHER GOES TO COLLEGE AT AGE 36, LEAVING HER FOUR CHILDREN IN THE CARE OF A SEXY NANNY. HE IDOLIZES HIS REBELLIOUS OLDER BROTHER. IF ONLY JACOB COULD CONFRONT HIS OVERBEARING FATHER AND TELL HIM HE DOESN'T WANT TO SING IN SYNAGOGUE, ATTEND EST CLASSES, WRITE THE PERFECT THANK-YOU NOTE, OR EVEN LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE WITH HIM. BUT, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE! © 2004
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8676
UNTIL THE BLUEBERRIES GROW
KAM, JENNIFER WOLF
LONDON, ELIZABETH
Until the blueberries grow . . . . until the flowers bloom . . . Ben tries to convince his great-grandfather to stay in his house just a little longer as the two celebrate a yearly cycle of Jewish holidays together.
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6700
THE LIFE OF RABBI NACHMAN
KAPLAN, ARYEH, RABBI
LILLIAN LUX
ARYEH KAPLAN'S BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI NACHMAN IS THE FRUIT OF METICULOUS RESEARCH INTO ALL THE SURVIVING SOURCE MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE ORAL TRADITION OF THE BRESLOVER CHASIDIM THEMSELVES. THE WORK IS ACCOMPANIED BY A RICH ARRAY OF SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL COVERING RABBI NACHMAN'S FAMILY AND OTHER KEY PERSONAGES IN HIS LIFE AND PERIOD. © 1985
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2246
CRUSADE AND LATE LOVE
OZ, AMOS
R. CUFFMAN
IN THESE TWO NOVELLAS, AMOS OZ EXPLORES THE WORLD'S HATRED FOR JEWS, PAST AND PRESENT.
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6151
APPELFELD, AHARON
BETTY SMITH
AMALIA AND HER OLDER BROTHER GAD LEAD A SPARTAN EXISTENCE AS CARETAKERS OF A MOUNTAINTOP CEMETERY CONSECRATED TO JEWISH MARTYRS. AFTER GAD SEDUCES AMALIA, SHE DISCOVERS SHE IS PREGNANT. HE BEGS FORGIVENESS BUT HIS BELATED ATONEMENT CANNOT PREVENT THE TRAGEDY THAT FOLLOWS.© 1994
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8619
THE LIFE OF DIANA TRILLING
ROBINS, NATALIE
ELIZABETH LONDON
THE AUTHOR WRITES AN EXQUISITELY OBJECTIVE AND FAIR ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS AND ARGUABLY LEAST OBJECTIVE INTELLECTUALS: THE FORMER TROTSKYIST AND SELF-DESCRIBED LIBERAL ANTICOMMUNIST, DIANA TRILLING.
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4776
HOBSON, LAURA Z.
ROSE GOLDSTEIN
A NOVEL OF YOUNG LOVE AND FINANCIAL STRUGGLE, IN WHICH AN INNOCENT, IDEALISTIC GIRL MATURES INTO A CONFIDENT WOMAN.
EN4
1409
KAUFMAN, BEL
BONNIE BANAS
THIS NOVEL IS A SATIRIC "ANTHOLOGY" OF LIFE IN A LARGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING HUMOROUS MEMOS, LETTERS, AND STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. WRITTEN BY THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM.
EN4
2200
HANDLIN, OSCAR
STANLEY KIRSCH
A STUDY OF THE GREAT MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA FROM 1750-1900. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF STEERAGE, QUARANTINE, GHETTOS, UNIONS, DENOMINATIONS, LANGUAGES, AND TRADITIONS.
EN4
2352
URBAN CIVILIZATION IN PRE-CRUSADE EUROPE, VOLUME I
IRVING A. AGUS
SYLVIA SCHMUKLER
A VALUABLE AND DEFINITIVE STUDY OF ORGANIZED TOWN-LIFE IN NORTHWESTERN EURIPE DURING THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES, BASED ON THE RESPONSA LITERATURE.
EN4
6651
A LIFE OF LEONARD COHEN
NADEL, IRA B.
JAMES BRENNAN
AN AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF THE CANADIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER, POET AND NOVELIST. THE AUTHOR IS A BOOK REVIEWER FOR THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITAIN. © 1996
EN4
4477
THE TRUE STORY OF AN ISRAELI COUNT
JONAS, GEORGE
RICHARD HANAU
THE INSIDE STORY OF A SERIES OF MURDERS COMMITTED BY AGENTS OF THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE IN REVENGE FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF 11 ISRAELI ATHLETES AT THE MUNICH OLYMPICS IN 1972.
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8379
LIEBERMAN, TEHILA
POLLY ADAMS
IT IS ALL HERE-THE LOVE, LUST, AND GRIEF. THESE STORIES NEVER FORCE A CHOICE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND REDEMPTION, BUT RATHER INVITE US INTO THE PRIVATE MOMENTS OF LIVES AS FLAWED AS OUR OWN.
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7020
ROCKLIN, JOANNE
JERRY KOENIG
HANUKKAH IS HERE AT LAST, AND DANIEL BLOOM COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED WITH ALL THE PREPARATIONS. BUT DANIEL IS AFRAID OF DOGS SINCE HE GOT BITTEN LAST SUMMER. HIS SISTER LOVES DOGS AND WOULD LIKE ONE AS A PRESENT, BUT THAT WOULD TAKE A MIRACLE, DANIEL FIGURES. A HANUKKAH MIRACLE. © 1999
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5819
ENGEL, HOWARD
LEE KIEL
CANADIAN PRIVATE EYE BENNY COOPERMAN MUST DISCOVER WHY PAMBOS KIRIAKIS WAS MURDERED AFTER HE ASKED COOPERMAN TO FIND A LIST OF PROMINENT CITIZENS WHO BORROWED PAINTINGS FROM AN ART DEALER WHO DIED. © 1988
EN4
5647
THE TRAGEDY OF SUCCESS 1880S-1980S
BERKLEY, GEORGE E.
AIDA L. WIENER
A HISTORY OF AUSTRIAN JEWRY FROM THE TIME OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF TO THE ELECTION OF KURT WALDHEIM AS PRESIDENT. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS OF JEWISH LIFE IN VIENNA AND DESCRIBES THE RAPID RISE AND ULTIMATE DECLINE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
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3453
WECHSBERG, JOSEPH
H. DITTUS, J. HOFFMAN, R. DORSAY
THE AUTHOR RECREATES HIS JEWISH MIDDLE-CLASS CHILDHOOD DURING THE PERIOD 1910-1925. HE RELATES THE GLITTERING DECADENCE OF A DYING WORLD.
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7072
VIKTOR FRANKL RECOLLECTIONS
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
FRANKL, VIKTOR E.
SYLVIA ESTES
THE RENOWNED VIENNESE PSYCHIATRIST AND AUTHOR REVEALS THE WARMLY HUMAN SIDE OF A LIFE THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCE. DURING WWII, FRANKL LOST HIS WIFE AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND WAS HIMSELF IN FOUR CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THROUGH HIS BELIEFS HE WAS ABLE TO TRIUMPH OVER THE CAMPS AND TO REBUILD HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE LIFE IN POSTWAR VIENNA. © 1997
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7070
VILLAGE OF A MILLION SPIRITS
A NOVEL OF THE TREBLINKA UPRISING
MACMILLAN, IAN
BARIE W. SNIDER
ON AUGUST 2, 1943, PRISONERS OF TREBLINKA CONCENTRATION CAMP, ARMED WITH STOLEN GUNS AND GRENADES, ATTACKED THEIR GUARDS, SET FIRE TO THE "FACTORY OF DEATH," AND FLED INTO THE NEIGHBORING FOREST. TREBLINKA WAS A SECRET CAMP DESIGNED TO HIDE FROM HISTORY WHAT OCCURRED INSIDE ITS CONFINES. OF THE SIX HUNDRED PRISONERS WHO ESCAPED, ONLY FORTY LIVED, BUT THEIR SURVIVAL ENSURED THAT THE HORRORS THEY WITNESSED AND AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR DESPERATE REVOLT REACHED THE OUTSIDE WORLD. © 1999
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2046
PERELMAN, S.J.
ELLEN KANNER
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-TWO HUMOROUS STORIES, INCLUDING 'READY, AIM, FLEE' AND 'AROUND THE BEND IN EIGHTY DAYS.'
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8537
HOROWITZ, BRIAN; KATSIS, LEONID
M.D.LAUFER
VLADIMIR JABOTINSKY IS WELL REMEMBERED AS A MILITANT LEADER AND FATHER OF THE RIGHT-WING REVISIONIST ZIONIST MOVEMENT, BUT HE WAS ALSO A RUSSIAN-JEWISH INTELLECTUAL, TALENTED FICTION WRITER, JOURNALIST, PLAYWRIGHT, AND TRANSLATOR OF POETRY INTO RUSSIAN AND HEBREW.
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5753
FEMININE SPIRITUALITY AND TRADITION
FRANKIEL, TAMAR
THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES HOW A TRADITIONAL JEWISH WOMAN CAN FULFILL FEMINISM'S HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS.
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1656
HOWE, IRVING; GREENBERG, ELIEZER
DORIS COHEN
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, MEMOIRS, AND DIARIES TRANSLATED FROM YIDDISH. ©1972
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136
SHAW, IRWIN
MRS. P. KINSLER
A FICTIONAL NOVEL IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SHARES WITH THE READER THE MEMORIES AND DAYDREAMS OF AN ORDINARY MAN. WRITTEN WITH INSIGHT, NOSTALGIA, GENTLENESS, AND HUMOR THE MAIN CHARACTER REMEMBERS HIS BOYHOOD AND EARLY LIFE, INCLUDING HIS WAR EXPERIENCES AND LONG MARRIAGE, THAT GUIDED AND SHAPED HIM INTO MANHOOD. HE HAS TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING HOW SOME COME TO FIND MEANING IN LIFE AND OTHERS DO NOT.
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5326
SCLIAR, MOACYR
SYLVIA JACOBS
SET IN 1970, THIS NOVEL BLENDS THE MYSTICAL AND THE REAL AS IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE 'VOLUNTARIOS,' A TUGBOAT SAILING FROM PORTUGAL TO ISRAEL WITH AN ECLECTIC GROUP OF PASSENGERS. ITS MISSION IS TO BRING A DYING MAN TO JERUSALEM.
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8525
MANDELSTAM, OSIP
POLLY ADAMS
A SEQUENCE OF POEMS COMPOSED BETWEEN 1935 AND 1937 WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS LIVING IN INTERNAL EXILE IN THE SOVIET CITY OF VORONEZH.
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2013
YAFFE, JAMES
MARCIA MARKE
A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF JEWISH REFUGEES WHO, WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE NAZI GERMANY, FIND THEY ARE IN DANGER OF BEING SENT BACK. BASED ON AN ACTUAL INCIDENT IN THE 1930S.
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4766
CUNNINGHAM, E. V.
A NEW YORK CITY DETECTIVE DISCOVERS THAT AN ISRAELI DIPLOMAT'S MURDER WAS ENGINEERED BY A MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVE AGENCY.
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5040
HEILMAN, SAMUEL
VIRGINIA SADOK
THE AUTHOR EXPERIENCES JERUSALEM THROUGH THE VANTAGES OF JEWISH, MUSLIM, AND CHRISTIAN OBSERVERS. WOVEN THROUGH THE TEXT IS BIBLICAL IMAGERY AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON ARCHAEOLOGY, RELIGION, AND HISTORY. © 1986
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5408
KAZIN, ALFRED
MEL DAVIS
THE AUTHOR TELLS OF HIS NEW YORK CHILDHOOD IN BROWNSVILLE, AT THAT TIME A NEIGHBORHOOD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH IMMIGRANTS. THE BOOK EXPLORES HIS SEARCH FOR POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES.
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6532
THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF RABBI HERSHEL JONAH MATT
MATT, DANIEL C., ED.
JEROME BROOK
EDITED BY HIS SON, THE BOOK PRESENTS THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF RABBI HERSHEL JONAH MATT (1922-1987), WHO WAS NOTED FOR HIS DEVOTION TO SERVICE AND HIS EMPHASIS ON OPENING ONESELF TO THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF JUDAISM. © 1993
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7728
A JOURNEY BY LAND THROUGH THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES
FEILER, BRUCE
MIRIAM ALIMONOS
IN A DESIRE TO RECONNECT WITH THE BIBLE, AUTHOR BRUCE FEILER ALONG WITH ARCHAEOLOGIST AVNER GOREN SET OUT ON A DANGEROUS, TEN THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY THROUGH TURKEY, ISRAEL, THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, EGYPT, AND SINAI. AT EACH SITE, HE GATHERED THE LATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND SAT DOWN TO READ THE STORIES IN THEIR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS. FEILER EXPLORES HOW GEOGRAPHY HAS AFFECTED THE LARGER NARRATIVE OF THE BIBLE AND HOW THESE PLACES AND HIS OWN EXPERIENCES HAVE AFFECTED HIS OWN FAITH.© 2001
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166
HERSEY, JOHN
LILLIAN SPIE
THE STORY OF THOSE WHO WERE CONFINED WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE BOOK, BASED ON A DIARY, INCLUDES THE INTENSE BATTLES FOUGHT FOR SURVIVAL AND THE RESCUE OF THE FORTY JEWS WHO MANAGED TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM.
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5884
DOBBS, MICHAEL
SYLVIA HORENSTEIN
ANGERED BY U.S. AND SOVIET UNION FAILURE TO AGREE ON THE REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY, WEST BERLINERS ERUPT INTO VIOLENCE. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO QUELL THE RIOTS, HARRY BENJAMIN, A CIA AGENT STATIONED IN WEST BERLIN, STUMBLES ONTO VOLATILE INFORMATION.
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4038
THE MAN IN THE IRON WEB
LESTER, ELENORE
ROY C. BENNETT
SWEDISH DIPLOMAT RAOUL WALLENBERG SAVED THOUSANDS OF HUNGARIAN JEWS FROM DEATH AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. HE DISAPPEARED IN BUDAPEST IN FEBRUARY 1945, WHEN THE RUSSIANS OCCUPIED HUNGARY. AN EXCITING PORTRAIT PROVIDES AN UNUSUAL INSIGHT INTO WALLENBERG'S REMARKABLE PERSONALITY.
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8491
MARTON, KATI
TIM ZAGIN
AN AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF WALLENBERG'S DAYS IN BUDAPEST, HIS MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE INTO SOVIET PRISONS, AND THE MOST DETAILED ACCOUNT AVAILABLE OF HOW HE SAVED OVER 100,000 JEWS FROM NAZI DEATH CAMPS.
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2439
RESISTING THE THIRD REICH
ZASSENHAUS, HILTGUNT
SHEILA RUSHKOFF
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO OPPOSED THE NAZI REGIME. DR. ZASSENHAUS WAS AWARDED A KNIGHTHOOD IN DENMARK AND NORWAY FOR HER HUMANE AND HEROIC EFFORTS TO HELP SCANDINAVIAN PRISONERS.
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7401
LAND, JON
JEAN EIFERT
IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE AN UNEASY PEACE BETWEEN THEIR PEOPLES, PALESTINIAN COP BEN KAMAL AND ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AGENT DANIELLE BARNEA TEAM UP TO CATCH A WEST BANK SERIAL KILLER
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3981
THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP
SCHOLEM, GERSHOM
ROSALIND GALLARD
A RARE TESTIMONY BY A CLOSE FRIEND OF ONE OF THE MOST SUPPLE, INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE CRITICS OF THE TIME.
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8580
WANDERING JEW HAS ARRIVED
LONDRES, ALBERT
JAMES MCGOWAN
IN 1929 ALBERT LONDRES, A NON-JEW AND RENOWNED JOURNALIST, SET OUT TO DOCUMENT THE LIVES OF JEWS AT THIS TIME. HIS TRAVELS TO ENGLAND, EASTERN EUROPE AND FINALLY PALESTINE PRODUCED THIS LITERARY MASTERPIECE.
