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4676
HOW JEWISH BOYS AND GIRLS COME OF AGE
METTER, BERT
HERBERT WEISBERG
THIS BOOK BOTH EXPLORES THE HISTORY BEHIND THE TRADITION AND HELPS PREPARE THE CHILD AND HIS OR HER FAMILY FOR THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION.
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5601
AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
OPPENHEIMER, JERRY
HAROLD SIEGELL
THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED OVER 400 PEOPLE TO TELL THE STORY OF THE WELL-KNOWN TELEVISION PERSONALITY. WHILE SOME OF THE RESPONDENTS ADMIRE WALTERS, OTHERS REGARD HER AS SELF-CENTERED AND RUTHLESS.
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7298
LOUIE, DAVID WONG
AUDREY FLAMBERG
STERLING LUNG GREW UP IN THE BACK OF HIS PARENTS' LAUNDRY, DREAMING OF BEING AN AMERICAN. NOW TWENTY-SIX AND A GRADUATE OF SWARTHMORE AND THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, STERLING COOKS FRENCH FOOD FOR THE WASP LADIES OF A PRIVATE CLUB AND CONDUCTS AN ARM'S-LENGTH AFFAIR WITH A JEWISH-AMERICAN PRINCESS, THEREBY FRUSTRATING HIS FATHER'S DREAM OF A DOCTOR SON AND HIS MOTHER'S SCHEME FOR A CHINESE BRIDE. FOR STERLING'S PARENTS, THE BARBARIANS ARE ALREADY HERE. © 2000
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2024
BANKOWSKY, RICHARD
FLORENCE PRI
A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF JEWS, ON THEIR WAY TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP, WHO STOP AT A NAZI-OCCUPIED POLISH VILLAGE.
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4724
THE WOMAN, THE MYTH, THE MUSIC
CONSIDINE, SHAUN
MARGARET ALLEN
A CANDID BIOGRAPHY, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COLLEAGUES, TELLS THE UNCENSORED STORY OF THE SINGER AND SHOW BUSINESS PERSONALITY.
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6830
A NOVEL OF THE 1951 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCANDALS
ROSEN, CHARLEY
JERRY O'NEIL
A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCANDALS OF 1950-51, WHEN PLAYERS, COACHES, BOOKIES, AND GANGSTERS CONSPIRED TO FIX THE OUTCOME OF GAMES. THEIR EXPOSURE AFFECTED THE BASKETBALL WORLD THE SAME WAY THE 1919 BLACK SOX SCANDAL AFFECTED BASEBALL. © 1998
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8197
CENTURY, DOUGLAS
MARGARET ROSSI
BORN DOV-BER RASOFSKY TO EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS, BARNEY ROSS GREW UP IN A TOUGH CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITNESSED HIS FATHER’S MURDER, HIS MOTHER’S NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, AND THE DISPATCHING OF HIS THREE YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO AN ORPHANAGE, ALL BEFORE HE TURNED FOURTEEN. TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO REUNITE THE FAMILY, ROSS BECAME A PETTY THIEF, A GAMBLER, A MESSENGER BOY FOR AL CAPONE, AND, EVENTUALLY, AN AMATEUR BOXER. TURNING PROFESSIONAL AT NINETEEN, HE WOULD CAPTURE THE LIGHTWEIGHT, JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT, AND WELTERWEIGHT TITLES OVER THE COURSE OF A TEN-YEAR CAREER.
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8424
RICHLER, MORDECAI
TIM ZAGIN
BARNEY PANOFSKY—CANADIAN EXPAT, WILY LOVER OF WOMEN, WRITER, TELEVISION PRODUCER, RACONTEUR—IS FINALLY PUTTING PEN TO PAPER SO HE CAN REBUT THE CHARGES ABOUT HIM MADE IN HIS RIVAL’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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638
STEINBERG, MILTON, RABBI
DONALD EISENBERG
THE CLASSIC TEXT EXPLAINING THE BELIEFS, IDEALS, AND PRACTICES OF THE JEWISH RELIGION. THE AUTHOR TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THREE BRANCHES OF JUDAISM. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1947
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5306
BASIC JUDAISM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
VOLUME ONE - ISRAEL
PASACHOFF, NAOMI
EDITH PERMAN
THE MOST COMMON WORDS IN THE JEWISH VOCABULARY-THE ONES THAT HAVE TRANSMITTED THE ESSENCE OF JEWISH IDENTITY DOWN THROUGH THE AGES-ARE STEEPED IN HISTORY AND TRADITION AND LAYERS OF MEANING. HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THEM IN TERMS THE YOUNG STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND TODAY? THIS VOLUME USES CONCEPTS TO TEACH HISTORY, TELLS STORIES TO TEACH MORALITY, AND INTRODUCES HEROES TO TEACH VALUES.
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5826
BASIC JUDAISM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. VOL. 2
TORAH
PASACHOFF, NAOMI
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
PART OF A SERIES THAT INTRODUCES AND EXPLAINS THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM. THE BASICS OF HISTORY, HALACHA AND TRADITION ARE TAUGHT USING STORIES FROM THE AGGADAH.
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5335
DESAI, ANITA
RITA LEVINE
AS A YOUNG JEWISH BOY, HUGO BAUMGARTNER WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY WHEN HITLER CAME TO POWER. ENDING UP IN BOMBAY, WHERE HE SPENDS THE REST OF HIS LIFE ALONE, BAUMGARTNER EMBODIES THE WANDERER'S SENSE OF DISPLACEMENT AND EMOTIONAL DETACHMENT.
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7867
GROSSMAN, DAVID
CHARLES ROEMER
A NEUROTIC, COMPULSIVE, RARE-BOOKS DEALER SEES A BEAUTIFUL, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN AT A CLASS REUNION AND, BECOMING OBSESSED WITH HER, WRITES A PASSIONATE LETTER TO WHICH SHE ACTUALLY RESPONDS. AN ONGOING CORRESPONDENCE ENSUES. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY VERED ALMOG AND MAYA GURANTZ. © 2001
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7333
A RACHEL GOLD NOVEL
KAHN, MICHAEL A.
GINGER RICH
IT BEGAN AS A ROUTINE AGE-DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT, BUT THE SAVVY, UP AND COMING ATTORNEY FINDS HERSELF WITH A CASE FAR OLDER AND FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAN SHE AND HER SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CLIENT EXPECTED. WITH HELP FROM AN UNCONVENTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR AND AN EXTRAORDINARY PROSECUTOR, SHE BEGINS TO FIND SOME ANSWERS, BUT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING KEEPS KILLING HER KEY WITNESSES. © 2000
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6175
SZCZPIORSKI, ANDRZEJ
ZOE LANTELME BELTH
IN THIS NOVEL, A JEWISH WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE THE GHETTO IN NAZI-OCCUPIED WARSAW BY POSING AS THE WIFE OF A GERMAN OFFICER. AFTER AN INFORMER BETRAYS HER TO THE GESTAPO, A GROUP OF PEOPLE CONSPIRE TO FREE HER DURING THE GHETTO UPRISING.© 1989
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2254
LIFE OF HELENA RUBENSTEIN
FABE, MAXENE
MYRA LEIB
A BIOGRAPHY THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO LEFT HER HOME IN POLAND WITH ONLY 12 JARS OF COLD CREAM AND TURNED IT INTO A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR COSMETICS INDUSTRY.
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8558
BEAUTY QUEEN OF JERUSALEM
A NOVEL
YISHAI-LEVI, SARIT
AUDREY FLAMBERG
A DAZZLING NOVEL OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, STORIES TOLD AND UNTOLD, AND THE TIES THAT BIND FOUR GENERATIONS OF WOMEN.
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948
A BOOK
UPDIKE, JOHN
C. GUTFLEISCH & R. BOUGHTON
SEVEN TALES ABOUT THE FICTITIOUS HENRY BECH, "A MODERATELY WELL-KNOWN JEWISH WRITER," WHOSE EXPERIENCES ILLUSTRATE THE PLIGHT OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST.
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4409
UPDIKE, JOHN
DR. IRVING KRAMER
THIS NOVEL CONTINUES UPDIKE'S CHRONICLING OF THE LIFE OF HIS CHARACTER HARRY BECH, A JEWISH AMERICAN WRITER.
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3905
READING NOVELS ABOUT WOMEN
BROWNSTEIN, RACHEL M.
ELIZABETH P. KAUFMAN
THE DETAILED ANALYSES OF EMMA AND THE EGOIST AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON HOW A JEWISH GIRL FROM QUEENS FOUND ESCAPE IN NOVELS ABOUT PEOPLE.
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6192
LAMM, MAURICE
A BOOK DESIGNED FOR NON-JEWS WHO ARE CONTEMPLATING CONVERSION, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY CONVERTED, AND FOR JEWS BY BIRTH WHO WISH TO GAIN A DEEPER INSIGHT INTO THEIR HERITAGE. INCLUDES ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROCEDURE OF CONVERSION AND AN OVERVIEW OF JEWISH HISTORY, LAW, AND CUSTOMS.© 1991
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8527
BECOMING ISRAELI: NATIONAL IDEALS AND EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE 1950S
HELMAN, ANAT
TIM ZAGIN
A FRESH AND LIVELY ASSESSMENT OF THE PLEASURES AND HARDSHIPS OF DAILY LIFE IN ISRAEL DURING THE 1950S.
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8020
KABBALAH AND OUR ULTIMATE DESTINY
BERG, MICHAEL
JAN BURRELL
THE EDITOR OF KABBALAH MAGAZINE OFFERS AN EASY-TO-DIGEST MANUAL ON BECOMING LIKE GOD. DRAWING ON TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS OF THE KABBALAH, RABBI BERG SHOWS READERS HOW TO OVERCOME THE EGO NATURE, WHICH THE ANCIENT TEXTS NAME AS THE "DESIRE TO RECEIVE FOR THE SELF ALONE." HE SAYS THAT MOST OF US ARE IN A JAIL OF PAIN, SUFFERING AND DEATH. EGO IS THE EVIL GUARD WE MUST CONQUER TO ESCAPE AND RECLAIM OUR BIRTHRIGHT, BE LIKE GOD, WITH AN "INFINITE PAYLOAD OF HEALTH, JOY, AND LIFE." THE KEY TO THIS JAILBREAK IS TO STOP LOOKING OUT FOR ONESELF AND START LOOKING OUT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COLLECTIVE. © 2004
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7403
FISHER, EDDIE WITH DAVID FISHER
MARILYN BECK
BEEN THERE, DONE THAT TELLS THE INTERESTING AND THRILLING LIFE OF EDDIE FISHER WITH ALL HIS ROMANCES, FRIENDS AND AFFAIRS.
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936
WIESEL, ELIE
CORRINE M. GANZ
AN ANCIENT LEGEND IS INVOKED IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPREHEND EVENTS IN RECENT JEWISH HISTORY, FROM THE HOLOCAUST TO THE RECLAIMING OF THE WESTERN WALL IN JERUSALEM IN 1967.
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3573
STEINSALTZ, ADIN
MARILYN ROSE
MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS POPULARIZED 'TEACH-YOURSELF' EDITION OF THE TALMUD, RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ, A RABBI AND TEACHER LIVING IN ISRAEL, RETELLS THE HASIDIC FOLK TALES OF RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV TO WHICH HE ADDS HIS OWN THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS.
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7487
BEGINNER'S KOSHER COOKBOOK
...ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME
FIEDLER, SEYMOUR
GAYLE. ZIMMERMAN
THIS IS A COOKBOOK FILLED WITH FAST AND EASY KOSHER RECIPES FOR ALL MEALS AND ALL OCCASIONS. IT IS MEANT FOR FIRST-TIMERS AND THOSE ON THEIR OWN, BUT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ANYONE.
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209
JACOBSON, DAN
FRANCES COHAN
A NOVEL ABOUT LITHUANIAN JEWS WHO EMIGRATED TO SOUTH AFRICA AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MADE TO THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY.
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102
WOOLF, LEONARD
ZUCKERMAN, GERT
THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE AUTHOR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY COVERING THE YEARS 1911-1918. INCLUDES HIS RETURN FROM CEYLON, HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP, HIS MARRIAGE TO VIRGINIA STEPHEN, AND THE FOUNDING OF THE HOGARTH PRESS.
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8282
REFLECTIONS ON THE BIBLE'S INTRIGUING FACTS
SHALEV, MEIR
NIKKI JAMES
IN THIS INNOVATIVE AND SKILLFULLY WOVEN ANALYSIS OF BIBLICAL FIRSTS, SHALEV, AN ISRAELI COLUMNIST, PROBES THE SIGNIFICANCE AND UNDERLYING STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH 11 OF THE BIBLE'S "FIRSTS." HE INVESTIGATES THE MEANING OF THE FIRST LAUGH, EXPLAINS HOW THE FIRST JEWISH MONARCHY AROSE, AND EXPLORES THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE FIRST LOVING WOMAN, ALL FROM A FIRMLY SECULAR PERSPECTIVE.
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1200
WHAT A CHAPLAIN SAW IN ALCATRAZ, FOLSOM, AND SAN QUENTIN
LIEBERT, JULIUS A.
TESS GOLDMAN
THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN RABBI WHO SERVED AS A PRISON CHAPLAIN, AND HIS ATTITUDES TOWARDS CRIMINALITY. WRITTEN WITH EMILY KINGSBERY.
EN4
1469
BASSANI, GIORGIO
BETTY BUSMAN & SHIRLEY RAUCHER
A NOVEL ABOUT TWO ADOLESCENT BOYS AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP IN ITALY OF THE 1930S BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS."
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4671
GRISHAVER, JOEL L.;GOLUB, JANE E.
A FIRST BOOK OF TORAH TEXTS FOR SECOND THROUGH FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS TO HELP UNLOCK THEIR OWN DISCOVERED MEANINGS IN THE TORAH.
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822
BELLA BELLA KISSED A FELLA
KOBER, ARTHUR
HELEN BELINK
THE HUMOROUS MISADVENTURES OF BELLA GROSS AND HER SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT MAN. © 1951
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5392
BELLOW, SAUL
SYLVIA LEVINSON
THE AGING NARRATOR REMEMBERS AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO WAS SAVED FROM THE NAZIS AND, FOR YEARS, IS THWARTED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO THANK HIS RESCUER.
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8389
PLAIN, BELVA
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF BOOKS THAT FOLLOWS THE CHARACTERS IN A SERIES. IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS IN STORY ORDER: "EVERGREEN" (3255), ""GOLDEN CUP" (5340), "TAPESTRY" (5226) AND "HARVEST" (5716).
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8476
FATHER OF MODERN ISRAEL
SHAPIRA, ANITA
MD LAUFER
THE AUTHOR STRIVES TO GET TO THE CORE OF THE COMPLEX MAN WHO WOULD BECOME THE FACE OF THE NEW JEWISH NATION, FOCUSING ESPECIALLY ON THE PERIOD AFTER 1948, DURING THE FIRST YEARS OF STATEHOOD.
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4512
BEN GURION AND THE PALESTINIAN ARABS
TEVETH, SHABTAI
TEVETH FOLLOWS THE HISTORICAL TRAJECTORY FROM BEN-GURION'S 1906 PLAN FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE BETWEEN JEWS AND PALESTINIANS TO JEWISH-PALESTINIAN WAR.
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320
PEARLMAN, MOSHE
ELAINE LEE
A PORTRAIT OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, BASED ON A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS. © 1965
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156
BERMANT, CHAIM
EDNA SAMPLINA
A NOVEL ABOUT BERNARD BARUCH WHO BECOMES A RABBI OF A SMALL JEWISH COMMUNITY IN SCOTLAND AND HIS EXPERIENCES TOLD WITH WIT AND WISDOM.
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989
ARMED PROPHET
BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL
HELEN ROSENFELD
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WHO LIVED FROM 1886-1973. BEN GURION WAS FOUNDER OF THE HISTADRUT LABOR ORGANIZATION, HEAD OF THE MAPAI LABOR PARTY, AND THE ZIONIST LEADER WHO PROCLAIMED ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE IN MAY 1948. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING.
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1857
BEN-GURION LOOKS AT THE BIBLE
BEN-GURION, DAVID
NOT LISTED
A SERIES OF ESSAYS IN WHICH ISRAEL'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER EXPLORES BIBLICAL PROBLEMS AND LINKS THEM TO MODERN HISTORY.
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7210
BENI'S FAMILY COOKBOOK FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS
ZALBEN, JANE BRESKIN
PHYLLIS FREEMAN
HERE IS A SUMPTUOUS COLLECTION OF RECIPES FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN HAS GATHERED TREASURED RECIPES FROM HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. EACH SECTION OF THE COOKBOOK FEATURES A DIFFERENT HOLIDAY AND INCLUDES NOTES ON THE HOLIDAY'S RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE. © 1996
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1111
EARL OF BEACONSFIELD
ROTH, CECIL
CORINNE SHAFTEL
A BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI, THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND AUTHOR (1837-1880). THE BOOK EXAMINES THE NATURE OF HIS JEWISH HERITAGE.
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6752
PARINI, JAY
MARTIN WALDMAN
WALTER BENJAMIN, WHO ESCAPED FROM PARIS JUST AHEAD OF THE NAZI INVASION IN 1940. TOLD LARGELY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF VARIOUS PEOPLE WHO MADE UP BENJAMIN'S CIRCLE, THE NOVEL DEPICTS HIM AS BRILLIANT BUT TRAGICALLY UNAWARE OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM. © 1997
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366
BENYA KRIK, THE GANGSTER AND OTHER STORIES
BABEL, ISAAC
ROSE GOLDSTEIN
SHORT STORIES BY BABEL ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN RUSSIAN VILLAGES. © 1948
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5760
BEREL WEIN'S STORY OF THE JEWS
THE STORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH TO 1990
WEIN, BEREL
VARIOUS
THIS 3 BOOK COMPILATION "ECHOES OF GLORY", "HERALD OF DESTINY" & "TRIUMPH OF SURVIVAL" TELLS THE STORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH THROUGH 1990. THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES HOW DIVINE GUIDANCE, THE TORAH, AND JEWISH COMMITMENT ARE CENTRAL TO JEWISH HISTORY.
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7122
HOFFMAN, YOEL
TERRIS KO, EILEEN DACEY
BERNHARD, A GERMAN-JEWISH WIDOWER IN THE 1940S, IS DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE. AS HE DISCONSOLATELY WALKS THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM, HE TRIES TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS GRIEF AND THE DISASTERS OF W W II. © 1998
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5375
A BIOGRAPHY
PEYSER, JOAN
ESTELLE ADEN
THE AUTHOR TRACES BERNSTEIN'S LIFE, FROM HIS BOSTON CHILDHOOD AND TIN PAN ALLEY APPRENTICESHIP TO HIS CAREER AS A CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER.
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4751
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M.
JUDITH TESSER
THE NOTED DEFENSE ATTORNEY, APPEALS LAWYER AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR REVIEWS SOME OF HIS MOST PROVOCATIVE CASES AND SEEKS TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS PARTICIPANTS.
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3564
PARENT, GAIL
J. WEISS
ARENT'S LATEST NOVEL COVERS FAMILIAR TERRITORY: THE SINGLE JEWISH CAREER WOMAN IN NEW YORK. BUT ROBERTA IS DIFFERENT -- SHE'S DETERMINED TO HAVE A BABY. SHE PLANS TO USE HER FAVORITE MEN AS FATHER MATERIAL, DESPITE THEIR PROTEST, AND MUCH OF THE BOOK IS DEVOTED TO HER
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4559
SHABBOS AND OTHER STORIES. BOOK 2
FRUCHTER, YAAKOV, RABBI
LILLIAN VENGER
TWENTY STORIES FROM THE CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE, 'OLOMEINU', INCLUDING 'SHABBOS IN THE DEATH CAMPS,' 'INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF RASHI' AND ' A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE MASHIACH.'
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4918
BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE. BOOK 1
STORIES FOR ALL YEAR 'ROUND
FRUCHTER, YAAKOV, RABBI
HARRIET MARCUS
TWENTY-FOUR STORIES TAKEN FROM 'OLOMEINU', (OUR WORLD) THE CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE, OVER A 36-YEAR PERIOD.
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21
GAER, JOSEPH
LOUIS GOLDBERG
AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE.
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3704
HOWE, IRVING, ED.
TRUDY CUTLER
TWENTY-TWO STORIES BY THE GREAT YIDDISH WRITER WHICH HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED BY WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN JEWISH AUTHORS.
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5969
STORIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
TELLER, HANOCH
ELISSA BAUM
IN THIS COLLECTION, RABBI TELLER USES HIS OLD AND NEW STORIES TO PROVIDE READERS WITH A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON ANSWERS TO THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF LIFE. EACH STORY DEMONSTRATES HOW A PERSON CAN TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY, HELP OTHERS, AND LEARN WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS WORLD.
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8510
TSABARI, AYELET
DIANE LIPMAN
STORIES ABOUT CHARACTERS AT THE CROSSROADS OF NATIONALITIES, RELIGIONS AND COMMUNITIES: EXPATRIATES, TRAVELLERS, IMMIGRANTS AND LOCALS.
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8179
FRANCE, THE ARABS, AND THE JEWS
PRYCE-JONES, DAVID
ANDREY FLAMBERG
DAVID PRYCE-JONES BELIEVES THAT FRANCE HAS DONE MORE DAMAGE TO THE MIDDLE EAST THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. FRANCE ENCOURAGED THE MASS IMMIGRATION OF ARABS AND THAT HUGE AND GROWING MINORITY IN THE COUNTRY NOW BELIEVES THAT IT HAS RIGHTS AND CLAIMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN MET. THIS MINORITY ALSO BELIEVES THAT ISRAEL SHOULD NOT EXIST. MIDDLE EAST GEO-POLITICS ARE SPREADING FROM FRENCH SOIL TO AN INCREASINGLY ISLAMIZED EUROPE.
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8147
RENEGADE JEW WHO GAVE US MODERNITY
GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA
NORMA FIRE
THIS IS A BIOGRAPHY OF 17TH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHER BARUCH SPINOZA, WHO WAS EXPELLED FROM AMSTERDAM'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR HERESY. SPINOZA INITIATED IDEAS OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE WHICH WERE THE FORERUNNERS OF MODERN TOLERANT GOVERNMENT. GOLDSTEIN POSITS THAT SPINOZA'S BEGINNINGS IN A COMMUNITY OF JEWS WHO HAD FLED THE INQUISITION SPURRED SPINOZA TO DEVISE HIS RADICAL CONCEPT OF LIVING A PURELY REASONED LIFE AND COMPLETELY SECULAR LIFE - NEGATING THE NEED TO LIVE OR IDENTIFY WITH ANY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY.
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7143
A LIFE AND A LEGACY
SUTTON, NINA
JEROME BROOKMAN
IN HIS LIFETIME (1903-1990), BRUNO BETTELHEIM WAS REGARDED AS AN AUTHORITY ON CHILDREARING AND A PIONEER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS. HIS PROLIFIC WRITINGS RANGED FROM HIS EXPERIENCES AS A SURVIVOR OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS TO THE FREUDIAN INTERPRETATION OF FAIRY TALES. DURING HIS 29 YEARS AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S ORTHOGENIC SCHOOL, BETTELHEIM DEVELOPED A UNIQUE FORM OF MILIEU THERAPY, CLAIMING A HIGH RATE OF SUCCESS WITH EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND AUSTISTIC CHILDREN. AFTER HIS SUICIDE, FORMER STUDENTS DENOUNCED HIM AS BRUTAL, AND CRITICS ACCUSED HIM OF PLAGIARISM, QUESTIONING HIS TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS. IN THIS FIRST BIOGRAPHY, SUTTON, A JOURNALIST AND FRENCH CORRESPONDENT FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, ASSESSES THE LIFE AND WORK OF THIS CONTRADICTORY GENIUS. © 1996
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7255
HER LIFE
HENNESSEE, JUDITH
ISA GOLDBERG
THERE IS NO ONE IN THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT MORE RENOWNED OR PERVASIVE IN HER PRESENCE, MORE LONG-LASTING OR MORE CONTENTIOUS THAN BETTY FRIEDAN. BUT WHAT SORT OF PERSON IS SHE REALLY? HENNESSEE, WHO LIVED THROUGH MANY OF THE EVENTS RECOUNTED IN THIS BOOK, DUG DEEP TO WRITE THE STORY OF A WOMAN OF MANY PARADOXES, A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED DISASTROUS MOMENTS AND WHO CONTINUES TO THIS DAY TO LEAD, TO FIND NEW ENERGIES AND CRUSADES. © 1999
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96
AN INTERPRETATION OF JUDAISM
HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA
WER, BENJAMIN
A SELECTION OF WRITINGS ON CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM BY THE JEWISH THEOLOGIAN.
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1035
BUBER, MARTIN
CLARA LINN
THE WELL-KNOWN PHILOSOPHER EXPANDS ON HIS PHILOSOPHY OF "I AND THOU" AND APPLIES IT TO CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS
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6017
ELIE WIESEL
JUDITH TESSER
ESSAYS THAT EXPLORE THEMES FROM THE WORKS OF THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR BY VARIOUS JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS. TOPICS INCLUDE THE NATURE OF GOD, SADNESS, SILENCE, HORROR, AND HOPE.
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4699
BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND JERUSALEM
BLITZER, WOLF
CLARA LINN SPECTOR
THE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE 'JERUSALEM POST' PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN AN ANECDOTAL BUT INFORMATIVE TEXT.
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5155
SILLS, BEVERLY; LINDERMAN, LAWRENCE
RUTH FRANKFORT, RITA LEVINE
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN OPERA SINGER IN WHICH SHE DISCUSSES HER PRIVATE AS WELL AS HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
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4069
ZWEIG, STEFAN
AMY GOLDBERGER
A STORY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS CONSTRAINED BY AN AGE OF MANNERS AND MORALS.
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7552
THE HEROIC RESCUE OF BULGARIA'S JEWS
BAR ZOHAR, MICHAEL
MICHELLE HARBOR
MICHAEL BAR ZOHAR NARRATES THE STORY OF THE ONLY AXIS NATION, BULGARIA, THAT STOOD UP TO NAZI RULE AND DID NOT DEPORT EVEN ONE BULGARIAN JEW. HE BRINGS TO LIGHT A MOTLEY CREW OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS-RANGING FROM COMMON OFFICE WORKERS TO CHARISMATIC CHURCH LEADERS TO THE KING HIMSELF WHO INDEPENDENTLY RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. THEIR DRAMATIC STORIES OF ESPIONAGE, POLITICAL STRATEGY, AND HIGH MORAL FIBER CHRONICLES ONE OF THE FEW BRIGHT MOMENTS OF SELFLESS POLITICS DURING THE MISERIES OF WAR, AND THE ATROCITIES OF THE HOLOCAUST.© 1998
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6554
JEWS AND ARABS ON THE HARD ROAD TO ISRAEL
FRANKEL, GLENN
BERNICE FOER
A PICTURE OF THE SOCIAL CHANGES THAT THE POLITICS OF PEACE HAS BROUGHT TO THE REGION, AS WELL AS TO THE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. THE AUTHOR, A SEASONED JOURNALIST, COVERS THE AGONY OF THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING AND THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT BOTH PEOPLES HAVE UNDERGONE. © 1994
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5586
A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO LITURGY
HOFFMAN, LAWRENCE A.
MARK YAHOLEM
A STUDY OF JEWISH LITURGY THAT DRAWS ON THE SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION, SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, PHENOMENOLOGY, AND SEMIOTICS. THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WORSHIPPING COMMUNITY, EXAMINING THE MEANING OF THEIR PRAYERS, THEIR RITUALIZED PATTERNS, AND THEIR CONSTRUCTS.
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7004
ABERBACH, DAVID
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
DAVID ABERBACH EXPLORES THE HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, AND LITERARY BACKGROUND TO CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK'S (1873-1934) DEVELOPMENT AS A ROMANTIC-NATIONALIST POET, HIS AMBIVALENCE TOWARD THIS NATIONAL ROLE, HIS OBSESSION WITH INTENSELY PRIVATE THEMES, AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE PUBLIC FIGURE AND THE CONFESSIONAL LYRIC POET. © 1988
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1496
A MODERN JEWISH APPROACH
BAMBERGER, BERNARD J.
ESTELLE I. SILVERMAN
A GUIDE TO MODERN JEWISH BIBLE STUDY, WHICH INCLUDES BIBLICAL INFLUENCE ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION, ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDINGS, BIBLICAL CRITICISM, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS GOD AND MESSIAH. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THE B'NAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION FOR USE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
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1962
KELLER, WERNER
SUZANNE NEUBURGER
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE BIBLE.
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6997
BIBLE FOR THE CLUELESS BUT CURIOUS,
FINALLY, A GUIDE TO JEWISH WISDOM
BRAVERMAN, NACHUM
HAL BRISTER
THIS BOOK WILL NOT TALK DOWN TO YOU FROM THE PULPIT OR MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY. IT WON'T ASK YOU TO ACCEPT A BUNCH OF RELIGIOUS DOGMA ON BLIND FAITH AND IT WON'T PRETEND TO BE THE ONLY BOOK YOU'LL EVER NEED IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY. IT WILL PRESENT THE WISDOM OF THE BIBLE IN A FUN AND UNIQUELY INSIGHTFUL FASHION.
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BIBLE STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. VOL. 1.
HOLLENDER, BETTY
A RETELLING OF BIBLE STORIES FOR CHILDREN, FROM NOAH'S ARK TO THE TIME OF MOSES.
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OR THE TRUE TEXT OF THE BIBLE
MOOSE, A. H.
THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE TRUE BIBLE IS COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD AND THAT ALL CRITICISMS OF BIBLE ARE THE RESULT OF ERRORS IN THE AUTHORIZED VERSIONS. © 1942
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3833
BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE JEWISH HOLY DAYS
BLOCH, ABRAHAM P.
MINNIE ELISON
AN EXHAUSTIVE SURVEY OF THE ORIGINS OF TRADITIONS CONNECTED WITH THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIBLICAL FESTIVALS ARE DOCUMENTED WITH QUOTATIONS FROM THE TALMUD, MIDRASHIC LITERATURE, PHILO, JOSEPHUS, AND THE MEDIEVAL COMMENTATORS, AND THE CURRENT TREND TOWARDS OBSERVANCE OF HOLOCAUST DAY IS ALSO PINPOINTED.
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4891
MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOOK
STEINSALTZ, ADIN
A STUDY OF TWENTY-FIVE BIBLICAL PERSONALITIES, PRESENTED AS ARCHETYPAL FIGURES WHO CAN ILLUMINATE OUR PRESENT-DAY WORLD.
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7678
THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE, EVENTS, AND IDEAS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI
CANTOR LYNN KARPO
ARRANGED BY PEOPLE AND EVENTS, LAWS AND IDEAS, THIS BIBLICAL REFERENCE EDUCATES THE READER ABOUT ALL THE BOOKS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE AND THE RICH STORIES FOUND WITHIN THAT SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR MORALITY.© 1997
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8385
SIX STORIES RETOLD BASED ON TALMUD AND MIDRASH
RAPOPORT, SANDRA E
NIKKI JAMES
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE NARRATIVES RELATING TO SIX WOMEN IN THE BIBLE WHO EITHER SEDUCED OR WERE VIOLATED, AND EXPLORES THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RABBINIC LITERATURE TO FIND LOGICAL RESOLUTIONS TO READERS' QUESTIONS.
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3812
NOVAK, WILLIAM & MOSHE WALDOKS
BELINK, HELEN
A COLLECTION OF JEWISH JOKES, ANECDOTES AND EXCERPTS FROM LITERARY WORKS DISTILLING THE ESSENCE OF JEWISH HUMOR FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY YIDDISH WITS TO THE COMEDY OF PHILIP ROTH AND LENNY BRUCE. THIS ANTHOLOGY SHOWS HOW HUMOR HAS BEEN A NATURAL RESOURCE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE.
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8040
A CARLOTTA CARLYLE MYSTERY
BARNES, LINDA
BETSY NEWBERRY
CARLOTTA CARLYLE, THE SIX-FOOT-TALL, REDHEADED, IRISH-JEWISH DETECTIVE, GOES UNDERCOVER TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD AT BOSTON'S "BIG DIG," THE UNDERGROUND ROADWAY BEING BUILT THROUGH THE CITY. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE TAKES ON A MISSING WOMAN'S CASE. WHAT CONNECTION COULD THERE BE BETWEEN THESE TWO MYSTERIES? © 2002
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6798
HOFFMAN, ALLEN
HAL BRISTER
IN THIS SECOND NOVEL IN THE SMALL WORLDS SERIES, HOFFMAN CHRONICLES THE LOVES AND UNBOUNDED DREAMS OF THE VILLAGERS FROM KRIMSK, NOW THRIVING IN AMERICA. © 1997
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5913
A TRUE STORY
LEITNER, ISABELLA; LEITNER, IRVING A
THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HER LIFE AS A YOUNG GIRL DURING THE HOLOCAUST. SHE DEPICTS HER INCOMPREHENSION OF THE FINAL SOLUTION, THE HORRORS AT AUSCHWITZ, AND PROVIDES, IN AN AFTERWARD, A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF HITLER'S RISE TO POWER.
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7509
WALDMAN, AYELET
B. ABIS
JULIET HASN'T SLEPT FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES SINCE HER FOUR-MONTH-OLD SON WAS BORN AND HER HUSBAND BEING A WORKAHOLIC DOESN'T HELP. JULIET FINALLY FINDS RELIEF WITH HER SON'S NEW BABYSITTER, A YOUNG HASIDIC WOMAN. BUT FRAYDLE, THE BABYSITTER, HAS GONE MISSING! WHAT IS FRAYDLE FLEEING FROM AND WHY WON'T HER PARENTS GET THE POLICE INVOLVED? © 2001
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SCHRAM, PENINNAH
BERL, WHOSE HOUSE IS TOO SMALL TO INVITE RELATIVES FOR THE HOLIDAYS, HAS A YARD BIG ENOUGH FOR A SUKKAH THAT IS THE ENVY OF THE TOWN.
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LETTERS FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD
ED. ISAAC METZKER
HELEN BELINK
A COMPILATION OF 60 YEARS OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD, DEALING WITH THE LIVES AND PROBLEMS OF THE NEW IMMIGRANTS LIVING ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE FROM 1906 TO 1967.
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BINTEL BRIEF (COMPLETE BOOK)
LETTERS FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD
METZKER, ISAAC, ED.
HELEN BELINK
A COMPILATION OF 60 YEARS OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD, DEALING WITH THE LIVES AND PROBLEMS OF NEW IMMIGRANTS LIVING ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE FROM 1906 TO 1967
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4651
EHRENBURG, ILYA;GROSSMAN, VASILY
P.M. APFELBAUM
BASED ON DOCUMENTS ASSEMBLED BY RUSSIAN JEWS DURING THE WAR AND SUPPRESSED IN THE SOVIET UNION FOR DECADES, THIS IS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE NAZI DESTRUCTION OF 1.5 MILLION SOVIET JEWS.
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5223
OZ, AMOS
BARBARA JUSTER
THIS NOVEL TRACES THE LIFE OF A HAPPILY MARRIED WOMAN WHO REMAINS OBSESSIVELY ATTACHED TO HER EX-HUSBAND.
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6490
ILES, GREG
RAY FAIOLA
THE BRITISH ARE DETERMINED TO STOP NAZI DEVELOPMENT OF TWO POISON GASES IN A SMALL CONCENTRATION CAMP. TO THIS END THEY CHOOSE A PACIFIST AMERICAN DOCTOR AND A ZIONIST ASSASSIN TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE CAMP, NAZIS, LABORATORIES AND VICTIMS INCLUDED. © 1995
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BLACK EXPERIENCE IN RELIGION
LINCOLN, C. ERIC
AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITY. INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF BLACK JEWS, NINETEENTH-CENTURY BLACK CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE RASTAFARIANS OF JAMAICA.
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7640
CHARYN, JEROME
BARBARA FERBER
A CONTINUATION OF HIS MEMOIR, "THE DARK LADY FROM BELORUSSE," THE AUTHOR RELATES HIS CHILDHOOD ADVENTURES IN THE POST-WAR BRONX.© 2000
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7391
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SHIFTING SELF
WALKER, REBECCA
BARBARA ABIS
REBECCA WALKER DESCRIBES GROWING UP IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, INCLUDING MISSISSIPPI, BROOKLYN, SAN FRANCISCO, THE BRONX, AND SUBURBAN NEW YORK, AND THE HARDSHIPS THAT CAME WITH EVERY NEW PLACE. © 2001
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5990
MEREK, JACK
JOYCE KARP
GENERAL SCOTT CARTWRIGHT, A RETIRED ASTRONAUT, MUST FLY ONE MORE MISSION AFTER AN ESSENTIAL SPY SATELLITE IS DISABLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. COMPLICATIONS ENSUE AND CARTWRIGHT FINDS HIMSELF INVOLVED WITH A JEWISH PILOT, HIS ISRAELI GIRL FRIEND, AN EVIL CIA DIRECTOR, SPIES AND DOUBLE AGENTS, CHEMICAL WARFARE, AND NUCLEAR BLACKMAIL.
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FRIEDMAN, KINKY
JERRY O'NEILL
NOW, AT LAST, IT CAN BE REVEALED! THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND! THAT KINKY FRIEDMAN...WHERE DID HE COME FROM? HOW DID HE GET THAT WAY? SHOULDN'T SOMEONE HAVE CALLED 911 LONG AGO? NOW IN BLAST FROM THE PAST, AUTHOR KINKY FRIEDMAN HAS SEARCHED HIS FAILING MEMORY AND HAS COME UP WITH A NOVEL ABOUT HIS EARLY DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY.
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5292
BAYER, LINDA
HARRY BERENHOLTZ & SELMA BAUMGOLD
IN A NOVEL THAT EXPLORES THE DIFFICULTIES OF PARENTING WITHOUT MARRIAGE, A SINGLE MOTHER, WHO WORKS AS A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, FINDS FULFILLMENT IN ISRAEL.
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BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE
USING JEWISH TEACHINGS TO RAISE SELF-RELIANT CHILDREN
MOGEL, WENDY
MELVIN J. DAVIS
WITH AUTHORITY, WARMTH , AND HUMOR, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND EDUCATOR WENDY MOGEL DISTILLS ANCIENT TEACHINGS AND CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO A NEW ROAD MAP FOR EFFECTIVE, ENLIGHTENED PARENTING IN AN INCREASINGLY SPEEDY, MATERIAL, AND COMPETITIVE AGE.© 2001
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PLAIN, BELVA
JENNIE RAKOWSKY, A LAWYER WHO SPECIALIZES IN DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF IMPOVERISHED WOMEN, IS ABOUT TO MARRY A FELLOW ATTORNEY. BUT HER WELL-ORDERED LIFE IS SHATTERED WHEN THE CHILD SHE GAVE UP FOR ADOPTION APPEARS ON HER DOORSTEP.
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FRANCK, JULIA
ELIZABETH LONDON
IN A CROWDED TRAIN STATION IN 1945, AS THRONGS OF GERMANS FLEE TO THE WEST, HELENE TELLS HER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON TO SIT ON A BENCH AND WAIT WHILE SHE GOES TO THE LAVATORY, BUT SHE NEVER RETURNS. AND THUS FRANCK'S U.S. DEBUT BEGINS WITH THE UNSETTLING QUESTION OF WHAT SORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES COULD LEAD A MOTHER TO ABANDON HER SON.
