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THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE BEILISS CASE
SAMUEL, MAURICE
RICHARD HANAU
IN 1911, MENDEL BEILISS, A JEWISH WORKMAN WAS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A CHRISTIAN BOY IN KIEV IN ORDER TO USE HIS BLOOD FOR THE MAKING OF PASSOVER MATZOS. THIS BOOK PROVIDES AN ACCOUNT OF THE RESULTING TRIAL, AS WELL AS ITS POLITICAL BACKGROUND, CHARACTER PORTRAITS, AND REACTION TO THE TRIAL IN RUSSIA AND BEYOND.
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5201
WEISMAN, JOHN
VIRGINIA SADOCK
IN THIS STORY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL BETRAYAL, THE AUTHOR POSES QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUPPORT FOR AND BELIEF IN ISRAEL.
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7539
LAND, JON
LEVITON, BELLE
IN THIS THRILLER, PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN DETECTIVE BEN KAMAL AND HIS PARTNER/LOVER, ISRAELI DETECTIVE DANIELLE BARNEA, FIND THEMSELVES IN SIERRA LEONE BATTLING A REBEL LEADER WITH GLOBAL DESIGNS.
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7852
THE QUEST FOR THE LIFE DIAMONDS
SVORAY, YARON; HAMMER, RICHARD
FRANCINE PRINCE
EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS BOUGHT HIGH QUALITY, UNCUT DIAMONDS TO USE AS PASSPORTS TO SAFETY IN THE 1930S. DURING THE HOLOCAUST, THESE "LIFE DIAMONDS" BECAME "DEATH DIAMONDS," BELIEVED TO BE CURSED, AND EVENTUALLY LIBERATED FROM THE NAZIS BY TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WHO BURIED THEM IN AN ALSACE FOREST. YEARS LATER, SVORAY, AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, SPENT OVER A DECADE TRACKING DOWN THE GEMS IN A SEARCH DOCUMENTED FOR THE HISTORY CHANNEL.© 2003
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4986
DAN, URI
EVE HAVERMAN
THE STORY OF GENERAL ARIEL SHARON'S HISTORY-MAKING SUIT AGAINST 'TIME' MAGAZINE.
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5579
SINCLAIR, CLIVE
JUDY BOMBECK
THE STORY OF JACOB SILKSTONE, A WRITER AND ADULTERER, WHOSE MOST INNOCENT ACTS SEEM TO PROVOKE CHAOS AS HE SEEKS TO FIND A MORAL ROUTE IN WHICH TO NAVIGATE HIS LIFE.
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6968
KRICH, ROCHELLE
MARILYN BECK
WHEN THE BODY OF AN OLD MAN IS FOUND AT A NURSING HOME, IT APPEARS HE HAS SUCCUMBED TO A HEART ATTACK. BUT LAPD DETECTIVE JESSIE SUSPECTS FOUL PLAY. DURING HER INVESTIGATION, JESSIE UNCOVERS MORE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS AND A TWISTED PLOT OF TREACHERY AND GREED THAT THREATENS TO FINISH OFF HITLER'S REMAINING VICTIMS.
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8267
A NOVEL
CORRADO POPE, BARBARA
ALLISON EDWARDS
POPE SETS THIS HISTORY-MYSTERY IN FRANCE IN 1894. THE MOTHER AND NURSE INSIST THAT A WANDERING JEW MURDERED THE INFANT AS PART OF A RITUAL SACRIFICE. THE CASE WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO A JEWISH COLLEAGUE OF THE MAGISTRATE BERNARD MARTIN, WHO BELIEVES IT REPRESENTS A TRAP. ACTION AND TENSION ESCALATE FROM THERE. BESIDES BEING AN ENGROSSING MYSTERY, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMINATION OF HOW PREJUDICE SEEPS INTO EVERY AREA OF LIFE.
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7662
FURST, ALAN
CHERNANSKY, DIANE
IN THIS SUSPENSEFUL NOVEL, RUSSIAN WRITER I.A. SEREBIN COMES TO ISTANBUL FLEEING FROM NAZI-OCCUPIED FRANCE AND IS RECRUITED BY A HUNGARIAN SPY TO CUT OFF GERMANY'S OIL SUPPLY.© 2002
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6277
TRENHAILE, JOHN
ELAINE RIKOO
OXFORD PROFESSOR COLIN RALEIGH AND HIS SON, ROBBIE, ARE ENROUTE TO AUSTRALIA WHEN THEIR PLANE IS HIJACKED. RALEIGH SUSPECTS THAT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, A LEBANESE WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY IS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH TERRORISTS, IS INVOLVED. ROBBIE DISCOVERS THAT HIS MOTHER IS ON BOARD, BUT SO IS THE MOSSAD AND A CONFRONTATION ENSUES.© 1992
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7948
DISPATCHES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
ELON, AMOS
ELLEN DAVID
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND ARTICLES WRITTEN DURING THE 30 YEARS SINCE THE SIX DAY WAR, DEALING WITH ISRAEL AND POLITICS, THE INTIFADA, THE PEACE PROCESS, PROFILES OF JEWISH AND ARAB LEADERS. © 1997
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7365
DUCKER, BRUCE
BEATRICE G. DAVIS
PETER STEINMULLER, A YOUNG AMERICAN JAZZ PIANIST, IS STRANDED IN SWITZERLAND AFTER HIS BAND GETS FIRED FROM A CRUISE SHIP. WHEN HE RESPONDS TO AN INTRIGUING NEWSPAPER NOTICE, HE FINDS HIMSELF ON A CONVOLUTED PATH THAT COVERS THREE CONTINENTS, A PATH THAT MAY LEAD TO FORTUNE AND CLUES TO HIS OWN ANCESTRY. © 2000
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2564
BLOODSHED AND THREE NOVELLAS
OZICK, CYNTHIA
ELEANOR SCHICK
IN THE TITLE STORY, NOVELIST OZICK DESCRIBES CONSTRUCTION WORK IN A HASIDIC COMMUNITY OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY WHERE TORAH STUDY GOES ALONG WITH CARPENTRY AND BRICKLAYING. ANOTHER NOVELLA FEATURES A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR WHO REPRESENTS AN AFRICAN NATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS.
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6121
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO SCHOOL FRIENDS, RICH GENTILE GRISHA AND JEWISH HERSHKE, WHO ARE LIVING IN A LARGE CITY IN CZARIST RUSSIA. THE BOYS INNOCENTLY TRADE IDENTITIES SO GRISHA CAN UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING OF A JEW BUT THE SITUATION TAKES A DARK TURN WHEN GRISHA IS ACCUSED OF A RITUAL MURDER.
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8265
A MEMOIR OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL
LUKAS, CHRISTOPHER
PAUL SPERRY
CHRISTOPHER AND TONY LUKAS'S MOTHER COMMITTED SUICIDE WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG, BUT THE BOYS WERE NEVER TOLD HOW SHE DIED. IN A SUPREMELY BRAVE EFFORT LITERALLY TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE, LUKAS SHATTERS THE SILENCE SURROUNDING THE LONG HISTORY OF SUICIDE IN HIS HUNGARIAN-GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THAT OF HIS OLDER BROTHER TONY.
BEAUTIFULLY READ BY A PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR!
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1421
MIRSKY, MARK
HELEN BECKER
A SATIRICAL NOVEL ABOUT A MEEK, COMPLACENT RABBI WHO IS GOADED INTO PUBLICLY INDICTING MEMBERS OF HIS CONGREGATION FOR VARIOUS DECEPTIONS.
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6468
SHALEV, MEIR
SHIRLEY SOMMER
BARUCH SHENKAR, AN ISRAELI MORTICIAN WHOSE PARENTS WERE KILLED BY ARAB TERRORISTS WHEN HE WAS A CHILD, REFLECTS ON THE PEOPLE HE HAS BURIED AND MULLS OVER QUESTIONS THAT STILL HAUNT HIM. DID GRANDFATHER YAAKOV KILL GRANDMOTHER FEYGE? WHY DID UNCLE EFRAYIM DISAPPEAR? SHALEV'S CHARACTERS DEPICT THE BIRTH OF A NATION.© 1991
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8217
ROSNER, ELIZABETH
SANDI SKODNIK
THIS BOOK IS A HAUNTING PORTRAIT OF INDIVIDUALS TORMENTED BY THEIR PAST. TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THREE PROTAGONISTS--SIBLINGS DANZIG AND MARGOT, CHILDREN OF A NAZI OFFICIAL, AND MERAV, AN ISRAELI SOLDIER AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR--ROSNER SHIFTS FROM CONTEMPORARY SAN FRANCISCO TO POSTWAR GERMANY AS SHE TANTALIZINGLY REVEALS EACH CHARACTER'S PSYCHIC WOUNDS.
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7795
A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE
KRICH, ROCHELLE
ARLINE KEMPNER
MOLLY BLUME, CRIME BEAT REPORTER AND ORTHODOX JEW, INVESTIGATES A HIT-AND-RUN ASSAULT ON A YOUNG WOMAN IN A NIGHTGOWN. A NEW CHARACTER FROM THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR.© 2002
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3580
KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT
BLANCHE SANT
A NOSTALGIC STORY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AT A JEWISH FAMILY HOTEL IN ATLANTIC CITY, IN THE SUMMER OF 1939.
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8252
TALBOT, TOBY
TOBY TALBOT, MAGGIE SNYDER
A MEMOIR OF TOBY TALBOT'S MOTHER'S LIFE AND HER OWN CHILDHOOD. IT'S THE EXPERIENCE OF MOURNING, OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, OF THE HANDING DOWN OF LIFE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, OF THE NEED TO GO ON.
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7264
MATTISON, ALICE
ELLEN DAVID
IN HER THIRD NOVEL, THE AUTHOR DEPICTS THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO WOMEN, SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF A 1920'S TROLLEY STRIKE LED BY A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN ANARCHIST. © 1999
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8202
A NOVEL
COHEN, ESTHER
PAMELA VASSIL
NEW YORKER ARLETTE ROSEN NEVER INTENDED TO BECOME A BOOK DOCTOR. BUT AFTER SHE HELPS A FRIEND AND SALVAGES A MANUSCRIPT TITLED LIFE AND DEATH: ONE PROGNOSIS, SHE NEVER LACKS FOR CLIENTS. IN FACT, MUCH OF THIS SWEETLY CLEVER COMEDY CONSISTS OF THE LETTERS ARLETTE RECEIVES FROM DESPERATE WANNABE WRITERS HOPING THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WRITE EVERYTHING FROM HOLOCAUST NOVELS TO AN ALZHEIMER'S JOKE BOOK.
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4855
HALTER, MAREK
IN A MIX OF SPECULATION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, THE AUTHOR TRACES THE HISTORY OF HIS FAMILY FROM THE FIRST ABRAHAM, WHO WITNESSED THE FALL OF JERUSALEM IN 70 A.D., TO HIS GRANDFATHER, ABRAHAM, WHO DIED IN THE WARSAW GHETTO IN 1943.
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5287
SEGAL, LORE
CORRINNE SHAFTEL
THE AUTHOR RETELLS BIBLE STORIES FOR CHILDREN.
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1555
BOOK OF BELIEFS AND OPINIONS
GAON, SAADIA
BENJAMIN WERNE
AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE COMPLETE TEXT OF SAADIA GAON'S JEWISH PHILOSOPHICAL CLASSIC, WHICH IS THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT TO PRESENT JUDAISM AS A RATIONAL BODY OF BELIEFS.
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1373
DOCTOROW, E.L.
ELEANOR TANNENBAUM & EVELYN THORNER
A NOVEL BASED ON THE ROSENBERG TRIAL WHICH PORTRAYS THE FATE OF THE ROSENBERG CHILDREN FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF THEIR PARENTS FOR ESPIONAGE. REMAKE OF A 1973 RECORDING.
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8575
BARTON, EMILY
ELIZABETH LONDON
What if an empire of Jewish warriors that really existed in the Middle Ages had never fallen—and was the only thing standing between Hitler and his conquest of Russia? Esther, daughter of Khazaria’s chief policy adviser, sees the ominous implications of Germania’s disregard for Jewish lives and realizes that this isn’t just another war, but an existential threat. After enemy warplanes enter sovereign Khazar territory, Esther knows she must fight for her country. But as the elder daughter in a traditional home, how can she convince her entire nation to join in the fight for its very existence against an enemy like none Khazaria has ever faced before? The novel, simultaneously a steampunk Joan of Arc and a genre-bending tale of a counterfactual Jewish state, is a profound saga of war, technology, mysticism, power, and faith.
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903
PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB
MRS. IRVING KLAUSS
A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER. SET IN EASTERN EUROPE, THE TALES COMBINE ELEMENTS OF FOLKLORE AND THE REAL STRUGGLES OF PEOPLE TO ATTAIN THEIR GOALS, MATERIAL OR SPIRITUAL. © 1960
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1712
SPINOZA, BARUCH
ADELE STEIN
A PHILOSOPHIC WORK BY THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH PHILOSOPHER. PART OF A COLLECTION PUBLISHED BY THE PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY WHICH INCLUDED WORKS FROM THE 6TH CENTURY B.C.E. TO THE MODERN AGE.
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1499
BIRNBAUM, PHILIP
ADELE STEIN
A STUDY OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES, THEMES, AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM WRITTEN BY AN ORTHODOX SCHOLAR.
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5808
JACOBS, LOUIS
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
A CODE OF JEWISH LAW FOR THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. JACOBS EXPLAINS THE JEWISH WAY TO DO EVERYTHING, FROM CELEBRATING THE SABBATH AND HOLIDAYS TO KEEPING THE FASTS OF THE JEWISH YEAR. © 1987
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7616
BOOK OF JEWISH SACRED PRACTICES
CLAL'S GUIDE TO EVERYDAY & HOLIDAY RITUALS AND BLESSINGS
KULA, IRWIN, RABBI; OCHS, VANESSA
RON AVERY
IN THIS EASY TO USE GUIDE, CLAL- THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP PRESENTS A FORMAT FOR CONNECTING SPIRITUALITY WITH DAILY LIFE. INCLUDED ARE MEDITATIONS, BLESSINGS, PROFOUND JEWISH TEACHINGS, AND RITUALS FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EVERYDAY EVENTS AND HOLIDAYS THAT CAN BE USED AS PRESENTED OR ADAPTED TO FIT A PERSONAL SITUATION EVEN MORE CLOSELY.© 2001
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7775
A DAY-BY-DAY GUIDE TO ETHICAL LIVING
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI
ESTELLE ADEN
A "MANUAL" ON LEADING A DECENT, KIND, AND HONEST LIFE IN A MORALLY COMPLICATED WORLD, THIS BOOK APPLIES JUDAISM'S SACRED WRITINGS TO ADDRESS THE MAJOR ETHICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO 52 WEEKS RATHER THAN CHAPTERS, AND EACH WEEK CONTAINS ONE LESSON FOR EACH OF ITS SEVEN DAYS (SUNDAY THROUGH SHABBAT), PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 365 TEACHINGS FOR A WHOLE YEAR.© 2000
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3819
POTOK, CHAIM
SIDNEY BIGGELSON
A NOVEL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CRISIS OF AN AMERICAN RABBI WHO WAS A CHAPLAIN IN KOREA, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF HIS INNER TURMOIL IN KABALISTIC TERMS.
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8154
COHEN, LEONARD
LESLEY SUSSMAN
LEONARD COHEN IS A WORLD RENOWNED SINGER-SONGWRITER, AND THIS BOOK IS A COMPILATION OF LYRICS, POEMS, MUSINGS, AND MORE.
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6137
COHEN, LEONARD
MARTIN GERBER
A BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY PSALMS WHOSE TONE ECHOES THE TRADITIONAL FORM. THE AUTHOR WRITES AS A MAN TALKING TO HIS MAKER AND THE PSALMS ALTERNATELY REFLECT THE MAN'S PRAISE OF GOD AS WELL AS HIS DESPAIR, ANGER, DOUBT, AND TRUST.
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8387
NEW AND SELECTED STORIES
STERN, STEVE
NIKKI JAMES
STEVE STERN'S STORIES TAKE US FROM THE UNLIKELY OLD JEWISH QUARTER OF THE PINCH IN MEMPHIS TO A TURN-OF-THE CENTURY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK; FROM THE MARKET TOWNS OF EASTERN EUROPE TO A DOWN-AT-THE-HEELS CATSKILLS RESORT.
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8678
APPEL, ALLAN
SCHREIBER, STEVE
THE BOOK PROBES MORMON-JEWISH RELATIONSHIPS AND TRADITIONS WITH HUMOR AND THOUGHTFULNESS.
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2843
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF SHMUEL-ABA BERVO
MANGER, ITZIK
JOYCE KARP
THIS IS A STORY BASED ON THE OLD TRADITION IN JEWISH FOLKLORE THAT CHILDREN BEFORE BIRTH LIVE IN PARADISE AND JUST BEFORE THEY ARE BORN ARE TAPPED BY AN ANGEL TO FORGET THEIR STAY. THIS IS A STORY OF A YOUNG BOY WHO OUTWITS HIS ANGEL AND IS BORN WITH COMPLETE MEMORY OF PARADISE AND THE LIFE HE LIVES WITH THIS MEMORY.
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7399
CELEBRATIONS RITUALS & CUSTOMS SPIRITUALITY
DAVID, JO; SYME, DANIEL B.
IRWIN WEISS
A TEXT ON JEWISH LIFE AS IT IS LIVED TODAY, WITH EACH CHAPTER DESCRIBING A STAGE OR MILESTONE OF THAT LIFE, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL PRACTICES AND MODERN OBSERVANCES. © 1997
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6221
BOOK OF WORDS (SEFER SHEL DEVARIM)
TALKING SPIRITUAL LIFE, LIVING SPIRITUAL TALK
KUSHNER, LAWRENCE
TAMIR
IN THIS BOOK, RABBI KUSHNER ATTEMPTS TO REVITALIZE HEBREW/ENGLISH HOLY WORDS. HE INCLUDES HIS OWN MEDITATIVE REFLECTIONS ON THESE WORDS, SUPPLEMENTED BY BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC WISDOM.© 1993
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6384
S.Y. AGNON
MINTZ, A., ED.; HOFFMAN, A. G., ED.
HARRY SMALL
A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ISRAELI NOVELIST. AGNON TRANSFORMS TRADITIONAL THEMES AND SOURCES AND WRITES OF COMMUNITY AND DISLOCATION, LONGING AND LOSS.© 1995
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8225
A NOVEL
REDEL, VICTORIA
JAN BURRELL
AT 41, SARA, AN ACADEMIC IN MANHATTAN, REGISTERS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION AGENCY, AND SHE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE HER FAMILY HISTORY. SHE KNOWS HER LOVING, WIDOWED FATHER, RICHARD, CAME TO THE U.S. AS A HOLOCAUST REFUGEE IN THE 1940S, BUT HE DOES NOT TALK ABOUT IT. WHAT IS HE HOLDING BACK? AS THE FAMILY MYSTERY BUILDS TO A CLIMAX, THE REVELATIONS OF LOVE, GUILT, BETRAYAL, LOSS, AND DENIAL ARE HAUNTING.
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8161
YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN ALL OF ITS MOODS
WEX, MICHAEL
STEVEN SCHREIBER
AS THE MAIN SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE JEWS FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS, YIDDISH HAS HAD PLENTY TO LAMENT, PLENTY TO CONCEAL . THROUGH THE IDIOMS, PHRASES, METAPHORS, AND FASCINATING HISTORY OF THIS KVETCH-FULL TONGUE, MICHAEL WEX GIVES US A MOVING AND INSPIRING PORTRAIT OF A PEOPLE, AND A LANGUAGE, IN EXILE.
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5451
JACKONT, AMNON
TRUDY CUTLER
THE NOVEL SHIFTS BETWEEN SEVERAL OF ITS MAIN ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CHARACTERS AS IT STRUGGLES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: IS ISRAEL WORTH THE PAIN, FOR JEWS, THAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP IT ALIVE AS A NATION?
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149
ADAMS, JOEY WITH HENRY TOBIAS
JENNIE KASOFSKY
A STORY OF THE CATSKILL RESORTS AND THEIR SHOW BUSINESS ENTERTAINERS.
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8362
JONAH GELLER MYSTERY
SHRIER, HOWARD
RICHARD BERGMAN
A BRILLIANT YOUNG SURGEON-IN-TRAINING LAST SEEN 2 WEEKS AGO LEAVING THE BOSTON HOSPITAL WHERE HE WORKED. CANADA'S TOP PRIVATE EYE JONAH GELLER SOON FIND OUT THAT DAVID FLED FOR HIS LIFE AFTER A VICIOUS IRISH CRIME BOSS TRIED TO ABDUCT HIM.
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8258
HEADY TIMES, HEARTBREAK, AND HOPE ALONG THE GRAND CONCOURSE IN THE BRONX
ROSENBLUM, CONSTANCE
SANDY SKODNICK
THE BRONX'S GRAND CONCOURSE, WITH ITS ART DECO STRUCTURES, IS ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL DELIGHTS, AND ITS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NEW BOOK. IT SAW THE ARRIVAL OF JEWS IN THE FIRST FIVE DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FOLLOWED BY WAVES OF IRISH AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS SEEKING TO PURSUE THEIR CULTURE AND CAREERS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISSECTS THE RIVALRY BETWEEN WEST BRONX AFFLUENCE AND THE WORKING-CLASS EAST BRONX, AND THE RACIAL TENSIONS THAT LED TO WHITE SUBURBAN FLIGHT AND THE DECLINE AND NEGLECT OF THE AREA.
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8195
FROM CAST-OFF KID TO FILMMAKER THROUGH THE MAGIC OF DREAMS
JACOBY, JOSEPH
LLOYD MOSS
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2403
LEVIN, IRA
NAOMI HOFFMAN
A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF EX-NAZIS WHO FIND REFUGE IN SOUTH AMERICA AND ATTEMPT TO CREATE A NEW BREED OF NAZI OFFSPRING, ALL CLONES OF HITLER, READY TO BE TURNED LOOSE ON THE WORLD.
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2407
A FREE MAN'S LIFE
MASON, ALPHEUS T.
VIOLET HECHT
A BIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS BRANDEIS, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
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4614
BAKER, LEONARD
AN ACCOUNT OF TWO CLOSE FRIENDS AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO HELPED TO SHAPE MUCH OF AMERICAN LIFE FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. LEONARD BAKER IS A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR.
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8105
YEZIERSKA, ANZIA
NORMA FIRE
SARA'S IMMIGRANT FATHER HAS MARRIED OFF HER SISTERS TO MEN THEY DON'T LOVE. BUT SHE IS A MODERN AMERICAN LIVING ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE IN THE 1920S, AND REJECTS HIS CONCEPT OF JEWISH WOMANHOOD IN FAVOR OF INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, WORK, AND LOVE. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1925, THE NOVEL HAS BEEN REVIVED BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HISTORIAN ALICE KESSLER-HARRIS, WHO HAS ADDED AN UPDATED FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION. © 1999, 2003 (3RD ED.) [REPLACES EARLIER RECORDING, EC-2466]
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5056
GERSHON, KAREN
BETTY S. JACOBS
THE STORY OF A TEENAGER EXILED TO ENGLAND FROM NAZI GERMANY IN 1938. THE BOOK EXAMINES THE GIRL'S LONELINESS, HER ADAPTATION TO A NEW LIFE, AND HER COPING WITH ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1985
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3297
BREAK-UP OF OUR CAMP- VOL. ONE
GOODMAN, PAUL
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
THE FIRST OF A PROJECTED 4-VOLUME EDITION OF GOODMAN'S SHORT FICTION SET IN A SUMMER CAMP FOR JEWISH BOYS, DISPLAYING KEEN POWERS OF OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION.
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1465
BREAKDOWN AND BEREAVEMENT
BRENNER, YOSEF HAIM
WILMA BASS & BARBARA TALLERING
A NOVEL ABOUT UNFULFILLED DESIRE AND THE TOLL THAT THE STRUGGLE FOR FULFILLMENT TAKES ON THE HUMAN SPIRIT. WRITTEN BY THE ISRAELI NOVELIST, EDITOR, CRITIC, AND PHILOSOPHER WHO TOOK A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO LITERATURE. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW.
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8092
MARGOLIS, SUE
CARMEN ADRIANA
ASPIRING JAZZ SOLOIST AND SINGLE MOM STEPHANIE GLASSMAN COOKS LAVISH SUNDAY BRUNCHES AT HER LONDON HOME FOR HER BEST FRIENDS, BUT HER CAREER IS IN A RUT (HER LATEST GIG IS PLAYING THE PIANO IN DEPARTMENT STORE), AND EVEN HER GRANDMOTHER HAS A BETTER LOVE LIFE. THEN HER TODDLER'S FATHER, AN AMERICAN MOVIE STUNTMAN, RETURNS, BUT SO DOES AN ACTOR SHE HAS LONG ADMIRED. AT THE SAME TIME, HER CAREER HEATS UP BUT RESULTS IN A FRONT PAGE SCANDAL. STEPHANIE HAS SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE. WHAT WILL SHE DO? © 2004
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5457
SHAINBERG, MAURICE
N/A
FORCED TO ASSUME A NON-JEWISH IDENTITY DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF POLAND, THE AUTHOR TELLS OF HIS YEARS AS AN AGENT IN THE SOVIET-DOMINATED POLISH KGB AND THE EVENTS LEADING TO HIS DEFECTION TO THE WEST.
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7554
TURBULENT TRAVELS IN THE PROMISED LAND
BLACK, BEN
GUY LEBOW
WHEN BEN BLACK MIGRATES FROM SCOTLAND TO ISRAEL, HIS LIFE TAKES A MORE EXOTIC TURN. HAVING LIVED ON AND OFF IN ISRAEL SINCE HE WAS A SMALL CHILD, BLACK THOUGHT HE WAS PREPARED FOR AND ALL EXPERIENCES THAT COULD OCCUR. BUT HIS LIFE CHANGES IRREVERSIBLY ONE DAY WHEN HE RECEIVES HIS MILITARY CALL-UP PAPERS AND BEN WHO HAD MOVED TO ISRAEL IN THE MID 1990'S AS THE PROMISE OF PEACE SEEMED SO CLOSE IS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CONSCIENCE AND HIS COUNTRY.© 2001
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8038
POEMS
LEVINE, PHILIP
NANCY BRONSTEEN
THE AWARD-WINNING POET LOOKS BACK AT HIS OWN LIFE AND THE ADVENTURES OF HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, TRANSPORTING READERS TO THE STREET WHERE HE WAS BORN AND THE AMERICA HE'S KNOWN SINCE THE 1930S. HE REFERS THROUGHOUT TO THE JAZZ MUSICIANS WHOSE MUSIC WAS THE SOUNDTRACK OF HIS LIFE. © 2004
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7893
LAPID, HAIM
LLOYD MOSS
REJECTED BY HIS LOVER AND RECOVERING FROM A NEAR-FATAL CAR CRASH, BREZNITZ RETURNS TO HIS POLICE UNIT AND IS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE AN UNUSUAL MURDER. AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN IS FOUND NEAR JERUSALEM; AN ARAB SUSPECT IS APPREHENDED AND QUICKLY CONFESSES. BREZNITZ, HOWEVER, IS NOT CONVINCED THAT HE IS THE REAL KILLER. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (1992) BY YAEL LOTAN, © 2000
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731
AGNON, S.Y.
BERNICE STRAUSS
A POOR AND PIOUS CHASSID TRAVELS TO NEIGHBORING VILLAGES, SEEKING DOWRIES FOR HIS THREE DAUGHTERS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION OF BRINGING THEM TO THE MARRIAGE CANOPY. RERECORDED. © 1937
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8567
TALMUD TALES
CALDERON, RUTH
PAM VASSIL
THE AUTHOR OFFERS A FASCINATING WINDOW INTO SOME OF THE LIVELIEST AND MOST COLORFUL STORIES IN THE TALMUD. Translated by Ilana Kurshan.
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6392
FAST, HOWARD
AUDREY FLAMBERG
MARRIED ONLY ELEVEN DAYS, AMERICAN ENGINEERING STUDENT SCOTT WARING AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ARE ARRESTED BY THE GESTAPO AT A NAZI RALLY. SCOTT'S WIFE IS MURDERED BUT HE MANAGES TO ESCAPE AND HE RETURNS TO THE U. S., DEVASTATED. EVENTUALLY HE FINDS THAT HE CAN LOVE AGAIN.© 1995
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8573
ESPERANTO AND THE DREAM OF A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
SCHOR, ESTHER
ROBERT AYZIN
A RICH AND PASSIONATE BIOGRAPHY OF A LANGUAGE AND THE DREAM OF WORLD HARMONY IT SOUGHT TO REALIZE
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8198
BRIEF CHAPTER IN MY IMPOSSIBLE LIFE
REINHARDT, DANA
ELAINE WOLBROM
OLIVE SKINNED AND DARK EYED, SIMONE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HER FAIR-HAIRED FAMILY. SHE IS, NONETHELESS, THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS. IT THEREFORE COMES AS A TERRIBLE INTRUSION IN SIMONE'S COMFORTABLE LIFE WHEN, AFTER 16 YEARS, HER BIRTH MOTHER RIVKA, A SELF-EXILED HASIDIC JEW, ASKS TO MEET HER.
EN4
8526
BRIEF STOP ON THE ROAD FROM AUSCHWITZ
ROSENBERG, GORAN
JAMES MCGOWAN
A SHATTERING MEMOIR BY A JOURNALIST ABOUT HIS FATHER’S ATTEMPT TO SURVIVE THE AFTERMATH OF AUSCHWITZ IN A SMALL INDUSTRIAL TOWN IN SWEDEN.
EN4
426
BARTOV, HANOCH
ZENA WINSTON
A NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MEN IN THE JEWISH BRIGADE WHO SERVED UNDER THE BRITISH IN ITALY TOWARD THE END OF WORLD WAR II. DESCRIBES THEIR EMOTIONS AS A JEWISH ARMY OF OCCUPATION ABOUT TO ENTER NAZI GERMANY. © 1967
EN4
7394
BRINGING HEAVEN DOWN TO EARTH
MEDITATIONS AND EVERYDAY WISDOM FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE REBBE-
FREEMAN, TZVI, ED.
SHIRLEY BROWN
RABBI MENACHEM SCHNEERSON'S TEACHINGS WERE DRAWN FROM A COLLECTIVE WISDOM THAT SPANNED FOUR MILLENNIA, YET HIS MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE. HE REVEALED THE BEAUTY AND WONDER IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES AND SHOWED US HOW TO TAP INTO OUR INNER STRENGTH AND GROW WITH LIFE'S CHALLENGES BY REMEMBERING THAT THE GOAL IS NOT "MAKING IT TO HEAVEN," IT IS TO BRING HEAVEN DOWN TO EARTH. © 1999
EN4
6491
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE CRISIS BETWEENTHE US & ISRAEL
ARENS, MOSHE
EVA YARETT
ARENS, LIKUD PARTY FOREIGN MINISTER FROM 1988-1990, WORKED CLOSELY WITH YITZHAK SHAMIR TO RETURN THE COUNTRY'S POLICIES TO A MORE CONSERVATIVE FOCUS. ALTHOUGH ARENS IS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI PEACE ACCORD, HE IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL OF INTERFERENCE IN ISRAEL'S DOMESTIC POLICIES BY THE UNITED STATES. © 1995
EN4
8222
KALOOS, STEPHANIE
JOAN PLATNIK
MARGARET HUGHES LIVES ALONE IN A SEATTLE MANSION, DIVORCED FROM HER HUSBAND AFTER THE DEATH OF THEIR SON. WANDA SCHULTZ, ABANDONED AS A CHILD BY HER PARENTS, CANNOT ACCEPT THE REJECTION OF HER LOVER, PETER, WHOSE SOLITARY POSTCARD BRINGS HER ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF HIM. WHEN CANCER SENDS MARGARET A WAKE-UP CALL, SHE OPENS HER HOME AND HER HEART: FIRST TO WANDA AND THEN TO A FLOOD OF OTHER NEW "FAMILY" MEMBERS AS SHE LEARNS TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY TO ATONE FOR A PAST CRIME SHE ONLY GRADUALLY UNDERSTANDS.
EN4
1014
AARONSOHN, MICHAEL
ELAINE LEE
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RABBI WHO BECAME BLIND DURING WORLD WAR I.
EN4
7063
BECKER, JUREK
BEVERLY STERN
THE AUTHOR HAS DEVISED SOMETHING BETWEEN STORY AND ALLEGORY TO EVOKE THE COLD GENERATIONAL MILLENIUM THAT SEPARATES A FATHER, WITH HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIES, FROM A SON, ADRIFT IN A SOCIETY WITH NO MEMORIES WHATSOEVER. © 1999
EN4
5472
LELCHUK, ALAN
MEL DAVIS
THE STORY OF ALAN SCHLOSSBERG, WHO IS COMING OF AGE IN POST-DEPRESSION BROOKLYN. ALAN STRUGGLES WITH HIS FATHER'S BITTERNESS AND COMMITMENT TO STALINISM AND HIS OWN ENTHRALLMENT WITH ALL THINGS AMERICAN.
EN4
4627
JEWISH LANDSMANSHAFTN IN THE NEW WORLD
WEISSER, MICHAEL R.
HELEN DITTUS & RICA ZWEIBEL
A STUDY OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS TO NEW YORK WHO REMAINED LARGELY UNASSIMILATED, TRYING TO MAINTAIN LIFE AS THEY HAD KNOWN IT IN EASTERN EUROPEAN SHTETLS.
EN4
2829
ZELDIS, CHAIM
ESTHER COHEN
A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A FAMILY IN A SMALL TOWN.
EN4
125
SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA
ALYCE DOMENI
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN INTERESTING PORTRAIT OF THE JEWS IN LODZ, POLAND. THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON TWO BROTHERS - ONE A BRILLIANT STUDENT, AND THE OTHER A VAIN PLEASURE SEEKER.
EN4
1112
STAGG, JERRY
HELEN M. ASCHER
THE STORY OF SAM, LEE, AND JACOB SHUBERT, THE BROTHERS WHO OWNED THE LARGEST THEATER EMPIRE IN THE UNITED STATES.
EN4
4226
SINCLAIR, CLIVE
SYLVIA MORGENSTEIN
A DOUBLE BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC BASHEVIS AND HIS OLDER SIBLING ISRAEL JOSHUA, AS THEY BEGAN IN POLAND AND CAME TO AMERICA.
EN4
8218
BUBBE ISABELLA AND THE SUKKOT CAKE
TERWILLIGER, KELLY
DIANE LIPMAN
ONE SUKKOT, BUBBE ISABELLA BUILDS A SUKKAH. EACH NIGHT SHE WISHES FOR SOMEONE TO SIT WITH HER AND SHARE HER FRESHLY BAKED LEMON CAKE. JUST AS SHE IS ABOUT TO DISASSEMBLE IT, A BOY ASKS FOR HER COLORED CLOTH TO MAKE A FLAG FOR THE SIMCHAT TORAH HOLIDAY PROCESSION. BUBBE ISABELLA IS HAPPY TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO SHARE HER SUKKAH WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
EN4
7865
BUMMY DAVIS VS. MURDER, INC.
THE RISE & FALL OF THE JEWISH MAFIA & AN ILL-FATED PRIZEFIGHER
ROSS, RON
AUDREY FLAMBERG
THE FACT-BASED STORY OF AL "BUMMY" DAVIS, NE ALBERT ABRAHAM DAVIDOFF, WHO GREW UP IN THE BROWNSVILLE SECTION OF BROOKLYN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO BECOME A CHAMPION BOXER BUT WAS SMEARED BY THE PRESS BECAUSE OF THE FALSE ASSUMPTION THAT HE WAS INVOLVED WITH "MURDER, INC.," THE PROHIBITION-ERA MOBSTERS AND BOOTLEGGERS, INCLUDING HIS OLDER BROTHER.© 2003
EN4
2257
CHAGALL, BELLA
THE WIFE OF ARTIST MARC CHAGALL RECALLS HER CHILDHOOD AND THE JEWISH IDEALS WHICH SHE INHERITED FROM HER PARENTS.
EN4
8297
RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV AND FRANZ KAFKA
KARMENETZ, RODGER
DIANE LIPMAN
THE AUTHOR TRACES THE HIDDEN LINKS BETWEEN A LITERARY NINETEENTH-CENTURY HASIDIC RABBI AND A QUINTESSENTIAL MODERN SECULAR JEWISH WRITER.
EN4
8048
GROWING UP BETWEEN CULTURES - A MEMOIR OF AN INDIAN JEWISH GIRL
DELMAN, CARMIT
SUSAN HENDERSON
THE AUTHOR, DAUGHTER OF A BENE ISRAEL MOTHER FROM INDIA AND AN AMERICAN ASHKENAZI FATHER, REVEALS, THROUGH THIS MEMOIR, A PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN WORLD. DELMAN OFFERS RICH DETAILS TO PORTRAY THE UNIVERSAL AND EXOTIC ASPECTS OF HER UNUSUAL HERITAGE. THIS EDITION INCLUDES A 2003 READER'S GUIDE. © 2002
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6074
BUT HE WAS GOOD TO HIS MOTHER
THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF JEWISH GANGSTERS
ROCKAWAY, ROBERT A.
SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE
A SANGUINE LOOK AT THE MURDEROUS WORLD OF JEWISH GANGS AND GANGSTERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THIS FACT-FILLED BOOK ANSWERS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ERA AND ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ORGANIZED CRIME.
EN4
5255
KELLERMAN, JONATHAN
BEA DAVIS
WHEN THE MUTILATED BODY OF AN ARAB GIRL IS FOUND, INSPECTOR SHARAVI OF THE JERUSALEM POLICE MUST USE HIS WITS AND THE ETHNIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY HIS ASSISTANTS TO FIND THE KILLER WHO IS STALKING INHABITANTS OF THE CITY.
EN4
5979
ORDE, LEWIS
FRANCES WALDMAN
AFTER ESCAPING A RUSSIAN POGROM IN 1903, SIBLINGS ZALMAN AND RACHEL ARE SEPARATED. EACH BELIEVES THE OTHER DEAD, AND THEIR LIVES UNFOLD IN ALTERNATING CHAPTERS UNTIL THEY MEET 60 YEARS LATER.
EN4
5663
BY NIGHT UNDER THE STONE BRIDGE
PERUTZ, LEO
BRIANNA CAPLAN
FOURTEEN INTERWOVEN STORIES ABOUT EMPEROR RUDOLF II OF PRAGUE AND MORDECHAI MEISL WHICH DEPICT HOW RUDOLF'S INTERESTS IN BEAUTY AND MONEY WOULD LINK THE TWO MEN FOREVER. EVENTUALLY MEISL'S WIFE, THE SERVANTS OF THE COURT, AND THE JEWS OF THE GHETTO ALL BECOME INVOLVED. THE STORIES ARE NARRATED CENTURIES LATER BY MEISL'S DESCENDENTS.
EN4
3085
DE MILLE, NELSON
DOMENITZ, ALYCE
THE STORY OF A SMALL BAND OF ISRAELI MEN AND WOMEN, AND HOW THEIR COURAGE AND LOVE HELPED THEM SURVIVE UNDER CONDITIONS OF TERROR.
EN4
755
BY THE WATERS OF WHITECHAPEL
KOPS, BERNARD
BLANCHE HALPERN
A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH BOY WHOSE MOTHER OWNS A SMALL 'SWEET SHOPPE' IN WHITECHAPEL. © 1969
EN4
6826
POMERANTZ, RACHEL
TANYA SHERMAN
RONNY ARZI HAS TWO FAMILIES. NOW HE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TERRIFYING THREATS, BARBARA AND CHAIM SILBER FACE A BATTLE OF THEIR OWN: THE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO RAISE THEIR FOSTER SON, RONNY, IN A TORAH LIFE. © 1997
EN4
5949
NEBENZAL, HAROLD
GENE HELLER
FROM HIS HIDING PLACE IN A BERLIN ATTIC IN 1943, DANIEL SAPORTA, A SYRIAN JEW MASQUERADING AS A CHRISTIAN SPANIARD, REFLECTS ON HIS LIFE AS A CAFE OWNER, THE DECADENT NIGHT LIFE OF BERLIN BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS, AND THE POLITICAL INTRIGUE IN WHICH HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND BECAME INVOLVED.
EN4
434
ROTH, HENRY
RUTH FRANKFORT
A NOVEL OF A NEW YORK CHILDHOOD IN BROWNSVILLE AND MANHATTAN'S LOWER EAST SIDE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A SENSITIVE JEWISH BOY WHO FEARS HIS FATHER AND ADORES HIS MOTHER. © 1964
EN4
8143
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY
FRANK, DANIEL, ED; LEAMAN, OLIVER, ED
HERB WELLER
THIS BOOK TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS FROM BOTH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM LANDS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE WAY THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY THE SOCIETIES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
EN4
5265
THE AMERICAN MUSICAL ON STAGE
MAST, GERALD
RUBELLE SCHAFFLER
AN EXAMINATION OF THE LAST 100 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL. THE AUTHOR ALSO EXPLORES WHY MANY OF THE LEADING COMPOSERS WERE JEWISH.
EN4
4207
OZICK, CYNTHIA
FRANCILLE H. HLAVATY
FRENCH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR JOSEPH BRILL IDOLIZES HIS SCHOOL, HIS LOVE AND HIMSELF, AND IDOLATRY CANNOT GO UNPUNISHED.
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1606
AN HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE
LANDMAN, LEO
THE STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANTOR IN JEWISH COMMUNAL WORSHIP. PRESENTS THE HISTORIC, SOCIAL, AND RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS THAT INFLUENCE COMMUNITY VIEWS TOWARD THE CANTOR.
EN4
1671
HOROVITZ, ISRAEL
DICKIE MILLER
A NOVEL DEALING WITH HUMAN SUFFERING. CENTERS AROUND AN ELDERLY JEW IN A HOSPITAL WARD. ©1973
EN4
584
HARTOG, JAN DE
LYNN WEINER
A SEA ADVENTURE ABOUT THE MAKING OF A CAPTAIN, SET AGAINST THE CRUEL AND GRUELING BACKGROUND OF THE WORLD WAR II MURMANSK "DEATH" RUN. © 1967
