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7336
A MOTHER, HER SON, AND HER SECRET
SIFF, DAVID
MARILYN BECK
WHEN AT THE AGE OF FORTY DAVID SIFF LEARNED THAT HE WAS ADOPTED, HE BEGAN A JOURNEY INTO HIS FAMILY'S PAST. HIS DISCOVERD THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER, THE ACTOR VAN HEFLIN; HOW HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM UP BUT LATER ADOPTED HIM HERSELF; AND THE ROOTS OF HIS OWN PUZZLING BEHAVIOR. THIS IS DAVID SIFF'S ACCOUNT OF THE PROCESS BY WHICH HE FINALLY CAME TO KNOW HIS MOTHER. © 2000
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8209
RUBENS, BERNICE
ELIZABETH LONDON
IN THIS 1970 BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL, NORMAN IS THE CLEVER ONE OF A CLOSELY-KNIT JEWISH FAMILY IN LONDON'S EAST END. INFANT PRODIGY, BRILLIANT BARRISTER, THE APPLE OF HIS PARENTS' EYES-UNTIL AT 41 HE BECOMES A DRUG ADDICT, CONFINED TO HIS BEDROOM, AT THE MERCY OF HIS HALLUCINATIONS AND PARANOIA.
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8288
A BIOGRAPHY
SCHICKEL, RICHARD
DIANE LIPMAN
FROM THE LATE FORTIES THROUGH THE SIXTIES, ELIA KAZAN WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL DIRECTOR IN AMERICA, AND THE ONLY ONE WHO MANAGED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO DOMINATE BOTH THEATER AND FILM. HIS VARIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF THE DEATH OF A SALESMAN AND SUCH HOLLYWOOD FILMS AS BRANDO'S STREETCAR AND SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS.
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4208
MESSENGER TO ALL HUMANITY
BROWN, ROBERT
N/A
A COMPELLING PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORK OF THE GREAT HOLOCAUST WRITER.
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6504
ROSENBAUM, THANE
CONRAD WOLFS
IN THIS DEBUT COLLECTION OF NINE INTERLINKED STORIES FEATURING DISAFFECTED LAWYER ADAM POSNER, THE AUTHOR, A CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, PORTRAYS JEWS ANGUISHING OVER RELIGIOUS IDENTIFICATION AND FAMILY FRAGMENTATION. © 1996
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8236
STORIES FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS
PEARL, SYDELLE
BARBARA FERBER
THE PROPHET ELIJAH IS THE UNIFYING PERSONA OF THESE FIVE ORIGINAL STORIES SET DURING FOUR JEWISH HOLIDAYS: PASSOVER, SUCCOT, HANUKKAH, AND YOM KIPPUR. ALTHOUGH HE IS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PASSOVER, ELIJAH IS COMMANDED BY GOD TO SEARCH FOR PIETY AND GOOD DEEDS ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. IN EACH SELECTION, HE ENABLES THOSE WITH SPIRITUAL NEEDS TO FIND DIVINE INSPIRATION AND REWARDS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.
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3440
AND OTHER STORIES
HELPRIN, MARK
TEN SHORT STORIES AND A NOVELLA RANGING IN SETTING FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TO A LONG ISLAND BEACH.
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6333
ELLIS ISLAND TO EBBETS FIELD
SPORT AND THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE
LEVINE, PETER
MILDRED WEIS
IN THIS BOOK, LEVINE NOTES THAT EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS TRADITIONALLY HONORED SCHOLARSHIP AND LEARNING OVER ATHLETIC PROWESS, BUT NEWLY-ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA FOUND THEIR SONS ENCHANTED BY SPORTS. BY THE 1920S, JEWS TOOK
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1939
OZ, AMOS
ETHEL E. MADURO
A COMPLEX STORY OF LIFE AND LOVE ON AN ISRAELI KIBBUTZ.
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7633
POST-ZIONISM AND THE AMERICANIZATION OF ISRAEL
SEGEV, TOM
HEATHER GANAW
SEGEV LOOKS AT THE LAST TEN YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT AND AMERICANIZATION IN ISRAEL THROUGH POP CULTURE, AND CHANGES IN IDEOLOGY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY.© 2001
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2040
EMERGENCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, 1914-1924
SACHAR, HOWARD M.
ESTHER COHEN
A HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE WARS, REVOLUTIONS, AND CHANGES WHICH TRANSFORMED THE EARLIER OTTOMAN EMPIRE. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I TO 1923.
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8411
NEW YORK JEWS IN THE AGE OF IMMIGRATION, 1840-1920 (CITY OF PROMISES)
POLLAND, ANNIE; SOYER,DANIEL
RICHARD BERGMAN
THE STORY OF NEW YORK’S EMERGENCE AS THE GREATEST JEWISH CITY OF ALL TIME. IT EXPLORES THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND EAST EUROPEAN JEWS’ ENCOUNTER WITH NEW YORK CITY, TRACING IMMIGRANTS’ ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL ADAPTATION BETWEEN 1840 AND 1920.
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5758
EMMA ANSKY-LEVINE AND HER MITZVAH MACHINE
BUSH, LAWRENCE
THIS BOOK PROVIDES CHILDREN WITH LESSONS IN JEWISH SUBJECTS SUCH AS TZEDAKAH, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND GOD.
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8324
REVOLUTION AS A WAY OF LIFE
GORNICK, VIVIAN
ROXANNE KLEIMAN
A SURPASSINGLY INTIMATE AND INSIGHTFUL PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN OF HEROIC PROPORTIONS WHOSE PERFORMANCE ON THE STAGE OF HISTORY DID WHAT TOLSTOY SAID A WORK OF ART SHOULD DO: IT MADE PEOPLE LOVE LIFE MORE.
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8199
SHOR, ESTHER
AUDREY FLAMBERG
EMMA LAZARUS'S REPUTATION RESTS ON ONE POEM, "THE NEW COLOSSUS," AFFIXED TO THE BASE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. LAZARUS, HOWEVER, WAS A MUCH HERALDED ARTIST IN HER DAY, AND, AS THIS NEW ENTRY IN THE JEWISH ENCOUNTERS SERIES SHOWS, LAZARUS WAS A FORMIDABLE WOMAN OF PASSION AND INTEGRITY.
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5015
MERKIN, DAPHNE
LYNN HIMELFARB
A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG NEW YORK WOMAN OF ORTHODOX GERMAN-JEWISH HERITAGE, HER FIVE SISTERS AND BROTHERS, THE COMPLICATED POWER OF FAMILIES, AND THE OBSESSIVE WORKINGS OF MEMORY.
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5130
ENCOUNTER WITH EMANCIPATION
THE GERMAN JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES
COHEN, NAOMI
FRANCES WALDMAN
THIS IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE FIRST GERMAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES EXPLORES THE INSTITUTIONS THEY ESTABLISHED WHICH LED TO THE LARGE-SCALE IMMIGRATION OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
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333
FRIEDMAN, GEORGE
DOROTHY MILLER
THE AUTHOR, A SOCIOLOGIST, CONSIDERS THE CHARACTER OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL, THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING IT, AND THE FUTURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. © 1967
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1371
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
JOYCE KARP
A NOVEL CENTERING AROUND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS LIVING IN NEW YORK, WHOSE MAIN CHARACTER IS TORN BY LOVE, LUST, AND HIS LOSS OF GOD AND JEWISHNESS.
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7579
SILVA, DANIEL
FRANCINE PRINCE
DANIEL SILVA, AUTHOR OF SEVERAL PREVIOUS THRILLERS INCLUDING THE BESTSELLER 'THE UNLIKELY SPY,'DELIVERS A CLASSIC NEW NOVEL OF MULTIPLE SECRETS AND MYRIAD BETRAYALS. THE OPENING SENTENCE OF THE BRIEF PROLOGUE-"MARGUERITE ROLFE WAS DIGGING IN THE GARDEN BECAUSE OF THE SECRETS SHE'D FOUND HIDDEN IN HER HUSBAND'S STUDY"--IS A LURE THAT CAN HARDLY BE BETTERED, AND WHAT FOLLOWS LIVES UP TO ITS TEASING PROMISE...WITH A BANG.© 2002
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8438
SILVA, DANIEL
LORNA KOCHE
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, WITH WHOM THE MARRIED BRITISH PM HAS BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR, IS SNATCHED FROM HER VACATION ON CORSICA. TRYING TO AVOID A SCANDAL, THE PRIME-MINISTER REACHES FOR HELP TO ART RESTORER AND ISRAELI SPY, GABRIEL ALLON.
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3271
BARAK, MICHAEL
CORINNE SHAFTEL
A NOVEL SET IN THE UNDERWORLD OF OCCUPIED PARIS IN WORLD WAR II. THE PLOT CONCERNS THE ALLIED ATTEMPTS TO STEAL THE NAZI'S 'ENIGMA CODE MACHINE'.
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167
GOLDEN, HARRY
HANNAH GOLDS
HUMOROUS ANECDOTES ON CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE. WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR OF 'THE CAROLINA ISRAELITE.'
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2671
BEN-PORAT, Y. & HABER, E. & SCHIFF, Z.
ANITA ROSENGARTEN
AN ACCOUNT OF THE JULY 1976 HIJACKING OF A PLANE TO ENTEBBE AND THE DRAMATIC RESCUE. TOLD BY THREE ISRAELI MILITARY AND POLITICAL COMMENTATORS.
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6424
A GUIDE TO PERSONAL DEVOTION AND THE WORSHIP SERVICE
HAMMER, REUVEN
RABBI BRUCE GOLDWASSER
RABBI HAMMER DISCUSSES VARIOUS ASPECTS OF JEWISH PRAYER SUCH AS ITS FORMS, HISTORY, PRAYERBOOKS, AND DAILY ORDER. HE COVERS BOTH SABBATH AND HOLIDAY PRAYERS, AS WELL AS PRAYERS OF MOURNING. PRESENTING ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, AND REFORM OPTIONS, HE OFFERS PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT PRIVATE PRAYER AND ABOUT CHOOSING A SYNAGOGUE.© 1994
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4254
THE KEY TO THE PORTALS OF JEWISH MYSTICISM
ASHLAG, YEHUDA, RABBI
EDITH PERMAN
THIS GIFTED TEACHER UNLOCKS THE DOORS TO THE KABBALAH FOR THE BEGINNER.
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7529
SIEGEL, JAMES
MARILYN BECK
RETIRED PRIVATE EYE WILLIAM RISKIN, WELL PAST HIS SEVENTIEH BIRTHDAY SPENDS HIS DAYS WORKING AT THE LOCAL OFF-TRACK BETTING PARLOR IN QUEENS. ONE DAY HE SPOTS THE OBITUARY OF HIS ONETIME PARTNER JEAN GOLDBLUM. HE GOES TO PAY HIS RESPECTS AND ENDS UP PAYING MORE THAN HE COULD EVER HAVE EXPECTED.
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377
LIND, JAKOV
ELEANOR BUSMAN, BARBARA MACHTEY
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT GERMAN SOCIETY AND ITS POST-WAR NAZI REMNANTS. © 1967
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6322
SHALEV, MEIR
TAMIR
THE BIBLICAL RIVALRY BETWEEN ESAU AND HIS YOUNGER TWIN JACOB SERVES AS THE PROTOTYPE FOR THIS FAMILY SAGA. THE STORY IS NARRATED BY ESAU, WHO LEAVES PALESTINE WHERE HE GREW UP AFTER HIS BROTHER JACOB MARRIES THE GIRL HE LOVES AND INHERITS THEIR FATHER'S BAKERY. THE NOVEL SHUTTLES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ISRAEL FROM THE 1920S TILL THE 1970S.© 1994
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7022
KATZ, JUDITH
CHARLES ROEMER
WHEN TUTSIK GOLDENBERG COMES TO WARSAW, CLAIMING TO BE A LONELY ARGENTINE DIAMOND MERCHANT IN SEARCH OF A WIFE, SOFIA TEITELBAUM'S PARENTS QUICKLY MAKE THE MATCH. IN BUENOS AIRES, SOFIA SOON DISCOVERS THAT TUTSIK HAS BIGGER, MORE DEVIOUS THINGS IN MIND THAN MARRIAGE, INCLUDING PROSTITUTION UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF HIS SISTER MADAME PERLE. © 1997
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4415
RASHKE, RICHARD
KAREN LANDSMAN
RASHKE PRESENTS THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLT AND ESCAPE OF 600 JEWS FROM SOBIBOR, A NAZI DEATH-CAMP.
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5481
ESSAYS IN JEWISH THEOLOGY
COHON, SAMUEL S.
ESSAYS THAT EXPLORE CONCEPTS SUCH AS AUTHORITY IN JUDAISM, ORIGINAL SIN, PROSELYTISM, AND THE PLACE OF JERUSALEM IN JEWISH TRADITION.
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1197
BAECK, LEO
ROBERTA POLLACK
AN ANALYSIS OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND RELIGIOUS INSIGHT BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH SCHOLAR AND RABBI. REMAKE OF ESTHER M. COHEN'S 1972 RECORDING
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8015
ESSENTIAL BOOK OF JEWISH FESTIVAL COOKING
200 SEASONAL HOLIDAY RECIPES & THEIR TRADITIONS
GLAZER, PHYLLIS, GLAZER, MIRIYAM
LORNA KOCH
IN ADDITION TO RECIPES THAT ARE HEALTHFUL, ACCESSIBLE, AND FLAVORFUL, THE GLAZER SISTERS OFFER IN-DEPTH ESSAYS ON THE ORIGINS, TRADITIONS, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH HOLIDAY AND ITS FOODS, PROVIDING A RICH UNDERSTANDING OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR YEAR AND ITS PROFOUND LINK TO NATURE AND EARTH'S SEASONAL PRODUCE. WITH GUIDES TO CULINARY SYMBOLISM AND DIETARY LAW, THE AUTHORS EXPLAIN WHY WE EAT WHAT WE EAT. © 2004
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7694
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, AND RITUALS
ROBINSON, GEORGE
BARBARA STURMAN
A CONCISE BUT COMPREHENSIVE EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND HANDBOOK TO JEWISH PRAYER, WORSHIP, FESTIVALS, CUSTOMS, HISTORY, LANGUAGE, PHILOSOPHY, AND IDEOLOGY. IT INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF HEBREW SCRIPTURE AND AN EXCELLENT KOSHER PRIMER. A HELPFUL GLOSSARY OF JEWISH TERMS CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE BOOK.© 2000
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7326
A MUSIC LOVER'S GUIDE TO JEWISH ROOTS & SOUL MUSIC...
ROGOVOY, SETH
SHELLY RIFKIN
...FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE DOWNTOWN AVANTE-GARDE. THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO AN ANCIENT MUSIC MADE NEW AGAIN, MESMERIZING DANCE MUSIC THAT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY REVERENTIAL, MISCHIEVOUS, ECSTATIC AND TRAGIC. THE AUTHOR INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE DISCOGRAPHY OF OLD AND NEW KLEZMER, A GUIDE TO BUILDING YOUR OWN KLEZMER LIBRARY, AND A TOUR OF KLEZMER ON THE INTERNET. © 2000
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6633
FINKEL, AVRAHAM YAAKOV, ED.
DOROTHY AXELROTH
A COLLECTION OF FIVE DISCOURSES AND LETTERS BY MAIMONIDES. TOGETHER THEY COMPRISE, IN CAPSULE FORM, THE FULL RANGE OF MAIMONIDES'S VIEWS ON GOD, TORAH, MAN, AND THE WORLD. © 1996
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2646
STEINSALTZ, ADIN
ELEANOR SCHICK
THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE ORAL LAW AND AN EXPLANATION OF ITS IMPORTANCE IN JEWISH TRADITION. ALSO INCLUDES SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THE RABBIS AND SCHOLARS OF THE TALMUDIC PERIOD. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY CHAYA GALAI.
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3288
FAST, HOWARD
JACOB & LILLIAN VENGER
SUCCESSFUL WRITER BARBARA LAVETTE HAS BARELY COPED WITH THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE IS CAUGHT UP IN A WITCH HUNT OF THE MCCARTHY ERA AND JAILED
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3075
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
A RECREATION OF THE RICH WORLD OF JEWISH POLAND IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY WITH ITS EARLY ZIONISTS, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND EMIGRATIONS.
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7486
A NOVEL
SASSON, JEAN
NORMA FIRE
THIS NOVEL SET INT HE MIDST OF THE LONG SHADOW OF THE NAZIS BRINGS TO LIFE A STRIKING SET OF CHARACTERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINTS IN WORLD HISTORY.
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7456
A JERUSALEM LOVE STORY
WAYSMAN, DVORA
MARIAN FELDINGER
WHEN MAX, A CYNICAL YOUNG JOURNALIST, FIRST MEETS THE PASSIONATE, RESTLESS TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD AUSTRALIAN, ESTHER, IN HIS OFFICE IN LONDON IN 1951, HE IS CERTAIN HE WILL FIND HER INSUFFERABLE; INSTEAD HE IS SMITTEN. SPANNING THE DECADES AND MOVING BETWEEN CONTINENTS, WE WATCH MAX AND "ESSIE" MOVE IN AND OUT OF EACH OTHERS ORBITS.
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8213
ORNER, PETER
LORNA KOCHE
THIS COLLECTION PRESENTS 34 STORIES THAT SPAN AMERICA. THOUGH THE PHYSICAL TERRITORY COVERED IS BROAD, THE EMOTIONAL PROBING OF THE CHARACTERS IS THE HIGH POINT HERE. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS: THE FIRST TWO CONCERN THE LIVES OF UNRELATED STRANGERS; THE LAST TWO PRESENT TWO ASSIMILATED JEWISH FAMILIES, ONE ON THE EAST COAST, THE OTHER IN THE MIDWEST.
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3900
ESTHER THE STAR AND THE SEPTRE
ANDREWS, GINI
MARIAN BAER
THE TRUE STORY OF THE HOLIDAY OF PURIM TELLS OF ESTHER, A PERSIAN JEW TORN BETWEEN HER LOVE FOR XERXES AND HER DUTY TO HER PEOPLE.
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7614
CELEBRATING PURIM AROUND THE WORLD
VINICLE, BARBARA
SHIRLEY KALB AND RHODA KHAN
A COMPILATION OF WOMEN'S STORIES FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ILLUSTRATING HOW PURIM WAS CELEBRATED IN THEIR COUNTRIES. © 2002
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8598
HORN, DARA
NIKKI JAMES
THE BOOK CELEBRATES THE BONDS BETWEEN GENERATIONS, THE POWER OF FAITH, THE PURPOSE OF DEATH, AND THE REASONS FOR BEING ALIVE.
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1528
ETHICS FROM SINAI, VOLS. I, II, III
BUNIM, IRVING M.
BRAV, STANLEY R., RABBI
AN ECLECTIC, WIDE-RANGING COMMENTARY ON PIRKEI AVOT (TRACTATE AVOT OF THE MISHNAH).
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6728
PEREL, SOLOMON
HARRY SMALL
PEREL'S MEMOIR, DRAMATIZED IN A FILM OF THE SAME NAME, DEALS WITH THE YEARS THE AUTHOR SPENT HIDING HIS JEWISH IDENTITY. THROUGH A QUIRK OF FATE, THE AUTHOR WAS ABLE TO ASSUME THE IDENTITY OF A RACIALLY PURE GERMAN UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. PEREL WAS LATER REUNITED WITH HIS BROTHER AND FOUGHT WITH THE ISRAELI ARMY. © 1997
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3176
EVANGELIZING THE AMERICAN JEW
EICHHORN, DAVID MAX
THE AUTHOR GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF CHRISTIAN ATTEMPTS TO CONVERT THE JEWS OF NORTH AMERICA FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT.
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4439
THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA
PHILLIPS, J. A.
CAROL LOWENSTEIN
PHILLIPS HAS COMPILED VISIONS OF EVE FROM RABBIS, CHURCH FATHERS, PROTESTANT REFORMERS, POETS AND PAINTERS.
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5918
PRAGER, EMILY
MARILYN PERELMAN
A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GETS TATTOOED WITH THE ID NUMBER OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP VICTIM AND FINDS HERSELF BECOMING OBSESSED WITH WOMEN IN NAZI GERMANY.
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1623
A MODERN VIEW OF TORAH
PETUCHOWSKI, JAKOB JOSEF
MARILYN ROSEMAN
A DISCUSSION ON THE TORAH BY A REFORM RABBI, SCHOLAR, AND THEOLOGIAN, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR PROFESSES A BELIEF IN REVELATION AND HALACHA (JEWISH LAW), WHILE INTERPRETING THEM AS PART OF THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF JUDAISM. © 1961
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3255
PLAIN, BELVA
EDITH GIFFORDS
THE STORY OF ANNA FRIEDMAN, A POLISH JEWISH IMMIGRANT IN NEW YORK; HER FAITHFUL, HARDWORKING HUSBAND; AND HER ADVENTURES WITH A WEALTHY LOVER.
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5747
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
RAVIV, DAN; MELMAN, YOSSI
SUSAN WINOGRAD
THE AUTHORS PROVIDE AN INFORMATIVE HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING ASSESSMENTS OF ITS TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES.
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3027
COHEN, A.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE LITERARY LABOR OF NUMEROUS TALMUDIC SCHOLARS FOR A PERIOD OF SOME 700 YEARS.
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180
LEVENSON, SAM
SILVER, ROBYN
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PORTRAIT OF THE SCHOOL TEACHER- TURNED-HUMORIST.
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8291
POEMS
STERN, GERALD
BARBARA STURMAN
GERALD STERN CALLS UPON HIS OWN LIFE AS A GROUND FOR HIS POEMS. SHOWING A HORROR OF LIES, TREACHERY, AND WAR, HE OFFERS REDEMPTION THROUGH STARK LANGUAGE AND PLAIN SPEECH.
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7727
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
FOER, JONATHAN SAFRAN
MATTHEW KAPLAN
THIS FICTIONAL NOVEL CONTAINS TWO STORIES - ONE THAT HAS THE MAIN CHARACTER TRAVELING THROUGH EUROPE WITH HIS DOG AND GRANDFATHER TO FIND THE WOMAN WHO SAVED HIS GRANDMOTHER FROM THE NAZIS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE SECOND STORY IS A FABLED ONE SET MANY YEARS BACK IN THE SHTETL HIS GRANDFATHER COMES FROM. THE TWO STORIES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER WITH COMEDY AND TRAGEDY.© 2002
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7043
A MEMOIR OF 1939
SCHNEIDER, BRONKA
BERNICE FOERDER
BRONKA SCHNEIDER AND HER HUSBAND JOSEPH WERE TWO OF THE 30,000 AUSTRIAN JEWS ADMITTED AS REFUGEES TO GREAT BRITAIN BETWEEN MARCH 1938 AND SEPTEMBER 1939. IN 1960 SCHNEIDER WROTE ABOUT THE YEAR SHE AND HER HUSBAND SPENT AS SERVANTS IN A SCOTTISH CASTLE. A COMMENTARY BY ERIKA BOURGUIGNON PROVIDES HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THIS PERIOD.
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3149
GILBERT, MARTIN
HILDRED E. GRASS
TRACING TURNING POINTS IN THE REALIZATION OF THE DREAM OF JEWISH STATEHOOD, THE AUTHOR USES NEWLY AVAILABLE ARCHIVES, DIARIES AND MEMOIRS.
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1316
BEN-ZVI, ITZHAK
RUTH BUDISH
A STUDY BY A FORMER PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL ABOUT THE FATE OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES WHO FOR CENTURIES HAVE BEEN ON THE PERIPHERY OF JEWISH LIFE.
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55
URIS, LEON
JANE WEISS
AN AMERICAN NURSE AND AN ISRAELI FREEDOM FIGHTER LEAD A CAST OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND SABRAS IN THE GLORIOUS, HEARTBREAKING, AND TRIUMPHANT ERA LEADING TO ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE. PAUL NEWMAN AND EVA MARIE SAINT STARRED IN THE 1960 OTTO PREMINGER FILM. © 1958
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4538
WALZER, MICHAEL
SHIRLEY KALB
A POLITICAL SCIENTIST EXAMINES THE BOOK OF EXODUS AND COMPARES IT TO OTHER REVOLUTIONS.
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5962
A RECONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACH
ALPERT, REBECCA T.; STAUB, JACOB J.
NOAH WATERMAN
THE AUTHORS PRESENT THE HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM.
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4720
STERN, SHIRLEY
SHIRLEY KALB
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8551
YEHOSHUA,A.B.
NIKKI JAMES
A SINGLE ISRAELI HARPIST LIVING IN THE NETHERLANDS RETURNS HOME BECAUSE OF A BUREAUCRATIC ISSUE TO DO WITH HER MOTHER’S APARTMENT IN JERUSALEM. SHE FINDS THE RHYTHM OF HER LIFE INTERRUPTED AND FOREVER CHANGED.
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5544
KARLIN, WAYNE
ESTELLE I. SILVERMAN
EZRA BRENNER, AN ALCOHOLIC, REPORTS TO THE ISRAELI SECRET POLICE WHILE MARYAM HALIM, AN EMBITTERED ARAB WHO GREW UP WITH EZRA, REPORTS TO THE PLO. WHEN THE TWO ARE REUNITED AND A RELATIONSHIP EVOLVES, COMPLICATIONS ENSUE AS THEY ARE TRAPPED IN A MAELSTROM OF POLITICS AND HISTORY.
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5797
TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH
AMY GOLDBERGER
THE MURDER OF A YOUNG WOMAN SETS OFF A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT THREATENS RABBI DAVID WINTER'S POSITION IN HIS TEMPLE AND DISRUPTS THE HARMONY BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE. A SECOND MURDER AND THE DILEMMA OF A WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND WON'T GIVE HER A JEWISH DIVORCE MAKES THIS A CASE THAT WINTER MUST SOLVE.
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7864
STORIES
EPSTEIN, JOSEPH
ELLEN DAVID
THESE SHORT STORIES OFFER INCISIVE SOCIAL EXAMINATION INTO THE LIVES OF ARTISTS, WRITERS, A COMMODITIES TRADER, A CONCERT PIANIST, LAWYERS, AND OTHERS WHO ARE ALL AT TURNING POINTS IN THEIR LIVES. THE STORIES EXPLORE UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS CONCERNING TALENT, IDENTITY, THE DESPERATION OF UNFULFILLED DESIRES, AND THE COMPLEXITY OF FAMILY LOVE.© 2003
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1376
FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
SCHUMACH, MURRAY
JOAN KUPFERBERG
A DESCRIPTION OF THE RISE OF CENSORSHIP IN MOVIES AND TELEVISION AND THE COURT CASES ON THE ISSUE.
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5637
ISRAEL'S MOMENT OF TRUTH
BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL
SYLVIA ESTES
THE AUTHOR PRESENTS CLOSE-UPS OF SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN ISRAELI FIGURES INCLUDING SHIMON PERES AND MENACHEM BEGIN. HE ALSO PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAELI POLITICS AND SOCIETY FROM THE SIX DAY WAR IN 1967 TO THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING IN THE LATE 1980S.
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5271
A NOVELIST'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ROTH, PHILIP
SYLVIA LEVINSON
IN THIS MEMOIR, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SEQUEL TO 'THE COUNTERLIFE,' ROTH RELATES THE FIRST 35 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, BEGINNING WITH HIS LOWER MIDDLE-CLASS JEWISH CHILDHOOD IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND ENDING WITH THE CULTURAL TURBULENCE THAT LED HIM TO WRITE 'PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT' IN 1969.
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1476
STUDIES IN TRADITIONAL JEWISH THOUGHT
LAMM, NORMAN
ELLEN PROPP
A RENOWNED MODERN ORTHODOX RABBI OFFERS ELEVEN ESSAYS ON JEWISH LAW IN RELATION TO SCIENCE, ECOLOGY, MORALITY, AND SOCIOLOGY.
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586
INTRODUCTION TO MODERN JEWISH FAITH
BERGMAN, SAMUEL HUGO
HELEN M. LOWENTHAL
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE WAYS TO RESOLVE THE TENSION BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON AND ENDEAVORS TO FIND A NEW JEWISH APPROACH TO GOD. © 1961
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2456
BAMBERGER, BERNARD J.
JANICE HOROWITZ
A COLLECTION OF STORIES DEALING WITH BASIC THEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS.
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8474
GROSSMAN, DAVID
STEVE SCHREIBER
A GRIEF-STRICKEN ISRAELI VILLAGER TAKES LEAVE OF HIS BEWILDERED WIFE, EMBARKING ON A JOURNEY TO AN IMPOSSIBLY UNDEFINED PLACE WHERE HE HOPES TO FIND AND TO SPEAK WITH HIS DEAD SON.
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4218
WOLF, LEONARD
MARGARET ALLEN, RICA ZWEIBEL & RUTH SCHMIDT
A SENSUAL, EROTIC NOVEL ABOUT SHABBATI ZEVI, THE FALSE MESSIAH OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
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7680
ESSAYS ON EXILE AND MEMORY
ACIMAN, ANDRE
GOULSTON, WENDY
BORN INTO A FAMILY OF JEWISH, ITALIAN, AND TURKISH ORIGIN, ACIMAN WRITES ABOUT EXILE, DISLOCATION, MEMORY, AND NOSTALGIA FOLLOWING HIS FORCED DEPARTURE FROM ALEXANDRIA, SHORT STAY IN EUROPE, AND MOVE TO NEW YORK CITY.© 2001
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6173
KELLERMAN, FAYE
HORENSTEIN, SILVIA
LAPD DETECTIVE PETER DECKER AND HIS WIFE RINA LAZARUS ARE INVOLVED IN A TALE OF DECEPTION, GREED AND MURDER WHEN DECKER INVESTIGATES THE RAPE AND ROBBERY OF LILAH BRECHT, DAUGHTER OF FILM GREAT, DAVIDS EVENSONG. AS THE CASE EXPANDS TO COVER TWO HOMICIDES, DECKER DISCOVERS THE FAMILY'S SECRETS.© 1992
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4048
A NOVEL IN THE FORM OF A MEMOIR
HERBERT GOLD
H. BERLIN & OTHERS
THROUGH THE PRISM OF FIVE GENERATIONS OF ITS' WOMEN, THE STRENGTH AND PRIDE OF AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH FAMILY BALANCES OLD TRUTHS AGAINST NEW IN THE EXCITING, TEMPTING, TURBULENCES OF AMERICA.
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4210
BLONDE, ANTHONY
ROBERTA SHAVEL
A NOVEL ABOUT THE FORTUNES OF A COLORFUL AND IMMENSELY WEALTHY ANGLO-JEWISH FAMILY.
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6583
UNDERSTANDING YOUR LOVED ONES
ADAHAN, MIRIAM
RENEE GOODSTEIN
THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES PROBLEMS THAT COULD DISRUPT FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SUCH AS SIBLING RIVALRY, THE FATHER'S ROLE, CRITICAL CHILDREN AND DIVORCE. © 1995
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3446
WEIDMAN, JEROME
BEVERLY COHEN & MON. JOSEPH BEINER
FLASHBACKS OF A TYCOON WHOSE PAST INVOLVES MURDER, ILLEGAL BOOTLEGGING AND FINALLY ESTABLISHING LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS WITH THE AID OF A PROTÉGÉ.
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8601
GINZBURG, NATALIA
LORNAA KOCHE
A STORY ABOUT AN ITALIAN FAMILY, SIZABLE, WITH ITS ROUTINES AND RITUALS, CRAZES, PET PHRASES, AND STORIES, DOUBTFUL, COMICAL, INDISPENSABLE.
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6596
GOODMAN, ALLEGRA
ARLINE KEMPNER
IN THIS NOVEL, GOODMAN PORTRAYS AN AMERICAN JEWISH FAMILY THROUGH COMIC, INTERLOCKING STORIES THAT PROBE THE QUESTIONS OF JEWISH IDENTITY. © 1996
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7627
EVE, NOMI
DONNA SOMMER
A MULTIGENERATIONAL SAGA THAT TAKES PLACE IN JERUSALEM FROM THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT AND ENDS UP IN AMERICA.© 2000
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4854
GINZBURG, NATALIA
NANCY SCHIERING
SPANNING THE PERIOD FROM THE RISE OF FASCISM THROUGH WORLD WAR II AND ITS IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH, THIS BOOK ADDRESSES THE SUBJECT OF FAMILY AND, THROUGH ITS CHARACTERS, PROVIDES A HISTORY OF ITALY IN THE 1930S AND '40S.
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4804
LEAHY, SYRELL ROGOVIN
BERNICE STRAUSS
IN PRE-NAZI GERMANY, REGINA MUST COME TO TERMS WITH HER FAMILY'S DESTINY IN ORDER TO MAKE A FUTURE FOR HERSELF.
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4978
LEHMANN, MARCUS
NANCY SCHIERING
A STORY OF JEWISH HEROISM WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING THE SPANISH INQUISITION.
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1812
FAMOUS MUSICIANS OF JEWISH ORIGINS
SALESKI, GDAL
RUBELLE SCHAFFLER
AN ANTHOLOGY OF BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS JEWISH MUSICIANS, INCLUDING ISAAC STERN AND OTHERS WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN MUSIC.
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8594
DAUGHTER OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
SPIEL, HILDE
MAGGIE SYNDER
IN 1776 FANNY VON ARNSTEIN, THE DAUGHTER OF THE JEWISH MASTER OF THE ROYAL MINT OF BERLIN, CAME TO VIENNA AS AN 18 YR. OLD BRIDE. THIS CAREFULLY RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHY NOT ONLY PROVIDES A VIVID PORTRAIT OF A BRAVE AND PASSIONATE WOMAN WHO CHAMPIONED THE RIGHTS OF JEWS BUT ILLUMINATES A CENTRAL ERA IN EUROPEAN HISTORY.
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6753
STOLLMAN, ARYEH LEV
JAMES M. SPECTOR
IN THIS DEBUT NOVEL, STOLLMAN HAS CREATED A PORTRAIT OF THE COMING OF AGE OF A YOUNG MAN'S SOUL. THROUGH THE STORY OF A LONELY BOY THE BOOK QUESTIONS HOW WE CAN FIND MEANING IN A POST HOLOCAUST WORLD; HOW WE DEFINE THE NOTION OF HOME IN OUR MODERN TIME; AND WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. © 1997
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5874
FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN JEWELS PERSPECTIVES ON BIBLICAL WOMEN
(GENDER AND THE BIBLICAL TRADITION)
DARR, KATHERYN PFISTERER
FLORENCE JABLON
THE AUTHOR COMBINES INSIGHTS FROM MODERN CRITICAL SCHOLARSHIP, ANCIENT RABBINICAL COMMENTARY, AND CONTEMPORARY FEMINIST REFLECTIONS WITH HER OWN IDEAS IN THIS EXAMINATION OF PROMINENT WOMEN FROM THE BIBLE. © 1991
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6941
ELLIS, JULIE
SYLVIA JACOB
IN HER LATEST NOVEL, JULIE ELLIS WEAVES AN UNFORGETTABLE TALE OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF UNIQUE WOMEN AS THEY SEARCH FOR LOVE, FACE THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF MOTHERHOOD AND FINALLY, TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY TO EMBRACE THE EXHILARATING CHALLENGE OF THEIR OWN DREAMS.
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6813
HURWITZ, JOHANNA
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1910, HER MOTHER HAS RECENTLY DIED, AND ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD DOSSI, A NEW YORK CITY CHILD IS BEING SENT BY THE FRESH AIR FUND TO VACATION ON A FARM IN VERMONT. AS SHE STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND THE MEADES, HER CHRISTIAN HOST FAMILY, AND THEIR DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE, DOSSI BEGINS TO REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES, WORLDS APART ARE NOT SO FARAWAY AFTER ALL. © 1998
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7693
GOLDSMITH, OLIVIA
ELIZABETH LONDON
SELF-ABSORBED, OVERWORKED, AND FABULOUSLY SUCCESSFUL, KAREN KAHN SEEMS TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD EXCEPT A CHILD. TOLD THAT SHE IS INCAPABLE OF CONCEIVING, KAHN LOOKS INTO ADOPTION, BUT SOON FINDS THAT HER COMPANY, HER HUSBAND, AND THE ONLY FAMILY SHE HAS KNOWN ARE ABOUT TO FALL APART. © 1996
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8554
KERTEZ, IMRE
JAMES MCGOWAN
AT THE AGE OF 14 GEORG KOVES IS PLUCKED FROM HIS HOME IN A JEWISH SECTION OF BUDAPEST AND WITHOUT ANY PARTICULAR MALICE, PLACED ON A TRAIN TO AUSCHWITZ. HE DOESN’T PARTICULARLY THINK OF HIMSELF AS JEWISH.IN THE LOWEST CIRCLE OF THE HOLOCAUST, GEORG REMAINS AN OUTSIDER.
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4344
STAMPFER, JUDAH
ROCHELLE BORDWIN
THIS NOVEL, SPANNING RUSSIA, POLAND AND AMERICA, CHRONICLES THREE GENERATIONS OF A JEWISH FAMILY.
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6885
A RUBY, THE RABBI'S WIFE MYSTERY
KAHN, SHARON
LESLIE CARROLL
FOLLOW THE BAGEL CRUMBS AS THIS NEW SERIES WELCOMES AN ENCHANTING SLEUTH, RUBY, THE RABBI'S WIFE, WHO DODGES A CUNNING KILLER FROM HER FAVORITE BAKERY IN ETERNAL, TEXAS, TO THE STREETS OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. RUBY ENCOUNTERS MORE THAN MAYHEM, BUT HER DETECTIVE WORK ENSURES THAT SHE'LL LIVE TO SLEUTH ANOTHER DAY. © 1998
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FAYE KELLERMAN COLLECTION I
KELLERMAN, FAYE
VARIOUS
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF (4) EARLIER BOOKS WRITTEN BY FAYE KELLERMAN IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS: "RITUAL BATH" (4790), "SACRED & PROFANE" (4984), "DAYS OF ATONEMENT" (5851) AND "MILK & HONEY" (5873).
