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1686
KISHON, EPHRAIM
KISHON, EPHRAIM
BESS CHALSKE
A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE HUMOROUS ASPECTS OF DAILY LIFE IN ISRAEL. COLUMNIST EPHRAIM KISHON HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE ISRAELI EQUIVALENT OF ART BUCHWALD. ©1973
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7965
PORTRAITS OF BIBLICAL, TALMUDIC, AND HASIDIC MASTERS
WIESEL, ELIE
DIANE LIPMAN
BASED ON A SERIES OF LECTURES, THESE SKETCHES OF BIBLICAL MEN - AND WOMEN - AND TALMUDIC AND HASIDIC RABBIS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY WIESEL'S UNIQUE INSIGHT, ANALYSIS, AND HUMOR, WHICH HE OFFERS AS A TRIBUTE TO THE COMMENTARY OF RASHI. © 2003
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2050
WISE MEN OF HELM AND THEIR MERRY TALES
SIMON, SOLOMON
RICA FEIL & LILLIAN ABBOTT
A COLLECTION OF FOLK TALES ABOUT A MYTHICAL VILLAGE OF WELL-INTENTIONED SIMPLETONS WHO INVARIABLY MEET WITH MISHAP AND CALAMITY.
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6744
JEWISH THOUGHTS AND STORIES THROUGH THE AGES
GRIBETZ, JESSICA, ED.
SARENE MEYERS
A COLLECTION OF APHORISMS AND POETRY FROM THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD, HASIDIC TALES AND CONTEMPORARY HUMOR AND LITERATURE-WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ALL-TOO-OFTEN FORGOTTEN VOICES OF WOMEN. OFTEN JOYOUS, OCCASIONALLY TRAGIC, THE MATERIAL IS DIVIDED BY MAJOR
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2234
WIT AND WISDOM OF THE TALMUD
BULKA, RABBI DR. REUVEN P.
MAE FIELDS
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE THE READER A SAMPLING OF THE WIT, WISDOM, AND BROAD CONCERNS OF THE TALMUD.
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8381
LEARNER, TOBSHA
LORNA KOCHE
THE DAUGHTER OF AN INFLUENTIAL RABBI, RUTH IS A HIGHLY SKILLED MIDWIFE, BUT SHE IS ALSO THE OBSESSION OF SOLITARIO, A DOMINICAN INQUISITOR. SPURNED BY RUTH'S MOTHER, HE IS DETERMINED TO DESTROY THE DAUGHTER AND USES RUTH'S PRACTICE OF KABBALAH--SEEN AS A FORM OF JEWISH MAGIC--TO LAUNCH HIS ATTACK.
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7212
WITH ALL MY HEART, WITH ALL MY MIND
THIRTEEN STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP JEWISH
ASHER, SANDY, ED.
BETTY SMITH
WHAT DOES "GROWING UP JEWISH" MEAN? HOW CAN YOUNG PEOPLE RECONCILE CENTURIES OF TRADITION WITH THE MODERN WORLD? SANDY ASHER POSED THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS TO THIRTEEN JEWISH WRITERS, INCLUDING HERSELF. FROM THE LAST DAYS OF MASADA TO THE FUTURE COLONIZATION OF THE MOON, THESE STORIES PROVIDE UNIQUE AND PERSONAL INSIGHTS. IN THE INTERVIEWS FOLLOWING EACH STORY, THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES.
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2296
SHAMIR, MOSHE. JOSEPH SHACHTER, TRANSLATED BY
RUTH HULBERT
A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S BROTHER'S SHORT, EVENTFUL LIFE, FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN ISRAEL UNTIL HIS DEATH AT THE HANDS OF ARAB MARAUDERS. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW.
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4056
WITH RAOUL WALLENBERG IN BUDAPEST
ANGER, PER
ZOE BLETH
THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF RAOUL WALLENBERG'S EFFORTS DURING WORLD WAR II WHICH RESULTED IN THE RESCUE OF 25,000 JEWS.
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7407
ONE WOMAN'S PASSIONATE JOURNEY
FIRESTONE, TIRZAH
ELANNA OSDOBY
THE POIGNANT AND INSPIRING ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN WITH STRONG CONVICTIONS AND A PASSION TO KNOW AND FEEL GOD IN HER LIFETIME. IT IS ALSO A BOOK THAT GOES BEYOND ONE PERSON'S STORY OF WANDERING AND REDEMPTION TO EXPLORE THE DANGERS OF MODERN RELIGION AND THE JOYS AND CONFLICTS OF INTERMARRIAGE.
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8103
VOICES FROM THE HOLOCAUST
GREENE, JOSHUA M.; KUMAR, SHIVA
SHIRLEY BROWN
TWENTY SEVEN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FORM THIS COMPANION VOLUME TO A PBS DOCUMENTARY BASED ON TESTIMONY GATHERED BY YALE UNIVERSITY'S FORTUNOFF ARCHIVE. THE WITNESSES INCLUDE JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, GERMAN CIVILIANS, RESISTANCE FIGHTERS, AND AMERICAN POWS WHO RELATE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS FROM BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE WAR. THE EDITORS INTERWEAVE THE STORIES CHRONOLOGICALLY WHILE ALLOWING EACH VOICE TO MAINTAIN ITS INDIVIDUALITY. © 2000
EN4
3954
EISENBERG, AZRIEL
HELEN DITTUS
A COLLECTION OF MEMOIRS AND DOCUMENTS BY SURVIVORS, WITNESSES AND HISTORIANS.
EN4
8348
SIMON, ALAN
RICHARD BERGMAN
AL QAEDA DECLARES WAR ON THE CIA. AN AMERICAN TURNCOAT LEADS A BAND OF ASSASSINS TARGETING CIA OFFICERS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PENETRATE TERRORIST CELLS. SEAN BROGAN, THE PRINCIPAL CIA SPECIAL OPERATIONS OFFICER, IS ASSISTED BY RACHEL ALLON, A SENIOR MOSSAD COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICER. TOGETHER, THEY COMBAT THE EFFORTS OF AL QAEDA'S TERRORISTS TO FAN A MIDEAST WAR.
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7082
BIBLICAL TALES OF OPPRESSION AND ESCAPE
ASCHKENASY, NEHAMA
SHIRLEY RADCLIFF
THE IMAGE OF THE WOMAN AT THE WINDOW IS PREVALENT IN THE ARTS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND HAS SUGGESTED INTERPRETATIONS RANGING FROM SEXUAL AVAILIBILITY TO FRUSTRATED CURIOSITY. NEHAMA ASCHKENASY NOW INVITES A REINTERPRETATION OF THIS CLASSIC IMAGE, SEEING IN A MYTHIC REPRESENTATION OF ANCIENT WOMAN'S SPATIAL CONSTRICTION AND HER REMOVAL FROM THE ARENA OF HISTORY. © 1998
EN4
8024
HERST, ROGER
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
TEMPLE OHAV SHALOM IS IN AN UPROAR. THE POPULAR SENIOR RABBI IS MISSING AND ACCUSED OF ADULTERY. A PROMINENT CONGREGANT IS ACCUSED OF RAPING A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE, SPARKING A MEDIA FRENZY. ASSOCIATE RABBI GABBY LEWYN IS LEFT TO DO THE SENIOR RABBI'S WORK ON TOP OF HER OWN, COUNSEL THE RAPE DEFENDANT, RESTORE THE CONGREGATION'S FAITH, AND DEFEND HER GENDER AND CREDENTIALS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ALL THE WHILE RISKING HER PERSONAL HAPPINESS FOR THE IDEALS OF HER PROFESSION. © 1998
EN4
8226
WOMAN OF UNCERTAIN CHARACTER
THE AMOROUS AND RADICAL ADVENTURES OF MY MOTHER JENNIE (WHO ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A RESPECTABLE JEWISH MOM) BY H
SIGAL, CLANCY
JENNIE PERSILY WAS A STYLISH RUSSIAN-JEWISH AMERICAN LABOR ORGANIZER (AND SINGLE MOTHER) WHO COULD OUTSMART AND STARE DOWN THE TOUGHEST CHICAGO COPS AND SOUTHERN SHERIFFS. SIGAL, WHO BECAME A HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER BLACKLISTED IN THE MCCARTHY ERA, ACCOMPANIED HIS BRAVE, ZEALOUS MOTHER ALL ACROSS THE SOUTH DURING THE 1930S AS SHE TOOK ON THE DANGEROUS WORK OF ORGANIZING BLACK WOMEN WORKERS, THEN HELD HIS OWN IN CHICAGO'S TOUGH JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN WITH ALL DUE HILARITY AS THE GREAT VEST SIDE.
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8627
WOMAN WHO FOUGHT AN EMPIRE
SARAH AARONSOHN AND HER NILI SPY RING
WALLANCE, GREGORY J.
NIKKI JAMES
THE IMPROBABLE BUT TRUE ODYSSEY OF A BOLD YOUNG WOMAN--THE DAUGHTER OF ROMANIAN-BORN JEWISH SETTLERS IN PALESTINE--WHO BECAME THE DARING LEADER OF A MIDDLE EAST SPY RING.
EN4
5784
BRADFORD, BARBARA TAYLOR
FRANCES KLIPSTEIN
SET IN NEW YORK, LONDON, AND GERMANY AND SPANNING THE 1930S TO THE 1980S, THIS IS THE STORY OF MAXMILIAM WEST, A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN, AND THE WOMEN WITH WHOM HE BECOMES INVOLVED. THE NOVEL ALSO LOOKS AT THE ENDURING IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST.
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2470
THE STATUS FO WOMEN IN FORMATIVE JUDAISM
LEONARD SWIDLER
R. CADITZ
THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE STATUS OF JEWISH WOMEN IN SOCIETY, LAW, AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE BETWEEN 200 B.C. AND 400 A.D., THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORMATIVE JUDAISM, BASING HIS STUDY ON PRIMARY SOURCES FROM THE BIBLE TO JOSEPHUS TO THE TALMUD.
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7720
JEWISH AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN NEW YORK
COSER, R.L.; ANKER L.S.; PERRIN, A.
HENDERSON, SUSAN
A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS OF ITALIAN AND JEWISH WOMEN WHO IMMIGRATED TO NEW YORK IN THE EARLY 1900S THAT SHOW THE SIMILARITIES THESE TWO GROUPS FACED IN ADAPTING TO THEIR NEW SURROUNDING WITH ADDITIONAL CULTURAL AND GENDER CHALLENGES.© 1999
EN4
8115
NEW INSIGHTS FROM WOMEN RABBIS ON THE 54 WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS
GOLDSTEIN, ELYSE, RABBI, ED.
JUDITH BASES
MORE THAN 50 FEMALE RABBIS OFFER THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TORAH, AND ESPECIALLY OF THOSE PORTIONS THAT MAY STRIKE THE MODERN READER AS HOPELESSLY SEXIST. SOME OF THE AUTHORS DISMISS SUCH PASSAGES AS NOT WORTH FOLLOWING, WHILE OTHERS TRY TO UNDERSTAND THESE WRITINGS IN A NEW WAY THAT WILL BE MORE PALATABLE. MIDRASHIC TEXTS ARE USED TO EXAMINE THE STORIES OF BIBLICAL HEROINES AND TO EXPLORE AND CRITIQUE WHAT WAS INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED. ALTHOUGH THE CONTRIBUTORS REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES, THEY ALL AIM TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THOUGHT. © 2000
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6560
AND OTHER JEWISH FAIRY TALES
SCHWARTZ, HOWARD; RUSH, BARBARA
JAY LILKER
A COLLECTION OF JEWISH FAIRY TALES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHICH APPEAL TO CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. © 1996
EN4
5890
LAX, ERIC
BERNICE FOERDER & JACK SANDERS
A BIOGRAPHY OF ALLEN IN WHICH LAX DETAILS THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR AND FILMMAKER. LAX DESCRIBES ALLEN'S BEGINNINGS AS A WRITER AND STAND-UP COMEDIAN AND HIS DEVELOPMENT OF HIS OTHER CAREERS AS A LITERARY HUMORIST, JAZZ CLARINETIST, AND PLAYWRIGHT.
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7782
A SPIRITUAL SOURCEBOOK
BEN SHEA, NOAH
MIKE NICOLOSI, ASHER SUSS, JEROME TURK,
A SWEEPING COLLECTION OF APHORISMS, QUOTES, AND TEACHINGS, SPANNING OVER 3,000 YEARS, THAT OFFERS EVERY READER A CHANCE TO DISCOVER - OR REDISCOVER - THE JEWISH MESSAGE AND ITS MESSENGERS. OVER 500 SOURCES INCLUDE THE BIBLE, TALMUD, AND KABBALAH, AS WELL AS THE WORKS OF MAIMONIDES, RASHI, THE BA'AL SHEM TOV, PROUSE, HEINE, DISRAELI, TROTSKY, BELLOW, AND BEN GURION, PLUS INPUT FROM EINSTEIN, CHAGALL, AND GEORGE BURNS, ALONG WITH YIDDISH FOLK SAYINGS.© 1995
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1667
ASIMOV, ISAAC
LILLIAN SPIEGLER
ASIMOV RETELLS THE STORY OF GENESIS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE DERIVATION AND HISTORY OF THE WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND ON EXPRESSIONS THAT HAVE BECOME PART OF EVERY DAY LANGUAGE. ©1962
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8645
The Unfinished Story of Yiddish
KATZ, DOVID
KARPO-LANTZ, LYNN
A rich, engaging account of the history and evolution of the Yiddish language from medieval times onward.
EN4
7914
WORLD ACCORDING TO ITZIK:
SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE
MANGER, ITZIK
ARLENE KEMPNER
THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH ANTHOLOGY OF THE POETRY, FICTION, AND CRITICISM WRITTEN BY "THE SHELLEY OF YIDDISH." TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY LEONARD WOLF, WITH INTRODUCTION BY DAVID G. ROSKIES AND LEONARD WOLF. © 2002
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2308
FREEMAN, CYNTHIA
CORRINE GANZ
A NOVEL FEATURING AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH GIRL AND HER AMBITIOUS HUSBAND, WHO IS A JEWISH ANTI-SEMITE. HE CHANGES THEIR NAME, HAS AN AFFAIR AND DOES NOT ALLOW THEIR SON TO ASSOCIATE WITH JEWS.
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7269
MIDWOOD, BART
MARGE SUNSHINE
JUST AS A BIT OF SKY JOINS A ROOFTOP IN A JIGSAW PUZZLE, SO DOES EACH PIECE IN THIS NOVEL JOIN ANOTHER. LITERALLY OUT OF A BOX, THE PIECES COME: DIARIES, LETTERS, AND STORIES, AND THEN STORIES WITHIN STORIES - ABOUT A POET IN VIENNA, A FRENCH SAILOR ON THE ATLANTIC, AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN ARGENTINA, AN ITALIAN STONEMASON, AND A MAD PAINTER IN ISRAEL-UNTIL IN THE END A PICTURE EMERGES AND, AS A RESULT, A MYSTERY OF A TRAGIC MURDER IS RESOLVED. © 1998
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4458
AMICHAI, YEHUDA
THESE TEN SHORT STORIES BY THE ISRAELI POET FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIPS AND MEANING.
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120
KOPS, BERNARD
LEFFE, ROSLYN
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BRITISH POET AND PLAYWRIGHT BORN IN THE SLUMS OF LONDON.
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5925
WORLD OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE
ALTER, ROBERT
THE AUTHOR, A SCHOLAR OF THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, EXPLORES THE ASSUMPTIONS BEHIND A LITERARY READING OF THE BIBLE.
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950
JACOB, H.E.
RAY BRODY
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOTED AMERICAN-JEWISH POET, WHO CAME FROM A NOTED SEPHARDIC FAMILY AND WHOSE INTERESTS IN THE POOR OF EASTERN EUROPE, PROMPTED HER TO WRITE POETRY WHICH INCLUDED THE WORK INSCRIBED ON THE BASE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
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7436
WORLD OF JEWISH ENTERTAINING
MENUS & RECIPES FOR THE SABBATH...
MARKS, GIL
H. SCHNEIDER
GIL MARKS, A RABBI, GOURMET CHEF, AND AUTHORITY ON JEWISH FOOD HISTORY AND LORE, PRESENTS A SUMPTUOUS YET PRACTICAL TREASURY TO HELP GUIDE FAMILIES THROUGH ALL THEIR ENTERTAINING.
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2285
HOWE, IRVING
ROBERTA POLLACK
STORIES AND ESSAYS FROM THE WORLD OF THE JEWS WHO IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA FROM EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 1880S AND MADE THEIR HOME ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. WHILE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN THEIR YIDDISH CULTURE, THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE FIELDS OF ART, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL REFORMS.
EN4
3786
MUNK, ELIE
LEAH PORATH-GOOR
AN ENGLISH EDITION OF THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO THE DAILY PRAYERS BY A CHIEF RABBI OF FRANCE. THE BOOK CONTAINS DETAILED EXPLANATIONS THAT INSTRUCT AND ILLUMINATE.
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1082
SAMUELS, MAURICE
FANCILLE H. HLAVATY
IN THIS DEPICTION OF DIASPORA JEWRY, THE AUTHOR RECREATES THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES WHICH WERE THE LIVING MATERIAL FOR SHOLOM ALEICHEM'S STORIES. REMAKE OF THE SAME NARRATOR'S 1984 RECORDING.
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1959
ADLER, MORRIS
A study of the world of the Talmud and the lives and thoughts of its sages.
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8295
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ZWEIG, STEFAN
TIM ZAGIN
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS BIOGRAPHER AND DRAMATIST IS A CHRONICLE OF THREE ERAS: THE GOLDEN DAYS OF VIENNA THAT ENDED WITH WORLD WAR I; THAT WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH; AND THE HITLER YEARS.
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7837
THE JEWISH IMPACT ON CIVILIZATION
SPIRO, KEN, RABBI
JUDITH BASES
WHAT CONSTITUTES A PERFECT WORLD? AFTER INTERVIEWING OVER 1,500 PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, RABBI SPIRO HAD A LIST OF 6 CORE ELEMENTS. HE THEN DOCUMENTED THE JEWISH ORIGINS OF THESE UNIVERSAL VALUES. © 2002
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8172
HORN, DARA
JESSICA LEONARD
A MILLION-DOLLAR PAINTING BY MARC CHAGALL IS STOLEN FROM A MUSEUM. THE UNLIKELY THIEF IS FORMER CHILD PRODIGY BEN ZISKIND WHO IS SURE THE PAINTING USED TO HANG IN HIS PARENTS' LIVING ROOM. THE AUTHOR BRINGS US ON A BREATHTAKING COLLISION COURSE OF PAST, PRESENT AND FEATURE AND INVOLVES THE STORY OF THE ZISKIND FAMILY-FROM RUSSIA TO NEW JERSEY AND VIETNAM.
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4151
KORDA, MICHAEL
CECLIA C. BELFROM
THE SON OF A HOLOCAUST VICTIM VOWS TO AVENGE HIS FATHER'S DEATH ON HIS UNCLE, THE HEAD OF AN INTERNATIONAL EMPIRE.
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8477
WORLDS OF SHOLEM ALEICHEM
THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF THE MAN WHO CREATED TEVYE
DAUBER, JEREMY
PAUL SPERRY
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED AUTHORS OF ALL TIME: THE CREATOR OF TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN, THE HERO OF THE COLLECTION OF STORIES THAT INSPIRED FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
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8611
ROSENFIELD, DALIA
ELLEN DAVID
FIERCELY FUNNY AND ENTIRELY ORIGINAL, THIS DEBUT COLLECTION OF STORIES TAKES READERS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO ISRAEL AND BACK AGAIN TO EXAMINE THE MYSTIFYING REACHES OF OUR OWN MINDS AND HEARTS. THE CHARACTERS OF THE WORLDS WE THINK WE KNOW ARE ANIMATED BY FORCES AT ONCE PASSIONATE AND PERPLEXING.
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8241
MEMOIRS
RAPHAEL, LEV
JAYSON BERKSHIRE
WRITING A JEWISH LIFE CHRONICLES NOVELIST LEV RAPHAEL'S STRUGGLE TO CLAIM BOTH HIS RELIGIOUS AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES, AND THE HAPPINESS HE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND. A SON OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, RAPHAEL GREW UP IN AN UNMISTAKABLY JEWISH BUT NONRELIGIOUS HOME. HOWEVER, AS AN ADULT HE INITIATED HIS OWN AFFILIATIONS WITH JUDAISM: HE HAD A BAR MITZVAH AT AGE 30, WENT TO ISRAEL TWICE, AND FELL IN LOVE WITH A JEWISH MAN.
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6162
CONTEMPORARY STORIES BY AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS
SOLOTAROFF, TED; RAPOPORT, NESSA, ED
SHIRLEY SOMMER
A COLLECTION OF STORIES ALL WRITTEN AFTER 1967 BY AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS SUCH AS MAX APPLE, SAUL BELLOW, LORE SEGAL, MARK HELPRIN, BERNARD MALAMUD, AND CYNTHIA OZICK.© 1992
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7684
A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION
CORDOZO, NATHAN T., RABBI
LEA GREENBERG
A CONCISE, UNDERSTANDABLE INTRODUCTION TO THE WRITTEN AND ORAL TORAH. RABBI CORDOZO BEGINS WITH A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MEANING OF THE TORAH, CONCEPTS WHICH INCLUDE THE MITZVOTH, THE NOACHIDE LAWS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND THE 613 COMMANDMENTS. HE EXAMINES THE NATURE AND THE BOOKS OF THE ORAL LAW AS WELL AS THE AUTHORITY OF THE SAGES WHO FORMULATED IT. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES A LOOK AT BIBLICAL CRITICISM AND PROVIDES INDICES TO THE WRITTEN TORAH, THE MISHNA, AND THE MISHNA TORAH.© 1989, 1997
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3568
DEIGHTON, LEN
MARION T.COHN
THIS THRILLER HARKS BACK TO THE LAST DAYS OF WORLD WAR II, WHEN A GROUP OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS 'LIBERATE' A CACHE OF NAZI GOLD. NOW IN 1979, ENRICHED THROUGH A SECRET BANK ACCOUNT THEY HAVE SET UP IN GENEVA, THE SURVIVORS ARE HOUNDED BY BRITISH, AMERICAN, RUSSIAN AND GERMAN AGENTS. THEIR WORLD CRUMBLES BEFORE THEIR EYES.
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8066
YALE COMPANION TO JEWISH WRITING AND THOUGHT IN GERMAN CULTURE, 1096-1996
GILMAN, SANDER L.; ZIPES, JACK, EDS.
ASHER SUSS
WRITTEN BY 119 SCHOLARS, THIS ANTHOLOGY PROVIDES A HISTORY OF THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH WRITERS TO GERMAN CULTURE AND EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE "OTHER" WITHIN THAT CULTURE. THE CONTRIBUTORS TAKE A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES, FROM THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY ON JEWISH-GERMAN RELATIONS TO PARTICULAR GENRES, AUTHORS, AND LITERARY MOVEMENTS. TOPICS INCLUDE THE CRUSADES, JEWISH MYSTICISM IN THE RENAISSANCE, AND THE WORKS OF MARX, FREUD, ARENDT, AND OTHERS. © 1997
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8492
JEWS, LIQUOR, AND LIFE IN THE KINGDOM OF POLAND
DYNNER, GLENN
IN 19TH CENTURY EASTERN EUROPE, THE JEWISH-RUN TAVERN WAS OFTEN THE CENTER OF LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY. THIS UNUSUAL SITUATION CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THE NOBLES WHO OWNED TAVERNS THROUGHOUT THE FORMERLY POLISH LANDS BELIEVED THAT ONLY JEWS WERE SOBER ENOUGH TO RUN TAVERNS PROFITABLY.
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5518
GLICKMAN, GARY
ALFRED KNOPF
THE NOVEL DEPICTS THE STRUGGLES OF ZELLIE'S FAMILY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND THE DISAPPOINTMENTS THAT ZELLIE EXPERIENCED IN HER LIFE. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, ZELLIE MUST COPE WITH HER GAY SON AND HIS INSISTENCE ON AFFIRMING HIS JEWISH IDENTITY.
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4893
KISSINGER, HENRY
MARION HARRIS
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE WHO SERVED UNDER THE NIXON AND FORD ADMINISTRATIONS. KISSINGER INVENTED 'SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY' WITH HIS STYLE AND ANALYSIS OF WORLD POWERS AND STRATEGIES.
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2799
LEVIANT, CURT
LEE SEAMAN
A NOVEL ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN EZRA SHULTISH AND AN ELDERLY ISRAELI NOBEL LAUREATE.
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3257
YENNE VELT (THE OTHER WORLD)
THE GREAT WORKS OF JEWISH FANTASY
NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM, ED.
A COLLECTION OF GREAT LITERARY WORKS OF JEWISH FANTASY AND OCCULT.
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2910
CHAIM GRADE
SISTERHOOD
THE MOVING STORY OF TSEMAKH ATLAS, HEAD OF THE YESHIVA, THE AUTHOR RECREATES THE RICH WORLD OF HIS NATIVE CITY OF VILNA IN PRE-WORLD WAR II LITHUANIA.
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3230
A MEMOIR OF A RUSSIAN-JEWISH FAMILY
LUNSER, MIRIAM S.
FLORENCE PRITZ
THREE GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY FROM THE TIME OF CZAR NICHOLAS I, THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
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6937
JEWISH RECIPES FROM A VANISHING AG
BURR, GILLIAN & COHEN, MARION, EDITOR
ARLENE SELEK
A COLLECTION OF PRE-1939 RECIPES FROM CONTRIBUTORS WHO LIVED OR STILL LIVE IN JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN 38 COUNTRIES. THE AMAZING VARIETY OF FOODS AND PREPARATION OF DISHES FROM ORIENT AND OCCIDENT, ALL ABIDING BY THE LAWS OF KASHRUT, SUDDENLY GIVES ONE A NEW, COLORFUL KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEW OF THE DIASPORA.
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1572
MADISON, CHARLES A.
A SURVEY OF YIDDISH WRITING FROM ITS JUDEO-GERMAN BEGINNINGS, WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE WORKS OF MENDELE MOKHER SFORIM, SHOLOM ALEICHEM, DAVID PINSKI, THE SINGER BROTHERS, AND OTHERS.
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5853
YIDDISH STORIES, OLD AND NEW
HOWE, IRVING; GREENBERG, ELIEZER
SET IN EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, THESE YIDDISH STORIES EVOKE THE DIFFICULT BUT CULTURALLY RICH LIVES OF THE JEWS THERE. LACED WITH HUMOR, THE STORIES REFLECT THE EASTERN EUROPEAN JEW'S PLACE IN SOCIETY AND HIS CONCEPT OF GOD.
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4829
YIDDISH THEATRE IN AMERICA
LIFSON, DAVID
PENNINAH SCHRAM
THE HISTORY OF THE YIDDISH THEATER FROM ITS ORIGINS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THROUGH ITS DECLINE IN THE 1940S. THE INFLUENCE THE THEATER HAD IN BRINGING MODERN TRENDS TO AMERICA IS ALSO DOCUMENTED.
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8205
YIDDISH WITH DICK AND JANE
WEINER, ELLIS
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
DICK AND JANE ARE ALL GROWN UP, AND THEY'RE LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD-AND IT'S FULL OF TSURIS (TROUBLES). THAT'S THE PREMISE OF THIS HILARIOUS LITTLE BOOK, WHICH FUNCTIONS BOTH AS A HUMOROUS TALE AND A GENUINE GUIDE TO A LANGUAGE WITH A SENTIMENT AND WORLD VIEW ALL ITS OWN.
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3545
YIDDISH WORD BOOK FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE
ROSENBAUM, SAMUEL
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
A HISTORY OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CHANGES IN TRANSLATION THROUGH THE YEARS.
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1403
THE FIRST JEWISH OMNIBUS
LEFTWICH, JOSEPH, ED.
BEA. AHRENS, FRAN. KLIPSTEIN, JEANNE PEARSON
AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES BY JEWISH WRITERS ON THEMES OF JEWISH INTEREST. COMPILED BY A BRITISH-JEWISH JOURNALIST AND LITERARY CRITIC.
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3576
HERO OF ENTEBBE
HASTINGS, MAX
EDITH FRIEDMAN
WHEN HE HAD ALL BUT COMPLETED LEADING THE RESCUE OF 109 HOSTAGES AT ENTEBBE, COL. YONATHAN NETHANYAHU WAS SHOT AND DIED IN THE AIR. THIS IS THE TRAGIC STORY OF A LIFE OF GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND A PORTRAIT OF HOW ISRAEL'S DEFENSE FORCES WORK FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
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7327
YOU CAN'T DO BUSINESS (OR ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE) WITHOUT YIDDISH
GILDIN, LEON H.
STEVE SCHRIEBER
A LIGHTHEARTED, ENGAGING, AND INSTRUCTIVE LOOK AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR LANGUAGES, THIS IS BOTH A CRASH COURSE AND A REFRESHER ON YIDDISH. © 2000
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4562
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN WHO'S WHO TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT
LEVENSON, SAM
THIS COLLECTION GATHERS TOGETHER AMERICAN JEWISH FOLK HUMOR.
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7119
YOUNG HEROES OF THE BIBLE
A BOOK FOR FAMILY SHARING
DOUGLAS, KIRK
GUY LEBOW
IN FIVE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE AND THE MIDRASH, ACTOR AND AUTHOR KIRK DOUGLASS EXAMINES HOW THE GREATEST BIBLICAL CHARACTERS PERFORMED DEEDS OF HEROISM EVEN AT YOUNG AGES. IN TELLING THESE TIMELESS STORIES, DOUGLAS REMEMBERS HIS OWN CHILDHOOD IN AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, WHERE HE FIRST HEARD THEM IN SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND HOW THEY AFFECTED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD AND HIS LONG CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD. © 1999
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STEWART, FRED MUSTARD
PETER JONES
IN THIS SECOND VOLUME OF THE SAVAGE FAMILY SAGA, TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED, IT'S THE 1880S IN NEW YORK AND JUSTIN SAVAGE IS SETTLING INTO DOMESTICITY. BUT THE RESTLESS SPIRIT FOR ADVENTURE SEEMS TO RUN IN THE BLOOD, AND NOW JUSTIN'S CHILDREN ARE READY TO ENTER SOCIETY AT A TIME OF RAPID CHANGE AS AMERICA RACES TOWARD A NEW CENTURY.
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RICHLER, NANCY
AMY AVERSA
MIRIAM LEV'S SUICIDAL MOTHER, ABSENTEE FATHER, AND "WICKED" STEPMOTHER MAKE HER AN OUTCAST IN HER OWN SHTETL IN THE FINAL YEARS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. IN A LETTER/JOURNAL TO HER DAUGHTER, RAISED BY MIRIAM'S SISTER, SHE RECORDS HER JOURNEY FROM THE SHTETL TO THE SLUMS OF KIEV AND TO PRISON IN SIBERIA, AND FROM POGROMS TO THE REVOLUTION.© 2002
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SILBERT, LAYLE
MARIE HOFFMAN
TOLD WITH WRY WIT AND A MASTERFUL SENSIBILITY FOR METAPHOR, THE STORY EXPLORES GENDER, ZIONISM, AND THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN THE US.
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ROSENBAUM, DAVID
HARRY SMALL
A 72-KARAT DIAMOND IS STOLEN FROM THE DOWRY OF THE SATMAR REBBE'S DAUGHTER AND IT IS UP TO EX-NEW YORK DETECTIVE DOV TAYLOR TO FIND IT. TAYLOR FINDS HIMSELF DELVING INTO MANHATTAN'S JEWELRY DISTRICT AND INTO A HASIDIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN AS WELL AS REACHING BACK TO HIS NINETEENTH-CENTURY ANCESTOR FOR CLUES TO SOLVE THE CASE.
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JEWISH HISTORY AND JEWISH MEMORY
YERUSHALMI, YOSEF HAYIM
IN THIS WORK OF HISTORIOGRAPHY YERUSHALMI EXPLORES THE MEANING AND USES OF 'HISTORY' IN JEWISH IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY.
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NISLICK, JUNE LEVITT
BARBARA KESTENBAUM
BILL AND HIS BROTHER DANNY LEARN TO SEE THEIR GRANDFATHER IN A WHOLE NEW WAY WHEN HE TELLS THEM HIS LIFE STORY, FROM FLEEING RUSSIA AS A BOY TO AVOID LIFETIME SERVICE IN THE ARMY TO ARRIVING IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, HOMESICK BUT READY TO WORK HARD IN HIS SURPRISING NEW CAREER. ZAYDE IS HONEST ABOUT BOTH THE GOOD AND BAD ASPECTS OF FRONTIER LIFE. AN EPILOGUE OF HISTORIC FACTS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND GLOSSARY FOLLOW THE STORY. © 2005
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FOR YOU, A LITTLE ENLIGHTENMENT
BADER, DAVID M.
LONDON, ELIZABETH
A HUMOROUS BOOK FULL OF WAYS TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE SERENITY.© 2002
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4273
PAASTERNAK, BORIS
E. BAUM
THIS IS A BOOK OF FOUR STORIES. THE TITLE STORY IS A SENSITIVE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL. ILTRATTO DI APELLE IS RIBALD AND CYNICAL. LETTERS FROM TULA AND AERIEL ROUTES ARE SET IN RUSSIA, EXPLORING THE NEW REVOLUTIONARY ORDER, THE NEED FOR INTEGRITY AND CONFLICTS OF PERSONAL LOYALTIES AND SOCIAL DEMANDS.
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6836
GROSSMAN, DAVID
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD NONNY FEUERBERG ASPIRES TO BECOME A DETECTIVE LIKE HIS FAMOUS FATHER, BUT HIS WILD SIDE KEEPS GETTING IN THE WAY. THEN A TRAIN HE IS RIDING ON IS HIJACKED BY INTERNATIONAL OUTLAW FELIX GLICK, A KINDLY KIDNAPPER WHO SEEMS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT NONNY'S LONG DECEASED MOTHER THAN THE BOY HIMSELF KNOWS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY BETSY ROSENBERG. © 1997
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A NEW PERSPECTIVE
FISCH, HAROLD
VIOLET BLUMENTHAL
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CRISIS OF FAITH AND IDENTITY THAT THE JEW IN MODERN ISRAEL FACES, AND A DISCUSSION OF WHAT ZIONISM MEANS TODAY.
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A NOVEL OF THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT
APPLE, MAX
JUDITH HOFFMAN
ZIP, OR MOTIVATION, IS WHAT IRA GOLDSTEIN NEEDS TO GO OUT AND FIND A NICE JEWISH GIRL TO MARRY. WHAT HE GETS INSTEAD ARE A PUERTO RICAN BOXER, A RADICAL STUDENT AND A DETROIT JUNK KING. THE GRAND FINALE TAKES PLACE AMID A BLEND OF SPORT AND IDEOLOGY IN THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY IN CUBA.
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SPERLING, HARRY;SIMON, MAURICE
DR. IVING W. KRAMER
ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, IT IS THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR.
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SIMON, HARRY;SPERLING, MAURICE
DR. IRVING KRAMER
THIS IS AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PRIMARY TEXT FOR THE STUDY OF KABBALAH. IT IS ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A BIBLICAL COMMENTARY.
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4722
SPERLING, H.;SIMON, MAURICE
STANLEY R. BRAV
ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR, THE FUNDAMENTAL RABBINIC WORK ON JEWISH MYSTICISM.
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SPERLING;SIMON;LEVERTOFF
STANLEY R, BRAV
ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, THIS IS THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR, THE FUNDAMENTAL RABBINIC WORK ON JEWISH MYSTICISM.
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SIMON, MAURICE; LAVERTOFF, PAUL
VOLUME 4 OF THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR, THE FUNDAMENTAL RABBINIC WORK ON JEWISH MYSTICISM THAT HAS FASCINATED READERS FOR MORE THAN SEVEN CENTURIES. ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, THIS WORK OFFERS MORE COMPLEX MEANINGS TO THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE.
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ZOHAR: THE BOOK OF SPLENDOR
BASIC READINGS FROM THE KABBLAH
SCHOLEM, GERSHOM G.
MRS. SYLVAN BONDY
THIS IS AN EDITION OF THE BASIC WORK OF JEWISH MYSTICISM, THE PROFOUNDEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE KABBALAH. © 1949
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3964
ROTH, PHILIP
CELIA C. BELFROM
A WOULD-BE RECLUSE IS THRUST INTO THE LIMELIGHT DURING THE SIXTIES WITH THE SUCCESS OF HIS EROTICALLY COMIC NOVEL.
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JACOBSON, DAN
BETTY WILK
FIFTEEN SHORT STORIES PORTRAYING THE TENSION AND GENERAL UNEASINESS OF LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA. INCLUDES TALES OF MORAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE RACES: BLACKS, AFRIKAANERS, AND JEWS.
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FELD, ROSS
BETTY SMITH
AT 22, JOEL ZWILLING WAS A LITERARY WUNDERKIND WITH A SUCCESSFUL FIRST NOVEL. AFTER DISAPPOINTING SECOND AND THIRD NOVELS, ZWILLING'S CAREER SEEMS POISED TO BE REVIVED BY A SHORT STORY, BUT JUST BEFORE THE PIECE APPEARS, JOEL'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. LEFT WITH A YOUNG SON TO RAISE AND A WRITER'S BLOCK, JOEL MOVES TO THE MIDWEST, HOPING TO LOSE HIMSELF IN A MORE PLACID LIFE. OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES, JOEL'S WRITING CAREER WILL BE ECLIPSED BY THAT OF HIS SON. THEN NATE IS ASTOUNDED AND JEALOUS WHEN JOEL IS APPROACHED BY A HOLLYWOOD DIECTOR AIMING TO CAPTURE JOEL'S TRAGIC EARLY WORK ON FILM. YET DESPITE THE FRESH WOUNDS THAT ARE OPENED, THE MAIN PLAYERS FIND THEMSELVES KNOTTED TOGETHER BY PARALLEL STRANDS OF LOVE, GRIEF, AND SICKNESS. © 1999
