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7821
ISRAEL TEN YEARS AFTER OSLO
GROSSMAN, DAVID
ELAINE WOLBROM
WHAT WENT WRONG AFTER OSLO? HOW CAN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MAKE PEACE? HOW HAS THE VIOLENCE CHANGED THEIR LIVES AND SOULS? GROSSMAN HAS BEEN ADDRESSING THESE QUESTIONS IN A SERIES OF ESSAYS AND ARTICLES, WRITING NOT ONLY AS ONE OF HIS COUNTRY’S MOST RESPECTED NOVELISTS AND REPORTERS, BUT AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER AND PEACE ACTIVIST BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES. TRANSLATED BY HAIM WATZMAN.© 2003
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8569
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD
PAUL SPERRY
THE AUTHOR INTRODUCES READERS TO THE UNSUNG RESIDENTS OF NYC’S GARMENT DISTRICT -PROUD LACE SEWERS, UNSCRUPULOUS RAGMEN, AND SALESMEN WITH A PENCHANT FOR STOLEN PENS.
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1140
DAYAN, YAEL
GERTRUDE FLEISCHMAN
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6217
BOLAND, JOHN
SUZANNE WOLFSON
STOCKBROKER DONALD MCCARRY ARRIVES IN ISRAEL TO INSPECT THE COMPANY HE HAS BEEN ASKED TO INVEST IN. HIS HOST, HARRY BRICKMAN, IS IMMEDIATELY KIDNAPPED, AND MCCARRY DISCOVERS THAT THE COMPANY IS PART OF A FINANCIAL SCAM. AS HE WAITS FOR NEWS OF BRICKMAN, MCCARRY SETS OUT TO FIND OUT WHETHER HE KNEW ABOUT THE SCAM.© 1994
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7938
SILVA, DANIEL
MARILYN BECK
GABRIEL ALLON, ART RESTORER AND SOMETIME SPY, RETURNS IN A THIRD BOOK, THIS TIME ON A MISSION TO VIENNA TO INVESTIGATE A BOMBING. THE CONSPIRACY HE UNCOVERS HITS CLOSE TO HOME WHEN HIS MOTHER'S NAZI TORTURER, STILL ALIVE, IS CONNECTED TO THE CASE. © 2004
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6980
RESURRECTION AND IMMORTALITY
GILLMAN, NEIL
SHIRLEY KALB
GILLMAN TRACES JUDAIC IDEAS OF RESURRECTION AND IMMORTALITY FROM THEIR EARLIEST FORMATIONS THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN ERAS TO TODAY.
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5251
DEATH OF METHUSELAH AND OTHER STORIES
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
SYLVIA LEVINSON
THESE STORIES, SET IN BIBLICAL TIMES, PRE-WORLD WAR II POLAND, AND THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY, ALLUDE TO THE HOLOCAUST, TO THE ROOTLESSNESS OF EXILE, AND TO BETRAYAL.
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4885
KREITMAN, ESTHER SINGER
LUCILLE KAHN
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL BY THE SISTER OF ISSAC BASHEVIS SINGER ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A YOUNG, INTELLIGENT, AND SENSITIVE GIRL STRUGGLING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF TRADITIONAL POLISH-JEWISH CULTURE.
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3554
BROOKNER, ANITA
JANE LESSER
THE STORY OF DR. RUTH WEISS, A PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE, WHO FINDS ROLE MODELS IN THE WOMEN OF THE CLASSICS. AN INTEREST IN BALZAC LEADS TO AN AFFAIR WITH A SORBONNE PROFESSOR AND A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
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5801
ROTH, PHILIP
CATHY ABRAMS
THE STORY OF PHILIP, A SUCCESSFUL, MIDDLE-AGED AND OPINIONATED JEWISH AMERICAN NOVELIST WHO MOVES TO LONDON TO WRITE. HE BECOMES INVOLVED WITH A MARRIED WOMAN AND PROCEEDS TO PUBLISH THEIR INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS AS FICTION. © 1990
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5870
DEEP IN THE RUSSIAN NIGHT
CHAZAN, AARON
KAREN LANDSMAN
THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE RELENTLESS PERSECUTION HE ENDURED AS A JEW IN RUSSIA. HE ALSO DEPICTS JEWISH LIFE THERE FROM THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION UNTIL CHAZAN AND HIS FAMILY WERE GRANTED PERMISSION TO EMIGRATE FIFTY YEARS LATER.
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6367
THE BIELSKI PARTISANS
TEC, NECHAMA
RENEE WENGER
THIS IS A HISTORY OF THE BIELSKI PARTISANS, A FOREST COMMUNITY ESTABLISHED IN WESTERN BELORUSSIA IN 1942 WHICH NUMBERED OVER 1,200 JEWS BY 1944. TEC DISCUSSES THE DETAILS OF THEIR DAILY LIVES, EXPLORES THE CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP OF TUVIA BIELSKI, AND OUTLINES THE INTERNAL PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES OF THE COMMUNITY.© 1993
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6041
THE GROWING ASSAULT ON TRUTH AND MEMORY
LIPSTADT, DEBORAH E.
ARLINE KEMPNER
AN EXPOSE THAT REVEALS THE WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ITS JOURNALS, INSTITUTES AND PAMPHLETS. ALSO UNMASKED ARE THE DENIERS' STRATEGY OF DISTORTION, WHICH THEY USE TO CAMOUFLAGE THEIR IDEOLOGY.
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8129
THE RON BLOMBERG STORY
BLOMBERG, RON; SCHLOSSBERG, DAN
HOWELL MAYER
RON BLOMBERG, WHO PLAYED FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX DURING HIS EIGHT SEASONS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, ONLY MADE IT TO COOPERSTOWN'S BASEBALL HALL OF FAME QUITE BY ACCIDENT; HE WAS THE FIRST DESIGNATED HITTER IN HISTORY. HE ALSO HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST JEWISH YANKEE TO BECOME A STAR. ALTHOUGH IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER HE WAS BILLED AS "THE NEXT MICKEY MANTLE," HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL ON THE FIELD DUE TO MANY INJURIES AND UNPOPULAR IN THE CLUBHOUSE BECAUSE OF HIS POPULARITY WITH THE PRESS (WHICH CAUSED JEALOUSY AMONG HIS TEAMMATES) AND THE UNFAMILIARITY OF HIS TEAMMATES WITH HIS JEWISH RELIGION. DESPITE THAT, HE HAD A LOYAL LEGION OF FANS IN NEW YORK CITY'S JEWISH POPULATION; THEY RALLIED AROUND HIM FROM DAY ONE.
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1327
JOEL BRAND'S STORY
WEISSBERG, ALEX
EDNA L. SAMPLINER
A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE DEALS MADE BY THE NAZIS TO EXCHANGE JEWS FOR EQUIPMENT AND WAR MATERIEL DURING WORLD WAR II. BRAND, A MEMBER OF THE BUDAPEST JEWISH RELIEF COMMITTEE, CONFERRED WITH ADOLF EICHMANN ON IMPLEMENTING SUCH A PLAN.
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8516
WINNICK, JACK
DAN PARILIS
A NEW YORK SYNAGOGUE IS LEVELED BY AN EXPLOSION ON YOM KIPPUR. HUNDREDS ARE KILLED AND MAIMED. AN INVESTIGATION INDICATES JEWISH MEMBERS WERE RESPONSIBLE. BUT WERE THEY? SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE THREAT OF AN ORGANIZED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ATTACK ON ISRAEL LOOMS ON THE HORIZON. FBI AGENT LARA EDMOND AND MOSSAD FIELD AGENT, URI LEVIN ARE ASSIGNED THE DANGEROUS TASK OF SOLVING THIS NEW ATTEMPT TO STOP THE U.S. FROM PROVIDING AID TO ISRAEL.
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8029
DEVIL AND DANIEL SILVERMAN
ROSZAK, THEODORE
HOWELL MAYER
A GAY, LIBERAL, JEWISH WRITER ACCEPTS A SURPRISING BUT LUCRATIVE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AT AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BIBLE COLLEGE. WHEN HE AND HIS FUNDAMENTALIST HOSTS GET SNOWED IN TOGETHER, A HILARIOUS BATTLE BREAKS OUT FOR THE MORAL HEART OF AMERICA. © 2003
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5454
THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTION OF THE JEW
TRACHTENBERG, JOSHUA
AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN
THIS WORK ADDRESSES BOTH THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTION OF THE JEW AS DEVIL. USING DOCUMENTS, ANALYSIS, AND ILLUSTRATION, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE VARIOUS DEMONIC GUISES ATTRIBUTED TO THE JEW SUCH AS SORCERER, RITUAL MURDERER, HERETIC, USERER, AND INFIDEL.
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3633
ORGEL, DORIS
ALICE ARLOW
INGE DORNENWALD AND LIESELOTTE VESSELY PROMISE EACH OTHER THAT THEY WILL BE FRIENDS FOREVER. IT IS NOW 1938 VIENNA AND THEY ARE 13 YEARS OLD. AGAINST INCREASING TERROR, THE TWO MANAGE TO MAINTAIN THEIR FRIENDSHIP.
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7846
WEISBERGER, LAUREN
BARBARA ABIS
THE ADVENTURES OF ANDREA SACHS, A SMALL-TOWN GIRL FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE WHO IS HIRED AS THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT OF A POWERFUL BUT SPOILED FASHION EDITOR. © 2003
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5350
HASTINGS, MICHAEL
BARBARA JUSTER
RUTH MENDELSON, A SPY FOR THE BRITISH, IS ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE TURKISH COMMAND WHEN THEY COMPEL HER TO SPY ON THE BRITISH OR HER FATHER WILL BE KILLED.
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5886
JEWISH DILEMMAS DEFINED, DEBATED AND EXPLORED
BERKOWITZ, WILLIAM, ED.
RENEE GOODSTEIN
A COLLECTION OF 24 DIALOGUES WITH WELL-KNOWN THINKERS AND WRITERS SUCH AS ADIN STEINSALTZ, ELIE WIESEL AND ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER. THE DISCUSSIONS COVER CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS TRENDS, HISTORY, AND POLITICAL ANALYSES.
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7901
DIALOGUES OF TIME AND ENTROPY
STOLLMAN, ARYEH LEV
SHIRLEY KALB
IN THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, SET IN ISRAEL, CANADA, AND THE U.S.A., JEWISH CHARACTERS - ESPECIALLY WRITERS AND SCIENTISTS - FIND URGENT MORAL DILEMMAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAMILY, FAITH AND SCIENCE. © 2003
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8274
KREITMAN, ESTHER
SELMA MARGUILES
THE STORY OF AN ORTHODOX JEWISH DIAMOND MERCHANT IN ANTWERP ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE IS HARD TO PLEASE, HIS SON IS DRIFTING AND HIS DAUGHTER IS A SPENDTHRIFT. AS THE KAISER'S ARMY CLOSES IN ON ANTWERP PANIC ENSUES AND THE FAMILY FLEES TO LONDON.
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7415
NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY
ROBERTS, JERRY
ELYSE WEISBERG
ROBERTS PENETRATING BIOGRAPHY OF DIANNE FEINSTEIN GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE THRICE-MARRIED JEWISH WOMAN WHO CAME CLOSE TO BEING PICKED AS WALTER MONDALE'S RUNNING MATE IN THE 1984 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HE RECOUNTS HER DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD AND HER EVOLUTION FROM AN ALOOF, CALCULATING LOCAL APPOINTEE TO THE WARMLY ENGAGING, HIGHLY VISIBLE LEADER ON THE NATIONAL SCENE.
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1868
LOWENTHAL, MARVIN, TRANS. AND ED.
THE DIARY OF THE MAN WHO WAS CALLED 'THE FATHER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.' THE JOURNAL COMBINES HISTORICAL DATA ALONG WITH HERZL'S OWN ADVENTURES AND HIS PERSONAL HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS.
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4555
AN INQUIRY INTO THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WORLD
SACHAR, HOWARD M.
FREDA MELTZER
THE AUTHOR, A HISTORIAN OF THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH AND MIDDLE EASTERN SCENE, BRINGS TOGETHER HIS MANY YEARS OF RESEARCH.
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8123
A DEFINING PASSION
STAVANS, ILAN
DIANE LIPMAN
IN THIS COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS, ILAN STAVANS EXPLORES HIS LIFE-LONG OBSESSION WITH DICTIONARIES, CONCORDANCES, AND LEXICONS. HE USES HIS SPANISH-AMERICAN AND JEWISH BACKGROUND TO EXPLORE ENGLISH, SPANISH AND YIDDISH. HE VENTURES TO MANY OTHER LANGUAGES TOO, AND TAKES HIS READERS ON A JOURNEY OF LEXICOGRAPHY HISTORY LACED WITH MEMOIRS, FUNNY ANECDOTES, AND LANGUAGE ANALYSIS. © 2005
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2919
DICTIONARY OF JEWISH NAMES AND THEIR HISTORY
KAGANOFF, BENZION
LAURA WEINSTEIN
THE AUTHOR STUDIES JEWISH FAMILY NAMES AND DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF JEWISH NAMING PRACTICES FROM BIBLICAL TIMES THROUGH THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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8593
KILLER JOKES FOR NEWLY OLD FOLKS
NOVAK, WILLIAM
MAGGIE SNYDER
A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD COLLECTION OF JOKES ABOUT GROWING OLDER THAT MAKES FUN OF MEMORY LOSS, MARRIAGES, MEDICINE, SEX, THE AFTERLIFE, AND MUCH MORE.
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7741
HOW TO AVOID THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
SACKS, JONATHAN
ANDRA MILLER
USING PHILOSOPHY, CHIEF RABBI OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, RABBI JONATHAN
SACKS, PROPOSES HOW TO RECONCILE HATRED AND PROMOTE PEACEFUL, RELIGIOUS
COEXISTENCE. SACKS ARGUES THAT WE MUST DO MORE THAN SEARCH FOR VALUES COMMON TO ALL FAITHS; WE MUST ALSO REFRAME THE WAY WE SEE OUR DIFFERENCES. SACKS SEES CERTAIN VALUES (E.G., EDUCATION, RESPONSIBILITY, CHARITY) AS VITAL TO ANY NEW WORLD ORDER AND DISCUSSES HOW THE ABSENCE OF THOSE VALUES CAUSES MANY PROBLEMS, REGARDLESS OF ONE'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.© 2002
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8316
ESSAYS
OZICK, CYNTHIA
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
IN HER SPIRITED ESSAY COLLECTION THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE ESSENTIAL JOYS OF GREAT LITERATURE. WITH RAZOR-SHARP WIT OZICK INVESTIGATES UNEXPECTED BYWAYS IN THE WORKS OF LEO TOLSTOY, SAUL BELLOW, HELEN KELLER, ISAAC BABEL, SYLVIA PLATH, SUSAN SONTAG, AND HENRY JAMES, AMONG OTHERS.
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7124
DINK THAT STOPPED THE CLOCK
HALPERN, CHAIKY
HELEN STEWART
AN ADVENTURE IN THE LAND OF MIROOP, WHERE QUEEN OOTZ-ROOTZ IS IN A HURRY TO PREPARE FOR SHABBOS. © 1985
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8175
LEVIN RAUCHWERGER, DIANE
DIANE LIPMAN
THIS BOOK IS THE ONE OF A SERIES OF RHYMING BOOKS TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. A UNIQUE, FUN WAY TO HIGHLIGHT HANUKKAH RITUALS.
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7031
LAMBLIN, BIANCA
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
BIANCA BIENENFELD, A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, WAS SEDUCED BY HER PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR, SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, AND THEN PASSED ON TO DE BEAUVOIR'S PARTNER/LOVER JEAN-PAUL SARTRE. ABANDONED AFTER A YEAR, BIENENFELD-LAMBLIN RESUMED A PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP WITH DE BEAUVOIR AFTER WW II, AND THEY MET EVERY MONTH FOR FORTY YEARS. © 1996
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8287
A NOVEL
ALDERMAN, NAOMI
MEGAN OWEN
THE TALE OF TWO WOMEN AND THE CHOICES THEY MAKE AS THEY COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR IDENTITIES IN A TRADITIONAL ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY.
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8478
DISRAELI (OR THE TWO LIVES)
HURD, DOUGLAS & YOUNG, EDWARD
TIM ZAGIN
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI, THE MOST GIFTED PARLIAMENTARIAN OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND A SUPERB ORATOR AND WRITER.
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A NOVEL
EDELMAN, MAURICE
LILLIAN ZEUGHAUSER
THE SECOND PART OF A HISTORICAL TRILOGY ABOUT DISRAELI'S LEADERSHIP OF THE TORY PARTY IN ENGLAND. A SEQUEL TO THE FIRST VOLUME, 'DISRAELI IN LOVE.' IN THIS VOLUME, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS BECOME INTERWOVEN.
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8533
DISRAELI THE NOVEL POLITICIAN
CESARANI, DAVID
JAMES MCGOWAN
IN THIS GROUNDBREAKING, LUCID INVESTIGATION OF DISRAELI’S LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DAVID CESARANI DRAWS A NEW PORTRAIT OF ONE OF EUROPE’S LEADING NINETEENTH-CENTURY STATESMEN, A COMPLICATED, DRIVEN, OPPORTUNISTIC MAN.
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5810
DISSENTER IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
ROSENFELD, ALVIN
MIRIAM BLOSVERN
SET IN THE 1950S, THIS IS THE STORY OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HYMAN SCHWARTZ, AN ACCOUNTANT IN NEW YORK CITY. SCHWARTZ COMPULSIVELY USES NUMBERS TO BLOT OUT MEMORIES OF HIS FAMILY, ALL OF WHOM WERE KILLED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, BUT HIS DEFENSES ARE LOWERED WHEN HE BEFRIENDS A YOUNG JEWISH REFUGEE AND BEGINS TO THINK OF HIM AS A SON. © 1990
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6399
KIRSHENBAUM, BINNIE
ADELE BORDEN
IN A SERIES OF GRAPHIC SKETCHES, THE AUTHOR DEPICTS A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN WHO PASSES HER DAYS AND NIGHTS IN DETERMINED PROMISCUITY AS SHE AND HER RANDOM LOVERS CASUALLY CONFRONT THEIR INSECURITIES.© 1994
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7773
THE UNTOLD STORIES OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN WOMEN IN NAZI GERMANY
CRANE, CYNTHIA
SUSAN FRIEDWALD
THIS ANTHOLOGY CONTAINS THE PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF TEN GERMAN WOMEN FROM INTERMARRIED JEWISH-GERMAN FAMILIES, WHO WERE CONSIDERED "MISCHLINGE" (HALF-BREEDS) UNDER THE NAZI REGIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY THEMSELVES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN JEWISH.© 2000
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7146
DIVING ROCK ON THE HUDSON
ROTH, HENRY
CHRIS BASKOUS
IN THIS SECOND VOLUME OF THE SERIES, MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM, ROTH REVEALS A SECRET THAT WAS SURELY ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HIS 60-YEAR WRITING BLOCK. HERE, HIS ALTER EGO, IRA STIGMAN, MAKES A SHOCKING DISCLOSURE: A LONG INTERVAL OF INCEST WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER, AS WELL AS THE SEDUCTION OF A YOUNGER COUSIN. AS THE AUTHOR/NARRATOR CONTINUES TO BARE HIS SOUL TO HIS COMPUTER, ECCLESIASTES, READERS CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE REMORSE, GUILT AND MENTAL ANGUISH THAT FOR A LONG TIME PREVENTED ROTH FROM THINKING OR WRITING ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT FORM THE BASIS FOR HIS FICTION. HE ALSO GIVES A HAUNTING DESCRIPTION OF A VANISHED SOCIAL CLASS, THE FIRST GENERATION OF AMERICAN CHILDREN OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS FROM EUROPEAN SHTETLS, LIVING IN BLEAK TENEMENTS, AWARE THEY ARE CRUDE AND UNCOUTH BY THE STANDARDS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. © 1995
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6100
DO THEY KEEP KOSHER ON MARS?
AND OTHER PRESSING QUESTIONS OF JEWISH LIFE
BESSER, JAMES DAVID
CAROL LOWENSTEIN
A COLLECTION FROM THE AUTHOR'S SYNDICATED NEWSPAPER COLUMN WHICH STRIVES TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF GENERAL, TRIVIAL, AND OFFBEAT JEWISH INTEREST.
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6726
HOW GOOD DEEDS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
TWERSKI, ABRAHAM J., M.D., RABBI
SARENE MEYERS
DO UNTO OTHERS IS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO TEACHING TRADITIONS THAT HAVE DEFINED DR. TWERSKI'S LIFE, A CULMINATION OF HIS EXPERIENCES AS A PSYCHIATRIST AND RABBI. THE ENTRIES WITHIN THE BOOK INCLUDE STORIES HE'S WITNESSED FIRSTHAND, PLUS AWE-INSPIRING STORIES FROM CHASSIDIC AND OTHER FOLKLORE. © 1997
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8098
A FATHER, A DAUGHTER, AND A SEARCH FOR THE SELF
LEVINE, JUDITH
JOAN ATLAS
LEVINE, WHO HAS WRITTEN ABOUT HOW CULTURE, POLITICS, AND HISTORY ARE ENACTED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, NOW TURNS TO HER OWN FAMILY'S CRISIS AS HER FATHER, ONCE A POLITICALLY ACTIVE PSYCHOLOGIST, FALLS VICTIM TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. WHILE CHRONICLING THE COURSE OF HER FATHER'S ILLNESS AND ITS EFFECT ON THOSE AROUND HIM, SHE ALSO STUDIES HIS LIFE, LEARNING TO APPRECIATE AND RECONCILE WITH HIM. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE EXPLORES UNIVERSAL THEMES OF LOVE, DUTY, AND COMMUNITY; DISABILITY AND AGING; AND THE SELF AND IDENTITY. © 2004
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3227
LE PORRIER, HERBERT
BARBARA WOLLINS
A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MOSES MAIMONIDES, WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF LETTERS TO A FRIEND.
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6818
DOES THE WORLD NEED THE JEWS?
RETHINKING CHOSENNESS AND AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITY
GORDIS, DANIEL
SPENCER RAINE
GORDIS ARGUES THAT BY ASSIMILATING SO THOROUGHLY INTO AMERICAN CULTURE, JEWS HAVE LOST THEIR DISTINCTIVE VOICE. HE SUGGESTS THAT AMERICAN JEWS MUST BE WILLING TO STAND OUT RATHER THAN BLEND IN, AND HE URGES A RETURN TO THE SUBSTANCE AND RICHNESS OF JEWISH TRADITION. © 1997
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2282
KOLLEK, AMOS
A NOVEL ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ISRAEL WRITTEN BY THE SON OF TEDDY KOLLEK, THE FORMER MAYOR OF JERUSALEM. THE MAIN CHARACTER IS A YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF MEANING TO HIS LIFE.
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6649
OZ, AMOS
TAMIR
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEO AND HIS YOUNGER LOVER NO'A IS STARTING TO WEAR THIN. THEN ONE OF NO'A'S STUDENTS DIES, APPARENTLY OF A DRUG OVERDOSE, AND THE BEREAVED FATHER ARRIVES TO OPEN A DRUG REHABILITATION CLINIC, PUTTING NO'A IN CHARGE. OZ EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF NO'A'S NEW JOB ON HER LOVE RELATIONSHIP. © 1996
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7544
DON'T CRY FOR ME HOT PASTRAMI
A RUBY THE RABBI'S WIFE MYSTERY
KAHN, SHARON
MARTHA MOHN
ESSI SUE ARRANGES A FUNDRAISER THAT TAKES THE CONGREGANTS OF TEMPLE RITA FROM ETERNAL, TEXAS ON A CARIBBEAN CRUISE SHIP COMMANDED BY A JEWISH SEA CAPTAIN. THE TRIP ENDS UP BEING THE CRUISE FROM HELL. © 2001
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8565
THE U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP FROM TRUMAN TO OBAMA
ROSS, DENIS
ARLENE SIMON
A NECESSARY AND UNPRECEDENTED ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S CHANGING RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL
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SANTA FE/BOSTON
KELLERMAN, JONATHAN; KELLERMAN, FAYE
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE MYSTERY AUTHORS (HE WRITES THE ALEX DELAWARE BOOKS; SHE WRITES THE RENA LAZARUS/PETER DECKER SERIES) COLLABORATE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A BOOK OF TWO MYSTERY NOVELLAS. IN STILL LIFE, A SANTA FE GALLERY OWNER IS FOUND BLUDGEONED. IN IN THE LAND OF GIANTS, A TALENTED COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER IS GUNNED DOWN IN BOSTON. BOTH MURDERS HIT CLOSE TO HOME FOR INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICERS IN PERSONAL AND CULTURAL WAYS. © 2004
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6214
THE SHATTERING AFFAIR BETWEEN CHIEF JUDGE SOL WACHTLER AND SOCIA
WOLFE, LINDA
MICHELLE ARAGON
WOLFE CHRONICLES THE FORMER CHIEF JUDGE OF NEW YORK'S LIFE AND THE GRADUAL ENTWINING OF THE LIVES OF HIS WIFE, HIS LOVER, AND THEIR FAMILIES. EVENTUALLY, WACHTLER, WHO HAD A REPUTATION FOR BEING DIGNIFIED AND AMIABLE, WAS ARRESTED FOR EXTORTION AND THREATENING THE LIVES OF HIS LOVER AND HER DAUGHTER, SHOCKING THOSE WHO KNEW HIM.© 1994
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5017
HOW AMERICA'S PRESS DISTORTS OUR VIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST
CHAFETS, ZE'EV
BELLE EISENMAN
THE FORMER HEAD OF ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE GIVES AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. PRESS COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS ACCURACY, ESPECIALLY IN REPORTS ABOUT ISRAEL. © 1985
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6507
DOV DOV AND THE MONEY TREE
AND OTHER STORIES
WEINBERG, YONA
MARJORIE RAP
SHARE THE EMOTIONS AS DOV DOV AND THE OTHER CHILDREN WHO INHABIT HIS WORLD FACE CHALLENGING LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS AGED INVALIDS, HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS AND NATURAL DISASTERS, AND WELCOME JOYOUS OCCASIONS AS WELL. © 1990
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2338
DOVE OF THE EAST & OTHER STORIES
HELPRIN, MARK
EVELYN GODMAN
AN ANTHOLOGY OF TWENTY STORIES INVOLVING FEAR AND DANGER, IN WHICH THE LONELY, PRIVATE PERSON OBSERVES THE WORLD AROUND HIMSELF.
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8364
HOFFMAN, ALICE
PAM VASSIL
HOFFMAN'S NOVEL IS A SPELLBINDING TALE OF FOUR EXTRAORDINARILY BOLD, RESOURCEFUL, AND SENSUOUS WOMEN, LIVING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE AND AT MASADA. ALL ARE DOVEKEEPERS, AND ALL ARE ALSO KEEPING SECRETS-ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHO FATHERED THEM, AND WHOM THEY LOVE.
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PORTRAITS OF AN IMMIGRANT GENERATION
SANDERS, RONALD
SARENE MEYERS
A NARRATIVE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF 'DOWNTOWN JEWS' WHO POURED INTO NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE FROM EASTERN EUROPE BETWEEN 1880 AND 1910.
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7881
KRICH, ROCHELLE
TANYA SHERMAN
MOLLY BLUME, ORTHODOX JEWISH NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST, RETURNS TO INVESTIGATE ESCALATING ACTS OF VANDALISM - AND MURDER - IN LOS ANGELES COMMUNITIES WHERE PRESERVATIONISTS AND DEVELOPERS ARE CLASHING. © 2003
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7700
IAIN PEARS
BERGMAN, RICHARD
THREE MEN IN THREE DIFFERENT CENTURIES OF CRISES DEAL WITH THE TURMOIL AROUND THEM BY IMMERSING THEMSELVES IN IDEAS. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SEPARATED BY THE DIFFERENT TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVE, THEY ARE CONNECTED BY A WORK OF NEO-PLATONISM CALLED "THE DREAM OF SCIPIO" THAT POSES PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT MAN AND HIS ROLE IN SOCIETY.©2002
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7446
CONTEMPORARY FICTION AND POETRY BY ISRAELI WOMEN WRITERS
EDITED BY MIRIYAM GLAZER
MICHELLE. HARBER
THIS BOOK INTRODUCES THE NEW FICTION AND POETRY OF ISRAEL'S WOMEN WRITERS TO AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE. MIRIYAM GLAZER RECONSTRUCTS TEH DIVERSTIIES, TENSIONS, AND COMPLEXITY OF CURRENT ISRAELI LITERATURE.
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5192
THE DRAMA OF GERMAN HISTORY
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE ROLE PLAYED BY GERMAN JEWS IN GERMAN HISTORY. INCLUDED ARE CONTRASTING STUDIES OF ALBERT EINSTEIN AND FRITZ HABER, A NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY.
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7161
ORDE, LEWIS
LAURA SPERBER
FLEEING FROM LIVES OF DRUDGERY AND THE DOMINATION OF THEIR AVARICIOUS UNCLE, YOUNG ORPHANS NATHAN AND LEONORA SOLOMON EMIGRATE FROM LONDON TO NEW ORLEANS IN 1851. A FATEFUL ENCOUNTER WITH A NEW ORLEANS COTTON MERCHANT DRAWS THE COUSINS INTO AN ASSIMILATED JEWISH FAMILY AND PLUNGES THEM INTO A HIGH-SPIRITED AND OPULENT WAY OF LIFE. DESPITE THE PREJUDICE THAT DOGS THEIR LIVES, THE FAMILY THRIVES, AND LEONORA RECLAIMS HER JEWISH HERITAGE IN A MOVE TO ATLANTA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. © 1993
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8240
STORIES
JUDAH, SOPHIE
PAMELA VASSIL
THE 19 STORIES IN JUDAH'S DEBUT EXPLORE THE LITTLE KNOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BENE ISRAEL IN INDIA OVER THE COURSE OF MORE THAN A CENTURY.
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5110
LEVI, PRIMO
A POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED 'LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT' WHICH ASKS WHETHER THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM THE CAMPS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND MAKE OTHERS UNDERSTAND THEIR EXPERIENCE. THE AUTHOR ALSO CAUTIONS HIS READERS TO BEWARE OF SIMPLIFICATIONS, STEREOTYPES, AND THE FALLACIOUSNESS OF HUMAN MEMORY.
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4727
TEC, NECHAMA
BESS POBINER
THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HER JEWISH FAMILY'S EXPERIENCES OF POSING AS CHRISTIANS IN POLAND DURING WORLD WAR II.
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8167
GOLDSMITH, OLIVIA
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
A ROMANTIC COMEDY PITTING THE SENSIBILITIES OF KATE'S HEIMISCHE BROOKLYN CHILDHOOD GIRLFRIENDS AGAINST HER HIP NEW MANHATTAN GAY FRIENDS, WHO NOTICE THAT EVERY GIRL BILLY DUMPS ENDS UP MARRYING THE NEXT GUY SHE DATES. © 2004
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52
DAYAN, YAEL
DUITCH, MRS.
A POIGNANT NOVEL OF MODERN ISRAEL IN WHICH A YOUNG PIONEER GIRL TRIES TO BRING A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR OUT OF HIS PAST THROUGH HER LOVE.
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7329
AND OTHER TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL
KUSHNER, TONY, ED.
DAVID NATALE
THE DYBBUK RECOUNTS THE TALE OF A WEALTHY MAN'S DAUGHTER WHO IS POSSESSESD BY THE SPIRIT OF HER DEAD BELOVED. ALSO INCLUDED IS A SELECTION OF STORIES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME BY JOACHIM NEUGROSCHEL, ILLUMINATING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE JEWISH MYSTICAL WORLD. © 1998
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7543
ROTH, PHILIP
RICHARD BERGMAN
THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT AN ELDERLY MAN NAMED DAVID KEPESH. HE LEAVES HIS WIFE FOR A YOUNG GRADUATE STUDENT NAMED CONSUELA. THIS ACT ULTIMATELY LEADS DAVID TO DEPRESSION, AND THOUGHTS THAT HE IS A "DYING ANIMAL."
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8502
DYING TO LIVE IN PALM BEACH
GROSSMAN, JANE
LORNA KOCHE
FOR A GROUP OF EIGHT CLOSE-KNIT WIDOWS LIVING IN PALM BEACH, LIFE IS FOR CELEBRATING. THAT IS, UNTIL ONE OF THEM TAKES THE CELEBRATION A BIT TOO FAR.THIS IS A LIGHT LOOK AT HOW WOMEN OF DIFFERING CIRCUMSTANCES, DIFFERING BACKGROUNDS, BUT SIMILAR TASTES, HANDLE THEIR DIMINISHING DAYS ON EARTH. WILL THEY GO TO THE THEATER; WILL THEY GO ON A CRUISE? SOME OF THEM WILL, BUT THREE WILL BE DEAD. WHICH OF THE REMAINING FIVE IS THE VILLAIN?
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4935
THE ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF MOREDECH
GOLDSMITH, EMANUEL; SCULT, MEL
NANCY SCHIERING
A COMPILATION OF EXCERPTS FROM THE MAJOR WORKS OF KAPLAN, THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER.
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6634
A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO EMOTIONAL MATURITY ESTABLISHED THRU TORAH
ADAHAN, MIRIAM
RITA FEDER
AN ORIGINAL AND SUCCESSFUL TORAH METHOD OF COPING WITH ADVERSITY AND TAPPING OUR POTENTIAL FOR JOY AND UNDERSTANDING. © 1987
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4598
SMITH, WILBUR
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS PLAYBOY DAVID IN HIS PURSUIT OF DEBRA.
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6990
FOR CHILDREN AND SENSITIVE READERS
KIS, DANILO
AMY GOLDBERG
A GROUP OF SHORT STORIES THAT MEMORIALIZE DANILO KIS'S CHILDHOOD. THE BOOK CENTERS ON ANDREAS SAM, A YOUNG BOY, WHOSE LIFE AT FIRST SEEMS SECURE. HE CAN ONLY SENSE THAT TERRIBLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. SOON SOLDIERS ARE MARCHING DOWN THE ROAD AND SUDDENLY PEOPLE FROM THE VILLAGE ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY, AMONG THEM, HIS FATHER.
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7675
A LILY CONNOR MYSTERY
BLAKE, MICHELLE
MARILYN BECK
LILY CONNOR IS AN EPISCOPALIAN PRIEST IN BOSTON AND SERVES ON THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE COMMITTEE. UPON ARRIVING EARLY TO THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY, ANNA BANIEKA, A CATHOLIC SURVIVOR OF AUSCHWITZ, AND SHE DISCOVER THEIR CHURCH HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF A VICIOUS HATE CRIME. AFTER THE CEREMONY, ANNA DISAPPEARS AND LILY AND HER BOYFRIEND, POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER TOM CASEY, END UP ON A DANGEROUS AND REVEALING JOURNEY AS THEY TRY TO FIND ANNA.© 2001
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3928
FIFTY CHARACTERS
CANETTI, ELIAS
LEE SAMUELSON
INDIVIDUAL SKETCHES WHICH READ LIKE THE PROLOGUE TO A SURREAL, 20TH-CENTURY CANTERBURY TALES.
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364
ASCH, SHOLEM
CHARLOTTE OSTEN
A NOVEL ABOUT TENEMENT LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. © 1946
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4104
ELLIS, JULIE
DR. IRVING W. KRAMER
A JEWISH ORPHAN LIVING IN HONG KONG MEETS A BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN WHO HELPS HER TO CONFRONT HER FAITH.
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6073
A SOCIAL HISTORY OF JEWISH FOOD
COOPER, JOHN
NINA MENDE
A COMPREHENSIVE AND CRITICAL HISTORY OF JEWISH FOOD FROM BIBLICAL TIMES UNTIL THE PRESENT. COOPER ALSO EXPLORES THE CUISINES OF BOTH THE ASHKENAZIC AND SEPHARDIC CULTURES, DISCUSSES WHAT MAKES CERTAIN FOODS 'JEWISH,' AND DETAILS THE EVOLUTION OF MANY TRADITIONAL DISHES.
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7253
THE SEARCH FOR A FAMILY'S HIDDEN PAST
WEISMAN, ALAN
SARENE MEYERS
AS A CHILD, JOURNALIST ALAN WEISMAN HAD OFTEN HEARD HIS FATHER TELL THE FAMILY LEGEND OF HOW COMMUNISTS MURDERED HIS GRANDFATHER IN THE UKRAINE. BUT YEARS LATER, HE MET A LONG-ESTRANGED UNCLE WHO RECOUNTED A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VERSION. HIS SEARCH TO DETERMINE THE TRUTH LED WEISMAN FROM HIS MINNESOTA BOYHOOD TO CHERNOBYL AND FINALLY BACK TO THE MONSTROUS POGROMS OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. ON THE WAY, HE LEARNED THAT MANY OF HIS FAMILY'S STORIES HAD BEEN ALTERED AND DISCOVERED A UNIVERSAL REALITY: THAT ALL IMMIGRANT FAMILIES, IN ORDER TO SURVIVE IN A NEW WORLD, MUST CREATE PROTECTIVE MYTHS LIKE THE ONE THAT HID THE TRUE FATE OF HIS GRANDMOTHER. © 1999
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3530
ECHO OF THE NAZI HOLOCAUST IN RABBINIC LITERATURE
ZIMMELS, RABBI H. J.
SYLVIA SCHMUKLER
BASED ON RESPONSE WRITTEN BY RABBIS WHO WERE CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES. THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE PECULIAR AND VERY REAL PROBLEMS WHICH CONFRONTED ORTHODOX RABBIS DURING AND AFTER THE HOLOCAUST.
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6608
ECHOES FROM THE HOLOCAUST
A MEMOIR
KIMMELMAN, MIRA RYCZKE
AMY GOLDBERGER
THIS IS THE MEMOIR OF MIRA RYCZKE KIMMELMAN, WHO, AT THE AGE OF 16, WAS FORCED BY NAZI TROOPS TO LEAVE HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN POLAND. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SHE SURVIVED THE WARSAW GHETTO, THREE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND A DEATH MARCH. © 1996
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6667
WEIN, BEREL
JEROME BROOKMAN
RABBI WEIN OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH THROUGH 750 C.E. © 1995
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8654
A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics
WEINSTEIN, DAVID
PAUL SPERRY
PAYING EQUAL ATTENTION TO CANTOR’S HUMOR AND POLITICS, WEINSTEIN DOCUMENTS HIS SIGNIFICANCE AS A PERFORMER, PHILANTHROPIST, AND ACTIVIST.
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8310
A NOVEL
HEDAYA, YAEL
NORMA FIRE
THE CHALLENGES OF DOMESTIC LIFE AND THE FEARS OF TERRORIST VIOLENCE HAUNT THE SEVEN INHABITANTS OF AN ISRAELI FARMING COLLECTIVE.
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8666
Growing up a stateless foreigner
SHAPIRO, ISAAC
PARKS, JOEL
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1175
EDUCATION OF ABRAHAM CAHAN
CAHAN, ABRAHAM
MARY PERLOW
THE FIRST SECTION OF THE MEMOIRS OF THE YIDDISH WRITER, EDITOR, AND SOCIALIST LEADER. CAHAN HELPED FOUND THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD IN 1897 AND SERVED AS ITS EDITOR FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. TRANSLATED BY ABRAHAM P. CONAN AND LYNN DAVISON
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6837
EDUCATION OF ROBERT NIFKIN
PINKWATER, DANIEL
SUSAN WITTY
IF ROBERT NIFKIN'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL IS A HORROR SHOW, THE NEXT ONE IS A CARNIVAL, A PLACE WHERE FREAKS, BEATNIKS AND CRAZIES ARE IN CHARGE. THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT WHAT ROBERT REALLY NEEDS IS TO MOVE ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE. © 1998
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5922
GIANT OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF PHYSICS
BLUMBERG, STANLEY; PANOS, LOUIS G.
ELISSA BAUM
THE LIFE OF TELLER, A HUNGARIAN JEWISH PHYSICIST WHO FLED NAZISM FOR THE UNITED STATES. HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT TEAM WHICH DEVELOPED THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY.
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2170
ARENDT, HANNAH
A REPORT ON THE TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN WHICH TOOK PLACE IN JERUSALEM IN 1961. EICHMANN WAS EXECUTED IN MAY 1962.
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5528
MALKIN, PETER Z.; STEIN, HARRY
JEANNE BAUMGARTEN
THE AUTHOR, A MEMBER OF THE ISRAELI SECRET POLICE, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CAPTURE OF ADOLF EICHMANN. HERE HE REVEALS THE DETAILS BEHIND THE OPERATION AS WELL AS CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH THE NOTORIOUS NAZI OFFICER.
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5122
EIGHT GREAT HEBREW SHORT NOVELS
LELCHUK, ALAN; SHAKED, GERSHON
DR. IVING W.KRAMER
AN ANTHOLOGY OF NOVELLAS WRITTEN OVER THE PAST EIGHTY YEARS PROVIDING READERS WITH A PICTURE OF THE VARIETY OF HEBREW FICTION SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
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455
ROSENBLOOM, ROBERT
CAROL LOVETT
THE STORY OF CHANUKAH AND ITS MESSAGE OF UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY IN EVERY AGE. © 1967
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8177
NEWMAN, LESLEA
LORNA KOCHE
INCORPORATING THE POPULAR MUSIC OF 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS INTO A CHANUKAH BOOK, THIS IS PERFECT FOR CHILDREN OF ANY RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION. "ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF CHANUKAH..." BEGINS THE FAMILIAR TUNE IN A BOOK THAT SEES THE WONDROUS DAYS OF CHANUKAH THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUNG CHILD. THE CHILD'S FAMILY GROWS BIGGER AND BIGGER AS THE HOLIDAY GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER. EACH NIGHT, ONE NEW ITEM OR PERSON IS ADDED TO THE CELEBRATION-AND THERE IS ALWAYS A PRESENT FOR EVERY CHILD IN THE ROOM!
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5648
EIGHT TALES FOR EIGHT NIGHTS
STORIES FOR CHANUKAH
SCHRAM, PENINNAH; ROSMAN, STEVEN M.
THE ORIGINAL STORY OF THE MACCABEES IS RETOLD ALONG WITH OTHER STORIES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND AGES. EACH OF THE STORIES EMPHASIZES CHANUKAH 'THEMES' SUCH AS THE MIRACLE OF LIGHTS, JEWISH PRIDE, FREEDOM, AND THANKSGIVING.
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3211
KANFER, STEFAN
LUCILLE JACOBS
AN ARTIST AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR BEARS AN OBSESSIVE HATRED FOR A NAZI EXECUTIONER, ALTHOUGH THIS HATRED DOES NOT ROB HIM OF HIS LOVE OF BEAUTY.
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PROFILE OF THE MAN
MICHELMORE, PETER
LEOTA KEIR
A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT SCIENTIST AND A DESCRIPTION OF HIS WORK IN NON-TECHNICAL TERMS. THE AUTHOR PUTS THE EMPHASIS ON EINSTEIN AS A PERSON RATHER THAN AS A SCIENTIST.
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2300
EINSTEIN AND THE GENERATIONS OF SCIENCE
FEUER, LEWIS S.
HELEN MOGUL
A DESCRIPTION OF THE LIVES OF EINSTEIN, BOHR, HEISENBERG, AND DE BROGLIE, MEN WHOSE INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY INFLUENCED, AND WERE INFLUENCED BY, THE WORLD IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
