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ROSTEN, LEO
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
A NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF A JEWISH PSYCHIATRIST IN AN ARMY HOSPITAL DURING WORLD WAR II.
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4940
ROSEMAN, KENNETH
CORINNE SHAFTER
AN ADVENTURE STORY SET DURING THE SPANISH INQUISITION, THIS BOOK IS ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL THAT INTRODUCES JEWISH CONCEPTS, PLACES, AND FIGURES THROUGH DIFFERENT EPISODES IN WHICH THE PRE-TEEN READER MAKES DECISIONS THAT DETERMINES HIS OR HER OWN FATE.
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5728
A STUDY IN REPUTATION
POSNER, RICHARD A.
RICHARD HANAU
A LOOK AT BENJAMIN CARDOZO'S RISE FROM NEW YORK'S SEPHARDIC JEWISH ELITE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO HIS APPOINTMENT BY HERBERT HOOVER TO THE SUPREME COURT. POSNER ANALYZES CARDOZO'S IDEAS ABOUT LAW IN SOCIETY AND HIS INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN COMMON LAW.
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1429
COHEN, BARBARA
RUTH LEVINSTEIN
A CHILDREN'S STORY ABOUT A FAMILY IN NEW YORK AND ITS PREPARATIONS FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
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227
COHEN, ARTHUR A.
ASHER, MRS. M.
A NOVEL ABOUT A DISCONTENTED JEW WHO TRIES TO ABANDON HIS FAMILY AND HIS JEWISH HERITAGE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND A NEW IDENTITY AS A CHRISTIAN. © 1967
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7421
CARRY ME ACROSS THE WATER
CANIN, ETHAN
MOHR, M.
TAKE THE ADVICE OF NO ONE, THE YOUNG AUGUST KLEINMAN IS TOLD BY HIS MOTHER AS THE NAZI PARTY RISES TO POWER AROUND THEM IN HAMBURG. WITH THESE WORDS TO GUIDE HIM, YOUNG AUGUST ESCAPES TO AMERICA, WHERE HE GOES ON TO BUILD A FORTUNE, A FAMILY, AND A LIFE ON HIS OWN TERMS.
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6334
CARTONS IN THE AIR AND OTHER STORIES
WEINBACH, SHAINDEL
AUDREY FLAMBERG
TRUE STORIES OF SCHOLARS, SCOUNDRELS, SHNORRERS, SHEITEL MACHERS, ROSH YESHIVOS AND RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS, SET IN OLD AND NEW JERUSALEM, EASTERN EUROPE, THE COURTYARDS OF EGYPT, PRAGUE, A SHTETL IN GALICIA, A STALINIST PRISON CAMP AND THE MIRRER YESHIVAH.© 1992
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8082
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN
SYLVIA SORIN
THE RENOWNED HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR REFUTES THIRTY-TWO COMMON ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL, WRITING IN THE STYLE OF LEGAL BRIEFS AND BACKING UP HIS DEFENSE ARGUMENTS WITH HISTORICAL FACTS. © 2003
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8281
A MORDECAI MACCABBEE MYSTERY
SCHILLER, ALEXANDRA
DANIELE LASSNER
MORDECAI MACCABBEE ZIPS AROUND CHINATOWN, COURTING THE MONGOLIAN LADY. THIS RELATIONSHIP LEADS HIM DIRECTLY INTO A NEAR-FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF ANTIQUITIES THIEVERY AND SMUGGLING. WHEN HIS CAR AND HIS GIRLFRIEND BOTH DISAPPEAR, NOT EVEN THE SAGACIOUS LAMA CAN TELL HIM WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM.
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645
KAFKA, FRANZ
MARIE RUBENFELD
A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS ALLEGORY, THIS IS THE STORY OF K., WHO SEEKS TO FIND GOD SO THAT HE CAN FULFILL HIS LIFE. © 1930
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1861
TAMMUZ, BENJAMIN
BAER, MARIAN
A NOVEL ABOUT A TALENTED YOUNG MAN WHO RENOUNCES MATERIALISM AND TRAVELS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL SEARCHING FOR SELF-REALIZATION.
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2897
CATASTROPHE OF EUROPEAN JEWRY
GUTMAN, YISRAEL & LIVIA ROTHKIRCHEN
LILLIAN SCHAFFER
A STUDY ABOUT THE LIFE OF JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND AN ANALYSIS OF MODERN RACIAL ANTI-SEMITISM. COMPILED FROM STUDIES MADE BY JEWISH SCHOLARS FROM THE YAD VASHEM HOLOCAUST CENTER IN JERUSALEM.
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8224
LAWRENCE DOUGLAS
TOM CARROLL
ACADEMIC SUPERSTAR DANIEL WELLINGTON IS ON THE FAST TRACK AND IS VERY HAPPILY MARRIED. HOWEVER, WHEN HIS WIFE INFORMS HIM THAT SHE IS PREGNANT, HE IS STRICKEN WITH A CATASTROPHIC FEAR OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF FATHERHOOD. HIS BEHAVIOR BECOMES INCREASINGLY ERRATIC. WHILE WORKING AS A CONSULTANT ON A PROJECT TO BUILD A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN BERLIN, HE FINDS HIMSELF COMPULSIVELY LYING IN INTERVIEWS, CLAIMING TO BE THE CHILD OF SURVIVORS. AS DANIEL'S LIFE IMPLODES ON ALL FRONTS, THE AUTHOR TAKES INCREASINGLY FUNNY SHOTS AT MARRIAGE, ACADEMIA, AND MODERN ART.
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7759
THE COLLECTED STORIES AND OTHER WRITINGS
HELLER, JOSEPH
MARGARET ROSSI
A POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF HELLER'S (1923-1999) WRITING, INCLUDING EARLY WORKS, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED STORIES, SPIN-OFFS OF CATCH-22, A PLAY, AND ESSAYS. EDITED BY MATTHEW J. BRUCCOLI AND PARK BUCKER.© 2003
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8518
TENENBOM, TUVIA
MARCEL SISLOWITZ
CATCH THE JEW! RECOUNTS THE ADVENTURES OF GONZO JOURNALIST TUVIA TENENBOM, WHO WANDERS AROUND ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY FOR SEVEN MONTHS IN SEARCH OF THE UNTOLD TRUTHS IN TODAY'S HOLY LAND.
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6318
THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF MOE BERG
DAWIDOFF, NICHOLAS
KARL WEBER
THE STORY OF MOE BERG WHO WAS BOTH A SUCCESSFUL BASEBALL PLAYER AND A SPY. THE EXTENT OF HIS WORK FOR THE OSS IN DETERMINING GERMANY'S ATOMIC BOMB CAPABILITY IS DEMONSTRATED HERE.© 1995
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7997
HESSE, KAREN
JAN BURRELL
A LITTLE GIRL USES THE STRAY CATS SHE HAS BEFRIENDED TO HELP SMUGGLE FOOD INTO THE WARSAW GHETTO. © 2004
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7510
HAYES, JOHN R.
ON A PLEASANT SUMMER EVENING IN CHICKEN CORNERS, A VILLAGE IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, THREE MEN WITH RIFLES BEGIN SHOOTING CAREFULLY INTO AN OLD FARMHOUSE PACKED WITH IMMIGRANT JEWISH FAMILIES. THEY DO NOT AIM TO KILL, BUT BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER, A LOCAL WIDOW, WHOSE PRESENCE IN THE FARMHOUSE CANNOT BE EXPLAINED, LIES DEAD.
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5540
RAPHAEL, DAVID
BARBARA JUSTER
ALBERTO GALANTE, FLEEING THE SPANISH INQUISITION, BECOMES AN EXILE IN HIS OWN COUNTRY AS HE ATTEMPTS TO SLIP THROUGH THE TRAPS AND SNARES OF THE HOLY TRIBUNAL. A COMPANION NOVEL TO 'THE ALHAMBRA DECREE,' THIS STORY DRAWS READERS INTO THE WORLD OF THE SECRET JEWS WHO PRETEND TO BE CHRISTIANS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN.
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7480
FINDING HAPPINESS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES
SACKS, DR. JONATHAN
RABBI MARTIN COOPER
THE DEATH OF DR. JONATHAN SACKS' FATHER FORCED A REEXAMINATION OF THE WAYS AND PLACES WHERE WE FIND HAPPINESS. THROUGH HIS UNDERSTANDING OF JUDAISM AND HIS PERSONAL JOURNEY, SACKS SPEAKS ABOUT FINDING JOY IN FAMILY, COMMUNITY, FRIENDSHIP, AND RESPONSIBILITY. HE WRITES ALSO ABOUT RENEWING A RELATIONSHIP TO GOD.
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5770
OUR JEWISH HOLIDAYS
GREENBERG, MELANIE HOPE
KAREN LANDSMAN
A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S POETRY WHICH CHRONICLES THE SABBATH AND THE FESTIVALS OF THE JEWISH YEAR. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON A CENTRAL THEME FOR EACH POEM.
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8422
WERFEL, FRANZ
MARCEL SISLOWITZ
THIS UNFINISHED, SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE NAZI TAKEOVER OF AUSTRIA GIVES A SEARING PORTRAIT OF A WORLD ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE.
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5369
SCLIAR, MOACYR
FLORENCE JABLON
A FANTASY ABOUT A CENTAUR WHO IS BORN INTO A JEWISH FAMILY. HE JOINS A CIRCUS WHERE HE MARRIES A FEMALE CENTAUR WHO ALSO DREAMS OF BEING 'NORMAL.'
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1692
ELBOGEN, ISMAR
MARION BAER
A HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM 1840-1940. INTENDED TO CONTINUE FROM WHERE GRAETZ'S ACCOUNT LEAVES OFF. ©1944
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6160
NEW RITES, CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERVANCES OF JEWISH WOMEN
LEVINE, ELIZABETH RESNICK, ED.
EVA YARETT
THE AUTHOR PROVIDES JEWISH WOMEN WHO WANT TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN JEWISH RITUAL WITH RITES THAT ARE EITHER DESIGNED FOR WOMEN ONLY OR FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.© 1991
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900
CRESPELLE, JEAN PAUL
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
A BIOGRAPHY OF MARC CHAGALL, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST, MANY OF HIS FRIENDS, AND OTHER PERSONALITIES INFLUENTIAL IN HIS LIFE. © 1969
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8360
CHAIM WIEZMANN, THE ZIONIST DREAM
THE PEACE CONFERENCES OF 1919-23 AND THEIR AFTERMATH (MAKERS OF THE MODERN WORLD)
FRASER, TOM
FEINSTEIN, BARBARA
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE ASPIRATIONS AND EVENTUALLY REALIZED DREAMS OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE FOUNDING OF THE ISRAELI STATE AS WE KNOW IT TODAY.
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7548
RAGEN, NAOMI
MICHELLE HARBOR
RUTH, THE MOTHER OF THREE SMALL CHILDREN IS LEFT TO RAISE THEM ON HER OWN WHEN HER HUSBAND VANISHES FROM THEIR LIFE. HER SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SARA WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HER FATHER IS NOT COMING HOME. © 2002
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5898
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF STEPHEN WISE
WISE, STEPHEN
LILLIAN GLIXON
WISE, A REFORM RABBI WHO DIED IN 1949, CO-FOUNDED THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AND FOUNDED THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA AND THE FREE SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK CITY. IN HIS BOOK, HE RECOUNTS THE EVENTS THROUGH WHICH HE LIVED, THE CAUSES IN WHICH HE LABORED, AND THE BELIEFS WHICH IMPELLED HIM TO ACT.
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4746
LEVINE, NORMAN
EDITH FRIEDMAN
WRITTEN BETWEEN 1958 AND 1978, THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES CENTERS ON THE SON OF POLISH JEWISH EMIGRANTS TO CANADA. NOW A WRITER LIVING IN ENGLAND, THE PROTAGONIST RELIVES HIS YOUTH THROUGH VISITS TO CANADA.
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1745
LUTZ, WOLFGANG
N/A
THE AUTHOR, BORN OF A GERMAN FATHER AND A JEWISH MOTHER, WAS RECRUITED BY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE TO INFILTRATE A GROUP OF GERMAN MILITARY SPECIALISTS WORKING IN EGYPT.
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579
SINCLAIR, JO
EVE HABERMAN
MISS SINCLAIR'S EXPLORES RACIAL PREJUDICE BY TELLING THE STORY OF A SINGLE STREET IN HER BIG OHIO CITY AND THE FOMENT THAT ENSUES WHEN THREE EMPTY APARTMENTS ARE LEASED TO BLACK TENANTS. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1955
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8188
CHANGING FACE OF ANTISEMITISM
FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY
LAQUEUR, WALTER
EMERY THOMPSON
THIS COMPACT VOLUME SERVES AS A TIMELY REMINDER THAT ANTISEMITISM REMAINS A POTENT FORCE. LAQUEUR, DIRECTOR OF THE WIENER LIBRARY IN LONDON, THE LEADING INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ANTI-SEMITISM, TRACES THE HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM FROM THE CLASSICAL PERIOD TO ITS NEW MANIFESTATIONS IN OUR PRESENT AGE.
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6497
CHANUKAH WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH
GANZ, YAFFA
ALLISON JAKABOVICS
A CHILD'S EYE VIEW OF CHANUKAH, ITS TIME TO LIGHT THE CANDLES WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI, THE HOLIDAY DOVE. AND WHILE THE CANDLES ARE BURNING, CHAGGAI WILL TAKE YOU TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND RIGHT INTO THE STORY OF YEHUDAH HAMACCABEE.
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116
CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN JEWS
BLAU, J.; NATHAN GLAZER, MARY; HANDLIN, OSCAR; HANDLIN, MARY
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
A STUDY BY AMERICAN-JEWISH SCHOLARS AND SOCIOLOGISTS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND LIFESTYLES OF AMERICAN JEWS.
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8414
CHASING THE KING OF HEARTS
KRALL, HANNA
ELIZABETH LONDON
AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVE STORY, SPANNING FROM THE WARSAW GHETTO TO ISRAEL. AFTER THE DEPORTATION OF HER HUSBAND TO AUSCHWITZ, IZOLDA REGENBERG, ALIAS MARIA PAWLICKA, HAS ONLY ONE AIM: TO FREE HER HUSBAND.
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602
JAFFE, RONA
RUTH COFFMAN
WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A MEMOIR, THIS BOOK FOLLOWS A BROOKLYN GIRL'S EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM CHILDHOOD TO EARLY MIDDLE AGE. © 1966
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8242
HOW ACTS OF KINDNESS ENRICH OUR LIVES
DOUECK, JACK
JACK DOUECK, ASHER SUSS
WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BUT DON'T KNOW HOW? DOUECK, POSITING THAT ACTS OF KINDNESS DO NOT GO UNREWARDED, SETS OUT TO TEACH READERS HOW THEY CAN HELP IMPROVE THE WORLD AND, IN THE PROCESS, ENRICH THEIR OWN LIVES. WITH INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF REAL PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE EVERYDAY KINDNESS, AND HELPFUL CITATIONS, PROGRESS CHARTS, AND OTHER TOOLS, HE GUIDES READERS TO NEW WAYS ANYONE - SCHOLAR OR LAYMAN, COMMUNITY LEADER OR COMMUNITY MEMBER, WELL EDUCATED IN JUDAISM OR JUST A BEGINNER - CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND CHANGE THE WORLD. © 2000
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7624
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE JEWISH SOUL
(STORIES TO OPEN THE HEART AND REKINDLE THE SPIRIT)
KANFIELD, J; HANSEN, M V; ELKINS, D
JOAN ATLAS
JEWISH SPIRITUAL STORIES.© 2001
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8495
MURDER AND CONSPIRACY IN TSARIST RUSSIA: THE BEILIS BLOOD LIBEL
LEVIN, EDMUND
ROLLY ADAMS
A JEWISH FACTORY WORKER IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF RITUALLY MURDERING A CHRISTIAN BOY IN RUSSIA IN 1911 SO THAT HIS BLOOD COULD BE USED IN MAKING PASSOVER MATZO. HIS TRIAL BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL CAUSE CÉLÈBRE.
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3384
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KUPER, JACK
REBECCA CADITZ
THE TRUE STORY OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD POLISH JEW, ORPHANED BY A NAZI RAID ON HIS VILLAGE, AND HIS THREE YEAR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL.
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6414
FRIED, ERICH
TOBY MORGENS
THIS COLLECTION BY THE VIENNESE-BORN POET EXAMINES THE HOLOCAUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE OPPRESSORS AND THE OPPRESSED. FRIED WRITES OF HIS YOUTH, HIS FAMILY'S DESTRUCTION AT THE HANDS OF THE NAZIS, AND THE LACK OF A GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO THE DEVASTATION.© 1995
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4055
JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM
PETERS, F. E.
JUDITH HOFFMAN
A pioneering work from a leading scholar, tracing the similarities and differences between these three religions from the 6th century BCE through the Middle Ages. Thorough, nuanced, and easily accessible.
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3201
CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST
EPSTEIN, HELEN
SUZY NEUBURGER
THE DAUGHTER OF CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS RECOUNTS HER OWN PRIVATE QUEST TO COME TO TERMS WITH HER PARENTS' PAST.
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7813
CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE
BEYOND THE KINDERTRANSPORT: A MEMOIR OF MUSIC, LOVE, & SURVIVAL
GOLABEK, MONA; COHEN, LEE
BETTY SMITH
GOLABEK, THE CONCERT PIANIST, SHARES THE INSPIRATIONAL TRUE STORY OF HER MOTHER'S ESCAPE FROM PRE-WWII VIENNA TO A LONDON ORPHANAGE. AMIDST HER FELLOW JEWISH REFUGEES IN THE CITY, TEENAGED PIANO PRODIGY LISA JURA MAKES FRIENDS, FINDS ROMANCE, AND, AGAINST ALL ODDS, WINS A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF LONDON, BUT NEVER GIVES UP HOPE OF BEING REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY. THROUGHOUT IT ALL, MUSIC CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR LISA AND THOSE AROUND HER, JUST AS HER MOTHER'S FINAL ADVICE TO HER HAD PREDICTED.© 2002
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804
RUTH LIEB HABER, AUGUSTA ISAACSON
TWO SURVIVORS OF THE NAZI EXTERMINATION CAMPAIGN, ADRIFT IN A POST-WAR GERMAN CITY, TAKE SHELTER IN THE CELLAR OF A CONVENT AND ARE SUSTAINED BY THEIR COMMON GRIM HISTORY. © 1968
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8022
OLAND, 1939-1945
EBER, IRENE
ROZ DLUTMAN
THE AUTHOR SHARES HER MEMOIRS OF LIFE IN MIELEC, POLAND, THE FIRST TOWN TO BE RECORDED AS JUDENFREI UNDER THE NAZIS WHEN ITS ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION WAS DEPORTED. EBER DESCRIBES THE PAINFUL CHOICES SHE AND HER FAMILY MADE - SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER - IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AND BUILD A NEW LIFE IN THE FACE OF WAR, CONFLICT, AND SURVIVOR'S GUILT. © 2004
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4764
CHOICES IN MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT
BOROWITZ, EUGENE B
STANLEY R, BRAV
A CONTEMPORARY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER EXAMINES THE RESPONSES OF JEWISH THOUGHT TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE MODERN WORLD. INCLUDED IS A STUDY AND DISCUSSION GUIDE.
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5897
KUKOFF, LYDIA
SUSAN WINOGRAD & BERNARD MANN
THE AUTHOR, A CONVERT TO JUDAISM, RECOUNTS GROWING UP AS A CHRISTIAN AND LIVING HER ADULT LIFE AS A JEW.
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3295
KAPLAN, HOWARD
MARION T. COHEN
STEVE BARTH, AN AMERICAN STUDENT IN JERUSALEM BECOMES A PAWN IN A COMPLEX PLOT DEVELOPED BY FOUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.
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485
POTOK, CHAIM
MRS. ALBERT J. ROSENBERG
A NOVEL OF TWO ORTHODOX JEWISH YOUTHS WHOSE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP GROWS DESPITE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND VIEWS. © 1967
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8574
THE JEWS AND THE PASSION FROM THE BIBLE TO THE BIG SCREEN
COHEN, JEREMY
PAUL JOHNSON
THE STIGMA OF "CHRIST KILLER"-THE NOTION THAT ALL JEWS, AT ALL TIMES AND IN ALL PLACES SHARE IN THE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CRUCIFIXION-HAS PLAGUED JEWS EVER SINCE AND IS THE SOURCE OF MUCH CHRISTIAN ANTI-SEMITISM.
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7229
HOFFMANN, YOEL
BEVERLY STERN
MOSAIC OF 233 PIECES OF AUNT MAGDA'S LIFE IN TEL AVIV FORM THIS NOVEL. ORIGINALLY FROM VIENNA, SHE IS A WIDOW WHO STILL SPEAKS GERMAN AFTER DECADES IN ISRAEL. THE MYRIAD MINI-CHAPTERS INCLUDE HER CHILDHOOD, HER MARRIAGE, A FAVORITE CAFÉ, AND A GENTLEMAN ADMIRER. HOFFMANN CREATES A DREAM-LIKE YET PRECISE PORTRAIT OF AN ENCHANTING WOMAN. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY EDDIE LEVENSTON © 1999
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2408
CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS. PART III
ENSLIN, MORTON SCOTT
STANLEY R. BRAV
A STUDY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. THIS VOLUME DEALS WITH THE FORMULATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CANON AND THE HISTORY OF ITS MANUSCRIPTS, TRANSLATIONS, AND VERSIONS.
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2544
CHRISTIANITY THROUGH JEWISH EYES
THE QUEST FOR COMMON GROUND
JACOB, WALTER
ELAINE LEE
A EXAMINATION OF JEWISH VIEWS ON CHRISTIANITY.
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2931
CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM, AND REVOLUTION
DAIM, WILFRIED
REBECCA CADITZ
TRACES THE REVOLUTIONARY ROOTS OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
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5811
DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M.
THE AUTHOR, A LAWYER AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR, CLAIMS THAT AMERICAN JEWS STILL ACT LIKE GUESTS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY AND ARE FEARFUL THAT THEY WILL BE KICKED OUT IF THEY MAKE ANY WAVES. TO EFFECT A CHANGE IN THAT ATTITUDE, DERSHOWITZ MAINTAINS THAT JEWS IN AMERICA HAVE TO BE MORE INSISTENT AND MORE ASSERTIVE. © 1991
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6342
GANZ, YAFFA
RITA FEDER
THE AUTHOR WAS INSPIRED TO RECORD HER PERSONAL STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH LIFE AFTER SEEING THE SHELVES OF BOOKSTORES FILLED WITH TITLES ABOUT HOW TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL HAPPINESS, SELF-HELP AND RESOLVE LIFE CRISES. GANZ SHOWS HOW JEWISH WISDOM PLAYS A PART IN HER PERSONAL OUTLOOK AND CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS.© 1994
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3622
LEAHY, SYRELL ROGOVIN
ADELE HOCHBA
SET IN POSTWAR FRANCE, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL LOVE STORY BETWEEN A 16-YEAR-OLD GERMAN-JEWISH GIRL DRIVEN TO RETURN TO GERMANY TO LOOK FOR HER PARENTS AND A POLISH RESISTANCE FIGHTER NEWLY RELEASED FROM A GERMAN PRISON CAMP. DESPITE THE AGE DIFFERENCE, THEY SHARE A SHORT IDYLLIC LOVE AFFAIR.
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4823
JEWISH ARTISTS IN PARIS, 1905-1945
SILVER, KENNETH; GOLAN, R.
ESTELLE SILVERMAN
PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EXHIBIT AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN NEW YORK CITY, THIS BOOK PORTRAYS THE LARGE GROUP OF JEWISH ARTISTS WHO CAME TO PARIS FROM 1905 TO 1945.
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5631
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROY COHN
VON HOFFMAN, NICHOLAS
HELEN DITTUS
BOTH FRIENDS AND ENEMIES WERE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROMINENT LAWYER WHO TOOK ON SOME OF THE ERA'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE CASES. VON HOFFMAN DISCUSSES COHN'S CAREER AS WELL AS HIS TROUBLED PERSONAL LIFE.
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6161
KOCH, EDWARD I.; PAISNER, DANIEL
ISABELLE RUBIN
THE FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR RECOUNTS HIS CHILDHOOD AS WELL AS HIS LIFE AFTER THE MAYORALTY, AS AN ATTORNEY, RADIO AND TV HOST, MOVIE REVIEWER, AND LECTURER.© 1992
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8549
WOUK, HERMAN
LORNA KOCHE
A HILARIOUS TALE OF AN URBAN KID'S ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES ON THE STREET, IN SCHOOL, IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, ALWAYS IN PURSUIT OF LUCILLE, A HEARTLESS REDHEAD PERSONIFYING ALL THE GIRLS WHO TORMENT AND FASCINATE PUBESCENT LADS OF ELEVEN.
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5937
ENGEL, HOWARD
ELAINE MERIANS
CANADIAN PRIVATE EYE BENNY COOPERMAN CANNOT SAY NO WHEN THE RABBI AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE GRANTHAM SYNAGOGUE APPROACH HIM WITH A SMALL FAVOR. BUT COOPERMAN SOON FINDS HIMSELF INVOLVED IN A COMPLICATED CASE OF FRAUD.
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4075
CITY COLLEGE AND THE JEWISH POOR
SHERRY GORELICK
AARON ADDELSTON
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES EDUCATION IN NEW YORK, 1880-1924 THROUGH HER ACCOUNT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY COLLEGE AND ITS JEWISH CLIENTELE. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, IN 1881 EDUCATION DID NOT LEAD TO JOBS FOR THE MASSES OF POOR JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, BUT WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE CULTURAL POLISH TO MEN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS.
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7275
DOCTOROW, E. L.
PETER JONES
IN HIS WORKBOOK, A NEW YORK CITY NOVELIST RECORDS THE CONTENTS OF HIS TEEMING BRAIN. BUT NOW HE HAS A STORY WHICH HE THINKS MAY BECOME HIS NEXT NOVEL: THE LARGE BRASS CROSS THAT HUNG BEHIND THE ALTAR OF ST. TIMOTHY'S CHURCH IN LOWER MANHATTAN HAS DISAPPEARED…AND EVEN MORE MYSTERIOUSLY REAPPEARED ON THE ROOF OF THE SYNAGOGUE FOR EVOLUTIONARY JUDAISM, ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. THE CHURCH RECTOR AND THE YOUNG WOMAN RABBI ARE TRYING TO LEARN WHO COMMITED THIS STRANGE DOUBLE ACT OF DESECRATION AND WHY. BEFRIENDING THEM, THE NOVELIST FINDS THAT THEIR STRUGGLES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE TRADITIONS ARE RELEVANT TO THE CASE AND AS HE JOINS THE CLERICS IN PURSUIT OF THE MYSTERY, IT BROADENS TO IMPLICATE A LARGE CAST OF CHARACTERS. © 2000
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7619
D'ANCONA, JACOB
MIRIAM ALMONDS
This is a vivid and racy account of life and behavior, public and private, high and very low, in a teeming mercantile Chinese city in the thirteenth century.© 2000
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6787
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF JERUSALEM
BENVENISTI, MERON
MELVIN J. DAVIS
BENVENISTI, A FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR OF JERUSALEM, DESCRIBES THE IMPORTANCE OF JERUSALEM TO JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND CHRISTIANS, AND THE ANCIENT ACRIMONY THAT HAS ARISEN FROM THEIR COMPETING INTERESTS. © 1996
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4043
ZAEHNER, R. C.
ROBERTA POLLACK
A STUDY OF THE DANGERS AND ADVANTAGES OF MYSTICAL, PROPHETIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL RELIGION.
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1218
CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE PALE
THE FORMATIVE YRS OF THE JEWISH WORKER'S MVMT IN CZARIST RUSSIA
MENDELSOHN, EZRA
SYLVIA KIMMEL & CAROL SCHREIBER
A STUDY OF THE JEWISH LABOR MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE 1905 REVOLUTION.
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7342
ISLER, ALAN
ALAN ISLER
EDMUND MUSIK, CATHOLIC PRIEST, HAS A SECRET: HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN GOD AND FOR THE PAST FORTY YEARS HAS SHARED A BED WITH HIS HOUSEKEEPER. THROUGH EDMUND'S VOICE, ALLEN ISLER HAS SPUN AN ENGLISH NEVER-NEVER-LAND, AN INCREDIBLY FUNNY, YET DEEPLY SERIOUS ROMP THROUGH A WORLD PEOPLED BY GOLF-MAD BISHOPS, DEVOUT ATHEISTS, SHADY BOOK DEALERS, AND HOLY RABBIS. © 2001
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6740
MY SEARCH FOR MEANING
DOUGLAS, KIRK
GUY LEBOW
THE RENOWNED ACTOR SHARES AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF HIS COURAGEOUS FIGHT TO RECOVER FROM A STROKE THAT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO SPEAK. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF THE SEARCH FOR HIS ROOTS AND HIS LONG JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY, A QUEST NOT ONLY FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE AND HIS OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BUT FOR HIS OWN IDENTITY AS A JEW. © 1997
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6220
A NINA FISCHMAN MYSTERY
PIESMAN, MARISSA
RITA CROSBY
WHILE SPENDING A WEEKEND AT FIRE ISLAND, NINA IS CONFRONTED WITH MURDER WHEN A HOUSE GUEST IS POISONED. THE CHIEF SUSPECT IS NINA'S NEW LOVE INTEREST. BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES HIM TO BE A 'GOOD CATCH,' SHE SETS OUT TO FIND THE REAL KILLER.© 1994
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6427
THE SEQUEL TO CATCH-22
HELLER, JOSEPH
AMY GOLDBERG
HELLER'S SEQUEL SHARES WITH HIS WORLD WAR II SAGA A SURREAL SENSE OF THE ABSURD AND OF THE FATUITY OF MOST HUMAN INSTITUTIONS. THE WARTIME BUDDIES ARE OLD MEN NOW, BUT THEY FIND 1990'S CIVILIAN LIFE AS ABSURD AS THE OLD AIR FORCE DAYS. THERE ARE FLASHBACKS TO THE WAR AS WELL TO THRILLING MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES.© 1994
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8464
BRAZER, ELLEN
NIKKI JAMES
BEFORE THE END OF WWII, HITLER CHARGED A GROUP OF HIS MOST TRUSTED AND BRILLIANT COMRADES WITH A MISSION: EDUCATE YOUR PROGENY AND THEN ELEVATE THEM TO POSITIONS OF POWER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. STEEPED IN FACT, AND METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED, CLOUDS ACROSS THE SUN IS THE STORY OF JUST ONE OF THESE CHILDREN.
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1161
BOLL, HEINRICH
IRVING W. KRAMER
USING THE STORY OF A CLOWN FALLEN ON EVIL DAYS, A GERMAN WRITER EXPOSES THE HYPOCRISY OF THE UPPER-MIDDLE AND UPPER CLASSES WHO HELPED BRING HITLER TO POWER. REMAKE OF CEIL ROSEN'S 1972 RECORDING.
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5714
CLOWN PRINCE OF HOLLYWOOD
THE ANTIC LIFE AND TIMES OF JACK WARNER
THOMAS, BOB
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE STUDIO HEAD WHO ESTABLISHED WARNER BROTHERS IN THE LATE 1920S. THOMAS DISCUSSES WARNER'S RISE FROM POVERTY, HIS PARENTS, IN-LAWS, AND CHILDREN AND DETAILS HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL AS HIS PERSONAL FAULTS.
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7872
APPEL, ALLAN
MAY BURROWS
WISECRACKS FLY WHILE REAL CRACKS APPEAR IN THE MARITAL FOUNDATIONS OF THREE JEWISH/CHRISTIAN COUPLES WHEN A SOUTHERN EVANGELIST OPENS A RESTAURANT IN THE GROUND FLOOR OF THEIR UPPER WEST SIDE BROWNSTONE, HOPING TO ATTRACT JEWS TO CHRISTIANITY THROUGH FINE COOKING. © 2001
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1407
EDWIN, SAMUEL
CHARLES WARSHAUER
A COLLECTION OF ANECDOTAL STORIES, MOSTLY ABOUT JEWS. THE FIRST HALF IS MADE UP OF STORIES SET IN ISRAEL, THE SECOND HALF IS OF STORIES ABOUT JEWS IN FRANCE, ENGLAND, AMERICA, DENMARK, AND SOUTH AFRICA.
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155
FRUCHTER, NORMAN
HELEN DIAMONT
A NOVEL ABOUT ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ELDERLY MAN AND HIS FRIENDS ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE.
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7740
RICHLER, MORDECHAI
OLIVER, BEN
A FICTIONAL NOVEL WITH AN ECCENTRIC SET OF CHARACTERS, IT IS A SAVAGELY FUNNY SATIRE ON TELEVISION, MOVIES, AND THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.© 1996
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5072
COURTER, GAY
SARA LEE KASE
A NOVEL BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF ISRAELI SPYMASTER ELI KATZAR AND THE THREE WOMEN HE RECRUITED TO FORM HIS "EZRA" TEAM: AN AMERICAN PRINCESS, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, AND A SABRA. © 1986
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8096
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A HAGANAH FIGHTER, 1943-1949
ROSENFELD, DANIEL
MARSHA AKS
THE TRUE STORY OF A 14-YEAR-OLD-BOY WHO JOINED THE HAGANAH IN 1943. DESPITE HIS YOUTH, HIS CREATIVE IDEAS AND QUICK THINKING SOON MADE HIM THE LEADER OF MANY SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS AGAINST THE BRITISH OCCUPATION, YET HIS CONDUCT DEMONSTRATES THAT EVEN IN WAR TIME, A FIGHTER CAN STILL BEHAVE HONORABLY. HIS EXPERIENCES PROVIDE A PICTURE OF THE CONDITIONS IN PRE-STATE ISRAEL, SHOWING WHY THE LAND IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND WHY THEY FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT. © 2003
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2369
(KITZUR SHULCHAN ARUCH)
RABBI GANZFRIED, SOLOMON
J. HLAVATY
A COMPILATION OF JEWISH LAWS AND CUSTOMS IN A REVISED NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR-VOLUME HEBREW-ENGLISH WORK.
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3362
SWERDLOW, JOEL
EDITH DREZNER
A SPY THRILLER WHICH GOES FROM HIGH ALTITUDES TO THE INNER SANCTUM OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
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7777
LISS, DAVID
MARY ANN DEROSA
IN 1659 AMSTERDAM, MIGUEL LIENZO, A PORTUGUESE JEWISH TRADER, HAS LOST EVERYTHING IN A SUDDEN SHIFT IN THE SUGAR MARKETS. NOW HE IS OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORNER THE MARKET IN A NEW COMMODITY CALLED COFFEE! © 2003
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7873
AN ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL
KELLERMAN, JONATHAN
SUSAN HENDERSON
PSYCHOLOGIST-SLEUTH DR. ALEX DELAWARE TEAMS UP ONCE AGAIN WITH LAPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVE MILO STURGIS TO STOP A MURDERER WHO PREYS ON RISING ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. © 2003
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5585
HILL, REGINALD
HARRY M. GARTEN
SET IN PARIS DURING WORLD WAR II, THE NOVEL CENTERS ON JEAN-PAUL SIMONIAN, A JEW, HIS WIFE, JANINE, AND GUNTHER MAI, A GERMAN OFFICER WHO BEFRIENDS JANINE TO KEEP TRACK OF HER HUSBAND'S ACTIVITIES IN THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS DEMONSTRATED AS GUNTHER REALIZES HE LOVES JANINE.
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5609
CELAN, PAUL
ZOE LANTELME BELTH
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, LETTERS, PARABLES, AND SPEECHES, BY THE ROMANIAN-BORN POET WHO SURVIVED A NAZI LABOR CAMP. INCLUDES INTRODUCTIONS TO CELAN'S TRANSLATIONS OF RUSSIAN POETS INTO GERMAN.
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4111
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
SHIRLEY AXELROD
HERE ARE 47 STORIES BY A MASTER YIDDISH WRITER. HIS THEMES ARE LUST, GREED, PRIDE, OBSESSION, MISFORTUNE, UNREASON, THE OCEANIC SURPRISES OF THE MIND'S UNDERSIDE.
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7650
COLLECTED STORIES OF JOSEPH ROTH
ROTH, JOSEPH
FRANK SAUNDERS
HOFFMAN, MICHAEL, TRANSLATOR
ROTH'S SEVENTEEN SATIRIC SHORT STORIES AND NOVELLAS ARE OFFERED HERE IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS COLLECTION OF WORKS LOOKS AT LIFE IN POST WWI EUROPE, ADDRESSING TRAGEDY, NATIONALISM, AND HISTORY THROUGH HIS CHARACTERS WHILE USING A BACKDROP OF BOTH RURAL AND URBAN THEMES.© 2002
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6534
A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WHITE MOTHER
MCBRIDE, JAMES
TANYA SHERMA
JAMES MCBRIDE GREW UP ONE OF 12 CHILDREN OF A BLACK MINISTER AND A WHITE MOTHER IN A BROOKLYN HOUSING PROJECT. IN THIS MOVING MEMOIR IN WHICH MCBRIDE RECOUNTS HIS EMBARRASSMENTS AND STRAINS, HIS MOTHER, BORN AN ORTHODOX JEW, TELLS THE STORY OF HER OWN PAST, A STORY JAMES MCBRIDE DID NOT LEARN UNTIL HE WAS AN ADULT. © 1996
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3541
A NOVEL
FREEMAN, CYNTHIA
HELEN DITTUS
A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY. A WOMAN FROM KANSAS COMING TO NEW YORK FINALLY FINDS HAPPINESS WITH A MAN WHO RENEWS HER AWARENESS OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE AND OFFERS HER THE CHANCE FOR TOTAL FULFILLMENT AS A WOMAN.
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7553
MORE ADVENTURES AT THE TABLE
REICHL, RUTH
AUDREY HAMBERG
IN THIS DELIGHTFUL SEQUEL TO HER BESTSELLER TENDER AT THE BONE, FOOD WRITER RUTH REICHL RETURNS WITH MORE TALES FULL OF LOVE, LIFE, HUMOR, AND MARVELOUS MEALS.© 2001
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2222
KUSHNER, HAROLD, RABBI
BESS SALIMAN
THE CHALLENGES AND JOYS OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE ARE TREATED IN THIS COMMENTARY ON HOLY DAYS AND FESTIVALS.
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7600
KANIUK, YORAM
JUDY TESSER
ISRAELI WRITER YORAM KANIUK TURNS HIS HAND TO A BIOGRAPHY IN THIS ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF YOSSI HAREL WHO DEFIED THE BLOCKADE OF THE BRITISH MANDATE TO DELIVER MORE THAN 24,000 DISPLACED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TO PALESTINE WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD CLOSED ITS DOORS.© 1999
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5059
COMMENTARIES ON THE PENTATEUCH
RASHI
PEARL, CHAIM, TRANS.
VICTOR LOWENSTEIN
AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SELECTED COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH FROM THE MEDIEVAL FRENCH RABBI . © 1970
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1725
COMMENTARY TO MISHNAH AVOT
MAIMONIDES, MOSES
STANLEY R. BRAV
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MAIMONIDES' COMMENTARY TO THE 'ETHICS OF THE FATHERS.'
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PRINCIPLES FOR GOOD LIVING FROM OUR TIMELESS PAST
JUNGREIS, ESTHER, REBBETZIN
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
THE COMMITTED LIFE IS FOR ANYONE EAGER TO CONNECT WITH ANCIENT WELLSPRINGS OF FAITH. EACH CHAPTER OFFERS ITS OWN LESSON ON SUCH SUBJECTS AS RESPONSIBILITY, FORGIVING, BANISHING FEAR, AND HOPE. WRITTEN WITH THE REBBETZIN'S COMBINATION OF HONESTY, LOVE, AND CHUTZPAH, THE STORIES ARE UNIVERSAL AND YET VERY PERSONAL. © 1998
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A GUIDE TO FINDING A SOUL MATE AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP..
JUNGREIS, ESTHER, REBBETZIN
ALYCE DOMENITZ
THROUGH TIMELESS BIBLICAL WISDOM: THE POPULAR TEACHER, COUNSELOR, AND MATCHMAKER OFFERS ADVICE FROM JEWISH SCRIPTURE AND LITURGY TO HELP TODAY'S SINGLES AND COUPLES COPE WITH MARITAL ISSUES. EACH CHAPTER FOCUSES ON A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE, FROM FINDING A SOUL MATE TO RAISING CHILDREN TO GROWING OLD. © 2002
