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MEDIAID | TITLEID | TITLE | SUBTITLE | AUTHOR | NARRATOR | ANNOTATION |
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BR | 1 | YISRAEL B'ARTSO (ISRAEL IN HIS LAND) | TABACK, BEN TZION | STORIES OF THE JEWS IN ISRAEL, FROM JOSHUA TO YEHUDA HANASI. EACH CHAPTER HAS OWN DICTIONARY. | ||
BR | 2 | MA'ASIYOT ALEF | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S STORIES, CONTAINING TALMUDIC LEGENDS AND OTHER TALES IN EASY HEBREW WITH TRANSLATION OF SOME WORDS. | ||
BR | 3 | MA'ASIYOT DALED | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S STORIES, CONTAINING TALMUDIC LEGENDS AND OTHER TALES IN EASY HEBREW WITH TRANSLATION OF SOME WORDS. | ||
BR | 4 | MA'ASIYOT HEH | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S STORIES, CONTAINING TALMUDIC LEGENDS AND OTHER TALES IN EASY HEBREW WITH TRANSLATION OF SOME WORDS. | ||
BR | 5 | SIPURIM K'TSARIM | (SHORT STORIES) | U.A.H.C., ED. | SHORT STORIES ADAPTED FROM HEBREW LITERATURE, FOR INTERMEDIATE READERS. INCLUDES EXERCISES AND A DICTIONARY. | |
BR | 6 | LEGENDS AND TALES | COHEN, ISABEL E. | A COMPILATION OF PROSE AND VERSE ON JEWISH SUBJECTS, INCLUDING THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 9 | LET'S READ HEBREW | KOCH, ANNA PARMET | AN EASY HEBREW READER WITH VOCABULARY. | ||
BR | 10 | BOY PROPHET | FLEG, EDMOND | AN IDEALISTIC BIOGRAPHY OF A YOUNG JEWISH BOY IN PARIS. | ||
BR | 11 | HAY'HUDI HARISHON GIMEL-DALED; TARGILON | GREENBERG, EVELYN | CONTAINS MANY AIDS AND SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES FOR TEACHING HAY'HUDI HARISHON GIMEL-DALED. | ||
BR | 16 | LINGUAPHONE, MODERN HEBREW | WARTSHI, ISADORE | A MANUAL TO ACCOMPANY A RECORDED HEBREW SELF-TEACHING COURSE. | ||
BR | 17 | LINGUAPHONE CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW | YELLIN, DAVID | A MANUAL TO ACCOMPANY A RECORDED HEBREW SELF-TEACHING COURSE. | ||
BR | 20 | SFAT YISRAEL ALEF | (THE LANGUAGE OF ISRAEL PART I) | SHEINSON, B. | A HEBREW PRIMER WITH TWO AIMS: TEACHING WITHOUT ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND IMPARTING JEWISH VALUES. | |
BR | 21 | SFAT YISRAEL - TARGILON | SHEINSON, B. | WORKBOOK SUPPLEMENT FOR SFAT YISRAEL. | ||
BR | 24 | MY PORTION | KOHUR, REBEKAH | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A REMARKABLE AMERICAN JEWISH WOMAN OF THE HIGHEST CULTURE. | ||
BR | 25 | HAIVRI BOOK TWO: TARGILON | MARENOF, S.; SCHULTZ, E. | WORKBOOK FOR HAIVRI SEFER SHENI | ||
BR | 26 | HAIVRI BOOK TWO | MARENOF, S.; SCHULTZ, E. | A CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL FOR HAIVRI, SEFER RISHON. | ||
BR | 28 | HAIVRI, BOOK ONE | MARENOF, S.; SCHULTZ, E. | ILLUSTRATED HEBREW TEXT. A DICTIONARY WITH ALL NEW WORDS USED IN BOOK INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 31 | HASEFER HASHLISHI L'MAT'CHILIM: TARGILON | (THE THIRD READER FOR BEGINNERS: WORKBOOK) | BRIDGER, DAVID | THE WORKBOOK FOR THE THIRD READER FOR BEGINNERS. | |
BR | 32 | HASEFER HELEK SHENI | THE READER, PART TWO | BACHRACH, KALMAN | ||
BR | 33 | RABBI TAKES STOCK | GOLDMAN, SOLOMON | A DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL QUESTIONS WHICH TROUBLE MODERN AMERICAN JEWRY. | ||
BR | 37 | HAIVRI SEFER SHENI | MARENOF, S., SCHULTZ, E. | A CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL COVERED IN HAIVRI, SEFER RISHON. | ||
BR | 38 | DAVID | COOPER, DUFF | A DETAILED BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL, IN WHICH HE IS TREATED AS THE HISTORICAL KING RATHER THAN THE RELIGIOUS FIGURE. | ||
BR | 39 | IMUNIM L'HAIVRI, SEFER SHLISHI | MARENOF, S., SCHULTZ, E. | DRILLS FOR 'HAIVRI' BOOK THREE | ||
BR | 42 | HAVERI HEHADASH, HELEK ALEF | (MY NEW FRIEND, PART ONE) | SCHARFSTEIN, SOL & EDYTHE | JUVENILE READER, | |
BR | 43 | HAIVRI, SEFER SHLISHI | MARENOF, S.; SCHULTZ, E. | A CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL COVERED IN HAIVRI, SEFER SHENI. | ||
BR | 48 | RESHIT HAKRIAH | GROSSMAN, JACOB DOV | AN EASY HEBREW READER WITH VOCABULARY | ||
BR | 54 | DREAMERS OF THE GHETTO | ZANGWILL, ISRAEL | BIOGRAPHIES OF SIXTEEN EMINENT JEWS FROM THE 16TH CENTURY TO THE CLOSE OF THE 19TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 55 | HASEFER HELEK SHENI; TARGILON | BACHRACH, KALMAN | THE WORKBOOK FOR HASEFER HELEK SHENI | ||
BR | 56 | N'VIYIM RISHONIM MIKTZORIM, HELEK RISHON | THE EARLY PROPHETS, PART ONE | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | THE ABBREVIATED BOOKS OF JOSHUA, JUDGES (INCLUDING RUTH) AND SAMUEL I, WITH SHORT HEBREW EXPLANATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF THE DIFFICULT WORDS. | |
BR | 57 | DAPE EZER L'HUMASH, HELEK SHENI | JEWISH EDUCATION COMMITTEE | EXERCISES FOR BIBLE SELF-STUDY. | ||
BR | 60 | SEFER HAKRIYAH AL PI HASHITAH HAKOLIT | (A READER ACCORDING TO THE AUDIO METHOD) | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | A MODERN ALPHABET BOOK DESIGNED TO TEACH READING USING THE AUDIO METHOD. | |
BR | 62 | HAVERI, SEFER LIMUD L'MATHILIM | PERSKY, ELIAS, SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | A HEBREW TEXTBOOK FOR BEGINNERS. | ||
BR | 63 | MAVO | DIVINSKY, O. | INTRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN'S STUDY OF HUMASH. (B'RESHIT-CHAYEH SARAH) IN SIMPLE HEBREW, RETAINS SPIRIT OF ORIGINAL WITH QUESTIONS AT END OF EACH CHAPTER. | ||
BR | 64 | N'VI'IM RISHONIM L'TALMIDIM, SHUMEL BET | POLLACK, I.H. | THE BOOK OF SAMUEL II, WITH QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR SELF STUDY. | ||
BR | 65 | TORATI | RAISKIN, MAX AND GERALD | AN INFORMATIVE STUDY GUIDE TO THE BIBLE, DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 67 | FANNY HERSELF | FERBER, EDNA | THE STORY OF FANNY BRANDEIS, A JEWISH GIRL OF ENERGY AND SPIRIT, WHO IS CAUGHT BY THE GLAMOUR OF BIG BUSINESS AND WORKS OUT HER DESTINY ALONG ORIGINAL LINES. | ||
BR | 69 | HAY'HUDI HARISHON ALEF-BET; TARGILON LATALMID | KLEIN, MIRIAM | CONTAINS STORIES FOR COLLATERAL HEBREW READING, GAMES, EXERCISES, AND MANY OTHER AIDS FOR THE EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF THE TEXT. | ||
BR | 70 | HAVERI HEHADASH BET | RUBENSTEIN, S. | A CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL COVERED IN HAVERI HEHADASH HELEK ALEF. | ||
BR | 71 | MOSES MENDELSSOHN | SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS | EVA, JOSEPH, EDITOR | WORKS BY THE 18TH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHER WHO HELPED TO BRING THE GHETTO JEW INTO THE INTELLECTUAL LIMELIGHT OF THE TIMES. | |
BR | 73 | HAIVRI, SEFER RISHON; TARGILON | MARENOF, S., SCHULTZ, E. | CONTAINS EXERCISES FOR HAIVRI, SEFER RISHON. | ||
BR | 75 | HEBREW MUSIC | EWEN, DAVID | A HISTORY OF JEWISH MUSIC FROM 70 C.E. UNTIL THE 1930S. | ||
BR | 77 | HASHAAR | PALAY, SARAH, SUGARMAN, LILLIAN | A BOOK DESIGNED TO TEACH PRAYERS TO CHILDREN. STARTS WITH BASIC PHONETIC SOUNDS AND WORKS UP TO SIMPLE PRAYERS. CONTAINS ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. | ||
BR | 79 | RESHIT BINAH | FISH, SIDNEY, M. | AN ELEMENTARY HEBREW PRIMER. | ||
BR | 92 | HEBREW PRIMER AND HEBREW MANUAL, PART ONE | REICHLER, MAX | CONTAINS THE ALPHABET, VOWELS, PRONUNCIATION AND TRANSLATION. | ||
BR | 93 | TFILAT ARVIT L'HOL | SCHARFSTEIN, TSVI | THE COMPLETE EVENING SERVICE FOR WEEKDAYS, TAKEN FROM THE SHILO PRAYER BOOK. | ||
BR | 98 | ELDAD HADANI | CHOMSKY, WILLIAM (ZE'EV) | THE STORY OF THE JEW ELDAD, WHO LIVED 1100 YEARS AGO, HIS TRAVELS TO MANY DISTANT LANDS AND THE WONDERFUL STORIES HE TOLD. | ||
BR | 99 | THAT MAN HEINE | BROWNE, LEWIS | THE BIOGRAPHY OF HEINRICH HEINE, FAMOUS GERMAN-JEWISH POET OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 104 | HUMASHENU B'RESHIT, HELEK SHENI | POLLACK, I.H. | A CONTINUATION OF THE MATERIAL COVERED IN PART ONE OF THE BOOK. | ||
BR | 105 | HAVERI BET; TARGILON | SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | A SUPPLEMENTARY EXCERCISE BOOK TO CHAVERI BET CONTAINING MATERIAL TO REINFORCE SUBJECT MATTER COVERED IN THE TEXTBOOK. | ||
BR | 106 | GREAT MEN IN ISRAEL | WEISS, RABBI J. MAX | THE BACKGROUNDS OF GREAT JEWISH MEN AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 108 | ONE WHO LOVED | HOBMAN, D. ADLER | THE STORY OF RACHEL LEVIN AND HER FAMOUS SALON IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BASED ON CONTEMPORARY LETTERS, MEMOIRS AND HER DIARY. | ||
BR | 112 | BILSHON AMI | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | A READER BASED ON TALMUDIC LEGENDS AND MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 115 | ETERNAL ROAD, THE | WERFEL, FRANZ | IN SELECTED EPISODES, THIS DRAMA TELLS THE STORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT FROM ABRAHAM TO THE PROPHETS. | ||
BR | 116 | N'VIIM RISHONIM L'TALMIDIM; M'LAKHIM ALEF | POLLACK, I.H. | THE BOOK OF KINGS I, IN THE ORIGINAL HEBREW WITH QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR SELF STUDY. CONTAINS A HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. | ||
BR | 119 | HAMITLAMED | RAPPAPORT, I.B. | A FIRST YEAR HEBREW INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS SERIES TEXT. EACH SERIES IS DIVIDED INTO GOALS, OR POINTS OF ACHIEVEMENT. | ||
BR | 122 | N'VIIM AHARONIM | HEBREW PUB. CO., ED. | WRITTEN IN THE ORIGINAL HEBREW ONLY. INCLUDES ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, AND EZEKIAL. | ||
BR | 124 | DAY OF ATONEMENT | GOLDING, LOUIS | THE STORY OF LEAH AND ELI, TWO RUSSIAN JEWS, AND THEIR SON REUBEN--DEALING WITH THE CLASH BETWEEN TRADITIONAL JUDAISM AND APOSTASY. | ||
BR | 127 | HAIVRI, BOOK THREE; TARGILON | MARENOF, S., SCHULT, E. | AN EXCERCISE BOOK FOR HAIVRI, SEFER SHLISHI. | ||
BR | 128 | REBECCA GRATZ | OSTERWEISS, ROLLIN G. | THE LIFE OF REBECCA GRATZ (1781-1869), AUTHENTICALLY BELIEVED, AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE OF PHILADELPHIA DURING THOSE YEARS. | ||
BR | 129 | BLIND CHILDREN POEMS | ZANGWILL, ISRAEL | A COLLECTION OF VERSES IN MANY MOODS WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS. | ||
BR | 130 | ET LIKRO | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | AN ELEMENTARY HEBREW READER, CONTAINING EASY SHORT STORIES. | ||
BR | 132 | RESHIT T'FILAH | CHANOVER, HYMAN AND SUSSMAN EVELYN | AN ELEMENTARY PRAYERBOOK, CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR THE SABBATH AND WEEKDAYS. | ||
BR | 133 | SIFRI, HELEK SHLISHI | POLACK, J.X. | A THIRD YEAR HEBREW READER. CONTAINS SELECTIONS FROM HEBREW LITERATURE. EXERCISES AND A DICTIONARY INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 136 | B'ERETS S'FARAD, HISTORIAH L'TALMIDIM, HELEK SHENI, SHAAR, SHLISHI | POLLACK, J.X. | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN SPAIN. | ||
BR | 138 | HUMASH L'TALMIDIM, HELEK SHENI, SHMOT-VAYIKRA | POLLACK, J.X. | A SELF-TEACHING BIBLE COURSE, CONTAINING QUESTIONS, EXERCISES AND A HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. | ||
BR | 142 | MAIMONIDES | THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AND GENIUS | MUNZ, DR J. | THE LIFE OF THE JEWISH MEDIEVAL PHYSICIAN AND PHILOSOPHER WHO LIVED FROM 1135-1204 AND A PORTRAIT OF THE TIMES IN WHICH HE LIVED. | |
BR | 144 | AVOT UVANIM | HERTKIN, SHALOM | DRAMATIC STORY OF HITLER PERIOD AND THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THE HERO IS A YOUNG BOY. HE MEETS SOME HALUTZIM, JOINS THEM IN THE UNDERGROUND. | ||
BR | 145 | HAS'FARIM HABOKHIM | CHOMSKY, WILLIAM | A LEGENDARY CHARACTER PLOTS TO DESTROY ALL HEBREW BOOKS IN HIS HATE FOR LEARNING. THE PLOT IS FOILED AND THE MAN HIMSELF BECOMES A SCHOLAR. | ||
BR | 146 | AMOK | ZWEIG, STEFAN | A GERMAN DOCTOR IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES RUNS AMOK, OVERCOME WITH REMORSE AT HAVING REFUSED TO HELP A WOMAN IN NEED. | ||
BR | 147 | HAIVRI BOOK TWO ; SEFER IMUNIM | MARENOF, S. AND SCHULTZ E. | AN EXCERCISE BOOK FOR HAIVRI, SEFER SHENI. | ||
BR | 149 | BIRKAT, HAMAZON, ZMIROT, UBRAKHOT (GRACE, HYMNS & BLESSINGS) | UNKNOWN | CONTAINS LITURGY AND RITUAL BENEDICTIONS FOR THE JEWISH CALENDAR YEAR. | ||
BR | 153 | MOSHE V'SHULAMIT | KOPS, VICTOR | AN ILLUSTRATED READER ARRANGED ACCORDING TO SUBJECT MATTER. DIFFICULT WORDS ARE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. INCLUDES EXERCISES. | ||
BR | 156 | HUMASHI, HELEK ALEF | RAISKIN, MAX D. AND GERALD | A STUDY GUIDE FOR SIDROT, B'RESHIT, NOAH, AND LECH L'CHA. A CAREFUL ABRIDGEMENT OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT. CONTAINS A VOCABULARY. | ||
BR | 157 | FAMILY NAME | LUNN, ARNOLD | THE STORY OF THE MARRIAGE OF AN ENGLISH JEW TO THE DAUGHTER OF AN IMPOVERISHED BRITISH EARL, AND WHAT HAPPENS THEREAFTER. | ||
BR | 158 | HAIVRI, HELEK SHLISHI; TARGILON | MARENOF, S. AND SCHULTZ, E. | AN EXCERCISE BOOK FOR HAIVRI, SEFER SHLISHI | ||
BR | 160 | L'SHONI BET | PERSKY, ELIAS & SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | ELEMENTARY HEBREW TEXT. USES A VARIETY OF THEMES DEALING WITH JUDAISM, ISRAEL, HOLIDAYS AND AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCES. FIVE NEW WORDS PER PAGE. | ||
BR | 161 | B'RESHIT; TARGILON LATALMID | KAPLAN, LOUIS | A COLLECTION OF EXERCISES TO ENHANCE THE STUDENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS. | ||
BR | 169 | HEBREW MELODIES | LORD BYRON | THIS BOOK, WRITTEN IN 1815, CONTAINS SOME OF BYRON'S BEST KNOWN WORKS INCLUDING 'SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY'. | ||
BR | 171 | AUTOEMANCIPATION | PINSKER, LEON, DR. | WRITTEN IN 1882, THIS BOOK ESPOUSED THE CAUSE OF ZIONISM AND THE RIGHT OF JEWS TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN LAND. PINSKER, WHO LIVED FROM 1821-1891, WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE HIBBAT ZION MOVEMENT. THIS BOOK IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MAJOR WORKS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF ZIONISM. | ||
BR | 172 | GREAT REFUSAL,THE | PINE, HENRY | A STORY DEALING WITH ZIONIST PROBLEMS IN PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 174 | SIDDUR SELECTIONS | WISE, JOSEPH | SELECTED PRAYERS FOR WEEKDAYS, SABBATH AND HOLIDAYS. | ||
BR | 176 | HUMASH LATALMIDIM; BAMIDBAR-DVARIM | POLLACK, I.H. | A SELF-TEACHING BIBLE COURSE, CONTAINING QUESTIONS, EXERCISES AND A HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. | ||
BR | 177 | LEGEND CALLED MERYOM, THE | GAER, JOSEPH | MERYOM WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE TAILOR IN A POVERTY-STRICKEN LITTLE JEWISH VILLAGE IN RUSSIA. | ||
BR | 182 | SIDDUR T'FILOT L'Y'LADIM | CHANOVER, HYMAN AND SUSSMAN, EVELYN | A COMPLETE PRAYER BOOK, DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR JUNIOR CONGREGATIONS. | ||
BR | 186 | EARLY AMERICAN JEWS | FREIDMAN, LEE M. | A DISCUSSION OF THIS LONG-NEGLECTED SUBJECT. | ||
BR | 191 | JEW IN AMERICA, THE | PHILLIPSON, DAVID | BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE EARLIEST JEWISH PIONEERING ON THIS CONTINENT. | ||
BR | 192 | GLIMPSES INTO LIFE | GROSSMAN, RABBI LOUIS | FIFTY-THREE SERMONETTES ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL SUBJECTS. | ||
BR | 193 | JEWISH PRAYERBOOK, THE | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH PRAYERBOOK. | ||
BR | 194 | BIRTH OF JEWISH STATESMANSHIP | NEUMANN, EMANUEL | A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THEODOR HERZL, THE FATHER OF POLITICAL ZIONISM. | ||
BR | 195 | HAFTORAH PARSHAS SHOFTIM (HAFTORAH BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY) | SHILO PUB. , ED. | HAFTORAH ON WRITINGS OF JUDGES FROM BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY. | ||
BR | 197 | OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL | WOLF, EMMA | PRESENT DAY SOCIAL LIFE OF THE AMERICAN JEWS, THE LESSON DERIVED BEING THAT A JEWISH GIRL, ALL OTHER THINGS BEING EQUAL, MAY MARRY A CHRISTIAN. | ||
BR | 198 | HAM'SADER (THE ARRANGER) | REICHLER, MAX | AN ELEMENTARY HEBREW MANUAL. | ||
BR | 203 | DANCE GOES ON, THE | GOLDING, LOUIS | THE STORY OF MIRANOWA, IDOL OF THE RUSSIAN BALLETOMANES, DEALING WITH HER IMPRISONMENT AND ESCAPE FROM THE U.S.S.R. AFTER THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 204 | TRUMPET OF JUBILEE | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | A NOVEL OF PRESENT-DAY LIFE IN GERMANY; AN EPIC TESTIMONIAL TO ONE OF THE GREATEST SOCIAL CRISES IN HISTORY. | ||
BR | 205 | STORMERS OF HEAVEN | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | A SERIES OF SKETCHES OF MEN WHOSE PERSONALITIES AND TEACHINGS HAVE INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS THINKING. | ||
BR | 207 | QUEST FOR PEACE, THE | CRONBACH, ABRAHAM | A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION OF THE HORRORS OF WAR AND THE ETERNAL SEARCH FOR PEACE. | ||
BR | 208 | INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE | ALPERS, A. | THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE RELATION BETWEEN THE BIBLE, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE HOLIDAYS. | ||
BR | 213 | HUMASH L'TALMIDIM, B'RESHIT | POLLACK, I.H. | A SELF TEACHING BIBLE COURSE, CONTAINING QUESTIONS, EXERCISES AND A HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. | ||
BR | 219 | MIKRA ' AT YISRAEL | BLICH, M. PERSKY, N. | A COLLECTION OF SIMPLE HEBREW LITERARY SELECTIONS. | ||
BR | 220 | LOST HERITAGE | FRANK, BRUNO | MUCH OF THE STORY DEALS WITH THE FATE OF JEWS IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. | ||
BR | 222 | MORTAL STORM, THE | BOTTOME, PHYLLIS | HELEN WEINGART | THE STORY OF AN INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN A CULTURED GERMAN JEW AND A CHRISTIAN DURING THE TIME OF THE NAZI REGIME. | |
BR | 223 | HITLER OVER EUROPE | HENRI, ERNST | THIS IS A POWERFUL INDICTMENT OF NAZISM AND ITS AIMS, IN WHICH HITLER IS SHOWN AS A TOOL OF THYSSEN AND OTHER GERMAN INDUSTRIALIST. | ||
BR | 224 | B'NAI ARAV | SMILANSKY, MOSHE | A COLLECTION OF SIX STORIES ABOUT THE ARAB POPULATION OF PALESTINE AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. | ||
BR | 227 | JEWISH PIONEERS IN AMERICA | LEBESON, ANITA LIBMAN | THE ROLE OF THE JEWS IN SETTLING THE NEW WORLD IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 228 | N'VIYIM RISHONIM, SELECTIONS FROM | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | SECTIONS FROM BOOKS OF THE EARLY PROPHETS, SHORT HEBREW EXPLANATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS OF DIFFICULT WORDS. | ||
BR | 229 | NAZARENE, THE | ASCH, SHOLEM | A NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF JESUS, DESCRIBING THE CUSTOMS AND THE RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF THE TIME. | ||
BR | 230 | FROM ANOTHER WORLD | UNTERMEYER, LOUIS | AMERICAN POET AND COMPILER OF ANTHOLOGIES IS CHIEFLY DEVOTED TO ANECDOTES AND COMMENTS ON THE AUTHOR'S MANY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES AMONG LITERARY MEN AND WOMEN. | ||
BR | 232 | BEATING SEA AND CHANGELESS BAR | LAZARRE, JACOB | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, EACH PORTRAYING A DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERIOD, DEALING WITH THE SAME MAIN THEME--THE LOVE OF A JEWESS FOR ONE OUTSIDE HER FAITH. | ||
BR | 233 | PLAYS OF JEWISH LIFE | ZIMMERMAN, HARRY | A COLLECTION OF PLAYS BY JEWISH WRITERS. | ||
BR | 234 | HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME | KOBER, ARTHUR | THE SCENE OF THIS COMEDY IS CAMP KARE-FREE IN THE BERKSHIRES. | ||
BR | 235 | HAYEHUDI HARISHON CHELEK GIMEL, DALED (THE FIRST JEW PART C-D) | GREENBERG, SIMON | BIBLICAL AND HAGGADIC STORIES CENTERING AROUND ABRAHAM. IT CONTAINS DRAMATIC POEMS AND A COMPLETE VOCABULARY. | ||
BR | 236 | BET HAMIKDASH HARISHON, HELEK GIMEL-DALED | GREENBERG, SHLOMO | A CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL COVERED IN PARTS I AND II. | ||
BR | 237 | SKEPTIC IN THE HOLY LAND | OURSLER, FULTON | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS REACTIONS UPON VISITING BIBLICAL SITES, AND FRANKLY DISCUSSES VIEWS OF ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS. | ||
BR | 238 | JEW LOOKS AT WAR AND PEACE | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B. | CONTAINS A SERIES OF FIVE STUDIES ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR DISCUSSION GROUPS OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODS. | ||
BR | 239 | GOING HOME | HARTHERN, ERNST | AN EXCELLENT BOOK FOR ITS FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF A STRANGE HISTORIC TRUTH, AND AS A GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO KNOW LITTLE OR NOTHING ABOUT PALESTINE. IT IS ALSO EXCELLENT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE. | ||
BR | 241 | VOICE OF JERUSALEM, THE | ZANGWILL, ISRAEL | A COLLECTION OF MR. ZANGWILL'S ESSAYS ON JEWISH SUBJECTS WRITTEN IN THE COURSE OF THE LAST 25 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. | ||
BR | 245 | SHTIMMER (THE DUMB) | MYERS, ROBERT | THE STORY OF A JEWISH IMMIGRANT FROM RUMANIA AND HIS ROLE IN THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 247 | SELIHOT | BIRNBAUM, PHILIP | THE COMPLETE SELICHOT, TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED. | ||
BR | 248 | EAST OF EDEN | SINGER, I.J. | A NOVEL ABOUT MATLES RITTER, A POVERTY-STRICKEN JEWISH PEDDLER LIVING IN POLAND AND HIS SON WHO LEANS TOWARDS COMMUNISM AND RUSSIA AND IS INTENDED FOR THE RABBINATE. | ||
BR | 249 | HASHEUR HARISHON | GREENBERG, SHLOMO | AN ELEMENTARY HEBREW PRIMER. GRADED VOCABULARY COMBINED WITH JEWISH SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND CHILD'S INTERESTS. | ||
BR | 252 | CHUMASH SIDRAH BREISHITH (THE GENESIS SECTION OF THE BIBLE) | JEW. ED. COMM. ED. | INCLUDES VERSES 6 THROUGH 17, WITH EACH VERSE WRITTEN ON A SEPARATE LINE. | ||
BR | 256 | SH'ARIM L'RAMAH (GATEWAY TO RAMAH) | CAMP RAMAH, ED. | A PRIMER. | ||
BR | 257 | SAVAGE SYMPHONY | LIPS, EVA | THE AUTHOR, TELLS OF HER HUSBAND'S AND HER OWN EXPERIENCES UNDER THE THIRD REICH, UP TO THEIR SAFE ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 260 | LEON BLUM, POET TO PREMIER | STOKES, RICHARD L. | THIS IS A STIMULATING BIOGRAPHY, ALSO A LUCID ACCOUNT OF 'LE NEW DEAL FRANCAIS'. | ||
BR | 262 | S'FAT YISRAEL, GIMEL (THE LANGUAGE OF ISRAEL, PART III) | SHEINSON, B. | A CONTINUATION OF S'FAT ISRAEL, PARTS ONE AND TWO. | ||
BR | 263 | CAVERN OF DESTINY | ARONIN, BEN | THE ROMANTIC STORY OF A QUEST FOR THE AGE OLD TEMPLE TREASURES, AND OF A MAN WHO FOUND HIMSELF THEREBY. | ||
BR | 264 | SHAAR HAKRIYAH, BOOK I, WORKBOOK | SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | PROVIDES MANY DRILLS AND EXERCISES FOR SHAAR HAKRIYAH, AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTARY GRADED READING EXERCISES. | ||
BR | 265 | CHUMASH M'FORASH, II | PERSKY, ELIAS | PREPARES STUDENTS FOR STUDY OF CHUMASH IN ORIGINAL. INTERPRETS CHUMASH ETHICAL, MORAL CONCEPTS. HAS SHORT STUDY UNITS, TEXT COMMENTS, VOCABULARY. | ||
BR | 267 | SIFRIYAH LANOAR, ALEF (YOUTH LIBRARY, I) | OFFIT, J. & BENSON, M. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 269 | SIFRIYAH LANOAR, BET (YOUTH LIBRARY, II) | OFFIT, J. & BENSON, M. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 270 | CHUMASH LATALMID SHMOT-VAYIKRAH, CHELEK SHENI (THE STUDENT BIBLE - PART TWO) | LEWITTES, MORDECAI, ED. | A CONTINUATION OF PART ONE. | ||
BR | 271 | RIVER BREAKS UP, THE | SINGER, I. J. | THE IMPRESSION OF SHEER, RELENTLESS POWER IS MAINTAINED IN THESE THIRTEEN SHORT STORIES. | ||
BR | 272 | BOY OF CORDOVA, THE | BURSTEIN, ABRAHAM | RUTH BERKELE | A BIOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT MOSES MAIMONIDES, THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH SCHOLAR, PHILOSOPHER, AND PHYSICIAN. | |
BR | 275 | ESSENTIALS OF BIBLICAL HEBREW | YATES, KYLE M. | 59 LESSONS TREATING ALPHABET, VOWELS, DIPHTHONGS, TENSES, STEMS, DECLENSIONS, MODES, PREPOSITIONS, ADJECTIVES, PRONOUNS, NUMERALS. BIBLE READINGS, AND EXERCISES. | ||
BR | 276 | ANTHOLOGY OF HEBREW LITERATURE | BREVIS, HARRY J. ED. | COLLECTED WORKS, FICTION AND NON-FICTION, PAST, PRESENT AUTHORS. | ||
BR | 277 | ONEG SERIES IN EASY HEBREW | DAVID MARCUS, GIBBOR; TO THE CHILD | ARONIN, BEN & AARON MEGED. ZEV CHOM | THREE BOOKS WRITTEN IN EASY HEBREW: THE LIFE OF COLONEL DAVID MARCUS AND HIS HEROIC DEEDS IN THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE IN ISRAEL; A STORY ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF YEMEN; AND A STORY ABOUT A YOUNG BOY WHO COMES TO AMERICA FROM EUROPE IN SEARCH OF A BIBLICAL VERSE ABOUT PEACE. | |
BR | 278 | EL TOCH HA-ESH (INTO THE FIRE) | YARDENI, GALIA | THE ADVENTURES OF ISRAELI PARACHUTISTS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES BEHIND NAZI LINES. BASED ON TRUE STORIES. FROM THE 'GESHER' SERIES: READINGS IN EASY HEBREW. | ||
BR | 280 | SH'ON HAZAHAV | MICHAELI, MEIR | STORY OF A GOLD WATCH, HEIRLOOM OF 19TH CENTURY RUSSIAN FAMILY, RETURNED TO THEM IN ISRAEL AFTER WORLD WAR II. (O00 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY) | ||
BR | 281 | CHACHEMI CHELM | ARONIN, BEN | A SIMPLE RETELLING OF THE PERENNIALLY FAVORITE STORIES OF THE WISE MEN OF CHELM. | ||
BR | 282 | DAVID LUBIN | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | WORLD FAMOUS FARMER'S CHAMPION. C CREATOR OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE IN ROME. TELLS OF RUSSIAN BOYHOOD, TRAVELS IN U.S.A., ITALY, AND ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 283 | SEFER HAMAKABIM, BET (THE BOOK OF MACCABEES PART 2) | CHOMSKY, WILLIAM | THE STORY OF THE MACCABEES, FROM THE DEATH OF ANTIOCHUS TO THE DEATH OF SHIM'ON BAR YOCHAI--THE LAST OF THE MACCABEES. | ||
BR | 285 | BONEH MIKDASH M'AT ALEPH BK 1 (BUILDER OF THE UNIVERSITY) | ZAHAV, ARI ZIBEN | THE STORY OF THE FIRST BUILDING OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY ON MOUNT SCOPUS. | ||
BR | 286 | B'LI SHAMAYIM | SAHAV, ARI | AN EXCITING SCIENCE FICTION STORY ABOUT THE 22ND CENTURY. | ||
BR | 288 | BAYAMIN HAHEM | STEINBERG, JUDAH | STORY OF 11 YEAR OLD SHMUEL TAKEN BY FORCE TO SERVE IN CZAR NICHOLAI I'S ARMY AND LATER REUNIFICATION WITH HIS FAMILY AFTER THE WAR. | ||
BR | 289 | IN STEPS OF MOSES THE LAWGIVER | GOLDING, LOUIS | A TRAVEL BOOK IN WHICH THE FAMOUS ANGLO-JEWISH AUTHOR FOLLOWS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES IN HIS WANDERINGS. | ||
BR | 291 | YALDAI HAMACHTERET | INDELMAN, ELCHANAN | THE STORY OF THE WARSAW HHETTO REVOLT. | ||
BR | 292 | ELCHANAN, HAAPIFYOR HAYHUDI | TABACH, BEN-ZION | A FOLK LEGEND ABOUT RABBI SHIMON THE GREAT AND HIS SON ELCHANAN. | ||
BR | 293 | HAIVRI, BOOK 4 | MARENOF & SCHULTZ | A CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL COVERED IN SEFER SHLISHI. | ||
BR | 294 | TORAH LATALMID; SHMOT | BRIDGER, DAVID | THIS BOOK FOLLOWS THE GENERAL FORMAT OF TORAH LATALMID; B'RESHIT, INTRODUCING THE READER TO THE BOOK OF EXODUS. | ||
BR | 295 | MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE | EPSTEIN, ZELDNER ED. | STORIES, POEMS, ESSAYS BY MODERN HEBREW AUTHORS. FOR 4TH YEAR HIGH SCHOOL OR 1ST YEAR COLLEGE. DRILLS, EXTENSIVE HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. | ||
BR | 297 | CHUMASHI, CHELEK ALEF; TARGILON | RAISKIN, GERALD AND MAX | CONTAINS VOCABULARY EXERCISES, QUESTIONS, SPELLING EXERCISES AND GAMES TO ACCOMPANY CHUMASHI. | ||
BR | 300 | HACHALOM V'HITGASHMUTO | BEN YEHUDAH, ELIEZER | A WELL-KNOWN WORK BY THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIVING THE HEBREW LANGUAGE ALMOST ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. | ||
BR | 301 | SIPPURIM (SHORT STORIES) | SHACHEM, NATHAN | A COLLECTION OF FIVE SHORT STORIES ABOUT THE ISRAELI WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, KIBBUTZ LIFE, & THE THIRD ALIYAH. | ||
BR | 302 | ORECH DIN HAHAGANAH M'SAPER (THE HAGANAH'S DEFENSE COUNSEL RELATES) | HOTER-ISHAY, AARON | THE STORY OF THE HAGANAH--THE JEWISH DEFENSE FORCE IN PALESTINE DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE. | ||
BR | 303 | N'VIIM RISHONIM L'TALMIDIM ; YEHOSHUAH | POLLACK, I. H. | THE BOOK OF JOSHUA WITH QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES FOR SELF STUDY. | ||
BR | 305 | K'RIYAH U'T'FILAH L'MATCHLIM | PERSKY, E. & SCHARFSTEIN, S. | TEACHES THE STUDENT SIDDUR READING PHONETICALLY TO FAMILIARIZE HIM WITH WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE SIDDUR. CONTAINS A SFARDI PRONUNCIATION GUIDE. | ||
BR | 311 | SIPPURIM KALLIM | HOROWITZ, EDWARD | A COLLECTION OF SHORT HEBREW STORIES FOR THE THIRD-TERM STUDENT. | ||
BR | 313 | LEV CHOD (A NEW HEART) -LADOR SERIES | PERETZ, I.L. | THE STORY OF A POOR JEW WHO BECOMES RICH AND GREEDY, IS PUNISHED BY GOD AND AFTER REPENTING, IS RESTORED TO HIS WEALTH. | ||
BR | 314 | HAM'GILOT HAGNUZOT (THE HIDDEN SCROLLS) | MICHAELI, MEIR L. | A STUDY OF THE APOCRYPHA. | ||
BR | 315 | SEFER TOVIYAH V'SEFER Y'HUDIT (THE BOOK OF TUVIYAH AND THE BOOK OF YEHUDIT) | INDELMAN, ELHANAN, ADAPTED BY | CONTAINS TWO SEPARATE STORIES. ONE ABOUT A PIOUS JEW TESTED BY GOD AND THE OTHER ABOUT THE BRAVE GIRL YEHUDIT WHO SAVED THE JEWS FROM KING NEVUCHADNEZAR. | ||
BR | 316 | RAMBAM (RABBI MOSES BEN MAIMON) LADOR SERIES | INDELMAN, ELCHANAN | THE STORY OF ONE OF THE WISEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL JEWS THAT EVER LIVED. BORN IN SPAIN IN 1135, HE EXCELLED IN MANY FIELDS OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR FROM PHILOSOPHY TO MEDICINE. | ||
BR | 318 | OH SAY CAN YOU SEE | BROWNE, LEWIS | A RUSSIAN SCIENTIST, YOUNG AND A COMPLETELY INDOCTRINATED COMMUNIST, COMES TO WORK IN AMERICA AND REMAINS TO WONDER AT OUR INEXPLICABLE AMERICA. | ||
BR | 321 | HASEFER HARVI'EE L'MATHILIM; TARGILON (WORKBOOK) | BRIDGER, DAVID | WORKBOOK FOR THE FOURTH READER FOR BEGINNERS. | ||
BR | 324 | HAGOLEM MIPRAG (THE GOLEM FROM PRAGUE) LADOR SERIES | BORTNIKER, ELIJAH; ADAPTED | THE STORY OF RABBI YEHUDAH LUJAH, WHO CREATED A GOLEM WHICH SAVED THE JEWS FROM THE BAD DECREES OF THE CHRISTIANS. | ||
BR | 326 | KINOR HAMELECH DAVID (THE HARP OF KING DAVID) LADOR SERIES | CARMI, HANNAH | THE STORY OF THE LOSS AND REDISCOVERY OF AN ANTIQUE PIANO OF KING UMBERTO OF ITALY. | ||
BR | 327 | MA'ASEH B'MAKEL (THE ADVENTURES OF A STICK) LADOR SERIES | RABINOWITZ, ZINA | THE ADVENTURES OF A STICK, AND THE MANY JEWISH LIVES IT SAVED IN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 328 | DAVID'L | FRIEDLAND, H.A. | AN ONLY SON, HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. A TREASURE HE FINDS ENABLES HIS FATHER TO BE BURIED IN ISRAEL. HE GAVE MUCH MONEY TO THE POOR. | ||
BR | 329 | MEGILOT YAM HAMELACH | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | STORY OF DISCOVERY AND HISTORY OF MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPT FINDS, THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. APPENDIX DETAILS SCROLLS IMPORTANCE FOR STUDY WITH BIBLE. | ||
BR | 331 | CHANAH SENESH | MAGID, ARON | THE TRUE STORY OF THE BRAVE HANNAH SENESCH WHO PARACHUTED BEHIND THE NAZI LINES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WAS CAUGHT AND SENTENCED TO DEATH. | ||
BR | 332 | HASOCHER MIVENETZIA (SHYLOCK'S STORY) LADOR SERIES | IBN-ZAHAV, ARI | THE FAMOUS MERCHANT OF VENICE STORY, WRITTEN IN EASY-TO-READ HEBREW. | ||
BR | 334 | HASEFER ALEF BET (THE BOOK, PART ONE AND TWO) | BACHRACH, KALMAN | AN ELEMENTARY HEBREW TEXTBOOK. FOR TEACHING READING, WRITING, SPEECH AND JEWISH VALUES. | ||
BR | 335 | SOLOMON SCHECHTER (ONEG SERIES ) | ISENBERG, EZEKIEL | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND DRAMATIC JEWISH FIGURES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 337 | HAYELED SHEDVAD (LOST BOY) | RABINOWITZ, ZINA | THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A BOY WHO BECOMES SEPARATED FROM HIS PARENTS DURING THE NAZI HOLOCAUST AND HOW HE FINDS HIS WAY BACK TO THEM THROUGH A UNIQUE CLOCK. | ||
BR | 339 | BEN HA'ANNUSIM (THE MORRANOS) | MICHOLAI, MEIR | THE TRUE ADVENTURES OF AMATO, PHYSICIAN TO KINGS AND COMMONERS WHO SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE FLEEING FROM THE INQUISITION. TIRED OF WANDERING, HE SETTLES AMONGST FELLOW JEWS. | ||
BR | 340 | FELIX MEDELSOHN-BATHOLDY | ROCKSTRO, W.S. | THE LIFE STORY OF THE GREAT ROMANTIC COMPOSER, AND REDISCOVERED OF THE 'LOST' WORKS OF JOHANNE SEBASTIAN BACH. | ||
BR | 342 | INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM | COHEN, BERLY D. | A PRESENTATION OF THE BASIC TENETS OF JUDAISM IN A MANNER DESIGNED TO CAPTURE THE INTEREST AND IMAGINATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 345 | KAZEH HAYA | AMIR-PINKERFELD, ANDA | TEN DRAMATIC EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF ENZO-SERENI. | ||
BR | 348 | BENJAMIN CARDOZO | HELLMAN, G.S. | NOT A COMPLETE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY BUT A LOVING MEMORIAL TO A GREAT AMERICAN--- A DISTINGUISHED LAWYER AND AN ABLE JUDGE. | ||
BR | 349 | HU AHAV ET HA-YARDEN (HE LOVED THE JORDAN) | SMILANSKY, MOSHE | A STORY ABOUT A RUSSIAN JEW WHO COMES TO PALESTINE AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE LAND. | ||
BR | 351 | METHOD OF FREEDOM, THE | LIPPMAN, WALTER | A STATEMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH A NATION POSSESSING A HIGHLY DEVELOPED ECONOMY CAN MAKE FREEDOM SECURE AMONG THE DISORDERS OF THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 353 | MIKRAAH (READER IN MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE) | RUBENSTEIN & BENARI, ED. | ADVANCED SELECTIONS IN HEBREW WITH EXERCISES AND VOCABULARY AT THE END OF EACH SELECTION. | ||
BR | 354 | GREEN WORLDS | HINDUS, MAURICE | A BOOK FILLED WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRASTS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN LIFE, FOLKWAYS AND HUMAN RELATIONS. | ||
BR | 356 | MAN WHO STAYED IN TEXAS, THE | COHEN, ANNE & HARRY | THE LIFE STORY OF RABBI HENRY COHEN WHO FOR 52 YEARS HAS LITERALLY BEEN 'THE FRIEND OF MAN'. | ||
BR | 359 | MID-CHANNEL | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | CONTINUING HIS SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY BEGUN IN UPSTREAM, LUDWIG LEWISOHN RECORDS SOMEWHAT EASIER GOING IN THIS BOOK. | ||
BR | 361 | JEWISH LIFE IN SOUTH AMERICA | COHEN, J. X. | AN EASILY READ RAMBLING TRAVELOGUE OF THE PRINCIPAL AREA OF JEWISH OCCUPANCY IN SOUTH AMERICA. | ||
BR | 364 | PERES FAMILY, THE | SHANKMAN, SAM | BIOGRAPHY OF THE REMARKABLE AMERICAN-JEWISH FAMILY, THE MEMBERS OF WHICH HAVE WORKED MIGHTILY IN THE GREAT FIGHT FOR HUMAN BETTERMENT. | ||
BR | 365 | SIPPUREY CHASIDIM | PERETZ, I.L. | STORIES OF THE HASIDIM, ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY I.L. ERETZ, AND ADAPTED FOR EASY READING BY JUDAH STEINBERG. | ||
BR | 367 | ABIE'S IRISH ROSE | NICHOLS, ANNE | A SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS PLAY ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF INTERMARRIAGE THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE JEWISH GHETTO ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | ||
BR | 368 | HOLIDAY SERVICE FOR TEMPLE YOUTH | REFORMED CONG. OF MERRICK, ED. | A PRAYERBOOK CONTAINING SERVICES FOR PASSOVER, SUKKOT, PURIM AND CHANUKAH. | ||
BR | 369 | CHAVERI, TARGILON (WORKBOOK WITH SIDUR WORD SUPPLEMENT) | SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | EXCERCISE BOOK TO CHAVERI WITH MATERIAL TO REINFORCE SUBJECT MATTER COVERED IN THE TEXTBOOK. | ||
BR | 370 | SELECT READINGS IN HEBREW LITERATURE | LEWITTES, M. & BLUMBERG, H. | STORIES AND POEMS FROM CLASSICAL AND MODERN AUTHORS FOR THIRD YEAR HEBREW STUDENTS. INCLUDED ARE: ENGLISH INTRODUCTIONS, VOCABULARIES, AND EXERCISES. | ||
BR | 373 | SCHOOL FOR BARBARIANS | MANN, ERIKA | NAZI DESTRUCTION OF TRADITIONAL GERMAN CULTURE, ITS PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS, AND ITS SUBJUGATION OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO THE MILITARY MACHINE. | ||
BR | 374 | ELIJAH | SEGAL, SAMUEL | GIVES A MUCH NEEDED PORTRAIT IN ENGLISH OF THE THREE ELIJAHS KNOWN IN JEWISH TRADITION. | ||
BR | 376 | BREATHE UPON THESE | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | A NOVEL BASED ON NAZI BRUTALITY AND THE BRITISH TREATMENT OF ZIONISTS IN PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 377 | PROZDOR (THE GATEWAY) | STEINER, M. & MIKLISZANSKI, J. | A READER FOR HEBREW HIGH SCHOOLS. DIFFICULT WORDS ARE EXPLAINED WITH OTHER EASIER HEBREW WORDS. A HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY IS INCLUDED AT THE END. | ||
BR | 378 | NEW MARRANOS | CITRON, SAMUEL I. | A POIGNANT PLAY ABOUT A YOUNG JEW WHO SUFFERS FROM THE ANTI-JEWISH DISCRIMINATION OF HIS JEWISH EMPLOYERS. | ||
BR | 381 | PURIM (THE FEAST OF ESTHER) | DOMBACH, N.S. | A DETAILED TREATMENT OF THIS GREAT FESTIVAL OF ESTHER. | ||
BR | 382 | CHAVERI, BET (MY FRIEND - BOOK II) | SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | A CONTINUATION OF BOOK I. | ||
BR | 384 | FAITH AND MESSAGE OF PROPHETS | BUTTENWEISER, MOSES | A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE ROLE WHICH THE PROPHETS PLAYED IN THE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 388 | FIVE SHORT STUDIES | FREEHOF,S. MANN, L. BETTAN,I. | JEWISH PRAYER BOOK; BETTAN, POST-BIBLICAL JUDAISM; MANN, A RABBI LOOKS AT CHRISTMAS; THE BUSINESS OF RELIGION AND THE RELIGION OF BUSINESS; PARADOX OF PROGRESS. | ||
BR | 390 | JULIUS ROSENWALD | WERNER, M. R. | THE LIFE OF A PRACTICAL HUMANITARIAN. | ||
BR | 392 | HEBREW SCRIPTURE IN THE MAKING | MARGOLIS, MAX L. | ROSE KAPLOWI | THE STORY OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES. | |
BR | 394 | HASHEUR HARISHON; TARGILON | KOHN, REBEKAH | THIS BOOK CONTAINS A WEALTH OF AIDS IN TEACHING THE TEXT, INCLUDING MANY SUPPLEMENTARY HEBREW READINGS, EXERCISES, GAMES, ETC. | ||
BR | 395 | CHAYIM PUMPERNICKEL | ARONIN, BEN | THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER DIGNITARIES COME TO CONSULT WITH CHAYIM PUMPERNICKEL WHO, BY HIS WISDOM, BRINGS EVERLASTING PEACE TO THE WHOLE WORLD. | ||
BR | 396 | MODERN JEWISH PREACHING | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | A BOOK GEARED TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO STUDY JEWISH PREACHING. BASED ON ALUMNI LECTURES PRESENTED AT HEBREW UNION COLLEGE. | ||
BR | 397 | HISTORY OF BIBLE TRANSLATIONS | MARGOLIS, MAX | IN THIS BOOK, THE TERM 'BIBLE' REFERS ONLY TO THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES. | ||
BR | 398 | DE VRIENDT GOES HOME | ZWEIG, ARNOLD | AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF INTRIGUES AND CLASHES BETWEEN ORTHODOX JEWS, ZIONISTS AND ARABS IN 1939, THE STORY OF DE VRIENDT, A LEARNED JEW, IS TOLD. | ||
BR | 399 | HANUKKAH | SOLIS-COHEN, EMILY, ED. | ESSAYS, STORIES, POETRY, RABBINIC COMMENTARY, PLAYS, AND PROGRAMS ABOUT HANUKKAH FOR BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. | ||
BR | 402 | BARNEY BARNATO | LEWISOHN, RICHARD | LIFE STORY OF THE WHITECHAPEL JEWISH LAD WHO MADE AN ENORMOUS FORTUNE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND MINES. | ||
BR | 403 | HEARKEN UNTO THE VOICE | WERFEL, FRANZ | A PRESENTATION OF JEREMIAH'S STORY IN WARNING THAT HE WHO TAKES THE SWORD SHALL PERISH WITH THE SWORD. | ||
BR | 404 | GREAT GOLDWYN, THE | JOHNSTON, ALVA | ANECDOTES ABOUT SAMUEL GOLDWYN, THE MOVING PICTURE PRODUCER. | ||
BR | 407 | OLAMI, SEFER SHLISHI | BACHRACH, KALMAN | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS, WRITTEN IN EASY HEBREW. | ||
BR | 408 | JEWISH HISTORY IN 1000 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | ZACHER, A. S. | BASED ON DUBNOW'S HISTORY AND OTHER SOURCES, THIS IS A COMPILATION OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT JEWS FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE 1930'S. | ||
BR | 410 | WATCH ON THE RHINE | HELLMAN, LILLIAN | A PLAY IN THREE ACTS ABOUT A FAMILY LIVING NEAR WASHINGTON AND THE REFUGEES THEY HARBORED. | ||
BR | 411 | BOOK OF PSALMS, THE | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | THE HEBREW PSALMS WERE THE FIRST TO GIVE EXPRESSION TO THE CONVERSATION OF THE HUMAN HEART WITH GOD IN MORE LYRICAL LANGUAGE THAN WAS EVER BEFORE UTTERED. | ||
BR | 413 | MOTHER, THE | ASCH, SHOLEM | A POLISH FAMILY COMES TO NEW YORK, CHANGES THEIR SURFACE HABITS BUT KEEPS TO ANCIENT TRADITION. | ||
BR | 416 | RENEGADE | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | THE FRANCE OF DUBARRY, VOLTAIRE AND LOUIS XIV IS THE BACKGROUND OF THIS STORY OF A WEALTHY JEW WHO DESERTED HIS PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 417 | MAGIC FLIGHT | GAER, YOSSEF | 'MAGIC FLIGHT, JEWISH TALES AND LEGENDS' ARE CHILDREN'S STORIES AS TOLD BY GRANDMA. | ||
BR | 420 | TORAH READINGS; A BOOK OF | EPSTEIN, MORRIS | HERE ARE SOME SELECTED READINGS FROM THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 426 | M'GILAT ESTER (THE BOOK OF ESTER) | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | THE BOOK OF ESTHER, IN HEBREW, WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. | ||
BR | 427 | KINOT L'TISHA B'AV | HEBREW PUB. CO., ED. | THESE LAMENTATIONS ARE RECITED EVERY YEAR ON THE NINTH DAY OF THE MONTH OF AV, IN MEMORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE SOME TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. | ||
BR | 428 | ROMANCE OF A PEOPLE, THE | FAST, HOWARD | A SIMPLY WRITTEN HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE TIME OF ABRAHAM TO THE PRESENT. THE BOOK IS INTENDED FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. | ||
BR | 429 | BIBLE AND SPADE | CAIGER, STEPHEN | THIS BOOK PRESENTS AN ACCOUNT OF RECENT DISCOVERIES IN ARCHEOLOGY WHICH PERTAIN DIRECTLY TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR IMPORTANCE. | ||
BR | 433 | SZOLD,HENRIETTA(MOTHER IN ISRAEL) | GLENN, MENACHEM G. | THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING HOMELESS JEWISH CHILDREN TO ISRAEL AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR. | ||
BR | 436 | REBIRTH IN LIBERTY | LIPS, EVA | AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S NATURALIZATION AND HER ENTHUSIASTIC 'REBIRTH' AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. | ||
BR | 437 | BOOK OF DELIGHT AND OTHER PAPERS | ABRAHAMS, ISRAEL | ESSAYS ON GEORGE ELLIOT, SOLOMON MAIMON AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 439 | CHILDHOOD IN EXILE | LEVIN, SHMARYA. MAURICE SAMUEL, TRAN | STANLEY R. B | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR, WRITER, AND ZIONIST LEADER WHO LIVED FROM 1867-1935 AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE REVIVAL OF HEBREW LITERATURE. THE BOOK DEALS WITH THE AUTHOR'S CHILDHOOD IN A SMALL TOWN IN WESTERN RUSSIA. | |
BR | 440 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | REISER, ANTON | AN EXAMINATION OF EINSTEIN'S PERSONALITY RATHER THAN AN INVESTIGATION OF HIS SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS. | ||
BR | 441 | YALKUT PERETZ (PERETZ MISCELLANY) | RABIN, C. | SELECTED READINGS BY THE FAMOUS JEWISH AUTHOR, ADAPTED FOR EASY READING BY C. RABIN. | ||
BR | 442 | ANSWER | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | AN APPEAL TO AMERICAN JEWS TO ABANDON THE 'SERVILE ASSIMILATIONS' HITHERTO IN FASHION AMONG THEM. | ||
BR | 444 | HISTORY OF PALESTINE | RAPPAPORT, ANGELO S. | A COMPLETE HISTORY OF A COUNTRY WHICH IS PERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING AND FASCINATING IN THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 445 | GLUCKEL VON HAMELIN | WINSTON, MARGOS | A DRAMATIZATION OF THE LIFE OF THIS WELL-KNOWN PIOUS JEWISH WOMAN OF THE 17TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 447 | ANI LOMED HUMASH, BET | (I LEARN BIBLE, BOOK TWO) | PERSKY, ELIAS | A CONTINUATION OF BOOK ONE. COVERS UP TO THE LIFE OF SARAH. | |
BR | 448 | SIDDUR SHVIL CHADASH (A NEW PATH) | WEISBERG, ISIDOR | A COMPLETE PRAYERBOOK FOR WEEKDAYS AND SABBATH. | ||
BR | 450 | TORAH LATALMID, HUKIM UMISHPATIM (BIBLE FOR THE STUDENT; RULES AND LAWS) | BRIDGER, DAVID | THIS BOOK FOLLOWS THE GENERAL FORMAT OF TORAH LATALMID; B'RESHIT, INTRODUCING THE READER TO JEWISH LAWS AND CUSTOMS. | ||
BR | 454 | ODYSSEY OF A FAITH, THE | HELLER, BERNARD | A HISTORY OF JEWISH CULTURE SET FORTH IN ESSAYS DEALING WITH SEPARATE EPISODES OR CRISES IN HISTORY. | ||
BR | 456 | TORAH LATALMID; B'RESHIT (BIBLE FOR THE STUDENT; GENESIS) | BRIDGER, DAVID | DESIGNED FOR FIRST YEAR OF HUMASH INSTRUCTION IN ELEMENTARY HEBREW. CONTAINS EXPLANATIONS OF DIFFICULT PASSAGES AND RASHI EXPLANATIONS IN ENGLISH. | ||
BR | 457 | GROWTH OF GOOD WILL, THE | CLINCHY, E. R. | THE STORY OF INTOLERANCE DURING THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS AGAINST RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL MINORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY. | ||
BR | 458 | AMERICAN JEW | JANOWSKY, OSCAR | A SYMPOSIUM ON THE CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE JEWS IN THIS COUNTRY. | ||
BR | 460 | OLAMI, SEFER RISHON | BACHRACH, KALMAN | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE HEBREW. | ||
BR | 461 | CHELM -- IR HACHACHAMIM (CHELM--THE CITY OF THE SAGES) | ARONIN, BEN | A SIMPLE RETELLING OF THE PERENNIALLY FAVORITE STORIES OF THE WISE MEN OF CHELM. | ||
BR | 464 | SHIMSHON BENDERLY (SAMSON BENDERLY) | INDELMAN, ELCHANAN | THE GREAT JEWISH EDUCATOR, BORN IN PALESTINE, WHO GAVE UP THE STUDY OF MEDICINE IN BEIRUT AND AMERICA TO PURSUE A TEACHING CAREER. | ||
BR | 465 | MORDECHAI EMANUEL NOACH (MORDECHAI EMANUEL NOAH) | GLENN, MENACHEM G. | THE STORY OF A DOCTOR'S GRANDSON FROM PORTUGAL, WHOSE FAMILY WAS CHASED BY THE INQUISITION AND WHO LATER CAME TO THE UNITED STATES AND BECAME FAMOUS. | ||
BR | 466 | SHEVAH, MENOROT (THE SEVEN LAMPS) | MICHAELI, MEIR | SEVEN INDIVIDUAL STORIES ABOUT LAMPS BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DARK--THE CENTURIAN LAMP, THE LAMP FROM PRAGUE, THE LAMP FROM VENICE, AND MORE. | ||
BR | 467 | IN THOSE DAYS | STEINBERG, JEHUDAH | A TRANSLATION OF A HEBREW NOVEL ABOUT A RUSSIAN JEW WHO WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY OF CZAR NICHOLAS I IN THE 1850S. | ||
BR | 469 | EL HAY'LADIM B ' TEMAN (TO THE CHILDREN IN YEMEN) | MEGED, ARON | A STORY ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF TWO CHILDREN FROM ISRAEL WHO EMBARK ON A JOURNEY TO SAVE THE JEWISH CHILDREN OF YEMEN. A THIRD YEAR READER. | ||
BR | 470 | BAR KOCHVAH | DINSKY, SAMUEL H. | THE STORY OF THE REVOLT OF THE JEWS AGAINST THE ROMANS, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BAR KOCHVAH. | ||
BR | 473 | JEWISH PIONEERS AND PATRIOTS | FREEDMAN, LEE M. | THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF JEWISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOUNDING, BUILDING AND PRESERVATION OF THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 474 | DIALOGUE WITH GOD | DOPPELT, FREDERICK | A STUDY OF PRAYER CONTAINING SUCH TOPICS AS 'WHAT PEOPLE PRAY FOR,' 'WHY PEOPLE PRAY,' 'ARE PRAYERS ANSWERED?', ETC. | ||
BR | 475 | HISTORIAH L'TALMIDIM, HELEK SHENI (HISTORY FOR STUDENTS II) | POLLACK, I.H. | A CONTINUATION OF MATERIAL COVERED IN PART I. | ||
BR | 482 | SEVENTH CROSS, THE | SEGHERS, ANNA | A NOVEL THAT LOOKS AT REPRESSION IN RURAL GERMANY BEFORE FASCISM RAGED ACROSS EUROPE. | ||
BR | 484 | PALESTINE, LAND OF PROMISE | LOWDERMILK, WALTER CLAY | WRITTEN BY A LAND CONSERVATIONIST WHO VISITED PALESTINE IN THE 1940S, THIS BOOK CONTAINS SURVEYS OF LAND USE FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES. IT INCLUDES A PROPOSAL FOR AN AUTHORITY OF THE JORDAN VALLEY. | ||
BR | 485 | IVRIT LAMITLAMDIM (HEBREW FOR BEGINNERS) | RUBENSTEIN, SIMCHA | A SELECTION OF SHORT EASY STORIES WITH EXERCISES AND A DICTIONARY AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER. | ||
BR | 487 | NITZOTZAI GVURA (SPARKS OF COURAGE) | PRAGUER, MOSHE | THIS BOOK CONTAINS SIX STORIES ABOUT BRAVE JEWS WHO UPHELD THEIR RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. | ||
BR | 488 | ABRAVANEL AND THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS FROM SPAIN | MINKIN, JACOB S. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE TORAH COMMENTATOR, LEADER OF MEDIEVAL JEWRY IN SPAIN, AND ADVISOR TO THE SPANISH COURT, WHO LIVED FROM 1437-1508. | ||
BR | 489 | BIRHOVOT NEW YORK (IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK) | MICHAELI, MEIR | THE STORY OF TWO BOYS WHO FOILED AN ATTEMPT OF THE 'BLACK SNAKE' YOUTH GANG TO BURN A LIBRARY, AND WHO WERE LATER KIDNAPPED AND FINALLY SAVED. | ||
BR | 490 | BAT SHLOMO (SOLOMON'S DAUGHTER) | INDELMAN, ELCHANAN | THE STORY OF THE LOVE OF A SHEPHERD FOR BUA--SOLOMON'S DAUGHTER, AND HIS SEARCH FOR HER. | ||
BR | 491 | TWO AMERICAN JEWISH PIONEERS OF NEW HAVEN | KISCH, GUIDO | BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY OF SIGMUND AND LEOPOLD WATERMAN. | ||
BR | 493 | TEN COMMANDMENTS | ROBINSON, A.L., ED. | TEN SHORT NOVELS DEALING WITH HITLER'S WAR AGAINST THE MORAL CODE AS SET FORTH IN THE BIBLICAL TEN COMMANDMENTS. | ||
BR | 494 | GERMANY'S STEPCHILDREN | LIPTZIN, SOLOMON | AMELIA MINTZ | A SERIES OF CHARACTER SKETCHES DEALING WITH GERMAN JEWS WHO SURRENDERED THEMSELVES COMPLETELY TO GERMANY AND ITS CULTURE, IN HOPES THAT THEY WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS EQUALS. | |
BR | 496 | SOLOMON SCHECHTER | BENTWICH, NORMAN | JOSEPH JACOBS WROTE THAT IF THERE WAS A JEWISH GENIUS IN OUR TIMES IT WAS SOLOMON SCHECHTER. | ||
BR | 499 | BOOSTANAI | LEHMAN, DR. M. | TELLS OF THE REVOLT OF THE JEWS AGAINST THE PERSIANS IN BABEL WITH THE BOY BOOSTANAI THE ONLY ONE REMAINING ALIVE FROM THE HOUSE OF DAVID. | ||
BR | 500 | ZIP | A NOVEL OF THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT | APPLE, MAX | JUDITH HOFFM | ZIP, OR MOTIVATION, IS WHAT IRA GOLDSTEIN NEEDS TO GO OUT AND FIND A NICE JEWISH GIRL TO MARRY. WHAT HE GETS INSTEAD ARE A PUERTO RICAN BOXER, A RADICAL STUDENT AND A DETROIT JUNK KING. THE GRAND FINALE TAKES PLACE AMID A BLEND OF SPORT AND IDEOLOGY IN THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY IN CUBA. |
BR | 502 | BLESSED IS THE MAN | ZARA, LOUIS | THE STORY OF JAKE KRAKAUER, AN IMMIGRANT JEW WHO COMES TO AMERICA IN THE LATE 1890'S AND FINDS RICHES AND PROBLEMS BEYOND HIS IMAGININGS. | ||
BR | 503 | WELCOME STRANGER | HOFFMAN, AARON | A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS, BASED ON ANTI-JEWISH BIAS IN A SMALL NEW ENGLAND TOWN. | ||
BR | 505 | ZOT HAARETZ (THIS IS THE LAND) | BIALIK, MANOGH L. | A HISTORY OF ISRAEL FROM THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESENT. A DICTIONARY IS INCLUDED AT THE END OF THE BOOK. | ||
BR | 506 | NIGHTINGALE'S SONG, THE | ALOFSIN, DOROTHY | THE STORY OF A JEWISH-AMERICAN GIRL AND HER STRUGGLES TO BECOME AN AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 509 | JEW IN OUR DAY, THE | FRANK, WALDO | AN ARGUMENT THAT JEWS ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER AMERICANS NOT RACIALLY BUT BY THEIR INHERITANCE OF THE GREAT BODY OF JEWISH TRADITION. | ||
BR | 510 | LEKET AGADOT CHAZAL, BET | YARDENI, GALIA | CONTAINS STORIES ABOUT HILLEL, RABBI YOCHANAN BEN ZAKAI, RABBI AKIBA AND MORE. | ||
BR | 511 | BOOK FOR JEWISH PRAYERS FOR HOME DEVOTION | JEWISH BRAILLE INSTITUTE | INCLUDES PRIVATE PRAYERS FOR EVERY SEASON AND OCCASION. | ||
BR | 516 | DOWNFALL | SCHNEIUR, ZALMAN | THE STORY OF A WELL-TO-DO MERCHANT FAMILY OF POLISH JEWS IN WARSAW IN 1915. | ||
BR | 517 | IT HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE | SMITH, ROY L. | THE AUTHOR SHOWS THAT THE WRONG PATHS WHICH NATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TAKE IN OUR OWN TIMES ARE THE SAME PATHS WHICH LED TO DISASTER IN THE EARLY CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 518 | BERNARD BARUCH | FIELD, CARTER | A FULL LENGTH, ROUNDED AND SYMPATHETIC BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED AND RESPECTED ELDER STATESMEN. | ||
BR | 519 | CANDLES IN THE NIGHT | JEWISH TALES BY GENTILE AUTHORS | BARON, JOSEPH I., ED. | SISTERHOOD E | A COLLECTION OF STORIES WITH JEWISH CHARACTERS WRITTEN BY NON-JEWISH AUTHORS. |
BR | 521 | YISRAEL B'AMIM (ISRAEL AMONG THE NATIONS) | BAER, YITZCHAK | AN ESSAY ON THE PERIOD OF THE SECOND TEMPLE, OF THE MISHNAH AND ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF HALACHA AND JEWISH RELIGION. | ||
BR | 522 | PATHWAYS THROUGH THE PRAYERBOOK | EFRON, BENJAMIN | INTEGRATES KEY RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS WITH HEBREW READING AND VOCABULARY STUDY. ENGLISH SECTIONS WITH HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY MATERIAL. | ||
BR | 524 | HARVEST IN THE DESERT | SAMUEL, MAURICE | A PORTRAIT OF THE SELF-SACRIFICE AND DEDICATION OF ISRAEL'S PIONEERS AND SETTLERS WHO HELPED REBUILD THE HOMELAND OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 526 | GEMS OF HEBREW VERSE | FEIN, HARRY H. | A COLLECTION OF HEBREW POEMS. | ||
BR | 527 | DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN JEWS | LOTZ, PHILIP | CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF: ADOLPH S. OCHS, LILLIAN WALD, FANNIE HURST AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 532 | WORLD OF YESTERDAY | ZWEIG, STEFAN | THE GERMAN-JEWISH AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER AND THE TIMES IN WHICH HE LIVED. | ||
BR | 533 | CHAVERI (MY FRIEND) | SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | A HEBREW PRIMER INTEGRATING THE STUDY OF THE HOLIDAYS AND CUSTOMS WITH THE STUDY OF HEBREW. | ||
BR | 534 | PRELUDE TO DELILAH | JABOTINSKY, VLADIMIR | AN INTENSELY DRAMATIC NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF SAMSON AND DELILAH, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING BOOKS OF HISTORICAL FICTION. | ||
BR | 535 | CHUMASHENU B'RESHIT, HELEK RISHON; MILON | POLLACK, I.H. | A DICTIONARY TO ACCOMPANY CHUMASHENU B'RESHIT. | ||
BR | 537 | PARTISAN GUIDE TO THE JEWISH PROBLEM | STEINBERG, MILTON | THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF JEWS AND GENTILES ALIKE. | ||
BR | 540 | KAZRIEL THE WATCHMAN | LEARSI, RUFUS | SKETCHES OF EAST SIDE NEW YORK PORTRAYING JEWISH LIFE, CUSTOMS AND IDEAS. | ||
BR | 542 | FIGHTING JEW, THE | NUNBERG, RALPH | THE AUTHOR BRINGS THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO LIFE AND SHOWS BY THEIR DEEDS THAT THEY ARE AS GOOD FIGHTERS AS NON-JEWS -- A POINT WHICH NEVER NEEDED DEMONSTRATION. | ||
BR | 544 | FIGHTING ANGEL | LEVINGER, ELMA | THE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRIETTA SZOLD, PERHAPS THE GREATEST JEWISH WOMAN PIONEER WHO WORKED FOR THE NEW PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 546 | EL HADOD B'AMERICA V'OD SIPPURIM (TO THE UNCLE IN AMERICA AND OTHER STORIES) | YARDENI, GALIA | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, IN EASY-TO-READ HEBREW. | ||
BR | 552 | DREYFUS CASE, THE | DREYFUS, A. P. | CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT BY HIS SON OF DREYFUS' FOUR YEARS ON DEVIL'S ISLAND, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT LIFE IN FRANCE. | ||
BR | 554 | SON OF THE LOST SON, THE | MORGENSTERN, SOMA | MRS. SEYMOUR | A NOVEL SET IN EASTERN EUROPE AND VIENNA DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS. | |
BR | 557 | PEACE OF MIND | LIEBMAN, JOSHUA LOTH | ESTHER ARBEI | THIS BOOK, WHICH WAS ON THE BEST-SELLING NON-FICTION LISTS OF THE LATE 1940'S, DEVELOPS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NEW SCIENCE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE WORLD OF RELIGION. | |
BR | 558 | SONGS OF JEWISH REBIRTH | NEWMAN, LOUIS I. | RABBI NEWMAN'S POEMS 'REPRESENT THE THOUGHT OF A FEW PRECIOUS LEISURE MOMENTS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS'. | ||
BR | 559 | LETTERS FROM THE DESERT | MOSENSON, MOSHE | THE AUTHOR WAS A JEWISH VOLUNTEER WHO FOUGHT WITH THE BRITISH FORCES FROM EL ALAMEIN TO TRIPOLI. | ||
BR | 561 | BERNARD BARUCH | SHUMWAY, HARRY | A FRIEND'S EULOGY ON ONE OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED AND RESPECTED ELDER STATESMEN. | ||
BR | 563 | LEKET AGADOT CHAZAL, ALEF (AN ANTHOLOGY OF RABBINICAL LEGENDS, I) | YARDENI, GALIA | CONTAINS THE STORY OF CREATION AND NARRATIVES ABOUT THE PATRIARCHS AND OTHER BIBLICAL PERSONAGES SUCH AS MOSES AND KING DAVID. IN EASY-TO-READ HEBREW. | ||
BR | 565 | MIMTULAH L'NYU-YORK (FROM METULAH TO NEW-YORK) | KANIUK, YORAM | THE STORY OF A TRIP FROM ISRAEL TO THE UNITED STATES. WRITTEN IN EASY-TO-READ HEBREW. | ||
BR | 566 | BESIDE THE STILL WATERS | KOHUT, GEORGE ALEXANDER | A COLLECTION OF POEMS WHICH INCLUDES LEGENDS, LOGIC AND ELEGIES. | ||
BR | 567 | ELEF MILIM, VIRIT B'CHAI YOM YOM (RASHIT Y'DEATH HALASHON LIMUGARIM) | SHAFER, JOSEPH BEN & ROSEN, A. | A VOCABULARY FOR THOSE BEGINNING TO LEARN TO SPEAK HEBREW. OVER 1,000 WORDS. | ||
BR | 568 | GIBORAY HATANACH HATSIRIM | VERNER, GAY-EEN | A NOVEL. | ||
BR | 573 | SHANA L'AIN KETZ (YEAR WITHOUT END) | SUNDBERG, MOSHE | A NOVEL. | ||
BR | 575 | IVRIT LIMVUGARIM UL'NOAR (HEBREW FOR ADULTS & YOUTH PART ONE) | BRIDGER, DAVID | A TEXT DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ADULT BEGINNERS IN HEBREW STUDIES. | ||
BR | 576 | ANSHEI B'RESHIS (READINGS IN EASY HEBREW) | SMOLY, ELIEZER | FOR BEGINNERS, AN ELEMENTARY READER, EASY WORDS. | ||
BR | 577 | MASADA | LAMDEN, YITZHAK | THE STORY OF THE MASADA FORTRESS BUILT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BAR KOCHBAH AND ITS HEROIC STAND DURING THE SECOND REVOLT OF THE JEWS AGAINST THE ROMANS. | ||
BR | 578 | FINAL JUDGEMENT | BERNSTINE, VICTOR H. | A WELL-WRITTEN ACCOUNT OF THE NUREMBERG TRIAL BY A CORRESPONDENT WHO WAS THERE. AN INDESCRIBABLY APPALLING ACCOUNT OF HOW HITLER DID IT. | ||
BR | 579 | BLESSED IS THE MATCH | THE STORY OF JEWISH RESISTANCE | SYRKIN, MARIE | EVELYN SIMON | A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH RESISTANCE MOVEMENT AGAINST GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR II. |
BR | 581 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | EISENBERG, JUDAH M. | A BIOGRAPHY FOR CHILDREN, WRITTEN IN SIMPLE HEBREW, ABOUT THE PROMINENT PHYSICIST. A COLLECTION OF HIS LETTERS AND DIARIES REVEAL HIS KIND, MODEST, AND HUMOROUS PERSONALITY. | ||
BR | 582 | KACH NOLDA MEDINAT HA-YEHUDIM (THUS WAS BORN THE JEWISH STATE) | MEGED, MATHI | AN EASY HEBREW READER ABOUT THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 583 | IN MY FATHER'S PASTURES | MORGENSTERN, SOMA | A YOUNG AUSTRIAN JEW DISCOVERS HIS CULTURAL HERITAGE WHILE VISITING AN UNCLE IN POLISH GALICIA. | ||
BR | 584 | EINSTEIN, HIS LIFE AND TIMES | FRANK, PHILIP | BIOGRAPHY BY AN OLD FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE OF EINSTEIN'S, IN WHICH THE MAN AND HIS WORK ARE EXPLAINED ABOUT AS WELL AS THEY COULD BE FOR THE LAY PUBLIC. | ||
BR | 585 | MODERN PROBLEMS OF JEWISH PARENTS | KOHN, JACOB | A STUDY IN PARENTAL ATTITUDES OF VITAL INTEREST NOT ONLY TO JEWISH PARENTS BUT TO ALL STUDENTS OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE. | ||
BR | 586 | CHAVER LIN'VIYIM, RISHONIM (MY FRIEND, A READER FOR BEGINNERS) | PERSKY, ELIEZER | ELEMENTARY HEBREW READER. | ||
BR | 588 | RABBI ISRAEL SALANTER | INDELMAN, ELCHANAN | A BIOGRAPHY. | ||
BR | 589 | EARTH COULD BE FAIR | VAN PASSEN, PIERRE | RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN THE TOWN OF GORCUM WHOSE CITIZENS WERE CATHOLICS, JEWS AND DUTCH REFORMED PROTESTANTS. | ||
BR | 590 | CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM | GORDIS, ROBERT | A CLEAR AND AUTHORITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PHILOSOPHY, THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 591 | GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT | HOBSON, LAURA Z. | ESTHER GERST | A NOVEL ABOUT A NON-JEWISH JOURNALIST WHO POSES AS A JEW FOR A FEW WEEKS IN ORDER TO LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM. | |
BR | 593 | LOUIS BRANDEIS | DE HASS, JACOB | A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH; WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO JEWISH AND ZIONIST HISTORY. | ||
BR | 595 | IVRIT LAMVUGARIM PART I (HEBREW FOR ADULTS) | BRIDGER, DAVID | AN ADULT PRIMER WITH DRILLS, EXERCISES VOCABULARY. | ||
BR | 596 | MACCABEES | BICKERMAN, ELIAS | HISTORY OF THE MACCABEES 'FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE FALL OF THE HOUSE' IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN RESEARCH. | ||
BR | 597 | MESSAGE OF THE TORAH, THE | EFRON, BENJAMIN | THE CENTRAL THEMES OF THE TORAH ARE PRESENTED. | ||
BR | 598 | SELECTED STORIES | PERETZ, I.L. | PERETZ IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE FOREMOST NAMES IN YIDDISH LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 600 | LESSONS FOR RAMAH, NO. 2 | SOSHUK, LEVI, ED. | A HEBREW PRIMER. | ||
BR | 601 | HASHOMER (THE GUARD) | YARDENI, GALIA | THE EXCITING STORY OF THE ISRAELI GUARD. WRITTEN IN EASY-TO-READ HEBREW WITH VOWELS. | ||
BR | 603 | PARSHAS SHAVOUTH | PREP.-BET HAMIDRASH LAMORIM | WRITINGS ON THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY. | ||
BR | 604 | HASIFRUT Y'HACHAYIM | ROTBLAT, C.M. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HEBREW LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 605 | KAL LILMOD (IT IS EASY TO LEARN) | LERMON, ROSEN, EGOSI | ELEMENTARY HEBREW. NEW WORDS EXPLAINED AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH LESSON. VARIED AND NUMEROUS EXERCISES AND COMPREHENSIVE TESTS. | ||
BR | 606 | IVRIT CHAYEH, PART II (MODERN HEBREW) | BLUMBERG & LEWITTES | HEBREW GRAMMAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. | ||
BR | 608 | COMPOSITION VOCABULARY | JEW. ED. COMM. | BEGINNERS BOOK WITH EASY WORDS TO LEARN TO WRITE IN HEBREW. | ||
BR | 609 | HATZIPORIM BAMIDBAR (THE BIRDS IN THE DESERT) | SEGAL, BERYL | A NOVEL. | ||
BR | 610 | SHALOM ALEICHEM (YALKUT) | PELLI, MOSHE | EIGHT SHORT STORIES BY SHALOM ALEICHEM. THE HEROES ARE SMALL PEOPLE WHO LEAD HARD LIVES, NOT TOO SUCCESSFUL, BUT THEY DON'T GIVE UP. | ||
BR | 613 | COMPANION TO THE AUTHORIZED DAILY PRAYERBOOK | ABRAHAMS, ISRAEL | HISTORICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES ON LITURGY AND RITUAL. | ||
BR | 615 | PIRKE AVOT, A COMMENTARY | BUNIM, IRVING M. | AN ECLECTIC, WIDE-RANGING COMMENTARY ON PIRKE AVOT | ||
BR | 617 | SEFER HA'AGADAH | SCHECTER, JOSEPH | VOWELED HEBREW SHORT STORIES. | ||
BR | 618 | BROKEN LIGHTS | AARONSOHN, MICHAEL | ELAINE LEE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RABBI WHO BECAME BLIND DURING WORLD WAR I. | |
BR | 619 | HEBREW | LEVEL III - REGENTS REVIEW BOOK | HEBREW CULTURE COUNCIL, ED. | REVIEW BOOK FOR STATE REGENTS EXAMINATIONS. | |
BR | 620 | CHAVER LASIDDUR | SOVIV, AARON | SIMPLE LESSONS WITH HISTORY OF ALL PRAYERS. PRAYERS IN BASIC HEBREW. CONTAINS HEBREW-ENGLISH DICTIONARY, RABBINICAL QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW PURPOSES. | ||
BR | 622 | STUDIES IN THE WEEKLY SIDRA, 5718 ANNUAL | LEIBOWITZ, N. | A COMMENTARY OF THE PENTATEUCH. | ||
BR | 623 | AXE OF WANDSBEK, THE | ZWEIG, ARNOLD | A NOVEL DEPICTING DAILY LIFE IN GERMANY UNDER THE HITLER REGIME. | ||
BR | 624 | VICTIM, THE | BELLOW, SAUL | A STORY ABOUT A SOLEMN AND TOUCHY JEW ACCUSED BY A FANATIC GENTILE OF RUINING HIM. | ||
BR | 625 | PROFESSOR HAFFKINE (THE JEW WHO SAVED INDIA) | PRAEGER, MOSHE | A BIOGRAPHY. | ||
BR | 626 | HAMISHA SIPPUREI S.Y. AGNON (FIVE STORIES OF S.Y. AGNON) | CHOMSKY, MICHAL ED. | FIVE STORIES BY THE FAMED ISRAELI AUTHOR INCLUDING, 'HONORING PARENTS,' 'FROM AN ENEMY TO A LOVER,' AND 'FACE TO FACE.' | ||
BR | 629 | ALL GOD'S CHILDREN | COHEN, ARMAND E. | A FRANK EXPLORATION OF THE OFTEN NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN JEWS AND GENTILES. | ||
BR | 630 | BETH AGULAR (THE HOUSE OF AGULAR) | LEHMAN, M. | A NOVEL. | ||
BR | 631 | PANIM AHEROT (OTHER FACES) | AGNON, S.Y. | A NOVEL BY THE FAMED NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. | ||
BR | 632 | YAD ACHAT L'YOSEF (THE ONE ARMED HERO) | MENUSSI, YEDIDYAH | THE LIFE STORY OF JOSEF TRUMPELDOR. | ||
BR | 633 | HAYM SALOMON | FEUERSTEIN, EMIL | STORY OF THE AMERICAN JEW WHO RAISED FUNDS TO FINANCE THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN. | ||
BR | 634 | GALUT | BAER, YITZHAK F. | A HISTORICAL ESSAY WHICH EXAMINES THE GALUT HEBREW FOR EXILE) AS THE CENTRAL THEME OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM HELLENISTIC-ROMAN DAYS TO THE RECENT EUROPEAN EXODUS. | ||
BR | 635 | ODYSSEY THROUGH HELL | DAVIES, RAYMOND ARTHUR | A CANADIAN-BORN TRAVELER AND CORRESPONDENT DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED TO THE JEWS OF POLAND, ROMANIA, YUGOSLAVIA AND THE PARTS OF RUSSIA WHICH THE GERMANS OVERRAN. | ||
BR | 637 | LEKET MIN HASIFROOT HAIVRIT BA'AMERICA (SELECTIONS FROM HEBREW LITERATURE IN AMERICA) | INDELMAN, ELCHANAN | STORIES AND POEMS. | ||
BR | 639 | UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETS | BLANK, SHELDON H. | AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR TEACHINGS AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONVEYED THEIR PROPHECIES TO A SKEPTICAL PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 640 | SHIUREI K'RIAH K'TIVAH UTFILAH | EHRLICH, ABRAHAM J. | A HEBREW PRIMER IN READING, WRITING AND PRAYER. | ||
BR | 641 | WORLD OF EMMA LAZARUS, THE | JACOBS, H.E. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOTED AMERICAN-JEWISH POET, WHO CAME FROM A RENOWNED SEPHARDIC FAMILY, AND WHOSE INTERESTS IN THE POOR OF EASTERN EUROPE, PROMPTED HER TO WRITE POETRY OF WHICH THE MOST FAMOUS IS THE POEM INSCRIBED ON THE BASE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. | ||
BR | 643 | IVRIT | PART I TARGILON (WORKBOOK) | TEICHMAN, MILTON | THE EXCERCISE BOOK FOR IVRIT PART ONE. | |
BR | 648 | N - OORIM | KOHEN-ZEDEK, Y. & SHITRAI, D. | STORY PRIMER. | ||
BR | 649 | SHALOM YISRAEL BET | PERSKY & SCHARFSTEIN | A THIRD YEAR BASIC HEBREW TEXT. CONTINUES AMERICAN FAMILY'S VACATION THROUGH ISRAEL AND THEIR STORY. | ||
BR | 650 | HISTORY OF JEWISH ART, A | LANDSBERGER, RABBI FRANZ | THIS BOOK CONTAINS A DISCUSSION OF MODERN JEWISH CEREMONIAL ART AS WELL AS AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF ITS DEVELOPMENT. | ||
BR | 652 | OLAM GADOL BET (A BIG WORLD, PART II) | SHUMSKY, ABRAHAM & ADAIA SHUMSKY | A HEBREW TEXTBOOK DESIGNED TO GIVE THE STUDENT INSTRUCTION IN JEWISH ETHICS, HISTORY LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS IN STORY FORM. | ||
BR | 655 | OLAM GADOL. ALEF (A BIG WORLD. PART I) | SHUMSKY, ABRAHAM & ADAIA SHUMSKY | A TEXTBOOK FOR BEGINNERS THAT TEACHES HEBREW THROUGH THE VALUES OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 658 | SPINOZA | KAYSER, RUDOLF | THIS BIOGRAPHY OF BARUCH SPINOZA OFFERS MUCH TO THE CONTEMPORARY MAN WHO IS FACED BY A SIMILAR SPIRITUAL CONFLICT TO THE ONE WITH WHICH SPINOZA WRESTLES. | ||
BR | 660 | FROM THE LAND OF SHEBA | TALES OF THE JEWS OF YEMEN | GOITEN, S.D., ED. | A COLLECTION OF FOLK TALES, LEGENDS, AND SONGS OF THE YEMENITE JEWS. | |
BR | 663 | FAMILY LIFE OF HEINRICH HEINE | VON EMDEN, BARON L. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE GREAT GERMAN POET. | ||
BR | 664 | JERUSALEM | ROSMARIN, TRUDE | A VIVID PICTURE OF THE HISTORY OF JERUSALEM AND OF THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THIS IMMEMORIAL CITY. | ||
BR | 668 | WHISPER MY NAME | DAVIS, BURKE | MERCHANT GOES TO LIVE IN THE SOUTH, LATER REVEALS HIS ANCESTRY. FAMILIAR THEME OF DENIAL OF JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 675 | PROMISE AND FULFILLMENT | KOESTLER, ARTHUR | A BRILLIANT AND THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FORCES WHICH CONFLICT IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 678 | LEGEND OF LOUISE | WISE, JAMES WATERMAN | THE LIFE STORY OF MRS. STEPHEN WISE AS TOLD BY HER SON. | ||
BR | 681 | SAADYA GAON CHAMPION OF JUDASM | DRUCK, DAVID | A POPULAR BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT MEDIEVAL SCHOLAR AND PHILOSOPHER. HE ESTABLISHED THE CALENDAR AND BITTERLY OPPOSED THE KARAITES. | ||
BR | 685 | LITTLE SLEEP, A LITTLE SLUMBER | KATKOV, NORMAN | POTRAIT OF A GOOD MAN, LEV SIMON, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF HIS FOUR SONS AS HE LIES ON HIS DEATHBED. | ||
BR | 686 | ETZEM BAGARON | KISHON, EPHRAIM | HUMOROUS ESSAYS ON CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI LIFE TOUCHING ON LOVE, SEX, AND MARRIAGE. WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN ISRAELI PLAYWRIGHT AND HUMORIST. | ||
BR | 688 | SIDEWALKS ARE FREE, THE | ROSS, SAM | THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH BOY IN CHICAGO, AND ABOUT HIS FAMILY'S EFFORTS TO BECOME AMERICANIZED AND TO BEAT THE POVERTY WHICH ASSAILS THEM. | ||
BR | 693 | GENTLEMAN AND THE JEW, THE | SAMUEL, MAURICE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE MORAL PROBLEMS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 697 | BERNARD BARUCH | WHITE, W. L. | THE FIRST IMPORTANT BIOGRAPHY OF BERNARD BARUCH. IT GIVES A PICTURE OF A FINANCIAL GENIUS. | ||
BR | 701 | YOUNG HEARTS | MALETZ, DAVID | A NOVEL OF LIFE ON AN ISRAELI KIBBUTZ. | ||
BR | 704 | ONE FOOT IN AMERICA | SUHL, YURI | DOROTHY HALL | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL OF A GALICIAN JEWISH BOY WHO CAME TO BROOKLYN IN 1923. THE BOY'S IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES ARE PORTRAYED WITH WARMTH AND HUMOR. | |
BR | 709 | INTRODUCING SHIRLEY BRAVERMAN | WOLITZER, HILMA | THE NARRATIVE OF A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP IN BROOKLYN AGAINST A BACKDROP OF WORLD WAR II AIR RAID DRILLS, BLUE STAR FLAGS, AND THE EVER-PRESENT DREAD OF TELEGRAMS. | ||
BR | 713 | CHAIN AND THE LINK, THE | MILLER, DAVID | THIS BOOK RECREATES THE ATMOSPHERE OF LIFE IN THE JEWISH-LITHUANIAN TOWNS, DRAWING FREELY FROM TALMUDIC LORE. | ||
BR | 715 | SPIRIT RETURNETH, THE | STERN, SELMA | A STORY BASED ON THE TRAGEDIES AND HEROISMS OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY DURING THE 14TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 718 | HOLLYWOOD'S IMAGE OF THE JEW | FRIEDMAN, LESTER D. | AN OVERVIEW OF THE PORTRAYAL OF JEWS IN FILMS FROM THE EARLY SILENTS TO THE 1980S. THE BOOK IS ARRANGED BY DECADE AND INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. | ||
BR | 727 | HILLEL | PILCHIK, ELY E. | BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI HILLEL, ONE OF THE GREATEST OF THE INTERPRETERS OF THE TORAH. A MIXTURE OF FACT AND FICTION. | ||
BR | 733 | IN THE ABSENCE OF ANGELS | CALISHER, HORTENSE | A NOVEL OF MODERN COLLEGE LIFE WITH ITS ATTENDANT DOUBTS AND CONFUSION. | ||
BR | 734 | PEDLOCKS, THE | LONGSTREET, STEPHEN | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN AMERICA SINCE CIVIL WAR TIMES. | ||
BR | 736 | NO TRAVELER RETURNS | SHOSKES, HENRY | THE STORY OF THE DEATH OF THE JEWS OF WARSAW, MUCH OF IT TOLD BY EYEWITNESS REPORTS BY JEWS WHO MANAGED TO ESCAPE OR SEND WORD BY OTHERS. NOT PLEASANT READING. | ||
BR | 740 | GIANT WAKES, THE | HUGHES, RUPERT | A NOVEL ON SAMUEL GOMPERS, THE JEWISH LEADER AND FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR. IT PRESENTS IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT ORGANIZED LABOR IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 741 | FIVE JEWISH LAWYERS OF COMMON LAW | GOODHART, ARTHUR | THE NOTED PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE AT OXFORD DESCRIBES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF FIVE JEWS WHO MADE SEMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMON LAW. | ||
BR | 743 | POOR COUSIN EVELYN | YAFFE, JAMES | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT WELL-TO-DO JEWISH PEOPLE LIVING ON NEW YORK'S WEST SIDE. | ||
BR | 745 | LORE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE | GAER, JOSEPH | NAOMI LIPMAN | A COLLECTION OF THREE HUNDRED STORIES BASED ON THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 746 | WILL OF IRON | ROSEN, ISADORE | NOVEL OF A JEWISH MATRIARCH LIVING WITH HER FAMILY IN BROOKLYN'S BROWNSVILLE SLUM DURING THE '20'S AND THE DEPRESSION YEARS. | ||
BR | 747 | GROOVES OF CHANGE | SAMUEL, VISCOUNT | MEMOIRS AND COMMENTARIES OF A NOTED BRITISH POLITICAL LEADER. | ||
BR | 748 | SUN IS SILENT, THE | LEVITT, SAUL | AN ENTERTAINING AND EXCITING WAR BOOK, AND YET REALISTIC. IT IS A DEEPLY-FELT, GENUINE NOVEL IN WHICH THE JEW IN THE AIR FORCE IS SEEN AT FIRST HAND. | ||
BR | 749 | MEDICINE FOR A SICK WORLD | LEFKOWITZ, DAVID | ESSAYS ON MODERN JUDAISM AND THE PLACE OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 755 | JUGGLER, THE | BLANFORT, MICHAEL | ROSE BOSESS | A NOVEL ABOUT A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR WHO COMES TO ISRAEL FOR ASYLUM. | |
BR | 756 | TREASURY OF JEWISH HUMOR, A | AUSUBEL, NATHAN, ED. | VERA LEHRMAN | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HUMOROUS STORIES, POEMS, EPIGRAMS, AND SAYINGS CULLED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES WITHIN JEWISH LITERATURE. | |
BR | 769 | TREASURY OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS, A | GOLDIN, HYMAN E. | THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS, AS WELL AS LEGENDS AND CUSTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH IMPORTANT EVENT OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR. | ||
BR | 770 | ABRAHAM WHO SOUGHT GOD | ROTHBERG, ABRAHAM | THE STORY OF ABRAHAM, FATHER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, TOLD IN A SIMPLE STYLE FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 771 | ONE DESTINY | ASCH, SHOLEM | THE HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM FROM EARLIEST TIME TO HITLER AND ASKS FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF 'ONE DESTINY' FOR THE INHERITORS OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION. | ||
BR | 772 | WALKER IN THE CITY, A | KAZIN, ALFRED | THE AUTHOR TELLS OF HIS NEW YORK CHILDHOOD IN BROWNSVILLE, AT THAT TIME A NEIGHBORHOOD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH IMMIGRANTS. THE BOOK EXPLORES HIS SEARCH FOR POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES. | ||
BR | 775 | CHILDREN OF FREEDOM | BRAVERMAN, LIBBIE L. | THE STORY OF A FAMILY, WEARIED FROM PERSECUTION, AND THEIR PURSUIT OF A NEW LIFE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 776 | SELECTED ESSAYS | HA AM, AHAD | ESSAYS ON RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS. | ||
BR | 779 | STRANGE LANDS AND FRIENDLY | DOUGLAS, WILLIAM O. | A DISCUSSION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNIST AGITATION IN ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, BASED ON TRIPS TO THESE REGIONS MADE BY THE AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 786 | EVERYMAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS | ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | A POPULAR HISTORY OF THE JEWS WHICH PLACES SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON JUDAISM'S IDEOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY. | ||
BR | 787 | HASIDISM | BUBER, MARTIN | A HISTORY OF THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT AND ITS CREATOR WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE BAAL SHEM-TOV. WRITTEN BY THE PROMINENT JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. | ||
BR | 788 | ROAD OF AGES | NATHAN, ROBERT | A NOVEL IN WHICH THE JEWS OF ALL NATIONS ARE DRIVEN OUT OF THE WESTERN WORLD AND INTO THE GOBI DESERT. | ||
BR | 802 | LAYS OF ISRAEL | BOSHWITZ, MAX | A BOOK OF POETRY ON JEWISH THEMES. | ||
BR | 805 | FESTIVALS OF THE JEWISH YEAR | A MODERN INTERPRETATION AND GUIDE | GASTER, THEODOR H. | AN INTERPRETATION OF JEWISH FESTIVALS COMPARING THEIR ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND MEANING WITH THE RITES AND CUSTOMS OF OTHER PEOPLES. | |
BR | 806 | REAL ENJOYMENT OF LIVING, THE | SCHACHEL, HYMAN JUDAH | AN ATTEMPT TO INDICATE HOW THE REAL ENJOYMENT OF LIVING CAN BE MASTERED IN A TURBULENT ERA. | ||
BR | 808 | JEW AND HIS DUTIES, THE | GOLDIN, HYMAN E. | DISCUSSION OF THE JEW'S ETHICAL AND RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS TO GOD AND HIS FELLOWMEN. | ||
BR | 810 | WHAT'S YOUR JEWISH I.Q.? | RIBALOW, HAROLD | ENJOYABLE, ILLUMINATING QUIZ BOOK FOR ALL AGES. | ||
BR | 811 | RACHEL | LEWITAN, MINA | A DELIGHTFUL STORY OF A CLOSE-KNIT JEWISH FAMILY ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE. | ||
BR | 813 | WONDERFUL SHABOS, A | SOL, ROBERT | THE SABBATH OBSERVANCE IN A MODERN, ORTHODOX JEWISH, AMERICAN HOME. | ||
BR | 815 | BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS OF ANCIENT HEBREWS | GEWURZ, ELIAS | SELECTIONS FROM THE TALMUD AND ARAMAIC WRITINGS. | ||
BR | 817 | WEDDING, THE | STEIN, HANA | FINE, FLAVORSOME NOVEL STEEPED IN THE TELLING OF A WEDDING DAY'S EVENTS AND THEIR MEANING ON THE JEWISH EAST SIDE GHETTO OF NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 818 | BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM, THE | FINKELSTEIN, LOUIS | IS THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK 'RELIGIONS OF DEMOCRACY'. | ||
BR | 819 | VALLEY OF VISION, THE | FISHER, VARDIS | AN IMPRESSIVE NOVEL OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF KING SOLOMON, HERE LINED AS A MAN OF MAGNITUDE, RICHNESS AND WISDOM BY ONE OF THE FOREMOST NOVELISTS OF OUR TIMES. | ||
BR | 820 | ARROW IN THE BLUE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | KOESTLER, ARTHUR | HELEN BELINK | IN TELLING HIS OWN LIFE STORY, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE PERIOD WHEN MANY YOUNG JEWS, IN SEARCH OF A BETTER WORLD, EMBRACED THE IDEOLOGIES OF COMMUNISM. |
BR | 821 | BITING ON GRANITE | NEWMAN, LOIS I. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE ATTEMPT BY ORTHODOX RABBIS TO EXCOMMUNICATE RABBI MORDECAI M. KAPLAN AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS RECONSTRUCTIONIST SABBATH PRAYERBOOK. | ||
BR | 823 | KETTI SHALOM | MURDOCK, JAMES | A NOVEL OF FRESHNESS AND INTEGRITY ABOUT 'KETTI', A YOUNG JEWISH REFUGEE INTERNED IN A PRE-INDEPENDENCE CAMP NEAR HAIFA. | ||
BR | 829 | MILK AND HONEY | MIKES, GEORGE | A GENUINELY ABSORBING BOOK OF ESSAYS ABOUT ISRAEL, INFORMATIVE AND REFRESHINGLY HUMOROUS. | ||
BR | 830 | LET LAUGHTER RING | MENDELSOHN, S. FELIX | MINNIE ELINS | A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS ANECDOTES WHICH MIRROR THE MANY-FACETED LIFE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | |
BR | 831 | WANDERING STAR | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | EVE GREEN | A BOOK ABOUT THE MINSTRELS WHO WANDERED FROM TOWN TO TOWN SINGING OF DAYS LONG GONE. | |
BR | 832 | YOU NEVER LEAVE BROOKLYN | CELLER, EMANUEL | AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE U.S. CONGRESSMAN FROM BROOKLYN. IT IS A RECORD OF HIS PERSONAL FIGHT FOR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, AND HIS STAND ON CIVIL RIGHTS, AND IMMIGRATION. | ||
BR | 834 | SIGMUND FREUD | BAKER, RACHEL | A CALM, SENSITIVE BIOGRAPHY WHICH MAKES FREUD UNDERSTANDABLE TO BOTH YOUNG AND ADULT READERS. IT IS NARRATED IN A STRAIGHT FORWARD, SYMPATHETIC, LUCID STYLE. | ||
BR | 835 | GREAT HOUDINI, THE | WILLIAMS, B. & EPSTEIN, S. | A JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT JEWISH MAGICIAN AND ESCAPE ARTIST. | ||
BR | 840 | LOST MENORAH, THE | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | ENJOYABLE LITTLE STORY OF CHANNUKAH FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 841 | DREIDEL HERO, THE | ROSS, SHARON L. | A STORY OF A CHANNUKAH DREIDEL NAMED DAVID. | ||
BR | 844 | SPARK AND THE EXODUS, THE | FREEDMAN, BENEDICT & NANCY | BRILLIANT, EVOCATIVE NOVEL OF THE HARDSHIPS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS ENCOUNTERED BY A BAND OF POLISH JEWS ESCAPING TO JERUSALEM IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 848 | PASSAGE IN THE NIGHT, A | ASCH, SHOLEM | HELEN LEVINE | THE STORY OF A MAN'S SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. | |
BR | 854 | PILGRIM PEOPLE | LEBESON, ANITA LIBMAN | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA DESCRIBING THE PART THEY PLAYED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CONTINENT AND THE NEW NATION. | ||
BR | 855 | EARLY AMERICAN JEWRY | MARCUS, JACOB R. | A DISCUSSION OF THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND AND CANADA. | ||
BR | 865 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS | GOODMAN, PAUL | A FINE SUCCINCT HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE FOR ALL AGES. | ||
BR | 866 | LANDSMEN, THE | MARTIN, PETER | A NOVEL OF THE HEARTACHES AND HUMOR OF AN OPPRESSED JEWISH COMMUNITY IN A TINY CZARIST VILLAGE IN RUSSIA, IT REVEALS THE ROOTS OF JEWISH AMERICA. | ||
BR | 868 | WORLD'S FAIR | DOCTOROW, E. L. | IN A NOVEL APPEARS TO BE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, THE AUTHOR CAPTURES THE UNIVERSALS OF CHILDHOOD, AND THE SPECIFIC CONDITION OF BEING A JEWISH CHILD. | ||
BR | 870 | MINK ON WEEKDAYS | LAMPORT, FELICIA | PLAYFUL NOVEL OF UPPER-CLASS UPBRINGING IN NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 872 | CHALLENGING YEARS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF STEPHEN WISE | WISE, STEPHEN | 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. | |
BR | 874 | DESTINATION PALESTINE | GRUBER, RUTH | A JOURNALIST PROVIDES A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CRITICAL PERIODS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 876 | ISRAEL WITHOUT TEARS | GRUBER, RUTH | THE STORY OF NEW ISRAEL: ITS HUMOR, THE REVIVAL OF HEBREW; ITS CULTURE; THE 'INGATHERING' OF EXILES. | ||
BR | 878 | ALL-OF-A-KIND-FAMILY | TAYLOR, SIDNEY | THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 879 | RELIGION AND HUMANITY | KOHN, EUGENE | A DISCUSSION OF THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN OUR MODERN CULTURE. | ||
BR | 881 | TREASURY OF JEWISH FOLKLORE, A | AUSUBEL, NATHAN, ED. | MILDRED H. P | A COMPILATION OF THE STORIES, TRADITIONS, LEGENDS, WIT, WISDOM AND FOLK SONGS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHICH SPANS SOME 2,000 YEARS FROM THE DAYS OF HILLEL UNTIL THE PRESENT. | |
BR | 884 | FIRST BOOK OF ISRAEL, THE | KUBIE, NORA BENJAMIN | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND REBIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. AGES 10-13 | ||
BR | 886 | UNCLE JULIUS AND THE ANGEL WITH HEARTBURN | ROSENBERG, ETHEL | JUDITH HOFFMAN | A NOVEL ABOUT THE CHARACTER, UNCLE JULIUS, WRITTEN WITH HUMOR AND JEWISH FLAVOR. | |
BR | 887 | JOURNEY, THE | SMITH, LILLIAN | A PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF AN IMAGE OF MANKIND WHICH FITS MAN'S MOST NOBLE ASPIRATIONS. | ||
BR | 888 | POEMS 1940-1953 | SHAPIRO, KARL | CONTAINS 106 POEMS, WHICH REPRESENT THE AUTHOR'S OWN CHOICE FROM HIS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS. | ||
BR | 889 | TRIAL OF A POET | SHAPIRO, KARL | THIS BOOK INCLUDES VERSES OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CONTENT, BARBED SATIRE AND CHALLENGING POINTS OF VIEW. | ||
BR | 891 | IN TIME AND ETERNITY | GLATZER, NAHUM N. | A RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL EXAMINATION OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND PRACTICE AS A VITAL FORCE IN THE MODERN WORLD. | ||
BR | 892 | MORE YESTERDAYS | KOHUT, REBEKAH | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE FIRST LADIES OF AMERICAN JEWRY WHO KNEW THE GREAT OF HER AGE AT FIRST HAND. | ||
BR | 893 | YOUNG PEOPLE'S HEBREW HISTORY | WALLIS, LOUIS | MODERN SCIENCE HAS REVEALED A GREAT DEAL REGARDING HEBREW HISTORY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MODERN IDEAS OF GOD AND MORALITY. | ||
BR | 896 | MAIMONIDES' CREED | PILCHIK, RABBI ELY E. | A THOUGHTFUL SCHOLARLY INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. | ||
BR | 897 | AS ONCE WE WERE | PERETZ, I.L. | A YIDDISH CLASSIC BY GIANT OF YIDDISH LITERATURE, EVOKES THE LIFE OF THE JEWISH COMMON PEOPLE WITH TENDERNESS, SIMPLICITY AND FORCE. | ||
BR | 900 | LOST PARADISE, A | CHOTZINOFF, SAMUEL | BIOGRAPHY OF A JEWISH-AMERICAN PIANIST, MUSIC CRITIC. | ||
BR | 903 | ROCK OF REFUGE | TEGAY, BETTY S. | NOVEL OF HOW A DAUGHTER, AFTER HER ENGAGEMENT TO A RABBI, RECONVERTS HER MOTHER TO JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 909 | EAGLE AT MY EYES | KATKOV, NORMAN | MRS. MILTON | A NOVEL ABOUT INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN A JEW AND A GENTILE, TOLD FROM THE VIEW OF THE YOUNG JEWISH HUSBAND. | |
BR | 912 | STORM OVER PARIS | LEMPEL, BLANCHE | ANNA, A YOUNG POLISH-JEWISH IMMIGRANT IN PARIS, FALLS IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN WHO LATER SERVES IN THE NAZI ARMY. THE AUTHOR POSES THE CRUCIAL QUESTION: IS HUMAN LOVE POSSIBLE IN A WORLD OF FORCE, HATRED AND THE MADNESS OF GENOCIDE? | ||
BR | 914 | MAGIC RING, THE | AND OTHER MEDIEVAL JEWISH TALES | GOLDIN, HYMAN E. | TALES OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH LIFE, PORTRAYING COMMUNITY FOLKWAYS AND LIFE IN THE GHETTOS OF THAT TIME. | |
BR | 915 | AWAKENED | ABRAMS, MARGARET | MARIE RUBENF | THIS NOVEL DESCRIBES JEWISH LIFE AND THE PROBLEMS FACED BY AN IMMIGRANT RABBI AND HIS WIFE IN A SMALL AMERICAN TOWN. | |
BR | 916 | KID FOR TWO FARTHINGS, A | MANKOWITZ, WOLF | LONDON'S EAST END SEEN THROUGH THE WONDERING AND TRUSTFUL EYES OF A SIX YEAR OLD JEWISH BOY SURROUNDED BY KINDNESS AND UNDERSTANDING IN THE MIDST OF POVERTY. | ||
BR | 917 | MY OWN PARTICULAR SCREWBALL | SCHACT, AL | LAUGH-PROVOKING ACCOUNT BY THE CLOWN PRINCE OF BASEBALL OF HIS TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN THE BIG LEAGUES. | ||
BR | 918 | GOLDEN WATCH, THE | HALPER, ALBERT | A SERIES OF STORIES ABOUT THE SAME CHARACTERS. A COMPACT SOCIAL HISTORY NARRATED ARTFULLY WITH A SOFT, FOLK-LIKE QUALITY, IT IS RICH IN HUMOR. | ||
BR | 920 | ISRAEL THE ETERNAL IDEAL | MILLER, IRVING | SHOWS THE INGENUITY OF THE ISRAELIS IN ACHIEVING MIRACLES IN BUILDING A STATE, AND SETS FORTH ISRAEL ITSELF AS A PROFOUND HISTORICAL IDEA. | ||
BR | 921 | FLAME IN THE SKY | BOTHWELL, JEAN | STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE CENTERED IN ANCIENT ISRAEL DURING THE TIME OF THE PROPHETS. | ||
BR | 923 | PILGRIMS TO PALESTINE | LEVINGER, ELMA E. | SHORT STORIES DESCRIBING THE ADVENTURES OF AMERICAN JEWISH BOYS AND GIRLS ON A VISIT TO PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 927 | NAG, THE | MENDELE MOCHER SEFORIM | B. AHRENS/F. | A NOVEL BY THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER THAT FOCUSES ON THE STRUGGLES OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. | |
BR | 928 | BAS MITZVAH TREASURY, THE | EISENBERG, AZRIEL, ED. | MARION SCHWA | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN JEWISH LITERATURE, WRITTEN FOR JEWISH GIRLS OF BAS MITZVAH AGE. | |
BR | 930 | SOLE SURVIVOR | FALSTEIN, LOUIS | NOVEL OF AN IDEALISTIC SURVIVOR OF A NAZI DEATH CAMP WHO KILLS THE CAMP GUARD OF HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP YEARS LATER WHEN HE SEES HIM IN NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 931 | COASTS OF THE EARTH, THE | LIVINGSTON, HAROLD | A FAST PACED ADVENTURE STORY MADE MEANINGFUL BY THE INTERWOVEN THEMES OF THE GENTILE SEEKING SELF-REALIZATION AND THE JEW TRYING TO FIND IDENTITY. | ||
BR | 933 | ROOM FOR A SON | ABRAHAMS, ROBERT D. | THE DAILY EXPERIENCE OF A 17 YEAR OLD REFUGEE, AARON LEVY, ADOPTED BY AN AMERICAN JEWISH FAMILY, WHO LOST THEIR SON IN THE WAR. | ||
BR | 934 | UNAMBO | BROD, MAX | A STRANGE NOVEL OF THE WAR IN ISRAEL, IT TELLS OF THE FIGHTING BETWEEN ARAB AND ISRAELI AND AN HEROIC SACRIFICE. | ||
BR | 935 | JEWISH GAUCHOS OF THE PAMPAS | GERCHUNOFF, ALBERTO | A SERIES OF SKETCHES OF JEWS WHO SETTLED IN THE BARON DE HIRSH COLONIES IN ARGENTINA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 938 | WHITE CITADEL, THE | NEIDER, CHARLES | A DEEPLY FELT AND PROVOCATIVE STUDY OF A MIDDLE-AGE PROSPEROUS BANKER IN ROMANIAN WHO IS A COMMUNITY SUCCESS, BUT A FAMILY FAILURE. | ||
BR | 939 | CANDLE FOR YOUR CAKE | BAILEY, CAROLYN S. | TWENTY-FOUR BIRTHDAY STORIES OF FAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN. | ||
BR | 940 | IDEAS AND OPINIONS | EINSTEIN, ALBERT | JULIUS HLAVA | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ESSAYS BY THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING PHYSICIST. | |
BR | 942 | LITTLE NEW ANGEL | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | THIS IS A CHARMING CHILDREN'S STORY. | ||
BR | 944 | INMOST LEAF, THE | KAZIN, ALFRED | TWENTY-EIGHT ESSAYS ON EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LITERARY FIGURES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; EACH UNFOLDS EXPERIENCES IN THE STYLE OF MACAULAY. | ||
BR | 945 | MARRIAGE AND JEWISH TRADITION | BRAV, STANLEY R. | THIS IS A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY DIFFERENT WRITERS ON MODERN FAMILY PROBLEMS FROM THE JEWISH VIEW. | ||
BR | 946 | OUR RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS | LAMPRECHT, STERLING P. | AN INTERPRETATION OF THREE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS OF THE WESTERN WORLD: JUDAISM, CATHOLICISM AND PROTESTANTISM, A HELPFUL AND ENLIGHTENING BOOK. | ||
BR | 947 | OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE | BILDERSEE, ADELE | CHILD'S BIBLE STORY TEXTBOOK BEGINNING AFTER THE DEATH OF JOSEPH. | ||
BR | 950 | HOUSE OF DOLLS | KA-TZETNIK | FACT-BASED NOVEL ABOUT THE DEBASEMENT OF JEWISH GIRLS BY THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 952 | BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY | GOLDSTEIN, ISRAEL | THE IDEA OF HAVING A MAJOR UNIVERSITY UNDER JEWISH SPONSORSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES, AND HOW IT BECAME A REALITY. | ||
BR | 954 | LIFE WITH GROUCHO | MARX, ARTHUR | AFFECTIONATE AND IRREVERENT BIOGRAPHY OF GROUCHO MARX BY HIS SON. IT HAS BOTH THE SHOW BUSINESS AND HOME LIFE ANGLES ABOUT A COMIC AND HUMAN FATHER. | ||
BR | 955 | CONQUEST OF DON PEDRO | FERGUSSON, HARVEY | EXCELLENT LANDSCAPE DEPICTION OF DON PEDRO, A FRONTIER TOWN IN NEW MEXICO AFTER THE CIVIL WAR; HERE LEO MENDES A NEW YORKER COMES IN SEARCH OF A NEW LIFE. | ||
BR | 957 | MAN'S QUEST FOR GOD | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PRAYER, RELIGION AND WORSHIP, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF GOD AND MAN. | ||
BR | 958 | BOOKS OF TWENTY YEARS | FREEHOF, RABBI SOLOMON B. | BOOK REVIEWS ON SIGNIFICANT LITERARY WORKS, BASED UPON LECTURES GIVEN OVER A TWENTY YEAR PERIOD FROM 1934-1954. | ||
BR | 960 | FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVEN | BUBER, MARTIN | SYLVIA SCHMU | THIS BOOK INTERPRETS THE SPIRIT OF HASIDISM THROUGH THE SACRED LEGENDS OF THE RABBI KNOWN AS THE SEER OF LUBLIN. | |
BR | 961 | ANIMALS AND OTHER PEOPLE | BROMFIELD, LOUIS | THIS BOOK IS ABOUT ANIMALS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE THAT MYSTICAL FEELING WHICH MAKES THEM ONE WITH NATURE. | ||
BR | 962 | BRIDGE OF PRAYER | LEVITT, D.M. | THIS MATERIAL, WRITTEN AS A SABBATH SERVICE FOR A TEMPLE SISTERHOOD, PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO PRAYER AND OTHER RELIGIOUS MATTERS. | ||
BR | 963 | LEARNING LAUGHTER | SPENDER, STEPHEN | A NON-FICTIONAL TOUR OF ISRAEL, FULL OF GEM-LIKE VIGNETTES, CRISP REPORTS, AND INTELLIGENT PERCEPTIONS THAT PROVOKE THOUGHT ON ISRAEL AND ITS PROBLEMS | ||
BR | 965 | FALASHA ANTHOLOGY | LESLAU, WOLF | SAMPLING OF THE LITERATURE OF THE FALASHAS, THE ETHIOPIANS OF JEWISH FAITH WHO LIVE NORTH OF LAKE TANA. INCLUDES DESCRIPTION OF THEIR WAY OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 969 | OUT OF THESE ROOTS | MEYER, AGNES E. | AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JEWESS WHOSE LIFE EXPRESSES THE CREDO THAT THE PROMISE OF AMERICAN LIFE IS MOST FULLY REALIZED BY A TRULY ACTIVE COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY. | ||
BR | 971 | MAGIC CARPET | BARER, SHLOMO | THE STORY OF THE IMPROVISED AIRLIFT KNOWN AS 'OPERATION MAGIC CARPET,' WHICH BROUGHT 30,000 JEWS FROM YEMEN TO ISRAEL IN 1949. | ||
BR | 972 | ISRAEL AND THE WORLD | BUBER, MARTIN | PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS ON THE EXPERIENCE OF ISRAEL AMIDST THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 976 | LEADER OF THE GARMENT WORKER, A | HASKEL, HARRY | SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE GARMENT TRADE. | ||
BR | 978 | WHAT'S THE BIG HURRY? | YAFFE, JAMES | A NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHO MADE HIS FORTUNE IN CHICAGO AND LOST HIS FRIENDS IN THE PROCESS. | ||
BR | 981 | MERRY HEART, THE | MENDELSOHN, FELIX S. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF WIT AND WISDOM FROM JEWISH FOLKLORE. | ||
BR | 982 | WITH SINGER AND SAGE | GAMORAN, MAMIE G. | A SELECTION OF PSALMS, PROVERBS AND THE FIVE SCROLLS AND OTHER BIBLICAL MATERIALS FOR BOTH THE YOUNG READER AND ADULT. | ||
BR | 985 | PHARISEES AND OTHER ESSAYS, THE | BAECK, LEO | STUDIES ON COMPARATIVE RELIGION AND CULTURE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH RABBI AND RELIGIOUS THINKER WHO LIVED FROM 1873-1956. AFTER WORLD WAR II, BAECK BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE WORLD UNION FOR PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM AND WAS PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION AT HEBREW UNION COLLEGE. | ||
BR | 989 | LAWGIVER, THE | LEIBERT, JULIUS A. | A PSYCHIATRIC NOVEL IN WHICH THE AUTHOR INTERPRETS THE MOTIVATION OF MOSES AND THE HEROIC FIGURES OF THE PAST. | ||
BR | 990 | YOUNG CHAMPION, THE | ISAACS, ABRAM S. | SENSITIVE, FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHICAL STORY OF A YEAR IN THE GIRLHOOD OF GRACE AGUILAR, THE FAMOUS JEWESS. | ||
BR | 991 | BENJAMIN DISRAELI | ROTH, CECIL | A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF DISRAELI; READABLE, INTERESTING AND CONCENTRATING ON HIS JEWISH BIRTH AND ITS EFFECTS ON HIS CAREER AND HIS POLICIES. | ||
BR | 992 | CUP OF LIFE, THE | FOKMAN, JEROME D. | A MANUAL TO HELP THE YOUNG BRIDE AND GROOM ANTICIPATE AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THEIR MARRIAGE. | ||
BR | 994 | JACOB'S WELL | COHEN, BERYL | A STUDY IN THE PARALLEL ASPECTS OF THE TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM AND THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. | ||
BR | 997 | SIEGE, THE | KAEZER, ILLIS | NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN NORTHERN HUNGARY IN THE 19TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 999 | MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR | WOUK, HERMAN | EVE GREEN | A ROMANTIC NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH GIRL GROWING UP ON NEW YORK CITY'S UPPER WEST SIDE AS AN ASPIRING ACTRESS WHO LATER BECOMES A TRADITIONAL JEWISH WIFE AND MOTHER WITH A HOME IN THE SUBURBS. | |
BR | 1001 | COLLECTED STORIES | BABEL, ISAAC | AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN BY ONE OF THE ACKNOWLEDGED MASTERS OF THIS FORM. | ||
BR | 1002 | IN SEARCH | LEVIN, MEYER | ROSE COHEN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S QUEST FOR IDENTITY AND THE MEANING OF LIFE. | |
BR | 1003 | COLLECTED POEMS | ROSENBERG, ISSAC | ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING AND HIGHLY GIFTED POETS OF A GENERATION THAT PRODUCED D.H. LAWRENCE AND T.S. ELLIOT. | ||
BR | 1005 | MOSES AND MONOTHEISM | FREUD, SIGMUND | A PSYCHOANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF MOSES AS IT IS FOUND IN EXODUS. | ||
BR | 1006 | GHETTO AND THE JEWS OF ROME, THE | GREGOROVIUS, FERDINAND | A DESCRIPTION OF LIFE IN THE JEWISH GHETTO FROM THE TIME OF CAESAR TO THE 1850S. | ||
BR | 1009 | HARVEST OF HATE | POLIAKOV, LEON | INCISIVE ACCOUNT OF THE NAZI PROGRAM FOR THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWS OF EUROPE. | ||
BR | 1010 | AWAKENING OF MOTEK, THE | ROTH, ISAAC E. | ESTHER ARBEI | THE STORY OF A CHILDHOOD BEFORE WORLD WAR I, SET IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LODZ, POLAND. | |
BR | 1011 | TEN COMMANDMENTS MODERN LIVING | WEITZ, A. MINDA AND M.M. | THIS BOOK OFFERS A MODERN ETHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. | ||
BR | 1012 | LEGENDS OF THE BAAL SHEM, THE | BUBER, MARTIN | DOROTHEA BER | STORIES ABOUT THE FOUNDER OF HASIDISM, COMPILED BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH SCHOLAR AND PHILOSOPHER. | |
BR | 1014 | TO NEXT YEAR IN JERSALEM | MARCUS, DAVID | A JEWISH BOY AND A CATHOLIC GIRL STRUGGLE WITH THE PROBLEMS OF INTERFAITH MARRIAGE. | ||
BR | 1015 | ASH ON A YOUNG MAN'S SLEEVE | ABSE, DANNIE | RECOLLECTION OF A JEWISH BOY'S CHILDHOOD IN CARDIFF, WALES, AT A TIME WHEN HITLER'S EVER LENGTHENING SHADOW WAS DARKENING EUROPEAN SKIES. | ||
BR | 1016 | WAY OF VALOR | SYRKIN, MARIE | A BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEYERSON, THE GIRL FROM MILWAUKEE, WHO BECAME THE FIRST MINISTER OF LABOR OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1019 | DRAMA OF ALBERT EINSTEIN, THE | VALLENTIN, ANTONIA | A BIOGRAPHY OF EINSTEIN, WRITTEN BY A CLOSE FRIEND, WHICH PORTRAYS THE PHILOSOPHICAL, MODEST, AND COMPASSIONATE NATURE OF THE PROMINENT PHYSICIST, AS WELL AS HIS CONCERN FOR THE OPPRESSED AND PERSECUTED. | ||
BR | 1020 | CAPTAIN DREYFUS | THE STORY OF A MASS HYSTERIA | HALASZ, NICHOLAS | FREDA WILKOF | THIS BOOK, WRITTEN BY A FORMER HUNGARIAN JOURNALIST, DETAILS THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND THE PERSONALITIES INVOLVED IN THE DREYFUS AFFAIR. |
BR | 1021 | PRIVATE LIVES OF THE PROPHETS, THE | AND THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED | CHURCH, BROOKE PETERS | THE STORY OF THE PROPHETS OF THE BIBLE, THEIR BACKGROUNDS, THEIR FAMILY LIFE, AND THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY PROPHESIED. | |
BR | 1024 | YEHUDI MENUHIN | MAGIDOFF, ROBERT | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE CHILD PRODIGY WHO BECAME A WORLD RENOWNED VIOLINIST. | ||
BR | 1025 | WHEN I WAS A BOY IN BOSTON | ANGOFF, CHARLES | LEE SEAMAN | A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES WHICH COMBINE THE FLAVOR OF JEWISH BOSTON AND A YOUNG BOY'S COMING OF AGE. | |
BR | 1026 | MY PROMISED LAND | BAR-DAVID, MOLLY LYONS | A WARM AND SINCERE ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE SINCE LEAVING CANADA IN 1935 TO MAKE HER HOME IN PALESTINE; OF HER STRUGGLES IN THE NEW LAND. | ||
BR | 1027 | GOING TO JERUSALEM | ETHRIDGE, WILLE SNOW | A NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM, DEALING WITH THE ARAB-ISRAEL PROBLEMS AND THE PALESTINE SITUATION. | ||
BR | 1029 | CHAIM WEIZMANN | BUILDER OF A NATION | BAKER, RACHEL | STORY OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE. FOCUSES ON WEIZMANN'S DEDICATION TO TWO MAIN VOCATIONS: CHEMISTRY AND THE FOUNDING OF A JEWISH HOMELAND. | |
BR | 1031 | MAKING OF THE MODERN JEW, THE | STEINBERG, MILTON | MIRIAM BENDE | AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS, BEGINNING WITH MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND PRESENTING AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR POSITION IN THE MODERN WORLD. | |
BR | 1033 | TREASURY OF COMFORT, A | GREENBERG, SIDNEY | AN ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS AND INSPIRATIONAL READINGS FROM GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS SOURCES PERTAINING TO DEATH AND SUFFERING. | ||
BR | 1034 | TRIAL AND ERROR | WEIZMANN, CHAIM | ELAINE LEE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL, ENCOMPASSING THE STORY OF THE WORLD ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH STATE. | |
BR | 1035 | ROLE OF JEWS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE | HELLER, BERNARD | A DISCUSSION OF JEWISH SETTLERS WHO HELPED AMERICAN COLONISTS DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE WHICH ALSO ASSURED THE RIGHTS OF JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 1037 | YOUR DAUGHTER IRIS | WEIDMAN, JEROME | THE LETTERS OF IRIS DODD OF THE BRONX, WRITTEN TO HER MOTHER WHILE SHE IS LIVING IN ENGLAND WITH HER PHYSICIAN-HUSBAND. | ||
BR | 1038 | STRONG HAND, THE | BLANKFORT, MICHAEL | ROSLYN LEFFE | A NOVEL ABOUT A RABBI AND A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER WHO FALL IN LOVE BUT CANNOT MARRY BECAUSE SHE IS AN 'AGUNAH,' A WOMAN WHOSE FIRST HUSBAND HAS NOT GIVEN HER A JEWISH DIVORCE CALLED A 'GET.' WITHOUT A 'GET,' A WOMAN IS NOT ALLOWED TO REMARRY. | |
BR | 1039 | WORDS OF JUSTICE BRANDEIS | GOLDMAN, SOLOMON | A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT MAN WHO, DESPITE POWERFUL OPPOSITION, CHAMPIONED THE CAUSES IN WHICH HE BELIEVED. | ||
BR | 1040 | LEVEL SUNLIGHT | SAMUEL, MARICE | A CRITICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL'S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1948. | ||
BR | 1044 | HOLIDAYS FOR AMERICAN JUDAISM | GOLDBERG, RABBI DAVID | AN INTERESTING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL TEXT ON JEWISH HOLIDAYS FOR JEWS IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 1046 | FIVE SCROLLS, THE | BETTAN, RABBI ISRAEL | THIS BOOK CONTAINS MODERN COMMENTARIES ON THE FIVE SCROLLS. | ||
BR | 1047 | IT HAPPENED TO HANNAH | ROUNDS, RUTH | A DELIGHTFUL STORY THAT PROMOTES INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING AMONG CHILDREN BEFORE THEY ACQUIRE ADULT PREJUDICES. | ||
BR | 1050 | SONGS OF CHILDHOOD | EINSTEIN, JUDITH & FRIEDA PRENSKY | A COLLECTION OF JEWISH CHILDREN'S SONGS. | ||
BR | 1051 | KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, MR. PUTNAM! | PUTNAM, PETER | A YOUNG MAN, BLIND AT AGE 21, TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCES AND HIS ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS. | ||
BR | 1052 | MATERIAL FOR CONFIRMATION | STEINBACH, RABBI A. ALAN | SENSITIVE COLLECTION OF MATERIAL FOR THE ADOLESCENT APPROACHING MATURITY. | ||
BR | 1053 | JOEL IS THE YOUNGEST | ISH-KISHOR, JUDITH | JOEL IS THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY AND IS THE HERO OF THIS NOVEL OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1055 | WHAT DANNY DID | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | DELIGHTFUL ADVENTURES OF A LITTLE AMERICAN BOY WHO CELEBRATES ALL THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. | ||
BR | 1060 | YOUNG HEROES OF THE LIVING RELIGIONS | GAER, JOSEPH | YOUNG HEROES OF THE LIVING RELIGIONS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES COVERING THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF THE MEN WHO FOUNDED THE TWELVE RELIGIONS CURRENTLY PRACTICED. | ||
BR | 1062 | CHILD'S HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE | ZELIGS, DOROTHY F. | WORKBOOK TO ACCOMPANY THE TEXTBOOK. | ||
BR | 1063 | GHOST OF CAMP J., THE | GARVEY, ROBERT | H. ELKAN C | AN ADVENTURE STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FEATURING JEWISH PATRIOTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY. | |
BR | 1068 | BREAKFAST WITH THE BIRDS | STEINBERG, JUDAH | TWELVE SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN, TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW BY EMILY SOLIS-COHEN. | ||
BR | 1069 | BIBLE STORY FOR BOY AND GIRLS | BOWIE, WALTER RUSSELL | RETELLING OF THE STORIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. | ||
BR | 1071 | CHILD'S BOOK OF PRAYER, A | ARONIN, BEN | A PRAYER, IN VERSE, FOR EACH DAY OF THE YEAR. | ||
BR | 1072 | YOUNG PEOPLE'S SABBATH SERVICE | UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA | ABRIDGED SABBATH SERVICES FROM THE STANDARD PRAYER BOOK. | ||
BR | 1075 | DICK, HORSE THAT KEPT SABBATH | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | A PORTRAYAL OF JEWISH HOME LIFE IN THE NEAR PAST CONCERNING THE TRADITIONAL OBSERVANCES OF THE SABBATH WOVEN THROUGH WORD AND PICTURE. | ||
BR | 1076 | DREIDEL WHO WOULDN'T SPIN, THE | KLAPERMAN, LIBBY M. | A HUMOROUS TALE OF DANNY THE DREIDEL. AN INTRODUCTION TO CHANNUKAH FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 1078 | TWO IN ONE HOLIDAY BOOK, A | GARVEY, ROBERT | A HOLIDAY BOOK FOR THE YOUNGSTERS. | ||
BR | 1082 | JUNIOR JEWISH COOKBOOK | FANNIE, AUNT | PRESENTED HERE ARE SOME JEWISH RECIPES ARRANGED AND COMPILED FOR EASY REFERENCE. | ||
BR | 1083 | COURTROOM | REYNOLDS, QUENTIN | A BIOGRAPHY OF JUDGE SAMUEL LEIBOWITZ, TOLD BY MEANS OF THE EXCITING AND FASCINATING CASES HE HAS TRIED. | ||
BR | 1086 | JEREMIAH | WELCH, A.G. | A DRAMA OF AUTHENTIC GRANDEUR AND BEAUTY; DISGUISED IN BIBLICAL SYMBOLISM TO ELUDE THE GERMAN CENSORS OF 1915. | ||
BR | 1087 | QUEEN ESTHER | MARSHALL, EFFIE L. | BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN ESTHER AND HER BACKGROUND AND TIME. | ||
BR | 1096 | OCTOBER '43 | BERTELSON, AAGE | STIRRING, FAITH-RESTORING STORY OF A MEMORABLE MONTH IN HISTORY WHEN THE NAZIS WERE FOILED IN THEIR PLAN TO KILL OR ENSLAVE DANISH CITIZENS WHO WERE JEWISH. | ||
BR | 1097 | PULPIT TREASURY OF WIT AND HUMOR | WEISFELD, ISRAEL H. | AN AMUSING BOOK OF HUMOR FROM THE PULPIT. | ||
BR | 1098 | ESSENCE OF JUDAISM, THE | BAECK, LEO | AN ANALYSIS OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND RELIGIOUS INSIGHT BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH SCHOLAR AND RABBI. | ||
BR | 1099 | INTIMATE STORY | FRANKEN, ROSE | MRS. GARRY, A WIDOW, IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS INTERESTING NOVEL. | ||
BR | 1100 | SIGN ABOVE THE DOOR, THE | CANFIELD, WILLIAM W. | THIS IS A FASCINATING NOVEL ABOUT THE JEWS IN EGYPT DURING THE TIME OF MOSES AND THE TEN PLAGUES. | ||
BR | 1101 | CHANGELINGS, THE | SINCLAIR, JO | EVE HABERMAN | MISS SINCLAIR'S PARTICULAR AIM HERE IS TO PROBE DEEPLY INTO RACIAL PREJUDICE. SHE TELLS THE STORY OF A SINGLE STREET IN HER BIG OHIO CITY AND THE FERMENT THAT ENSUES WHEN THESE EMPTY APARTMENTS ARE LEASED TO BLACK TENANTS. | |
BR | 1102 | DIARY OF DAVID S. KOGAN | LEVIN, MEYER | THE INTIMATE LIFE OF A YOUNG JEW. | ||
BR | 1103 | SELECTED STORIES OF ALEICHEM | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | A COLLECTION OF THE AUTHOR'S WONDERFUL STORIES. | ||
BR | 1105 | GO FIGHT CITY HALL | ROSENBERG, ETHEL | ESTHER HARRI | A NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE IN A BIG CITY TENEMENT, PORTRAYING ALL ITS JOYS AND MINOR SORROWS. WRITTEN IN A HUMOROUS AND WITTY VEIN. | |
BR | 1106 | SYMBOLS AND VALUES | BRYSON, LYMAN | A BRILLIANT COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS AND CRITICAL ESSAYS BY SOME FOREMOST CONTEMPORARY THINKERS. | ||
BR | 1107 | DAVID AND BATHSHEBA | ZAHAV, ARI IBN | HISTORICAL FICTION, RETELLING THE LOVE STORY OF KING DAVID AND BATHSHEBA. | ||
BR | 1108 | EMMA LAZARUS | MERRIAM, EVE | HISTORY OF THE DISPLACED PERSONS IN GERMANY WHO SURVIVED NAZISM DURING THE YEARS 1945 TO 1952, WHO TURNED DEFEAT INTO VICTORY, AND FOUNDED THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1109 | REDEEMERS, THE | SCHWARTZ, LEO W. | THE STORY OF THE DISPLACED JEWS IN GERMANY WHO TRIED TO BUILD A NEW LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AFTER THE HORROR OF THE NAZI REGIME. | ||
BR | 1111 | LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B. | SEEKS TO STIMULATE INDEPENDENT THINKING AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ABIDING VALUES IN JEWISH LIFE. FOR ADOLESCENTS AND OLDER READERS. | ||
BR | 1112 | JOSHUA THE REDEEMER | WEYNE, AUTHUR | THE TRIUMPHANT ROLE OF JOSHUA AS A MILITARY LEADER AND RULER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AFTER MOSES. | ||
BR | 1113 | GIDEON GOES TO WAR | MOSLEY, LEONARD | A THRILLING BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL ORDE CHARLES WINGATE, THE MOST INCREDIBLE AND CONTROVERSIAL MILITARY FIGURE TO EMERGE FROM WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 1114 | UNFAITHFUL, THE | MAND, EWALD | A NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF THE PROPHET HOSEA. | ||
BR | 1115 | GUIDEPOSTS IN MODERN JUDAISM | AGUS, JACOB B. | A MAP OF AMERICAN JEWISH THOUGHT FOR THE MODERN JEW AND HIS JEWISH COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 1116 | WASTELAND | SINCLAIR, JO | THE STORY OF JACOB BRAUNOWITZ, WHO, IN HIS ZEAL TO ASSIMILATE INTO AMERICAN CULTURE, DENIES HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. PSYCHOANALYSIS HELPS HIM REDISCOVER HIS ROOTS. THE BOOK ALSO EXPLORES THE STRONGER JEWISH IDENTITY OF JACOB'S SISTER WHO IS A LESBIAN AND A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST. | ||
BR | 1117 | LIVING WITHOUT HATE | MARROW, DR. ALFRED J. | NON-FICTION STUDY OF WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT PREJUDICE, AND A HEARTENING PICTURE OF WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT AND SOLVE IT. | ||
BR | 1118 | ISRAEL AND HER NEIGHBORS | ELATH, ELIAHU | SCHOLARLY READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE IMMIGRANTS, THE ARAB MINORITY IN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB LANDS. | ||
BR | 1119 | LAST DAYS OF SHYLOCK, THE | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | AN IMAGINARY RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LAST DAYS OF THE LIFE OF SHYLOCK, TELLING WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM FROM THE POINT WHERE WE LEFT HIM IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAY. | ||
BR | 1120 | THEODOR HERZL | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | SELECTIONS FROM HERZL'S WRITINGS WITH A VITAL INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR. | ||
BR | 1122 | ABYSS OF DESPAIR | HANOVER, NATHAN, RABBI | IN HIS ACCOUNT OF THE CHMIELNICKI MASSACRES OF 1648-58, IN WHICH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POLISH AND UKRAINIAN JEWS WERE KILLED, THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT A PRECEDENT FOR HITLER'S HOLOCAUST WAS SET. HANOVER ALSO DEPICTS HOW THE JEWS REBUILT THEIR LIVES AND DEVELOPED NEW WAYS TO EXPRESS THEIR HERITAGE AND CULTURE. | ||
BR | 1124 | COLLECTED POEMS | RASKIN, PHILLIP M. | POEMS ON JEWISH THEMES. | ||
BR | 1125 | PERSONAL LETTERS | STEPHEN WISE | POLIER, J.S. & WISE, J.W. | A SELECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY RABBI AND ZIONIST LEADER, STEPHEN S. WISE. | |
BR | 1126 | OLD FAITH IN THE NEW WORLD, AN | DE SOLA POOL, DAVID & TAMAR DE SOLA | STIRRING PORTRAIT OF SHEARITH ISRAEL, THE FIRST SYNAGOGUE IN THE UNITED STATES, FOUNDED BY THE JEWS WHO LANDED IN NEW YORK OVER THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. | ||
BR | 1127 | MICHAEL TURNS THE GLOBE | PESSIN, DEBORAH | EXCELLENT CHILDREN'S BOOK ON JEWISH CHILDREN IN MANY LANDS. | ||
BR | 1133 | BOOK THAT IS ALIVE, THE | PATERSON, JOHN | THE AUTHOR SETS FORTH SOME IMPORTANT CURRENTS OF JEWISH THOUGHT AS RELATED TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. | ||
BR | 1134 | RISE OF THE JEWS | ENGLEMAN, URIAH ZEVI | A FOREMOST EDUCATOR HERE CONTRIBUTES A SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNT OF JEWISH PROGRESS IN THE NATIONS. | ||
BR | 1136 | KING SOLOMON'S HORSES | KUBIE, NORA BENJAMIN | THE STORY OF A BOY'S DEVOTION TO HIS HORSE, SET IN THE DAYS OF KING SOLOMON. EXCELLENT JUVENILE FICTION WITH ADVENTURE, FUN, AND DIFFICULTIES AS WELL. | ||
BR | 1137 | WALL, THE | HERSEY, JOHN | LILLIAN SPIE | THE STORY OF THOSE WHO WERE CONFINED WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE BOOK, BASED ON A DIARY, INCLUDES THE INTENSE BATTLES FOUGHT FOR SURVIVAL AND THE RESCUE OF THE FORTY JEWS WHO MANAGED TO ESCAPE THROUGH THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM. | |
BR | 1139 | WORCESTER ACCOUNT, THE | BEHRMAN, S.N. | FICTIONAL BIOGRAPHY THAT IS A RENDEZVOUS WITH JEWISH BOYHOOD IN WORCESTER, RECALLED IN GRACEFUL AND COMPASSIONATE PROSE. | ||
BR | 1140 | JEWS FROM GERMANY IN THE U. S. | HIRSCHLER, ERIC E. EDITED BY | A STUDY OF THE WAY IN WHICH JEWS FROM GERMANY HAVE NOT BECOME FULLY ASSIMILATED INTO AMERICAN CULTURE. | ||
BR | 1142 | SABBATH QUEEN | STEINBACH, ALEXANDER ALAN | DELIGHTFUL STORIES FOR ALL PORTIONS OF THE PENTATEUCH RECITED ON THE SABBATH. | ||
BR | 1144 | GO BACK AND TELL | RASKIN, SAUL | A MYSTIC NOVEL BY A DEVOTED STUDENT OF THE KABBALAH. | ||
BR | 1147 | DAVID | BARGELLINI, PIERO | A FICTIONALIZED PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT KING DAVID. | ||
BR | 1154 | MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES | MUSIL, ROBERT | AN EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL OF IDEAS AND SATIRE. IT IS A HIGH COMEDY OF THE INTELLECT WHICH PROBES OUR MODERN CONFUSION OF VALUES WITH GAY IRONY AND WITTY EARNESTNESS. | ||
BR | 1158 | KERSTEN MEMOIRS, THE 1940-1945 | KERSTEN, FELIX | BY HIMMLER'S PERSONAL PHYSICIAN, THIS IS A FASCINATING DISCLOSURE OF THE NAZI MENTALITY AND INSIGHTS INTO HIMMLER'S VIEWS OF GERMAN DESTINY AND THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 1159 | TELL ME ABOUT GOD AND PRAYER | EPSTEIN, MORRIS | THROUGH STORIES OF FAMILY SITUATIONS, THE AUTHOR INTRODUCES YOUNG CHILDREN TO THE RUDIMENTS OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 1160 | CHILD'S HISTORY OF THE HEBREW | ZELIGS, DOROTHY F., M.A. | CHILD'S HISTORY OF THE HEBREW PEOPLE, PUPILS ACTIVITY BOOK. PROJECTS TO ENRICH AND ENLIVEN THE STUDY OF THE TEXTBOOK. | ||
BR | 1162 | COP | KARNEY, JACK | A FRANK, FORCEFUL NOVEL OF A YOUNG JEWISH POLICEMAN IN NEW YORK. THE CORRUPTION AND DESTRUCTION OF HIS CAREER IS A STRAIGHT-FORWARD AND DISHEARTENING PICTURE. | ||
BR | 1163 | LONG IS THE ROAD TO FREEDOM | MERIDOR, YA'ACOV | STIRRING ACCOUNT OF THE ESCAPE AND RETURN TO ISRAEL OF 241 ISRAELIS EXILED BY THE BRITISH MANDATE GOVERNMENT TO THE SUDAN TO END THE IRGUN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. | ||
BR | 1164 | BURNING LIGHTS | CHAGALL, BELLA | THE WIFE OF ARTIST MARC CHAGALL RECALLS HER CHILDHOOD AND THE JEWISH IDEALS WHICH SHE INHERITED FROM HER PARENTS. | ||
BR | 1165 | I SAW ISRAEL | GOLDBERG, RUTH | AN AMERICAN JEWISH WOMAN PRESENTS A SENSITIVE REPORT OF HER VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1169 | SACRIFICE | WISEMAN, ADELE | AN EPIC NOVEL OF A JEWISH IMMIGRANT FAMILY BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ABRAHAM AND THE SACRIFICE OF HIS SON, ISAAC. © 1956 | ||
BR | 1170 | PERSONALITIES AND EVENTS | ROTH, CECIL | A SCHOLARLY WORK ON PERSONALITIES AND EVENTS IN JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 1173 | RUMOR AND REFLECTION | BERENSON, BERNARD | DIARY ENTRIES BY THE FOREMOST AUTHORITY ON ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART OF HIS TIME. INCLUDES HIS WORLD WAR II EXPERIENCES AND REVEALS A BRILLIANT AND CIVILIZED MIND. | ||
BR | 1174 | JEWS OF GERMANY, THE | LOWENTHAL, MARVIN | HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY FROM THE LAST QUARTER OF THE THIRD CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. | ||
BR | 1175 | THREE CITIES | A TRILOGY | ASCH, SHOLEM | A NOVEL OF THREE CRITICAL PERIODS IN RUSSIAN HISTORY, AND HOW THE JEWS WERE AFFECTED BY THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. TRANSLATED FROM THE YIDDISH NOVEL, 'FAREN MABUL' ('BEFORE THE FLOOD'). | |
BR | 1177 | JOHANNESBURG FRIDAY | SEGAL, ALBERT | AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES AND REMINISCENCES OF FOUR MEMBERS OF A JEWISH FAMILY DURING ONE FRIDAY, THE DAY BEFORE YOM KIPPUR. | ||
BR | 1179 | MOSES | ASCH, SHOLEM | A HISTORICAL NOVEL WRITTEN WITH THE NOTED ASCH ARTISTRY. IT IS A PANORAMIC VISTA OF THE EXODUS WITH MOSES THE EPIC HERO. | ||
BR | 1180 | STORIES OF KING SOLOMON | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | SISTERHOOD | THE LEGENDS OF KING SOLOMON, INTERWOVEN WITH MAGIC AND WISDOM. WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN. | |
BR | 1182 | ON JEWISH LAW AND LORE | GINZBERG, LOUIS | ANITA LIEF L | INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS TO THE PALESTINIAN TALMUD, THE AGGADAH, THE HALACHAH, AND THE KABBALAH. | |
BR | 1185 | WHERE JUDAISM DIFFERED | SILVER, ABBA HILLE | THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN JUDAISM AND OTHER RELIGIONS. | ||
BR | 1187 | TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF BENJAMIN THE THIRD, THE | MENDELE MOCHER SEFORIM | PHYLLIS DEMB | A HUMOROUS STORY BY THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER, SOLOMON JACOB ABRAMOWITSCH, WHO WROTE UNDER THE PSEUDONYM OF 'MENDELE MOCHER SEFORIM.' | |
BR | 1189 | IF THE PROPHETS WERE ALIVE | SINGER, RICHARD | AN INSIGHTFUL, PERCEPTIVE APPLICATION TO MODERN LIFE AND ITS PROBLEMS OF THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF THE HEBREW PROPHETS. | ||
BR | 1194 | GREAT MORAL DILEMMAS | MAC'IVER, R.M. | GREAT MORAL DILEMMAS IN LITERATURE PAST AND PRESENT. A DISCUSSION OF THE MORAL ISSUES PRESENTED IN WELL-KNOWN LITERARY WORKS. | ||
BR | 1197 | ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW | AN EXPLORATION OF THE ETIOLOGY OF HATE | SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL | THE FRENCH AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER, WHO DEVELOPED THE THEORY OF EXISTENTIALISM, PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND PROVIDES ADVICE TO ITS VICTIMS. | |
BR | 1198 | BAR MITZVAH FOR BOYHOOD. . . | MENDES, RABBI H.P. | BAR MITZVAH FOR BOYHOOD, YOUTH AND MANHOOD. IT GIVES YOU A DEEP SENSE OF KINSHIP WITH ALL MANKIND AND AN ABIDING SENSE OF TRUST AND FAITH IN GOD. | ||
BR | 1202 | CARROT CANDLE | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | A CHANNUKAH CELEBRATION IN WHICH A RABBIT IS AN IMPORTANT PARTICIPANT. | ||
BR | 1208 | HERE TO STAY | KOMAIKO, S.B. | AN ENJOYABLE, SENSITIVE AND NOSTALGIC COLLECTION OF JEWISH SHORT STORIES. | ||
BR | 1212 | THIS IS MY GOD | MACHTER, MAX | A SERIES OF BIBLE LESSONS FOR THE LAYMEN. | ||
BR | 1217 | HIDDEN BOOKS, THE | BILDERSEE, ADELE | DOROTHY RAPP | SELECTIONS FROM THE APOCRYPHA, A GROUP OF BOOKS EXCLUDED FROM THE HEBREW CANON. | |
BR | 1219 | WHY I AM A JEW | DE SOLA POOL, DAVID | A DECLARATION OF DEEP PERSONAL CONVICTION BY THE RABBI OF A SPANISH, PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE OF MY. IT EXPLAINS FOR JEWS AND CHRISTIANS, ANCIENT JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 1220 | YUDEL | LEVIN, RACHEL | NOVEL OF A RUSSIAN JEW AND HIS ADJUSTMENT TO LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 1222 | BREAKING POINT, THE | PRESSER, JACOB | THIS NOVELETTE IS A MASTER OF NAZI DOCUMENTATION DURING THEIR OCCUPATION OF HOLLAND. IT PORTRAYS HUMAN BEINGS TRAPPED IN CIRCUMSTANCE, HELPLESS. | ||
BR | 1223 | ESSENES AND CHRISTIANITY | HOWLETT, DUNCAN | REAPPRAISAL IN THE LIGHT OF INFORMATION NOW PROVIDED BY THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS OF THE HISTORICAL ROLE OF THE ESSENES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CHRISTIANITY. | ||
BR | 1230 | CHAYENU | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | AN ELEMENTARY HEBREW TEXT. HEBREW ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT METHOD, BASED ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR. | ||
BR | 1232 | RAQUEL | FEUCHTWANGER, LION | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL IS SET IN 12 CENTURY SPAIN, INTERMINGLING SPAIN'S CRUSADE AGAINST THE MOSLEM AND THE PLIGHT OF THE SPANISH JEWS, AND THE LOVE OF RAQUEL. | ||
BR | 1234 | HENRIETTA SZOLD | RECORD OF A LIFE | ZEITLIN, ROSE | BASED ON PUBLISHED MATERIAL, PERSONAL LETTERS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES, THIS BOOK PROFILES HENRIETTA SZOLD, THE FOUNDER OF HADASSAH. DESCRIBES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS ESTABLISHMENT OF WELFARE CENTERS, HOSPITALS, AND CLINICS, AMONG OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 1241 | GREAT RABBI LOEW OF PRAGUE | THEIBERGER,FREDERICK | A BIOGRAPHY, SPICED WITH LEGENDS, OF AN IMPORTANT RABBI OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 1242 | TESTAMENT OF THE LOST SON, THE | MORGENSTERN, SOMA | A NOVEL ABOUT RUSSIAN-JEWISH LIFE IN THE UKRAINE, BASED ON A LETTER A FATHER LEFT FOR HIS SON DESCRIBING HIS OWN LIFE AND RETURN TO RELIGION. | ||
BR | 1247 | AMERICAN JEWRY AND THE CIVIL WAR | KORN, BERTRAN WALLACE | MRS. MICHAEL BEST | A PORTRAIT OF AMERICAN JEWS FROM BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR.1951, REVISED 1961 | |
BR | 1248 | FIRST LADY, THE SEEING EYE | CLARK, FRANK AND BLAKE | THE STORY OF THE DOG WHO PIONEERED THE GUIDE DOG PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 1249 | ON THIS DAY | WISE, JUDAH L. | BAR MITZVAH ADDRESSES FOR USE BY CANDIDATES FOR BAR MITZVAH. | ||
BR | 1250 | UNION HAGGADAH, THE | CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBI | THE COMPLETE PASSOVER HAGGADAH, WRITTEN IN HEBREW WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION. ALSO CONTAINS, ENGLISH, PASSOVER IN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND ART. | ||
BR | 1252 | ESTHER | LOFTS, NORAH | A RETELLING AND REINTERPRETATION OF THE LIFE OF ESTHER, QUEEN OF PERSIA, BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY READ IN THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE HOLIDAY OF PURIM. | ||
BR | 1253 | BELOVED, THE | DELMAR, VAINA | FRIEDA WILKO | A BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF JUDAH P. BENJAMIN, A JEW WHO SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE CONFEDERACY. DEPICTS LIFE IN THE SOUTH AT THAT TIME. | |
BR | 1254 | GOOD AND EVIL | BUBER, MARTIN | TWO PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE PROBLEM OF GOOD AND EVIL: ONE DEALING WITH RIGHT VS. WRONG AND THE OTHER WITH IMAGES. | ||
BR | 1255 | THEY FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM | LEVINGER, ELMA EHRLICH | BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JEWISH LEADERS IN THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM. | ||
BR | 1256 | LOT'S WIFE | PISCATOR, MARIA LEY | A HEROIC BIBLICAL NOVEL OF PANORAMIC SWEEP AND CONCEPT, IT TELLS THE STORY OF ABRAHAM, HIS NEPHEW LOT, AND THEIR WANDERINGS FROM TYRE TO EGYPT AND SODOM. | ||
BR | 1258 | END OF AN EXILE | PARKES, JAMES | AN ANGLICAN CLERGYMAN WHO HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY ON JUDAISM AND JEWISH PROBLEMS, DISCUSSES ISRAEL, THE JEWS AND THE GENTILE WORLD. | ||
BR | 1259 | JOURNEY WITHOUT END | SPERBER, MANES | NOVEL SET IN YUGOSLAVIA AND POLAND IN THE LATER DAYS OF WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 1260 | STORY OF GENESIS, THE | BILDERSEE, DR. ADELE, ED. | HOW THE WORLD BEGAN, IN AN INTERESTING EXPOSITION. | ||
BR | 1262 | THINK AND THANK | COOPER, SAMUEL W. | THE INTRIGUING STORY OF MOSES MONTEFIORE, THE GREAT JEWISH LEADER AND PHILANTHROPIST. EXCELLENT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1263 | SECOND SCROLL, THE | KLEIN, A.M. | THIS NOVEL IS ABOUT THE SEARCH OF A MAN FOR UNDERSTANDING; THE YEARNING OF A PEOPLE FOR FREEDOM FROM FEAR, TOLD THRU THE SEARCH FOR A LOST RELATIVE. | ||
BR | 1267 | HEBREW LITERATURE BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS | BENSHALOM, BENZION | AN INSIGHTFUL CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HEBREW LITERATURE DURING THE YEARS OF THE MANDATE, TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. | ||
BR | 1268 | SYNOGOGUE AND ITS PEOPLE, THE | HOLISHER, DSIDER | A STUDY OF THE STRUCTURES AND ACTIVITIES OF SYNAGOGUES IN LARGE U.S. CITIES. | ||
BR | 1270 | KEY TO THE BIBLE | WATON, HARRY | AN EXPLANATORY KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 1274 | LITTLE TRACTOR WHO TRAVELED | GREENBERG, EVELYN L. | A CHILDREN'S STORY OF A LITTLE TRACTOR WHO HELPS BUILD A JEWISH COLONY IN THE NEGEV. THE TRACTOR EARNS THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN CELEBRATION OF THE KIBBUTZ. | ||
BR | 1276 | PARASITES, THE | SEFORIM, MENDEL MOSHER | THE FIRST NOVEL OF THE GREAT YIDDISH WRITER. IT TELLS THE STORY OF A MAN WHO DEMEANED THE POOR AND DEPRIVED HIMSELF OF LOVE. | ||
BR | 1277 | SABBATH, THE | ITS MEANING FOR MODERN MAN | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | NANCY SCHIER | AN EXPOSITION OF THE SABBATH AND ITS EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL REALITIES OF JUDAISM. |
BR | 1278 | GOOD FOR NOTHING, THE | YAFFE, JAMES | A NOVEL ABOUT A NEW YORK JEWISH FAMILY WHOSE ELDER BROTHER, NORMAN HAS SPENT YEARS KEEPING LEO, HIS CHARMING, BUT NO-GOOD BROTHER OUT OF TROUBLE. | ||
BR | 1282 | ADVENTURE IN FREEDOM | THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE | HANDLIN, OSCAR | THE HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF THE JEWS IN NEW YORK CITY. INCLUDES ISSUES OF INTEGRATION AND INTERGROUP AND MINORITY RELATIONS. | |
BR | 1285 | JUDAISM AND MODERN MAN | BOKSER, BEN ZION | ESSAYS IN JEWISH THEOLOGY, COVERING ITS PROBLEMS AND HOW JUDAISM OFFERS HELP AND INSIGHT FOR A GOOD LIFE. | ||
BR | 1288 | JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS | PETERSHAM, MAUD & MISKA | BIBLE STORIES RETOLD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT JOSEPH AND HIS FAMILY. | ||
BR | 1289 | GOLDEN EGG, THE - VOL. I | GOLDHAFT, ARTHUR D. | THE RISE AND FALL OF THE LEVINSON HOLLYWOOD DYNASTY, THIS NOVEL IS AN INSIDER'S ACCOUNT OF THE INDUSTRY, AND A MORAL JUDGMENT OF MEN WHO WERE IN CHARGE. | ||
BR | 1290 | TEN COMMANDMENTS, VOL. 1. | GOLDMAN, SOLOMON | AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT AND ITS MEANING FOR MODERN CIVILIZATION. | ||
BR | 1291 | AMERICAN JUDAISM. VOL. 3 | GLAZER, NATHAN | A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JUDAISM FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. | ||
BR | 1295 | SABBATH IN THE SYNAGOGUE | KATZ, SHOLOM | THE BRAILLE TEXT FOR THE FULL LENGTH SABBATH SERVICE RECORDED BY SHOLOM KATZ; ORTHODOX RITUAL. | ||
BR | 1296 | JEWISH WAY OF LIFE, THE | ARONSON, RABBI DAVID | DEALS ADEQUATELY, THOUGH ON A SMALL SCALE, WITH MANY FACETS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION. | ||
BR | 1299 | DAVID | PETERSHAM, MAUD AND MISKA | SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF KING DAVID, BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY AND USING SOME BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS. | ||
BR | 1303 | SHIP OF HOPE, THE | ROTHGIESSER,REUBEN | EXCITING STORY OF THE ADVENTURE OF 92 BOYS, REFUGEES FROM EUROPE WHO ESCAPE TO NORTH AFRICA AND ARE RESCUED BY A SHIP OF HOPE' AND TAKEN TO ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1304 | OPEN EVERY DOOR -V. 1 | POPKIN, ZELDA | IT ILLUMINES THE INNER BEING OF A WOMAN WHO WORKED AS A REPORTER AT 16 FOR $3.00 A WEEK IN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE DOORS SHE HAS OPENED DURING HER 40 YRS. OF LIFE.' | ||
BR | 1306 | THIS WAS MY WORLD | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | AN EXCELLENT NEWSPAPERMAN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. POIGNANT, ENTERTAINING, VALUABLE COMMENTS ON PEOPLE AND EVENTS BY A MAN WHO HAS BEEN A FRIEND OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1311 | JEWSH COMMUN. IN ROCHESTR. | ROSENBERG, STUART E. | AN EVALUATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COHESIVE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN A SMALL CITY BETWEEN 1843-1925. | ||
BR | 1312 | JESSICA, MY DAUGHTER | IBN ZAHAV, ARI | A NOVEL OF GHETTO LIFE IN VENICE. | ||
BR | 1313 | STORIES FROM THE RABBIS | COLLECTION OF MEDIEVAL ANECDOTES, | ISAACS, ABRAM S. | FASCINATING TALES FROM ELIJAH, SOLOMON, AND OTHERS, INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF RABBINICAL HUMOR, ETC. | |
BR | 1319 | LIFE IN A KIBBUTZ | WEINGARTEN, MURRAY | A YOUNG AMERICAN JEW WHO WENT TO LIVE IN ISRAEL, RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE IN A COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENT, AND GIVES A PERSONAL EVALUATION. | ||
BR | 1321 | MYSTERY OF THE SILVER FISH | FREED, ELEAZER | TWELVE STORIES OF JEWISH ADVENTURE BASED ON RECORDED JEWISH EVENTS. | ||
BR | 1323 | TREASURY OF JUDAISM, A | BIRNBAUM, PHILIP | SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE AND OTHER GREAT CLASSICS OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 1324 | FAMILY MOSKAT, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | MR. SALO MIN | A NOVEL ABOUT JEWISH FAMILY LIFE IN WARSAW FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR I. | |
BR | 1326 | STORY OF CHANUKA, THE | JOINT COMMITTEE ON CEREMONIES UAHC&C | A SIMPLE RETELLING OF THE CHANUKAH STORY BASED ON THE MATERIAL IN THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES, THE TALMUD AND THE LITURGY. | ||
BR | 1327 | MEMOIRS OF AMERICAN JEWS 1775-1865 VOL. 3. | MARCUS, JACOB R. | THE THIRD VOLUME IN A SERIES CONSISTING OF ESSAYS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS FROM JEWISH SETTLERS AND PIONEERS WHO HELPED BUILD AMERICA DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR, 1775-1865. | ||
BR | 1329 | THIS IS ISRAEL | HUEBENER, T. & VOSS, C. H. | THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE EMERGENCE OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL OUT OF ITS PALESTINIAN BACKGROUND. | ||
BR | 1330 | GREAT DISCOVERY, THE | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | THE NARRATIVE FOLLOWS THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS FROM THEIR DISCOVERY IN A CAVE BY AN ARAB BOY INTO THE HANDS OF SCIENTISTS. IT HELPS UNDERSTAND THE 2000YR. OLD SCROLLS. | ||
BR | 1331 | THOUGHTS OF THE PROPHETS, THE | MATTUCK, RABBI ISRAEL | A STUDY OF THE ANCIENT RIGHTEOUS MEN OF GOD AND THEIR IDEAS WHICH HAVE GIVEN THIS WORLD SO MUCH OF ITS SPIRITUAL STATURE IN CIVILIZATION. | ||
BR | 1332 | EVERYDAY LIFE IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES | HEATON, E.W. | A PORTRAYAL OF LIFE IN BIBLICAL TIMES, INCLUDING DETAILS ABOUT THE FOOD, OCCUPATIONS, CLOTHING, AND LIFESTYLES OF THE PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 1333 | GRUMPY TELEVISION, THE | FREEHOF , LILIAN | A NEW APPROACH TO THE STORY OF CHANUKAH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1350 | GUIDE FOR JEWISH YOUTH, A | SUSSMAN, S. & SEGAL, A. | THIS BOOK IS DESIGNED TO HELP THE YOUNG READER PREPARE FOR FULL-FLEDGED MEMBERSHIP IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 1353 | WIT AND WISDOM OF THE TALMUD | PETERS, MADISON C. | AN INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE COLLECTION. | ||
BR | 1356 | TREASURY OF JEWISH POETRY, A | AUSUBEL N. & M. | A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF JEWISH POETRY WRITTEN BY POETS IN MANY LANDS THROUGHOUT. | ||
BR | 1358 | DIARIES OF THEODOR HERZL, THE | 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. | ||
BR | 1359 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | LEVINGER, ALMA E. | THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE BOY WHO HATED SCHOOL BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO ASK 'WHY,' AND WHO WENT ON TO BECOME THE NOTED SCIENTIST. | ||
BR | 1360 | INTO THE PROMISED LAND | SCHWARZ, J.D. | A RELIGIOUS TEXT COVERING THE PERIOD IN JEWISH HISTORY FROM JOSHUA TO SOLOMON. | ||
BR | 1361 | WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JEW. REL., HIST., ETHICS AND CULT. | MARKOWITZ, SIDNEY L. | A MANUAL OF JEWISH HISTORICAL, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIOLOGICAL INFORMATION. | ||
BR | 1362 | THEY DID NOT FEAR | SINGER, P.E. | A STIRRING, TENSE FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A GROUP OF JEWISH VIENNESE PARTISAN FIGHTERS WHO JOINED THE POLISH UNDERGROUND TO FIGHT FOR ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1366 | CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF ISRAEL. BK. 3. | ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | THE THIRD BOOK IN A SERIES ON THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, FROM JOSHUA TO THE SECOND TEMPLE. | ||
BR | 1369 | STORY OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | THE ORIGIN OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR, ITS USES IN MODERN JEWISH LIFE AND THE WAYS IN WHICH IT DIFFERS FROM THE GENERAL CALENDAR. | ||
BR | 1370 | RACHEL AND HERMAN | LEWITON, MINA | THIS SEQUEL TO RACHEL FOLLOWS THE FAMILY'S MOVE TO THE BRONX. IT IS SUFFUSED WITH FAMILY UNDERSTANDING AND THE FLAVOR OF NEW YORK FORTY YEARS AGO. | ||
BR | 1371 | LIFE AND WORK OF SIGMUND FREUD, THE. VOL. III | THE LAST PHASE, 1919-1939 | JONES, ERNEST | AN INSIGHT INTO THE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PSYCHOANALYST WHO CHANGED TWENTIETH-CENTURY THINKING. WRITTEN BY AN ANALYST. | |
BR | 1375 | HAPPINESS FOR SALE | ALOPSIN, DOROTHY | STORIES OF JEWISH LIFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1376 | PRAYER, HUMILITY AND COMPASSION | DRESNER, SAMUEL H. | AN EXPRESSION OF THE CONCEPTS OF PRAYER AND RELIGION. | ||
BR | 1377 | FAITH OF ISRAEL, THE | ROWLEY, H.H. | THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF HEBREW ALLOWS ROWLEY TO LEND US INSIGHT INTO ISRAEL; HE DISCUSSES QUESTIONS LIKE; DEATH AND BEYOND, INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY... | ||
BR | 1379 | BIBLE STORIES IN BIBLES WORDS | GAMORAN, MAMIE | THIS BOOK, ONE IN A SERIES OF BIBLE READERS, PRESENTS SELECTIONS FROM THE PROPHETS IN BIBLICAL LANGUAGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1383 | OLD BUNCH, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | A REALISTIC NOVEL DEPICTING LIFE IN CHICAGO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. | ||
BR | 1389 | MR. BENJAMIN'S SWORD | ABRAHAMS, ROBERT D. | SONYA ROTH/R | AN ADVENTURE ABOUT JUDAH P. BENJAMIN AND HIS ESCAPE FROM HIS PURSUERS AT THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR. FOR CHILDREN AGE FIFTEEN AND UP. | |
BR | 1395 | NOW WE BEGIN | ROSENZWEIG, M. & E. | A HANDBOOK FOR TRANSMITTING KNOWLEDGE OF HIS JEWISH HERITAGE TO THE VERY YOUNG CHILD AT HOME AND IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. AGES 3-4. | ||
BR | 1399 | VISIONS RISE AND CHANGE | VAN PAASSAN, PIERRE | A REPORT ON THE PLIGHT OF RELIGION IN SOVIET RUSSIA AND THE OFFICIAL ATTITUDE TO ZIONISM AND THE HEBREW LANGUAGE. | ||
BR | 1401 | THEY MOVE WITH THE SUN | TAYLOR, DAVID | THE FIRST NOVEL IN A SERIES WHOSE THEME IS A HUMANIST APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN MAN IN HIS SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 1403 | NEW ZIONISM, A | KAPLAN, MORDECAI N. | A DISCUSSION, BASED UPON A LECTURE SERIES GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR, OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE DIRECTION IN WHICH IT SHOULD GO IN THE FUTURE. | ||
BR | 1404 | JOEL FINDS OUT | SUGARMAN, J. & FREEMAN, G. | JOEL'S EXPERIENCES PLACE HIM IN CONTACT WITH JEWISH RELIGIOUS VALUES. IN SOLVING HIS PROBLEMS, HE COMES TO LEARN ABOUT ABRAHAM, MOSES, JOSHUA, RUTH AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 1405 | MOSES, PRINCE OF EGYPT | FAST, HOWARD | ELAINE LEE | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF MOSES, BEGINNING WITH HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD. SET DURING THE REIGN OF RAMSES II. | |
BR | 1406 | AARONSBURG STORY | LEWIS, ARTHUR H. | AN ADVENTURE IN HUMAN UNDERSTANDING OCCURRED AT A CELEBRATION OF THE CITY'S FOUNDING WHERE LEADING FIGURES OF MANY RACES AND RELIGIONS DISCUSSED BROTHERHOOD. | ||
BR | 1407 | QUEEN OF PERSIA | COTTON, ELLA EARLS | A FICTIONAL RETELLING FOR ADULTS OF THE STORY OF QUEEN ESTHER. | ||
BR | 1408 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE JEWS | RIBINGER, NAPHTALI J. | CAROL SLOTE,, JOY GERSTEN | A STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF HOW ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS TIMES AFFECTED AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 1410 | FERTILE SOIL | VOGELSTEIN, MAX | HISTORY OF ANCIENT ISRAEL | ||
BR | 1411 | ROCKET TO MARS | SCHWARTZMAN, SYLVAN | A UNIQUE METHOD TO HELP RECOGNIZE AND READ HEBREW CHARACTERS. USES STORY OF BOY'S ROCKET-SHIP TRIP TO MARS TO TEACH METHOD. | ||
BR | 1414 | PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING, THE | WEINSTEIN, JACOB | A STUDY OF THE RELEVANCE OF THE BIBLE TO EVERYDAY LIFE. | ||
BR | 1417 | NOT BY POWER | TARSHISH, ALLAN | THE STORY OF THE GROWTH OF JUDAISM FROM THE TIME OF THE PROPHETS TO MODERN REFORM. | ||
BR | 1419 | FRECKLE-FACE FRANKEL | KEIR, LEOTA HARRIS | STORY OF DEBBIE FRANKEL, A TOMBOY TEEN-AGER GROWING UP IN A MODERN MIDWESTERN JEWISH HOME. AGES 10-14 | ||
BR | 1423 | EVA | LEVIN, MEYER | THE TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH-JEWISH GIRL AND HER DARING MASQUERADE AS A GENTILE AMONG THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 1424 | FOR TWO CENTS PLAIN | GOLDEN, HARRY | ANOTHER OF HARRY GOLDEN'S WITTY COMMENTARIES ON AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 1431 | JEWS TO REMEMBER | ISH-KISHOR, SULAMITH | SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES FOR YOUNG READERS OF JEWS WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETIES IN WHICH THEY LIVED. | ||
BR | 1438 | ONE HUNDRED CHILDREN | KUCHLER, SILDERMAN, LENA | A NOVEL DISCUSSING THE SITUATION IN POLAND DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION AND THE ATTEMPTS TO BRING JEWISH CHILDREN TO SAFETY IN DENMARK. | ||
BR | 1442 | BEGGAR'S PARADISE | BILENKISS, GASTON | STORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE RUSSIAN VILLAGE OF KOLOMKA. | ||
BR | 1443 | ISRAEL, LAND AND PEOPLE | BENEVENISTI, DAVID | A PICTURE OF MODERN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1444 | JEREMIAH, PROPHET OF DISASTER | MILLIKIN, VIRGINIA GREEN | A BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN IN A CONTEMPORARY LITERARY STYLE, OF THIS GREAT PROPHET. | ||
BR | 1449 | APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ, THE | RICHLER, MORDECAI | BEATRICE TRO | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN MONTREAL WHO IS DETERMINED TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. | |
BR | 1450 | CONFIRMATION READER, THE | EISENBERG, AZRIEL, EDITOR | A COLLECTION OF CAREFULLY CHOSEN INSPIRATIONAL READINGS, STORIES, ARTICLES AND QUOTATIONS FOR THE JEWISH ADOLESCENT OF CONFIRMATION AGE. | ||
BR | 1453 | MAN WHO WOULD BE GOD, THE | CHEVALIER, HAAKON | A PORTRAIT OF SEBASTIAN BLOCH WHOSE PERSONALITY WON MANY FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS BOTH FOR HIM AND FOR THE CAUSE HE SERVED. | ||
BR | 1455 | RABBI IN AMERICA | KNOX, ISRAEL | A BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC M. WISE THE JEWISH LEADER WHO, AS A PRODUCT OF THE OLD WORLD, WAS ABLE TO HELP HIS FELLOW JEWS FACE THE PROBLEMS OF ADJUSTING TO AMERICA. | ||
BR | 1456 | QUICK YEARS, THE | ARISS, JEAN | MEMOIRS OF A YOUNG GIRL LIVING WITH HER GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER ON THEIR FARM DURING A PERIOD OF CONVALESCENCE. | ||
BR | 1458 | ROAD TO CONFIDENCE, THE | ROSENBERG, DR. STUART | ADVICE ON HOW TO ACHIEVE SELF-CONFIDENCE AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING GOALS. | ||
BR | 1459 | AMERICANS | BOORSTIN, DANIEL | A VIEW OF AMERICAN SOCIETY IN COLONIAL DAYS AS A GUIDE TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE. | ||
BR | 1460 | JEWISH HERITAGE, THE | NEWMAN, RABBI J. & GOSS, I. | A PRESENTATION FOR YOUNG READERS OF THE CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES WHICH COMPRISE OUR JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 1461 | KING SOLOMON'S NAVY | KUBIE, NORA B. | THIS STORY, SET IN KING SOLOMON'S TIME, DESCRIBES THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG BOY WHO LEFT HOME TO SEEK WORK IN JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 1462 | CREEDS IN COMPETITION | PFEFFER, LEO | COMPETING RELIGIOUS FORCES INTERACT TO SHAPE AMERICA'S CULTURAL LIFE. THIS INTERACTION AND ITS RESULTS IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS EXCELLENT BOOK. | ||
BR | 1463 | BODY OF LOVE, THE | KEATS, CHARLES | A NOVEL OF A YOUNG MAN, SUFFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS AND AWARE THAT HE DID NOT HAVE LONG TO LIVE, WHO DECIDES ON 'UNE VIE BRAVE MAIS INTENSE' IN PARIS. | ||
BR | 1465 | COURSE OF MODERN JEWISH HISTORY, THE | SACHAR, HOWARD M. | A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF MODERN JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 1468 | DOCTOR HARRY | BARNETT, ADAM | THE STORY OF DR, HARRY LORBER AND HIS LIFE AND WORK ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE IN NEW YORK CITY. | ||
BR | 1469 | PIECE OF BLUE HEAVEN | MARGOLIAN, ABRAHAM | A NOVEL OF LIFE IN AMSTERDAM DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION. | ||
BR | 1472 | SECRET OF LUCA, THE | SILONE, IGNAZIO | THE POIGNANT STORY OF LUCA, THE 'STRANGE' MAN WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF A CRIME WHICH HE DID NOT COMMIT. | ||
BR | 1476 | SOLOMON AND SHEBA | WILLIAMS, JAY | AN HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE TIME OF KING SOLOMON. | ||
BR | 1478 | ANNE FRANK | A PORTRAIT IN COURAGE | SCHNABEL, ARNST | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE YOUNG GIRL WHOSE DIARY DESCRIBED HER LIFE WHILE HIDING IN AN ATTIC DURING THE NAZI ERA. BASED ON ANNE FRANK'S OWN WORDS AS WELL AS GERMAN DOCUMENTS AND EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS. | |
BR | 1479 | ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH | BELLOW, SAUL | ROBERTA POLL | THE AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST'S PORTRAYAL OF JEWISH CHICAGO. | |
BR | 1481 | ISAAC MAYER WISE | PIONEER OF AMERICAN JUDAISM | GUMBINER, J.H. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY RABBI WHO INFLUENCED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN JEWS. ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF REFORM JUDAISM, WISE ADVOCATED THE USE OF A COMMON PRAYER BOOK, A UNION OF CONGREGATIONS, AND A COLLEGE TO TRAIN AMERICAN RABBIS. | |
BR | 1482 | GOLDEN SHOES AND OTHER STORIES, THE | KRANZLER, GERSHON | SEVENTEEN SHORT WORKS SET DURING THE DECADES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND WHICH MAKE FASCINATING READING FOR THE YOUNG. | ||
BR | 1483 | VOICE OF THE PROPHETS, THE | GAMORAN, MAMIE | THOSE PASSAGES FROM EVERY PROPHET WHICH THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 1484 | TELL ME WHY | BOBROW, DOROTHY | RUDIMENTS OF THE JEWISH FAITH PRESENTED IN EASY-TO-READ FORM FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 1485 | YEARS FOLLOWING AFTER | LEFTWICH, JOSEPH | AN ANTHOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS POETRY. | ||
BR | 1486 | FIRST TEN YEARS, THE | EYTAN, WALTER | A DIPLOMATIC HISTORY OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1487 | FAREWELL TO SAMARIA | FEIN, HARRY H. | A NOVEL DEPICTING JEWISH LIFE IN SAMARIA UNDER ASSYRIAN RULE. | ||
BR | 1490 | DESIGN FOR JEWISH LIVING | FOLKMAN, RABBI JEROME D. | THIS VALUABLE GUIDE-BOOK PROVIDES A FEASIBLE PATTERN OF RELIGIOUS LIFE WHICH CAN BE ALTERED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DIFFERING FAMILY SITUATIONS. | ||
BR | 1491 | ELEF MILIM PART ONE--1000 WORDS | SCHACTER, CHAIM | PARTS ONE AND TWO CONTAIN ONE THOUSAND BASIC STREET WORDS EACH. PART THREE CONTAINS MORE ADVANCED WORDS, WITH ADVANCED READING MATERIAL AND GRAMMAR. | ||
BR | 1493 | PORTRAIT OF A RABBI | SILVER, SAMUEL M. | AN AFFECTIONATE BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI BARNETT M. BRICKNER. | ||
BR | 1494 | HABIMA | BEN-ARI, RAIKIN | THE INSPIRING STORY OF THE STRUGGLE TO FOUND THIS JEWISH THEATRE. | ||
BR | 1498 | WITH THE JEWISH CHILD... | LEVINGER, ELMA EHRLICH | THE CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES PRACTICED IN THE JEWISH HOME, IN THE SYNAGOGUE AND IN THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL ARE EXPLAINED. | ||
BR | 1499 | BIBLE BACKGROUND | SMITH, J.W.E. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE PARALLELS BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE RESULTS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH. | ||
BR | 1502 | WHEN JEWISH PEOPLE WAS YOUNG | SOLOFF, MORDECAI I. | WHEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE WAS YOUNG, PUPIL'S WORKBOOK. A HISTORY OF THE JEWS FOR USE IN THE LOWER GRADES OF SABBATH SCHOOL. | ||
BR | 1506 | STORY OF IRVING BERLIN, THE | EWEN, DAVID | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE IMMIGRANT BOY WHO BECAME A GREAT AMERICAN COMPOSER. | ||
BR | 1507 | JOURNEY TO THE DAWN | ANGOFF, CHARLES | THIS NARRATIVE FOLLOWS THE DAILY LIFE OF THE POLONSKY FAMILY AFTER ITS EMIGRATION FROM A SMALL RUSSIAN VILLAGE TO TURN OF THE CENTURY BOSTON. | ||
BR | 1508 | REBEL AGAINST THE LIGHT | RAMATI, ALEXANDER | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL IS SET DURING THE ARAB ISRAELI WAR OF 1948. WE FIND ARTHUR WEISS, POLISH REFUGEE CONSCRIPTED INTO HAGANA AND HIS LOSS OF ROMANTICISM. | ||
BR | 1509 | HAYEHUDI HARISHON, CHELEK ALEPH, BET (THE FIRST JEW PART A-B) | GREENBERG, SIMON | A BASIC HEBREW TEXT. CONTAINS GRADED VOCABULARY, DRAMATIC POEMS, A MILON (DICTIONARY). | ||
BR | 1510 | SINCE EVE | BRAV, STANLEY R. | A GUIDE, IN RELIGIOUS TERMS, TO SEXUAL MORALITY. | ||
BR | 1513 | COMPULSION | LEVIN, MEYER | ROSE COHEN E | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE 1924 LOEB-LEOPOLD MURDER CASE. | |
BR | 1514 | MY LIFE | CHAGALL, MARC | OBSERVATIONS ON CHILDHOOD IN A JEWISH HOUSEHOLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ARTIST, AS A YOUNG BOY. HE WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 1515 | ANNA TELLER | SINCLAIR, JO | THE STORY OF ANNA TELLER, A 74 YEAR OLD PEASANT WOMAN WHO ESCAPED FROM HUNGARY DURING THE REVOLUTION OF 1956 AND CAME TO AMERICA TO JOIN HER SON AND HIS FAMILY. | ||
BR | 1516 | HONEY FROM A DARK HIVE | KAVINOKY, BERNICE | SET IN A SMALL PENNSYLVANIA MINING TOWN, THIS IS THE LOVE STORY OF A JEWISH GIRL AND A CATHOLIC BOY, WHICH IS DOOMED FROM THE FIRST. | ||
BR | 1517 | ISAAC BABEL COLLECTED STORIES | MORISON, WALTER | THIS BOOK CONTAINS SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTES AND EXCERPTS FROM A WAR JOURNAL FROM BABEL, THE EX-PATRIOT FROM THE TRADITIONAL. MIDDLE-CLASS LIFE OF ODESSA. | ||
BR | 1518 | LIGHT FROM THE WEST, THE | SCHACHNOWITZ, SELIG | AN ACCOUNT FOR YOUNG READERS OF THE LIFE OF RABBI MOSHE (CHASSAM) SOFER, FATHER OF HUNGARIAN ORTHODOXY. | ||
BR | 1519 | RELIGIONS OF AMERICA | ROSTEN, LEO | A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN THE 'LOOK MAGAZINE' SERIES ON THE MAJOR RELIGIONS PRACTICED IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 1520 | BETWEEN GOD AND MAN | AN INTERPRETATION OF JUDAISM | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | BENJAMIN WER | A SELECTION OF WRITINGS ON CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM BY THE JEWISH THEOLOGIAN. |
BR | 1521 | RESPONSA LITERATURE, THE | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | HILDRED E. G | AN ANALYSIS OF THE BODY OF LITERATURE THAT EMERGED FROM THE QUESTIONS ABOUT JEWISH LAW SUBMITTED TO RABBIS OVER THE CENTURIES AND THEIR WRITTEN RESPONSA. | |
BR | 1524 | CLASH OF DESTINIES, A | KIMCHE, JON & DAVID | A DISCUSSION OF THE PALESTINE WAR: THE SURFACE MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS AND THE LESS OBVIOUS MORE SIGNIFICANT, MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS WHICH SHAPED THE WAR. | ||
BR | 1525 | LAUGH LOUDER LIVE LONGER | HIRSHFIELD, HARRY | JOKES AND ANECDOTES BY THIS FAMOUS HUMORIST. | ||
BR | 1526 | ENGINEER OF THE SOUL | COHEN, SADIE ALTA | THIS RABBI'S WIFE TELLS THE STORY OF HIS TRANSITION FROM A HIGHLY TRAINED ENGINEER TO AN 'ENGINEER OF THE SOUL', AS A N.Y. RABBI. | ||
BR | 1527 | SUBWAY TO THE MET | CRICHTON, KYLE | THE STORY OF THE CAREER AND PERSONAL LIFE OF THE GREAT OPERA STAR, RISE STEVENS. | ||
BR | 1531 | GHOST OF GARINA STREET, THE | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS TO A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOY INTRIGUED BY A 'HAUNTED HOUSE'. | ||
BR | 1532 | I SAW BATTLE OF JERUSALEM | LEVIN, HARRY | THIS DIARY IS A RECORD OF THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR DURING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 1535 | PATTRNS OF FAITH IN AMER. TDAY | JOHNSON, F. ERNEST | BASED ON A SERIES OF LECTURES, THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF DIVERGENT VIEWS ON IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL ISSUES HELD BY MAJOR RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 1536 | LAND IN SEARCH OF GOD | ROWLAND, STANLEY J. JR. | A DISCUSSION OF MEANING AND IMPLICATION OF RELIGIOUS INTEREST WHICH HAS BEEN MANIFEST IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE. | ||
BR | 1537 | UNDERSTANDING THE OLD TESTAMENT | ANDERSON, BERNHARD W. | AN EXPLORATION OF THE UNIQUE HISTORY RECORDED IN THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 1538 | LIFETIME OF A JEW, THE | SCHAUSS, HAYIM | SHEILA SHAFE | THIS DISCUSSION OF THE MAJOR EVENTS IN THE JEWISH LIFECYCLE CONTAINS THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND THE CEREMONIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH OCCASIONS AS WEDDINGS, BRIS MILAH (CIRCUMCISION) AND BAR MITZVAH. | |
BR | 1539 | AMOS, PROPHET OF JUSTICE | JENKINS, SARA | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT HEBREW PROPHET. | ||
BR | 1540 | JEWISH CUSTOMS AND FOLKLORE | LEHRMAN, S.M. | A GUIDE TO JEWISH CUSTOMS WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE CEREMONIES AND FOLKWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 1542 | REFORM JEWISH PRACTICE AND ITS HISTORIC BACKGROUND | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | AN EXPLANATION OF THE PRACTICES AND OBSERVANCES OF THE JEWISH REFORM MOVEMENT AND ITS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. | ||
BR | 1543 | GROVE, THE | BERNSTEIN, BURTON | SET IN A SUMMERTIME VACATION COMMUNITY, THIS SEMI-FICTIONAL CHRONICLE IS A VIEW OF MIDDLE CLASS JEWISH FAMILY LIFE AS SEEN THROUGH A BOY'S EYES. | ||
BR | 1544 | REQUIEM FOR NA'AMAN | TAMMUZ, BENJAMIN | A FAMILY SAGA INVOLVING A CONFLICT BETWEEN THOSE WHO CLING TO ZIONISM AS AN INDIVIDUAL ROMANTIC DREAM AND THOSE WHOSE NATIONALISM INVOLVED IDEOLOGY, MATERIALISM, AND THE DESIRE FOR POWER. | ||
BR | 1548 | REFORM RESPONSA | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | DR. FREEHOF DISCUSSES THE POSSIBILITY OF BROADENING THE BASE OF CONTEMPORARY REFORM JUDAISM THROUGH REFERENCE TO THE RESPONSA. | ||
BR | 1550 | FOCUS | MILLER, ARTHUR | A ALLEGORICAL STORY ABOUT ANTI-SEMITISM. LAWRENCE NEWMAN, OFFICE WORKER AND ORDINARY ANTI-SEMITE, STARTS WEARING GLASSES AND IS SUDDENLY MISTAKEN FOR A JEW. HE BEGINS EXPERIENCING THE BIGOTRY OF THE NEIGHBORS HE'D BEEN FRIENDLY WITH BEFORE; AND IN DUE COURSE HE FINDS SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING FROM ONE OF THE VERY JEWISH IMMIGRANTS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SO DESPISED. | ||
BR | 1552 | L'SHONI BET TARGILON | PERSKY, E. | AN EXCERCISE BOOK TO ACCOMPANY L'SHONI BET. | ||
BR | 1553 | ARCHEOLOGY & THE OLD TESTAMENT | PRITCHARD, JAMES | A SCHOLARLY DISCUSSION OF THE LIGHT WHICH ARCHAEOLOGY SHED UPON THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 1556 | DISCOURSE WITH SHADOWS | MALCOLM, JEAM | WRITTEN IN STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS, THIS NOVEL IS ABOUT THE RETURN OF A BOY FROM WAR, HIS ALTERED VIEW OF LIFE AND WHAT HE FINDS WHEN HE RETURNS HOME. | ||
BR | 1557 | SIPPURI, KRIAH B'IVRIT L'MATCHILIM | CHOMSKY, WILLIAM | A COLLECTION OF EASY STORIES, EACH INTRODUCING NEW WORDS. A DICTIONARY IS INCLUDED AT THE END. | ||
BR | 1559 | HOME BEFORE DARK | BASSING, EILEEN | A NOVEL ABOUT THE WIFE OF A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND HER STRUGGLE TO ADJUST AFTER SHE RETURNS FROM A MENTAL INSTITUTION. | ||
BR | 1563 | WEEKEND WAR, THE | BARER, SHLOMO | THE EVENTS OF THE SINAI CAMPAIGN IN A FICTIONALIZED FORM. | ||
BR | 1564 | BREAD FOR BEAUTY | LEVINGER, ELMA | A JEWISH YOUTH LEAVES HIS ULTRA-RESPECTABLE JEWISH FAMILY, THEN MARRIES AND RETURNS TO MIDDLE-CLASS RESPECTABILITY. | ||
BR | 1566 | RELIGION IN ISRAEL TODAY | BADI, JOSEPH | A DISCUSSION OF THE WAYS THE LAWS AND PRACTICES IN MODERN ISRAEL BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN JEWISH TRADITION AND THE NEEDS OF A MODERN DEMOCRACY. | ||
BR | 1569 | SMALL SANCTUARY, THE | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | AN INTERPRETATION OF THE JEWISH PRAYER-BOOK WHICH REVIVES THE IDEAS AND IDEALS OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 1570 | SABBATH DELIGHT | RUBENSTEIN, RABBI A.L. | THIS BOOK TELLS CHILDREN ALL ABOUT THE SABBATH AND ITS OBSERVANCE | ||
BR | 1571 | GHETTO, THE | WIRTH, LOUIS | A STUDY OF LIFE IN THE GHETTO AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE FORCED TO LIVE THERE. | ||
BR | 1572 | KILOMETER 95 | RUSSCOL, HERBERT & MARGALIT BANAI | A LOVE STORY SET IN THE DRAMATIC GAZA BORDER REGION OF ISRAEL. THE PLOT AND INCIDENTS ARE SUBORDINATE TO THE ISSUES INVOLVED. | ||
BR | 1573 | MR. SEIDMAN AND THE GEISHA | MOLL, ELICK | A NOVEL DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCES OF A NEW YORK DRESS MANUFACTURER ON A VISIT TO JAPAN. BASED ON THE TRUE EXPERIENCES OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS WIFE. | ||
BR | 1574 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | CITIZEN OF THE WORLD | WISE, WILLIAM | JEAN SIFF | THE LIFE STORY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN TOLD WITH SIMPLICITY AND WARMTH. |
BR | 1575 | UNPOSSESSED, THE | HYAMS, EDWARD | A NOVEL OF WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 1578 | TREASURY OF BIBLE STORIES, A | GOLDIN, HYMAN E. | BIBLE STORIES RETOLD, IN MODIFIED BIBLICAL STYLE, FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 1580 | HEROD | KING OF THE JEWS | MINKIN, JACOB S. | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE AND REIGN OF KING HEROD. | |
BR | 1581 | TO HALLOW THIS LIFE | BUBER, MARTIN | AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER. | ||
BR | 1583 | REBEL AND STATESMAN | SCHECTMAN, JOSEPH B. | THIS IS THE STORY OF VLADIMIR JABOTINSKY: SOLDIER, LINGUIST, DIPLOMAT WHO CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO MODERN JEWRY. | ||
BR | 1585 | GROUCHO AND ME | MARX, GROUCHO | REMINISCENCES BY THE COMEDIAN ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, SHOW BUSINESS, TELEVISION, AND MOVIES. | ||
BR | 1586 | PILGRIMS IN A NEW LAND | FRIEDMAN, LEE H. | A STUDY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWS TO THE GROWTH OF AMERICA, AND THE EFFECT OF AMERICAN LIFE UPON THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 1590 | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | AN AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCES ON ASSIGNMENTS IN PARIS, ISTANBUL AND OTHER CITIES. | ||
BR | 1591 | JEWS SETTLE IN NEW AMSTERDAM 1654, THE | GRAND, SAMUEL | THE STORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF JEWS IN THE NEW WORLD. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1594 | GUIDE TO SHAVUOTH, A | PEARL, CHAIM | A COMPLETE DISCUSSION OF THE FESTIVAL INCLUDING ITS VARIOUS NAMES, THE INTERPRETATIONS, AND THE CUSTOMS TO GUIDE OBSERVANCE. | ||
BR | 1595 | GUIDE TO JEWISH KNOWLEDGE, A | PEARL, CHAIM | INCLUDES THE BIBLE, CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS, HIGH HOLY DAYS, HOW TO OBSERVE SABBATH, DIETARY LAWS. | ||
BR | 1596 | REACHING FOR THE MOON | MARK, JULIUS | A COLLECTION OF SERMONS AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED BY DR. MARK OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD AT TEMPLE EMANU-EL IN NEW YORK CITY. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SOLOMON B. FREEHOF. | ||
BR | 1601 | MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE | FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE BIRT | HALKIN, SIMON | A STUDY OF JEWISH LIFE DURING THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES AND HOW IT IS PORTRAYED IN MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE. WRITTEN BY A FORMER PROFESSOR OF HEBREW LITERATURE AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 1612 | HOLY AND THE PROFANE, THE | EVOLUTION OF JEWISH FOLKWAYS | GASTER, THEODORE H. | A STUDY OF THE DIVERSE FOLKWAYS AND FOLKLORE THAT HAVE DEVELOPED AS JEWS BECAME PART OF THE VARIOUS CULTURES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE ORIGINS OF THE DIETARY LAWS AND THE SHIELD OF DAVID. | |
BR | 1613 | WANDERING BEGGAR, THE | SIMON, SOLOMON | A DELIGHTFUL BOOK EMPHASIZING PARABLES OF JEWISH LIFE AS MANIFESTED THROUGH THE FAITH AND WISDOM OF THE HERO. | ||
BR | 1614 | ASSIGNMENT IN ISRAEL | MANDELBAUM, BERNARD, ED. | ISRAEL'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HOPES FOR ITS FUTURE ARE CHARACTERIZED BY PROFESSIONALS FROM VARIOUS FIELDS. | ||
BR | 1617 | SEX AND FAMILY IN THE BIBLE | PATAI, RAPHAEL | A DISCUSSION OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE IN BIBLICAL TIMES. | ||
BR | 1618 | FAITHFUL CITY, THE | THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM | JOSEPH, DOV | THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF ISRAEL IN 1948, AND OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. | |
BR | 1619 | LAST ANGRY MAN, THE | GREEN, GERALD | ELLEN KANNER | THE STORY OF A NEW YORK CITY DOCTOR IN THE EARLY PART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WHO IS TOTALLY DEDICATED TO HIS PROFESSION, BUT IS ANGRY AT THE IGNORANCE AND PREJUDICE HE ENCOUNTERS. | |
BR | 1620 | DUSK IN THE CATSKILLS | WALLENROD, REUBEN | A STORY OF LIFE IN A CATSKILL MOUNTAIN RESORT. | ||
BR | 1622 | CAIN, SON OF THE SERPENT | EICHORN, DAVID M. | A MIDRASH WHICH INTERPRETS THE CREATION STORY AND OTHER PARTS OF BERESHIT. | ||
BR | 1624 | JEWISH PEOPLE, THE - BOOK II | PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK | PESSIN, DEBORAH | TEMPLE EMANU | THE SECOND IN THE SERIES OF STUDENT ACTIVITY BOOKS ACCOMPANYING THE TEXT OF THE SAME NAME. |
BR | 1627 | TAKE MY LIFE | CANTOR, EDDIE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EDDIE CANTOR IN WHICH HE FONDLY REMEMBERS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SHOW BUSINESS PERSONALITIES WHO PLAYED A BIG INFLUENCE IN HIS LIFE. | ||
BR | 1629 | HELLENISTIC CIVILIZATIONS AND THE JEWS | TCHERIKOVER, VICTOR | RUBELLE SCHA | THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE CULTURAL CONFLICT BETWEEN JUDAISM AND HELLENISM IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST. DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, THE FIRST PART LOOKS AT THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWS IN PALESTINE AS THEY CAME UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF ALEXANDER'S SUCCESSORS AND THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH THE JEWS IN THE LANDS OF THE DIASPORA. | |
BR | 1630 | KIND OF JUSTICE, A | SIEGEL, BENJAMIN | A NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE IN EUROPE AT THE TIME OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION. | ||
BR | 1632 | VILLAGE BY THE JORDAN | THE STORY OF DEGANIA | BARATZ, JOSEPH | THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE FIRST COLLECTIVE SETTLEMENTS IN ISRAEL BY ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS. | |
BR | 1636 | ANGRY HARVEST | FIELD, H. & MIEZENSKI | WRITTEN BY TWO FORMER PRISONERS OF THE POLISH COMMUNISTS, THIS IS THE STORY OF A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL FLEEING FROM THE GERMANS IN POLAND. | ||
BR | 1637 | LEGENDS OF KING SOLOMON | SKULSKY, S. | STORIES OF KING SOLOMON AND HIS TIMES FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 1638 | LAST TEMPTATION, THE | VIERTEL, JOSEPH | THE HEROINE, A SURVIVOR OF NAZISM NOW LIVING IN JERUSALEM, PROVIDES AN ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1639 | CAVE OF RICHES | STORY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | HONOUR, ALAN | M. SCHWARTZE | THE AUTHOR, WHO LIVED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WITH A BEDOUIN TRIBE, WRITES ABOUT THE DISCOVERY OF THE SCROLLS BY A YOUNG BEDOUIN BOY IN A CAVE NEAR QUMRAN. HE INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF THE VALUE THE SCROLLS HAVE TO RELIGION AND WORLD HISTORY. |
BR | 1641 | CINDY AND I | ADAMS, JOEY | A WITTY, FOLKSY ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF JOEY ADAMS AND HIS WIFE. | ||
BR | 1642 | JEWS IN MINNESOTA, THE | PLAUT, W. | AN HISTORICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF JEWISH LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. | ||
BR | 1643 | WEST OF THE NILE | BURSTEIN, ABRAHAM | A STORY OF THE JEWISH SCHOLAR SAADIA GAON OF THE FIRST CENTURY, LEADER OF THE JEWS IN MEDIEVAL BABYLON. | ||
BR | 1645 | FOR THE LIFE OF ME | BRISCOE, ROBERT & A. HATCH | THE FIRST JEWISH LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN RECOUNTS HIS EXPERIENCES DURING HIS COUNTRY'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE. | ||
BR | 1648 | REMEMBER ME TO GOD | KAUFMAN, MYRON S. | A YOUNG BOSTONIAN'S ANGUISH IN COMING TO TERMS WITH HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. RICHARD AMSTERDAM, HARVARD UNDERGRADUATE AND SON OF A BOSTON JUDGE WANTS TO JOIN THE PROTESTANT CHURCH. HIS STRUGGLE IS HAMPERED BY HIS FATHER'S INTEGRITY. | ||
BR | 1650 | JEWS OF CHARLESTON | REZNIKOFF, CHARLES | A HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 1653 | LET'S TALK -- RIGHT & WRONG | KRIPKE, DOROTHY K. | AN INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS FOR THE VERY YOUNG READER. | ||
BR | 1656 | GERSHWIN YEARS | JABLONSKI, EDWARD; STEWART, LAWRENCE | THE STORY OF THE GREAT COMPOSER WHOSE SONGS WERE INFLUENCED BY HIS TIMES AND WHO IN TURN LEFT A LASTING EFFECT ON HIS ERA AND OURS. © 1973 | ||
BR | 1661 | PROFESSOR AND THE FOSSIL, THE | SAMUEL, MAURICE | THIS IS A CRITIQUE AND CHALLENGE OF TOYNBEE'S STUDY OF HISTORY. SAMUEL CONTENDS THAT JEWISH CIVILIZATION HAS BEEN SLIGHTED. | ||
BR | 1663 | STRANGERS | MEMMI, ALBERT | A DOCTOR RETURNS TO HIS HOME IN AFRICA WITH HIS FRENCH WIFE AND BOTH TRY TO ADJUST TO A NEW WAY OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 1666 | NIGHT OF THE MIST | HEIMLER, EUGENE | A NOVEL DEPICTING LIFE IN THE GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THE TITLE OF THE BOOK WAS DERIVED FROM THE GERMAN SLOGAN, 'NACHT UND NEBEL,' WHICH REFERS TO THE NAZI PROGRAMS FOR SUPPRESSING OPPONENTS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. | ||
BR | 1667 | JEWS IN AMERICA, THE | LEARSI, RUFUS | WRITTEN IN CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE, LEARSI TRACES THE TRICKLE OF JEWS FROM VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES (WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE OF SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ORIGIN) WHO HELPED SWELL THE STREAM OF AMERICAN COLONIAL MIGRATION. | ||
BR | 1668 | MINISTER OF DEATH | REYNOLDS, QUENTIN | A MEMBER OF THE INFAMOUS NAZI SS, ADOLF EICHMANN WAS ASSIGNED TO CARRY OUT THE EXTERMINATION OF SIX MILLION JEWS. THIS BOOK TRACES EICHMANN'S LIFE FROM HIS GESTAPO YEARS TO HIS CAPTURE BY ISRAELI AGENTS IN SOUTH AMERICA. | ||
BR | 1669 | POEMS OF A JEW | SHAPIRO, KARL | IN THESE POEMS, SHAPIRO REVEALED HIS INNERMOST FEELINGS ABOUT HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 1673 | ISRAEL | CARARIVAS, DAVID | AN EXCITING DISCUSSION OF THE NEW STATE OF ISRAEL: ITS CREATION AND GROWTH AND ITS ROLE AS AN EASTERN NATION WITH A WESTERN CULTURE. | ||
BR | 1674 | GIANTS ON THE EARTH | PESSIN, DEBORAH | STORIES OF JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY IN MANY FIELDS TO THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND. | ||
BR | 1676 | ISRAEL, FIRST DECADE AND THE NEXT | BEN-GURION, DAVID | THIS DISCUSSION OF THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF ISRAEL INCLUDES A LECTURE BY DR. NAHUM GOLDMAN. | ||
BR | 1677 | BERNICE, PRINCESS OF JUDEA | KOLB, LEON | AN HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE STORY OF A JUDEAN PRINCESS'S ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE JUDEAN KINGDOM AND THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 1684 | STAR IN THE WIND, A | NATHAN, ROBERT | BEVERLY COHE | A NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF IN POST-WORLD WAR II ROME AND IN ISRAEL DURING THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE TWO WOMEN WHO HELP HIM. | |
BR | 1686 | REFUGE | MEIER, MAURICE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MAN WHO AFTER HIS EXPERIENCES IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP AND THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN AT THE HANDS OF THE GERMANS, CAME TO AMERICA TO BEGIN A NEW LIFE. | ||
BR | 1688 | JEWISH DANCE, THE | BERK, FRED | AN ANTHOLOGY OF VARIOUS ARTICLES. | ||
BR | 1690 | TRIP INTO TOWN | RUBIN, MICHAEL | IN THIS NOVEL, POLLEGE STUDENTS FACE THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MIDDLE CLASS VALUES AND THE OTHER VALUES WHICH THEIR COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT HAS IMBUED IN THEM. | ||
BR | 1691 | BIBLICAL RELIGION AND THE SEARCH FOR ULTIMATE REALITY | TILLICH, PAUL | A DISCUSSION BY THE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIAN ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ONTOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF BIBLICAL SYMBOLS. | ||
BR | 1694 | SAGA OF AMERICAN JEWRY 1865-1914 | SIMONHOFF, HARRY | THIS SEQUEL TO JEWISH NOTABLES IN AMERICA PROVIDES SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF JEWS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND THE BEGINNING OF TWENTIETH. | ||
BR | 1697 | RETURN OF HYMAN KAPLAN, THE | ROSTEN, LEO | A HUMOROUS ACCOUNT OF KAPLAN, HIS IMMIGRANT FRIENDS AND THEIR ATTEMPTS TO LEARN ENGLISH AT NIGHT SCHOOL. A SEQUEL TO 'THE EDUCATION OF HYMAN KAPLAN.' | ||
BR | 1702 | ANCIENT LIBRARY OF QUMRAN | CROSS, FRANK MOORE JR. | A DISCUSSION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURES WHICH HAVE BEEN FOUND IN QUMRAN AND OTHER AREAS OF THE JUDEAN WASTELANDS. | ||
BR | 1705 | I AND THOU | BUBER, MARTIN | KENNETH J. B | A PHILOSOPHICAL WORK ON MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BY THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY THINKER. | |
BR | 1706 | STAR IN JUDEA'S CROWN | LONG, LAURA | A RETELLING OF THE STORY OF ESTHER FOR TEEN-AGE READERS. | ||
BR | 1710 | WHITHER? | FEIERBERG, MORDECAI ZEEV | IN THIS NOVEL, A SCHOLAR MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN THE FAITH OF HIS FATHERS AND THE IDEAS OF WESTERN CULTURE. | ||
BR | 1711 | FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN JEW, THE | KAPLAN, MORDECAI | THE AUTHOR'S VIEWS ON HOW THE JEWISH PEOPLE CAN BUILD A NEW JEWISH SOCIETY RATHER THAN BECOME COMPLETELY ABSORBED AND ASSIMILATED INTO THE NATIONS IN WHICH THEY LIVE. | ||
BR | 1712 | ENEMY CAMP, THE | WEIDMAN, JEROME | PHYLLIS BERK | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEW WHO IS HAPPILY MARRIED TO A NON-JEW, YET FEELS THAT THE GENTILE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVES IN IS AN 'ENEMY CAMP.' | |
BR | 1713 | GOD HELP ME! | SILVERMAN, WILLIAM | THIS BOOK ATTEMPTS TO HELP THOSE SEEKING SOLUTIONS TO THEIR PROBLEMS THROUGH FAITH IN GOD. | ||
BR | 1714 | STILL SMALL VOICE TODAY, BK 1 | SILVERMAN, WILLIAM B. | JEWISH ETHICAL LIVING, A SEQUEL TO THE STILL SMALL VOICE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE MATERIAL ON JEWISH LIFE AND ETHICS FOR THE STUDENT OF CONFIRMATION AGE. | ||
BR | 1715 | BIBLICAL ZOO, THE | NEVIL, SUSAN | A DISCUSSION FOR YOUNG READERS OF THE JERUSALEM BIBLICAL ZOO WHERE SPECIMENS OF ANIMALS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE HAVE BEEN GATHERED. | ||
BR | 1722 | IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | A TEXTBOOK DESIGNED TO HELP THE YOUNG CHILD UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND STRUCTURE OF PRAYER. | ||
BR | 1723 | FRANZ KAFKA | A BIOGRAPHY | BROD, MAX | TRUDY CUTLER | A BIOGRAPHY OF FRANZ KAFKA INCLUDING THE INNER STRUGGLES OF THE WRITER, HIS ILLNESS, AND HIS LAST DAYS. |
BR | 1726 | AMERICAN JEW | FELDMAN, ABRAHAM | A BRIEF STUDY OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH POPULATION. | ||
BR | 1727 | JEWISH LEADERS 1750-1940 | JUNG, LEO, EDITOR | AN EXPOSITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY DISTINGUISHED JEWISH LEADERS TOWARD THE PRESERVATION OF TORAH-TRUE, TRADITIONAL JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 1729 | JUNIOR JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA, THE | BEN-ASHER, N. & H. LEAF, EDITORS | ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMATION ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1734 | JEWISH POST BIBLICAL HISTORY | BILDERSEE, ADELE | A SURVEY OF THE RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE JEWS BEGINNING WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE IN 70 OF THE COMMON ERA. | ||
BR | 1735 | ARCHEOLOGY AND THE OLD TESTAMET | THOMPSON, J.A. | A SCHOLARLY DISCUSSION OF THE LIGHT WHICH ARCHEOLOGY HAS SHED ON THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 1738 | ROAD TO INNER FREEDOM, THE | THE ETHICS | SPINOZA, BARUCH | HELEN FRANKE | A SIGNIFICANT WORK BY ONE OF THE MAJOR PHILOSOPHERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY. |
BR | 1740 | ILLUSTRATED JEWISH KNOWLEDGE | TARCOV, EDITH & OSCAR | AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JEWISH INFORMATION. | ||
BR | 1743 | IMMORTAL PIANO, THE | CARMI, AVNER AND HANNAH | THE STORY OF THE QUEST FOR THE SIENNA PIANOFORTE, THE IMMORTAL PIANO, WHOSE HISTORY MAY DATE BACK TO ANCIENT JERUSALEM AND THE PART THAT THE AUTHORS PLAYED IN THE SEARCH. | ||
BR | 1744 | ISRAELI TALES AND LEGENDS | POSY, ARNOLD | ISRAELI TALES AND LEGENDS OF JEWISH LIFE ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG ADULTS. | ||
BR | 1745 | MY JEWISH ROOTS | SIMON, SOLOMON | MARJORIE ASC | THE STORY OF A BOY GROWING UP IN A GHETTO IN RUSSIA. | |
BR | 1747 | ISRAEL ZANGWILL | LEFTWICH, JOSEPH | MR. LEFTWICH, A FRIEND OF ISRAEL ZANGWILL DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS OF ZANGWILL'S LIFE, PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THIS IMPORTANT WRITER. | ||
BR | 1751 | PRINCE OF THE GHETTO | SAMUEL, MAURICE | STORIES ABOUT THE STRUGGLES OF POLISH JEWS AS MIRRORED IN THE WRITINGS OF ISAAC LEIB PERETZ. © 1948 | ||
BR | 1752 | AFTERGROWTH AND OTHER STORIES | BIALIK, HAYYIM NACHMAN | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN HEBREW POET. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY I. M. LASK. ©1939 | ||
BR | 1754 | RABBIS IN UNIFORM | THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH M | BARISH, LOUIS | THE STORY OF THE EFFORTS OF JEWISH CHAPLAINS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO HELP JEWISH MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AS WELL AS THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AT LARGE. | |
BR | 1756 | MY VILLAGE IN ISRAEL | GIDAL, S. & T. | A YOUNG BOY TELLS OF HIS LIFE ON THE KIBBUTZ; SCHOOL, WORK, RECREATION; INCLUDING FACTS OF HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY, MODERN FARMING AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. | ||
BR | 1757 | KEYS TO A MAGIC DOOR | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ISAAC LEIB P | ROTHCHILD, SYLVIA | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE YIDDISH WRITER ISAAC LEIB PERETZ. | |
BR | 1762 | WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW | SHULMAN, CHARLES E. | MURIEL M. GO | A BOOK DEALING WITH THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY: THE BELIEFS, THE FRUSTRATIONS AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT. | |
BR | 1764 | SONS OF AVROM, THE | IKOR, ROGER | A NOVEL ABOUT THREE GENERATIONS OF A RUSSIAN-JEWISH FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM THE POGROMS IN QUEST OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. | ||
BR | 1765 | GALLERY OF ZIONIST PROFILES, A | LIPSKY, LOUIS | MIRIAM BENDE | THE AUTHOR, A LEADER IN THE AMERICAN ZIONIST MOVEMENT, PROFILES THE LIVES OF THIRTY ZIONIST LEADERS WITH WHOM HE WAS ACQUAINTED. | |
BR | 1768 | NINETEEN LETTERS ON JUDAISM, THE | HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL, RABBI | THESE LETTERS RAISE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR 20TH CENTURY JEWRY. THOUGH WRITTEN BY RABBI HIRSCH AS PART OF A BATTLE AGAINST THE REFORM MOVEMENT, THEY ARE EQUALLY RELEVANT IN OUR OWN TIME. | ||
BR | 1769 | THREE PILLARS, THE | MELAMED, DEBORAH M. | ESPECIALLY FOR JEWISH WOMEN, THIS BOOK PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO GENERAL CONCEPTS UNDERLYING JEWISH PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE AND INTERPRETS JEWISH CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES. | ||
BR | 1772 | SCIENCE AND JUDAISM | LEIMAN, H. & J. ELIAS | ESTHER COHEN | THE AUTHORS CONTEND THAT RELIGION PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE MODERN WORLD DESPITE THE CONTEMPORARY PREFERENCE FOR REASON. | |
BR | 1773 | ART OF BEING A JEW, THE | KERTZER, MORRIS N., RABBI | THE AUTHOR GIVES THE JEWISH VIEW OF SUCH IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS AS INTERFAITH MARRIAGE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ETC. | ||
BR | 1774 | BIBLE LEGEND BOOK | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | A PRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN OF THE RABBINIC LEGENDS BASED ON THE BOOK OF GENESIS. | ||
BR | 1775 | HISTORY OF JUDAISM, A | A RELIGIOUS HISTORY | CHOURAQUI, ANDRE | A RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE JEWS WHICH ANALYZES THE DEVELOPMENT OF JUDAISM, ITS SYMBOLS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO ISLAM. | |
BR | 1777 | BACK TALK | WEIDMAN, JEROME | A WRITER TALKS OF HIMSELF, OTHER WRITERS AND THE WRITING TRADE IN GENERAL. | ||
BR | 1778 | WINDOWS TO MY SOUL | ADELMAN, SAMUEL | THIS BOOK OF POEMS EMBODIES THE VALUES OF JUDAISM AND A FERVENT PLEA FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. | ||
BR | 1784 | MYSTERY ON THE MOUNTAIN | DRAMA OF THE SINAI REVOLUTION | REIK, THEODOR | A PSYCHOANALYST'S RESEARCH INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REVELATION ON MOUNT SINAI AND THE PUBERTY RITES AND OTHER PRACTICES OF PRIMITIVE TRIBES. | |
BR | 1787 | TIME TO SEARCH, A | BRIN, RUTH F. | A BOOK OF SPIRITUAL POETRY RESULTING FROM THE POET'S SEARCH FOR GOD. | ||
BR | 1788 | NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL JEW, THE | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | ANITA ROSENG | A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDAISM AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE AGES. | |
BR | 1789 | HAND IN HAND | HARMON, SIDNEY | A DELIGHTFUL SHORT STORY OF THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH GIRL AND A BOY OF ANOTHER FAITH. | ||
BR | 1790 | BURNT OFFERING | SPICEHANDLER, DANIEL | THE STORY TELLS OF THREE DAYS DURING THE ISRAELI WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND HOW THE ISRAELI ARMY CAPTURED AN ARAB HELD MONASTERY. | ||
BR | 1791 | CHAIM WEIZMANN | YAHRBLUM, MOSHE | THE STORY OF CHAIM WEIZMANN, THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 1795 | SMALL PATIENTS | GOLDBLOOM, ALTON | A JEWISH DOCTOR TELLS HIS STORY, BEGINNING WITH HIS FATHER'S ARRIVAL IN CANADA FROM LITHUANIA, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS UPON HIS WORK AS A PEDIATRICIAN. | ||
BR | 1796 | IN HIS IMAGE | BELKIN, SAMUEL | A GUIDE TO RELIGIOUS LIVING. | ||
BR | 1797 | AND WE ARE NOT SAVED | WDOWINSKI, DAVID | THE AUTHOR CRITICALLY EXAMINES THE ATTITUDES OF JEWISH LEADERS WHICH, IN HIS OPINION, ENABLED THE NAZIS TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS. | ||
BR | 1798 | SATURDAY SECRET | RINN, MIRIAM | L. BURIN | JASON SIEGEL THINKS HIS STEPFATHER HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH. FIRST ONLY KOSHER FOOD AT HOME. THEN HE FORCES JASON TO WEAR A KIPPAH. NOW NO BASEBALL ON SHABBAT! JASON HAS A SECRET PLAN TO MAKE SURE HE PLAYS, BUT WILL IT BACKFIRE? WHAT IS JASON'S "SATURDAY SECRET?" | |
BR | 1803 | HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN MODERN TIMES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, A | ZELIGS, DOROTHY | A SURVEY OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. THE MATERIAL IS PRESENTED THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN WHO LIVED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. | ||
BR | 1804 | JOIN US FOR THE HOLIDAYS | ABRAMSON, LILLIAN | AN ACTIVITY BOOK, IN STORY FORM, TO INTRODUCE JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS AS THEY HAVE BEEN CELEBRATED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BY JEWS IN VARIOUS LANDS. | ||
BR | 1805 | PRAYER | STUDIES IN TORAH JUDAISM | BERKOVITS, ELIEZAR | THIS MONOGRAPH, PART OF A SERIES PUBLISHED BY YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, DISCUSSES THE SUBJECT OF PRAYER. | |
BR | 1810 | JEWISH WAY OF LIFE, THE | ESSAYS ON JUDAISM | KARP, ABRAHAM J. | DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS TO WHICH THE JEWS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED THROUGH THE CENTURIES THEY HAVE REMAINED TRUE TO THEIR FAITH. WITH THIS IDEA THE AUTHOR BEGINS HIS EXPLORATION OF JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 1813 | BREAKWATER, THE | MANDEL, GEORGE | A NOVEL CONCERNED WITH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF A FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND ITS EFFECT ON A YOUNG BOY. | ||
BR | 1817 | LOST LEGENDS OF ISRAEL | RUNES, DAGOBERT D. | MRS. STEPHEN | A COLLECTION OF TALES FROM MANY SOURCES DEALING WITH THE JEW'S STRIVING FOR THE SUPERNATURAL, THE MYSTICAL, THE ETHICAL, AND THE DIVINE. | |
BR | 1818 | SLANTING LIGHT, A | CHARLES, GERDA | THIS IS THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO LEAVES HER HUSBAND TO WORK FOR A PLAYWRIGHT AND HIS FAMILY. SHE COMES TO SHARE A SPIRITUAL INTIMACY WITH THE WRITER ONLY TO DESERT HIM ALSO IN THE END. | ||
BR | 1820 | DAUGHTERS FROM AFAR | PROFILES OF ISRAELI WOMEN | STERN, GERALDINE | PROFILES OF ISRAELI WOMEN FROM ELEVEN COUNTRIES ON FOUR CONTINENTS. THEY INCLUDE GOLDA MEIR, MIRIAM BARATZ, WHO HELPED FOUND THE FIRST KIBBUTZ, DEGANIA, AND ANNE MARIE LAMBERT, A HEROINE OF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. | |
BR | 1822 | BUNGALOW NINE | OBER, NORMAN | THE AUTHOR DEPICTS LIFE IN A TYPICAL BUNGALOW COLONY IN SPRING VALLEY, NY. | ||
BR | 1831 | PROMISE, THE | KELLNER, ESTHER | THIS NOVEL IS BASED UPON THE STORY OF ABRAHAM, FATHER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1841 | THIRTEEN | MANDEL, MORRIS | AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A CAPSULE SUMMARY OF JEWISH LAW AND LORE FOR TEENAGERS IN A MANNER WHICH WILL BE MEANINGFUL TO CONTEMPORARY READERS. | ||
BR | 1842 | NIGHT | WIESEL, ELIE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL IN WHICH THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HIS CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE IN NAZI DEATH CAMPS AND HIS LOSS OF FAITH IN GOD. | ||
BR | 1846 | ZION IN THE JEWISH LITERATURE | HALKIN, ABRAHAM S. | THIS BOOK SURVEYS THE EFFECT OF THE ZION (THE JEW'S HOPE OF RETURNING TO HIS HOMELAND) UPON JEWISH LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 1847 | ORCHARD STREET | SCHWARTZ, J.R. | MRS. IRVING | A NOSTALGIC PORTRAIT OF LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | |
BR | 1850 | ETERNAL FLAME, THE | BRASCH, R. | A DISCUSSION OF THE SYMBOLS AND BELIEFS OF JUDAISM, ITS ANSWERS TO CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO CHRISTIANITY. | ||
BR | 1853 | MOZART LEAVES AT NINE, THE | GREENE, HARRIS | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE WAY OF LIFE IN SALZBERG UNDER ITS MILITARY CONQUERORS. | ||
BR | 1854 | BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD, THE | DAVIS, MOSHE & VICTOR RATNER | A POETIC STUDY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES GIVEN TO MAN THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE FOR THE GROWTH OF HIS CHARACTER. | ||
BR | 1855 | KINGLY CROWN, THE | GABIROL, S.I. | FROM ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS POETS DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF JEWRY IN SPAIN, A BEAUTIFUL POEM, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY BERNARD LEWIS. | ||
BR | 1857 | THREE PATHS OF GOD AND MAN | DRESNER, SAMUEL H. | MODERN MAN HAS ERECTED MANY BARRIERS BETWEEN HIMSELF AND GOD. THIS BOOK INSTRUCTS US HOW TO REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS. | ||
BR | 1858 | ADAM | BOLT, DAVID | A RENDERING, IN NOVEL FORM, OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ADAM AND EVE. | ||
BR | 1859 | MYER MYERS | SILVERSMITH OF OLD NEW YORK | WISE, WILLIAM | EDYA ARZT | THE STORY OF AN ARTIST AND PATRIOT IN COLONIAL AMERICA. THE BOOK INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF LIFE IN THE YOUNG COLONY OF NEW YORK AND PORTRAYS JEWISH LIFE AT THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. |
BR | 1861 | PROBLEM OF THE JEW, THE | BRUER, ISAAC | THIS BOOK DEFINES THE JEWISH PROBLEM AND DISCUSSES ZIONISM AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. | ||
BR | 1862 | GOD AND MAN IN JUDAISM | BAECK, LEO | SUMMARY OF THE BASIC TENETS OF JUDAISM, WRITTEN BY A NOTED JEWISH LEADER, WHOSE HEROIC CONDUCT IN THE THERESIENSTADT CONCENTRATION CAMP WON THE ADMIRATION OF ALL. | ||
BR | 1865 | EARTH IS THE LORD'S, THE | THE INNER WORLD OF THE JEW IN EAST | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | RUBELLE SCHA | A WORK ON THE LIVES OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWS, WRITTEN AS AN ACT OF DEVOTION RATHER THAN AS A HISTORICAL OR CRITICAL ACCOUNT. |
BR | 1866 | BOOK OF DELIGHT, THE | ZABARA, JOSEPH BEN MEIR | INCLUDES ESSAYS ON: 'GEORGE ELLIOT AND SOLOMON MAIMON', AND 'HOW MILTON PRONOUNCED HEBREW', ETC. | ||
BR | 1867 | SOCIAL ORDER-JEWISH VIEW | ELIAS, JOSEPH | A DISCUSSION OF THE EXISTING SOCIAL SCENE WHICH PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZES THE JEWISH VIEW OF PROBLEMS AND UTILIZES JEWISH TEACHING FOR FINDING SOLUTIONS. | ||
BR | 1869 | GOOD TO BE A JEW | KOHN, EUGENE | THIS BOOK IS ADDRESSED TO THOSE JEWS WHO HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH THE JEWISH LIFE AND WISH TO REGAIN A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1871 | PEOPLE OF 'EXODUS', THE | PERLOV, YITZCHOK | A NOVEL OF THE EXPERIENCES OF THE 4,500 REFUGEES ABOARD THE SHIP EXODUS IN 1947. | ||
BR | 1872 | ROAD TO SODOM | REES, JEAN | THIS NOVEL DEALS WITH THE STORY OF ABRAHAM AND HIS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE WORSHIP OF GOD. | ||
BR | 1874 | JEWISH EXISTENCE | MAYBAUM, IGNAZ | A SCHOLARLY ARTICULATION, FROM BOTH A SOCIOLOGICAL AND BIBLICAL VIEWPOINT, OF JEWISH EXISTENCE. | ||
BR | 1875 | WHAT'S ON MY MIND | LEVITSKY, DR. LOUIS M. | THIS BOOK OFFERS SHORT INSPIRATIONAL PIECES PREPARED FOR HIS CONGREGATION'S WEEKLY PUBLICATION. | ||
BR | 1877 | STERN | FRIEDMAN, BRUCE J. | THIS STRANGE NOVEL IS A CHARACTER STUDY OF STERN, A JEWISH MAN DENIED ANY SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH HIS HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 1879 | GOLD-RIMMED SPECTACLES, THE | BASSANI, GIORGIO | THIS NOVEL IS THE STORY OF AN ITALIAN DOCTOR PRACTICING DURING THE PERIOD WHEN THE FASCISTS ROSE TO POWER. | ||
BR | 1880 | STREAM OF JEWISH LIFE, THE | ALOFSIN, DOROTHY | A FICTIONAL PRESENTATION OF JEWISH INSTITUTIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1883 | YEAR OF HEROES, A | MEYER, MABEL H. | MRS. HERMAN | A BOOK ABOUT JEWISH HEROES FOR YOUNG READERS. | |
BR | 1885 | STORY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN, THE | FREEMAN, M.B. | A BIOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG READERS OF THE 'SLOW BOY' WHO PROFOUNDLY AFFECTED MATHEMATICAL AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 1886 | STORY OF JUDAISM, THE | BAMBERGER, BERNARD J. | JUDITH HOFFM | A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JUDAISM ALONG WITH AN EXPLANATION OF JEWISH LIFE, OBSERVANCES, CONCEPTS, AND INSTITUTIONS. | |
BR | 1887 | DOCTOR ZHIVAGO | PASTERNAK, BORIS | THIS IS A NOVEL OF THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A MAN WHO STRIVED TO PRESERVE HIS OWN SPIRITUAL INDEPENDENCE. | ||
BR | 1889 | SABBATHS AND FESTIVALS IN THE MODERN AGE | STUDIES IN TORAH JUDAISM | RACKMAN, EMANUEL | A DISCUSSION OF THE APPROACH WHICH OUR MODERN WORLD SHOULD TAKE IN DEALING WITH OUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE. | |
BR | 1890 | AT THE WALLS OF JERICHO | TASLITT, I.I. | A PRESENTATION, IN NOVEL FORM, OF THE SIEGE OF JERICHO AS REPORTED IN THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 1893 | GREAT MERCHANTS, THE | THE STORIES OF 20 FAMOUS RETAIL ME | MAHONEY, TOM | SHORT SKETCHES OF TWENTY GREAT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AND THEIR FOUNDERS. THE BOOK COVERS THE FIELDS OF DEPARTMENT STORES, FOOD CHAINS, SPECIALTY SHOPS ETC. | |
BR | 1894 | BITTER HERBS | A LITTLE CHRONICLE | MINCO, MARGA | A NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE IN HOLLAND DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION. | |
BR | 1897 | BIBLE CHILDREN | DOANE, PELAGIE | STORIES OF THE CHILDREN WHO WERE RELATED TO PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE; CAIN AND ABEL, ABRAHAM ETC. FOR VERY YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 1899 | LIFE AND WORK OF SIGMUND FREUD, THE. BK. 1. | JONES, ERNEST. EDITED AND ABRIDGED | THE FIRST PART OF A THREE-VOLUME BIOGRAPHY OF THE FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, COVERING HIS FORMATIVE YEARS. ABRIDGED FROM THE ORIGINAL WORK, THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY A FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE OF FREUD. | ||
BR | 1902 | FAITH OF A JEW, THE | SELECTIONS FROM RABBI MOSHE BEN MA | SPERO, SHUBERT, ARRANGED BY | A STUDY OF THE BELIEFS AND TEACHINGS OF MAIMONIDES. | |
BR | 1903 | STORY OF REFORM JUDAISM | SCHWARTZMAN, SYLVAN D., RABBI | WERNER WEINS | A HISTORY OF REFORM JUDAISM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | |
BR | 1904 | STORY OF REFORM JUDAISM, WKBK | SCHWARTZMAN, RABBI SYLVAN D. | EXERCISES TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ACCOMPANYING TEXTBOOK. | ||
BR | 1907 | EVER SINCE SINAI | A MODERN VIEW OF TORAH | PETUCHOWSKI, JACOB JOSEF | A DISCUSSION ON THE TORAH BY A REFORM RABBI, SCHOLAR, AND THEOLOGIAN, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR PROFESSES A BELIEF IN REVELATION AND HALACHA, THE JEWISH LAW, WHILE INTERPRETING THEM AS PART OF THE EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF JUDAISM. | |
BR | 1910 | ENJOY, ENJOY! | GOLDEN, HARRY | HANNAH GOLDS | HUMOROUS ANECDOTES ON CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE. WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR OF 'THE CAROLINA ISRAELITE.' | |
BR | 1911 | FAILURE OF THE AMERICAN RABBI, THE | GELBER, S. MICHAEL | A CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN RABBIS ANALYZING THEIR ABILITIES TO SERVE THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THEIR CONGREGANTS. | ||
BR | 1912 | VICTRY THRU DARKNESS & DESPAIR | LIPSCHUTZ, NORMAN | A NOVEL DESCRIBING THE EFFORTS OF SURVIVORS OF THE NAZI HOLOCAUST TO REBUILD THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND BRING GOOD FROM AMIDST THE EVIL OF OUR TIME. | ||
BR | 1916 | TIME FOR LIVING, A | SCHLEIER, GERTRUDE | A NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE IN NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 1919 | RECORD AND TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN, THE | RUSSELL, W. | AN ACCOUNT BASED UPON THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN. | ||
BR | 1920 | LAMENTATION | A TESTAMENT | PIMSLEUR, SOLOMON | A COLLECTION OF SONNETS WHICH DESCRIBE THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND FRUSTRATIONS AS A CREATIVE ARTIST. | |
BR | 1925 | JEW IN AMERICAN SPORTS, THE | RIBALOW, HARRY U. | PERSONALITY SKETCHES OF FAMOUS AMERICAN JEWISH ATHLETES AND RECORDS OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ATHLETIC WORLD. | ||
BR | 1927 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS, ISRAEL | KRAINES, OSCAR | AN OBJECTIVE, ANALYTICAL PICTURE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL BASES OF MODERN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS. | ||
BR | 1931 | YOUNG LUCIFER | TORDAY, URSULA | A NOVEL OF FRENCH LIFE AFTER WORLD WAR II, DEALING ESPECIALLY WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE HOLOCAUST UPON THE YOUNG SURVIVORS. | ||
BR | 1933 | JEW AND HIS RELIGION, THE | FEUER, LEON, RABBI & RABBI B.GLAZER | A CONFIRMATION MANUAL FOR CONFIRMANTS WHO ARE 15 OR 16 YEARS OF AGE FOR WHOM THE STANDARD CONFIRMATION MANUALS ARE NOT ADEQUATE. | ||
BR | 1935 | BAR MITZVAH COMPANION | GREENBERG, S. AND ROTHBERG, A. | A BAR MITZVAH TREASURE WHICH LASTS A LIFETIME. | ||
BR | 1936 | BIBLE TALES FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN - BOOK II | COHEN, LENORE | AN ELEMENTARY READER FOR THE THIRD GRADE. | ||
BR | 1939 | BORDER HAWK | AUGUST BONDI | ALEXANDER, LLOYD | AN HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE JEWISH PIONEER FROM KANSAS, AUGUST BONDI, WHO RODE WITH JOHN BROWN, AND RISKED HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM. | |
BR | 1942 | LOOK BACK MRS. LOT | KISHON, EPHRAIM | RALPH GILBER | A HUMOROUS AND SATIRICAL PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN ISRAEL BY THE WELL-KNOWN ISRAELI WRITER. | |
BR | 1944 | RAMBAN | HIS LIFE AND TEACHINGS | CHAVEL, RABBI CHARLES B. | THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF RABBI MOSHE BEN NACHMAN WHO BRIDGED THE GAP BETWEEN JEWISH SCHOLARSHIP AND THE PERSECUTION WHICH FOLLOWED. | |
BR | 1949 | LEGENDS OF JOSHUA | SKULSKY, S. | LEGENDS OF THIS FAMOUS WARRIOR AND LEADER WHO TOOK JERICHO AND LED HIS PEOPLE TOWARD THE PROMISED LAND. | ||
BR | 1951 | PASSIONATE SHEPHERD, THE | YELLEN, SAMUEL | A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE. | ||
BR | 1952 | SIGMUND FREUD | FOUR CENTENARY ADDRESSES | JONES, ERNEST, M.D. | FOUR ADDRESSES DELIVERED IN 1956 TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF FREUD'S BIRTH. | |
BR | 1954 | CYRUS THE GREAT | LAMB, HAROLD | BIOGRAPHY OF THIS GREAT KING OF ANTIQUITY | ||
BR | 1955 | ECLIPSE OF GOD | BUBER, MARTIN | A DISCUSSION, BASED ON LECTURES GIVEN BY THE AUTHOR AT SEVERAL AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES, OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY. | ||
BR | 1956 | AMERICAN JEW IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF | A PREFACE TO JEWISH COMMITMENT | HERTZ, RICHARD C. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS OF THE MODERN JEW IN AMERICA AND HOW THEY ARE REFLECTED IN HIS RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT. | |
BR | 1957 | JEWISH NOTABLES IN AMERICA | SIMONHOFF, HARRY | SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JEWISH LEADERS IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF THE 18TH CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 1959 | PORTRAIT OF MAX | BEHRMAN, S.N. | MEMORIES OF THE FRIENDSHIP WHICH MR. BEHRMAN SHARED WITH HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM. | ||
BR | 1960 | ZIONISM UNDER SOVIET RUSSIA | GOLDMAN, G.G. | A DISCUSSION OF THE EFFECTS WHICH THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA HAD ON THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT DURING THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME. | ||
BR | 1961 | IN THE GRIP OF CROSS CURRENTS | LISITZKY, EPHRAIM I. | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A POET WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS UPON HIS SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS. | ||
BR | 1965 | BOOK OF JOB | A COMMENTARY | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLICAL BOOK OF JOB, BASED ON THE MIDRASH AND OTHER TRADITIONAL SOURCES. WRITTEN BY THE REFORM RABBI AND SCHOLAR. | |
BR | 1966 | MAGIC BARREL, THE | MALAMUD, BERNARD | AURELIA MINT | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 1968 | SILVER WING AND GOLDEN HARP | FEDERATION OF WOMEN ZIONISTS | FAIRY TALES OF JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 1970 | ADVENTURE ON MANHATTAN ISLAND | BURSTEIN, ABRAHAM | A NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE DUTCH COLONY OF NEW AMSTERDAM. | ||
BR | 1971 | JOSEPH | THE STORY OF TWELVE BROTHERS | KLABER, FLORENCE W. | THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JOSEPH, RENDERED IN SIMPLE MODERN PROSE FOR YOUNG READERS. | |
BR | 1972 | YELLOW STAR, THE | UNSDORFER, S.B. | MEMOIRS OF A BOY WHO GREW UP IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS OF AUSCHWITZ AND BUCHENWALD. | ||
BR | 1973 | I FLEW THEM HOME | MARTIN, EDWARD TRUEBLOOD | THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF A PILOT WHO FLEW YEMENITE JEWS TO THE PROMISED LAND. | ||
BR | 1974 | ONLY IN AMERICA | GOLDEN, HARRY | IN A HUMOROUS, YET SERIOUS VEIN, AUTHOR GOLDEN COMMENTS ON HIS YEARS GROWING UP ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE, THE PLIGHT OF THE BLACKS IN THE SOUTH, AND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE. GOLDEN WAS WRITER AND EDITOR OF THE NORTH CAROLINA-BASED NEWSPAPER, 'THE CAROLINA ISRAELITE.' | ||
BR | 1975 | LOST EUROPEANS, THE | LITVINOFF, EMANUEL | THIS NOVEL EXPLORES THE EFFECT OF THE NAZI REGIME UPON EUROPEAN JEWS. | ||
BR | 1976 | FROM SHYLOCK TO SVENGALI | ROSENBERG, EDGAR | INSIGHTS INTO THE USE OF JEWISH STEREOTYPED CHARACTERIZATIONS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, BEGINNING WITH THE PORTRAIT OF SHYLOCK PROVIDED BY SHAKESPEARE. | ||
BR | 1977 | ANATOMY OF ME | A WANDERER IN SEARCH OF HERSELF | HURST, FANNIE | IN THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR ASSESSES HER LIFE BY EXAMINING HER SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL JOURNEYS. | |
BR | 1979 | GREAT JEWS SINCE BIBLE TIMES | LEVINGER, ELMA E. | FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THE BOOK INCLUDES PERSONALITIES IN POLITICS, THEATRE, RELIGION, SCIENCE, THE ARTS: COLUMBUS, ISAAC WISE, JUDAH TRURO ETC. | ||
BR | 1980 | JEWISH CHILD'S BIBLE STORIES | ALTMAN, ADDIE RICHMAN | BIBLE STORIES WRITTEN IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THE ETHICAL VALUE OF THE STORIES IS EMPHASIZED. | ||
BR | 1981 | MAN OF MONTMARTE | LONGSTREET, STEPHEN AND ETHEL | A NOVEL OF NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH LIFE WHICH DEALS WITH THE WORLD OF ARTISTS AS SEEN BY A YOUNG GIRL TRYING TO ENTER THAT WORLD. | ||
BR | 1983 | GIANTS OF JUSTICE | VORSPAN, ALBERT | SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN JEWS WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMANITY IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL JUSTICE. | ||
BR | 1984 | JEWISH PRAYER | JACOBS, LOUIS | A DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PRAYER AND WHAT IT MEANS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL. | ||
BR | 1985 | LEAVETAKING, THE | WEISS, PETER | A PARTLY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PORTRAIT OF FAMILY LIFE AND THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG THOSE WHO SHOULD BE MOST INTIMATE. | ||
BR | 1986 | TWO TYPES OF FAITH | BUBER, MARTIN | THIS GREAT PHILOSOPHER DELINEATES TWO TYPES OF FAITH AND THEN PROCEEDS TO SHOW THE CONTENTS AND INFLUENCE OF THE RESULTING RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGIES. | ||
BR | 1992 | STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE - BK. 3 | FROM THE GOLDEN AGE THROUGH THE EU | KLAPERMAN, GILBERT AND LIBBY KLAPERM | MARY PERLOW | A HISTORY TEXT BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHICH SPANS THE GOLDEN AGE IN SPAIN TO THE EUROPEAN EMANCIPATION. |
BR | 1994 | SOL MYERS | STAMPFER, JUDAH | A NOVEL ABOUT TWO FRIENDS FROM A FIRST-GENERATION IMMIGRANT JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 1995 | JOSEPH | SLAVE AND PRINCE | LONG, LAURA | THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JOSEPH WHO, REJECTED BY HIS BROTHERS AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY, RISES TO POWER IN PHARAOH'S COURT AND, WITH THE FATE OF THOSE WHO WRONGED HIM IN HIS HANDS, RETURNS GOOD FOR EVIL. | |
BR | 1997 | STEP BY STEP IN THE JEWISH RELIGION | EPSTEIN, ISIDORE, RABBI | A SIMPLE PRESENTATION OF THE ESSENTIALS OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS TEACHING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 1999 | JEWSH PROBLMS IN SOVIET UNION | GOLDBERG, B. Z. | THE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DILEMMA OF RUSSIAN JEWRY TODAY. | ||
BR | 2000 | CROSSING POINT, THE | CHARLES, GERDA | RELATES THE DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCES AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY A GROUP OF MEMBERS OF A MODERN ENGLISH JEWISH COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 2006 | SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS... | EPSTEIN, BENJAMIN R. & ARNOLD FORSTE | A SURVEY OF DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL CLUBS. THE AUTHORS BOTH SERVED IN EXECUTIVE POSITIONS OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI BRITH. | ||
BR | 2008 | EPSTEIN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | EPSTEIN, JACOB | THIS GREAT TWENTIETH CENTURY ARTIST DESCRIBES HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND DEVELOPMENT AND DISCUSSES WHAT IS INVOLVED IN PRODUCING A WORK OF ART. | |
BR | 2010 | DOWN HOLIDAY LANE | GOLUB, ROSE W. | STORIES ABOUT THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS, CUSTOMS, AND CEREMONIES. FOR CHILDREN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. | ||
BR | 2012 | HOUSE OF HOPE | BANKS, LYNNE REID | THIS NOVEL DEPICTS THE LIFE OF A CONTEMPORARY JEWISH GIRL. | ||
BR | 2014 | HIS BROTHER, THE BEAR | ANSELL, JACK | A BOOK ABOUT THE WEAKNESSES AND FRUSTRATIONS THAT FACE JULIUS BLACK, AND HIS CHRISTIAN WIFE WHO HAS TAKEN TO DRINK TO CONCEAL HER LOATHING OF EVERYTHING JEWISH. | ||
BR | 2017 | GOD'S ANGRY MEN | COHON, B.D. | A STUDENT'S INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW PROPHETS BY THE RABBI OF TEMPLE SINAI, BROOKLINE, MASS. | ||
BR | 2023 | FAITH AND REASON | INTRODUCTION TO MODERN JEWISH FAIT | BERGMAN, SAMUEL HUGO | HELEN M. ROS | THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE WAYS TO RESOLVE THE TENSION BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON AND ENDEAVORS TO FIND A NEW JEWISH APPROACH TO GOD. |
BR | 2028 | HEAR THE WORD | ZADOR, HEINRICH | A NOVEL OF LIFE IN JUDEA DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN JEZEBEL. | ||
BR | 2029 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN | EWEN, DAVID | A BIOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THAT GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF BERNSTEIN'S CHILDHOOD AS A FRAIL, ASTHMATIC, ANTI-SOCIAL LONER TO HIS SUCCESS AS A BRILLIANT COMPOSER, PERFORMER AND CONDUCTOR. | ||
BR | 2031 | JEWISH ADVENTURES IN AMER. | LEVINGER, E.E. | A SURVEY OF THE LIVES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AMERICAN JEWS SINCE COLONIAL TIMES. FOR THE YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 2032 | HANUKKAH LATKES AND ROTHCHILD'S MILLIONS | SCHWARTZ, DAVID | A COLLECTION OF SHORT, WITTY ARTICLES DEALING WITH MANY JEWISH TOPICS. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AS A WEEKLY COLUMN IN THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY. | ||
BR | 2036 | WHEN YOUR CHILD ASKS | A HANDBOOK FOR JEWISH PARENTS | GLUSTROM, SIMON | A BASIC STUDY OF JEWISH IDEAS TO HELP JEWISH PARENTS ANSWER THEIR CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS. AMONG THE SUBJECTS COVERED ARE THE JEWISH VIEW OF GOD, THE BIBLE, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, HOLIDAYS, JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND THE JEWISH VIEW OF DEATH. | |
BR | 2037 | LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE | KAMM, JOSEPHINE | STORIES OF THE MEN WHO WERE LEADERS OF THE JEWS FROM THE TIME OF MOSES TO THE PRESENT. | ||
BR | 2040 | IT HAS COME TO PASS | FARRELL, JAMES T. | THE AUTHOR OF THE FAMOUS STUDS LONIIGAN TRILOGY TRAVELED THROUGH ISRAEL AND WROTE THIS ACCOUNT OF HIS IMPRESSIONS AND THE CONCLUSIONS TO WHICH THEY LED HIM. | ||
BR | 2045 | BEAT OF LIFE, THE | SOLOMON, BARBARA P. | A NOVEL DEALING WITH CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE. | ||
BR | 2047 | HITTITE, THE | GERSON, NOEL B. | AN HISTORICAL NOVEL CONCERNING A COMMANDER IN THE ARMY OF THE HITTITES IN THE TIME OF JOSHUA. | ||
BR | 2049 | ERNESTINE L. ROSE | SUHL, YURI | ARLENE RICHA | A BIOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE POLISH-BORN DAUGHTER OF A RABBI WHO BECOMES AN AMERICAN SUFFRAGETTE AND BATTLES AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE, SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH, AND FEMININE INEQUALITY IN THE NORTH. | |
BR | 2050 | GIMPEL THE FOOL | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | BIRDIE SAFIO | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING NOVELIST. SET IN EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLAND, SINGER'S CHARACTERS DEAL WITH DEMONS AND DYBBUKS AND REFLECT THE HUMOR AND PATHOS OF GHETTO LIFE. | |
BR | 2051 | HANUKKAH | IN SONG AND STORY | WENGROV, CHARLES, RABBI | THE COMPLETE STORY OF HANUKKAH, FROM ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO THE MACCABEAN VICTORY, AS WELL AS HANUKKAH SONGS FOR CHILDREN. | |
BR | 2052 | SOUND OF BOW BELLS | THE STORY OF SIR DAVID SALOMONS | ABRAHAMS, ROBERT D. | A BIOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG READERS OF SIR DAVID SALOMONS, AN ENGLISH JEW WHO FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF HIS FELLOW JEWS IN ENGLAND AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. | |
BR | 2056 | COMPLETE POETIC WORKS OF HAYYIM NAHMAN BIALIK | EFFROS, ISRAEL, ED. | A TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW OF THE POEMS OF BIALIK, AS WELL AS HIS SHORTER LYRICS, FOLKSONGS, AND NATURE POEMS. | ||
BR | 2057 | KIDDUSH HA-SHEM | AN EPIC OF 1648 | ASCH, SHOLEM | A NOVEL ABOUT ORTHODOX JEWISH LIFE AND THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN RUSSIA DURING THE 1648 COSSACK ATTACK LED BY CHMIELNITZKI. | |
BR | 2063 | MILA 18 | URIS, LEON | NOVEL ABOUT THE POLISH JEWS WHO FOUGHT DESPERATELY TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 2064 | TEN RUNGS | HASIDIC SAYINGS | BUBER, MARTIN: EDITOR | A COLLECTION OF TALES, LEGENDS, APHORISMS, SAYINGS, ETC., THROUGH A GOODLY MEASURE OF HASIDISM IS CONVEYED BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS. | |
BR | 2069 | SPINOZA OF MARKET STREET, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | AMY STIVELMA | PORTRAITS OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE SHTETLS AND CITIES OF EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, AS TOLD BY A MASTER STORYTELLER. | |
BR | 2071 | GUIDE TO THE PROPHETS, A | HOENING, SIDNEY B. & SAMUEL H.ROSENB | AN ATTEMPT TO LINK PROPHETIC TEACHINGS TO MODERN LIFE. | ||
BR | 2073 | HISTORY OF THE MARRANOS, A | ROTH, CECIL | GERT ZUCKERM | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGINS AND THE FATE OF SPANISH JEWS WHO PUBLICLY PROFESSED CHRISTIANITY IN ORDER TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION, BUT CONTINUED TO PRACTICE JUDAISM IN SECRET. | |
BR | 2074 | HUMANE SOCIETY, A | ROSENBERG, STUART E., EDITOR | AN ATTEMPT TO APPLY TRADITIONAL ETHICS TO THE SOLUTION OF MODERN PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 2076 | FIRST RAINBOW, THE | A BOOK OF RHYMES FROM BIBLE TIMES | ORLEANS, ILO | A POETRY BOOK FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ON BIBLE THEMES. THE POEMS EMPHASIZE RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL IDEALS. | |
BR | 2078 | WEDDING BAND, THE | YELLEN, SAMUEL | FAMILY LIFE, ESPECIALLY THE PORTRAIT OF MAMA, IS WARMLY PRESENTED IN THIS SHORT NOVEL. | ||
BR | 2079 | ELEGY IN MANHATTAN | JESSEL, GEORGE | GEORGE GESSEL REMEMBERS BROADWAY GREATS WHO, THOUGH DEAD, STILL LIVE FOR HIM. | ||
BR | 2080 | DEBORAH | THE WOMAN WHO SAVED ISRAEL | JONES, JUANITA & JAMES MCKENDRY | A BIOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF DEBORAH, THE JUDGE WHO SAVED ISRAEL. | |
BR | 2081 | PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS | ELIAS, JOSEPH, RABBI: EDITOR | THIS BOOK EXPLORES CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, ITS DEFINITIONS OF HAPPINESS AND THE WAY IN WHICH HAPPINESS MAY BE ACHIEVED. | ||
BR | 2086 | AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE IN ISRAEL | HIRSCH, SHULA | A WITTY, INFORMATIVE ACCOUNT OF ISRAEL AS SEEN BY AN AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE AND HER FAMILY DURING A TWO MONTH VISIT. | ||
BR | 2088 | JEWISH PRAYER BOOK, THE | ITS IDEALS AND VALUES | GREENBERG, SIMON | A GUIDE TO AN UNDERSTANDING AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF THE PRAYER BOOK AS A MEANS OF FINDING SPIRITUAL SECURITY. | |
BR | 2089 | GOODLY HERITAGE, THE | YAARI, AVRAHAM | A DISCUSSION OF THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE AND ITS CHANGE FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 2093 | JEW IN AMERICAN LIFE, THE | DRESNER, SAMUEL H. | A STUDY OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY JEWS IN AMERICAN LIFE. | ||
BR | 2096 | VOICE OF LIBERTY, THE | STORY OF EMMA LAZARUS | MERRIAM, EVE | FAY COHEN | A BIOGRAPHY OF EMMA LAZARUS, A JEWISH-AMERICAN POET AND A CRUSADER AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. |
BR | 2097 | THREE LITTLE BREADS | PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB | FROM THE YIDDISH STORY DREI KIKHELEKH. A LEGEND OF LIFE IN THE TIME OF KING SOLOMON, MASTERFULLY TOLD BY AN EXPERT YIDDISH STORYTELLER. | ||
BR | 2098 | MOSES AND THE ORIGINAL TORAH | SILVER, ABBA HILLEL | VIOLET HECHT | A STUDY OF THE TORAH AND ITS ORIGINS WRITTEN BY THE RABBI AND ZIONIST LEADER. | |
BR | 2099 | PITZEL HOLIDAY BOOK, THE | JAFFE, LEONARD | DELIGHTFUL STORIES FOR VERY YOUNG READERS OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS. | ||
BR | 2100 | THESE ARE MY PEOPLE | GERSH, HARRY | A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE PRESENTED THROUGH THE LIVES OF FORTY-SEVEN SAGES, MARTYRS, AND MEN OF ACTION. | ||
BR | 2106 | JUDAISM | A PORTRAIT | ROTH, LEON | A SCHOLARLY APPROACH TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF JUDAISM. THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH JUDAISM STANDS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE. | |
BR | 2107 | JOEL | KUBIE, NORA BENJAMIN | CLAIRE K. LE | A YOUNG JEWISH REFUGEE COMES TO AMERICA IN 1775 AND TAKES PART IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AS ONE OF WASHINGTON'S SOLDIERS. | |
BR | 2108 | CHANUKAH IN SONG AND STORY | WENGROV, CHARLES, RABBI | THE COMPLETE STORY OF CHANUKAH, FROM ALEXANDER THE GREAT TO THE MACCABEAN VICTORY, AS WELL AS CHANUKAH SONGS FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2112 | GOD'S FIRST CHILDREN | BIBLE STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAME | SALMIE, ESTHER | STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT RETOLD IN A SIMPLE FASHION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | |
BR | 2117 | LATIN AMERICA & PALESTINE PROB | GLICK, EDWARD G. | THE AUTHOR BRINGS TO THE FORE THE ISRAELI ISSUES BEFORE THE U.N. BETWEEN 1947-1952, IN THE YEARS WHEN LATIN AMERICA COMPRISED ONE-THIRD OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. | ||
BR | 2120 | MAX GORDON PRESENTS | GORDON, MAX | NORMAN KINGS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRODUCER OF BROADWAY SHOWS. | |
BR | 2125 | COWBOY ON A WOODEN HORSE | SUHL, YURI | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH IMMIGRANT BOY FROM GALICIA. IT DESCRIBES HIS DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR SUCCESS. | ||
BR | 2132 | EXCLUSIVENESS AND TOLERANCE | KATZ, JACOB | A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE ATTITUDES WHICH INFLUENCED JUDEO-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS BETWEEN MEDIEVAL TIMES AND THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 2133 | JEWISH CHILD IN HOME AND SYNAGOGUE, THE | LEVINGER, ELMA EHRLICH | INTRODUCES IN A MANNER EASILY INTELLIGIBLE FOR THE CHILD THOSE THINGS WHICH MAKE UP THE LIFE OF THE JEW. AGES 10-14. | ||
BR | 2134 | THREE DAYS | SHAREF, ZEEV | AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2135 | MISTER MARGOLIES | YAFFE, JAMES | THE STORY OF MISTER MARGOLIES AND HIS DEFENSES AGAINST THE PRESSURES OF THE BUSINESS AND SOCIAL WORLD. | ||
BR | 2137 | CHANUKAH FUN AND STORY BOOK | SCHARFSTEIN, BERNARD | CHANUKAH STORIES AND GAMES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2140 | LAND OF THE LIVING | HEARNE, JOHN | THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN CAYUNA, AN IMAGINARY WEST INDIAN ISLAND. A YOUNG JEWISH REFUGEE SCIENTIST IS BROUGHT BACK INTO SOCIETY BY TWO WOMEN AND AN OLD MAN. | ||
BR | 2142 | THIEVES' ROAD | SUSSAN, RENE | A NOVEL ABOUT FRENCH IMMIGRANTS TO ISRAEL AND THEIR LIVES IN KIBBUTZIM. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY RICHARD HOWARD. | ||
BR | 2143 | PROPHECY AND RELIGION | ROWLEY, H.H. | THIS IS A STUDY AND COMPARISON OF PROPHECY AND RELIGION OF ANCIENT CHINA AND ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2144 | JEW IN OLD AMERICAN FOLKLORE, THE | GLANZ, RUDOLPH, DOCTOR | THIS BOOK IS BASED UPON THE THEME OF THE WANDERING JEW THROUGH CENTURIES, CREATING FOLKLORE IN THE OLD AND NEW COUNTRY. | ||
BR | 2145 | FAITH FOR MODERNS, A | GORDIS, ROBERT | A PROPOSED RECONCILIATION BETWEEN TRADITIONAL JUDAISM AND MODERN LIFE. | ||
BR | 2147 | STORY OF THE JEW | FOR YOUNG PEOPLE | LEVINGER, ELMA & LEE LEVINGER | GLORIA LEMPK | A CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM EARLY BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE MODERN ERA. |
BR | 2148 | DAVID BEN-GURION | LITVINOFF, BERNARD | A SHORT CONCISE BIOGRAPHY OF BEN-GURION. | ||
BR | 2150 | ELIJAH | THE MAN WHO WENT TO HEAVEN | MUTH, DON, JR. | THE STORY OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH TOLD IN SIMPLE FORM FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | |
BR | 2151 | TALES OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS | AS TOLD BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON | BRONSTEIN, CHARLOTTE | TALES OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS FOR VERY YOUNG READERS. | |
BR | 2153 | MAINSIDE | MANDEL, PAUL | A NOVEL OF LIFE IN THE NAVY, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS VIEWED BY LT. SAMUEL MARKS, A JEW. | ||
BR | 2156 | MOLLY AND ME | THE MEMOIRS OF GERTRUDE BERG | BERG, GERTRUDE & CHERNEY BERG | RECOLLECTIONS OF GERTRUDE BERG'S BACKGROUND AND PERSONAL LIFE, PRESENTED IN A VIVID BUT SIMPLISTIC WAY. | |
BR | 2157 | NEW JEWISH HISTORY - ACTIVITY BK. 1 | GAMORAN, MAMIE G. | THE PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK WHICH ACCOMPANIES BOOK I, THE PERIOD FROM ABRAHAM TO THE MACCABEES. | ||
BR | 2159 | STORIES MADE FROM BIBLE STORIES | CRONBACH, ABRAHAM | A COLLECTION OF TALKS GIVEN TO JEWISH TEENAGERS. THE STORIES ARE FREELY ALTERED FOR SPIRITUAL INTEREST. | ||
BR | 2162 | ROOT AND THE BRANCH, THE | JUDAISM AND THE FREE SOCIETY | GORDIS, ROBERT | A STUDY OF THE RELEVANCE OF JUDAISM TO MODERN LIFE. | |
BR | 2164 | EXODUS | URIS, LEON | JANE WEISS | A HISTORICAL NOVEL WHICH RECREATES THE STORY OF THE JEWS WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST AND HELPED TO BUILD THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 2168 | SHORT HISTORY OF THE JEWS, A | PART 3 - THE MODERN AGE | GOLUB, JACOB S. & ALAN GREEN | A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE CONCISELY AND COGENTLY PRESENTED FOR THE ADOLESCENT AND ADULT READER. | |
BR | 2169 | SHORT HISTORY OF THE JEWS, II | GOLUB, J. & GREEN, A. | THIS IS THE SECOND IN A THREE VOLUME SET, COVERING THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. | ||
BR | 2170 | MYSTERY IN THE APPLE ORCHARD | ORTON, HELEN FULLER | A LITTLE GIRL'S SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE FAMILY ORCHARD BRINGS UNEXPECTED ADVENTURE. | ||
BR | 2171 | YOUR NEIGHBOR CELEBRATES | GILBERT, ARTHUR, RABBI & OSCAR TARCO | A BOOKLET ABOUT THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN AGES 10-14 WHO ARE NOT OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND WOULD LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT IT. | ||
BR | 2172 | BUND, GALUTH, NATIONALISM, YIDDISHISM | SHERMAN, C. BEZALEL | A STUDY OF SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT JEWISH MOVEMENTS WHICH AROSE DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY IN THE DIASPORA. | ||
BR | 2173 | RELIGIOUS FACTOR, THE | LENSKI, GERHARD | A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF RELIGION UPON POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND FAMILY LIFE. | ||
BR | 2174 | REPORT ON ISRAEL | SAMUELS, GERTRUDE | A DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MODERN ISRAELI LIFE BY A STAFF WRITER AND PHOTOGRAPHER FOR 'THE NEW YORK TIMES' MAGAZINE. | ||
BR | 2176 | ACROPHILE | KANIUK, YORAM | NANCY SCHIER | THE INTERNAL AND SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES OF PANN, AN ISRAELI ARCHEOLOGIST, WHO KILLS AN ARAB CHILD DURING THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. | |
BR | 2179 | JEPHTA AND HIS DAUGHTER | FEUCHATWANGER, LION | JEPHTA, THE FIFTH JUDGE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VICTORY OF THE ISRAELI TIES OVER THE JORDANIANS, 1000 B.C. AND ACCORDING TO CUSTOM MUST MAKE A SACRIFICE. | ||
BR | 2180 | MAN'S BEST HOPE | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B. | AN EXPLORATION OF PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 2182 | J.B. | A PLAY IN VERSE | MACLEISH, ARCHIBALD | THIS IS A POETIC DRAMATIZATION OF THE BOOK OF JOB IN 20TH CENTURY TERMS. IT'S 'COSMIC-COLLOQUIALISM' SMACKS OF WAITING FOR GODOT. | |
BR | 2184 | TALES OF THE HASIDISM | THE LATER MASTERS | BUBER, MARTIN | OVER A THOUSAND TALES AND LEGENDS ABOUT THE HASIDIC SAGES--THEIR VIEWS AND WAY OF LIFE. | |
BR | 2186 | TALES OF RABBI NACHMAN | BUBER, MARTIN | MRS. STANLEY | A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND LEGENDS OF RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV WHO LIVED FROM 1772-1811. | |
BR | 2187 | IN THE DAYS OF THE FIRST TEMPLE | GOLUB, JACOB | THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH NATIONHOOD AFTER THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT AND THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN. . | ||
BR | 2188 | JUDAISM FOR TODAY | CRONBACH, ABRAHAM | A SIMPLE YET PROFOUND EXPOSITION OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 2189 | WHAT WE MEAN BY RELIGION | EISENSTEIN, IRA | A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF THE SABBATH AND FESTIVALS BASED ON MORDECAI KAPLAN'S 'THE MEANING OF GOD IN MODERN JEWISH RELIGION'. | ||
BR | 2190 | FAR COUNTRY, A | DENKER, HENRY | A PLAY BASED ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF SIGMUND FREUD. | ||
BR | 2191 | STORY OF MODERN ISRAEL | FOR YOUNG PEOPLE | ZELIGS, DOROTHY F. | THIS BOOK INCLUDES A TOUR THROUGH ISRAEL, A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND THE THRILLING STORY OF THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 2192 | PIONEER FROM PEORIA | MARCUS, ALAN | A PLAY ABOUT KIBBUTZ LIFE AS IT IS VIEWED BY AMERICANS WHO FAIL TO UNDERSTAND IT. | ||
BR | 2195 | JEWISH LIFE | MIDDLE AGES | ABRAHAMS, ISRAEL | A STUDY OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES; THE RELATIONSHIP OF JEWISH CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS AND CHRISTIAN HISTORY. | |
BR | 2196 | LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS | WEINSTOCK, M.D. | TALES OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWS BY THE NAZIS IN WHICH PHYSICAL TORTURE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE SPIRITUAL EXALTATION OF MARTYRDOM. | ||
BR | 2197 | CANDLE LIGHT STORIES | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | A COLLECTION OF EIGHT CHANUKAH STORIES, ONE FOR EACH NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL, WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR PARTIES. | ||
BR | 2198 | MARKED ONE, THE | AND TWELVE OTHER STORIES | PICARD, JACOB | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES WHICH RECREATE THE PAST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF JEWISH VILLAGE LIFE IN GERMANY. | |
BR | 2199 | HOLY CITY, THE | WILLIAMS, ALBERT N. | A HISTORY OF THE ISRAEL AND IN PARTICULAR THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 2200 | TIME OF FORTUNE, A | APPEL, BENJAMIN | A NOVEL OF THE FORCES WHICH DROVE PEOPLE TO AMERICA AND WHAT THEY FOUND WHEN THEY ARRIVED. | ||
BR | 2201 | TALE OF TEN CITIES, A | THE TRIPLE GHETTO IN AMERICAN RELI | LIPMAN, EUGENE J. & ALBERT VORSPAN | A DISCUSSION OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN LIFE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS UPON INTERFAITH RELATIONS. | |
BR | 2203 | JEWISH HEROES. BK. I | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | RITA KING | A BOOK ABOUT JEWISH HEROES FROM THE DAYS OF ABRAHAM TO THE TIME OF KING SOLOMON. WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN. | |
BR | 2205 | COAT UPON A STICK | FRUCHTER, NORMAN | HELEN DIAMON | A NOVEL ABOUT ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ELDERLY MAN AND HIS FRIENDS ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | |
BR | 2208 | ON STAGE EVERYONE | SEGAL, SAMUEL M. | A COMPILATION OF PLAYS WITH JEWISH THEMES PARTICULARLY APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL PRESENTATION. | ||
BR | 2209 | JEWISH MIDDLE AGES, THE | GOLUB, JACOB S. | A HISTORY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. | ||
BR | 2211 | LAST OF THE JUST, THE | SCHWARTZ-BART, ANDRE | RITA CHASE | A DRAMA OF JEWISH SUFFERING AND MARTYRDOM BEGINNING IN 12TH CENTURY ENGLAND AND ENDING WITH THE DEATH OF ONE OF THE THIRTY-SIX JUST MEN IN A WORLD WAR II GAS CHAMBER. | |
BR | 2213 | SECRET ROADS, THE | KIMCHE, JOHN AND DAVID | A STORY OF THE FOUNDING OF MODERN ISRAEL: THE MIGRATION TO BRITISH PALESTINE BY JEWISH REFUGEES FROM NAZI-OCCUPIED EUROPE, 1938-1948 INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF HEROISM IN EVADING BRITISH CAPTURE DURING THE LANDING OF THE OVERLOADED BOATS ON THE BEACHES. | ||
BR | 2215 | THIS BELIEVING WORLD, BOOK 6 | BROWNE, LEWIS | VOLUME 6 OF THIS SURVEY OF THE GROWTH OF RELIGION DEALS WITH JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 2217 | TEHILLA AND OTHER ISRAELI TALES | AGNON, S.Y. AND OTHERS | NINE STORIES WRITTEN BY DIFFERENT ISRAELI AUTHORS ON JEWISH THEMES AND LIFE IN ISRAEL. INCLUDES SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THE AUTHORS. | ||
BR | 2219 | MY OWN STORY | BARUCH, BERNARD | MEMOIRS OF THIS FINANCIER WHO ENTERED PUBLIC LIFE AND HELPED SHAPE THE DESTINY OF HIS COUNTRY. | ||
BR | 2220 | BUILDING, THE | MARTIN, PETER | A NOVEL FILLED WITH CREDIBLE PEOPLE AND EVENTS DESCRIBING THE FORTUNES OF A JEWISH IMMIGRANT FAMILY FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY TO THE 1930'S. | ||
BR | 2228 | JEWS--A CHRISTIAN VIEW, THE | FOERSTER, F.W. | ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF THE JEWS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD HISTORY FROM A CHRISTIAN STANDPOINT. | ||
BR | 2230 | FOUR PROPHETS | PHILLIPS, J.P. | THIS BOOK PROVIDES A MODERN TRANSLATION FROM THE HEBREW OF THE BOOKS OF AMOS, HOSEA, ISIAH, AND MICA. IT ALSO INCLUDES A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THEIR HISTORY. | ||
BR | 2231 | TAIBELE AND HURMIZAH AND OTHER STORIES | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR WHICH CAPTURES THE FLAVOR OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 2234 | STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE - BOOK 2 | KLAPERMAN, GILBERT & LIBBY KLAPERMAN | NANCY SCHIER | THIS VOLUME COMMENCES WITH THE BUILDING OF THE SECOND TEMPLE AND CONTINUES THROUGH THE AGE OF THE TANAIM. | |
BR | 2236 | DISPLACED DOCTOR | BERCZELLER, RICHARD | ADVENTUROUS MEMOIRS OF AN AUSTRIAN PHYSICIAN WHO AFTER RELEASE FROM NAZI IMPRISONMENT, FLED TO PARIS AND RETURNED TO HIS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND WORK. | ||
BR | 2237 | FIREBORN, THE | SAFRAN, ANNE | A NOVEL PRESENTING THE LIFE AND LOVES OF A YOUNG FRENCH ACTRESS. | ||
BR | 2241 | JEWISH SYMBOLS | CONE, MOLLY | AN EXPLANATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN OF THE SYMBOLIC OBJECTS USED IN JEWISH CEREMONIES. | ||
BR | 2243 | ALAS BABYLON | FRANK, PAT | A VIVID STORY OF THE FOLLIES AND COURAGE OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING A SUPPOSED RUSSIAN NUCLEAR MISSILE ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES, OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA. | ||
BR | 2244 | WHAT THE GREAT RELIGIONS BELIEVE | GAER, JOSEPH | A SURVEY OF THE BELIEFS PRESENTLY HELD BY ADHERENTS OF LIVING RELIGIONS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THOSE ESPOUSED BY THE FOUNDERS OF EACH MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 2245 | EVOLUTION AS REVELATION | KOHN, JACOB | A THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL RE-EXAMINATION OF DARWIN'S CONCEPTS WHICH HAVE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PLACE IN CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 2248 | TWO AGAINST ONE | KAUFMAN, SYLVIA | THE STORY OF A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL WHO LEAVES AN ORPHANAGE TO LIVE IN THE HOME OF AN AUNT WHO DOES NOT WANT HER. | ||
BR | 2249 | MEMOIRS | FROM GHETTO TO ISRAEL | BRODETSKY, SELIG, PROFESSOR | THIS NOTED PROFESSOR TRACES HIS LIFE FROM THE EUROPEAN GHETTOES TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND HIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR HEBREW UNIVERSITY. | |
BR | 2250 | ALIYAH | THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL | SACHAR, HOWARD MORLEY | SELMA JACKSON | SELECTED BIOGRAPHIES OF FIFTEEN PEOPLE WHO SETTLED IN PALESTINE BEFORE 1948, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FERMENT IN THE YOUNG NATION. |
BR | 2252 | AT THE GATES OF MOSCOW | MANN, MENDEL | A NOVEL OF RUSSIAN JEWISH LIFE WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE PLIGHT OF YOUNG JEWISH BOYS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE FIGHTING DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 2257 | FATE AND FAITH | THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH SCENE | PILCH, JUDAH | A DISCUSSION OF THE FUTURE OF JUDAISM WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON DIASPORA JEWRY. | |
BR | 2258 | CAUTION TO THE WINDS | HIRSCHMANN, IRA | STORY OF THE AUTHOR'S SECRET MISSION TO TURKEY ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, TO NEGOTIATE WITH EICHMANN'S AGENTS FOR THE RESCUE OF JEWISH CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2259 | STREET OF STEPS, THE | HANDEL, YUDIT | A NOVEL OF MODERN ISRAELI LIFE DEALING PARTICULARLY WITH A SMALL GROUP OF CONFUSED, SEEMINGLY AIMLESS, YOUNG ADULTS CROWDED TOGETHER ON A BLOCK OF TENEMENTS. | ||
BR | 2260 | DISCOVERING ISRAEL | TOR, REGINA | THE AUTHOR RELATES PAST TO PRESENT AND OFFERS HER INTERPRETATION OF MODERN ISRAEL WITH ITS ANCIENT CULTURE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF FESTIVAL HOLY DAYS, RECREATION AND INDUSTRY. | ||
BR | 2261 | GIFT OF LIFE, THE | BOKSER, BEN ZION | THIS VOLUME IS REPLETE WITH SHORT, MEMORABLE COMMENTS ON LIFE AND LIVING AND INSPIRATIONAL NOTES BY A LEADING AMERICAN RABBI. | ||
BR | 2267 | BREAKTHROUGH | A TREASURY OF AMERICAN JEWISH LITE | MALIN, IRVING & STARK, IRWIN, EDS. | MRS. SIDNEY | A COLLECTION OF SERIOUS AMERICAN JEWISH LITERATURE WHICH MARKS THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN JEW TO INTELLECTUAL PROMINENCE IN THE FIELD OF LETTERS. |
BR | 2268 | ANNO DOMINI | STEVENS, GEORGE | A COLLECTION OF THREE STORIES DEALING WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE. | ||
BR | 2269 | PASSOVER ANTHOLOGY | GOODMAN, PHILIP | AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF ARTICLES CONCERNING THE ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF PASSOVER. | ||
BR | 2273 | FAITH IS A STAR | GAMMON, ROLAND | SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY AMERICANS FROM VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE TO WHOM RELIGION IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION. | ||
BR | 2277 | NAVY MAVERICK | URIAH PHILIP LEVY | FITZPATRICK, DONOVAN | CHARLOTTE MA | A BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA'S FIRST HIGH-RANKING JEWISH NAVAL OFFICER. |
BR | 2278 | JUDAISM AND MODERN MAN | HERBERG, WILL | DAISY ELKAN | A DISCUSSION OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF JEWISH FAITH AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO MODERN LIFE AND THOUGHT. | |
BR | 2280 | UNDERSTANDING ISRAEL | GARTLER, MARION & JUDITH LAIKIN | A DISCUSSION OF MODERN ISRAEL: ITS HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE AND ITS PLACE IN WORLD AFFAIRS. | ||
BR | 2281 | HURRAY FOR ME | WILSON, S.J. | A FUNNY NOVEL OF A SMALL, JEWISH BOY AND HIS FAMILY IN NEW YORK DURING THE 1930S. | ||
BR | 2282 | SINS OF THE FATHERS, THE | GEISSLER, CHRISTIAN | A HOLOCAUST NOVEL WHICH BITTERLY CRITICIZES THE GERMAN PEOPLE AS WELL AS THE GERMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY; A CLEAR HUMANIST'S WARNING AGAINST NEO-NAZISM. | ||
BR | 2283 | BECAUSE I WAS FLESH | DAHLBERG, EDWARD | THE STORY OF AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD, HIS YEARS IN A JEWISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, STUDENT DAYS AT BERKLEY AND HIS MOVE TO NEW YORK WHERE HE BECAME A NOVELIST, POET, AND CRITIC. | ||
BR | 2284 | MY FATHER'S COURTHOUSE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | FOUR SHORT STORIES OF JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 2288 | MARA JOURNEYS HOME | WITHERIDGE, ELIZABETH P. | AN ADVENTURESOME, SUSPENSEFUL NOVEL OF THE RETURN TO JERUSALEM AFTER THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY WHICH VIVIDLY PORTRAYS THE PEOPLE AND CUSTOMS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ERA. | ||
BR | 2289 | MIGHTY VOICE OF ISAIAH, THE | POET AND PROPHET | GILBERT, MIRIAM | PAULA BRAVER | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH IN STORY FORM FOR CHILDREN. |
BR | 2290 | FAR OVER THE SEA | BIALIK, CHAIM N. | A COLLECTION OF ENTERTAINING POEMS AND JINGLES FOR CHILDREN BY THE FOREMOST HEBREW POET. | ||
BR | 2291 | OTHER SOCIETY, THE | DRABKIN-DARIN, H. | A STUDY OF THE DAY-TO-DAY LIFE ON A KIBBUTZ IN MODERN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2292 | FIVE ROOTS OF ISRAEL | PARKER, JAMES | A COGENT PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN LIGHT OF ARAB OPPOSITION TO ITS EXISTENCE. | ||
BR | 2293 | DUST | DAYAN, YAEL | MRS. DUITCH/ | 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. | |
BR | 2294 | LATER OLD TESTAMENT STORIES | SMITHER, ETHEL | BRIEF, SIMPLE NARRATIVES OF BIBLICAL CHARACTERS SUCH AS RUTH, DAVID, SOLOMON AND JEREMIAH. | ||
BR | 2296 | LONG VOYAGE, THE | SEMPRUN, JORGE | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE TORMENT AND THE ANGUISH OF A FIVE DAY TRAIN VOYAGE IN 1943 FROM FRANCE TO A GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP TOLD BY ONE OF THE 120 PIONEERS PACKED IN THE BOX CAR. | ||
BR | 2298 | EDGE OF THE SWORD, THE | ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE | LORCH, NETANEL | A CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE FOR MILITARY HISTORIANS AND POLITICAL THEORISTS. | |
BR | 2302 | NIGHT IN LISBON | REMARQUE, ERICH MARIA | TWO SHELL-SHOCKED SURVIVORS OF THE NAZI TERROR MEET IN LISBON AND TALK THE NIGHT AWAY. | ||
BR | 2303 | JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS | EDIDIN, BEN M. | THE TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND MEANINGS OF ALL OUR HOLY DAYS AND FESTIVALS. | ||
BR | 2304 | SIGN UPON MY HAND, A | ADLER, MARJORIE DUHAN | A NOVEL OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY. | ||
BR | 2305 | WITH GALL AND HONEY | GOURSE, R. LESLIE | A BITTERSWEET LOVE STORY ABOUT A 19 YEAR OLD AMERICAN GIRL AND HER FIRST FEW WEEKS IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2307 | FOREIGNER, THE | MALVERN, GLADYS | THE STORY OF RUTH RETOLD AS A NOVEL. | ||
BR | 2308 | NORTHERN PALMYRA AFFAIR, THE | SALISBURY, HARRISON | AN EXCELLENT DEPICTION OF RUSSIAN CHARACTERS AND STALINIST PARTY POLITICS PRESENTED AS A SPRINGBOARD TO THE PAST WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE MYSTERIES OF SOVIET POLITICS. | ||
BR | 2309 | STORY OF THE JEW | GERSH, HARRY & LEE LEVINGER | A JEWISH HISTORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2310 | MOSES | SHIPPER, KATHERINE | A BIOGRAPHY OF MOSES ESPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2311 | GOLDA MEIR | WOMAN WITH A CAUSE | SYRKIN, MARIE | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL DESCRIBING HER EARLY YEARS, HER STATESMANSHIP, AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTRY. | |
BR | 2312 | CALL IT SLEEP | ROTH, HENRY | RUTH FRANKFO | A NOVEL OF A NEW YORK CHILDHOOD IN BROWNSVILLE AND MANHATTAN'S LOWER EAST SIDE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A SENSITIVE JEWISH BOY WHO FEARS HIS FATHER AND ADORES HIS MOTHER. | |
BR | 2315 | MEMOIRS OF A SPECIAL CASE | RAPHAEL, CHAIM | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY FILLED WITH THE AUTHOR'S MEMORIES OF HIS LIFE BEGINNING WITH HIS BOYHOOD IN A NORTHERN INDUSTRIAL CITY AND HIS STUDIES IN A JEWISH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN A CATHEDRAL TOWN. THE BOOK COVERS HIS EXPERIENCES IN INTERMENT CAMPS DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 2316 | HARP OF DAVID, THE | LEGEND OF MT. ZION | SILVERMAN, ALTHEA O. | LORAINE FRIE | WHEN THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAVID COMES FROM NEW YORK TO SPEND A SUMMER IN ISRAEL, HE LEARNS A LOT ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND ITS LEGENDS. |
BR | 2319 | HE WHO FLEES THE LION | KLEIN-HAPARSH, J. | FLORENCE KRA | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN CENTRAL EUROPE. THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS THE STORY OF THE JEWS UNDER SOVIET RULE AND THEIR EVENTUAL MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES. | |
BR | 2321 | MODERN JEWISH LIFE IN LITERATURE | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | STORIES DEPICTING JEWISH LIFE IN EUROPE, AMERICA AND ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2324 | HOMECOMING AT TWILIGHT | GLATSTEIN, JACOB | ADELE STEIN | A TALE OF POLISH JEWRY AND OF A BY-GONE ERA. | |
BR | 2325 | MESSIAH'S CHAINS | POSY, ARNOLD | AN EPIC BASED ON JEWISH FOLKLORE IN WHICH ELIJAH THE PROPHET, THE MESSIAH, AND THE REDEMPTION OF ISRAEL ARE THE CENTRAL THEMES. | ||
BR | 2326 | PUREST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORL, THE | BEN-YOSEF, ABRAHAM C. | A STUDY OF THE KIBBUTZ AND ITS ROLE AS A DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION. | ||
BR | 2327 | YESTERDAY'S CHILD | KERN, JANET | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S CHILDHOOD. | ||
BR | 2329 | I, RACHEL | COST, MARCH | AN INTERPRETATION OF THE LIFE AND CAREER OF A GREAT FRENCH ACTRESS FROM HER CHILDHOOD TO DEATH WITH SOME OF THE STORY NARRATED BY RACHEL HERSELF. | ||
BR | 2330 | ONCE UPON A DROSHKY | CHARYN, JEROME | EDNA GREENSP | A NOSTALGIC AND HUMOROUS NOVEL OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE. | |
BR | 2331 | ACT ONE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | HART, MOSS | LYNN LAPMAN | THE LIFE STORY OF THE AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT AND DIRECTOR, WHO EVEN AS A YOUNG CHILD DREAMED OF FAME ON BROADWAY. |
BR | 2332 | MAHASCHAVI IN PEACE AND WAR | ZELIGS, DOROTHY F. | A TEXTBOOK OF JEWISH HISTORY FOR THE BEGINNING STUDENT. | ||
BR | 2334 | MEET THE AMERICAN JEW | MENKUS, BELDEN | A BOOK WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR CHRISTIAN READERS THAT CONTAINS INFORMATIVE ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN JEW. | ||
BR | 2335 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. V | AND IT WAS MORNING | BORCHSENIUS, POUL | TEMPLE ISRAE | THE FIFTH VOLUME IN THE SERIES PRESENTS A DRAMATIC HISTORY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. |
BR | 2336 | LIFE AND WORK OF SIGMUND FREUD, THE. VOL. 2 | YEARS OF MATURITY 1901-1919 | JONES, ERNEST | THE SECOND VOLUME IN A DETAILED BIOGRAPHY OF FREUD. | |
BR | 2338 | OUR JEWISH NEIGHBORS | ZERIN, EDWARD | THE RESULT OF A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL'S EXPERIENCE IN EXPLAINING JUDAISM TO NON-JEWISH STUDENTS, THIS BOOK IS A SIMPLE EXPOSITION OF JEWISH DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE. | ||
BR | 2339 | TREASURY OF RESPONSA, A | FREEHOF, SOLOMON | A SAMPLING OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS LEGAL WRITING FOR BOTH THE STUDENT AND GENERAL READER. | ||
BR | 2340 | AMERICANS ALL | LEONARD, OSCAR | THE STORY OF JEWS WHO HELPED BUILD AMERICA. | ||
BR | 2345 | ONCE UPON A LIFETIME | SCHWARTZMAN, RABBI SYLVAN | THE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF REFORM JEWISH CHILDREN TREATED BY MEANS OF STORIES OF YOUNG PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS. | ||
BR | 2346 | I WILL SURVIVE | PAWLOWICZ, SALA & KEVIN KLOSE | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF A POLISH JEW'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION. | ||
BR | 2347 | SLAVE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | GERT ZUCKERM | THE STORY OF JACOB, A JEW LIVING IN 17TH CENTURY POLAND, WHO BECOMES THE SLAVE OF A POLISH PEASANT AND FALLS DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH WANDA, THE PEASANT'S DAUGHTER. | |
BR | 2348 | DAWN | WIESEL, ELIE | HELEN M. ASC | THIS NOVEL REVOLVES AROUND EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD ELISHA WHO HAS BEEN DESIGNATED TO KILL AN ENGLISHMAN. TAKES PLACE IN PRE-STATE PALESTINE, WHEN ORDERS WERE ISSUED THAT FOR THE HANGING OF EVERY JEWISH FIGHTER, AN ENGLISHMAN WOULD BE EXECUTED BY THE JEWISH UNDERGROUND. | |
BR | 2349 | KING'S PERSONS, THE | GREENBERG, JOANNE | EDNA SILVERS | A NOVEL DESCRIBING THE JEWISH MONEY LENDERS WHO WERE UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE KING OF ENGLAND. TAKES PLACE DURING THE MASSACRE OF THE JEWS OF YORK IN 1190. | |
BR | 2352 | FISHKE DER KRUMER (FISHKE THE LAME) | MENDELE MOCHER SEFORIM | A NOVEL ABOUT TWO CRIPPLED BEGGARS WHO FALL IN LOVE. | ||
BR | 2353 | JEWISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION | ROTH, CECIL | ROTH, AN EMINENT HISTORIAN, OUTLINES THE ROLE OF JEWS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. | ||
BR | 2356 | TREASURY OF HOLIDAY THOUGHTS | TABAK, ISRAEL | A JUVENILE COLLECTION OF THE THOUGHTS AND CONCEPTS UNDERLYING JEWISH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. | ||
BR | 2357 | THIS IS MY GOD | WOUK, HERMAN | AL REIWITCH | A BOOK ABOUT JUDAISM FOR JEWS AND NON-JEWS THAT EXPLAINS AND CLARIFIES BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS, LAWS, HISTORY, LITURGY, AND OBSERVANCES. | |
BR | 2359 | BIBLE TALES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE - BOOK II | CALISCH, EDITH LINDEMAN | BIBLE TALES RETOLD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, BEGINNING WITH THE STORY OF JOSHUA. | ||
BR | 2361 | GOLDEN THREAD, THE | DAVIS, S. & M. KAYE | A RELIGIOUS TEXT FOR JEWISH CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2366 | BIBLE STORIES FOR JEWISH CHILDREN | FROM CREATION TO JOSHUA | SAMUELS, RUTH | BIBLE STORIES ENCOMPASSING THE PERIOD FROM CREATION TO JOSHUA, RETOLD IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE FOR YOUNG READERS. | |
BR | 2367 | WHAT THE JEWS BELIEVE | BERNSTEIN, PHILIP S., RABBI | SARA WEINBER | THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND OBSERVANCES OF JUDAISM, ALONG WITH EXPLANATIONS OF MANY OF ITS CUSTOMS, RITUALS, AND BELIEFS. | |
BR | 2370 | TEN AND A KID | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | A DELIGHTFUL PORTRAIT OF FAMILY LIFE IN A LITHUANIAN TOWN WHICH EXUDES A WARM SENSE OF FAMILY UNITY AND FESTIVE HOLIDAY SPIRITS. | ||
BR | 2371 | ANATOMY OF FAITH | STEINBERG, MILTON | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ANALYZING THE PHILOSOPHIES OF KIERKEGAARD, SARTRE, NIEBUHR, DEWEY AND JAMES. EXAMINES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON IN CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 2373 | JEWISH HUMOR | HASSID, LILA | JEWISH ANECDOTES TRANSLATED FROM YIDDISH AND THE CHELM STORY IN EPISODES. | ||
BR | 2376 | BEAUTIFUL GARDEN | AND OTHER BIBLE TALES | LEVINGER, E. EHRLICH | THESE BIBLE TALES ARE RETOLD AND INTERPRETED IN SIMPLE WORDS, EVOKING SPIRITUAL LESSONS. | |
BR | 2379 | BIBLE TALES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN | CALISCH,E.L. | BOOK I TELLS THE STORY OF THE BIBLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF CREATION UNTIL THE DEATH OF MOSES. | ||
BR | 2380 | FORGOTTEN PIONEER | GOLDEN, HARRY | A HUMOROUS ACCOUNT OF THE JEWISH PEDDLERS WHO ALSO BECAME PIONEERS IN SETTLING AMERICA. | ||
BR | 2381 | DILEMMA OF THE MODERN JEW, THE | PRINZ, JOACHIM | AN ANALYSIS OF JEWISH LIFE SINCE THE EMANCIPATION OF 1791. | ||
BR | 2384 | ACCIDENT | WIESEL, ELIE | A SURVIVOR OF AUSCHWITZ, NOW A CORRESPONDENT FOR AN ISRAELI NEWSPAPER, IS RUN OVER BY A TAXICAB IN NEW YORK CITY. THIS IS THE STORY OF HIS TORMENTED CONFLICT WITH LIFE AND DEATH. | ||
BR | 2385 | ZULU AND THE ZEIDE, THE | JACOBSON, DAN | BETTY WILK | FIFTEEN SHORT STORIES PORTRAYING THE TENSION AND GENERAL UNEASINESS OF LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA. INCLUDES TALES OF MORAL CONFLICT BETWEEN THE RACES: BLACKS, AFRIKAANERS, AND JEWS. | |
BR | 2388 | UNDERSTANDING JUDAISM | DAVIS, DANIEL L., RABBI | AN EVALUATION, FROM A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWPOINT, OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S JOURNEY THROUGH TIME, THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND THEIR SPIRITUAL DESTINY. | ||
BR | 2391 | SON OF THE STAR, THE | KRUEGER, CARL | JANE N. WEIS | A NOVEL WHICH MOVES FROM MODERN TO ANCIENT TIMES: FROM THE EMBATTLED ISRAELIS IN 1948 TO THE JEWS REBELLING AGAINST THE ROMAN CONQUEST IN THE 2ND CENTURY C.E. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BAR KOCHBA, THE 'SON OF THE STAR.' | |
BR | 2392 | CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF ISRAEL. BK. 1. | ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | THE FIRST VOLUME IN A SERIES ON JEWISH HISTORY WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN. THIS VOLUME COVERS THE PERIOD FROM CREATION TO THE DEATH OF MOSES. | ||
BR | 2393 | JEWISH PEOPLE, THE. BOOK III | PESSIN, DEBORAH | NANCY SCHIER | THIS THIRD VOLUME CONTINUES THE STORY OF THE JEWS AFTER THEIR EXILE FROM SPAIN. THEIR LIVES IN HOLLAND, TURKEY, POLAND, RUSSIA, GERMANY AND EVENTUALLY IN AMERICA ARE DEPICTED. INCLUDES THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 2399 | FANATIC, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | ISABELLE WEI | THIS IS THE STORY OF A YOUNG RABBI WHO, AS A CHAPLAIN IN THE U.S. ARMY, WAS EXPOSED TO THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR II. HE WRITES A PLAY BASED ON THE TESTAMENT OF A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN JEWISH YOUTH, BUT IS PREVENTED FROM BRINGING IT TO THE PUBLIC. | |
BR | 2400 | BELMARCH | DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER | A SYMBOLIC NOVEL OF A GUILT-RIDDEN SOLDIER OF THE FIRST CRUSADE WHO IS FINALLY PURGED OF HIS VIOLENT ACTS AGAINST THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 2401 | GUIDE FOR REFORM JEWS, A | DOPPELT, F. & D. POLISH | AN INFORMATIVE GUIDE TO JEWISH LIVING FOR REFORM JEWS. IT DEALS WITH THE RELIGIOUS ISSUES AND PROBLEMS WHICH ARE ENCOUNTERED IN DAILY LIVING. | ||
BR | 2403 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA | PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK | PESSIN, DEBORAH | WORKBOOK FOR TEXT OF SAME NAME. HIGHSCHOOL LEVEL. | |
BR | 2405 | JEWELS FOR A CROWN | THE STORY OF THE CHAGALL WINDOWS | FREUND, MIRIAM | HARRIETT ASC | THE STORY OF THE CHAGALL WINDOWS IN THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE HADASSAH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN JERUSALEM. BEGINNING WITH THE ARTIST'S CHILDHOOD IN EASTERN EUROPE, THE BOOK INCLUDES CHAGALL'S TRAVELS IN THE NEAR EAST AND DESCRIBES HOW HE CONCEIVED THE IDEA AND CREATED THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS. |
BR | 2409 | MY FATHER'S HOUSE | LEVIN, MEYER | A NOVEL ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY WHO ESCAPES FROM NAZI-OCCUPIED POLAND AND MAKES HIS WAY TO PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 2416 | HENRIETTA SZOLD | VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PIONEER | HALFERN, MINNIE W. & BESS S. KATZ | A SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS MISS SZOLD DEVELOPED FOR ISRAEL AND THEIR EFFECT ON EDUCATIONAL TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES. | |
BR | 2418 | INFINITY OF MIRRORS, AN | CONDON, RICHARD | SALO MINKIN | A DOCUMENTARY NOVEL ABOUT A FRENCH JEWESS AND A YOUNG GERMAN OFFICER WHO FALL IN LOVE, BUT ARE HINDERED BY HITLER'S RISE TO POWER. | |
BR | 2419 | COMING HOME | BEN-ZVI, RAHEL YANAIT | THE STORY OF BOTH A GIRL'S EXPERIENCES IN ISRAEL AND OF ALL THOSE WHO HELPED CHANGE THE DREAM OF A HOMELAND IN ISRAEL INTO A REALITY. | ||
BR | 2420 | PROMISE IS A PROMISE, A | CONE, MOLLY | BEBE HOLTZMA | A HUMOROUS STORY ABOUT A GIRL APPROACHING ADOLESCENCE AND HER NEW AWARENESS OF HER FAMILY, HER NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HER JEWISH HERITAGE. | |
BR | 2421 | STONE OF PEACE, THE | FEDER-TAL, KARAH | A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH BOY FROM MOROCCO WHO EMIGRATED TO ISRAEL, AND HIS ADVENTURES ON A KIBBUTZ IN THE NEGEV. | ||
BR | 2423 | KEEPERS OF THE HOUSE, THE | GRAU, SHIRLEY ANN | A DRAMATIC NOVEL OF THREE GENERATIONS OF A SOUTHERN PLANTATION FAMILY WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ABSURDITIES AND CRUELTIES OF PREJUDICE. | ||
BR | 2428 | ON YOU IT LOOKS GOOD | LEE, MARJORIE | AN ENTERTAINING NOVEL WITH A JEWISH FLAVOR ABOUT A GIRL'S EXPERIENCES IN HER DEPARTMENT STORE JOB AND HER HOME LIFE. | ||
BR | 2429 | NEW JEWISH HISTORY, THE. BK III | GAMORAN, MAMIE G. | A HISTORY TEXTBOOK DEALING WITH THE PERIOD FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO MODERN TIMES. | ||
BR | 2431 | DON'T STOP THE CARNIVAL | WOUK, HERMAN | THE HUMOROUS ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN JEW WHO RUNS A HOTEL ON A CARIBBEAN RESORT ISLAND. | ||
BR | 2433 | SHAPING OF THE MODERN MIND. | MINKIN, JACOB S. | THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF 21 FOREMOST JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS AND LEADERS. | ||
BR | 2434 | ELI LIVES IN ISRAEL | RIWKIN-BRICK, ANNA & LEA GOLDBERG | THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF AN ISRAELI BOY AND GIRL WHILE ON A TRIP WITH THEIR FATHER EXPLORING AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE. | ||
BR | 2435 | STORY FOR THE YOUNG AND OLD | COHEN, LOUIS | AS A CHILD OF TEN, THE AUTHOR VISITED RUSSIA DURING WORLD WAR I. HIS EXPERIENCES AND ADVENTURES IN WAR-TORN EUROPE ARE RELATED HERE. | ||
BR | 2436 | BOX FOR BENNY, A | BERG, VIOLA | SYLVIA SCHMU | A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A BOY GROWING UP IN THE JEWISH QUARTER OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. | |
BR | 2437 | JEWISH PEOPLE, THE. BK. II | PESSIN, DEBORAH | TEMPLE EMANU | A TEXTBOOK, THE SECOND IN A THREE-VOLUME SERIES, WHICH TRACES THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM THE RETURN TO JUDEA TO THE EXPULSION FROM SPAIN. | |
BR | 2438 | TWO BY TWO, A BIBLE STORY | KRENTEL, MILDRED | A DELIGHTFUL RE-TELLING OF THE STORY OF NOAH AND THE ANIMALS ON THE ARK. | ||
BR | 2439 | OFF THE CAPES OF DELAWARE | TALES OF AMERICAN JEWISH PIONEERS | BLANDFORD, BENJAMIN W. | WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF HISTORICAL FACT, THE AUTHOR HAS WOVEN STORIES OF THE JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN WHO HELPED TO BUILD A GREAT DEMOCRACY. | |
BR | 2442 | G'DEE | FINE, HELEN | AN EXCITING STORY OF JEWISH LIFE IN WHICH G'DEE, A GOAT FROM ISRAEL, COMES TO LIVE WITH DEBRA AND DAVID MANN IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 2443 | ASSISTANT, THE | MALAMUD, BERNARD | REALISTIC AND MOVING NOVEL OF A JEWISH GROCER, MORRIS BOBER, HIS FAMILY AND HIS ASSISTANT, A NON-JEW WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE GROCER'S DAUGHTER. | ||
BR | 2444 | NINE GATES TO THE CHASSIDIC MYSTERIES | LANGER, JIRI | A CHRONICLE OF HASIDIC LIFE BASED UPON THE EXPERIENCES OF A WESTERNIZED JEW WHO WENT TO LIVE AMONG HASIDIM IN EASTERN GALICIA SHORTLY BEFORE WORLD WAR I. | ||
BR | 2445 | FAIRY TALES FROM GRANDFATHER'S BIG BOOK | CALISCH, EDITH LINDEMAN | JEWISH FOLK STORIES FROM MIDRASHIC AND TALMUDIC SOURCES. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2447 | BOOK OF PSALMS FOR THE MODERN READER, THE | HADAS, GERSHON, TRANS. | A NEW TRANSLATION OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS REFLECTING A WIDE RANGE OF HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES, DIVERSE ATTITUDES AND VARIED MOODS. | ||
BR | 2449 | NEW AMERICAN JEW, THE | TIME MAGAZINE ESSAY | THE ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE AMERICAN JEW WILL RETAIN HIS FAITH WITH HIS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FREEDOM HE HAS SO LONG SOUGHT. | ||
BR | 2450 | HITTITE WARRIOR | WILLIAMSON, JOANNE | THE ADVENTURES OF A HITTITE BOY WHOSE PEOPLE ARE WIPED OUT BY INVADERS AND WHO ESCAPES TO CANAAN. | ||
BR | 2452 | HEART OF WISDOM | A THOUGHT FOR EACH DAY OF THE JEWI | RASKIS, BERNARD S. | A BOOK OF INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS FOR EACH DAY OF THE JEWISH YEAR INCLUDING HOLIDAYS, GLEANED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. | |
BR | 2456 | TEETH, DYING, AND OTHER MATTERS | STERN, RICHARD G. | A COLLECTION OF 13 STORIES, AN ESSAY, AND A PLAY WHICH ARE WITTY AND FULL OF SHREWD AND CAUSTIC INSIGHT. | ||
BR | 2459 | MANY WORLDS OF LEO ROSTEN, THE | ROSTEN, LEO | MARY PERLOW | HUMOROUS STORIES, SATIRE, AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 2462 | JOHN F. KENNEDY ON ISRAEL | BARBARASH, ERNEST E. | THE LATE PRESIDENT'S VIEWS ON ISRAEL AND OTHER JEWISH ISSUES, WITH EMPHASIS ON HIS LOVE OF JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY AND HIS BELIEF IN THE DIGNITY OF MAN. | ||
BR | 2463 | UNCOMMON SOLDIER, THE | MAJOR ALFRED MORDECAI | ABRAHAMS, ROBERT D. | GERTRUDE MIN | THE BIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR ALFRED MORDECAI WHO ACHIEVED PROMINENCE IN THE MILITARY WHILE ADHERING TO JEWISH TRADITION DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY. |
BR | 2465 | STORY OF THE SYNAGOGUE, THE (ACTIVITY BOOK) | LEVIN, MEYER & KURZBAND, TOBY | THIS PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK IS TO BE USED WITH THE TEXT OF THE SAME NAME. | ||
BR | 2468 | NEW JEWISH HISTORY - ACTIVITY BK. 3 | GAMORAN, MAMIE G. | THIS IS A PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK TO ACCOMPANY THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE TEXTBOOK WHICH DEALS WITH THE PERIOD FROM THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA TO OUR OWN DAY. | ||
BR | 2469 | THEY LIVED LIKE THIS IN ANCIENT PALESTINE | NEURATH, MARIE | EVERYDAY LIFE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL IS DESCRIBED FOR CHILDREN IN THIS VERY SIMPLE TEXT. FOR AGES 7 - 9. | ||
BR | 2473 | UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE | KAUFMAN, BEL | A NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN A LARGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING HUMOROUS MEMOS, LETTERS, AND STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. WRITTEN BY THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM. | ||
BR | 2474 | WORLD OF JOSEPHUS, THE | WILLIAMSON, G.A. | A STUDY OF THE CHARACTER AND WRITING OF THE 1ST CENTURY JEWISH HISTORIAN WHO CHRONICLED THE REVOLT OF JUDEA AGAINST ROME. | ||
BR | 2475 | WORKS OF ANNE FRANK | FRANK, ANNE | COLLECTED HERE ARE THE CONTENTS OF TWO NOTEBOOKS LEFT BY ANNE FRANK - ONE CONTAINED HER DIARY; THE OTHER CONTAINED ESSAYS, STORIES, AND REMINISCENCES. | ||
BR | 2479 | DAVID AND JONATHAN | BEARMAN, JANE | THIS IS THE STORY OF THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE YOUNG DAVID AND JONATHAN, THE SON OF SAUL, THE FIRST KING OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2480 | RECONSTRUCTING JEWISH EDUCATION | ALPER, MICHAEL | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN EDUCATIONAL PLAN FOR AMERICAN JEWISH YOUTH DESIGNED ALONG RECONSTRUCTIONIST LINES IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE STUDENT FOR CONTEMPORARY LIFE. | ||
BR | 2483 | STRONGHOLD, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | A NOVEL, SET IN A NAZI-OCCUPIED COUNTRY, WHICH EXPLORES THE QUESTIONS OF WAR AND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE. | ||
BR | 2484 | WORLD IS A WEDDING, THE | KOPS, BERNARD | ROSLYN LEFFE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BRITISH POET AND PLAYWRIGHT BORN IN THE SLUMS OF LONDON. | |
BR | 2486 | NEXT GENERATION | TRAVELS IN ISRAEL | PRYCE-JONES, DAVID | AN ACUTE, EVOCATIVE PRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THEIR LIVES. | |
BR | 2488 | FIGHTER FROM WHITECHAPEL | THE STORY OF DANIEL MENDOZA | RIBALOW, HAROLD U. | DANIEL MENDOZA, AN EDUCATED JEW, WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIZEFIGHTERS OF HIS TIME. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING HIS JEWISH COUNTRYMEN FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN 18TH-CENTURY ENGLAND. | |
BR | 2489 | DAVID'S HARP | MUSIC IN BIBLICAL TIMES | SENDREY, ALFRED & MILDRED NORTON | THE ORIGINS, FORMS, AND INSTRUMENTATION OF HEBREW MUSIC FROM BIBLICAL TIMES, DESCRIBED THROUGH THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO COMPOSED AND CREATED THEM. | |
BR | 2499 | REDEEMED CHILDREN, THE | LAPPIN, BEN | A MOVING, ABSORBING CHRONICLE OF THE ODYSSEY OF 1,116 WAR ORPHANS RESCUED FROM THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 2500 | VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL | ROSS, LILLIAN | THE AUTHOR CARICATURES A NARROW, MIDDLE-CLASS SEGMENT OF THE MEDICAL-PSYCHOANALYTICAL FRATERNITY, REDUCING IT TO THE POINT OF HELPLESS LAUGHTER. | ||
BR | 2502 | EARLY OLD TESTAMENT STORIES | SMITHER, ETHEL L. | BIBLE STORIES ABOUT THE PATRIARCHS WRITTEN IN A MODERN LANGUAGE AND STYLE FOR READERS IN GRADES 7-9. | ||
BR | 2504 | STORIES OF KING DAVID | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | TWENTY STORIES FROM THE MIDRASH, EACH FOCUSING ON AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF DAVID. | ||
BR | 2505 | WORLD OF DAVID DUBINSKY, THE | DANISH, MAX D. | THE STORY OF DAVID DUBINSKY, AN IMMIGRANT YOUTH WHO BECAME HEAD OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL UNIONS; THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS. | ||
BR | 2506 | LET'S TALK ABOUT GOD | KRIPKE, DOROTHY K. | DIANE MARCH/ | A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL TEXT WHICH MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL TO PARENTS WHO WISH TO EXPLAIN IDEAS ABOUT GOD TO THEIR CHILDREN. | |
BR | 2507 | PATHS TO JEWISH BELIEF | FACKENHEIM, EMIL L. | LOIS LINEAL | THE AUTHOR OFFERS A RATIONALE FOR JEWISH BELIEF AND DISCUSSES THE QUESTIONS OF GOOD AND EVIL, IMMORTALITY, PRAYER, AND THE ONENESS OF GOD. | |
BR | 2508 | LEGENDS OF BAR-KOCHBA | SKULSKY, S. | USING MIDRASHIC SOURCES, THE AUTHOR RETELLS THE LEGENDS OF BAR-KOCHBA, THE TALES OF THE OLD ZEALOTS TO THE LAST FIGHT. | ||
BR | 2509 | AT CAMP KEE TOV | FINE, HELEN | EXPERIENCES AT CAMP SERVE AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF ETHICAL PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 2510 | PORTRAIT OF A FATHER | SIMON, JOAN | A FICTIONAL PORTRAYAL OF A MILLIONAIRE ART-COLLECTOR AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF HIS DAUGHTER. | ||
BR | 2511 | JEWISH PEOPLE, THE. BOOK II | PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK | PESSIN, DEBORAH | FLORENCE BER | THE ACTIVITY BOOK THAT ACCOMPANIES THE TEXT OF THE SAME NAME. |
BR | 2512 | ON THE DARKENING GREEN | CHARYN, JEROME | MRS. LEON FE | THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT GROWING UP IN NEW YORK IN THE 1940S. THE AUTHOR ADDS COLOR BY HIS PORTRAYAL OF A NUMBER OF EXCITING AND GROTESQUE CHARACTERS. | |
BR | 2513 | GENERATION OF DECISION | JEWISH REJUVENATION IN AMERICA | LIPTZIN, SOL | A STUDY OF THE ATTITUDES OF AMERICAN WRITERS, BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH, TOWARD JEWS, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE JEWISH WRITER'S CULTURAL DUALITY. | |
BR | 2514 | HUNDRED HOURS TO SUEZ, A | HENRIQUES, ROBERT | AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL'S 100 HOUR CAMPAIGN IN THE SINAI PENINSULA IN OCTOBER, 1956 WHICH PROVIDES DEFTLY DRAWN PORTRAITS OF INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS. | ||
BR | 2515 | SCHOOL WITH A DIFFERENCE, THE | MEYNIER, YVONNE | THIS STORY OF FRENCH GIRLS INCLUDES AN ACCOUNT OF SARAH, WHO, DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF VICHY, DISAPPEARS ONE DAY IN A NAZI ROUND-UP OF JEWS. | ||
BR | 2516 | TABLES OF THE LAW, THE | MANN, THOMAS | A NOVELETTE BASED ON THE LIFE OF MOSES, DESCRIBING HIS HERITAGE, YOUNG MANHOOD, THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT AND THE ENGRAVING OF THE TABLETS OF LAW ON MT. SINAI. | ||
BR | 2517 | SCHATTEN AFFAIR, THE | MORTON, FREDERIC | ESTELLE JERO | A NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF AN AMERICAN JEW IN POST-WAR BERLIN. | |
BR | 2519 | HERZOG | BELLOW, SAUL | AS A CHARACTER WHO REFLECTS THE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVES, HERZOG IS A JEWISH COLLEGE TEACHER FROM MONTREAL, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO WHO CAME OF AGE IN THE SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST. NEARING THE END OF HIS LIFE HE CONTEMPLATES HIS FAILURE IN RELATIONSHIPS AND IN HIS CAREER. | ||
BR | 2520 | YOSHE KALB | SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA | FLORENCE KRA | A CLASSIC NOVEL WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF A SAINT WHOSE ILL-STARRED LOVE ALMOST CAUSED A RELIGIOUS WAR AMONG THE JEWS. | |
BR | 2522 | HISTORY AND JEWISH HISTORIANS | ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES | BARON, SALO W. | JUDITH HOFFM | AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISCREPANCIES AND RELEVANCIES IN THE WORK OF JEWISH HISTORIANS BY THE FORMER PROFESSOR OF JEWISH RELIGION AND HISTORY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. |
BR | 2525 | LAST ESSAYS | MANN, THOMAS | THE FOUR ESSAYS OF THIS WORK PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL AND PENETRATING CRITICAL COMMENTARY ON SCHILLER, GOETHE, NIETZSCHE AND CHEKHOV. | ||
BR | 2528 | NIGHT OF THE GENERALS, THE | KIRST, HANS HELLMUT | AURELIA MINT | THIS BOOK, A MYSTERY AND A SATIRE ABOUT THE OFFICER CLASS OF GERMANY, ALSO SERVES AS A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE NAZI ERA. | |
BR | 2531 | NATION OF IMMIGRANTS, A | KENNEDY, JOHN F. | THE LATE PRESIDENT, DURING HIS YEARS IN THE SENATE, REVIEWS THE HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION SHOWING THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICA'S ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LIFE. | ||
BR | 2533 | DANIEL | DIALOGUES ON REALIZATION | BUBER, MARTIN | MRS. DANIEL | PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUES ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S REALIZATION OF HIMSELF AND HIS WORLD. |
BR | 2535 | LEGENDS OF JUDAH THE MACCABEE | SKULSKY, S. | USING MIDRASHIC SOURCES, THE AUTHOR TELLS THE EXCITING STORY OF THE MACCABEES. | ||
BR | 2536 | LITTLE GIRL IS DEAD, A | GOLDEN, HARRY | AN ACCOUNT OF THE LEO FRANK CASE, IN WHICH FRANK WAS ACCUSED, TRIED, AND LYNCHED FOR THE MURDER OF A YOUNG GIRL IN THE SOUTH IN 1913. | ||
BR | 2537 | NEW JEWISH HISTORY, THE--BOOK I | GAMORAN, MAMIE G. | THIS HISTORY TEXTBOOK DEALS WITH THE PERIOD FROM ABRAHAM TO THE MACCABEES. | ||
BR | 2539 | COLLECTION OF YIDDISH POEMS, A | PERETZ, LEIVICK | THEMES OF LIFE, LOVE, RELIGION, HATE, DESPAIR, JOY, AND BEAUTY ARE EXPRESSED IN THIS COLLECTION OF POETRY. | ||
BR | 2541 | FOLK-ROCK | THE BOB DYLAN STORY | RIBAKOVE, SY AND BARBARA | THE STORY OF BOB DYLAN (ROBERT ZIMMERMAN), THE JEWISH BOY WHO SET THE WORLD OF FOLK MUSIC ON FIRE. | |
BR | 2544 | SIXTY-EIGHT | SCAEVOLA, PETER | A POLEMIC NOVEL OF PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS ABOUT AMERICANS FACED WITH DEPRESSION, RACIAL TURMOIL, AND A COMMUNIST ADVANCE. WILL BLACKS AND JEWS BE SCAPEGOATS? | ||
BR | 2547 | AMERICAN JEWISH HEROES | LURIE, ROSE G. | A CHILDREN'S BOOK ABOUT THE LIVES OF WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN JEWS. | ||
BR | 2548 | CAT AND MOUSE | GRASS, GUNTER | SET IN WORLD WAR II DANZIG, THIS IS A TRAGIC STORY OF A PATHETIC CHARACTER CAUGHT IN A PARADOX. | ||
BR | 2549 | PEOPLE IN PALESTINE | COOLIDGE, OLIVIA E. | A SERIES OF SHORT STORIES THAT PORTRAY DAILY LIFE IN PALESTINE DURING AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TIME OF JESUS. | ||
BR | 2551 | HOLOCAUST KINGDOM, THE | DONAT, ALEXANDER | TILLIE DREZN | A MEMOIR OF LIFE IN THE WARSAW GHETTO DURING WORLD WAR II, FOCUSING ON THE HORRORS OF GHETTO LIFE AND THE TORMENT OF JEWS IN THE DEATH CAMPS, ALL OF WHICH WERE WITNESSED BY THE AUTHOR. | |
BR | 2553 | GERMANS, THE | TEMPEL, GUDRUN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN WHO GREW UP DURING THE NAZI REGIME IN GERMANY. AN UNCOMPROMISINGLY CRITICAL BOOK. | ||
BR | 2554 | ESCAPE | SENJE, SIGURD | AN EXCITING DRAMATIZATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF TEENAGERS ON BEHALF OF THE UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 2555 | BEN-GURION OF ISRAEL | LITVINOFF, BARNET | THE STORY OF A MAN WHO DREAMED OF AN INDEPENDENT JEWISH STATE AND WHOSE EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE REALIZATION OF THAT DREAM. | ||
BR | 2556 | SUMMER IN GALILEE | LEVY, JULIETTE DE BAIRACLI | THE AUTHOR TELLS OF THE EXPERIENCES SHE AND HER CHILDREN SHARED DURING SUMMERS SPENT NEAR THE LOVELY LAKE OF GALILEE. | ||
BR | 2558 | STORY BIBLE, THE. Bk. 2. | ZELLIGS, DOROTHY F. | RHODA PLOFSK | A RETELLING OF THE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. HIGHLIGHTS THE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEBREW PEOPLE. | |
BR | 2559 | COVENANT, THE | YAARI, YEHUDA | A COLLECTION OF TEN SHORT STORIES ABOUT THE YOUNG STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE CHALUTZIM WHO HELPED BUILD IT. | ||
BR | 2560 | DIAMOND | GLANVILLE, BRIAN | A NOVEL PORTRAYING THE BATTLE OF GENERATIONS IN A MIDDLE-CLASS JEWISH FAMILY IN LONDON. | ||
BR | 2562 | TOWER OF DAVID | REICHERT, VICTOR | SOME OF THE BEST POEMS OF A NOTED RABBI AND POET AS WELL AS HIS TRANSLATIONS OF SEVERAL CLASSICAL HEBREW VERSES. THE THEMES RANGE FROM THE SECULAR TO THE RELIGIOUS. | ||
BR | 2565 | TREASURY OF JEWISH THOUGHTS | SILVER, SAMUEL M., EDITOR | A SMALL GOLD MINE OF JEWISH WISDOM TAKEN FROM THE BIBLE, TALMUD, MIDRASH AND OTHER CLASSICAL SOURCES THAT OFFERS SUCCINCT THOUGHTS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 2569 | WITHIN THY HAND | ORLEANS, ILO | A BOOK OF SPIRITUAL POETRY AND PRAYERS FOR YOUNG AND OLD. | ||
BR | 2571 | LIMITS OF LOVE | RAPHAEL, FREDERIC | THIS NOVEL BY A SATIRIC YET COMPASSIONATE OBSERVER OF MODERN SOCIETY PRESENTS THE COMPLEX DEVELOPMENNT OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN POST-WORLD WAR II LONDON. | ||
BR | 2575 | LEGEND OF ISRAEL | LEVNER, J. B. | A COLLECTION OF RABBINIC THOUGHTS AND LORE RELATED TO THE LIFE OF MOSES. | ||
BR | 2576 | SWORD AND THE PROMISE | SIEGAL, BENJAMIN | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD DURING THE REIGN OF THE ROMAN EMPEROR HADRIAN, IN THE SECOND CENTURY C.E. | ||
BR | 2579 | LONYA REMINISCENCES | LAZAR, ALBERT O. | THE STORY OF A MAN'S MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LIFE PRESENTED AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE HISTORY OF AN ERA OF CHANGE CENTERED IN RUSSIA. | ||
BR | 2580 | TEN DAYS TILL HARVEST | BALL, ELSIE | A BOY'S ADVENTURES IN THE DAYS OF THE PROPHETS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2581 | ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY UPTOWN | TAYLOR, SYDNEY | FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A LARGE JEWISH FAMILY GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 2582 | DEATH OF THE ADVERSARY | KEILSON, HANS | AN ATTEMPT BY A DUTCH AUTHOR VICTIMIZED BY NAZI PERSECUTION TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE PROBLEMS OF HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND DEATH. | ||
BR | 2584 | CHILDREN'S HISTORY OF ISRAEL - Book 2 | ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | THE SECOND BOOK IN THE SERIES DEALS WITH THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM JOSHUA TO THE SECOND TEMPLE. | ||
BR | 2585 | ROAR LION ROAR | AND OTHER STORIES | FAUST, IRVIN | AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY A TALENTED YOUNG JEWISH WRITER WHO WRYLY PRESENTS CONTEMPORARY AMERICA. | |
BR | 2588 | CONVERSION OF CHAPLAIN COHEN, THE | TARR, HERBERT | CAROL SLOTE/ | THE HUMOROUS EXPERIENCES AND ADVENTURES OF A JEWISH CHAPLAIN SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY. | |
BR | 2589 | INCIDENT AT VICHY | MILLER, ARTHUR | JEWEL LIEBER | THE PLAYWRIGHT DESCRIBES THE VICHY GOVERNMENT'S TREATMENT OF THE JEWS DURING WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 2590 | DEBORAH | HOGAN, BERNICE | AN INTERESTING BIOGRAPHY OF THIS GREAT JUDGE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2591 | DAVID | THE STORY OF BEN-GURION | EDELMAN, MAURICE | A CLEAR, LIVELY, INTELLIGENT STUDY OF DAVID BEN-GURION. A CONVINCING PORTRAIT OF THIS POWERFUL AND PARADOXICAL WORLD FIGURE. | |
BR | 2592 | JONAH | DOSS, HELEN | AN EXCELLENT FICTIONAL TREATMENT OF THIS HEBREW PROPHET. | ||
BR | 2596 | ACRES AND PAINS | PERELMAN, S.J. | HUMOROUS STORY OF A CITY-DWELLER BUYING AND REMODELING A COUNTRY HOUSE. | ||
BR | 2597 | TREASURE HUNT IN JUDAISM | SMITH, HAROLD C. | A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE ENTIRE TREASURE HOUSE OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. | ||
BR | 2599 | STRENGTH | PILCHIK, ELY E. | A PLAY IN THREE ACTS WHICH PORTRAYS THE RISE OF NAZISM. | ||
BR | 2601 | TO NUMBER OUR DAYS | VAN PAASSEN, PIERRE | AN EXCELLENT, TIMELY AND PROVOCATIVE BOOK OF MEMOIRS AND OPINIONS, IT IS A SEQUEL TO THE FAMOUS BOOK DAYS OF OUR YEARS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 2603 | LIFE AND THOUGHT OF A.D. GORDON, THE | ROSE, HERBERT H. | SYLVIA SCHMU | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE PIONEER AND PHILOSOPHER OF MODERN ISRAEL WHO FOUNDED THE FIRST KIBBUTZ IN 1905. | |
BR | 2606 | GEMS FROM JEWISH LITERATURE | TEITELBAUM, ELSA | AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES BY YIDDISH AUTHORS AVRAHAM REISEN, MENDELE MOCHER SEFORIM, AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 2607 | BIRTHDAY KING, THE | FIELDING, GABRIEL | THE STORY OF THE WEIDMANNS, A PARTLY JEWISH FAMILY WHO, BECAUSE OF THE NAZIS, ARE SPLIT INTO RIVAL FACTIONS OF OPPORTUNISTS, EXPLOITERS AND MORALISTS. | ||
BR | 2610 | WHOLE LOAF, A | STORIES FROM ISRAEL | KAHN, SHOLOM J., ED. | MARILYN KRAM | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY HEBREW WRITERS THAT MIRRORS THE EXPERIENCES AND TRADITIONS OF MODERN ISRAEL AND ISRAELIS. |
BR | 2611 | ABOAB, FIRST RABBI OF THE AMERICAS | HAHN, EMILY | A FICTIONAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST RABBI IN THE NEW WORLD AS WELL AS AN INTERESTING PORTRAIT OF HIS PERIOD. | ||
BR | 2612 | HOLLOW GLORY | SHIHOR, SAMUEL | A COMPLETE, FRANK ACCOUNT OF CHAIM WEIZMANN'S LAST FIVE YEARS DURING WHICH HE SERVED AS ISRAEL'S FIRST PRESIDENT. | ||
BR | 2615 | MENDLEMAN FIRE, AND STORIES | MANKOWITZ, WOLF | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES WITH A CHARACTERISTICALLY JEWISH FLAVOR. | ||
BR | 2617 | TO MOTHER WITH LOVE | A TRIBUTE TO GREAT STORIES | UNGAR, FREDERICK, ED. | LYNN LAPMAN | A TRIBUTE TO MOTHERHOOD AND TO THE DEVOTION OF MOTHERS OF ALL TIME. |
BR | 2618 | PASSOVER STORY | BIAL, MORRISON DAVID | THE STORY AND MEANING OF PASSOVER IS EXPLORED FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 2621 | MOSES | WHEELER, OPAL | THE STORY OF MOSES' LIFE FOR CHILDREN. AGES 8 TO 12. | ||
BR | 2624 | FAMILY MAN | SULKIN, SYDNEY | THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN BOSTON FROM 1932 THROUGH THE MCCARTHY ERA. | ||
BR | 2625 | SOUND OF THE WALLS, THE | TWERSKY, JACOB | THE STORY OF A BLIND MAN WHO TOOK HIS PLACE IN THE SIGHTED WORLD AS A TEACHER, FAMILY MAN AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, HUMAN BEING. | ||
BR | 2627 | MOTHER'S KISSES, A | FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY | A COMEDIC NOVEL DEALING WITH THE PICTURESQUE ADVENTURES OF A MOTHER AND SON. | ||
BR | 2629 | BETWEEN TWO WORLDS | GORDIS, ROBERT | ANTHOLOGY OF SERMONS FOR ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR DELIVERED BY THE FAMOUS CONSERVATIVE RABBI. | ||
BR | 2632 | TEVYE STORIES AND OTHERS | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | STORIES ABOUT TEVYE THE MILKMAN AND OTHER ENTERTAINING PERSONALITIES WITH THE TYPICAL FLAVOR CHARACTERISTIC OF THE 'YIDDISH MARK TWAIN.' | ||
BR | 2633 | HILLEL'S HAPPY HOLIDAYS | GAMORAN, MAMIE | A RELIGIOUS TEXT FOR CHILDREN CONCERNING THE CELEBRATION OF THE JEWISH FESTIVALS. | ||
BR | 2634 | CONTEMPORARIES | KAZIN, ALFRED | ESSAYS OF LITERARY CRITICISM AND ANALYSIS TREATING BOTH CLASSIC AUTHORS--MELVILLE, THOREAU, EMERSON--AND MODERN WRITERS--FAULKNER, SALINGER, BELLOW AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 2639 | JUSTICE ON TRIAL | THE CASE OF LOUIS D. BRANDEIS | TODD, A.L. | THE STORY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL APPOINTMENT OF LOUIS D. BRANDEIS TO THE SUPREME COURT. THE ACCESSION OF BRANDEIS, THE FIRST JEW TO SIT ON THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE COUNTRY, MARKED A TURNING POINT IN THE BATTLE FOR EXPANDING FREEDOM. | |
BR | 2641 | GLASS ROSE | BANKOWSKY, RICHARD | WHILE SITTING AT A POLISH WAKE, THE MORTICIAN REFLECTS UPON THE DECEASED'S DAUGHTER AND HIS ENCOUNTER WITH HER THE PREVIOUS SUMMER. | ||
BR | 2642 | CARPET OF SOLOMON, THE | A HEBREW LEGEND | ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | MRS. A. MOTO | THE RETELLING OF A HEBREW LEGEND IN WHICH KING SOLOMON DREAMS HE TRAVELS ON A MAGIC CARPET FROM ONE END OF THE EARTH TO THE OTHER. |
BR | 2643 | FAITH AND LOVE | STEINBACH, ALEXANDER ALAN | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS GIVING STANDARDS AND DIRECTIONS FOR A MEANINGFUL, SPIRITUALLY ILLUMINATING LIFE. | ||
BR | 2645 | MARA OF OLD BABYLON | WITHERIDGE, ELIZABETH | A STORY OF THE HEBREWS DURING THE LAST TENSE DAYS OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY AND THEIR RETURN TO JERUSALEM. MARA RISKS HER OWN FREEDOM TO AID OTHERS. | ||
BR | 2646 | CHOSEN, THE | RIBALOW, HAROLD U. | ELAINE LEE | AN ANTHOLOGY OF 23 SHORT STORIES, DEPICTING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE. AMONG THE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ARE MALAMUD, ANGOFF, AND GOLD. | |
BR | 2647 | STREET OF CROCODILES | SCHULZ, BRUNO | A NOVEL, BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S LIFE, DESCRIBES SCHULZ'S CHILDHOOD YEARS IN A TOWN ON THE PLAINS OF SOUTHWEST POLAND. | ||
BR | 2648 | BOW IN THE CLOUD, A | FANCHIOTTI, MARGHERITA | AN IMAGINATIVE NARRATIVE OF A CHILD'S EYE-VIEW OF THE GREAT FLOOD AND LIFE ABOARD THE ARK. | ||
BR | 2649 | LEADING A JEWISH LIFE IN THE MODERN WORLD | MARKOVITZ, S. H., RABBI | THIS BOOK IS ESPECIALLY INTENDED FOR PARENTS SEEKING ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS WHICH ARISE IN THE ADJUSTMENT TO JEWISH LIFE IN A MODERN WORLD. | ||
BR | 2650 | HUSBAND OF DELILAH | LINKLATER, ERIC | SAMSON IS DEPICTED AS A GREAT FOLK HERO WHOSE FEATS OF STRENGTH MAINTAINED A THREATENED FAITH AND THE FLAME OF LIFE IN AN OPPRESSED PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2653 | HATZKEL THE WATER-CARRIER | DUVEDON, A. | A NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND DEPICTING BOTH THE DESPERATION AND INSPIRATION OF A LIFE-STYLE WHICH HAS BEEN OBLITERATED. | ||
BR | 2654 | CEREMONIES OF JUDAISM, THE | IDELSOHN, ABRAHAM Z. | A POPULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE ESSENTIAL RITUALS AND CUSTOMS OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 2655 | IT'S GOOD TO BE A JEW | KOHN, EUGENE | ESSAYS ON THE UNIVERSAL ASPECTS OF JEWISH VALUES AS LIVED IN THE JEWISH HOME AND COMMUNITY, AND AS FOUND IN JEWISH CULTURE AND RELIGION. | ||
BR | 2656 | ANYBODY'S SPRING | MURRAY, A.A. | IN THIS NOVEL, ISAAC FONK, ALWAYS TRYING TO PROSPER, FINDS THAT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FAMILY IS A THORN ON HIS PATH, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO FIND HAPPINESS. | ||
BR | 2657 | SHAPES OF CLAY | HALLER, DINAH | THE LOVE STORY OF NIRAH MERON, A YOUNG ISRAELI OFFICER AND BERT DARZIDON, AN AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN, BOTH PRODUCTS OF NAZI EUROPE AND CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY. | ||
BR | 2658 | MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN | DRAZIN, NATHAN | A RABBI, CONCERNED WITH THE FATE OF THE JEWISH FAMILY, PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO ALL ASPECTS OF MARRIAGE AND DETERMINES HOW MARRIAGES CAN BE MADE TO LAST. | ||
BR | 2659 | MIGHTY WARRIOR, THE | KLING, SIMCHA | AN EXCELLENT JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE GREAT ZIONIST PIONEERS, MENACHEM USSISHKIN. | ||
BR | 2660 | BIBLE IS FOR YOU, THE | ROSENBERG, STUART E. | A GUIDE FOR THE ADULT READER ON HOW TO USE THE BIBLE AS A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING ONESELF AND ONE'S ENVIRONMENT. | ||
BR | 2661 | I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY | CHILDREN OF THERESIENSTADT | THE OBSERVATIONS IN VERSE AND ART FORM OF YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE THERESIENSTADT CONCENTRATION CAMP. | ||
BR | 2662 | STREAMS IN THE WILDERNESS | ZELDIS, CHAIM | THE ADVENTURES OF AN ENTERPRISING GROUP OF AMERICAN JEWS WHO DECIDE TO SPEND A YEAR IN A ZIONIST PIONEER TRAINING CAMP. | ||
BR | 2663 | IN THE THICKET | SIMON, SOLOMON | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL ABOUT AN ADOLESCENT YESHIVA STUDENT AND HIS PRIVATE WAR WITH HIMSELF, HIS JEWISH HERITAGE, AND TWENTIETH CENTURY POLITICAL-SOCIAL IDEAS. | ||
BR | 2665 | HIGHWAYS THROUGH JUDAISM | REICHERT, VICTOR E, RABBI | ESSAYS DEALING WITH OUTSTANDING PERSONALITIES WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2667 | BEGINNERS, THE | JACOBSON, DAN | FRANCES COAH | A NOVEL ABOUT LITHUANIAN JEWS WHO EMIGRATED TO SOUTH AFRICA AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MADE TO THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. | |
BR | 2668 | FAREWELL TO FEAR | KEITLEN, TOMI & NORMAN LOBENZ | THE INSPIRING STORY OF HOW THE AUTHOR OVERCAME HER BLINDNESS AND BID FAREWELL TO THE SEGREGATED WORLD OF THE BLIND. | ||
BR | 2669 | BEYOND THYSELF | DONIN, HAYIM | A COLLECTION OF SERMONS ON JEWISH THEMES DEALING PARTICULARLY WITH THE APPLICATION OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH ETHICS TO MODERN LIFE. | ||
BR | 2670 | SERVICE OF THE HEART, THE | A GUIDE TO THE JEWISH PRAYERBOOK | GARFIEL, EVELYN | A GUIDE TO THE JEWISH PRAYER BOOK WHICH COMMENTS ON THE HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF THE PRAYERS, AS WELL AS THE ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, AND REFORM VIEWPOINTS. | |
BR | 2671 | LOXFINGER | WEINSTEIN, SOL | ESTHER ARBUT | THE ADVENTURES OF SECRET AGENT OY-OY-7, A HUMOROUS SATIRE ON THE JAMES BOND SPY NOVELS. | |
BR | 2672 | BLESSED IS THE DAUGHTER | WAXMAN, MEYER, ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | THIS BOOK NOTES THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY JEWISH WOMEN AND PROVIDES A GUIDE FOR THE BAT MITZVAH GIRL TOWARD ASSUMING HER PLACE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 2673 | TREASURY FOR MY DAUGHTER, A | BATIST, BESSIE M., EDITOR | HERE IS A REFERENCE BOOK OF JEWISH FESTIVALS WITH INTERESTING MENUS AND RECIPES FOR THE BLIND JEWISH GIRL AND WOMAN. | ||
BR | 2674 | EMMANUEL | VIDAL, NICOLE | A POWERFUL NOVEL OF A JEWISH BOY WHOSE MOTHER BELIEVES HIM TO BE THE MESSIAH. IT MOVES FROM THE CAIRO GHETTO TO A PROFOUNDLY MOVING CLIMAX IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2675 | TO DIE WITH HONOR | THE UPRISING OF THE JEWS IN THE WA | TUSHNET, LEONARD | A DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF THE RESISTANCE AND UPRISING IN THE WARSAW GHETTO FROM 1940-1943. | |
BR | 2676 | BASIC JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA | COHEN, HARRY A., RABBI | A BOOK FOR THE GENERAL READER IN WHICH RABBI COHEN PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE CONCEPTS AND ISSUES UNDERLYING THE JEWISH FAITH AND TRADITION. | ||
BR | 2681 | HEROES OF JEWISH HISTORY--BOOK I | LEWITTES, MORDECAI H. | A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL TEXTBOOK OFFERING SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JEWISH HEROES FROM ABRAHAM TO MOSES. | ||
BR | 2682 | STORY OF THE SYNAGOGUE | LEVIN, MEYER & TOBY KURZBAND | NANCY SCHIER | A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNCTION OF THE SYNAGOGUE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 2683 | YEARS OF URGENCY (1938-1941) | BLUM, JOHN MORTON | SOLIDLY RESEARCHED PRESENTED BIOGRAPHY OF HENRY MORGENTHAU, THE ABLE JEWISH SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY UNDER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. | ||
BR | 2684 | ASSIMILATION IN AMERICAN LIFE | THE ROLE OF RACE, RELIGION AND NAT | GORDON, MILTON | AN IMPORTANT WORK PRESENTING THE AUTHOR'S INTEREST IN ETHNIC AND CLASS STRATIFICATION IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. | |
BR | 2685 | PATHWAYS THROUGH PRAYERBOOK | EFFRON, BENJAMIN | A DISCUSSION OF BOTH THE ORIGIN AND MEANING OF THE COMPLETE JEWISH LITURGY. | ||
BR | 2686 | ATONEMENT OF ASHLEY MORDEN, THE | BODSWORTH, FRED | A NOVEL ABOUT AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD BOY WHO JOINS THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 2687 | I AM THE BEAUTIFUL STRANGER | DREXLER, ROSALYN | A HUMOROUS NARRATIVE OF JEWISH FAMILY LIFE BY A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL. | ||
BR | 2688 | RIGHT WAY, THE | ETHICS FOR YOU | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | ETTA EPSTEIN | A COLLECTION OF STORIES WHICH CAN SERVE AS A TEXTBOOK ON ETHICS FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STUDENTS. |
BR | 2689 | MODERN JEWISH STORIES | CHARLES, GERDA, EDITOR | SHORT STORIES OF JEWISH INTEREST CHOSEN FROM THE LITERATURE OF THE PRESENT AND OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST. | ||
BR | 2690 | TALKS ON JEWISH PRAYER | CASPER, BERNARD M, RABBI | DISCUSSIONS OF THE VALUE AND MEANING OF PRAYER. | ||
BR | 2691 | SPOKEN CHOICE, THE | BLANK, AMY K. | RUTH PARTER/ | THESE POEMS, WRITTEN BY AN ENGLISHWOMAN, ARE COMPOSED OF DIALOGUES ON BIBLICAL THEMES AND LYRICS ON NATURE AND CHILDHOOD. | |
BR | 2692 | CUCUMBER KING AND OTHER STORIES, THE | SAMUEL, EDWIN | MRS. LEWIS M | A NUMBER OF HUMOROUS TALES, MANY OF WHICH DEAL WITH LIFE IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 2693 | LIFE IN MY HANDS, A | EHRLICH, J.W. | THIS IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS CRIMINAL LAWYERS ON THE WEST COAST. | ||
BR | 2694 | STORY OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS | ZELIGS, DR. DOROTHY F. | A PRESENTATION OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND THEIR RELATED PRACTICES APPROPRIATE FOR 9-13 YEAR OLDS. | ||
BR | 2696 | WISDOM OF THE TALMUD, THE | BOKSER, RABBI BEN ZION | A POPULAR INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUD, MEANT FOR THE GENERAL READER. | ||
BR | 2699 | COMMISSAR, THE | VINOKUR, GRIGORY | SHERRY BREND | THE PLIGHT OF A RED ARMY COMMISSAR DURING WORLD WAR II, WHO DESIRES TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS AS A GOOD COMMUNIST BUT IS PREVENTED BECAUSE HE IS JEWISH. | |
BR | 2700 | HOLIDAY NIGHT DREAMS | POSY, ARNOLD | THIS BOOK RELATES A SERIES OF FICTIONAL EVENTS THAT OCCURRED TO THE FOUR SONS OF THE HAGGADAH. IT HAS VARIOUS METAPHYSICAL AND SYMBOLIC ASPECTS. | ||
BR | 2701 | IN THE LAND OF KINGS AND PROPHETS | SCHWARTZ, JACOB D., RABBI | SELECTIONS FROM THE TITLE APPROPRIATELY EDITED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO PROVIDE A GLIMPSE OF THIS PERIOD IN JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 2702 | GOD AROUND US, THE | BRISHTO, MYRA | A COLLECTION OF POEMS AND PRAYERS ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2703 | TREASURY OF JEWISH SEA STORIES, A | SOBEL, SAMUEL, ED. | A COLLECTION OF STORIES OF THE SEA WRITTEN BY OR ABOUT JEWS. | ||
BR | 2704 | LOVE | MAMIS, JUSTIN | A JEWISH SHOPKEEPER'S LIFE IS SHATTERED BY THE RETURN OF HIS NON-CONFORMIST SON. | ||
BR | 2706 | SCALPEL'S EDGE | WEINSTEIN, ALFRED A., M.D. | A NOVEL ABOUT A MEDICAL STUDENT'S JOURNEY FROM HARVARD TO A BOSTON HOSPITAL. ANTI-SEMITISM, ETHICS, AND CONSERVATISM VERSUS LIBERALISM ARE THE DOMINANT THEMES. | ||
BR | 2707 | WHO IS MAN? | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | HESCHEL CONSIDERS THE TIMELESS PROBLEMS OF EXISTENCE, MEANING, VALUE AND MAN'S RELATION TO GOD AND OFFERS ANSWERS FROM A FRESH PERSPECTIVE ON TRADITIONAL THEOLOGY. | ||
BR | 2709 | DAVID | A BIBLE HEROES LIBRARY BOOK | BEARMAN, JANE | MRS. HARRY G | THE STORY OF KING DAVID FOR VERY YOUNG READERS. |
BR | 2710 | BOY OF OLD PRAGUE, A | ISH-KISHOR, SULAMITH | A NOVEL OF SIXTEENTH CENTURY LIFE ON A MANORIAL ESTATE NEAR PRAGUE. | ||
BR | 2713 | YEAR OF THE RAT, THE | ZARUBICA, MLADIN | A STARTLING TALE OF THE ESPIONAGE AND INTRIGUE OF ALLIED INTELLIGENCE AND THE ATTEMPT TO PLANT FALSE PLANS OF THE NORMANDY INVASION IN NAZI HANDS. | ||
BR | 2714 | MANY LIVES OF OTTO KAHN, THE | MATZ, MARY JANE | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE INVESTMENT BANKER WHO SERVED AS AN ADVISER TO PRESIDENTS AND WAS A MAJOR PATRON OF THE METROPOLITAN OPERA. KAHN, WHO LIVED FROM 1867-1934, WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 2716 | DISRAELI | KOMROFF, MANUEL | A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF DISRAELI WHICH CONCENTRATES ON HIS JEWISH BIRTH AND ITS EFFECT ON HIS CAREER AND POLICIES. | ||
BR | 2717 | EXTREME MAGIC | A NOVEL AND OTHER STORIES | CALISHER, HORTENSE | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES BY A NOTED WRITER WHICH EXPLORES THE MAGIC OF HER WRITING AND THE MARVEL OF HER RANGE. | |
BR | 2718 | LIFE AND TIMES OF HEROD THE GREAT, THE | PEROWNE, STEWART | A SOPHISTICATED SUMMARY OF KING HEROD'S LIFE AND A BACKGROUND HISTORY OF ISRAEL AT THIS TIME. | ||
BR | 2719 | PROPHETS FOR THE COMMON READER, THE | CHASE, MARY ELLEN | THIS BOOK CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT SIX BIBLICAL PROPHETS. | ||
BR | 2720 | PILLARS OF SALT | EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR | A SYMPATHETIC PICTURE OF WELL-INTENTIONED PARENTS ALONG WITH THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE WHICH FAILS. | ||
BR | 2721 | STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE - BK. 1 | KLAPERMAN, GILBERT & LIBBY | FROM CREATION TO REBUILDING OF 2ND TEMPLE, COMBINES DEEP RELIGIOUS REVERENCE WITH VIVID RETELLING OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. | ||
BR | 2722 | WHITE MARBLE LADY | OTTLEY, ROI | THE STORY OF AN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE IS THE BASIS OF THIS NOVEL OF CONTEMPORARY HARLEM AND MODERN SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 2723 | RETURN TO FREEDOM | KAMM, JOSEPHINE | EXCITING ADVENTURE STORY OF A JEWISH BOY LIVING A MARRANO-LIKE EXISTENCE IN CROMWELL'S ENGLAND. A SPLENDIDLY RESEARCHED DRAMATIZATION OF THE JEWS' STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN ENGLAND. | ||
BR | 2724 | BIALIK TREASURY, A | SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF HAYYI | SEGAL, JACOB E., RABBI, EDITOR | TRANSLATIONS OF CHILDREN'S POETRY, SONGS, VERSES AND PROSE BY THIS GREAT MASTER OF HEBREW LITERATURE. | |
BR | 2725 | UNDERSTANDING THE TALMUD | TRATTNER, ERNEST | A STUDY OF THE CONTENTS AND MEANING OF THE TALMUD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AREAS OF JEWISH LIFE AND LAW. | ||
BR | 2727 | HUNTER, THE | FRIEDMAN, TUVIA | RICHARD HARV | THE DIRECTOR OF THE HAIFA INSTITUTE FOR DOCUMENTATION OF NAZI WAR CRIMES TELLS HIS LIFE STORY WITH EMPHASIS ON THE CRUCIAL ROLE HE PLAYED IN LOCATING ADOLF EICHMANN. | |
BR | 2729 | SOLDIERS IN JUDEA | FREULICH, ROMAN | STORIES AND VIGNETTES ABOUT THE JEWISH LEGION WHICH FOUGHT WITH THE ALLIES DURING WORLD WAR II AND ALSO HELPED FIGHT FOR THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2732 | STORY OF THE JEWISH WAY OF LIFE | LEVIN, MEYER & KURZBAND, TOBY | A DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS AND CEREMONIES WHICH ARE PART OF THE JEWISH LIVING. | ||
BR | 2734 | JEWISH CHILD EVERY DAY, THE | COVICH, S., EDITOR | A BOOK OF STORIES DESIGNED TO TEACH BASIC IDEAS OF JUDAISM TO CHILDREN AGES 3-5. | ||
BR | 2736 | WHO KNOWS TEN? | CONE, MOLLY | A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S STORIES THEMATICALLY RELATED TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. | ||
BR | 2737 | KIBBUTZ THAT WAS | STERN, BORIS | THE AUTHOR SHOWS THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE KIBBUTZ, THE RESULTING PROBLEMS, AND THE ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE THEM. | ||
BR | 2738 | CUSTOM AND SURVIVAL | A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF RA | STEIMAN, SIDNEY | A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF RABBI JACOB MOLIN, KNOWN AS THE 'MAHARIL,' WHO AUTHORED A BOOK ON JEWISH LAWS AND CUSTOMS AND HELPED INSURE THE SURVIVAL OF HIS PEOPLE DURING THE PERSECUTIONS OF THE 14TH AND 15TH CENTURIES. | |
BR | 2740 | ROLL JORDAN ROLL | THE LIFE STORY OF A RIVER AND ITS | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | ELAINE SUSSM | THE STORY OF THE JORDAN RIVER: ITS ORIGINS, PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. ALSO DISCUSSED IS THE RIVER'S ROLE IN THE MODERN HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND JORDAN. |
BR | 2741 | MY MEMOIRS | PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB | PERETZ'S MEMOIRS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO HIS LIFE AND WORK. | ||
BR | 2742 | STRANGE WIVES | BARKER, SHIRLEY | A NOVEL DEALING WITH THE PRIVATE LIVES AND ATTITUDES OF FAMILIES LIVING IN EUROPE DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 2743 | ENVY THE FRIGHTENED | DAYAN, YAEL | THE STORY OF A SENSITIVE SMALL BOY WHO IS MADE TO FEEL BY HIS FATHER THAT HE MUST NEITHER FEEL NOR SHOW FEAR. | ||
BR | 2744 | LISTENING HEART, THE | GOLDFARB, SOLOMON, RABBI | A STUDY OF THE PROPHETIC PORTIONS (HAFTOROT) RECITED ON SABBATHS IN THE SYNAGOGUE. | ||
BR | 2745 | TRIAL AND TRIUMPH | MORRISON, L.M. AND R.G. HUBLER | A NOVEL ABOUT MAIMONIDES, HIS LIFE AND THE POLITICAL SITUATION OF THE TIME WRITTEN FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OF HIS FATHER AND SON. | ||
BR | 2748 | ISLANDS OF COMPASSION | LEVITAN, TINA | THE STORY OF MAJOR JEWISH HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK AND THE PIONEERING ROLE THEY PLAYED IN ACHIEVING IMPROVED MEDICAL CARE IN THE CITY AND INFLUENCING OTHER COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 2750 | ISRAEL | NEW PEOPLE IN AN OLD LAND | EDELMAN, LILY | AN INFORMATIVE STUDY OF MODERN ISRAEL, WHICH TOUCHES ON EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE WITHIN THE COUNTRY. | |
BR | 2752 | JUSTICE IN JERUSALEM | HAUSNER, GIDEON | THE PROSECUTOR OF THE EICHMANN TRIAL HAS COMPILED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AS WELL AS THE GERMAN PLAN FOR JEWISH GENOCIDE. | ||
BR | 2753 | PAINTED BIRD, THE | KOSINSKI, JERZY | NANCY SCHIER | ALTHOUGH IT EXPOSES BRUTALITY, THIS SAGA OF A HOMELESS BOY IN A NIGHTMARE WORLD GLOWS WITH HUMANITY AND COMPASSION. | |
BR | 2754 | MY FATHER AND I | SCHILDKRAUT, JOSEPH | A PORTRAIT OF HIS ACTOR-FATHER, RUDOLF, BY THE SON WHO ALSO BECAME A RENOWNED PERFORMER. | ||
BR | 2755 | GREAT MARCH, THE | POST-BIBLICAL JEWISH STORIES - BOO | LURIE, ROSE G. | A SEQUEL TO BOOK I, THIS TEXT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL STORIES AS AN INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH HISTORY. | |
BR | 2756 | BEHOLD MY MESSENGER | SILVERMAN, ALTHEA O. | A DISCUSSION OF THE LIVES AND TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHETS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2757 | SO STRANGE MY PATH | A SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE | CARMEL, ABRAHAM | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ANGLICAN AND CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO CONVERTED TO ORTHODOX JUDAISM. | |
BR | 2758 | RESTLESS SPIRIT | SELECTED WRITINGS OF ZALMAN SHNEOU | SHNEOUR, ZALMAN. MOSHE SPIEGEL, TRA | BIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS AND SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF THE NOTED HEBREW-YIDDISH LITERARY FIGURE WHO LIVED FROM 1887-1959. TOGETHER WITH BIALIK AND TCHERNICHOWSKY, SHNEOUR WAS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MAJOR HEBREW-YIDDISH POETS OF HIS GENERATION. | |
BR | 2759 | LOOK BEYOND TOMORROW | MUDRA, MARIE | A JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DISCOVERS HOW TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE BY DISCUSSING HIS FEELINGS WITH HIS CLASSMATES AND THEREFORE ATTAINING A BETTER AND MORE MATURE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST. | ||
BR | 2760 | ONCE MORE FROM THE BEGINNING | MERRILL, ROBERT AND SANDFORD DODY | A MOST ENGAGING AUTOBIOGRAPHY MADE SO BY MERRILL'S AFFECTIONATE BUT PERCEPTIVE PORTRAYAL OF HIS FAMILY LIFE. | ||
BR | 2761 | RIGHT BURGER, THE | LEE, HENRY | THE SOCIAL MIX OF THE UPPER CRUST, BOTH JEW AND GENTILE AT THE HOUSATONIC YACHT CLUB AND RACIAL PREJUDICE AS THE UNDERLYING EVIL. | ||
BR | 2762 | COUNT OF COUCY, THE | LEHMANN, MARCUS | A HISTORICAL NOVEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SET IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE DURING THE AGE OF THE FRENCH-JEWISH TALMUDIC SCHOLARS. | ||
BR | 2763 | EXOTIC JEWISH COMMUNITIES | STRIZOWER, SCHIFRA | AN ACCOUNT OF REMOTE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN ASIA. | ||
BR | 2764 | HISTORY OF ISRAEL, A | JOHNSTON, LEONARD | AN OUTLINE OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM ANCIENT ISRAEL TO THE CONQUEST OF POMPEY. A BRIEF HISTORY WHICH IS ESPECIALLY VALUABLE TO THE UNINITIATE. | ||
BR | 2767 | CHOSEN SPARROW, A | CASPARY, VERA | A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH WAR ORPHAN WHO GREW UP IN A NAZI PRISON. | ||
BR | 2768 | WAY TO GOD, THE | SILVER, MAXWELL | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE RELIGIOUS VIEWS OF THE HEBREW PROPHETS IN MODERN TERMS. | ||
BR | 2770 | SIGNAL FIRES OF LACHISH, THE | GUBER, RIVKA | A SENSITIVE NARRATIVE SET IN ISRAEL AFTER THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1948. THE FOCUS IS ON AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY AND THE HARD ECONOMIC SITUATION AT THE TIME. | ||
BR | 2771 | WAITING FOR THE END | FIEDLER, LESLIE A. | A VIEW OF THE PRESENT AMERICAN CULTURAL SITUATION AS EVIDENCED IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 2773 | UNFINISHED MEMOIR | BARROWAY, HARRY L. | THE AUTHOR'S DIARY FROM 1884-1965, HIS LIFE AND TIMES. | ||
BR | 2775 | SELECTED POEMS OF HAYYIM NAHMAN BIALIK, THE | EFROS, ISRAEL, TRANS. | A SELECTION OF POEMS BY HAYYIM NAHMAN BIALIK WHO WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE HEBREW LITERARY RENAISSANCE AND WHO BROUGHT MODERNITY TO THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE. | ||
BR | 2777 | BOOKS OF THIRTY YEARS | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | A SYNOPSIS OF MODERN LITERATURE LECTURES GIVEN AT RODEF SHALOM TEMPLE, PITTSBURGH, PA OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS. TOPICS INCLUDED ARE NOVELS, AMERICA, POLITICS, AND MAJOR FIGURES. | ||
BR | 2778 | GOD OF THE BEGINNINGS, THE | ARON, ROBERT | THIS PREHISTORY OF THE GOD OF THE BIBLE AND HIS FIRST MANIFESTATIONS INCLUDES SOURCES FROM THE TALMUD, MIDRASH AND DISCOVERIES OF ETHNOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. | ||
BR | 2779 | PORTRAIT OF A JEW | MEMMI, ALBERT | THE AUTHOR ANALYZES HIS LIFE AS A JEW AND EXAMINES FACTS AND FALLACIES REGARDING THE HISTORIC, ECONOMIC, AND BIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2780 | DISCOVERY AT ASPEN | RUSKAY, SOPHIE | A NOVELETTE FOR TEEN-AGERS ABOUT A SUMMER AT THE COLORADO MUSIC FESTIVAL AND A JEWISH GIRL'S DISCOVERY OF HERSELF AND HER HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 2781 | WITH A CAST OF THOUSANDS | A HOLLYWOOD CHILDHOOD | ZIMMER, JILL SCHARY | BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE FAMOUS DORE SCHARY, THIS IS A FAMILY CHRONICLE PRESENTING A CHILD'S LIFE IN A WEALTHY JEWISH HOME. | |
BR | 2782 | LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, A | CHOTZINOFF, SAMUEL | GERT ZUCKERM | A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH WELL-KNOWN COMPOSERS AND CONDUCTORS: JASCHA HEIFETZ, VLADIMIR HOROWITZ, RICHARD RODGERS, AND OTHERS. | |
BR | 2783 | IS CURLY JEWISH? | JACOBS, PAUL | A SELF-PORTRAIT OF A JEWISH RADICAL ILLUMINATING THREE TURBULENT DECADES OF SOCIAL UNREST (1935-1965). | ||
BR | 2784 | VATICAN II AND THE JEWS | CARTERS, F.E. | POPE JOHN'S STATEMENT ON JEWISH PEOPLE AND CATHOLIC SPIRITUAL POLICY. A DEFINITIVE STRIKE AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM. | ||
BR | 2786 | INSECURITY OF FREEDOM, THE | ESSAYS ON HUMAN EXISTENCE | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | RUBELLE SCHA | A STUDY OF MODERN MAN: HIS SOCIAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND RELIGIOUS PROBLEMS, AND THE SOLUTIONS WHICH MAY BE DERIVED FROM RELIGION. WRITTEN BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY SCHOLAR AND THINKER. |
BR | 2787 | NORTH TO FREEDOM | HOLM, ANNE | BEA GERSTENS | A STORY ABOUT A 12-YEAR OLD'S ESCAPE FROM A PRISON CAMP AND HIS WANDERINGS AROUND EUROPE. | |
BR | 2788 | COURT FACTOR, THE | APSLER, ALFRED | THE STORY OF SAMSON WERTHEIMER (1658-1724), CHIEF RABBI OF HUNGARY, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND STUDENT OF TALMUD. | ||
BR | 2789 | WHAT IS THIS JEWISH HERITAGE? | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | AN INFORMATIVE STUDY OF JEWISH CULTURE AND CIVILIZATION. | ||
BR | 2790 | LEGACY OF MAIMONIDES, THE | BOKSER, BEN ZION | A BIOGRAPHY AND ANALYSIS OF THE THOUGHT OF MAIMONIDES, THE TOWERING FIGURE OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY. | ||
BR | 2791 | WORLD-OVER STORY BOOK, THE | BELTH, NORTON | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES ON JEWISH HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, CUSTOMS, AND CEREMONIES COLLECTED FROM THE 'WORLD OVER' PERIODICAL FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2792 | WORLD AS I SEE IT, THE | EINSTEIN, ALBERT | THROUGH A SELECTION OF ADDRESSES, LETTERS AND WRITINGS, THE FAMED AUTHOR/SCIENTIST PRESENTS HIS VIEWS ON EDUCATION, PEACE, WAR, WORLD POLITICS AND THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 2793 | BIBLE STORY | ZELIGS, DOROTHY | A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN BOOK FOR AGES 9-12 PRESENTING THE PERIOD FROM JOSHUA THROUGH THE LIFE OF SOLOMON. | ||
BR | 2794 | FAVOR THE RUNNER | KENNEDY, J.R. | AN ENTERTAINING, POWERFUL NOVEL ABOUT SHOW BUSINESS AND THE WRETCHEDNESS OF A DIFFICULT JEWISH BOYHOOD. | ||
BR | 2796 | DEAD SEA SCROLLS, THE | A NEW HISTORICAL APPROACH | ROTH, CECIL | ROTH, A PROFESSIONAL HISTORIAN, WRITES ABOUT THE FINDINGS, ORIGIN, AND BACKGROUND OF THE FAMOUS DEAD SEA SCROLLS. CONTAINS EXTENSIVE APPENDICES. | |
BR | 2798 | THIS PEOPLE ISRAEL | THE MEANING OF JEWISH EXISTENCE | BAECK, LEO | SALO MINKIN | THIS BOOK, WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN GERMAN RABBI AND THEOLOGIAN, WAS BEGUN WHILE THE AUTHOR WAS IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP, AND PRESENTS BAECK'S THOUGHTS ON THE ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL BASIS OF JUDAISM. |
BR | 2799 | COMPANION TO THE BIBLE | FELDMAN, A.J. | A HANDBOOK OF BIBLE INFORMATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS. | ||
BR | 2800 | LIVING FAITH | KLAPPHOLZ, KURT, RABBI | A PHILOSOPHICAL WORK DEALING WITH THE JEWISH SENSE OF AWARENESS OF THE OMNIPRESENT GOD AND HOW RELIGION MAY BE APPLIED TO THE REALITY OF OUR DAILY EXISTENCE. | ||
BR | 2801 | RABBI AND THE MINISTER | VOSS, C.H. | THIS BIOGRAPHY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF STEPHEN S. WISE AND JOHN H. HOLMES IS AN INSPIRING ACCOUNT OF FRIENDSHIP AND RELIGIOUS SERVICE. | ||
BR | 2802 | JEWS IN AMERICA | GAY, RUTH | THIS BOOK BEGINS WITH THE FIRST JEWISH IMMIGRATION IN 1654 AND FOLLOWS EACH MAJOR GROUP OF JEWS - THEIR ADAPTATION TO AMERICA, IMPACT ON AMERICAN LIFE, ETC. | ||
BR | 2805 | AMERICA IS DIFFERENT | ROSENBERG, STUART E. | HOW AMERICAN SOCIAL THOUGHT AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT HAS IMPACTED ON JEWS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 2806 | GREAT JEWISH WOMEN | LEVINGER, E. E. | THIRTY-FIVE STIRRING BIOGRAPHIES OF HEROINES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, WRITTEN WITH FINE CARE FOR HISTORICAL DETAIL. | ||
BR | 2807 | LITTLE DID I KNOW | RECOLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS | SAMUEL, MAURICE | YETTA MOTOLI | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON BEING A JEW. THE AUTHOR ALSO RECREATES WORLDS THAT NO LONGER EXIST. |
BR | 2809 | BUILDERS OF JERUSALEM, THE | HYMAN, FRIEDA CLARK | A NOVEL BASED ON THE STORY OF NEHEMIAH THE PROPHET AND HIS NEPHEW, BONI, WHO WANTS TO REMAIN IN PERSIA. WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2810 | GATES OF THE FOREST, THE | WIESEL, ELIE | MRS. IRVING | A NOVEL OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR WHO IS BESET BY THE QUESTION OF HOW TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHICH HE BELIEVES HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY GOD. | |
BR | 2811 | MENORAH TREASURY | SCHWARZ, LEO W., ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARTICLES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE FROM THE MAGAZINE 'THE MENORAH JOURNAL.' | ||
BR | 2812 | PRESCRIPTION FOR HEARTACHE | HERTZ, RICHARD C. | A GUIDE ON HOW TO BATTLE WORRY, FEARS, ANXIETY AND TO ACHIEVE HAPPINESS USING JEWISH ETHICS. | ||
BR | 2814 | TEACHING OF CONTEMPT, THE | CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM | ISAAC, JULES | A FRENCH HISTORIAN SHOWS THAT THE ANTI-JEWISH TREND IN CHRISTIAN PREACHING HAS NO BIBLICAL JUSTIFICATION. | |
BR | 2815 | STORY OF SAUL THE KING | WADDELL, HELEN | THE STORY OF SAUL, THE FIRST KING OF ISRAEL. WRITTEN FOR PRE-TEEN READERS. | ||
BR | 2816 | HOW TO BE AN ALIEN | MIKES, GEORGE | A SATIRICAL ANTHOLOGY OF TRAVELOGUES IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ENTERTAININGLY COMBINES CONTINENTAL WIT, SUAVITY AND BRITISH UNDERSTATEMENT. | ||
BR | 2817 | DEPUTY, THE | HOCHHUTH, ROLF | THE TRANSLATION FROM THE GERMAN OF THE CONTROVERSIAL PLAY WHICH RAISED THE ISSUE OF POPE PIUS XII'S SILENCE WHILE SIX MILLION JEWS WERE MURDERED. | ||
BR | 2818 | LEADERS OF OUR PEOPLE. BK. I | GUMBINER, JOSEPH H. | BLANCHE HALP | BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME WELL-KNOWN LEADERS IN JEWISH HISTORY, BEGINNING WITH MATTATHIAS AND HIS SONS. | |
BR | 2819 | EDUCATION OF HYMAN KAPLAN, THE | ROSS, LEONARD Q. | LOU JACOBI | IN A SERIES OF HUMOROUS SKETCHES, ROSS DEPICTS HYMAN KAPLAN AND HIS STRUGGLES WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT THE AMERICAN PREPARATORY NIGHT SCHOOL FOR ADULTS. | |
BR | 2820 | FILL A BLANK PAGE | A BIOGRAPHY OF SOLOMON SCER | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | SIDNEY BIEGE | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUNDER OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. |
BR | 2821 | MAMA MADE MINKS | SANDBERG, SARA | MARIAN WARSH | A HUMOROUS MEMOIR OF LIFE IN THE FAMILY FUR BUSINESS. | |
BR | 2822 | CHILDREN AT THE GATE, THE | WALLANT, EDWARD LEWIS | LYNN WEINER | A MODERN PARABLE IN WHICH THE AUTHOR COMBINES JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN IDEOLOGIES TO EXPOSE THE INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN SUFFERING. | |
BR | 2823 | BEN-GURION | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, HIGHLIGHTING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE FROM ITS PIONEER DAYS TO MODERN TIMES. | ||
BR | 2824 | WHAT THE MOON BROUGHT | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | A COLLECTION OF STORIES FOR CHILDREN HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE SIGNIFICANT DAYS ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR. | ||
BR | 2825 | THEY ALL ARE JEWS | FROM MOSES TO EINSTEIN | DAVIS, MAC | A SERIES OF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES PRESENTING PERSONALITIES FROM MOSES TO EINSTEIN. | |
BR | 2828 | STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE - BK. 4 | KLAPERMAN, GILBERT & LIBBY KLAPERMAN | NANCY SCHIER | THIS FOURTH BOOK IN THE HISTORY SERIES COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE FIRST JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA TO ISRAEL IN THE 1950S. | |
BR | 2829 | WOMAN OF VIOLENCE | COHEN, GEULA | CAN A NOBLE END JUSTIFY IGNOBLE MEANS? THIS QUESTION IGNITES THIS MEMOIR BY A WOMAN WHO FOUND HER ANSWER AS A MEMBER OF THE STERN GANG FIGHTING FOR ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2830 | SOMETHING ABOUT MY FATHER | ANGOFF, CHARLES | EVELYN SIMON | A COLLECTION OF CHARACTER SKETCHES PORTRAYING JEWISH PEOPLE IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 2833 | JOEL OF THE HANGING GARDENS | EDMONDS, I. G. | THE STORY OF A YOUNG HEBREW SLAVE WHO HELPS HIS EXILED PEOPLE ESCAPE FROM BABYLON. APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN AGES 9-12. | ||
BR | 2834 | LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS | GORDIS, ROBERT | A SELECTION OF SERMONS PREACHED ON THE HIGH HOLY DAYS BY A NOTED RABBI AND PROFESSOR AT THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. | ||
BR | 2836 | WISE MEN OF HELM AND THEIR MERRY TALES | SIMON, SOLOMON | RICA FEIL, L | A COLLECTION OF FOLK TALES ABOUT A MYTHICAL VILLAGE OF WELL-INTENTIONED SIMPLETONS WHO INVARIABLY MEET WITH MISHAP AND CALAMITY. | |
BR | 2837 | ESSONS IN JEWISH LIVING | COLODNER, SOLOMON | AN OUTLINE OF LAWS AND CUSTOMS. | ||
BR | 2840 | HOW THE JEWISH PEOPLE GREW UP | SOLOFF, MORDECAI I. | DORIS CARVER | A PANORAMIC HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND JUDAISM OVER THE AGES. | |
BR | 2841 | BIBLE TALES FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, BOOK I | COHEN, LENORE | BIBLE TALES SELECTED AND RETOLD FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 2842 | ABC BIBLE AND HOLIDAY STORIES | ARONOFF, DAISY PHILIPS | BIBLE TALES AND STORIES OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS FOR VERY YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 2843 | ADVENTURES WITH ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN | SELLEW, CATHERINE F. | LEE KEIL | STORIES FOR CHILDREN WHICH TELL OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM IN THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR BELIEF IN ONE GOD. | |
BR | 2844 | SIMPLE IN HEART, THE | SAMUEL, MAURICE | THIS WORK IS AN EXCERPT FROM PRINCE OF THE GHETTO. IT REVEALS THE FOLKLORE AND FOLKWAYS OF THE POLISH JEWS AS REFLECTED IN THE WORKS OF I.L. PERETZ, | ||
BR | 2846 | INSIDE THE SYNAGOGUE | FREEMAN, GRACE & JOAN SUGARMAN | A HISTORY OF THE SYNAGOGUE FOR PRESCHOOL AND PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. RITUAL OBJECTS ARE INTRODUCED AND EXPLAINED. THE ROLE OF THE RABBI IS ALSO DISCUSSED. | ||
BR | 2847 | SUMMER STORM | ANGOFF, CHARLES | A TENDER NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG TEENAGE AMERICAN GIRL, HER HOPES AND DREAMS, AND HER CONFLICTS, A SEQUEL TO THE BITTER SPRING. | ||
BR | 2848 | SONS OF ABRAHAM | KRITZECK, JAMES | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AMONG THE THREE GREAT WORLD RELIGIONS. | ||
BR | 2850 | FIXER | MALAMUD, BERNARD | NANCY SCHIER | MALAMUD BASED THIS NOVEL ON THE BEILIS BLOOD LIBEL COURT CASE IN KIEV IN 1913. | |
BR | 2851 | GOD AND HIS PEOPLE | BASSAGO, HAROLD, EDITOR | A GOOD, COHERENT, RE-TELLING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT WHICH IS EXCELLENT FOR READING ALOUD. APPROPRIATE FOR AGES 6-12. | ||
BR | 2852 | ALL ABOUT THE DESERT | EPSTEIN, SAM ; EPSTEIN, BERYL | NATALIE STRA | COMPREHENSIVE, STRAIGHTFORWARD INFORMATION ABOUT DESERTS AROUND THE WORLD. | |
BR | 2853 | LIVING TALMUD, THE | THE WISDOM OF THE FATHERS AND ITS | GOLDIN, JUDAH | A TRANSLATION OF PIRKE AVOT WHICH INCLUDES THE TEACHINGS OF THE SAGES ON THE CONDUCT OF HUMAN LIFE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN RELATIONS. | |
BR | 2854 | CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM | SAVIN, JACOB | THE CONCEPTS OF THE VARIOUS INTERPRETATIONS OF JUDAISM - ORTHODOXY, CONSERVATISM, REFORM, RECONSTRUCTIONISM, CHASSIDISM - ARE CLEARLY EXPLAINED. | ||
BR | 2855 | INGATHERING | GAMZEY, ROBERT | ISRAEL'S KIBBUTZ LIVING AND THE INCREASE OF THAT COUNTRY'S POPULATION FROM THE IMMIGRATION OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. | ||
BR | 2856 | TRADITION SPRING 1963, VOL.5 NO.2 | RABBINICAL COUNCIL OF AMERICA | SCHOLARLY ARTICLES RELATED TO JEWISH ORTHODOXY WHICH INCLUDES RECENT HALAKHIC LITERATURE AND BOOK REVIEWS. SOME SAMPLE TOPICS: WELFARE, ETHICS, AND TRANSLATING THE TORAH. | ||
BR | 2857 | TRIAL BEGINS, THE | TERTZ, ABRAM | A SATIRE ON THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST 'ROOTLESS COSMOPOLITANS,' WHICH RESULTED FROM THE ANTI-SEMITISM AND PARANOIA IN RUSSIA DURING THE LAST YEAR OF STALIN'S LIFE. | ||
BR | 2858 | ISRAEL | COMAY, JOAN AND MOSHE PEARLMAN | A COMPREHENSIVE PROFILE OF THE NATION, ITS GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY, HISTORY AND PLACE IN THE MODERN WORLD. | ||
BR | 2859 | MISSION, THE | HABE, HANS | MARIAN BAER | BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S ACTUAL REPORT OF THE EVIAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE WHICH TOOK PLACE THE SUMMER OF 1938 ON LAKE GENEVA, THIS NOVEL IS A CONDEMNATION OF WORLD APATHY WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATHS OF THOUSANDS OF AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN JEWS. | |
BR | 2860 | NOAH'S ARK | WIESNER, WILLIAM | THE BIBLE STORY OF NOAH'S ARK RETOLD FOR YOUNG CHILDREN IN A FAIRY-TALE STYLE. | ||
BR | 2861 | CAN FAITH SURVIVE? | EISENDRATH, MAURICE N. | A SPOKESMAN FOR REFORM JEWRY, A PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS, SPEAKS HIS MIND ON A VARIETY OF SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS. | ||
BR | 2863 | EDUCATION IN ISRAEL | BENTWICH, JOSEPH S. | THIS BOOK DEALS WITH THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT, THE LEGAL BASIS FOR STATE EDUCATION, THE VARIOUS FORMS OF EDUCATION, KIBBUTZIM, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND ARAB EDUCATION. | ||
BR | 2867 | THELMA YELLIN PIONEER MUSICIAN | BENTWICH, MARGERY | THE FAMOUS CELLIST-VIOLINIST WHO WENT TO PALESTINE FROM AMERICA TO BECOME A MAJOR SPOKESMAN FOR ISRAEL THROUGH HER MUSIC. | ||
BR | 2868 | THAT DAY WITH GOD | PINE, WILLIAM M., ED. | A COLLECTION OF SERMONS FROM JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS ON THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. | ||
BR | 2869 | ROYAL RESIDENT | LEHMANN, MARCUS | A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH COMMUNITY OF HALBERSTADT, GERMANY. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 2870 | DAVID'S STRANGER | SHAMIR, MOSHE | A POWERFULLY WRITTEN HISTORICAL NOVEL OF KING DAVID AND THE DEATH OF URIAH THE HITTITE WHICH BRINGS TO LIFE THE WORLD OF DAVID'S REIGN IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2871 | PROFILES OF ELEVEN | EPSTEIN, MELECH | MARGE TEPPER | PROFILES OF SOME OF THE LEADERS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WHO PROVIDED ASSISTANCE AND GAVE DIRECTION TO IMMIGRANT JEWS DURING THEIR FIRST YEARS IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 2872 | AMERICAN PROMISE | ISH-KISHOR, SULAMITH | A WELL RESEARCHED ACCOUNT OF THE ROLE OF THE JEWS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW WORLD. | ||
BR | 2875 | ISRAEL TODAY | ESSRIG, HARRY; SEGAL, ABRAHAM | A TEXTBOOK FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STUDENTS ON ISRAEL OF THE PAST AND OF THE PRESENT INTERSPERSED WITH SIMPLE HEBREW PHRASES. PRODUCED BY THE UAHC (REFORM MOVEMENT). © 1964 | ||
BR | 2876 | ANGUISH OF THE JEWS | TWENTY-THREE CENTURIES OF ANTI-SEM | FLANNERY, EDWARD H. | ZOE BELTH | A STUDY OF ANTI-SEMITISM, WRITTEN BY A CATHOLIC PRIEST, COVERING CENTURIES OF CONFLICT BETWEEN JEWS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND EXAMINING DISCRIMINATION AND GENOCIDE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
BR | 2877 | BRONZE BOW, THE | SPEARE, ELIZABETH GEORGE | RENEE GOODMA | A NOVEL OF JEWISH REBELLION DURING ROMAN TIMES. | |
BR | 2878 | SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION, THE | WEBER, MAX | THIS STUDY AIMS AT THE CORE OF THE RELIGIOUS PROBLEM AND AS SUCH IS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIOLOGY. | ||
BR | 2880 | CHOSEN, THE | POTOK, CHAIM | MRS. ALBERT | A NOVEL OF TWO ORTHODOX JEWISH YOUTHS WHOSE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP GROWS DESPITE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND VIEWS. | |
BR | 2882 | RELIGION IN ACTION | DIRKS, LEE E. | A DISCUSSION ON HOW AMERICA'S FAITHS ARE MEETING NEW CHALLENGES. | ||
BR | 2883 | JEWISH MARRIAGE ANTHOLOGY, THE | GOODMAN, PHILIP & HANNAH GOODMAN | AN ILLUSTRATED ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES, RITUALS, POETRY, AND FOLKLORE SURROUNDING THE JEWISH WEDDING CEREMONY. | ||
BR | 2884 | MANDELBAUM GATE, THE | SPARK, MURIEL | A NOVEL OF HIGH ADVENTURE AND INTRIGUE SET AT JERUSALEM'S MANDELBAUM GATE INVOLVING A BROAD CANVAS OF CHARACTERS. | ||
BR | 2890 | BEN GURION LOOKS BACK | PEARLMAN, MOSHE | ELAINE LEE | A PORTRAIT OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, BASED ON A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS. | |
BR | 2891 | FROM THE ENDS OF THE EARTH | THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL | SACHAR, HOWARD MORLEY | THIS BOOK ABOUNDS ABOUT ISRAEL AND PROVIDES THE READER WITH AN INTELLIGENT AND SENSITIVE INSIGHT INTO ISRAELI LIFE. | |
BR | 2892 | HE WHO SAW EVERYTHING | FAGLES, ANITA | A RETELLING OF THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH, THE LEGENDARY BABYLONIAN KING, AND THE ACCOUNT OF THE FLOOD. WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN AGES 9 TO 12. | ||
BR | 2894 | WORLDS LOST AND FOUND | EISENBERG, AZRIEL & ELKIN, DOV | NATALIE STRA | A COLLECTION OF 13 STORIES OF GREAT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES WRITTEN IN A SIMPLE, UNDERSTANDABLE STYLE. | |
BR | 2895 | FAMOUS MUSICIANS OF JEWISH ORIGINS | SALESKI, GDAL | AN ANTHOLOGY OF BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS JEWISH MUSICIANS, INCLUDING ISAAC STERN AND OTHERS WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN MUSIC. | ||
BR | 2896 | DIARY OF THE SINAI CAMPAIGN | DAYAN, MOSHE | HERBERT PELS | A DAY-TO-DAY ACCOUNT OF THE 1956 ISRAELI CONFLICT WITH EGYPT, WRITTEN BY THE GENERAL WHO MASTERMINDED THE CAMPAIGN. | |
BR | 2897 | AMERICAN JEWS | THEIR STORY | HANDLIN, OSCAR | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THEIR EUROPEAN BACKGROUND AND IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA. INCLUDES PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS AMERICAN JEWS. | |
BR | 2898 | MOST OF S.J. PERELMAN, THE. PART 2 AND PART 3. | PERELMAN, S.J. | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES WRITTEN BY THE HUMORIST. | ||
BR | 2899 | AGRIPPA'S DAUGHTER | FAST, HOWARD | A STORY ABOUT HEROD'S DAUGHTER, BERENICE, DURING THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF JUDEA. CAUGHT BETWEEN OPPOSING FACTIONS, SHE BEARS WITNESS TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND INTERACTS WITH THE NOTED PERSONALITIES OF THE ERA. REMAKE OF HAZEL GREENE'S 1972 RECORDING. | ||
BR | 2900 | LET MY PEOPLE GO | FINEGAN, JACK | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL RECREATES THE STORY OF THE EXODUS AND DEMONSTRATES THE UNIQUENESS OF THE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS. | ||
BR | 2901 | CAPTIVE RABBI, THE | THE STORY OF RABBI MEIR OF ROTHENB | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | MILDRED RAKO | THE LIFE OF RABBI MEIR OF ROTHENBERG, A WELL-KNOWN TALMUDIST OF 13TH CENTURY EUROPE. THIS BOOK ALSO PROVIDES A PICTURE OF JEWISH LIFE AT THE TIME. |
BR | 2902 | JEWS OF SILENCE, THE | A PERSONAL REPORT ON SOVIET JEWRY | WIESEL, ELIE | BERTHA WOLLI | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS VISIT TO FIVE RUSSIAN CITIES WHERE HE TALKED TO HUNDREDS OF JEWS, YOUNG AND OLD. THE BOOK BROUGHT TO LIGHT BOTH THE FEAR AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION, AND ALSO THE STRONG DESIRE FOR JEWISH IDENTITY, ESPECIALLY AMONG RUSSIAN YOUTH. |
BR | 2906 | TREASURY OF JEWISH QUOTATIONS | BARON, JOSEPH L., ED. | SALO MINKIN | A BOOK CONTAINING 18,000 QUOTATIONS CULLED FROM JEWISH SOURCES. | |
BR | 2907 | JERICHO SLEEP ALONE/BERL MAKE TEA | BERMANT, CHAIM | TWO COMIC NOVELS DRAWING ON THE AUTHOR'S RABBINICAL BACKGROUND. | ||
BR | 2909 | EDGE, THE | MEZVINSKY, SHIRLEY | THE STORY OF ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN WHO IS DISILLUSIONED WITH LIFE AND WANTS TO PUT IT BEHIND HER. | ||
BR | 2910 | MILESTONES IN THE LIFE OF A JEW | A BASIC GUIDE TO BELIEF AND RITUAL | FRIEMAN, DONALD G. | A GUIDE TO THE CUSTOMS AND RITES WHICH FOLLOW EACH MILESTONE IN LIFE SUCH AS BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH, ETC. | |
BR | 2912 | FROM SABBATH TO SABBATH | FISHMAN, ISIDORE | A GUIDE TO THE CUSTOMS AND LAWS OF THE SABBATH. | ||
BR | 2913 | BOY'S QUIET VOICE, A | COHEN, RUTH KOLKO | THE MOVING STORY OF HOW A FAMILY COPED WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS BY TURNING TO THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 2916 | HEROES OF JEWISH THOUGHT | KARP, DEBORAH | ESTELLE SILV | BIOGRAPHIES OF SIGNIFICANT JEWISH PERSONALITIES FROM THE TIME OF THE MISHNAH TO THE ENLIGHTENMENT. | |
BR | 2918 | JEWISH IDENTITY | A DOCUMENTARY COMPILATION | LITVIN, BARUCH | THE QUESTION OF 'WHO IS A JEW?' IS THE INTRIGUING SUBJECT OF THIS VOLUME. | |
BR | 2919 | NIGHT | HILSENRATH, EDGAR | BEA GERSTENS | A NOVEL ABOUT THE UPROOTED JEWS OF THE UKRAINE DURING THE NAZI INVASION. | |
BR | 2922 | STORY OF ISRAEL, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | ELEANOR BEN | THE CREATION OF THE JEWISH STATE AS TOLD BY LEADERS OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT. | |
BR | 2923 | HIGHER FREEDOM, THE | POLISH, DAVID | THE MEANING OF ISRAEL FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WORLD IS PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR, AN ORDAINED RABBI. | ||
BR | 2925 | STORM THE GATES OF JERICHO | FEINBERG, ABRAHAM L. | PERSONAL REVELATIONS OF THE AUTHOR'S MINISTRY AND HIS INVOLVEMENT SPIRITUALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY WITH THOSE HE SERVED. | ||
BR | 2926 | DISSENT OF DOMINICK SHAPIRO, THE | KOPS, BERNARD | THE STORY OF A YOUNG JEWISH BOY LIVING IN A LONDON SUBURB WHO REBELS AGAINST HIS AFFLUENT FAMILY. | ||
BR | 2927 | STARTING OUT IN THE 30'S | KAZIN, ALFRED | JEAN MESSING | A MEMOIR OF A CRUCIAL ERA IN AMERICA'S MORAL AND INTELLECTUAL HISTORY BY THE NOTED LITERARY CRITIC. | |
BR | 2928 | ON TRIAL | THE SOVIET STATE VERSUS ABRAM TERT | HAYWARD, MAX | L. HOLLANDER | THE PROSECUTION, DEFENSE, CONVICTION AND SENTENCING OF ANDRAI SINYAVSKY (ABRAM TERTZ) AND YURI DANIEL (NICOLAI ARZHAK), SOVIET AUTHORS WHOSE BOOKS WERE PUBLISHED ANONYMOUSLY IN THE WEST. |
BR | 2929 | MOTHER IS MINNIE | UNTERMYER, SOPHIE & ALIX WILLIAMSON | THE COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF MRS. CHARLES GUGGENHEIMER WITH AMUSING INSIGHTS INTO THE WORLD OF MUSIC IN NEW YORK CITY. | ||
BR | 2930 | PENNY FOR CHARITY, A | EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR | MERRILY WALL | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF AGING PARENTS, CHILDREN AND DIVORCE, AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN DAILY LIFE. | |
BR | 2932 | HALFWAY TO 1984 | GLADWYN, JEBB & LORD GLADWYN | A VALUABLE ANALYSIS OF RECENT WORLD HISTORY WHICH MAKES USE OF GEORGE ORWELL'S '1984' AND ITS PREDICTIONS. | ||
BR | 2934 | JEWISH HERITAGE READER | EDELMAN, LILY, ED. | ZOE BELTH | A SELECTION OF ARTICLES ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT. FROM B'NAI BRITH'S QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, 'JEWISH HERITAGE.' | |
BR | 2936 | JEWS AND ARABS | GOITEIN, S. D. | A COMPREHENSIVE, SCHOLARLY STUDY OF THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND INTELLECTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND ARABS. | ||
BR | 2937 | STORY OF THE PROPHECY | GOODMAN, HANNAH GRAD | THE STORY OF THE BIBLICAL PROPHETS, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE CONTINUITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THE RELEVANCE OF THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE. | ||
BR | 2939 | REDISCOVERING JUDAISM | WOLF, ARNOLD JACOB, ED. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS CONTAINING ANSWERS BY AMERICAN JEWISH THEOLOGIANS TO CONTEMPORARY JEWISH PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 2940 | NEGRO-JEWISH RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES | EDITORS OF JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES | A REPRINT OF THE PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON JEWISH SOCIAL STUDIES WHICH REVEALS A FRANK APPROACH TO THE NEGRO-JEWISH PROBLEM. | ||
BR | 2941 | HEIRS OF CAIN, THE | ROTHBERG, ABRAHAM | MRS. SIDNEY | A NOVEL THAT PENETRATES THE TORTURED SOUL OF AN ISRAELI ASSASSIN TORN BETWEEN HIS BELIEF IN THE TENETS OF JUDAISM AND HIS DEADLY MISSION IN SWITZERLAND. | |
BR | 2942 | RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY | A GROUP OF ESSAYS | WOLFSON, HARRY AUSTRYN | A BOOK DESCRIBING THE STRUCTURE AND GROWTH OF PHILOSOPHIC SYSTEMS FROM PLATO TO SPINOZA, AND THE EFFORTS OF CERTAIN SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY TO FREE THEMSELVES FROM THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 2943 | JEWISH FESTIVALS, THE | HISTORY AND OBSERVANCE | SCHAUSS, HAYYIM | DETAILS THE STORY OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT, THEIR ORIGIN AND BACKGROUND, THEIR SYMBOLISM, RITUAL PRACTICES, AND USE OF CEREMONIAL OBJECTS. | |
BR | 2944 | BYGONES | UNTERMEYER, LOUIS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN POET, AUTHOR, AND ANTHOLOGIST, WHO PUBLISHED MORE THAN 70 VOLUMES OF SHORT STORIES, POETRY, ESSAYS, AND TRAVEL BOOKS. | ||
BR | 2945 | HISTORY OF JEWISH CRAFTS AND GUILDS, A | WISCHNITZER, MARK | MRS. MILTON | A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH CRAFT GUILDS. | |
BR | 2947 | SUN AT NOON, THE | ANGOFF, CHARLES | TEMPLE ISRAE | THE THIRD NOVEL IN A SERIES WHICH DEALS WITH THE POLONSKY FAMILY AND THEIR ASSIMILATION INTO AMERICAN LIFE AFTER THEIR EMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA. THIS VOLUME SPANS THE YEARS 1919 TO 1923. | |
BR | 2948 | BESIEGED | SEVEN CITIES UNDER SIEGE | BELL, J. BOWYER | SONYA ROTH/R | THE AUTHOR GIVES DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF SEVEN MAJOR SIEGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING MODERN TIMES, INCLUDING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM FROM 1947-49. |
BR | 2949 | GIANTS OF FAITH | GREAT AMERICAN RABBIS | GOLDMAN, ALEX J., RABBI | PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN RABBIS FROM THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF JUDASISM OVER THE PAST CENTURY. | |
BR | 2952 | DOROTHY AND DAVID EXPLORE JEWISH LIFE | CONOVITZ, MICHAEL | A BOOK DESIGNED TO TEACH YOUNGER CHILDREN ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE, INCLUDING A DAY NURSERY, JUVENILE COURT, THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE AND THE JEWISH HOSPITAL. | ||
BR | 2953 | WORLD HISTORY OF JEWISH PEOPLE | ROTH, CECIL ED. | THIS SECOND VOLUME OF A SERIES COVERS JEWS IN CHRISTIAN EUROPE FROM 711 AD THROUGH 1096. | ||
BR | 2954 | FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR, THE | SCHUMACH, MURRAY | A DESCRIPTION OF THE RISE OF CENSORSHIP IN MOVIES AND TELEVISION AND THE COURT CASES ON THE ISSUE. | ||
BR | 2955 | JEWISH PEOPLE, THE - BOOK I | PESSIN, DEBORAH | THE FIRST IN A HISTORICAL SURVEY SERIES, THIS VOLUME PRESENTS THE PERIOD FROM ABRAHAM TO THE BABYLONIAN EXILE. | ||
BR | 2956 | TALMUD, THE | INTERMAN, ISAAC | A POPULAR INTERPRETATION, FOR LAYMEN, OF THE ORIGIN, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND INFLUENCE OF THE TALMUD. | ||
BR | 2957 | CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND ANTI-SEMITISM | GLOCK, CHARLES Y. & RODNEY STARK | TEMPLE SISTE | A STUDY OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN TEACHING IN SHAPING ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE JEWS. | |
BR | 2958 | SPICE BOX OF EARTH, THE | COHEN, LEONARD | A COLLECTION OF LYRICAL POEMS, INCLUDING BIBLICAL AND JEWISH THEMES. | ||
BR | 2959 | JEW AND HIS WORLD | HELLER, ABRAHAM MAYER | AN INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH LIFE, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES. | ||
BR | 2960 | NAZI PROPAGANDA | ZEMAN, Z. A. B. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE MANIPULATION AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC OPINION IN NAZI GERMANY. THE IMPACT OF NAZI PROPAGANDA OUTSIDE OF GERMANY IS ALSO PRESENTED. | ||
BR | 2963 | JEW IN AMERICAN LITERATURE, THE | LIPTZIN, SOL | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE IMAGE AND SELF-IMAGE OF THE JEW, AS REFLECTED IN BELLES-LETTRES FROM THE COLONIAL ERA TO MODERN TIMES. | ||
BR | 2964 | FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS | SCHARY, DORE | MRS. H. BURS | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE WELL-KNOWN THEATRICAL AND POLITICAL FIGURE WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE. | |
BR | 2967 | MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH YOU? | ADLER, MORRIS | SELECTIONS FROM WRITINGS AND SERMONS OF THE LATE RABBI OF DETROIT WHO LOST HIS LIFE AT THE HANDS OF A DERANGED STUDENT. | ||
BR | 2969 | ALBERIC THE WISE AND OTHER JOURNEYS | JUSTER, NORTON | GERTRUDE LEVIN | THREE TALES, WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN, OF JOURNEYS FOR A QUEST. IT IS DISCOVERED THAT WHAT IS FOUND IS FAR DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY SOUGHT.© 1965 | |
BR | 2970 | AWAKE AND SING! | ODETS, CLIFFORD | A PLAY OF MIDDLE CLASS LIFE IN THE BRONX. | ||
BR | 2971 | HEBREW MYTHS | THE BOOK OF GENESIS | GRAVES, ROBERT & RAPHAEL PATAI | RUTH ZAIMAN | A COLLECTION OF 61 STORIES FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS WITH COMMENTARIES AND PARALLELS FROM ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN OR CLASSICAL SOURCES. |
BR | 2973 | RAGE TO NOSH, A | GROSSMAN, RUTH & BOB | A COOKBOOK WRITTEN WITH A HUMOROUS TOUCH WHICH FOCUSES ON RECIPES FOR SNACKS AND LIGHT SUPPERS. | ||
BR | 2975 | MORRIS ROSENFELD | GOLDBERG, ITCHE, ED. | SELECTIONS FROM THE POETRY AND PROSE OF MORRIS ROSENFELD. | ||
BR | 2976 | FRONTIERSMEN OF ISRAEL | SMOLI, ELIEZER | MRS. MYRON M | A NOVEL WRITTEN FOR YOUNG READERS ABOUT THE PIONEER DAYS IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 2977 | NATION REBORN, A | CROSSMAN, RICHARD H. S. | A REPORT ON THE ROLES PLAYED BY WEIZMANN, BEVIN AND BEN-GURION IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 2978 | LITTLE QUEEN OF SHEBA | GOLDBERG, LEAH | THE FASCINATING STORY OF A WITHDRAWN, YOUNG MOROCCAN JEWISH GIRL IN A YOUTH ALIYAH VILLAGE AND HER EVENTUAL ADJUSTMENT TO HER NEW LIFE. | ||
BR | 2979 | FAITH THROUGH REASON | SCHWARTZ, CHARLES AND BERTIE | A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF JUDAISM WHICH ATTEMPTS TO PROVE THAT FAITH AND REASON ARE NOT CONTRADICTORY OR INCOMPATIBLE IDEAS. | ||
BR | 2980 | HISTORY AND TORAH | ESSAYS ON JEWISH LEARNING | NEUSNER, JACOB, RABBI | EIGHT ESSAYS WHICH PRESENT THE JEWISH ATTITUDE TOWARD HISTORY AND JEWISH SCHOLARSHIP. | |
BR | 2981 | SECOND HOME, A | GLANVILLE, BRIAN | AN AMUSING NOVEL OF THE LONDON TV LITERARY SET REVEALED THROUGH AN ACTRESS'S HOPELESS LOVE AFFAIR. | ||
BR | 2982 | YIDDISH TEACHER, THE | GOLDIN, H.E. | AN ELEMENTARY PRIMER ON THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE. | ||
BR | 2984 | AND IT CAME TO PASS | BIALIK, HAYYIM NAHMAN | CHARMING LEGENDS BASED ON THE LIVES OF KINGS DAVID AND KING SOLOMON. | ||
BR | 2985 | POPES FROM THE GHETTO | A VIEW OF EARLY CHRISTENDOM | PRINZ, JOACHIM | BEATRICE AHR | THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE JEWISH POPES WHO RULED THE MEDIEVAL CATHOLIC CHURCH. |
BR | 2988 | CHILDREN, THE | BLACKSTOCK, CHARITY | EDNA WEINBER | AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUNDREDS OF JEWISH CHILDREN WHO SURVIVED THE NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS. | |
BR | 2989 | POSITION OF WOMEN IN JUDAISM, THE | LOEWE, RAPHAEL | AN ANALYSIS OF THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN JUDAISM. WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO A COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ON THE QUESTION OF WOMEN AND HOLY ORDERS. | ||
BR | 2990 | STOP HERE, MY FRIEND | GERBER, MERRILL JOAN | A COLLECTION OF POIGNANT STORIES ABOUT AMERICAN JEWS AND THE WORLD IN WHICH THEY LIVE. | ||
BR | 2991 | LIFE OF GEORGE GERSHWIN, THE | RUSHMORE, ROBERT | AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMPOSER AND HIS ERA FROM HIS INITIAL MUSICAL EXPERIENCES TO THE DAYS OF HIS GREATEST SUCCESSES. | ||
BR | 2992 | SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW? | GOLDEN, HARRY | SANFORD M. L | HUMOROUS AND SATIRIC OBSERVATIONS ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE BY HARRY GOLDEN, AUTHOR AND EDITOR OF 'THE CAROLINA ISRAELITE.' | |
BR | 2993 | ANCIENT JEWISH PHILOSOPHY | A STUDY IN METAPHYSICS AND ETHICS | EFROS, ISRAEL I. | A DISCUSSION OF THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS AND THEIR PHILOSOPHY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. | |
BR | 2996 | O THE CHIMNEYS | SACHS, NELLIE | JULIE TOKSVI | A COLLECTION OF HOLOCAUST POEMS, INCLUDING THE VERSE PLAY, 'ELI,' FOR WHICH SACHS RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1966. | |
BR | 2997 | KIND OF MAGIC, A | FERBER, EDNA | THE AUTHOR'S SECOND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOK WHICH CONTINUES HER STORY FROM 1939-1963 AND PROVIDES CHARMING GLIMPSES OF A FASCINATING LIFE. | ||
BR | 3002 | STAR AND THE SWORD, THE | MELNIKOFF, PAMELA | IN THIS HISTORICAL TALE OF ADVENTURE SET IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, TWO JEWISH CHILDREN ARE SUDDENLY ORPHANED AFTER A POGROM. THEY SET OUT FOR RELATIVES IN OXFORD AND MEET ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MEN ON THE WAY. | ||
BR | 3003 | STAR OF DANGER | LEVIN, JANE W. | A MOVING STORY OF TWO JEWISH BOYS WHO WERE SMUGGLED INTO SWEDEN IN 1943 BY THE DANISH GOVERNMENT. | ||
BR | 3004 | THROUGH DOOMS OF LOVE | KUMIN, MAXINE | A STORY OF JEWISH FAMILY LIFE DESCRIBING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PRAGMATIC FATHER AND HIS REBELLIOUS, IDEALISTIC DAUGHTER. | ||
BR | 3005 | YOU SHALL BE AS GODS | A RADICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE O | FROMM, ERICH | VERA LEHRMAN | THE NOTED PSYCHOANALYST PRESENTS A RADICAL, NON-THEISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE AND LATER WRITINGS. |
BR | 3006 | ERGO | LIND, JAKOV | ELEANOR BUSM | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT GERMAN SOCIETY AND ITS POST-WAR NAZI REMNANTS. | |
BR | 3008 | SECRET WEAPON AND OTHER STORIES OF FAITH AND VALOR, THE | EISENBERG, AZRIEL & LEAH AIN GLOBE | EDITH PERMAN | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SELECTED STORIES OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF, FAITH, AND COURAGE SHOWN BY MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN THROUGHOUT MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY. FOR CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 12 AND UP. | |
BR | 3009 | CHILDREN OF LIGHT | EYRE, KATHERINE W. | A JUVENILE NOVEL ABOUT THE ARAB WHO DISCOVERED THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS, AND THE 'CHILDREN OF LIGHT' - THE ESSENES. | ||
BR | 3011 | HEAVEN ON YOUR HEAD | SILVERMAN, MORRIS, RABBI | INTERPRETATIONS, LEGENDS, PARABLES AND COMMENTS ON THE TORAH AND THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. | ||
BR | 3012 | PIUS XII AND THE THIRD REICH | A DOCUMENTATION | FRIEDLANDER, SAUL | AN EXCELLENT STUDY ON THE POPE'S SILENCE DURING HITLER'S MURDER OF SIX MILLION JEWS IN EUROPE. | |
BR | 3013 | TWO TALES | AGNON, S.Y. WALTER LENS, TRANS. | TWO SHORT NOVELS STRESSING THE UNIVERSAL FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, AND MAN AND MAN. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW. | ||
BR | 3014 | COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF GENESIS, A | PART ONE - FROM ADAM TO NOAH | CASSUTO, U. | TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY ISRAEL ABRAHAM. | |
BR | 3015 | IN THE HEART OF THE SEAS | A STORY OF A JOURNEY TO THE LAND O | AGNON, S.Y. | A POETIC NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF PIOUS EUROPEAN JEWS ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOLY CITY, JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 3016 | HOME IS WHERE YOU START FROM | HOROWITZ, GENE | A NOVEL ABOUT TWO ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILIES AND THEIR HOPES, SORROWS, AND TRIUMPHS. | ||
BR | 3017 | SLEEPWALKERS, THE | BROCH, HERMANN | AN PROPHETIC NOVEL OF THE YEARS 1888-1918 WHICH PREDICTS THE DISSOLUTION OF GERMANY. | ||
BR | 3018 | IN THE BEGINNING | STORIES FROM THE BIBLE | ASCH, SHOLEM | LILLIAN KORN | A SIMPLE RETELLING FOR YOUNG READERS OF THE STORIES OF GENESIS, FROM THE CREATION TO THE DEATH OF JACOB. |
BR | 3019 | MURDERERS AMONG US | THE SIMON WIESENTHAL MEMOIRS | WEICHSBERG, JOSEPH, EDITOR | THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF SIMON WIESENTHAL AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DETECTION AND PROSECUTION OF NOTORIOUS NAZI CRIMINALS. | |
BR | 3020 | TO THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS | LITVINOFF, BARNET | A HISTORY OF ZIONISM FROM ITS FIRST GLIMMERINGS IN THE WORK OF MOSES HESS IN THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1948. | ||
BR | 3021 | MURANOWSKA VII | THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING | LITAI, CHAIM LAZAR | AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING DURING THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 3023 | JEWISH YOUTH COMPANION | KRANZLER, GERSHON | MRS. MORTON | STORIES AND POEMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | |
BR | 3024 | UNDERSTANDING THE MIDRASH | MILLER, AMOS W. | A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE AND THE MIDRASHIC TEXTS AS WELL AS THE WAY THE RABBIS OF OLD SAW LIFE THROUGH THESE TEXTS. | ||
BR | 3025 | PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS | FROST, STANLEY BRICE | THE PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS PRESENTED IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH. | ||
BR | 3026 | YOUNG DAVID, THE | GROOM, ARTHUR | THE LIFE OF KING DAVID AS A YOUNG MAN. | ||
BR | 3028 | SUN STOOD STILL, THE | ISRAEL AND THE ARABS AT WAR | MACLEISH, RODERICK | MARY PERLOW | AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR BY AN AMERICAN RADIO COMMENTATOR WHO REPORTS THE FACTS AND DESCRIBES THE EMOTIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CONFLICT. |
BR | 3029 | KOUFAX | KOUFAX, SANDY | MRS. MARTIN | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE WELL-KNOWN JEWISH BASEBALL PLAYER WHO SERVED AS PITCHER FOR THE DODGERS. | |
BR | 3030 | IRVING AND ME | HOFF, SYD | THE ADVENTURES OF BROOKLYN-BORN ARTIE GRANICK IN NEW YORK AND IN FLORIDA. | ||
BR | 3031 | NEGRO AND JEW | AN ENCOUNTER IN AMERICA | KATZ, SHLOMO | PERSONAL EXPLORATIONS INTO BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONSHIPS AND THE NATURE OF BLACK ANTI-SEMITISM. | |
BR | 3033 | MASTER MAGICIANS, THE | THEIR LIVES AND MOST FAMOUS TRICKS | GIBSON, WALTER | HARRIET ROSE | THE BIOGRAPHIES OF NINE MAGICIANS, INCLUDING HOUDINI, WHO WAS JEWISH. |
BR | 3034 | AFTER AUSCHWITZ | RADICAL THEOLOGY AND CONTEMPORARY | RUBINSTEIN, RICHARD | EDITH SCHMID | ESSAYS IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THEOLOGY WITH AN INTERPRETATION OF 'RADICAL THEOLOGY' FROM A JEWISH STANDPOINT. |
BR | 3035 | GIANTS OF THE SPIRIT | TAUBENHAUS, EPHRAIM | TWENTY BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT RABBIS AND JEWISH SAGES. | ||
BR | 3036 | ITINERANT, THE | HERRICK, WILLIAM | A NOVEL OF THE THIRTIES DESCRIBING SOME UNUSUAL CHARACTERS AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | ||
BR | 3037 | ISRAEL INTERLUDE | DICKSON, MORA | THE PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S VISIT TO ISRAEL AND ALL HIS ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES. | ||
BR | 3038 | TO THE PRECIPICE | ROSSNER, JUDITH | A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE, STRUGGLES, AND TRIUMPHS OF A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | ||
BR | 3039 | SCIENCE AND RELIGION | STUDIES IN TORAH JUDAISM | ROTH, SOL, DR. | MRS. HARVEY | A PENETRATING ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE IN RELIGION AND SCIENCE. |
BR | 3040 | ATHENS AND JERUSALEM | SHESTOV, LEV | AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROOTS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION. WRITTEN BY THE RUSSIAN-JEWISH EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHER. | ||
BR | 3041 | TORAH THOUGHTS, BOOK III | GARTENBERG, LEO | THIS BOOK OFFERS SOME LEGENDS, STORIES AND ANECDOTES REVOLVING ABOUT THE BIBLE AND JEWISH LITURGY. | ||
BR | 3042 | OLD TESTAMENT WORLD | ROTH, MARTIN | AN EXCELLENT SURVEY OF THE GEOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY, THE DOMESTIC LIFE, POLITICS, OCCUPATIONS AND CULTURES OF THE LANDS AND PEOPLES OF THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 3043 | MODERN VARIETIES OF JUDAISM | BLAU, JOSEPH L. | ANNABELLE BR | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE SUCCESSIVE EMERGENCE OF THE REFORM, NEO-ORTHODOX, AND CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIVERSITY IN TODAY'S JEWISH WORLD. | |
BR | 3044 | JUDAISM | ROSENBERG, STUART E. | MARIAN SCHWA | A BOOK ABOUT JUDAISM AND ITS PRACTICES, INTENDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE JEWISH RELIGION. | |
BR | 3045 | PATHWAYS THROUGH THE BIBLE | COHEN, MORTIMER J., ED. | HERTA GOTTSC | A SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF THE TORAH, THE PROPHETS, AND THE WRITINGS. | |
BR | 3046 | AMERICAN STORY | KAUFMAN, ELIZABETH | A HORATIO ALGER STORY ABOUT THE SON OF A RABBI WHO FLED THE POGROMS IN RUSSIA, WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH UNIVERSITY, AND BECAME A MILLIONAIRE AT AN EARLY AGE. | ||
BR | 3047 | THREE FREE AND OTHER STORIES | SHAMES, RHODA ZAHAVIE | GERTRUDE KLA | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, ALL OF WHICH REFLECT A POETIC AND SPIRITUAL VIEW OF LIFE. | |
BR | 3048 | CHERRY IN THE MARTINI, THE | JAFFE, RONA | RUTH COFFMAN | WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A MEMOIR, THIS BOOK FOLLOWS A YOUNG GIRL'S EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM CHILDHOOD TO EARLY MIDDLE AGE. | |
BR | 3049 | DAVID AND GOLIATH | SCHENK DE REGNIER, BEATRICE | THE AUTHOR MANAGES TO IMPART A FOLKLORISTIC FLAVOR TO A COMMONLY KNOWN BIBLICAL EVENT WHILE RETAINING THE LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 3050 | WHERE I STAND | GREENSPUN, HANK WITH ALEX PELLE | THE DRAMATIC STORY OF A FIGHTER WHO RAN GUNS FOR ISRAEL'S HAGANAH DURING THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AND WHO FOUGHT AGAINST JOE MCCARTHY'S POLITICS AND NEVADA'S GAMBLERS AND HOODLUMS. | ||
BR | 3051 | CARPENTER YEARS, THE | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | MRS. M. ASHE | 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. | |
BR | 3054 | LAST JEW IN AMERICA, THE | FIEDLER, LESLIE A. | MRS. I. WOLL | THREE UNUSUAL STORIES ABOUT AN ALIEN JEW, A WHITE, ANGLO-SAXON PROTESTANT, AND A BLACK MAN. | |
BR | 3056 | TALES FROM THE BAGEL LANCERS | EVERYMAN'S BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR | BLUMENFELD, GERRY | JUDITH HOFFM | A BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR FOR ALL AGES. |
BR | 3057 | MOSHE SHARETT, STATESMAN | ROSENSAFT, MENACHEM Z. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ZIONIST LEADER WHO BECAME ISRAEL'S FIRST FOREIGN MINISTER. | ||
BR | 3058 | HAPPY ENDING, A | DETRE, JEAN | A SENSITIVE NOVEL ABOUT ISIDORE ROSE WHO AT 79 DECIDES TO ESCAPE THE BOREDOM OF OLD AGE BY TRAVELING ABROAD. | ||
BR | 3059 | AS I REMEMBER THEM | CANTOR, EDDIE | A SERIES OF WARM AND TOUCHING SKETCHES BY ONE OF VAUDEVILLE'S BEST ABOUT SHOW BUSINESS AND ITS PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 3060 | CHALLENGE AND ENCOUNTER | BISGYER, MAURICE | IN THIS MEMOIR OF 45 YEARS OF JEWISH SOCIAL-WELFARE WORK, THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IS REVEALED. | ||
BR | 3062 | LONELY YEARS, THE | BABEL, ISAAC | MRS. REUBEN | NINE SHORT STORIES AND LETTERS DESCRIBING BABEL'S LIFE AND LONELY POLITICAL EXILE IN HIS NATIVE RUSSIA, WRITTEN WITH HUMOR AND IRONY. | |
BR | 3064 | INHABITANTS, THE | HOROWITZ, JULIUS | IN FICTIONALIZED FORM, THIS FORMER SOCIAL WORKER DESCRIBES NEW YORK CITY'S WELFARE SYSTEM AND ITS EFFECT UPON THE WORKER AND ITS RECIPIENTS. | ||
BR | 3066 | JEWISH WEDDING BOOK | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE TRADITION | ROUTTENBERG, LILLY S. & RUTH R. SELD | THE AUTHORS PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RITUALS OF THE JEWISH WEDDING, ACCORDING TO THE VARYING PRACTICES OF ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, AND REFORM JEWS. | |
BR | 3067 | PRESIDENT I ALMOST WAS, THE | BRONSTEIN, YETTA | SISTERHOOD O | A HUMOROUS AND LIGHT NOVEL DESCRIBING HOW YETTA RAN FOR PRESIDENT. | |
BR | 3068 | ISRAEL | THE VIEW FROM MASADA | SANDERS, RONALD | A HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE WORLD JEWISH COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. THE AUTHOR ALSO EXAMINES THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN THE STATE. | |
BR | 3069 | YAEL AND THE QUEEN OF GOATS | BANAI, MARGALIT | RUTH RAPPAPO | THE ADVENTURES OF YAEL AND HER RED-HAIRED TWIN BROTHERS AS THEY TRY TO ENTER THEIR PET GOAT IN A CONTEST IN EILAT. THEY TRAVEL THERE BY PLANE, BY TRUCK, BY MOTOR BOAT, AND BY FOOT. | |
BR | 3070 | ISRAEL'S SACRED SONGS | GUTHRIE, HARVEY H. | A STUDY OF THE DOMINANT THEMES IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS. | ||
BR | 3071 | TALES OF A TAILOR | LIPTZIN, SAM | HUMOR AND TRAGEDY ARE PORTRAYED IN THE STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY IMMIGRANTS IN THE SWEATSHOPS. | ||
BR | 3073 | JEWISH TALES AND LEGENDS | GLENN, MENDL G., TRANSLATOR | STORIES SUPPLEMENTING THE ACCOUNTS OF BIBLICAL EVENTS AND CHARACTERS WRITTEN FROM TALMUD AND MIDRASH. | ||
BR | 3074 | LABAN'S WILL | LEBOWITZ, ALBERT | MRS. B.J. EI | A NOVEL ABOUT JEWISH FAMILY LIFE PATTERNED ON THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE OF LEAH AND JACOB AS DEPICTED IN THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 3075 | LEGENDS OF JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS | SKULSKY, S | A COLLECTION OF LEGENDS ABOUT JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS FOR JEWISH YOUTH. | ||
BR | 3076 | EIGHT LIGHTS, THE | ROSENBLOOM, ROBERT | THE STORY OF CHANUKAH AND ITS MESSAGE OF UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY IN EVERY AGE. | ||
BR | 3078 | SOLDIER AND THE SAGE, THE | HUBLER, RICHARD | AN EXCELLENT HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE GREAT RABBINICAL SCHOLAR, AKIBA, WHO LED A REBELLION AGAINST ROME. | ||
BR | 3079 | BROWN WAS THE DANUBE | HILSENRAD, HELEN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN PRE-HITLER VIENNA AND THE HORRORS WHICH BEFELL THE JEWISH COMMUNITY DURING THE NAZI TAKE-OVER. | ||
BR | 3080 | BAD MAN | ELKIN, STANLEY | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH DEPARTMENT STORE OWNER AND CONVICT, WHICH BLENDS SATIRE AND MORALISM. | ||
BR | 3081 | CROWDS AND POWER | CANETTI, ELIAS | AN ANALYSIS OF POWER, ESPECIALLY AS IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN OR OPERATES THROUGH CROWDS. ILLUMINATED BY EXAMPLES FROM HISTORY. | ||
BR | 3082 | LEGENDS OF KING DAVID | SKULSKY, S. & I. M. LASK | LEGENDS ABOUT KING DAVID AND HIS TIME. | ||
BR | 3083 | SEARCH IN THE DESERT | ALLEGRO, JOHN M. | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION IN THE JUDEAN DESERT IN THE VICINITY OF QUMRAM DURING 1962-1963. | ||
BR | 3084 | ODYSSEY OF AN OPTIMIST, THE | WEISGAL, MEYER W. | AN ANTHOLOGY BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES SELECTED IN HONOR OF THE 70TH BIRTHDAY OF THE MASTER BUILDER OF THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3085 | MOROCCAN JEWISH FOLKTALES | NOY, DOV | LILLIAN ZWEI | A COLLECTION OF TALES FROM THE ONCE-THRIVING MOROCCAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 3086 | BLOOD FROM THE SKY | RAWICZ, PIOTR | AN ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN A UKRAINIAN TOWN AND OF THE STRUGGLE OF ONE OF ITS SURVIVORS TO REMAIN ALIVE. | ||
BR | 3087 | TWENTY-FIFTH HOUR, THE | GHEORGHIU, C. VIRGIL | CEIL ROSEN | A NOVEL ABOUT A ROMANIAN JEW TORTURED DURING THE NAZI REGIME BECAUSE A POLICE CAPTAIN DESIRED HIS WIFE. | |
BR | 3088 | INTERMARRIAGE AND JEWISH LIFE | CAHNMAN, WERNER J., ED. | VERA LEHRMAN | A SYMPOSIUM EXPLORING VARIOUS ASPECTS, OPINIONS, AND THEORIES RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT OF INTERMARRIAGE. | |
BR | 3089 | SWIFT SWORD | MARSHALL, S.L.A., BRIGADIER GENERAL | AN HISTORICAL RECORD OF ISRAEL'S VICTORY IN JUNE 1967 BY THE FAMOUS MILITARY ANALYST. | ||
BR | 3090 | PROVERBS OF MANY NATIONS | KELEN, EMERY | THESE PROVERBS GLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SOURCES REVEAL THE UNIVERSALITY OF MAN'S EXPRESSION OF WISDOM. | ||
BR | 3092 | JOSEPHUS | THE MAN AND THE HISTORIAN | THACKERY, H. ST. JOHN | AN EVALUATION OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSEPHUS, HIS WRITINGS AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO JUDAISM, HELLENISM AND CHRISTIANITY. | |
BR | 3093 | NOTES FROM THE FRONTIER | NISSENSON, HUGH | SARAH ROSENS | A STORY ABOUT THE KIBBUTZIM WHICH GUARDED ISRAEL'S BORDERS PRIOR TO THE JUNE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. THE BOOK ALSO GIVES A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF KIBBUTZ LIFE. | |
BR | 3094 | LIGHTNING OUT OF ISRAEL | THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT | ASSOCIATED PRESS | A DAY-BY-DAY CHRONICLE OF THE JUNE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR BETWEEN ARABS AND ISRAELIS. WRITTEN BY A TEAM OF REPORTERS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. INCLUDES MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WAR. | |
BR | 3098 | LEGENDS OF DANIEL | TAL, R. | LEGENDS OF DANIEL AND HIS TIMES. | ||
BR | 3099 | YEHUDI MENUHIN | WYMER, NORMAN | MRS. PHILIP | A BIOGRAPHY FOR CHILDREN ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE VIOLINIST, WHO BEGAN AS A CHILD PRODIGY AND BECAME A WELL-KNOWN MUSICIAN IN WORLD MUSICAL CIRCLES. | |
BR | 3100 | INTERMARRIAGE | INTERFAITH, INTERRACIAL, INTERETHN | GORDON, ALBERT I. | A WELL-RESEARCHED BOOK OF ATTITUDES, PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES OF INTERMARRIAGES. | |
BR | 3101 | LEGENDS OF ELIJAH | TAL, R. | THESE ARE STORIES OF ELIJAH THE PROPHET TOLD IN A SIMPLE FORM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 3102 | JEWS IN THE MIND OF AMERICA | STEMBER, CHARLES HERBERT | ROSALIND GAL | THIS WORK DEALS WITH THE IMAGE OF THE JEWS AND THE PREJUDICES THEY ENCOUNTERED IN AMERICA FROM THE TIME OF THE DEPRESSION TO THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3103 | LEGENDS OF QUEEN ESTHER | SIMHONI, S | A COLLECTION OF LEGENDS ABOUT QUEEN ESTHER AND HER TIMES. | ||
BR | 3104 | PERETZ SMOLENSKIN | FREUNDLICH, CHARLES H. | THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF THIS RUSSIAN WRITER, ZIONIST, AND EDITOR OF ONE OF THE FIRST HEBREW PERIODICALS. | ||
BR | 3105 | FATHERS | GOLD, HERBERT | SHIRLEY SPIT | A MEMOIR, WRITTEN IN NOVEL FORM, OF A RUSSIAN JEWISH PATRIARCH AND HIS FAMILY DURING THEIR AMERICANIZATION IN CLEVELAND'S JEWISH COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 3106 | MY LIFE FOR BEAUTY | RUBINSTEIN, HELENA | MRS. LAWRENC | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE BEAUTY EXPERT FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN POLAND TO HER SUCCESSFUL YEARS IN THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY AND THE ARTS. | |
BR | 3107 | EPOCH OF THE MESSIAH | WASSERMAN, ELCHONON, RABBI | WRITING SHORTLY BEFORE THE RISE OF THE NAZIS, THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO HALT THE SPIRITUAL DEMISE OF WORLD JEWRY - ESPECIALLY ELOQUENT IN LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT EVENTS. | ||
BR | 3108 | NOBODY DOES YOU ANY FAVORS | YAFFE, JAMES | A TOUCHING NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICAN JEWISH BUSINESSMAN'S RISE TO SUCCESS AND THE SUBSEQUENT REJECTION BY HIS SON. | ||
BR | 3109 | LIFE WITH FARMER GOLDSTEIN | SHER, EVA | MARION FRACK | THE OBSTACLES FACED AND LESSONS LEARNED BY A LOWER EAST SIDE JEWISH FAMILY WHICH ADOPTS A NEW LIFESTYLE WHEN THEY MOVE TO A FARM IN NEW JERSEY. | |
BR | 3110 | HEROD'S CHILDREN | AICHINGER, ELSE | THE DIFFICULT LIFE OF A JEWISH CHILD IN WAR-TIME VIENNA. | ||
BR | 3111 | RACE | THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA IN AMERICA | GOSSETT, THOMAS F. | ESTHER L. AR | A HISTORY OF THE ROOTS OF RACIAL PREJUDICE IN AMERICA AND RACE RELATIONS IN THE 1960S. |
BR | 3112 | KINGS, PROPHETS AND HISTORY | KAMM, JOSEPHINE | AN INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE RETELLING OF OLD TESTAMENT STORIES. | ||
BR | 3114 | LEGENDS OF SAMSON | SIMHONI, S. | STORIES OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAMSON. | ||
BR | 3115 | CURIOSITIES OF THE SELF | ILLUSIONS WE HAVE ABOUT OURSELVES | REIK, THEODOR | A STUDY OF THE INNER SELF AND A METHOD FOR UNDERSTANDING ONE'S OWN PERSONALITY, MOTIVATIONS, AND EMOTIONS. | |
BR | 3117 | MAIMONIDES | MEDIEVAL MODERNIST | BRATTON, FRED GLADSTONE | MRS. MORTON | A DESCRIPTION OF MAIMONIDES' ROLE IN INTERPRETING THE PHILOSOPHIES OF ANCIENT GREECE. |
BR | 3118 | THEY FOUGHT BACK | THE STORY OF JEWISH RESISTANCE IN | SUHL, YURI | BEATRICE TRO | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ACCOUNTS BY SURVIVORS AND HISTORIANS OF JEWISH RESISTANCE IN NAZI EUROPE DURING THE HOLOCAUST. |
BR | 3119 | BUSTENAI | LEHMANN, MARCUS, DR. | AN HISTORICAL NOVEL OF JEWS DURING THE BABYLONIAN EXILE IN 600 C.E. AS SEEN BY A JEWISH BOY WHO LATER BECAME A LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 3120 | JEW IN CHRISTIAN AMERICA, A | GILBERT, ARTHUR, RABBI | MRS. THOMAS | A COLLECTION OF SPEECHES AND ARTICLES BY RABBI GILBERT IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS WORK ON ECUMENISM BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS. | |
BR | 3121 | BRIDAL CANOPY, THE | AGNON, S.Y. | BERNICE STRA | THE NOVEL, WRITTEN BY NOBEL PRIZEWINNER, S.Y. AGNON, OF A FATHER WHO TRAVELS TO NEIGHBORING VILLAGES SEEKING DOWRIES FOR HIS THREE DAUGHTERS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION OF BRINGING THEM TO THE MARRIAGE CANOPY. | |
BR | 3124 | SECRET BATTLE FOR ISRAEL, THE | KAGAN, BENJAMIN, COLONEL | AN ACCOUNT OF ONE MAN'S VIEW OF THE CULMINATION OF THE STRUGGLE THAT LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3125 | BIBLE | MYTH OR REALITY | KATZ, PAUL | A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD BOOK; A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF THE HISTORICAL NARRATIONS OF THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 3126 | MYSTIC TRENDS IN JUDAISM | POSY, ARNOLD | ANALYSIS OF THE JEWS' RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN KABBALAH, MESSIANISM, HASSIDISM, AND AS REFLECTED IN VARIOUS YIDDISH WORKS. | ||
BR | 3129 | RELUCTANT PIONEERS | VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL | WEINGROD, ALEX | THE SETTLING OF THE IMMIGRANTS IS DESCRIBED WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO THE FATE OF THE MOROCCAN JEWS. | |
BR | 3131 | JEWISH LAW OF DIVORCE ACCORDING TO BIBLE AND TALMUD | WITH SOME REFERENCE TO ITS | AMRAM, DAVID W. | MARCIA FELTH | THE 19TH-CENTURY LEGAL HISTORIAN COMPARES BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC VIEWS OF DIVORCE WITH THOSE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AND THE KORAN. ALSO INCLUDED ARE FORBIDDEN MARRIAGES, THE LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS OF THE DIVORCED WOMAN, AND HER PROPERTY AND CUSTODY RIGHTS. |
BR | 3132 | RIZPAH | ISRAEL, CHARLES E. | DOROTHY RAPP | A NOVEL WITH VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED DURING BIBLICAL TIMES. | |
BR | 3133 | SQUARE OF SKY, A | DAVID, JANINA | DOROTHY HEIL | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL IN WORLD WAR II POLAND WHOSE FAMILY WAS FORCED BY THE NAZIS TO LEAVE THE FREEDOM OF COUNTRY LIFE AND ENTER THE WARSAW GHETTO. | |
BR | 3134 | BORSCHT BELT, THE | ADAMS, JOEY WITH HENRY TOBIAS | JENNIE KASOF | A STORY OF THE CATSKILL RESORTS AND THEIR SHOW BUSINESS ENTERTAINERS. | |
BR | 3135 | PAPER BRIDE, THE | JEROME, V.J. | FRANCES STER | A NOVEL ABOUT A POLISH JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN THE SLUMS OF LONDON'S WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT. | |
BR | 3136 | WINDS OF APRIL, THE | BAHARAV, I.D. | A NOVEL DEALING WITH ONE WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A GIRL ADRIFT IN MANHATTAN. | ||
BR | 3137 | STUDIES IN HONOR OF M.J. BENARDETE | LANGNAS, ISAAK & BARTON SHOLOD | ESSAYS IN HISPANIC AND SEPHARDIC CULTURE, WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH BY NOTED SCHOLARS. | ||
BR | 3138 | ROMAN-JEWISH WAR 66-70 A.D., THE | ITS ORIGIN AND CONSEQUENCES | ABERBACH, MOSES, DR. | A SCHOLARLY VOLUME WHICH DESCRIBES THE STRUGGLE OF JUDEA AGAINST ROMAN RULE AND ENDS WITH THE CONQUEST OF JERUSALEM BY THE ROMANS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE HOLY TEMPLE. | |
BR | 3140 | JEW IN A GENTILE WORLD, THE | ROGOW, ARNOLD A., ED. | ESSAYS, SPEECHES, AND EXCERPTS FROM HISTORY AND LITERATURE WHICH PROVIDE A BROAD PICTURE OF THE JEWS IN THEIR HISTORICAL ROLE AS THE SCAPEGOAT OUTSIDER. | ||
BR | 3141 | ZEALOTS OF MASADA, THE | STORY OF A DIG | PEARLMAN, MOSHE | ADELINE TOPK | THE STORY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT MASADA, THE SITE OF A COURAGEOUS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE ROMANS BY A HANDFUL OF JEWISH ZEALOTS IN THE YEAR 73 C.E. |
BR | 3142 | LEGENDS OF MOSES THE LAWGIVER | SKULSKY, S. | A COLLECTION OF LEGENDS ABOUT MOSES AND HIS TIMES ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR JEWISH YOUTH. | ||
BR | 3143 | NEW JEWISH HISTORY, THE - BOOK II | GAMORAN, MAMIE G. | THIS BOOK COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. | ||
BR | 3145 | NEILS BOHR | THE MAN, HIS SCIENCE AND THE WORLD | MOORE, RUTH | BARBARA LICH | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DANISH PHYSICIST WHO WAS A LIFELONG FRIEND OF ALBERT EINSTEIN AND WHO SERVED AS HEAD OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE RESCUE OF THE JEWS DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF DENMARK. |
BR | 3146 | ALL THE ADVANTAGES | TOPEROFF, SAM | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY DURING THE DEPRESSION. | ||
BR | 3147 | MAN AND THE SOIL | DAYAN, SHMUEL | THE STORY OF THE FIRST FOUR DECADES OF THE FIRST MOSHAV, NAHALAL. | ||
BR | 3148 | YES FROM NO MAN'S LAND | KOPS, BERNARD | THE STORY OF AN INDOMITABLE JEWISH FAMILY IN LONDON AND ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO IS DETERMINED TO CARVE SOME PURPOSE INTO A HUMBLE LIFE. | ||
BR | 3149 | CHARLES CHAPLIN MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY | CHAPLIN, CHARLES | THE FASCINATING STORY OF THE LIFE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENTERTAINERS OF THE WORLD, FROM HIS EARLY YEARS IN LONDON THROUGH TO HIS FILM SUCCESS IN THE U.S. AND HIS LATER YEARS ON THE CONTINENT. | ||
BR | 3150 | THIRD BIBLE LEGEND BOOK | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | MINNIE ELINS | THE THIRD BOOK IN A SERIES OF LEGENDS FROM THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 3151 | ALLENBY OF ARABIA | LAWRENCE'S GENERAL | GARDNER, BRIAN | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MAN WHO CONQUERED PALESTINE DURING THE REIGN OF TURKS AT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR I. | |
BR | 3152 | LEADERS OF OUR PEOPLE. BK. II | GUMBINER, JOSEPH H. | BLANCHE HALP | A BOOK ABOUT THE LIVES OF SOME GREAT JEWISH LEADERS. | |
BR | 3153 | LET'S TALK ABOUT JUDAISM | KRIPKE, DOROTHY K. | AN EASY APPROACH TO THE PERIOD FROM ABRAHAM TO MOSES FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 3154 | DAVID, WARRIOR AND KING | SLAUGHTER, FRANK G. | THIS NOTED NOVELIST HAS WRITTEN A FASCINATING HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF DAVID THE KING. | ||
BR | 3155 | STRIKE ZION | STEVENSON, WILLIAM | ONE OF THE FIRST ACCOUNTS OF THE JUNE 1967 SIX DAY WAR, RELATED BY A WELL KNOWN JOURNALIST. | ||
BR | 3156 | LEGENDS OF RUTH | SIMHONI, S | A COLLECTION OF LEGENDS ABOUT THE LIFE OF RUTH, FOR JEWISH YOUTH. | ||
BR | 3157 | LEGENDS OF ABRAHAM THE PATRIARCH | SKULSKY, S. | AN ENTERTAINING COLLECTION OF LEGENDS ABOUT ABRAHAM THE PATRIARCH RETOLD FOR JEWISH YOUTH. | ||
BR | 3158 | HOW THE JEWISH PEOPLE LIVE TODAY | SOLOFF, MORDECAI I. | THIS SEQUEL TO HOW THE JEWISH PEOPLE GREW UP RELATES THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM 1492 TO THE PRESENT. | ||
BR | 3159 | FEARSOME INN, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | GERTRUDE LEV | IN THIS BOOK, WRITTEN FOR YOUNG READERS, THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR WEAVES A TALE OF EVIL OVERCOME BY MAGIC. | |
BR | 3160 | GOD AND THE STORY OF JUDAISM | KRIPKE, DOROTHY K. & MEYER LEVIN | AN INVITATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN NOT ONLY TO READ AND LEARN ABOUT BUT ALSO TO THINK ABOUT THE DEEPEST MEANINGS OF GOD AND JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 3161 | BITTER-SWEET | STEINBACH, ALEXANDER ALAN | A BOOK OF POEMS. | ||
BR | 3162 | TWO GENERATIONS OF ZIONISM | ROSENBLATT, BERNARD | RAE SHARON | THE STORY OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 3165 | YOUNG MOSHE'S DIARY | THE SPIRITUAL TORMENT OF A JEWISH | FLINKER, MOSHE | JULIE PULERW | IN THE FATEFUL DAYS PRIOR TO HIS DEPORTATION TO AUSCHWITZ, MOSHE FLINKER WROTE DOWN HIS INNERMOST THOUGHTS AND HIS STRUGGLES TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE ETERNAL PROBLEMS OF SUFFERING AND DIVINE JUSTICE. THIS DIARY WAS FIRST PUBLICIZED IN 1958. |
BR | 3167 | BRING MY SONS FROM FAR | LOWENSTEIN, RALPH LYNN | SISTERHOOD A | A NOVEL IN WHICH AN AMERICAN TAKES PART IN THE 1948 ISRAEL WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. | |
BR | 3168 | ECUMANIA | THE HUMOR THAT HAPPENS WHEN CATHOL | WARD, HILEY H. | AN EXTENSIVE WORLDWIDE COLLECTION OF HUMOR ABOUT RELIGIOUS UNITY WRITTEN FOR THE MANY CLERGYMEN, LAYMEN AND SECULAR READERS, WHO WHEN THEY WANT A JOKE ON THE ECUMENICAL LEVEL, CANNOT THINK OF AN APPROPRIATE ONE. | |
BR | 3169 | PROPHETS, THE | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | RUBELLE SCHA | AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROPHETS IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, WITH NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURE OF PROPHETIC INSPIRATION. | |
BR | 3170 | MAGIC TOP, THE | WELCHER, ROSALIND | A SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS SETS IN MOTION A TRAIN OF EVENTS THAT FOILS AN EVIL MAGICIAN AND RESCUES A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN. | ||
BR | 3171 | HEAVEN HELP US! | TARR, HERBERT | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG RABBI AND HIS FIRST CONGREGATION, BY THE AUTHOR OF 'THE CONVERSION OF CHAPLAIN COHEN.' | ||
BR | 3172 | CHILDREN AT THE GATE | BANKS, LYNN REID | LILLI KAUFMA | A NOVEL OF A YOUNG ISRAELI WOMAN WHO ILLEGALLY ADOPTS TWO ARAB ORPHANS AND THEN FIGHTS TO RECLAIM THEM AS THEY ARE TORN AWAY FROM HER BY THE CRUELTY OF WAR. | |
BR | 3173 | AMERICAN JEWS IN ISRAEL | ISAACS, HAROLD R. | A STUDY OF AMERICAN JEWS IN ISRAEL, FOCUSING ON THOSE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR SERVICES TO THE STATE. | ||
BR | 3175 | THEY ALL CHOSE AMERICA | MAISEL, ALBERT Q. | A POPULAR HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA, INCLUDING DUTCH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, ITALIAN, JAPANESE, AND OTHER PEOPLES. | ||
BR | 3177 | ATHEISM IS DEAD | LELYVELD, ARTHUR | IN A REPLY TO 'GOD IS DEAD' THEOLOGIANS, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE KEY ISSUES OF FAITH FOR MODERN MAN. | ||
BR | 3178 | OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES | SEGAL, LORE | AS A CHILD, SEGAL WAS SENT TO LIVE IN ENGLAND AFTER HITLER'S PACT WITH AUSTRIA. SHE DESCRIBES GROWING UP WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND HOW SHE WAS REUNITED WITH HER PARENTS IN SANTO DOMINGO AND NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 3179 | WHERE ARE MY BROTHERS? | BERKOWITZ, SARAH BICK | A QUIET STORY OF HUMAN GOODNESS SET AGAINST A BACKDROP OF GREAT ADVERSITIES. | ||
BR | 3180 | ANTHOLOGY OF YIDDISH POETRY | WHITMAN, RUTH, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN YIDDISH POETRY WRITTEN BY SOME OF THE GREAT POETS. | ||
BR | 3182 | IN THE MIDST OF LIONS | HEMPSTONE, SMITH | THE FIRST NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED ABOUT THE ARAB-ISRAELI WAR; AN ACCURATE, DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT OF THAT WAR BY A REPORTER WHO WAS THERE AT THE TIME. | ||
BR | 3183 | MODERN HEBREW POETRY | MINTZ, RUTH FINER | A BILINGUAL ANTHOLOGY OF 115 POEMS REPRESENTING THE STYLES AND THEMES OF IMPORTANT HEBREW POETS DURING THIS CENTURY. | ||
BR | 3185 | MAKING IT | PODHORETZ, NORMAN | ELLEN KANNER | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE EDITOR OF 'COMMENTARY,' IN WHICH PODHORETZ DESCRIBES HIS JOURNEY ACROSS THE BRIDGE FROM BROOKLYN TO MANHATTAN'S LITERARY WORLD. | |
BR | 3186 | LEAVES FROM A MUSING HEART | KATZ, ALICE M. JAFFIN | POEMS AND OCCASIONAL PIECES ON THEMES OF TORAH, ISRAEL, THE SABBATH, AND JEWISH HOLIDAYS PUBLISHED AS A MEMORIAL VOLUME. | ||
BR | 3187 | JEWISH PEOPLE, THE. BOOK 3 | PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK | PESSIN, DEBORAH | THIS PUPIL ACTIVITY BOOK ACCOMPANIES THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE HISTORY TEXT OF THE SAME NAME. | |
BR | 3188 | MAN IN THE GLASS BOOTH, THE | SHAW, ROBERT | PROMPTED BY THE VATICAN'S DOCUMENT REPUDIATING JEWISH GUILT, REAL ESTATE MAGNATE ARTHUR GOLDMAN BEGINS HIS OWN QUEST FOR JUSTICE. | ||
BR | 3190 | BEN-GURION | AND THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL | COMAY, JOAN | A FACTUAL OVERVIEW OF THE BELEAGUERED LAND AND A SYMPATHETIC PORTRAIT OF ITS FIRST PRIME MINISTER. | |
BR | 3191 | ISRAEL'S ARSENAL | KESSLER, FELIX | THIS ARTICLE FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL DISCUSSES ISRAEL'S AGRICULTURAL AND MILITARY POWER AND POTENTIAL. | ||
BR | 3193 | NIGHTMARE OF THE DARK | SILBERSTANG, EDWIN | A MOVING NOVEL OF A CHILDHOOD IN THE BARBARIC CONFINES OF A NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP CULMINATING IN ESCAPE AND A REGENERATION OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 3194 | DEED, THE | FRANK, GEROLD | FRANCES GOLD | AN EXAMINATION OF THE JEWISH RESISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WERE ACTIVE IN PALESTINE DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE. THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE GROUPS, INCLUDING THE TRIAL OF THE TWO YOUNG MEN WHO KILLED LORD MOYNE, THE BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | |
BR | 3195 | TRIAL, THE | KAFKA, FRANZ | THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT A BANK CLERK WHO IS LEADING AN INNOCUOUS LIFE UNTIL HE IS ARRESTED FOR NO REASON. UNABLE TO FIGHT CITY HALL HE GIVES IN TO EXECUTION. | ||
BR | 3196 | BERRIES GOODMAN | NEVILLE, EMILY C. | TRUDY CUTLER | A BOOK WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE PROBLEM OF ANTI-SEMITISM, AND ITS EFFECT ON THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO CHILDREN, ONE JEWISH, ONE GENTILE. | |
BR | 3197 | WELL, THE | GRADE, CHAIM | A PARABLE OF SHTETL LIFE IN VILNA AFTER WORLD WAR I, INCLUDING SOME OF THE LEGENDS AND FOLK TRADITIONS. | ||
BR | 3198 | MANOR, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ZELDA SALOMO | A STORY OF A JEWISH BUSINESSMAN AND HIS FAMILY IN POLAND DURING THE 1860S AND THE EFFECT THAT SECULAR CIVILIZATION HAD ON THEIR LIVES. | |
BR | 3199 | LEGENDS OF THE JEWS, THE | GINZBURG, LOUIS | A COLLECTION OF LEGENDS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE CELEBRATED SCHOLAR AND WRITER. | ||
BR | 3201 | CHANGE AND CHALLENGE | A HISTORY OF 50 YEARS OF JWB | JANOWSKY, OSCAR I. | ON OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDING, THE NATIONAL JEWISH WELFARE BOARD HAS ISSUED THIS SHORT HISTORY. | |
BR | 3204 | IN MY FATHER'S COURT | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ZELDA SOLOMO | THE AUTHOR'S FOND REMEMBRANCES OF GROWING UP IN A HOME, IN NINETEENTH CENTURY WARSAW, WHERE HIS FATHER, A RABBI, RESOLVED THE PROBLEMS OF HIS FOLLOWERS. | |
BR | 3205 | PATTERN FOR A HEROINE | THE LIFE OF REBECCA GRATZ | BRISKIN, MIRIAM | AURELIA MINT | THE STORY OF THE PHILADELPHIA JEWESS WHO WAS THE MODEL FOR REBECCA IN SIR WALTER SCOTT'S,' IVANHOE,' AND WHO HELPED FOUND THE HEBREW SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY. |
BR | 3206 | DESERT FIGHTER, THE | THE STORY OF GENERAL YIGAL YADIN A | MILLER, SHANE | THE STORY OF ARCHAEOLOGIST YIGAL YADIN, A FORMER GENERAL IN THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES, AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. ALSO EXAMINES HIS ROLE IN THE EXCAVATION OF MASADA. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | |
BR | 3207 | YOUR FUTURE AS A RABBI | A CALLING THAT COUNTS | GOTTSCHALK, ALFRED | A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK OF THE AMERICAN RABBI IN THE SYNAGOGUE, IN JEWISH EDUCATION, AND IN JEWISH WELFARE WORK. | |
BR | 3208 | DARKENING GREEN, THE | MINTZ, RUTH FINER | A BOOK OF VERSE. | ||
BR | 3209 | DIGGING OUT | RICHARDSON, ANNE | THE TOUCHING NOVEL OF AN AFFLUENT JEWISH FAMILY WHOSE LIFE LACKS MEANING AND THEIR SEARCH FOR IT. | ||
BR | 3210 | LILO'S DIARY | ELMAN, RICHARD M. | MRS. ALBERT | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL IN HUNGARY DURING THE SUMMER OF 1944, BEFORE THE NAZI DEPORTATIONS. WRITTEN IN DIARY FORM. | |
BR | 3211 | AMERICAN LIFE, SHTETL LIFE | STORIES AND SKETCHES | SCHWARTZ, ELKANAH | MARCIA FELTH | A COMPILATION OF STORIES ABOUT CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. WRITTEN IN A HUMOROUS, SATIRICAL VEIN. |
BR | 3212 | STORIES AND FANTASIES | COHEN, EMIL BERNHARD | SUPERNATURAL STORIES OF SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURY EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS WHICH HAVE BEEN COLLECTED AND RETOLD. | ||
BR | 3213 | GOD IS IN THE MOUNTAIN | KEATS, EZRA JACK | A COLLECTION OF POETICALLY PHRASED INSIGHTS INTO SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE GATHERED FROM MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIONS. | ||
BR | 3214 | LIGHT ON ISRAEL | SAMUEL, MAURICE | MARCIA MARKE | A BOOK DESCRIBING NON-MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE JUNE 1967 CRISIS, WHICH LED TO ISRAELI VICTORY IN THE SIX DAY WAR. | |
BR | 3215 | BRIGADE, THE | BARTOV, HANOCH | ZENA WINSTON | A NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MEN IN THE JEWISH BRIGADE WHO SERVED UNDER THE BRITISH IN ITALY TOWARD THE END OF WORLD WAR II. DESCRIBES THEIR EMOTIONS AS A JEWISH ARMY OF OCCUPATION ABOUT TO ENTER NAZI GERMANY. | |
BR | 3216 | LETTERS TO FRIEND AND FOE | SPINOZA, BARUCH | LILLIAN SPIE | A COLLECTION OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S LETTERS REVEALING HIS FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. | |
BR | 3218 | BRIGADIER FREDERICK KISCH | BENTWICH, NORMAN & MICHAEL KISCH | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A GENERAL BORN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IN ISRAEL WHO PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN SHAPING THAT NATION. | ||
BR | 3220 | JEWS AMONG THE NATIONS, THE | KAHLER, ERICH | ANITA MORGEN | A FOUR-PART HISTORY COVERING 2,000 YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN EUROPE. | |
BR | 3221 | CONVERSION TO JUDAISM | EICHHORN, DAVID MAX, ED. | AN EXAMINATION OF JEWISH PROSELYTISM AND CONVERSION. | ||
BR | 3222 | SUMMER IS A FOREIGN LAND | BRONER, E.M. | A PLAY BASED ON A CONTEMPORARY FOLK TALE WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT AS RELATED IN THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH. | ||
BR | 3223 | AARON COPLAND | HIS LIFE AND TIMES | DOBRIN, ARNOLD | A BIOGRAPHICAL TRIBUTE TO THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSICIAN WHICH TRACES HIS CAREER FROM HIS FIRST PIANO LESSONS TO HIS RENOWN AS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT MODERN COMPOSERS. | |
BR | 3224 | JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT IN EASTERN EUROPE | DAWIDOWICZ, LUCY S., EDITOR | AN ANTHOLOGY COVERING MANY FACETS OF EASTERN EUROPE: EDUCATION, RELIGION, LITERATURE, HASIDISM AND THE HASKALAH. | ||
BR | 3225 | STUDIES IN THE COMMUNAL LIFE OF THE JEWS OF SPAIN | EPSTEIN, ISADORE | A STUDY ABOUT THE COMMUNAL LIFE OF SPANISH JEWS DURING THE LATTER YEARS OF THE 'GOLDEN AGE OF SPAIN' AND DURING THE PERIOD OF THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE JEWS IN THE BARBARY STATES. BASED ON THE RESPONSA OF RABBI SOLOMON BEN ADRETH, THE 'RASHBA,' WHO LIVED FROM 1235-1310, AND RABBI SIMON BEN ZEMAH DURAN. | ||
BR | 3226 | CHILD'S FIRST BOOK OF BIBLE STORIES, THE | STEEPLE, ANN D. | A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF BIBLE STORIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 3227 | SONG OF DAVID FREED, THE | ROTHBERG, ABRAHAM | GLORIA DANSK | A POIGNANT NOVEL ABOUT DAVID FREED, A JEWISH YOUNG MAN GROWING UP IN BROOKLYN DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT MANY JEWISH FAMILIES WENT THROUGH AT THIS TIME. | |
BR | 3228 | WISDOM OF THE PSALMS, THE | GUARDINI, ROMANO | A SCHOLARLY INTERPRETATION OF THE PSALMS BY A NOTED CATHOLIC AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 3229 | CRY IN THE WILDERNESS | ROZEN, LEON S. | A SHORT HISTORY OF A CHAPLAIN'S ACTIVITIES AND STRUGGLE IN SOVIET RUSSIA DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 3230 | CHAPTERS ON JEWISH LITERATURE | ABRAHAMS, ISRAEL, M.A. | 25 SHORT CHAPTERS ON JEWISH LITERATURE, OPENING WITH THE FALL OF JERUSALEM IN 70 AND ENDING WITH THE DEATH OF MOSES MENDELSSOHN IN 1786. | ||
BR | 3232 | CHOCOLATE DEAL, THE | GOURI, HAIM | RUTH LIEB HA | 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. | |
BR | 3233 | JEWISH BOOK OF DAYS, THE | ROTH, CECIL | A DAY-BY-DAY ALMANAC OF EVENTS FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE JEWS IN EUROPE TO THE BALFOUR DECLARATION. | ||
BR | 3234 | JEWISH TRAVELLERS | A TREASURY OF TRAVELOGUES FROM NIN | ADLER, ELKAN NATHAN, ED. | AN ENGLISH REPRINT OF A SELECTION OF TRAVELOGUES BY JEWS FROM THE 9TH TO THE 19TH CENTURY, WITH A PREFACE BY CECIL ROTH. | |
BR | 3235 | ABOUT US | AARON, CHESTER | THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN A SMALL DEPRESSION-RIDDEN MINING TOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA. | ||
BR | 3236 | ISRAEL JOURNAL | Jun-67 | DAYAN, YAEL | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ISRAEL'S SIX-DAY WAR. THE AUTHOR IS THE DAUGHTER OF MOSHE DAYAN, THE GENERAL WHO LED ISRAEL'S FORCES IN THE JUNE 1967 WAR. | |
BR | 3237 | ENLIGHTENED, THE | THE WRITINGS OF LUIS CARAVAJAL, EL | LIEBMAN, SEYMOUR B., ED. | MEMOIRS AND LETTERS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG JEW FROM MEXICO CITY WHO WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE AND ACCUSED OF PRACTICING JEWISH RITES IN SECRET. | |
BR | 3238 | DAVID | BOLLIGER, MAX | MRS. CHARLES | A BIOGRAPHY OF DAVID, THE SHEPHERD BOY WHO BECAME KING OF THE HOUSE OF JUDAH. | |
BR | 3239 | PAPA LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, A | TAYLOR, SYDNEY | MRS. S. CARB | A STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY SET IN HUNGARY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. | |
BR | 3240 | RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL, THE | LATOUR, ANNY | RAE SHARON | THE PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF A FRENCH JEWESS WHO VISITED THE SETTLEMENTS IN PALESTINE IN 1926 AND JOINED THE JEWISH UNDERGROUND IN FRANCE DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION. | |
BR | 3241 | PORTAL TO AMERICA | THE LOWER EAST SIDE 1870-1925 | SCHOENER, ALLON, ED. | SARAH WEINST | A NOSTALGIC REMEMBRANCE OF FIVE DECADES OF LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. |
BR | 3242 | EGYPTIAN BONDAGE AND OTHER STORIES, AN | KESSLER, JASCHA | A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 3243 | HEROD | PROFILE OF A TYRANT | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE JEWISH KING WHO TERRORIZED JEWS UNDER HIS REIGN BUT REBUILT THE SECOND TEMPLE. | |
BR | 3244 | DEAR RABBI | ADLER, BILL | SOPHIE STEIN | A HUMOROUS COLLECTION OF LETTERS TO RABBIS. | |
BR | 3245 | ANTHOLOGY OF HEBREW ESSAYS, AN. VOL. 1 | COHEN, ISRAEL; MICHALI, B.Y. | SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF MODERN ISRAELI WRITERS. | ||
BR | 3246 | COVENANT | GAMZEY, ROBERT | A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON THE CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS FACING AMERICAN JEWRY AND JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 3247 | CHAGALL | CASSOU, JEAN | A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF JEWISH ARTIST, MARC CHAGALL, HIS LIFE, HIS WORK, AND HIS TIMES. | ||
BR | 3248 | DEAD SEA SCROLLS | BURROWS, MILLAR | A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY, BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. | ||
BR | 3250 | MODERN TRENDS IN JEWISH RELIGION | GOLDSMITH, EMANUEL S., RABBI | MURIEL HELLE | A COMPARISON OF REFORM, CONSERVATIVE, RECONSTRUCTIONIST, AND ORTHODOX JUDAISM. | |
BR | 3251 | CONSECRATED UNTO ME | A JEWISH VIEW OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B., RABBI | MRS. MOSES A | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES LAWS AND CUSTOMS THAT PERTAIN TO JEWISH COUPLES WHEN THEY MEET, FALL IN LOVE, AND MARRY. |
BR | 3252 | ANTIQUE MAN | GERBER, MERRILL JOAN | THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE EFFECT OF A FATHER'S FATAL ILLNESS UPON HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS, A TIGHTLY KNIT JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 3253 | WALL BETWEEN, THE | SAMUELLI, ANNIE | LEE HOLLANDE | A ACCOUNT OF THE ELEVEN YEARS THE AUTHOR AND HER SISTER SPENT IN ROMANIAN PRISONS BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN. | |
BR | 3254 | COME UNDER THE WINGS | A MIDRASH ON RUTH | GOLDIN, GRACE | MRS. STEPHEN | A POEM BASED ON THE BIBLICAL BOOK OF RUTH, WRITTEN IN MIDRASHIC STYLE. |
BR | 3255 | EREV | SCHECHTMAN, ELYA | BEATRICE LEV | THE TRANSLATION OF A YIDDISH NOVEL, PUBLISHED IN THE SOVIET UNION, ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY IN RUSSIA ON THE EVE OF THE 1905 REVOLUTION. | |
BR | 3256 | MY FATHER, SHOLOM ALEICHEM | WAIFE-GOLDBERG, MARIE | MRS. MARC SI | A PORTRAIT OF WRITER SHOLOM ALEICHEM, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF JEWISH FAMILY LIFE PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I. | |
BR | 3257 | YOUNG SAMSON | THE STRONGEST BOY WHO EVER LIVED | TASLITT, ISRAEL I. | JOAN ADELL | BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF SAMSON WHO WAS INTENT ON DELIVERING HIS PEOPLE FROM THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES. TOGETHER WITH HIS FRIEND AND MENTOR, KHIDDON THE RIDDLE-MASTER, SAMSON FINDS WAYS TO EXPOSE THE FALSENESS OF THE PHILISTINE PRIESTS AND GODS. |
BR | 3258 | SPECIMEN OF HUMAN LIFE, A | ACOSTA, URIEL | THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY PRESENTS THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THIS CONTROVERSIAL THEOLOGIAN WHO LIVED DURING THE YEARS 1585-1640 AND WAS EXCOMMUNICATED IN THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE OF AMSTERDAM. | ||
BR | 3259 | GORE AND IGOR | LEVIN, MEYER | THE STORY OF TWO BOYS, ONE AMERICAN AND ONE RUSSIAN, EACH OF WHOM FLEES FROM INJUSTICE IN HIS HOMELAND AND FINDS REFUGE AND ADVENTURE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3260 | GOODBYE, BOYS | BALTER, BORIS | FLORENCE BER | A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIVES OF THREE YOUNG MEN IN RUSSIA WHO END UP IN A PRISON CAMP IN THE 1950S. | |
BR | 3261 | JEWS, THE | A CHRONICLE FOR CHRISTIAN CONSCIEN | VOGT, HANNAH | RUTH SIEGNER | A NARRATIVE AND ANALYSIS BY A GERMAN CHRISTIAN EDUCATOR. |
BR | 3263 | MORNING STAR | SHAZAR, ZALMAN | LIVIA SCHACT | THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL REMINISCES ABOUT HIS YOUTH AND THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED SHAPE HIS LIFE. | |
BR | 3264 | OLD COUNTRY TALES | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | MRS. SAMUEL | A COMPILATION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER. | |
BR | 3266 | THERE GOES DAVEY COHEN | OWEN, WENDY | A TOUCHING NOVEL ABOUT THE COMPLEXITIES OF A MARRIAGE AND THE COMPROMISES WHICH HAVE TO BE MADE. | ||
BR | 3267 | CHALLENGE TO CONFIRMANDS | ARNOLD, JACOB W. | HELPING TEENAGERS FIND ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS BY APT QUOTATIONS FROM JEWISH CLASSIC SOURCES--BOTH GREAT BOOKS AND SCHOLARS. | ||
BR | 3268 | FROM KISHINEV TO BABI YAR | KOHANSKI, ALEXANDER S. | A COLLECTION OF POEMS AND ESSAYS. | ||
BR | 3269 | BEST OF HARRY GOLDEN, THE | GOLDEN HARRY | AN OMNIBUS OF THE VARIED WRITINGS BY THE NOTED HUMORIST. | ||
BR | 3270 | FIRST PAPERS | HOBSON, LAURA Z. | IN THIS NOVEL OF THE HARASSMENT OF LIBERALS AND RADICALS IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE YEARS PRECEDING WORLD WAR I, A RUSSIAN-JEWISH INTELLECTUAL AND HIS FRIEND BECOME INVOLVED IN VARIOUS RADICAL GROUPS THAT AFFECT THEIR FAMILIES IN MANY WAYS. | ||
BR | 3272 | SUNSHINE AND SALT | ROTHCHILD, SYLVIA | A TOUCHING STORY OF THE ALIENATION OF A JEWISH WOMAN FROM HER MOTHER AND HER TRADITIONAL JEWISH LIFE AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF RECONCILIATION FOR BOTH. | ||
BR | 3273 | GUGGENHEIMS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, THE | HOYT, EDWIN | THE STORY OF THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE GUGGENHEIM FAMILY IN EUROPE AND THEIR COMING TO AMERICA, WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED A FOUNDATION FOR ART. | ||
BR | 3274 | LAST TRAIN, THE | EXODUS TO TASHKENT | TAUBE, HERMAN | THE ODYSSEY OF MORRIS WEINGARTEN, NOW MISCHA WENGROW- FORMER CITIZEN WITHOUT A HOME. | |
BR | 3276 | TEARS AND LAUGHTER IN AN ISRAELI COURTROOM | SHESHIN, SHNEER | PROBLEMS RESULTING FROM NATIONAL, RACIAL, AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES IN THE ISRAELI POPULATION ARE DISCUSSED BY THE AUTHOR WHO SERVED AS A JUDGE IN PALESTINE DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE. | ||
BR | 3278 | DAY IN REGENSBURG, A | OPATOSHU, JOSEPH | RUTH RAPPAPO | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE YIDDISH WRITER, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. | |
BR | 3279 | EMANCIPATION AND ADJUSTMENT | CONTEMPORARY JEWISH RELIGIOUS MOVE | RUDAVSKY, DAVID | HILDRED E. G | THE ORIGIN, EVOLUTION, AND GROWTH OF IDEOLOGIES IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS - ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, AND REFORM. |
BR | 3280 | BITTER SPRING | ANGOFF, CHARLES | A NOVEL ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S OWN EXPERIENCES. ONE OF A SERIES OF NOVELS TRACING THE EAST EUROPEAN JEWISH IMMIGRANTS' LIFE IN AMERICA. THE MAIN CHARACTER, DAVID POLONSKY, IS THE AUTHOR'S ALTER EGO. | ||
BR | 3281 | INTRODUCTION TO TOMORROW | THE U.S. AND THE WIDER WORLD | ABERNATHY, ROBERT G. | OFFICIAL AMERICAN POLICY IS EXPLAINED SIMPLY AND INTERESTINGLY IN THIS WELL-WRITTEN CHILDREN'S HISTORY. | |
BR | 3282 | LAUGHTER ON A WEEKDAY | FALSTEIN, LOUIS | MRS. HARRY A | A STORY ABOUT A RUSSIAN-JEWISH FAMILY WHO TRAVEL FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA DURING THE YEARS BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS. THEY EVENTUALLY SETTLE IN CHICAGO, AND ASSIMILATE INTO AMERICAN LIFE. | |
BR | 3283 | JEWISH PEOPLE, THE | 4000 YEARS OF SURVIVAL | WURBRAND, MAX & CECIL ROTH | AN IMPRESSIVE PORTRAYAL OF A NATION WHICH, DESPITE HARDSHIPS AND PERSECUTION, HAS RETAINED ITS IDENTITY OVER A SPAN OF 4000 YEARS. | |
BR | 3285 | GLEANINGS | ESSAYS IN JEWISH LETTERS AND ART | ROTH, CECIL | SIXTEEN ESSAYS DEALING WITH THE JEWS OF ITALY, SPAIN AND PORTUGAL BY DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN. | |
BR | 3286 | JURY RETURNS, THE | NIZER, LOUIS | MARION FRACK | IN THIS SEQUEL TO NIZER'S FIRST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BOOK, 'MY LIFE IN COURT,' THE WELL-KNOWN LAWYER OFFERS MORE EPISODES OF COURTROOM DRAMA AND EXCITEMENT. | |
BR | 3287 | FRESH MORNING | KRITZ, RUEVEN | STORIES AND NOVELETTES OF LIFE ON AN ISRAELI KIBBUTZ, DETAILING THE ASPIRATIONS AND STRUGGLES OF ITS MEMBERS. | ||
BR | 3288 | AS A DRIVEN LEAF | STEINBERG, MILTON | RIVY DOLIN | THE STORY OF ELISHA BEN ABUYAH, A SECOND-CENTURY RABBI WHOSE PASSION FOR A REASONABLE FAITH LED HIM TO RENOUNCE HIS RELIGION AND BETRAY HIS PEOPLE TO THE ROMANS. | |
BR | 3289 | JOSEPH | BOLLIGER, MAX | AN ADAPTATION OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JOSEPH. WRITTEN IN SIMPLE, UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 3290 | THIS MAN MOSES | WEISFELD, ISRAEL H. | A BOOK ABOUT MOSES BASED ON HIS PORTRAYAL IN THE BIBLE AND IN RABBINIC, HASIDIC, AND MODERN LITERATURE, AS WELL AS IN ART AND POETRY. | ||
BR | 3291 | GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL | FREUDENHEIM, YEHOSHUA | MIRIAM E. GO | AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, UP TO THE CLOSE OF THE FIFTH KNESSET. | |
BR | 3292 | FAR CRY, A | ROVIT, EARL | A REFLECTION ON LIFE AND DEATH AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF TWO MEN, ONE, A GHETTO JEW CHARGED WITH MURDER, AND THE OTHER, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN DYING IN A HOSPITAL. | ||
BR | 3293 | TIME TO MOURN, A | SPIRO, JACK | LILLIAN SPIE | A BOOK ABOUT ANCIENT AND MODERN JEWISH CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS ON THE SUBJECT OF DEATH. | |
BR | 3294 | CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS | THE PARTICIPATION OF THE JEWS IN T | KAYSERLING, M. | AMY SILBERT | THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF JEWISH ASTRONOMERS, CARTOGRAPHERS, AND FINANCIAL BACKERS WHO WERE EXPELLED FROM SPAIN IN 1492. |
BR | 3295 | SELECTED WRITINGS OF MIRIAM R. EPHRAIM | EPHRAIM, MIRIAM R. | THE AUTHOR, ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEADING SOCIAL WORKERS, UPON RETIREMENT, ASSEMBLED HER WRITINGS AND PROGRAMS FOR SOCIAL AGENCIES. | ||
BR | 3296 | ISRAEL ZANGWILL | WOHLGELERNTER, MAURICE | BIRDIE SAFIO | A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH-JEWISH WRITER. | |
BR | 3297 | YISROEL | LEFTWICH, JOSEPH, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES BY JEWISH WRITERS ON THEMES OF JEWISH INTEREST. COMPILED BY A BRITISH-JEWISH JOURNALIST AND LITERARY CRITIC. | ||
BR | 3298 | ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER AND THE ETERNAL PAST | BUCHEN, IRVING | SARA WEINBER | A SUPERIOR ANALYSIS OF SINGER'S WORK WITH BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS AGAINST THE DOUBLE BACKDROP OF YIDDISH AND MODERN LITERATURE. | |
BR | 3299 | CHOSEN PEOPLES | ZANGWILL, ISRAEL | THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT THE JEWS WERE CHOSEN TO SPREAD THE HIGHEST ETHICAL IDEALS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 3300 | SABBATH, THE | GRUNFELD, DR.,I. | A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF THE LAWS OF THE SABBATH. | ||
BR | 3301 | HOPE FOR MAN | LIEBMAN, JOSHUA LOTH | AN OPTIMISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND GUIDE TO SELF-FULFILLMENT BASED ON JUDAISM AND MODERN THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 3303 | I, THE LAWYER | KUTNER, LUIS | A PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF LAW AND ITS PRINCIPLES. PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR ANYONE CONTEMPLATING A LEGAL CAREER. | ||
BR | 3304 | FREUD | HIS LIFE AND HIS MIND | PUNER, HELEN WALKER | ANITA ROSENG | A BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE TECHNIQUES AND METHODS FREUD DEVELOPED WHICH ARE STILL USED IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGY. |
BR | 3306 | WORLD OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM, THE | SAMUELS, MAURICE | IN THIS DEPICTION OF DIASPORA JEWRY, THE AUTHOR RECREATES THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES WHICH WERE THE LIVING MATERIAL FOR SHOLOM ALEICHEM'S STORIES. | ||
BR | 3307 | RUSSIAN JEW, THE | UNDER TSARS AND SOVIETS | BARON, SALO W. | A HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN JEW FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS TO THE PRESENT. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON JEWISH RESPONSES THROUGH THE CENTURIES TO ATTEMPTS BY THE VARIOUS RUSSIAN GOVERNMENTS TO ASSIMILATE AND DENATIONALIZE THE JEWISH POPULATION. | |
BR | 3308 | SCROLLS FROM THE DEAD SEA, THE | WILSON, EDMUND | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN, DISCOVERY AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE ANCIENT DEAD SEA SCROLLS FOUND IN 1947. | ||
BR | 3310 | FORWARD FROM EXILE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SHMARYA LEVIN | LEVIN, SHMARYA. MAURICE SAMUEL, ED. | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SHMARYA LEVIN, ZIONIST ORATOR, AUTHOR, AND TEACHER WHO LIVED FROM 1867-1935. PORTRAYS JEWISH LIFE IN RUSSIA IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. | |
BR | 3312 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS, THE. VOL. II | THE THREE RINGS | BORCHSENIUS, POUL | A HISTORY OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF JEWISH CULTURE IN SPAIN PRESENTED IN AN EASY NARRATIVE STYLE. WRITTEN BY A DANISH PASTOR WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THE DANISH RESISTANCE AND WHO HELPED SMUGGLE JEWS OUT OF DENMARK. | |
BR | 3313 | MARC CHAGALL | GREENFELD, HOWARD | LINDA JAMPOL | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE 20TH CENTURY JEWISH ARTIST, MANY OF WHOSE THEMES CENTER AROUND HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. | |
BR | 3316 | JUDAISM | EPSTEIN, ISIDORE | A DISCUSSION ABOUT TRADITIONAL JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 3317 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. BK. III | BEYOND THE WALL | BORCHSENIUS, PAUL | A HISTORY OF THE GHETTO. | |
BR | 3318 | MR. THEODORE MUNDSTOCK | FUKS, LADISLAV | THE AUTHOR OFFERS US A KAFKAESQUE APPROACH TO LIFE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST AS WELL AS A HUMAN DOCUMENT ON WAR AND ADVERSITY. | ||
BR | 3319 | MOTT THE HOOPLE | MANUS, WILLARD | MIRIAM BENDE | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT AN AMBITIOUS, YOUNG JEWISH MAN AND HIS ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE BOTH HIS LIFESTYLE AND HIS LOVE LIFE. | |
BR | 3320 | FOURTH HORSEMAN OF MIAMI BEACH, THE | HALPER, ALBERT | A NOVEL OF MIAMI BEACH LIFE TOLD WITH COMPASSION FOR THE LONELY CROWD OF WIDOWS AND FORTUNE HUNTERS. | ||
BR | 3321 | WHEN I WAS LAST ON CHERRY STREET | ROSKOLENKO, HARRY | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MAN WHO ADVANCED FROM THE GHETTO OF NEW YORK'S CHERRY STREET TO LITERARY RESPECTABILITY IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S. | ||
BR | 3322 | HAYM SOLOMON | MILGRIM, SHIRLEY GORSON | A BIOGRAPHY FOR YOUNG READERS ABOUT THE JEW WHO PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 3323 | FIRST BOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY, THE | KUBIE, NORA BENJAMIN | AN INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY WHICH TOUCHES UPON THE ANCIENT CULTURES OF ASSYRIA, SUMER, EGYPT, GREECE, ROME AND THE AMERICAS. | ||
BR | 3324 | MIRACLE MEN | TALES OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV AND HIS | MECKLER, DAVID L. | SONYA ROTH/R | TALES AND STORIES FROM HASIDIC FOLKLORE DATING FROM THE TIME OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV, THE FOUNDER OF HASIDISM. |
BR | 3325 | EINSTEIN | 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. |
BR | 3326 | CASE FOR ISRAEL | GERVASI, FRANK | OUIDA MINTZ/ | AN ANALYSIS OF WHY ISRAEL FOUGHT THE SIX-DAY WAR IN 1967, A HISTORY OF THE WARS PRECEDING IT, AND THE HOPES FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | |
BR | 3327 | JONAH BONDI WISE | CAUMAN, SAM | RUBELLE SCHA | THE LIFE OF A LEADER OF REFORM JUDAISM WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 3328 | GATE OF HELL, THE | KOPPEL, ALFRED | STORY OF AN AMERICAN VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR, WHO SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER WITH AN ISRAELI PARATROOP COMPANY. | ||
BR | 3329 | TO BROOKLYN WITH LOVE | GREEN, GERALD | A NOVEL WHICH DEPICTS THE ANXIETY, PAIN, AND HARDSHIP IN A BOY'S LIFE. | ||
BR | 3330 | THROUGH NARROW GATES | BELKIN, SIMON | A REVIEW OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION, COLONIZATION AND IMMIGRANT AID WORK IN CANADA BETWEEN 1840-1940. | ||
BR | 3331 | GREAT JEWISH SHORT STORIES | BELLOW, SAUL, ED. | THIS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES REPRESENTS A DIVERSITY OF JEWISH WRITERS. | ||
BR | 3332 | AIRTIGHT CAGE | A STUDY OF NEW YORK'S WEST SIDE | LYFORD, JOSEPH P. | ANNABELLE BROWN | AN ACCOUNT OF A CHANGING NEW YORK NEIGHBORHOOD, THE WEST SIDE. ONCE A STEPPING STONE TO A BETTER LIFE FOR JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, TODAY IT IS AN AREA COMPRISED OF MANY ETHNIC GROUPS AND SUBCULTURES. |
BR | 3333 | JEWISH/CHRISTIAN RELATIONS | HEYER, ROBERT | NINE LEADERS IN JEWISH/CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES CONSIDER THE CENTRAL ISSUES BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JEWS. | ||
BR | 3334 | UNDER THE FIG TREE | SHENBERG, YITZHAK | FIVE STORIES OF PALESTINE IN 1948, JUST BEFORE THE STATE OF ISRAEL WAS DECLARED. | ||
BR | 3335 | HOW THE FISHES LIVE | LIEBER, JOEL | A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICAN JEWISH TAXI DRIVER, ONETIME BRITISH COMMANDO, AND POSTWAR TERRORIST IN PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 3336 | STRANGERS TO GLORY | LIEBERMAN, CHAIM | A VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION OF THE PROGRAM AND WORK OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR JUDAISM, A JEWISH ANTI-ZIONIST ORGANIZATION. | ||
BR | 3337 | DEATH HAD TWO SONS | DAYAN, YAEL | THE STORY OF DANIEL, AN ISRAELI SOLDIER SEPARATED FROM HIS FAMILY BY THE NAZIS, AND HIS EFFORTS TO REUNITE WITH HIS ESTRANGED AND TORTURED FATHER. | ||
BR | 3338 | BETWEEN MAN AND MAN | BUBER, MARTIN | CLARA LINN | THE WELL-KNOWN PHILOSOPHER EXPANDS ON HIS PHILOSOPHY OF 'I AND THOU' AND APPLIES IT TO CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS. | |
BR | 3339 | AMERICAN JEWS | PORTRAIT OF A SPLIT PERSONALITY | YAFFE, JAMES | ROSE GOLDSTE | A HUMOROUS BUT AFFECTIONATE PORTRAIT OF THE JEW IN AMERICA TODAY, COMPLETE WITH ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FAILURES, MANNERS AND STYLE, PARADOXES AND CONTRADICTIONS, ADJUSTMENTS TO AND REACTIONS AGAINST COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY. |
BR | 3340 | MINDY GETS HER REWARD | SZEMTOV, E.G. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF NINE STORIES DEALING WITH THEMES OF ETHICS AND BEHAVIOR APPROPRIATE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 3341 | BEHOLD THE FIRE | BLANKFORT, MICHAEL | HELEN B. LEV | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT A SMALL GROUP OF JEWISH PIONEERS LIVING IN TURKISH-CONTROLLED PALESTINE WHO ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT BY COLLABORATING WITH THE BRITISH. | |
BR | 3342 | JUSTICE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS | RABINOWITZ, EZEKIEL | AN ACCOUNTING OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE NOTED JUSTICE OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN SUPPORT OF ZIONISM DURING 1914-1917. | ||
BR | 3343 | JEWISH DIETARY LAWS, THE | DRESNER, SAMUEL H. | A GUIDE TO THE UNDERSTANDING AND OBSERVANCE OF JEWISH DIETARY LAWS. | ||
BR | 3344 | THAT SUMMER WITH ORA | LAMPEL, RUSIA | AN ISRAELI GIRL'S DIARY OF EVENTS DURING A SUMMER WITH A JEWISH GIRL FRIEND FROM AMERICA. | ||
BR | 3345 | ON THE KABBALAH AND ITS SYMBOLISM | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM G. | A BOOK FOR LAYMEN ON THE KABBALAH, DESCRIBING THE RELATIONSHIP OF JEWISH MYSTICISM TO TORAH, RITUAL, AND ESTABLISHED RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY. | ||
BR | 3347 | TRANSPLANTED, THE | STOETZNER, FRIDEL | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ADJUSTMENTS MADE BY A JEWISH FAMILY IN THEIR REMOVAL FROM THEIR SECURE EXISTENCE IN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 3348 | SASSOONS, THE | JACKSON, STANLEY | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMILY OF PROMINENT RABBIS, BANKERS, PHILANTHROPISTS, MERCHANTS, AND DIPLOMATS. ORIGINALLY FROM BAGHDAD, THE SASSOON FAMILY WAS INFLUENTIAL IN BOTH BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF INDIA, ENGLAND, CHINA, AND IRAQ. | ||
BR | 3349 | THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, A - VOL. I | ADAPTED FROM THE WORKS OF RABBI ME | KAGAN, Y.M., EDITOR | BRIEF PRESENTATIONS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS ADAPTED FROM THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE'S SICHOT (DISCOURSES) OF 1968. | |
BR | 3351 | HANUKKAH | SIMON, NORMA | DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN FACT AND LEGEND, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES, AND TRADITIONAL GAMES AND FOOD OF HANUKKAH. | ||
BR | 3352 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY | FISHER, AILEEN & OLIVE RABE | A NEW HOLIDAY CELEBRATING HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE LIVING HERITAGE OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. | ||
BR | 3353 | EXPLAINING DEATH TO CHILDREN | GROLLMAN, EARL A., ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY FOR PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH CHILDREN. INCLUDES A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT. | ||
BR | 3354 | FIELD OF BUTTERCUPS, A | HYAMS, JOSEPH | MRS. NORMAN | THE STORY OF THE 'OUR HOME' ORPHANAGE IN WARSAW, AND ITS DIRECTOR, JANUSZ KORCZAK, WHO CARED FOR THE 200 JEWISH CHILDREN THERE. | |
BR | 3356 | SATAN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT | KLUGER, RIVKAH SCHARF | THE IDEAS OF GOD AND SATAN ARE ANALYZED AS PSYCHOLOGICAL RATHER THAN THEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA. | ||
BR | 3357 | ROAD TO JERUSALEM, THE | THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT - 1967 | LAQUEUR, WALTER | A SURVEY OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARAB COUNTRIES FROM 1948 TO 1966 AND THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THESE COUNTRIES PRIOR TO THE SIX-DAY WAR. | |
BR | 3358 | GOLDEN HERITAGE, THE | HAUSDORFF, DAVID M. | AN INSPIRATIONAL TREASURY OF JEWISH THOUGHT FOR YOUNG ADULTS. | ||
BR | 3359 | JEW IN THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND, THE | MODDER, FRANK MONTAGU | MRS. S. POLI | THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE ROLE OF THE JEW IN ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. | |
BR | 3360 | SHAMIR OF DACHAU, THE | DAVID, CHRISTOPHER | MRS. PHILIP | A SUSPENSE THRILLER SET IN WEST GERMANY ABOUT TWO SURVIVORS WHO HUNT DOWN THEIR NAZI PERSECUTORS. | |
BR | 3362 | OUR CROWD | BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN | HELEN M. ASC | AN ACCOUNT OF THE GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILIES WHO SETTLED IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1800S AND WHO HELPED BUILD UP THE BANKING INDUSTRY AND OTHER LARGE INSTITUTIONS. | |
BR | 3363 | MENDEL | HOFFMAN, WILLIAM | MARCIA FELTH | THE STORY OF AN ELDERLY JEW AND HOW HE ADJUSTS TO THE NEW, CHANGING WORLD AROUND HIM WHEN HIS FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS DISAPPEAR. | |
BR | 3364 | SELECTED POEMS | GERSHON, KAREN | MARCIA FEINB | A BOOK OF POETRY, WRITTEN BY A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | |
BR | 3365 | MINORITY REPORT | GERSH, HARRY | A SHARP AND WITTY EXAMINATION OF JEWS AND JEWISH LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA IN ELEVEN ENJOYABLE ESSAYS. | ||
BR | 3366 | SON OF A STAR | MEISELS, ANDREW | ADELINE MARE | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF SIMON BAR KOCHBA, WHO UNITED THE HILL TRIBES OF JUDAH TO OPPOSE THE FORCES OF ROME. THIS BOOK EXPLAINS HOW THE IDEA OF AN INDEPENDENT JEWISH STATE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED FOR ALMOST 2,000 YEARS. | |
BR | 3367 | HURRY HENRIETTA | CONE, MILLIE | EDNA SAMPLIN | THE LIFE STORY OF HENRIETTA SZOLD BEGINNING FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN BALTIMORE AND CONTINUING THROUGH HER RISE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HADASSAH ORGANIZATION AND TO ISRAEL'S YOUTH ALIYAH MOVEMENT. | |
BR | 3368 | SO TALENTED MY CHILDREN | SHEKLOW, EDNA | FLORENCE BER | THE AUTHOR'S HUMOROUS ACCOUNT OF HOW SHE RAISED ELEVEN CHILDREN IN MANHATTAN DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS. | |
BR | 3369 | ISRAEL AND THE WORLD | EBAN ABBA | INTERVIEWS WITH ABBA EBAN AND OTHER NOTED STATESMEN ARE PRESENTED IN THIS WORK. | ||
BR | 3370 | SEEKER OF UNITY | THE WORKS OF AARON OF STAROSSELJE | JACOBS, LOUIS | THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF AN ORIGINAL BUT NEGLECTED RELIGIOUS THINKER WHO GRAPPLED WITH THE INHERENT PROBLEMS IN THE IDEA OF GOD'S UNITY. | |
BR | 3371 | SATURDAY THE RABBI WENT HUNGRY | KEMELMAN, HARRY | ESTHER LEVIN | ONE IN A SERIES OF BOOKS ABOUT RABBI SMALL. WHILE DEALING WITH SYNAGOGUE POLITICS, THE RABBI ALSO MANAGES TO SOLVE MURDER MYSTERIES IN HIS COMMUNITY OF BARNARD'S CROSSING, USING THE METHODOLOGY OF TALMUDIC PILPUL. IN THIS BOOK, HE SOLVES A MYSTERY CONCERNING A BURIAL IN THE TEMPLE CEMETERY. | |
BR | 3372 | ISRAEL | AN ECHO OF ETERNITY | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | CANTOR DAVID | A BOOK ON THE MEANING OF ISRAEL AND ITS HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES. |
BR | 3374 | UNDER THE BOARDWALK | ROSTEN, NORMAN | MRS. MILTON | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN CONEY ISLAND A GENERATION AGO. | |
BR | 3375 | STORIES FROM 'EPOCH' | HATHAWAY, BAXTER | ESTHER LEVIN | A COLLECTION OF MODERN SHORT STORIES BY CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS. | |
BR | 3376 | TALES OF OUR PEOPLE | LEWIS, JERRY D., ED. | ZENA WINSTON | A COLLECTION OF 26 PORTRAITS OF JEWS WHO MADE THEIR MARK ON LIFE IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 3377 | NO END OF A LESSON | THE INSIDE STORY OF THE SUEZ CRISI | NUTTING, ANTHONY | JACQUELINE W | THE STORY OF THE BRITISH, FRENCH, AND ISRAELI ALLIANCE DURING THE 1956 SUEZ CRISIS. WRITTEN BY THE BRITISH MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WHO RESIGNED DURING THIS TIME. |
BR | 3378 | MAN WHO LOVED LAUGHTER, THE | THE STORY OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM | FALSTEIN, LOUIS | ESTHER KOSSO | A BIOGRAPHY OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM WHOSE WORKS HAVE BECOME CLASSICS OF YIDDISH LITERATURE. |
BR | 3379 | QUEST FOR THE DREAM, THE | ROCHE, JOHN F. | THIS BOOK DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND EQUALITY IN HUMAN RELATIONS IN TODAY'S AMERICA. | ||
BR | 3380 | MIXED-MARRIAGE DAUGHTER | COLMAN, HILA | SARAH WEINST | A STORY ABOUT A TEENAGE GIRL, THE DAUGHTER OF A MIXED MARRIAGE, CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO WORLDS OF HER PARENTS. | |
BR | 3381 | WELL OF GERAR, THE | ROTHGIESSER, RUBEN | THE ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN WHO LEAVES HIS HOME IN SOUTH AMERICA AND TRAVELS TO EUROPE DURING THE PERIOD BEFORE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 3382 | NOT OF THIS TIME, NOT OF THIS PLACE | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | A POETIC NOVEL ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO IS OBSESSED BY THE NEED TO RETURN TO GERMANY AND AVENGE THE MURDER OF A YOUNG GIRL BY THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 3383 | PHILOSOPHY OF MARTIN BUBER, THE | SCHLIPP, PAUL ARTHUR & MAURICE FRIED | STANLEY R. B | CONTAINS BUBER'S CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY ESSAYS ILLUMINATING HIS PHILOSOPHICAL POSITION; ALSO HIS REPLIES TO CRITICS, INTELLECTUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS. | |
BR | 3384 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. 4 | THE CHAINS ARE BROKEN | BORCHSENIUS, POUL | SYLVIA MOGEL | THE FOURTH VOLUME OF A SERIES WRITTEN BY A DANISH LUTHERAN PASTOR. THIS VOLUME DEALS WITH THE STORY OF THE JEWISH EMANCIPATION. |
BR | 3385 | GUEST FOR THE NIGHT, A | AGNON, S.Y. | MRS. MILTON | A NOVEL BY THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNER IN WHICH A MAN RETURNS FOR A VISIT TO HIS NATIVE VILLAGE IN POLAND AFTER WORLD WAR I. | |
BR | 3386 | AHAVATH CHESED | HA-COHEN, RABBI YISRAEL MEIR (CHAFET | A BOOK ABOUT THE CENTRALITY OF ACTS OF KINDNESS IN JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 3387 | WELLSPRINGS OF TORAH - VOL. I | FRIEDMAN, ALEXANDER ZUSIA | DEALING WITH THE FIRST HALF OF THE TORAH AND ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE WEEKLY READING, THIS FIRST OF TWO VOLUMES PRESENTS RELEVANT ANECDOTES, APHORISMS AND THEMES. | ||
BR | 3388 | HAGANAH | MARDOR, MUNYA M. | GERMAINE KIT | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE JEWISH UNDERGROUND ARMY IN PALESTINE. | |
BR | 3389 | SINGING WAY | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | THE NOTED AUTHOR PRESENTS A DELIGHTFUL COLLECTION OF POEMS PARTICULARLY SUITED FOR JEWISH CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 3390 | LETTERS TO MY SON | RUNES, DAGOBERT D. | A COLLECTION OF TIMELESS PENETRATING ESSAYS IN THE FORM OF LETTERS FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON IN WHICH THE AUTHOR PRESENTS ETHICAL, INSPIRATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR LIFE. | ||
BR | 3391 | TWO OF US, THE | BERRI, CLAUDE | DURING WORLD WAR II, A FRENCH JEWISH BOY IS SENT TO THE COUNTRY TO LIVE WITH AN OLD MAN, WHO HAS ANTI-SEMITIC FEELINGS. | ||
BR | 3392 | VOICES FROM THE PAST | STORIES OF GREAT BIBLICAL DISCOVERIES | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | THE STORY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL SITES AND THE DISCOVERY OF ARTIFACTS DATING FROM BIBLICAL TIMES. THE BOOK, WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, DESCRIBES THE EXCAVATIONS AT TEL-EL-AMARNA, MOAB, AND KUMRAN. | |
BR | 3393 | SUNDAY THE RABBI STAYED HOME | KEMELMAN, HARRY | HELEN ASCHER | ONE IN THE SERIES OF DETECTIVE NOVELS FEATURING RABBI DAVID SMALL AND HIS COMMUNITY OF BARNARD'S CROSSING. THE BOOK COMBINES MYSTERY AND HUMOR WITH A DESCRIPTION OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH AND SYNAGOGUE LIFE. | |
BR | 3394 | ANGRY HILLS | URIS, LEON M. | ADELINE MARE | AN ADVENTURE WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING THE GERMAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF GREECE DURING WWII. © 1971 | |
BR | 3397 | WOMEN BUILD A LAND | MAIMON, ADA | A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3398 | TO DENY OUR NOTHINGNESS | FRIEDMAN, MAURICE | A RICHLY COMPLEX ANALYSIS OF THE IMAGES OF MAN CREATED BY GREAT WRITERS AND THINKERS SUCH AS HUXLEY, KAFKA AND BUBER. | ||
BR | 3399 | B'NAI BRITH | GRUSD, EDWARD | THE HISTORY OF AMERICA'S OLDEST JEWISH SERVICE ORGANIZATION, FOUNDED BY TWELVE MEN IN NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE IN 1843. | ||
BR | 3400 | JEWS, THE | STORY OF A PEOPLE | FAST, HOWARD | MRS. ALBERT | THIS BOOK RELATES THE 4,000-YEAR SAGA OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM THEIR WANDERINGS IN THE DESERT TO THE REBIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. |
BR | 3401 | BEGGAR TO KING | DUCKAT, WALTER | A STUDY OF THE VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS OF PEOPLE IN BIBLICAL TIMES. | ||
BR | 3402 | WORLD OF JO DAVIDSON, THE | KUHN, LOIS HARRIS | A STORY WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE LIFE AND CAREER OF A CREATIVE ARTIST. | ||
BR | 3403 | MY PEOPLE | EBAN, ABBA | EBAN PRESENTS A BROAD HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 3406 | CHOOSING A SEX ETHIC | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | CLAIRE JACOB | A HISTORY OF JEWISH SEXUAL CUSTOMS, RANGING FROM BIBLICAL AND RABBINIC SOURCES TO MODERN THOUGHT, WRITTEN BY THE PROMINENT REFORM RABBI AND THEOLOGIAN. | |
BR | 3408 | ON JUDAISM | BUBER, MARTIN | A COLLECTION OF LECTURES BY THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHER ON WHAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE THE ESSENCE OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 3409 | PLACE IN TIME, A | SPUNT, GEORGE | MRS. ALBERT | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL OF A WEALTHY JEWISH FAMILY IN SHANGHAI BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS. | |
BR | 3410 | WIT AND WISDOM OF ISRAEL | BEIER, ELLIOT, ED. | A COLLECTION OF QUOTES FROM THE TALMUD AND RABBINIC SAGES, BOTH ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY. | ||
BR | 3411 | MOSES MAIMONIDES | SLOTKI, ISRAEL, REV. DR. | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MOSES MAIMONIDES, THE GREAT JEWISH PHILOSOPHER-PHYSICIAN OF THE MIDDLE AGES. | ||
BR | 3412 | ANCIENT NEAR EAST | PRITCHARD, JAMES B. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ANCIENT DOCUMENTS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LITERATURE OF THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 3413 | RABBI AND THE SOCIAL WORKER, THE | KERTZER, M.N., RABBI | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RABBI AND THE JEWISH SOCIAL WORKER IN THEIR JOINT ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH AND SOLVE THE PROBLEMS FACING MODERN SOCIETY TODAY. | ||
BR | 3414 | DON ISAAC ABRAVANEL | STATESMAN AND PHILOSOPHER | NETANYAHU, B. | CELIA ROSEN | THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE BIBLE COMMENTATOR AND PHILOSOPHER WHO WAS EXILED FROM SPAIN, TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF SPANISH JEWRY, DURING THE EXPULSION OF 1492. |
BR | 3415 | JEW AND HIS FAMILY, THE | KAPLAN, BENJAMIN | ESTHER L. AR | A BOOK ABOUT THE FAMILY AS THE GUIDING FORCE IN JEWISH LIFE FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO MODERN AMERICA. | |
BR | 3417 | ZLATEH THE GOAT | AND OTHER STORIES | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SEVEN TALES FOR CHILDREN UNIQUELY COMBINING ELEMENTS OF FANTASY, COMEDY, AND LOVE. | |
BR | 3418 | JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER | A FOURTH FORCE IN AMERICAN JEWISH | BERGER, GRAENUM | A DISCUSSION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER'S ROLE AS AN IMPORTANT FORCE IN AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 3421 | ACRES OF HAPPINESS | MAGGAL, MOSHE M. | MRS. CHARLES WILLIAMS, JR. | A PHILOSOPHIC LECTURE DIRECTED TOWARD THE YOUNGER GENERATION, IN WHICH THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES HIS VIEWS ON LIFE. | |
BR | 3422 | WE JEWS AND YOU CHRISTIANS | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | AN EXAMINATION OF THE ATTITUDES OF THE TWO GROUPS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING. | ||
BR | 3423 | GOD SPEED THE NIGHT | DAVIS, DOROTHY & J. ROSS | IN THIS PORTRAIT OF FAITH AND COURAGE, A YOUNG NUN IN WARTIME FRANCE GIVES HER IDENTITY PAPERS TO A JEWESS TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 3425 | NOTES ON THE NEW TRANSLATIONS OF THE TORAH | ORLINSKY, HARRY M., ED. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1962 ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE TORAH PUBLISHED BY THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY, AND A COMPARISON WITH THE LATER VERSION PUBLISHED IN 1967. | ||
BR | 3426 | BRING ME TO THE BANQUETING HOUSE | BIDERMAN, SOL | A NOVEL ABOUT A MOTHERLESS JEWISH BOY WHO GROWS UP IN A FOUNDLING HOME IN DENVER. | ||
BR | 3427 | JUBAL AND THE PROPHET | HYMAN, F.C. | JUBAL, THE SON OF ONE OF THE TEMPLE PRIESTS CANNOT BELIEVE THE PROPHET JEREMIAH'S PROPHECY OF DOOM, YET HE IS ATTRACTED TO HIS OVERPOWERING PERSONALITY. HE IS DRAWN INTO THE FIGHT AGAINST JEREMIAH'S ENEMIES AND THE FINAL BATTLE FOR THE TEMPLE. | ||
BR | 3429 | ILLUSTRIOUS IMMIGRANTS | THE INTELLECTUAL MIGRATION FROM EU | FERMI, LAURA | A PORTRAIT OF THE PEOPLE WHO IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS. | |
BR | 3430 | BROKEN BRACELET, THE | KRANZLER, GERSHON | THE STRUGGLE OF A JEWISH DOCTOR TO FIGHT A PLAGUE IN LISBON, FOR WHICH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IS BEING BLAMED, IN THE EARLY 1900S. | ||
BR | 3431 | DOG THAT FLEW AND OTHER FAVORITE STORIES FROM ISRAEL, THE | OFEK, URIEL, ED. | A COLLECTION OF ISRAELI STORIES OF ADVENTURE, HEROISM, TENDERNESS, AND ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS. WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN AND TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW. | ||
BR | 3432 | BEGGAR IN JERUSALEM, A | WIESEL, ELIE | CORRINE M. G | AN ANCIENT LEGEND IS INVOKED IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPREHEND EVENTS IN RECENT JEWISH HISTORY, FROM THE HOLOCAUST TO THE RECLAIMING OF THE WESTERN WALL IN JERUSALEM IN 1967. | |
BR | 3433 | TOWER OF BABEL, THE | WEST, MORRIS L. | A NOVEL WHICH FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF FIVE MAJOR CHARACTERS IN THE PERIOD JUST PRIOR TO THE SIX-DAY WAR. | ||
BR | 3434 | GIDEONITES, THE | THE STORY OF THE NILI SPIES IN THE | OMER, DEVORAH | RAE SHARON | THE STORY OF AARON AND SARAH AARONSOHN, ABSALOM FEINBERG, JOSEPH LISHANSKY, REUBEN SCHWARTZ, AND OTHER CHILDREN OF ISRAEL'S PIONEERS WHO DEVELOPED THE LAND AND NEW AGRICULTURAL METHODS AND ALSO FOUNDED 'NILI', THE SECRET PRO-BRITISH ORGANIZATION THAT OPERATED IN PALESTINE UNDER TURKISH RULE DURING WORLD WAR I. |
BR | 3435 | ELIJAH, PROPHET OF THE ONE GOD | LEVINGER, E.E. | A MOVING BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 3436 | PATH BENEATH THE SEA, THE | OMER, DEVORAH | AURELIA MINT | A YOUNG NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANT VOLUNTEERS FOR SERVICE IN ISRAEL'S FROGMEN CORPS. A FAST-PACED, EXCITING STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A CLIMACTIC ENDING TIED TO THE SIX-DAY WAR. | |
BR | 3437 | JEWISH CATASTROPHE IN EUROPE, THE | PILCH, JUDAH, ED. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORY AND THE BACKGROUND OF THE NAZI PERIOD. | ||
BR | 3438 | SHALOM - VOLUME I | CHABAD | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES PRESENTING BOTH BIBLICAL HISTORY IN FICTION FORM AND LESSONS ON ETHICAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT. | ||
BR | 3439 | SHALOM - VOLUME II | CHABAD | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES PRESENTING BOTH BIBLICAL HISTORY IN FICTION FORM AND LESSONS ON ETHICAL AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT. | ||
BR | 3440 | EXILED AND THE REDEEMED, THE | BEN-ZVI, ITZHAK | 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. | ||
BR | 3442 | STORY OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | RAPPAPORT, URIE, DR. | THIS BOOK TRACES THE MYSTERIES AND DISCOVERIES OF THE SCROLLS AND HELPS THE YOUNG READER TO UNDERSTAND THEIR VALUE. | ||
BR | 3443 | PECHENIK FAMILY, THE | SELITZER, RALPH | A HISTORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY WHO EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. FROM RUSSIA INCLUDING GENEALOGICAL CHARTS OF ALL THEIR DESCENDENTS. | ||
BR | 3444 | LILLIAN WALD | NURSE IN BLUE | ROGOW, SALLY | MARJORIE LED | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUNDER OF THE HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT HOUSE ON MANHATTAN'S LOWER EAST SIDE, WHICH PROVIDED HEALTH SERVICES TO IMMIGRANTS AND ASSISTED THEM IN ADJUSTING TO LIFE IN AMERICA. |
BR | 3445 | BELIEVING HUMANISM, A | BUBER, MARTIN | A COLLECTION OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S SHORT PIECES, ESSAYS, AND POEMS GATHERED BY HIM AS AN AFTER-READING, A GLEANING, IN THE EXACT SENSE OF THE WORD. | ||
BR | 3446 | LEO BAECK | TEACHER OF THERESIENSTADT | FRIEDLANDER, ALBERT H. | A CRITICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE LEADER OF GERMAN JEWRY DURING THE HOLOCAUST. FRIEDLANDER, A LONDON RABBI AND LEADER IN THE REFORM MOVEMENT, PRESENTS BAECK'S PHILOSOPHY OF JUDAISM AND THE CONTROVERSIES THAT AROSE FROM HIS UNORTHODOX VIEWS. | |
BR | 3447 | TONGUE OF THE PROPHETS | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | MARY GILSON/ | A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF ELIEZER BEN YEHUDA, WHO WAS CONSIDERED THE 'FATHER OF MODERN HEBREW.' | |
BR | 3448 | TODAY'S AMERICAN JEWS | KERTZER, MORRIS | A BOOK DESCRIBING WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A JEW IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 3449 | YOUR NEIGHBOR IS A JEW | PLAUT, W. GUNTHER | COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON TIMELY AND CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECTS. | ||
BR | 3450 | END OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE | FRIEDMAN, GEORGE | DOROTHY MILL | THE AUTHOR, A SOCIOLOGIST, CONSIDERS THE CHARACTER OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL, THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING IT, AND THE FUTURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | |
BR | 3451 | BITTER AND THE SWEET, THE | OLBRACHT, IVAN | A COLLECTION OF STORIES AND A NOVELLA PRESENTING THE POOR, DEVOUT HASSIDIC JEWS OF POLAND IN A FICTITIOUS SEMI-FEUDAL VILLAGE. | ||
BR | 3453 | ROADS TO JEWISH SURVIVAL | BERGER, MILTON; GEFFEN, JOEL; DAVID | FORTY-FIVE ARTICLES DEALING WITH BASIC CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM, AMERICA AND ISRAEL, JEWISH EDUCATION, AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTORS OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 3454 | INCREDIBLE MISSION | THE AMAZING STORY OF PERE BENOIT, | LEBOUCHER, FERNANDE | THE AMAZING STORY OF A MONK WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE RESCUE OF THOUSANDS OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN JEWS DURING WWII. | |
BR | 3455 | JEWS AT A GLANCE | DAVIS, MAC | SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JEWS, FROM ABRAHAM TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVILIZATION. | ||
BR | 3456 | CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT | NOVECK, SIMON, ED. | A SELECTION OF WORKS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH THINKERS, GERMAN-JEWISH WRITERS AND PHILOSOPHERS, AS WELL AS AMERICAN JEWISH THEOLOGIANS. | ||
BR | 3457 | VILLAGE BUILDER, THE | KUSHNIR, SIMON | A BIOGRAPHY OF ABRAHAM HARZFELD, A PIONEER IN MODERN ISRAEL WHO FOUNDED AND BUILT KIBBUTZIM. HARZFELD, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE HISTADRUT LABOR ORGANIZATION AND A MEMBER OF THE ISRAELI KNESSET, HELPED ESTABLISH MANY OF THE AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENTS IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3458 | ISRAEL'S WAR FOR PEACE | BEN ADI, HERBERT | THE PERSONAL LETTERS OF AN ISRAELI NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT CONTAINING A CHRONOLOGICAL NARRATIVE OF DAY-TO-DAY EVENTS. | ||
BR | 3459 | COUNTING MY STEPS | LIND, JAKOV | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FAMOUS NOVELIST WHO TELLS OF HIS BOYHOOD IN VIENNA BEFORE THE NAZI TAKE-OVER, HIS FLIGHT TO HOLLAND AND THE REUNION WITH HIS FAMILY IN PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 3460 | HOMEWARD BOUND | GLATSTEIN, JACOB | ROSE WEIL | A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF POLISH JEWS IN THE YEARS PRECEDING WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 3462 | OUR PEOPLE | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. 3 | ISAACS, JACOB | AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, TOLD IN THREE VOLUMES. | |
BR | 3463 | FILLED WITH LAUGHTER | A FIESTA OF JEWISH FOLK HUMOR | LEARSI, RUFUS | JOAN ADELL | A BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR WHICH INCLUDES A GLOSSARY OF YIDDISH TERMS. |
BR | 3464 | RESCUE OF DANISH JEWRY, THE | YAHIL, LENI | THE STORY OF THE DARING RESCUE OF THE DANISH JEWS IN OCTOBER, 1943. THE EFFORTS OF THE KING AND THE CITIZENS OF DENMARK SAVED THE JEWS FROM EXTERMINATION BY THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 3465 | FIVE BROTHERS MACCABEE, THE | A NOVEL FOR YOUNG READERS BASED ON | KLAPERMAN, LIBBY | ELAINE LEE | A FICTIONALIZED VERSION OF THE CHANUKAH STORY AND THE FIVE MACCABEES BROTHERS. |
BR | 3467 | PICTURES OF FIDELMAN | MALAMUD, BERNARD | L. HOLLANDER | A HUMOROUS ACCOUNT OF THE STRUGGLES OF FIDELMAN TO FIND FULFILLMENT IN HIS ART AND IN HIMSELF. | |
BR | 3468 | OUR PEOPLE | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. I | ISAACS, JACOB | AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THREE VOLUMES. | |
BR | 3470 | OUR PEOPLE | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. II | ISAACS, JACOB | AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, TOLD IN THREE VOLUMES. | |
BR | 3471 | WELLSPRINGS OF TORAH - VOL. II | FRIEDMAN, ALEXANDER ZUSIA | DEALING WITH THE SECOND HALF OF THE TORAH AND ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE WEEKLY READING, THIS SECOND OF TWO VOLUMES PRESENTS RELEVANT ANECDOTES, APHORISMS AND THEMES. | ||
BR | 3473 | SELECTED STORIES | ISAACS, BERNARD | A COLLECTION OF JEWISH SHORT STORIES BY AN AMERICAN-JEWISH SCHOLAR AND EDUCATOR. | ||
BR | 3475 | BETWEEN HAMMER AND SICKLE | AMI, BEN | LUCILLE OSTR | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT BY THE AUTHOR, NOW AN ISRAELI CITIZEN, OF HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH SOVIET JEWS DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN RUSSIA. | |
BR | 3476 | TWENTY AND TEN | BISHOP, CLAIRE HUCHET | THE STORY OF 20 FRENCH CHILDREN AND THE NUN WHO GAVE REFUGE TO TEN OF THESE CHILDREN WHO WERE ALSO JEWISH. | ||
BR | 3477 | HANDBOOK FOR THE JEWISH FAMILY, A | UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYING THE SAB | GOLDMAN, ALEX J. | AN EXPLANATION OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE CENTERED AROUND THE HOME AND THE FAMILY. | |
BR | 3478 | NINE LIVES OF BILLY ROSE, THE | GOTTLIEB, POLLY ROSE | NANCY SCHIER | BILLY ROSE'S SISTER, HIS CLOSEST FRIEND AND LIFELONG CONFIDANTE, TELLS HIS STORY. | |
BR | 3479 | GOD IN ALL SEASONS | SPERO, SHUBERT, RABBI | MRS. BURTON | A COLLECTION OF SERMONS AND ESSAYS ABOUT THE JEWISH FESTIVALS BASED ON THE PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE OF A MIDWESTERN RABBI. | |
BR | 3480 | THOUGH HE SLAY ME | BARASH, ASHER | SHORT STORIES WHICH RECREATE THE JEWISH STRUGGLE AGAINST TYRANNY AND OPPRESSION THROUGH THE AGES. | ||
BR | 3481 | CLAIMANT | ALPERT, HOLLIS | THE INTRIGUE AND PROBLEMS OF AN AMERICAN IN PRESENT-DAY GERMANY WHO IS SEEKING REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 3482 | LIBERATION OF THE JEWS, THE | MEMMI, ALBERT | THE AUTHOR SEARCHES FOR THE SOLUTION TO THE AGES-OLD PROBLEM OF JEWISH IDENTITY. IN THE EVENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY HE FEELS THERE IS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 3483 | ISRAEL | A READER | ADLER, BILL, ED. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND NEWS REPORTS ON ISSUES RELATING TO ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3484 | SACRED BOOKS OF THE JEWS, THE | GERSH, HARRY | A SHORT SURVEY OF CLASSIC JEWISH LITERATURE: THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD AND MEDIEVAL AND MODERN JEWISH WRITINGS. | ||
BR | 3485 | MARTIN BUBER | SMITH, RONALD GREGOR | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE PHILOSOPHY OF THIS IMPORTANT MODERN JEWISH SCHOLAR AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS THOUGHT FOR JEW, PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC TODAY. | ||
BR | 3487 | JEWISH MYSTIQUE, THE | VAN DEN HAAG, ERNEST | A STUDY OF 2,000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY BY A NOTED PSYCHOANALYST AND SOCIOLOGIST. EXAMINES THE THEORY OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE AND THE UNIQUE QUALITIES OF BEING JEWISH. | ||
BR | 3490 | IN THE COURTYARDS OF JERUSALEM | BRANDWEIN, CHAIM | DOROTHY MILL | A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT THE MEAH SHEARIM QUARTER OF JERUSALEM. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. | |
BR | 3491 | FOUR STRANGE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE | BICKERMAN, ELIAS | AN INTELLECTUAL AND HISTORICAL APPROACH TO THE BOOKS OF DANIEL, JONAH, ESTHER, AND ECCLESIASTES. | ||
BR | 3492 | JUSTICE, JUSTICE | A JEWISH VIEW OF THE BLACK REVOLUT | COHEN, HENRY | JUDITH HOFFM | A JEWISH VIEW OF THE UPSURGENCE OF BLACK NATIONALISM, WRITTEN BY A PHILADELPHIA RABBI. |
BR | 3493 | GENIUS OF PAUL, THE | A STUDY IN HISTORY | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | STANLEY R. B | SANDMEL PROVIDES READERS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. |
BR | 3494 | ANCIENT ISRAEL | ORLINSKY, HARRY M. | ELAINE LEE | A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR RELIGION BETWEEN 2000-300 B.C.E. | |
BR | 3495 | ISRAEL INSIDE OUT | GEDULD, HERBERT | THE LIGHT-HEARTED IMPRESSIONS OF AN AMERICAN-JEWISH FAMILY THAT VISITED, FELL IN LOVE WITH, AND DECIDED TO STAY IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3496 | GROWING UP JEWISH IN EUROPE, AMERICA AND ISRAEL | DAVID, JAY, ED. | CAROL KLINGE | A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON THE THEME OF GROWING UP JEWISH. THE ARTICLES, TAKEN FROM THE WRITINGS OF GLUCKEL OF HAMELN, CHAIM WEIZMANN, ANNE FRANK, EDNA FERBER, HARRY GOLDEN, AND GERTRUDE BERG. | |
BR | 3497 | NINE AND ONE HALF MYSTICS | THE KABBALA TODAY | WEINER, HERBERT | A RABBI'S PERSONAL SEARCH INTO THE MYSTERIES OF THE KABBALA. | |
BR | 3498 | AS GOOD AS GOLDA | SHENKER, ISRAEL & MARY SHENKER | ALYCE POLLAC | A BIOGRAPHY OF PRIME MINISTER GOLDA MEIR AND HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL DURING ITS YEARS OF GROWTH. | |
BR | 3499 | VOYAGE OF THE ULUA, THE | ELIAV, ARIE L. | DOROTHY MERE | THE TRUE STORY OF THE ILLEGAL TRANSFER OF 800 YOUNG JEWISH WOMEN FROM POST-WAR EUROPE TO BRITISH-BLOCKADED PALESTINE. | |
BR | 3501 | RESPONSA OF RABBI SIMON B. ZEMAH DURAN | EPSTEIN, ISADORE AND D. LITT | THE RESPONSA OF THIS HEAD OF THE NORTH AFRICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY SHEDS LIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF THESE JEWS. | ||
BR | 3504 | IN SEARCH OF MEANING | VOSS, CARL HERMANN | BRIEF EXPLANATIONS OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, THEIR ORIGINS, SIMILARITIES, AND DIFFERENCES. | ||
BR | 3505 | SO THE KIDS ARE REVOLTING...? A Game Plan for Jewish (and All Other) Parents | VORSPAN, ALBERT | SYLVIA ACKER | A HUMOROUS YET SERIOUS BOOK WHICH OFFERS ADVICE ON HOW TO RAISE CHILDREN AND COPE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN MODERN TIMES. | |
BR | 3506 | OUR MAN IN DAMASCUS | THE STORY OF ELI COHEN, ISRAEL'S G | BEN-HANAN, ELI | BARBARA T. M | THE TRUE STORY OF A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL ISRAELI SPY IN SYRIA IN THE 1960S. THE BOOK DESCRIBES HIS PENETRATION INTO THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND HIS CAPTURE, TRIAL, AND ULTIMATE EXECUTION. |
BR | 3507 | MR. SAMMLER'S PLANET | BELLOW, SAUL | A NOVEL OF ADVENTURE AND TRAGEDY ABOUT A POLISH JOURNALIST WORKING IN LONDON AND HIS LATER YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY. | ||
BR | 3509 | LEO FRANK CASE, THE | DINNERSTEIN, LEONARD | THE STORY OF LEO FRANK, A JEW UNJUSTLY ACCUSED OF MURDERING A WHITE WOMAN IN THE SOUTH, AND HIS TRIAL AND LYNCHING. | ||
BR | 3511 | STEAGLE, THE | FAUST, IRVIN | BETH FRIEDMA | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH COLLEGE PROFESSOR'S SUDDEN CHANGE OF LIFESTYLE DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS. | |
BR | 3512 | CENTER OF THE ACTION, THE | WEIDMAN, JEROME | EVELYN THORN | A HUMOROUS NOVEL OF THE PUBLISHING BUSINESS TOLD WITH A YIDDISH FLAVOR. | |
BR | 3514 | BLOW SOFTLY IN JERICHO | KISHON, EPHRAIM | MARCIA FELTH | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY THE WELL-KNOWN ISRAELI HUMORIST ON SUBJECTS RANGING FROM PLUMBERS TO ORGANIZED CRIME AND FROM BUREAUCRACY TO TAXES. | |
BR | 3515 | BY THE WATERS OF WHITECHAPEL | KOPS, BERNARD | BLANCHE HALP | A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH BOY WHOSE MOTHER OWNS A SMALL 'SWEET SHOPPE' IN WHITECHAPEL. | |
BR | 3516 | REFORM JUDAISM IN THE MAKING | SCHWARTZMAN, SYLVAN D., RABBI | A LUCID, CLEAR NARRATIVE OF THE GROWTH OF REFORM JUDAISM BY A NOTED RABBI AND EDUCATOR. | ||
BR | 3517 | BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD | GINOTT, HAIM G. | THIS NOTED PEDIATRICIAN PROPOSES SUGGESTIONS FOR BETTER PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH CLOSER COMMUNICATION. | ||
BR | 3518 | ARAB AWAKENING, THE | ANTONIUS, GEORGE | THE STORY OF THE ARAB NATIONAL MOVEMENT IS RECOUNTED IN THIS BOOK. | ||
BR | 3519 | GATE BREAKERS, THE | HABAS, BRACHA | A DRAMATIC CHRONICLE OF THE JEWISH IMMIGRATION INTO PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 3521 | NEAR EAST, THE | YALE, WILLIAM | A HISTORY OF THE NEAR EAST FROM 1800 TO THE PRESENT WHICH DISCUSSES THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, DEVELOPMENTS AND CONFRONTATIONS IN LOCAL COUNTRIES AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE U.S. AND U.S.S.R. | ||
BR | 3522 | YOUNG LIONS, THE | SHAW, IRWIN | A NOVEL OF AN AMERICAN'S AND A GERMAN'S ENCOUNTER DURING WW II WITH EMPHASIS ON LIFE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES AND THE FINAL ENCOUNTER IN BATTLE. | ||
BR | 3523 | I CANNOT FORGIVE | VRBA, RUDOLF | AN EYEWITNESS AUSCHWITZ STORY, TELLING WITH ALMOST SUPER-REAL VIVIDNESS BOTH THE NIGHTMARE AND THE INCONGRUOUSLY NORMAL ASPECTS OF LIFE IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP. | ||
BR | 3524 | JENNIE AND THE STORY OF GROSSINGER'S | POMERANTZ, JOEL | ROSLYN GOLDS | THE LIFE STORY OF JENNIE GROSSINGER AND THE WELL-KNOWN RESORT SHE FOUNDED IN THE CATSKILLS, RENOWNED FOR ITS TRADITION OF HOSPITALITY. INCLUDED ARE MANY ANECDOTES ABOUT THE CELEBRITY GUESTS. | |
BR | 3526 | FROM THE WORLD OF THE CABALLAH | THE PHILOSOPHY OF RABBI JUDAH LOEW | BOKSER, BEN ZION | RUBELLE SCHA | A SCHOLARLY STUDY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM, BASED ON THE WRITINGS OF RABBI JUDAH LOEW OF PRAGUE. |
BR | 3527 | ONE GENERATION AFTER | WIESEL, ELIE | MURIEL HELLE | THE SEARCH FOR MEANING FOR THE GENERATION BORN AFTER THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 3528 | GREAT FAIR, THE | SCENES FROM MY CHILDHOOD | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | A NOVEL, WRITTEN IN BIOGRAPHICAL FORM, ABOUT LIFE IN AN EAST EUROPEAN SHTETL. BASED ON THE YIDDISH WRITER'S EARLY YEARS. | |
BR | 3529 | BASIC JEWISH BELIEFS | BARISH, LOUIS AND REBECCA | BY MEANS OF MORE THAN 100 PROBING QUESTIONS THAT WERE MOST FREQUENTLY PUT TO THE AUTHORS OVER TWO DECADES OF MINISTRY IN THE CIVILIAN AND MILITARY COMMUNITIES, EVERY BASIC CONCEPT OF JUDAISM IS FULLY EXAMINED AND ANALYZED. | ||
BR | 3530 | WHY I AM A JEW | NAROT, JOSEPH R. | A WONDERFUL DECLARATION OF BELIEF BY THE FAMOUS RABBI OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. | ||
BR | 3532 | MY NAME ALOUD | RIBALOW, HAROLD U., ED. | ADELINE TOPK | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY AMERICAN-JEWISH WRITERS, INCLUDING ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER AND BERNARD MALAMUD, AS WELL AS CYNTHIA OZICK AND MICHAEL ROSENAK. | |
BR | 3533 | GENERATIONS IN CRISIS | ROSENTHAL, GILBERT | FREDA MELTZE | A RABBI DISCUSSES JUDAISM'S ANSWERS TO THE DILEMMAS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE. | |
BR | 3534 | GABRIEL DA COSTA | REBEL AND DREAMER | MINKIN, JACOB S. | RUTH ZAIMAN | THE STORY OF GABRIEL DA COSTA, A NOTED SPANISH-JEWISH SCHOLAR AND MYSTIC, WHO LIVED DURING THE INQUISITION. |
BR | 3536 | ESTATE, THE | 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. | ||
BR | 3538 | ACT OF LOVE | WOLFERT, IRA | FRIEDA STERNBERG | A WARTIME STORY INVOLVING AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A YOUNG JEWISH REFUGEE. | |
BR | 3539 | SAUL TCHERNICHOWSKY | POET OF REVOLT | SILBERSCHLAG, EISIG | A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE WELL-KNOWN HEBREW POET WHOSE WORKS INCLUDE BOTH PROSE AND POETRY. | |
BR | 3540 | DIASPORA | KELLER, WERNER | A POST-BIBLICAL HISTORY OF JEWS THROUGHOUT EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA, AND AMERICA. | ||
BR | 3541 | MY HUSBAND THE DOCTOR | SCHNALL, MAXINE | A DOCTOR'S WIFE REVEALS THE HUMOROUS ASPECTS OF HER HUSBAND'S PROFESSION. | ||
BR | 3542 | JUDAISM IN THE COMMUNITY | FREID, JACOB | ARTICLES DEALING WITH MANY OF THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTED BY A JEW AND HIS FAMILY IN THE 20TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 3543 | WORLD OF THE TALMUD, THE | ADLER, MORRIS | A STUDY OF THE WORLD OF THE TALMUD AND THE LIVES AND THOUGHTS OF ITS SAGES. | ||
BR | 3544 | DUAL HERITAGE, A | THE PUBLIC CAREER OF OSCAR S. STRA | COHEN, NAOMI W. | LILLIAN SCHA | A BIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR STRAUS, A JEWISH-AMERICAN LAWYER AND BUSINESSMAN WHO WAS A DEVOTED PUBLIC SERVANT AND THE FIRST JEW TO HOLD A CABINET POST IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, SERVING AS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND LABOR DURING THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S ADMINISTRATION. HE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE JEWISH WORLD AND SUPPORTED ZIONIST CAUSES. |
BR | 3545 | JERUSALEM, KEY TO PEACE | WILSON, EVAN M. | THE AUTHOR, A FORMER AMERICAN CONSUL IN JERUSALEM, PRESENTS HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE AND TRACES THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT FROM WORLD WAR I. | ||
BR | 3546 | WAR AGAINST THE JEW, THE | RUNES, DAGOBERT D. | A HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY'S PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS OVER THE CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 3547 | FICTION OF S.Y. AGNON, THE | HOCHMAN, BARUCH | BLANCHE HALP | A BOOK OF LITERARY CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION OF AGNON'S THEMES AND PHILOSOPHY. | |
BR | 3548 | RIGHTEOUS LIVES | FEUCHTWANGER, O. | STUDIES OF FORTY EMINENT TALMUDIC SCHOLARS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF JEWISH THOUGHT IN THE LAST TEN CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 3549 | JUDAH BENJAMIN | MYSTERY MAN OF THE CONFEDERACY | S. I. NEIMAN | MURIEL PORTN | A BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN, LAWYER AND ORATOR, WHO SERVED AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN CONFEDERACY. |
BR | 3552 | ORCHOS CHAYIM | BEN R. Y'CHIEL, AWSHER, RABBI | A SCHOLARLY WORK BY A SIXTH CENTURY SAGE WHO ALSO COMPOSED RESPONSA AND OTHER WORKS ON THE TALMUD. | ||
BR | 3553 | FOR WHOM THE RABBI SPEAKS | NAROT, JOSEPH R. | SHORT SERMONS AND ESSAYS ON REFORM JUDAISM BY THE RABBI OF TEMPLE ISRAEL OF GREATER MIAMI. | ||
BR | 3554 | HATAM SOFER | HIS LIFE AND HIS TIMES | BURAK, MOSES, RABBI DR. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE HATAM SOFER, THE GERMAN RABBI WHO WAS PROFICIENT NOT ONLY IN RABBINICAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT IN ASTRONOMY, ASTROLOGY, GEOMETRY AND GENERAL HISTORY AS WELL. | |
BR | 3555 | MY BELOVED IS MINE | JUDAISM AND MARRIAGE | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B., RABBI | MARCIA FELTH | IN THIS BOOK, INTENDED FOR YOUNG COUPLES, THE WELL-KNOWN REFORM RABBI PRESENTS JEWISH INSIGHTS AND VALUES RELATING TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE. |
BR | 3556 | BROWNSVILLE | THE DEVELOPMENT AND PASSING OF A J | LANDESMAN, ALTER F. | MRS. ALVIN B | A HISTORY OF THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ONCE JEWISHLY-VIBRANT BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOODS OF BROWNSVILLE AND EAST NEW YORK. |
BR | 3557 | SPARTACUS | FAST, HOWARD | AN HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE SLAVE REVOLTS WHICH TROUBLED THE ROMAN EMPIRE JUST PRIOR TO THE COMMON ERA. | ||
BR | 3560 | THREE DAYS AND A CHILD | YEHOSHUA, A.B. | SET LARGELY IN ISRAEL, THESE FIVE NOVELLAS BY AN ISRAELI WRITER DEAL WITH VARIETIES OF PAIN AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO PAIN, WITH ALIENATION AND DESPAIR. | ||
BR | 3561 | JUDAISM IN THE SECULAR AGE | NEUSNER, JACOB | ADELINE MARE | A COLLECTION OF FIVE ESSAYS ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THEMES WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN PROFESSOR. | |
BR | 3562 | ZLOTOVER STORY | ZLOTOVER, MELISANDE, DR. | A SOCIAL SURVEY OF A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN DUBLIN, IRELAND COVERING APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST SIX DECADES OF THE PRESENT CENTURY. | ||
BR | 3563 | BETWEEN PARENT AND TEENAGER | GINOTT, HAIM G., DR. | RITA LEVINE | PUBLISHED IN 1969, THIS BOOK BY A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING PARENT-TEENAGER RELATIONSHIPS. | |
BR | 3564 | JOURNEY WITH JONAH, THE | L'ENGLE, MADELINE | A VERSE DRAMA ABOUT THE PROPHET JONAH, TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF VARIOUS ANIMALS. | ||
BR | 3565 | FLOWERING OF YIDDISH LITERATURE, THE | LIPTZIN, SOL | MARILYN KRAM | A DISCUSSION OF THE PERSONALITIES, MOVEMENTS, AND IDEAS IN YIDDISH LITERATURE OVER THE PAST HUNDRED YEARS. | |
BR | 3567 | SHALOM AVIVA | ARNOTHY, CHRISTINE | ESTHER COHEN | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG CHRISTIAN FRENCHMAN, WHO IS SENT TO COVER THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR IN ISRAEL AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH A WOMAN SOLDIER. NARRATED IN FLASHBACKS, THE NOVEL TELLS ABOUT THE JOURNALIST'S RETURN TO ISRAEL AND HIS SEARCH FOR AVIVA. | |
BR | 3568 | MAHASCHAVI IN PEACE AND WAR | BEN GAVRIEL, M. Y. | PEARL PUTTER | A HUMOROUS NOVEL WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE AND FEATURES THE ADVENTURES OF AN ISRAELI SOLDIER AND CHICKEN FARMER. | |
BR | 3569 | BOOK OF TORAH READINGS, A | EPSTEIN, MORRIS | A COLLECTION OF SIMPLIFIED SYNOPSES OF THE WEEKLY SIDRAHS. | ||
BR | 3570 | VOYAGE OF THE FRANZ JOSEPH, THE | YAFFE, JAMES | MARCIA MARKE | A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF JEWISH REFUGEES WHO, WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE NAZI GERMANY, FIND THEY ARE IN DANGER OF BEING SENT BACK. BASED ON AN ACTUAL INCIDENT IN THE 1930S. | |
BR | 3571 | TAKING GARY FELDMAN | COHEN, STANLEY | MARCIA BROWN | A STORY, FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT, SURPRISE, AND WRY HUMOR, ABOUT THE KIDNAPPING OF A THIN, LONELY BOY. | |
BR | 3572 | RIFKA BANGS THE TEAKETTLE | BURSTEIN, CHAYA H. | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY IN RUSSIA ON THE EVE OF THE 1905 REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 3573 | BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD | CARROLL-ABBING, MSGR. J.P. | THE EFFECTS OF WW II ON ROME AND ITS INHABITANTS, BOTH JEWS AND CHRISTIANS. | ||
BR | 3574 | JEWISH HEROES BOOK 2 | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | THE SECOND IN THIS TWO-VOLUME SERIES DEALS WITH THE PROPHETS AS NATIONAL LEADERS. | ||
BR | 3575 | SINS OF HEROD, THE | SLAUGHTER, FRANK G. | A NOVEL OF ROME AND THE EARLY CHURCH AS TOLD BY A MASTER OF HISTORICAL FICTION. | ||
BR | 3576 | BIALIK SPEAKS | WORDS FROM THE POET'S LIPS, CLUES | OVADYAHU, MORDECAI | A COMPILATION OF THE CONVERSATIONS OF THIS GREAT MODERN HEBREW POET ALONG WITH HIS MEMOIRS. | |
BR | 3577 | GATEWAYS TO JEWISH LIFE | ESSAYS ON GREAT MEN, GREAT IDEAS, | BRONNER, LEAH | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS DEALING WITH JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT, INCLUDING A BRIEF SURVEY OF JEWISH HISTORY. | |
BR | 3578 | JEWS AND DIVORCE | FREID, JACOB, ED. | THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE DEALING WITH CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE. SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSION OF SYNAGOGUE RELATIONS OF THE FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES. | ||
BR | 3579 | RIDER AND HIS HORSE, THE | HAUGAARD, ERIK CHRISTIAN | EDYA ARZT | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG BOY SET IN JERUSALEM AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND THE SIEGE OF MASADA. THE BOOK RECREATES LIFE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3580 | PECULIAR PEOPLE, A | LITVINOFF, BARNET | MRS. HAROLD | A PORTRAIT OF THE LEADING JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS BUENOS AIRES, JOHANNESBURG, AND NEW YORK, AS WELL AS COMMUNITIES IN RUSSIA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3581 | DEAD SEA ISAIAH SCROLLS, THE | ROSENBLOOM, JOSEPH R. | A COMPARISON OF THE QUMRAM SCROLL WITH THE MASORETIC TEXT OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. | ||
BR | 3582 | MY JEWISH KITCHEN | THE MOMELE' TA'M COOKBOOK | EDLIN, ROSABELLE & SHOSHANNAH SPECTO | A BOOK OF DELICIOUS JEWISH COOKERY. | |
BR | 3584 | WIT OF THE JEWS, THE | COWAN, LORE & MAURICE COWAN | DICKIE MILLE | A BOOK ON THE HUMOR OF WELL-KNOWN FIGURES, SUCH AS DAVID BEN-GURION, JACK BENNY, ALBERT EINSTEIN, AND ART BUCHWALD. | |
BR | 3585 | CONDITION OF JEWISH BELIEF | COMPILED BY EDITORS OF 'COMMENTARY M | A SYMPOSIUM OF RABBIS AND THEOLOGIANS ON THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO THE MODERN AGE. | ||
BR | 3587 | BASIC REFORM JUDAISM | SILVERMAN, WILLIAM | MARJORIE ASC | A BOOK EXPLAINING THE BASIC BELIEFS AND OBSERVANCES OF REFORM JUDAISM. | |
BR | 3588 | MAN NEXT DOOR, THE | LITVINOFF, EMANUEL | MARCIA MARKE | A SUBURBANITE TRIES TO BRING SOME HAPPINESS INTO HIS LIFE BY SEDUCING A JEWISH GIRL. | |
BR | 3590 | DICK, THE | FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY | THE STORY OF A PUBLIC RELATIONS MAN WORKING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HIS FAMILY LIFE, AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FELLOW DETECTIVES. | ||
BR | 3591 | ELIJAH THE SLAVE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | THE STORY OF ELIJAH AS A PENNILESS SLAVE, RETOLD FOR YOUNG CHILDREN BY THE WELL-KNOWN STORYTELLER AND WEAVER OF TALES. BASED ON MIDRASHIC LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 3592 | SARA SCHENIERER | GRUNFELD-ROSENBAUM, JUDITH | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WOMAN WHO FOUNDED THE BETH JACOB MOVEMENT, DEDICATED TO THE JEWISH EDUCATION OF GIRLS AND WOMEN IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. | ||
BR | 3593 | HEINRICH HEINE | A BIOGRAPHICAL ANTHOLOGY | BIEBER, HUGO & MOSES HADAS | A COLLECTION OF LETTERS, STORIES, AND POEMS WRITTEN BY THE 19TH-CENTURY GERMAN POET AND CRITIC, REVEALING HIS VIEWS AND HIS PERSONAL LIFE. | |
BR | 3598 | MY SISTER GOLDIE | SANDBERG, SARA | RUTH COFFMAN | THE ADVENTURES OF THE SANDBERGS, A 'GOOD' JEWISH FAMILY. | |
BR | 3599 | TEMPLE, THE | LEOKUM, ARKADY | A NOVEL ABOUT THE BUILDING OF A REFORM TEMPLE WHICH DEALS WITH THE DILEMMA OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND AREAS OF CONFLICT WITHIN THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 3600 | MIRRORS OF THE JEWISH MIND | A GALLERY OF PORTRAITS OF EUROPEAN | KAHN, LOTHAR | JOSEPHINE ST | THE DILEMMA OF RECONCILIATION BETWEEN NATIONALITY AND RELIGION REFLECTED IN THE WRITINGS OF WELL-KNOWN EUROPEAN-JEWISH WRITERS OF THE CENTURY. |
BR | 3601 | SOVIET UNION | JACKSON, W. A. DOUGLAS | THE GEOGRAPHY, OLD AND MODERN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE ARE OUTLINED IN THIS BOOK ABOUT THE SOVIET UNION. | ||
BR | 3602 | VOICE OF WISDOM, THE | INTRATER, AARON & LEON H. SPOTTS | A GUIDE TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANCIENT HEBREWS THAT UTILIZES THE RESULTS OF TECHNICAL RESEARCH BY BIBLICAL SCHOLARS. | ||
BR | 3604 | IDEAS AND IDEALS OF THE HASSIDIM | ARON, MILTON, DR. | A STUDY OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT AND THEIR TEACHINGS. | ||
BR | 3605 | ZIONIST IDEA, THE | AN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS AND READER | HERTZBERG, ARTHUR | BEATRICE AHR | A POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS STUDY OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. |
BR | 3606 | GOLDA MEIR | PORTRAIT OF A PRIME MINISTER | AGRESS, ELIYAHU | ARLENE RICHA | A BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN RUSSIA THROUGH HER ELECTION AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL IN OCTOBER, 1969. |
BR | 3607 | JOY OF JEWISH HUMOR, THE | WOODS, RALPH L. | A DELIGHTFUL EXCURSION INTO JEWISH HUMOR AND HABITS THAT CONCENTRATES ON FOLK SAYINGS, PROVERBS, LEGENDS AND PARABLES. | ||
BR | 3608 | DAY OF PLEASURE, A | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ADELINE MARE | REMINISCENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S LIFE IN WARSAW BEFORE WORLD WAR I. | |
BR | 3609 | JEWS, GOD AND HISTORY | A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF A FOUR- | DIMONT, MAX I. | A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE OVER THE AGES AND A STUDY OF THE CIVILIZATIONS IN WHICH JEWISH CULTURE PROSPERED. DESCRIBES THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE JEWISH PEOPLE MADE TO THE HISTORY OF ASIA, EUROPE, AND AMERICA. | |
BR | 3611 | GREAT BATTLES OF BIBLICAL HISTORY | GALE, SIR RICHARD | SONYA ROTH/R | A HISTORY AND MILITARY ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANT BATTLES MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 3612 | PALESTINE AND ISRAEL | THE LETHAL DILEMMA | SHARABI, HISHAM | THE MOST FRANK AND UNINHIBITED TREATMENT OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT TO APPEAR IN THIS COUNTRY. IT DRAMATICALLY PORTRAYS THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE WITH AN EXHAUSTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TWO LEADING COMMANDO ORGANIZATIONS. | |
BR | 3613 | STEEL AND IRON | SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA | RENEE HEILBR | THE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH JEW WHO DESERTS THE CZAR'S ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. | |
BR | 3614 | CONVERTS, THE | TORRES, TERESKA | BESS SALIMAN | A MEMOIR OF THE NOVELIST'S EARLY YEARS IN PARIS BEFORE THE GERMAN OCCUPATION. DESCRIBES HER FAMILY'S CONVERSION TO CATHOLICISM, HER WAR EXPERIENCES, AND HER DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER. | |
BR | 3615 | ORIGIN AND MEANING OF HASIDISM, THE | BUBER, MARTIN | THIS VALUABLE INTERPRETATION OF HASIDISM SHOWS THE POSSIBILITY OF A MYSTICISM WHICH DOES NOT CONTRADICT BUT RATHER INTENSIFIES PROPHETIC RELIGION. | ||
BR | 3616 | GUILT MERCHANTS, THE | HARWOOD, RONALD | FLORENCE KAD | A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE ABOUT AN ISRAELI AGENT'S SEARCH FOR A FORMER NAZI DEATH CAMP COMMANDER. | |
BR | 3617 | JORDAN PATROL | LEV, IGAL | A NOVEL ABOUT THE JUNE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE ARABS. THE AUTHOR WAS THE COMMANDER OF AN ISRAELI ARMY UNIT STATIONED NEAR THE ISRAELI-JORDANIAN BORDER. | ||
BR | 3618 | MURDER IN THE SYNAGOGUE | LO CICERO, THOMAS | A STUDY OF PSYCHOSIS BASED ON THE LIFE OF RICHARD WISHNETSKY, THE YOUNG MAN WHO MURDERED RABBI MORRIS ADLER IN 1966. RABBI ADLER WAS A PROMINENT CONSERVATIVE RABBI SERVING A CONGREGATION IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. | ||
BR | 3619 | CHOSEN PEOPLE | RUBENS, BERNICE | SONYA ROTH/R | A DRAMATIC NOVEL OF A JEW FROM GREECE PORTRAYED THROUGH THE TRAGEDY OF A SINGLE FAMILY. | |
BR | 3621 | BEYOND THE MELTING POT | THE NEGROES, PUERTO RICANS, JEWS A | GLAZER, NATHAN & DANIEL PATRICK MOYN | TWO NOTED AMERICAN SOCIAL OBSERVERS DISCUSS THE INTERPLAY OF RACE, RELIGION, NATIONAL GROUPS, AND POLITICS. | |
BR | 3622 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN | CONE, MOLLY | ZELDA B. REE | A BIOGRAPHY OF LEONARD BERNSTEIN WHO BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AS A YOUNG CHILD AND ROSE TO PROMINENCE AS A COMPOSER AND AS CONDUCTOR OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. | |
BR | 3623 | OUT OF THE NIGHT | HORBACH, MICHAEL | ELEVEN DOCUMENTED ACCOUNTS OF JEWS WHO SURVIVED IN HITLER'S GERMANY BECAUSE OF THE COURAGE OF ORDINARY CITIZENS. | ||
BR | 3624 | ISRAEL ON THE SEVENTH DAY | GRUBER, RUTH | SYLVIA SORIN | HUMAN INTEREST STORIES ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF AMERICAN AND ISRAELI JEWS IN RESPONSE TO THE SIX DAY WAR. | |
BR | 3625 | FROM DOOM TO DAWN | VIDA, GEORGE | DR. IRVING W | THIS IS A JEWISH CHAPLAIN'S STORY OF HIS EXPERIENCES WITH JEWISH REFUGEES IN WAR-TORN EUROPE AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 3626 | JUDITH | WILCHEK, STELLA | HELEN B. KIE | A NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JUDITH. | |
BR | 3627 | JOURNEY TO AMERICA | LEVITAN, SONIA | THE STORY OF A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN WHO ESCAPE THE NAZIS AND SEEK REUNION WITH THEIR HUSBAND AND FATHER. | ||
BR | 3628 | HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY, A | HUSIK, ISAAC | AN ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND THINKERS FROM THE NINTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 3629 | BINTEL BRIEF, A. VOL. 1 | METZKER, ISAAC | A COMPILATION OF 60 YEARS OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'JEWISH DAILY FORWARD,' DEALING WITH THE LIVES AND PROBLEMS OF NEW IMMIGRANTS LIVING ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | ||
BR | 3630 | THIS LAND OF ISRAEL | SEDYCH, ANDREI | ADELINE MARE | A CONCISE LOOK AT THE LAND AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3631 | FIREBRAND FOR JUSTICE | NOBLE, IRIS | MARY PERLOW | A BIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS BRANDEIS, THE FIRST JEW TO BE APPOINTED TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES BRANDEIS'S SHARP MIND, HIS INTEGRITY, AND HIS PERSONAL LIFE. | |
BR | 3634 | ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN HEBREW POETRY | BERMAN, ABRAHAM | FLORENCE S. | A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY MODERN ISRAELI POETS. | |
BR | 3635 | GHETTO AND BEYOND, THE | ROSE, PETER I., EDITOR | AN OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT JEWS, GENTILES, AFRICAN AMERICANS, POLITICS AND DREAMS FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY. AUTHORS RANGE FROM MARSHALL SKLARE TO PHILIP ROTH. | ||
BR | 3636 | THREE MILLION MORE? | LAWRENCE, GUNTHER | LEAH GRANT | A WELL-DOCUMENTED VOLUME ABOUT ACCUSATIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN RUSSIA. | |
BR | 3637 | GIRL CALLED JUDITH STRICK, A | DRIBBEN, JUDITH | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN WHO WAS ACTIVE IN THE POLISH UNDERGROUND AT 17, FOUGHT WITH THE RUSSIAN ARMY, AND THEN WENT TO ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3638 | TEASPOON OF HONEY, A | SMITH, BERT KRUGER | A FAMILY CHRONICLE OF A RUSSIAN JEW WHO ESCAPES THE CZAR'S ARMY AND MAKES HIS WAY TO THE U.S. | ||
BR | 3641 | THY DAUGHTER'S NAKEDNESS | KAUFMAN, MYRON S. | A NOVEL ABOUT A GIRL WHO IS TROUBLED BY THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MODERN LIFE AND THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 3642 | NEW JEWISH THEOLOGY IN THE MAKING, A | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | BLANCHE HALP | DISSERTATION ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES. WRITTEN BY THE PROMINENT HEBREW UNION COLLEGE PROFESSOR. | |
BR | 3643 | MY MOTHER, THE DOCTOR | SINGER, JOY DANIELS | PHYLLIS HOCH | A BIOGRAPHY OF DR. ANNA KLEEGMAN DANIELS, ONE OF NEW YORK'S FIRST WOMAN DOCTORS, WRITTEN BY HER DAUGHTER. | |
BR | 3644 | JOSEPH AND KOZA | THE SACRIFICE TO THE VISTULA | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ADELINE MARE | A STORY SET IN POLAND, BASED ON A LEGEND THAT EVERY YEAR A YOUNG GIRL WAS TO BE SACRIFICED TO THE GODS. A WANDERING JEWISH GOLDSMITH PITS THE STRENGTH OF HIS ONE GOD AGAINST THE EVIL PAGAN SPIRITS IN ORDER TO SAVE THE LIFE OF THE GIRL. |
BR | 3646 | NO TIME FOR HISTORY | A PIONEER STORY | ELIAV, ARIE L. | AN ACCOUNT OF AN EXPERIMENT IN COMMUNAL LIVING DESIGNED TO PROMOTE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES. | |
BR | 3648 | DALETH EFFECT, THE | HARRISON, HARRY | CHILLING SCIENCE FICTION WHICH DEALS WITH AN ISRAELI DISCOVERY WHICH SHAKES THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 3650 | MOSES | LEADER, PROPHET, MAN | ROSHWALD, MORDECAI & MIRIAM ROSHWALD | THE LIFE AND PERSONALITY OF THE BIBLICAL MOSES. | |
BR | 3651 | JEWS IN GERMANY, THE | ADLER, H. G. | JANET FRANZE | A CONCISE STUDY BY A HISTORIAN OF THE MAIN EVENTS OF JEWISH HISTORY IN GERMANY FROM THE LATE 1700S. | |
BR | 3652 | BREAKTHROUGH | THE SAGA OF JONAS SALK | CARTER, RICHARD | MRS. MARTIN | RECREATES THE DRAMA OF JONAS SALK'S RESEARCH AND HIS DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLIO VACCINE. SCIENTIFIC AND PERSONAL DETAILS ARE INCLUDED. |
BR | 3653 | COLLABORATOR, THE | STEBEL, S.L. | A TENSE, EMOTIONAL NOVEL ABOUT AN ISRAELI ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING WITH THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 3654 | AMERICA'S TRIUMPH | ALOFSIN, DOROTHY | SARENE MEYER | STORIES ABOUT THE LIVES OF AMERICAN JEWISH LEADERS. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | |
BR | 3655 | IS THERE AN ANSWER? | DE SOLA POOL, DAVID & TAMAR | AN INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE WORK, CONCERNED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF JEWISH ISSUES. | ||
BR | 3657 | FLOWERING OF MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE, THE | RIBLOW, MENACHEM | A VOLUME OF LITERARY CRITICISM WITH SELECTIONS FROM THE WORK OF WRITERS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI THOUGHT AND CULTURE. | ||
BR | 3658 | JEWISH VALUES AND SOCIAL CRISIS | A CASEBOOK FOR SOCIAL ACTION | VORSPAN, ALBERT | CAROL ROMBER | A SOCIAL ACTION CASEBOOK TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEAL WITH SOME OF THE DILEMMAS OF MODERN LIFE. |
BR | 3659 | JEWS IN MUSIC | HOLDE, ARTHUR | JOHN ETTELSO | JEWISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC SINCE THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY ARE EVALUATED IN A CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDY. MANY MUSICAL PERSONALITIES ARE DISCUSSED. | |
BR | 3660 | FROM MANY LANDS | EISEMAN, ALBERTA | ESTHER L. AR | THROUGH THE EYES OF JACOB, A YOUNG IMMIGRANT, THIS BOOK TELLS THE HISTORY OF MANY GROUPS WHO CAME TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CENTURY. | |
BR | 3661 | STAR OF REDEMPTION, THE | ROSENZWEIG, FRANZ | WRITTEN BY THE PROMINENT GERMAN JEWISH PHILOSOPHER, THIS BOOK PRESENTS AN ORIGINAL APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS THINKING. | ||
BR | 3662 | THREE POPES AND THE JEWS | LAPIDE, PINCHAS E. | MURIEL HELLE | AN ISRAELI DIPLOMAT DESCRIBES JEWISH-PAPAL RELATIONS SINCE THE START OF WORLD WAR II, AND GIVES AN APPRAISAL OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY. | |
BR | 3663 | MEETING YOUR LIFE PROBLEMS | SCHWARTZMAN, RABBI SYLVAN D. & RABBI | AN INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSION OF THE DAILY ANNOYANCES MAN MUST LIVE WITH. | ||
BR | 3664 | INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM | BELFORD, LEE A. | RUTH BERKELE | A CONCISE EXPLANATION OF THE TRADITIONS, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM. | |
BR | 3665 | TALES FROM THE WISE MEN OF ISRAEL | ISH-KISHOR, JUDITH | ADELINE TOPK | A COLLECTION OF JEWISH FOLK TALES AND PARABLES CONVEYING MORAL THEMES. | |
BR | 3666 | CHOICE OF MASKS, A | PINKUS, OSCAR | GERT ZUCKERM | THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES BEGINNING WITH THE LIBERATION OF POLAND IN 1944, AND INCLUDING ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS WITH RUSSIANS AND POLES. | |
BR | 3667 | GOD OF DANIEL S. | IN SEARCH OF THE AMERICAN JEW | MILLER, ALAN W. | JOY GERSTEN/ | THE AUTHOR, A RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBI, PRESENTS A THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION AND A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE 20TH CENTURY PERIPHERAL JEW IN AMERICA. |
BR | 3668 | SECOND BIBLE LEGEND BOOK | FREEHOF, LILLIAN S. | A COLLECTION OF BIBLICAL TALES EXHIBITING THE VAST MORAL WEALTH OF THE JEWISH STORYTELLERS. | ||
BR | 3670 | AFRICAN ZION | THE ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A JEWISH | WEISBARD, ROBERT G. | CAROLE CLINE | THE ACCOUNT OF AN ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A JEWISH COLONY IN AN EAST AFRICAN PROTECTORATE, 1903-1905. |
BR | 3671 | MY FATHER THE ACTOR | BERNARDI, JACK | ARLENE RICHA | AN ACCOUNT OF THE YIDDISH THEATER IN AMERICA BY THE SON OF THE ACTOR, BEREL BERNARDI. THE FAMILY TRADITION WAS CARRIED ON BY THE AUTHOR'S SON, HERSCHEL BERNARDI, WHO PLAYED THE ROLE OF TEVYE IN THE BROADWAY SHOW OF 'FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.' | |
BR | 3672 | GOD'S PRESENCE IN HISTORY | JEWISH AFFIRMATIONS AND PHILOSOPHI | FACKENHEIM, EMIL L. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS EXAMINING HOW JUDAISM HAS BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME THREATS TO ITS SURVIVAL AND HOW IT HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS FAITH IN GOD'S PRESENCE IN HISTORY. | |
BR | 3674 | SANDSTORM, THE | THE ARAB-ISRAELI WAR OF 1967 - PRE | KIMCHE, DAVID & DAN BAWLY | THE STORY OF THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR IN ISRAEL, INCLUDING THE CAUSES, THE POLITICAL ASPECTS, AND THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR. | |
BR | 3675 | ADVENTURES OF MENACHEM-MENDL, THE | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE HERO AND HIS WIFE WHO IS LEFT BEHIND IN THE VILLAGE OF KASRILEVKE WHILE HER HUSBAND SEEKS HIS FORTUNE IN THE BIG CITIES OF ODESSA AND KIEV. | ||
BR | 3676 | BIBLE SPEAKS | TAUBES, HELEN | A COMMENTARY ON BIBLICAL MEANING, A MESSAGE RELEVANT TO TODAY'S HECTIC WORLD. | ||
BR | 3677 | CERTAIN PEOPLE OF THE BOOK | SAMUEL, MAURICE | A RETELLING OF THE TALES OF THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 3678 | CHILDREN OF THE CAVE | LIVNE, ZVI | A NOVEL ABOUT CHILDREN WHO SURVIVE A VILLAGE MASSACRE AND ORGANIZE A KIBBUTZ IN FIRST-CENTURY PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 3679 | SO LONG AS YOU'RE HEALTHY | GOLDEN, HARRY | ANNABELLE HE | A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS PIECES ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE AUTHOR'S CHILDHOOD ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF BEING JEWISH. | |
BR | 3680 | RISE AND FALL OF THE JUDEAN STATE, THE. VOL. 2 | A POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS | ZEITLIN, SOLOMON | THE SECOND PART OF A TWO-VOLUME SERIES WHICH PRESENTS THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH IN ISRAEL, DATING FROM 37 B.C.E TO 66 C.E. | |
BR | 3682 | QB VII | URIS, LEON | A HOLOCAUST NOVEL INVOLVING A SURGEON CHARGED WITH PERFORMING EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY ON JEWISH INMATES IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. | ||
BR | 3684 | STAR ETERNAL | KA-TZETNIK 135633 | RUTH BERKELY | USING HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP NUMBER AS A PSEUDONYM, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE INDIGNITIES OF GHETTOIZATION AND THE HORRORS OF AUSCHWITZ. | |
BR | 3685 | SARAH SOMEBODY | SLOBODKIN, FLORENCE | A STORY ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL GROWING UP IN A SHTETL AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND HER DESIRE TO GO TO SCHOOL AGAINST ALL OBSTACLES. | ||
BR | 3686 | EDUCATION OF ABRAHAM CAHAN, THE | CAHAN, ABRAHAM. ABRAHAM P. CONAN & | 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. | ||
BR | 3689 | JEWS IN NEW SPAIN | LIEBMAN, SEYMOUR B. | A WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN MODERN-DAY MEXICO. | ||
BR | 3690 | TORQUEMADA | FAST, HOWARD | MARY PERLOW | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE FIRST LEADER OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION WHO WAS GIVEN THE TITLE 'INQUISITOR GENERAL' AND WHO CAME TO SYMBOLIZE CRUELTY AND PERSECUTION. | |
BR | 3691 | CHAGALL | CRESPELLE, JEAN PAUL | RUBELLE SCHA | A BIOGRAPHY OF MARC CHAGALL, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST, MANY OF HIS FRIENDS, AND OTHER PERSONALITIES INFLUENTIAL IN HIS LIFE. | |
BR | 3692 | THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, A - VOL. 2 | KAGAN, Y.M., EDITOR | THIS BOOK PROVIDES BRIEF PRESENTATIONS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS ADAPTED FROM THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE'S SICHOT (DISCOURSES) IN 1969. | ||
BR | 3693 | LAST REVOLT, THE | OPATOSHU, JOSEPH | A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET DURING THE YEARS PRECEDING BAR KOCHBA'S REVOLT AGAINST ROMAN RULE AND DEALING WITH THE LIFE AND PERSONALITY OF RABBI AKIBA. | ||
BR | 3694 | MORE LIGHT ON THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | BURROWS, MILLAR | FURTHER INTERPRETATIONS ON THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND THEIR MEANING TO THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 3695 | FRIEND OF KAFKA AND OTHER STORIES, A | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-ONE SHORT STORIES SET IN WARSAW, ISRAEL, AND NEW YORK CITY, WRITTEN BY THE NOBEL PPRIZE LAUREATE. | ||
BR | 3696 | ISAAC BABEL | THE LONELY YEARS | BABEL, NATHALIE | THE NOTED SOVIET WRITER'S LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY AND SOME OF HIS SHORT STORIES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN THIS ANTHOLOGY BY HIS SURVIVING DAUGHTER. | |
BR | 3697 | STUDIES IN AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY | MARCUS, JACOB R. | A STUDY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA FROM THEIR EARLIEST BEGINNINGS TO THE 1970S. | ||
BR | 3700 | CLIMBING WILLIE'S LADDER | LEBOWITZ, ALAN | THE 40TH YEAR OF MINOR POET WILLIE O'TOOLE (HIS MOTHER IS JEWISH) FINDS HIM ACCEPTING ANOTHER TEMPORARY SMALL COLLEGE POSITION CHASING VAINLY AFTER NYMPHETS WITH LITTLE SUCCESS BUT MUCH ROMANTIC MISADVENTURE, AND STILL TRUSTING IN THE FUTURE DESPITE THE BRUISES OF THE PAST. | ||
BR | 3701 | PORTION IN PARADISE, A | NAHMAD, H.M. | BOBYE RUBIN | JEWISH FOLK TALES CHARACTERIZED BY A SENSE OF ETHICAL COMMITMENT AND A SENSITIVITY TO SPIRITUAL VALUES. | |
BR | 3703 | ALONE IN THE WILD FOREST | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG BOY WHO TRIES TO ATONE FOR THE SINS IMBEDDED IN HIS SOUL FROM ANOTHER LIFE. | ||
BR | 3704 | HILLEL THE ELDER | THE EMERGENCE OF CLASSICAL JUDAISM | GLATZER, NAHUM N. | HANNAH GOLDS | A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TALMUDIC SAGE. BASED ON TRADITIONAL SOURCES AND CLASSICAL JEWISH TEXTS. |
BR | 3705 | OF A WORLD THAT IS NO MORE | SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA | THE ABSORBING STORY OF THE HOUSE OF A RABBI IN A POLISH-JEWISH HAMLET NEAR THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. RICH IN CHARACTERIZATION. | ||
BR | 3706 | CRITICAL VIEWS OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | MALIN, IRVING, ED. | ALKOFF/HENKI | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ANALYZING THE THEMES, STYLE, AND PHILOSOPHY IN SINGER'S WRITINGS, WHICH ARE BOTH UNIVERSAL, YET DECIDEDLY, JEWISH. | |
BR | 3707 | CRISIS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, THE | ESSAYS ON FREUD, MARX AND SOCIAL | FROMM, ERICH | JANET FRANZE | NINE ESSAYS BY THE PROMINENT PSYCHOLOGIST. |
BR | 3709 | GOD, MAN AND ATOMIC WAR | DRESNER, RABBI SAMUEL H. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ONE DESERVES TO SURVIVE IN THE ATOMIC AGE. THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS THAT FIRST EACH PERSON MUST BECOME WORTHY OF SURVIVAL. | ||
BR | 3710 | PURPOSE AND MEANING OF JEWISH EXISTENCE | A PEOPLE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD | KAPLAN, MORDECAI M. | THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT DISCUSSES THE INTERPRETATIONS OF JUDAISM MADE BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND PREDECESSORS WHO BASED THEIR PHILOSOPHIES ON THE RELIGIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL NEEDS OF THE TIME. | |
BR | 3711 | ISRAELIS, THE | PROFILE OF A PEOPLE | BONDY, RUTH | AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONALITIES, THE CHARACTERS, AND THE DIVERSE OUTLOOKS OF JEWS FROM DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES WHO SETTLED IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3713 | IMPALED ON A CACTUS BUSH | AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN ISRAEL | SHERMAN, ARNOLD | JEANNE BLUME | THE SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY WHO VISITED ISRAEL AND DECIDED TO MAKE IT THEIR HOME. A DOWN-TO-EARTH STORY OF ISRAEL BEFORE THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. |
BR | 3714 | NEW ISRAELI WRITERS, THE | SHORT STORIES OF THE FIRST GENERAT | RABIKOVITZ, DALIA, ED. | ADELINE MARE | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES BY ISRAELI WRITERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE JEWISH STATE'S FIRST TWO DECADES OF EXISTENCE. THE STORIES WERE SELECTED BY WELL-KNOWN LITERARY CRITICS. |
BR | 3715 | HISTORY OF THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN ISRAEL, A - BOOK 2 | VITELES, HARRY | A SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS OF THE KIBBUTZ, THE CO-OPERATIVES, AND THE LABOR AND PRODUCER SOCIETIES IN ISRAEL TODAY. | ||
BR | 3717 | MARTIN BUBER AND THE THEATER | FRIEDMAN, MAURICE, ED. | MARCIA FELTH | A STUDY OF THEOLOGIAN MARTIN BUBER'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE THEATER. | |
BR | 3721 | MERCHANT BANKERS, THE | WECHSBERG, JOSEPH | A WITTY AND INTIMATE PORTRAYAL OF THE BUSINESS AND FAMILY HISTORIES OF SEVEN OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS INVESTMENT BANKING HOUSES. | ||
BR | 3722 | LET'S STEAL THE MOON | SERWER, BLANCHE L. | A COLLECTION OF JEWISH FOLKTALES. | ||
BR | 3724 | HIMMO, KING OF JERUSALEM | KANUIK, YORAM | A NOVEL SET WITHIN A MONASTERY HOSPITAL FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS DURING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM IN 1948. | ||
BR | 3725 | WAY OF RESPONSE, THE | BUBER, MARTIN | SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. | ||
BR | 3726 | NON-JEWISH JEW AND OTHER ESSAYS, THE | DEUTSCHER, ISAAC | ADELINE TOPK | A STUDY EXPLORING THE LIFE OF THE MODERN JEW. THE BOOK ALSO DISCUSSES THE HERITAGE OF EUROPEAN JEWRY, RUSSIAN AND POLISH JEWS, AND WELL-KNOWN SECULAR JEWS SUCH AS SPINOZA, MARX, AND FREUD. | |
BR | 3728 | RABBI REMEMBERS, A | THE MAN WHO DEFIED THE NAZIS IN DE | MELCHIOR, MARCUS, DR. WERNER MELCHI | RABBI MELCHIOR REMINISCES ABOUT HIS EARLY CHILDHOOD, HIS STUDIES IN GERMANY, HIS ESCAPE TO SWEDEN IN 1943, AND HIS APPOINTMENT AS CHIEF RABBI OF DENMARK. | |
BR | 3729 | RAPE OF TAMAR, THE | JACOBSON, DAN | AN OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY VERSION OF WHAT WENT ON IN THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF THE SECOND KING OF ISRAEL, ALL RECOUNTED IN TODAY'S IDIOM. | ||
BR | 3730 | COME TO THE WAR | THOMAS, LESLIE | NANCY SCHIER | SET IN ISRAEL DURING THE SIX DAY WAR, THIS NOVEL TELLS OF A YOUNG BRITISH PIANIST AND AN ISRAELI PATRIOT WHO MEET AND FALL IN LOVE. | |
BR | 3731 | JEWISH PHILOSOPHY IN MODERN TIMES | FROM MENDELSSOHN TO ROSENZWEIG | ROTENSTREICH, NATHAN | A HISTORY OF JEWISH PHILOSOPHY. INCLUDES THE IDEAS OF MOSES MENDELSSOHN, MOSES LUZZATTO, MORITZ LAZARUS, HERMANN COHEN, RABBI ABRAHAM KOOK, A. D. GORDON, AND FRANZ ROSENZWEIG. | |
BR | 3732 | GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS | BASSANI, GIORGIO | MRS. NATHANI | A SENSITIVE NOVEL ABOUT AN ITALIAN-JEWISH FAMILY DURING THE DAYS OF MUSSOLINI AND THE NAZI REGIME. | |
BR | 3733 | GOLDEN TREASURY OF JEWISH TALES, A | BARASH, ASHER | MRS. MORTON | RELIGIOUS MORAL TALES ORIGINATING IN THE DIASPORA, MANY OF WHICH REFLECT THE MYSTICISM OF THE MIDDLE AGES. | |
BR | 3734 | DOWNTOWN JEWS, THE | PORTRAITS OF AN IMMIGRANT GENERATI | SANDERS, RONALD | A NARRATIVE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF 'DOWNTOWN JEWS' WHO POURED INTO NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE FROM EASTERN EUROPE BETWEEN 1880 AND 1910. | |
BR | 3735 | CENTURY OF JEWISH LIFE, A | ELBOGEN, ISMAR | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM 1840-1940. | ||
BR | 3736 | MAJOR TRENDS IN MODERN HEBREW FICTION | RABINOVICH, ISAIAH. TRANSLATED BY M | AN ANALYSIS OF MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 3739 | MAN FROM THERE, THE | BEN-NER, YITZCHAK | A NOVEL ABOUT A WOUNDED ISRAELI SOLDIER AND THE EGYPTIAN FAMILY WHO GIVES HIM REFUGE. | ||
BR | 3740 | HOW TO BE AN AMERICAN JEW | MILCH, ROBERT J. | SELMA BROWN | A HUMOROUS AND SATIRICAL DISCUSSION AND 'GUIDE' TO AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. SERIOUS QUESTIONS ARE RAISED ABOUT MANY OF THE CONTRADICTIONS AND INCONSISTENCIES IN THE SPIRITUAL AND SOCIAL LIVES OF THE JEWISH FAMILY. | |
BR | 3741 | LAYING ON OF HANDS, THE | ARENT, ARTHUR | A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE INVOLVING AN INTERNATIONAL ARMS SMUGGLING RING, TWO LOVE AFFAIRS, AND A DEADLY GAME PLAYED OUT BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND EX-NAZIS. | ||
BR | 3742 | TENANTS, THE | MALAMUD, BERNARD | HELEN B. LEV | A POWERFUL NOVEL ABOUT TWO WRITERS, ONE BLACK AND THE OTHER JEWISH, AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THEM AS THEY PURSUE SIMILAR PROFESSIONAL GOALS. | |
BR | 3744 | EMERGENCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, 1914-1924, THE | 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. | |
BR | 3746 | THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE | SILVER, ABBA HILLEL | SERMONS AND WRITINGS OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY REFORM RABBI AND ZIONIST LEADER WHO LIVED FROM 1893-1963. | ||
BR | 3747 | NUPTIALS, THE | HAASE, JOHN | RUTH KAUFMAN | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT THE IMMINENT MARRIAGE OF TWO YOUNG AFFLUENT JEWS IN BEVERLY HILLS. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE MATERIALISM, SPIRITUAL SHALLOWNESS, AND INNER CONFLICTS OF HIS CHARACTERS. | |
BR | 3748 | MY RABBI DOESN'T MAKE HOUSE CALLS | VORSPAN, ALBERT | EVELYN THORN | A HUMOROUS LOOK AT MODERN AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE COVERING EVERYTHING FROM ASSIMILATION ('HOW JEWS ARE ASSIMILATING THE REST OF THE COUNTRY') TO HOW TO BUILD A TEMPLE ('THE JEWISH EDIFICE COMPLEX'). | |
BR | 3749 | RIGHT TIME, THE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HARRY GOLDEN | GOLDEN, HARRY | MRS. ERNEST | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN WRITER AND EDITOR OF THE 'CAROLINA ISRAELITE.' THE BOOK INCLUDES CORRESPONDENCE, REMINISCENCES OF HIS EARLY YEARS ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK, AND HIS VIEWS ON LIFE. |
BR | 3750 | GRANDEES, THE | BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN | THE STORY OF SPANISH-PORTUGUESE JEWISH FAMILIES WHO SETTLED IN NEW YORK AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. | ||
BR | 3751 | CONVERSATIONS WITH EINSTEIN | MOSZKOWSKI, ALEXANDER | DISCUSSIONS ON EDUCATION, LITERATURE, PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND RELATIVITY WITH THE NOTED PHYSICIST. | ||
BR | 3752 | BURNING GLASS, THE | BEHRMAN, S.N. | FAYE GREEN | A NOVEL ABOUT THE WORLD OF THE THEATER SET IN SALZBURG, HOLLYWOOD, AND NEW YORK AS THE NAZI SHADOW DARKENED EUROPE. | |
BR | 3753 | HOW TO MAKE A JEWISH MOVIE | SHAVELSON, MELVILLE | THE STORY BEHIND THE FILMING OF THE MOVIE, 'CAST A GIANT SHADOW.' TOLD BY THE AUTHOR, WHO ALSO DIRECTED THE FILM. THE MOVIE IS BASED ON THE STORY OF COLONEL DAVID 'MICKEY' MARCUS, AN AMERICAN MILITARY MAN WHO WAS RECRUITED BY THE HAGANAH TO HELP ISRAEL FIGHT IN THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. | ||
BR | 3754 | CONFESS! CONFESS! | GILBOA, YEHOSHUA | THE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH ZIONIST WHO WAS ARRESTED BY THE NKVD IN 1940, SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN RUSSIAN PRISONS, AND THEN SETTLED IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3755 | KAFKA | THE TORMENT OF MAN | ALBERES, R. M. & PIERRE DE BOISDEFFR | A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE IN THE CONDITION OF MAN. | |
BR | 3756 | POST-MORTEM | THE JEWS IN GERMANY TODAY | KATCHER, LEO | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE LIFE OF THE JEWS WHO CONTINUED TO LIVE IN GERMANY AFTER WORLD WAR II. THE BOOK COVERS THE PERIOD THROUGH THE LATE 1960S. | |
BR | 3757 | OUR EDDIE | ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | GLORIA GLICK | A STORY ABOUT AN ENGLISH-JEWISH FAMILY WHO EMIGRATES TO AMERICA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 3758 | ESHKOL | THE MAN AND THE NATION | PRITTIE, TERENCE | MARION SCHWA | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ISRAELI STATESMAN AND PRIME MINISTER, HIGHLIGHTING SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN ISRAEL AND IN ESHKOL'S PERSONAL LIFE FROM THE TURN OF THE CENTURY UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1969. |
BR | 3759 | ROCK, THE | MASTERS, JOHN | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF GIBRALTAR. IT BEGINS WITH THE PERIOD OF THE NEANDERTHAL MAN AND INCLUDES REFERENCES TO THE JEWISH POPULATION OF THE ISLAND WHO REPRESENT THE ONLY CONTINUING COMMUNITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROCK. | ||
BR | 3760 | YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING | BABEL, ISAAC | FRIEDA STERN | A COLLECTION OF STORIES WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN AUTHOR, ISAAC BABEL, AND EDITED BY HIS DAUGHTER AFTER HE DISAPPEARED IN THE SOVIET UNION IN MAY 1939. | |
BR | 3761 | GENESIS 1948 | KURZMAN, DAN | AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE WITH PORTRAITS OF WW II SURVIVORS, SABRAS, AND VOLUNTEERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE JEWISH HOMELAND. | ||
BR | 3762 | TREBLINKA | STEINER, JEAN-FRANCOIS | THE STORY OF THE LAST 600 VALIANT JEWS IN TREBLINKA WHO REVOLTED AGAINST THEIR CAPTORS AND WERE EVENTUALLY EXECUTED IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMP. | ||
BR | 3763 | THUNDER OVER TABOR | TASLITT, ISRAEL I. | A HISTORICAL NOVEL FOR YOUNG READERS ABOUT DEBORAH THE PROPHETESS. | ||
BR | 3764 | HOW THE EARLY HEBREWS LIVED AND LEARNED | BONSER, EDNA M. | THIS BOOK ILLUSTRATES THE PROGRESS MADE BY DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM DURING A 1500 YEAR PERIOD. IT INCLUDES DIRECTIONS FOR DRAMATIZATION. | ||
BR | 3765 | HASIDIC COMMUNITY OF WILLIAMSBURG, THE | POLL, SOLOMON | A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATION, SOCIAL LIFE, AND OCCUPATIONS OF THE HASIDIM IN THE WILLIAMSBURG SECTION OF NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 3766 | MR. JACK AND THE GREENSTALKS | HOROWITZ, GENE | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG DESIGNER AND THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK CITY. | ||
BR | 3767 | TWENTY-EIGHTH OF IYAR, THE | FELDMAN, EMANUEL | ADELINE TOPK | THE DRAMATIC, EMOTIONAL DAY-TO-DAY JOURNAL OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY IN ISRAEL DURING THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. CAPTURES THEIR FEAR, AGONY, AND DESPAIR, AS WELL AS THEIR JOY, TRIUMPH, AND LAUGHTER. | |
BR | 3769 | HOLY CITY, THE | JEWS ON JERUSALEM | HATTZ, AVRAHAM, EDITOR | SELECTIONS FROM JEWISH LITERATURE SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 3771 | BENYA KRIK, THE GANGSTER AND OTHER STORIES | BABEL, ISAAC | ROSE GOLDSTE | SHORT STORIES BY BABEL ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN RUSSIAN VILLAGES. | |
BR | 3773 | MEN AT THE CROSSROADS | COHON, BERYL D | WRITTEN BY A RABBI WHO FOCUSES ON THE FIRST CENTURY OF THE COMMON ERA, THIS BOOK SKETCHES KEY PERSONALITIES WHO STOOD AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN JERUSALEM AND ROME -SYNAGOGUE AND CHURCH. AMONG THE INDIVIDUALS DISCUSSED ARE HEROD, HILLEL AND SHAMMAI, JOHN THE BAPTIST, JESUS, PAUL, JOSEPHUS, YOCHANAN BEN ZAKKAI, AND AKIBA. | ||
BR | 3774 | WHO? ME? | MATMOR, YORAM | A NOVEL ABOUT A PICARESQUE HERO WHO GOES THROUGH LIFE, ENCOUNTERING EVENTS IN RECENT JEWISH HISTORY SINCE WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 3775 | SO YOUNG TO BE A RABBI | THE EDUCATION OF AN AMERICAN CLERG | ELKINS, DOV PERETZ | MARJORIE ASC | THE AUTHOR, WHO BECAME A RABBI AT THE AGE OF 26, DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCES AS A RABBINICAL STUDENT AND HOW HE WAS INSPIRED BY THE BIBLE AT AN EARLY AGE. |
BR | 3776 | ABOUT THE B'NAI BAGELS | KONIGSBURG, E.L. | HELEN ASCHER | A STORY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF A LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM SPONSORED BY B'NAI BRITH. | |
BR | 3777 | FATHERS, THE | ACCORDING TO RABBI NATHAN | GOLDIN, JUDAH | THROUGH MAXIMS, COMMENTS, PARABLES AND STORIES, THIS BOOK GIVES INSIGHT INTO THE FOLKLORE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3778 | HOW CAN A JEW SPEAK OF FAITH TODAY? | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | MIRIAM BENDE | A BOOK ON FAITH AND THEOLOGY WRITTEN IN UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE, DIRECTED TO THE THOUGHTFUL READER. THIS BOOK IS THE COMPANION PIECE TO 'NEW JEWISH THEOLOGY IN THE MAKING.' | |
BR | 3780 | SECRET OF GONEN, THE | SAMUELS, GERTRUDE | PORTRAIT OF A KIBBUTZ ON THE SYRIAN BORDER DURING THE SIX-DAY WAR. RECAPTURES THE EMOTIONS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN LIVING 'UNDER THE BROW OF THE SYRIAN HILLS.' | ||
BR | 3782 | JEW IN AMERICAN POLITICS, THE | WEYL, NATHANIEL | AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF AMERICAN JEWISH POLITICAL BEHAVIOR. | ||
BR | 3783 | JUDAIC HERITAGE, THE | ITS TEACHINGS, PHILOSOPHY AND SYMB | BRASCH, R. | THIS BOOK DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS JUDAISM IN SIMPLE TERMS FOR MODERN READERS. | |
BR | 3784 | MAN AND HIS DEEDS | SPERBER, MANES | MARTIN HOFFM | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WRITTEN BY EUROPEAN PSYCHOLOGIST SPERBER, ABOUT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MADE THEIR MARK ON CIVILIZATION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 3785 | ISRAELIS AND JEWS | THE CONTINUITY OF AN IDENTITY | HERMAN, SIMON N. | A REPORT ON A STUDY OF THE SENSE OF JEWISH IDENTITY IN A SAMPLING OF JEWISH STUDENTS IN ISRAELI HIGH SCHOOLS BY A NOTED PROFESSOR OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 3787 | FAITH OF A HASSID, THE | LIPSCHITZ, MAX A. | THE HISTORY OF HASIDISM AND ITS FOUNDER, THE BAAL SHEM TOV, AND THE WORKS OF OTHER HASIDIC RABBIS. | ||
BR | 3788 | WINESKIN AND THE WIZARD, THE | SELZER, MICHAEL | AN EXAMINATION OF THE 'JEWISH MYSTIQUE': THE JEW'S PERSONAL RAPPORT WITH GOD, THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NON-JEWISH WORLD, AND THE MORAL TEACHINGS HANDED DOWN BY THE BIBLICAL PROPHETS. | ||
BR | 3789 | FIRST MILLION SABRAS, THE | A PORTRAIT OF THE NATIVE BORN ISRA | RUSSCOL, HERBERT & MARGALIT BANAI | ADELINE MARE | THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUDY OF NATIVE-BORN ISRAELIS, WHO ARE OFTEN CALLED 'SABRAS,' AFTER THE FRUIT OF THE CACTUS PLANT WHICH IS HARD AND PRICKLY ON THE OUTSIDE BUT SOFT AND SWEET ON THE INSIDE. |
BR | 3790 | IN THE BUNKERS OF SINAI | THE DRAMA OF LIFE AND DEATH ON THE | SHERMAN, ARNOLD | IN THIS MOVING ACCOUNT, THE AUTHOR TELLS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR THE ISRAELI SOLDIERS TO LIVE IN THE UNDERGROUND BUNKERS ALONG THE SUEZ CANAL. | |
BR | 3791 | FOLK TALES OF ISRAEL | NOY, DOV, ED. TRANSLATED BY GENE BA | JANE N. WEIS | A SELECTION OF JEWISH FOLK TALES ON BOTH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR THEMES. | |
BR | 3792 | OTHER SANDALS | WATSON, SALLY | AURELIA MINT | DEVRA AND HER ISRAELI COUSIN, EYTAN, EXCHANGE PLACES DURING THE SUMMER. THEY LEARN ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR LIVES AND HAVE MANY EXCITING ADVENTURES. | |
BR | 3793 | AVENGERS, THE | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | AN ACCOUNT OF THE AVENGERS WHO PURSUED NAZI WAR CRIMINALS TO SPAIN, SAUDI ARABIA, AND SOUTH AMERICA. COMPRISED OF INTERVIEWS AND UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS. | ||
BR | 3794 | LEGENDS OF THE HASIDIM | AN INTRODUCTION TO HASIDIC CULTURE | MINTZ, JEROME R. | MRS. ROBERT | THIS IS A STUDY OF THE HASIDIC COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK DESCRIBING ITS CULTURE, WAY OF LIFE, ATTITUDES, AND RELATIONSHIPS. |
BR | 3796 | FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE JEWS, THE | HERTZBERG, ARTHUR | AN EXAMINATION OF HOW THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FOUNDERS OF THE 'MODERN SPIRIT,' VOLTAIRE AND DIDEROT, PROVIDED THE PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS FOR ANTI-SEMITISM IN LATER TIMES. | ||
BR | 3798 | MIRIAM LIVES ON A KIBBUTZ | EDWARDSON, CORDELIA | THE STORY OF COMMUNAL LIFE ON A KIBBUTZ IN ISRAEL AND HOW MIRIAM ADJUSTS TO IT. | ||
BR | 3799 | BECOMING OF RUTH, THE | MC MURRAY, NANCY | THE BIOGRAPHY OF A CHRISTIAN GIRL WHO REALIZES THAT HER BELIEFS ARE CLOSER TO JUDAISM THAN TO THE FAITH OF HER PARENTS. | ||
BR | 3800 | KAFKA VERSUS KAFKA | CARROUGES, MICHEL | A STUDY OF THE LIFE OF KAFKA, AND THE COMPLEXITIES AND CONTRADICTIONS INHERENT IN HIS WRITING. WRITTEN BY THE FRENCH LITERARY CRITIC. | ||
BR | 3801 | BIRTH OF THE ISRAEL AIR FORCE, THE | JACOBS, MONTY | A TRUE STORY, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE, WHICH CAME INTO BEING DURING THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. | ||
BR | 3802 | JANOWSKA ROAD, THE | WELLS, LEON W. | CORINNE SHAF | THIS EYE-WITNESS REPORT OF LIFE DURING THE NAZI PERSECUTIONS SERVES AS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT OF THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD. | |
BR | 3805 | VISION AND FAITH | COHON, RABBI BERYL D. | SIX ALTERNATE THEMES FOR CONFIRMATION SERVICES FOR JEWISH CONGREGATIONS. | ||
BR | 3807 | DE GAULLE, ISRAEL AND THE JEWS | ARON, RAYMOND | AURELIA MINT | AN ANALYSIS BY A FRENCH SOCIOLOGIST AND POLITICAL THEORIST OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT AND DE GAULLE'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THIS PROBLEM. | |
BR | 3808 | JEWS AND BLACKS | THE CLASSIC AMERICAN MINORITIES | HALPERN, BEN | ALYCE POLLAC | AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE AND HISTORY OF JEWISH LIBERALISM IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND BLACKS. |
BR | 3809 | CHILDREN OF THE EMEK, THE | BRAVERMAN, LIBBIE L. | THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF TWO CHILDREN OF THE NEW JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN NAHALAL, A WORKER'S COOPERATIVE IN ISRAEL, APPROPRIATE FOR GRADES 8-10. | ||
BR | 3810 | PLOTKIN'S PYRAMID | KENT, MALCOLM | IN ORDER TO GIVE TANGIBLE FORM TO THE MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS LIFE, MORRIS PLOTKIN DECIDES TO CONSTRUCT HIS OWN CRYPT, A LARGE PYRAMID IN FAR ROCKAWAY. | ||
BR | 3811 | SPY FROM ISRAEL, THE | DAN, BEN | A CLOAK AND DAGGER SPY STORY BASED ON THE LIFE OF ELIE COHEN, WHO SERVED AS AN UNDERCOVER AGENT FOR ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE IN THE EARLY 1960'S. | ||
BR | 3812 | MEANING OF JUDAISM, THE | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B. | MARY PERLOW | RABBI GITTELSOHN DISCUSSES THE VALUES AND BELIEFS WHICH ARE THE ESSENCE OF JUDAISM. AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE PRACTICES, ETHICS, HOLIDAYS, WRITINGS, AND HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | |
BR | 3813 | KEY OF GOLD | SCHOONOVER, LAWRENCE | RITA KLEEBLA | A NOVEL ABOUT THE PHYSICIANS OF THE HOUSE OF BARUCH WHO WITHSTOOD PERSECUTION, PRACTICED THEIR PROFESSION, AND TREATED MANY OF THE WELL-KNOWN MEN OF THEIR TIMES. | |
BR | 3815 | CRIME OF CHRISTENDOM, THE | BRATTEN, FRED GLADSTONE | THE AUTHOR, A CONGREGATIONAL MINISTER, UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, AND LECTURER, CONSIDERS THE THEOLOGICAL BASES FOR CHRISTIAN ANTI-SEMITISM. | ||
BR | 3816 | MIND OF ONE PIECE, A | UROFSKY, MELVIN I. | SEVEN ESSAYS ON THE LIFE AND PHILOSOPHY OF LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, THE NOTED JURIST AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. | ||
BR | 3817 | FROM TOKYO TO JERUSALEM | KOTSUJI, ABRAHAM | RUBELLE SCHA | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JAPANESE CONVERT TO JUDAISM WHO RELATES THE STORY OF HIS JOURNEY FROM SHINTOISM TO THE WORLD OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM. | |
BR | 3822 | IF ISRAEL LOST THE WAR | CHESNOFF, RICHARD Z., EDWARD KLEIN & | S. ROTH/RENE | A FICTIONAL VERSION OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HAD ISRAEL NOT BEEN VICTORIOUS IN THE SIX-DAY WAR AND THE EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE HAD ON JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. | |
BR | 3823 | ABDUCTION | KUMIN, MAXINE | A NOVEL OF PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE PRESENT BY SIFTING THROUGH THE PAST. | ||
BR | 3824 | WINTER TWILIGHT | ANGOFF, CHARLES | THE EIGHTH NOVEL IN THE SAGA OF THE POLANSKY FAMILY AND THEIR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 3825 | ISAAC M. WISE | HIS LIFE, WORK AND THOUGHT | HELLER, JAMES G. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NINETEEN-CENTURY RABBI WHO WAS A FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH REFORM MOVEMENT, AND INFLUENCED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICA JEWS. | |
BR | 3827 | JUSTICE AND JUDAISM | VORSPAN, ALBERT & LIPMAN, EUGENE J. | MIRIAM BENDE | A SOCIOLOGICAL WORK ON THE THEME OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN JUDAISM. | |
BR | 3828 | SOURCE, THE | MICHENER, JAMES A. | IRA NEWMAN | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND, MORE BROADLY, WESTERN CIVILIZATION. | |
BR | 3829 | THRESHOLDS | STRAUS, DOROTHEA | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DOROTHEA STRAUS, WHO GREW UP IN NEW YORK AND BECAME THE WIFE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PUBLISHING FIRM OF FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX. | ||
BR | 3830 | EAGLE AND THE DOVE, THE | SOLOMON, RUTH FREEMAN | A LOVE STORY SET IN CZARIST RUSSIA WHICH PAINTS A VIVID PORTRAIT OF JEWISH AND SLAVIC LIFE. | ||
BR | 3831 | ALL THE FURIOUS BATTLES | THE SAGA OF ISRAEL'S ARMY | WERSTEIN, IRVING | CORRINE M. G | A HISTORY OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES, FROM ITS INCEPTION IN THE YEARS BEFORE STATEHOOD TO ITS DEVELOPMENT INTO A MODERN MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. |
BR | 3832 | JEWS OF AUSTRIA, THE | ESSAYS ON THE LIFE, HISTORY AND DE | FRAENKEL, JOSEPH | COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY LEADING SCHOLARS WHO EXAMINE THE CULTURAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF AUSTRIAN JEWRY FROM ALL POINTS OF REFERENCE. | |
BR | 3833 | SIX DAY WAR, THE | CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S. & CHURCHILL, | MRS. SAMUEL | A MILITARY PERSPECTIVE AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3834 | TWENTY-ONE STORIES | AGNON, S. Y. | AGNON'S SHORT STORIES REVEAL HIS MODERNITY, HIS CONCERN WITH THE HELPLESS NON-HEROIC MAN IN CLEAR FOCUS. CONTENT AND FORM, THEME AND STYLE ALIKE CONVEY THE MESSAGE OF ENIGMA AND PARADOX, AND OF GOALS PERCEIVED, INTUITED, BUT RARELY, IF EVER, REACHED. | ||
BR | 3835 | GREAT 20TH CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS | MARTIN, BERNARD, ED. | THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THREE PROMINENT PHILOSOPHERS AND THINKERS: MARTIN BUBER, FRANZ ROSENZWEIG, AND LEV SHESTOV. | ||
BR | 3836 | THREE CASES OF SHOMRI SHOMAR, THE | KLINGER, HENRY | A TRIO OF FULL-LENGTH MYSTERY NOVELS INVOLVING AN ISRAELI DETECTIVE. | ||
BR | 3837 | LAST OF ELLMAN, THE | NASH, JAMES E. | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT AN ELDERLY JEWISH MAN AND HIS UNCONVENTIONAL LIFESTYLE. | ||
BR | 3838 | RED ORCHESTRA, THE | PERRAULT, GUILLES | THE STORY OF THE RUSSIAN SPY NETWORKS WHICH OPERATED AGAINST THE GERMANS IN OCCUPIED FRANCE, HOLLAND, AND BELGIUM, LED BY LEOPOLD TREPPER, A POLISH JEW. | ||
BR | 3840 | CONFRONTATION, THE | GELTMAN, MAX | ARLENE RICHA | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE ROOTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WITH THE JEW SEEN AS BENEFACTOR AND SUPPORTER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, AS SLUMLORD AND EXPLOITER IN BLACK COMMUNITIES. | |
BR | 3841 | PEDLOCK SAINT, PEDLOCK SINNER | LONGSTREET, STEPHEN | MURIEL HELLE | THIS BOOK, THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THE SAGA OF THE PEDLOCK FAMILY, PORTRAYS JEWISH LIFE AND SYNAGOGUE INTRIGUE. | |
BR | 3842 | IN THE REIGN OF PEACE | HISSENSON, HUGH | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES DEALING WITH MAN'S EXILE FROM GOD AND HIS QUEST FOR REDEMPTION, FOCUSING ON THE 20TH CENTURY JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3843 | LINES ON LIFE | ROSENBERG, STUART E. | SHORT INSPIRATIONAL AND PERCEPTIVE COMMENTS ON THE PROBLEMS AND SITUATIONS WHICH CONFRONT US IN OUR DAILY LIVES. | ||
BR | 3845 | DAVID'S SLING | THE ARMING OF ISRAEL | PERES, SHIMON | SYLVIA M. FR | AN ACCOUNT OF ISRAEL'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER ARAB NEIGHBORS, AS TOLD FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE MAN WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ISRAEL'S DEFENSE. |
BR | 3846 | TIME WAS | BERCZELLER, RICHARD | ANECDOTES ABOUT THE LIFE OF A YOUNG VIENNESE MEDICAL STUDENT AND HIS YEARS AS A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER, SERVING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF A SMALL TOWN PRIOR TO THE INVASION OF AUSTRIA BY THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 3847 | COME FROM THE FOUR WINDS | PINCUS, CHASYA | THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE STORY OF THE YOUTH ALIYAH MOVEMENT WHICH BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ISRAEL TO HELP BUILD THE JEWISH HOMELAND. INCLUDES PERSONAL STORIES OF SOME OF YOUTH ALIYAH'S GRADUATES. | ||
BR | 3848 | COMMENTARIES ON THE PENTATEUCH | RASHI | PEARL, CHAIM, TRANS. | BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION FROM THE MEDIEVAL COMMENTATOR. | |
BR | 3849 | BECH | A BOOK | UPDIKE, JOHN | C. GUTFLEISC | SEVEN TALES ABOUT THE FICTITIOUS HENRY BECH, 'A MODERATELY WELL-KNOWN JEWISH WRITER,' WHOSE EXPERIENCES ILLUSTRATE THE PLIGHT OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST. |
BR | 3850 | JEWS IN THEIR LAND, THE | BEN GURION, DAVID | VERA LEHRMAN | A HISTORY OF JEWS AND JUDAISM IN RELATION TO THE HOLY LAND, WRITTEN BY THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3851 | SPECIALTIES OF THE HOUSE | HADASSAH STYLE | JAMAICA CHAPTER OF HADASSAH | A JEWISH COOKBOOK WITH A SPECIAL SECTION DEVOTED TO FAVORITE RECIPES OF VARIOUS CELEBRITIES. | |
BR | 3852 | RELIGION OF THE SEMITES, THE | THE FUNDAMENTAL INSTITUTIONS | SMITH, W. ROBERTSON | A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS, DEALING WITH THE BELIEFS AND CONCEPTS OF THE CIVILIZATIONS OF THE NEAR EAST. | |
BR | 3853 | LONELY SEARCH, THE | SCHWARZ, MIRIAM | ESTHER L. AR | A POIGNANT NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH GIRL, RAISED IN AN ORTHODOX ENVIRONMENT, WHO ABANDONS HER FAMILY FOR AN ARAB LOVER AND FLEES TO A KIBBUTZ TO HAVE HIS CHILD. | |
BR | 3854 | ROSE RABBI, THE | STERN, DANIEL | LILLIAN GLIX | A NOVEL ABOUT A FORMER RABBINICAL STUDENT AND MUSICIAN WHO SERVES AS THE 'ETHICAL ADVISOR' TO AN ADVERTISING AGENCY, AND WHO TRIES TO RECAPTURE AND UNDERSTAND THE PAST. | |
BR | 3855 | JEWISH WAY IN DEATH AND MOURNING, THE | LAMM, MAURICE | MRS. MARTIN | A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE JEWISH RITUALS SURROUNDING DEATH, INCLUDING PREPARATION OF THE BODY, THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL, AS WELL AS THE OBSERVANCES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE MOURNERS. | |
BR | 3856 | HEBREW IMPACT ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION, THE | RUNES, DAGOBERT D. | A SERIES OF ESSAYS THAT REFLECT JUDAISM'S MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN MAN. | ||
BR | 3857 | CULTURE AND JUDAISM | ULLMAN, S.B. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING CREATION, NATURE, MAN, AND EDUCATION. | ||
BR | 3858 | GOLDEN BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR, THE | GOLDEN, HARRY | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HUMOROUS STORIES AND ESSAYS IN WHICH THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES MOTHERHOOD, SHOW BUSINESS, ASSIMILATION, AND OTHER TOPICS OF INTEREST. | ||
BR | 3860 | RED TOWERS OF GRANADA, THE | TREASE, GEOFFREY | BARBARA COHE | A HISTORICAL NOVEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT A BOY'S ADVENTURES IN ENGLAND AND IN MEDIEVAL SPAIN. | |
BR | 3861 | HAMMER ON THE ROCK | A MIDRASH READER | GLATZER, NAHUM N. | SARENE MEYER | A SELECTION OFFERING SOME 200 REPRESENTATIVE PASSAGES WHICH SERVE AS A TANTALIZING INTRODUCTION TO TALMUDIC LORE. |
BR | 3862 | MYTH AND LEGEND IN ANCIENT ISRAEL | RAPPOPORT, ANGELO S. & RAPHAEL PATAI | THE FIRST VOLUME OF A TRILOGY WHICH DEALS WITH JEWISH FOLKLORE AND HEBREW MYTHOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE AGES. | ||
BR | 3863 | BRICHAH | FLIGHT AND RESCUE | BAUER, YEHUDA | A SYMPATHETIC NARRATIVE OF THOSE WHO FLED EASTERN EUROPE OF 1944-48 TO LIVE IN ISRAEL-AN EPIC OF ESCAPE TO LIFE, RATHER THAN THE MELODRAMA OF ESCAPE FROM DEATH. | |
BR | 3864 | LIVING ON THE DEAD | MEGGED, AHARON | A NOVEL DEALING WITH THE LIFE OF AN ISRAELI HERO. BY MEANS OF RESEARCH ON HIS LIFE, THE STORY REVEALS THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN GENERATIONS, THEIR ADJUSTMENTS AND IDEOLOGIES. | ||
BR | 3865 | NEGEV, THE | THE CHALLENGE OF A DESERT | EVENARI, MICHAEL & LESLIE SHANAN & N | A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE IN THE DESERT AND HOW A BARREN LAND WAS TURNED INTO A FERTILE OASIS. | |
BR | 3866 | BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY AND DEUTERO-ISAIAH, THE | KAUFMANN, YEHEZKEL | THIS BOOK IS PART OF THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE SCHOLARLY WORK, 'TOLDOT HA-EMUNAH HA-YISRAELIT' ('THE HISTORY OF THE RELIGION OF ISRAEL'). TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW, THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE WRITINGS OF DEUTERO-ISAIAH AND PROVIDES A CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE BABYLONIAN EXILE AND OF THE PERSIAN PERIOD. | ||
BR | 3867 | BETWEEN THE LINES OF THE BIBLE | A MODERN COMMENTARY ON THE 613 COM | GOLDSTEIN, HERBERT | THIS BOOK OFFERS A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF BIBLICAL PROCLAMATIONS. | |
BR | 3868 | SMALL TOWN KID WENT TO SHUL, A | AND OTHER STORIES | DEUTSCHMAN, BEN | A HUMOROUS COLLECTION OF REMINISCENCES OF A YOUNG JEWISH BOY. | |
BR | 3869 | JEWS WITHOUT MONEY | GOLD, MICHAEL | THE CLASSIC AMERICAN NOVEL OF URBAN SOCIAL PROTEST, WHICH TAKES FOR ITS THEME THE LIVES OF THE TENEMENT POOR DURING THE TRYING TIMES OF THE DEPRESSION. | ||
BR | 3870 | IN PRAISE OF YIDDISH | SAMUEL, MAURICE | A BOOK GEARED TOWARD THE STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE. WRITTEN WITH AUTHORITY AND GRACE BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 3871 | WALLS OF ISRAEL, THE | A STUDY OF THE ISRAELI ARMED FORCE | LARTEGUY, JEAN | A FASCINATING STUDY OF THE ISRAELI ARMED FORCES WRITTEN BY A JOURNALIST WHO JOINED THEM IN THEIR OPERATION, LIVED WITH THEM AND GOT TO KNOW THEM. | |
BR | 3873 | MASTER OF MIRACLE, THE | ISH-KISHOR, SHULAMITH | THE STORY OF A RABBI, A YOUNG BOY, AND A GOLEM WHICH TAKES PLACE IN 16TH CENTURY PRAGUE. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 3874 | SCHLEMIEL AS METAPHOR, THE | STUDIES IN THE YIDDISH AND AMERICA | PINSKER, SANFORD | JANE N. WEIS | THE FIRST BOOK-LENGTH STUDY OF THE SCHLEMIEL IN RECENT AMERICAN-JEWISH FICTION. AN AMUSING STUDY OF THIS COMIC CHARACTER AND THE WAYS IN WHICH JEWISH WRITERS HAVE MADE USE OF HIM IN THEIR WORK. |
BR | 3875 | SOUND OF BOW BELLS, THE | WEIDMAN, JEROME | A NOVEL OF THE WORLD OF MANHATTAN BOOK PUBLISHING IN WHICH THE AMBITIOUS PROTAGONIST MUST COME TO TERMS WITH HIS JEWISH BACKGROUND. | ||
BR | 3877 | FORGED IN FURY | ELKINS, MICHAEL | A WELL-DOCUMENTED ACCOUNT OF THE JEWISH MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WHO FOUGHT TO SURVIVE IN WORLD WAR II AND THEIR CONTINUED FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL AFTER THE WAR. | ||
BR | 3878 | JEWS AND FREEMASONS IN EUROPE, 1723-1939 | KATZ, JACOB | EXPLORATION OF THE ADMISSION OF JEWS INTO THE RANKS OF FREE MASONS IN EUROPE DURING THE YEARS OF 1723 TO 1939. | ||
BR | 3880 | TRAVELER IN TWO WORLDS, A | HINDUS, MAURICE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRE-WORLD WAR I JEWISH IMMIGRANT FROM CZARIST RUSSIA WHO TRANSFERRED HIS LOVE OF FARMING FROM BELORUSSIA TO YANKEE FARMING IN UPPER NEW YORK STATE. | ||
BR | 3881 | CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE | FORMAN, JAMES | THE STORY OF A BROTHER AND SISTER, STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH, WHO DELIBERATELY CHOOSE MARTYRDOM AS A WAY OF CRITICIZING THEIR RACIST GOVERNMENT. BASED ON A TRUE STORY. | ||
BR | 3882 | SPY FOR GOD, A | THE ORDEAL OF KURT GERSTEIN | JOFFREY, PIERRE TRANSLATED BY NORM | THE STORY OF KURT GERSTEIN, AN SS OFFICIAL WHO TRIED TO INFORM THE WORLD ABOUT THE MASS MURDERS OF JEWS WHICH HE WITNESSED IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. HE WAS CONSIDERED A TRAITOR IN THE EYES OF HIS NAZI COMRADES AND WAS MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED. | |
BR | 3883 | MAY THIS HOUSE BE SAFE FROM TIGERS | KING, ALEXANDER | AN AMUSING, BIOGRAPHICAL LOOK AT THE AUTHOR'S WORLD. | ||
BR | 3884 | KUZARI, THE | HALEVI, YEHUDAH | A PHILOSOPHIC WORK, WRITTEN IN 1167, DESIGNED AS A DIALOGUE IN DEFENSE OF JUDAISM, BASED ON THE STORY OF THE CONVERSION TO JUDAISM OF THE KHAZARS AND THEIR KING IN 740 C.E. HALEVI IS FAMOUS AS THE FOREMOST HEBREW POET OF THE SPANISH PERIOD OF JEWISH LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 3885 | BLACK YEARS OF SOVIET JEWRY, THE | 1939-1953 | GILBOA, YEHOSHUA A. | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION DURING THE 'BLACK YEARS,' THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1939 AND 1953 WHEN JEWS AND JEWISH CULTURE WERE ALMOST ENTIRELY WIPED OUT. | |
BR | 3886 | RECKONING, THE | ELMAN, RICHARD M. | ELLEN JAKOBS | THE THIRD, AND FINAL, NOVEL IN A SERIES ABOUT AN EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH FAMILY IN THE DAYS PRECEDING THE NAZI HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 3887 | ARCHITECTS OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM | PARZEN, HERBERT | A STUDY OF THE FOUNDERS OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM, DESCRIBING THEIR PHILOSOPHY AND THEIR STRUGGLES TO REALIZE THEIR IDEALS. | ||
BR | 3888 | HEAR O ISRAEL ABOUT LEARNING | CONE, MOLLY | A SHORT WORK FOR YOUNG CHILDREN ON THE MEANING OF BEING A JEW, STRESSING THE WORDS OF THE SHEMA AS A CREDO. | ||
BR | 3890 | AMEN | THE DIARY OF RABBI MARTIN SIEGEL | SIEGEL, MARTIN, RABBI | A DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF A SUBURBAN RABBI IN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. | |
BR | 3891 | GRAVEDIGGER'S FUNERAL | ARENT, ARTHUR | MARCIA MARKE | A NOVEL ABOUT A NON-OBSERVANT/SECULAR JEW AND HIS DEALINGS WITH THE NEO-NAZI PARTY IN WEST GERMANY. | |
BR | 3892 | JEWISH WIFE, THE | SCHWARTZ, GWEN GIBSON & BARBARA WYDE | RUBELLE SCHA | A STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE JEWISH WIFE INTENDED TO CHANGE THE IMAGE PORTRAYED IN SOME POPULAR NOVELS. | |
BR | 3893 | MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER | FORMAN, JAMES | BETTY WILK | THE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH SURVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST WHO SEEKS PEACE AND ROOTS IN ISRAEL, BUT FINDS HIMSELF CAUGHT UP IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. | |
BR | 3894 | PHOENIX OVER THE GALILEE | KA-TZETNIK 135633 | SALO MINKIN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL WHICH DESCRIBES THE ANGUISH SUFFERED BY THE AUTHOR IN AUSCHWITZ AND THE INSPIRATION HE DERIVED FROM ISRAEL. THE PROTAGONIST, A REFUGEE FROM THE CAMPS, FINDS PERSONAL SALVATION THROUGH HIS BRIDE, GALILEA, WHO REPRESENTS THE HOPES AND THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY LAND. | |
BR | 3895 | FORESTS OF THE NIGHT | ARNOLD, ELLIOTT | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEW, SUFFERING FROM THE GUILT OF HAVING PARTICIPATED IN AN RAF RAID ON A GERMAN CITY, WHO RETURNS TO GERMANY TO DISCOVER HOW HIS MOTHER DIED. | ||
BR | 3896 | BAR-KOCHBA | YADIN, YIGAEL | THE ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGIST RECOUNTS THE STORY OF THE 1960-1961 EXCAVATIONS NEAR THE DEAD SEA WHICH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE LETTERS OF BAR-KOCHBA, THE JEWISH GENERAL WHO LED THE REVOLT AGAINST THE ROMANS IN THE FIRST CENTURY C.E. | ||
BR | 3897 | ISRAELIS, THE | FOUNDERS AND SONS | ELON, AMOS | PATRICIA B. | AN OBJECTIVE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISRAELI MIND AND A PENETRATING ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL'S SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL LIFE. |
BR | 3898 | BIBLE AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST | DE VAUX, ROLAND | A SELECTION OF ESSAYS GEARED TO UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL, THEOLOGY, BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, AND A COMPARISON OF THE RELIGIONS IN THE NEAR EAST. | ||
BR | 3900 | BYZANTINE JEWRY | FROM JUSTINIAN TO THE FOURTH CRUSA | SHARF, ANDREW | A STUDY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BYZANTIUM AND THE ANTI-SEMITIC RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON THEM, FROM ROMAN TIMES TO THE GREEK AND TURKISH COMMUNITIES OF THE 15TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 3902 | NOT SO RANDOM THOUGHTS | KAPLAN, MORDECAI M. | A COLLECTION OF APHORISMS AND THOUGHTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 3903 | GOLDEN GHETTO, THE | GERSON, NOEL B. | A FAST-PACED NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF CONTEMPORARY FILM MAKERS WHO ARE PRODUCING UNDERGROUND FILMS. | ||
BR | 3904 | PEOPLE I HAVE LOVED, KNOWN OR ADMIRED | ROSTEN, LEO | BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS AND PERSONAL REMEMBRANCES AS WELL AS ESSAYS ON WELL-KNOWN HISTORICAL FIGURES. | ||
BR | 3905 | DANIEL DERONDA | ELIOT, GEORGE | WRITTEN IN THE LATE 1800S BEFORE THE RISE OF POLITICAL ZIONISM, THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST NOVELS TO ESPOUSE JEWISH NATIONALISM. IN HER STUDY OF A GIFTED JEW TORN BETWEEN HIS LOYALTIES TO ENGLAND AND HIS DEFENSE OF JEWISH NATIONALISM, ELIOT SET OUT TO PORTRAY THE CONFLICTED DUAL EXISTENCE OF MANY ENGLISH JEWS. | ||
BR | 3906 | COUSINHOOD, THE | BERMANT, CHAIM | A BIOGRAPHY OF PROMINENT JEWISH FAMILIES INCLUDING THE ROTHSCHILDS, THE WARBURGS, THE SAMUELS, AND THE SASSOONS. | ||
BR | 3907 | LORD READING | THE LIFE OF RUFUS ISAACS, FIRST MA | MONTGOMERY, HUGH H. | ESTHER L. AR | A BIOGRAPHY OF RUFUS ISAACS, THE FIRST COMMONER SINCE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TO BECOME A MARQUIS. ISAACS WAS ALSO THE FIRST JEW IN ENGLAND TO RISE FROM ADVOCATE AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT TO THE POSTS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, AND VICEROY OF INDIA. |
BR | 3908 | SWORD OF THE GOLEM, THE | ROTHBERG, ABRAHAM | JANET FRANZE | A NOVEL ABOUT A MAN-MADE GIANT CREATED TO SAVE HIS PEOPLE BUT DESTINED TO BECOME THEIR SCOURGE AND VICTIM. | |
BR | 3909 | HEROD THE GREAT | GRANT, MICHAEL | A BIOGRAPHY OF KING HEROD, MARKING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ALSO THE FAILURES DURING HIS REIGN. | ||
BR | 3911 | TEMPLE BEYOND TIME | THE STORY OF THE SITE OF SOLOMON'S | KLEIN, MINA C. & ARTHUR KLEIN | THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM AS A FOCAL POINT IN JEWISH HISTORY. | |
BR | 3913 | UNDERSTANDING GENESIS - BOOK ONE | THE HERITAGE OF BIBLICAL ISRAEL | SARNA, NAHUM M. | A PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARY ON THE EVENTS OF CREATION AS RECOUNTED IN THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 3914 | MIDDLE EAST POLITICS | THE MILITARY DIMENSION | HUREWITZ, J. C. | AN EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF THE ARAB AND ISRAELI MILITARIES. | |
BR | 3915 | WICKED CITY, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A RETELLING OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF LOT, ABRAHAM'S NEPHEW, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE IMMORAL CITY OF SODOM. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 3916 | EMINENT AMERICAN JEWS | 1776 TO THE PRESENT | MADISON, CHARLES | A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES OF JEWISH AMERICANS, FROM HAYM SOLOMON TO ROBERT OPPENHEIMER, WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SOCIETY AND THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. | |
BR | 3917 | CONFRONTATIONS WITH JUDAISM | LONGWORTH, PHILIP | THIS SYMPOSIUM PROBES THE SPLIT BETWEEN TRADITIONALISTS AND OUTSIDERS. IT CONFRONTS SOME OF THE AREAS OF STRESS FOR THE MODERN JEW: THE JEWISH CONCEPT OF JUSTICE; THE LAWS RELATING TO MARRIAGE, SEX AND DIVORCE; JUDAISM AND ZIONISM; THE PROBLEMS OF COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIPS; AND THE LOGIC OF JEWISH LAW. | ||
BR | 3918 | TRENDS AND ISSUES IN JEWISH SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE UNITED STATES | MORRIS, ROBERT & MICHAEL FREUND, EDI | A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JEWISH SOCIAL WELFARE AS SEEN THROUGH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF JEWISH COMMUNAL SERVICE. | ||
BR | 3919 | ST. URBAIN'S HORSEMAN | RICHLER, MORDECAI | A NOVEL ABOUT GETTING OLDER, MAKING COMPROMISES, AND MISSING CHANCES THAT WILL NEVER COME AGAIN. | ||
BR | 3920 | POPES AND THE JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THE | JUDEO-CHRISTIAN RELATIONSHIPS IN T | SYNAN, EDWARD A | A STUDY OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD INCLUDING WELL-DOCUMENTED PAPAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE JEWS. | |
BR | 3921 | JUDAISM THEORY AND PRACTICE | COHON, MERYL D. | A MODERN CLASSIC ON JEWISH PRACTICES WHICH GUIDE THE CONDUCT OF THEIR PRACTITIONERS IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 3922 | MASTERPIECES OF HEBREW LITERATURE | A TREASURY OF 200 YEARS OF HEBREW | LEVIANT, CURT, ED. | B. AHRENS/F. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF POST-BIBLICAL LITERATURE EMANATING FROM SUCH CENTERS OF JEWISH CREATIVITY AS SPAIN, BABYLONIA, NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, FRANCE, AND GERMANY. SPANNING THE YEARS FROM THE 4TH CENTURY B.C.E. TO THE 1700S, EACH EXCERPT IS PRECEDED BY A CLEAR, CONCISE COMMENTARY. |
BR | 3923 | EMBASSIES IN CRISIS | DIPLOMATS AND DEMAGOGUES BEHIND TH | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | AN ISRAELI CORRESPONDENT RECREATES BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACTIVITIES IN THE EMBASSIES, ON THE BATTLEFIELDS, AND IN THE WORLD CAPITALS DURING THE JUNE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 3924 | BORDER KIBBUTZ | GORKIN, MICHAEL | THE STORY OF POST-WAR KIBBUTZ LIFE IN ISRAEL, FOCUSING ON THE TENSION AND HARDSHIPS OF BORDER SETTLEMENTS. | ||
BR | 3925 | MARTIN BUBER | AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT | HODES, AUBREY | THE LIFE STORY AND PHILOSOPHICAL TEACHINGS OF MARTIN BUBER. WRITTEN BY A FRIEND. | |
BR | 3926 | FAKING IT | GREEN, GERALD | A NOVEL WHICH DEALS WITH RUSSIAN SPIES, THE CIA, AND ISRAELI AGENTS. | ||
BR | 3927 | STUDIES IN THE WEEKLY SIDRA | 5720 ANNUAL | LEIBOWITZ, NEHAMA | A COLLECTION OF THE TRANSCRIPTIONS OF THIS NOTED BIBLICAL SCHOLAR'S WEEKLY RADIO PROGRAM ON THE TORAH PORTION PRESENTED IN 5720. | |
BR | 3929 | ENCOUNTER WITH THE MIDDLE EAST | BURDETT, WINSTON | A REPORT ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND ARABS AS SEEN BY THE NOTED RADIO COMMENTATOR. | ||
BR | 3930 | DEAR ISRAELIS, DEAR ARABS | A WORKING APPROACH TO PEACE | FISHER, ROGER | A COLLECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO INDIVIDUALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. | |
BR | 3931 | SHAPING OF JEWISH HISTORY, THE | A RADICAL NEW INTERPRETATION | RIVKIN, ELLIS | A SUMMARY OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. | |
BR | 3932 | PASSION OF ISRAEL, THE | WOLF, LEONARD | A DESCRIPTION OF THE TENSIONS UNDER WHICH ISRAEL LIVES IN ITS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL. | ||
BR | 3933 | INVENTION OF THE JEW, THE | SHERMAN, BERNARD | SHIRLEY PITM | A CRITICAL STUDY OF NOVELS WRITTEN BY JEWISH AUTHORS ABOUT YOUNG JEWISH BOYS, THEIR PASSAGE FROM INNOCENCE, AND THEIR REALIZATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 3934 | ALAMUT AMBUSH | PRICE, ANTHONY | A SUSPENSE STORY INVOLVING AN INFLUENTIAL ARAB AND AN ISRAELI COLONEL WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A SETTLEMENT OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. | ||
BR | 3935 | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HEBREW ESSAYS. VOL. 2 | COHEN, ISRAEL & MICHALI, B. Y. | THE SECOND VOLUME OF HEBREW ESSAYS ON TOPICS THAT INCLUDE LITERATURE, BIBLICAL THEMES, THE WRITER AND SOCIETY, AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES. | ||
BR | 3937 | CHILDREN OF THE GUILDED GHETTO | CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS OF THREE GENE | KRAMER, JUDITH & SEYMOUR LEVENTMAN | A STUDY OF THREE GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN JEWS IN A MIDWESTERN CITY, STARTING WITH THOSE WHO EMIGRATED FROM EUROPE BETWEEN 1881-1914. | |
BR | 3939 | RISE OF AMERICAN JEWISH LITERATURE, THE | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SELECTIONS FROM | ANGOFF, CHARLES & MEYER LEVIN: EDS. | SISTERHOOD | A SELECTION FROM THE NOVELS OF WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS. |
BR | 3940 | ART OF THE POSSIBLE, THE | DIPLOMATIC ALTERNATIVES IN THE MID | REISMAN, MICHAEL | RUTH ZAIMAN | A PROVOCATIVE STUDY OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE ARAB-ISRAELI IMPASSE. |
BR | 3941 | WHEN MOMMA WAS THE LANDLORD | BLAUSTEIN, ESTHER | THE JEWISH MOTHER AS LANDLORD IN NEWARK IS THE THEME OF THIS NOSTALGIC, AMUSING AND APPEALING MEMOIR. | ||
BR | 3944 | ALABASTER EGG | FREEMAN, GILLIAN | AN ALABASTER EGG LINKS THE EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF KING LUDWIG II OF BAVARIA WITH THOSE OF A JEWISH GIRL WHO SURVIVES NAZI GERMANY AND REBUILDS HER LIFE IN ENGLAND. | ||
BR | 3946 | SILENT MILLIONS, THE | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN THE SOVIE | CANG, JOEL | RUBELLE SCHA | THE AUTHOR, A JOURNALIST IN THE SOVIET UNION FOR 30 YEARS, STUDIED THE EARLY DOCUMENTS AND INTERVIEWED SCORES OF SOVIET JEWS IN ORDER TO RECORD THE ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE JEWS IN RUSSIA. |
BR | 3948 | HECK | RENEK, MORRIS | THE HUMOROUS ADVENTURES OF A BOY GROWING UP IN THE WILLIAMSBURG SECTION OF BROOKLYN. | ||
BR | 3949 | CURRENT REFORM RESPONSA | FREEHOF, SOLOMON B. | INFORMATIVE RESPONSE OF A FOREMOST REFORM RABBINIC SCHOLAR TO THE QUESTIONS OF THE AGE. | ||
BR | 3950 | GOY, THE | HARRIS, MARK | A MODERN FICTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CAST AMONG JEWS--THE STORY OF AN UPTIGHT CHRISTIAN WHO TURNS TO JUDAISM FOR WARMTH AND HUMANITY. | ||
BR | 3951 | TEACHER AND CHILD | GINOTT, HAIM | THIS BOOK TELLS TEACHERS HOW TO GET ALONG WITH THEIR STUDENTS AND EXPLORES THE PROBLEM OF THE BREAKDOWN IN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM. | ||
BR | 3952 | INN, THE | STRYIKOWSKI, JULIAN | A NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN THE SHTETL DURING WORLD WAR I. REMINISCENT OF THE WORKS OF ISAAC BABEL, SHOLEM ALEICHEM, AND ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER. | ||
BR | 3953 | GRAVE CONCERN, THE | LIEBERMAN, CHAIM | A PASSIONATE PLEA BY A YIDDISH JOURNALIST FOR UNITY AMONG JEWS AND FOR REDEDICATION TO JEWISH IDENTITY AND VALUES. | ||
BR | 3954 | SHERMANS OF MANNERVILLE, THE | ANSELL, JACK | MADELINE MAR | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH-AMERICAN FAMILY LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN IN THE SOUTH AND THEIR REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS. | |
BR | 3955 | COMMENTARY TO MISHNAH ABOTH, THE | MAIMONIDES, MOSES | THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MAIMONIDES' COMMENTARY TO THE 'ETHICS OF THE FATHERS.' | ||
BR | 3956 | LANDMARKS OF A PEOPLE, THE | A GUIDE TO JEWISH SITES IN EUROPE | POSTAL, BERNARD & SAMUEL ABRAMSON | A COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY, AND CITY-BY-CITY GUIDEBOOK OF PLACES OF JEWISH INTEREST IN EUROPE. | |
BR | 3957 | LOUIS MARSHALL | DEFENDER OF JEWISH RIGHTS | ROSENSTOCK, MORTON | AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND, THROUGH THE FOCUS OF LOUIS MARSHALL, THE NATURE OF INTERGROUP PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE JEWS IN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 3958 | TRADITION AND CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE | ESSAYS ON JEWISH THOUGHT AND LIF | JOSPE, ALFRED, ED. | AN ANALYSIS OF JEWISH TRADITION AND ITS SURVIVAL IN A FREE SOCIETY. AMONG THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE: BENJAMIN KAHN, MORDECAI KAPLAN, ERNST SIMON, IRA EISENSTEIN, WILL HERBERG, ROBERT GORDIS, AND MAURICE PEKARSKY. | |
BR | 3959 | FACE AND SHADOW | STAMPFER, JUDAH | THE AUTHOR, AN ORDAINED RABBI AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, DESCRIBES HOW CERTAIN SOCIAL GROUPS AND IDEOLOGIES BECOME POPULAR AND THEN FADE OUT. AS EXAMPLES, STAMPFER ANALYZES RUSSIAN ANTI-SEMITISM, STUDENT STRIKES, AND ASSIMILATION. | ||
BR | 3961 | MENDELSSOHNS, THE | THREE GENERATIONS OF GENIUS | KUPFERBERG, HERBERT | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER MOSES MENDELSSOHN; HIS SON, ABRAHAM, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FAMILY'S BANKING CONCERN; AND HIS GRANDSON, THE MUSICIAN AND COMPOSER, FELIX MENDELSSOHN. | |
BR | 3962 | TO AN EARLY GRAVE | MARKFIELD, WALLACE | MRS. IRVING | A JEWISH-AMERICAN NOVEL WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF BOHEMIAN JEWISH CHARACTERS. | |
BR | 3963 | POLITICS IN ISRAEL | FEIN, LEONARD | AN OBJECTIVE AND SCHOLARLY WORK ON ISRAEL'S POLITICAL BEHAVIOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FORCES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO VARIOUS POWER STRUCTURES. | ||
BR | 3964 | MONDAY THE RABBI TOOK OFF | KEMELMAN, HARRY | ONE IN A SERIES OF BOOKS ABOUT RABBI DAVID SMALL WHO UTILIZES HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE TALMUDIC METHODOLOGY KNOWN AS 'PILPUL' IN ORDER TO SOLVE MYSTERIES. THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A MYSTERY WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING A FAMILY TRIP TO JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 3966 | FOUR ESSAYS ON LIBERTY | BERLIN, ISAIAH, SIR | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT CONFORMITY, COERCION, AND THE LIMITS AND GLORIES OF FREEDOM. | ||
BR | 3967 | PAGAN RABBI AND OTHER STORIES, THE | OZICK, CYNTHIA | GLORIA GLICK | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR WHO WRITES WITH WIT, HUMOR, AND COMPASSION ABOUT THE AMERICAN-JEWISH SCENE. | |
BR | 3968 | MORRIS FISHBEIN, M.D. | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | FISHBEIN, MORRIS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JEWISH PHYSICIAN WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. | |
BR | 3971 | SILENCE OF PIUS XII, THE | FALCONI, CARLO | AN EXAMINATION OF THE REASONS WHY THE HEAD OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH FAILED TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST NAZI GENOCIDE. | ||
BR | 3972 | TIME FOR LOVING, A | TARR, HERBERT | A NOVEL BASED UPON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF KING SOLOMON. | ||
BR | 3973 | WISE GUY, SOLOMON | KISHON, EPHRAIM | A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE HUMOROUS ASPECTS OF DAILY LIFE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 3974 | JUSTICE-NOT CHARITY | A BIOGRAPHY OF HARRY GREENSTEIN | KAPLAN, LOUIS L. & THEODOR SCHUCHAT | THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE NOTED SOCIAL AND RELIEF WORKER, HARRY GREENSTEIN, AND HIS IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL CONCEPTS OF THE TIMES. | |
BR | 3975 | SO SUE ME | THE STORY OF A COMMUNITY COURT | YAFFE, JAMES | THE STORY OF THE BETH DIN, A RABBINICAL COURT, OF NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE AND THE VARIED DOMESTIC, LEGAL, AND RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS IT ADJUDICATES. | |
BR | 3976 | JESUS AND ISRAEL | ISAAC, JULES | A DISCUSSION OF THE JEWISH CHARACTER OF JESUS' TEACHINGS. | ||
BR | 3977 | PROVERBS TO LIVE BY | SPERKA, JOSHUA S., RABBI | MRS. HARRY G | A NEW TRANSLATION OF THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE BOOK OF PROVERBS, WITH SUMMARIES PRECEDING EACH CHAPTER. | |
BR | 3978 | JEWS IN MODERN WORLD. BK. I. | FREID, JACOB, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ESSAYS DEALING WITH ISSUES OF JEWISH LIFE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FOLLOWING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EAST EUROPEAN CULTURE CENTERS. | ||
BR | 3980 | EBA | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | BEBE RICHARD | A DETAILED BIOGRAPHY OF ABBA EBAN FROM HIS EARLIEST YEARS, THROUGH HIS LIFE AS A WORLD STATESMAN AND SPOKESMAN FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE UNITED NATIONS. 8FREUD* BIOGRAPHY OF ABBA EBAN FROM HIS CHILDHOOD THROUGH HIS YEARS AS STATESMAN, FOREIGN MINISTER, AND SPOKESMAN FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL. |
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BR | 3982 | ANTI-SEMITISM WITHOUT JEWS | LENDVAI, PAUL | AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE SOVIET UNION ENCOURAGED ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, AND ROMANIA. | ||
BR | 3983 | ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | 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. | ||
BR | 3985 | EMERGENCE OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM, THE | THE HISTORICAL SCHOOL IN 19TH CENT | DAVIS, MOSHE | MRS. ED LEVY | THE AUTHOR TRACES AMERICAN JUDAISM TO THE 19TH CENTURY WHEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BECAME MORE DIVERSE IN ITS RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PRACTICE. |
BR | 3986 | BENJAMIN | THE LITTLEST BROTHER | PAAMONI, ZEV | A DELIGHTFUL COMPILATION OF STORIES ABOUT BENJAMIN, THE YOUNGEST BROTHER. FOR CHILDREN 10-14 YEARS OF AGE. | |
BR | 3987 | ELOQUENT CRUSADER | ERNESTINE ROSE | SUHL, YURI | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE SUFFRAGETTE WHO WAS BORN IN A POLISH GHETTO AND BATTLED AGAINST ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE, BLACK SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH, AND FEMININE SUBJUGATION IN THE NORTH. | |
BR | 3988 | JUDAH THE PIOUS | PROSE, FRANCINE | A NOVEL SET IN 19TH CENTURY POLAND ABOUT AN ELDERLY RABBI WHO ATTEMPTS TO STAVE OFF A POGROM. | ||
BR | 3989 | ROMAN SIEGE OF JERUSALEM, THE | FURNEAUX, RUPERT | THE STORY OF THE REVOLT OF THE JEWS AGAINST THEIR ROMAN OVERLORDS IN 66 C.E.; THE SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM; AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE ROMAN VICTORY AS IT AFFECTED BOTH JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. | ||
BR | 3990 | ZIONISM RECONSIDERED | THE REJECTION OF JEWISH NORMALCY | SELZER, MICHAEL, ED. | SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF 14 WRITERS ON THE TOPIC OF JEWISH NATIONALISM. | |
BR | 3991 | FIVE STORIES OF FERRARA | BASSANI, GIORGIO | FIVE STORIES WHICH RECREATE THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN CITY OF FERRARA WHERE MASS DEPORTATION OF JEWS TOOK PLACE DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 3993 | ON THE BIBLE | EIGHTEEN STUDIES BY MARTIN BUBER | GLATZER, NAHUM N., ED. | RUBELLE SCHA | MONOGRAPHS, ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES BY THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHER WHICH AIM TO SHOW A SYNTHESIS OF THE AESTHETIC-LITERARY AND LINGUISTIC-CRITICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES. |
BR | 3994 | FEAST OF LEVIATHAN | SCHWARZ, LEO, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF 50 STORIES OF ADVENTURE, FAITH, AND LOVE, TAKEN FROM JEWISH LITERATURE OVER THE AGES. | ||
BR | 3995 | TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO JEWISH LANDMARKS OF EUROPE, THE | POSTAL, BERNARD & SAMUEL H. ABRAMSON | A GUIDE TO PLACES IN EUROPE OF JEWISH INTEREST. SITES INCLUDE MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS, LIBRARIES, SYNAGOGUES, AND MUSEUMS. | ||
BR | 3996 | BASIC JEWISH ETHICS AND FREEDOM OF WILL | WEINFELD, ABRAHAM C. | A STUDY OF JEWISH ETHICS AND FREEDOM OF WILL BY AN ATTORNEY FROM WASHINGTON. | ||
BR | 3997 | TEN FOR KADDISH | JACOBS, ISRAEL | THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS THE SECTARIAN CONFLICTS RAGING WITHIN AND BETWEEN A PRIEST AND A RABBI IN A SUBURBAN TOWN. | ||
BR | 3998 | SPINOZA | THE YOUNG THINKER WHO DESTROYED TH | LEVIN, DAN | SPINOZA IS PORTRAYED AS AN ACTIVIST AND INNOVATOR WHOSE REVOLUTION IN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT WAS A REACTION TO THE HOLY WARS OF THE 17TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 4000 | CHOSEN PEOPLE, THE | ALLEGRO, JOHN M. | THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE 'CHOSEN PEOPLE' CONCEPT WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF THE JEWS' NEED TO STAY TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF POLITICAL REALITIES. | ||
BR | 4001 | SCHLEMIEL AS MODERN HERO, THE | WISSE, RUTH R. | THE AUTHOR HAS TAKEN THE SCHLEMIEL, THE FOOL IN JEWISH FOLKLORE, AS HER THEME IN ANALYZING THE EVOLUTION OF THE CHARACTER AND THE CULTURE FROM WHICH HE SPRINGS. IN THE PROCESS, SHE EXAMINES THE WORKS OF JEWISH AUTHORS, SUCH AS SHOLOM ALEICHEM, MENDELE MOCHER SFORIM, ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, SAUL BELLOW, AND BERNARD MALAMUD. | ||
BR | 4002 | JEWS DON'T HATE | BRAHAM, MARK | A PRESENTATION OF THE VIEWPOINT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH ANTI-ZIONISTS WHO VIEW ZIONISM AS HERESY. | ||
BR | 4003 | ENCOUNTER WITH ISRAEL | A CHALLENGE TO CONSCIENCE | ECKARDT, ALICE & ROY ECKARDT | ADELINE MARE | THIS BOOK AIMS TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF MODERN ISRAEL, HER PEOPLE, AND HER PLACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. |
BR | 4004 | SEVENTH DAY, THE | SOLDIERS TALK ABOUT THE SIX-DAY WA | SHAPIRA, AVRAHAM, EDITOR | A MASTERPIECE OF IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE SIX-DAY WAR. | |
BR | 4005 | NEW ISRAELIS, THE | SCHOENBRUN, DAVID | THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWS MORE THAN 200 SABRAS IN THE OLD AND NEW CITIES, IN KIBBUTZIM AND IN ARMY CAMPS, GIVING THE READER A COMPOSITE OF HOW THE ISRAELIS THINK. | ||
BR | 4006 | ABRAHAM MAPU | THE CREATOR OF THE MODERN HEBREW NOVEL | PATTERSON, DAVID | HELEN SHARE | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER'S LIFE AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO HEBREW LITERATURE. INCLUDES SELECTIONS FROM HIS WRITINGS. |
BR | 4007 | BRIDE, THE | GROSMAN, LADISLAV | THIS NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF A SHOP ON MAIN STREET, CONCERNS THE MARRIAGE OF A JEWISH SPINSTER TO A NON-JEW IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH A NAZI EDICT. | ||
BR | 4008 | EARLY JEWS OF NEW ORLEANS, THE | KORN, BERTRAM WALLACE | THE STORY OF JEWISH FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO NEW ORLEANS THROUGH THEIR INDUSTRY, COURAGE, AND GENEROSITY. | ||
BR | 4010 | CANCELLED ACCOUNTS | GREENE, HARRIS | A NOVEL OF POLITICAL INTRIGUE, ROMANCE, FINANCE, AND DIPLOMATIC LIFE REPLETE WITH DIVERSE CHARACTERS FROM MANY WALKS OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 4011 | IMPROMPTU IMPOSTER, THE | VICAS, VICTOR & VICTOR HAIM | A NOVEL ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN WHO ACCIDENTALLY KILLS A FRENCH POLICEMAN, ESCAPES FROM FRANCE, AND GOES TO ISRAEL WHERE HE IS CAUGHT UP IN A WEB OF POLITICAL INTRIGUE. | ||
BR | 4012 | MY COUNTRY | THE STORY OF MODERN ISRAEL | EBAN, ABBA | A HISTORY OF THE FIRST 25 YEARS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WRITTEN BY THE NOTED STATESMAN AND FORMER CABINET MINISTER. | |
BR | 4013 | MY BROTHER PAUL | RUBENSTEIN, RICHARD L. | A BOOK FOCUSING ON THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF PAUL THE APOSTLE. WRITTEN BY A RABBI AND PROFESSOR OF RELIGION. | ||
BR | 4014 | THAT DENMARK MIGHT LIVE | THE SAGA OF THE DANISH RESISTANCE | WERSTEIN, IRVING | LEE HOLLANDE | AN ACCOUNT OF THE PATRIOTISM AND COURAGE OF THE DANISH RESISTANCE DURING THE HOLOCAUST. |
BR | 4015 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | CREATOR AND REBEL | HOFFMAN, BANESH | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOTED SCIENTIST COMPILED BY HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. | |
BR | 4016 | TROUBLED EDEN | AN ANATOMY OF BRITISH JEWRY | BERMANT, CHAIM | EVERYTHING THAT MAKES UP BRITISH JEWRY COMES IN FOR AN AFFECTIONATE BUT CLOSE SCRUTINY IN THIS ILLUMINATING SOCIAL HISTORY WITH THE COLOR AND PACE OF AN HISTORICAL NOVEL. | |
BR | 4017 | RING, THE | FEDER-TAL, KARAH | JUVENILE ADVENTURE STORY OF A SMALL ISRAELI TOWN. | ||
BR | 4018 | BEHIND THE DOOR | BASSANI, GIORGIO | A NOVEL ABOUT TWO ADOLESCENT BOYS AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP IN ITALY OF THE 1930S. | ||
BR | 4019 | PERILOUS SPRING OF MORRIS SEIDMAN, THE | MOLL, ELICK | THE ADVENTURES OF THE 55 YEAR OLD PROTAGONIST--RETIRED, BORED AND UNHAPPY--TOLD WITH GENTLE HUMOR AND UNDERSTANDING. | ||
BR | 4020 | JERUSALEM AND OTHER WRITINGS | MENDELSSOHN, MOSES | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THINKING OF MOSES MENDELSSOHN, THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN-JEWISH PHILOSOPHER OF THE HASKALAH, THE 'ENLIGHTENMENT.' | ||
BR | 4021 | ISRAEL | TOW FATEFUL YEARS 1967-69 | BENTWICH, NORMAN | AN ISRAELI SCHOLAR PRESENTS THE PROBLEMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ISRAELIS IN THE TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THE SIX-DAY WAR. HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF THE WAR ON JEWS IN ISRAEL AND ON JEWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. | |
BR | 4022 | BELLA! | MRS. ABZUG GOES TO WASHINGTON | ABZUG, BELLA S. | NEW YORK'S OUTSPOKEN CONGRESSWOMAN RECORDED HER IMPRESSIONS OF THE POLITICAL LIFE OF WASHINGTON - A CITY SHE HIT WITH THE FORCE OF A TIDAL WAVE. | |
BR | 4023 | ZANEK | A CHRONICLE OF THE ISRAELI AIR FOR | STEVENSON, WILLIAM | JOAN GIBLICH | A HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE AND A PORTRAIT OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY. |
BR | 4025 | DAWN OF RECKONING | SELF-PORTRAIT OF A LIBERAL RABBI | BRAV, STANLEY | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RABBI WHO LED THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL INTEGRATION IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH. | |
BR | 4027 | CHAMPAGNE SPY, THE | LUTZ, WOLFGANG | 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. | ||
BR | 4028 | CURRENTS AND TRENDS IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT | EFRON, BENJAMIN ED. | A LOOK AT THE CURRENT PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRIES JUDAISM IS PURSUING. | ||
BR | 4030 | ENCOUNTER, THE | MARTIN, MALACHI | THE THREE GREAT RELIGIONS, JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM HAVE, IN THIS AUTHOR'S OPINION, FAILED TO CONTROL MODERN MAN'S DRIFT TOWARDS CATASTROPHE. | ||
BR | 4031 | COMIC IMAGE OF THE JEW, THE | EXPLORATIONS OF A POP CULTURE PHEN | ALTMAN, SIG | A STUDY OF MEDIA SOURCES TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE JEWISH COMIC IMAGE AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF JEWISH HUMOR. | |
BR | 4032 | BEHOLD ZION | HIRSCHFELD, BURT | THE EPIC NOVEL OF A MIGHTY FAMILY LIVING IN ISRAEL DURING THE SIX DAY WAR. DESCRIBES THEIR JOYS AND SORROWS, INTERESTS AND BELIEFS, AND HOW THE WAR AFFECTS THEM. | ||
BR | 4034 | SHEMA YISRAEL, JUDAISM Vol. I | THE BELIEF AND THE BELONGING | ROSEN, DOV | A LOOK AT THE FORCES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENTUAL CREATION OF THE JEWISH STATE. | |
BR | 4035 | PERSON SHOULDN'T DIE LIKE THAT, A | GOLDSTEIN, ARTHUR | AN UNUSUAL MYSTERY IN WHICH A 72 YEAR-OLD MAN, LIVING ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE, DISCOVERS A BODY AND ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE A FRIEND'S DEATH. | ||
BR | 4036 | CURSED BLESSING, THE | THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION O | TEVETH, SHABTAI | A CHRONICLE OF THE REACTIONS OF BOTH ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIAN ARABS TO THE OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK. EXPLORES THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE GOVERNMENT AND TO EACH OTHER. | |
BR | 4037 | LAST OF THE LEVANOS, THE | WERTHEIM, MAURITS | A MOVING NOVEL CENTERED AROUND A WEALTHY BUT UNHAPPY MAN WHO LOST HIS FAMILY YEARS BEFORE IN THE HOLOCAUST AND IS NOW DISCOVERING ZIONISM. | ||
BR | 4038 | SILENT CITIES, SACRED STONES | ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY IN ISRAEL | LANDAY, JERRY M. | A JOURNALIST'S ACCOUNT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND EXCAVATIONS IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4039 | JEWS IN REMOTE CORNERS OF THE WORLD | COWEN, IDA | A DESCRIPTION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD SUCH AS TAHITI, NEW ZEALAND, INDIA, AND HONG KONG. | ||
BR | 4040 | BLUE HILL AVENUE | MIRSKY, MARK | A SATIRICAL NOVEL ABOUT A MEEK, COMPLACENT RABBI WHO IS GOADED INTO PUBLICLY INDICTING MEMBERS OF HIS CONGREGATION FOR VARIOUS DECEPTIONS. | ||
BR | 4041 | FAITH AND DOUBT | STUDIES IN TRADITIONAL JEWISH THOU | LAMM, NORMAN | A STUDY OF JEWISH LAW IN RELATION TO SCIENCE, ECOLOGY, MORALITY, AND SOCIOLOGY. | |
BR | 4043 | TRIP TO JERUSALEM, THE | LIND, JAKOV | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS JOURNEY TO ISRAEL AS A VOYAGE OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND RENEWAL OF IDENTITY WITH THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 4044 | HERETIC PHARAOH | COLLIER, JOY | A SCHOLARLY WORK ON THE LIFE OF AKNENATEN, AN EGYPTIAN MYSTIC WHO PROCLAIMED THE UNITY OF GOD AT THE TIME OF MOSES. | ||
BR | 4045 | GENTLE GENIUS | THE STORY OF FELIX MENDELSSOHN | MAREK, GEORGE | WELL-RESEARCHED AND SUPERBLY WRITTEN BIOGRAPHY OF THE MUSICIAN MENDELSSOHN IN WHICH HE IS ANALYZED IN TERMS OF HIS FAMILY HERITAGE, TALENT AND CULTURAL MILIEU. | |
BR | 4046 | FINEMAN | LINK, WILLIAM & RICHARD LEVINSON | TOLD IN FLASHBACKS, THIS NOVEL PRESENTS THE LIFE OF JOE FINEMAN, WHO HAS JUST DIED, AND HIS GENTILE LAWYER WHO IS CONFRONTED WITH SETTING HIS AFFAIRS IN ORDER. | ||
BR | 4047 | FRANZ ROSENZWEIG | HIS LIFE AND THOUGHTS | GLATZER, NAHUM N. | LETTERS AND DIARIES OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH THINKER AND PHILOSOPHER. | |
BR | 4048 | ODESSA FILE, THE | FORSYTH, FREDERICK | THE PROTAGONIST, SEARCHING FOR THE FORMER COMMANDANT OF AN EXTERMINATION CAMP, ATTEMPTS TO PENETRATE THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED TO SHIELD NAZI OFFICERS. | ||
BR | 4049 | ROYAL BEACH, THE | LAMM, NORMAN | RABBI LAMM, AN ELOQUENT EXPOSITOR OF MODERN ORTHODOX JUDAISM, OFFERS TRADITIONAL INSIGHTS INTO A WIDE ARRAY OF TOPICS, FROM THE ETHICS OF PROTEST TO JEWISH MOTHERS. | ||
BR | 4050 | O JERUSALEM | COLLINS, LARRY & DOMINIQUE LAPIERRE | A FACTUAL, VIVID ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM BETWEEN JEWS AND ARABS DURING THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4051 | JEW IN THE MEDIEVAL WORLD, THE | A SOURCE BOOK, 315-1791 | MARCUS, JACOB R. | JENNIE KASOF | A COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE BOOK OF DOCUMENTS THAT EXAMINE AND ILLUMINATE THE WORLD OF JEWS LIVING DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. |
BR | 4052 | POLITICS OF ASSIMILATION, THE | MARRUS, MICHAEL | A STUDY OF THE FRENCH JEWS AT THE TIME OF THE DREYFUS AFFAIR. EXAMINES JEWISH AND GENERAL ATTITUDES TOWARD NATIONALISM. | ||
BR | 4053 | FOREVER FLOWING | GROSSMAN, VASILY | THE AUTHOR, PERSECUTED IN THE DOCTOR'S PLOT CAMPAIGN, DEPICTS THE RUSSIAN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE SINCE 1917 AND PROVIDES FRESH INSIGHT INTO THE RUSSIAN SOUL. | ||
BR | 4054 | HERZL THE KING | KOTKER, NORMAN | A NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF THE FOUNDER OF MODERN ZIONISM. | ||
BR | 4055 | ANCIENT ISRAEL'S CRIMINAL LAW | A NEW APPROACH TO THE DECALOGUE | PHILLIPS, ANTHONY | A STUDY OF HOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE FOUNDATION OF ANCIENT ISRAEL'S CRIMINAL LAW, SHAPED ISRAEL AND HOW IT CONTINUES TO FORM THE BASIS OF HER EXISTENCE. | |
BR | 4057 | LAST BALL, THE | RIGDON, CHARLES | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEW WHO MARRIES INTO A WEALTHY NEW YORK FAMILY. | ||
BR | 4058 | AMBIVALENT AMERICAN JEW | LIEBMAN, CHARLES | AN ANALYSIS OF JEWISH INTELLECTUAL HISTORY WHICH TRACES THE EVOLUTION OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICA. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ROLE OF THE JEW IN AMERICAN SOCIETY AND THE DESIRE FOR IDENTIFICATION AS BOTH JEW AND AMERICAN. | ||
BR | 4059 | ISRAEL JACOBSON | THE FOUNDER OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT | MARCUS, JACOB R. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUNDER OF THE GERMAN JEWISH REFORM MOVEMENT WHO BEGAN HIS EFFORTS TOWARD RELIGIOUS REFORM DURING THE TIME OF NAPOLEON. | |
BR | 4060 | IN SEARCH OF A WAY | JICK, LEON A. | A COLLECTION OF INSPIRATIONAL SERMONS DELIVERED FROM THE PULPIT OF THE FREE SYNAGOGUE OF WESTCHESTER. | ||
BR | 4061 | JUDAISM AND PSYCHICAL PHENOMENA | BAZAK, JACOB | AN EXAMINATION OF EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION AS DESCRIBED IN BIBLICAL, TALMUDIC, AND RABBINIC LITERATURE AND PRESENTED IN LIGHT OF MODERN PARA PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. | ||
BR | 4062 | DISRAELI IN LOVE | EDELMAN, MAURICE | A BOOK ABOUT DISRAELI'S LOVE AFFAIRS. ALSO DISCUSSES THE ANTI-SEMITISM OF THE 19TH CENTURY. WRITTEN BY A FORMER MEMBER OF THE PARLIAMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN. | ||
BR | 4063 | YANKEL THE FOOL | ELLENTUCK, SHAN | A CHILDREN'S STORY ABOUT YANKEL, AN ORPHAN WHO WAS LEFT WITH MANY DEBTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. TOLD IN THE STYLE OF AN EASTERN EUROPEAN YIDDISH FOLK TALE. | ||
BR | 4064 | WITCH OF FOURTH STREET, THE | AND OTHER STORIES | LEVOY, MYRON | A COLLECTION OF STORIES, SET IN NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE DURING THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, THAT CAPTURES THE LIFE OF IMMIGRANTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8-12. | |
BR | 4065 | GREATEST JEWISH CITY IN WORLD | GOLDEN, HARRY | THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE JOYS, OF BEING JEWISH IN NEW YORK CITY. WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR AND HUMORIST. | ||
BR | 4068 | ISRAEL AND THE ARAB WORLD | COHEN, AHARON | A HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN JEWS AND ARABS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 4069 | FRANZ KAFKA | MAN OUT OF STEP | CRAWFORD, DEBORAH | A SENSITIVELY WRITTEN BIOGRAPHY OF FRANZ KAFKA. THE AUTHOR DRAWS ANALOGIES BETWEEN KAFKA'S LIFE AND THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS IN HIS WORKS. | |
BR | 4070 | ETERNAL QUEST, THE | NEWMAN, JACOB | SERMONS APPROPRIATE FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS AND SPECIAL SABBATHS. | ||
BR | 4072 | FELIX FRANKFURTER | BAKER, LIVA | AN EXTENSIVE AND CAREFULLY RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHY OF THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DESIGNED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO FRANKFURTER AND THE SUPREME COURT FOR YOUNG ADULTS. | ||
BR | 4074 | WINDS OF WAR, THE | WOUK, HERMAN | A HISTORICAL NOVEL DEALING WITH THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS THAT PUSHED THE UNITED STATES INTO WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 4075 | KIKE | A DOCUMENTARY OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN | SELZER, MICHAEL, ED. | A HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA, DATING FROM THE ANTI-JEWISH LAWS OF THE DUTCH COLONIALS TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE KU KLUX KLAN. TOLD THROUGH THE WORDS AND PICTURES OF ITS PROPONENTS. | |
BR | 4076 | SHEMA YISRAEL - Volume 2 | A GUIDE TO DEEPER APPRECIATION OF | ROSEN, DOV | THIS BOOK EMPHASIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND THE RETURN TO ZION. | |
BR | 4078 | HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE, A | LIPTZIN, SOL | YIDDISH LITERATURE, DERIVED FROM FOLK IDIOM AND FLOWERING CHIEFLY IN OUR CENTURY, IS TRACED FROM ITS MEDIEVAL BEGINNING TO CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI WRITERS. | ||
BR | 4079 | GREAT JEWISH IDEAS | MILLGRAM, ABRAHAM EZRA | AN EXPLANATION OF THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION TO LIFE. | ||
BR | 4080 | REASON AND HOPE | SELECTIONS FROM THE JEWISH WRITING | COHEN, HERMANN. TRANSLATED BY EVA J | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, LECTURES, AND LETTERS ON JEWISH THEMES BY THE PHILOSOPHER. | |
BR | 4081 | POTATOES ARE CHEAPER | SHULMAN, MAX | THE WELL-KNOWN HUMORIST APPLIES HIS TALENTS TO A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH BOY COMING OF AGE DURING THE DEPRESSION. | ||
BR | 4082 | SHAFT AMONG THE JEWS | TIDYMAN, ERNEST | THE NEWEST EXPLOIT OF JOHN SHAFT, THE BLACK PRIVATE EYE, IS SET IN NEW YORK CITY'S DIAMOND DISTRICT AND INCLUDES A MULTIFACETED CAST OF CHARACTERS. | ||
BR | 4083 | NEW LEFT AND THE JEWS, THE | CHERTOFF, MORDECAI S., ED. | SIXTEEN JEWISH WRITERS DISCUSS AND DECRY THE ANTI- SEMITISM OF THE NEW LEFT AND THE MOTIVATIONS, PSYCHOLOGY, AND METHODS BEHIND THE MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 4085 | FREDDIE AND SHIRL AND THE KIDS | ELMAN, RICHARD | FABLES BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WHICH DRAMATIZE HIS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER. | ||
BR | 4086 | FREUD | LIVING AND DYING | SCHUR, MAX | WRITTEN BY FREUD'S PHYSICIAN, THE BOOK PROVIDES AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAN WHOSE WORK IN PSYCHOANALYSIS CHANGED TWENTIETH CENTURY THOUGHT. | |
BR | 4087 | MEETING THE PIEMAN | WARTOFSKY, VICTOR | A VIVID NOVEL OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN THE BLACK GHETTO. | ||
BR | 4088 | JEWISH LANDMARKS IN NEW YORK | POSTAL, BERNARD & LIONEL KOPPMAN | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN NEW YORK CITY ALONG WITH A GUIDE TO JEWISH RESTAURANTS AND PLACES OF INTEREST. | ||
BR | 4089 | ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN JUDAISM AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY | A PREFACE TO FUTURE JEWISH THOUGHT | FACKENHEIM, EMIL L. | A STUDY OF THE HIDDEN ANTI-SEMITIC PREMISES THAT UNDERLIE MUCH OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY. | |
BR | 4090 | JESUS | DREYER, CARL | THE AUTHOR DEPICTS JESUS AS A DEVOUT JEW, WELCOMED BY THE JEWS, AND SACRIFICED TO THE ROMANS IN THE BELIEF THAT IT WAS BETTER TO LOSE ONE MAN THAN AN ENTIRE NATION. | ||
BR | 4091 | BARBARIANS AT THE GATE, THE | BANKOWSKY, RICHARD | FLORENCE PRI | A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF JEWS, ON THEIR WAY TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP, WHO STOP AT A NAZI-OCCUPIED POLISH VILLAGE. | |
BR | 4092 | MUSAR ANTHOLOGY | GOLDBERG, HILLEL | A COLLECTION OF STORIES DEALING WITH THE MUSAR MOVEMENT, EMPHASIZING ETHICAL STUDY AND CONDUCT. | ||
BR | 4093 | COME ALONG TO ISRAEL | KEMELMAN, HAIM & ABRAHAM RESNICK | A BOOK ABOUT THE LAND, HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRIES, CULTURE, AND PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4094 | MIDDLE EAST READER, A | GENDZIER, IRENE L.: EDITOR | 29 ARTICLES ON THE CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE UAR, SYRIA, IRAQ AND ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4096 | ALL ON A SUMMER'S NIGHT | EDELMAN, MAURICE | A NOVEL DESCRIBING CLASS DISTINCTION IN ENGLAND, ANTI- SEMITISM, THE RUTHLESSNESS OF BIG BUSINESS, AND 'OLD SCHOOL TIE' POLITICS VERSUS MODERN PRAGMATISM. | ||
BR | 4097 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA | PESSIN, DEBORAH | HANNAH GOLDS | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA, WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN, BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST JEWISH SETTLERS IN NEW YORK AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE 1950S. | |
BR | 4098 | CUT OFF | DAVIDSON, BILL | THE EXCITING SAGA OF A GI REPORTER WHO IS TRAPPED WITH TWO JEWISH CHILDREN BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN FRANCE IN 1944. | ||
BR | 4099 | FOOLS OF CHELM, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A HUMOROUS STORY ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF CHELM WHO ARE POOR BUT CONTENT UNTIL ONE OF THEIR SAGES POINTS OUT WHAT THEY ARE MISSING. | ||
BR | 4100 | OBSESSION, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL DESCRIBING THE SUPPRESSION OF LEVIN'S DRAMATIZATION OF THE ANNE FRANK TRAGEDY BY FAMOUS THEATRICAL FIGURES. | ||
BR | 4101 | DOLOROSA DEAL, THE | LITTELL, BLAINE | A NOVEL, SET IN JERUSALEM, WRITTEN BY A JOURNALIST WHO SERVED AS CBS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. THE BOOK PRESENTS BOTH SIDES IN THE ARAB-JEWISH POLITICAL ARGUMENTS. | ||
BR | 4102 | AND PERHAPS | THE STORY OF RUTH DAYAN | DAYAN, RUTH & DUDMAN, HELGA | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST WIFE OF ISRAELI GENERAL MOSHE DAYAN. THE STORY OF HER LIFE AND HER COUNTRY'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE. | |
BR | 4103 | WORKS AND DAYS AND OTHER POEMS | FELDMAN, IRVING | AN EXCELLENT FIRST COLLECTION OF POEMS WHOSE THEMES ARE PREDOMINANTLY BIBLICAL AND CLASSICAL. | ||
BR | 4105 | STRANGE FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE | GARRISSON, WEBB | CURIOUS AND INTERESTING INCIDENTS FOUND IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. | ||
BR | 4106 | ENJOYMENT OF SCRIPTURE, THE | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | AN EXAMINATION OF THE HUMAN, LITERARY, AND HISTORICAL VALUES OF THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 4108 | CONFRONTATIONS WITH MYSELF | DEUTSCH, HELENE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JEWISH PSYCHOLOGIST MARKING HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF FEMINISM AND PSYCHOLOGY. | ||
BR | 4109 | JEWISH SOCIETY THROUGH THE AGES | BEN-SASSON, H. H. | A BOOK DESCRIBING SOCIAL LIFE AND THOUGHT IN JEWISH HISTORY FROM EARLY ISRAEL TO MODERN TIMES. | ||
BR | 4110 | EDUCATION OF AMERICAN JEWISH TEACHERS, THE | JANOWSKY, OSCAR | A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF ACCREDITED HEBREW TEACHERS COLLEGES AND THE PROSPECTS OF JEWISH EDUCATION IN THE U.S. | ||
BR | 4111 | ELEMENTS IN A PHILOSOPHY OF REFORM JUDAISM | REINES, ALVIN J. | A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE REFORM MOVEMENT OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 4112 | IN THE BEGINNING, LOVE | VAN DOREN, MARK & MAURICE SAMUEL | A COLLECTION OF DIALOGUES ON THE BIBLE TRANSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHORS' RADIO PROGRAMS. | ||
BR | 4113 | HANGED AT AUSCHWITZ | KESSEL, SIM | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS LIFE IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP, HIS NEAR-ESCAPE, AND HIS STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL. | ||
BR | 4114 | TREASURY OF JEWISH QUOTATIONS | ROSTEN, LEO | SALO MINKIN | PROVERBS, FOLK SAYINGS, INSIGHTS, AND MAXIMS CULLED FROM JEWISH SOURCES. | |
BR | 4115 | JEWS FROM ALEXANDER TO HEROD, THE | THE NEW CLARENDON BIBLE OLD TESTAM | RUSSELL, D. S. | A CONCISE, COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF JEWISH HISTORY AND RELIGION DURING A MOST INTERESTING PERIOD. | |
BR | 4116 | RELIGION OF ETHICAL NATIONHOOD | JUDAISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD PE | KAPLAN, MORDECAI M. | THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT PROPOSES A NATURALISTIC, HUMANISTIC JUDAISM WHICH HE VIEWS AS THE EVOLVING DESTINY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | |
BR | 4118 | TAKE MY WIFE ... PLEASE | YOUNGMAN, HENNY | A HUMOROUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE WELL-KNOWN COMEDIAN. | ||
BR | 4119 | MY YOUNG YEARS | RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE PROMINENT MUSICIAN. COVERS HIS YOUTH, HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, AND THE MUSIC OF PRE-WORLD WAR I EUROPE. | ||
BR | 4120 | DESTINY WALTZ, THE | CHARLES, GERDA | A HISTORICAL NOVEL OF JEWISH LIFE SET IN ENGLAND AMONG THE LOWER CLASSES DURING THE EARLY 1900S. | ||
BR | 4121 | REMBRANDT'S HAT | MALAMUD, BERNARD | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES DEALING WITH SELF-ESTEEM. | ||
BR | 4122 | YES I CAN | DAVIS, SAMMY JR. WITH BOYAR, JANE & | ROSE TATE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS BLACK ENTERTAINER. | |
BR | 4123 | CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN-JEWISH LITERATURE | CRITICAL ESSAYS | MALIN, IRVING, ED. | THE QUEST FOR THE MEANING, QUALITY, AND IMPACT OF BEING JEWISH IS EXAMINED THROUGH THE WORKS OF WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN-JEWISH WRITERS, SUCH AS SAUL BELLOW, PHILIP ROTH, BERNARD MALAMUD, NORMAN MAILER, ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, AND OTHERS. | |
BR | 4124 | BULGARIAN JEWS AND THE FINAL SOLUTION, THE | 1940-1944 | CHARY, FREDERICK B. | AN ACCOUNT OF HOW THE BULGARIAN JEWS, UNLIKE THE REST OF EUROPEAN JEWRY, ESCAPED EXTERMINATION BY THE NAZIS. | |
BR | 4125 | JONATHAN SEGAL CHICKEN | WEINSTEIN, SOL & HOWARD ALBRECHT | A HUMOROUS AND SATIRICAL STORY ABOUT A JEWISH CHICKEN FROM THE BORSCHT BELT WHO FLIES TO NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 4126 | GREAT JEWISH PERSONALITIES IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TIMES | NOVECK, SIMON, ED. | A HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF 12 JEWISH SAGES, PROPHETS, AND PHILOSOPHERS, AMONG THEM MOSES, JEREMIAH, DAVID, AKIVA, AND MAIMONIDES. | ||
BR | 4127 | LETTERS TO THE NOW GENERATION | NAROT, JOSEPH R. | LETTERS TO YOUNG PEOPLE, GIVING THEM RELEVANT GUIDANCE TO THE PROBLEMS OF OUR TIMES. | ||
BR | 4130 | TO BE A JEW | DONIN, HAYIM HALEVY, RABBI | A BOOK EXPLAINING AND CLARIFYING THE ESSENTIALS OF JUDAISM: THE LIFE CYCLE CELEBRATIONS AND COMMEMORATIONS, THE SABBATH AND THE HOLIDAYS, AND THE OBSERVANCE OF THE COMMANDMENTS. | ||
BR | 4131 | JOLSON | FREEDLAND, MICHAEL | A BIOGRAPHY OF AL JOLSON, FROM HIS BIRTH IN RUSSIA THROUGH HIS CHILDHOOD IN NEW YORK AND HIS CAREER IN VAUDEVILLE AND SHOW BUSINESS. | ||
BR | 4132 | SELECTED POEMS | MANDELSTAM, OSSIP | A SELECTION OF POETRY TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN BY A POET WHO WAS A VICTIM OF STALIN'S TERROR. | ||
BR | 4133 | BORMANN BRIEF, THE | EGLETON, CLIVE | AN ENTERPRISING COLONEL IN BRITISH INTELLIGENCE TRAINS A COMMANDO SQUAD WITH THE OBJECT OF ASSASSINATING BORMANN, THE SECOND IN COMMAND TO HITLER. | ||
BR | 4134 | JOURNAL OF ANDREW BIHALY, THE | BIHALY, ANDREW. ANTHONY TUTTLE, ED. | THE DIARY OF A JEWISH REFUGEE IN AMERICA, WHO LIVED IN A TENEMENT ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE FROM 1966 TO 1968. THE AUTHOR FIGHTS DESPAIR THROUGH PSYCHOTHERAPY BUT EVENTUALLY COMMITS SUICIDE BECAUSE HE CANNOT SURVIVE WITH HIS LONELINESS AND PAIN. | ||
BR | 4135 | JAPANESE AND THE JEWS, THE | BEN-DASAN, ISAIAH. TRANSLATED FROM J | A PORTRAIT OF JAPANESE AND JEWS, WRITTEN BY A JEW WHO WAS BORN IN KOBE AND RAISED IN JAPAN. | ||
BR | 4136 | TO LIFE | GERTZ, ELMER | THE CHICAGO ATTORNEY, WHO DEFENDED JACK RUBY, HENRY MILLER AND OTHERS, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, HIS FAMILY, HIS ENEMIES, AND HIS FRIENDS. | ||
BR | 4137 | MOSES OF THE NEW WORLD, THE | THE WORK OF BARON DE HIRSCH | LEE, SAMUEL J. | A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT BARON DE HIRSCH, RAILROAD BUILDER AND PHILANTHROPIST, WHO DONATED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO JEWISH CHARITIES. | |
BR | 4138 | LONG MARCH OF ISRAEL, THE | SOUSTELLE, JACQUES | A MOVING ACCOUNT OF THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL WITH PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF BEN-GURION, DAYAN, AND OTHER ZIONIST LEADERS. | ||
BR | 4139 | AMERICA'S JEWS | SKLARE, MARSHALL | A STUDY OF AMERICAN JEWRY BY A PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN JEWISH STUDIES AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY. EMPHASIS ON SUCH CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AS RELATIONS BETWEEN JEWS OF DIFFERENT ORIGINS, INTERMARRIAGE, AND CONNECTIONS WITH ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4140 | FOR THOSE I LOVED | GRAY, MARTIN | THE STORY OF A MAN WHO LOST EVERYTHING BUT HIS WILL TO SURVIVE. INCLUDES HIS LIFE IN THE WARSAW GHETTO, THE SLAUGHTER OF HIS FAMILY, HIS IMPRISONMENT AT TREBLINKA, AND HIS HUNT FOR NAZI WAR CRIMINALS. | ||
BR | 4141 | ETERNAL LIGHT, THE | THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY | AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH WISDOM AND INSPIRATION GATHERED FROM FOUR THOUSAND YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 4143 | UNCLE MISHA'S PARTISANS | SUHL, YURI | THE EXCITING ADVENTURES OF 12 YEAR-OLD MOTELE AS HE ESCAPES FROM GERMAN CAPTORS IN THE UKRAINE DURING WORLD WAR II AND JOINS WITH A BAND OF JEWS AGAINST THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 4144 | IN THE DAYS OF SIMON STERN | COHEN, ARTHUR | A NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHO BEGAN WITH A MAIL ORDER BUSINESS, AND THEN WENT INTO REAL ESTATE, ACQUIRING LARGE PARTS OF NEW YORK CITY AND OTHER PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 4145 | BAGHDAD DEFECTIONS, THE | KELLER, BEVERLY | A TALE OF SUSPENSE AND ESPIONAGE SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 4146 | MASKS OF LONELINESS | ALFRED ALBERT IN PERSPECTIVE | SPERBER, MANES | AN EXAMINATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AS THE APPLIED KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SUCCESS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY. THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT INTERPRETATIVE PSYCHOLOGY IS BEST SUITED TO PEOPLE AND CONDITIONS OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 4147 | WAXMAN PRODUCTION, THE | HERMANSEN, JOHN | A NOVEL ABOUT A PRODUCER-DIRECTOR WHO IS PART NATIVE AMERICAN, PART JEWISH, AND THE MAKING OF A WESTERN FILM. | ||
BR | 4148 | SPIES IN THE PROMISED LAND | ISER HAREL AND THE ISRAELI SECRET | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | THE STORY OF THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE AND ITS ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES. | |
BR | 4149 | CODE NAME VALKYRI | COUNT VON STAUFFENBERG AND THE PLO | FORMAN, JAMES | FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF A GERMAN GENERAL'S PLOT TO ASSASSINATE HITLER AND OVERTHROW THE THIRD REICH. | |
BR | 4150 | CANOPY IN THE DESERT, A | KOVNER, ABBA. SHIRLEY KAUFMAN, TRANS | A SELECTION OF POEMS WRITTEN BY ABBA KOVNER ON NATIONALISTIC, RELIGIOUS, AND PERSONAL THEMES. | ||
BR | 4151 | WITH MIND AND HEART | SINGER, HOWARD | THIS BOOK, WRITTEN BY A PRACTICING RABBI, IS DESIGNED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WISH TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THEIR JEWISH FAITH. | ||
BR | 4152 | MIDNIGHT CONVOY | YIZHAR, S. | A NOVEL ABOUT THE GENERATION OF JEWS WHO LIVED THROUGH STRESS AND STRUGGLES IN THE FIGHT FOR ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE IN 1948. | ||
BR | 4153 | SECRET JEWS, THE | PRINZ, JOACHIM | THE HISTORY AND CUSTOMS OF THE MARRANOS, THE JEWS WHO OBSERVED JUDAISM IN SECRET, IN BOTH CHRISTIAN AND NON-CHRISTIAN LANDS. | ||
BR | 4154 | FALLING | FROMBERG SCHAEFFER, SUSAN | A NOVEL ABOUT THREE GENERATIONS OF AN AMERICAN-BORN JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 4155 | LITTLE GIRL UNDER A MOSQUITO NET, A | LANGE, MONIQUE | A MEMOIR, SET IN THE YEARS 1939-45, OF A JEWISH GIRL BROUGHT UP IN FRANCE AND HER STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE ANTI-SEMITISM THERE. | ||
BR | 4156 | PROPHETIC FAITH, THE | BUBER, MARTIN | THE PHILOSOPHER AND SCHOLAR DISCUSSES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND ISRAEL, USING BIBLICAL SOURCES. | ||
BR | 4157 | OLD TESTAMENT AGAINST ITS ENVIRONMENT, THE | WRIGHT, G. ERNEST | A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BIBLICAL SCHOLARS AND THEIR WORK. INCLUDES JULIUS WELLHAUSER AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 4158 | HASIDIM, THE | MYSTICAL ADVENTURES AND ECSTATICS | LOWENKIPF, ANNE N. | A STUDY OF THE ORIGINS, THE BELIEFS, THE TRADITIONS, AND THE OBSERVANCES OF HASIDISM. | |
BR | 4159 | OF WISE MAN AND FOOLS | EDMAN, DAVID | THE AUTHOR HIGHLIGHTS VARIOUS BIBLICAL PERSONALITIES AND DISCUSSES THEM IN A THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT. | ||
BR | 4161 | HEALING OF THE SOUL | LICHTENSTEIN, RABBI MORRIS | THIS BOOK SHOWS THE EFFECT OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN DAILY LIFE, AS WELL AS HOW TO PRAY WHEN ONE IS SICK AND HOW TO CONDUCT ONESELF WHEN ONE IS WELL. | ||
BR | 4162 | LINE OF DAVID, THE | HURWITZ, KEN | A NOVEL ABOUT DAVID, A COLLEGE STUDENT, WHOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH RACHEL, A COMMITTED ZIONIST, CHANGES HIS VIEWS ON ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4165 | WHO RULES ISRAEL? | SALPETER, ELIAHU & YUVAL ELIZUR | DOREE KLUSS | ACCOUNT OF THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES AT THE TOP OF ISRAEL'S POWER STRUCTURE, AND STORIES ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO WIELD THE POWER. | |
BR | 4166 | SPARROW IN THE SNOW, A | DAREL, SYLVIA | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO, TOGETHER WITH HER MOTHER AND HER SISTER, WAS EXILED TO SIBERIA IN 1941. TELLS THE STORY OF RUSSIAN ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 4167 | BRIDE OF ISRAEL, MY LOVE | LLEWELLYN, RICHARD | A NOVEL WHICH PORTRAYS LIFE ON A KIBBUTZ IN ISRAEL AND CONVEYS THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND. | ||
BR | 4168 | BRIGHT CANDLES | BENCHLEY, NATHANIEL | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE DANISH RESISTANCE DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 4169 | EINSTEIN | THE LIFE AND TIMES | CLARK, RONALD W. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PHYSICIST, DESCRIBING HIS LIFE AS A SCIENTIST AND HIS COMPASSIONATE NATURE. | |
BR | 4170 | SMITH'S GAZELLE | DAVIDSON, LIONEL | A NOVEL IN WHICH A HERD OF GAZELLE EMERGES AS A SYMBOLIC TALE OF ISRAEL'S SURVIVAL. | ||
BR | 4171 | REBIRTH | OMER, DVORAH | THE STORY OF ELIEZER BEN-YEHUDAH, THE FATHER OF THE MODERN HEBREW LANGUAGE. FOR YOUNG READERS. | ||
BR | 4172 | SHEILA LEVINE IS DEAD AND LIVING IN NEW YORK | PARENT, GAIL | A NOVEL IN THE FORM OF A SUICIDE NOTE FROM A 30-YEAR-OLD JEWISH WOMAN WHO HAS COMMITTED THE SIN OF FAILING TO FIND A HUSBAND. | ||
BR | 4173 | GONIF, THE | RUDENSKY, MORRIS & DON RILEY | CHRONICLES OF MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF CRIME, IMPRISONMENT, ESCAPES, AND ASSOCIATION WITH SOME OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHARACTERS OF THIS CENTURY. | ||
BR | 4174 | TAKE NOW THY SON | THE YOM KIPPUR WAR - SOUTH AFRICA' | BLOW, DESMOND | A DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT OF THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR BETWEEN THE ISRAELIS AND THE ARABS. TOLD BY ISRAELIS WHO IMMIGRATED FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND WHO LIVED THROUGH THE WAR. | |
BR | 4175 | FEDAYEEN | GUERRILLAS AGAINST ISRAEL | ZEEV, SHIFF & RAPHAEL ROTHSTEIN | A STUDY OF THE ORIGINS, IDEOLOGIES, AND ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDAYEEN, THE GUERRILLA GROUPS ORGANIZED BY PALESTINIAN REFUGEES. | |
BR | 4176 | IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER | LEVENSON, SAM | A HUMOROUS LOOK AT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. | ||
BR | 4177 | THIS LAUGH IS ON ME | THE PHIL SILVERS STORY | SILVERS, PHIL WITH ROBERT SAFFRON | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACTOR AND COMEDIAN. | |
BR | 4179 | SEASON OF MISTS | ANGOFF, CHARLES | A SENSITIVE NOVEL DEALING WITH AN AMERICAN FAMILY AND THE CONFLICTS OF THE ADOLESCENT DAUGHTER GROWING UP. SEQUEL TO THE BOOK MEMORY OF AUTUMN. | ||
BR | 4180 | NOR EVIL DREAMS | HARRIS, ROSEMARY | A NOVEL ABOUT A MOTHER WHO DISCOVERS A PLOT AMONG A GROUP OF NEO-NAZIS WHO HAVE SET FIRE TO A SYNAGOGUE. | ||
BR | 4181 | LETTERS OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH TRADERS | GOITEIN, S.D. | GEORGE MALLO | A SELECTION OF EIGHTY LETTERS FROM JEWISH TRADERS, WHO TRAVELED FROM SPAIN TO INDIA DURING MEDIEVAL TIMES. MANY OF THESE LETTERS WERE PRESERVED IN THE CAIRO GENIZA AND PORTRAY THE TRADERS' WORLD AT THAT TIME. | |
BR | 4182 | LEAVEN OF JUDAISM, THE | GOLDBERG, DAVID, RABBI | IN TRACING THE EVOLUTION OF JUDAISM, THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE 'MUTUAL ANTAGONISM' BETWEEN ORTHODOXY AND REFORM JUDAISM CANNOT BE JUSTIFIED. | ||
BR | 4183 | MAJOR TRENDS IN JEWISH MYSTICISM | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM | STANLEY R. B | A WORK WHICH HELPED TO OVERTURN THE 19TH CENTURY GERMAN-LITHUANIAN INTERPRETATION OF THE JEWISH MYSTICAL TRADITION. | |
BR | 4184 | MAZEL TOV! YOU'RE MIDDLE AGED | VORSPAN, ALBERT | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT THE PLEASURES, LIMITATIONS, AND APPROACHING SIGNS OF MIDDLE AGE. | ||
BR | 4185 | THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, A - VOL. IV | KAGAN, Y.M. - ED. | PRESENTED HERE ARE BRIEF PRESENTATIONS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS ADAPTED FROM THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE'S SICHOT (DISCOURSES) OF 1972. | ||
BR | 4186 | GROWTH OF REFORM JUDAISM, THE | AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SOURCES | PLAUT, W.G. | THE DEVELOPMENT OF REFORM JUDAISM AND ITS IMPACT ON MODERN JEWRY. | |
BR | 4187 | VICTORS AND THE VANQUISHED, THE | MEMOIRS OF HEDA MARGOLIUS KOVALY | KOVALY, HEDA & ERAZIM KOHAK | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE STRUGGLES WITH COMMUNISM IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA WRITTEN BY A MAN AND A WOMAN WHO WERE POLITICALLY IN OPPOSITION TO EACH OTHER. KOVALY, A SURVIVOR OF AUSCHWITZ, WAS THE WIFE OF AN OFFICIAL IN THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND KOHAK, A CZECH SOCIAL PHILOSOPHER WHO WAS TWICE EXILED FROM HIS HOMELAND. | |
BR | 4188 | HUNTER AND HUNTED | HUMAN HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST | KORMAN, GERD, ED | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS COVERING THE ORDEAL OF EUROPEAN JEWRY FROM 1933-1945. THE SURVIVORS' ANGUISH AND ALIENATION ARE FELT AS SHIPLOADS OF REFUGEES ARE REFUSED ADMISSION. | |
BR | 4189 | PEDLOCK AND SONS | LONGSTREET, STEPHEN | MYRNA FISHMA | THE STORY OF JUDITH PEDLOCK AND HER EFFORTS TO MARRY A HASIDIC SCHOLAR: A STORY OF JEWISH FAMILY INTRIGUE WHICH MOVES ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS. | |
BR | 4190 | RIFT IN ISRAEL, THE | RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY AND SECULAR DE | LESLIE, CLEMENT S. | AN EXACT STUDY OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES OF ISRAEL AS EXPRESSIONS OF ITS INNER SPIRIT: THE KIBBUTZ, THE ARMY, AND THE INGATHERING OF EXILES. | |
BR | 4191 | SAILS OF HOPE | THE SECRET MISSION OF CHRISTOPHER | WIESENTHAL, SIMON | THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA WAS AN ATTEMPT BY SPANISH JEWS TO FIND INDIA, WHERE THE TEN LOST TRIBES WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE SETTLED. | |
BR | 4192 | HASIDIC PRAYER | JACOBS, LOUIS | AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF PRAYER IN THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PRAYER AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HASIDISM. | ||
BR | 4194 | ISRAEL, THE ARABS AND THE MIDDLE EAST | HOWE, IRVING & CARL GERSHMAN, EDS. | SEVERAL READ | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE MIDDLE EAST. | |
BR | 4196 | HANNAH SENESH | HER LIFE AND DIARY | SENESH, HANNAH | THE DIARY AND POEMS OF A YOUNG HUNGARIAN JEW WHO EMIGRATED TO ISRAEL BEFORE WORLD WAR II. SENESH BECAME A NATIONAL HEROINE AFTER PARACHUTING INTO YUGOSLAVIA DURING THE WAR. SHE WAS LATER CAPTURED AND KILLED IN NAZI-OCCUPIED HUNGARY. | |
BR | 4198 | BAAL SHEM OF MICHELSTADT, THE | JUDAEUS (NAFTALI HERTZ EHRMANN). MAN | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF RABBI SECKEL LOEB WORMSER, A TALMUDIST AND CABBALIST, WHO LIVED FROM 1768-1847 AND WAS KNOWN AS THE BAAL SHEM OF MICHELSTADT. THE BOOK DESCRIBES THE MIRACLES ATTRIBUTED TO HIM, HIS LOVE FOR PEOPLE, AND HIS COMPASSIONATE NATURE. | ||
BR | 4199 | BONN AND JERUSALEM | THE STRANGE COALITION | DEUTSCHKRON, INGE | BESS CHALSKE | AN ANALYSIS OF THE POST-WORLD WAR II RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEST GERMANY AND ISRAEL. THE AUTHOR IS A WEST GERMAN CORRESPONDENT FOR AN ISRAELI NEWSPAPER. |
BR | 4200 | MY HOME IS SOMEPLACE FAR AWAY | DAHAN, BONNIE TRUST | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF A JEWISH GIRL WHO FINDS HAPPINESS IN ISRAEL WHERE SHE TURNS TO HER HERITAGE AND RESOLVES HER IDENTITY CRISIS. | ||
BR | 4201 | JOURNEY INTO THE WHIRLWIND | GINZBURG, EUGENIA | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A JEWISH WOMAN WHO SPENT 18 YEARS IN SOVIET SLAVE LABOR CAMPS DURING THE STALINIST REGIME. | ||
BR | 4202 | CRYSTAL NIGHTS, THE | MURRAY, MICHELE | A NOVEL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN A MARRIAGE BETWEEN A JEW AND A GENTILE, WITH THE FOCUS ON THE CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 4203 | COMMENTARY READER, THE | TWO DECADES OF ARTICLES AND STORIE | PODHORETZ, NORMAN, EDITOR | MORE THAN 50 POSTWAR ESSAYS, REVIEWS AND SHORT STORIES CONSTITUTE A CHAPTER IN THE BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA AND A REPORT ON JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT. | |
BR | 4205 | NARROW EXIT | HENISSART, PAUL | A SPY STORY ABOUT AN ATTEMPT BY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE TO ABDUCT AN ARAB MILITANT WHO IS ON A FUNDRAISING MISSION OUTSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 4206 | VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED | GORDON, THOMAS & WITTS, MAX M. | A RIVETING ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE OF THE ST. LOUIS IN MAY 1939 OF 937 JEWS WHO WERE TURNED AWAY FROM MANY NATIONS; INTERVIEWS OF SURVIVORS. | ||
BR | 4207 | MEMORY OF AUTUMN | ANGOFF, CHARLES | A NOVEL ABOUT A FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN-JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN NEW YORK, WHICH CENTERS AROUND THE YOUNG DAUGHTER AND INCLUDES FLASHBACKS OF THE FATHER'S LIFE DURING THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 4208 | NEVER AGAIN | KAHANE, MEIR | THE LEADER OF THE ACTIVIST GROUP, THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE, DISCUSSES HIS PHILOSOPHY OF JEWISH DEFENSE IN LIGHT OF THE MASS DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWS. | ||
BR | 4210 | KING DAVID REPORT, THE | HEYM, STEFAN | IN THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL, KING SOLOMON COMMISSIONS A POET-HISTORIAN TO WRITE THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF DAVID'S RISE TO THE THRONE AND SOLOMON'S SUCCESSION. | ||
BR | 4211 | PRAYER FOR KATERINA HOROVITZOVA, A | LUSTIG, ARNOST | DURING WORLD WAR II, TWENTY RICH AMERICAN JEWS ARE SNATCHED FROM AN ITALIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AND SHIPPED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP. THEIR RANSOM IS TWENTY MILLION SWISS FRANCS. | ||
BR | 4212 | INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM | FISHMAN, ISIDORE | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BELIEFS, PRAYERS, PRACTICES, AND ETHICAL TEACHINGS OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM. ALSO SHOWS THE JEWISH ATTITUDE TO CURRENT SOCIAL PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 4213 | PICTURES FROM A BREWERY | BARASH, ASHER | THE LIFE OF A TRADITIONAL PATRIARCHAL JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN AN EAST GALICIAN VILLAGE IN POLAND. THE NOVEL DEPICTS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS TOWN. | ||
BR | 4214 | JEWISH REVOLUTION, THE | ELDAD, ISRAEL | THE AUTHOR, WHO FOUGHT IN THE ISRAELI UNDERGROUND, PROPOSES SOLUTIONS FOR THE ARAB-ISRAELI DILEMMA AND BLAMES THE ZIONIST ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE DEATH OF SIX MILLION JEWS IN THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 4215 | SOLOMON MAIMON | MAIMON, SOLOMON | A SELF-PORTRAIT BY AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER-BOHEMIAN-HERETIC WHO DESCRIBES HIS WANDERINGS FROM THE POLISH GHETTO TO THE CITIES OF WESTERN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 4216 | LAST ESCAPE, THE | THE LAUNCHING OF THE LARGEST SECRE | KLUGER, RUTH AND PEGGY MANN | A FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF HOW 200,000 JEWS WERE SMUGGLED INTO PALESTINE, DESPITE THE BRITISH BLOCKADE, BY UNDERGROUND WORKERS DURING THE YEARS 1938-1948. | |
BR | 4217 | POCKETFUL OF SEEDS, A | SACHS, MARILYN | A NOVEL BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE OF A JEWISH GIRL DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF FRANCE. | ||
BR | 4218 | LIKE A SONG, LIKE A DREAM | RUSINEK, ALLA | A RUSSIAN GIRL'S QUEST FOR LOVE AND FREEDOM. | ||
BR | 4219 | ALONE ATOP THE MOUNTAIN | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF MOSES BASED ON THE PENTATEUCH AND RABBINIC COMMENTARIES. | ||
BR | 4220 | CAPPELLA | HOROVITZ, ISRAEL | A NOVEL DEALING WITH HUMAN SUFFERING. CENTERS AROUND AN ELDERLY JEW IN A HOSPITAL WARD. | ||
BR | 4221 | TUESDAY THE RABBI SAW RED | KEMELMAN, HARRY | RABBI DAVID SMALL, A CONGREGATIONAL RABBI WHO USES TALMUDIC PILPUL TO SOLVE MYSTERIES, TEACHES A COURSE AT WINDEMERE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, AND BECOMES INVOLVED IN A MURDER CASE ON CAMPUS. | ||
BR | 4222 | STEFAN ZWEIG | A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY | ALLDAY, ELIZABETH | THIS DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOTED AUSTRIAN-JEWISH LITERARY ARTIST TAKES THE READER THROUGH HIS EARLY YEARS IN THE EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL CIRCLE. | |
BR | 4223 | FOR DYING YOU ALWAYS HAVE TIME | SINGER, SALLY | HELEN KLEINE | AN AMERICAN-JEWISH WOMAN VISITING ISRAEL BECOMES INVOLVED IN A SPY AND COUNTERSPY INTRIGUE DURING HER TRAVELS IN THE COUNTRY. | |
BR | 4224 | BEN-GURION LOOKS AT THE BIBLE | BEN-GURION, DAVID | A SERIES OF ESSAYS IN WHICH ISRAEL'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER EXPLORES BIBLICAL PROBLEMS AND LINKS THEM TO MODERN HISTORY. | ||
BR | 4225 | FAT EMILY | LUKAS, SUSAN RIES | A NOVEL ABOUT AN 18-YEAR-OLD JEWISH GIRL WITH A WEIGHT PROBLEM WHOSE PARENTS' SOLE CONCERN IS THAT SHE GET MARRIED. | ||
BR | 4226 | POEMS | AMICHAI, YEHUDA. TRANSLATED BY ASSI | SONGS OF LOVE, WAR, AND LOSS BY THE ISRAELI POET. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. | ||
BR | 4227 | TRIAL AND DEATH OF JESUS, THE | COHN, HAIM | A MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL INVESTIGATES THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF JESUS WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT THE JEWS HAVE BEEN PUNISHED FOR A CRIME NEVER COMMITTED. | ||
BR | 4228 | THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, A - VOL. VI | KAGAN, Y.M.- ED. | THIS BOOK OFFERS BRIEF PRESENTATIONS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS ADAPTED FROM THE SICHOT (DISCOURSES) OF THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE. | ||
BR | 4229 | TO FIGHT IN SILENCE | WUORIO, EVA-LIS | AN ACCOUNT OF THE EVACUATION OF THE JEWS OF DENMARK AND THEIR ESCAPE TO SWEDEN DURING WORLD WAR II, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES AND EXPERIENCES OF SCANDINAVIAN TEENAGERS. | ||
BR | 4230 | LIFE IS WITH PEOPLE | THE CULTURE OF THE SHTETL | ZBOROWSKE, MARK & ELIZABETH HERZOG | DORIS WEINBE | THROUGH HUNDREDS OF YEARS THE SHTETL, THE SMALL TOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY OF EASTERN EUROPE, DEVELOPED A WAY OF LIFE UNIQUELY ITS OWN. IN THIS STUDY, A TEAM OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGISTS AND ANTHROPOLOGISTS EXAMINE THIS CULTURE. |
BR | 4231 | JUDAISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS | KONVITZ, MILTON R., ED. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE EQUALITY OF MAN AS REFLECTED IN JEWISH THOUGHT AND PRACTICE. | ||
BR | 4232 | PROUD ZION | HABE, HANS | THE AUTHOR PROBES THE MEANING AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ISRAEL AND EXPLORES THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR. | ||
BR | 4234 | SHELOMO MOLHO | KABAK, AHARON A. | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF DIOGO PIRES, A SECRET JEW WHO WAS A GRANDEE AT THE PORTUGUESE COURT, AND WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE MESSIANIC TURMOIL OF HIS TIME. | ||
BR | 4235 | TRADITION AND REALITY | THE IMPACT OF HISTORY ON MODERN JE | ROTENSTREICH, NATHAN | A STUDY OF SIX MEN AND THEIR DIFFERENT CONCEPTIONS ABOUT JUDAISM: LEOPOLD ZUNZ, NAHMAN KROCHMAL, HEINRICH GRAETZ, SIMON DUBNOW, AHAD HA-AM (ASHER GINSBERG), AND HAYYIM NAHMAN BIALIK. | |
BR | 4236 | MEETINGS | BUBER, MARTIN | A SMALL PHILOSOPHIC WORK CONTAINING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS FROM BUBER'S LIFE. | ||
BR | 4237 | MISHNAH, THE | ORAL TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM | LIPMAN, EUGENE J. | THIS BOOK ELUCIDATES LEGAL PASSAGES FROM THE MISHNAH AND EXAMINES AGGADIC MATERIAL DEALING WITH PHILOSOPHICAL VALUES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS. | |
BR | 4238 | PASSION FOR TRUTH, A | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | THE LAST WORK OF THE NOTED THEOLOGIAN, PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY, TREATS MAN'S NEED FOR TRUTH IN A WORLD ABOUNDING WITH FALSEHOOD. | ||
BR | 4239 | MY TALKS WITH ARAB LEADERS | BEN-GURION, DAVID | AN ACCOUNT BY ISRAEL'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THE EFFORTS HE AND ARAB LEADERS HAVE MADE TOWARD ALLEVIATING PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 4240 | PAUL MUNI, HIS LIFE & FILMS | DRUXMAN, MICHAEL B. | STORY OF THE FILM AND BROADWAY STAR WHOSE DEDICATION AND SENSE OF HUMOR PRODUCED A UNIQUE QUALITY OF ACTING FEW IN HIS ERA COULD MASTER. | ||
BR | 4241 | TREASURY OF JEWISH FOLKSONG, A | RUTH RUBIN | A FINE REPRESENTATIVE COLLECTION OF 110 SONGS MANY OF WHICH ARE CHARMING, TENDER, MERRY AND SAD. | ||
BR | 4243 | SING, YOU RIGHTEOUS | A JEWISH SEEKER'S IDEOLOGY | MILLER, AVIGDOR | A PROBING, ENLIGHTENING STUDY OF THE JEWISH CONDITION BY THE NOTED AUTHOR OF REJOICE, O YOUTH. | |
BR | 4244 | THORNY PATH, THE | BARON, DVORAH | ZELDA PANZIR | A SERIES OF SHORT STORIES DESCRIBING EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN SHTETL. | |
BR | 4245 | ISRAEL | A COLONIAL SETTLER STATE? | RODINSON, MAXIME | THE AUTHOR, A FRENCH JEW, CONTENDS THAT ZIONISM SUCCEEDED IN ISRAEL BECAUSE IT COINCIDED WITH THE ERA OF COLONIAL EXPANSION BY MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. | |
BR | 4246 | TWO LIVING TRADITIONS | ESSAYS ON RELIGION AND THE BIBLE | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | ESSAYS ON RELIGION AND BIBLE WRITTEN BY A FACULTY MEMBER OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE WHO IS AN AUTHORITY ON THE NEW TESTAMENT. | |
BR | 4248 | THIRD TRUTH, THE | BARZOHAR, MICHAEL | A SUSPENSE NOVEL, WRITTEN BY MOSHE DAYAN'S FORMER PRESS SECRETARY, INVOLVING ASSASSINATION, REVENGE, AND INTERNATIONAL DECEIT. THE HERO IS A FORMER CIA AGENT. | ||
BR | 4249 | BALCONY OF EUROPE | HIGGINS, AIDAN | A NOVEL ABOUT AN IRISH PAINTER AND HIS LOVE FOR A MARRIED JEWISH WOMAN FROM AMERICA. | ||
BR | 4251 | UNHOLY WAR, THE | WAINES, DAVID | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MID-EAST CONFLICT FROM THE ARAB PERSPECTIVE TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PALESTINIAN NATIONALISM. | ||
BR | 4252 | ACCOMPLICE | RICHARD, ADRIENNE | ATTEMPTING TO GET CLOSER TO HIS ARCHAEOLOGIST FATHER, BENJY JOINS HIM ON A DIG AND BECOMES INVOLVED IN AN ARAB TERRORIST PLOT. | ||
BR | 4253 | ANI MAAMIN | WIESEL, ELIE | A POETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF A TALMUDIC TALE ABOUT FAITH IN THE MESSIAH. | ||
BR | 4254 | AND THE HILLS SHOUTED FOR JOY | THE DAY ISRAEL WAS BORN | POSTAL, BERNARD & HENRY W. LEVY | AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORIC EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON MAY 15, 1948, THE DAY THAT ISRAEL WAS PROCLAIMED A SOVEREIGN STATE. INCLUDES A BRIEF HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE. | |
BR | 4255 | JEHOSHUA THON | PREACHER, THINKER, POLITICIAN | HOLLANDER, NELLA | MEMOIRS OF THE FAMOUS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZIONIST LEADER OF PRE-WAR POLAND. | |
BR | 4256 | IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE | DELBANCO, NICHOLAS | A NOVEL IN WHICH THE MAIN CHARACTER, WHO BEARS THE SAME NAME AS THE AUTHOR, REVIEWS VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE, INCLUDING HIS EDUCATION, HIS CAREER, AND HIS ROMANCES. | ||
BR | 4257 | KEEPER OF THE LAW | LOUIS GINZBERG | GINZBERG, ELI | THIS BIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS GINZBERG BY HIS SON ILLUSTRATES THE TRANSITION OF JEWISH THOUGHT FROM THE CULTURAL MILIEU OF EASTERN EUROPE TO THAT OF MODERN AMERICA. | |
BR | 4258 | FREEDOM SEDER, THE | A NEW HAGGADAH FOR PASSOVER | WASKOW, ARTHUR A. | AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH ALONG WITH WRITINGS AND EXPLANATIONS DEALING WITH FREEDOM AND EXPLOITATION IN VARIOUS PLACES TODAY. | |
BR | 4259 | DEVIL'S KNEE, THE | SHULMAN, IRVING | A SEQUEL TO THE AUTHOR'S TRILOGY, THIS NOVEL DESCRIBES THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS OF A JEWISH UNDERWORLD IN HOLLYWOOD. | ||
BR | 4260 | ISRAEL AT THE CROSSROADS | SCHWEID, ELIEZER | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN ISRAEL, DEALING WITH RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS AMONG ISRAELI JEWS. | ||
BR | 4261 | HILL OF MANY DREAMS, A | LLEWELLYN, RICHARD | THE STORY OF PAUL DENIS, HEAD OF A PRESTIGIOUS NEW YORK ART GALLERY, AND HIS VENTURES IN ISRAEL PROVIDES A VIVID PORTRAIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ART WORLD. | ||
BR | 4262 | NEWS FROM JERUSALEM | SHAHAR, DAVID | SHIRLEY D. K | FIFTEEN STORIES SET IN JERUSALEM. WRITTEN BY AN ISRAELI AUTHOR, THE BOOK DESCRIBES THE FAMILIES AND CUSTOMS OF THE ANCIENT CITY. | |
BR | 4263 | BIBLE | A MODERN JEWISH APPROACH | BAMBERGER, BERNARD J. | A GUIDE TO MODERN JEWISH BIBLE STUDY, WHICH INCLUDES BIBLICAL INFLUENCE ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION, ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDINGS, BIBLICAL CRITICISM, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS GOD AND MESSIAH. | |
BR | 4264 | BRIDGE OF TIME, THE | A VIEW OF THE ISRAELI PEOPLE | MYERS, JAMES E. | A PROFILE OF THE ISRAELI PEOPLE, CULLED FROM INTERVIEWS WITH INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. | |
BR | 4265 | THIRTY-FOUR EAST | COPPEL, ALFRED | A NOVEL OF ADVENTURE AND SUSPENSE INVOLVING THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, POLITICS AND TERRORISM, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE. | ||
BR | 4266 | SO SLOW THE DAWNING | TRACHTENBERG, INGE | A NOVEL WHICH TRACES THE FATE OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN BERLIN FROM THE 1920S UNTIL THEY LEAVE EUROPE IN 1939. | ||
BR | 4267 | HOW TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT TENSE | KEMELMAN, RABBI HAIM | MARY PERLOW | A RABBI AND WRITER EXAMINES HOW TO LIVE IN A FAST-PACED CONTEMPORARY WORLD. | |
BR | 4268 | PENTIMENTO | A BOOK OF PORTRAITS | HELLMAN, LILLIAN | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT. | |
BR | 4269 | MAKING GOOD AGAIN | DAVIDSON, LIONEL | A NOVEL ABOUT A COMPLICATED CASE OF GERMAN REPARATIONS AND THE FRUSTRATIONS OF THE LAWYERS. | ||
BR | 4270 | HOPE IS THE LAST TO DIE | BIRENBAUM, HALINA | A PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION OF NAZI TERROR AND ATROCITIES AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A POLISH JEWISH TEENAGER. | ||
BR | 4271 | ZALMEN, OR THE MADNESS OF GOD | WIESEL, ELIE | A PLAY, WHICH TAKES PLACE IN A SMALL RUSSIAN SYNAGOGUE, ILLUMINATING THE PLIGHT OF SOVIET JEWS AND ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS LONGING FOR FREEDOM AND SURVIVAL. | ||
BR | 4272 | MERRYMAKER, THE | SUHL, YURI | THE STORY OF TEN-YEAR-OLD SHLOIMEH'S ENCOUNTER WITH A STRANGER WHO COMES TO THE SYNAGOGUE. | ||
BR | 4273 | ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JEWS IN SPORTS | POSTAL, BERNARD & JESSE SILVER & ROY | SISTERHOOD O | THIS BOOK FEATURES BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MORE THAN 1,000 JEWISH ATHLETES. THE ENTRIES INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF SPORTS, FROM AUTOMOBILE RACING TO YACHTING WITH A SPECIAL SECTION ON JEWISH ATHLETES WHO TOOK PART IN THE OLYMPICS. | |
BR | 4274 | WALLS | RESISTING THE THIRD REICH - ONE WO | ZASSENHAUS, HILTGUNT | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GERMAN CITIZEN WHO OPPOSED THE NAZI REGIME. DR. ZASSENHAUS WAS AWARDED A KNIGHTHOOD IN DENMARK AND NORWAY FOR HER HUMANE AND HEROIC EFFORTS TO HELP SCANDINAVIAN PRISONERS. | |
BR | 4276 | ISRAEL | ONE LAND, TWO PEOPLES | ELLIS, HARRY B. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORICAL AND RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ARABS AND JEWS THAT HAVE BEEN THE BASIS FOR THE CONFLICT SINCE THE CREATION OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4277 | LAUNCHING OF BARBARA FABRIKANT | ROSE, LOUISE BLECHER | A FUNNY, SAD NOVEL ABOUT BARBARA, CHILD OF A TYRANNICAL RABBI, WHO LEAVES FOR COLLEGE IN THE EARLY '60'S EXPECTING TO FIND A WONDERFUL, FREE LIFE. | ||
BR | 4279 | PROVINCIALS, THE | A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE SOUTH | EVANS, ELI N. | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS LIVING IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES JEWISH FRATERNITIES, BIGOTRY, POLITICS, BUSINESS, BLACK-JEWISH RELATIONS, AND THE ATTITUDES OF NON-JEWS TOWARDS JEWS. | |
BR | 4280 | WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? | ROGIN, GILBERT | A COLLECTION OF STORIES DESCRIBING SIX YEARS IN THE LIFE OF A WRITER, WITH HUMOROUS OBSERVATIONS. | ||
BR | 4281 | ISRAELI ECSTACIES/JEWISH AGONIES | HOROWITZ, IRVING LOUIS | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1962 AND 1973, DEALING WITH THE STATUS OF SOVIET JEWS, THE PRESSURES FOR SECULARIZATION IN ISRAEL, AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 4282 | VOICES OF MASADA, THE | KOSSOFF, DAVID | A PROFOUNDLY TOUCHING NOVEL RECALLING THE HEROIC FIGHT OF THE JEWISH ZEALOTS IN THE FORTRESS OF MASADA DURING THE ROMAN OCCUPATION OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4283 | COMMANDED TO LIVE | KUSHNER, HAROLD, RABBI | THE CHALLENGES AND JOYS OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE ARE TREATED IN THIS COMMENTARY ON HOLY DAYS AND FESTIVALS. | ||
BR | 4284 | POEMS | SHAZAR, ZALMAN | A TRANSLATION FROM A COLLECTION OF YIDDISH POETRY ENTITLED 'FARSICH' ('FOR MYSELF'), WRITTEN BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. REVEALS HIS INNERMOST EMOTIONS IN RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF HIS PEOPLE AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4285 | STUDIES IN SPINOZA | CRITICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE ESSAYS | KASHAP, PAUL S. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARTICLES AND CRITIQUES ON THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS WORK. | |
BR | 4286 | KNOWLEDGE OF MAN, THE | BUBER, MARTIN | IN THESE ESSAYS, BUBER COMPLETES THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT WITH HIS STUDY OF WHAT IS PECULIAR TO MAN AS MAN. | ||
BR | 4287 | BIBLICAL PERIOD,THE | ALBRIGHT, W.F. | A SCHOLARLY HISTORICAL SURVEY DETAILING THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM ABRAHAM TO EZRA. BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST HISTORIANS. | ||
BR | 4288 | EVOLUTION OF HITLER'S GERMANY, THE | THE IDEOLOGY, THE PERSONALITY, THE | VON MALTITZ, HORST | ADELINE TOPK | AN ANALYTICAL HISTORY OF THE IDEOLOGY OF THE THIRD REICH AND THE GERMAN-JEWISH RELATIONSHIP. AMONG THE QUESTIONS DISCUSSED IN THE BOOK IS HOW THE GERMAN PEOPLE SUCCUMBED TO HITLER AND EMBARKED ON THE PROCESS OF DESTRUCTION LEADING TO THE GENOCIDE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. |
BR | 4289 | HOSTAGE | MASON, COLIN | THE SHAKY PEACE OF THE MIDDLE EAST IS SHATTERED AND EXPLODES WITH WORLD-WIDE REPERCUSSIONS WHEN A RIGHT-WING ISRAELI GROUP BOMBS CAIRO. | ||
BR | 4290 | DACHAU | THE HARROWING OF HELL | SMITH, MARCUS J. | A UNITED STATES ARMY DOCTOR DESCRIBES THE EFFORTS TO SAVE 32,000 SURVIVORS OF THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP. | |
BR | 4291 | OTHER ISRAEL, THE | BOBER, ARIE - ED. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY MEMBERS OF AN ISRAELI ANTI-ZIONIST ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES INSIGHTFUL INFORMATION INTO THE NEW POLITICAL GROUPINGS IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4292 | POPE'S JEWS, THE | WAAGENAAR, SAM | A CONTROVERSIAL STUDY OF ROMAN JEWRY, INCLUDING THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CHURCH. INCLUDES CASES OF VATICAN ANTI-SEMITISM. | ||
BR | 4293 | EVERYTHING BUT MONEY | LEVENSON, SAM | ROBYN SILVER | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PORTRAIT OF THE SCHOOL TEACHER- TURNED-HUMORIST. | |
BR | 4294 | MITZVOT, THE | CHILL, ABRAHAM | A STUDY OF THE TRADITIONAL EXPLANATION OF THE 613 COMMANDMENTS IN THE TORAH. | ||
BR | 4295 | ABRAHAM OF BROOKLYN | DECOIN, DIDIER | A NOVEL THAT RECREATES THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ABRAHAM, SARAH, AND HAGAR, PLACING THEM IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY BROOKLYN. | ||
BR | 4296 | KISSINGER | KALB, MARVIN & BERNARD KALB | LEE SEAMAN | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIPLOMAT AND FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE. WRITTEN BY TWO TELEVISION NEWS ANALYSTS AND REPORTERS. | |
BR | 4297 | OATH, THE | WIESEL, ELIE | ON THE EVE OF A POGROM, MOSHE, A MYSTIC, PUTS HIS PEOPLE UNDER AN OATH OF SILENCE IN THE BELIEF THAT THIS MAY AVERT FUTURE SUFFERING. | ||
BR | 4300 | SPELL OF TIME, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | A NOVEL ABOUT A FRENCH SCIENTIST WHO COMES TO WORK AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM AFTER WORLD WAR II AND HER ROMANTIC INVOLVEMENT WITH TWO SCIENTISTS, ONE GERMAN, ONE AMERICAN. | ||
BR | 4301 | RESPONSA OF SOLOMON LURIE, THE | HURWITZ, SIMON | THE LEGAL DECISIONS OF RABBI SOLOMON LURIE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MAHARSHAL, ALONG WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. | ||
BR | 4302 | WHAT DOES JUDAISM SAY ABOUT..? | JACOBS, RABBI LOUIS | HERBERT WEIS | AN EXPLANATION OF THE JEWISH ATTITUDE TOWARDS CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS SUCH AS ABORTION AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTS. | |
BR | 4303 | MONEY IS LOVE | GLANVILLE, BRIAN | A BRITISH RABBI'S SON AND A NEW YORK FINANCIER FORM A PARTNERSHIP TO TAKE OVER WORLD FINANCIAL POWER FROM THE OLD AND TRANSFER IT TO THE YOUNG. | ||
BR | 4304 | YIDDISH LITERATURE | MADISON, CHARLES A. | A SURVEY OF YIDDISH WRITING FROM ITS JUDEO-GERMAN BEGINNINGS, WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE WORKS OF MENDELE MOKHER SFORIM, SHOLOM ALEICHEM, DAVID PINSKI, THE SINGER BROTHERS, AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 4305 | HEROD AND MARIAMNE | LAGERKVIST, PER | HELEN ASCHER | THE STORY OF KING HEROD WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE HASMONEAN PRINCESS, MARIAMNE. | |
BR | 4306 | LONG LIVE COLUMBUS! LEBEN ZUL COLUMBUS | GOLDEN, HARRY | A COMMENTARY ON CIVIL RIGHTS, POLITICS, WATERGATE, AND NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE, BY THE WRITER AND EDITOR OF 'THE CAROLINA ISRAELITE.' | ||
BR | 4308 | KERMANSHAH TRANSFER, THE | SIGEL, EFREM | A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE INVOLVING AN AMERICAN ENGINEER IN IRAN WHO IS RECRUITED BY ISRAELI AGENTS TO ASSIST THEM IN A PLOT AGAINST THE IRAQIS. | ||
BR | 4309 | CODE OF MAIMONIDES, THE. BK. 4 | WOMEN | KLEIN RABBI ISAAC, TRANS. | A TRANSLATION FROM THE CODE OF MAIMONIDES OF THE SECTION DEALING WITH WOMEN. CONSISTS OF TREATISES CONCERNING THE LAWS OF MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, LEVIRATE MARRIAGE, 'HALITSAH,' AND THE REBELLIOUS WIFE. | |
BR | 4310 | LOVE LETTERS ON BLUE PAPER | WESKER, ARNOLD | FIVE BRILLIANT AND MOVING SHORT STORIES, WITH THE POOR SECTION OF LONDON AS THE SETTINGS. | ||
BR | 4311 | COURSE OF OUR TIMES, THE | SACHAR, ABRAM LEON | TOPICS AND EVENTS IN WORLD HISTORY, SUCH AS THE NAZIFICATION OF GERMANY, THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. DEALT WITH BY THEME, RATHER ON A CHRONOLOGICAL BASIS. | ||
BR | 4312 | FAT SASHA AND THE URBAN GUERILLA | PROTEST AND CONFORMISM IN THE SOVI | BONAVIA, DAVID | ALYCE POLLAC | AN ANALYSIS OF THE JEWISH ELEMENT IN THE GENERAL RUSSIAN PROTEST MOVEMENT. INCLUDES A STUDY OF THE KGB, THE SECRET POLICE, AND THE LIVES OF CITIZENS UNDER THE SOVIETS. |
BR | 4313 | FLAWED ESCAPE, A | KIDEL, BORIS | THE EXPERIENCES OF A YOUNG GERMAN JEW WHO RETURNS TO BERLIN DURING THE WAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE HIS PERSONAL PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 4314 | SARAH BERNHARDT | EMBODEN, WILLIAM | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGENDARY FRENCH JEWISH ACTRESS. | ||
BR | 4315 | JEWISH RADICALISM | A SELECTED ANTHOLOGY | PORTER, JACK & PETER DREIER, EDS. | POEMS, ARTICLES, CARTOONS, AND ESSAYS ON SOCIAL AWARENESS AMONG JEWISH ACTIVISTS. | |
BR | 4316 | RAHEL VARNHAGEN | THE LIFE OF A JEWISH WOMAN | ARENDT, HANNAH | THE DESPERATE STRUGGLE TOWARD ASSIMILATION OF A GERMAN WOMAN AT THE TURN OF THE 19TH CENTURY WHO LATER BECAME A RENOWNED 'SALON JEWESS.' | |
BR | 4317 | EINSTEIN | BERNSTEIN, JEREMY | A BIOGRAPHY OF PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN AND HIS IMPACT ON SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 4319 | FAITH AFTER THE HOLOCAUST | BERKOVITS, ELIEZER | THE AUTHOR ANALYZES RELIGIOUS BELIEF FOLLOWING THE HOLOCAUST AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST ON JUDAISM IN THE DIASPORA AND IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4320 | LETTERS OF SIGMUND FREUD AND ARNOLD ZWEIG, THE | FREUD, ERNST L., ED. | THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF CORRESPONDENCE OVER A TWELVE-YEAR PERIOD BETWEEN PSYCHOANALYST FREUD AND NOVELIST ZWEIG ON SUBJECTS SUCH AS ANTI-SEMITISM, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 4321 | SUKKOT | DONIN, HAYIM, RABBI | A BOOK ABOUT THE LAWS AND CEREMONIES CONNECTED WITH THE FESTIVAL OF SUKKOT. WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR OF 'TO BE A JEW.' | ||
BR | 4322 | CROWN OF FEATHERS, A | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE STORIES WHICH DEAL WITH THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. | ||
BR | 4323 | LAST BUTTERFLY, THE | JACOT, MICHAEL | THE STORY OF TEREZIN, ANOTHER KIND OF JEWISH 'STATE,' WHERE COMEDIAN ANTONIN KARAS BROUGHT JOY TO THE CONDEMNED. | ||
BR | 4324 | REFLECTIONS ON A TEAPOT | SANDERS, RONALD | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN WHICH THE AUTHOR RECREATES THE ATMOSPHERE OF HIS JEWISH HOME IN BROOKLYN STRESSING HIS KINSHIP WITH BOTH HIS YIDDISH HERITAGE AND THE MODERN WORLD OF THE 1970S. | ||
BR | 4325 | ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS | REFLECTIONS ON THE CLASH OF TWO NA | AVINERI, SHLOMO | ISRAEL'S RELATIONS WITH THE PALESTINIANS ARE DISCUSSED BY PROMINENT ISRAELIS, INCLUDING MOSHE DAYAN, SHIMON SHAMIR, AND ARIE ELIAV. | |
BR | 4326 | SYNAGOGUE | KAPLOUN, URI | THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYNAGOGUE FROM ITS ORIGINS DURING THE BABYLONIAN EXILE TO MODERN TIMES. | ||
BR | 4327 | JEWS IN THE ROMAN WORLD | GRANT, MICHAEL | A HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL NARRATIVE THAT EXPLORES THE MEETING OF ROMAN AND JEWISH CIVILIZATIONS FROM 200 B.C. TO THE CONVERSION OF ROME TO CHRISTIANITY IN 300 A.D. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES JEWISH TRADITION AND HISTORY AND THE ABRASIVE CONTACT BETWEEN THE JEWISH, GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILIZATIONS. | ||
BR | 4329 | HASIDISM | RUBENSTEIN, ARYEH-COMPILER | THIS WORK TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOVEMENT, PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT PERSONALITIES, AND DETAILS THE DIFFERENT HASIDIC LIFESTYLES. | ||
BR | 4330 | INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUD | STRACK, HERMAN | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE TALMUD, USING OBJECTIVE AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS. | ||
BR | 4331 | LETTERS TO FELICE | KAFKA, FRANZ. ERICH HELLER & JURGEN | A COLLECTION OF LETTERS THAT KAFKA WROTE TO HIS FIANCEE, FELICE BAUER, PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL DIMENSION TO UNDERSTANDING THE AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 4332 | DEAREST FATHER | KAFKA, FRANZ | KAFKA'S LONG AND REMARKABLE LETTER TO HIS FATHER AS WELL AS UNFINISHED STORIES AND APHORISMS ARE CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. | ||
BR | 4333 | MOE BERG | ATHLETE, SCHOLAR...SPY | KAUFMAN, LOUIS & BARBARA FITZGERALD | A BIOGRAPHY OF BERG, A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER WHO SPOKE A DOZEN LANGUAGES FLUENTLY AND BECAME A SPY FOR THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 4334 | CAPTAIN AMERICA COMPLEX, THE | JEWETT, ROBERT | EXAMINATION OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM IN TERMS OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS HERITAGE; ZEALOUS NATIONALISM LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND SELF-DESTRUCTION. | ||
BR | 4335 | IN SEARCH OF ALI MAHMOUD | AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN EGYPT | GORNICK, VIVIAN | AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, WHO WAS LIVING IN CAIRO IN 1971, DESCRIBES LIFE IN THAT CITY, THE EGYPTIANS' AMBIVALENCE TOWARDS THEIR REVOLUTION, AND THE IMPACT OF THE 1967 WAR WITH ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4338 | REVERED BY ALL | THE LIFE AND WORKS OF RABBI ISRAEL | ECKMAN, LESTER SAMUEL | MINNIE ELINS | THE LIFE AND WORKS OF RABBI ISRAEL MEIR KAGAN, KNOWN AS THE HAFEZ HAYYIM, A TWENTIETH-CENTURY TALMUDIC SCHOLAR AND SPIRITUAL LEADER OF POLISH AND LITHUANIAN JEWRY. |
BR | 4339 | FAMILY | SCHNEID, HAYYIM-COMPILER | A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THIS SOCIAL INSTITUTION WHICH EXAMINES SUCH RELEVANT TOPICS AS LIFE CYCLE CEREMONIES, ABORTION, DIVORCE, ADOPTION, WOMEN'S ROLE. | ||
BR | 4340 | WANDERING STARS | AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH FANTASY AND | DANN, JACK, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH WIT, CULTURE, AND LORE, COVERING A WIDE RANGE IN THE JEWISH LITERARY EXPERIENCE. INCLUDES WORKS OF ISAAC ASIMOV, BERNARD MALAMUD, ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, AND ROBERT SILVERBERG. | |
BR | 4341 | WHITE FLAGS OF SURRENDER | HAHN, LILI | IN THIS TRANSCRIPT FROM HER DIARY OF THE HITLER YEARS, THE AUTHOR PROVIDES AN ACCOUNT OF THE IMPACT OF NAZISM ON THE FRANKFURT MIDDLE CLASSES. | ||
BR | 4342 | WORLD OF OUR FATHERS | THE JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE | MELTZER, MILTON | A PANORAMIC VIEW OF JEWS AND JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION: RABBI AND REVOLUTIONARY, SHOCHET AND POET, THE RELIGIOUSLY-FERVENT HASID AND THE STAUNCH SECULAR JEW. | |
BR | 4343 | FUTURE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN AMERICA | SIDORSKY, DAVID, ED. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY JEWISH SCHOLARS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ON MAJOR TRENDS AND MOVEMENTS IN AMERICAN JEWRY. | ||
BR | 4345 | TWISTED ROAD TO AUSCHWITZ | SCHLEUNES, KARL | A CONVINCING DEMONSTRATION OF HOW HITLER'S SYSTEM WORKED BOTH IDEOLOGICALLY AND PRACTICALLY BY THE USE OF THE GERMAN JEWS AS SCAPEGOATS. | ||
BR | 4346 | LITHUANIAN HASIDISM | RABINOWITSCH, WOLF ZEV | THE HISTORY OF LITHUANIAN HASIDISM FROM ITS EARLIEST BEGINNINGS. BASED ON ARCHIVAL MATERIALS AND RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. | ||
BR | 4347 | HOW DID SEX BEGIN? | THE SENSE AND NONSENSE OF SEXUAL C | BRASCH, R. | AN AUSTRALIAN RABBI EXPLORES THE CONNOTATIONS OF SEX AS THEY OCCUR IN SPEECH, SYMBOLISM, AND TRADITION. | |
BR | 4349 | WE JEWS AND JESUS | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | A DISCUSSION OF JUDAISM IN REGARD TO JESUS AND THE JEWISH BACKGROUND OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY. | ||
BR | 4350 | KOLCHAK'S GOLD | GARFIELD, BRIAN | A NOVEL ABOUT A FUGITIVE WHO BELIEVES HE HAS DISCOVERED THE HIDING PLACE OF THE CZAR'S TREASURE. | ||
BR | 4351 | K'TONTON ON AN ISLAND | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF K'TONTON, A TOM THUMB FOR JEWISH CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 4352 | IF I FORGET THEE O JERUSALEM | AMERICAN JEWS AND THE STATE OF ISR | SILVERBERG, ROBERT | ROSALIND GAL | AN ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY AMERICAN JEWRY. |
BR | 4353 | AS OTHERS SEE US | RABBI, PRIEST AND MINISTER THROUGH | SUSSMAN, IRVING | A DESCRIPTION OF HOW WRITERS VIEW PRIESTS, MINISTERS, AND RABBIS: THEIR FUNCTION IN SOCIETY AND HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES. | |
BR | 4354 | FLEET SURGEON TO PHAROAH | JACOBSON, SHELDON A. | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT ASA BEN NATHAN, A PHYSICIAN- PRIEST FROM JUDEA, WHO SEEKS A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND AN INSIGHT INTO ADVANCED EGYPTIAN MEDICAL TECHNIQUES. HE JOINS A GROUP OF PHOENICIAN MARINERS WHO SET OUT FROM THE RED SEA TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE AFRICA. | ||
BR | 4355 | BEHOLD, THE LAND | A SOCIAL STUDIES TEXT ON THE STATE | FINE, HELEN | THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THE CONTEMPORARY CHARACTER OF ISRAEL, FOCUSING ON THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY FORCES THAT ARE SHAPING THE NATURE OF THE COUNTRY. | |
BR | 4356 | FOREIGN POLICY SYSTEM OF ISRAEL, THE | BRECHER, MICHAEL | A TEN-YEAR STUDY OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING ISRAEL'S FOREIGN POLICY. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, MILITARY AND ECONOMIC CAPABILITIES, INTEREST GROUPS, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ARE EVALUATED. | ||
BR | 4357 | CONFRONTATION | THE MIDDLE EAST AND WORLD POLITICS | LAQUEUR, WALTER | A STUDY OF THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND THOSE WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN IT. | |
BR | 4358 | WHAT IS MAN? | A JEWISH SOURCES SPEAK BOOK | WOLF, ARNOLD J., RABBI | THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF THEMATIC STUDIES ON JEWISH LITERATURE. | |
BR | 4359 | STUDIES IN TORAH JUDAISM | STITSKIN, LEON D., ED. | EIGHT ESSAYS BY DIFFERENT SCHOLARS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF JUDAISM FROM AN ORTHODOX VIEWPOINT, PROVIDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE AND ESSENCE OF THE RELIGION. | ||
BR | 4361 | PALESTINE - A SEARCH FOR TRUTH | APPROACHES TO THE ARAB-ISRAELI CON | TAYLOR, ALAN R. & RICHARD N. TETLIE, | KENNETH J. B | THE VIEWS OF MARTIN BUBER, HANS KOHN, JUDAH MAGNES, ERSKINE CHILDERS, AND OTHER LEADING WRITERS ON THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. |
BR | 4362 | YERMAKOV TRANSFER, THE | LAMBERT, DEREK | A NOVEL WHOSE PLOT REVOLVES AROUND GETTING A TOP JEWISH NUCLEAR SCIENTIST OUT OF RUSSIA AND INTO ISRAEL USING THE PREMIER OF RUSSIA AS A HOSTAGE. | ||
BR | 4363 | HOUSE ON GARIBALDI STREET, THE | HAREL, ISSER | AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF ADOLF EICHMANN IN ARGENTINA IN 1960 AND HOW HE WAS BROUGHT TO ISRAEL TO STAND TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES. | ||
BR | 4364 | JUDAISM AND THE EARLY CHRISTIAN MIND | WILKEN, ROBERT | A STUDY OF THE POLEMICAL CONFLICT WITH JUDAISM VOICED BY THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS. | ||
BR | 4365 | HOME FOR THE HEART, A | BETTELHEIM, BRUNO | BETTELHEIM'S REPORT ON HIS PIONEERING WORK WITH MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN IN A 'THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY' INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION. | ||
BR | 4366 | BLACK SEPTEMBER | DOBSON, CHRISTOPHER | THE SHORT, VIOLENT HISTORY OF THIS ANTI-ZIONIST TERROR MOVEMENT WHICH WERE THE HIT MEN FOR ARAFAT AND AL FATAH IN THE EARLY 1970'S. | ||
BR | 4367 | JEWS IN THE RENAISSANCE | ROTH, CECIL | NATALIE STRA | A SURVEY OF THE VARIOUS CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN WHICH JEWS PARTICIPATED DURING THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD. | |
BR | 4368 | LUCK OF THE VAN MEERS | MCHUGH, ARONA | EXCITING STORY OF A FAMILY OF SEAFARERS, MERCHANTS, PHYSICIANS, AND EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN AND HOW ONE MEMBER SET OUT TO TRACE THE THREAD OF THEIR HEREDITY. | ||
BR | 4369 | IN THE BEGINNING | POTOK, CHAIM | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG YESHIVA STUDENT GROWING UP IN AN ORTHODOX FAMILY DURING THE 1930S AND 1940S AND HIS AWAKENING TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF JEWISH LEARNING AND SCHOLARSHIP. | ||
BR | 4370 | DOVE OF THE EAST & OTHER STORIES, A | HELPRIN, MARK | AN ANTHOLOGY OF TWENTY STORIES INVOLVING FEAR AND DANGER, IN WHICH THE LONELY, PRIVATE PERSON OBSERVES THE WORLD AROUND HIMSELF. | ||
BR | 4371 | MASKS JEWS WEAR | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | A DISCUSSION OF THE SELF-DECEPTIONS OF AMERICAN JEWRY, MODERN 'MARRANOS' WHO SEEK TO CONCEAL A ETHNICITY THAT IS BASIC TO THEM. THE REFORM SCHOLAR AND THEOLOGIAN ARGUES THAT AMERICAN JEWS SHOULD TAKE OFF THEIR 'MASKS' AND RETURN TO THEIR JEWISHNESS AND THE JEWISH VALUE SYSTEM. | ||
BR | 4372 | NEW ANTI-SEMITISM, THE | FORSTER, ARNOLD & BENJAMIN R. EPSTEI | A EXAMINATION OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN MIDDLE AMERICA AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. BASED ON A STUDY BY THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI B'RITH. | ||
BR | 4373 | UNCLE HERSCHEL, DR. PADILSKY AND THE EVIL EYE | YOUNG, I. S. | THE HUMOROUS STORY OF A RUSSIAN JEWISH PARAMEDIC WHO COMES TO BROOKLYN AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE. | ||
BR | 4374 | BLACK JEWS OF HARLEM, THE | BROTZ, HOWARD M. | A STUDY OF NATIONALISM AND LEADERSHIP AMONG BLACKS IN AMERICA AND WITHIN THE BLACK JEWISH COMMUNITY OF HARLEM. | ||
BR | 4375 | DON'T ASK ME IF I LOVE | 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. | ||
BR | 4376 | STREET, THE | RICHLER, MORDECAI | A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S BOYHOOD ON MONTREAL'S ST. URBAIN STREET, PART OF THE JEWISH GHETTO WHERE RICHLER AND HIS ADOLESCENT FRIENDS GREW UP IN THE 1940S. | ||
BR | 4377 | HEART OF THE DOG, THE | ROBERTS, THOMAS A. | NAOMI HOFFMA | A NOVEL OF INTRIGUE SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | |
BR | 4378 | JACOB AND THE ANGEL | AN ESSAY IN SOCIOLOGIES OF RELIGIO | DESROCHE, HENRI | A STUDY OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY. | |
BR | 4379 | SAUL BELLOW'S ENIGMATIC LAUGHTER | COHEN, SARAH BLACHER | AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF SAUL BELLOW'S LITERARY ART USING ANALOGIES FROM AMERICAN, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, AND YIDDISH LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 4380 | STRIKE TERROR | THE STORY OF FATAH | YAARI, EHUD | AN ACCOUNT OF THE PALESTINIAN TERRORIST MOVEMENT, AL FATAH, AND ITS OPPOSITION MOVEMENTS. | |
BR | 4381 | JEWISH ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY AND MYSTICISM | THE CHAIN OF TRADITION SERIES. VOL | JACOBS, LOUIS | THE SECOND VOLUME IN A SERIES THAT INCLUDES A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY ON WORKS TAKEN FROM TRADITIONAL JEWISH SOURCES. | |
BR | 4383 | HEAVEN AT BAY | THE JEWISH KULTURKAMPF IN THE HOLY | MARMORSTEIN, EMILE | A STUDY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ORTHODOX AND THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX FACTIONS WITHIN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4384 | IN THE NAME OF LIFE | ESSAYS IN HONOR OF ERICH FROMM | LANDIS, BERNARD & EDWARD S. TAUBER, | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND RESEARCHERS WHO WERE INFLUENCED BY THE TEACHINGS OF ERICH FROMM. | |
BR | 4385 | JEWS AND AMERICAN POLITICS | ISAACS, STEPHEN D. | INVESTIGATES THE ROLE OF JEWS IN AMERICAN POLITICS. BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH JEWS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. | ||
BR | 4386 | OBITUARIES | KAPLAN, BERNARD | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND ATTACKS THE GHETTO MENTALITY AS SELF-DESTRUCTIVE. | ||
BR | 4387 | IRVING BERLIN | FREELAND, MICHAEL | BETTY BUSMAN | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN COMPOSER WHO LIVED FROM 1888 TO 1989. BERLIN WROTE SONGS SUCH AS 'GOD BLESS AMERICA,' 'ALWAYS,' AND 'ON THE AVENUE,' AND THE MUSIC FOR THE BROADWAY SHOWS 'CALL ME MADAM' AND 'ANNIE GET YOUR GUN.' | |
BR | 4388 | NEW YORK JEWS AND THE QUEST FOR COMMUNITY | THE KEHILLAH EXPERIMENT 1908-1 | GOREN, ARTHUR A. | AN ACCOUNT OF THE EFFORTS OF NEW YORK JEWS DURING THE EARLY 1900S TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNAL STRUCTURE WHICH WOULD UNITE THE JEWISH POPULATION. | |
BR | 4389 | BODY AND SOUL | THE STORY OF JOHN GARFIELD | SWINDELL, LARRY | THE BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GARFIELD, AN IMPOVERISHED JEWISH BOY WHO OVERCAME GREAT ODDS TO OBTAIN WEALTH AND FAME BUT WAS CAUGHT IN THE POLITICAL TURMOIL OF THE MCCARTHY ERA. | |
BR | 4390 | MY LAST TWO THOUSAND YEARS | GOLD, HERBERT | THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER WHO DESCRIBES HIS LATER YEARS AND EXAMINES HIS JEWISHNESS. INCLUDES A SECTION ON HIS VISIT TO ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4391 | NOTHING BUT THE BEST | TONNER, LESLIE | EXPLORATION OF THE UNIQUE CULTURAL PHENOMENON: THE JEWISH PRINCESS-WHERE SHE COMES FROM, WHERE SHE'S GOING & A LOOK INTO HER LIFE-STYLE. | ||
BR | 4392 | ART OF ISAAC BABEL, THE | CARDEN, PATRICIA | A BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICAL STUDY OF THE RUSSIAN WRITER (1894-1941) WHO WAS EXILED TO SIBERIA. | ||
BR | 4393 | BREAKDOWN AND BEREAVEMENT | BRENNER, YOSEF HAIM | A NOVEL ABOUT UNFULFILLED DESIRE AND THE TOLL THAT THE STRUGGLE FOR FULFILLMENT TAKES ON THE HUMAN SPIRIT. WRITTEN BY THE ISRAELI NOVELIST, EDITOR, CRITIC, AND PHILOSOPHER WHO TOOK A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO LITERATURE. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. | ||
BR | 4395 | BOOK OF PRAISE, THE | DIALOGUES ON THE PSALMS | VAN DOREN, MARC & MAURICE SAMUEL | DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE TWO AUTHORS ON THE PSALMS-DIVERSE THEMES AND MOODS, DEVOTION AND POETRY, LITERARY ALLUSIONS, AND SOME CONTEMPORARY POLITICS. | |
BR | 4396 | VATICAN IN THE AGE OF DICTATORS, THE | 1922-1945 | RHODES, ANTHONY | AN ANALYSIS OF THE POLICIES OF THE HOLY SEE IN RELATION TO HITLER AND MUSSOLINI. EXPLORES THE ATTITUDE OF THE VATICAN TOWARDS FASCISM. | |
BR | 4398 | BOYS FROM BRAZIL, THE | LEVIN, IRA | A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF EX-NAZIS WHO FIND REFUGE IN SOUTH AMERICA AND ATTEMPT TO CREATE A NEW BREED OF NAZI OFFSPRING, ALL CLONES OF HITLER, READY TO BE TURNED LOOSE ON THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 4399 | IMPLOSION CONSPIRACY, THE | NIZER, LOUIS | A BOOK DEALING WITH THE ROSENBERG TRIAL AND ITS AFTERMATH. WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN TRIAL LAWYER. | ||
BR | 4400 | ON BEING JEWISH | ED. WALDER, DANIEL | EXCERPTS FROM AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS FROM CAHAN TO BELLOW WHICH ARE SO FULL OF THE SADNESS OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, YET FULL OF WIT AS WELL, OFTEN WITH A CUTTING EDGE. | ||
BR | 4401 | ONE MORE RIVER | BANKS, LYNNE REID | SARAH ROSENS | A NOVEL ABOUT A CANADIAN WOMAN WHO RELUCTANTLY EMIGRATES TO AN ISRAELI KIBBUTZ WITH HER FAMILY ONLY TO FIND HER OWN IDENTITY AS AN ISRAELI DURING THE JUNE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. | |
BR | 4402 | MILTON BERLE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | BERLE, MILTON | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE JEWISH COMEDIAN WHO WAS KNOWN AS 'MR. TELEVISION." | |
BR | 4403 | BETWEEN TIME AND ETERNITY | THE ESSENTIALS OF JUDAISM | NEUSNER, JACOB | A BOOK EXPLAINING HOW RABBINIC JUDAISM EVOLVED, THE ESSENTIALS OF JUDAISM, AND THE CONCEPT OF THE GOOD LIFE. INCLUDES EXAMPLES OF RABBINIC LITERATURE. | |
BR | 4404 | QUESTION OF PALESTINE, 1914-1918, THE | BRITISH-JEWISH-ARAB RELATIONS | FRIEDMAN, ISAIAH | NEW LIGHT ON WW I RELATIONS AND THE BACKGROUND BEHIND THE BALFOUR DECLARATION. | |
BR | 4405 | BLOOD OF ISRAEL, THE | GROUSSARD, SERGE | AN ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE OF THE ELEVEN ISRAELI ATHLETES AT THE 1972 OLYMPICS IN MUNICH. | ||
BR | 4406 | ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GATE | SUHL, YURI | A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT POLISH JEWS WHO ARE FORCED INTO A GHETTO DURING WORLD WAR II AND THEIR ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE THEIR SON OUT OF THE GHETTO TO SAFETY. | ||
BR | 4407 | PLEDGE, THE | SLATER, LEONARD | ZENA WINSTON | THE STORY OF THE ARMING OF ISRAEL IN 1945 THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF WELL-TO-DO AMERICAN JEWS AND THEIR NETWORK OF INFLUENCE. | |
BR | 4408 | BETWEEN ISRAEL AND DEATH | GLICK, EDWARD BERNARD | A HISTORY OF TSAHALIS (AN ACRONYM FOR TZ'VAH HAGANAH L'YISRAEL), THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES. | ||
BR | 4409 | NEW YORKERS, THE | CALISHER, HORTENSE | A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT A WELL-TO-DO JEWISH FAMILY AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH NON-JEWS IN NEW YORK'S UPPER INCOME SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 4411 | LIGHTNING WAR, THE | BYFORD-JONES, W. | ELINORE STON | A BOOK ABOUT THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT AND THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. | |
BR | 4412 | CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM | AN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT | SKLARE, MARSHALL | A SOCIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF AMERICAN JUDAISM DESCRIBING THE IMPACT OF CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. | |
BR | 4413 | SOLOMON GOLDMAN | A RABBI'S RABBI | WEINSTEIN, JACOB J. | THE LIFE STORY OF AN AMERICAN RABBI WHO WAS DEDICATED TO THE CONTINUITY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE RENEWAL OF HEBREW EDUCATION, AND THE REBUILDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4414 | RELIGION AND SEXISM | IMAGES OF WOMEN IN THE JEWISH AND | REUTHER, ROSEMARY RADFORD, ED. | A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS. THE ESSAYS EXPLORE THE VIEWS OF THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD, MEDIEVAL AND REFORMATION THEOLOGY, AND THE WRITINGS OF KARL BARTH, PAUL TILLICH, AND OTHERS. | |
BR | 4415 | VOICES FROM THE YIDDISH | HOWE, IRVING; GREENBERG, ELIEZER | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, MEMOIRS, AND DIARIES TRANSLATED FROM YIDDISH. | ||
BR | 4416 | TIME THAT WAS THEN, THE | THE LOWER EAST SIDE, 1900-13-AN IN | ROSKOLENKO, HARRY | A LIVELY HISTORY OF GROWING UP ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE WITH THE TURMOIL, STRIFE, AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | |
BR | 4417 | ARMAGEDDON IN THE MIDDLE EAST | ARAB VS. ISRAELI THROUGH THE OCTOB | SCHMIDT, DANA ADAMS | A COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY, BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST. ITS POLITICS, IDEOLOGIES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. | |
BR | 4418 | MEDIEVAL JEWRY IN NORTHERN FRANCE | CHAZAN, ROBERT | SALO MINKIN | A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF FRENCH JEWS FROM 1000 TO 1306: COMMUNITY, ECONOMY, AND RELATIONS WITH THE CHRISTIAN WORLD. | |
BR | 4419 | YOM KIPPUR WAR, THE | ED. 'INSIGHT', LONDON SUNDAY TIMES | WAR PUT INTO HISTORICAL AND ANALYTICAL CONTEXT TO PRESENT A BALANCE BETWEEN ARAB AND ISRAELI SENSITIVITIES. | ||
BR | 4420 | LEVI YITZHAK OF BERDITCHEV | PORTRAIT OF A HASIDIC MASTER | DRESNER, SAMUEL H. | SHIRLEY D. K | A PORTRAIT OF THE HASIDIC MASTER AND TORAH SCHOLAR WHO BECAME A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE. TEACHING THROUGH PARABLE AND HOMILY, RABBI LEVI YITZHAK (1740-1810) BECAME A LEGENDARY FIGURE, CHALLENGING BOTH GOD AND MAN FROM WITHIN THE SOURCES OF JEWISH PIETY. |
BR | 4421 | SADIE SHAPIRO'S KNITTING BOOK | SMITH, ROBERT KIMMEL | THE STORY OF SADIE AND HER FRIENDS AT THE MOUNT EDEN SENIOR CITIZENS HOTEL WHO HELP HER MEET THE PUBLISHING DEADLINE FOR HER BOOK. | ||
BR | 4422 | SECRET LIST OF HEINRICH ROEHM | BARAK, MICHAEL | AN ESPIONAGE NOVEL OF INTERNATIONAL POWER POLITICS INVOLVING ISRAELI COMMANDOS AND RUSSIAN MISSILES IN EGYPT. THE SURPRISE TARGETS, HOWEVER, ARE THE CAPITALS OF THE OIL-PRODUCING ARAB STATES. | ||
BR | 4423 | DESERT BIBLE, THE | NOMADIC TRIBAL CULTURE AND OLD TES | SEALE, MORRIS S. | THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT THE HEBREWS BEGAN AS A NOMADIC PEOPLE AND THAT THEIR LIFE AND LITERATURE REFLECT THEIR ORIGINS. | |
BR | 4424 | NEW WORLD FOR SIMON ASHKENAZY, A | MARKISH, DAVID | A NOVEL ABOUT A FIFTEEN-YEAR OLD BOY WHO IS EXILED TO SIBERIA. | ||
BR | 4426 | JUDAISM AND TRAGIC THEOLOGY | PLOTKIN, FREDERICK S. | A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEM OF JEWISH FAITH IN THE MODERN WORLD WHICH INCLUDES THE ISSUES OF SUFFERING, REDEMPTION, SECULAR JUDAISM, PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY. | ||
BR | 4427 | MOTTELE | A PARTISAN ODYSSEY | SAMUELS, GERTRUDE | THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE RESISTANCE AGAINST GERMANY BY JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH PARTISANS IN THE FORESTS OF THE UKRAINE AND EAST POLAND IN 1942. MOTTELE, A 12-YEAR OLD WAIF JOINS THE GROUP AND, BY HIS VALOR, REVENGES MANY TIMES THE DEATH OF HIS FAMILY. | |
BR | 4428 | BLACK ANTI-SEMITISM AND JEWISH RACISM | ANTHOLOGY | INVESTIGATION OF AN EXPLOSIVE SUBJECT BY JULIUS LESTER, JAMES BALDWIN, WALTER B. KARP, RABBI JAY KAUFMAN, AND OTHERS OF DIVERSE VIEWPOINTS. | ||
BR | 4429 | STAR IN THE FAMILY, A | FAUST, IRVIN | THE STORY OF THE JEWISH COMIC AND HUMORIST, BART GOLDWINE, WHO BASED HIS HUMOROUS MATERIAL ON HIS LIFE AND TIMES. | ||
BR | 4430 | SATMAR | AN ISLAND IN THE CITY | RUBIN, ISRAEL | FASCINATING HISTORY ABOUT TODAY'S HASIDIM, THE MOST ORTHODOX OF ALL JEWS, SURROUNDED BY A PLURALISTIC AMERICAN SOCIETY. | |
BR | 4431 | FAMILY REUNION, THE | MOSS, ROSE | A NOVEL ABOUT SIX JEWISH FAMILY MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WHO TRAVEL FROM MONTE CARLO TO NICE FOR A REUNION. | ||
BR | 4432 | OUR SOUTHERN LANDSMAN | GOLDEN, HARRY | THE STORY OF JEWISH FAMILIES AND LIFE IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE 1970S. AMONG THOSE DISCUSSED ARE THE FAMILIES OF JUDAH BENJAMIN AND SIMON BARUCH, AND THE STRAUSS FAMILY WHO LATER FOUNDED THE WELL-KNOWN DEPARTMENT STORES, R.H. MACY AND ABRAHAM AND STRAUS. | ||
BR | 4433 | BETTER OCCASIONS | WAGNER, ELIOT | A HOUSE PAINTER FROM THE BRONX, BURDENED BY HIS WIFE'S FAMILY FOR YEARS, FALLS IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER WOMAN. | ||
BR | 4435 | HIGH HOLY DAYS, THE | WINTER, NAPHTALI, ED. | POPULAR HISTORY OF JEWISH CIVILIZATION PUBLISHED IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4436 | PRIVATE TREASON, A | GREENBURGER, INGRID | BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN MEMOIR OF A GERMAN WOMAN WHO WAS HORRIFIED BY HITLER, LEFT HER HOME, AND SPENT THE WAR HELPING JEWISH REFUGEES, BRITISH AIRMEN, AND ANYBODY DISPLACED BY THE HORROR. | ||
BR | 4438 | DISRAELI RISING | A NOVEL | EDELMAN, MAURICE | 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. | |
BR | 4439 | URI | A JOURNAL OF THE MYSTERY OF URI GE | PUHARICH, ANDRIJA | THIS FASCINATING REPORT ON URI GELLER, AN ISRAELI CLAIRVOYANT IS A DETAILED PICTURE OF HIS EXPERIMENTS AND ADVENTURES IN THE U.S. AND ISRAEL FROM 1971-1973. | |
BR | 4440 | AGUNAH | GRADE, CHAIM | THE STORY OF A RABBI AND HIS DECISION TO AID AN 'AGUNAH,' A WOMAN WHO CANNOT REMARRY, IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO HER HUSBAND'S DEATH. | ||
BR | 4441 | AFFAIR OF STRANGERS | CROSBY, JOHN | A SPY THRILLER TAKES A TURN FOR THE ROMANTIC WHEN AN ISRAELI AGENT FALLS IN LOVE WITH A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD ARAB TERRORIST. THE SECURITY OF FRANCE, THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THEIR FATE AS LOVERS IS AT STAKE. | ||
BR | 4442 | YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN, SAM! | LEVENSON, SAM | THE WIT AND WISDOM OF SAM LEVENSON INCLUDES HIS OBSERVATIONS ABOUT YOUTH, AGE, CHILDREN, MARRIAGE, AND THE GENERATION GAP. | ||
BR | 4443 | IN PRAISE OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV | BEN-AMOS, DAN & JEROME R. MINTZ | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1814, THIS BOOK IS THE EARLIEST KNOWN COLLECTION OF LEGENDS SURROUNDING THE BAAL SHEM TOV, THE FOUNDER OF HASIDISM. IT INCLUDES THE HISTORY AND THE LEGENDS OF THE HASIDIM. | ||
BR | 4445 | LEVINE | THE LIFE OF A REVOLUTIONARY | LEVINE-MEYER, ROSA | RUBELLE SCHA | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WEALTHY RUSSIAN JEW WHO EMERGED AS LEADER OF THE GERMAN SPARTACUS MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. LEVINE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LOGICAL THINKING AND PERSUASIVE ORATORY. WRITTEN BY HIS WIFE. |
BR | 4446 | POEMS FROM THE HEBREW | MEZEY, ROBERT, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HEBREW POETRY DATING FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE 20TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 4447 | SETTLERS, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | FLEEING THE POGROMS IN CZARIST RUSSIA, THE CHAIMOVITCH FAMILY COMES TO ERETZ YISRAEL. THIS IS THE SAGA OF THE FAMILY'S RETURN TO THE JEWISH HOMELAND IN THE EARLY 1900S AND THEIR SETTLEMENT OF THE LAND. | ||
BR | 4448 | WAR AGAINST THE JEWS, THE | DAWIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | A SCHOLARLY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF THE HOLOCAUST AND A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 4449 | NOAH'S ARK | FOURCADE, MARIE-MADELEINE | LILLIAN SPIE | THE STORY OF THE ALLIANCE NETWORK OF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE WHICH WAS NICKNAMED 'NOAH'S ARK' BY THE GESTAPO BECAUSE ITS MEMBERS USED THE NAMES OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS AS PSEUDONYMS. THE AUTHOR, WHO WAS 29 YEARS OLD IN 1941, DESCRIBES HOW SHE LED THE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT, EVADED THE POLICE, AND SUPERVISED THE GROUP'S ACTIVITIES. | |
BR | 4450 | PEOPLE OF THE LORD | BUCK, HARRY M. | THE HISTORY, SCRIPTURES AND FAITH OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4451 | PASSIONS OF THE MIND, THE | A BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL OF SIGMUND FR | STONE, IRVING | BLANCHE HALP | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF FREUD, THE FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE 20TH CENTURY. |
BR | 4452 | WITH HIS OWN HANDS | SHAMIR, MOSHE. JOSEPH SHACHTER, TRA | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S BROTHER'S SHORT, EVENTFUL LIFE, FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN ISRAEL UNTIL HIS DEATH AT THE HANDS OF ARAB MARAUDERS. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. | ||
BR | 4453 | AMOS AND ISAIAH | WARD, JAMES M. | A STUDY OF THE BIBLICAL PROPHETS AMOS AND ISAIAH. | ||
BR | 4454 | OUR CHALLENGE | THE CHOSEN LAND | KAHANE, RABBI MEIR | THE FOUNDER AND FORMER LEADER OF THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE PRESENTS HIS CONCEPT OF ISRAEL AS A 'BIBLICALLY-ORDAINED' NATION AND HIS VISION OF THE COUNTRY AS A 'RELIGIO-NATIONAL' STATE. | |
BR | 4455 | PRISON DIARIES | KUZNETSOV, EDWARD | THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE PLAN, ORGANIZED BY A GROUP OF SOVIET ZIONISTS, TO HIJACK A PLANE AND ESCAPE TO SCANDINAVIA. BASED ON THE DIARIES OF KUZNETSOV, THE LEADER OF THE GROUP, THE BOOK REVEALS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LENINGRAD HIJACK TRIALS. | ||
BR | 4456 | MODERN MEDICINE AND JEWISH LAW | STUDIES IN TORAH JUDAISM | ROSNER, FRED. M.D. | A TREATMENT OF CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MEDICINE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH LAW. | |
BR | 4457 | LAUGHTER IN DARKNESS | BRISTOW, ROBERT | A NOVEL ABOUT A BLIND INSTRUCTOR AT A GIRLS' COLLEGE AND HIS GUIDE DOG. WRITTEN WITH HUMOR AND COMPASSION. | ||
BR | 4458 | RESPONSA OF MODERN JUDAISM | KLASS, RABBI SHOLOM | THIS BOOK PRESENTS A FEW HUNDRED QUESTIONS FROM THE THOUSANDS OF INQUIRIES WHICH HAVE COME INTO THE JEWISH PRESS OFFICE. | ||
BR | 4459 | NAPOLEON AND THE JEWS | KOBLER, FRANZ | A FASCINATING HISTORICAL STUDY OF NAPOLEON'S SPECTACULAR POLICIES AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE JEWS AND HIS DRIVE FOR JEWISH EMANCIPATION IN THE WEST. | ||
BR | 4460 | DISRAELI REMINISCENCES | SWARTZ, HELEN M. & MARVIN SWARTZ, ED | THE NOTES AND MEMOIRS OF THE BRITISH POLITICIAN, NOVELIST, AND ORATOR CONTAIN HIS REFLECTIONS ON LIFE, POLITICS, RELIGION, AND LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 4461 | KIBBUTZ | VENTURE IN UTOPIA | SPIRO, MELFORD E. | A STUDY OF THE KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT IN ISRAEL AND A DESCRIPTION OF LIFE ON A KIBBUTZ. INCLUDES THE IMPACT OF THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR ON THE KIBBUTZ. | |
BR | 4462 | MISSION SURVIVAL | BONDY, RUTH & OHAD ZMORA & RAPHAEL B | A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL STORIES EMANATING FROM ISRAEL'S VICTORY IN THE SIX-DAY WAR. | ||
BR | 4464 | GUILTLESS, THE | BROCH, HERMAN. RALPH MANHEIM, TRANS | RICA FEIL, L | A NUMBER OF STORIES DEPICTING THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHOSE INDIFFERENCE AND FEELINGS OF GUILTLESSNESS PAVED THE WAY FOR NAZISM. | |
BR | 4465 | ROTHSCHILDS, THE | A FAMILY OF FORTUNE | COWLES, VIRGINIA | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY FROM THE GHETTO OF FRANKFURT, WHERE THEIR BUSINESS BEGAN, THROUGH THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIVE SONS WHO BECAME PROMINENT BANKERS AND PHILANTHROPISTS. | |
BR | 4466 | PERFECT STRANGER, A | HARING, FIRTH | A NOVEL ABOUT A DISSATISFIED HOUSEWIFE MARRIED TO AN ENTERPRISING BUSINESSMAN. SHE MEETS A SENSITIVE MAN WHO IS A DREAMER AND THEY CHANGE EACH OTHER'S LIVES. | ||
BR | 4467 | PAVEMENT OF HELL, THE | TUSHNET, LEONARD | RENEE RATNER | A STUDY OF THE ROLES PLAYED BY THREE JUDENRAT (JEWISH COUNCIL) LEADERS APPOINTED BY THE NAZIS IN THE GHETTOS OF EASTERN EUROPE. | |
BR | 4468 | WHEN JERUSALEM BURNED | ISRAEL, GERARD | A RECREATION OF THE YEAR 70 OF THE COMMON ERA, WHEN THE ROMANS BURNED THE TEMPLE AND BEGAN THE DISPERSION OF THE JEWS WHICH WAS TO LAST OVER 1900 YEARS. | ||
BR | 4470 | RABBINIC MIND, THE | KADUSHIN, MAX | A CONSERVATIVE SCHOLAR DISCUSSES JUDAISM AS A SYSTEM OF 'VALUE CONCEPTS.' | ||
BR | 4471 | JUSTUS | LAPHAM, ARTHUR L. | RUTH COHEN | A NOVEL ABOUT JUSTUS, BODYGUARD OF KING HEROD. HALF-ROMAN AND HALF-JEWISH, JUSTUS IS INSTRUCTED BY THE KING TO SLAUGHTER ALL JEWISH NEWBORN MALES. | |
BR | 4472 | ARAB MIND, THE | PATAI, RAPHAEL | THIS MIDDLE EAST SPECIALIST DISCUSSES ARAB AND MUSLIM, BEDOUIN AND URBANITE, DREAMS OF UNITY AND THE REALITIES OF CONFLICT. | ||
BR | 4473 | JUDAISM WITHOUT SUPERNATURALISM | THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO ORTHODOXY | KAPLAN, MORDECAI M. | THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT CONTENDS THAT JUDAISM CAN BE ENHANCED BY BEING FREED FROM SUPERNATURALISM. | |
BR | 4474 | HERZL | ELON, AMOS | A BIOGRAPHY OF THEODOR HERZL WHO LIVED FROM 1860-1904. HERZL FOUNDED THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION AND WAS KNOWN AS THE 'FATHER OF POLITICAL ZIONISM.' | ||
BR | 4475 | KIDS WHO WENT TO ISRAEL, THE | FLENDER, HAROLD | A BOOK OF INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE BORN ELSEWHERE NOW LIVING IN ISRAEL, WITH MUCH INSIGHT ABOUT MODERN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4476 | MEYER WEISGAL...SO FAR | WEISGAL, MEYER | MEMOIRS OF THE JEWISH WRITER, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE EVOLVEMENT OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 4477 | MINOR AND MODERN FESTIVALS | POPULAR HISTORY OF JEWISH CIVILIZA | FISHMAN, PRISCILLA, ED. | HISTORIC ORIGINS OF THE LITURGIES AND THEIR MUSIC AND ART FOR ALL FESTIVALS. LITURGICAL GUIDE TO CONDUCT SERVICES IS INCLUDED. | |
BR | 4478 | TIFFANY STREET | WEIDMAN, JEROME | A NOVEL WHICH TRACES THE LIFE OF THE KRAMER FAMILY FROM NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE TO TIFFANY STREET IN THE BRONX. | ||
BR | 4481 | JEWS IN THE SOUTH | DINNERSTEIN, LEONARD & PALSSON, M.D, | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARTICLES PORTRAYING JEWISH LIFE IN THE SOUTH FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. | ||
BR | 4482 | MY LIFE | MEIR, GOLDA | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR, ISRAEL'S FOURTH PRIME MINISTER. MEIR, WHO WAS BORN IN KIEV IN 1898, DESCRIBES HER EARLY LIFE IN RUSSIA, HER FAMILY'S EMIGRATION TO MILWAUKEE, HER ALIYAH TO A KIBBUTZ IN PALESTINE, AND HER CAREER AS STATESWOMAN, FOREIGN MINISTER, AND LABOR LEADER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4483 | HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY JEWS, A | FROM 1900 TO THE PRESENT | GRAYZEL, SOLOMON | RUBELLE SCHA | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN JEW SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. WRITTEN IN A CLEAR, LUCID STYLE. |
BR | 4484 | PSYCHOHISTORY OF ZIONISM, A | GONEN, JAY Y. | THIS BOOK PROBES THE HEART OF ZIONISM - ITS PEOPLE, THEIR MOTIVATIONS, THEIR CONVICTIONS, AND CONCENTRATES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL REWARDS EXPERIENCED. | ||
BR | 4485 | ISRAEL UNDER BABYLON AND PERSIA | ACKROYD, PETER R. | A SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN PALESTINE FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE IN 587 B.C.E. TO THE CONQUEST OF JUDEA BY ALEXANDER THE GREAT. | ||
BR | 4486 | HER MOTHERS | BRONER, E.M. | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES HER OWN LITERARY AND PERSONAL HERITAGE AS SHE STUDIES SOME OF HER 'MOTHERS:' EMILY DICKINSON, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, ROSA LUXEMBURG, AND HER OWN MOTHER. | ||
BR | 4487 | HOUSE OF DAVID, THE | LANDAY, JERRY M. | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE TIMES OF KING SAUL, KING DAVID, AND KING SOLOMON. | ||
BR | 4488 | 3 | 10 TO ANYWHERE, THE | ROSTEN, LEO | STORIES, SCENES, AND CHARACTERS DRAWN FROM THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES TRAVELING THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. | |
BR | 4489 | LAST EXODUS, THE | SCHROETER, LEONARD | ELAINE ROTHE | A STUDY OF THE PLIGHT OF SOVIET JEWS SINCE THE 1917 REVOLUTION. INCLUDES AN EXPLANATION OF THE SHIFTS IN OFFICIAL SOVIET POLICY VIS-À-VIS THE JEWS. | |
BR | 4490 | THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, A - VOL. III | KAGAN, Y.M. - ED. | CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK ARE BRIEF PRESENTATIONS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS ADAPTED FROM THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE'S SICHOT (DISCOURSES) OF 1974. | ||
BR | 4492 | LAST SUPPER, THE | BERMANT, CHAIM | THE ENFORCED TOGETHERNESS OF A FAMILY SITTING SHIVA IN AN ELEGANT LONDON HOMESTEAD SERVES AS THE CATALYST FOR A SEQUENCE OF UNSETTLING EVENTS. | ||
BR | 4493 | LAND OF THE HART | ISRAELIS, ARABS, THE TERRITORIES A | ELIAV, ARIE LOVA | JANE N. WEIS | THE HART, AN ANIMAL OF GRACE AND SPLENDOR, IS OFTEN USED AS A POETIC METAPHOR FOR THE LAND OF ISRAEL, 'ERETZ HA-ZVI.' THIS BOOK DEALS WITH ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THE 'HART' IS CAUGHT UP IN - THE FUTURE OF THE ARABS LIVING IN THE WEST BANK AFTER THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. |
BR | 4494 | INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN ISRAEL | EISENSTADT, S. N. & RIVKA BAR YOSEF | A COLLECTION OF 28 ARTICLES ANALYZING ISRAELI SOCIETY. PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND EDITED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY. | ||
BR | 4495 | DEATH AND THE FAMILY | THE IMPORTANCE OF MOURNING | PINCUS, LILY | A STUDY OF THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF BEREAVEMENT. | |
BR | 4496 | YOUR PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE | THE MEETING OF JEWS AND CHRISTIANS | ECKARDT, A. ROY | A NEW APPROACH TO THE PREDICAMENT OF CHRISTENDOM IN THE POST-AUSCHWITZ WORLD; A REAL CHALLENGE TO ITS INTEGRITY AND VALIDITY. | |
BR | 4497 | ANYA | A NOVEL | SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG | A NOVEL OF HUMAN STRENGTH, TENACITY, AND LOVE IN A WORLD UNDER THE SPECTER OF NAZI GERMANY. | |
BR | 4498 | DISRAELI | DAVIS, RICHARD W. | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WHO LIVED FROM 1804 TO 1881, AND INSTITUTED BOTH SOCIAL REFORMS AS WELL AS FOREIGN POLICIES. | ||
BR | 4499 | RABBINICAL COUNSELING | GROLLMAN, EARL A., ED. | MIRIAM BENDE | A NUMBER OF SPIRITUAL LEADERS DISCUSS THE CRUCIAL PROBLEMS OF YOUTH AND SEXUALITY, INTERMARRIAGE, THE AGED, SUICIDE, AND THE MENTALLY ILL, BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES. AMONG THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE: RABBIS IRWIN M. BLANK, ISRAEL J. GERBER, ALBERT I. GORDON, AND THE AUTHOR. | |
BR | 4500 | BAG OF MARBLES | JOFFO, JOSEPH | A NON-FICTION DIARY OF A JEWISH FAMILY IN FRANCE THAT IS STILL LIVING THERE TODAY. | ||
BR | 4501 | OTHER WAY AROUND, THE | KERR, JUDITH | THE STORY OF A FAMILY WHO FLED BERLIN BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWISH. AS REFUGEES IN LONDON, THEY LEARNED HOW TO GET ALONG WITH LITTLE MONEY. | ||
BR | 4502 | FAITH AND DESTINY OF MAN | LOOKSTEIN, RABBI JOSEPH H. | THE SELECTED ESSAYS IN THIS BOOK ARE CULLED FROM SERMONS PREACHED BY DR. LOOKSTEIN OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS. THEY DEAL WITH THE SITUATION OF MAN IN THE 20TH CENTURY, WITH HIS EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, HIS INTELLECTUAL NEEDS AND HIS MORAL DILEMMAS. | ||
BR | 4503 | FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISM IN CRISIS | NEUSNER, JACOB | BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S PRIZEWINNING BIOGRAPHY OF YOCHANAN BEN ZAKKAI AND HIS TIMES, THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ROMANS WHO WANTED TO EXPAND THEIR EMPIRE AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHO WISHED TO CONTINUE TO OBSERVE THE LAWS OF THEIR RELIGION AND LIVE IN THEIR HOLY LAND. | ||
BR | 4504 | CRITICAL POINT, THE | ON LITERATURE AND CULTURE | HOWE, IRVING | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON LITERARY CRITICISM AND A STUDY OF WELL-KNOWN NOVELISTS FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO MODERN TIMES INCLUDING FEODOR DOSTOEVSKY, ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN, GEORG LUKACS, EMILE ZOLA, SAUL BELLOW, AND PHILIP ROTH. ALSO INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF THE CITY IN LITERATURE. | |
BR | 4505 | ON DOING TIME | SOBELL, MORTON | AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL OF JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG BY THEIR CO-DEFENDANT WHO WAS IMPRISONED FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES FOR HIS PART IN THE CONSPIRACY OF SPYING FOR THE SOVIET UNION. SOBELL WAS CHARGED AND CONVICTED IN 1951. | ||
BR | 4506 | JONAH AND THE GREAT FISH | BULLA, CLYDE ROBERT | A GRACEFUL RETELLING OF THE STORY OF JONAH FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 4507 | POWER STRUGGLE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CONFESSION | RUBINSTEIN, RICHARD L. | A PSYCHOANALYTICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY A FORMER CONSERVATIVE RABBI WHO, DURING A TROUBLED PERIOD OF HIS LIFE, DISCOVERED THAT HIS RABBINICAL AMBITION WAS A DISTORTED WILL TO POWER. IN THIS BOOK, HE USES A CONTROVERSIAL APPROACH TO SELF-ANALYSIS WITH INSIGHTS INTO RELIGION. | |
BR | 4508 | FOUR PATHS TO ONE GOD | ROSENTHAL, GILBERT S. | THE HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY OF THE FOUR MAIN MOVEMENTS IN AMERICAN JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 4509 | LAST LAUGH, THE | THE WORLD OF THE STAND-UP COMICS | BERGER, PHIL | A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF A NUMBER OF TWENTIETH CENTURY-COMEDIANS SUCH AS MILTON BERLE, HENNY YOUNGMAN, BUDDY HACKETT, RODNEY DANGERFIELD, WOODY ALLEN, DICK GREGORY, AND LILY TOMLIN. | |
BR | 4510 | INVITATION TO THE TALMUD | A TEACHING BOOK | NEUSNER, JACOB | A DISCUSSION OF THE MISHNAH, THE TOSEFTA, AND THE BABYLONIAN AND PALESTINIAN TALMUDS, INCLUDING THE REASONING BEHIND THE LAWS. | |
BR | 4511 | STANLEY | THE DON JUAN OF SECOND AVENUE | ALLMEN, RICK | A NOVEL ABOUT GROWING UP IN NEW YORK DURING THE LATE 1930S. | |
BR | 4513 | WORLD-FAMOUS RATNER'S MEATLESS COOKBOOK, THE | GETHERS, JUDITH & ELIZABETH LEFFT | A COOKBOOK COMPRISED OF RECIPES FROM THE WELL-KNOWN DAIRY RESTAURANT ON NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE. THE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY RECIPES INCLUDE APPETIZERS, DAIRY DISHES, VEGETABLES, SALADS, SOUPS, PASTRIES, PIES, BREADS, AND PUDDINGS. | ||
BR | 4515 | SABBATAI ZEVI | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM | A DETAILED STUDY OF SABBATAI ZEVI, A SELF-PROCLAIMED MESSIAH, AND A HISTORY OF THE SABBATEAN MOVEMENT WHICH CAPTIVATED THE ENTIRE JEWISH WORLD. FINALLY REVEALED AS A 'FALSE MESSIAH,' SABBATAI ZEVI DIED IN 1676. | ||
BR | 4516 | DAY ISRAEL DIED...AND LIVED, THE | SHORT STORIES | DAMAS, MICHAEL J. | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES IN WHICH THE AUTHOR DEPICTS THE HUMAN ASPECTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, THE HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS AS WELL AS THE MISGIVINGS ON BOTH SIDES. | |
BR | 4517 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF PHILADELPHIA | WOLF, EDWIN; MAXWELL WHITMAN | THIS REISSUE OF A CLASSIC DESCRIBES THE LIVES OF JEWS WHO HELPED BUILD ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CITIES IN THE COLONIES. | ||
BR | 4518 | SEX ETHICS IN THE WRITINGS OF MAIMONIDES | ROSNER, DR. FRED | AN EXAMINATION OF SEXUAL ETHICS BASED ON THE WRITINGS OF MAIMONIDES, THE TWELFTH-CENTURY CODIFIER OF JEWISH LAW AND COURT PHYSICIAN. INCLUDES AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HIS 'TREATISE ON COHABITATION' IN WHICH HE ADVISES MODERATION IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND DESCRIBES THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SEXUAL TEMPERAMENTS. | ||
BR | 4519 | JUDAISM AND THE NEW WOMAN | PRIESAND, SALLY, RABBI | A STUDY OF THE POSITION OF WOMEN IN ALL BRANCHES OF JUDAISM. PRIESAND, THE FIRST ORDAINED WOMAN RABBI IN THE REFORM MOVEMENT, CONTENDS THAT CHANGES ARE NECESSARY TO GRANT WOMEN FULL PARTICIPATION IN RELIGIOUS LIFE. | ||
BR | 4520 | PRISONERS OF HONOR | THE DREYFUS AFFAIR | LEWIS, DAVID L. | THE STORY OF CAPTAIN ALFRED DREYFUS, A FRENCH JEW WHO WAS FALSELY ACCUSED OF PASSING MILITARY SECRETS TO GERMANY IN 1894. | |
BR | 4521 | KINGDOM OF OIL, THE. The Middle East | ITS PEOPLE AND ITS POWER | VICKER, RAY | A PORTRAIT OF THE POWER CENTER IN THE WORLD ENERGY CRISIS AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE OIL-PRODUCING COUNTRIES. | |
BR | 4522 | PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE BIBLE | ZELIGS, DOROTHY F. | CONFLICT BETWEEN INSTINCTUAL IMPULSES AND SOCIALIZATION IS SHOWN AS THE UNIFYING THEME OF THE BIBLE AS CONCEPTS OF FREUDIAN THEORY ARE APPLIED TO BIBLICAL FIGURES. | ||
BR | 4523 | JEWS OF MODERNITY, THE | HIMMELFARB, MILTON | HIMMELFARB PRESENTS A SERIES OF PERCEPTIVE ESSAYS WHICH COMMENT ON A VARIETY OF SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 4524 | BENE ISRAEL OF BOMBAY, THE | STRIZOWER, SCHIFRA | A STUDY OF THE OLD JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BOMBAY, INDIA, THAT CLAIMS DESCENT FROM THE TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4526 | JESUS PARTY, THE | SCHONFIELD, HUGH J. | THE AUTHOR OF THE PASSOVER PLOT DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED TO JESUS' FOLLOWERS IN THE 30 YEARS UP TO THE TIME THEIR REVOLUTION AGAINST THE ROMANS WAS CRUSHED. | ||
BR | 4527 | STORY OF JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE, THE | KAHANE, RABBI MEIR | THE INSIDE STORY OF THE JDL, THE MILITANT ORGANIZATION WHOSE GOAL IT WAS TO DEFEND JEWS IN WHATEVER MANNER NECESSARY. WRITTEN BY THE FOUNDER AND LEADER OF THE GROUP. | ||
BR | 4528 | PATRIARCHS OF ISRAEL, THE | HOLT, JOHN MARSHALL | HOLT HAS PENETRATED THE OVERLAY OF MYTH AND LEGEND SURROUNDING THE PATRIARCHS OF THE PERIOD 1900-1400 B.C.E. | ||
BR | 4530 | B-G | FIGHTER OF GOLIATHS | SAMUELS, GERTRUDE | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND AN ACCOUNT OF ISRAEL'S FIGHT FOR RECOGNITION, INDEPENDENCE, AND SURVIVAL. | |
BR | 4532 | MODERN INTERPRETATION OF JUDAISM | SCHWARTZ, CHARLES & BERTIE SCHWARTZ | THE AUTHORS' INTERPRETATION OF THE TENETS AND PRINCIPLES OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 4533 | RECOLLECTIONS OF A ROTTEN KID | DIM, JOAN MARANS | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT A 15-YEAR-OLD JEWISH GIRL GROWING UP IN MANHATTAN IN THE 1950S. | ||
BR | 4534 | TORCH SONG | ROIPHE, ANN | A ROMANTIC NOVEL ABOUT AN UPPER-CLASS JEWISH WOMAN WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC. | ||
BR | 4535 | JEWISH WOMAN IN AMERICA, THE | BAUM, CHARLOTTE, PAULA HYMAN & SONYA | PUBLISHED IN 1976, THIS SOCIAL HISTORY FOCUSES ON THE EXPERIENCE OF JEWISH WOMEN IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 4536 | SON OF GROUCHO | MARX, ARTHUR | A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY OF GROUCHO MARX, WRITTEN BY HIS SON. | ||
BR | 4537 | HAZOR | THE REDISCOVERY OF A GREAT CITADEL | YADIN, YIGAEL | THE STORY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE CANAANITE CITY OF HAZOR, WHICH SERVED AS A CITADEL DURING THE REIGNS OF SOLOMON AND SUBSEQUENT KINGS. | |
BR | 4538 | MY BROTHER'S KEEPER | A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH J | BAUER, YEHUDA | A HISTORY OF THE JOINT AND OF AMERICAN JEWRY FROM 1929 AND THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 4539 | CONVERSATIONS HENRY KISSINGER | GOLAN, MATTI | AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW KISSINGER OPERATES AND AT THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ENDED THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. | ||
BR | 4540 | GROWING UP RICH | BERNAYS, ANNE | A NOVEL ABOUT A GIRL COMING OF AGE IN THE 1940S AND 1950S. | ||
BR | 4541 | TWO IS LONELY | BANKS, LYNN REID | A NOVEL ABOUT A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO FIND HERSELF AND TO FIND CONTENTMENT IN HER LIFE. | ||
BR | 4542 | ESSAYS IN BIBLICAL CULTURE | ORLINSKY, HARRY M. | THESE ESSAYS GIVE INSIGHT INTO THE METHODOLOGY WHICH HAS BROUGHT DR. ORLINSKY THE RESPECT OF BIBLICAL SCHOLARS AROUND THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 4543 | BAAL SHEM TOV ON PIRKEY AVOTH | ARYEH, I. & DVORKES, J. ED. | COLLECTION OF PRECIOUS THOUGHTS, TIMELESS CONCEPTS OF ETHICS AND MORALS BY THE GREAT SOURCE OF DIVINE ILLUMINATION. | ||
BR | 4544 | EINSTEIN AND THE GENERATIONS OF SCIENCE | FEUER, LEWIS S. | 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. | ||
BR | 4545 | CITY OF MANY DAYS | HAREVEN, SHULAMITH | STORY OF 30 YEARS IN LIFE OF JERUSALEM, ITS TRANSFORMATION FROM DROWSY TOWN TO BUSTLING CITY: A MOSAIC OF JEWS, ARABS, BRITISH; PRESSURED BY POSSIBLE WAR. | ||
BR | 4546 | GOLDEN DOOR TO AMERICA, THE | KARP, ABRAHAM J. ED. | HERE IS A TANTALIZING SURVEY OF JEWS AS IMMIGRANTS; A COLLECTION THAT INVITES THE READER TO PURSUE THE SUBJECT IN GREATER DETAIL. | ||
BR | 4547 | LOAVES AND FISHES | KINARD, MALVINA;CRISLER, JANET | MENUS, RECIPES AND BIBLICAL COMMENTS COMBINE IN A REFRESHING EXPEDITION INTO ANCIENT TERRITORY AND MODERN GUIDE TO GOURMET FEASTING. | ||
BR | 4549 | RACE FOR ROME, THE | KURZMAN, DAN | THE STORY OF HOW ROME, 'THE ETERNAL CITY,' WAS SAVED FROM NAZI DESTRUCTION. INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF ROME. | ||
BR | 4550 | WISDOM OF HESCHEL, THE | GOODHILL, RUTH MARCUS, ED. | A COMPILATION FROM THE WORKS OF ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL, THE PROMINENT THEOLOGIAN WHO SERVED AS PROFESSOR OF ETHICS AND MYSTICISM AT THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY OF AMERICA. | ||
BR | 4551 | VILNA GAON VIEWS LIFE, THE | SINGER, YAAKOV & ACKERMAN, C. | A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF THE VILNA GAON'S TORAH AND MUSSAR - A GUIDE TO HELP THE JEW LIVE A TORAH LIFE AS OUTLINED BY THE GREATEST SAGE OF THE PAST 200 YEARS. | ||
BR | 4552 | LESSONS FROM OUR LIVING PAST | HARLOW, JULES, ED. | A TREASURY OF AGGADIC TALES FROM TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOURCES. INCLUDES LEGENDS OF DAVID, SOLOMON, AND ELIJAH AMONG OTHERS, A PARABLE OF MODERN ISRAEL BY S. Y. AGNON, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WIT AND WISDOM OF THE SHTETL. | ||
BR | 4553 | MYTH OF THE JEWISH RACE, THE | PATAI, RAPHAEL & WING, J.P. | THE AUTHORS TAKE AIM AT THE COMMONLY HELD BELIEF THAT THERE IS A JEWISH 'RACE'. | ||
BR | 4554 | OPPENHEIMER AND SON | HOCKING, ANTHONY | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE YOUNGEST SON OF A JEWISH CIGAR MAKER WHO LEFT HIS NATIVE GERMANY TO MANAGE THE OFFICE OF A LONDON DIAMOND DEALER IN SOUTH AFRICA. BOTH OPPENHEIMERS PLACED THE NEEDS OF THEIR NEW COUNTRY BEFORE THEIR OWN INTERESTS. | ||
BR | 4555 | HADASSAH | ESTHER, THE ORPHAN QUEEN | ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM H. | A RETELLING OF THE BIBLICAL TALE OF HOW QUEEN ESTHER SAVED HER PEOPLE FROM HAMAN'S EXTERMINATION PLOT. | |
BR | 4556 | NEW LIVES | SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST LIVING | RABINOWITZ, DOROTHY | A STUDY ABOUT THE SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THEIR ADJUSTMENT TO LIFE IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 4557 | NEGROES AND THE JEWS, THE | BERSON, LENORA | AN ANALYSIS OF THE HISTORIC ALLIANCE BETWEEN AFRICAN AMERICANS AND JEWS, THEIR STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY, AND THE HOSTILITY THAT HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. | ||
BR | 4558 | TREASURY OF THE ART OF LIVING | GREENBERG, RABBI SIDNEY | OUT OF THE ACCUMULATED WISDOM OF THE PAST AND PRESENT, THE EDITOR HAS SELECTED THE MOST OUTSTANDING AND MADE IT AVAILABLE IN AN UNIQUE AND APPEALING MANNER. | ||
BR | 4560 | sea of stones | BECKER, JUREK | ADELE BORDEN | LIFE FOR JEWS IN THE GHETTO IN 1940 IS GRIMLY OVERSEEN BY THEIR NAZI CAPTORS. BECAUSE JACOB WAS OUT AFTER CURFEW HE IS BROUGHT BEFORE GERMAN OFFICIALS. HE OVERHEARS A RADIO AND LEARNS THAT LIBERATORS ARE NEAR. THIS NEWS TRANSFIXES THE GHETTO, BUT WHEN JACOB IS ASKED FOR MORE NEWS, HE SUPPLIES INFORMATION THAT IS ONLY IN HIS HEAD. | |
BR | 4561 | BLACK SUNDAY | HARRIS, THOMAS | A NOVEL ABOUT AN ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHO BECOMES INVOLVED IN A RACE AGAINST TIME, UNKNOWN TERRORISTS, AND THE FBI. | ||
BR | 4562 | CELEBRITY KOSHER COOKBOOK, THE | HALL, MARILYN & CUTLER, J. | LUCILLE BALL, NEIL SIMON AND MANY OTHERS OFFER DELIGHTFUL FARE FOR ALL OCCASIONS AND HOLIDAYS IN THIS SELECTION OF PERSONALLY FAVORITE RECIPES. | ||
BR | 4563 | YESHIVA, THE - VOLUME I | GRADE, CHAIM | THE AUTHOR RECREATES THE RICH WORLD OF HIS NATIVE CITY OF VILNA IN PRE-WORLD WAR II LITHUANIA IN THIS MOVING STORY OF THE HEAD OF A YESHIVA. | ||
BR | 4564 | SUNFLOWER, THE | WIESENTHAL, SIMON | A YOUNG JEW, AN INMATE OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP, IS TAKEN TO THE BEDSIDE OF A DYING, GUILT-RIDDEN NAZI SOLDIER WHO BEGS ABSOLUTION. AFTER HEARING THE SOLDIER'S STORY, THE JEW LEAVES WITHOUT SPEAKING. WIESENTHAL'S STORY FORMED THE BASIS FOR A SYMPOSIUM DEALING WITH THE MORAL QUESTIONS INVOLVED. | ||
BR | 4565 | GAME PLAYER, THE | YGLESIAS, RAFAEL | A NOVEL FULL OF THE TESTING, ELAN, AND EVEN CRUELTY THAT MARK ADOLESCENCE. THE STRATEGIES WILL CAPTIVATE THOSE FOR WHOM WINNING IS THE ONLY THING. | ||
BR | 4566 | IMPOSSIBLE DILEMMA, THE | WHO IS A JEW IN THE STATE OF ISRAE | KRAINES, OSCAR | A STUDY OF THE QUESTION OF WHO IS CONSIDERED A JEW IN ISRAEL, AND THE POLITICAL, LEGAL, RELIGIOUS, AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IN A DEMOCRATIC JEWISH STATE. | |
BR | 4567 | LABOR AND SOCIETY IN ISRAEL | AVRECH, ISAIAH & DAN GILADI, EDS. | A SELECTION OF STUDIES ON THE HISTADRUT AND THE ISRAELI LABOR MOVEMENT, INCLUDING ESSAYS ON INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY IN ISRAEL, THE KIBBUTZ, AND THE MOSHAV. | ||
BR | 4568 | BETWEEN DAY AND DARK | ANGOFF, CHARLES | BESS CHALSKE | THIS PART OF THE SAGA OF THE POLONSKY FAMILY GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR EMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA TO BOSTON. THE BOOK FOCUSES ON DAVID, THE POLONSKY'S SON. | |
BR | 4569 | KIBBUTZ | ROSENFELD, HENRY | STORY OF FIRST KIBBUTZ, DELGANIA AND THE LIFESTYLE IT PRODUCED, A CLASSLESS, EQUAL SOCIETY IN REGARD TO MONEY, WORK, RELIGION. | ||
BR | 4570 | FINALLY...I'M A DOCTOR | SHULMAN, NEIL | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF A JEWISH STUDENT IN MEDICAL SCHOOL. | ||
BR | 4571 | SEANCE AND OTHER STORIES, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | PENNY ABRAMS | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ON LOVE AND DEATH, GOD AND THE DEVIL, FLESH AND SPIRIT, AND THE HUMAN AND COSMIC MYSTERY. | |
BR | 4572 | THERE WE SAT DOWN | NEUSNER, JACOB | THE CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, AND SOCIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE BABYLONIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY FROM 100 B.C.E. TO 640 C.E. | ||
BR | 4573 | SAM'S LEGACY | NEUGEBOREN, JAY | A NOVEL ABOUT A NEW YORK GAMBLER AND HIS FATHER, A DEVOUT JEW. | ||
BR | 4575 | YOM KIPPUR WAR, THE | ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE | DAVIS, MOSHE, ED. | THE RESPONSE OF WORLD COMMUNITIES TO THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, REACTIONS WITHIN JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH INTELLECTUAL CIRCLES, AND EVALUATIONS OF THE JEWISH CONDITION IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. BASED ON A SEMINAR ON WORLD JEWRY AND THE YOM KIPPUR WAR HELD IN JERUSALEM AT THE END OF 1973. | |
BR | 4576 | MOMO | AJAR, EMILE | THIS IS AN ODDLY BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY ABOUT A BOY AND AN AGING WOMAN, A JEW AND AN ARAB, WHO COME TO REALIZE THAT ONE THING IN LIFE MATTERS: LOVE. | ||
BR | 4578 | MR. NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD | BURNFORD, SHEILA | A NOVEL ABOUT MR. NOAH, A DESCENDANT OF THE ORIGINAL NOAH, WHO, AFTER READING ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, DECIDES TO BUILD AN ARK. | ||
BR | 4579 | DREYFUS CASE, THE | SNYDER, LOUIS L. | BEATRICE TRO | A STUDY, BASED ON PRIMARY SOURCES, OF THE DREYFUS AFFAIR, A LANDMARK CASE THAT BECAME A PRECEDENT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF WORLD JUSTICE, AND WAS CONSIDERED THE IMPETUS FOR MODERN ZIONISM. | |
BR | 4580 | ALLEGRA MAUD GOLDMAN | A NOVEL | KONECKY, EDITH | THIS YOUNG PERSON'S NOVEL FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF ALLEGRA MAUD GOLDMAN FROM AGE THREE TO 13, AS SHE GROWS UP JEWISH IN UPPER-MIDDLE-CLASS, PRE-WORLD WAR II BROOKLYN. | |
BR | 4581 | HOLOCAUST | GREEN, GERALD | A NOVEL OF TWO FAMILIES - ONE JEWISH, ONE NAZI - FROM 1935 TO 1945. | ||
BR | 4582 | DIGGING UP JERUSALEM | KENYON, KATHLEEN M. | THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF JERUSALEM WITH EMPHASIS ON THE STRUCTURAL REMAINS. | ||
BR | 4584 | ADOLF HITLER AND THE GERMAN TRAUMA | 1913-1945 - AN INTERPRETATION | HERZSTEIN, ROBERT EDWIN | HAZEL GREEN | A BOOK ABOUT THE INFLUENCES THAT SHAPED HITLER AND AN ANALYSIS OF HIS IMPACT ON GERMANY. INCLUDES HISTORICAL NOTES, BIOGRAPHICAL DATA, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH. |
BR | 4585 | DOG TAGS | BECKER, STEPHEN | A STORY ABOUT A STUBBORN JEWISH DOCTOR WHO PURSUES THE RIDDLE OF LIFE THROUGH A PERIOD OF 20 YEARS. | ||
BR | 4586 | BRAVEST BATTLE, THE | THE 28 DAYS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO U | KURZMAN, DAN | THE STORY OF THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING. BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH MORE THAN 500 SURVIVORS, THE AUTHOR RECONSTRUCTS THE TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS OF HORROR AND HEROISM. | |
BR | 4587 | ULLMAN CODE, THE | BERNHARD, ROBERT | A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT A FORMER AMERICAN SPY WHO IS ON A MISSION TO FIND A DIARY WRITTEN IN SECRET CODE BY A JEWISH VICTIM OF THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 4588 | BABY, IT'S COLD INSIDE | PERELMAN, S.J. | MINNIE BLUME | A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS, SATIRICAL ESSAYS CONCEALING SADNESS AND OUTRAGE, YET ALLOWING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO LAUGH AT ONESELF. | |
BR | 4589 | GERSHWINS | KIMBALL, ROBERT; SIMON, ALFRED | A BOOK ABOUT THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER COMPOSERS AND SONGWRITERS, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN. | ||
BR | 4590 | SAVING REMNANT, THE | AN ACCOUNT OF JEWISH SURVIVAL | AGAR, HERBERT | AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF A JEWISH NATION COMPRISED OF THE REMNANTS OF A PEOPLE DISPERSED IN MANY LANDS. | |
BR | 4591 | HERMAN HAD TWO DAUGHTERS | POPKIN, ZELDA | A NOVEL SHOWING HOW THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED FROM A RELIGIOUS EMPHASIS TO THAT OF A 'BIG-GIVER' ARISTOCRACY. | ||
BR | 4592 | KINGS DEPART, THE | BRODSKY, ALYN | A LIVELY AND POPULAR SAGA WHICH RECONSTRUCTS THE EMPIRE JUDAH MACCABEE CREATED AND THE EVENTS WHICH SHAPED THE JEWISH PEOPLE AFTER THEIR RETURN FROM BABYLON. | ||
BR | 4593 | MORI SA 'ID | HAZAN, HAYIM | THE STORY OF THE YEMENITE JEWS. | ||
BR | 4594 | WOMAN OF VALOR, A | RADER, BEN-ZION & HINDA | THIS BOOK PROVIDES THE JEWESS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPECIAL DESTINY OF HER PEOPLE AND THE UNIQUE AND ELEVATED STATUS ALLOCATED TO THE WOMAN WITHIN JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 4596 | FALL AND OTHER STORIES | GERENSTAIN, GRIGORI | IN THESE 14 STORIES, THE AUTHOR, A YOUNG RUSSIAN JEW NOW LIVING IN ISRAEL, PROVIDES A SPECIAL VISION OF AN INNER WORLD, INTERTWINING THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY. | ||
BR | 4599 | BEHIND THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT | ALROY, GIL CARL | GERTRUDE LIE | THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE REASONS BEHIND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, AND OFFERS A SOLUTION THAT COULD ALLOW ARABS AND JEWS TO LIVE IN PEACE. | |
BR | 4600 | WRITINGS OF MARTIN BUBER, THE | HERBERG, WILL, ED. | A SELECTION OF WRITINGS BY TWENTIETH-CENTURY AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER MARTIN BUBER, WHO DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF RELIGIOUS EXISTENTIALISM. INCLUDED ARE HIS VIEWS OF EXISTENCE, SOCIETY, FAITH, JEWISH DESTINY, TEACHING, AND LEARNING. | ||
BR | 4602 | CRESCENT AND STAR | ARAB AND ISRAELI PERSPECTIVES ON T | ALEXANDER, YONAH & NICHOLAS N. KITTR | A DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT: ARABS IN ISRAEL, JORDAN RIVER USAGE, THE REFUGEE SITUATION, ARAB AND ISRAELI RIGHTS, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND THE STATUS OF JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 4603 | INSIGHT AND ACTION | KAHN, LOTHAR | A BIOGRAPHY OF HISTORICAL NOVELIST AND PLAYWRIGHT LION FEUCHTWANGER, FROM HIS BIRTH IN MUNICH TO ORTHODOX PARENTS THROUGH HIS ULTIMATE BREAK FROM JUDAISM. FEUCHTWANGER LIVED FROM 1884-1958. | ||
BR | 4604 | TWELVE-YEAR REICH, THE | A SOCIAL HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY 1 | GRUNBERGER, RICHARD | A SOCIAL HISTORY OF NAZI GERMANY, DESCRIBING LIFE UNDER A TOTALITARIAN REGIME. | |
BR | 4605 | CONTEMPORARY JUDAIC FELLOWSHIP IN THEORY AND IN PRACTICE | NEUSNER, JACOB, ED. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE BEHIND THE HAVURAH CONCEPT OF JEWISH COMMUNAL FELLOWSHIP. | ||
BR | 4606 | SOUTH FROM KHARTOUM | CAILLOU, ALAN | THE HAUNTING ACCOUNT OF EMIN PASHA-DOCTOR, NATURALIST, LINGUIST AND ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS BARRED, AS A JEW, FROM PRACTICING MEDICINE IN GERMANY. | ||
BR | 4607 | YESHIVA, THE-VOLUME II | GRADE, CHAIM | CONTINUING THE MOVING STORY OF TSEMAKH ATLAS, HEAD OF THE YESHIVA, THE AUTHOR RECREATES THE RICH WORLD OF HIS NATIVE CITY OF VILNA IN PRE-WORLD WAR II LITHUANIA. | ||
BR | 4608 | BOOK OF LIFE | GREY, MARTIN | IN THIS BOOK, MARTIN GREY CALLS UPON HIS READERS TO EMBRACE LIFE, TO GIVE IT, AND TO ACCEPT IT IN THE FACE OF SUFFERING, HAPPINESS AND DEATH. | ||
BR | 4609 | HISTORY OF MODERN JEWRY, A | 1780-1815 | MAHLER, RAPHAEL | ROSE KAYE, L | A COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE JEWS, FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES IN THE WEST TO PALESTINE IN THE EAST. |
BR | 4610 | VAPOR, THE | BAR ONI, BRYNA | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HER CHILDHOOD GROWING UP IN A SHTETL IN POLAND FOLLOWED BY THE YEARS UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION. | ||
BR | 4611 | JEWS, THE | BERMANT, CHAIM | THE BIOGRAPHIES OF JEWS PROMINENT IN SCIENCE, INDUSTRY, AND ART. | ||
BR | 4612 | PROPHETIC EXISTENCE, THE | NEHER, ANDRE | AN INTIMATE LOOK AT THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS--WHY THEY WERE CHOSEN, WHAT THEIR SPECIAL MESSAGE WAS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN TODAY'S WORLD. | ||
BR | 4613 | ACTOR | LIFE AND TIMES OF PAUL MUNI | LAWRENCE, JEROME | A BIOGRAPHY OF ACTOR PAUL MUNI, FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER IN THE YIDDISH THEATER THROUGH HIS YEARS ON STAGE AND IN THE MOVIES. | |
BR | 4614 | GIRL THAT HE MARRIES, THE | LERMAN, RHODA | A FUNNY AND, ULTIMATELY, LETHAL DIATRIBE AGAINST THE MATING GAME AS PLAYED BY A 30ISH GENTILE WOMAN AND AN ATTRACTIVE JEWISH MAN. | ||
BR | 4615 | 17 BEN GURION | HOFFENBERG, JACK | AS A RUTHLESS PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PLOTS TO DESTROY ISRAEL, AN ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE AGENT RACES AGAINST TIME TO THWART THE CONSPIRACY. | ||
BR | 4616 | JEW AND HIS HISTORY, THE | KOCHAN, LIONEL | THE AUTHOR ANALYZES JEWISH VIEWS ON HISTORY FROM POST-BIBLICAL TO MODERN TIMES AND DISCUSSES THE RISE OF MESSIANIC MOVEMENTS. | ||
BR | 4617 | JEWISH AND HEBREW ONOMASTICS | SINGERMAN, ROBERT | THIS STUDY COVERS PERHAPS EVERY ASPECT OF JEWISH AND HEBREW ONOMASTICS (THE STUDY OF NAMES) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND HISTORY. | ||
BR | 4618 | POLITICS OF PALESTINIAN NATIONALISM, THE | QUANDT, WILLIAM & FUAD JABBER & R. L | THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONALISM AMONG THE ARAB POPULATION IN THE YEARS BEFORE AND AFTER THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. DISCUSSES ARAB EFFORTS TO FORM AN INDEPENDENT STATE WHICH BECAME A SOURCE OF TENSION AND CONFLICT. | ||
BR | 4619 | SUN CHEMIST, THE | DAVIDSON, LIONEL | THE FATE OF ISRAEL'S FUTURE ENERGY RESOURCES AND ALSO THAT OF THE WORLD HINGES ON A RESEARCHER'S ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER AND INTERPRET THE CHAIM WEIZMANN PAPERS. | ||
BR | 4620 | INSIDE THE FOURTH REICH | ERDSTEIN, ERICH & BARBARA BEAN | A FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF A JEWISH-AUSTRIAN REFUGEE WHO SPENT 25 YEARS TRACKING DOWN FORMER NAZIS IN URUGUAY, PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA, AND BRAZIL. | ||
BR | 4621 | RIFKA GROWS UP | BURSTEIN, CHAYA M. | CAUGHT UP IN THE WEB OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UPHEAVAL OF CZARIST RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, A YOUNG GIRL FIGHTS HER WAY TO A NEW LIFE IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 4622 | EROICA | ROSTOV, MARA | AN EXCITING TALE OF REVIVED NAZISM IN MODERN GERMANY WRITTEN WITH ALMOST KAFKAESQUE OVERTONES WHICH, FRIGHTENINGLY, READS AS IF IT WERE TRUE. | ||
BR | 4624 | JEWS OF THE UNITED STATES, THE | FISHMAN, PRISCILLA, ED. | A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY FROM COLONIAL TIMES. . | ||
BR | 4625 | HEART IS HALF A PROPHET, THE | GOLDSTEIN, RUTH TESSLER | A NOVEL ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND THE HEARTACHES IN A HASIDIC FAMILY IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN, DURING THE 1930S, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE YOUNG DAUGHTER. | ||
BR | 4626 | TWENTY-THIRD WEB, THE | HIMMEL, RICHARD | A NOVEL ABOUT A SHEIK WHO PERFECTS A PLAN TO DESTROY ISRAEL ECONOMICALLY BY PLACING AGENTS IN 28 AMERICAN CITIES TO KIDNAP AND MURDER WEALTHY JEWS. | ||
BR | 4627 | GREAT MADNESS, THE | HAMEIRI, AVIGDOR | A NOVEL BY AN ISRAELI WRITER ABOUT JEWISH LIFE AND PRIVATION ON THE EUROPEAN EASTERN FRONT DURING WORLD WAR I. | ||
BR | 4628 | CSARDAS | PEARSON, DIANE | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT A HUNGARIAN FAMILY COVERING THE PERIOD FROM BEFORE WORLD WAR II UNTIL THE NAZI INVASION. THE NAME 'CSARDAS' COMES FROM A HUNGARIAN DANCE THAT BEGINS SLOWLY AND ENDS IN A RAPID WHIRL. | ||
BR | 4629 | OLD EAST SIDE, THE | HINDUS, MILTON | MRS. JIM LAN | THE WORLD OF THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT COMES TO LIFE IN A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS FROM ABRAHAM CAHAN, LILLIAN WALD, JACOB EPSTEIN, AND OTHERS. | |
BR | 4630 | PERSONAL BOOK, A | RODGERS, DOROTHY | THE WIFE OF COMPOSER RICHARD RODGERS WRITES ON HER EARLY LIFE AS A MEMBER OF A WEALTHY NEW YORK JEWISH FAMILY, HER INVENTIONS AND HER ROLE AS WIFE AND MOTHER. | ||
BR | 4631 | REUNION | UHLMAN, FRED | A NOVEL ABOUT AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A YOUNG JEW AND THE ARISTOCRATIC SCION OF A GERMAN FAMILY. THE STORY FORESHADOWS THE FATE OF EUROPE'S JEWS. | ||
BR | 4632 | SHOLOM ALEICHEM | YIDDISH LITERATURE | BUTWIN, JOSEPH & FRANCES BUTWIN | SHOLOM ALEICHEM IS PORTRAYED AS A RECORDER OF FOLKLORE WHOSE COMIC AND SYMPATHETIC NARRATION CREATES ENDEARING CHARACTERS. | |
BR | 4633 | TEMPLE, THE | WEIDMAN, JEROME | A POOR BOY BECOMES RICH AND POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GIVE REIGN TO HIS OBSESSION TO ESTABLISH A JEWISH STRONGHOLD IN ANTI-SEMITIC WASP SUBURBIA. | ||
BR | 4634 | OLD TESTAMENT AND THE WORLD, THE | ZIMMERLI, WALTHER | THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT THE BIBLE, BOTH IN ITS OWN TIME AND IN MODERN TIMES, IS TOO WORLD-ROOTED. | ||
BR | 4635 | OUT OF THE SWEATSHOP | STEIN, LEON, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE STRUGGLE FOR DECENT WORKING CONDITIONS AND WAGES, IN WHICH JEWS WERE INSTRUMENTAL. THE AUTHOR WAS EDITOR OF 'JUSTICE,' THE PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS UNION. | ||
BR | 4636 | ON EAGLE'S WINGS | WEIZMAN, EZER | WEIZMAN, A SABRA, ROSE FROM A TRUCK DRIVER IN THE BRITISH RAF TO ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED COMMANDERS OF ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE. HE RECOUNTS HIS PERSONAL STORY. | ||
BR | 4637 | LOVE AND SEX | GORDIS, ROBERT | GORDIS EXAMINES JEWISH ATTITUDES TOWARD BIRTH CONTROL, ABORTION, HOMOSEXUALITY, ETC. AND ASSERTS THAT SOLUTIONS SHOULD ARISE FROM ETHICAL EDUCATION, NOT CIVIL LAWS. | ||
BR | 4638 | AMERICAN ZIONISM | FROM HERZL TO THE HOLOCAUST | UROFSKY, MELVIN I. | A HISTORY OF ZIONISM IN AMERICA FROM THE TIME OF HERZL, WHO ADVOCATED A ZIONIST STATE IN 1896, UNTIL THE HOLOCAUST WHEN AMERICAN JEWS BECAME COMMITTED TO THE GOAL OF A JEWISH STATE. | |
BR | 4639 | AUSCHWITZ | BEGINNING A NEW ERA | FLEISCHNER, EVA (EDITOR) | THE COMPILATION OF 26 PAPERS WRITTEN FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN INTELLECTUALS WHICH ANALYZE HITLER'S HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 4640 | JEWS AND 'JEWISH CHRISTIANITY' | BERGER, DAVID & MICHAEL WYSCHOGROD | THE AUTHORS, BOTH JUDAIC SCHOLARS, RESPECTFULLY AND WITHOUT POLEMICS EXPLAIN HOW JUDAISM VIEWS CHRISTIANITY AND WHERE THE RELIGIONS DIFFER IN FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFS. | ||
BR | 4641 | INTO THAT DARKNESS | FROM MERCY KILLING TO MASS MURDER | SERENY, GITTA | A STUDY OF NAZI GENOCIDE, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH SS MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, HISTORIANS, DIPLOMATS, AND PRIESTS, AS WELL AS SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE BOOK ATTEMPTS TO ANALYZE THE REACTIONS AND THE BEHAVIOR OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE THIRD REICH. | |
BR | 4643 | IN THE ARENA | NEUMANN, EMANUEL | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE LEADERS OF AMERICAN ZIONISM. NEUMANN DESCRIBES THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVEMENT AND THE VARIOUS STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ZIONIST CAUSE IN THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 4644 | DANCE AROUND THE FIRE | CONE, MOLLY | STANLEY E. S | A NOVEL ABOUT A GIRL WHO BECOMES RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT AND THE REACTION OF HER FAMILY. A BOOK FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | |
BR | 4645 | OUT OF THE ASHES | THE STORY OF A SURVIVOR | THORNE, LEON | A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 4646 | GOLDEN DOOR, THE | KESSNER, THOMAS | A CASE STUDY OF SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE UNITED STATES BASED ON THE LIVES OF ITALIAN AND JEWISH IMMIGRANTS. | ||
BR | 4647 | DAMASCUS COVER, THE | KAPLAN, HOWARD | A SUSPENSE NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG ISRAELI SPY SENT TO SYRIA TO HELP THE REMNANTS OF THE JEWISH POPULATION THERE. AFTER COMMITTING A NUMBER OF BLUNDERS, HE IS CAPTURED BUT REFUSES TO REVEAL WHAT HE KNOWS. | ||
BR | 4648 | ISAAC | THE LINK IN THE CHAIN | STERN, CHAIM | A FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHY OF THE BIBLICAL ISAAC. | |
BR | 4649 | HOST AT LAST, A | SACHAR, ABRAM L. | THE STORY OF THE FOUNDING OF BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, ITS FUND-RAISING STRUGGLES, FACULTY RECRUITMENT, AND COMMITMENT TO THE JEWISH ETHOS AS WELL AS SCHOLARSHIP. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY WAS NAMED FOR SUPREME COURT JUSTICE LOUIS BRANDEIS AND IS SITUATED IN WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS. | ||
BR | 4650 | STEELED BY ADVERSITY | ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES ON AMERICAN J | BARON, SALO W. | ANNETTE FELD | ESSAYS ON THE STATUS OF JEWS IN AMERICA. THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT WHILE THE JEWS REALIZED THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE GROUNDWORK HAD BEEN LAID DURING THE COLONIAL PERIOD. |
BR | 4651 | EIGHT QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT JUDAISM | PRAGER, DENNIS & JOSEPH TELUSHKIN | THIS WORK PRESENTS JUDAISM AS THE RATIONAL MORAL ALTERNATIVE FOR MODERN MAN AND EXPLAINS THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 4652 | FIRE SALE | KLANE, ROBERT | WHILE VACATIONING IN FLORIDA, A JEWISH MAN ARRANGES TO HAVE HIS DEPARTMENT STORE BURNED DOWN IN THIS FARCICAL BLACK COMEDY. | ||
BR | 4653 | MESSENGERS OF GOD | WIESEL, ELIE | BASED ON HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD, AND THE COMMENTARIES, THE AUTHOR BRINGS THE STORIES OF THE BIBLICAL PERSONALITIES TO LIFE. | ||
BR | 4654 | KISSINGER | PORTRAIT OF A MIND | GRAUBARD, STEPHEN R. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE EDUCATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT THAT MADE KISSINGER'S CAREER POSSIBLE AND A STUDY OF THE CONCEPTS HE DEVELOPED AND APPLIED TO AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. | |
BR | 4655 | RHINEMANN EXCHANGE, THE | LUDLUM, ROBERT | A NOVEL OF ESPIONAGE WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING WORLD WAR II, INVOLVING AN UNDERCOVER TRADE OF INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS BETWEEN AMERICAN AND NAZI LEADERS. WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR OF 'THE MADLOCK PAPER.' | ||
BR | 4656 | BIRD HAS NO WINGS, THE | LETTERS OF PETER SCHWIEFERT | SCHWIEFERT, PETER. C. LANZMAN, ED. | THE LETTERS WRITTEN BY A YOUNG FRENCH-JEWISH WRITER WHO WAS KILLED WHILE FIGHTING FOR THE FREE FRENCH ARMY. | |
BR | 4657 | RIVER AND THE STONE, THE | JENKS, KATHLEEN | STORY OF MOSES' YOUTH IN EGYPT. THE NOVEL DEPICTS THE SENSUAL TEXTURE OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE UNDER THE PHARAOHS. | ||
BR | 4658 | MOSES | A NARRATIVE | BURGESS, ANTHONY | AN EPIC POEM WHICH RECOUNTS THE BIBLICAL STORY OF MOSES, THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT, AND THE YEARS OF WANDERING IN THE DESERT. | |
BR | 4659 | LITTLE BOY IN SEARCH OF GOD, A | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS & IRA MOSKOVI | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING NOVELIST AND STORYTELLER, COVERING HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS, HIS HASIDIC BACKGROUND, HIS EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF GOD, AND THE CHALLENGE OF RATIONALISM AND SECULAR KNOWLEDGE. | ||
BR | 4660 | TO REMEMBER, TO FORGET | BEN AMOTZ, DAN. ZIVA SHAPIRO, TRANS | A LOVE STORY ABOUT A CONFIRMED ISRAELI BACHELOR WHO LEAVES JERUSALEM TO CLAIM REPARATIONS FROM THE GERMANS AND RETURNS WITH A FAMILY AND A MERCEDES. | ||
BR | 4661 | PLOT TO DESTROY ISRAEL, THE | ROSENFELD, ALVIN | A DOCUMENTED REPORT ON THE ARABS' PLAN TO DESTROY ISRAEL, MILITARILY, DIPLOMATICALLY, AND ECONOMICALLY. | ||
BR | 4662 | WEDNESDAY THE RABBI GOT WET | KEMELMAN, HARRY | THE SIXTH NOVEL IN THE SERIES ABOUT RABBI SMALL, SPIRITUAL LEADER OF A SYNAGOGUE IN BARNARD'S CROSSING, WHO USES TALMUDIC REASONING AND INSIGHT TO SOLVE MYSTERIES WHILE DEALING WITH DAY-TO-DAY 'SHUL POLITICS.' | ||
BR | 4663 | SAMURAI OF VISHOGROD, THE | THE NOTEBOOKS OF JACOB MARATECH | WINCELBERG, SHIMON & ANITA WINCELBER | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE YIDDISH WRITER WHO GREW UP IN RUSSIA AND SERVED IN THE CZAR'S ARMY. THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE MARATECH SOUGHT TO COMBAT THE STEREOTYPE OF THE PASSIVE JEWISH UNDERDOG. | |
BR | 4664 | WAY OF TORAH, THE | AN INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM. 4TH ED | NEUSNER, JACOB | THIS TEXT SURVEYS THE VARIETIES OF JEWISH BELIEF AND BEHAVIOR, MODERN JEWISH CULTURE, AND THE PERSISTENCE OF RABBINIC TRADITION. | |
BR | 4665 | FROM THE GHETTO | CHAMETZKY, JULES | THIS STUDY CAPTURES THE EXCITEMENT OF ABRAHAM CAHAN'S LITERARY PASSIONS AS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN-JEWISH WRITERS OF THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE. | ||
BR | 4666 | SHTETL AND OTHER YIDDISH NOVELLA | WISSE, RUTH R., ED. | LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN SHTETL SERVES AS THE BACKGROUND IN THESE FIVE SHORT NOVELS. | ||
BR | 4667 | DARKNESS AT NOON | KOESTLER, ARTHUR | A NOVEL, BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S OWN EXPERIENCES, ABOUT THE IMPRISONMENT, TORTURE, CONFESSION, AND DEATH OF AN OLD BOLSHEVIK. | ||
BR | 4668 | JEWISH IDEAS AND CONCEPTS | KATZ, STEVEN T. | AN EXAMINATION OF BASIC CONCEPTS SUCH AS GOD, MAN, CREATION, ISRAEL, MESSIAH THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED BY JUDAISM AND CONSTITUTE THE JEWISH VIEW OF THE UNIVERSE. | ||
BR | 4669 | HEARTLAND | MALOFF, SAUL | A NOVEL, SET IN A GIRLS' COLLEGE IN THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA, WHICH EXPLORES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LIFE IN THE EAST AND IN THE WEST, BETWEEN JEW AND NON-JEW, AND BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. | ||
BR | 4670 | EARLY IN THE SUMMER OF 1970 | YEHOSHUA, A.B. MIRIAM ARAD & PAULINE | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE ISRAELI AUTHOR FOCUSING ON THE PERSONAL ANGUISH OF INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY WAR. | ||
BR | 4672 | FROM SPANISH COURT TO ITALIAN GHETTO | ISAAC CARDOSO, A STUDY IN 17TH CE | YERUSHALMI, YOSEF HAYIM | A HISTORY OF THE MARRANOS OF 17TH CENTURY SPAIN BASED ON DOCUMENTS ON THE LIFE OF PHYSICIAN AND PHILOSOPHER ISAAC CARDOSO. | |
BR | 4673 | LIFE STORY OF MENACHEN BEGIN, THE | GREENFIELD, RICHARD P. & IRVING A. G | A BIOGRAPHY OF MENACHEM BEGIN, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND LEADER OF THE LIKUD PARTY. DESCRIBES HIS MILITANCY DURING HIS YOUNGER YEARS, HIS ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT BY THE BRITISH, AND HIS BELIEF IN CREATING A JEWISH STATE BY 'DIRECT ACTION' RATHER THAN BY DIPLOMACY. | ||
BR | 4674 | PEDLOCK INHERITANCE, THE | LONGSTREET, STEPHEN | A NOVEL ABOUT AN AMERICAN-JEWISH FAMILY WHICH FOCUSES ON JUDGE PEDLOCK'S PROJECTED NOMINATION TO THE SUPREME COURT, HIS SON'S ROMANCES, AND A MURDER. | ||
BR | 4675 | URBAN CIVILIZATION IN PRE-CRUSADE EUROPE. VOL. 2. | AGUS, IRVING A. | A STUDY OF ORGANIZED TOWN-LIFE IN NORTHWESTERN EUROPE DURING THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES, BASED ON THE RESPONSA LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 4676 | YEMENITE GIRL, THE | LEVIANT, CURT | A NOVEL ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN EZRA SHULTISH AND AN ELDERLY ISRAELI NOBEL LAUREATE. | ||
BR | 4677 | WINDOW ON MOUNT ZION | ROSE, PAULINE | ELLEN KANNER | THE STORY OF AN ENGLISH FAMILY WHO CAME TO ISRAEL BEFORE THE JUNE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. | |
BR | 4678 | MARRIAGE | SCHNEID, HAYYIM, ED. | A HISTORY OF THE BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS SEXUALITY AND THE MARITAL RELATIONSHIP. THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS SURROUNDING THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY, DOWRY, SEX, AND CONTRACEPTION. | ||
BR | 4679 | SCOUNDREL TIME | HELLMAN, LILLIAN | THIS THIRD VOLUME OF HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY CONCERNS HER TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS DURING THE MCCARTHY ERA. | ||
BR | 4680 | MIDDLE EAST, THE | QUEST FOR AN AMERICAN POLICY | BELING, WILLARD A., ED. | RUBELLE SCHA | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT ISSUES SUCH AS ARAB-ISRAELI MISTRUST, INTER-ARAB RIVALRY, AND AMERICAN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. |
BR | 4681 | ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE JEWS | BARON, SALO W. & ARCADIUS KAHAN & OT | THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE LIFE OF THE JEWS. COVERING THE PERIOD UP TO THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES, THE BOOK DESCRIBES JEWISH PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE ECONOMY, INCLUDING HANDICRAFTS, TRADE, AND INDUSTRY. | ||
BR | 4682 | NIGHT AND HOPE | LUSTIG, ARNOST. A. THINNER, TRANS. | A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA EXPLORES THE LIVES OF JEWS WHO ATTEMPTED TO SURVIVE IN THE TEREZIN CONCENTRATION CAMP. | ||
BR | 4683 | IT ISN'T ALL MINK | SPANIER, GINETTE | THE JEWISH DIRECTRICE OF THE FASHION HOUSE OF BALMAIN IN PARIS REMINISCES ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD, HER WARTIME YEARS AND LIFE IN THE HIGH WORLD OF FASHION. | ||
BR | 4684 | HERMANN COHEN'S PHILO. JUDAISM | MELBER, JEHUDA | A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CONFRONTED THIS EMINENT, CONTEMPORARY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. | ||
BR | 4685 | ADAM RESURRECTED | KANIUK, YORAM | A NOVEL, SET IN ISRAEL, ABOUT ADAM, WHOSE TALENT AS A CLOWN SAVED HIM FROM EXTERMINATION IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS. | ||
BR | 4686 | SEEKER AND OTHER POEMS | SACHS, NELLY TRANS: MEAD, HAM. | IN THESE LATER WORKS, THE NOBEL LAUREATE, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, DRAWS HEAVILY ON JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM. | ||
BR | 4687 | DEAR ONCE | POPKIN, ZELDA | A NOVEL ABOUT FOUR GENERATIONS OF AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH FAMILY FROM A RUSSIAN-LITHUANIAN VILLAGE. | ||
BR | 4688 | MOROCCAN, THE | HADDAD, C.A. | THE ADVENTURES OF A CUNNING, COWARDLY MOROCCAN-BORN JEW WHO EMERGES AS AN ANTI-HERO WHEN HE IS DUPED INTO INFILTRATING SYRIA AS A SPY. | ||
BR | 4689 | BINDING OF ISAAC, THE | COHEN, BARBARA | TOLD BY AN AGING ISAAC TO HIS GRANDCHILDREN, AN UNCOMPROMISINGLY TRUTHFUL, YET TENDER AND REASSURING RETELLING OF THE TIMELESS OLD TESTAMENT STORY. | ||
BR | 4690 | CHOOSING PEOPLE, THE | ARIAN, ALAN | AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAELI VOTING BEHAVIOR AND HOW IT IS AFFECTED BY ISRAELI POLITICAL DYNAMICS, VOTING BLOCS, AND RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE. | ||
BR | 4691 | LEGENDS OF JERUSALEM | THE SACRED LAND. VOL. 1. | VILNAY, ZEV | AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES AND FOLKTALES FROM MIDRASHIC AND RABBINIC LITERATURE CONTAINING OVER 300 LEGENDS ABOUT JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 4692 | FAMILY FEELING | YGLESIAS, HELEN | AN EVOCATIVE STORY OF THE EXPERIENCES OF A JEWISH FAMILY'S EMIGRATION TO AMERICA--THEIR FAILURES, SUCCESSES AND CONFLICTS. | ||
BR | 4693 | JEWISH WOMAN IN AMERICA, THE | GLANZ, RUDOLPH | GLANZ'S THESIS IS THAT THE SECOND WAVE OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION (1881-1929) BROUGHT UNMARRIED WOMEN WITH ARTISAN SKILLS TO AMERICA. MANY OF THESE WOMEN BECAME ACTIVE UNIONISTS. | ||
BR | 4695 | MIMEKOR YISRAEL (CLASSICAL JEWISH FOLKTALES), VOL. II | BIN GORION, MICHA, ED. | A COLLECTION OF OVER 1,000 FOLK TALES BASED ON THE POPULAR LITERATURE THAT EVOLVED IN JEWISH SOCIETIES THROUGH THE CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 4696 | FRUITS OF THE HOLY LAND, THE | GOOR, ASAPH & MAX MURDOCK | THE LEGENDS AND HISTORY OF THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY LAND MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE AND TALMUD. | ||
BR | 4697 | ZION RECONSIDERED | PETUCHOWSKI, JAKOB J. | A STUDY OF THE IDEOLOGY OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ITS FULFILLMENT IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL, ITS EFFECT ON THE STRUCTURE OF AMERICAN JUDAISM, AND THE BIBLICAL CONCEPTS UPON WHICH IT IS BASED. WRITTEN BY THE PROMINENT REFORM RABBI, SCHOLAR, AND THEOLOGIAN. | ||
BR | 4698 | BUBBLES | A SELF PORTRAIT | SILLS, BEVERLY | BEVERLY SILLS HAS COME A LONG WAY TO BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL OPERA SENSATION--BUT BELLE MIRIAM SILVERMAN IS STILL VERY MUCH BUBBLES FROM BROOKLYN. | |
BR | 4700 | RABBI | POLNER, MURRAY | FROM INTERVIEWS WITH AMERICAN RABBIS, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A HEARTWARMING ACCOUNT OF RABBIS AS PASTORS, SCHOLARS, FUND-RAISERS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS. | ||
BR | 4701 | VINEGAR PUSS | PERELMAN, S.J. | ELLEN KANNER | A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-TWO HUMOROUS STORIES, INCLUDING 'READY, AIM, FLEE' AND 'AROUND THE BEND IN EIGHTY DAYS.' | |
BR | 4702 | CHILD'S INTRO. TO PROPHETS, A | NEWMAN, SHIRLEY; NEWMAN, L. ED. | THE AUTHOR COMPILES A SELECTION OF BIBLE STORIES TO FAMILIARIZE YOUNG CHILDREN WITH THE EARLY PROPHETS AND THEIR TEACHINGS. | ||
BR | 4703 | KARL MARX ON RELIGION. VOL. V | PADOVER, SAUL K., ED. | AN EXAMINATION OF MARX'S ATTITUDE TOWARD RELIGION: HIS ANTIPATHY FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, CLERGY, RITES AND IDEALS AS WELL AS HIS HOSTILITY TOWARD JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 4704 | HUMANIZING JEWISH LIFE | JUDAISM AND THE HUMAN POTENTIAL MO | ELKINS, RABBI DOV PERETZ | ELKINS DISCUSSES THE TEACHING METHODS OF THE 'HUMAN POTENTIAL MOVEMENT' AND APPLIES ITS TECHNIQUES OF EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION AND SENSITIVITY LABS TO JEWISH RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, AND COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS. | |
BR | 4705 | JEWISH GRANDMOTHERS | KRAMER, SYDELLE & JENNY MASUR, EDS. | THE RECOLLECTIONS OF TEN WOMEN ABOUT THE DEPRESSION YEARS, POVERTY, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND CULTURE SHOCK. | ||
BR | 4706 | WE JEWS | ROSENZWEIG, EFRAIM M. | AN EXCELLENT PRIMER, NEITHER CONDESCENDING NOR SUPERFICIAL, FOR CHRISTIANS WITH A GENUINE INTEREST IN THE THOUGHT, RATIONALE AND PRACTICE OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 4707 | LITERATURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE TIME OF JESUS, THE | SCHURER, EMIL | STANLEY R. B | BACKGROUND AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SUCH TEXTS AS 'THE BOOK OF MACCABEES,' THE PSEUDEPIGRAPHIC PROPHECIES, THE SEPTUAGINT, AND THE WRITINGS OF JOSEPHUS AND PHILO. | |
BR | 4709 | BLOODSHED AND THREE NOVELLAS | OZICK, CYNTHIA | IN THE TITLE STORY, NOVELIST OZICK DESCRIBES CONSTRUCTION WORK IN A HASIDIC COMMUNITY OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY WHERE TORAH STUDY GOES ALONG WITH CARPENTRY AND BRICKLAYING. ANOTHER NOVELLA FEATURES A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR WHO REPRESENTS AN AFRICAN NATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS. | ||
BR | 4710 | SOLOMON'S NEW MEN | THE EMERGENCE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL AS | HEATON, E.W. | A STUDY FOCUSING ON THE RISE OF THE SCRIBES AND HISTORIANS DURING KING SOLOMON'S TIME WHO PRODUCED BIBLICAL LITERATURE. THE BOOK DESCRIBES THE LIFE AND CULTURE OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4711 | FROM MOSCOW TO JERUSALEM | THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE JEWISH | RASS, REBECCA & M. BRAFMAN | A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE ATTEMPTS OF SOVIET JEWISH ACTIVISTS TO EMIGRATE TO ISRAEL. INCLUDES THE PLIGHT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO RENOUNCED THEIR SOVIET CITIZENSHIP, THE ATTEMPT TO HIJACK A PLANE, AND THE RESPONSE OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. | |
BR | 4712 | HOLOCAUST AND THE LITERARY IMAGINATION, THE | LANGER, LAWRENCE L. | A CRITICAL STUDY OF PROSE AND POETRY COMPOSED BY VICTIMS AND OBSERVERS OF THE NAZI ERA WHICH EXAMINES A GENRE OF WRITING CONSIDERED 'THE LITERATURE OF ATROCITY.' | ||
BR | 4713 | WHY THEY GIVE | GOLDIN, MILTON | A STUDY COMPARING JEWISH FUND-RAISING EFFORTS WITH THOSE OF OTHER RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR PHILANTHROPIES. | ||
BR | 4714 | OUR HERITAGE | SCHMAHL, CHAIM S. | A COLLECTION OF SHORT VERY INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS ABOUT THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION, PRESENTED IN ALMOST STORY FORM. | ||
BR | 4715 | HOSTAGES | THE PERSONAL TESTIMONY OF A SOVIET | SVIRSKY, GRIGORY | A PERSONAL MEMOIR AND TESTIMONY OF THE POSITION OF JEWS UNDER THE COMMUNIST REGIME. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES WHAT HIS OWN FAMILY SAW AND EXPERIENCED WHILE LIVING IN SOVIET RUSSIA. | |
BR | 4716 | FALSE IDOLS | FERM, BETTY | AN ELECTRIFYING NOVEL OF THE UNNATURAL; THE TERRIFYING EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE EXORCISM OF A DEMON IN A LONG ISLAND SUBURBAN COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 4718 | LET US REASON TOGETHER | DIALOGUES ON VITAL CONTEMPORARY IS | BERKOWITZ, WILLIAM, ED. | RUTH BERKELE | A COLLECTION OF DIALOGUES THAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE AUTHOR, A RABBI, AND LEADERS IN THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY ON A NUMBER OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH ISSUES. TOPICS INCLUDED RELIGION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS, UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY, SCIENCE AND RELIGION, AND THE PLIGHT OF SOVIET JEWRY. |
BR | 4719 | RAV, THE | EHRMANN, NAFTALI HERTZ | THE LIFE STORY OF THE FIRST REBBE OF LUBAVITCH AND FOUNDER OF CHABAD CHASSIDUTH, RABBI SCHNEUR ZALMAN OF LIADY. | ||
BR | 4720 | ESSENTIAL TALMUD, THE | STEINSALTZ, ADIN. CHAYA GALAI, TRAN | 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. | ||
BR | 4721 | ARYAN MYTH, THE | POLIAKOV, LEON | A STUDY SHOWING HOW THE MYTH OF A SUPERIOR 'ARYAN' RACE CAPTURED THE GERMAN IMAGINATION, HELPING THEM RATIONALIZE GENOCIDE OF 'SUB-HUMANS.' | ||
BR | 4722 | JEWISH JESUS, THE | ARON, ROBERT | A DESCRIPTION OF JESUS' JEWISH BACKGROUND AND BELIEFS. | ||
BR | 4723 | WORLD OF OUR FATHERS | HOWE, IRVING | STORIES AND ESSAYS FROM THE WORLD OF THE JEWS WHO IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA FROM EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 1880S AND MADE THEIR HOME ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. WHILE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN THEIR YIDDISH CULTURE, THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE FIELDS OF ART, SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL REFORMS. | ||
BR | 4724 | CRUCIFIXION OF THE JEWS, THE | LITTELL, FRANKLIN H. | A BOOK WHICH EXAMINES THE FAILURE OF CHRISTIANS TO UNDERSTAND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4725 | GUARD YOUR TONGUE | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE LAWS OF L | PLISKIN, ZELIG | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE LAWS OF GOSSIP AND SLANDER BASED ON THE WORKS OF RABBI YISROEL MEIR HAKOHEN ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHOFETZ CHAYIM. | |
BR | 4726 | LEAH'S JOURNEY | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | SAGA OF THE LOVE AND STRUGGLES OF A JEWISH COUPLE WHO FLEE POGROMS IN RUSSIA TO FIND A NEW LIFE, FIRST IN THE SQUALOR OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE AND THEN IN THE LUXURIOUS SUBURBS. | ||
BR | 4727 | JERUSALEM | GULSTON, CHARLES | A MAGNIFICENTLY WRITTEN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL-A STUDY THAT REFLECTS THE BIBLICAL PAST AND THE PROPHESIED FUTURE. | ||
BR | 4729 | YOUNG MAN WHO WROTE SOAP OPERAS, THE | GROSS, JOEL | A ROMANTIC NOVEL ABOUT THE GROWTH AND MATURING OF A YOUNG MAN, ONCE A BRILLIANT YESHIVA STUDENT, WHO BECOMES A WRITER OF SOAP OPERAS. | ||
BR | 4730 | JEW IN EARLY AMERICAN WIT AND GRAPHIC HUMOR, THE | GLANZ, RUDOLF | GLANZ CONCLUDES THAT 'IN AMERICAN CARICATURE, THE JEW IS A REASONING BEING, LAUGHABLE IN HIS WEAKNESS, BUT FORMIDABLE IN...HIS RATIONALITY. | ||
BR | 4731 | GABRIEL | POLLOCK, HARRY J. | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN AN ORTHODOX FAMILY IN THE 1930S, WHO TRIES TO ESCAPE THE CONFINES OF RELIGION AND TRADITION. | ||
BR | 4732 | JUDAISM IN AMERICA | FROM CURIOSITY TO THIRD FAITH | BLAU, JOSEPH L. | BLAU ASSERTS THAT JUDAISM'S ADAPTATION TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF AMERICA SIGNIFIES THE VITALITY OF THE RELIGION AND THE CREATIVITY OF ITS ADHERENTS. | |
BR | 4733 | ARRANGED MARRIAGE, AN | TRACHTENBERG, INGE | A NOVEL SET IN THE EARLY 1900S ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND IS SUFFERING FROM EPILEPSY. EXPLORES FREUDIAN CONCEPTS. | ||
BR | 4734 | MY LIFE, MY THEATER | KAMINSKA, IDA | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACTRESS AND DIRECTOR WHO HELPED KEEP THE YIDDISH THEATER ALIVE DURING THE HITLER YEARS. | ||
BR | 4735 | WEIZMANN | LITVINOFF, BARNET | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. WEIZMANN, WHO LIVED FROM 1874-1952, WAS A ZIONIST LEADER AND A CHEMIST BY PROFESSION. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR THE FORMATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4736 | SOLOMON AND SHEBA | PRITCHARD, JAMES B. | THIS BOOK RETELLS THE BIBLICAL STORY OF THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF SHEBA TO KING SOLOMON AND ANALYZES IT THROUGH HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH. | ||
BR | 4737 | TO RAISE A JEWISH CHILD | A GUIDE FOR PARENTS | DONIN, RABBI HAYIM HALEVY | RABBI DONIN OFFERS PRACTICAL ADVICE ON JEWISH PARENTING AND GIVES SUGGESTIONS FOR DEALING WITH MANY OF THE DECISIONS PARENTS MUST MAKE CONCERNING JEWISH EDUCATION, FAMILY LIFE, AND THE CHILD'S SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT. | |
BR | 4738 | RABBI'S WIFE, THE | BENEDICTUS, DAVID | WHEN ARAB TERRORISTS TAKE OVER RABBI JAMIE'S SYNAGOGUE, HIS WIFE IS TRAPPED INSIDE. THE STORY MOVES FROM LONDON TO BEIRUT AND BACK TO LONDON WHERE IT ENDS WITH A STARTLING DENOUEMENT. | ||
BR | 4739 | NOBODY CALLS AT THIS HOUR JUST TO SAY HELLO | KAMPEN, IRENE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WORK ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S FAMILY AND THEIR COLORFUL BACKGROUNDS. THE BOOK INCLUDES STORIES AND ANECDOTES ABOUT HER GRANDPARENTS AND ABOUT HER PARENTS WHO UNWITTINGLY SEND HER TO A COMMUNIST SUMMER CAMP. | ||
BR | 4740 | PEOPLE THAT DWELLS ALONE, A | HERZOG, YAACOV | PUBLISHED IN 1975, THIS WORK GATHERS TOGETHER SELECTED SPEECHES AND WRITINGS BY YAACOV HERZOG, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE. | ||
BR | 4741 | HIT TEAM, THE | TINNIN, DAVID B. | AN ACCOUNT OF THE ASSASSINATIONS CARRIED OUT BY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE AGENTS AGAINST THE LEADERS OF BLACK SEPTEMBER IN THE WAKE OF THE 1972 MUNICH MURDERS. | ||
BR | 4742 | JUDAISM CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | A GIFTED AUTHOR TRACES JEWISH HISTORY, INSTITUTIONS AND BELIEFS FROM 200 B.C. TO 175 A.D.. TO REVEAL THE ORIGINS OF SYNAGOGUE JUDAISM AND SUBSEQUENTLY, CHRISTIANITY. | ||
BR | 4743 | ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | MALIN, IRVING | AN APPRECIATION OF THE STORIES OF THE RENOWNED YIDDISH AMERICAN WRITER. | ||
BR | 4744 | JEWS IN SOVIET RUSSIA SINCE 1917, THE | KOCHAN, LIONEL, ED. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT THE SITUATION OF THE JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION SINCE 1917. | ||
BR | 4746 | DEAD SEA CIPHER, THE | PETERS, ELIZABETH | THIS NOVEL OF SUSPENSE AND EXCITEMENT IS FILLED WITH ROMANCE, THRILLS AND A MOST INTRIGUING ARCHAEOLOGICAL POSSIBILITY. | ||
BR | 4748 | HOME AT LAST | EISENBERG, AZRIEL, ED. | A COLLECTION OF MEMOIRS OF HISTORICAL EVENTS BY SIXTEEN ISRAELI WRITERS. | ||
BR | 4750 | LOVERS AND HERETICS | HALE, JOHN | A FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER, UPON HEARING OF THE DEATH OF A FRIEND WHOM HE MET IN BERLIN, IS PROMPTED TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. | ||
BR | 4751 | DARK LADY, THE | AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS | THIS STORY OF A JEW WHO MARRIED A GENTILE, LOST HIS RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT BUT NOT HIS BASIC JEWISHNESS, MIRRORS WEALTHY NEW YORK LIFE FROM 1930 TO 1950. | ||
BR | 4752 | ESSENTIAL PHILO, THE | GLATZER, NAHUM N., ED. | A SERIES OF PHILO'S BASIC TREATISES PROVIDING AN INTRODUCTION TO HELLENISTIC JUDAISM AND A BACKGROUND TO EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 4753 | EFRAIM'S BOOK | ANDERSCH, ALFRED | A SPIRITUAL ODYSSEY OF AN EXISTENTIAL MODERN WANDERING JEW; IT HAS A POETIC PROSE, EVOCATIVE IMAGES AND EXCELLENT CHARACTERIZATION. | ||
BR | 4754 | WAKE UP TO DO WORK OF CREATOR | HELMREICH, WILLIAM B. | THE BOOK PRESENTS PERSONAL GLIMPSES INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF AN ORTHODOX FAMILY ... RITUALS, PRAYERS, SONGS AND DANCES. | ||
BR | 4756 | FROM OEDIPUS TO MOSES | FREUD'S JEWISH IDENTITY | ROBERT, MARTHE. RALPH MANHEIM, TRAN | THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT FREUD'S ADVANCEMENT OF HIS THEORY OF SEXUALITY WAS BASED LARGELY ON FRUSTRATED AMBITIONS TO ACHIEVE RECOGNITION IN A GENTILE SOCIETY. | |
BR | 4757 | DYING IN THE SUN | PEARCE, DONN | A STUDY OF A COMMUNITY OF SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING IN FLORIDA. | ||
BR | 4758 | HONOR THY FATHER AND MOTHER | FILIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN JEWISH LA | BLIDSTEIN, GERALD | AN EXAMINATION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE, SCOPE, AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE COMMANDMENT TO HONOR ONE'S PARENTS, THE FIFTH OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 4759 | CHILDREN OF THE DREAM, THE | BETTELHEIM, BRUNO | BETTELHEIM, A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST, EVALUATES THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADJUSTMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE RAISED ON A KIBBUTZ. | ||
BR | 4761 | POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF SPINOZA, THE | MCSHEA, ROBERT J. | A SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT OF SPINOZA'S POLITICAL THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 4762 | JUDENRAT | TRUNK, ISAIAH | DESCRIBES THE FORMATION OF THE JEWISH COUNCILS (JUDENRAT) IN THE GHETTOS OF EASTERN EUROPE AND EXPLAINS HOW THEY WERE USED BY THE NAZIS TO CARRY OUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH MASSES. | ||
BR | 4764 | BOOK OF FIRE, THE | PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB | MRS. IRVING | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER. SET IN EASTERN EUROPE, THE TALES COMBINE ELEMENTS OF FOLKLORE AND THE REAL STRUGGLES OF PEOPLE TO ATTAIN THEIR GOALS, MATERIAL OR SPIRITUAL. | |
BR | 4766 | DOCTRINE MESSIAH JEWISH LIT. | SARACHEK, JOSEPH | DR. SARACHEK PRESENTED MESSIANIC VIEWS OF GREATEST-SCHOLARS AND THINKERS OF MIDDLE AGES BEGINNING WITH SAADIA GAON, THROUGH MAIMONIDES ENDING WITH ABRABANEL. | ||
BR | 4768 | WHITE EAGLE, DARK SKIES | KARSAVINA, JEAN | THE STORY OF A POOR WARSAW JEW WHOSE LOYALTY TO COUNTRY AND FAMILY RAISES UNRESOLVED INNER CONFLICTS AND PARALYZES HIS LOVE FOR A POLITICAL ACTIVIST. | ||
BR | 4769 | MIMEKOR YISRAEL | CLASSICAL JEWISH FOLKTALES. VOL. I | BIN GORION, EMANUEL, ED. | A COLLECTION OF OVER 1000 FOLK TALES BASED ON THE POPULAR LITERATURE THAT EVOLVED IN JEWISH SOCIETIES THROUGH THE CENTURIES. | |
BR | 4770 | MOTHERLAND | DAVIS, GWEN | EVELYN'S ONLY MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM HER SMALL TOWN WORLD OF THWARTED AMBITION, RAGE AND MANIPULATION IS TO PUSH HER MEN TO SUCCEED AS SHE WAS NEVER ALLOWED. | ||
BR | 4771 | YOUNG MOSES, THE | HAUGHTON, ROSEMARY | BEBE HOLTZMA | THE STORY OF THE EARLY LIFE OF THE PROPHET MOSES WRITTEN FOR YOUNG READERS. | |
BR | 4772 | ARGUMENTS AND DOCTRINES | COHAN, ARTHUR A., ED. | A BOOK DEALING WITH JEWISH RELIGIOUS BELIEF, ITS PROBLEMS, AND ITS STATUS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 4773 | DECLINE OF HONOR | EL-AD, AVRI | A NON-FICTION ACCOUNT OF CONFESSION, SELF-DEFENSE, POLITICAL EXPOSE, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE AND ESPIONAGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 4774 | COVENANT, THE | MITCHELL, PAIGE | A NOVEL, SET IN A SMALL CITY IN MISSISSIPPI, ABOUT A SOUTHERN JEW WHO FINDS HIMSELF CAUGHT UP IN A WEB OF VIOLENCE AND INTRIGUE. | ||
BR | 4775 | SECRET SHIP, THE | KLUGER, RUTH & PEGGY MANN | SARA S. STER | JUVENILE VERSION OF RUTH KLUGER'S SUSPENSEFUL ACCOUNT OF HER OWN INVOLVEMENT IN THE SECRET RESCUE OF EUROPEAN JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND THEIR TRANSPORTATION BY BOAT TO PALESTINE. FOR CHILDREN AGED 9-14. | |
BR | 4776 | BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS, THE | THE MEMOIRS OF JAN PEERCE | PEERCE, JAN WITH ALAN LEVY | MEMOIRS OF AN ACCLAIMED OPERA SINGER FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE AND THE BORSCHT BELT TO RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL AND THE GREAT OPERA HOUSES OF THE WORLD. | |
BR | 4778 | SOLOMON'S TEMPLE | HOFFMAN, STANLEY | THE CHRONICLE OF HOW AN OBESE YOUNG MAN, IN DESPERATION, LOSES MORE THAN 100 POUNDS, DISCOVERS SEX AND LOVE AND HOW HE EARNS HIS PH. D. | ||
BR | 4779 | NO, MY DARLING DAUGHTER | NEWMAN, SALLY | A HUMOROUS, SENSITIVE NOVEL ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER. | ||
BR | 4780 | SATURN'S CHILD | SHULMAN, IRVING | DOMINATED BY A JEWISH MOTHER AND WIFE, ABSORBED IN HIS ROLE AS A SOCIAL SCIENTIST, A SELF-DOUBTING DAVID TELLS THE FRENETIC STORY OF HOW HE FINALLY FINDS PEACE. | ||
BR | 4781 | AFTERMATH | THE STORY OF THE FOURTH REICH | FARAGO, LADISLAS | THE STORY OF THE FLIGHT OF NAZI FUGITIVES TO SOUTH AMERICA AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND THE DETAILS OF THEIR LIVES IN HIDING. | |
BR | 4782 | ISHMAEL | DAVIS, CHRISTOPHER | MARCIA MARKE | THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ABRAHAM'S BANISHMENT OF ISHMAEL, HIS FIRST-BORN SON, FORMS THE BASIS FOR THIS NOVEL. | |
BR | 4783 | BLACK EXPERIENCE IN RELIGION, THE | LINCOLN, C. ERIC | AN INTRODUCTION TO RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE AFRICAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITY. INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF BLACK JEWS, NINETEENTH-CENTURY BLACK CHURCHES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE RASTAFARIANS OF JAMAICA. | ||
BR | 4785 | MOSES JACOB EZEKIEL | MEMOIRS FROM THE BATHS OF DIOCLETI | GUTMANN, JOSEPH & STANLEY CHYET, EDS | I. BADY | DIARY OF AN EXPATRIATE AMERICAN SCULPTOR WHOSE STUDIO IN ROME BECAME A MEETING PLACE FOR THE CELEBRATED ARTISTS AND POLITICIANS OF HIS DAY. AN INSIGHT INTO EUROPEAN CULTURAL LIFE IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY. |
BR | 4787 | WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | SHAPELL, NATHAN | THE AUTHOR, WHO SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF A NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE COMPANY, CHRONICLES THE STORY OF HIS LIFE, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY'S SURVIVAL FROM AUSCHWITZ AND THEIR ARRIVAL IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 4788 | OUT OF THE FIRE | PAPANEK, ERNST & EDWARD LINN | DR. PAPANEK, A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST, TELLS THE POIGNANT STORY OF HIS PART IN SAVING JEWISH CHILDREN FROM THE HITLER ONSLAUGHT. | ||
BR | 4789 | JERUSALEM | BENVENISTI, MERON | A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF JERUSALEM FOCUSING ON THE CITY'S POLITICAL, LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS. WRITTEN BY THE FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR OF JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 4790 | SMELL OF HAY, THE | BASSANI, GIORGIO | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S RECOLLECTIONS OF ITALIAN PROVINCIAL LIFE. WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR OF 'THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS.' | ||
BR | 4791 | SQUIRE OF BOR SHACHOR, THE | BERMANT, CHAIM | THE HUMOROUS TALE OF AN ELDERLY ENGLISH JEWISH COUPLE WHO DECIDE TO SPEND THEIR REMAINING YEARS IN THE ISRAELI TOWN OF BOR SHACHOR (BLACK HOLE). | ||
BR | 4792 | NOSTAGLGIA ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE | SIGNORET, SIMONE | IN HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, THE AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS WEAVES TOGETHER THE THREADS OF HER EXTRAORDINARY LIFE | ||
BR | 4794 | THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK, A - VOL. V | KAGAN, Y.M. - ED. | THIS BOOK GIVES BRIEF PRESENTATIONS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION ADAPTED FROM THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE'S SICHOT (DISCOURSES). | ||
BR | 4795 | ON WINGS OF PRAYER | WEINBACH, MENDEL | PARABLES ON DAILY PRAYERS BY CHOFETZ CHAIM AND OTHER TORAH GREATS. | ||
BR | 4796 | REFINER'S FIRE | HELPRIN, MARK | MARSHALL PEARL'S LIFE AND ADVENTURES FROM THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH ON AN ILLEGAL SHIP OFF THE COAST OF PALESTINE TO HIS CLIMACTIC EXPERIENCE IN THE ISRAELI ARMY. | ||
BR | 4797 | IGUANA CORPS OF THE HAGANAH | EISENBERG, RONALD LEE | A CHRONICLE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE IGUANA CORPS, A SPECIAL UNIT OF THE HAGANAH, DURING THE TENSE DAYS BEFORE THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE IN 1948. | ||
BR | 4798 | POLITICS OF DEFEAT, THE | CHURBA, JOSEPH | CHURBA, A FORMER CONTROVERSIAL MIDDLE EAST INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, ATTRIBUTES THE U.S.'S DECLINE IN THE AREA DUE TO FAILURES OF INDECISION AND IGNORANCE. | ||
BR | 4799 | STUDIES JEWISH THOUGHT VOL. I | SHAPIRO, RABBI DAVID S. | THESE SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL ESSAYS INVOKE THE IDEAS AND IDEALS OF PHILOSOPHERS AND PROPHETS, BIBLE AND TALMUD, AND ALSO MEDIEVAL AND CONTEMPORARY THINKERS. | ||
BR | 4800 | MUSIC IN THE 20TH CENTURY | AUSTIN, WILLIAM W. | A PROFILE OF 20TH CENTURY MUSIC AND ITS COMPOSERS, A NUMBER OF WHOM ARE JEWISH. | ||
BR | 4802 | RACHEL, THE RABBI'S WIFE | TENNENBAUM, SILVIA | A NOVEL ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS TO BE MORE THAN 'MERELY' THE RABBI'S WIFE ARE UNFULFILLED. | ||
BR | 4803 | ANTI-SEMITISM WITHOUT JEWS | IMAGES OF THE JEWS IN ENGLAND 1290 | GLASSMAN, BERNARD | A STUDY OF THE CONTINUANCE OF ANTI-SEMITIC ATTITUDES DURING THE 400-YEAR PERIOD IN ENGLAND'S HISTORY IN WHICH THERE WAS NO REAL JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY. | |
BR | 4804 | IN THE MORNING LIGHT | ANGOFF, CHARLES | THIS SECOND VOLUME IN THE SAGA OF THE POLANSKY FAMILY. | ||
BR | 4805 | THEODOR HERZL | ARTIST AND POLITICIAN | STEWART, DESMOND | RABBI STANLE | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE 'FATHER OF MODERN ZIONISM,' INCLUDING PERSONAL, PUBLIC, AND INTELLECTUAL ASPECTS OF HERZL'S LIFE. |
BR | 4807 | THUNDER OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN | GERVASI, FRANK | THE AUTHOR ASSESSES THE FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST BY ANALYZING ITS COMPLEXITIES AND STUDYING ITS PAST HISTORY. THE BOOK ALSO CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR. | ||
BR | 4808 | FRAGMENTS OF ISABELLA | ISABELLA LEITNER | THE DISTILLED ESSENCE OF HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE HOLOCAUST IN A BRIEF WORK THAT HAS THE ELOQUENCE OF POETRY, THE IMMEDIACY AND POWER OF THEATRE. | ||
BR | 4809 | RIVER REMEMBERS, THE | SHNEIDERMAN, S.L. | A DESCRIPTION OF THE VISTULA RIVER WHICH FLOWED THROUGH THE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE AND THE VIBRANT JEWISH LIFE AND CULTURE THAT FLOURISHED ALONGSIDE ITS BANKS IN THE DAYS BEFORE HITLER AND WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 4810 | ENTEBBE RESCUE | BEN-PORAT, Y. & E. HABER & Z. SCHIFF | AN ACCOUNT OF THE JULY 1976 HIJACKING OF A PLANE TO ENTEBBE AND THE DRAMATIC RESCUE. TOLD BY THREE ISRAELI MILITARY AND POLITICAL COMMENTATORS. | ||
BR | 4811 | HONEY FROM THE ROCK | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | FILLED WITH TALES OF 'THE SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS THAT FILL OUR LIVES,' THIS IS A WORK OF WISDOM AND INSPIRATION. | ||
BR | 4812 | YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF LOVE, A | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A MEMOIR BY THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING NOVELIST. CENTRAL TO SINGER'S THOUGHTS AND WRITINGS WAS HIS OWN QUEST FOR LOVE. | ||
BR | 4813 | JEW OF ROME, THE | FEUCHTWANGER, LION | A HISTORICAL NOVEL, PART OF A TRILOGY ABOUT JOSEPHUS, THE JEWISH HISTORIAN, IN WHICH HE BEFRIENDS THE ROMAN EMPEROR. THE BOOK EXPLORES HOW JOSEPHUS STRUGGLES TO CONSOLIDATE HIS POSITION IN THE ROMAN WORLD YET REMAIN LOYAL TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 4815 | KINGFISHER | SEYMOUR, GERALD | THE STORY OF A TRIO OF RUSSIAN JEWS WHO HIJACK AN 'ENEMY' AIRPLANE IN ORDER TO ESCAPE TO ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4816 | RACHEL'S LEGACY | COLMAN, HILA | SET IN THE IMMIGRANT ERA OF 1900S AMERICA, THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT A REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMAN WHO BUILDS A FAMILY FORTUNE IN THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY. | ||
BR | 4817 | SONGS OF JERUSALEM AND MYSELF | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | DESCRIPTIVE POETRY ABOUT JERUSALEM BY ONE OF ISRAEL'S PREMIER POETS. | ||
BR | 4818 | JEWISH PARADOX, THE | NAHUM GOLDMAN | IN THIS STORY GOLDMAN PLAYS AN IMPORTANT PART IN SHAPING THE HEART WRENCHING EFFORTS TO SAVE EUROPE'S DOOMED JEWRY TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4819 | GOOD AS GOLD | HELLER, JOSEPH | DICKIE MILLE | GOLD, A JEWISH PROFESSOR, IS APPROACHED BY THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF JOINING THE PRESIDENTIAL STAFF. HE IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE OF BEING JEWISH IN AMERICA WHILE AT THE SAME TIME DEALING WITH FAMILY PROBLEMS. | |
BR | 4820 | UNFINISHED JOURNEY | MENUHIN, YEHUDI | THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, WRITTEN BY THE WORLD-FAMOUS VIOLINIST BEGINS WITH HIS EXPERIENCES AS A SEVEN YEAR-OLD PRODIGY. | ||
BR | 4821 | ONE IN A MINYAN AND OTHER STORIES | ROUTTENBERG, RABBI MAX J. | TEN GOOD SHORT STORIES ABOUT A YOUNG LADY WHO WAS ADOPTED AS A MINYAN, THOUGH SHE NEVER BECOMES ONE OF THE TEN MINYAN. | ||
BR | 4822 | JOSEPHUS AND THE EMPEROR | FEUCHTWANGER, LION | A STORY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ROME AND JUDEA CONTAINING A VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 4823 | EMPTY CHAIR, THE | KAPLAN, BESS | THE STORY OF A CANADIAN JEWISH FAMILY. BECKY, AGE 11, DESCRIBES THE PARADE OF CANDIDATES FOR STEPMOTHER ASSEMBLED BY HER FEMALE RELATIVES AFTER HER MOTHER'S DEATH. | ||
BR | 4824 | HARRY JAMES CARGAS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELIE WIESEL | CARGAS, HARRY JAMES | A MOVING VOLUME WHICH GIVES US A RESONANT PORTRAIT OF WIESEL AS MAN, WRITER, AND PROPHET SIFTING THROUGH THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 4825 | WE ARE YOUR SONS | MEEROPOL, ROBERT & MICHAEL | THE ROSENBERG SONS TELL IN INTIMATE DETAIL OF UNPUBLISHED LETTERS, THEIR PARENTS ARRESTS, THE PAINFUL MONTHS PRECEDING THE EXECUTIONS AND THEIR ADOPTION. | ||
BR | 4826 | WHO STANDS ACCUSED? | HERZOG, CHAIM | IN THIS IMPASSIONED BOOK, BASED ON SPEECHES MR.. HERZOG DELIVERED AT THE UN, HE PRESENTS A STRONG DEFENSE OF ISRAELI CONDUCT. | ||
BR | 4827 | ZIONISM AT THE UN | ELATH, ELIAHU | THIS POLITICAL DIARY RECORDS THE BEGINNING OF THE UNITED NATIONS AS SEEN BY AN EMISSARY OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND OF THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 4831 | GREEN ROSE, THE | SILVER, WARREN A. | A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN ELEVENTH-CENTURY SPAIN. | ||
BR | 4832 | SUCH A LIFE | LAZEBNIK, EDITH | A SEVENTY-TWO YEAR OLD WOMAN TRACES THREE GENERATIONS OF HER FAMILY FROM LIFE IN A RUSSIAN SHTETL TO FREEDOM IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 4833 | AMERICAN JEWISH HUMOR | SPALDING, HENRY D. | A COMPILATION OF JOKES, STORIES, AND ANECDOTES ABOUT JEWISH REFUGEES WHO FLED FROM RUSSIAN OR EUROPEAN PERSECUTIONS DURING THE PAST 150 YEARS. | ||
BR | 4834 | TIN SOLDIERS ON JERUSALEM | LIEBLICH, AMIA | IN THERAPY GROUPS LED BY AMIA LIEBLICH SINCE 1970 AND IN INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS, PEOPLE SHARED THEIR DREAMS, FANTASIES, AND DILEMMAS ABOUT LIFE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4835 | SHOSHA | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SET IN PRE-WORLD WAR II WARSAW, THIS NOVEL IS ABOUT A YOUNG WRITER-PLAYWRIGHT AND HIS LOVE FOR FOUR WOMEN. | ||
BR | 4836 | BIRTH CONTROL IN JEWISH LAW | FELDMAN, DAVID M. | GERTRUDE FLE | A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH THOUGHT ON MARRIAGE, SEX, CONTRACEPTION, AND ABORTION FROM TALMUDIC TIMES TO THE PRESENT. | |
BR | 4837 | BLOOD RELATIONS | SILMAN, ROBERTA | A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT MEMBERS OF A SECOND- GENERATION AMERICAN-JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 4838 | JERUSALEM POKER | WHITTEMORE, EDWARD | HERE IS A STORY OF A POKER GAME THAT CONTINUED FOR 12 YEARS AND ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF GAMBLERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE STAKES: CONTROL OF JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 4840 | DAYS OF SORROW AND PAIN | BAKER, LEONARD | THIS STORY OF LEO BAECK'S EFFORT TO PREPARE MILLIONS OF GERMAN JEWS TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE NAZI ERA. | ||
BR | 4841 | LITTLE DISTURBANCES OF MAN, THE | STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN AT LOVE | PALEY, GRACE | STORIES ABOUT WOMEN AND MEN IN THE THICK OF LIFE, AND THE LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM. | |
BR | 4842 | PLUMBAT AFFAIR, THE | DAVENPORT, EDDY, & GILMAN | THIS BOOK RECONSTRUCTS THE STORY OF THE AMAZING COUP MASTERMINDED BY THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE IN WHICH A SHIPMENT OF URANIUM, ENOUGH FOR 20 NUCLEAR BOMBS, WAS DIVERTED TO ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4843 | TERROR OUT OF ZION | BELL, J. BOWYER | THE SAGA OF THE DISSIDENT REVOLUTIONARY UNDERGROUND WHICH, ANTICIPATING BRITISH FAVOR OF THE ARAB CAUSE, DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS IN THEIR BATTLE FOR ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE. | ||
BR | 4844 | FOR JERUSALEM | A LIFE | KOLLEK, TEDDY | IN THIS BOOK, THE WELL-KNOWN MAYOR OF JERUSALEM WEAVES TOGETHER THE STORY OF HIS OWN FULL LIFE AMID THAT OF THE MOST FASCINATING CITY IN THE WORLD. | |
BR | 4845 | SAFE HOUSE,THE | CLEARY, JON | WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A JEWISH REFUGEE FLEEING TO ISRAEL COMES FACE TO FACE WITH AN ESCAPING NAZI WAR CRIMINAL? AN EXPERT STORYTELLER IS AT HIS VERY BEST HERE. | ||
BR | 4846 | DYNAMICS OF EMANCIPATION, THE | GLATZER, NAHUM N. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF GREAT WRITINGS AND ESSAYS ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN TRANSFORMATION DURING THE PAST TWO CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 4847 | LETTERS TO AN AMERICAN JEWISH FRIEND | HALKIN, HILLEL | IN HIS LETTERS TO AN AMERICAN FRIEND WHO THINKS OTHERWISE, HALKIN STATES THAT ISRAEL IS THE BEST PLACE FOR ALL JEWS. | ||
BR | 4848 | POLAND'S GHETTOS AT WAR | KATZ, ALFRED | THIS RESEARCHED BOOK, MAKES CAREFUL USE OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH JEWISH GHETTO SURVIVORS OF WW II. | ||
BR | 4849 | MOSES-SERVANT OF YAHWEH | BEEGLE, D. M. | A VIVID ACCOUNT OF THIS TOWERING BIBLICAL FIGURE. HIS DECISIVE PRESENCE WITH THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL AT EVERY CRUCIAL STAGE OF THEIR MIGRATION FROM THE NILE TO JORDAN. | ||
BR | 4850 | OPERATION SUSANNAH | NINIO, LEVY, DASSA & NATANSON | THIS IS THE STORY OF A GROUP OF YOUNG EGYPTIAN JEWS WHO WERE RECRUITED INTO TWO SPY RINGS IN CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA. | ||
BR | 4851 | CAIRO CONNECTION, THE | EGYPT IN PROPHECY | LEVITT, ZOLA | THIS BOOK ANALYZES ANWAR SADAT'S HISTORIC VISIT TO JERUSALEM. DID IT, IN FACT, CONSTITUTE A SIGNIFICANT PROPHETIC EVENT, FORESEEING PEACE AND THE FUTURE COURSE OF EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST? | |
BR | 4852 | HILL OF EVIL COUNSEL, THE | OZ, AMOS | THREE INTERWOVEN STORIES BY A FOREMOST ISRAELI WRITER PORTRAYING JERUSALEM IN THE TWILIGHT OF THE BRITISH MANDATE PERIOD. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. | ||
BR | 4853 | MIMEKOR YISRAEL BOOKS 3 & 4 (CLASSICAL JEWISH FOLKTALES) | BIN GORION, MISHA, ED. | OVER 1,000 FOLKTALES BASED ON THE POPULAR LITERATURE THAT EVOLVED IN JEWISH SOCIETIES THROUGH THE CENTURIES. | ||
BR | 4854 | LONG RETURN, THE | MARKISH, ESTHER | THIS IS THE RICH, DEEPLY MOVING STORY OF A COURAGEOUS FAMILY STRUGGLING TO OVERCOME HARDSHIP, SEPARATION, IMPRISONMENT AND EXILE. | ||
BR | 4855 | EMISSARY, THE | BONDY, RUTH | THIS IS A BIOGRAPHY OF THE IDEALISTIC SCHOLAR-ACTIVIST WHOSE PERSONAL COMPULSIONS FUELED HIS CAREER AS AN EMISSARY FOR THE ZIONIST. | ||
BR | 4856 | HISTORY REMEMBERED, RECOVERED, INVENTED | LEWIS, BERNARD | HISTORIAN CONSIDERS PAST EVENTS AS THEY ARE RECALLED, REDISCOVERED AND ALTERED TO FIT MODERN PURPOSES: BATTLE OF MASADA, HOMERIC EPICS, FESTIVALS, ARCHAEOLOGY. | ||
BR | 4857 | FROM KITCHEN TO CAREER | FADAR, SHIRLEY SLOAN | ALMOST HALF OF ALL MARRIED WOMEN WITH CHILDREN WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME AND MANY ARE TRAPPED IN LOW-PAYING JOBS. THIS BOOK TELLS WOMEN HOW THEY CAN BETTER THEMSELVES. | ||
BR | 4859 | ANWAR SADAT | A MAN OF PEACE | CARPOZZI, GEORGE | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT WHO HEADED THE FIRST ARAB COUNTRY TO MAKE PEACE WITH ISRAEL. FOLLOWING SADAT'S HISTORIC VISIT TO ISRAEL IN 1977 AND THE MUCH- PUBLICIZED HANDSHAKE WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER MEACHAM BEGIN, BOTH LEADERS WERE AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IN 1978. SADAT WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1981. | |
BR | 4860 | MISCHLING, SECOND DEGREE | KOEHN, I. | A VIVID PICTURE OF A YOUNG GIRL IN NAZI GERMANY, WHO LEARNS THAT IF NOT A JEW, WHICH SHE WAS, SHE WAS CONSIDERED A MISCHLING, OF THE SECOND DEGREE. | ||
BR | 4861 | OF DAVID AND EVA | A LOVE STORY | SAMUELS, GERTRUDE | A NOVEL SET ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER DURING THE LEBANESE CIVIL WAR ABOUT A JEWISH DOCTOR AND HIS LOVE FOR A YOUNG LEBANESE CHRISTIAN WOMAN. | |
BR | 4862 | ANTI-SEMITISM | ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA | JEWISH SCHOLARS PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, ITS ROLE IN THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN-DAY ISRAEL, AND ITS EFFECTS ON WORLD JEWRY. BASED ON THE ENTRIES IN THE 'ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA.' | ||
BR | 4864 | JEW TODAY, A | WIESEL, ELIE | A HIGHLY PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE AUTHOR'S RECENT ESSAYS RANGING FROM HIS MEMORIES OF EARLY CHILDHOOD IN HUNGARY THROUGH HIS DAYS IN AUSCHWITZ. | ||
BR | 4866 | JEWS IN AMERICAN LIFE | LEVITAN, TINA | A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES OF LEADING AMERICAN JEWS, SPANNING NEARLY 500 YEARS. | ||
BR | 4867 | AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NAHUM GOLDMANN | SIXTY YEARS OF JEWISH WORK | GOLDMANN, NAHUM | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE SCHOLAR AND STATESMAN WHO WAS THE ARCHITECT AND PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS. GOLDMANN HELPED TO ESTABLISH A JEWISH HOMELAND IN PALESTINE BEFORE AND AFTER WORLD WAR II AND FOR MANY YEARS SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN SECTION OF THE JEWISH AGENCY. | |
BR | 4868 | JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA | ROSEN, GLADYS, ED. | SERIES OF LECTURES HIGHLIGHTING HOW JEWS HELPED BUILD AMERICAN SOCIETY, ANALYZING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN TRADITIONAL JEWISH VALUES AND TRADITIONAL AMERICAN FREEDOMS. | ||
BR | 4869 | CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST | EPSTEIN, HELEN | THE DAUGHTER OF CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS RECOUNTS HER OWN PRIVATE QUEST TO COME TO TERMS WITH HER PARENTS' PAST. | ||
BR | 4871 | GOD'S FIRST LOVE | HEER, FRIEDRICH | EXTENSIVE DOCUMENTATION CHARACTERIZES THIS DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS SINCE THE TIME OF CHRIST. | ||
BR | 4873 | STORIES FROM OUR LIVING PAST | PROSE, FRANCINE | STORIES ABOUT OUR HERITAGE, SELF-RESPECT IS HOLY, LOVE OF NEIGHBOR-JUSTICE, MERCY, COMPASSION-IS HOLY, AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES. | ||
BR | 4874 | JOSEPHUS | FEUCHTWANGER, LION | A STORY OF ROME AND JUDEA IN WHICH A VIVID DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE FINAL FALL OF JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 4875 | SECOND JEWISH CATALOGUE WITH THE JEWISH YELLOW PAGES, THE | SOURCES AND RESOURCES | STRASSFELD, SHARON & MICHAEL STRASSF | DO-IT-YOURSELF SUGGESTIONS ON BEING JEWISH TODAY. TREATS A BROAD RANGE OF CUSTOMS AND OBSERVANCES TO BE ADOPTED AND ADAPTED. | |
BR | 4876 | PROUD AND JEWISH | SULKES, ZENA W. | THIS BOOK WILL AWAKEN YOUR INTELLECT TO THE POINT WHERE YOU START THINKING OF WHAT YOU ARE. | ||
BR | 4878 | GREAT JEWISH WOMEN, BOOK I | FINK, GRETA | HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LIVES OF FAMOUS JEWISH WOMEN, PAST & PRESENT | ||
BR | 4879 | ABRAMSKY VARIATIONS | TORGOV, MORLEY | A HUMOROUS STORY ABOUT THREE GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY, THEIR CONFLICTING FEELINGS WITH REGARD TO THEIR JEWISHNESS, AND THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN FATHERS AND SONS. | ||
BR | 4880 | MODERN HISTORY OF ISRAEL, THE | NOAH LUCAS | FIRST COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF MODERN ISRAELIS CENTURY OF CHANGE, WHILE RETAINING THE MARKS OF THEIR ORIGIN IN 19TH-CENTURY EUROPE | ||
BR | 4882 | WORLD FULL OF STRANGERS, A | KOOS, KENNETH M. | A NOVEL ABOUT A SELF-HATING JEW WHOSE SON DISCOVERS HIS TRUE HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 4883 | LEST INNOCENT BLOOD BE SHED | HALLIE, PHILIP | THIS TRUE STORY DEPICTS THE TRUE FEELINGS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TOWARDS THE FUGITIVES FLEEING NAZI OCCUPATION. | ||
BR | 4885 | PHOENIZ | ARICHA, AMOS & LANDAU, ELI | THIS BOOK FITS IN WITH OUR MODERN TIMES, PLOTS AND PLOTTED ASSASSINATIONS OF HEADS OF STATE | ||
BR | 4886 | OPEN THE GATES | AVRIEL, EHUD | THIS BOOK DEALS WITH A TIME AND AN ORGANIZATION IN WHICH HUMAN WERE PUT ABOVE THE DANGERS ENGENDERED IN SUCCEEDING IN THEIR ENDEAVORS TO HELP THEIR FELLOWMEN. | ||
BR | 4887 | FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE | DREYFUS, ALFRED | THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF A MAN UNJUSTLY ACCUSED, TRIED, AND IMPRISONED ONLY BECAUSE HE WAS A JEW. HIS TRIALS AND FINAL VINDICATION. | ||
BR | 4889 | TO JERUSALEM AND BACK | BELLOW, SAUL | THIS IS ONE PART OF THE AUTHORS BIOGRAPHY. | ||
BR | 4890 | SOL'S DAUGHTER | MORGAN, PAULA | A TENDER STORY OF A GIRL WHO IS FACED WITH A LOSS OF A PROTECTIVE FATHER AND REACHING WOMANHOOD MUST COPE WITH LIFE'S REALITIES. | ||
BR | 4891 | WHEN GOD WAS A WOMAN | STONE, MERLIN | ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF ANCIENT RELIGION'S FOCUS ON THE GODDESS AS AN OBJECT OF WORSHIP. THE AUTHOR VIEWS THESE BELIEFS AS A FOUNDATION OF JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES ON WOMEN. | ||
BR | 4892 | MILTON STEINBERG | PORTRAIT OF A RABBI | NOVECK, SIMON | STEINBERG'S IDEAS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE PRESENTED HERE: HIS CONCEPT OF GOD: INTERPRETATION OF EVIL: ATTITUDE TO MAN: AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON. THE BOOK DESCRIBES HIS ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND HIS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS DURING WORLD WAR LL. | |
BR | 4893 | GOING TO JERUSALEM | DIXON, ROGER | BERNICE FOER | A NOVEL ABOUT FORMER NAZI WAR CRIMINAL, DR. ADOLPH GREER, WHO GIVES HIMSELF UP TO STAND TRIAL IN ISRAEL. WHEN A YOUNG ISRAELI ARAB CHOOSES GREER AS THE FIRST TARGET OF HIS WAR OF TERROR, A WAVE OF VIOLENCE IS SET OFF. | |
BR | 4894 | WORLD OF MAURICE SAMUEL, THE | SELECTED WRITINGS | HINDUS, MILTON, ED. | SAMPLINGS FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN BOOKS BY A LEADING INTELLECTUAL ON JEWISH LIFE, VALUES AND HISTORY. | |
BR | 4895 | BOOK OF DANIEL, THE | DOCTOROW, E.L. | A NOVEL BASED ON THE ROSENBERG TRIAL WHICH PORTRAYS THE FATE OF THE ROSENBERG CHILDREN FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF THEIR PARENTS FOR ESPIONAGE. | ||
BR | 4896 | NEW YORK JEW | KAZIN, ALFRED | THIS IS A SEQUEL TO HIS 'A WALKER IN THE CITY.' IT REVEALS THE AUTHOR'S RESURGENT SENSE OF HIS OWN JEWISHNESS. | ||
BR | 4897 | DITA SAXOVA | LUSTIG, ARNOST | A GROUP OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS COME TO GRIPS WITH GROWING UP AND HOW TO DEAL WITH PLEASURES AND PAINS OF LIFE IN PRAGUE. | ||
BR | 4898 | GUGGENHEIMS, THE | AN AMERICAN EPIC | DAVIS, JOHN | CHRONICLES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INFLUENTIAL AMERICAN FAMILY. | |
BR | 4899 | GROUCHO | THE BIOGRAPHY OF GROUCHO MARX | ARCE, HECTOR | A SYMPATHETIC BUT OBJECTIVE PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN COMEDIAN. | |
BR | 4900 | TO HEAVEN WITH SCRIBES AND PHARISEES | BLUE, LIONEL | DOCTRINE OF JEWISH PHILOSOPHY SUMMED UP AS 'SO JEWS TRY TO EARN THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN BY PATCHING UP THE WORLD AND MAKING IT WORK.' | ||
BR | 4901 | PSYCHOPATHIC GOD, THE | ADOLPH HITLER | WAITE, ROBERT G. L. | ANTI-SEMITISM WAS THE VERY CORNERSTONE OF HIS DRIVE FOR POWER AND GERMAN SUPREMACY. | |
BR | 4902 | FERBER | A BIOGRAPHY OF EDNA FERBER AND HER | GILBERT, JULIE G. | A DOCUMENTED PORTRAIT OF THIS 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN WRITER, HER LITERARY CIRCLE AND THE PERIOD IN WHICH THEY WROTE. | |
BR | 4904 | MIXED MARRIAGE BETWEEN JEW & CHRISTIAN | SILVER, RABBI SAMUEL M. | EXPERIENCED ADVICE, CAVEATS, ENCOURAGEMENT & HOPE OFFERED TO COUPLES OF DIFFERING FAITHS CONCERNING MARRIAGE. | ||
BR | 4905 | WANTING OF LEVINE, THE | HALBERSTAM, MICHAEL | THE HUMOROUS STORY OF A.L. LEVINE RUNNING FOR ELECTION IN 1988 TO BE THE FIRST JEWISH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. | ||
BR | 4906 | HONOR THE PROMISE | AMERICA'S COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL | DRINAN, ROBERT F. | THE FIRST PRIEST ELECTED TO CONGRESS PLEADS FOR FELLOW CHRISTIAN-AMERICANS TO REEXAMINE THEIR JUDEO-CHRISTIAN BONDS AND THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES TO ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4907 | FLAVOR OF JERUSALEM, THE | NATHAN, JOAN & JUDY STACEY GOLDMAN | A COOKBOOK WITH RECIPES FROM MANY LANDS REFLECTING THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF ISRAEL. INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL MENUS FOR BREAKFASTS, BRUNCHES, AND OTHER OCCASIONS, PLUS RECIPES FOR JERUSALEM PASTA AND RICE DISHES, SALADS, AND DESSERTS. ALSO INCLUDES THE RECIPE FOR GOLDA MEIR'S CHICKEN SOUP. | ||
BR | 4908 | OF THIS TIME, OF THAT PLACE AND OTHER STORIES | TRILLING, LIONEL | FIVE STORIES DEALING WITH INTELLECTUAL CONFRONTATION, THE STRUGGLE TO ESTABLISH MORAL ORDER, AND A JEW'S FEELINGS OF ISOLATION. | ||
BR | 4909 | TALENT FOR LUCK, A | STRAUSS, HELEN | STRAUSS, THE ONLY CHILD OF MIDDLE-CLASS JEWISH PARENTS, CAME OF AGE IN DEPRESSION-ERA MANHATTAN. SHE HAD LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION BUT POSSESSED THE SORT OF TALENT THAT MAKES ITS OWN LUCK. AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE AS A STORY EDITOR, SHE ESTABLISHED AND HEADED THE WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY AGENCY FOR 23 YEARS. | ||
BR | 4910 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | THE HUMAN SIDE | DUKAS, HELEN & BANESH HOFFMAN | A BIOGRAPHY OF NOTED SCIENTIST, USING MATERIAL FROM EINSTEIN'S OWN ARCHIVES. | |
BR | 4911 | LEGACY OF MARK ROTHKO, THE | SELDES, LEE | R. SCHAFFLER | BIOGRAPHY OF THE LIFE OF MARK ROTHKO, AFFORDING A SPECIAL INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF AMERICAN ART. | |
BR | 4912 | LETTERS OF MAIMONIDES | STITSKIN, LEON, ED. | ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF TEN LETTERS WRITTEN BY MAIMONIDES TO LEADERS OF VARIOUS JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO THEIR QUESTIONS. | ||
BR | 4913 | ISRAELI WOMEN SPEAK OUT | STERN, GERALDINE | DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAELI WOMEN ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND CONCERNS, SPANNING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1949 AND 1977. | ||
BR | 4915 | SHULA | CODE NAME THE PEARL | GOLAN, A. & PINKAS, D. | DURING THE POST WWII PERIOD, THIS JERUSALEM BRED HOUSEWIFE & MOTHER OF SEVEN BECAME AN IMPORTANT ISRAELI AGENT IN LEBANON. | |
BR | 4916 | NIGHT TRAINS | WOOD, BARBARA & GARETH WOOTON | IN 1941, A GERMAN SOLDIER HORRIFIED BY WHAT HE SEES IN AUSCHWITZ PLANS TO ESCAPE WITH HIS FAMILY VIA TRAINS, WHICH UNKNOWN TO HIM HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR SABOTAGE BY THE POLISH UNDERGROUND AND THE ZIONISTS. | ||
BR | 4917 | IN MEMORY YET GREEN | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC ASIMOV | ASIMOV, ISAAC | THE AUTHOR RECALLS HIS EARLY MEMORIES OF RUSSIA, GROWING UP IN BROOKLYN; COLLEGE AND ARMY YEARS; HIS FIRST MARRIAGE; TEACHING CAREER; AND HIS STRUGGLE TO BE A WRITER. | |
BR | 4919 | DEAD RUNNER | ROSS, FRANK | A SUSPENSE NOVEL INVOLVING AN ARAB ASSASSIN WHO MURDERS A JEWISH MILITARY HERO IN LONDON. | ||
BR | 4921 | JEWS IN AMERICA, THE | THE ROOTS, HISTORY AND DESTINY OF | DIMONT, MAX | THE AUTHOR COVERS THE EXPERIENCE OF MORE THAN 300 YEARS DURING WHICH THE JEWS CREATED A NEW CENTER OF JUDAISM IN THE NEW WORLD. | |
BR | 4922 | LESS THAN SLAVES | JEWISH FORCED LABOR AND THE QUEST | FERENCZ, BENJAMIN | TRACES EFFORTS TO GAIN MONETARY COMPENSATION FOR JEWISH LABORERS FORCED TO WORK FOR THE GERMAN WARTIME INDUSTRY DURING WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 4923 | GUIDE FOR THE JEWISH HOMEMAKER | LEVI, SHONIE & SYLVIA KAPLAN | A GUIDE FOR THE JEWISH HOMEMAKER, COVERING SUCH TOPICS AS HOME LIFE, FESTIVALS, RITES, AND CEREMONIES. | ||
BR | 4925 | MEMOIRS OF GLUCKEL OF HAMELN, THE | GLUCKEL OF HAMELN. MARVIN LOWENTHAL, | THE MEMOIRS OF A JEWISH WOMAN WHO LIVED DURING THE 17TH CENTURY AND WHOSE JOURNAL PROVIDED A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PERIOD IN WHICH SHE LIVED. | ||
BR | 4926 | WHOSE LITTLE BOY ARE YOU? | BARTOV, HANOCH | THE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH IMMIGRANT IN PALESTINE OF THE 1930'S, WHO STRUGGLES TO REACH MATURITY AMID POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS TENSIONS. | ||
BR | 4932 | IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST | KALB, MARVIN & TED KEPPEL | MYSTERY SURROUNDING DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST; KIDNAPPING OPENS INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS. | ||
BR | 4933 | BURNING FUSE, THE | BERNARD, JAY | IN THIS NOVEL OF ESPIONAGE, A NOVICE SPY IS PITTED AGAINST A NAZI PRO. | ||
BR | 4934 | COMMUNITY ON TRIAL | THE JEWS OF PARIS IN THE 1930'S | WEINBERG, DAVID A. | EMPHASIZES THE DIVERSE DIVISION OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN PARIS DURING THE 1930'S | |
BR | 4935 | FROM SHTETL TO SUBURBIA | THE FAMILY IN JEWISH LITERARY IMAG | GITTLEMAN, SOL | AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF YIDDISH TO THE JEWISH LITERARY TRADITION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON BOOKS WRITTEN BY AMERICAN JEWISH AUTHORS. 'YIDDISH' PREOCCUPATIONS SUCH AS MISHPOCHE (FAMILY) ARE ALSO BASIC TO SUCH AMERICAN WRITERS AS ROTH, MALAMUD AND BELLOW. THIS TRANSMISSION MAKES THE AUTHOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT JEWISH LITERARY SURVIVAL. | |
BR | 4936 | LATE BLOOMER | KAUFELT, DAVID A. | THE STORY OF A ELDERLY JEWISH WIDOW WHO TRIES TO START A NEW LIFE IN MIAMI, BUT FINDS THAT SHE CANNOT SWITCH FROM HER OLD WAYS TO BECOME AN INSTANT 'SWINGER'. | ||
BR | 4937 | ANGUISH OF FATHER RAFTI | FRIEDMAN, BEN | A NOVEL WHICH HAS AS ITS THEME THE SUFFERINGS OF THE JEWS WHICH RESULT FROM CATHOLIC PREACHING ABOUT THE DEATH OF JESUS. | ||
BR | 4938 | HEIRS, THE | DRYANSKY, G.Y. | GENERATIONAL SAGA OF THE FRENCH WOLFFLENS, JEWISH FINANCIERS WHO REGROUP AFTER 1945 TO RECOVER THEIR FORTUNES AND INFLUENCE. | ||
BR | 4939 | HASEN | BERCOVITCH, REUBEN | IN A FOREST NEAR A CONCENTRATION CAMP, TWO YOUNG BOYS SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO TRAP HARES (HASEN) AND BRIBE THE NAZI COMMANDANT. | ||
BR | 4940 | NEW YOU, THE | A BOOK OF LIFE | GORDON, SOL | A LEADER IN THE FIELDS OF SEX EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY DISCUSSES HOW JEWISH PHILOSOPHIES AND PRACTICES CAN HELP US IN OUR DAILY LIVES. | |
BR | 4941 | HEBREW THEATRE, THE | ITS FIRST FIFTY YEARS | KOHANSKY, MENDEL | A HISTORY OF THE HEBREW STAGE IN ISRAEL, RUSSIA, AND WESTERN EUROPE, HIGHLIGHTING THE COMPANIES OF HABIMA AND THE CAMERI, AND THE ARTISTS WHO WORKED WITH THEM. | |
BR | 4943 | SO HELP ME GOD | TARR, HERBERT | SET IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THIS IS THE STORY OF A TOTALLY IRRELIGIOUS YOUNG MAN WHO ENROLLS IN RABBINICAL SCHOOL TO ESCAPE THE DRAFT. BECAUSE DREW KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT JUDAISM, EVERYTHING HE LEARNS IS A REVELATION TO HIM. ALSO, HIS TRIP TO RUSSIA TO CONTACT JEWISH ACTIVISTS HELPS IN THE FORMATION OF A COMMITTED JEW. | ||
BR | 4944 | MENUHINS, THE | A PERSONAL FAMILY ODYSSEY | ROLFE, LIONEL | A COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS VIOLINIST WHICH FOCUSES ON HIS FAMILY AND ANCESTORS. | |
BR | 4945 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 1 | CULI, RABBI YAAKOV | ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF A CLASSIC COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH WRITTEN BY THE SEPHARDIC SCHOLAR IN 1730. RICH USE OF MIDRASH. | ||
BR | 4946 | MAIMONIDES AND AQUINAS | A CONTEMPORARY APPRAISAL | HABERMAN, JACOB | COMPARES AND CONTRASTS THE WAYS IN WHICH MAIMONIDES AND AQUINAS TRIED TO RECONCILE FAITH AND REASON BY ASSIMILATING ELEMENTS OF PLATONIC AND ARISTOTELIAN PHILOSOPHY. | |
BR | 4947 | KABBALAH | THE WAY OF THE JEWISH MYSTIC | EPSTEIN, PERLE | A HISTORY OF KABBALAH AND AN EXPLANATION OF CABBALISTIC CUSTOMS. WRITTEN FOR THE LAYMAN. | |
BR | 4948 | KEY TO REBECCA, THE | FOLLETT, KEN | A SPY NOVEL SET IN EGYPT DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 4949 | ROMANCE OF HASSIDISM, THE | MINKIN, JACOB S. | THE STORY OF HASSIDISM TOLD THROUGH THE OUTSTANDING PERSONALITIES WHO CREATED THIS MOVEMENT AND SPREAD IT THROUGH THE MASSES. | ||
BR | 4950 | ADVENTURES OF YEMIMA AND OTHER STORIES | SOYER, ABRAHAM | TALES GEARED TO JEWISH CHILDREN WHO ENDURED TERROR IN EASTERN EUROPE AIMING TO HELP THEM ESCAPE INTO THE IMAGINATION. | ||
BR | 4951 | KING OF FLESH AND BLOOD, THE | SHAMIR, MOSHE | HISTORICAL NOVEL OF ALEXANDER JANNAEUS, THE LAST MONARCH AND THE GRANDSON OF SIMON MACCABEUS WHO RULED ISRAEL FROM 103 TO 76 B.C.E. | ||
BR | 4952 | QUEST FOR PAST AND FUTURE | FACKENHEIM, EMIL L. | OFFERS A NEW RECONSTRUCTION OF JEWISH THEOLOGY THAT WILL PROVIDE A SOLID FOUNDATION OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS BELIEF IN THE PRESENT AGE. | ||
BR | 4954 | LORI | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | THE STORY OF A 16-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN GIRL SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL AND SENT TO LIVE IN AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4955 | MARC CHAGALL | AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY | ALEXANDER, SIDNEY | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE JEWISH PAINTER. ALEXANDER TRACES CHAGALL'S LIFE FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN VITEBSK TO THE EXOTIC ART WORLD OF ST. PETERSBURG TO HIS EXILE TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 4956 | ANCIENT ROOTS AND MODERN MEANINGS | DILLER, JERRY V. | SUSANNE OTTE | A WEAVING TOGETHER IN ESSAY FORM OF AN ANCIENT TRADITION WITH AN EVER-CHANGING PRESENT. MORE THAN SIMPLY A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS DETAILING VARIOUS APPROACHES TO THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENCE, THIS WORK IS BOUND TOGETHER BY THE PASSIONATE ORIENTATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY SEEKER. | |
BR | 4957 | 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. | ||
BR | 4958 | CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JEWISH MUSIC | NULMAN, CANTOR M. | DESCRIBES ALL ASPECTS OF JEWISH MUSIC INCLUDING TRENDS, HISTORY, INSTRUMENTS, AND ITS BACKGROUND. | ||
BR | 4959 | WAY OF ISRAEL, THE | BIBLICAL FAITH AND ETHICS | MUILENBURG, JAMES | THE AUTHOR A NOTED BIBLICAL SCHOLAR, BRINGS OUT THE UNIQUENESS OF ISRAEL'S HERITAGE BY KEEN ANALYSIS OF MANY PASSAGES FROM THE TANACH. | |
BR | 4960 | SECRET CONVERSATIONS OF HENRY KISSINGER, THE | GOLAN, MATTI | AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW KISSINGER OPERATES AND AT THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ENDED THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. | ||
BR | 4961 | JOSHUA | FIGHTER FOR BAR KOCHBA | NARELL, IRENA | THIS IS THE STORY OF A PARTICIPANT IN THE REVOLT LED BY BAR KOCHBA AGAINST ROME: THE MILITARY, POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE TO RESTORE THE JEWISH STATE AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS. | |
BR | 4962 | EVERGREEN | PLAIN, BELVA | THE STORY OF ANNA FRIEDMAN, A POLISH JEWISH IMMIGRANT IN NEW YORK; HER FAITHFUL, HARDWORKING HUSBAND; AND HER ADVENTURES WITH A WEALTHY LOVER. | ||
BR | 4963 | PORTRAITS | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | A SAGA OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE SANSONITSKY FAMILY, STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE IN THE NEW WORLD AND THEN MOVING WEST TO CALIFORNIA. | ||
BR | 4964 | MIDDLE OF THE FIRE, THE | BLACKER, IRWIN R. | A NOVEL OF GREAT DRAMA AND IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT IN ISRAEL DURING THE YEARS BETWEEN HER INDEPENDENCE IN 1948 AND THE SIX DAY WAR IN 1967. | ||
BR | 4965 | STEPHANIA | KARMEL, ILONA | A POLISH REFUGEE, DISFIGURED AS A RESULT OF CONCENTRATION CAMP TREATMENT AND TWO PATIENTS IN A SWEDISH HOSPITAL CHANGED THEIR OUTLOOKS AFTER BEING UNITED. | ||
BR | 4966 | MENDELE MOCHER SEFORIM | STEINBERG, THEODORE L. | STUDY OF ABRAMOVITSH'S WORK DEALING WITH VARIOUS KINDS OF OPPRESSION, COMBINED WITH THE REALISM OF HIS DESCRIPTION AND LIVELINESS OF HIS CHARACTERS. | ||
BR | 4967 | ASHES OUT OF HOPE | HOWE, I. & GREENBERG, E. EDS. | WORKS OF THREE IMPORTANT YIDDISH WRITERS FROM SOVIET RUSSIA AND THE HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE IN RUSSIA FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE STIFLING STALIN PERIOD. | ||
BR | 4968 | DUBIN'S LIVES | MALAMUD, BERNARD | A 50-YEAR-OLD WRITER, ESTRANGED FROM HIS WIFE AND INVOLVED WITH A WOMAN HALF HIS AGE, SUFFERS THROUGH THE DEPRESSIONS OF MIDDLE AGE AND WRITER'S BLOC. | ||
BR | 4969 | WHITE NIGHTS | BEGIN, MENACHEM | IN THIS MEMOIR, BEGIN, A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, DESCRIBES HIS UNDERGROUND ACTIVITIES TO WIN ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH RULE. | ||
BR | 4970 | CHOPIN EXPRESS, THE | KAPLAN, HOWARD | STEVE BARTH, AN AMERICAN STUDENT IN JERUSALEM BECOMES A PAWN IN A COMPLEX PLOT DEVELOPED BY FOUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. | ||
BR | 4971 | BEING JEWISH IN AMERICA | THE MODERN EXPERIENCE | HERTZBERG, ARTHUR | EXAMINATION OF ISSUES IN CULTURE AND POLITICS CONFRONTING AMERICAN JEWS. | |
BR | 4972 | ASSISI UNDERGROUND, THE | THE PRIESTS WHO RESCUED JEWS | RAMATI, ALEXANDER | A LITTLE-KNOWN EPISODE IN WORLD WAR II HISTORY IN WHICH PADRE RUFINO NICCACCI SUCCESSFULLY HID 300 JEWS IN ASSISI, ITALY. | |
BR | 4973 | FORGOTTEN FRIENDSHIP | ISRAEL AND THE SOVIET BLOCK, 1947- | KRAMMER, ARNOLD | A BOOK WHICH DISCUSSES THE ERA OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE SOVIET UNION. | |
BR | 4975 | ARABS AND ZIONISM BEFORE WORLD WAR I, THE | MANDEL, NEVILLE J. | EXPLORES GROWING ARAB NATIONALISM AS A CAUSE OF OPPOSITION TO ZIONISM, WITH MAJOR INCIDENTS OF ARAB-JEWISH VIOLENCE DATING BACK TO THE BALFOUR DECLARATION OF 1917. | ||
BR | 4977 | MIND OF GERMANY, THE | THE EDUCATION OF A NATION | KOHN, HANS | AN INTELLECTUAL STUDY OF GERMANY BY A FOREMOST JEWISH HISTORIAN. | |
BR | 4978 | BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM, THE | GUR, MORDECHAI | THE EPIC BATTLE TO REGAIN THE ARAB-HELD CITY OF JERUSALEM - THE CLIMATIC BATTLE OF THE 1967 SIX DAY WAR THAT RESTORED THE WESTERN WALL OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4979 | CHAIA SONIA | GUSSOW, DON | A FAMILY'S COURAGEOUS ODYSSEY FROM RUSSIA TO THE UNITED STATES FOCUSING, ESPECIALLY, ON THE MOTHER WHO IS SO TYPICAL OF ALL THOSE ORDINARY FOLK WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR EAST-EUROPEAN JEWS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENRICH | ||
BR | 4980 | HUMBOLDT'S GIFT | BELLOW, SAUL | A NOVEL IN WHICH A MODERN, INTELLECTUAL, AND TALENTED JEW IS PITTED AGAINST THE FORCES OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. | ||
BR | 4981 | ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE OLD TESTAMENT | ROGERSON, J.W. | A HISTORICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PEOPLES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. | ||
BR | 4982 | ARABS, ISRAELIS AND KISSINGER, THE | A SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICAN DIPLO | SHEEHAN, EDWARD R.F. | A REPORT ON AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND HENRY KISSINGER'S ROLE IN THE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS WHICH ENDED THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR BETWEEN THE ARABS AND ISRAEL. | |
BR | 4983 | HEY LENNY, HEY JACK | BRODY, ALAN | A NOVEL ABOUT TWO BROTHERS WHO REMINISCE ABOUT THEIR CHILDHOOD YEARS. | ||
BR | 4984 | JEWISH PARTY BOOK, THE | CONTEMPORARY GUIDE TO CUSTOMS, CRA | ROCKLAND, MAE SHAFTER | A GUIDE TO PREPARING JEWISH CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS CIRCUMCISIONS, BAR MITZVAHS AND WEDDINGS WITH RECIPES, CRAFTS AND OTHER HELPFUL HINTS. | |
BR | 4985 | FAMILY FORTUNE, A | WEIDMAN, JEROME | FLASHBACKS OF A TYCOON WHOSE PAST INVOLVES MURDER, ILLEGAL BOOTLEGGING AND FINALLY ESTABLISHING LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS WITH THE AID OF A PROTEGE. | ||
BR | 4986 | OF BLOOD AND HOPE | PISAR, SAMUEL | ORPHANED AT THE AGE OF 12 BY THE NAZIS, HE LIVES AS A JUVENILE DELINQUENT UNTIL BROUGHT BY RELATIVES TO AUSTRALIA WHERE HE WINS A SCHOLARSHIP AND BECOMES A BRITISH GENTLEMAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAWYER. | ||
BR | 4987 | BASTION OF FAITH | FEINSTEIN, HAGAON RAV MOSHE | COMMENTS AND EXPOSITIONS ON THE WEEKLY SIDRAH OF THE TORAH BASED ON LECTURES BY HAGAON RAV MOSHE FEINSTEIN. | ||
BR | 4988 | DUAL ALLEGIANCE | DUNKELMAN, BEN | THE AUTHOR, A CANADIAN JEW, RECOUNTS HIS HEROIC MILITARY EXPLOITS WITH THE CANADIAN DIVISION IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II AND IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI WAR. | ||
BR | 4989 | ESTHER THE STAR AND THE SEPTRE | ANDREWS, GINI | 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. | ||
BR | 4991 | JERICHO COMMANDMENT, THE | PATTERSON, JAMES | A PLOT BY JEWISH TERRORISTS TO AVENGE THE SIX MILLION BY SLAUGHTERING THE ATHLETES AT THE 1980 MOSCOW OLYMPICS. STRAUSS AND THE FBI TRY TO PREVENT THE MASSACRE. | ||
BR | 4992 | MR. EMANUEL | GOLDING, LOUIS | A LONELY OLD EASTERN EUROPEAN HAS RETIRED TO LIVE IN DOOMINGTON, ENGLAND, PREPARED TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF HIS YEARS IN PEACE, BUT UNEXPECTED EVENTS ARISE WHICH LEAD HIM INTO DANGER AND ON TO THE WORLD'S FRONT PAGES. | ||
BR | 4993 | RING, THE | STEEL, DANIELLE | A LOVE STORY PLAYED OUT OVER THREE GENERATIONS BEGINNING IN HITLER'S GERMANY WITH THE EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR OF A GERMAN WOMAN WITH A JEWISH NOVELIST. IT CONTINUES WHEN THE WOMAN'S DAUGHTER, ARIANA, IS RESCUED FROM THE NAZI TERROR BY A GERMAN OFFICER AND ENDS IN PRESENT-DAY AMERICA, WHEN ARIANA'S SON LEARNS HIS MOTHER'S SECRET. | ||
BR | 4995 | ISRAEL | A PERSONAL HISTORY | BEN GURION, DAVID | THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TELLS THE STORY FROM THE TRIBE OF ABRAHAM TO MODERN TIMES. | |
BR | 4997 | MARTIN BUBER | THE LIFE OF DIALOGUE | FRIEDMAN, MAURICE S. | A DISCERNING COMMENTARY ON BUBER'S WRITINGS, AS WELL AS A SYSTEMATIC INTERPRETATION OF THE MAJOR ASPECTS OF HIS THOUGHT. | |
BR | 4998 | LIVING WITH THE BIBLE | DAYAN, MOSHE | PORTRAITS OF BIBLICAL CHARACTERS BY ISRAEL'S WELL-KNOWN GENERAL, FUSED WITH HIS OWN KNOWLEDGE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 4999 | GIRLS IN THE VELVET FRAME, THE | GERAS, ADELE | IN THIS JUVENILE NOVEL, THE FIVE BERNSTEIN GIRLS EXPERIENCE THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF LIFE AS IT WAS FOR JEWS IN JERUSALEM IN THE EARLY 1900'S. | ||
BR | 5000 | HOUSE OF CHRISTINA, THE | HAAS, BEN | VIENNA 1938: CHRISTA MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN THE THREE MEN IN HER LIFE, A NAZI, A JEW AND AN AMERICAN, ALL WHOM HAVE CONFLICTING FORCES PRESENT AT THAT TIME. | ||
BR | 5001 | THURSDAY THE RABBI WALKED OUT | KEMELMAN, HARRY | THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE SERIES ABOUT RABBI SMALL, THE SLEUTH WHO EMPLOYS TALMUDIC REASONING TO SOLVE THE HIGH CRIME OF MURDER. | ||
BR | 5003 | HERITAGE SEEKERS, THE | AMERICAN BLACKS IN SEARCH OF JEWIS | GERBER, ISRAEL J. | A PSYCHO HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF BLACK JUDAISM AND PSEUDO-JUDAISM AND OF THE ORIGINS OF THE CURRENT CONFLICT BETWEEN ONE SUCH SECT AND THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. | |
BR | 5004 | LIFE AND TIMES OF MENACHEM BEGIN, THE | GERVASI, FRANK | A BIOGRAPHY OF BEGIN, SPANNING THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. COVERS BEGIN'S EXPLOITS AS A MEMBER OF THE IRGUN AND ENDS WITH HIS ATTEMPTS TO MAKE PEACE WITH EGYPT WHILE SERVING AS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER. | ||
BR | 5007 | EXPERIMENT THAT WORKS | TEENAGE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION | LIPNICK, BERNARD | AN ACCOUNT OF A PROGRAM WHOSE GOAL WAS TO PREVENT JEWISH TEENAGERS FROM BEING 'TURNED OFF' FROM JUDAISM AND TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF THEIR JEWISH SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. | |
BR | 5009 | KING OF THE JEWS | EPSTEIN, LESLIE | A STORY OF THE DREADED JUDENRAT, COUNCILS OF JEWS SET UP BY THE NAZIS TO RULE OVER THEIR FELLOW-JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 5010 | PRISON OR PARADISE? | RUDIN, JAMES & MARCIA | THE AUTHORS CHARGE THAT CULTS PROVIDE A COMMUNITY FOR UNMOORED YOUNG PEOPLE MADE UP PREDOMINANTLY OF WHITE, MIDDLE-CLASS COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE LATTER, HOWEVER, 'BLINDLY SERVE, EVEN WORSHIP' THE STRONG CHARISMATIC LEADER OF THE CULT. A PLEA IS MADE FOR ORGANIZED RELIGION TO REACH THE YOUNG AND COUNSEL PARENTS. | ||
BR | 5011 | DAYS OF WINTER, THE | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | RUBIN HACK, A WELL-BORN PROMINENT JEW MEETS MAGDA. PEACE & WAR IN EUROPE CHANGES THE DESTINY OF THEIR LIVES, MOVING THEM FROM EUROPE TO AMERICA. | ||
BR | 5012 | MARCH, THE | KUNICZAK, W.S. | AN EPIC OF INTELLECTUAL & MORAL PASSION WHICH FOCUSES ON SEVERAL POLISH, JEWISH & CATHOLIC FAMILIES AFTER THE COLLAPSE OF THE POLISH ARMY. | ||
BR | 5013 | ECONOMIC WAR AGAINST THE JEWS, THE | NELSON, WALTER H. & PRITTIE, TERENCE | A FULL DOCUMENTED STORY OF HOW THE ARAB NATIONS ARE USING THEIR ENORMOUS OIL WEALTH TO PREVENT ALL COUNTRIES FROM HAVING ANY BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5014 | MOVED BY LOVE | A NOVEL OF REMEMBRANCE | GELLIN, WILLIAM | NOVEL OF EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT JEWS IN NEW YORK AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. IT FOCUSES ON SMALL ACTS OF DECENCY AND COMPASSION THAT MAKE EXISTENCE BEARABLE AND ENGENDER HOPE FOR A BETTER WORLD, EVEN AMIDST GRINDING POVERTY. | |
BR | 5016 | NEW 100 YEARS WAR, THE | GEYER, GEORGIE ANNE | AN ACCOUNT OF REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST FOCUSING ON THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT AND EMPHASIZING THE ATTITUDES ON EACH SIDE THAT PERPETUATE THE FIGHT AND MISTRUST. | ||
BR | 5017 | AVRAHAM'S GOOD WEEK | KARDOS, GYORGY G. | IN 1947, A PALESTINE FARMER GET INVOLVED FOR A JEWISH STATE WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS A YOUNG TERRORIST ON THE RUN FROM THE BRITISH. | ||
BR | 5018 | REFUGEE | ROSE, ANNE | A 12-YEAR OLD JEWISH GIRL LEAVES NAZI-GERMANY ALONE AND ADJUSTS TO A NEW LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 5021 | SUNSET GANG, THE | ADLER, WARREN | TEN SHORT STORIES ABOUT BILL, JENNIE, MAX AND ISAAC IN A RETIRED COMMUNITY INHABITED BY ELDERS WHO HAVE LEFT BEHIND FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND PAST LIVES. | ||
BR | 5022 | TULIPS ARE RED, THE | ROSE, LEESHA | THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A GIRL NAMED HAVA BORNSTEIN AND HER TESTIMONY AND TRIBUTE TO THE DUTCH CHRISTIAN HISTORY OF RESISTING INVADERS AND OF HELPING JEWS. | ||
BR | 5023 | JERUSALEM DIAMOND, THE | GORDON, NOAH | THE STORY OF A 211-CARAT DIAMOND FROM THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM, LOST OVER CENTURIES, WHICH FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF MOSLEMS, THE VATICAN AND OTHERS. DIAMOND MERCHANT HARRY HOPEMAN, WHO IS COMMISSIONED TO RETRIEVE THE DIAMOND, IS FOLLOWED THROUGH VARIOUS, OFTEN ROMANTIC, ADVENTURES. | ||
BR | 5024 | REVOLUTIONARY JEWS FROM MARX TO TROTSKY | WISTRICH, ROBERT S. | A STUDY OF THE ROLE PLAYED BY JEWS IN THE EUROPEAN SOCIALIST MOVEMENTS. ALSO INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE PSYCHOLOGY OF JEWISH RADICALISM AND THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN NATIONALISM AND INTERNATIONALISM WITHIN THE LABOR MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 5025 | HEIRLOOMS | MORGAN, CAROLE | CHRONICLE OF AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH FAMILY. A MAN'S DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HIS FAMILY BRINGS MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS CLOSER. | ||
BR | 5026 | FUGU PLAN, THE | THE STORY OF THE JAPANESE AND THE | TOKAYER, MARV | THE PREVIOUSLY UNTOLD STORY OF HOW THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT SAVED THOUSANDS OF JEWS AFTER PEARL HARBOR. | |
BR | 5027 | SHADOW OF THE ROCK | WRIGHT, PATRICIA | A NOVELIZATION OF THE STORY OF DAVID AND HIS KINSMAN, JOAB, THE COMMANDER OF HIS HOSTS. | ||
BR | 5029 | HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM, THE. VOL. I | FROM THE TIME OF CHRIST TO THE CO | POLIAKOV, LEON | A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM: ITS DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORICAL EVOLUTION. | |
BR | 5030 | SILKY | ROSTEN, LEO | A FORMULA PLOT, GARRULOUSLY NARRATED BY SILKY, WITH OLD AND NEW JEWISH JOKES TUCKED INTO EVERY OTHER SENTENCE, IT HAS A STYLE ALL ITS OWN. | ||
BR | 5031 | THREE WEEKS IN OCTOBER | DAYAN, YAEL | SET IN ISRAEL DURING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, THIS IS THE STORY OF AMILIA AND DANIEL WHOSE MARRIAGE IS STRAINED BY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FORCES. | ||
BR | 5032 | HEROES OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY | KARP, DEBORAH | THIS IS A BOOK ON JEWS AND THEIR PART IN AMERICAN HISTORY | ||
BR | 5035 | THEY CHOSE LIFE | JEWISH RESISTANCE IN THE HOLOCAUST | BAUER, YEHUDA | THE HOLOCAUST WAS A CRIME WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN HISTORY. THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE TESTIMONY OF THE VICTIMS OF THAT CRIME-THE SURVIVORS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO AND THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. | |
BR | 5036 | ISRAEL AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | WILSON, EDMUND | WRITER EDMUND WILSON'S FASCINATION WITH THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS PRODUCED THIS INTRIGUING ACCOUNT OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AN ESSAY FROM WILSON'S 'RED, BLOND, BLACK AND OLIVE' IS ALSO INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 5037 | JEWISH PRESENCE, THE | ESSAYS IN IDENTITY AND CULTURE | DAVIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE FULL RANGE OF MODERN JUDAISM, FROM ITS RELIGION AND ITS CULTURE TO ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE HOLOCAUST. YIDDISH CULTURE IS ALSO DISCUSSED. | |
BR | 5039 | RABIN MEMOIRS, THE | RABIN, YITZHAK | CANDID AND INFORMATIVE RECOLLECTIONS BY ISRAEL'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER ON HIS COUNTRY AND HIS POLITICS. RABIN WAS ALSO CHIEF OF ISRAEL'S DEFENSE FORCES AND AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION. | ||
BR | 5040 | MEDICAL HALACHA FOR EVERYONE | ABRAHAM, DR. ABRAHAM S. | A COMPREHENSIVE AND SENSITIVE GUIDE TO JEWISH MEDICAL LAW. THE BOOK HELPS TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FACING THE ILL AND THOSE WHO ATTEND THEM. | ||
BR | 5041 | IN THE BEGINNING | SCIENCE FACES GOD IN THE BOOK OF G | ASIMOV, ISAAC | A PROFOUND, YET READABLE COMPARISON OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS AND SCIENTIFIC THEORIES ABOUT HOW THE WORLD CAME INTO BEING. | |
BR | 5043 | DIM MEMORIES OF A POLISH JEW BORN IN FRANCE | GOLDMAN, PIERRE | THE STORMY LIFE AND SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL OF A RESISTANCE FIGHTER WHO WAS THE ILLEGITIMATE SON OF POLISH JEWS. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY AT HIS FIRST TRIAL, BUT THE SENTENCE WAS REVERSED AT A SECOND HEARING. | ||
BR | 5044 | UNDERSTANDING CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM | GORDIS, ROBERT | AN OUTSTANDING CONSERVATIVE RABBI HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WHICH TAKES THE VIEW CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM IS A SELF-MOTIVATED GROUPING, NOT A HALF-WAY HOUSE BETWEEN REFORM AND ORTHODOXY. | ||
BR | 5045 | ISRAELIS, JEWS AND JESUS | LAPIDE, PINCHUS | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON WHAT JEWS THINK OF JESUS, ALONG WITH EXCERPTS FROM ISRAELI NOVELS ABOUT JESUS AND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE OF CHRISTIANITY. | ||
BR | 5046 | NEW WRITING IN ISRAEL | SPICEHANDLER, EGRA & CURTIS ARONSON | A SELECTION OF NEW ISRAELI PROSE AND POETRY, ALL APPEARING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ENGLISH. | ||
BR | 5047 | DUAL IMAGE, THE | THEFIGURE OF THE JEW IN ENGLISH & | FISCH, HAROLD | A SCANNING OF THE ENTIRE FIELD OF JEWISH PORTRAITURE FROM CHAUCER AND SHAKESPEARE TO THE PRESENT DAY: INCLUDED ARE SELECTIONS FROM BELLOW, ROTH AND MALAMUD. | |
BR | 5048 | LETTERS TO MY ISRAELI SONS | BANKS, LYNN REID | A NON-JEW MARRIED TO AN ISRAELI, BANKS PRESENTS A VIVID ACCOUNT OF THE PRESENT MIDDLE EAST IMPASSE. SHE MAKES THE POINT THAT ONLY BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE WHOLE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, FROM BIBLICAL TIMES THROUGH THE DIASPORA AND HOLOCAUST TO THE PRESENT DAY, CAN ONE EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS OF MODERN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5049 | KITTY | AN UNCOMMON MEMOIR OF A NON-CELEBR | RUTTENBERG, KATHERINE | A WARM AND SPUNKY WOMAN TRACES HER JOURNEY FROM BUDAPEST TO PITTSBURG TO JERUSALEM. ALONG THE WAY SHE BECOMES INVOLVED IN HADASSAH IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. © 1980 | |
BR | 5050 | BIRTHDAY IN KISHINEV | STEINBERG, FANNIE | HARSH HONESTY AND COMPASSION BLEND TO TELL HOW A RUSSIAN JEWISH GIRL MANAGES TO ESCAPE ONE OF THE BLOODIEST POGROMS IN JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 5051 | CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO THE EARLY PROPHETS, A | NEWMAN, SHIRLEY | A SELECTION OF BIBLE STORIES DESIGNED TO FAMILIARIZE CHILDREN WITH THE EARLY PROPHETS AND THEIR TEACHINGS. | ||
BR | 5052 | HOROWITZ AND MRS. WASHINGTON | DENKER, HENRY | IN HIS SEVENTIES, MR. HOROWITZ IS MUGGED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS. HIS RACIAL HATRED BECOMES INTENSE. BUT THE CARE AND TOUGH SPIRIT OF HIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPIST ALTERS HIS VIEW. | ||
BR | 5053 | ARTHUR | PEARSON, SIDNEY A., JR. | THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH BIOGRAPHY IN ENGLISH ON THE WRITER AND HIS COMPLETE WORKS. | ||
BR | 5054 | ADD LIFE TO YOUR YEARS | MANDELBAUM, BERNARD | A "POSITIVE THINKING" BOOK THAT PURPORTS TO SHOW HOW THE TENETS OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM CAN BE USED TO SOLVE THE MORAL PROBLEMS FACING PEOPLE TODAY. | ||
BR | 5057 | JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE JEWISH | GOLDBERG, HIRSCH | THE AUTHOR OF 'THE JEWISH CONNECTION' EXPOSES ANTI-SEMITISM TO BE A RESULT OF IGNORANCE. ONCE PEOPLE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH OTHER CULTURES, PREJUDICES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE SHATTERED. | ||
BR | 5058 | THIRD TIME AROUND, THE | BURNS, GEORGE | IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, THIS TELEVISION COMEDIAN OF THE 1950'S AND 60'S WRITES OF A RICH AND VARIED LIFE LIVED AMONG THE STARS, AND OFFERS, AS WELL, A UNIQUE PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT SCENE. | ||
BR | 5059 | LOOKING FOR FRED SCHMIDT | EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR | ESTHER KRAME | A NOVEL ABOUT A BUSINESSMAN WHO SEEKS FOR MEANING IN HIS LIFE THROUGH HIS RELIGION AND HIS FATHER'S MEMORY. | |
BR | 5060 | WHO'S WHO IN JEWISH HISTORY | AFTER THE PERIOD OF THE OLD TESTAM | COMAY, JOAN | STANLEY R. B | A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY CONTAINING OVER 1,000 ENTRIES ON MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO JEWISH THOUGHT AND HISTORY. ALSO INCLUDES NON-JEWS WHO HAVE INFLUENCED THE JEWISH HERITAGE. |
BR | 5061 | YIDDISH STORIES, OLD AND NEW | HOWE, IRVING & ELIEZAR GREENBERG, ED | SET IN EASTERN EUROPE DURING THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, THESE YIDDISH STORIES EVOKE THE DIFFICULT BUT CULTURALLY RICH LIVES OF THE JEWS THERE. LACED WITH HUMOR, THE STORIES REFLECT THE EASTERN EUROPEAN JEW'S PLACE IN SOCIETY AND HIS CONCEPT OF GOD. | ||
BR | 5062 | SPIRIT OF JEWISH THOUGHT, THE | BERNARD EVSLIN, EDITOR | THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE TALMUD AND THE COMMENTARIES ARE COMBINED ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JEWISH THINKERS. | ||
BR | 5063 | SAVTA SIMCHA AND THE INCREDIBLE SHABBOS BAG | GANZ, YAFFA | AN ISRAELI WOMAN VISITING WINTERGREEN CITY BRINGS HAPPINESS TO ITS RESIDENTS WITH HER 'SHABBOS BAG' OF HOLIDAY TREATS. A HEBREW AND YIDDISH GLOSSARY ROUNDS OUT AN UNUSUALLY APPEALING BOOK. | ||
BR | 5065 | NOW NEWMAN WAS OLD | BERMANT, CHAIM | THE STORY OF A MAN FORCED BY HIS WIFE INTO EARLY RETIREMENT AND THE CONSEQUENCES THEREOF. | ||
BR | 5066 | QUEEN OF THE RITZ | MARX, SAMUEL | THE MEMOIRS OF A JEWISH WOULD-BE ACTRESS WHO JOURNEYS TO PARIS, MARRIES THE DIRECTOR OF THE RITZ HOTEL AND IS IMPRISONED BY THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 5067 | BYZANTINE HONEYMOON | A TALE OF THE BOSPHORUS | GLAZEBROOK, PHILIP | IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY ISTANBUL (1895), AN ANTI-SEMITIC YOUNG MAN ON A HONEYMOON WITH HIS WEALTHY JEWISH BRIDE GAINS A NEW AWARENESS OF LIFE'S REALITIES. | |
BR | 5068 | MY JEWISH ROOTS | DAVID KRANZLER | A GUIDE TO GENEALOGY WITH A JEWISH SLANT, CONTAINING CHAPTERS ON GENEALOGY IN THE BIBLE AND TALMUD, GENEALOGY IN THE DIASPORA AND JEWISH NAMES. | ||
BR | 5069 | MURDERER | HOLMAN, FELICE | SET IN A PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINING TOWN IN THE DEPTHS OF THE DEPRESSION, A SCHOOLBOY ABOUT TO BE BAR MITZVAHED BURNS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE AND ANTI-SEMITISM. | ||
BR | 5070 | WINEGLASS, THE | A PASSOVER STORY | ROSTEN, NORMAN | A YOUNG BOY'S VISION OF ELIJAH AT THE SEDER TABLE SETS OFF RESENTMENT IN HIS GRANDFATHER AND ANGER IN HIS FATHER. | |
BR | 5071 | WAR AND REMEMBRANCE | WOUK, HERMAN | THE SEQUEL TO 'THE WINDS OF WAR' BRINGS TOGETHER HISTORY AND ROMANCE TO REVEAL THE EFFECTS OF PEARL HARBOR'S BOMBING AND WORLD WAR II ON ONE AMERICAN FAMILY. | ||
BR | 5072 | SOL | SATZ, MARIO | A JUDAIC SLANT ON THE FAMILIAR IDENTITY PROBLEM OF THE LATIN AMERICAN IN A COSMOPOLITAN SETTING-SUCH AS PARIS, PERU, NEW YORK AND ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5073 | HANSEL AND GRETEL IN BEVERLY HILLS | WILBER, SHEILA | A HUMOROUS, OFTEN THOUGHT PROVOKING NOVEL ABOUT A 54-YEAR-OLD DIVORCED PUBLICIST AND HER BEST FRIEND, A GAY HAIRDRESSER, WHO SPEND THEIR TIME COMBATING LONELINESS IN THE TRENDY CALIFORNIA TOWN WHERE THEY LIVE. | ||
BR | 5074 | YENNA VELT(OTHER WORLD) BOOK II | NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM | THE WIT, GUILE AND INTENSE HUMANITY OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF STORYTELLERS IS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN THE FORM OF SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS. | ||
BR | 5075 | BOOKS OF RACHEL, THE | GROSS, JOEL | SPANNING FIVE CENTURIES, THIS IS THE SAGA OF AN INDOMITABLE JEWISH FAMILY UNIFIED BY BUSINESS, BLOOD AND A NAME. IN EACH GENERATION THE FIRST-BORN DAUGHTER IS GIVEN THE NAME OF RACHEL. EACH RACHEL IS A REAL HEROINE, DISPLAYING THE CHARACTER TRAITS OF THE LEGENDARY RACHELS WHO PRECEDED HER. | ||
BR | 5076 | WALTER LIPPMAN AND THE RISE OF THE AMERICAN CENTURY | STEEL, RONALD | THE AUTHOR, USING HIS EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO THE JOURNALIST'S PRIVATE PAPERS, REVEALS THE PASSIONS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS, THE QUARRELS AND THE INVOLVEMENTS, THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND THE TRIUMPHS OF THE MAN WHO CHRONICLED AMERICA'S RISE TO GLOBAL POWER. | ||
BR | 5077 | TIME OUT | SPINAUX, ALAIN | THE SENSITIVE STORY OF A 9-YEAR-OLD FRENCH JEWISH BOY POSSESSED BY A DEMON NAMED HITLERINO AT THE SAME TIME THE REAL HITLER IS COMING TO POWER. | ||
BR | 5078 | FINDING OUR FATHERS | ROTTENBERG, DAN | A GUIDE TO JEWISH GENEALOGY, WHICH INCLUDES A LIST OF 8,000 JEWISH FAMILY NAMES AND THEIR PLACES OF ORIGIN. | ||
BR | 5080 | GHOST WALTZ | DAY, INGEBORG | IN 1957, A 16-YEAR-OLD AUSTRIAN EXCHANGE STUDENT COMES TO AMERICA AND LEARNS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST FOR THE FIRST TIME. | ||
BR | 5081 | EIGHTH SIN,THE | KANFER, STEFAN | 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. | ||
BR | 5082 | SMOKE OVER GOLAN | OFEK, URIEL | STORY OF AN ISRAELI YOUTH AND HIS FRIENDSHIP AND COMPASSION WITH PEOPLES OF OTHER BACKGROUNDS IN HIS WAR TORN HOMELAND IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS. | ||
BR | 5083 | LAND THAT I GIVE YOU, THE | STANLEY FELDSTEIN | A REVIEW OF THE SPAN OF JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA, WITH NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE. | ||
BR | 5084 | TIMETABLE | ELON, AMOS | A FACT-BASED NOVEL IN WHICH ADOLF EICHMANN PROPOSES TO THE HUNGARIAN JEWISH UNDERGROUND TO TRADE JEWISH LIVES FOR FOOD, TRUCKS AND SOAP. | ||
BR | 5085 | JOSHUA THEN AND NOW | RICHTER, MORDECHAI | THE AUTHOR OF THE APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ RETURNS TO JEWISH MONTREAL, WHERE JOSHUA SHAPIRO, DESPITE HAVING A AD WHO IS A BOXER-TURNED-HONEST-CROOK AND AN EXOTIC DANCER MOM WHO PERFORMS AT HIS BAR-MITZVAH, GROWS UP TO FIND SUCCESS AS A TV WRITER AND JOURNALIST. BUT IN MIDDLE AGE, HE IS BESIEGED BY THE PRESS AND TORMENTED BY THE GHOSTS OF HIS YOUTH WHEN HE IS INJURED IN A FREAK ACCIDENT, HIS WASP WIFE DISAPPEARS, AND HE IS ENTANGLED IN A SEX SCANDAL. © 1980 | ||
BR | 5086 | ONCE I WAS A PLUM TREE | JOHANNA HURWITZ | A STORY SET IN THE BRONX IN 1947 OF A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL EXPERIENCING IDENTITY PROBLEMS DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE FAMILY NAME AND THE FACT THAT HER PARENTS DO NOT PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION. | ||
BR | 5087 | DANCE TIME | JABLONS, BEVERLY | MARYANN, A SHELTERED OHIO HOUSEWIFE, IS URGED BY HER HUSBAND TO HAVE A SPREE IN NEW YORK CITY, WHILE THE BOYS ARE AWAY AT CAMP AND HE ON A BUSINESS TRIP. WHAT MAKES HER VISIT AN ADVENTURE IS HER CHANCE MEETING WITH LILYAN, WHO INTRODUCES HER TO HER COMIC AND LARGE-HEARTED JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 5088 | ELLIS ISLAND | AND OTHER STORIES | HELPRIN, MARK | TEN SHORT STORIES AND A NOVELLA RANGING IN SETTING FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN TO A LONG ISLAND BEACH. | |
BR | 5089 | BITTER SWEET | STRASSBERG, SUSAN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE DAUGHTER OF LEE AND PAULA STRASSBERG, FOUNDERS OF THE ACTORS' STUDIO. THE AUTHOR, HERSELF, AN ACCOMPLISHED ACTRESS, APPEARED IN THE BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF 'THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.' | ||
BR | 5090 | RUN TO THE WATERFALL | VIVANTE, ARTURO | FIFTEEN SHORT STORIES ABOUT THE LIFE OF A HALF-JEWISH FAMILY IN POSTWAR SIENA. THE FATHER IS A PHILOSOPHER; THE SON A DOCTOR TURNED PAINTER. THE SON TELLS THE STORIES OF MEMBERS OF A FAMILY STRUGGLING TO KEEP THE ESTATE THAT HAS BEEN THEIR HOME AND THEIR DIGNITY IN A WORLD WHERE REALITY OFTEN FALLS SHORT OF DREAMS. | ||
BR | 5091 | SOLOMON'S FOLLY | CROXFORD, LESLIE | STORY OF A 19TH-CENTURY EGYPTIAN JEWISH MERCHANT, WHO, IN A BATTLE TO PROVE HIS RIGHT TO INHERITED WEALTH, ALIENATES HIS WIFE AND SON. | ||
BR | 5093 | ELLIE'S INHERITANCE | COLMAN, HILA | A YOUNG DEPRESSION-ERA JEWISH GIRL TRIES TO DEFINE HERSELF IN THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE OF 1930S NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 5094 | CIRCLE OF LOVE | LEAHY, SYRELL ROGORIA | 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. | |
BR | 5095 | JEWISH AMERICAN LITERATURE | CHAPMAN, ABRAHAM | A COLLECTION OF FICTION, POETRY, CRITICISM AND BIOGRAPHY WHICH ALSO CONTAINS BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON EACH AUTHOR AND COMMENTARY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT. | ||
BR | 5096 | LION'S WAY, THE | ORDE, LEWIS | THE SAGA OF A FAT JEWISH BOY FROM THE BRONX WHO RISES ABOVE HIS CRIMINAL BACKGROUND TO BECOME A LEADING TENOR WITH NEW YORK'S GRAND OPERA. | ||
BR | 5098 | WEST BANK/EAST BANK | MISHAL, SHAUL | A BRIEF ESSAY SHOWING HOW THE JORDANIANS PREVENTED THE PALESTINIANS FROM CREATING AN EFFECTIVE POWER BASE. BASED ON JORDANIAN DOCUMENTS CAPTURED BY ISRAEL IN 1967, THE BOOK PROVIDES ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE POSITION OF ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING ISRAEL, ABOUT THE QUESTION OF PALESTINIAN INDEPENDENCE. | ||
BR | 5099 | ROUGH STRIFE | A NOVEL | SCHWARTZ, LYNN SHARON | THE STORY OF A MARRIAGE BETWEEN A JEW AND A GENTILE WHO MEET IN ROME AND SLOWLY BEGIN AN AFFAIR. BACK IN THE U.S., THEY EMBARK ON CAREERS AND SET UP LIFE TOGETHER FIRM IN THEIR CONVICTION THAT THEY BELONG TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. | |
BR | 5100 | FRAGMENTED LIFE OF DON JACOBO LERNER, THE | GOLDEMBERG, ISAAC | THE STORY OF A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILY ATTEMPTING TO RECONSTRUCT THEIR TRADITIONS AND LIFESTYLE IN PERU IN THE 1930S. | ||
BR | 5101 | HOUSE ON PRAGUE STREET, THE | DEMETZ, HANA | THE HALF-JEWISH HELENE RICHTER'S CHILDHOOD IS AN IDYLL UNTIL WORLD WAR II. WITH ADOLESCENCE, HER ONCE SERENE LIFE STARTS TO DISINTEGRATE. THIS NOVEL IS ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL WHO ATTEMPTS TO SALVAGE SOME HAPPINESS OUT OF THE HORROR AROUND HER. | ||
BR | 5102 | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF AMERICAN JEWS | RIBALOW, HAROLD U. | ADELINE MARE | EXCERPTS FROM THE LIVES OF FAMOUS AMERICAN JEWS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM. THESE ACCOUNTS BEGIN IN THE LATE 1800S AND CONTINUE UNTIL 1925. | |
BR | 5103 | DOCTOR FROM CORDOVA | LE PORRIER, HERBERT | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MOSES MAIMONIDES, WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF LETTERS TO A FRIEND. | ||
BR | 5104 | CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI LITERATURE | ANDERSON, ELLIOTT, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF TEN VARIED FICTIONAL WORKS DEALING WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE IN ISRAEL AS REFLECTED IN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND MILITARY CONDITIONS. | ||
BR | 5105 | CONFESSIONS OF JOSEF BAISZ, THE | JACOBS, DAN | THE CONFESSIONS OF A BROKEN MAN WHO WAS PART OF A DICTATORSHIP, AND WAS A FAVORED SON OF THE REGIME. | ||
BR | 5106 | NUMBER OUR DAYS | MYERHOFF, BARBARA | THE OFTEN FUNNY AND ALWAYS MOVING NARRATIVE OF A SOCIAL SCIENTIST'S WORK WITH A JEWISH SENIOR CITIZENS' GROUP IN CALIFORNIA. | ||
BR | 5107 | LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVING | KRIPKE, DOROTHY & MEYER KRIPKE | A GUIDE FOR JUVENILES TO THE DELICATE SUBJECTS OF LOVE, SEX, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY. | ||
BR | 5108 | REACHES OF HEAVEN | THE STORY OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE, SINGER MOLDS LEGEND AND FANTASY INTO A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE 18TH-CENTURY LEADER OF THE HASIDIM. THE BIOGRAPHY CAN ALSO SERVE AS AN INTRODUCTION TO KABBALAH, OR JEWISH MYSTICISM. | |
BR | 5111 | TAKING ROOT | JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA | MELTZER, MILTON | A STUDY OF THE IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO AMERICA FROM EUROPE, BEGINNING WITH THEIR TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, THE HARDSHIPS ENDURED DURING THEIR EARLY YEARS, AND THE ACHIEVEMENTS THEY ATTAINED IN THEIR NEW COUNTRY. | |
BR | 5112 | SHTETL, THE | NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM | AN ANTHOLOGY OF YIDDISH STORIES CONVEYING THE QUALITY OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE SHTETLS OF EASTERN EUROPE FROM THE LATE MIDDLE AGES TO WORLD WAR II. SINCE THE STORIES ARE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, READERS CAN FOLLOW THE GRADUAL INTRUSION OF SECULAR INFLUENCES UNTIL AN ENTIRE WAY OF LIFE WAS DESTROYED BY THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 5115 | RIVER OF LIGHT | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | THE CABBALISTIC TEXT OF THE PASSAGE KNOWN AS THE RIVER OF LIGHT WHICH GOES FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE DREAM TO RARE AND STRIKING VISIONS. | ||
BR | 5118 | SCATTERED SEED | MOSCO, MAISIE | SECOND VOLUME IN THE SAGA OF A RUSSIAN FAMILY WHO FLEES TO ENGLAND ONLY TO FIND A NEW SET OF CHALLENGES THERE. | ||
BR | 5119 | WOMAN OF VALOR, A | TOPOL, ALLAN | THE PROTAGONIST, A WOMAN NAMED LEORA FROM A PROMINENT JEWISH/EGYPTIAN FAMILY, IS A COOL KILLER IN THIS SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER. | ||
BR | 5120 | IN SEARCH OF HISTORY | A PERSONAL EXPEDITION | WHITE, THEODORE | A JEWISH/AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT'S ATTEMPT TO LINK HIS OWN JOURNALISTIC CAREER WITH A BROADER HISTORICAL CONTEXT. | |
BR | 5126 | BY BLOOD AND FIRE | THE ATTACK ON THE KING DAVID HOTEL | CLARKE, THURSTON | A BRILLIANT RECREATION OF THE BOMBING OF THE KING DAVID HOTEL IN JERUSALEM ON JULY 22, 1946 BY THE IRGUN. | |
BR | 5127 | ALINE | KLEIN, CAROL | ALINE BERNSTEIN BECAME NOTORIOUS BECAUSE OF HER EIGHT-YEAR LIAISON WITH THOMAS WOLF, WHICH BEGAN ON HIS 25TH BIRTHDAY WHEN SHE WAS 43. HER STRANGELY TOLERANT HUSBAND WAS A FAMOUS BANKER, AND SHE MOVED AS EASILY AMONG UPPER BOURGEOISIE AS AMONG UPPER BOHEMIANS. | ||
BR | 5128 | JEWISH SOUL ON FIRE, THE | JUNGREIS, ESTHER | IN THIS POWERFUL SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY, A SURVIVOR OF BERGEN-BELSEN PASSIONATELY AVOWS HER DEVOTION TO THE JEWISH FAITH AND PEOPLE. MEMORIES OF HER STRONG RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING SUSTAIN HER THROUGH HORROR. HER STORY IS INSPIRATIONAL FOR THOSE SEARCHING FOR FULFILLMENT AND PURPOSE IN THEIR LIVES. | ||
BR | 5129 | CITY OF GOLD AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT | DICKENSON, PETER | OLD TESTAMENT STORIES RETOLD AS ANCIENT SEMITIC FOLKLORE. | ||
BR | 5131 | MORNING IS A LONG TIME COMING | GREEN, BETTE | A SEQUEL TO 'SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER' IN WHICH PATTY BERGEN, NOW 18, IS OBSESSED WITH VISITING HER DEAD POW'S MOTHER. | ||
BR | 5132 | WHISPERING MEZUZAH, THE | AND OTHER DEVORAH DORESH MYSTERIES | HUBNER, CAROL KORB | BURGLARS ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE RABINOWITZ HOME, AND IT IS NOT CASH OR JEWELRY. | |
BR | 5135 | THIRD PILLAR, THE | MORGENSTERN, SOMA | A SUMMARY OF THE GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, THE PAGAN ONSLAUGHT AGAINST THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 5136 | WEAVE OF WOMEN, A | BRONER, E.M. | FIFTEEN WOMEN GATHER IN A HOUSE IN JERUSALEM TO COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR LIVES OR TO SLIP AWAY AND BE LOST. | ||
BR | 5137 | JEWS OF ARGENTINA, THE | FROM THE INQUISITION TO PERON | WEISBROT, ROBERT | A FULL-LENGTH STUDY OF THE FIFTH LARGEST JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD IS ALSO A COMPELLING ACCOUNT OF THE JEWS IN A HOSTILE LAND. | |
BR | 5138 | JEWISH MARTYRS OF PAWIAK | HIRSHAUT, JULIEN | PAWIAK WAS A PRISON WHICH HAD STOOD IN THE MIDST OF THE WARSAW GHETTO, A PLACE WHERE 8000 JEWISH INDIVIDUALS MET THEIR DEATH. | ||
BR | 5139 | JEWISH CHILD IS BORN, A | GOTTLIEB, NATHAN | A GUIDE TO THE LAWS, RITUALS AND THE NAMING OF THE JEWISH CHILD. | ||
BR | 5140 | CABAL | GARBO, NORMAN | THE ALLEGED EVENTS LEADING TO THE SIX-DAY WAR AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A MILITANT UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROTECTING WORLD JEWRY. | ||
BR | 5141 | MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE | KLUGER, RICHARD | THE SAGA OF THE JEW IN THE SOUTH, TOLD THROUGH THE FICTIONALIZATION OF THE 1915 LEO BRANK MURDER TRIAL. | ||
BR | 5142 | KATZ-COHEN | ASTRACHAN, SAMUEL | A SAGA OF THREE GENERATIONS OF MARRIAGES BETWEEN THE KATZ AND COHEN FAMILIES, AND THEIR FRUITFUL ISSUE. | ||
BR | 5143 | YOUNG ADOLF | BAINBRIDGE, BERYL | A PARTIALLY FACTUAL NOVELIZATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICALLY TWISTED YOUTH OF HITLER THAT HELPED ORIENT HIM TOWARD FASCIST BELIEFS. | ||
BR | 5144 | JEWISH CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES | EDIDIN, BEN M. | THOUGH THE TREATMENT IS TRADITIONAL THROUGHOUT, THE AUTHOR HAS TAKEN GREAT PAINS TO PRESENT VARIOUS OBSERVANCES IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT. | ||
BR | 5146 | HAND-ME-DOWNS | KOHAN, RHEA | A VERY FUNNY NOVEL ABOUT MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS AND SISTERS AND BEING MARGINALLY JEWISH IN CALIFORNIA. | ||
BR | 5147 | LAUREN BACALL | BY MYSELF | LAUREN BACALL | MEMOIRS OF A CELEBRATED ACTRESS, CONCERNED WITH HER CRAFT. | |
BR | 5148 | GOLD AND IRON | BISMARCK, BLEICHRODER AND THE BUIL | FRITZ STERN | BISMARCK'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR WAS THE WEALTHIEST JEW IN THE GERMAN EMPIRE AND THE FIRST OF HIS PEOPLE TO ATTAIN THE NAME 'VON'. | |
BR | 5149 | OLD LOVE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | EIGHTEEN STORIES SET IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE GLOBE FROM THE SHTETL TO CONTEMPORARY MIAMI BEACH AND ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5150 | JEWISH BIOETHICS | ROSNER, FRED & BLEICH, RABBI J. DAVI | AN EXPLORATION OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS ABORTION AND TEST TUBE BABIES IN THE CONTEXT OF JEWISH LAW. | ||
BR | 5152 | PURIM GOAT | YURI SUHL | THE STORY OF THE POOR WIDOW BRAINDEL AND HER 10-YEAR-OLD SON YOSELE, WHO TRIES TO SAVE THEIR GOAT BECAUSE IT CAN GIVE ONLY A QUART OF MILK A DAY. | ||
BR | 5153 | CLOSING CEREMONIES | KING, HAROLD | A KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT IN SOUTH AMERICA ENDS UP IN A SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR TO PREVENT ELIZABETH III FROM BEING ASSASSINATED AT THE MONTREAL OLYMPICS. | ||
BR | 5154 | ANNENBERGS, THE | THE SALVAGING OF A TAINTED DYNASTY | JOHN COONEY | AMBASSADOR AND PUBLISHER WALTER ANNENBERG MADE A CONSTANT EFFORT TO REBUILD A FAMILY REPUTATION DAMAGED BY HIS RACKETEERING FATHER. | |
BR | 5157 | HAMBURG SWITCH, THE | ROSS, ANGUS | A SATIRICAL MYSTERY IN WHICH TWO ENGLISH AGENTS PLOT TO SNEAK A PHYSICIST AND HIS DAUGHTER OUT OF EAST GERMANY. | ||
BR | 5158 | SANJO | MAYERSON, EVELYN WILDE | A PSYCHIATRIST'S FIRST WORK ABOUT A MENTALLY RETARDED 30-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO SHARES A LOPSIDED WORLD WITH HER AGING, QUINTESSENTIALLY JEWISH PARENTS. | ||
BR | 5160 | FIVE SILVER DAUGHTERS | LOUIS GOLDING | THE STORY OF SAM SILVERMAN AND HIS FIVE GIRLS AND HOW THEIR LIVES CHANGE AFTER THEY BECOME VERY RICH. | ||
BR | 5161 | MORE WISE-MEN OF CHELM AND THEIR MERRY TALES | SOLOMON SIMON | ANOTHER COLLECTION OF FOLK TALES ABOUT A POLISH VILLAGE OF SIMPLETONS. | ||
BR | 5162 | BASIC BLACK WITH PEARLS | HELEN WEINZWEIG | A NONDESCRIPT WOMAN WHO DRESSES IN BASIC BLACK WITH PEARLS HAS IMAGINED MEMORIES ABOUT A SECRET LOVE WHO IS SENDING HER CODED MESSAGES. | ||
BR | 5163 | FROM THE BROKEN TREE | LANGELY, LEE | THE AUTHOR CONVEYS THE SENSE OF SHEER PHYSICAL SURVIVAL THAT DOMINATES THE LIVES OF THE PROTAGONISTS, WHILE THEIR CHILDREN DETERMINE IF THEY WISH TO SURVIVE SPIRITUALLY. | ||
BR | 5164 | JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM | GRACE HALSELL | A SEARING MESSAGE ABOUT THE PREVALENCE OF POLITICAL HATRED BASED UPON RELIGION. | ||
BR | 5165 | FAMILY | A NOVEL IN FORM OF A MEMOIR | HERBERT GOLD | FIVE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN IN AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY BALANCE OLD AND NEW TRUTHS IN THE EXCITING AND TEMPTING TURBULENCE OF AMERICA. | |
BR | 5166 | JEWISH MEDICAL ETHICS | JAKOBOVITZ, RABBI IMMANUEL | THE FORMER CHIEF RABBI OF ENGLAND DISCUSSES JUDAISM'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. | ||
BR | 5167 | BEAST, THE | JONATHAN FAST | A CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIA-BASED RECASTING OF 'BEAUTY AND THE BEAST'. | ||
BR | 5168 | BOOK OF GOD AND MAN, THE | GORDIS, ROBERT | A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF JOB. THE AUTHOR INCLUDES REFERENCES TO THE LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE ANCIENT SEMITIC WORLD. | ||
BR | 5170 | BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE JEWISH HOLY DAYS | BLOCH, ABRAHAM P. | AN EXHAUSTIVE SURVEY OF THE ORIGINS OF TRADITIONS CONNECTED WITH THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIBLICAL FESTIVALS ARE DOCUMENTED WITH QUOTATIONS FROM THE TALMUD, MIDRASHIC LITERATURE, PHILO, JOSEPHUS, AND THE MEDIEVAL COMMENTATORS, AND THE CURRENT TREND TOWARDS OBSERVANCE OF HOLOCAUST DAY IS ALSO PINPOINTED. | ||
BR | 5171 | BELONGING | MC NEISH, JAMES | THIS IS THE STORY OF PEOPLE, YOUNG AND OLD, FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD WHO HAVE EMIGRATED TO THE PROMISED LAND'. | ||
BR | 5173 | BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON | DE MILLE, NELSON | THE STORY OF A SMALL BAND OF ISRAELI MEN AND WOMEN, AND HOW THEIR COURAGE AND LOVE HELPED THEM SURVIVE UNDER CONDITIONS OF TERROR. | ||
BR | 5174 | CHILDREN OF THE LION | DANIELSON, PETER | AMIDST THE TREACHERY AND DEBAUCHERY OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, A FEW INDIVIDUALS ROSE ABOVE THEIR SHAME TO FLEE THE FIERY DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND BEGET THE CHILDREN OF THE LION. | ||
BR | 5176 | MORE LOVES THAN ONE | THE BIBLE CONFRONTS PSYCHIATRY | ROSENBERG, STUART E | PROFOUND YET SIMPLE TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOVE CONTAINED WITHIN IT. | |
BR | 5179 | FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE | RIVERS, CARYL & ALAN LUPO | THE AUTHORS TAKE TURNS DESCRIBING THEIR LIVES. SHE IS CATHOLIC, HE IS JEWISH. AFTER HAVING MET IN A JOURNALISM SCHOOL IN NEW YORK, THEY MARRY, MOVE OUTSIDE OF BOSTON AND LIVE IN A 'VICTORIAN HOUSE DESIGNED BY A DERANGED MONK.' | ||
BR | 5180 | WHERE THE JACKALS HOWL | OZ, AMOS | STORIES OF ISRAEL AND ITS PEOPLE, WHICH FOCUS ON POLITICAL TENSIONS, DIFFICULTIES OF SURVIVAL, AND COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR. | ||
BR | 5181 | JUST IN TIME | MARCUS LEHMANN | A MYSTERY OF A BROTHER AND SISTER SEPARATED SINCE CHILDHOOD AND HOW DIVINE PROVIDENCE' CAME TO THEIR RESCUE. | ||
BR | 5183 | ALL THAT GLITTERS | THE CASE OF THE ICE-COLD DIAMONDS | POWERS,ELIZABETH | A MYSTERY SET IN THE ETHNICALLY RICH NEIGHBORHOODS OF NEW YORK CITY, INCLUDING THE WORLD'S DIAMOND CENTER ON 47TH STREET. | |
BR | 5184 | WEST GERMAN REPARATIONS TO ISRAEL | NICHOLAS BALABKINS | THE STORY OF THE LUXEMBURG TREATY OF 1952, AN AGREEMENT INVOLVING 3/4 OF A BILLION DOLLARS TO BE PAID TO ISRAEL BY WEST GERMANY. | ||
BR | 5186 | GIZELLE, SAVE THE CHILDREN | HERSH, GIZELLE & PEGGY MANN | THE STORY OF FOUR HUNGARIAN-ROMANIAN SISTERS WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 5187 | BEST OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM, THE | HOWE, IRVING, ED. | TWENTY-TWO STORIES BY THE GREAT YIDDISH WRITER WHICH HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED BY WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN JEWISH AUTHORS. | ||
BR | 5188 | SUMMONED TO JERUSALEM | DASH, JOAN | THE FIRST FULL-SCALE BIOGRAPHY OF HENRIETTA SZOLD, THE FOUNDER OF HADASSAH. AT AGE 49, AFTER COLLABORATING ON JEWISH SCHOLARSHIP WITH LOUIS GINZBURG, WITH WHOM SHE WAS ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED, SHE LEFT FOR PALESTINE, FOUNDED HADASSAH AND BECAME A ZIONIST LEADER. | ||
BR | 5189 | LAST MAGIC, THE | RICHARD NASH | THE MOVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN AMERICAN PRIEST AND CONTROVERSIAL AUTHOR AND A JEWISH WOULD-BE WRITER AND TEMPORARY PROSTITUTE. | ||
BR | 5190 | ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND | ROTH, PHILIP | A WOULD-BE RECLUSE IS THRUST INTO THE LIMELIGHT DURING THE SIXTIES WITH THE SUCCESS OF HIS EROTICALLY COMIC NOVEL. | ||
BR | 5191 | AUTO-DA-FE | CANETTI, ELIAS | KEIN IS A HERMIT WHO LIVES ONLY FOR THE BOOKS IN HIS INCOMPARABLE LIBRARY. WONDER OF WONDERS, A HOUSEKEEPER APPEARS, NOISELESS, SEEMINGLY DEVOTED TO EACH BOOK. THE TWO WED. THE DREAM IS OVER. THE HARRIDAN IS PREPARING TO SELL THIS OR THAT 'USELESS' ITEM TO SATISFY HER LUST FOR FURNITURE AND CLOTHES. | ||
BR | 5192 | FOUR-FRONT WAR, THE | FROM THE HOLOCAUST TO THE PROMISED | PERL, WILLIAM R. | A METICULOUSLY DETAILED REPORT OF HOW BRITISH MIDEAST POLICY IN WORLD WAR II TRAPPED JEWS IN NAZI EUROPE AND LED TO THEIR DEATH. DRAWING ON DIARIES, INTERVIEWS AND SECRET MEMORANDA, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN ACCOUNT OF A SORDID CHAPTER IN BRITISH HISTORY. | |
BR | 5193 | PRISONER OF THE DEVIL | HARDWICK, MICHAEL | A RECREATION OF THE DREYFUS AFFAIRE, WITH CHARACTERS AND ATMOSPHERE IMMORTALIZED BY SHERLOCK HOLMES, DR. WATSON AND THE FORMER'S BROTHER MYCROFT. | ||
BR | 5194 | WINE AND THE MUSIC, THE | KAUFELT, DAVID A. | BESSIE MEYERS & HER FAMILY MOVE FROM A POLISH STREET TO TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY NEW YORK, WHERE SHE BECOMES A STAR OF THE YIDDISH STAGE. | ||
BR | 5195 | MY SEARCH FOR THE MESSIAH | STUDIES AND WANDERINGS IN ISRAEL A | MIRSKY, MARK JAY | THE AUTHOR EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 5196 | ZHENIA'S CHILDHOOD | BORIS PASTERNAK | FOUR SHORT STORIES BY THE NOBEL LAUREATE AND AUTHOR OF DR. ZHIVAGO. | ||
BR | 5197 | DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1654-1875 | SCHAPPES, MORRIS U. | AN EFFECTIVE ILLUSTRATION OF THE MANY ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE, FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE ERA OF RECONSTRUCTION. | ||
BR | 5199 | EINSTEIN'S BRAIN | OLSHAKER, MARK | PIECES OF THE SCIENTIST'S BRAIN HAVE SUPPOSEDLY BEEN IMPLANTED IN THOSE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE THEN DRAWN TOGETHER. | ||
BR | 5200 | OUR GROUND TIME HERE WILL BE BRIEF NEW AND SELECTED POEMS | MAXINE KUMIN | A COLLECTION OF 24 NEW AND CLASSIC WORKS OF ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CONTEMPORARY POETS. | ||
BR | 5202 | BOOK OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS, THE | RUTH KOZODOY | A COLORFUL CHILDREN'S' GUIDE TO ALL JEWISH HOLIDAYS. | ||
BR | 5203 | O MY AMERICA! | JOHANNA KAPLAN | THE STORY OF A MAN WHO IS ABSORBED WITH THE VAST HUMAN FAMILY BUT HAS NO TIME FOR HIS OWN PEOPLE. SEARCHING FOR THE SOLUTION TO COMPLEX SOCIAL PROBLEMS ON A WORLD SCALE, A UNIVERSALIST WHO WEEPS FOR THE POOR OF APPALACHIA AND THE STARVING INFANTS OF BANGLADESH, HE IS UNABLE TO BE A PROTAGONIST OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 5204 | PATRIARCH, THE | BERMANT, CHAIM | A JEWISH FAMILY SAGA CENTERING ON NAHUM RAEBURN (NE RABINOVITZ), WHO ARRIVES IN GLASGOW IN THE LATE 1800S FROM VOLKOVYSK, RUSSIA. THE NARRATIVE FOLLOWS NAHUM'S RISE AS A SHIPPING MAGNATE, THE LOSS OF HIS FORTUNE, AND HIS SLOW ROAD BACK TO SUCCESS IN ANOTHER FIELD. | ||
BR | 5205 | MARA | TOVA REICH | THE ENGAGING AND REVEALING STORY OF A MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN ORTHODOX RABBI'S DAUGHTER AND AN ISRAELI HIPPIE. | ||
BR | 5206 | PROMISE TO KEEP, A | A NARRATIVE OF THE AMERICAN ENCOUN | NATHAN C. BELTH, EDITOR | BOTH AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA AND A HISTORY OF ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ACTIVITY TO COMBAT IT. | |
BR | 5207 | LOST AND FOUND | SHELDON GREEN | EPISODES OF SMALL-TOWN LIFE IN AMERICA. NARRATED BY A MODEST HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. | ||
BR | 5209 | TRUTH IN THE SHADOW OF WAR | YAACOV HASDIA | A CONTROVERSIAL WORK WHICH ROCKED ALL OF ISRAEL IN THE WAKE OF YOM KIPPUR WAR. AUTHOR WAS A FORMER ARMY COLONEL AND SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR. | ||
BR | 5210 | RICH BOY FROM CHICAGO, THE | DEREK MARLOWE | A TALE OF TWO MEN AND THEIR CONVERGING FATES AS WELL AS AN ENGAGING CHARACTER STUDY OF WEALTH, AMBITION AND LOVE. | ||
BR | 5211 | PROPHETS WITHOUT HONOR | A BACKGROUND TO FREUD, KAFKA, EINS | GRUNFELD, FREDERIC V. | VIGNETTES OF 16 GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN JEWS WHO FIGURED IN THE WEIMAR RENAISSANCE. | |
BR | 5212 | STOLEN JEW, THE | NEUGEBOREN, JAY | NATHAN MALKIN RETURNS FROM A SELF-IMPOSED EXILE IN ISRAEL TO NEW YORK TO MOURN THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER. | ||
BR | 5215 | GENTILE ZIONISTS, THE | A STUDY IN ANGLO-ZIONIST DIPLOMACY | ROSE, N. A. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND PROPAGANDA WORK UNDERTAKEN BY NON-JEWISH ZIONISTS DURING THE 1930S IN AN ATTEMPT TO ALTER BRITISH POLICY REGARDING PALESTINE. | |
BR | 5216 | FURY OF RACHEL MONETTE | ABRAHAMS, PETER | HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED AND HER SON HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED; ONLY A FEW CLUES IN A MYSTERIOUS DOCUMENT GIVE RACHEL MONETTE ANY HOPE OF FINDING THE BOY. | ||
BR | 5217 | I DON'T WANT TO BE BRAVE ANYMORE | TURKOV-KAMINSKA, RUTH | IN THIS MEMOIR, THE AUTHOR RELIVES HER 16 YEARS IN RUSSIA, FIRST AS AN ACCLAIMED ACTRESS AND THEN AS AN IMPRISONED JEW IN SIBERIA. | ||
BR | 5218 | BEGGARS AND PRAYERS | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | MARILYN ROSE | MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS POPULARIZED 'TEACH-YOURSELF' EDITION OF THE TALMUD, RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ, A RABBI AND TEACHER LIVING IN ISRAEL, RETELLS THE HASIDIC FOLK TALES OF RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV TO WHICH HE ADDS HIS OWN THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS. | |
BR | 5219 | JACK BENNY | AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY | FEIN, IRVING | THE WORLD-FAMOUS COMEDIAN'S FUNNY AND SHREWD LIFE-BOTH ON AND OFF STAGE. | |
BR | 5220 | MR. JACOBSON'S WAR | HAMMER, RICHARD | A 90 YEAR-OLD SURVIVOR OF POGROMS AND THE TSAR LIBERATES HIMSELF FROM AN OLD AGE HOME AND SETS OUT TO SHARE THE WISDOM OF A LIFETIME WITH HIS GRANDSON. | ||
BR | 5221 | BADENHEIM 1939 | APPELFELD, AHARON | IN THIS NOVEL, A SERIES OF TRIVIAL BUT OMINOUS EVENTS IN A JEWISH RESORT TOWN NEAR VIENNA PRESAGE THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 5222 | TELL ME, RABBI | KERTZER, DR. MORRIS M. | MANY SHORT AND FUNNY STORIES IN THE LIFE OF THIS AND OTHER RABBIS. | ||
BR | 5223 | WANDERINGS | CHAIM POTOK'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS | POTOK, CHAIM | A SURVEY OF 6000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY UTILIZING CLASSICAL HEBREW WORKS, HISTORY WRITTEN IN DIFFERENT PERIODS AND 20TH-CENTURY ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS. | |
BR | 5224 | TOMB FOR BORIS DAVIDOVICH, A | KIS, DANILO | SET IN RUSSIA DURING THE STALIN ERA, THE STORY IS NARRATED BY SEVEN JEWISH REVOLUTIONARIES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. | ||
BR | 5225 | CONFLICT AND BARGAINING IN THE MIDDLE EAST | AN ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE | ARONSON, SHLOMO | CHRONICLES THE VIEW OF ISRAELI POLICYMAKERS ON THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT FROM 1948 THROUGH SADAT'S 1977 JERUSALEM VISIT. ARONSON PLACES THE CONFLICT IN THE CONTEXT OF SUPERPOWER RIVALRY, RIVALRY AMONG ARAB STATES, U.S.-ISRAELI RELATIONS, RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ARAB STATES AND THE SUPERPOWERS AND ISRAELI DOMESTIC POLITICS. | |
BR | 5226 | HARVEST, THE | LEVIN, MEYER | A SAGA ABOUT THE FOUNDING OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, CENTERING ON THE CHAIMOVITCH FAMILY, COVERING THE YEARS 1927 TO THE WAR OF 1948. | ||
BR | 5227 | SELF-CHOSEN, THE | OUR CROWD IS DEAD, LONG LIVE OUR C | BAER, JEAN | AN EXAMINATION OF HOW THE WORLD OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH ELITE HAS TRANSFORMED ITSELF OVER THE PAST 35 YEARS. | |
BR | 5228 | SHELLEY | ALSO KNOWN AS SHIRLEY | WINTERS, SHELLEY | A MEMOIR IN WHICH THE ACTRESS FROM ST. LOUIS LOOKS BACK ON HER RISE TO STARDOM. SHE RECALLS WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A STRUGGLING ACTRESS DURING THE DEPRESSION, A WAR BRIDE WITH A FILM CONTRACT AND A NEWCOMER TO HOLLYWOOD. | |
BR | 5230 | UNEASE IN ZION | BEN-EZER, EHUD | A SERIES OF EARNEST INTERVIEWS WITH PROMINENT ISRAELIS ON THE ROOTS OF UNREST IN THAT COUNTRY. | ||
BR | 5231 | LIGHT ANOTHER CANDLE | THE STORY AND MEANING OF HANUKKAH | CHAIKEN, MIRIAM | IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS CHILDREN'S BOOK, CHAIKEN EXPLAINS THE HANUKKAH STORY. IN THE SECOND PART SHE DESCRIBES A VARIETY OF MODERN WAYS THAT JEWS OBSERVE THE HOLIDAY. | |
BR | 5234 | NIGHT JOURNEY, THE | LASKY, KATHRYN | CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN RACHEL AND HER NANA SASHIE ARE BORING UNTIL THE LATTER BEGINS REMINISCING ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD IN RUSSIA. | ||
BR | 5235 | BOOK OF LIGHTS, THE | POTOK, CHAIM | A NOVEL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CRISIS OF AN AMERICAN RABBI WHO WAS A CHAPLAIN IN KOREA, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF HIS INNER TURMOIL IN KABALISTIC TERMS. | ||
BR | 5236 | X P D | DEIGHTON, LEN | MARION T. CO | THIS THRILLER HARKS BACK TO THE LAST DAYS OF WORLD WAR II, WHEN A GROUP OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS 'LIBERATE' A CACHE OF NAZI GOLD. NOW IN 1979, ENRICHED THROUGH A SECRET BANK ACCOUNT THEY HAVE SET UP IN GENEVA, THE SURVIVORS ARE HOUNDED BY BRITISH, AMERICAN, RUSSIAN AND GERMAN AGENTS. THEIR WORLD CRUMBLES BEFORE THEIR EYES. | |
BR | 5237 | I LOVE YOU, STUPID | MOZER, HARRY | THE STORY OF A BOY AND GIRL, BOTH FRIENDS, WHO SHARE THEIR FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE. FOR AGES 12 AND UP. | ||
BR | 5238 | IKE AND MAMA AND THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME MOVIE | SNYDER, CAROL | IKE AND HIS FRIENDS LET A PENNILESS PAL INSIDE THE MOVIE BUT ARE CAUGHT. THEY ARE FORGIVEN AND TAKEN ON AS EXTRAS FOR THE NEXT EPIC. | ||
BR | 5239 | SYNAGOGUE LIFE | A STUDY IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTION | HEILMAN, SAMUEL C. | THE AUTHOR SPENT A YEAR OBSERVING AND INTERACTING WITH THE MEMBERS OF AN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE. HE ANALYZES THE DETAILS OF SYNAGOGUE LIFE AND DESCRIBES SUCH ACTIVITIES AS GOSSIP, PRAYING, SINGING, SWAYING, AND ARGUING. | |
BR | 5240 | DIAMONDS | MICHAELS, ALAN | HIS DIAMOND-CUTTER FATHER'S DEATH LEADS HECK TO A WORLD WHERE JEWS DELIVER DIAMONDS TO CORRUPT KGB MEMBERS IN EXCHANGE FOR VISAS FOR SOVIET JEWS. HECK'S ADVENTURES IN EUROPE RESULT IN THE DISCOVERY NOT ONLY OF LOVE AND AN UNSUSPECTED HALF-BROTHER, BUT THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS FATHER'S REMARKABLE LIFE. | ||
BR | 5241 | MANY FACES OF JUDAISM, THE | ROSENTHAL, GILBERT S. | A DISCUSSION OF THE MANY EXPRESSIONS AND TRENDS OF JUDAISM. EXAMINES THE ORTHODOX, REFORM, CONSERVATIVE AND RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENTS, AND ANALYZES THE MYSTICAL AND HASIDIC TRADITIONS. | ||
BR | 5242 | TRIPLE | FOLLETT, KEN | IN THIS NOVEL THE EGYPTIANS ARE MAKING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE ISRAELIS IN ORDER TO DO THE SAME ARE OBLIGED TO STEAL 100 TONS OF URANIUM. | ||
BR | 5243 | DELMORE SCHWARTZ | THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN POET | ATLAS, JAMES | A BIOGRAPHY OF A WRITER AND POET THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON THE AMERICAN LITERARY WORLD BETWEEN 1949 AND 1960. | |
BR | 5244 | FAITH AND DOUBT OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, THE | REEVE, ROBERT BRENNER, | BASING HIS WORK ON INTERVIEWS, BRENNER, A RABBI AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST, SETS OUT TO DISCOVER HOW THE HOLOCAUST AFFECTED THE RELIGIOUS IDEAS, BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF SURVIVORS. THE SURVEY CONFIRMS THAT A LARGE NUMBER LOST FAITH, BUT THAT 'A RATHER SIZABLE POPULATION' EMERGED FROM THE CRUCIBLE OF SUFFERING WITH DEEPER FAITH. | ||
BR | 5245 | GOING TO JERUSALEM | BRUDER, JUDITH | NOVEL OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF 'PILGRIMS' ON A TOUR BUS IN ISRAEL, EACH NARRATES A STORY TO WHILE AWAY THE TIME. | ||
BR | 5246 | GREAT JEWS I HAVE KNOWN | RAISEN, MAX | PORTRAITS OF TWENTY PROMINENT JEWS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 5248 | HISTORY OF JEWISH LITERATURE, A, VOL. III | THE STRUGGLE OF MYSTICISM AND TRAD | ZINBERG, ISRAEL | AN ANALYSIS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL, ETHICAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ESPOUSERS OF MYSTICISM, ORTHODOXY AND PHILOSOPHICAL RATIONALISM. | |
BR | 5250 | BRITAIN AND THE JEWS OF EUROPE | 1939-1941 | WASSERSTEIN, BERNARD | A STUDY OF WHY AND HOW THIS COUNTRY MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OTHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 5251 | TORAH AND FLORA | RABINOWITZ, LOUIS L. | A DESCRIPTION AND DISCUSSION OF THE FLORA MENTIONED IN BIBLICAL LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 5252 | CONVERSION TO JUDAISM | FROM THE BIBLICAL PERIOD TO THE PR | ROSENBLOOM, JOSEPH R. | AN HISTORICAL SURVEY OF JEWISH EFFORTS TO SECURE CONVERTS. THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO PROVE THAT PRIOR TO THE MEDIEVAL ERA JUDAISM WAS A PROSELYTIZING RELIGION. | |
BR | 5253 | PROSKAUER | HIS LIFE AND TIMES | HACKER, LOUIS N. & HIRSCH, MARK D. | BIOGRAPHY OF THE EMINENT JURIST WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. | |
BR | 5254 | 99 DAYS IN DAMASCUS | OREN, URI | THE TRUE STORY OF THE HIJACKING OF TWA FLIGHT 840 TO DAMASCUS BY TWO PALESTINE LIBERATION FRONT TERRORISTS, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ORDEAL OF TWO IMPRISONED ISRAELIS. ALSO DESCRIBED ARE THE DIPLOMATIC MANEUVERS EMPLOYED IN THE ATTEMPT TO FREE THEM. | ||
BR | 5255 | MARTYR, THE | COHEN, MARTIN | STORY OF A SECRET JEW WHO RELINQUISHES HIS POLITICAL CAREER AT THIRTY FOR THE JEWISH FAITH AND WAS BURNED AT THE STAKE. | ||
BR | 5256 | SHLOMO'S SECRET ADVENTURE | ARGAMAN, SHMUEL | A POIGNANT TALE OF ONE JEWISH FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM MODERN DAY IRAQ TO JERUSALEM THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 5258 | AGE OF WONDER | APPELFELD, AHARON | TAKES PLACE IN AUSTRIA DIRECTLY BEFORE AND 30 YEARS AFTER THE HOLOCAUST. THE CENTRAL FIGURE IS BRUNO, WHO RETURNS FROM ISRAEL TO CONFRONT THE GHOSTS OF HIS PAST. | ||
BR | 5259 | WALTER BENJAMIN | THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM | A RARE TESTIMONY BY A CLOSE FRIEND OF ONE OF THE MOST SUPPLE, INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE CRITICS OF THE TIME. | |
BR | 5260 | LONGEST WAR, THE | ISRAEL IN LEBANON | TIMERMAN, JACOBO | AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THAT ISRAEL IS AN AGGRESSOR, AND THAT ISRAEL'S ACTIONS HOLD SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR ITS OWN PEOPLE AND FOR JEWS EVERYWHERE. | |
BR | 5261 | MIDWIFE, THE | COURTER, GAY | HANNAH BLAU, THE ONLY JEWISH MIDWIFE TRAINEE IN THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, ARRIVES IN AMERICA IN 1903, FLEEING FROM POGROMS AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW SHE SUCCEEDS IN GAINING HER HEROIC STRUGGLE TO PRACTICE HER PROFESSION ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | ||
BR | 5262 | NEVER SAY DIE | AN AUTONECROGRAPHICAL NOVEL | GROSSBACH, ROBERT | IN THIS SCIENCE FICTION COMEDY, THE HERO, JAY AURINSON, DIES AND FINDS HIMSELF IN AN AFTERLIFE WITH BEINGS CALLED STIM WHO PREPARE THE NEWLY DEAD FOR NEW LIVES. | |
BR | 5263 | TESTAMENT, THE | WIESEL, ELIE | IN 1952, RUSSIA'S GREATEST JEWISH POETS AND NOVELISTS WERE EXECUTED, VANISHING WITHOUT A TRACE. THROUGH ONE REMARKABLE LARGER-THAN-LIFE PERSONALITY, PALTIEL KOSSOVER, WIESEL BEARS WITNESS FOR THE MARTYRED JEWISH ARTISTS AND INTELLIGENTSIA OF HIS MILIEU. | ||
BR | 5264 | KABBALAH, THE | LAW AND MYSTICISM IN THE JEWISH TR | SAFRAN, ALEXANDER | GOING BEYOND HISTORIC DESCRIPTION OR A DRY ACADEMIC PRESENTATION OF KABBALAH, THE AUTHOR AFFORDS US A COMPLETE AND HARMONIOUS VISION OF JEWISH TRADITION AS A LIVING WORLD OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND EXPERIENCE, WHERE EVERY DISPARITY, BETWEEN INTELLECT AND EMOTION, IS DISSOLVED IN THE ORGANIC COHERENCE OF AUTHENTIC JUDAISM. | |
BR | 5265 | TRIBE, THE | WOOD, BARRI | AN EERIE WORK ABOUT A GROUP OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS LIVING IN BROOKLYN. ONE OF THEM HAS A SON WHO IS MUGGED AND MURDERED BY A GANG OF STREET PUNKS. THE SON'S FRIEND, ROGER HAWKINS, A BLACK NYPD DETECTIVE, SEEKS TO FIND THE MURDERERS. THOUGH A GOLEM APPEARS, THE CHARACTERS ARE BELIEVABLE, AND THE STORY GROUNDED IN REALITY. | ||
BR | 5266 | SADIE SHAPIRO, MATCHMAKER | SMITH, ROBERT K. | WITH HER DOWN-TO-EARTH WIT AND WISDOM SADIE SHAPIRO, JOGGER, KNITTER AND GRANDMOTHER, NOW ALSO COMES INTO HER OWN AS A MATCHMAKER. SHE KNOWS THAT DR. MICHAEL NEWMAN AND HER FRIEND AND TV PRODUCER, MAXINE MORRIS, ARE MEANT FOR EACH OTHER. BUT WHEN A PROFESSIONAL MATCHMAKER BEQUEATHS SADIE HER FILES, SADIE FACES NO EASY TASK. | ||
BR | 5267 | LOVER, THE | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | THIS COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL WORK CONTAINS AN INTERWEAVE OF VERY DISTINCT VOICES. ADAM AND ASYA ARE AN 'OLD' MARRIED COUPLE WITH A TEENAGE DAUGHTER, DAFI. BOTH ASYA AND ADAM GIVE MONEY TO DOWN-AND-OUT GABRIEL, NEWLY RETURNED TO ISRAEL FROM PARIS, WHO BECOMES ASYA'S LOVER. AFTER THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, GABRIEL HAS DISAPPEARED ... | ||
BR | 5268 | KABBALAH | MILTON, DAVID S. | MARGIE BEAR | GROWING UP IN PITTSBURGH, AKIBA MOLDAVAN INITIATES HIS FRIEND BUDDY HALL INTO THE MYSTERIES OF THE KABBALAH. AKIBA BECOMES A RABBI; BUDDY BECOMES A JUNKIE AND A CON MAN. YEARS LATER, HE RETURNS TO THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AND MURDERS AN OLD STOREKEEPER. ANCIENT MYTH IS USED AS A FRAMEWORK FOR A CLASSIC CHASE STORY. | |
BR | 5269 | FAREWELL BABYLON | KATTAN, NAIM | THIS MEMOIR CHRONICLES KATTAN'S ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULT LIFE AS A NATIVE IRAQI JEW IN THE BAGHDAD OF THE 1940S. | ||
BR | 5270 | ACTS OF THEFT | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | A METAPHYSICAL MYSTERY CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF BEAUTY AND MORALITY, MYTH AND CREATION, IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUSCHWITZ AND BUCHENWALD. | ||
BR | 5271 | KING OF THE CASTLE | THE MAKING OF A DYNASTY, SEAGRAM'S | NEWMAN, PETER | STORY OF THE CANADIAN FAMILY WHOSE FORTUNE FROM OIL INTERESTS MADE THEM ONE OF THE LARGEST OIL CONCERNS IN THE NON-ARAB WORLD. | |
BR | 5272 | MOLLY | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | PICON, MOLLY | THE DIMINUTIVE ACTRESS' HUMOROUS, UNPRETENTIOUS AND ENGAGINGLY HONEST MEMOIRS. | |
BR | 5273 | HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN | MARKSON, ELAINE | ON THE EVE OF HER WEDDING A HIP MIAMI WIDOW IS DESCENDED UPON BY HER TWO NEUROTIC AND IMMATURE CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 5274 | DIALOGUE | IN SEARCH OF JEWISH CHRISTIAN UNDE | SPONG, JOHN SHELBY AND SPIRO,JACK DA | A VIRGINIA MINISTER AND A RABBI HAVE A CONVERSATION WHICH SINKS BENEATH THE SUPERFICIAL AND ATTEMPTS TO GRAPPLE WITH THE CORE OF BOTH JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. | |
BR | 5275 | HOUSEHOLD WORDS | SILBER, JOAN | A NOVEL THAT PORTRAYS THE UNDERLYING DEPTHS OF ORDINARY LIVES. A NICE JEWISH GIRL WHO IS A HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHER MARRIES A PHARMACIST, HAS TWO DAUGHTERS AND LIVES IN A COMFORTABLE SUBURBAN HOME. | ||
BR | 5276 | HABIMA-ISRAEL'S NATIONAL THEATER, 1917-1977 | A STUDY OF CULTURAL NATIONALISM | LEVY, EMANUEL | AN ACCOUNTING OF THE POLITICAL, IDEOLOGICAL AND ARTISTIC ASPECTS OF THE THEATER FROM 1917, WHEN IT WAS FOUNDED IN MOSCOW, TO THE 1970S. | |
BR | 5278 | CASE AGAINST THE WIND, THE | PERETZ, I. L. TRANS. BY ESTHER HAUTZ | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE YIDDISH WRITER. THE TITLE STORY TAKES PLACE DURING THE DAYS OF KING SOLOMON AND CONCERNS A POOR WIDOW WHO FEELS THAT THE WIND HAS DISOBEYED GOD WHEN IT SNATCHED HER ONLY PIECE OF BREAD. SOLOMON FINDS AN EXPLANATION FOR HER LOSS. | ||
BR | 5279 | JUDAISM CONFRONTS CONTEMPORARY ISSUES | GOLDMAN, ALEX J. | A COMPENDIUM OF THE LEGAL, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS INTERPRETATIONS CONCERNING JUDAISM'S APPROACH TO CONTEMPORARY REALITIES. | ||
BR | 5280 | WOLF OF MASADA, THE | FREEDMAN, JOHN | AN EPIC NOVEL IN THE TRADITION OF BEN HUR AND SPARTACUS, SET IN THE CORRUPT WORLD OF THE ROMAN EMPERORS. AT ITS CENTER STANDS A REBELLIOUS LARGER-THAN-LIFE JEWISH CENTURION WHO LEADS THE REVOLT OF THE JEWS AT MASADA. AN ADVENTURE AND A LOVE STORY, BASED ON TRUE EVENTS. | ||
BR | 5281 | COMPLETE PASSOVER COOKBOOK, THE | AVRUTICK, FRANCES K. | THIS BOOK OFFERS COOKING SUGGESTION FROM TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY CLASSICS TO MODERN-DAY GOURMET ORIGINALS. | ||
BR | 5282 | SINAI | THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE WILDERNESS | BERNSTEIN, BURTON | IN 1978, THE AUTHOR, JAMES THURBER'S BIOGRAPHER, VISITED THE SINAI DESERT ON A NEW YORKER ASSIGNMENT TO OBSERVE WHAT ORDINARY THINGS LOOK LIKE TO AN OUTSIDER. HE DISCUSSES THE BEDOUINS WHO GAVE HIM A WARM WELCOME, UNITED NATIONS PEACE KEEPERS, TOURISTS, HIPPIES, PALESTINIANS AND LOOKS AT SINAI FROM THE EGYPTIAN SIDE. | |
BR | 5283 | ESSAYS ON HUMAN RIGHTS | CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND JEWISH PER | SIDORSKY, DAVID | CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN, WALTER LAQUEQR, HAIM COHEN, SHIMON SHETREET AND JACOB L. TALMON. | |
BR | 5285 | BRANDEIS OF BOSTON | GAL, ALLON | AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF LOUIS BRANDEIS, THE PERSON, THE JURIST AND THE ZIONIST IN THE CONTEXT OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND ITS GROWING JEWISH COMMUNITY. THE BOOK TRACES THE SOCIAL HISTORY AND FORCES WHICH TRANSFORMED THE NOTED JURIST FROM A LIBERAL REFORMER TO A ZIONIST PROGRESSIVE. ONE OF THE FEW BOOKS ON BOSTON JEWRY. | ||
BR | 5286 | ENDURING YEARS, THE | RAYNER, CLAIRE | A HISTORICAL NOVEL TRACING THE LINEAGE AND DISPERSION OF A JEWISH FAMILY FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM IN 70 C.E. TO THE 20TH CENTURY. INCLUDES DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MILIEUS AND COMMUNITIES TO WHICH THEY WERE DISPERSED. | ||
BR | 5287 | VOICES OF WISDOM | JEWISH IDEALS AND ETHICS FOR EVERY | KLAGSBRUN, FRANCINE | THIS BOOK OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF SELECTIONS FROM RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS ILLUSTRATING HOW TO LIVE A GOOD AND MORAL JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 5288 | FACE OF THE DEEP, THE | TWERSKY, JACOB | THIS NOVEL CENTERS ON THE JUVENILE RESIDENTS OF A NEW JERSEY HOME FOR THE BLIND AND THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF THE SCHOOL. WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A GREEK DRAMA, WITH A CHORUS, A NARRATOR AND PRINCIPLES. | ||
BR | 5289 | TIME TO REMEMBER, A | GROWING UP IN NEW YORK BEFORE THE | JASTROW, MARIE | STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY CONFLICT. THE FATHER CLINGS TO OLD COUNTRY TRADITIONS WHILE HIS FAMILY ADOPTS THE NEW WAYS OF AMERICA. | |
BR | 5291 | FOUNTAIN OF LIFE | CHIEL, ARTHUR A. & SANDROW, ESWARD T | A COMPILATION OF THOUGHTS AND IDEAS TO COMFORT THE SICK AND DISTRESSED. | ||
BR | 5293 | NEW JEWISH HISTORY, THE | PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK - BOOK 3 | GAMORAN, MAMIE | STUDENT WORKBOOK DIVIDED INTO NINE UNITS, WITH EACH UNIT COVERING THE IDEAS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THAT PERIOD. | |
BR | 5294 | FAREWELL FROM NOWHERE | MAXIMOV, VLADIMIR | THIS TOUCHING, KALEIDOSCOPIC WORK IS SET IN STALINIST RUSSIA AND IS IN AFFECT, A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN GROWING UP IN THAT COUNTRY. | ||
BR | 5296 | SECRET PRESS IN NAZI EUROPE, A | KAWOLSKI, ISAAC | THE EXPLOITS OF A PRINTER AND PUBLISHER IN VILNA, LITHUANIA DURING THE TIME OF THE NAZI OCCUPATION. | ||
BR | 5297 | OVER AND ABOVE | HOBSON, LAURA C. | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE DILEMMAS AND COMPLEXITIES OF BEING JEWISH IN AMERICA | ||
BR | 5299 | WOMAN WHO LOST HER NAMES, THE | SELECTED WRITINGS OF AMERICAN JEWI | MAZOW, JULIA WOLF | A COMPILATION OF SHORT STORIES WHICH BREAK THE STEREOTYPICAL IMAGE OF THE JEWISH WOMAN. | |
BR | 5300 | JEWS OF RHODES, THE | THE HISTORY OF A SEPHARDIC COMMUNI | ANGEL, MARC D. | STUDY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, THE ROLE OF WOMEN, RELATIONS BETWEEN JEWS AND GENTILES AND HALACHIC DISCOURSES BY RHODIAN RABBINIC LUMINARIES. | |
BR | 5301 | DANGEROUS PLACE, A | MOYNIHAN, DANIEL P. & S. WEAVER | SENATOR MOYNIHAN DISCUSSES THE ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE AS UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. | ||
BR | 5302 | MENAHEM BEGIN | THE LEGEND AND THE MAN | HABER, EITAN | TIMELY AND REVEALING PORTRAIT OF ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER, FROM HIS EARLY DAYS IN POLISH ZIONISM TO HIS ELECTION AS PRIME MINISTER IN MAY OF 1977. | |
BR | 5303 | SAUL BELLOW'S FICTION | MALIN, IRVING | THROUGH DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF THEMES, CHARACTERS, STYLES AND IMAGES, THE READER IS GUIDED TOWARDS A VITAL INSIGHT INTO BELLOW'S FICTIONAL KINGDOM. | ||
BR | 5304 | JERUSALEM ROCK | MITOSKY, DINA | A BELIEVABLE HEROINE IN THE REALISTIC SETTING OF MODERN JERUSALEM, COMBINED WITH THE RELENTLESS BEAT OF TODAY'S ROCK MUSIC. | ||
BR | 5305 | PRINCESS IN BERLIN, A | SLOMSSEN, ARTHUR | AN EPIC STORY SET IN 1920S BERLIN AND FEATURING GOERING AND OTHER PROMINENT NAZIS. AMERICAN EX-SOLDIER PETER ELLIS VISITS BERLIN TO STUDY ART AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE DAUGHTER OF BARON VON WALDSTEIN. LIKE OTHER PROMINENT GERMAN JEWS, THE FAMILY IS BLIND TO THE DANGER OF THE NAZI THREAT. | ||
BR | 5306 | MODERN JEWISH ETHICS | THEORY AND PRACTICE | FOX, MARVIN | A SERIES OF ESSAYS BY MEMBERS OF ISRAEL'S INSTITUTE OF JUDAIC STUDIES AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT ON THE PRACTICAL MORAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE MODERN JEW. | |
BR | 5307 | ENCYCLOPEDIA YIDDISHINICA, THE | MARKOWITZ, ENDEL | A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLICATION OF YIDDISH AND JUDAIC MEMORABILIA, WRITTEN FOR THE LAYMAN OR STUDENT. | ||
BR | 5308 | HEYDAY | SCHARY, DORE | AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A 20TH CENTURY HOLLYWOOD FILM PRODUCER, WHO BECAME HEAD OF PRODUCTION AT MGM. | ||
BR | 5309 | JEWISH RESISTANCE IN FRANCE (1940-1944) | LATOUR, ANNY | THE JEWISH ELITE OF THAT COUNTRY FINALLY AWAKENED TO THEIR JEWISHNESS AND ROSE UP AGAINST THE NAZIS AS A PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 5310 | CHALLENGE | TORAH VIEWS ON SCIENCE AND ITS PRO | CARMELL, ARYEH & DOMB, CYRIL | 34 ARTICLES WHICH CHALLENGE ORTHODOX JUDAISM IN THE FACE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. | |
BR | 5311 | SPICE AND SPIRIT OF KOSHER-JEWISH COOKING, THE | ANDRUISIER, F., ET. AL. | THE FIRST MAJOR HASIDIC COOKBOOK, WITH 500 RECIPES, AND VARIATIONS. ALSO PROVIDED ARE LAWS AND RITUALS OF THE KITCHEN, AND CULINARY TRADITIONS. | ||
BR | 5312 | PLAYING FROM MEMORY | MILOFSKY, DAVID | A TALENTED VIOLINIST STRICKEN WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WATCHES HIS WORLD COLLAPSE AS HIS BODY DOES AS WELL. | ||
BR | 5313 | ISAAC DOV BERKOWITZ | VOICE OF THE UPROOTED | HOLTZ, AVRAHAM | THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE HEBREW AUTHOR WHO WROTE ABOUT THE TRIALS AND THE HUMOR OF LIFE IN CZARIST RUSSIA, LIFE IN AMERICA IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, AND LIFE IN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL WHERE HE SPENT HIS LAST YEARS. | |
BR | 5314 | TRAIL OF JUDAISM IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WRITING, THE | KNAPP, J. | AN EXAMINATION OF BERNARD MALAMUD, PHILIP ROTH, SAUL BELLOW AND OTHERS. | ||
BR | 5315 | STORY OF CHASOM SOFER, THE | SPERO, SHUBERT | AN ACCOUNT OF THE 18TH-CENTURY RABBI WHOSE WRITINGS ARE STILL CLOSELY STUDIED TO THIS VERY DAY. | ||
BR | 5316 | GOLEM OF PRAGUE, THE | WINKLER, GERSHON | DR. IRVING W | TALES OF THE GOLEM, THE 16TH CENTURY CLAY 'MAN' CREATED BY RABBI YEHUDA LOEW, THE THEN CHIEF RABBI OF PRAGUE, TO PROTECT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FROM BLOOD LIBELS AND OTHER ANTI-SEMITIC THREATS. | |
BR | 5317 | JEWISH HOLIDAY KITCHEN, THE | NATHAN, JOAN | A MINI-HISTORY OF JEWISH CUISINE FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT, INCLUDING RECIPES REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH CULTURE. | ||
BR | 5319 | S.Y. AGNON | FISCH, HAROLD | ALTHOUGH THE SUBJECT'S STORIES ARE SET IN PALESTINE AND HAVE ALLUSIONS TO THE BIBLE, TALMUD AND JEWISH HISTORY, THEY CONFRONT THE CENTRAL DILEMMA OF 20TH-CENTURY MAN'S YEARNING FOR SANITY AND WHOLENESS. | ||
BR | 5321 | IN THE SHADE OF THE CHESTNUT TREE | TENE, BENJAMIN | THE AUTHOR RETURNS TO HIS OLD HOME IN WARSAW AFTER WORLD WAR II TO FIND EVERYTHING GONE, EXCEPT THE CHESTNUT TREE WHICH STOOD IN THE COURTYARD. | ||
BR | 5324 | BROTHEL, THE | ZELDIS, CHAYYM | IN THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN ANCIENT JUDEA UNDER ROMAN RULE, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE CONFLICT OF GOOD AND EVIL. THE INFAMOUS BROTHEL OF NAZARETH IS CENTRAL TO HIS STORY. | ||
BR | 5325 | HEBREW KINGS, THE | COMAY, JOAN | THE BIBLE AND MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY ARE THE SOURCE FOR THIS HISTORY OF FOUR TURBULENT CENTURIES, FROM SAUL, DAVID AND SOLOMON TO THE MONARCHS. | ||
BR | 5326 | JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS | KATZ, STEVEN T., EDITOR | A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION COMBINING READABILITY WITH HIGH STANDARDS OF SCHOLARSHIP. | ||
BR | 5327 | HOPE IS MY HOUSE | WIGODER, DEVORAH | JOAN ADELL | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WOMAN WHO CONVERTED TO JUDAISM, MARRIED A JEWISH SCHOLAR FROM DUBLIN, AND MOVED TO ISRAEL. | |
BR | 5330 | KIDDUSH HASHEM | BRYKS, RACHMIL | IN JEWISH TRADITION IT IS A PHRASE SYNONYMOUS WITH RELIGIOUS MARTYRDOM. THE TWO STORIES IN THIS WORK ARE THE LEGACY OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, IN HOMAGE TO THOSE WHO PERISHED THERE. | ||
BR | 5331 | HORNS OF THE MOON, THE | A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF ADOLF HITLER | SMITH, GENE | MILDRED GOLD | A BIOGRAPHY OF ADOLF HITLER DESCRIBING HOW HE BRUTALIZED THE WORLD. INCLUDES QUOTES FROM HITLER'S ASSOCIATES. |
BR | 5332 | SILVER MATZOTH AND OTHER STORIES | KRANZLER, GERSHON | TEN PIECES ABOUT JEWS WHO KEPT THEIR FAITH DESPITE THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY LIVED. | ||
BR | 5333 | MONEYMAN, THE | LIEDERMAN, JUDITH | AARON ABEL BUILDS AN EMPIRE OF ENTERTAINMENT CONCESSIONS ALL OVER NEW YORK. HIS AMBITION, WILD MARRIAGE AND RENEGADE ELDEST CHILD MAKE A SHARP STORY. | ||
BR | 5334 | MY LIFE IN COURT | NIZER, LOUIS | THE PROMINENT NEW YORK ATTORNEY TELLS OF THE VARIOUS CASES IN WHICH A HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED. | ||
BR | 5335 | JEWISH IDENTITY | A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGIAL PERSPECTIVE | HERMAN, SIMON N. | COMPARATIVE DATA ON THIS QUESTION AMONG ISRAELI, AMERICAN AND OTHER JEWS. | |
BR | 5336 | BEN-GURION | A BIOGRAPHY | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | ANOTHER WORK BY THE WRITER ON THE SAME SUBJECT, THIS ONE WITH EVIDENCE FROM DIARIES, ARCHIVES, LETTERS, PERSONAL INTERVIEWS, AND DETAILS ON BEN-GURION'S PERSONAL LIFE. | |
BR | 5337 | EMCEE MONTY HALL | HALL, MONTY & LIBBY, BELL | THE HOST OF LET'S MAKE A DEAL DISCUSSES HIS LIFE AND HIS RISE TO FAME. | ||
BR | 5338 | UNEQUAL JUSTICE | LAWYERS AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN AMERI | AUERBACH, JEROLD S. | THE AUTHOR OFFERS THE BRILLIANT ARGUMENT THAT THE LEGAL PROFESSION FOR OVER A CENTURY HAS FAILED OR REFUSED TO ASSUME SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. | |
BR | 5339 | THIRTEENTH TRIBE, THE | THE KHAZAR EMPIRE AND ITS HERITAGE | KOESTLER, ARTHUR | THE KHAZARS WERE OF TURKISH STOCK AND CONVERTED TO JUDAISM FOR POLITICAL REASONS. SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE TO SHOW THAT THE BULK OF WORLD JEWRY IS DESCENDED FROM THEM. | |
BR | 5340 | UNTO DEATH | CRUSADE AND LATE LOVE | OZ, AMOS | TWO STUNNING NOVELLAS BY AN IMPORTANT ISRAELI WRITER ON THE WORLD'S HATRED FOR THE JEWS, PAST AND PRESENT. | |
BR | 5341 | WOMEN IN JUDAISM | THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN FORMATIVE J | SWIDLER, LEONARD | THE BIBLE, TALMUD AND JOSEPHUS ARE USED TO ARGUE AGAINST THE NOTION THAT THE JEWISH VIEW OF FEMALES IS HEALTHIER THAN THAT OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURES. | |
BR | 5342 | MYTH OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THE | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | A GROUP OF ESSAYS CONTENDING THAT THESE TWO GROUPS ARE IN FACT THEOLOGICAL ENEMIES. | ||
BR | 5344 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT | QUASHA, SOLOMON | QUASHA, A SCULPTOR WHO WORKED ON A BUST OF EINSTEIN, TRANSLATES THE SCIENTIST'S THEORIES INTO LAYMAN'S TERMS. | |
BR | 5345 | UNCLE | MARKUS, JULIA | IRVING BENDER IS THE FULCRUM OF A STEREOTYPICAL JEWISH FAMILY, AND, DEPRESSION POOR, HE PROSPERS WITH HIS CAMP FOR JEWISH YOUTHS. | ||
BR | 5346 | MATRUSHKA DOLL, THE | TRAUB, BARBARA FISHMAN | THE WORK BEGINS ON THE DAY OF LIBERATION FROM THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS, BUT THE HORRORS ARE NOT OVER. THE CHIEF PROTAGONISTS ARE A ROMANIAN-JEWISH GIRL AND HER LOVER, A JEWISH RED ARMY OFFICER WHO IS BEING GROOMED BY HIS PARTY SUPERIOR FOR ADVANCE WITHIN COMMUNIST RANKS. | ||
BR | 5347 | LIFE LINES | VIERTEL, JOSEPH | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF AN AUSTRIAN-JEWISH MERCHANT PRINCE AND THE RUSSIAN-JEWISH RELATIVE WHO APPEALS TO HIM FOR AID. | ||
BR | 5348 | JUDAISM AND THE AMERICAN IDEA | KONVITZ, MILTON R. | THROUGH A SERIES OF EIGHT ESSAYS, IT IS ASSERTED THAT THESE TWO CONCEPTS ARE INEXTRICABLY CONNECTED. | ||
BR | 5349 | SELF-PORTRAIT OF A HERO | THE LETTERS OF JONATHAN NETANYAHU | NETANYAHU, JONATHAN | POIGNANT OVERVIEW OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE THROUGH HIS LETTERS, TOGETHER WITH INSIGHTS INTO THE WORKINGS OF THE ISRAELI ARMED FORCES. | |
BR | 5351 | WHEREVER THEY MAY BE | ONE WOMAN'S BATTLE AGAINST NAZISM | KLARSFELD, BEATRICE | THE TRUE, FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT OF A GERMAN PROTESTANT WHO HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ACTIVISTS AGAINST REMAINING WAR CRIMINALS. | |
BR | 5352 | GUIDE TO TORAH HASHKOFOH, A | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON JUDAISM | GEVIRTZ, RABBI ELIEZER | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON THE TORAH'S PERSPECTIVE REGARDING BASIC QUESTIONS OF JUDAISM. | |
BR | 5354 | TOUCHING HEAVEN, TOUCHING EARTH | HASSIDIC HUMOR AND WIT | COHEN, SHMUEL | A CHARMING COLLECTION OF HASSIDIC STORIES. | |
BR | 5355 | LOVE | SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG | A LONG FAMILY SAGA, WRITTEN IN THE STYLE OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, ABOUT ESHEAL LURIA, WHO COMES TO AMERICA FROM RUSSIA AND MARRIES. THE AUTHOR DEPICTS ORDINARY LIFE STYLES OF THE TIME AND THE ATMOSPHERE IN BROOKLYN DURING THE DEPRESSION. | ||
BR | 5356 | STATE OF THE JEWS, THE | SYRKIN, MARIE | ROBERTA POLL | A BOOK ABOUT JEWISH RESISTANCE TO NAZI MASS MURDER DURING THE WAR, GATHERED FROM DOCUMENTS AND SURVIVORS. SYRKIN HAS GIVEN VOICE TO THOSE WHOSE VOICES WERE STILLED AND FASHIONED A MEMORIAL FOR GHETTO STRUGGLE. HER ACCOUNT REPRESENTS A MULTI-FACETED STATEMENT OF THE ZIONIST CAUSE. | |
BR | 5357 | BREAK-UP OF OUR CAMP, THE | STORIES 1932-35 | GOODMAN, PAUL | THREE COLLECTIONS OF SHORT FICTION WHICH ARE SET IN A SUMMER CAMP FOR JEWISH BOYS. | |
BR | 5358 | AMERICANIZATION OF THE SYNAGOGUE | 1820-1870 | JICK, LEON A. | A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, INCLUDING DIARIES, LETTERS, CONGREGATIONAL AND COMMUNAL HISTORIES, OF AMERICAN JUDAISM IN ITS FORMATIVE PERIOD. | |
BR | 5360 | AGING AND JUDAISM | OLITZKY, KERRY AND LEE | A LITERARY WORK DRAWING ON THE MISHNAH, AS WELL AS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, TO ILLUSTRATE THE MANY STAGES OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 5361 | IKE AND MAMA AND THE ONCE A YEAR SUIT | SNYDER, CAROL | MAMA PROVES HERSELF THE WILIEST SHOPPER IN THE BRONX WHEN SHE TAKES A GROUP OF BOYS FOR SPRING CLOTHES. | ||
BR | 5362 | DEATH, BURIAL AND MOURNING | IN THE JEWISH TRADITION | MARCUS, AUDREY FRIEDMAN, ET. AL. | A MINI-COURSE STUDENT MANUAL WHICH DESCRIBES CUSTOMS IN BOTH JUDAISM AND AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL AS THE EMOTIONS TRIGGERED BY DEATH. | |
BR | 5363 | VARIETIES OF JEWISH BELIEF | EISENSTEIN, IRA, ED. | PRESENTS THE VIEWS OF A DIVERSIFIED GROUP OF MODERN JEWISH THINKERS AND SHOWS THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST VIEW THAT INCORPORATES MANY FACETS OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 5364 | TAKE A TRIP TO ISRAEL | RUTLAND, JONATHAN | THE SITES OF THE COUNTRY BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD. | ||
BR | 5365 | YUSSELL'S PRAYER | A YOM KIPPUR STORY | COHEN, BARBARA | ON YOM KIPPUR, HEAVEN'S GATES ARE OPEN ONLY TO THE DEVOUTEST OF PRAYERS, BUT A CONGREGATION IS HUMBLED TO LEARN THAT IT IS THOSE OF AN UNTUTORED ORPHAN WHICH CLOSE THE SERVICE. | |
BR | 5366 | DIVORCE IN JEWISH LIFE AND TRADITION | BENSON, PAULETTE AND BISSELL, SHERRY | THIS MINI-COURSE STUDENT MANUAL DISCUSSES THE REASONS FOR SEPARATION AND THE JEWISH VIEWPOINT OF THE PHENOMENON. | ||
BR | 5369 | CIRCUMCISION | ZWERIN, RABBI RAYMOND A., ET. AL. | ASKS WHAT A COVENANT IS, EXPLAINS IT, THEN SHOWS HOW A CIRCUMCISION IS ALSO ONE. | ||
BR | 5370 | OF ISRAELI ORGIN | COLLECTION OF HUMAN INTEREST STORI | HECHT, FAE | TALES OF LIFE IN THAT COUNTRY, FROM WINES TO WOMEN TO POLITICS. | |
BR | 5371 | HANUKKAH BOOK | BURNS, MARILYN | BEGINS WITH THE STORY OF THE HOLIDAY, INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOLIDAY FAVORS AND ENDS WITH JEWISH CHILDREN'S' VIEWS ON CHRISTMAS. | ||
BR | 5372 | BOYS WHO SAVED THE CHILDREN, THE | BALDWIN, MARGARET | TRUE STORY OF A GROUP OF BOYS FROM THE LODZ GHETTO WHO DEVISE A PLAN FOR THE SAVING OF ITS CHILDREN FROM HITLER. | ||
BR | 5374 | DMITRY | A YOUNG SOVIET IMMIGRANT | BERNSTEIN, JOANNE E. | TRUE STORY OF A BOY AND HIS PARENTS AS THEY STRUGGLE THROUGH THEIR FIRST YEAR IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 5375 | GOD | THE ETERNAL CHALLENGE | SISSELL, SHERRY | DESIGNED TO HELP SEVENTH GRADERS TO THINK ABOUT GOD. | |
BR | 5376 | IKE AND MAMA AND THE BLOCK WEDDING | SNYDER, CAROL | THE PROBLEM THIS TIME IS HOW TO MAKE A WEDDING FOR MRS. WEINSTEIN'S DAUGHTER WHEN THERE IS NO MONEY. | ||
BR | 5377 | DRY BONES | ISRAEL'S FIRST COMIC STRIP | KIRSCHEN, YA'AKOV | THE COUNTRY'S FIRST CARTOON, A RAZORSHARP LAMPOON OF POLITICS AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND PUBLISHED IN THE JERUSALEM POST. | |
BR | 5378 | MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITY AND THE JEW, THE | ROTH, CECIL | ESSAY ON HOW THE JEW WAS EXCLUDED FROM THIS INSTITUTION DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. | ||
BR | 5380 | TZADDIK OF THE SEVEN WONDERS, THE | HAIBLUM, ISADORE | THE HUMOROUS STORY OF A LONG-SUFFERING RABBI AND THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF HIS CONGREGATION. | ||
BR | 5381 | PRIDE OF OUR PEOPLE | A NEW SELECTION OF 36 LIFE STORIES OF OUTSTANDING,CONTEMPORARY MEN AND WOMEN | GROSS, DAVID C., ED. | MIRIAM GASKI | STORIES OF ONE HUNDRED OUTSTANDING JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN. |
BR | 5382 | WALLENBERG | THE MAN IN THE IRON WEB | LESTER, ELENORE | STORY OF THE SWEDISH DIPLOMAT WHO SAVED THOUSANDS OF HUNGARIAN JEWS FROM DEATH DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. | |
BR | 5383 | THIS NEW LAND | THE HERITAGE SERIES. BOOK 1 | GORAN, LESTER | FOLLOWS THE GOMEZ, DE CASTRO AND BENJAMIN FAMILIES OVER SEVERAL GENERATIONS AND HISTORICAL PERIODS: FIGHTING IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, LIVING IN SPAIN DURING THE INQUISITION, AND SETTLING IN FRANCE. | |
BR | 5385 | TAKE CARE OF JOSETTE | A MEMOIRE IN DEFENCE OF OCCUPIED F | WOLF, JACQUELLINE | IN 1940, A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL IS LEFT IN CHARGE OF HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD SISTER WHEN THEIR PARENTS ARE TAKEN BY THE GESTAPO. | |
BR | 5386 | PASSOVER SEDER | AFIKOMAN IN EXILE | FREDMAN, RUTH GRUBER | A SCHOLARLY DISSERTATION OF THE SYMBOLS, RITUALS AND SEQUENCES USED IN THIS JEWISH HOLIDAY MEAL, CELEBRATING THE ISRAELITE EXODUS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT. | |
BR | 5387 | RISE AND FALL OF THE JEWISH GANGSTER IN AMERICA, THE | FRIED, ALBERT | SHIRLEY RADC | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH UNDERWORLD FROM ITS ORIGINS TO ITS GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE AFTER PROHIBITION. THIS REVISED EDITION CONTAINS UPDATED INFORMATION ON SUCH FIGURES AS MEYER LANSKY, BUGSY SIEGEL AND DUTCH SCHULTZ. | |
BR | 5388 | BAR AND BAT MITZVAH | MARCUS, AUDREY FRIEDMAN | THIS MINI-COURSE MANUAL DISCUSSES THE MEANINGS OF THESE CEREMONIES, AS WELL AS THE MEANING OF THE CHAIN OF TRADITION. | ||
BR | 5389 | ROCKINGHORSE | KANIUK, YORAM | A FAILED ISRAELI ARTIST LIVING IN NEW YORK IN THE 50S TRIES TO UNRAVEL THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS NAME AND FIND HIS IDENTITY. | ||
BR | 5390 | ALL THE COLORS OF THE RACE | ADOFF, ARNOLD | POEMS ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL'S ATTITUDE TOWARD HER JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 5391 | FOUR DAYS | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | INA FELDMAN, LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER AS WELL AS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN, HAS TO FACE THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION OF HER LIFE. IN LIGHT OF HER HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCE, SHOULD SHE ABORT THE UNWANTED CHILD SHE IS CARRYING? PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE COME TOGETHER IN A SINGLE UNPREDICTABLE MOMENT AND SHE REALIZES | ||
BR | 5392 | OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD | EIGHT DECADES OF A JEWISH FAMILY I | DITENFASS, MARK | THE STORY OF THE HOPES AND FEARS, THE ASPIRATIONS AND LIMITS WHICH DEFINE THE LIEBERS AS A JEWISH FAMILY. | |
BR | 5393 | ORDINARY DAYLIGHT | PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST GOING BLIND | POTOK, ANDREW | THIS PAINTER DESCRIBES WITH ANTIC HUMOR HIS ATTEMPTS TO DELAY THE INEXORABLE DEBACLE OF THE INHERITED PROGRESSIVE EYE DISEASE OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA. | |
BR | 5394 | MAN ON THE CAMEL | SACHAR, HOWARD | ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE HAS UNCOVERED AN ESPIONAGE PLOT WHICH IMPLICATES A WAR HERO. WHAT THEY DO NOT SUSPECT IS A TRAITOR IN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. | ||
BR | 5395 | JEWISH MYSTICAL TESTIMONIES | JACOBS, LOUIS | A COLLECTION REPRESENTING THE MOST IMPORTANT JEWISH MYSTICAL TEXTS, FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE 20TH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 5396 | SHELANU | AN ISRAEL JOURNAL | RENNERT, MAGGIE | TWO YEARS' WORTH OF EXCITEMENT, DANGER AND DRAMA THE AUTHOR FOUND LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY. | |
BR | 5398 | ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR | SWEET BEGINNINGS | DRUCKER, MALKA | PRESENTED ARE THE HISTORY, CUSTOMS AND MEANINGS OF THE HOLIEST DAYS OF THE JEWISH YEAR. | |
BR | 5399 | MA'ASEH BOOK | BOOK OF JEWISH TALES AND LEGENDS | GASTER, MOSES | THREE SECTIONS OF ANONYMOUS YIDDISH STORIES, FROM THE TALMUD AND MIDRASH TO THE TALE OF THE JEWISH POPE. | |
BR | 5400 | MARRIAGE IN JEWISH LIFE AND TRADITION | ZWERIN,RB RAYMOND A.&MARCUS,AUDREY F | EXAMINES JEWISH ATTITUDES TOWARD MARRIAGE AND THE CUSTOMS, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF JEWISH WEDDINGS. | ||
BR | 5401 | RABBIS AND WIVES | GRADE, CHAIM | STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PASSIONS, TENSIONS AND CONSCIENCES LIKE OURS, PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO RECONCILE PIETY AND MODERNITY. | ||
BR | 5402 | COOKING KOSHER | THE NATURAL WAY | KINDERLEHRER, JANE | COMBINING HEALTH CONCERNS WITH KOSHER CUISINE, THIS BOOK PROVIDES READERS WITH RECIPES FOR TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL DISHES USING ONLY NATURAL INGREDIENTS. | |
BR | 5403 | CHOOSING JUDAISM | KUKOFF, LYDIA | THIS JEWISH WOMAN TELLS THE STORY OF HER CHRISTIAN PENNSYLVANIA CHILDHOOD AND HER JEWISH CALIFORNIA ADULTHOOD. | ||
BR | 5404 | DEBUT, THE | BROOKNER, ANITA | 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. | ||
BR | 5405 | MARRANOS, THE | WEBB, LILIANE | THIS NOVEL DEALS WITH AN UNDERGROUND PLOT BY SECRET SPANISH JEWS (MARRANOS) TO OVERTHROW THE INQUISITION. MISTRUST, BORN OF FEAR, PREVENTS THE SUCCESS OF THE VENTURE. | ||
BR | 5406 | WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE | KUSHNER, RABBI HAROLD S. | A BOOK WHICH OFFERS STRENGTH AND SOLACE TO ALL WHO SEEK A JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR PAIN IN THIS WORLD. | ||
BR | 5407 | EPPIE | THE STORY OF ANN LANDERS | HOWARD, MARGO | HOW THE DAUGHTER OF RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANTS MADE IT AS A WORLD-FAMOUS ADVICEGIVER. | |
BR | 5408 | CODE Z | SWERDLOW, JOEL | A SPY THRILLER WHICH GOES FROM HIGH ALTITUDES TO THE INNER SANCTUM OF THE WHITE HOUSE. | ||
BR | 5409 | SURVIVOR, THE | AN ANATOMY OF A LIFE IN A DEATH CA | DES PRES, TERRENCE | A PROFOUND, ELOQUENT MEDITATION ON SURVIVAL IN THE ULTIMATE EVIL OF OUR TIME, HITLER'S AND STALIN'S DEATH CAMPS. | |
BR | 5410 | LA AMERICA | THE SEPHARDIC EXPERIENCE IN THE UN | ANGEL, MARC D. | A STUDY OF THE JUDEO-SPANISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER WHICH SERVED AS THE VOICE OF THE SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK CITY. | |
BR | 5412 | UNCLE JACK'S PLAN | ARGAMAN, SAMUEL | JEANETTE'S MOTHER IS GETTING READY TO CLOSE HER JEWELRY STORE WHEN AN ARAB SHEIK INTERESTED IN PURCHASES APPEARS. | ||
BR | 5413 | SURVIVOR, THE | A TRUE STORY | EISNER, JACK | AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, JACK EISNER WAS A BOY OF THIRTEEN LIVING IN POLAND. SIX YEARS LATER, HE WAS A SURVIVOR WHO HAD FOUGHT IN THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING AND WHO LIVED TO OUTWIT THE NAZIS AND TO WRITE ABOUT IT. | |
BR | 5414 | ALMOST FAMILY | HOFFMAN, ROY | PORTRAIT OF THE LONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH ALABAMA WOMAN AND THE BLACK WOMAN SHE EMPLOYS. | ||
BR | 5415 | LESSONS IN JEWISH HISTORY | JEWISH HISTORY FROM ITS EARLIEST B | COLODNER, SOLOMON | THIS PARTICULAR HISTORY IS COVERED THROUGH ITS VARIOUS MOVEMENTS, INCLUDING 'THOUGHT' MOVEMENTS WHICH HELPED SHAPE ITS IDEAS. | |
BR | 5416 | GOD'S GRACE | MALAMUD, BERNARD | A SARDONIC COMEDY ABOUT THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 5422 | ADVENTURES OF JEREMY LEVI | GANZ, YAFFA | A JOLLY AND ENLIGHTENING TALE OF WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE AN UNCERTAIN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY. | ||
BR | 5429 | EINSTEIN AND JUDAISM | BENGELSDORF, IRVING S., PH. D. | A PAPER DISCUSSING HOW THE SCIENTIST, WHO WAS NOT A PRACTICING JEW, WAS MORE RELIGIOUS THAN DEVOUT FOLLOWERS OF THE RELIGION. | ||
BR | 5430 | ITHAMAR | LEHMANN, MARCUS | THE STORY OF A YOUNG MAN IN ANCIENT ISRAEL WHO IS BETRAYED BY A FAMILY SLAVE AND CHEATED OUT OF HIS INHERITANCE. | ||
BR | 5431 | TZILI | THE STORY OF A LIFE | APPELFELD, AHARON | SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TALE OF A GIRL WHO, LIKE THE AUTHOR, ESCAPES FROM A LABOR CAMP AT AGE 8 IN THE EARLY 1940S AND WANDERS THE FORESTS OF CENTRAL EUROPE. THE STORY UNFOLDS LIKE A PARABLE IN WHICH LANDSCAPES, WEATHER AND THE PASSAGE OF THE SEASONS ARE FREQUENTLY PRESENTED WITH AS MUCH DRAMA AS TZILI'S PROGRESS TO MATURITY. | |
BR | 5432 | ROYAL GAME AND OTHER STORIES, THE | ZWEIG, STEFAN | SHORT STORIES ABOUT THE ROOTS OF NAZI HATRED AND WHY THEY EXISTED. | ||
BR | 5433 | COUNSELLOR, THE | ZIRAN, GOLAND | FOR THE SON OF NEW YORK CANDY STORE OWNERS, BECOMING A LAWYER IS HIS OWN PERSONAL KEY TO THE HALLS OF JUSTICE. | ||
BR | 5434 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA | PESSIN, DEBORAH | A WORKBOOK TO ACCOMPANY THE STUDENT TEXT ON THIS GROUP FROM IMMIGRATION TO THE PRESENT. | ||
BR | 5436 | OPENING THE GATES OF PRAYER | A STUDENT PRAYERBOOK | NOT SPECIFIED | SAMPLES OF PRAYERS FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, SUCH AS EATING, PRAISING GOD AND SO FORTH. | |
BR | 5437 | TRIUMPHS OF FUZZY FOGTOP, THE | ROSE, ANNE | THESE THREE SHORT STORIES, VERSIONS OF EUROPEAN FOLKTALES, DEPICT EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF THE WOEFULLY INEPT FUZZY FOGTOP. | ||
BR | 5438 | HOW DOES THE CZAR EAT POTATOES? | ROSE, ANNE | A HUMOROUS YIDDISH VERSE-TALE IN WHICH A CHILD PUZZLES OVER THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIS PEASANT FATHER AND THE ALL-POWERFUL CZAR. | ||
BR | 5443 | SHOFAR THAT LOST ITS VOICE, THE | FASS, DAVID E. | ON THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ROSH HASHANAH YOUNG AVI RACES HOME TO PRACTICE BLOWING ON THE RAM'S HORN FOR THE SERVICE, BUT NO SOUND COMES OUT. | ||
BR | 5447 | MANDARINS, JEWS AND MISSIONARIES | THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN THE CHINE | POLLAK, MICHAEL | THE HISTORY OF THE EXOTIC JEWISH COMMUNITY OF KAIFENG, CHINA, WHICH CAME INTO BEING IN THE 10TH CENTURY AND STILL OWNED A SYNAGOGUE IN THE MID-1800S. | |
BR | 5448 | SOPHIE'S CHOICE | STYRON, WILLIAM | THE STORY OF A LONELY BROOKLYNITE WHO BEFRIENDS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HER PSYCHOPATHIC LOVER. | ||
BR | 5450 | AMATEUR | LITTELL, ROBERT | SATIRE AND ACTION COMBINE TO TELL OF ONE MAN'S DOGGED DETERMINATION TO AVENGE THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5451 | YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN WHO'S WHO TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT | LEVENSON, SAM | THIS COLLECTION GATHERS TOGETHER AMERICAN JEWISH FOLK HUMOR. | ||
BR | 5452 | MY AMERICA | WAGNER, ELIOT | STORY OF A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILY WHOSE MAIN CHARACTER IS BLESSED WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR. | ||
BR | 5453 | PENGUIN BOOK OF JEWISH SHORT STORIES, THE | LITVINOFF, EMANUEL | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM THE EARLY WORKS OF THE YIDDISH WRITERS TO THE PRESENT-DAY AMERICAN AUTHORS. | ||
BR | 5457 | NO TIME FOR TEARS | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | CHAVALA LANDAU STRUGGLES TO MAKE A HOMELAND OUT OF PALESTINE, YET SHE REACHES OUT FOR A LIFE OF PROMISE AND FULFILLMENT IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 5458 | TO MEND THE WORLD | FOUNDATIONS OF FUTURE JEWISH THOUGHT | FACKENHEIM, EMIL L. | THE AUTHOR SHOWS HOW JUDAISM CAN GO BEYOND MERELY CONFRONTING AND SURVIVING THE EPOCH-MAKING EVENTS OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH HISTORY, SUCH AS THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 5465 | ZAKHOR | JEWISH HISTORY AND JEWISH MEMORY | YERUSHALMI, YOSEF HAYIM | IN THIS WORK OF HISTORIOGRAPHY YERUSHALMI EXPLORES THE MEANING AND USES OF 'HISTORY' IN JEWISH IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 5466 | ENCOUNTERS WITH ISRAELI AUTHORS | FUCHS, ESTHER | INTERVIEWS WITH NINE ISRAELI WRITERS WHO DISCUSS THEIR WORK, THEIR LIVES AND THEIR WRITING. AMONG THOSE INCLUDED ARE A.B. YEHOSHUA, AHARON APPELFELD, AHARON MEGGID AND YEHUDA AMICHAI. | ||
BR | 5470 | FELIX FRANKFURTER AND HIS DTIMES | THE REFORM YEARS | PARRISH, MICHAEL E. | A STUDY OF THE YEARS THIS AMERICAN JUSTICE SPENT, BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT LOUIS BRANDEIS, BUILDING A POLITICAL CAREER. | |
BR | 5471 | FAMILY TIES | LEAHY, SYRELL ROGOVIN | IN PRE-NAZI GERMANY, REGINA MUST COME TO TERMS WITH HER FAMILY'S DESTINY IN ORDER TO MAKE A FUTURE FOR HERSELF. | ||
BR | 5472 | DANCE OF GENGHIS COHN, THE | GARY, ROMAIN | A NOVEL ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF A MURDERED YIDDISH MUSIC HALL COMIC WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER THE BODY OF THE FORMER NAZI SS TROOPER WHO EXTERMINATED HIM IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP 25 YEARS EARLIER. | ||
BR | 5473 | JEWISH AMERICANS, THE | A HISTORY IN THEIR OWN WORDS | MELTZER, MILTON | THIS ANTHOLOGY EMPHASIZES THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND INCLUDES MANY PROMINENT JEWISH NAMES SUCH AS ASHER LEVY. | |
BR | 5475 | TRUE LOVE | GOLD, HERBERT | IN THIS FUNNY, EROTIC NOVEL, A MIDDLE-AGED LAWYER SEARCHES FOR THE ELIXIR OF RENEWAL-TRUE LOVE. | ||
BR | 5476 | PAUL | THE THEOLOGY OF THE APOSTLE IN THE | SCHOEPS, H. J. | AN INTERPRETATION OF THE LIFE OF THE FORMER JEW WHO WAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. | |
BR | 5477 | BIG BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR, THE | NOVAK, WILLIAM & MOSHE WALDOKS | A COLLECTION OF JEWISH JOKES, ANECDOTES AND EXCERPTS FROM LITERARY WORKS DISTILLING THE ESSENCE OF JEWISH HUMOR FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY YIDDISH WITS TO THE COMEDY OF PHILIP ROTH AND LENNY BRUCE. THIS ANTHOLOGY SHOWS HOW HUMOR HAS BEEN A NATURAL RESOURCE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 5478 | KING OF KINGS | A NOVEL OF THE LIFE OF DAVID | MARTIN, MALACHI | A NOVEL, RECREATING THE LIFE OF DAVID, THE SHEPHERD BOY WHO SLEW GOLIATH AND BECAME THE FIRST GREAT CAPTAIN-KING. | |
BR | 5480 | FROM TORAH TO KABBALAH | MUSEPH-ANDREISSE, R.C. | BASIC INTRODUCTION TO WRITINGS OF JUDAISM. FACTUAL ACCOUNT THROUGH CODIFICATION OF MYSTICAL WORKS INTO THE KABBALAH IN TWELFTH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 5481 | YITZCHAK, SON OF ABRAHAM | PAAMONI, ZEV | CHARMING STORY ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY. THERE ARE AREAS OF HUMAN INTEREST THROUGHOUT. | ||
BR | 5482 | ANWAR SADAT | CARROLL, RAYMOND | A BIOGRAPHY OF SADAT AS BOTH A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FIGURE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HIS ROLE IN THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS. | ||
BR | 5483 | ASAHEL | MEGED, AHARON | AN INTROSPECTIVE, CONFUSED MAN IN HIS LATE THIRTIES IS TORN BETWEEN HIS MOTHER'S GENERATION OF ISRAELI PIONEERS AND THE YOUNGER SABRAS WHO LEAD GENTRIFIED LIVES IN THE CITIES. A PORTRAYAL OF THE STRUGGLE OF INDIVIDUAL ISRAELIS TO FIND A PLACE WITHIN COMMUNAL SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 5484 | GHETTO DIARY | KORCZAK, JANUSZ | DAY BY DAY DESCRIPTION BY AUTHOR, A PEDIATRICIAN WHO SACRIFICED LIFE TO REMAIN WITH CHILDREN WHEN DEPORTED TO TREBLINKA. CONTAINS ESSAY BY A. ZEITLIN. | ||
BR | 5485 | INFINITE LIGHT, THE | KAPLAN, ARYEH | A BOOK ABOUT GOD. EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOD AND MAN AND MAN AND MAN IN CLEAR AND CONCISE TERMS. | ||
BR | 5486 | JOE RAPOPORT | KANN, KENNETH | LIFE OF A JEWISH RADICAL. MEMOIR REFLECTS LIFE-LONG DEVOTION TO JEWISH RADICAL MOVEMENT IN AMERICA. EXTENSIVE NOTES HELP PLACE NARRATIVE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. | ||
BR | 5487 | JEWS, THE | STEEBER, SHARON | FROM RUSSIA TO AMERICA, THIS IS THE SAGA OF THE LUMINOVS. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF POWERFUL FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, WE BEAR WITNESS TO A CULTURE AND A SOCIETY ON THE MOVE AS DANIEL AND ALMA'S HOPES ARE SHATTERED BY THE BITTER HATRED OF THEIR PARENTS. | ||
BR | 5488 | TANGLE OF ROOTS, A | GIRION, BARBARA | 16 YEAR OLD GIRL FINDS LIFE CHANGED WHEN INFORMED OF HER MOTHER'S DEATH. ANGER, GRIEF, LONELINESS, RELATIONSHIP WITH FATHER AND COMING TO TERMS WITH LOSS ARE DEPICTED. | ||
BR | 5489 | RESORT, THE | STEIN, SOL | ROSE BURSTEI | THE BROWNS STOP IN AT CLIFFHAVEN, OUTWARDLY AN IDYLLIC RESORT, BUT IN ACTUALITY A PLACE THE 'GUESTS,' ALL JEWS, CAN NEVER LEAVE. A SUSPENSE THRILLER. | |
BR | 5490 | GOLEM, THE | WIESEL, ELIE | RETELLING OF STORY OF GREAT RABBI LOEW OF PRAGUE AND HIS MASTER CREATION, THE GOLEM, WHO PROTECTED JEWS OF THAT COMMUNITY. WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND WAS PUT TO SLEEP'. | ||
BR | 5491 | FROM SARAH TO SARAH | FELDBRAND, S | ENTRANCING COLLECTION, IN CAPSULE FORM, OF THE BIBLICAL SARAH AND OTHER FASCINATING JEWISH WOMEN, BOTH FAMOUS AND OBSCURE. | ||
BR | 5492 | PARABLES FROM BAGDAD | CHACHAM YOSEF CHAYIM | PITHY TALES SIMPLY TOLD. ESPECIALLY APPEALING TO TEENAGERS, BUT OF INTEREST TO ANY AGE. | ||
BR | 5494 | OUR SAGES SHOWED THE WAY | SEGAL, YOCHEVED | A COLLECTION OF 38 STORIES FROM THE TALMUD AND MIDRASH WITH ETHICAL TEACHINGS. | ||
BR | 5495 | REGINA | EPSTEIN, LESLIE | A NOVEL SET IN MANHATTAN ABOUT AN ACTRESS TURNED JOURNALIST, WHO IN HER FORTIES IS RETURNING TO ACTING AND CONFRONTING THE STRESSES IN HER LIFE. | ||
BR | 5497 | SHABBAT | A PEACEFUL ISLAND | DRUCKER, MALKA | DRUCKER PRESENTS HER VISION OF SHABBAT AS A DAY OF TRANQUILITY. SHE DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF SHABBAT AND SOME CUSTOMS AND IDEAS FOR CELEBRATING IT. | |
BR | 5498 | SAVTA SIMCHA AND THE CINNAMON TREE | GANZ, YAFFA | CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE STORY SET IN JERUSALEM. SAVTA (GRANDMA) SIMCHA AND FRIENDS DEAL WITH A RARE SNOWSTORM, PURIM SURPRISES, PREPARATION FOR COMING OF MESSIAH ETC. | ||
BR | 5499 | SEVENTH DAY, THE | CHAIKIN, MIRIAM | BEAUTIFUL RETELLING OF STORY OF CREATION AND GIVING OF THE LAW. INTRODUCTION TO MEANING OF THE JEWISH SABBATH AND HOW IT IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 5500 | TO THE HONOR OF THE FLEET | PILPEL, ROBERT H. | HISTORICAL AND FICTIONAL CHARACTERS ARE INTERWOVEN IN THIS WORLD WAR I SEA STORY FILLED WITH POLITICAL INTRIGUE. | ||
BR | 5501 | FAR HORIZONS, THE | WAGMAN, MICHAEL | JACOB MOSEI, YEARNING FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE, CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY BEFORE THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. HE BEQUEATHS EVERYTHING TO HIS SON, ALEKSANDER, WHO IS UNABLE TO FORGET HIS BACKGROUND. WHEN THE REVOLUTION ERUPTS, ALEKSANDER IS FORCED INTO A CHOICE THAT MAY COST HIM HIS FORTUNE AND HIS WIFE. | ||
BR | 5502 | CHILDHOOD | OBERSKI, JONA | THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP VICTIM WHO SUFFERED THROUGH THE HORROR WHEN HE WAS A CHILD. | ||
BR | 5503 | DAILY BREAD | POEMS | KAMINSKY, MARC | BASED ON BOTH THE IMMIGRANT HISTORY OF NEW YORK'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AND HIS OWN FAMILY HISTORY, KAMINSKY ATTEMPTS TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE AMERICAN JEW OF EASTERN EUROPEAN DESCENT. INCLUDES TRANSLATIONS FROM YIDDISH AND A SHORT GLOSSARY. | |
BR | 5504 | AUGUST | ROSSNER, JUDITH | A TEENAGER, HER FORTYISH ANALYST AND THEIR FIVE YEAR RELATIONSHIP. AS THE TWO WOMEN GROW AND CHANGE, THEY MAKE PERMANENT MARKS ON EACH OTHER'S LIVES. | ||
BR | 5505 | SEASON OF DELIGHT, A | GREENBERG, JOANNE | MIDDLE-AGED JEWISH MOTHER WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE JOINED CULTS, FINDS MEANING FOR HER OWN LIFE AS A VOLUNTEER, AND IN HER FAITH AND HER COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 5507 | SPAIN, THE JEWS AND FRANCO | AVNI, HAIM | DESPITE NAZI WAR MACHINE AND FRANCO'S OWN POLITICAL BUREAUCRACY, SPANISH FOREIGN DIPLOMATS RESCUED ALMOST 40,000 SPANISH AND OTHER JEWS. | ||
BR | 5508 | BIBLICAL AND JUDAIC ACRONYMS | MARWICK, LAWRENCE | PATTERNED ON HEBREW SEFER ROSHEI TAVOT (BOOK OF INITIAL LETTERS AND ABBREVIATIONS) AUTHOR ATTEMPT A SIMILAR SERVICE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING SCHOLARS. | ||
BR | 5510 | STORY OF STORIES | THE CHOSEN PEOPLE AND ITS GOD | JACOBSON, DAN | LITERARY INSIGHTS INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE JEWS AND THEIR MOST SACRED BOOK. | |
BR | 5511 | TATTERED TALLIS, THE | HUBNER, CAROL KORB | A BLIND MAN'S OBSESSION WITH HIS TALLIS (PRAYER SHAWL) SETS THE PACE FOR THESE MYSTERIES INVOLVING GIRL DETECTIVE DEVORAH DORESH. | ||
BR | 5512 | ZION IN AMERICA | FEINGOLD, HENRY L. | VARYING CHARACTERISTICS OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION FROM SPAIN, SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE ARE EXAMINED IN DETAIL. | ||
BR | 5513 | JEWISH KIDS' CATALOGUE, THE | BURSTEIN, CHAYA M. | THE CATALOGUE COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, IN WAYS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE YOUNG LISTENERS. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE: HIGHLIGHTS OF JEWISH HISTORY; THE ORIGINS OF JEWISH NAMES; WORDS IN HEBREW, YIDDISH AND LADINO; AND LETTERS FROM JEWISH KIDS AROUND THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 5514 | WAY OF SPLENDOR, THE | HOFFMAN, EDWARD | THIS BOOK MEETS THE NEEDS OF THOSE WISHING TO LEARN ABOUT THE KABBALAH AND SERVES AS A BRIDGE TO THE ACTUAL BODY OF KABBALISTIC LORE. | ||
BR | 5515 | UPON THE HEAD OF THE GOAT | SIEGAL, ARANKA | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HER CHILDHOOD IN HUNGARY AND HOW SHE AND HER FAMILY SURVIVED UNTIL THEY WERE DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ. | ||
BR | 5516 | MARTIN BUBER'S LIFE AND WORK | FRIEDMAN, MAURICE | HIS GROWTH FROM THE 'EASYWORD' TO THE 'HARDWORD' SHOWS BUBERAS A WISE MAN, AN EMBODIMENT OF THE 'I-THOU' RELATIONSHIP HE ESPOUSED. | ||
BR | 5518 | CAVIAR AT THE FUNERAL | SIMPSON, LOUIS | POEMS BY THE WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE AND THE 1981 JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL AWARD FOR POETRY. | ||
BR | 5519 | BUT WE NEED THE EGGS | JACOBS, DIANE | A SHORT, SERIOUS CRITICAL STUDY OF THREE ASPECTS OF WOODY ALLEN PRESENTED AS THREE DISTINCT PERSONAE -- WOODY, THE JEWISH NERD BUT SMART NEW YORKER; ALLEN, THE CREATOR; AND MR. ALLEN THE CELEBRITY, SHOWING HOW ALL THREE INTERMINGLE AND REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER. THE AUTHOR IS THE FILM EDITOR FOR 'HORIZON' MAGAZINE. | ||
BR | 5520 | TO BUILD A CASTLE | BUKOVSKY, VLADIMIR | LIFE AS A DISSENTER UNDER SOVIET RULE. AUTHOR VIEWS HIS RESPONSE TO THIS NIGHTMARE AS NATURAL RATHER THAN HEROIC. | ||
BR | 5521 | JOSHUA IN THE PROMISED LAND | CHAIKIN, MIRIAM | A RETELLING OF THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF JOSHUA. JOSHUA IS SEEN IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE YOUNG READER WILL LEARN MUCH ABOUT EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE TIMES. | ||
BR | 5522 | MY PEOPLE | ABBA EBAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS. V | BAMBERGER, DAVID | ABBA EBAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS AS ADAPTED FOR A YOUNG AUDIENCE BY DAVID BRAMBERGER. | |
BR | 5523 | PERIMETERS | WORTHEN, HELENA | A DANCER AND A SWEDE; TWO PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS HOPE TO FIND THEMSELVES AND THEIR HERITAGE IN ISRAEL. GOOD SENSE OF PLACE, CHARACTERS WELL DONE. | ||
BR | 5525 | PLACE OF LIGHT, A | SHAPIRO-RIESER, RHONDA | THIS NOVEL DEALS WITH TWO CHARACTERS WHO, BECAUSE THEY ARE WOMEN, ARE DESTINED TO BE ON THE FRINGE OF THE SPIRITUAL LIVES OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. | ||
BR | 5526 | AVROHOM BEN AVROHOM | SCHACHNOWITZ, SELIG | POIGNANT AND MEMORABLE HISTORICAL NOVEL CONTAINING KNOWN FACTS ABOUT VALENTIN POTZOKI, GAIR TZADDIK OF VILNA. GOOD PORTRAYAL OF 18TH CENTURY JEWISH LIFE. | ||
BR | 5527 | JAVITS | JAVITS, JACOB K. | AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PUBLIC MAN. NEW YORK'S REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM 1957 TO 1981 SUMS UP HIS CONGRESSIONAL CAREER. | ||
BR | 5528 | TO SEE IN THE DARK | DORON, YAAKOV | AUTHOR LOST EYESIGHT DURING WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE IN 1948. BECAME SPOKESMAN FOR OTHERS LIKE HIMSELF. WAS URGED TO WRITE MEMOIRS AFTER YOM KIPPUR WAR IN 1973. | ||
BR | 5529 | SEVEN DAUGHTERS AND SEVEN SONS | COHEN, BARBARA & LOVEJOY, BAHIJA | LIVELY PACED TRADITIONAL ARABIAN FOLK TALE HAS BURAN, THE CLEVEREST-IF NOT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF SEVEN DAUGHTERS DETERMINED TO RESTORE THE FAMILY FORTUNE. | ||
BR | 5531 | REFORM JUDAISM TODAY - BOOK 1 | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | REFORM JUDAISM IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE. RABBI BOROWITZ DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND REFORM JUDAISM UPON EACH OTHER. | ||
BR | 5532 | KAFKA'S PRAYER | GOODMAN, PAUL | KAFKA'S THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ATTITUDES EXAMINED AND DEFINED WITH CLARITY AND PERCEPTION. | ||
BR | 5533 | REDEMPTION OF THE UNWANTED, THE | SACHAR, ABRAM L. | A SURVEY DETAILING THE EXPERIENCE OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS IN THE PERIOD FROM 1945 TO 1949. | ||
BR | 5535 | IPHIGENE | DRYFOOS, SUSAN W. | THIS IS THE 'AS TOLD TO' ACCOUNT OF IPHIGENE OCHS SULZBERGER, DAUGHTER, WIFE, MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MOTHER OF THE FOUR PUBLISHERS OF 'THE NEW YORK TIMES' WHO HAVE MANAGED THE NEWSPAPER FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS. A DETAILED FAMILY HISTORY, THE NARRATIVE ALSO AFFORDS PERSONAL GLIMPSES OF FAMOUS PERSONS AND EVENTS. | ||
BR | 5536 | KURT WEILL | AN ILLUSTRATED AUTOBIOGRAPHY | JARMAN, DOUGLAS | FAITH GARFIE | AN INDISPENSABLE GUIDE TO THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND AND MUSIC OF ONE OF THIS CENTURY'S MOST INFLUENTIAL COMPOSERS. THE BOOK CONTAINS MUSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. |
BR | 5537 | MAILER | A BIOGRAPHY | MILLS, HILLARY | A FIRST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS. | |
BR | 5538 | LAST MISSION, THE | MAZER, HARRY | JANE N. WEIS | A 15-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN JEWISH BOY WHO PRETENDED TO BE OLDER SO THAT HE COULD GET INTO THE AIR FORCE IN 1944, IS SHOT DOWN BEHIND GERMAN LINES. FORCED TO ENDURE TERRIFYING EXPERIENCES IN A P.O.W. CAMP, HE DISCOVERS WHAT WAR IS REALLY LIKE. | |
BR | 5541 | CONCEPTS AND VALUES | COLODNER, DR. SOLOMON | MEANING OF THE SIDRA OR PORTION OF THE TORAH READ IN THE SYNAGOGUE EACH WEEK. CONTAINS SELECTED HEBREW VERSES WITH TRANSLATION TO MEMORIZE. | ||
BR | 5542 | EXILE AND RETURN | GILBERT, MARTIN | TRACING TURNING POINTS IN THE REALIZATION OF THE DREAM OF JEWISH STATEHOOD, THE AUTHOR USES NEWLY AVAILABLE ARCHIVES, DIARIES AND MEMOIRS. | ||
BR | 5543 | STORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE | KLAPERMAN, LIBBY & GILBERT | THIS BOOK COVERS THE PERIOD FROM CREATION TO THE REBUILDING OF THE SECOND TEMPLE. IT COMBINES RELIGIOUS REVERENCE WITH A VIVID RETELLING OF THE IMPORTANT EVENTS. | ||
BR | 5544 | DISRAELI | BRADFORD, SARAH | THIS BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI, THE 19TH-CENTURY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON HIS PERSONAL LIFE. | ||
BR | 5545 | WEST BANK STORY, THE | HALABI, RAFIK | ISRAELI ARAB GIVES HIS INSIGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS INTO COURSE OF EVENTS THAT HAVE SHAPED THE PAST 15 YEARS IN HIS PART OF THE WORLD AND DIRECTION THEY ARE TAKING. | ||
BR | 5546 | CITY COLLEGE AND THE JEWISH POOR | GORELICK, SHERRY | 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. | ||
BR | 5547 | GREAT AGES AND IDEAS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE | BARON, SALO W. ETAL | DISCUSSION OF IDEAS WHICH HAVE RESULTED FROM THE JEW'S UNIQUE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES AND WHICH HAVE BECOME THE LEGACY OF ALL MEN. | ||
BR | 5548 | ETHICAL WILLS | RIEMER, JACK & NATHANIEL STAMPFER | A COLLECTION OF ETHICAL WILLS, PRECIOUS SPIRITUAL DOCUMENTS LEFT BEHIND IN THE BELIEF THAT THE WISDOM ACQUIRED IN A LIFE-TIME IS AS MUCH A PART OF A LEGACY AS OTHER MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. THIS COLLECTION COVERS THE MODERN PERIOD, WITH WILLS FROM ISRAEL'S PIONEER DAYS TO STATEHOOD, AND WITH LAST MESSAGES FROM HOLOCAUST VICTIMS. | ||
BR | 5549 | HOORAY FOR YIDDISH | ROSTEN, LEO | A COLORFUL LEXICON OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS LORE. PRESENTED ARE ALSO YIDDISH WORDS INCORPORATED INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. | ||
BR | 5550 | HOUSE OF WOMEN, THE | BERMANT, CHAIM | A NOVEL ABOUT BEAUTIFUL WOMEN SET IN THE PROMISED LAND. | ||
BR | 5551 | LEAH AND LAZAR | SWADOS, ELIZABETH | ARTISTIC YOUNG WOMAN HAVING FREED HERSELF FROM INFLUENCE OF OLDER BROTHER SETS OUT TO DISCOVER HERSELF IN AND AROUND NEW YORK. | ||
BR | 5552 | AT THE STONE OF LOSSES | CARMI, T. | CARMI'S POETRY EXPRESSES AN ACUTE AWARENESS OF HUMAN SUFFERING, AND RECOGNITION OF THE VALUE OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF OVERWHELMING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EVENTS. | ||
BR | 5553 | SOMEWHERE A MASTER | WIESEL, ELIE | IN THE WORLD OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY EUROPE, AN AGE OF BLOODSHED, WE LEARN HOW A HANDFUL OF HASIDIC RABBIS HELPED THEIR PEOPLE OVERCOME DESPAIR. | ||
BR | 5554 | PREPARING FOR SABBATH | RAPOPORT, NESSA | A YOUNG WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO FIND BOTH GOD AND LOVE. A FIRST NOVEL WITH SPIRITUAL DEPTH AND BEAUTY. | ||
BR | 5555 | WIVES AND OTHER WOMEN | KLEIN, NORMA | MOVING BACK AND FORTH FROM 1970 TO 1980, THIS WORK CENTERS ON HARRIED MOTHER/HOUSEWIFE NIRA, WHO PLUNGES INTO AN AFFAIR WITH DIVORCED SCIENCE WRITER JERRY. | ||
BR | 5556 | OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL, THE | SHAHAM, NATHAN | THREE NOVELLAS DEPICTING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ISRAELI LIFE. IN EACH THE CHARACTERS ATTEMPT TO EXPRESS THEIR DIVERSE FEELINGS TOWARD ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5557 | TENTH MEASURE | SEGAL, BRENDA LESLEY | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL IS SET IN ISRAEL IN THE 1ST CENTURY. IT FOLLOWS THE STORY OF A JEWISH WOMAN THROUGH HER PARTICIPATION IN THE JEWISH REBELLION AGAINST THE ROMAN EMPIRE. | ||
BR | 5559 | NIGHTS OF THE LONG KNIVES, THE | KIRST, HANS HELMUT | FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF HITLER'S EXECUTION SQUADS AND THEIR MISSIONS AGAINST JEWISH TARGETS. COVERS PERIOD FROM 1933-1945. CONTAINS MANY TRUE FACTS. | ||
BR | 5561 | COURTESY, THE | SHAPIRO, ALAN | WRITTEN LARGELY IN FREE VERSE AND OCCASIONALLY IN RHYME, RELIGION, GROWING UP, LOVE, AND DEATH, ARE AMONG THE THEMES ADDRESSED BY THE AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 5563 | FATHERS AND CHILDREN | STAMPFER, JUDAH | THIS NOVEL, SPANNING RUSSIA, POLAND AND AMERICA, CHRONICLES THREE GENERATIONS OF A JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 5564 | GREAT TRANQUILITY | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | A PROSE WORK BY THE ISRAELI POET ABOUT THE WARS THAT HAVE PLAGUED THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE TOLL THEY HAVE TAKEN ON ITS CITIZENRY. | |
BR | 5565 | KAFKA'S OTHER TRIAL | CANETTI, ELIAS | SHORT STUDY OF KAFKA'S LETTERS TO HIS FIANCEE FELICE BAUER. TELLS US AS MUCH ABOUT THE AUTHOR AS HIS SUBJECT. | ||
BR | 5566 | PENITENT, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN ABANDONS WIFE, MISTRESS AND CAREER TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF A PENITENT (BAAL-TSUVAH) IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5567 | TORCH IN MY EAR, THE | CANETTI, ELIAS | THE SECOND VOLUME OF AN ONGOING AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF 1921-1931 IN VIENNA. NOBEL LAUREATE WRITES WITH UNSPARING HONESTY. | ||
BR | 5568 | ART AND ARDOR | OZICK, CYNTHIA | AN ASSORTMENT OF ESSAYS IN WHAT ONE CRITIC HAS CALLED 'NOT YOUR TYPICAL COLLECTION', THE WORK OF 'A RABBI, FEMINIST AND DISCIPLE OF HENRY JAMES.' | ||
BR | 5570 | HIDDEN SURVIVORS | COTTLE, THOMAS J. | PORTRAITS OF JEWISH POOR IN AMERICA REMIND US MORE THAN THE STATISTICS THAT WE MUST NOT FORGET OUR OWN. | ||
BR | 5571 | HEALERS, THE | DENKER, HENRY | THIS IS A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT TWO 19TH CENTURY PHYSICIANS, HE JEWISH, SHE PROTESTANT, THEIR MARRIAGE AND THEIR TIMES. | ||
BR | 5573 | ORPHAN'S TALE, AN | NEUGEBOREN, JAY | DANNY GINSBERG, A 12-YEAR-OLD ORPHAN, IS THE HERO OF THIS BITTERSWEET STORY. | ||
BR | 5576 | BEST OF K'TONTON | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | THE JEWISH TOM THUMB IN SOME OF HIS MOST DARING ADVENTURES. FROM HIS RIDE ON A CHOPPING KNIFE TO THE RUNAWAY DREIDEL, HE WILL DELIGHT ANY CHILD. | ||
BR | 5577 | WEIDENFELD COLOUR GUIDES TO ISRAEL | BEN HAIM, HADASSAH | INCLUDED IN THIS TOURIST GUIDE IS HISTORICAL DATA ON THE VARIOUS SITES MENTIONED THROUGHOUT. | ||
BR | 5578 | PEOPLE IN JEWISH HISTORY | PATIO DISCUSSION GROUP, TEMPLE BETH | FROM THE MARRANOS TO JEWISH ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO VARIOUS WOMEN BOTH FAMOUS AND OBSCURE, A BROAD SELECTION OF JEWISH PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENRICHED OUR HISTORY. | ||
BR | 5579 | LIMERICKS FOR LANTZMEN | EISENBERG, L. & G. GORDON | FOR THE 'OLD COUNTRY' MEMORIES THAT REMAIN A PART OF MOST OF US; A COLLECTION OF LIMERICKS TO LAUGH AT AND ENJOY. | ||
BR | 5580 | COULD ANYTHING BE WORSE? | HIRSH, MARILYN | THIS VOLUME ALSO CONTAINS A GHOST STORY, DEBORAH THE DYBBUK. THEY ARE BOTH VERY CHARMING CHILDREN'S TALES, HUMOROUS YET BITTERSWEET. | ||
BR | 5581 | ONE STAR JEW, THE | EVANIER, DAVID | IN THESE 14 STORIES, A STRUGGLING NEW YORK CITY WRITER LOOKS BACK AT HIS PAIN-RIDDLED CHILDHOOD, COMES TO TERMS WITH HIS PARENTS, REACHES OUT TO HIS STEPSON, AND CREATES PORTRAITS OF FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS. | ||
BR | 5582 | PILGRIMAGE | ADVENTURES OF A WANDERING JEW | EPSTEIN, PERLE | AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS THROUGH A REDISCOVERING OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE. | |
BR | 5583 | KOSHER CREOLE COOKBOOK | COVERT, M.L. & GERSON, S.P. | A COMPILATION OF AUTHENTIC CREOLE RECIPES FOR THE KOSHER COOK FROM SOME OF THE FAMOUS RESTAURANTS IN NEW ORLEANS. | ||
BR | 5584 | TORMENTED MASTER | GREEN, ARTHUR | A LIFE OF RABBI NAHMAN OF DRATSLAV 1772-1810. A COMPREHENSIVE, MOVING AND SUBTLE STUDY OF THE BRATSLAVER HASIDIM. | ||
BR | 5585 | SO IT WAS TRUE | THE AMERICAN PROTESTANT PRESS AND | ROSS, ROBERT W. | AN ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT JUST HOW MUCH RELIGIOUS LEADERS KNEW OF THE HOLOCAUST, VIA READING MATTER ON A STEADY BASIS. | |
BR | 5586 | WE ARE ONE | AMERICAN JEWRY AND ISRAEL | UROFSKY, MELVIN I. | A CHRONICLE FOCUSING ON THE EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND AMERICAN JEWRY. | |
BR | 5587 | BROTHERS SINGER, THE | SINCLAIR, CLIVE | A DOUBLE BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC BASHEVIS AND HIS OLDER SIBLING ISRAEL JOSHUA, AS THEY BEGAN IN POLAND AND CAME TO AMERICA. | ||
BR | 5588 | FALLS THE SHADOW | LITVINOFF, EMANUEL | SET IN ISRAEL, THIS MYSTERY FOLLOWS AN ISRAELI POLICE INVESTIGATOR AS HE TRIES TO DISCOVER THE FACTS BEHIND THE MURDER OF A NAZI WHO HAD BEEN MASQUERADING AS A JEWISH BUSINESSMAN. | ||
BR | 5590 | THIS BURNING HARVEST | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | THIS NOVEL CONTINUES THE STORY, BEGUN IN 'THIS PROMISED LAND,' OF A FAMILY'S MIGRATION TO AND STRUGGLE IN PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 5591 | APATHETIC BOOKIE JOINT, THE | FUCHS, DANIEL | THE BOOK, WINNER OF THE 1980 JWB FICTION AWARD, REPRESENTS THE ONLY COLLECTION OF THE AUTHOR'S SHORT FICTION AND A NOVELLA. WHETHER THE SCENE IS SET IN BROOKLYN OR IN THE PALMIER PRECINCTS OF HOLLYWOOD, FUCHS' VIVID, SHARPLY OBSERVED, DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE TALES OF HIS OWN LIFE, COALESCE INTO A VIVID CELEBRATION OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 5592 | AUERBACH WILL, THE | BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN | AT THE CENTER OF THIS STORY OF PASSION, MONEY, CHILDREN AND FAMILY IS ESSIE AUERBACH, NEE LITSKY FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE WHO MARRIES INTO A PROMINENT GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 5593 | ISLAMIC BOMB, THE | WEISSMAN, STEVE & KROSNEY, HERBERT | A HISTORY OF NUCLEAR ARMS DEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA, ALONG WITH THE ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE IRAQI NUCLEAR FACILITY. | ||
BR | 5594 | GERSHOM SCHOLEM | KABBALAH AND COUNTER-HISTORY | BIALE, DAVID | A STUDY OF SCHOLEM'S HISTORICAL WRITINGS AND PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY. TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOLEM'S IDEAS FROM HIS EARLIEST ENCOUNTERS WITH KABBALAH IN GERMANY THROUGH HIS LATER WRITINGS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORIAN THROUGH HIS IDEAS RATHER THAN THE EVENTS OF HIS LIFE. | |
BR | 5595 | KIBBUTZ JUDAISM | A NEW TRADITION IN THE MAKING | LILKER, SHALOM | AN EXAMINATION OF THE KIBBUTZ'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE SPIRITUAL AND SOCIOPOLITICAL RENAISSANCE OF MODERN JEWISH CULTURE. | |
BR | 5597 | EIGHT GREAT HEBREW SHORT NOVELS | LELCHUK, ALAN & GERSHON SHAKED | 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. | ||
BR | 5598 | JEWISH-AMERICAN STORIES | HOWE, IRVING | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY JEWISH WRITERS THAT DEALS WITH THE FAMILY AS THE CENTER OF JEWISH EXISTENCE. | ||
BR | 5599 | PROMISE THE EARTH | IRVING, CLIVE | STORY OF ASA KOBLENSKY, THE RUSSIAN ARMY DESERTER WHO IN 1916 JOURNEYED TO PALESTINE TO BECOME A JEWISH FREEDOM FIGHTER. | ||
BR | 5600 | AMERICAN ROSE | MARKUS, JULIA | THIS IS A CHRONICLE OF THE AUTHOR'S JEWISH ROOTS, FROM HER GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, WHO READ FUTURES FROM CARDS AND CRYSTAL BALLS, TO HER WEALTHY GRANDPARENTS, WHO TRIED TO BUY DEVOTION. | ||
BR | 5601 | SOLOMON SYSTEM, THE | NAYLOR, PHYLLIS REYNOLDS | TWO BOYS RESPOND TO THEIR PARENTS' IMPENDING DIVORCE AS WELL AS CHANGES IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER. | ||
BR | 5602 | BATTLE FOR PEACE, THE | WEIZMAN, EZER | A HIGHLY PERSONAL AND CHARGED ACCOUNT OF HOW ONE OF ISRAEL'S WARRIORS BECAME A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE OF PEACE. | ||
BR | 5604 | BOOK OF SONGS, A | LINN, MERRITT | IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP, THE INMATES ARE UNDECIDED ABOUT THE FATE OF A LITTLE BOY WHO PLAYS HAUNTING MELODIES ON HIS VIOLIN. | ||
BR | 5605 | ETHNIC MYTH, THE | STEINBERG, STEPHEN | NINE PROVOCATIVE ESSAYS ON RACE, ETHNICITY AND CLASS IN AMERICA. THE AUTHOR CONCENTRATES PRIMARILY ON AMERICAN JEWS. | ||
BR | 5606 | BECOMING A HEROINE | READING NOVELS ABOUT WOMEN | BROWNSTEIN, RACHEL M. | DETAILED ANALYSES OF EMMA AND THE EGOIST AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON HOW A JEWISH GIRL FROM QUEENS FOUND ESCAPE IN NOVELS ABOUT PEOPLE. | |
BR | 5607 | SECOND EXODUS | AHARONI, ADA | THE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN MODERN-DAY EGYPT, AND THE EXODUS OF OVER 100,000 JEWS TO NEW STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1948. | ||
BR | 5608 | MY MOTHER GOLDA MEIR | A SON'S EVOCATION OF LIFE WITH GOL | MEIR, MENAHEM | A BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FROM 1969 TO 1974, BY HER SON. | |
BR | 5609 | JEWS OF THE LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS | ELKIN, JUDITH LAIKIN | MODERN STUDY OF LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY EXAMINING THE SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS CHALLENGING JEWISH SURVIVAL. | ||
BR | 5610 | HAFETZ HAYYIM ON THE ON THE SIDDUR, THE | HACOHEN, RABBI ISRAEL MEIR | EXPLANATIONS, INTERPRETATIONS AND PARABLES ON THE DAILY PRAYER BOOK. | ||
BR | 5611 | BADERS OF JACOB STREET | KARMEL-WOLFE, HENIA | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY IN WARTIME POLAND. | ||
BR | 5612 | MID-AMERICA'S PROMISE | SCHULTZ, JOSEPH P. | THIS IS A PROFILE OF KANSAS CITY JEWRY. IT DESCRIBES THE SOCIAL AND PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS SUCH AS BENJAMIN & BILLIKOPF. | ||
BR | 5613 | LEGACY OF HATE, A | VOLKMAN, ERNEST | THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM OF INDIFFERENCE', THE TREATING OF JEWS AS A SILENT MINORITY, CAN BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN AN OUTRIGHT EXPRESSION OF HATRED. | ||
BR | 5615 | REAL PROPERTY | DAVIDSON, SARA | MARION T. CO | DAVISON IS AN OBSERVER OF PEOPLE, OF WHAT THEY THINK, DO AND VALUE. SHE WRITES OF THE SINGLES SCENE, THE REAL ESTATE BOOM, HER OWN ARREST FOR GROWING MARIJUANA, AND EXPLORES THE COUNTRY'S CHANGING MOODS, A MOVE FROM SIXTIES' IDEALISM TO MATERIALISM. ONLY IN THE FEW ESSAYS ABOUT ISRAEL DOES SHE FIND A DIRECTION AND WARMTH. | |
BR | 5618 | RABBI'S GIRLS, THE | HURWITZ, JOHANNA | NARRATED BY ONE OF THE RABBI'S DAUGHTERS, THIS STORY WILL ADD TO THE READER'S UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH CUSTOMS AND THE PROBLEM OF BEING A MINORITY IN A SMALL TOWN. | ||
BR | 5619 | BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH | HOW JEWISH BOYS AND GIRLS COME OF | METTER, BERT | THIS BOOK BOTH EXPLORES THE HISTORY BEHIND THE TRADITION AND HELPS PREPARE THE CHILD AND HIS OR HER FAMILY FOR THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION. | |
BR | 5620 | HUNGRY HEARTS | PROSE, FRANCINE | A YIDDISH THEATER GROUP IN THE 20'S ABOUT TO PLAY THE DYBBUK IS FACED WITH A REAL-LIFE DYBBUK OF ITS OWN. | ||
BR | 5621 | UNDERSTANDING ISRAEL | ELON, AMOS | THIS IS A TEXTBOOK OF THE HISTORY OF ZIONISM AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL. IT COVERS ASPECTS OF LIFE FROM GOVERNMENT TO KIBBUTZIM TO THE ARAB REFUGEES. | ||
BR | 5622 | LOUIS D BRANDEIS AND THE PROGRESSIVE TRADITION | UROFSKY, MELVIN I. | IN THIS CONCISE BIOGRAPHY, THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS THAT A WELL-DEFINED SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL IDEA OF PROGRESSIVISM GOVERNED BRANDEIS' OPINIONS AND ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT HIS VARIOUS CAREERS AS PEOPLE'S LAWYER, CONSUMER ADVOCATE, ANTIMONOPOLIST, ZIONIST REFORMER, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. | ||
BR | 5624 | WAR AND PEACE IN THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS | FERGUSON, JOHN | THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS WAR AND PEACE AMONG THE FOLLOWING MAJOR RELIGIONS: CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM, ZOROASTRIANISM, HINDUISM JAINISM, SIKHISM, BUDDHISM, CONFUCIANISM, TAOISM, SHINTO AND ISLAM. | ||
BR | 5625 | ON WOMEN AND JUDAISM | A VIEW FROM TRADITION | GREENBERG, BLU | A DEVOTED FEMINIST AND AN ORTHODOX JEW, MS. GREENBERG EXPLORES LEGALIZED ABORTION, DIVORCE, WOMEN IN RELIGION AND OTHER PROBLEMATIC AREAS FOR CONTEMPORARY WOMEN. | |
BR | 5626 | DAUGHTER OF THE WAVES | JORDAN, RUTH | THE AUTHOR TELLS OF HER GROWING UP IN ISRAEL DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE. | ||
BR | 5627 | CHILDREN IN THE WIND | GROHSKOPF, BERNICE | LENORE PICKEL'S TWO HIGH-SCHOOL CHUMS MAKE FOR A LESSON IN FRIENDSHIP. ONE IS A DAUGHTER OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, THE OTHER'S FATHER, AN EX-NAZI. | ||
BR | 5628 | FROM RENAISSANCE TO RENAISSANCE | VOL. II. HEBREW LITERATURE IN THE | SILBERSCHLAG, EISIG | A LITERARY HISTORY OF ISRAEL SPANNING THE LATE 19TH CENTURY PALESTINE TO THE PRESENT-ITS WRITERS (BOTH MEN AND WOMEN), ITS LITERARY MOVEMENTS, ETC. | |
BR | 5629 | DOOR OF HOPE | DIAMOND, JOSEPH S. | DAVID AND HIS FAMILY ARE FORCED TO FLEE THEIR RUMANIAN TOWN TO FIND LIBERTY AND A NEW LIFE IN AMERICA. | ||
BR | 5630 | BUSINESS ETHICS IN JEWISH LAW | ZIPPERSTEIN, EDWARD | THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF MATERIAL FROM THE BIBLE, TALMUD, AND OTHER RABBINIC SOURCES PERTAINING TO THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL LAW. | ||
BR | 5631 | TROTSKY AND THE JEWS | NEDAVA, JOSEPH | THE POLITICAL THEORIST'S LIFE AND CAREER AND REVIEWED AGAINST HIS JEWISH BACKGROUND, WHICH AT ONE TIME HE TRIED TO IGNORE. | ||
BR | 5633 | WITH RAOUL WALLENBERG IN BUDAPEST | ANGER, PER | THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF RAOUL WALLENBERG'S EFFORTS DURING WORLD WAR II WHICH RESULTED IN THE RESCUE OF 25,000 JEWS. | ||
BR | 5634 | IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL | OZ, AMOS | OZ SHARES HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH JEWS AND ARABS LIVING IN ISRAEL ON A RANGE OF IDEOLOGICAL AND MORAL QUESTIONS. | ||
BR | 5635 | HANNA AND WALTER | A LOVE STORY | KOHNER, HANNA & WALTER KOHNER | THIS IS A TRUE STORY OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA, SEPARATED DURING WORLD WAR II, WHO WERE REUNITED AFTER THE WAR. | |
BR | 5636 | JEWISH EMERGENCE FROM POWERLESSNESS, THE | BAUER, YEHUDA | A DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE GRADUAL EMERGENCE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE LAST 100 YEARS FROM TOTAL POLITICAL POWERLESSNESS. | ||
BR | 5638 | JEWISH TRAVEL GUIDE 1984 | LIGHTMAN, SIDNEY EDITOR | THIS BOOK CONTAINS UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON KOSHER RESTAURANTS, SYNAGOGUES, HOTELS, PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST, ETC EVEN IN FAR EAST & SOVIET BLOC COUNTRIES. | ||
BR | 5640 | DIARY OF MORDEKHAI BEN-YOSEF, THE | WOLMAN, BENJAMIN | SET IN ISRAEL, THIS NOVEL IN DIARY FORM FOLLOWS A BOY THROUGH HIS FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH YEARS. | ||
BR | 5641 | PRECIOUS LEGACY, THE | ALTSCHULER, DAVID, ED. | THE SMITHSONIAN'S TRAVELING MUSEUM EXHIBIT OF THE RICHEST COLLECTION OF JUDAICA FROM EASTERN EUROPE IS CATALOGUED, ALONG WITH ESSAYS ON JEWISH LIFE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. | ||
BR | 5642 | FIFTH SON, THE | WIESEL, ELIE | A NOVEL ABOUT REUVEN TAMIROFF, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO WAS FORMERLY THE LEADER OF THE JEWISH COUNCIL IN A CONDEMNED CENTRAL EUROPEAN GHETTO. HIS AMERICAN-BORN SON GRADUALLY LEARNS OF THE BURIED EVENTS OF HIS FATHER'S LIFE. | ||
BR | 5643 | BREAKTHROUGH | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE ISRAEL-E | DAYAN, MOSHE | THE LATE ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER'S VIEW OF THE STRATEGY FOR THE TREATY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. | |
BR | 5644 | MYSTERIES OF MOTION | CALISHER, HORTENSE | AT ONCE A WORK SPECIES OF SCIENCE FICTION AND A THOROUGHLY REALISTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL, THIS IS PRIMARILY A MEDITATION UPON THE NATURE OF HEROISM. | ||
BR | 5645 | IF I FORGET THEE | SEGAL, BRENDA LESLEY | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL, SET IN THE TIME OF THE BAR KOKHBA REVOLT, CHRONICLES THE LIFE OF A JUDEAN WOMAN FROM CHILDHOOD TO MATURITY AS SHE PARTICIPATES IN THE GREAT HISTORICAL MOMENTS OF HER TIME. | ||
BR | 5646 | VIENNA I KNEW, THE | WECHSBERG, JOSEPH | THE AUTHOR RECREATES HIS JEWISH MIDDLE-CLASS CHILDHOOD DURING THE PERIOD 1910-1925. HE RELATES THE GLITTERING DECADENCE OF A DYING WORLD. | ||
BR | 5648 | MODERN JEWISH HISTORY | ED. BY CHAZEN, R. & RAPHAEL, M. L. | A SOURCE READER - CAREFULLY AND JUDICIOUSLY SELECTED FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT TEXTS AND COMMENTARIES, EACH WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITORS. | ||
BR | 5649 | HOLOCAUST IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE | BAUER, YEHUDA | IN THIS SERIES OF 4 FORCEFUL AND ELOQUENT ESSAYS, A NOTED HISTORIAN BRINGS THE CENTRAL ISSUES OF THE HOLOCAUST TO THE GENERAL READER. | ||
BR | 5650 | WHERE HEAVEN AND EARTH TOUCH | AN ANTHOLOGY OF MIDRASH AND HALACH | SIEGEL, DANNY | THIS ANTHOLOGY OF MIDRASHIC AND HALACHIC STORIES EMPHASIZES THE HUMANISM FOUND IN JUDAISM. CAN BE USED AS TEACHING MATERIAL FOR ALL AGES. | |
BR | 5651 | COLLECTED STORIES, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | 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. | ||
BR | 5652 | MY PEOPLE | ABBA EBAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS. V | BAMBERGER, DAVID | THIS IS ABBA EBAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS AS ADAPTED FOR A YOUNG AUDIENCE BY DAVID BAMBERGER. | |
BR | 5653 | UNDERSTANDING ISRAEL WORKBOOK | SUGARMAN, MORRIS J. | A COMPANION TO THE TEXTBOOK BY AMOS ELON, IT OFFERS REVIEW QUESTIONS AND PROBING EXERCISES WHICH CALL FOR THE STUDENT TO SYNTHESIZE WHAT IS BEING LEARNED. | ||
BR | 5656 | BETWEEN RIGHT AND RIGHT | YEHOSHUA, A.B. | ESSAYS BY THE NOTED ISRAELI NOVELIST REASSESS THE ROLE OF CONTEMPORARY ZIONISM. HE ARGUES THE NECESSITY OF A JEWISH STATE AFTER THE HOLOCAUST, AND ALSO THE COMPLIMENTARY NECESSITY OF THE DIASPORA THAT SATISFIES THE JEWISH NEED TO FEEL DIFFERENT. YEHOSHUA CHIDES THE ISRAELIS FOR THEIR RELUCTANCE TO MAKE A REALISTIC PEACE. | ||
BR | 5657 | KOSHER HUMOR | RABINOWITZ, H.R. | THESE ARE AUTHENTIC JEWISH STORIES THAT REVEAL THE JEWISH MENTAL APPROACH TO LIFE AND ITS PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 5658 | DREAMS DIE HARD | HARRIS, DAVID | THE PROTEGE OF THE LATE POLITICAL ACTIVIST ALLARD LOWENSTEIN HAS WRITTEN SOME BITTER RECOLLECTIONS ABOUT HIS MENTOR. | ||
BR | 5659 | BETWEEN TWO WORLDS | BRAND, SANDRA | THE STORY OF 18-YEAR-OLD ROMA BRAND, DAUGHTER OF HASIDIC PARENTS, WHO SOUGHT EQUALITY IN A MAN'S WORLD. THE STORY IS SET AMID THE TURMOIL IN POLAND IN 1939. | ||
BR | 5660 | LESSONS IN JEWISH LITERATURE | COLODNER, DR. SOLOMON | AN OUTLINE OF JEWISH LITERATURE FROM ITS EARLY BEGINNINGS TO MODERN TIMES. | ||
BR | 5662 | CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES | SIMON, RABBI RALPH | A COLLECTION OF 35 SERMONS PREPARED BY THE SENIOR RABBI AT TEMPLE RODFEI ZEDEK IN CHICAGO. THE SERMONS CONSIST OF MESSAGES FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAY PERIOD. | ||
BR | 5663 | JEWISH FAMILY CELEBRATIONS | CARDOZA, ARLENE ROSSEN | A DESCRIPTION OF ONE FAMILY'S OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH AND THE HOLY DAYS. THE AUTHOR HAS CAREFULLY RESEARCHED THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND RITUALS OF THE HOLY DAYS. | ||
BR | 5664 | GHETTO IN FLAMES | THE STRUGGLE AND DESTRUCTION OF TH | ARAD, YITZHAK | DURING THE NAZI PERSECUTIONS, THE JEWS OF THE JERUSALEM OF LITHUANIA' ATTEMPTED TO FIGHT BACK, IN GHETTO AND IN FOREST | |
BR | 5665 | NINE ENTERED PARADISE ALIVE | SIEGEL, DANNY | A COLLECTION OF POEMS WHICH FOCUSES ON THE TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH OF JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 5666 | MELTING POT, THE | AN ADVENTURE IN NEW YORK CITY | ROSEMAN, KENNETH | THIS IS A 'DO IT YOURSELF' JEWISH ADVENTURE BOOK, SET IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 5667 | AT THE MIND'S LIMITS | AMERY, JEAN | THESE 5 SOUL-SEARCHING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS TELL OF SURVIVAL-MENTAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL-THROUGH THE ENORMITY OF THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 5668 | FRIARS AND THE JEWS, THE | THE EVALUATION OF MEDIEVAL ANTI-SE | COHEN, JEREMY | HOW THE DOMINICANS AND THE FRANCISCANS, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR FOUNDING, OVERSAW ALL ANTI-SEMITIC ACTIVITIES OF THE CHURCH. | |
BR | 5669 | BEST DEFENSE, THE | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. | THE NOTED DEFENSE ATTORNEY, APPEALS LAWYER AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR REVIEWS SOME OF HIS MOST PROVOCATIVE CASES AND SEEKS TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ITS PARTICIPANTS. | ||
BR | 5670 | TEMPLE, THE | GREENFIELD, ROBERT | A FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PAULIE BINDEL, A HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL DROPOUT, WHO MAY REJECT THE RITUALS, BUT DOES NOT BETRAY THE SOUL OF HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 5671 | ROSENBERG FILE, THE | A SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH | RADOSH, RONALD & JOYCE MILTON | AN ANALYSIS OF THE JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG SPY CASE THAT REJECTS BOTH THE GOVERNMENT'S CHARGE OF THE SALE OF NUCLEAR SECRETS AND THE DEFENSE CLAIM OF COMPLETE INNOCENCE. | |
BR | 5672 | IN LIGHT OF GENESIS | HADA, PAMELA WHITE | FOUR WOMEN FROM THE BIBLE ARE EXAMINED FROM A JEWISH MYTHOLOGICAL, BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. | ||
BR | 5673 | RAOUL WALLENBERG | ANGEL OF RESCUE | ROSENFELD, HARVEY | THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGENDARY SWEDISH DIPLOMAT WHO IS CREDITED WITH HAVING SAVED, SINGLEHANDEDLY, AS MANY AS 100,000 HUNGARIAN JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 5674 | MIDNIGHT SUPPERS | MONSKY, SUSAN | SET IN AN ALABAMA JEWISH MILIEU, THIS FIRST NOVEL DEALS WITH THE LOVE TRIANGLE OF A JEWISH PEDIATRICIAN, HIS WIFE AND HIS PARTNER. | ||
BR | 5675 | BRONX PRIMITIVE | PORTRAITS IN A CHILDHOOD | SIMON, KATE | OBSERVATIONS ON THE STREETS, SCHOOLS AND HOUSES OF THE BRONX WHERE THE AUTHOR GREW UP. | |
BR | 5676 | MY OWN GROUND | NISSENSON, HUGH | A NOVEL ABOUT IMMIGRANT LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE IN THE EARLY 1900S. | ||
BR | 5677 | TERRIBLE SECRET, THE | LAQUEUR, WALTER | LAQUEUR EXPLORES WHEN AND HOW THE OUTSIDE WORLD LEARNED ABOUT THE NAZI EXTERMINATION OF EUROPEAN JEWS, AND THE RESPONSES TO THIS KNOWLEDGE. | ||
BR | 5678 | WRITTEN OUT OF HISTORY | OUR JEWISH FOREMOTHERS | HENRY, SONDRA & EMILY TAITZ | USING HISTORICAL REPORTS, LETTERS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS, JEWISH WOMEN ARE REDISCOVERED IN HISTORY, PROVING, SAY THE AUTHORS, THAT THEIR PRESENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VITAL FORCE IN THE PROGRESSION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | |
BR | 5679 | SEARCH FOR PEACE | TALAL, HASSAN BIN | A GENTLE, THOUGHTFUL LOOK AT THE CURRENT POLITICAL CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHICH EMBODIES A POLITICAL VISION CHARACTERIZED BY DIGNITY AND REASON. | ||
BR | 5680 | MIND-BODY PROBLEM, THE | REBECCA GOLDSTEIN | THE HEROINE RENEE FACES A CLASSIC DILEMMA OF THE HIGHLY EDUCATED FEMALE: SEX VERSUS CEREBRATION. | ||
BR | 5681 | ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | THE STORY OF A STORYTELLER | KRESH, PAUL | THE LIFE OF THE WELL-KNOWN WRITER IS PRESENTED IN BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY FORM SIMPLIFIED FOR YOUNG ADULTS. | |
BR | 5682 | THERE IS ALWAYS TIME TO DIE | STARKOPF, ADAM | THE STORY OF A YOUNG CHILD WHO WAS SMUGGLED BY HER PARENTS OUT OF THE WARSAW GHETTO IN A COFFIN. | ||
BR | 5683 | HERITAGE | CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS | EBAN, ABBA | THIS COMPANION VOLUME TO THE PUBLIC TELEVISION SERIES OF THE SAME NAME, TRACES OVER 4,000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY. | |
BR | 5684 | MRS MOSKOWITZ & THE SABBATH CANDLESTICKS | SCHWARTZ, AMY | MRS. MOSKOWITZ NEEDS HER SABBATH CANDLESTICKS IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM HER NEW APARTMENT INTO A JEWISH HOME. | ||
BR | 5686 | GENTLE CYNIC, A | JASTROW, MORRIS | A TRANSLATION OF ECCLESIASTES, WITH AN INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS. | ||
BR | 5687 | ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE BIBLE | MAGNUSSON, MAGNUS | AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURAL CONTEXT IN WHICH THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN, BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 5688 | MENDEL THE MOUSE | FINKELSTEIN | CLOSELY RELATED TO MICKEY OF MICKEY MOUSE FAME, MENDEL'S EXAMPLES HAVE GONE A LONG WAY IN TEACHING SHMIRAS HA'MITZVOS (KEEPING THE MITZVOS). | ||
BR | 5689 | EVERYMAN'S TALMUD | COHEN, A. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE LITERARY LABOR OF NUMEROUS TALMUDIC SCHOLARS FOR A PERIOD OF SOME 700 YEARS. | ||
BR | 5690 | PROFESSOR OF DESIRE, THE | ROTH, PHILIP | DAVID KEPESH, THE HERO IN PHILIP ROTH'S TENTH NOVEL, IS JEWISH AND UNHAPPY, ECHOING A THEME DEALT WITH BY ROTH IN PREVIOUS NOVELS. | ||
BR | 5691 | TREASURY OF YIDDISH POETRY, A | HOWE, IRVING & ELIEZER GREENBERG, ED | A COLLECTION OF POEMS THAT PORTRAY JEWISH LIFE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. THE INTRODUCTION DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF YIDDISH POETRY. | ||
BR | 5692 | WOMEN IN THE KIBBUTZ | TIGER, LIONEL & JOSEPH SHEPHER | A STUDY OF THE KIBBUTZ SYSTEM IN ISRAEL AND THE ROLE OF WOMEN WHO LIVE AND WORK ON THE COLLECTIVE SETTLEMENTS. THE AUTHORS CONTEND THAT EVEN WITHIN THE KIBBUTZ, ROLES ARE DEFINED BY GENDER AND RESISTANT TO CHANGE. | ||
BR | 5694 | THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A CHANUKA BUSH | SUSSMAN, SUSAN | A CHILDREN'S BOOK WHICH EXPRESSES THE GOOD FEELING OF BEING JEWISH. | ||
BR | 5695 | AFTERGLOW | CARESS, IRVING | A COLLECTION OF LOVE POEMS. | ||
BR | 5696 | DAUGHTERS OF CHUTZPAH | HUMOROUS VERSE ON THE JEWISH WOMAN | KRUGER, MOLLEE | THIS BOOK OF HUMOROUS VERSE ON THE JEWISH WOMAN IS BY MOLLEE KRUGER, A COLUMNIST FOR NEW YORK'S 'JEWISH WEEK.' | |
BR | 5697 | ARARAT | A COLLECTION OF HUNGARIAN-JEWISH S | HANDLER, ANDREW | TWENTY WORKS ILLUMINATE JEWISH LIFE IN THAT COUNTRY BETWEEN 1920 AND 1945. | |
BR | 5698 | STRANGERS IN PARADISE | THE HOLLYWOOD EMIGRES 1933-1950 | TAYLOR, JOHN RUSSELL | THE STORY OF THE FILMMAKERS, WRITERS AND COMPOSERS WHO CAME TO HOLLYWOOD DURING HITLER'S RISE TO POWER. | |
BR | 5700 | ADMIRABLE WOMAN | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | HERBERT A. MORGENROTH | A NOVEL ABOUT ERIKA HERTZ, BASED ON THE CHARACTER OF HANNAH ARENDT, ABOUT AN INTELLECTUAL WOMAN WHO IS A WRITER, PHILOSOPHER, AND HISTORIAN. ALTHOUGH ERIKA CLAIMS THAT HER INTELLECT IS CENTRAL, SHE ADMITS ON HER DEATHBED THAT HER LIFE WAS SHAPED BY PASSION. | |
BR | 5701 | FIRST FRUITS | MICHENER, JAMES A., ED. | A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN SHORT STORIES BY ISRAELI AUTHORS, COMPILED AS A TRIBUTE TO ISRAEL ON ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY. | ||
BR | 5702 | ISRAEL DIVIDED | IDEOLOGICAL POLITICS IN THE JEWISH | ISAAC, RAEL JEAN | AN ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL'S EXTREMIST MOVEMENTS. | |
BR | 5703 | YENNE VELT (THE OTHER WORLD) | THE GREAT WORKS OF JEWISH FANTASY | NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM, ED. | A COLLECTION OF GREAT LITERARY WORKS OF JEWISH FANTASY AND OCCULT. | |
BR | 5704 | GOING HOME | TULMAN, VICTOR DAVID | A MEMOIR OF THE SON OF AN ORTHODOX RABBI IN PRE-WORLD WAR I HUNGARY WHO WAS SENT OUT INTO THE WORLD, AT THE AGE OF EIGHT TO MAKE HIS WAY AS A TALMUDIC SCHOLAR. | ||
BR | 5705 | EVIL THAT MAN DO, THE | HILL, R. LANCE | AN ISRAELI COMMANDO TEAM ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATE THE TORTURE EXPERT KNOWN AS THE DOCTOR. THE TEAM IS LEAD BY TWO WHO HAVE SURVIVED HIS EVIL GENIUS. | ||
BR | 5706 | JEWISH MIND, THE | PATAI, RAPHAEL | STUDY OF 6 HISTORIC ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE JEWS AND OTHER CULTURES OVER 2000 YEARS. EMPHASIZES MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT AND ATTITUDES. | ||
BR | 5707 | RABBI'S LIFE CONTRACT, THE | GREENBERG, MARILYN | RABBI ROSENSTOCK IS ABOUT TO RETURN TO HIS CONGREGATION AFTER A SABBATICAL YEAR IN THE HOLY LAND, BUT THE CONGREGATION HAS ALREADY FOUND A YOUNGER REPLACEMENT. | ||
BR | 5708 | MESSIAH TEXTS, THE | PATAI, RAPHAEL | A COMPILATION OF JEWISH TEXTS ON THE ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH, BEGINNING WITH THE BIBLE AND ENDING WITH THE MESSIANIC DREAMS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 5710 | ZIONISM AND ISRAEL | KORMAN, MICHAEL | AN ACTIVITY BOOK FOR THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OR OLDER, THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE HISTORICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR ANCESTRAL HOMELAND. | ||
BR | 5711 | ELIJAH'S VIOLIN | AND OTHER JEWISH FAIRY TALES | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD | THIRTY-FOUR STORIES ABOUT KING, PRINCESSES, GOLDEN MOUNTAINS, ETC, TAKEN FROM FOLKLORE AND THE MIDRASH. | |
BR | 5712 | EAST RIVER | ASCH, SHOLEM | CHARLOTTE OS | A NOVEL ABOUT TENEMENT LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 5713 | WORLDLY GOODS | KORDA, MICHAEL | THE SON OF A HOLOCAUST VICTIM VOWS TO AVENGE HIS FATHER'S DEATH ON HIS UNCLE, THE HEAD OF AN INTERNATIONAL EMPIRE. | ||
BR | 5714 | SPRING REMEMBERED | A SCOTTISH JEWISH CHILDHOOD | COWAN, EVELYN | BERYL HERSHM | IN THE GLASGOW GORBALS, A THEN NOTORIOUS SLUM, A SMALL COMMUNITY OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS FLOURISHED AND MADE THEIR RICH CONTRIBUTION TO SCOTTISH CULTURE. COWAN SKETCHES THE RICHES OF JEWISH FAMILY LIFE EVEN IN POVERTY; THE SORROWS, JOYS AND RITUALS, THE COLORFUL NEIGHBORS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF AN 8-YEAR OLD TOMBOY. |
BR | 5715 | UNCONQUERABLE SPIRIT, THE | ZUKER, SIMON | A COLLECTION OF VIGNETTES OF RELIGIOUS JEWS WHO WERE PUT TO THE ULTIMATE TEST, YET THE NAZIS COULD NOT DESTROY THEIR SPIRIT. | ||
BR | 5716 | MEMOIRS IN PROFILE | LIPSKY, LOUIS | A PROFESSIONAL ZIONIST, THE AUTHOR'S LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO BUILDING A JEWISH STATE IN PALESTINE AND THE BUILDING OF A LEADERSHIP OF AMERICAN JEWISH INSTITUTIONS. | ||
BR | 5717 | ON BEING A JEWISH FEMINIST | A READER | HESCHEL, SUSANNAH, ED. | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WHICH REPRESENTS THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY VIEWS OF FEMINISTS WHO ARE TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 5719 | EXILE OF THE WORD, THE | FROM THE SILENCE OF THE BIBLE TO T | NEHER, ANDRE | THE AUTHOR REFLECTS ON THE THEME OF SILENCE AS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING BOTH THE BIBLICAL CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN AND GOD'S SEEMING INACTION AT AUSCHWITZ. | |
BR | 5720 | KEEPING POSTED-FEB. 1975 | SAMUEL, EDITH: EDITED BY | A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES ON THE PALESTINIANS, THE PALESTINIAN PROBLEM,' AND THE VARIOUS GROUPS: THE (PLO, PFLP, ETC.) THAT CHAMPION THEIR CAUSE. | ||
BR | 5722 | TIMELY TORAH TOPICS II | BNAI BRITH INTERNATIONAL | THIS BOOK PROVIDES READINGS FROM THE TORAH FOR GROUP DISCUSSIONS, BULLETINS AND THE FAMILY TABLE. | ||
BR | 5726 | LAW OF RETURN, THE | BLOCH, ALICE | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE EXPERIENCES OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO MOVES TO ISRAEL IN THE SUMMER OF 1969. | ||
BR | 5727 | CITY SCRIPTURES | MODERN JEWISH WRITING | BAUMGARTEN, MURRAY | AN ANALYSIS OF THE COMMON BONDS OF JEWISH TRADITIONS IN THE WORKS OF JEWISH AUTHORS SUCH AS THE ISRAELI AMOS OZ AND THE AMERICAN CYNTHIA OZICK. THE AUTHOR ALSO TRACES THE INFLUENCE OF VARIOUS URBAN SETTINGS IN WHICH THESE WRITERS LIVE. | |
BR | 5728 | BEING BERNARD BERENSON | AN INQUIRY | SECREST, MERYLE | A BIOGRAPHY FOCUSING ON ASPECTS OF THE ART CONNOISSEUR'S SELF-CONCEALED JEWISHNESS AND THE APPRAISALS AND INVESTMENTS DEPENDENT ON HIS ARTISTIC JUDGMENT. | |
BR | 5734 | MEDICAL ETHICS | ZWERIN, RABBI R.A. & MARCUS, A.F. | ANOTHER A.R.E. 'MINI COURSE,' WHICH DEALS WITH JEWISH SOURCES ON MAJOR CONTROVERSIES IN THE AREA OF EUTHANASIA, ORGAN TRANSPLANTS, ABORTION, ETC. | ||
BR | 5735 | JEWS OF SPAIN | MARCUS, A.F., WOLF, M., ZWERIN, RB R | A 'MINI COURSE' DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS IN THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADES, IT IS A BASIC INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY & CULTURE OF THE JEWS IN SPAIN. | ||
BR | 5736 | DELIVERANCE IN SHANGHAI | AGEL, JEROME; BOE, EUGENE | THIS FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF EUROPEAN JEWS FINDING REFUGE FROM NAZISM IN SHANGHAI, CHINA IS BASED IN PART ON INTERVIEWS WITH SURVIVORS OF THE SHANGHAI GHETTO. | ||
BR | 5737 | FEET OF THE MESSENGER, THE | YEHOASH | THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF A TRIP BY THE AUTHOR TO PALESTINE, WHICH DIRECTED ATTENTION TO THE ANCIENT JEWISH HOMELAND. | ||
BR | 5738 | SOMETHING HAPPENED | HELLER, JOSEPH | BETWEEN ANXIETIES BOTH IN THE OFFICE AND AT HOME, BOB SLOCUM, THE PROTAGONIST OF THE STORY CIRCLES AND RECIRCLES THE QUESTION OF WHAT WENT WRONG WITH HIS LIFE. | ||
BR | 5739 | DAVITA'S HARP | POTOK, CHAIM | THE PROTAGONISTS OF POTOK'S NOVEL REJECT ORTHODOX JUDAISM FOR COMMUNISM. BUT IT IS THEIR AGNOSTICISM THAT ULTIMATELY DRIVES THEIR CHILDREN BACK TO ORTHODOXY. | ||
BR | 5740 | FAITH AND COURAGE AND OTHER STORIES | LEHMANN, MARCUS | ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN 19TH CENTURY GERMANY EACH OF THESE STORIES IS A REALISTIC DEPICTION OF THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL FORCES IN JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 5741 | IN GRANDPA'S HOUSE | SENDAK, PHILIP | A DREAMLIKE COLLECTION OF LEGENDS SET IN A POLISH-JEWISH SHTETL. | ||
BR | 5742 | LITTLE BIT MARRIED, A | PARENT, GAIL | A WRY NOVEL AND REAL PAGE TURNER ABOUT THE WEISSMAN FAMILY WHO IS FACING A DIFFICULT SUMMER. THE BOOK INCLUDES EXPLICIT SEXUAL DESCRIPTIONS. | ||
BR | 5743 | RELIGION FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES | HECHT, FAE | THIS IS A COLLECTION OF HUMAN INTEREST STORIES. | ||
BR | 5745 | SHAKE A PALM BRANCH | CHAIKIN, MIRIAM | CHAIKIN EXPLAINS THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF SUKKOT AND PRESENTS SUKKOT CUSTOMS OF THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 5746 | MUSICAL VARIATIONS ON JEWISH THOUGHT | D'ALLONES, OLIVIER REVAULT | A PROFESSOR OF AESTHETICS ANALYZES ELOHIM AND YAHWEH AS 'NOMADIC AND SEDENTARY' GODS, AND LOOKS AT JEWISH TRAITS IN MUSICAL, RATHER THAN HISTORICAL, TERMS. | ||
BR | 5747 | SHABBAT CATALOGUE, THE | BRIN, RUTH F. | ANECDOTES AND EXPLANATIONS, PRAYERS AND SONGS, PROJECTS AND RECIPES, ALL DEVOTED TO THE SABBATH AND DESIGNED TO ADD NEW DIMENSIONS OF MEANING TO THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. | ||
BR | 5748 | GOOD IF IT GOES | PROVOST, G. & LEVINE-FREIDUS, G. | FUNNY, FAST-TALKING SPORTS-WHIZ DAVID NEWMAN HAS BEEN ASKED BY HIS PARENTS TO MOVE HIS BAR MITZVAH UP 4 MONTHS BECAUSE HIS BELOVED GRANDFATHER MAY NOT LIVE TO SEE IT. | ||
BR | 5749 | LOUIS D. BRANDEIS | JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE | STRUM, PHILIPPA | STRUM CHRONICLES THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF LOUIS BRANDEIS, WHO WAS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FROM 1916 TO 1939. | |
BR | 5750 | FRIENDS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX | DAVIDSON, SARA | STORY OF A DIVORCED FILMMAKER AND THE RELATIONSHIP SHE HAS WITH A COLLEAGUE, BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. | ||
BR | 5751 | WHERE MOUNTAINS ROAR | A PERSONAL REPORT FROM THE SINAI A | HAZLETON, LESLEY | HERB L. MORG | ONE OF THE FEW GREAT BOOKS WITH THE DESERT AS SUBJECT. A 'REPORT' BY AN ACCOMPLISHED, ACUTELY OBSERVANT, ADVENTUROUS JOURNALIST, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT HISTORY, BIOLOGY, GEOLOGY, ARCHEOLOGY. DESCRIPTIVE PASSAGES CONVEY CRYSTALLINE IMAGES. THE WRITER'S EXPLORATION OF THE DESERT IS AT THE SAME TIME AN INNER JOURNEY. |
BR | 5752 | CHILDREN'S TREASURY OF CHASIDIC TALES, A | ADLER, DAVID A. | THIS IS A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF STORIES OF THE CHASIDIM OF EASTERN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 5753 | UNLOCKED DOORS | SELECTED POEMS | SIEGEL, DANNY | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND POETRY ON TOPICS INCLUDING ISRAEL, EASTERN EUROPE, LOVE, LIFE AS A JEW TODAY AND PSALMS. | |
BR | 5755 | BELARUS SECRET, THE | LOFTUS, JOHN | HOW THE U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT SECRETLY RECRUITED FORMER SS MEMBERS FOR GUERILLA WARFARE IN THE SOVIET UNION. | ||
BR | 5756 | SOUND OF DREAMS, THE | WEISS, HERMAN | THIS LOVE STORY BETWEEN JOURNALIST RICK BARON AND ELEANORA, AN ITALIAN GIRL, IS TRACED THROUGH THEIR FIRST MEETING IN ROME IN 1944 UP TO THEIR RECONCILIATION IN ITALY SOME THIRTY YEARS LATER. | ||
BR | 5757 | CANNIBAL GALAXY, THE | OZICK, CYNTHIA | FRENCH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR JOSEPH BRILL IDOLIZES HIS SCHOOL, HIS LOVE AND HIMSELF, AND IDOLATRY CANNOT GO UNPUNISHED. | ||
BR | 5758 | LEAD PENCIL | STORIES AND SKTECHES | BOTWINIK, BERL | THESE 20 SHORT STORIES AND SKETCHES DEPICT THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. BOTWINIK WAS A WRITER FOR 'THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD.' | |
BR | 5759 | ARE WE ALL NAZIS? | ASHKENASY, HANS | A CHALLENGING AND CONTROVERSIAL THESIS CONCERNING THE NAZIS WHO ORGANIZED AND CARRIED OUT THE MURDER OF MILLIONS OF JEWS. | ||
BR | 5760 | LOVE, SEX, DEATH AND THE MEANING OF LIFE | HIRSCH, FOSTER | LEE SAMELSON | THE STORY OF WOODY ALLEN'S CAREER, FROM GAG WRITER AND STAND-UP COMIC TO FILM DIRECTOR AND STAR. HIS WORK, AS REVEALED BY AN ANALYSIS OF HIS MAJOR PRODUCTIONS, IS A SYNTHESIS OF TECHNIQUES BORROWED FROM EARLIER ARTISTS, ROOTED IN THE TRADITION OF URBAN JEWISH WRITING. | |
BR | 5761 | ANGELS | SIEGEL, DANNY | THE INTRIGUING THOUGHTS AND MUSINGS OF A YOUNG JEWISH POET, WRITER, THINKER AND CHARITY COLLECTOR, WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN DIVERSE JEWISH PERIODICALS, ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN ONE BOOK. | ||
BR | 5762 | ELIE HALEVY | AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY | CHASE, MYRNA | A STUDY OF THE 20TH CENTURY HISTORIAN AND HIS VIEWS ON LIBERTY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS. | |
BR | 5763 | VENGEANCE | THE TRUE STORY OF AN ISRAELI COUNT | JONAS, GEORGE | THE INSIDE STORY OF A SERIES OF MURDERS COMMITTED BY AGENTS OF THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE IN REVENGE FOR THE SLAUGHTER OF 11 ISRAELI ATHLETES AT THE MUNICH OLYMPICS IN 1972. | |
BR | 5764 | BODY, THE | BEN-SAPIR, RICHARD | HAS DR. SHARON GOLBAN, AN ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGIST, FOUND THE BODY OF JESUS AND, IN SO DOING, DISPROVED THE RESURRECTION AND TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF CHRISTIAN BELIEF? THAT IS WHAT FATHER JIM FOLAN HAS BEEN ASSIGNED BY THE POPE TO FIND OUT. A FAST-PACED, INTELLIGENT SUSPENSE STORY. | ||
BR | 5765 | NONE IS TOO MANY | ABELLA, IRVING; TROPER, HAROLD | THE STORY OF CANADA AND JEWISH IMMIGRATION DURING THE HOLOCAUST. USUALLY CONSIDERED TOLERANT AND UNBIGOTED, CANADA, THEN UNDERPOPULATED, ADMITTED LESS THAN 5,000 JEWS BETWEEN 1933-1945, THE LEAST OF ANY WESTERN NATION. | ||
BR | 5766 | KEPLER | BANVILLE, JOHN | BASED ON 'STANDARD BIOGRAPHIES' OF THE SCIENTIST, EACH OF KEPLER'S DISCOVERIES IS CHARGED WITH THE SUBLIMITY AND POETRY THAT THEY HELD FOR THE ASTRONOMER HIMSELF. | ||
BR | 5767 | BOOK OF JEWISH CONCEPTS, A | BIRNBAUM, PHILIP | A STUDY OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES, THEMES, AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM WRITTEN BY AN ORTHODOX SCHOLAR. | ||
BR | 5768 | FROM RENAISSANCE TO RENAISSANCE - VOL. I | SILBERSCHLAG, EISIG | HEBREW LITERATURE FROM 1492-1870. IN HIGHLY READABLE PROSE THE AUTHOR OFFERS EVIDENCE OF THE MODERNIZING OF HEBREW LITERATURE AFTER THE JEWS' EXPULSION FROM SPAIN IN 1492. | ||
BR | 5769 | SUICIDE MURDERS, THE | ENGEL, HOWARD | THIS MYSTERY FOLLOWS A JEWISH PRIVATE DETECTIVE AS HE TRIES TO PROVE THAT A SUPPOSED SUICIDE WAS ACTUALLY A MURDER. | ||
BR | 5770 | ANCIENT EVENINGS | MAILER, NORMAN | MAILER'S CHARACTERS WHO, THOUGH MEANT TO BE PERCEIVED AS EXHILARATINGLY FREE-SPIRITED, STAND FORTH INSTEAD AS LUDICROUS BLENDS OF MEL BROOKS AND THE MARQUIS DE SADE. | ||
BR | 5771 | CHAINS, THE | GREEN, GERALD | A SAGA OF THREE GENERATIONS OF A BRAWLING, SEMI-CRIMINAL BROOKLYN JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 5772 | COLD RAIN ON THE WATER | BLUE, ROSE | THE STORY OF A SENSITIVE TEENAGER AND HIS IMPRESSIONS OF HIS FAMILY'S RESETTLEMENT IN AMERICA FROM SOVIET RUSSIA. | ||
BR | 5773 | TAKING SIDES | AMERICA'S SECRET RELATIONS WITH A | GREEN, STEPHEN | DRAWING ON RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT PAPERS, THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE U.S. AND ISRAEL HAVE BEEN `COVERT' SECURITY ALLIES SINCE THE 1960'S WHEN A MAJOR POLICY SHIFT OCCURRED UNDER PRESIDENT JOHNSON. | |
BR | 5774 | LOVE DESPITE HATE | CHILD SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST A | MOSKOVITZ, SARAH | MANY CHILD SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST WHO FOUND SHELTER IN ENGLAND WERE SENT TO LINGFIELD HOUSE WHERE ALICE GOLDBERGER, A GERMAN REFUGEE AND A PSYCHOANALYST, BECAME THEIR SUPERVISOR AND FRIEND. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES HOW, WITH GOLDBERGER'S HELP, THESE CHILDREN SURVIVED THEIR EXPERIENCES. | |
BR | 5775 | CONVERSATIONS WITH ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS & RICHARD BUR | IN A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS, SINGER, THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR, TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM SEX AND LOVE TO GOD AND LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 5777 | CECIL ROTH | HISTORIAN WITHOUT TEARS | ROTH, IRENE | THE SUBJECT'S WIDOW REMINISCES ABOUT THEIR LIFE AT OXFORD AS INTELLECTUALS AND FRIENDS OF THE PROMINENT. | |
BR | 5778 | THIS PROMISED LAND | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | THIS IS A NOVEL OF THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE JOYS AND STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS (CIRCA 1888-1922). | ||
BR | 5780 | ABANDONMENT OF THE JEWS | AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST, 1941-19 | WYMAN, DAVID | A DOCUMENTED STUDY OF AMERICA'S RESPONSE TO THE NAZI ASSAULT ON EUROPEAN JEWRY. | |
BR | 5781 | MARGIN OF HOPE, A | HOWE, IRVING | HOWE'S MEMOIR EXPLORES A RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING LITERARY INFLUENCES AND RADICALISM FROM THE 1930S TO THE TIME OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK IN 1982. | ||
BR | 5782 | PASSING THROUGH HAVANA | ROSSHANDLER, FELICIA | A FICTIONAL MEMOIR OF A JEWISH CHILD, FLEEING NAZI GERMANY FOR CUBA. THIS IS A SENSITIVE PORTRAYAL OF A GIRL'S GROWTH TO ADULTHOOD UNDER THE MOST EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES. | ||
BR | 5783 | GYM SHOES AND IRISES | SIEGEL, DANNY | SIEGEL USES EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE THE CONCEPT OF CHARITY. | ||
BR | 5785 | BERTOLD BRECHT IN AMERICA | LYON, JAMES K. | WHEN HE ARRIVED IN HOLLYWOOD IN 1941 IN FLIGHT FROM NAZISM, BRECHT ADULATED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BUT LAMENTED THEIR GOVERNMENT. HIS REVOLUTIONARY EPIC THEATRE PIONEERED A NEW MOVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE ART. PROFESSOR LYON HAS DRAWN ON THOUSANDS OF HITHERTO UNAVAILABLE LETTERS, FBI DOCUMENTS AND INTERVIEWS | ||
BR | 5786 | SILENT SHOFAR, THE | HUBNER, CAROL KORB | IN THIS, THE FIFTH IN THE SERIES OF DEVORA DORESH BOOKS, DEVORA ONCE AGAIN USES HER YESHIVA EDUCATION TO SOLVE MYSTERIES. | ||
BR | 5787 | GREAT JEWS IN SPORTS | SLATER, ROBERT | AN INTERNATIONAL GALAXY OF NOTED JEWS IN SPORTS INCLUDING MANY ELECTED TO THE JEWISH HALL OF FAME IN ISRAEL. SKETCHES OF 'NEAR GREATS' AND ISRAELI SPORTS FIGURES ARE ALSO INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 5788 | JEWISH FAMILY BOOK, THE | STRASSFELD, SHARON AND GREEN, KATHY | ESSAYS ON RELATED TOPICS, AIMED SPECIFICALLY AT THE JEWISH PARENT. THEY INCLUDE WAYS IN WHICH TO DEAL WITH CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 5790 | LIVES OF THE POETS | DOCTOROW, E.L. | EACH OF THESE SIX SHORT STORIES AND A NOVELLA DEAL WITH A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. | ||
BR | 5791 | TALK TO G-D...I'LL GET THE MESSAGE | GELLER, NORMAN | THIS WORK OFFERS AN APPROACH TO EASING A YOUNG PERSON'S SORROW BEFORE OR AFTER THE LOSS OF A RELATIVE OR FRIEND. | ||
BR | 5792 | CRESCENT CITY | PLAIN, BELVA | THIS NOVEL DEPICTS 19TH-CENTURY NEW ORLEANS THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN UPROOTED FROM HER NATIVE GERMANY. | ||
BR | 5794 | PARACHUTISTS, THE | KLEIN, ED | A WORLD WAR II THRILLER INVOLVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST EICHMANN AND THE RESCUING OF HUNGARIAN JEWS. | ||
BR | 5796 | ACTS OF FAITH | ROSS, DAN | FROM TURKEY TO CHINA, FROM INDIA TO ETHIOPIA, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE WHO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS JEWS. ARE THEY RIGHT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE JEWISH? WITHOUT A COMMON LANGUAGE, WITHOUT A COMMON COUNTRY, WITHOUT EVEN A COMMON RELIGION, THEY SHARE A SINGLE ACT OF FAITH: THEY ARE JEWS. | ||
BR | 5797 | UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES | KLUGER, RICHARD | A WOULD-BE WRITER AT HARVARD IN THE 1920'S IS INTRODUCED TO THE LEADING INTELLECTUALS OF THE TIME BY THE GIRL HE LOVES. | ||
BR | 5798 | NAZI HUNTING | LYTTLE, RICHARD B. | FOR AGES TEN TO FIFTEEN, THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE ONGOING SEARCH FOR NAZI WAR CRIMINALS AND EFFORTS TO BRING THEM TO TRIAL. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE HOLOCAUST IS INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 5799 | HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH | BELLOW, SAUL | FIVE STORIES BY THE NOTED AMERICAN-JEWISH WRITER. MOST FEATURE THE SAME TYPE OF PROTAGONIST, A JEWISH INTELLECTUAL AND LOVER OF THE ARTS FROM A TOUGH IMMIGRANT BACKGROUND. THE NARRATIVE DEALS WITH UNIVERSALS, AND SHEDS LIGHT ON SUCH QUESTIONS AS THE 'PROFOUND PHILOSOPHICAL DISSONANCE OF MODERN LIFE.' | ||
BR | 5800 | SIMPLE TRUTHS | LEVIN, SHEILA | THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, CAUGHT BETWEEN A LIFE-NEGATING MARRIAGE TO ONE MAN AND SEXUALLY OBSESSED WITH ANOTHER, IS CLOSE TO GIVING UP. | ||
BR | 5801 | I LEARN ABOUT GOD | BOGOT, H. I. & SYME, D. B. | THROUGH THE EVERYDAY EVENTS AND FEELINGS OF CHILDHOOD, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ARE INTRODUCED TO THE JEWISH CONCEPT OF G-D. AN EXCELLENT CHILD'S FIRST BOOK ON THEOLOGY. | ||
BR | 5802 | LOST IN THE ZOO EREV SHABBOS | DEVORAH LEAH | TWO SMALL CHILDREN ARE LOST IN THE ZOO EREV SHABBOS (SABBATH EVE). A NUMBER OF HUMOROUS ANIMALS HELP THEM FIND THEIR WAY HOME IN TIME TO GREET THE SABBATH. WRITTEN IN RHYME. | ||
BR | 5803 | VOICE FROM THE FOREST, A | KOHN, NAHUM & ROITER, HOWARD | THE MEMOIRS OF A JEWISH PARTISAN, NAHUM KOHN, WHO AFTER HIS NUMEROUS ADVENTURES AND ESCAPES FINALLY JOINED THE DETACHMENT OF THE FAMOUS SOVIET PARTISAN, MEDVEDEV. | ||
BR | 5804 | KARPOV'S BRAIN | GREEN, GERALD | A KGB AGENT HAS DRASTIC BRAIN SURGERY WHICH RESULTS IN MODIFIED PERCEPTIONS OF GOOD AND EVIL SO THAT HE EXHIBITS GOOD WILL, INSTEAD OF HOSTILITY, TOWARD JEWS. | ||
BR | 5805 | MODERN ISRAELI DRAMA | JOSEPH, HERBERT S. | SIX PLAYS BY NEW ISRAELI PLAYWRIGHTS INCLUDING MEGGED, BAR YOSEF AND SHAMIR SHOW HOW MODERN ISRAELI DRAMATISTS DEAL WITH QUESTIONS OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. | ||
BR | 5806 | MAKE ME A HERO | BROOKS, JEROME | A JEWISH BOY ON THE EVE OF HIS BAR MITZVAH LEARNS THE TRUE MEANING OF HEROISM WHILE TRYING TO FIGHT OFF NEIGHBORHOOD BULLIES. | ||
BR | 5807 | BUTCHER OF LYON, THE | THE STORY OF THE INFAMOUS NAZI-KLA | MURPHY, BRENDAN | AN ACCOUNT OF THE GESTAPO OFFICER WHO WORKED IN FRANCE AND WAS LATER SMUGGLED INTO BOLIVIA BY THE U.S. | |
BR | 5808 | TRIAL OF GOD, THE | A PLAY IN THREE ACTS | WIESEL, ELIE | A DRAMA WHICH UNFOLDS ON PURIM EVE IN 1649, AS THREE PURIM PLAYERS WANDER INTO A VILLAGE WHOSE ONLY JEWISH INHABITANTS ARE TWO SURVIVORS OF A DEVASTATING POGROM. THE PLAYERS AGREE TO STAGE A MOCK TRIAL WITH GOD AS DEFENDANT, HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATROCITIES INFLICTED ON THE JEWS. | |
BR | 5809 | PARTISAN, THE | ARAD, YITZHAK | THE AUTHOR TRACES HIS PROGRESS FROM THE MISERY OF THE GHETTO THROUGH THE ATROCITIES OF THE NAZI TERROR AND HIS ODYSSEY AS A JEWISH PARTISAN, AND HIS EMERGENCE AS A FREEDOM FIGHTER IN PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 5810 | MAREK AND LISA | KARMEL-WOLFE, HENIA | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE RELATIONSHIP OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FALL IN LOVE IN NAZI OCCUPIED POLAND. THEY'RE DEPORTED TO DIFFERENT LABOR CAMPS AND FIND EACH OTHER AT THE END OF THE WAR. | ||
BR | 5811 | INVISIBLE MENDING | BUSCH, FREDERICK | ZIMMER, THE PROTAGONIST AND NARRATOR OF THIS NOVEL, IS DRAWN BY AN EARLY LOVE INTO THE PURSUIT OF A BLIND LIBRARY PATRON SUSPECTED OF BEING A ROMANIAN NAZI WAR CRIMINAL. IN THE COURSE OF THE NOVEL ZIMMER COMES TO CONFRONT HIS ISOLATION FROM HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 5813 | ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE EAST | RABINOVICH, ITAMAR & REINHARZ, YEHUD | FOR THE FIRST TIME THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PUBLIC IS PROVIDED WITH CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTS OF ISRAEL'S DOMESTIC & FOREIGN POLICIES FROM 1948-PRESENT. | ||
BR | 5814 | ON THE THIRD DAY | DELAHAYE, MICHAEL | A THRILLER ABOUT AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST WHO DISCOVERS THAT THE ISRAELIS HAVE UNEARTHED A CRUCIFIED SKELETON WHICH MAY BE THAT OF JESUS. | ||
BR | 5815 | NEW COVENANT, THE | GIRGUS, SAM B. | THIS STUDY EXPLORES HOW JEWISH WRITERS AND THINKERS HAVE ESTABLISHED A 'NEW COVENANT' WITH AMERICA, AND CHALLENGED IT TO LIVE UP TO ITS IDEALS. | ||
BR | 5816 | GOLEM, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SINGER RETELLS THE LEGEND OF THE GOLEM, THE CLAY GIANT WHO AIDED THE JEWS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. THE STORY IS SET IN THE OLD PICTURESQUE CITY OF PRAGUE, IN THE TIME WHEN THE GREAT KABBALIST RABBI LOEW (THE MAHARAL) WAS CHIEF RABBI. | ||
BR | 5817 | HEBREW SCRIPTURES, THE | AN INTRODUCTION TO THEIR LITERATUR | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | THIS BOOK DRAWS ON TECHNIQUES OF MODERN SCHOLARSHIP AS WELL AS HISTORICAL, LITERARY, AND LINGUISTIC METHODS TO STUDY THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 5818 | IT'S NOT THE JEWISH CHRISTMAS | GELLER, NORMAN | THIS STORY INVOLVES TWO BOYS, ONE JEWISH AND ONE CHRISTIAN, WHO EXPLORE THE MEANINGS AND PRACTICES OF CHANUKAH AND CHRISTMAS. | ||
BR | 5819 | BLOOD OF ABRAHAM, THE | CARTER, JIMMY | THIS BOOK WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1985. IT PRESENTS FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER'S ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND HIS IDEAS FOR THEIR RESOLUTION. | ||
BR | 5821 | BEWARE OF PITY | ZWEIG, STEFAN | A STORY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS CONSTRAINED BY AN AGE OF MANNERS AND MORALS. | ||
BR | 5822 | ANNE'S YOUTH | GLADSTONE, FRANCES | A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY TENEMENTS IN A LOWER-CLASS JEWISH COMMUNITY, EXPLORING NEW IDEAS AND NEW RELATIONS WITH HER PEERS. | ||
BR | 5823 | IT'S ALL FISH | SMITH, PAULA & SEAMAN, DOROTHY | THE FIRST 'ALL FISH' KOSHER COOKBOOK, WITH RECIPES FOR EVERYTHING FROM ENTREES TO MAIN MEALS AND FROM BASIC TO GOURMET. | ||
BR | 5825 | FROM MOSCOW TO MAIN STREET | AMONG THE RUSSIAN EMIGRES | RIPP, VICTOR | THIS WORK LOOKS AT RUSSIAN EMIGRES TO THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME OF THE BOOK'S PUBLICATION IN 1984. | |
BR | 5826 | TALE OF THE RING, THE | A KADDISH | STIFFEL, FRANK | FROM THE WARSAW GHETTO TO TREBLINKA TO AUSCHWITZ, STIFFEL BEARS WITNESS TO THE HUMAN CAPACITY TO SURVIVE THE MOST ADVERSE SITUATIONS. | |
BR | 5827 | COMING OUT OF THE ICE | HERMAN, VICTOR | A SIMPLY WRITTEN BUT ELOQUENT STORY OF ONE AMERICAN'S INVINCIBILITY IN THE FACE OF UNEXPLAINED SOVIET IMPRISONMENT AND 18 YEARS OF HARD LABOR IN SIBERIA. | ||
BR | 5828 | LOVE OF ELSPETH BAKER, THE | KAUFMAN, MYRON S. | THE STORY OF A STRONGWILLED YOUNG HEROINE WITH A PASSIONATE BELIEF IN A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HER FATE. | ||
BR | 5830 | BACK TO THE SOURCES | READING THE CLASSIC JEWISH TEXTS | HOLTZ, BARRY W. | A NON-ACADEMIC GUIDE TO THE CLASSIC JEWISH TEXTS WHICH INCLUDES HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ESSAYS. | |
BR | 5831 | PURIM | GREENFIELD, HOWARD | THIS IS THE STORY OF PURIM WITH ITS COLORFUL HISTORY AND TRADITIONS. | ||
BR | 5832 | BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE. BOOK 6 | SUKKOT AND OTHER STORIES | FRUCHTER, RABBI YAAKOV | AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES TAKEN STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF THE CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE, 'OLOMEINU - OUR WORLD'. | |
BR | 5833 | FIELDS OF OFFERINGS | SANUA, VICTOR: EDITED BY | THIS IS A FASCINATING JUBILEE VOLUME IN HONOR OF THE NOTED ACADEMICIAN RAPHAEL PATAI. AMONG THE SUBJECTS INCLUDED ARE THOSE ON ANTHROPOLOGY, ZIONISM, ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST, ETC. | ||
BR | 5834 | INDECENT EXPOSURE | MCCLINTOCK, DAVID | A TALE OF A MACHIAVELLIAN BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF A CORPORATION'S DESTINY, STARTING WITH AN EMBEZZLEMENT. | ||
BR | 5836 | ROOMS OF THE SOUL | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD | SCHWARTZ HAS COLLECTED TALES OF THE HASIDIM OF BUCZACZ, SET IN 19TH CENTURY POLAND. | ||
BR | 5837 | LEVINE | WESTLAKE, DONALD E. | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, CHRONICLING THE LIFE AND WORK OF ABE LEVINE, A BROOKLYN POLICE DETECTIVE. | ||
BR | 5838 | ON EQUAL TERMS | JEWS IN AMERICA 1881-1981 | DAVIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | THIS FAMOUS HOLOCAUST WRITER TELLS OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND HARDSHIPS OF THE PAST CENTURY. | |
BR | 5840 | DOUBLE VISION | HOW AMERICA'S PRESS DISTORTS OUR V | CHAFETS, ZE'EV | 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. | |
BR | 5841 | REST OF US, THE | BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN | THIS IS A HISTORY, WRITTEN IN NARRATIVE STYLE, OF THE IMMIGRATION OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS TO THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1882 AND 1915. | ||
BR | 5842 | LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL, THE | LE CARRE, JOHN | AN ACTION-PACKED SPY THRILLER SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 5843 | SECRET SPINNER, THE | TALES OF RAV GEDALIA | CUSHNIR, HOWARD | RABBINIC WISDOM AND COMPUTER-AGE TECHNOLOGY CREATE A BOND BETWEEN A LEARNED SAGE AND HIS SUBURBAN DAY-SCHOOL PUPILS. | |
BR | 5845 | HITLER'S WAR AGAINST THE JEWS | DAWIDOWICZ, LUCY S. ADAPTED BY DAVID | A YOUNG READER'S VERSION OF 'THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS: 1933-1945'. | ||
BR | 5846 | DRY TEARS | TEC, NECHAMA | THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HER JEWISH FAMILY'S EXPERIENCES OF POSING AS CHRISTIANS IN POLAND DURING WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 5847 | DURING CEASEFIRE | BEN-TOV, SHARONA | THIS IS A VARIETY OF POETRY MODES, AN EXPLORATORY FIRST COLLECTION WHICH ANSWERS THE QUESTION 'WHY NOT?' INSTEAD OF 'I MUST'. | ||
BR | 5848 | SIDNEY REILLY | THE TRUE STORY OF THE WORLD'S GREA | KETTLE, MICHAEL | THE STORY OF SIGMUND GEORGIEVICH ROSENBLUM AKA SIDNEY REILLY, AN EXPERT ON THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES WHO BECAME A RUSSIAN SPY FOR THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICE. INCLUDES SPECULATION BY THE AUTHOR AS TO REILLY'S FATE AFTER HIS CAPTURE BY THE RUSSIANS. | |
BR | 5849 | BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE. BOOK V | PESACH AND OTHER STORIES | FRUCHTER, RABBI YAAKOV, ED. | THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES TAKEN STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF 'OLOMEINU' (OUR WORLD) MAGAZINE. INCLUDED ARE STORIES ABOUT PESACH. | |
BR | 5850 | GERMANS AND JEWS | MOSSE, GEORGE L. | A SERIES OF ESSAYS ANALYZE THE GROWTH OF GERMAN NATIONALISM FROM THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY UNTIL WWII SHOWING HOW STEREOTYPES, PARTICULARLY JEWISH FED INTO THE MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 5853 | EVE | THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA | PHILLIPS, J. A. | PHILLIPS HAS COMPILED VISIONS OF EVE FROM RABBIS, CHURCH FATHERS, PROTESTANT REFORMERS, POETS AND PAINTERS. | |
BR | 5854 | ODYSSEY | BIERMAN, JOHN | BIERMAN FOLLOWS 500 JEWS WHO SET OFF FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1940 ON WHAT WOULD BECOME A FOUR YEAR JOURNEY TO REACH PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 5856 | WORLD IS A ROOM, THE | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | THESE TEN SHORT STORIES BY THE ISRAELI POET FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIPS AND MEANING. | ||
BR | 5857 | SOMEDAY THE RABBI WILL LEAVE | KEMELMAN, HARRY | RABBI DAVID SMALL IS CONFRONTED WITH A CRIME WHICH HE SOLVES WITH HIS EXPERTISE IN JEWISH LAW. PART OF KEMELMAN'S SERIES OF 'RABBI' MYSTERIES. | ||
BR | 5858 | UNORTHODOX BOOK OF JEWISH RECORDS AND LISTS, THE | GOULD, ALLAN & DANNY SIEGEL | A SORT OF JEWISH 'RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT', THIS BOOK IS A COMPILATION OF RECORDS AND LISTS OF JEWISH ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND IDIOSYNCRASIES. | ||
BR | 5859 | QUIET NEIGHBORS | PROSECUTING NAZI WAR CRIMINALS IN | RYAN, ALLAN, JR. | THE STORY OF THE PROSECUTION OF NAZI WAR CRIMINALS LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES BY A SMALL OFFICE IN THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT 40 YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 5860 | CONSTANT REMINDER, A | CHARCHAT, ISAAC | THIS ACTION-PACKED NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE MOVEMENT OF JEWS TO ISRAEL. IT PRESENTS THE FACTS OF HISTORY THROUGH THE VITALITY OF ITS CHARACTERS. | ||
BR | 5861 | CERTAIN PEOPLE, A | AMERICAN JEWS AND THEIR LIVES TODA | SILBERMAN, CHARLES S. | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES JEWISH LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 5862 | DANCING BEAR | BERMANT, CHAIM | A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN CHRONICLE OF ONE MAN'S SEARCH FOR IDENTITY. HE HAS NO REASON TO QUESTION HIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIS ORIGINS UNTIL HIS WIFE CLAIMS HE IS A JEW. | ||
BR | 5863 | ZIONIST DREAM REVISITED, THE | RUBINSTEIN, AMNON | A RENOWNED ISRAELI LAWYER AND MEMBER OF KNESSET CALLS FOR A RETURN TO THE IDEAS OF HERZL AND OTHER LIBERAL LEADERS TO COMBAT THE MALAISE FACING ISRAELI SOCIETY AND ZIONISM. | ||
BR | 5864 | LEVANTINE | DELACORTE, PETER | A THRILLER SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. | ||
BR | 5865 | KOSHER CUISINE | NASH, HELEN | NASH PROVIDES KOSHER ADAPTATIONS FOR HUNDREDS OF RECIPES FROM CLASSIC FRENCH AND CHINESE CUISINES. | ||
BR | 5867 | CHILD'S INTRO. TO TORAH, A-WORKBOOK 1 | KRAFT, STEPHEN | A COMPANION TO THE TEXT, IT REINFORCES THE VARIOUS BIBLE STORIES THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TAUGHT. | ||
BR | 5869 | BEN GURION AND THE PALESTINIAN ARABS | TEVETH, SHABTAI | TEVETH FOLLOWS THE HISTORICAL TRAJECTORY FROM BEN-GURION'S 1906 PLAN FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE BETWEEN JEWS AND PALESTINIANS TO JEWISH-PALESTINIAN WAR. | ||
BR | 5870 | HEIGHTS OF COURAGE, THE | A TANK LEADER'S WAR ON THE GOLAN | KAHALANI, AVIGDOR | KAHALANI WRITES OF HIS BATTLEFIELD EXPERIENCE AS AN ISRAELI TANK COMMANDER ON THE GOLAN HEIGHTS DURING THE 1973 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR. | |
BR | 5871 | WALTER BENJAMIN | WOLIN, RICHARD | DESPITE A DEEP IMMERSION IN SOME FEARSOMELY COMPLEX GERMAN TEXTS, WOLIN HAS EMERGED WRITING LIVELY, UNPOMPOUS PROSE ON THIS AESTHETIC OF REDEMPTION. | ||
BR | 5872 | FOREVER STREET | MORTON, FREDERIC | THIS IS THE SAGA OF THE SPIEGELGLASS FAMILY, WHICH BECOMES PROSPEROUS IN VIENNA, BETWEEN 1873 AND THE NAZI ANSCHLUSS IN 1938. © 1984 | ||
BR | 5873 | HISTORY OF JEWISH LITERATURE, VOL VI | ZINBERG, ISRAEL | THE DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE OF GERMAN-POLISH JEWRY FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE MASSACRES OF 1648. | ||
BR | 5875 | WOMAN'S WAY, A | THE MEMOIRS OF FLORA SOLOMON | SOLOMON, FLORA & BARRY LITVINOFF | THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS A LIFE LIVED AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL EVENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. BORN A WEALTHY JEW IN IMPERIAL RUSSIA, SHE EMIGRATED TO ENGLAND AND EVENTUALLY BECAME INVOLVED IN THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT. | |
BR | 5876 | UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN | KORENBLIT, MICHAEL & JANGER, KATHLEE | A TRUE HOLOCAUST STORY OF LOVE AND WAR, SEPARATION AND REUNION OF TWO POLISH TEENAGERS AS CHRONICLED BY THEIR SON. | ||
BR | 5877 | ISRAEL'S LEBANON WAR | SCHIFF, ZE'EV & EHUD YA'ARI | A CONTROVERSIAL, DETAILED NARRATIVE BY TWO ISRAELI JOURNALISTS WHO LAY THE BLAME FOR ISRAEL'S INVASION OF LEBANON ON DEFENSE MINISTER ARIEL SHARON AND HIS QUEST FOR POWER. | ||
BR | 5878 | CHOSEN PEOPLE IN AMERICA, THE | A STUDY IN JEWISH RELIGIOUS IDEOLO | EISEN, ARNOLD M. | A STUDY IN JEWISH RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY WHICH TRACES THE INTERPRETATIONS AND REINTERPRETATIONS OF THREE GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN JEWS. | |
BR | 5879 | SOFT PRETZELS WITH MUSTARD | BRENNER, DAVID | THIS NEW COMEDIAN, OFTEN SEEN ON THE NIGHT CLUB CIRCUIT, REMINISCES, JOKES AND RECOUNTS ANECDOTES ABOUT HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERS. | ||
BR | 5880 | YANOV TORAH, THE | HERMAN, EDWIN & AGNES HERMAN | A TORAH SMUGGLED INTO THE YANOV WORK CAMP DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION IS RESCUED AFTER THE WAR AND BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES BY A SOVIET JEWISH EMIGRE. | ||
BR | 5881 | EVIL AND THE MORALITY OF GOD | SCHULWEIS, HAROLD M. | STRESSING NOT GOD, THE SUBJECT, BUT GOD'S MORAL VALUES AND ATTRIBUTES, CALLED ELOHUT, THIS WORK RECONCILES THE THEOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES OF A GOOD SUPREME BEING WITH EVIL. | ||
BR | 5882 | JEWISH LIFE UNDER THE TSARS | ARONSON, CHAIM; NORMAN MARSDEN, ED. | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHAIM ARONSON, 1825-1888, A MASKIL (INTELLECTUAL) WHO MOVED FROM A SMALL EASTERN EUROPEAN COMMUNITY INTO THE FERMENT OF LARGER CITIES. | ||
BR | 5883 | NEW JEWISH IDENTITY IN AMERICA, THE | ROSENBERG, STUART | AN ANALYSIS OF THE 'NEW' JEWISH SOCIETY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE CHANGES IN RELIGION AND CULTURE AS INFLUENCED BY LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES. | ||
BR | 5886 | BIRTHRIGHT | AMIEL, JOSEPH | SET IN EUROPE, NEW YORK AND MODERN ISRAEL, THIS IS THE STORY OF A FATHER AND DAUGHTER LOCKED IN A BITTER CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF EUROPE'S GREATEST BANKING HOUSE. | ||
BR | 5887 | JEWISH CHILD, THE | HALAKHIC PERSPECTIVES | MATZNER BEKERMAN, SHOSHANA | AN OVERVIEW FROM A TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT JEWISH LAW HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND RAISING OF CHILDREN. | |
BR | 5888 | WIDOWS | DORFMAN, ARIEL | THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT THE CITIZENS 'DISAPPEARED' BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS IN CHILE AND OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES. | ||
BR | 5889 | CAPTIVE SULTAN & OTHER STORIES, THE | TEICHMAN, AVIGAL | INSPIRING STORIES RELATING TO SPECIAL TIMES OF THE JEWISH YEAR. THE READER WILL TRAVEL TO CONSTANTINOPLE, POLAND, RUSSIA, ETC. TO SHARE THE GRIEF AND JOY OF AN ARRAY OF CHARACTERS. | ||
BR | 5890 | JEWISH LEGENDS OF THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH | NADICH, JUDAH | THE AGGADOT, OR LEGENDS, OF THE JEWS DURING THE BABYLONIAN, PERSIAN, GREEK AND ROMAN ERAS. DESPITE EXTERNAL PRESSURES, THESE CENTURIES WITNESSED EXTRAORDINARY JEWISH ACHIEVEMENT. | ||
BR | 5891 | MAKING OF A PUBLIC MAN, THE | LINOWITZ, SOL | AS A CORPORATE LAWYER, CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THE RISE OF THE XEROX CORPORATION, AND AS A 1960S DIPLOMATIC FIGURE WORKING ON CENTRAL AMERICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN MATTERS LINOWITZ HAS LIVED TWO LIVES AND RECOUNTS HOW HE HAS BEEN HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL IN BOTH. | ||
BR | 5892 | LEAH'S CHILDREN | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS LEAH GOLDFEDER'S THREE CHILDREN ON THEIR JOURNEYS THROUGH LIFE. | ||
BR | 5893 | PHOENIX RISING | KALECHOFSKY, ROBERTA: EDITOR | AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF NEW JEWISH WRITING ON DIVERSE SUBJECTS, RANGING FROM ACADEMIC JOKESTERS, TO THE MODERN APPLICATION OF TALMUDIC LORE TO FAMILY LIFE, TO MYSTIC POETRY. | ||
BR | 5894 | GOD AND HARVEY GROSBECK | MILLSTEIN, GILBERT | IN THIS NOVEL GOD, PORTRAYED AS A PUERTO RICAN WOMAN, APPEARS TO HARVEY GROSBECK AS HE LIES IN AN INTENSIVE CARE WARD. SHE TAKES HIM ON A TOUR OF HEAVEN, WHICH IS MODELED ON THE TIMES SQUARE SUBWAY STATION. | ||
BR | 5895 | FLIGHT FROM BABYLON | HADDAD, HESKEL M., M.D. | IN THIS NARRATIVE BY AN IRAQI-JEWISH DOCTOR, THE READER IS TREATED TO AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF IRAQI-JEWISH LIFE, A RICH CULTURE OF WHICH LITTLE IS KNOWN IN THE WEST. | ||
BR | 5896 | HANUKKAH CAT | BURSTEIN, CHAYA | LENNY ADOPTS A STRAY CAT ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH. THE HANUKKAH STORY AND TRADITIONS PROVIDE A BACKDROP FOR THE CAT'S ADVENTURES. | ||
BR | 5897 | ISRAEL AFTER BEGIN | GAVRON, DANIEL | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1984, GAVRON, A JOURNALIST FOR 'THE JERUSALEM POST,' GIVES HIS PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AT THAT TIME. | ||
BR | 5898 | BOOK OF ABRAHAM, THE | HALTER, MAREK | IN A MIX OF SPECULATION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, THE AUTHOR TRACES THE HISTORY OF HIS FAMILY FROM THE FIRST ABRAHAM, WHO WITNESSED THE FALL OF JERUSALEM IN 70 A.D., TO HIS GRANDFATHER, ABRAHAM, WHO DIED IN THE WARSAW GHETTO IN 1943. | ||
BR | 5899 | WHEN ALL YOU'VE EVER WANTED ISN'T ENOUGH | THE SEARCH FOR A LIFE THAT MATTE | KUSHNER, RABBI HAROLD S. | THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF THIS GUIDE FOR THE SPIRITUALLY BANKRUPT PERSON. KUSHNER PROVIDES REASONS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DOUBTS ON WHETHER LIFE IS WORTH LIVING AND EMPHASIZES THAT EVERY PERSON MATTERS. | |
BR | 5900 | HANUKKAH BOOK | ROCKLAND, MAE SHAFTER | A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF HANUKKAH. ALSO INCLUDED IS DETAILED INFORMATION ON GIFTS, FOOD, AND PARTIES. | ||
BR | 5901 | ESCAPE TO SHANGHAI | HERTZMAN, RABBI ELCHONON YOSEF | TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW NES HATZALAH (MIRACLE OF RESCUE) IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE MIRACLE THAT OCCURRED WHEN THE SCHOLARS FROM MIR YESHIVA ESCAPED THE CLUTCHES OF BOTH THE NAZIS AND THE RUSSIANS. | ||
BR | 5902 | ARROWS OF THE ALMIGHTY | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | THE TRUE STORY OF PAUL FACKENHEIMER, A GERMAN JEW IMPRISONED IN DACHAU, WHO WAS TAKEN BY THE ABWEHR AND TRAINED AS A SPY TO GET MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FROM THE BRITISH IN PALESTINE. | ||
BR | 5903 | FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION | CHANIN, HARRY | THIS BOOK FOLLOWS THE HISTORY OF THE AUTHOR'S OWN FAMILY FROM THEIR EMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA IN 1904, AIDED BY THE HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY, TO THEIR PRESENT DAY LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. | ||
BR | 5904 | BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND JERUSALEM | BLITZER, WOLF | THE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE 'JERUSALEM POST' PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN AN ANECDOTAL BUT INFORMATIVE TEXT. | ||
BR | 5905 | VOICES OF JACOB, HANDS OF ESAU | JEWS IN AMERICAN LIFE AND THOUGHT | WHITFIELD, STEPHEN J. | A STUDY THAT EXAMINES HOW HISTORIANS HAVE SOUGHT TO IDENTIFY THE 'DISTINCTIVENESS' OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE INCLUDING A LOOK AT HOW JEWS, AS A MINORITY CULTURE, FORMED A POLITICAL RESPONSE TO AMERICAN SOCIETY. | |
BR | 5906 | STORY OF MIMMY AND SIMMY | GANZ, YAFFA | TWO FRIENDS, ONE RICH AND ONE POOR, ARE BOTH VERY UNHAPPY AND DECIDE TO CHANGE PLACES. BASED ON AN OLD JEWISH MAXIM, THE TALE HAS A HAPPY ENDING. FOR KINDERGARTEN AGE. | ||
BR | 5907 | MOVING FINGER, THE | BASS, MILTON | IN THIS FIRST NOVEL IN A NEW SERIES SET IN SAN DIEGO, BENNY FREEDMAN IS A TOUGH-YET-COMPASSIONATE JEWISH IRISH COP WHO DEALS WITH KIDNAPPERS, SURVIVALISTS AND THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. | ||
BR | 5909 | BIBLE AND SWORD | ENGLAND AND PALESTINE FROM THE BRO | TUCHMAN, BARBARA | THIS IS A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLAND AND PALESTINE FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE BALFOUR DECLARATION IN 1917. | |
BR | 5910 | IMAGE AND OTHER STORIES, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | THE SETTINGS FOR THESE 22 STORIES RANGE FROM WARSAW IN THE 1900S TO MANHATTAN IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE NOBEL LAUREATE DRAWS A SENSITIVE AND HUMOROUS PORTRAIT OF PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES ARE PERMEATED BY THEIR JEWISHNESS. | ||
BR | 5912 | AMERICAN SAGA | THE STORY OF HELEN THOMAS AND SIMONE REXNER | FLEXNER, JAMES THOMAS | THE AUTHOR'S PORTRAIT OF HIS PARENTS. HIS FATHER, SIMON FLEXNER, WAS A SELF-EDUCATED BOHEMIAN JEW WHO BECAME A LEADING PATHOLOGIST. HIS MOTHER, HELEN THOMAS, WAS A DESCENDANT OF AN OLD-LINE QUAKER FAMILY. | |
BR | 5913 | BLAZING FOUNTAIN, A | ROSENBERG, DAVID | A UNIQUE INSPIRATIONAL BOOK FOR HANUKKAH WHICH BRINGS THE AUTHENTIC SOURCES TOGETHER AND OFFERS A FRESH PRESENTATION: WELDING ANCIENT THOUGHT TO A CONTEMPORARY IDIOM. | ||
BR | 5914 | WHY DO THE JEWS NEED A LAND OF THEIR OWN? | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | ALEICHEM'S AMUSING DEPICTION OF THE CONTROVERSIES AND HOPES INHERENT IN ZIONISM'S EARLY BEGINNINGS. | ||
BR | 5915 | HERMAN WOUK | BEICHMAN, ARNOLD | AN ANALYSIS OF THE WELL-KNOWN WRITER DRAWN FROM PAPERS, MANUSCRIPTS AND PERSONAL INTERVIEWS DEMONSTRATING THAT HE IS ONE OF THE FEW SOCIAL HISTORIANS CONCERNED WITH VIRTUE. | ||
BR | 5916 | MAN WITHOUT SHOES, A | SANFORD, JOHN | A NOVEL WHICH GIVES US A PICTURE OF THE MIND OF THE 30'S AND IS WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A LOVE LETTER TO THE COMMON MAN. | ||
BR | 5917 | FROM WHERE I STAND | HALPERN, HARRY | A COMPILATION OF 160 OF THE BEST COLUMNS HE WROTE FOR THE CONGREGATIONAL BULLETIN OF THE EAST MIDWOOD JEWISH CENTER. | ||
BR | 5920 | STREETS OF GOLD | JACOBSON, SIDNEY | A FAMILY SAGA WHICH FOLLOWS TWO BROTHERS FROM THEIR RUSSIAN SHTETL IN THE 1880S TO AMERICA, WHERE THEY EMIGRATE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. | ||
BR | 5921 | JEWS AND GERMAN PHILOSOPHY | ROTENSTREICH, NATHAN | THIS BRILLIANT INTELLECTUAL HISTORY RECREATES THE PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATE OVER THE MERITS OF JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH STRUGGLE FOR GERMAN CITIZENSHIP AND SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY. | ||
BR | 5922 | NAZI GOLD | SAYER, IAN & BOTTING, DOUGLAS | THE STORY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST ROBBERY AND ITS AFTERMATH, WHAT HAPPENED TO MORE THAN $15 MILLION IN GOLD AND OTHER TREASURES OF THE NAZIS THAT DISAPPEARED AFTER WWII. | ||
BR | 5923 | HOROWITZ | PLASKIN, GLENN | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE PIANIST VLADIMIR HOROWITZ, COMPILED FROM INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST'S ASSOCIATES, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. | ||
BR | 5924 | LEWIS AND LEWIS | JUXON, JOHN | THIS BIOGRAPHY OF SIR GEORGE LEWIS (1833-1911) FOLLOWS HIS LIFE AND LAW CAREER AS HE MEETS SUCH VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN CELEBRITIES AS OSCAR WILDE AND GILBERT AND SULLIVAN. INCLUDES RE-CREATIONS OF SOME OF LEWIS' CELEBRATED COURT CASES. | ||
BR | 5925 | FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL | THE ORIGINS OF THE ARAB-JEWISH CON | PETERS, JOAN | A CONTROVERSIAL EXAMINATION OF THE ORIGINS OF THE ARAB-JEWISH CONFLICT OVER PALESTINE/ISRAEL IN THE MODERN ERA. | |
BR | 5926 | SOMEBODY PLEASE LOVE ME | HELLMAN, AVIVA | DESPITE BEAUTY, FAME AND INTELLIGENCE, CAT WILLINGHAM, AT 37, MUST FACE THE FORCES THAT LED HER FROM AN ORTHODOX JEWISH CHILDHOOD TO THE TOP OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY. | ||
BR | 5927 | PORTRAITS OF A CHOSEN PEOPLE | LIPSON, RABBI NORMAN | IN POETRY AND PROSE, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS PORTRAITS OF JEWS THROUGH THE AGES. | ||
BR | 5928 | GATE BEHIND THE WALL, THE | A PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM | HEILMAN, SAMUEL | HEILMAN'S ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE-CHANGING PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 5929 | WILD PATIENCE HAS TAKEN ME THIS FAR, A | POEMS, 1978-1981 | RICH, ADRIENNE | THE WORKS OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MAJOR POETESSES. | |
BR | 5930 | I AM A MEMORY COME ALIVE | KAFKA, FRANZ | THIS WORK GIVES THE READER INSIGHTS INTO THE TIMES IN WHICH KAFKA LIVED, AND THE FORCES THAT SHAPED HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND THE WORKS HE GAVE TO THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 5931 | WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR | AN UNCOMPROMISING LOOK AT THE NEW | SALISBURY, HARRISON E. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WHICH EXISTS BETWEEN THE NEWSPAPER AND NEW YORK CITY'S JEWISH COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 5932 | CODE EZRA | COURTER, GAY | A NOVEL BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE INCIDENTS OF ISRAELI SPYMASTER ELI KATZAR AND THE THREE WOMEN HE RECRUITED TO FORM HIS 'EZRA' TEAM. | ||
BR | 5933 | KING SOLOMON | GARY ROMAIN | WEALTHY, A FORMER CLOTHING MERCHANT, BECOMES OBSESSED WITH THE PARISIAN TELEPHONE COUNSELING SERVICE HE RUNS. | ||
BR | 5934 | AND THE SUN KEPT SHINING | A WOMAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE HOLO | FERDERBER-SALZ, BERTHA | THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HER ORDEAL IN BERGEN-BELSEN AND HOW SHE MANAGED TO SURVIVE. | |
BR | 5935 | TSAR NICHOLAS I AND THE JEWS | STANISLAWSKI, MICHAEL | THE REIGN OF NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA (1825-1855) WITNESSED AN UNPRECEDENTED INTRUSION OF THE CZARIST GOVERNMENT INTO THE INTERNAL WORKINGS OF JEWISH SOCIETY, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR REVOLUTIONARY NEW MODES OF JEWISH IDENTITY LATER IN THE CENTURY. THIS PROVOCATIVE STUDY IS BASED ON PRIMARY SOURCES IN MANY LANGUAGES. | ||
BR | 5936 | PROBLEM CALLED CHAVIE, A | VOGIEL, EVA | IN A QUIET ENGLISH SUBURB, SHIFRA AND HER FRIENDS TRY TO DO ALL THEY CAN FOR CHAVI MENDEL, BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BACKFIRE. AND THEN AN ACCIDENT CHANGES EVERYTHING IN THIS NOVEL FOR YOUNG TEENAGERS. | ||
BR | 5937 | MUSLIM DISCOVERY OF EUROPE, THE | LEWIS, BERNARD | JOURNALS, LETTERS, DIARIES, DISPATCHES AND BOOKS TELL HOW ISLAM AND THE WEST ENCOUNTERED EACH OTHER. | ||
BR | 5938 | GIDEON | CHESTER, AARON | BLONDE BLUE-EYED GIDEON RESENTS JUDAISM BUT RISKS HIS LIFE TO HELP GHETTO SURVIVORS. YOUNG GIDEON MAY BE A FICTIONAL CHARACTER BUT HIS EXPERIENCES REFLECT TRUE HORRORS SUFFERED BY NAZI VICTIMS IN EUROPE. THE AUTHOR SERVED WITH AN AMERICAN TROOP WHICH OPENED DEATH CAMPS AT THE END OF WORLD WAR 11. | ||
BR | 5940 | CONSECRATE EVERY DAY | SOCHEN, JUNE | PORTRAITS OF WOMEN WHICH STRESS THEIR PUBLIC, RATHER THAN PRIVATE LIVES AS WORKERS, RADICALS, VOLUNTEERS, AND WRITERS AND OTHER CAREER WOMEN. | ||
BR | 5941 | LISA'S BOY | MACHLIS, JOSEPH | CARRIES US FROM JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN BROOKLYN TO WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN NEW YORK TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF MEANING OF LOVE. | ||
BR | 5942 | LATER THE SAME DAY | PALEY, GRACE | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY GRACE PALEY. HER CHARACTERS TEND TO THE OUTSPOKEN AND ENTHUSIASTIC. | ||
BR | 5943 | MODERN JEWISH COOKING | LONDON, BONNE RAE | THE FIRST STRICTLY KOSHER COOKBOOK DESIGNED FOR USE WITH THE LATEST KITCHEN AIDS (MICROWAVE OVENS, FOOD PROCESSORS, ETC.). CONVENTIONAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO GIVEN. | ||
BR | 5944 | NAZI-SKOKIE CONFLICT, THE | A CIVIL LIBERTIES BATTLE | HAMLIN, DAVID | ROBERTA POLL | THE ACCOUNT OF THE LEGAL CONTROVERSY GENERATED BY THE NAZIS' ATTEMPT TO HOLD A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN SKOKIE, ILLINOIS IN 1978. HAMLIN, WHO AT THE TIME DIRECTED THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION CAMPAIGN, DESCRIBES THE ISSUES, EVENTS AND PERSONALITIES INVOLVED FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. |
BR | 5945 | GIFT OF LIFE, THE | YOMTOOB, PARICHEHR & SCHWARZ, TED | THE CHRONICLE OF DAVID YOMTOOB'S FIGHT AGAINST A LIVER DISEASE WHICH LED TO A LIFE SAVING TRANSPLANT. THE DISEASE AND TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES ARE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL. | ||
BR | 5946 | WHEN CHILDREN ASK ABOUT GOD | KUSHNER, HAROLD S. | THIS BOOK OFFERS A REASONABLE, NON-SUPERNATURAL WAY OF EXPLAINING G-D AND FAITH TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 4 AND 14. | ||
BR | 5947 | RASHI | THE MAN AND HIS WORLD | SHERESHEVSKY, ESRA | THIS WORK BOTH EXPLAINS THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER'S IDEAS AND ILLUMINATES THE WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVED. | |
BR | 5949 | LIBERATION OF JERUSALEM, THE | NARKISS, UZI | AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF JERUSALEM IN JUNE, 1967 WHICH CULMINATED IN THE CITY'S LIBERATION. ALSO DESCRIBED ARE REMINISCES OF THE 1948 WAR WHICH LED TO THE DIVISION OF THE CITY. | ||
BR | 5950 | HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM, THE. VOL. 3 | FROM VOLTAIRE TO WAGNER | POLIAKOV, LEON | THE THIRD VOLUME OF THIS SERIES LOOKS AT THE JEWS OF EUROPE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE, ENGLAND, GERMANY, AND THE UNITED STATES. | |
BR | 5951 | AFTER GOLIATH | CASSIL, J. V. | A NOVEL ABOUT BIBLICAL FIGURES WHO ARE STRIPPED OF THEIR MYTHICAL QUALITIES AND DEPICTED AS REAL PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 5953 | BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE. VOL. 4 | SHAVUOT AND SUMMER STORIES | FRUCHTER, RABBI YAAKOV | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHAVUOT AND SUMMER STORIES TAKEN FROM THE PAGES OF 'OLOMEINU' (OUR WORLD) MAGAZINE. | |
BR | 5954 | DEBORAH | KREITMAN, ESTHER | 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. | ||
BR | 5955 | JEWISH QUEST, THE | ESSAYS ON BASIC CONCEPTS OF JEWISH | AGUS, JACOB B. | THESE ESSAYS DEAL WITH THE NATURE OF REVELATION IN AN ECUMENICAL SETTING AND THE EXPOSITION OF MAIMONIDES' PHILOSOPHY OF 'CONTINUOUS CREATIVITY' AND OF 'NEO-MAIMONISM.' | |
BR | 5956 | IMAGES OF MOSES | SILVER, DANIEL JEREMY | A SCHOLAR OF JEWISH HISTORY EXAMINES THE FACTORS THAT, OVER THE COURSE OF 2,500 YEARS, HAVE SHAPED INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS CENTRAL FIGURE IN JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS. | ||
BR | 5957 | JEWS OF HOPE, THE | GILBERT, MARTIN | THE AUTHOR DEPICTS DAILY LIFE UNDER OFFICIAL STATE HOSTILITY FOR THOSE REFUSED PERMISSION TO EMIGRATE FROM RUSSIA TO ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 5958 | NIGHTINGALE, THE | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | YOSELE THE CANTOR IS ENTICED INTO MARRYING THE SOPHISTICATED PERELE AND LEAVES HIS FIRST LOVE ESTHER. TOO LATE, HE REGRETS HIS CHOICE AND, HEARTBROKEN, HE LOSES HIS 'GOLDEN' VOICE. | ||
BR | 5960 | PASSION FOR SHARING, A | THE LIFE OF EDITH ROSENWALD STERN | KLEIN, GERDA WEISSMAN | AS THE DAUGHTER OF JULIUS ROSENWALD, WHO HELPED BUILD SEARS ROEBUCK COMPANY INTO A RETAIL EMPIRE, STERN AND HER FAMILY WERE INVOLVED IN THE GROWTH OF NEW ORLEANS AND IN EFFORTS TO GAIN CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND RESCUE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 5961 | OUR GANG | JOSELIT, JENNA WEISSMAN | A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF JEWISH CRIMINALS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY PART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 5962 | STORIES | BLINKIN, MEIR | A LEADER OF THE YOUNG LITERARY MOVEMENT, THE AUTHOR HIGHLIGHTS THE CHARACTERS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO REFUSE TO FOLLOW THE DICTATES OF COMMUNITY OPINION IN THEIR MORES OR RELIGION. | ||
BR | 5964 | LIBERAL JUDAISM | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | PUBLISHED IN 1984, BOROWITZ' BOOK PRESENTS THE REFORM MOVEMENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES. | ||
BR | 5967 | FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S KITCHEN | MINER, V. & KRINN, L. | HERE ARE SOME UNUSUAL AND DELICIOUS INTERNATIONAL RECIPES CREATED AND ADAPTED BY GENERATIONS OF COOKS FROM A SEPHARDIC JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 5968 | COLOR OF THE AIR, THE | SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF AN AMERICA | SANFORD, JOHN | A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S EARLY YEARS, FROM 1904 TO 1927, WHICH EVOKE THE TIMES AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF A JEWISH BOY IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 5969 | I LIFT MY LAMP | EMMA LAZARUS AND THE STATUE OF LIB | LEVINSON, NANCY SMILER | THE BOOK, INTERSPERSED WITH LAZARUS'S POEMS, TELLS THE STORY OF LAZARUS'S SHELTERED UPBRINGING AND HER EMERGENCE AS A JEWISH SPOKESPERSON. | |
BR | 5970 | IMA ON THE BIMA | MY MOMMY IS A RABBI | PORTNOY, MINDY | THE STORY OF A WOMAN RABBI IS REVEALED THROUGH THE EYES OF HER YOUNG DAUGHTER. | |
BR | 5972 | DEVIL AND THE JEWS | THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTION OF THE JEW | TRACHTENBERG, JOSHUA | 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, USURER, AND INFIDEL. | |
BR | 5973 | PROMISED LAND | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT | ANTIN, MARY | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE WRITER WHO EMIGRATED FROM RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, DESCRIBING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AMERICA TO THE FOREIGN BORN. | |
BR | 5974 | GOD AND SARAH PEDLOCK | LONGSTREET, STEPHEN | SARAH, A CONCERT PIANIST, IS CAUGHT BETWEEN HER JEWISH HERITAGE AND EPISCOPALIAN UPBRINGING. HURT BY SEVERAL LOVE AFFAIRS, SHE RETIRES FROM PUBLIC LIFE AND FINALLY FALLS IN LOVE FOR GOOD. | ||
BR | 5976 | BROTHERS | A HEBREW LEGEND | FREEDMAN, FLORENCE | THE AUTHOR RETELLS FOR CHILDREN THE STORY OF JOEL AND DAN, THE SONS OF SETH. | |
BR | 5977 | JEWISH LEGENDS OF MIDDLE AGES | PASHELES, WOLFF | TWELVE CLASSIC JEWISH FOLK-TALES FOR THE YOUNG READER. | ||
BR | 5978 | IN THE STORM | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | THIS NOVEL, SET IN A SMALL RUSSIAN TOWN UNDER CZARIST RULE, FOLLOWS SEVERAL FAMILIES THROUGH SITUATIONS OF TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH. | ||
BR | 5979 | BRANDEIS AND FRANKFURTER | BAKER, LEONARD | AN ACCOUNT OF TWO CLOSE FRIENDS AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO HELPED TO SHAPE MUCH OF AMERICAN LIFE FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. LEONARD BAKER IS A PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 5980 | NOT WANTED ON THE VOYAGE | FINDLAY, TIMOTHY | THIS NOVEL IS A RADICAL REVISION OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF NOAH. | ||
BR | 5981 | LEGACY OF NIGHT | FINE, ELLEN S. | THE LITERARY UNIVERSE OF ELIE WIESEL: THIS VOLUME CLARIFIES WIESEL'S INTENTIONS IN HIS BOOK 'NIGHT' ESPECIALLY ILLUMINATING THE COMPLEX VARIATIONS ON THE THEME OF SPEECH AND SILENCE. | ||
BR | 5982 | SWASTIKA ON THE SYNAGOGUE DOOR, THE | ROMM, J. LEONARD | THIS BOOK PORTRAYS JEWISH REALITIES IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, ANTI-SEMITISM IN AMERICA, AND THE REAL WEAKNESSES OF CULTS THROUGH THE LIVES OF THE THREE LAZARUS CHILDREN, WHO, EACH IN HIS OWN WAY, COPES WITH DIFFERENT FORMS OF ANTI-SEMITISM. | ||
BR | 5983 | TORAH FROM OUR SAGES | NEUSNER, JACOB | AN EASILY UNDERSTOOD TRANSLATION AND EXPLANATION OF SELECTIONS FROM RABBINIC TEACHING. | ||
BR | 5984 | UNCOMMON SENSE | THE WORLD'S FULLEST COMPENDIUM OF | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | A BOOK ON THE WIT AND WISDOM OF EVERYONE FROM ARISTOTLE TO GEORGE BERNARD SHAW TO DE GAULLE TO ANNE FRANK TO MAE WEST. INCLUDED ARE QUOTES ON LOVE AND MARRIAGE, MORALITY AND SIN, HAPPINESS AND SUFFERING, AND WAR AND PEACE. | |
BR | 5986 | VISION | LEVIN, ALEXANDER L. | THIS IS THE STORY OF A MAN, HARRY FRIEDENWALD, A FAMILY, AND OF THE EMERGING TYPE OF AMERICAN JEW DURING THE PAST CENTURY. | ||
BR | 5987 | BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE. BOOK 3 | CHANUKAH AND OTHER STORIES | FRUCHTER, RABBI YAAKOV | AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES ABOUT CHANUKAH STRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE, 'OLOMEINU' (OUR WORLD). | |
BR | 5988 | CHANGING ISRAEL, A | GROSE, PETER | GROSE GIVES A JOURNALIST'S PERSPECTIVE ON ISRAEL AT THE TIME OF THIS BOOK'S PUBLICATION IN 1985. | ||
BR | 5989 | ISRAEL IN THE MIND OF AMERICA | GROSE, PETER | STORY OF THE U.S.'S 150-YEAR-OLD FASCINATION WITH THE IDEA OF A JEWISH STATE. | ||
BR | 5990 | WIDER WORLD, A | SIMON, KATE | A SEQUEL TO 'BRONX PRIMITIVE,' THE AUTHOR RECALLS THE JOYS AND TERRORS OF ADOLESCENCE IN NEW YORK DURING THE DEPRESSION YEARS OF THE 1930S. | ||
BR | 5991 | QUEST FOR THE RED PRINCE, THE | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL & EITAN HABER | AN ACCOUNT OF HOW THE MOSSAD, THE ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, TRACKED DOWN AND ASSASSINATED ALI HASSAN SALAMEH, THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE 1972 MUNICH OLYMPIC GAMES. | ||
BR | 5992 | BEGIN | THE HAUNTED PROPHET | SILVER, ERIC | SILVER, A JOURNALIST, EXAMINES THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER, MENACHEM BEGIN. | |
BR | 5993 | FACING THE HOLOCAUST | RAMRAS-RAUCH, GILA & JOSEPH MICHMAN- | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SELECTED ISRAELI SHORT STORIES ABOUT HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. | ||
BR | 5994 | AND DID YOU ONCE SEE SIDNEY PLAIN? | WILK, MAX | THE BOOK, WHOSE TITLE IS A WORD-PLAY ON S. J. PERELMAN'S OWN STYLE OF BOOK TITLING, IS A COLLECTION OF RANDOM ANECDOTES ABOUT THE LATE HUMORIST. | ||
BR | 5995 | STATIC ELEMENT, THE | SELECTED POEMS OF NATAN ZACH | EVERWINE, P & S. YASNY-STARKMAN | A COLLECTION OF POETRY FROM ONE OF ISRAEL'S MAJOR POETS WHO IS ALSO THE MOST DIFFICULT TO TRANSLATE BECAUSE OF HIS IRONIC WIT AND CONFLICTING SPEECH PATTERNS. | |
BR | 5996 | JEWISH LIFE IN THE U.S. | PERSPECTIVES ON THE SOCIAL SCIENCE | GITTLER, JOSEPH | A PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC DATA FROM DISCIPLINES OF DEMOGRAPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY. | |
BR | 5997 | CONFESSIONS OF A PREGNANT FATHER | GREENBURG, DAN | THE MAN WHO WROTE 'HOW TO BE A JEWISH MOTHER' HAS, IN FACT, BECOME ONE!! GREENBURG OFFERS HUMOROUS ADVICE ON WHAT HE BELIEVES COUPLES NEED TO FACE THE WORLD OF PARENTING IN THE 1980S. | ||
BR | 5998 | JUDAISM AND VEGETARIANISM | SCHWARTZ, RICHARD H. | THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE ETHICAL ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS OF ANIMALS, ALONG WITH ADVICE FROM FAMOUS JEWISH VEGETARIANS AND 22 PAGES OF RECIPES. | ||
BR | 5999 | TRAVELS | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | THIS BOOK-LENGTH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEM IS A SERIES OF LINKED MEDITATIONS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LIFE OF THE POET AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6000 | TIME TO SEEK, A | AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY JEWIS | JOSELOFF, SAMUEL H. | THIS ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY CONTAINS POEMS TRANSLATED FROM YIDDISH AS WELL AS ORIGINAL ENGLISH POEMS. INCLUDED ARE WORKS BY RUKEYSER, KUNITZ, IGNATOV, AND NEMEROV. | |
BR | 6001 | ORAL TORAH, THE | THE SACRED BOOKS OF JUDAISM | NEUSNER, JACOB | TRACES THE ORAL LAW GIVEN TO MOSES ON SINAI WHICH WAS TRANSMITTED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. THIS WAS FINALLY WRITTEN DOWN AS THE MISHNAH AND FORMS THE BASIS FOR THE JERUSALEM AND BABYLONIAN TALMUD. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES CRITICAL INSIGHTS AND SHOWS HOW THE ORAL PORTION COMPLEMENTS THE WRITTEN TORAH. | |
BR | 6002 | HANNAH SZENES | A SONG OF LIGHT | SCHUR, MAXINE | THIS BIOGRAPHY INCLUDES EXCERPTS FROM SZENES'S WRITING AND DESCRIBES HER CHILDHOOD, HER EMIGRATION TO PALESTINE IN 1939, AND HER DECISION FOUR YEARS LATER TO RETURN TO HUNGARY TO HELP RESCUE JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST. CAPTURED, IMPRISONED, AND TORTURED, SZENES WAS EXECUTED IN 1944 AT THE AGE OF 23. | |
BR | 6003 | BOOK OF LEGENDS, THE-PART THREE | GOLDIN, HYMAN E. | A CONTINUATION OF THE HAGGADAH (LEGENDS) STARTING WITH THE JEWS UNDER GREEK RULE, THEIR FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE, AND THE LIVES OF THE SAGES. | ||
BR | 6004 | DEPTHS OF GLORY | STONE, IRVING | A BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL OF CAMILLE PISSARRO WHICH ILLUMINATES ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIGURES IN ART HISTORY, AND THE 'FOUNDER' OF THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT. CONTAINS DETAILS OF JEWISH BACKGROUND. | ||
BR | 6005 | JEWISH AND FEMALE | CHOICES AND CHANGES IN OUR LIVES T | SCHNEIDER, SUSAN WEIDMAN | THE EDITOR OF 'LILITH', THE FOREMOST JEWISH FEMINIST JOURNAL, CONFRONTS THE CHANGING ROLE OF JEWISH WOMEN IN THE FAMILY AND IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 6006 | AMERICAN JEWISH WOMAN | 1654-1980 | MARCUS, JACOB RADER | A CONCISE HISTORY OF AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 6007 | CLASSICS OF JEWISH LITERATURE | LIEBERMAN, LEO & ARTHUR BERINGAUSE | A PANORAMA OF JEWISH LITERATURE FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY WITH SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE, FOLKLORE, ESSAYS, POETRY, DRAMA, AND FICTION IN TRANSLATIONS FROM HEBREW, YIDDISH AND GERMAN. ALSO INCLUDED ARE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE BY WRITERS SUCH AS AHAD HA'AM AND SHOLOM ALEICHEM. | ||
BR | 6009 | BOOK OF LEGENDS, THE-PART TWO | GOLDIN, HYMAN E. | STORIES OF THE BIBLICAL PERIOD BEGINNING WITH THE DEATH OF MOSES AND CONCLUDING WITH THE STORY OF ESTHER AND THE DOWNFALL OF HAMAN. | ||
BR | 6010 | HEALTH & MEDICINE IN THE JEWISH TRADITION | FELDMAN, DAVID M. | AMONG THE ISSUES DISCUSSED ARE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, MARRIAGE AND MARITAL RELATIONS, PROCREATION, ABORTION; 'RIGHT TO LIFE,' NEONATAL AND TERMINAL; AGING, TRANSPLANTATION AND AUTOPSY. | ||
BR | 6011 | SEASONS OF THE HEART | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | A STORY OF 'THE THRILL OF YOUTHFUL INFATUATION, THE SADNESS OF INTIMATE DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE PEACE OF A MATURE ROMANCE', WHOSE FIRST THIRD OFFERS A POIGNANT LOOK AT AN EARLIER ERA. | ||
BR | 6012 | STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND | YOUNG JEWS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA | SICHROVSKY, PETER | FIFTEEN FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF THE CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS COMPRISE THIS PORTRAIT OF YOUNG JEWS WHO GREW UP IN POST-WAR GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. | |
BR | 6013 | JOSEPH TRUMPELDOOR | LIPOVETZKY, P. | THE LIFE AND WORKS OF A MAN WHO LIVED AND DIED FOR THE CAUSE OF MAKING PALESTINE A HOMELAND FOR THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 6014 | MASK OF ABRAHAM MORGENSTERN | PANGER, DANIEL | WIDOWER ABRAHAM MORGENSTERN, DYING OF CANCER, UNDERTAKES A SECRET AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOR HIS GROWN CHILDREN IN WHICH HE MAKES A SHOCKING REVELATION. HE HAS BEEN MASQUERADING AS A JEW FOR MANY YEARS BUT, IN REALITY, HE IS A FORMER NAZI LIEUTENANT. | ||
BR | 6015 | BOSTON BOY | HENTOFF, NAT | IN THIS MEMOIR OF GROWING UP JEWISH IN THE BOSTON OF THE 1930S AND '40S, HENTOFF, A NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST AND AUTHOR, LOOKS AT HIS YOUTH AND THE FORCES THAT SHAPED HIS LIBERTARIAN VIEWS. | ||
BR | 6016 | YEARNING FOR THE HOLY LAND | HASIDIC TALES OF ISRAEL | RAPPEL, YOEL | REPRESENTING 150 YEARS OF HASIDIC WRITING, THESE TALES, LEGENDS, LETTERS, AND PRAYERS ARE TOPICALLY ARRANGED TO HIGHLIGHT THE BOOK'S KEY THEMES: THE PAIN OF EXILE AND A YEARNING FOR REDEMPTION UNDER MESSIANIC LEADERSHIP IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6017 | FIDDLER'S MOLL | LIFE WITH YEHUDI | MENUHIN, DIANA | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL WOMAN MARRIED TO THE VIOLINIST, YEHUDI MENUHIN. | |
BR | 6018 | KLAUS BARBIE-THE BUTCHER OF LYONS | BOWER, TOM | RECOUNTS THE ACTIVITIES OF ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS GESTAPO OFFICERS OF WORLD WAR II BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE WAR, WHEN HE BECAME AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN SOUTH AMERICA. HIS EVENTUAL CAPTURE AND EXTRADITION IS ALSO COVERED AS ARE THE LARGER ISSUES OF HIS CASE SUCH AS THE DIFFICULTIES OF NAZI-HUNTERS AND POST-WAR ANTI-COMMUNISM. | ||
BR | 6019 | WHEN MEMORY COMES | FRIEDLANDER, SAUL | MEMOIRS BY THE AUTHOR OF HIS CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OF THE HOLOCAUST, DEFINING HIS ULTIMATE FEELINGS ON BEING A JEW AND A ZIONIST. | ||
BR | 6020 | TRADING WITH THE ENEMY | AN EXPOSE ON THE NAZI-AMERICAN MON | HIGHAM, CHARLES | DETAILS OF SECRET BUSINESS DEALS CONDUCTED IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA, WITH THE ACTUAL NAMES OF LARGE CORPORATIONS. | |
BR | 6021 | ROOFTOP SECRETS AND OTHER STORIES OF ANTI-SEMITISM | BUSH, LAWRENCE | THESE EIGHT SHORT STORIES, WHICH EXPLORE THE NATURE OF PREJUDICE AND THE DYNAMICS OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, SPAN 500 YEARS AND ARE WRITTEN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A JEWISH CHILD CONFRONTING ANTI-SEMITISM IN SETTINGS SUCH AS INQUISITIONAL SPAIN, COLONIAL AMERICA, NAZI GERMANY, PRE-STATE ISRAEL, AND THE SOVIET UNION. | ||
BR | 6022 | SPECIAL DESTINY, A | EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR | THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN AN AMERICAN JEWISH YOUTH AND A YOUNG REFUGEE FROM HITLER'S GERMANY HELPS THE YOUNG AMERICAN DEVELOP INTO A MATURE AND WISER PERSON. | ||
BR | 6023 | NEW DIPLOMACY, THE | EBAN, ABBA | EBAN AGAIN BRINGS HIS WEALTH OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO THE SUBJECT OF DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN A MODERN AGE. | ||
BR | 6024 | ISLAND ON BIRD STREET, THE | ORLEV, URI | BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES IN A WARSAW GHETTO THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE HOUR-BY-HOUR EXISTENCE OF 11-YEAR-OLD ALEX, WHO IS IN HIDING AS HE WAITS FOR HIS FATHER TO RETURN. | ||
BR | 6025 | P.L.O., THE | BECKER, JILLIAN | THIS IS A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION WITH THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE PALESTINIANS, IRONICALLY, BEING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE P.L.O. | ||
BR | 6026 | DOCTOR AND THE DAMNED, THE | HAAS, DR. ALBERT | A DOCTOR OF FRENCH AND HUNGARIAN DESCENT, PRACTICING MEDICINE IN FRANCE, JOINS THE ANTI-NAZI RESISTANCE, GETS CAPTURED, AND IS DEPORTED. UNAWARE OF HIS JEWISH IDENTITY, THE NAZIS FORCE HIM TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE CAMPS. A TRUE STORY BY A RECIPIENT OF THE CROIX DE GUERRE. | ||
BR | 6027 | REDEMPTION SONG | THE STORY OF OPERATION MOSES | RAPOPORT, LOUIS | AN ACCOUNT OF THE CLANDESTINE AIRLIFT OF ETHIOPIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6028 | PIERRE MENDES FRANCE | LACOUTURE, JEAN | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FRENCH POLITICIAN WHO SERVED AS PRIME MINISTER FROM 1954-1955. DISCUSSIONS INCLUDE HIS WAR EXPERIENCES, TRIAL BY THE VICHY GOVERNMENT AND HIS INFLUENCE ON FRENCH POLITICS. | ||
BR | 6029 | CONGREGATION, THE | LEVINE, RABBI MORTON & KANTOR, HAL | THE TRANSFORMATION OF AN IDEALISTIC YOUNG RABBI INTO A POWERFUL AND CONTROVERSIAL JEWISH LEADER IS A FASCINATING STORY. IT IS A NOVEL OF SURVIVING FAITH AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH. | ||
BR | 6031 | SEMITES AND ANTI-SEMITES | AN INQUIRY INTO CONFLICTS AND PREJ | LEWIS, BERNARD | AN ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM WHICH INCLUDES A LOOK AT ITS HISTORY AND PRESENCE IN THE ARAB WORLD, A DEBUNKING OF THE NOTION THAT JEWS AND ARABS ARE SEMITES, AND A COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF JEWISH EXISTENCE UNDER CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM RULE. | |
BR | 6032 | WINTER IN THE MORNING | BAUMAN, JANINA | THE MEMOIR OF A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP IN THE MIDST OF THE HOLOCAUST IN THE WARSAW GHETTO. UNLIKE ANNE FRANK, A CONTEMPORARY, BAUMAN HAS LIVED TO WRITE AN ACCOUNT LONG AFTER THE EVENTS. | ||
BR | 6033 | BROTHERHOOD OF MEMORY, A | JEWISH LANDSMANSHAFTN IN THE NEW W | WEISSER, MICHAEL R. | A STUDY OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS TO NEW YORK WHO REMAINED LARGELY UNASSIMILATED, TRYING TO MAINTAIN LIFE AS THEY HAD KNOWN IT IN EASTERN EUROPEAN SHTETLS. | |
BR | 6034 | S. J. PERELMAN | A LIFE | HERRMANN, DOROTHY | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE BROOKLYN-BORN AUTHOR WHO LIVED FROM 1904 TO 1979. DESCRIBES HIS EARLY BOYHOOD IN RHODE ISLAND, HIS BUDDING CAREER, AND HIS RELATIONSHIPS. | |
BR | 6035 | ANATOLY AND AVITAL SHARANSKY | THE JOURNEY HOME | THE JERUSALEM POST | THE 12-YEAR ORDEAL OF THE SHARANSKYS IS TOLD AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOVIET JEWRY MOVEMENT. THE BOOK COVERS THE COUPLE'S SEPARATION THE DAY AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, ANATOLY'S ARREST, THEIR REUNION, AND THEIR LIFE IN ISRAEL TODAY. | |
BR | 6036 | MONDAY IN ODESSA | SHERMAN, EILEEN BLUESTONE | A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL TRIES TO BECOME A FINALIST IN AN ODESSA STORYTELLING CONTEST TO KEEP HER PARENTS FROM APPLYING FOR AN EXIT VISA TO LEAVE RUSSIA, WHERE HER LIFE IS COMFORTABLE AND PLEASANT. | ||
BR | 6037 | 1949 | THE FIRST ISRAELIS | SEGEV, TOM | THIS IS AN ISRAELI JOURNALIST'S CHRONICLE OF HIS COUNTRY'S FIRST YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE. DECLASSIFIED PAPERS, DIARIES, AND LETTERS ARE USED TO ARGUE THAT THE PROBLEMS FACING ISRAEL IN THE 1980S HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN THOSE FIRST MONTHS. | |
BR | 6038 | OUR GOLDA | ADLER, DAVID A. | A LIVELY AND ANECDOTAL BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR. HER CHILDHOOD IN RUSSIA AND AMERICA TO HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL ARE ALL INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 6039 | HOSTAGE TORAH, THE | THE FORMATION OF EMES JUNIOR INTER | WINKLER, GERSHON | IN THE ISRAELI EMBASSY OF AN ISLAMIC NATION, 34 JEWISH HOSTAGES CANNOT BE RESCUED EXCEPT FOR THE HELP OF THREE SPECIAL PEOPLE. | |
BR | 6040 | BAR KOCHBA | WHITEMAN, AMRAM | AN IMAGINARY ACCOUNTING OF SIMON BAR KOCHBA'S PERSONAL LIFE DETAILING HIS RELATIONSHIP TO HIS MENTOR, RABBI AKIVA, AND HIS ROLE AS A COMMANDER OF THE JUDEAN ARMED FORCES. | ||
BR | 6041 | GREAT CODE, THE | FRYE, NORTHROP | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE BIBLE AS LITERATURE, AND HAS CULLED IN COMPARATIVE RELIGION, ANTHROPOLOGY, HISTORY, CLASSICAL STUDIES, SEMIOTICS, ETC. | ||
BR | 6042 | SAUL BELLOW AND HISTORY | NEWMAN, JUDIE | A LECTURER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, DEMONSTRATES BELLOW'S SENSE OF HISTORY AS DEVELOPED IN THE THEMES OF HIS WRITING. | ||
BR | 6043 | FLOATING MINYAN OF PIRATE'S COVE, THE | ZAKON, MIRIAM STARK | THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING IRGUN HERO TAKES TWO YOUNG ADVENTUROUS DETECTIVES TO PIRATE'S COVE, GEORGIA, WHERE THEY FIND, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A FLOATING MINYAN. | ||
BR | 6044 | VIKING JEWS, THE | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF DENMARK | BAMBERGER, IB NATHAN | A ONE HUNDRED-YEAR LOOK AT HOW THE JEWS OF THIS COUNTRY STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN CIVIL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY. | |
BR | 6045 | ZUCKERMAN BOUND | ROTH, PHILIP | HERE, ONCE MORE, WE SEE THE WRITER A SLAVE TO HIS LITERARY VOCATION. HE FEELS A HEAVY SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO WRITERS LESS FORTUNATE THAN HIMSELF, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ENDURED THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 6046 | VICTIMS AND NEIGHBORS | A SMALL TOWN IN NAZI GERMANY REMEM | HENRY, FRANCES | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND GENTILES IN THE SMALL GERMAN TOWN OF SONDERBURG IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO THE HOLOCAUST. SHE CONCLUDES THAT THE TWO GROUPS HAD ACHIEVED A STABLE ACCOMMODATION BEFORE THE RISE OF NAZISM. | |
BR | 6047 | JUDAISM DESPITE CHRISTIANITY | ROSENSTOCK-HUESSY, EUGEN | SIGNIFICANT CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ROSENSTOCK-HUESSY AND FRANZ ROSENZWEIG WRITTEN IN 1916, THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF DIALOGUE IN WHICH TWO FRIENDS FRANKLY DEFEND THEIR RESPECTIVE FAITHS. | ||
BR | 6048 | FIRST ENCOUNTER | CHAGALL, BELLA | THIS MEMOIR BEGINS WITH BELLA CHAGALL'S ADOLESCENCE IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA AND ENDS WITH HER FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE PAINTER MARC CHAGALL. | ||
BR | 6049 | BARON PHILIPPE | THE VERY CANDID AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF B | LITTLEWOOD, JOAN | BARON PHILIPPE DE ROTHSCHILD RECOUNTS HIS WORLD WAR II ACTIVITIES AND DESCRIBES THE EVENTS OF HIS LIFE. | |
BR | 6050 | BLANCE AND NICKY | WEST, ELLIOT | BLANCHE IS A NICE JEWISH WOMAN WHO HAS A SON, NICKY. SHE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A PROSTITUTE. HER FREQUENT SEXUAL EXPLOITS NEVER SEEM TO INTERFERE WITH HER PREPARATION OF NOURISHING MEALS FOR HER SON. | ||
BR | 6051 | SPECIAL LEGACY, A | AN ORAL HISTORY OF SOVIET JEWISH E | ROTHCHILD, SYLVIA | THE ORAL HISTORIES OF 178 SOVIET JEWS WHO EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN THE 1980'S. | |
BR | 6052 | LETTERS FROM WESTERBORK | HILLESUM, ETTY | HILLESUM WAS IMPRISONED AT WESTERBOOK, THE LAST STOP FOR MANY DUTCH JEWS BEFORE THEY WENT TO AUSCHWITZ. HER LETTERS, WHICH SHE WROTE BEFORE SHE WAS EXECUTED BY THE NAZIS, PAINT A PORTRAIT OF LIFE INSIDE A NAZI CAMP. | ||
BR | 6053 | MAGGID OF DUBNO AND HIS PARABLES, THE | HEINEMANN, BENNO | THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE POPULAR ANTHOLOGY OF THE MAGGID'S PARABLES IN ENGLISH. | ||
BR | 6054 | MARKOFF WOMEN, THE | SINGER, JUNE FLAUM | WHEN EVE BRODKIN UNWILLINGLY MARRIES DAVID MARKOFF YOUNGEST OF THE LEGENDARY MARKOFF MEN KNOWN FOR THEIR SHORT TEMPERS AND FEATS OF STRENGTH, SPARKS FLY. | ||
BR | 6055 | OPERATION MOSES | PARFITT, TUDOR | THIS IS THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE SECRET EXODUS OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO AGAIN TAKE THEIR PLACE AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6056 | EXPLORING EXODUS | THE HERITAGE OF BIBLICAL ISRAEL | SARNA, NAHUM M. | A SEQUEL TO 'UNDERSTANDING GENESIS,' THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE LEADERSHIP OF MOSES, PASSOVER, THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT AND THE REVELATION AT SINAI. | |
BR | 6057 | SOLDIERS FROM THE GHETTO | CHOLAWSKI, SHALOM | THE MEMOIRS OF SHALOM CHOLAWSKI, THE POLISH JEW WHO LED ARMED UPRISINGS AGAINST THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 6059 | CHANGING OF THE GODS | FEMINISM AND THE END OF TRADITIONA | GOLDENBERG, NAOMI R. | PUBLISHED IN 1979, GOLDENBERG EXAMINES WHAT RELIGIOUS FORCES MAY BE EMERGING TO REPLACE TRADITIONAL MALE IMAGES OF GOD. SHE OFFERS A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF RELIGION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS. | |
BR | 6060 | FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES, THE | FISCHEL, H.A. | A COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES, WHICH DEALS WITH A CRUCIAL PERIOD IN JEWISH HISTORY: THE UPRISING OF A TINY BAND OF VALIANT MACCABEES AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF THE SYRIAN KINGS. | ||
BR | 6061 | YORDIM | LEAVING THE PROMISED LAND FOR THE | LEV, MICHA | A NOVEL THAT PROBES THE LIVES, LOVES, AND CONFLICTS OF ISRAELIS WHO CHOOSE TO LEAVE ISRAEL FOR AMERICA. | |
BR | 6062 | ANATOMY LESSON | ROTH, PHILIP | ROTH'S MAIN CHARACTER, ZUCKERMAN, STRUGGLES WITH PHYSICAL DETERIORATION, MIDDLE AGE AND WRITER'S BLOCK. | ||
BR | 6063 | HANNAH ARENDT | FOR LOVE OF THE WORLD | YOUNG-BRUEHL, ELISABETH | THE AUTHOR OFFERS NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHER INCLUDING HER CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIPS, MARRIAGES AND HER LOVE AFFAIR. | |
BR | 6065 | HIS MAJESTY'S AGENT | SHAHAR, DAVID | MILDRED FRID | A STORY OF LOVE AND POLITICAL INTRIGUE SET AGAINST ISRAEL'S STRUGGLES FOR INDEPENDENCE AND SURVIVAL. THE UNNAMED NARRATOR, A LIEUTENANT IN THE ISRAELI ARMY, IS ASSIGNED TO ACT AS MILITARY LIAISON TO AN ENIGMATIC AMERICAN FILM MAKER COVERING THE WAR. | |
BR | 6066 | GUTS AND RUTS | THE JEWISH PIONEER ON THE TRAIL IN | FIERMAN, FLOYD S. | THE STORY OF JEWISH SETTLERS IN THE SOUTHWEST. | |
BR | 6067 | UNDER THE CANOPY | STRAUS, DOROTHEA | THE AUTHOR WRITES OF THE CONTRASTING PRIVATE LIVES OF HERSELF AND FELLOW YIDDISH AUTHOR, ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER. | ||
BR | 6068 | PERIODIC TABLE, THE | LEVI, PRIMO | LEVI'S MEMOIR IS ARRANGED IN 21 CHAPTERS NAMED AFTER THE ELEMENTS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE. HE DISCUSSES A WIDE RANGE OF LIFE EVENTS, INCLUDING HIS SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENCE AND WAITING FOR DEPORTATION TO AUSCHWITZ. | ||
BR | 6069 | LEAK IN THE HEART, A | TALES FROM A WOMAN'S LIFE | MOSKOWITZ, FAYE | PERSONAL MEMORIES OF GROWING UP IN AN ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY OUTSIDE OF DETROIT IN THE 1930'S AND 40'S. | |
BR | 6070 | JEWISH LAW REVIEW, THE-VOL. 1 | FEINSTEIN, RABBI MORLEY | THIS WORK EXPLAINS THE VARIOUS LAWS OF DAMAGES AS FOUND IN THE MISHNAH. WE LEARN OF A JEW'S RESPONSIBILITY TO HIMSELF AND OTHERS IN EVERYDAY LIFE. | ||
BR | 6071 | ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR | RASHKE, RICHARD | RASHKE PRESENTS THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLT AND ESCAPE OF 600 JEWS FROM SOBIBOR, A NAZI DEATH-CAMP. | ||
BR | 6072 | LITERARY CRITICISM AND THE STRUCTURES OF HISTORY | ERICH AUERBACH AND LEO SPITZER | GREEN, GEOFFREY | DEMONSTRATES HOW THESE TWO IMPORTANT CRITICS FROM THE BACKGROUND OF THE HOLOCAUST GIVE DIFFERENT RESPONSES TO HISTORICAL FACTORS OF WAR AND FASCISM. | |
BR | 6073 | CHRONICLE OF THE LODZ GHETTO 1941-1944, THE | DOBROSZYCKI, LUCJAN, ED. | WRITTEN AS EVENTS WERE UNFOLDING BY A GROUP OF SCHOLARS AND JOURNALISTS, THESE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE DAILY LIFE IN THE LODZ GHETTO FROM 1941-1944. | ||
BR | 6074 | TORN COUNTRY | AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI WAR | BANKS, LYNNE REID | TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH SOLDIERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ISRAELI WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH THEIR FAMILIES. | |
BR | 6075 | MY WAR DIARY | LEBANON | YERMIYA, DOV | A LIEUTENANT COLONEL ASSIGNED TO CIVILIAN RELIEF DURING THE ISRAELI INVASION OF LEBANON, KEPT DIARIES OF THE SHOCKING TREATMENT GIVEN ARAB PRISONERS AND CIVILIAN NON-COMBATANTS. | |
BR | 6076 | PASSOVER GOURMET | ROUSSO, NIRA | OVER 200 PASSOVER RECIPES FOR THE GOURMET COOK. | ||
BR | 6077 | BIG SUKKAH, THE | SCHRAM, PENINNAH | BERL, WHOSE HOUSE IS TOO SMALL TO INVITE RELATIVES FOR THE HOLIDAYS, HAS A YARD BIG ENOUGH FOR A SUKKAH THAT IS THE ENVY OF THE TOWN. | ||
BR | 6078 | ADIEU VOLODYA | SIGNORET, SIMONE | SET IN PARIS, THIS IS THE STORY OF PEOPLE WHO SURVIVE BOTH THE MEMORIES OF PAST PERSECUTION IN EASTERN EUROPE AND THE THREATS OF NAZISM ON THE RISE IN FRANCE. | ||
BR | 6079 | ELLIS ISLAND | STEWART, FRED MUSTARD | FIVE YOUNG IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE AT ELLIS ISLAND IN 1907 AND FIND THEIR LIVES DRAMATICALLY INTERTWINED IN THE COUNTRY TO THE FUTURE OF WHICH THEY WILL CONTRIBUTE. | ||
BR | 6080 | LAZAR MALKIN ENTERS HEAVEN | STERN, STEVE | NINE STORIES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE ON MYTHICAL NORTH MAIN STREET IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. | ||
BR | 6081 | REFLECTIONS | DEMETZ, PETER: EDITOR | AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, APHORISMS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS OF WALTER BENJAMIN A MODERN THINKER AND CULTURAL CRITIC. | ||
BR | 6082 | FROM PLOTZK TO BOSTON | ANTIN, MARY | THE AUTHOR RELATES HER EXPERIENCES AS A 13-YEAR-OLD EMIGRATING WITH HER FAMILY FROM SOVIET RUSSIA TO AMERICA. | ||
BR | 6083 | LOVING KINDNESS | ROIPHE, ANNE | A NOVEL ABOUT ANNIE JOHNSON, AN ASSIMILATED JEWISH WOMAN AND A SINGLE PARENT. DEALS WITH ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND FEMINISM. | ||
BR | 6084 | JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM | HAZLETON, LESLEY | REFLECTIONS OF A WOMAN WHO ADMITS SHE CANNOT LIVE WITH OR WITHOUT THE CITY OF JERUSALEM. SHE WRITES OF ITS PASSIONS AND WARS, ITS RELIGIOUS-SECULAR CONFLICTS, AND THE MANY ATTRACTIONS WHICH LURE HER BACK, NO MATTER HOW OFTEN SHE LEAVES. CONVERSATIONS WITH WRITERS AND INTELLECTUALS HELP PORTRAY LIFE IN MODERN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6085 | JUDAISM BEYOND GOD | WINE, RABBI SHERWIN | A RADICAL NEW WAY TO BE JEWISH IS PRESENTED BY THE FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY FOR HUMANISTIC JUDAISM, A NON-ESTABLISHMENT, PRAGMATIC, SECULAR APPROACH TO JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 6086 | TRIANGLES | GELLER, RUTH | THIS NOVEL FOCUSES ON A WOMAN COMING TO TERMS WITH HER JEWISH HERITAGE AND HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS WITH SUCH ISSUES AS NONVIOLENCE, MOTHERING AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM. | ||
BR | 6087 | CRISIS OF IDENTITY | ISRAEL AND ZIONISM | SEGRE, DAN V. | IN THIS WORK, THE AUTHOR CLAIMS THAT A MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC CHARACTER OF ZIONISM HAS LED TO A 'CRISIS OF IDENTITY' IN THE PRESENT STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6088 | COOKING THE SEPHARDIC WAY | ROSEMAN, PEARL: EDITOR | THESE EXCELLENT GOURMET RECIPES ARE PARTICULARLY EXOTIC AND POPULAR BECAUSE THEY ARE A COMBINATION OF DISHES FROM SPAIN, TURKEY, GREECE, AND SYRIA. | ||
BR | 6089 | JEWISH MEDITATION | A PRACTICAL GUIDE | KAPLAN, ARYEH | THIS IS A STEP-BY-STEP INTRODUCTION TO THE JEWISH TRADITIONAL METHODS OF MEDITATION THAT WERE PART OF MAINSTREAM JUDAISM UNTIL THE 18TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6090 | MEMOIRS OF AN ANTI-SEMITE | A NOVEL IN FIVE STORIES | VON REZZORI, GREGOR | FIVE INTERRELATED WORKS WHICH TRACE THE LIFE OF A YOUNG RUMANIAN BOY BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. | |
BR | 6091 | DEFENDING MY ENEMY | NEIER, ARYEH | LEGAL, PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY OF IMPLICATIONS OF ATTEMPTED NAZI MARCH THROUGH SKOKIE, HOME OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, NEIER WAS DEFENSE LAWYER FOR NAZIS. | ||
BR | 6092 | DAYS AND WAYS | GAMORAN, MAMIE, G. | HARRIET GILB | A PRESENTATION OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND CEREMONIES WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN. | |
BR | 6093 | GREAT MARCH, THE - BOOK I | LURIE, R.G. | STORIES OF OUTSTANDING PERSONALITIES AND EVENTS IN JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 6094 | WHEN THE JEWISH PEOPL WAS YOUNG | SOLOFF, MORDECAI | A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE FOR USE IN THE LOWER GRADES OF THE HEBREW SCHOOL. | ||
BR | 6096 | AFTER LEBANON | SCHENKER, HILLEL | THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONNECTION WITH FOCUS ON THE WAR IN LEBANON, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE ISRAELIS TO THE PALESTINIANS AND A PROPOSAL FOR PEACE BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLES. | ||
BR | 6097 | GOD KNOWS | HELLER, JOSEPH | THE BIBLICAL KING DAVID IS THE HERO OF THIS HUMOROUS YET SERIOUS NOVEL. WHILE ON HIS DEATHBED HIS LIFE IS REVIEWED THROUGH FLASHBACKS. | ||
BR | 6098 | INSIDE, OUTSIDE | WOUK, HERMAN | FOR A JEWISH, MIDDLE-AGED ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT NIXON DURING WATERGATE, LIFE CONSISTS OF THE 'INSIDE' WORLD OF PIETY, CLANNISH JEWS AND OBSERVED TRADITIONS, AND THE 'OUTSIDE' WORLD RIFE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM. | ||
BR | 6099 | SPRING SONATA | A FABLE | RUBENS, BERNICE | THE NARRATOR OF THIS NOVEL IS THE NEWLY-CONCEIVED FETUS THAT SHEILA, A MIDDLE-CLASS LONDON JEW, HAS LONG-AWAITED. | |
BR | 6100 | JEWISH HOLIDAYS | A GUIDE AND COMMENTARY | STRASSFELD, MICHAEL | BLENDING TRADITION AND INNOVATION, THIS GUIDE GIVES EACH HOLIDAY ITS OWN CHAPTER, WITH AN OVERVIEW, A DESCRIPTION OF ITS LAWS AND CUSTOMS AND NEW APPROACHES AND INTERPRETATION. | |
BR | 6101 | BRANDEIS/FRANKFURTER CONNECTION | THE SECRET POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF | MURPHY, BRUCE ALLEN | THE FULL STORY OF HOW THE MENTOR AND HIS PROTEGE ENGAGED IN A WIDE RANGE OF POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. | |
BR | 6102 | RABBI OF CASINO BOULEVARD, THE | APPEL, ALLAN | THIS NOVEL ADDRESSES THE ISSUES OF BEING JEWISH IN THE EIGHTIES, THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN ONE'S EMOTIONAL LIFE, AND THE MEANING OF FAITH VERSUS THE TRAPPINGS OF FAITH. | ||
BR | 6103 | ILLUSIONS OF LOVE | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF A ROMANCE THAT SOARS ACROSS DECADES, SHADOWING AND SHAPING THREE LIVES WITH AN UNDYING LOVE THAT BRAIDS THEIR DESTINIES TOGETHER-AND THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. | ||
BR | 6104 | TESHUVAH | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | A GUIDE FOR NEWLY OBSERVANT JEWS (BA'ALEI TESHUVAH), THE BOOK EXPLORES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED IN THE ONGOING PROCESS OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING. | ||
BR | 6105 | LAND OF TWO PEOPLES, A | MARTIN BUBER ON JEWS AND ARABS | MENDES-FLOHR, PAUL R., ED. | THESE SELECTED SPEECHES, LETTERS, ARTICLES AND REVIEWS BY MARTIN BUBER REPRESENT HIS THINKING ON ZIONISM AND ISRAEL FROM THE BALFOUR DECLARATION IN 1917 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1965. | |
BR | 6106 | HONI AND HIS MAGIC CIRCLE | GERSHATOR, PHYLLIS | A SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND STORY WHICH TELLS OF HONI, THE RAINMAKER, WHO PLANTED CAROB TREES ALL OVER ISRAEL AND LIVED TO SEE THEM BEAR FRUIT. | ||
BR | 6107 | NARROWEST BAR MITZVAH, THE | SCHNUR, STEVEN | FACED WITH A DISASTER ON THE EVE OF ALEX'S BAR MITZVAH, A FAMILY DISPLAYS TRUE RESOURCEFULNESS. | ||
BR | 6108 | CLARA'S STORY | ISAACMAN, CLARA | AN ACCOUNT FOR CHILDREN OF THE TRUE STORY OF A GIRL WHO, WITH HER FAMILY, FLED FROM ROMANIA TO BELGIUM TO ESCAPE NAZI PERSECUTION. | ||
BR | 6109 | THIS LAND OF LIBERTY | KENVIN, HELENE SCHWARTZ | A DESCRIPTION OF 350 YEARS OF AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH JEWISH EYES DESCRIBING WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A JEW IN DUTCH NEW AMSTERDAM, QUAKER PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AMONG OTHER NOTABLE ERAS. | ||
BR | 6110 | SECRET OF THE SABBATH FISH, THE | ARONIN, BEN | ELIJAH THE PROPHET INSTRUCTS TANTE MASHE ON HOW TO PREPARE ONE FISH TO FEED AN ENTIRE TOWN-MIX IN SOME HISTORY AND MAKE IT GEFILTE. | ||
BR | 6111 | CASTLE ON HESTER STREET, THE | HELLER, LINDA | A LITTLE GIRL HEARS TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HER GRANDPARENTS' EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. THIS IS A CHARMING 'TALL-TALE.' | ||
BR | 6112 | EFFECTIVE JEWISH PARENTING | LEVI, MIRIAM | THE AUTHOR OFFERS GUIDANCE FOR JEWISH PARENTS, COMBINING AUTHORITATIVE TORAH PRINCIPLES AND METHODS BASED ON COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. | ||
BR | 6113 | TALE OF MESHKA THE KVETCH, THE | CHAPMAN, CAROL | ALL OF MESHKA'S COMPLAINTS COME TRUE AND ONLY THE RABBI'S SAGE ADVICE CAN LIFT 'THE CURSE OF THE ITCHING TONGUE!' | ||
BR | 6114 | BUTCHERS AND BAKERS, RABBIS AND KINGS | GREENE, JACQUELINE DENBAR | HERE THE JEWS OF TUDELA, SPAIN, IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY CONVINCED THEIR NEW RULER THEY WERE ESSENTIAL TO HIS KINGDOM AND THEREFORE DESERVED HIS PROTECTION. | ||
BR | 6117 | FIRE IN THE ICE | SCHOLEFIELD, ALAN | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS SIR DAVID KADE, ONCE THE OBSCURE RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT DAVID KADESHINSKY. IN 1917, HE IS SENT TO SIBERIA IN 1917 BY THE BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE TO NEGOTIATE FOR THE RUSSIAN CROWN JEWELS. | ||
BR | 6118 | POWER AND POWERLESSNESS IN JEWISH HISTORY | BIALE, DAVID | THIS WORK TACKLES THE MYTH OF JEWISH POLITICAL PASSIVITY BETWEEN THE FALL OF AN INDEPENDENT JEWISH COMMONWEALTH IN 70 A.D. AND THE REBIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1948. | ||
BR | 6119 | ON EAGLES' WINGS AND OTHER THINGS | STEINER, CONNIE COLKER | FOUR REPRESENTATIVE STORIES OF THE MASS INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS EXPERIENCED BY ISRAEL AT HER BIRTH. FOR CHILDREN AGES 5-9. | ||
BR | 6120 | BUBBIE AND ZADIE COME TO MY HOUSE | BLOOM, DANIEL HALEVI | THE AUTHOR BRINGS A 'BUBBIE AND ZADIE' (YIDDISH FOR GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER) TO LIFE IN THIS FOLKTALE. | ||
BR | 6121 | POTATO PANCAKES ALL AROUND | HIRSH, MARILYN | A PEDDLER SETTLES A LONG-STANDING DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO GRANDMOTHERS AS TO WHOSE POTATO PANCAKES ARE BETTER. | ||
BR | 6122 | ONLY NINE CHAIRS | MILLER, DEBORAH U. | HILARIOUS HAPPENINGS OCCUR AT A SEDER WHEN THERE ARE MORE GUESTS THAN CHAIRS. | ||
BR | 6123 | ALINA | MEIR, MIRA | THE STORY OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD RUSSIAN GIRL WHO HAS JUST ARRIVED IN ISRAEL, AND THE PROBLEMS SHE FACES IN ADJUSTING TO HER NEW LIFE. | ||
BR | 6124 | ODD POTATO, THE | SHERMAN, EILEEN BLUESTONE | A YOUNG GIRL HELPS HER FATHER READJUST TO LIFE WHEN SHE USES AN OLD POTATO FOR A CHANUKAH. | ||
BR | 6125 | EMET VE-EMUNAH | JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, ETAL | THIS TEXT OFFERS A SET OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLIC DISCOURSE THROUGHOUT THE CONSERVATIVE JEWISH MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 6126 | MOLLY'S PILGRIM | COHEN, BARBARA | AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH GIRL EMBARRASSED BY HER MOTHER'S INTERPRETATION OF A CLASS ASSIGNMENT LEARNS FROM HER TEACHER THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE ALSO PILGRIMS. | ||
BR | 6127 | EISENHOWER AND THE JEWS | NADICH, JUDAH | AS ADVISOR ON JEWISH AFFAIRS TO GENERAL EISENHOWER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS, NADICH WAS IN A POSITION TO WITNESS EISENHOWER'S TREATMENT OF THE JEWS FOLLOWING THE END OF WORLD WAR II. | ||
BR | 6128 | ENCHANTMENT | MERKIN, DAPHNE | 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. | ||
BR | 6129 | BUILDING A PRISON | KORNILOV, VLADIMIR | KORNILOV HAS CONSISTENTLY REFUSED TO ADAPT HIS WRITINGS TO SUIT SOVIET AUTHORITIES. THIS NOVEL, THE FIRST TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH, IS THE UNCENSORED STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS. | ||
BR | 6130 | TO THE LAND OF THE CATTAILS | APPELFELD, AHARON | A WOMAN'S JOURNEY WITH HER ADOLESCENT SON ACROSS EASTERN EUROPE MAKES TANGIBLE THE AWFUL HELPLESSNESS OF A EUROPEAN JEWRY TRAPPED AMONG ENEMIES. | ||
BR | 6131 | MEMOIRS OF A FORTUNATE JEW | AN ITALIAN STUDY | SEGRE, DAN VITTORIO | THE STORY OF THE AUTHOR'S RETURN TO HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. RAISED AS AN ASSIMILATED JEW IN ITALY'S PIEDMONT REGION AND IGNORANT OF ZIONISM, THE AUTHOR WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ITALIAN JEWS TO EMIGRATE TO PALESTINE IN 1938 WHEN THE RACIAL LAWS AGAINST JEWS WENT INTO EFFECT. | |
BR | 6132 | FROM THE FAIR | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | IN THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER DEPICTS THE LOST WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVED. | ||
BR | 6133 | MAIMONIDES' PRINCIPLES | KAPLAN, RABBI ARYEH | THE FUNDAMENTALS OF JEWISH FAITH THE PRINCIPLES WHICH OPEN THE DOOR OF TORAH LIVING AND LEARNING AND GIVE A KEENER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF JEWISH RESPONSIBILITY. | ||
BR | 6135 | ELIE WIESEL | WITNESS FOR LIFE | STERN, ELLEN NORMAN | AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MOST ELOQUENT OF WRITERS OF THE HOLOCAUST. HE DISCUSSES HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS. | |
BR | 6136 | MORE ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY | TAYLOR, SYDNEY | THE SEQUEL TO ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY, IT IS THE CONTINUING STORY OF THE FIVE SISTERS AND THEIR LITTLE BROTHER AND LIFE ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE. THE BOOK ENDS WITH THEIR MOVE TO THE BRONX. | ||
BR | 6137 | STORY OF DONA GRACIA MENDES, THE | STADTLER, BEA | THE BIOGRAPHY OF A MARRANO WOMAN REVEALS HOW SHE BECAME THE HEAD OF A LARGE EUROPEAN BANKING HOUSE, RE-ASSUMED HER JEWISH IDENTITY, AND BECAME A PATRON OF JEWISH LEARNING. | ||
BR | 6138 | SEASONS OF OUR JOY | A CELEBRATION OF MODERN JEWISH REN | WASKOW, ARTHUR | THE TALES, PRACTICES, CUSTOMS AND SONGS BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS YEARLY CYCLE. THE WORK ALSO ANSWERS SUCH QUESTIONS AS WHEN DO THE CYCLE AND THE YEAR BEGIN. | |
BR | 6139 | CHERNOWITZ | ARRICK, FRAN | A HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENT KEEPS SECRET THE ANTI-SEMITIC CAMPAIGN THAT IS WAGED AGAINST HIM BY FELLOW STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS. WHEN HE EVENTUALLY RETALIATES, HIS GUILT FORCES THE ISSUE INTO THE OPEN CAUSING UNINTENDED RESULTS. | ||
BR | 6140 | JEWS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | HAYM SOLOMON AND OTHERS | SCHWARTZ, LAURENS R. | A PORTRAIT OF THE JEWS WHO WERE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE REVOLUTION AS FINANCIERS, SABOTEURS, AGENT PROVOCATEURS, AND MORE. | |
BR | 6141 | I AM A WOMAN AND A JEW | MORTON, LEAH | THE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO OVERCAME GENDER AND CLASS BARRIERS BETWEEN 1900 AND 1927. | ||
BR | 6142 | KING MATT THE FIRST | KORCZAK, JANUSZ | A EUROPEAN CHILDREN'S TALE OF A YOUNG KING WHO TRIES TO MAKE A WORLD WHERE CHILDREN AND ADULTS TRULY UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER. | ||
BR | 6143 | JEWISH COOKING FROM AROUND THE WORLD | BACON, JOSEPHINE LEVY | THIS COLLECTION OF RECIPES INCLUDES ASHKENAZIC, SEPHARDIC, ITALIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, AND NORTH AFRICAN DISHES. | ||
BR | 6145 | TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN AND THE RAILROAD STORIES | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES IS A SERIES OF VIGNETTES OF SHTETL LIFE IN THE JEWISH PALE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I. | ||
BR | 6146 | DISTURBANCES IN THE FIELD | SCHWARTZ, LYNNE SHARON | A NOVEL ABOUT AN ASSIMILATED JEW AND HOW EFFECTIVE HER BUTTRESSES OF CULTURE AND THE INNER LIFE REALLY ARE, AGAINST LIFE'S DIFFICULTIES. | ||
BR | 6147 | HAVEN AND HOME | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA | KARP, ABRAHAM J. | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE JEWISH RESPONSE TO HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FORCES OVER A 350-YEAR PERIOD. HE CONTENDS THAT JEWS HAVE FOUND EMANCIPATION AND PROSPERITY IN AMERICA NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF AMERICAN IDEALS AND TRADITIONS BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THEIR OWN IDEALS AND INTERIOR ORGANIZATION. | |
BR | 6148 | TWILIGHT | WIESEL, ELIE | WIESEL DRAWS ON THE EXPERIENCES OF THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR IN THIS NOVEL OF A MAN OBSESSED BY GUILT FOR A FRIEND WHO GAVE UP HIS SANITY TO SAVE THE MAN'S BROTHER. | ||
BR | 6149 | SIMPLE STORY | AGNON, S. Y. | AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, SZYBUSZ, A TOWN IN NORTHERN POLAND, IS THE SCENE OF THIS BITTERSWEET ROMANCE WITH SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS. | ||
BR | 6150 | WINE, WOMEN AND DEATH | MEDIEVAL HEBREW POEMS ON THE GOOD | SHEINDLIN, RAYMOND P. | TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARY ON THE SECULAR POETRY OF THE GREAT RABBI/PHILOSOPHERS OF SPAIN'S GOLDEN AGE. | |
BR | 6151 | MY MOTHER'S SABBATH DAYS | GRADE, CHAIM | A MEMOIR DESCRIBING THE AUTHOR'S YOUTH IN VILNA, HIS SURVIVAL OF THE HOLOCAUST, AND HIS RETURN HOME AFTER THE WAR. | ||
BR | 6152 | IN SEARCH OF THE JEWISH WOMAN | A TORAH JOURNEY | MILLER, RABBI YISROEL | A GUIDE FOR THE JEWISH WOMAN ON HOW TO CONDUCT HER LIFE INCLUDING MORAL INSTRUCTION, RABBINIC SOURCES, AND TORAH SCHOLARSHIP. | |
BR | 6153 | FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIR | BRINIG, MYRON | A NOVEL OF FAMILY LIFE IN MONTANA, DEALING WITH THE INTERACTIONS OF THE JEWISH AND IRISH BRANCHES OF THE FAMILY. | ||
BR | 6155 | COUNTERLIFE | ROTH, PHILIP | THROUGH A SERIES OF NARRATIVES BY THE PROTAGONIST, NATHAN ZUCKERMAN, THIS NOVEL EXAMINES WHAT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE WHO IS TAKING STOCK OF HIS LIFE AND HIS JEWISH IDENTITY. | ||
BR | 6156 | MIRIAM'S WELL | RITUALS FOR JEWISH WOMEN AROUND TH | ADELMAN, PENINA V. | A COMPILATION OF WOMAN-CENTERED JEWISH RITUALS DESIGNED FOR WOMEN'S GROUPS, BASED ON ROSH HODESH GATHERINGS CONCEIVED TO HONOR EACH MONTH ON THE JEWISH CALENDAR. | |
BR | 6157 | MIXED BLESSINGS | MARRIAGE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND JE | COWAN, PAUL & RACHEL COWAN | AN INTERMARRIED COUPLE EXPLORE THE CONFLICTS INHERENT IN INTERFAITH MARRIAGES AND OFFER ADVICE ON HOW TO BLEND SOME DIFFERENCES WHILE PRESERVING OTHER ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS. | |
BR | 6158 | HANUKKAH-EIGHT LIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD | SUSSMAN, SUSAN | THIS COLLECTION OF EIGHT STORIES ABOUT THE CELEBRATION OF THE HOLIDAY REVEALS THAT AMIDST THE DIFFERENT CUSTOMS AND DIVERSITY, THERE IS A UNITY OF PURPOSE AND TRADITION. | ||
BR | 6159 | WHY THE JEWS? THE REASON FOR THE WORLD'S GREATEST HATRED | PRAGER, DENNIS & JOSEPH TELUSHKIN | THE AUTHORS STATE THAT IT IS THE JEWISH RELIGION, BASED ON VALUES AND ALLEGIANCES THAT CHALLENGE THOSE OF NON-JEWS, THAT IS THE REASON FOR CENTURIES OF UNIVERSAL HATRED. | ||
BR | 6160 | CAPTIVE SOUL OF THE MESSIAH, THE | NEW TALES ABOUT REB NACHMAN | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD | THIS ANTHOLOGY PRESENTS NEW STORIES ABOUT THE LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY HASIDIC LEADER, REB NACHMAN OF BRESLAV. | |
BR | 6161 | PATTERN CRIMES | BAYER, WILLIAM | DAVID BAR-LEV, A YOUNG CAPTAIN IN THE JERUSALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT, HEADS ITS PATTERN CRIMES UNIT. HE SEEKS TO SOLVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE ISRAEL'S FIRST SERIAL MURDER CASE. | ||
BR | 6162 | GOLDEN CUP, THE | PLAIN, BELVA | SET IN THE WORLD OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THIS IS THE STORY OF HENNIE ROTH, A SUFFRAGETTE AND FIGHTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. SHE STRUGGLES TO RECONCILE THE DEMANDS OF FAMILY AND OF HER CONSCIENCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF HER HEART. | ||
BR | 6163 | JERRY FALWELL AND THE JEWS | SIMON, MERRILL | AN EXTENDED INTERVIEW OF THE FUNDAMENTALIST PREACHER BY AN AMERICAN ZIONIST WRITER. DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS: FALWELL ON JUDAISM; ON ISRAEL; AND ON FALWELL. | ||
BR | 6164 | ORAL HISTORY AND THE HOLOCAUST | POEMS BY JULIE HEIFETZ | HEIFETZ, JULIE | SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND MUSIC OF A GUITAR, THE AUTHOR EXPRESSES HER FEELINGS ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST IN POETRY FORM. | |
BR | 6165 | THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE, THE | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS HIS OWN THEOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS, SHOWING HOW, IN JEWISH THINKING, BELIEF AND ACTION, FAR FROM BEING SEPARATE OR IN OPPOSITION, ARE BOTH EARTHLY MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SAME DIVINE PRINCIPLE. | ||
BR | 6166 | DREIDLE CHAMP AND OTHER HOLIDAY STORIES, THE | SIDI, SMADAR SHIR | DRAMATIC STORIES FOR OLDER CHILDREN ABOUT THE SEVEN MAJOR JEWISH HOLIDAYS. INCLUDED IS A GLOSSARY OF JEWISH TERMS AND INFORMATION ABOUT EACH ONE. | ||
BR | 6167 | NIGHTMARE YEARS 1930-1940 | 20TH CENTURY JOURNEY, VOL. II | SHIRER, WILLIAM L. | A JOURNALIST, WHO BEGAN HIS CAREER AS AN AMERICAN OVERSEAS RADIO CORRESPONDENT, GIVES A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NAZI RISE TO POWER AND THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 6168 | AMERICAN REFORM RESPONSA | COMMITTEE ON RESPONSA | A COLLECTION OF RABBINIC ANSWERS TO FORMAL QUESTIONS ABOUT JEWISH LAW FROM A REFORM PERSPECTIVE. | ||
BR | 6169 | ESCAPE FROM AUSCHWITZ | KULKA, ERICH | THE SUSPENSEFUL ACCOUNT OF SIEGFRIED WHO ESCAPED FROM THE DEATH CAMP IN POLAND. THIS EPISODE PROVIDES A SEARING DELINEATION OF THE HORRORS OF THE NAZI REGIME. | ||
BR | 6170 | SPECTRUM | WISE, DAVID | SPECTRUM IS THE CODE NAME OF A TOP-SECRET CIA PROJECT INVOLVING THE SMUGGLING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO ISRAEL. THE CIA ALSO SAVES SOME OF THESE WEAPONS FOR ITS OWN USE, THUS BECOMING A MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRESIDENT. TRAVERS, CHIEF OF THE LONDON DIVISION, DECIDES TO REVEAL WHAT IS HAPPENING, RISKING HIS LIFE. | ||
BR | 6172 | BOOK OF ADAM TO MOSES, THE | SEGAL, LORE | THE AUTHOR RETELLS BIBLE STORIES FOR CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 6173 | WEST TO EDEN | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF JEWISH PIONEERS WHO HELPED MAKE ARIZONA THE FORTY-EIGHTH STATE. | ||
BR | 6176 | PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN YIDDISH VERSE, THE | HOWE, I., WISSE, R., SHMERVK, K. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF OVER 200 POEMS BY 39 POETS ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND TEXTUAL NOTES. BIBLIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 6177 | PIONEER JEWS | A NEW LIFE IN THE FAR WEST | ROCHLIN, HARRIET & FRED ROCHLIN | THE AUTHORS EXPLORE THE INFLUENCE OF JEWS IN THE AMERICAN FAR WEST FROM THE 16TH CENTURY ON. | |
BR | 6179 | BARBRA STREISAND | THE WOMAN, THE MYTH, THE MUSIC | CONSIDINE, SHAUN | A CANDID BIOGRAPHY, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COLLEAGUES, TELLS THE UNCENSORED STORY OF THE SINGER AND SHOW BUSINESS PERSONALITY. | |
BR | 6180 | NAMESAKE | GOLDBERG, MICHAEL | MEMOIRS OF ENCOUNTERS WITH ANTI-SEMITISM IN FRANCE AND THE CONTEMPLATING OF MURDER TO AVENGE HIS FATHER'S DEATH. | ||
BR | 6181 | HAMMER | HAMMER, ARMAND & NEIL LYNDON | THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE INDUSTRIALIST EMPHASIZES HIS ROLE AS A PHILANTHROPIST AND SOVIET-AMERICAN GO-BETWEEN. | ||
BR | 6182 | IF NOT NOW, WHEN? | LEVI, PRIMO | THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS THE JEW NOT AS A VICTIM OF NAZISM, BUT AS A FIGHTER, AFFIRMING HIS HUMANITY AGAINST IMPOSSIBLE ODDS. | ||
BR | 6183 | MAINSTREAM AND MARGINS | JEWS, BLACKS AND OTHER AMERICANS | ROSE, PETER I. | PUBLISHED IN 1983, THE BOOK EXAMINES MINORITY AND ETHNIC ISSUES IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 6184 | DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, THE | WEST, MORRIS L. | NANCY SCHIER | THIS NOVEL FOCUSES ON A CATHOLIC BISHOP'S STRUGGLE WITH HIMSELF AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. THE BOOK ALSO DESCRIBES THE BISHOP'S INTERACTION WITH A JEWISH DOCTOR WHO IS A REFUGEE FROM NAZI GERMANY, AND IS DEDICATED TO CARING FOR THE LOCAL VILLAGERS. | |
BR | 6185 | OH SAY, CAN YOU SEE | GOOTNICK, ABRAHAM | THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT REVEALS HOW A FAMILY TRIED TO GET OUT OF RUSSIA AFTER THE REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 6186 | RETREAT, THE | APPELFELD, AHARON | THE ISRAELI AUTHOR TAKES HIS READERS TO A REMOTE HOTEL IN AUSTRIA ON THE BRINK OF THE HOLOCAUST. ITS PATRONS ARE ALL JEWS TAKING LESSONS IN ASSIMILATION: HOW TO LOOK, TALK, AND THINK LIKE A GENTILE. | ||
BR | 6187 | BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE-BK 7 | FRUCHTER, RABBI YAAKOV | ENJOY THE DOWNFALL OF MAYOR SHMOE; LISTEN TO THE MEGILLAH WITH A LION; AND TASTE THE ONLY HAMANTASH A TOWN HAD (OR NEEDED) IN THESE PURIM TALES AND OTHER EXCITING STORIES. | ||
BR | 6188 | GODLESS JEW, A | FREUD, ATHEISM, AND THE MAKING OF | GAY, PETER | A HISTORICAL INQUIRY INTO FREUD'S JEWISH CULTURAL IDENTITY AND HOW THEY AFFECTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY. INCLUDES A BIBLIOGRAPHY AND AN INDEX. | |
BR | 6189 | TOWN BEYOND THE WALL | WIESEL, ELIE | AN EXCELLENT AND SENSITIVE NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEW WHO HAS SURVIVED NAZI ATROCITIES AND RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE TOWN BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN. | ||
BR | 6190 | ORDINARY HEROES | CHANA SZENES AND THE DREAM OF ZION | HAY, PETER | DRAWING ON EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS UNPUBLISHED DIARIES AND LETTERS, THE AUTHOR DRAMATIZES THE HOLOCAUST AND JEWISH RESISTANCE THROUGH THE EXPERIENCES OF CHANA SZENES AND HER FAMILY. | |
BR | 6191 | RETURN OF MORRIS SCHUMSKY, THE | SCHNUR, STEVEN | ON THE DAY OF REBECCA'S WEDDING, GRANDPA DISAPPEARS. WHILE WAITING FOR HIM TO RETURN, YOUNG READERS LEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS AND VALUES OF THE JEWISH WEDDING. | ||
BR | 6192 | SECRET OF SAMBATYON, THE | WINKLER, GERSHON | IN THIS FOURTH ADVENTURE OF THE JEWISH 'HARDY BOYS', THE BOYS FIND THEMSELVES IN THE JUNGLE OF AFRICA. THEY DISCOVER HERE A SECRET WORLD, WHICH TESTS THEIR FAITH. | ||
BR | 6193 | SMOKE AND ASHES | THE STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST | ROGASKY, BARBARA | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES HITLER'S RISE TO POWER IN THE CONTEXT OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE DEVASTATION WROUGHT BY HIS POLICIES OF IMPRISONING AND EXTERMINATING JEWS. INCLUDED ARE RECORDS KEPT BY NAZI OFFICERS AS WELL AS A COMPARISON TO HOLOCAUSTS SUFFERED BY OTHERS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT MADE THIS ONE UNIQUE. FOR AGES 11 AND UP. | |
BR | 6194 | AVAILABLE LIGHT | PIERCY, MARGE | A COLLECTION OF POEMS IN WHICH THE AUTHOR EXPLORES COMING TO TERMS WITH HERSELF AND HER PARENTS, FALLING IN LOVE, AND REDISCOVERING HER JEWISH IDENTITY. | ||
BR | 6195 | LOVES OF FRANZ KAFKA, THE | GLATZER, NAHUM N. | KAFKA'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE WOMEN HE LOVED IS REVEALED THROUGH PASSAGES FROM HIS LETTERS AND DIARIES. INCLUDES ANNOTATIONS BY THE AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 6196 | STORIES AND PARABLES OF THE HAFETZ HAYYIM | ZARETSKY, DAVID | A PRESENTATION OF THE PARABLES AND STORIES OF THE HAFETZ HAYYIM WHICH AIM TO TEACH THE READER IMPORTANT LESSONS. | ||
BR | 6198 | STRANGE NATION OF RAFAEL MENDES, THE | SCLIAR, MOACYR | IN THE MIDST OF PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CRISES, RAFAEL MENDES DISCOVERS THAT HE IS A DESCENDENT OF MAIMONIDES. AS HE COPES WITH THE FINANCIAL AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THOSE AROUND HIM, HE DELVES INTO THE HISTORICAL NOTEBOOKS THAT REVEAL HIS ANCESTRY AND LEARNS THE STORY OF HIS LINEAGE. | ||
BR | 6199 | JOKES OF SIGMUND FREUD, THE | ORING, ELLIOTT | A STUDY IN HUMOR AND JEWISH IDENTITY: TRACES HIS MARRIAGE, OCCULT PHENOMENA, RELIGION AND HIS OWN JEWISHNESS AS REFLECTED IN HIS INTEREST IN JOKES. | ||
BR | 6200 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS, A | JOHNSON, PAUL | A CATHOLIC JOURNALIST DESCRIBES HIS SELF-EDUCATION IN JEWISH HISTORY AS HE TRACES THE EARLIEST ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH EXPERIENCE TO THE ERA OF EMANCIPATION. RATHER THAN DEFINING JEWISH EXPERIENCE AS A FUNCTION OF CHRISTIANITY JOHNSON TRIES TO UNDERSTAND JEWS ON THEIR OWN TERMS | ||
BR | 6201 | BREAKING RANKS | PODHORETZ, NORMAN | THIS IS THE AUTHOR'S STORY OF HIS OWN 'RADICALIZATION AND DERADICALIZATION' IN WHICH 'THERE IS A LARGER STORY ABOUT THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF THIS COUNTRY.' | ||
BR | 6202 | PARNAS, THE | BAR AM, MEIR | THIS NOVEL FOR TEENAGERS EXAMINES THE CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS OF 1096, MARAUDERS OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES ALONG THE RHINE. | ||
BR | 6203 | FAMILY MASHBER, THE | DER NISTER | WRITTEN IN THE 1930S BY ONE OF THE LEADING YIDDISH WRITERS IN THE SOVIET UNION, IT IS AN ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN RUSSIA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 6204 | SEED OF ABRAHAM, THE | ARABS AND JEWS IN CONTACT AND CONF | PATAI, RAPHAEL | AN EXPLORATION OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ROOTS OF THE THIRTEEN CENTURY HISTORY OF ARAB-JEWISH ENMITY. PATAI ALSO UNDERSCORES AND ANALYZES THE COMMONALITIES THAT HAVE LINKED JEWS AND ARABS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. | |
BR | 6205 | FATE OF THE JEWS, THE | FEUERLICHT, ROBERTA STRAUSS | FROM A LANDLESS, GHETTOIZED, PERSECUTED PEOPLE TO A MIDDLE EAST SUPERPOWER, THE RESILIENCY OF THE JEWS IS SHOWN THROUGH AN INTERNALIZED MORAL CODE AND THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHETS. | ||
BR | 6206 | SELECTED POEMS OF YANKEV GLATSHTEYN | FEIN, RICHARD J., TRANS. | A COLLECTION OF POEMS THAT SERVE AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKS OF THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH POET WHO LIVED IN AMERICA FROM 1914 TILL HIS DEATH IN 1971. | ||
BR | 6207 | SONG OF THE WIND | SWINDELLS, MADGE | HATRED FOR ALL GERMAN DEVOURS A YOUNG GIRL'S WARMTH AFTER HER PARENTS ARE MURDERED BY THE NAZIS. A GERMAN U-BOAT ENGINEER REVIVES HER EMOTIONS UNTIL SHE FINDS OUT HE IS GERMAN. | ||
BR | 6209 | EINSTEIN IN AMERICA | SAYEN, JAMIE | THE STORY OF ALBERT EINSTEIN'S YEARS IN PRINCETON. DESCRIBES THE TWO YEARS PRIOR TO EINSTEIN'S DEATH WHICH HE SPENT WORKING ON A NEW THEORY AND TEACHING AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY. EINSTIEN'S STORY IS SET AGAINST HIS GERMAN-JEWISH BACKGROUND AND THE AUTHOR EXAMINE | ||
BR | 6210 | BOY FROM OVER THERE, THE | BERGMAN, TAMAR | SET ON A KIBBUTZ IN THE JORDAN VALLEY IN 1948, THIS BOOK IS ABOUT CHILDREN LIVING THROUGH ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. | ||
BR | 6211 | NOW THESE ARE THE NAMES | A NEW ENGLISH RENDITION OF THE BOO | FOX, EVERETT, TRANS. | AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE BOOK OF EXODUS WHICH ATTEMPTS TO ECHO THE ORIGINAL HEBREW IN THE USE OF SUCH LITERARY ELEMENTS AS REPETITION, ALLUSION, WORD PLAY, AND ALLITERATION. INCLUDES EXPLANATORY NOTES. | |
BR | 6212 | PRAYING FOR RAIN | WEIDMAN, JEROME | IN THE GRIP OF 'THE ARCHEOLOGIST'S IMPULSE TO FIND THE MEANING OF THE PRESENT BY DIGGING UP THE PAST', WEIDMAN HAS SET DOWN THE STORY OF HIS LIFE. | ||
BR | 6213 | CHOSEN PEOPLE, THE | NYBURG, SIDNEY L. | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG RABBI AND THE CONFLICTS HE ENCOUNTERS IN HIS BALTIMORE CONGREGATION. | ||
BR | 6214 | BEYOND BELIEF | THE AMERICAN PRESS AND THE COMING | LIPSTADT, DEBORAH | THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT DESPITE GOOD PRESS COVERAGE FROM GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR II, AMERICAN NEWSPAPER EDITORS PRESENTED THE FACTS OF THE SITUATION IN A FEEBLE AND PERFUNCTORY FASHION. AN IMPERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF JEWS AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF SKEPTICISM ARE OFFERED AS EXPLANATIONS. | |
BR | 6215 | LIFE & TIMES OF MENACHEM BEGIN, THE | PERLMUTTER, AMOS | THIS BIOGRAPHY TRACES BEGIN FROM HIS EARLY DAYS IN POLAND TO HIS LAST DAYS AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. IT EXPLORES THE COMPLEXITY OF THE MAN AND TRIES TO UNCOVER WHAT LIES BEHIND THE PUBLIC FACADE. | ||
BR | 6216 | JEWS IN AMERICA TODAY | BRENNER, LENNI | THE IMPACT OF THE MODERN, LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEW ON AMERICA AND ON ISRAEL. INCLUDED ARE QUESTIONS SUCH AS, 'HOW IMPORTANT IS ANTI-SEMITISM IN TODAY'S POLITICS?' AND, 'ARE JEWS AS A GROUP STILL LIBERAL?' | ||
BR | 6217 | IN KINDLING FLAME | ATKINSON, LINDA | A FINE, MOVING PORTRAIT OF SENESH'S TRANSFORMATION FROM A PAMPERED, SELF-ABSORBED SCHOOLGIRL TO A PROUD JEWISH FIGHTER IS WOVEN INTO THIS SKILLFULLY TOLD TALE OF IDEALISM AND BRAVERY. | ||
BR | 6218 | GRANDMOTHER'S CLUB, THE | CHEUSE, ALAN | A SORORITY OF ELDERLY WOMEN WHO MEET TO EXCHANGE MEMORIES AND PONDER LIFE'S MYSTERIES WITH THE PREVAILING VOICE BEING THAT OF MRS. BLOCH, THE MOTHER OF RABBI BLOCH, WHOSE STORY THIS REALLY IS. | ||
BR | 6219 | BERNSTEIN | A BIOGRAPHY | PEYSER, JOAN | THE AUTHOR TRACES BERNSTEIN'S LIFE, FROM HIS BOSTON CHILDHOOD AND TIN PAN ALLEY APPRENTICESHIP TO HIS CAREER AS A CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER. | |
BR | 6220 | LOVESONG | BECOMING A JEW | LESTER, JULIUS | THE ODYSSEY OF THE FORMER CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, AND ACADEMIC WHICH CULMINATED IN HIS CONVERSION TO JUDAISM. | |
BR | 6221 | GERSHWIN | JABLONSKI, EDWARD | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PLACING GERSHWIN'S WORK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. | ||
BR | 6222 | CLASSIC CUISINE OF THE ITALIAN JEWS, THE | MACHLIN, EDDA SERVI | THIS BOOK CONTAINS 200 RECIPES WHICH COMBINE ITALIAN DISHES WITH JEWISH DIETARY LAWS, AS WELL AS SEPHARDIC-ITALIAN COOKING. | ||
BR | 6223 | MYSTERY OF THE COINS, THE | BURSTEIN, CHAYA | JAMIE, SARAH, AND THEIR GRANDMOTHER UNCOVER THE MYSTERY BEHIND A COLLECTION OF CENTURIES-OLD COINS. | ||
BR | 6224 | WINTER IN JERUSALEM | D'ALPUGET, BLANCHE | A NOVEL WHICH EXPOSES THE BRITTLE, NERVE-RACKING ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH ISRAELIS LIVE. TOLD THROUGH THE CHARACTER OF DANIELLE WHO HAS RETURNED TO ISRAEL, HER BIRTHPLACE, TO FIND HER FATHER. | ||
BR | 6225 | EASE MY SORROWS | A MEMOIR | KOPELEV, LEV | THIS WELL-KNOWN SOVIET DISSIDENT SPENT SEVEN YEARS IN THE GULAG FOR HIS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES. | |
BR | 6226 | ENCOUNTER WITH EMANCIPATION | THE GERMAN JEWS IN THE UNITED ST | COHEN, NAOMI | 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. | |
BR | 6228 | BLACK BOX, THE | OZ, AMOS | THIS NOVEL TRACES THE LIFE OF A HAPPILY MARRIED WOMAN WHO REMAINS OBSESSIVELY ATTACHED TO HER EX-HUSBAND. | ||
BR | 6229 | SCRAP OF TIME | FINK, IDA | THESE 22 SHORT STORIES AND A BRIEF ONE-ACT PLAY PORTRAY THOSE LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 6230 | TAPESTRY | PLAIN, BELVA | THE CHARACTERS OF 'THE GOLDEN CUP' ENTER ADULTHOOD IN THIS NOVEL. | ||
BR | 6231 | MY VERY OWN SHAVUOT BOOK | SAYPOL, JUDYTH ROBBINS & WIKLER,MADE | AN INTRODUCTION TO THIS HOLIDAY OF HARVEST; A MIDRASH ON THE GIVING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS; A DISCUSSION OF TORAH AND JEWISH LEARNING; THE STORY OF RUTH AND NAOMI. | ||
BR | 6233 | POLITICS OF RESCUE, THE | THE ROOSEVELT ADMINSTRATION AND TH | FEINGOLD, HENRY L. | FEINGOLD CHRONICLES THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST FROM 1938 TO 1945. | |
BR | 6234 | NEW AND SELECTED POEMS 1940-1986 | SHAPIRO, KARL | POEMS SELECTED BY THE AUTHOR FROM OVER 50 YEARS OF WRITING. | ||
BR | 6235 | STORIES FOR CHILDREN | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | IN THIS COLLECTION OF OLD AND NEW SELECTIONS, EACH STORY IS DELIVERED IN SINGER'S FAMILIAR, UNCLUTTERED STYLE THAT STILL MANAGES TO EVOKE A WIDE RANGE OF IDEAS AND EMOTIONS. | ||
BR | 6236 | EXILED IN PARADISE | HEILBUT, ANTHONY | THE BOOK RECOUNTS THE EXPERIENCES AND DEVELOPING IDEAS OF GERMAN REFUGEE ARTISTS AND INTELLECTUALS IN AMERICA FROM THE 1930'S TO THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 6237 | ROOTS AND BOOTS | FROM CRYPTO-JEW IN NEW SPAIN TO CO | FIERMAN, FLOYD S. | A SEQUEL TO 'GUTS AND RUTS,' THIS BOOK CHRONICLES THE HISTORY OF THE CRYPTO-JEWS OF OLD MEXICO AND DEALS WITH THE MODERN JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN THE AREA DATING FROM THE 1860S. | |
BR | 6238 | HIGH WALLS OF JERUSALEM, THE | A HISTORY OF THE BALFOUR DECLARATI | SANDERS, RONALD | THE AUTHOR, WORKING FROM FORMERLY CLASSIFIED ARCHIVAL MATERIAL, CONTENDS THAT IT WAS THE BALFOUR DECLARATION THAT ESTABLISHED THE POLITICAL CHARACTER OF LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY MIDDLE EAST. | |
BR | 6239 | WORLD OF HASSIDISM, THE | RABINOWICZ, HARRY M. | A HISTORY OF HASIDISM WHICH DISCUSSES THE PRINCIPLES OF ECSTASY IN PRAYER, TRUST IN GOD, AND JOYFUL AFFIRMATION OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 6240 | DEATH OF METHUSELAH AND OTHER STORIES, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | 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. | ||
BR | 6241 | TEDDY KOLLEK | MAYOR OF JERUSALEM | SHEPHERD, NAOMI | A LOOK AT THE STYLE, TRIUMPHS, SETBACKS, AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE FORMER LONG-TERM MAYOR OF JERUSALEM. THE AUTHOR ALSO EXPLORES THE CHALLENGES OF RUNNING A CITY THAT IS SACRED TO THREE MAJOR RELIGIONS AND GOVERNED BY ISRAELIS. | |
BR | 6242 | OPERATION BABYLON | HILLEL, SHLOMO | THE STORY OF THE 1950S AIRLIFT OF 125,000 IRAQI JEWS TO ISRAEL AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE AUTHOR, AN ISRAELI POLITICIAN WHO WAS AN UNDERCOVER AGENT AT THE TIME. | ||
BR | 6243 | IMMORTAL BARTFUSS, THE | APPELFELD, AHARON | IN A BLEND OF ALLEGORY AND REALISM, APPELFELD PRESENTS AN EMBITTERED HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO COPES WITH EVERYDAY LIFE IN MODERN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6244 | EAST WIND | ELLIS, JULIE | A JEWISH ORPHAN LIVING IN HONG KONG MEETS A BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN WHO HELPS HER TO CONFRONT HER FAITH. | ||
BR | 6246 | JEWISH COOKING MADE SLIM | WEINER, MARJORIE | THESE RECIPES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM JEWISH COOKBOOKS PUBLISHED BY JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND REWORKED TO REMOVE EXTRA CALORIES. INCLUDED IS A SPECIAL PASSOVER SECTION AND A PER SERVING CALORIE COUNT FOR EACH RECIPE. | ||
BR | 6247 | OUT OF THE GHETTO | KATZ, JACOB | THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF JEWISH EMANCIPATION, 1770-1870, PRESENTED FROM BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH POINTS OF VIEW. | ||
BR | 6248 | EVE | HER STORY | FARMER, PENELOPE | A REINTERPRETATION OF THE ROLE OF MEN AND WOMEN BASED ON STORIES AND IDEAS FROM THE BIBLE, RABBINIC TEACHINGS, AND SCHOLARLY TEXTS. | |
BR | 6249 | THIRTEENTH GATE, THE | TRAVELS AMONG THE LOST TRIBES OF I | PARFITT, TUDOR | A TRAVEL BOOK AND A HISTORY OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN ASIA AND AFRICA. EXPLORED ARE SUCH GROUPS AS THE MAKUYA AND BEIT SHALOM IN JAPAN, THE LEMBA IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ZIMBABWE, AND THE BENE ISRAEL IN BOMBAY. | |
BR | 6250 | JEWISH WRY | ESSAYS ON JEWISH HUMOR | COHEN, SARAH BLACHER, ED. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH HUMOR FROM ITS ROOTS IN EASTERN EUROPE THROUGH THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE IRVING HOWE, ROBERT ALTER, SANFORD PINSKER, AND ESTHER FUCHS. | |
BR | 6251 | JUDAIC ETHICS FOR A LAWLESS WORLD | GORDIS, ROBERT | THE AUTHOR LAMENTS WHAT HE SEES IS A LACK OF A MORAL ORDER IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. HE SUGGESTS THAT A RETURN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF 'NATURAL LAW,' REVITALIZED BY A JUDAIC VIEW, WOULD RESTORE THAT ORDER. | ||
BR | 6252 | AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR | ELIAS, MIRIAM | THIS SEQUEL TO 'TRY FOR A DREAM' DEALS WITH FRIENDSHIPS AND ALL THE COMPLICATIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THEM. | ||
BR | 6253 | BELZEC, SOBIBOR, TREBLINKA | ARAD, YITZHAK | THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF 'OPERATION REINHARD' THE DESTRUCTION OF 1.5 MILLION JEWS IN OCCUPIED POLAND FROM 1941-1943. | ||
BR | 6254 | RETURN, THE | LEVITIN, SONIA | TOLD THROUGH THE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF AN ETHIOPIAN JEWISH GIRL, THIS IS A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE ESCAPE AND FLIGHT OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS TO ISRAEL FROM 1984 TO 1985. THE BOOK IS ALSO RICH IN ETHNOGRAPHIC DETAIL OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS' WAY OF LIFE AND THEIR UNIQUE FAITH. | ||
BR | 6256 | JEWISH STORIES ONE GENERATION TELLS ANOTHER | SCHRAM, PENINNAH | A COLLECTION OF 64 JEWISH FOLKTALES RETOLD BY THE AUTHOR, A WELL-KNOWN JEWISH STORYTELLER. INCLUDES AN INFORMATIVE INTRODUCTION TO EACH STORY. | ||
BR | 6257 | SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ AND THE REAWAKENING | LEVI, PRIMO | IN THESE ACCOUNTS OF HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP EXPERIENCES, LEVI FOCUSES ON HIS CAPTORS AND HIS COMPANIONS AND HOW HE RE-ENTERED THE WORLD WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER. INCLUDES AN AFTERWARD IN WHICH LEVI EXPLAINS WHY HE HAS EXPRESSED NO HATRED FOR THE GERMANS AND NO DESIRE FOR REVENGE. | ||
BR | 6258 | BREAKING THE SILENCE | LAQUEUR, WALTER & RICHARD BREITMAN | THE STORY OF EDUARD SCHULTE, THE GERMAN WHO FIRST PASSED ON TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD THE NEWS OF HITLER'S EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS. | ||
BR | 6259 | FINDING HOSEYN | MACKINNON, COLIN | IN 1977 TEHERAN, AN ISRAELI SPY IS KILLED AND THE SEARCH IS ON TO DISCOVER WHO KILLED HIM AND WHY. THE SEARCH TAKES READERS THROUGH THE VARIOUS RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL STRATA OF MIDDLE EAST POLITICS. | ||
BR | 6260 | CROSSTOWN SABBATH | A STREET JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY | MORTON, FREDERIC | A MEMOIR WHICH ALTERNATES BETWEEN PRESENT DAY MANHATTAN AND THE VIENNA OF MORTON'S CHILDHOOD. THE MEMORY OF HOW HIS FAMILY OBSERVED THE SABBATH IS CENTRAL TO THE BOOK'S THEME WHICH IS A CRITIQUE OF THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ETHIC. | |
BR | 6261 | SIGN OF THE EIGHTIES, A | PARENT, GAIL | SHELLEY SILVER IS 35, PROFESSIONALLY SUCCESSFUL, AND CONVINCED THAT EDUCATED WOMEN IN THEIR 30S HAVE ONLY A SLIM CHANCE OF MARRYING. CASTING ASIDE HER FEMINIST PRINCIPLES, SHE DECIDES TO TAKE ACTION. | ||
BR | 6262 | IN PRAISE OF IMPERFECTION | MY LIFE, MY WORK | MONTALCINI, RITA LEVI | THE ACCOUNT OF A JEWISH WOMAN WHO GREW UP IN FASCIST ITALY AND OVERCAME ANTI-SEMITIC REPRESSION TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE. | |
BR | 6263 | KING OF THE FIELDS, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SINGER'S INTERPRETATION OF PRIMITIVE HISTORY DEPICTS THE TRANSITION OF POLAND FROM A HUNTER-GATHERER SOCIETY TO A SOCIETY BASED ON AGRICULTURE. | ||
BR | 6264 | JEWS IN POLISH CULTURE, THE | HERTZ; ALEKSANDER | THE AUTHOR, A SOCIOLOGIST, DISCUSSES THE ROLE THE JEWS PLAYED IN POLISH SOCIETY. THEIR AMBIVALENT IMAGE AND ASSIMILATION ARE TWO MAIN TOPICS. | ||
BR | 6265 | FLAME BEARERS, THE | CHERNIN, KIM | DRAWING ON THE KABBALAH AND OTHER SOURCES OF JEWISH MYSTICISM, THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORY OF RAE SHADMI WHO RETURNS TO SAN FRANCISCO TO TAKE OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS: A CENTURIES-OLD CULT RUN BY WOMEN. | ||
BR | 6266 | MEMBERS OF THE TRIBE | ON THE ROAD IN JEWISH AMERICA | CHAFETS, ZE'EV | TRAVELING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AFTER A 20-YEAR ABSENCE, CHAFETS OFFERS HIS OPINIONS ON THE STATE OF AMERICAN JEWRY IN THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. INCLUDED ARE HIS DEPICTIONS OF SMALL JEWISH COMMUNITIES HE VISITS: FROM A GAY SYNAGOGUE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO JEWISH PRAYER SERVICES IN A PENNSYLVANIA PRISON. | |
BR | 6267 | GIDEON'S SPRING | A MAN AND HIS KIBBUTZ | GILEAD, ZERUBAVEL & DOROTHEA KROOK | THE AUTHOR, ACTIVE IN THE KIBBUTZ MOVEMENT, DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE KIBBUTZ IN ISRAELI SOCIETY IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6268 | YELLOW WIND, THE | GROSSMAN, DAVID | A RECORD OF TWO DECADES OF ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK AND THE GAZA STRIP AND ITS EFFECT ON PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS. | ||
BR | 6269 | PAST CONTINUOUS | SHABTAI, YAAKOV | TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW, THIS WORK RECOUNTS THE EMOTIONAL DECAY OF A FAMILY IN MODERN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6270 | RHYTHMS OF JEWISH LIVING, THE | A SEPHARDIC APPROACH | ANGEL, MARC D. | A DISCUSSION OF THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEPHARDIC APPROACH TO THE OBSERVANCES AND CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM. THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT ISSUES SUCH AS THE FAMILY, THE APPLICATION OF HALACHA TO MODERN LIFE, ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS, AND CONVERSION. | |
BR | 6271 | JEWISH POSSIBILITIES | THE BEST OF MOMENT MAGAZINE | FINE, LEONARD, ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, EDITORIALS, AND REVIEWS FROM THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF 'MOMENT' MAGAZINE. INCLUDED ARE PIECES BY OR INTERVIEWS WITH CAVIN TRILLIN, JACOB NEUSNER, CYNTHIA OZICK, ABBA EBAN, ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, JANE FONDA, AND IMMANUEL JAKOBOVITS. | |
BR | 6272 | WHAT IS JUDAISM? | AN INTERPRETATION FOR THE PRESENT | FACKENHEIM, EMIL L. | IN THIS OVERVIEW OF JUDAISM, THE AUTHOR WRESTLES WITH UNCOMFORTABLE TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS AND DRAWS ON STORIES FROM THE MIDRASH. | |
BR | 6273 | NIGHTMARE IN HISTORY, A | THE HOLOCAUST, 1933-1945 | HAIKIN, MIRIAM | A HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. | |
BR | 6274 | MIRACLE OF INTERVALE AVENUE, THE | THE STORY OF A JEWISH CONGREGATION | KUGELMASS, JACK | THE STORY OF THE LAST SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK'S SOUTH BRONX AND THE ELDERLY PEOPLE WHO MANAGE TO ENSURE ITS SURVIVAL YEAR AFTER YEAR. | |
BR | 6275 | GHETTO OF VENICE, THE | CALIMANI, RICCARDO | A DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY OF THE VENICE GHETTO AND ITS INHABITANTS FROM 1516 TO 1797, WITH A FOCUS ON ITS ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS TIES TO VENICE AT THAT TIME. | ||
BR | 6276 | GOD'S WATER CARRIERS | SPERBER, MANES | THE FIRST VOLUME OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TRILOGY IN WHICH SPERBER DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS AN 'OLD REVOLUTIONARY' WHO WAS CONSTANTLY CHALLENGING GOD AND HIS FAITH. | ||
BR | 6277 | PASSAGE FROM HOME | ROSENFELD, ISAAC | THE AUTHOR PITS HIS ALTER EGO, BERNARD MILLER, AGAINST HIS FATHER IN A GENERATIONAL BATTLE SET IN CHICAGO OF THE 1930S. INCLUDES VIVID DEPICTIONS OF JEWISH FAMILY LIFE. | ||
BR | 6278 | HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI ARMY, A | SCHIFF, ZE'EV | THE AUTHOR'S REVISED VERSION OF HIS 1974 HISTORY INCLUDES ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS ON ISRAEL'S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, AND THE 1982 LEBANON CAMPAIGN. | ||
BR | 6279 | POEMS OF JERUSALEM | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | IN THIS ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS JERUSALEM DOMINATES AS AMICHAI DELIGHTS IN CONTRASTING THE CITY'S RELIGIOUS IMAGERY WITH THE MUNDANE CONCERNS OF DAILY LIFE. | ||
BR | 6280 | MAN YOU LOVED TO HATE, THE | ERICH VON STROHEIM AND HOLLYWOOD | KOSZARSKI, RICHARD | THIS BIOGRAPHY EXAMINES THE LIFE OF ERICH VON STROHEIM, AN AUSTRIAN JEW WHO MIGRATED TO AMERICA, EVENTUALLY BECOMING PROMINENT IN THE HOLLYWOOD OF THE SILENT SCREEN ERA. | |
BR | 6281 | CONFLICTS AND CONTRADICTIONS | BENVENISTI, MERON | ESSAYS BY A FORMER JERUSALEM DEPUTY MAYOR FOR ARAB AFFAIRS EXPLORING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. | ||
BR | 6282 | BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN | REZNICOFF, CHARLES | THE NOVEL, TOLD IN TWO PARTS, FIRST TELLS THE STORY OF SARAH VOLSKY, A RUSSIAN JEWESS, WHO CAME TO AMERICA TO ESCAPE POVERTY AND OPPRESSION, FOUND A JOB AND MARRIED. THE FORTUNES OF HER ELDEST SON, A GREENWICH VILLAGE BOOK STORE OWNER, ARE RELATED IN THE SECOND PART OF THE BOOK. | ||
BR | 6283 | KIDDUSH HASHEM | JEWISH RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL LIFE | HUBERBAND, RABBI SHIMON | A TRANSLATION FROM YIDDISH OF THE HOLOCAUST ARCHIVAL MATERIALS COLLECTED AND WRITTEN BY HUBERBAND, A RABBI AND HISTORIAN WHO WAS MURDERED IN TREBLINKA IN 1942. THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK DEPICTS RELIGIOUS LIFE FOR THE JEWS UNDER THE NAZI RULE. | |
BR | 6284 | YEMENITE COOKBOOK, THE | LEVI, ZION & AGABRIA, HANI | WOVEN THROUGHOUT THIS COLLECTION OF YEMENITE JEWISH RECIPES ARE FOLKLORE AND LITERARY QUOTES. | ||
BR | 6286 | INVENTOR, THE | LIND, YAKOV | THE SUBJECT OF THE BOROVSKY BROTHERS LETTERS TO EACH OTHER IS BROTHER MANNY'S SUPER-COMPUTER, A MACHINE FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 6287 | VOLUNTEERS, THE | SCLIAR, MOACYR | SET IN 1970, THIS NOVEL BLENDS THE MYSTICAL AND THE REAL AS IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE VOYAGE OF THE 'VOLUNTARIOS,' A TUGBOAT SAILING FROM PORTUGAL TO ISRAEL WITH AN ECLECTIC GROUP OF PASSENGERS. ITS MISSION IS TO BRING A DYING MAN TO JERUSALEM. | ||
BR | 6289 | CENTAUR IN THE GARDEN, THE | SCLIAR, MOACYR | 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.' | ||
BR | 6290 | DAUGHTERS OF THE LAW | ASHER, SANDY | A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL MUST DECIDE WHETHER TO STUDY AND HAVE A BAT-MITZVAH. HER DEAD FATHER, HER RELIGIOUS AUNT, AND HER UNINVOLVED MOTHER ALL FIGURE IN HER DECISION BUT IT IS A LOCAL POLITICAL SQUABBLE THAT HELPS HER DECIDE. | ||
BR | 6291 | HOLOCAUST IN HISTORY, THE | MARRUS, MICHAEL R. | BY ASSESSING THE LITERATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST, THE AUTHOR PLACES THE HOLOCAUST IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND EXAMINES ATTEMPTS TO CATEGORIZE THE BEHAVIOR OF ITS VICTIMS. | ||
BR | 6292 | LEON BLUM | LACOUTURE, JEAN | THE YOUNG LAWYER WHO DEFENDED EMILE ZOLA IN 1898 SURVIVED TWO WARS AND A CONCENTRATION CAMP TO BECOME HEAD OF A FRENCH CABINET THREE YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH. | ||
BR | 6293 | ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED | THE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO HELPED | GIES, MIEP | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE WOMAN WHO HELPED TO HIDE THE FRANK FAMILY DURING THE HOLOCAUST. © 1987 | |
BR | 6294 | EUROPEAN JEWRY AND THE FIRST CRUSADES | CHAZAN, ROBERT | IN HIS WORK, CHAZAN EXPLORES THE IMPACT OF THE CRUSADES ON THE JEWISH CONDITION AND ON THE JEWISH HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS. | ||
BR | 6295 | SHABBAT | JUNGK, PETER S. | THIS IS THE ACCOUNT OF A PASSIONATE YOUNG MAN, RAISED AS AN 'ASSIMILATED JEW' WHO STRUGGLES TO FIND THE MEANING OF HIS FAITH AND THE ROLE OF RELIGION. | ||
BR | 6296 | PEOPLE LIKE US | COHEN, BARBARA | FIFTEEN-YEAR OLD DINAH ADLER DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HER FAMILY OBJECTS TO HER DATING A NON-JEWISH BOY. THIS STORY TELLS HOW DINAH MUST DEAL WITH ISSUES OF PERSONAL IDENTITY AND FAMILY LOYALTY. | ||
BR | 6297 | MYSTIC QUEST, THE | AN INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH MYSTICIS | ARIEL, DAVID S. | A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM GEARED TO THE LAY READER. | |
BR | 6298 | ISIDOR HOFFMAN | ISAIAH ON CAMPUS | FREID, JACOB | HOFFMAN PIONEERED THE CONCEPT OF AN ON-CAMPUS ORGANIZATION FOR JEWISH STUDENTS THAT PROVIDED THEM WITH GUIDANCE AND RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. FRIED DESCRIBES HERE THE IMPACT THIS HAD ON GENERATIONS OF JEWISH STUDENTS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, WHERE HOFFMAN WAS COLLEGE CHAPLAIN FOR MANY YEARS. | |
BR | 6299 | LIFE IT BRINGS, THE | ONE PHYSICIST'S BEGINNINGS | BERNSTEIN, JEREMY | AN ACCOUNT OF THE UNLIKELY SERIES OF EVENTS THAT MADE THE AUTHOR A SCIENTIST. | |
BR | 6300 | ISRAEL | BUILDING A NEW SOCIETY | ELAZAR, DANIEL J. | ELAZAR EXAMINES THE INTERPLAY OF POLITICS WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF ISRAELI LIFE IN ORDER TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS AND SUGGEST THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF ISRAELI POLITICS. | |
BR | 6301 | FEAR NO EVIL | SHARANSKY, NATAN | THE SOVIET DISSIDENT AND JEWISH ACTIVIST RECOUNTS HIS NINE YEARS IN KGB CUSTODY. | ||
BR | 6304 | FACTS, THE | A NOVELIST'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY | ROTH, PHILIP | 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. | |
BR | 6305 | YOUNG HEROES, THE | TCHACK, HARRY | FOR CHILDREN, THIS IS AN ADAPTATION OF A STORY ABOUT YAAKOV CHURGIN. | ||
BR | 6306 | CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD ARAB | KANIUK, YORAM | AS THE SON OF AN ISRAELI MOTHER AND AN ARAB FATHER, YOSEF IS CONSUMED BY ANGER OVER HIS REJECTION BY BOTH THE ISRAELI AND ARAB WORLDS. THROUGH HIS PROTAGONIST, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN INDICTMENT OF THE ZIONIST DREAM AND EXPLORES THE THEMES OF ALIENATION AND LONGING. | ||
BR | 6307 | LETTERS & DRAWINGS OF BRUNO SCHULZ | FICOWSKI, JERZY: EDITOR | THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE MURDERED AUTHOR'S (BY THE SS IN 1942) COLLECTED LETTERS. THEY SHED LIGHT ON HIS IMAGINATIVE LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT THAT WERE LATER DEVELOPED IN HIS FICTION. | ||
BR | 6308 | ALL IN A LIFETIME | WESTHEIMER, DR. RUTH | THE AMERICAN SEX THERAPIST TELLS OF HER FLIGHT FROM THE NAZIS, HER WORK IN THE HAGANAH, AND HER MOVE TO PARIS IN THE EARLY 1950S. WESTHEIMER OFFERS CANDID LOOKS AT HER MARRIAGES, HER CHILDREN, AND HER UNIQUE CAREER. | ||
BR | 6309 | EARLY BOOKS OF YEHUDA AMICHAI, THE | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POET'S EARLY WORK WHICH INFLUENCED POETS-PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTRASTS HE CREATED BETWEEN MODERN SPOKEN HEBREW AND CLASSICAL HEBREW OF THE HOLY TEXTS. | ||
BR | 6310 | MY FATHER, HIS DAUGHTER | DAYAN, YAEL | THE AUTHOR, A WRITER AND ISRAELI POLITICIAN, DESCRIBES HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FATHER, ISRAELI GENERAL MOSHE DAYAN. | ||
BR | 6311 | GODS OF RAQUEL, THE | SCLIAR, MOACYR | IN SEARCH OF HER JEWISH IDENTITY IN CATHOLIC BRAZIL, RAQUEL BELIEVES SHE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY. SHE DENIES HERSELF PARTICIPATION IN EITHER RELIGION BUT CANNOT BE SATISFIED UNTIL HER DILEMMA IS ULTIMATELY RESOLVED. | ||
BR | 6313 | FROM THE WISDOM OF MISHLE | HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL | TWENTY-TWO ESSAYS, BASED ON THEMES FROM THE 'BOOK OF PROVERBS', OFFER INSIGHT AND GUIDANCE ON THE HUMAN SITUATION AND ITS DILEMMAS. | ||
BR | 6314 | JACOB THE BAKER | BEN SHEA, NOAH | AN ENTIRE TOWN SEEKS THE ADVICE OF A PIOUS BAKER AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY BAKES A NOTE OF PERSONAL REFLECTION INTO ONE OF HIS LOAVES. | ||
BR | 6315 | ITALIANS AND HOLOCAUST, THE | PERSECUTION, RESCUE AND SURVIVAL | ZUCCOTTI, SUSAN | A STUDY THAT MAKES USE OF THE NARRATIVES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. THE READER IS CONFRONTED WITH STORIES OF ATROCITIES AS WELL AS EXAMPLES OF COURAGEOUS BEHAVIOR. | |
BR | 6316 | REMEMBERING BOX | CLIFFORD, ETH | EDITH WALDMAN | JOSHUA ENJOYS HIS SABBATH VISITS WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, BUT MOST OF ALL HE LIKES THE STORIES FROM HER 'REMEMBERING BOX.' FUNNY AND EXCITING STORIES ABOUT THE PEOPLE FROM WHOM HE COMES. | |
BR | 6317 | ROAD TO EIN HAROD, THE | KENAN, AMOS | THIS NOVEL DEPICTS AN ISRAEL HEADING TOWARD FASCISM AFTER A MILITARY COUP. EIN HAROD, A LEGENDARY KIBBUTZ FOUNDED BY SOCIALIST ZIONISTS, IS THE LAST CENTER OF ISRAELI RESISTANCE. | ||
BR | 6318 | NATIONAL COLD STORAGE COMPANY | SHAPIRO, HARVEY | ALTHOUGH HIS CAREER IN PUBLISHING HAS OVERSHADOWED HIS POETRY, THIS COLLECTION OF NEW AND SELECTED POEMS SHOWS HOW EXCELLENT SHAPIRO'S POETRY CAN BE. | ||
BR | 6319 | VERY GOOD LAND TO FALL WITH, A | SANFORD, JOHN | THE THIRD VOLUME IN AN EPIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN WHICH SANFORD SEEKS TO REUNITE WITH HIS JEWISH SELF. INCLUDED ARE MOVING DIALOGUES WITH HIS FATHER AND STORIES OF RED-BAITING AND BLACKLISTING. | ||
BR | 6320 | HOMECOMING | POSELL, ELSA | BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCE IN RUSSIA DURING THE REVOLUTION. | ||
BR | 6321 | FALASHAS, THE | THE FORGOTTEN JEWS OF ETHIOPIA | KESSLER, DAVID | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE FALASHAS, OR 'BETA ISRAEL' AS THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED, ONE OF THE OLDEST JEWISH DIASPORA COMMUNITIES. | |
BR | 6322 | REFLECTIONS OF NAZISM | AN ESSAY ON KITSCH AND DEATH | FRIEDLANDER, SAUL | THE AUTHOR, A HISTORIAN, DISCUSSES HIS UNEASE AT THE CHANGING IMAGE OF NAZI GERMANY SINCE THE EARLY 1970S. HE DEMONSTRATES HOW FILMS AND BOOKS THAT EMPHASIZE THE EMOTIONS AND IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH NAZISM HAVE INADVERTENTLY REKINDLED A FASCINATION WITH THE MOVEMENT. | |
BR | 6323 | I DIDN'T SAY GOODBYE | INTERVIEWS WITH CHILDREN OF THE HO | VEGH, CLAUDINE | SEVENTEEN FRENCH JEWS DESCRIBE THE LOSS OF THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR OWN PERILOUS EXISTENCE DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN 1940 THROUGH 1944. | |
BR | 6324 | I AM A STAR-CHILD OF THE HOLOCAUST | AUERBACHER, INGE | THROUGH WORDS AND POETRY, THE AUTHOR, A SURVIVOR OF NAZI GERMANY, DESCRIBES FOR YOUNG READERS THE STORY OF HER CHILDHOOD YEARS IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMP TEREZIN. | ||
BR | 6325 | NATION AGAINST NATION | FRANCK, THOMAS | AN ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL BRANCHES OF THE UN WITH EMPHASIS ON THE TRANSITION OF U.S. POLICY FROM THE 1940S TO THE PRESENT, INCLUDING SUCH FOCUS ISSUES AS ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6326 | JEWS AND ZIONISM | SHIMONI, GIDEON | A STUDY OF THE ZIONIST JEWISH COMMUNITY OF SOUTH AFRICA, ITS ORIGINS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ZIONISM IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE EMERGENCE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6328 | SIX DAYS OF DESTRUCTION, THE | MEDITATIONS TOWARD HOPE | WIESEL, ELIE & ALBERT H. FRIEDLANDER | THESE SIX CHRONICLES BY WIESEL OF ONE PERSON'S EXPERIENCE DURING THE HOLOCAUST ARE WOVEN AROUND THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVES OF THE CREATION. INCLUDES A LITURGY BY FRIEDLANDER FOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAYS. | |
BR | 6329 | LOVE AND TRADITION | MARRIAGE BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIA | MAYER, EGON | DRAWING ON HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES AS WELL AS PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, THE AUTHOR TACKLES THE MANY LARGE AND SMALL ISSUES OF INTERMARRIAGE BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS FROM CHILD REARING, HOLIDAYS, AND RITUALS TO CHOICE OF CUISINE. | |
BR | 6330 | FESTIVAL OF ESTHER | THE STORY OF PURIM | SILVERMAN, MAIDA | A SIMPLE RETELLING OF THE PURIM STORY INCLUDING A RECIPE FOR 'HAMENTASCHEN.' | |
BR | 6331 | KID'S KOSHER INCREDIBLE EDIBLES | GRAHAM, BEATRICE E. | A NICE VARIETY OF GOOD HEALTHY RECIPES-DAIRY, MEAT AND PAREVE-FROM CHINESE FLOWER SOUP TO PESACH LIGHTNING COOKIES. | ||
BR | 6332 | BURNING BUSH, THE | ANTI-SEMITISM AND WORLD HISTORY | LITVINOFF, BARNET | THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT NAZISM WAS ABLE TO EXTERMINATE SO MANY JEWS BECAUSE FASCISM IN GENERAL (NOT NAZISM ALONE) EXTOLLED RACIAL 'PURITY,' AND FOUND MANY SUPPORTERS. | |
BR | 6333 | OUR SAGES, GOD, AND ISRAEL | AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE TALMUD OF THE | NEUSNER, JACOB | AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE LESSER-KNOWN PALESTINIAN TALMUD, WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN ISRAEL RATHER THAN BABYLONIA. | |
BR | 6335 | DAYS OF HONEY | THE TUNISIAN BOYHOOD OF RAFAEL UZA | AWRET, IRENE | THE BOYHOOD OF THE FAMOUS PAINTER RAFAEL UZAN WHOSE WORK IS FLAVORED BY THE NORTH AFRICAN TOWN OF HIS CHILDHOOD. | |
BR | 6336 | LATE DIVORCE | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | THIS NOVEL OF NINE DAYS IN THE LIFE OF THE TURBULENT KAMINKA FAMILY ALSO SERVES AS AN ALLEGORY FOR THE MODERN ISRAELI CONDITION AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE AUTHOR. | ||
BR | 6337 | WORLD OF OUR MOTHERS, THE | THE LIVES OF JEWISH IMMIGRANT WOME | WEINBERG, SYDNEY STAHL | BASED ON ORAL HISTORIES, THIS BOOK CHRONICLES THE LIVES OF JEWISH WOMEN FROM RUSSIA AND POLAND WHO SETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6338 | BELLE MOSKOWITZ | WOMAN IN POLITICS | PERRY, ELIZABETH ISRAELS | THE STORY OF A JEWISH WOMAN DURING THE PROGRESSIVE ERA WHO WORKED EXTENSIVELY TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF THE GHETTO DWELLERS ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. | |
BR | 6339 | UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETS | BLANK, SHELDON H. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEACHINGS OF THE EARLY AND LATE PROPHETS, THEIR RELEVANCE TODAY AND THE WAY THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE WAS CONVEYED TO A SKEPTICAL PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 6340 | INTERMARRIAGE HANDBOOK, THE | PETSONK, JUDY & REMSEN, JIM | A COMPREHENSIVE CRADLE-TO-GRAVE GUIDE TO THE DECISIONS AND PROBLEMS FACED BY EVERYONE INVOLVED IN AN INTERFAITH MARRIAGE. | ||
BR | 6341 | ORPHANED ADULT, THE | CONFRONTING THE DEATH OF A PARENT | ANGEL, MARC D. | PRESENTING PRACTICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES, THIS BOOK MOVES FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF ADULT ORPHANHOOD TO MORE GENERAL THEMES OF MORTALITY, MOURNING, AND THE LASTING INFLUENCE OF PARENTS. | |
BR | 6342 | YIDDISH FOLKTALES | WEINREICH, BEATRICE SILVERMAN | A COLLECTION OF 178 EXAMPLES OF MORAL ALLEGORIES, RELIGIOUS STORIES WITH ETHICAL MESSAGES, CHILDREN'S FAIRY AND HUMOROUS TALES, AND LEGENDS OF SAINTS, VILLAINS AND SUPERNATURAL DEMONS. | ||
BR | 6343 | GARDEN | WHERE WOLVES AND LIONS DO NO HARM | SIEGEL, DANNY | POEMS THAT DEPICT A RANGE OF JEWISH EVENTS AND EMOTIONS FROM THE AGONY OF THE HOLOCAUST TO THE JOYS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6344 | SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT | VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS | IN POETRY AND PROSE, SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST WRITE WHAT IS ON THEIR MINDS AND IN THEIR HEARTS. | ||
BR | 6345 | FROM BERLIN TO JERUSALEM | MEMORIES OF MY YOUTH | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM | A PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY AN INNOVATOR IN 20TH CENTURY JEWISH THOUGHT, FROM HIS BEGINNINGS IN GERMANY TO MODERN DAY ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6346 | SHIMONI'S LOVER | LEVIN, JENIFER | A PORTRAIT OF THE EFFECT THAT DAILY KIBBUTZ LIFE HAS ON ITS CHARACTERS, FOUR SONS OF AN ISRAELI MILITARY LEADER, IN POSTWAR ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6347 | BIBLE STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN - VOL. 4 | HOLLANDER, BETTY R. | FROM JOB TO NEHEMIAH: A NEWLY REVISED PROGRAM PROVIDING CHILDREN WITH THEIR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WITH THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 6348 | PAST PERFECT | SHABTAI, YAAKOV | MEIR, AN ENGINEER LIVING IN TEL AVIV, DISCOVERS HE HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND IS CONVINCED OF HIS IMPENDING DEATH. THE NOVEL ILLUSTRATES THE INEVITABLE AND CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF TIME. | ||
BR | 6349 | BELLAROSA CONNECTION, THE | BELLOW, SAUL | THE AGING NARRATOR REMEMBERS AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO WAS SAVED FROM THE NAZIS AND, FOR YEARS, IS THWARTED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO THANK HIS RESCUER. | ||
BR | 6350 | JOURNEY TO TRADITION | THE ODYSSEY OF A BORN-AGAIN JEW | LEVIN, MICHAEL G. | THE ODYSSEY OF A JEW WHO, IN 12 DAYS OF INTENSE STUDY IN AN ORTHODOX JERUSALEM YESHIVA, WAS TRANSFORMED FROM AN ASSIMILATED AMERICAN JEW TO A SEEKER OF HIS RELIGIOUS ROOTS. | |
BR | 6351 | MITLA PASS | URIS, LEON | WITH HIS MARRIAGE IN TURMOIL AND HIS WRITING CAREER AT A STANDSTILL, GIDEON ZADOK GOES TO ISRAEL DURING THE 1956 SINAI WAR TO TRY TO REDEEM HIMSELF AS A WRITER AND A JEW. | ||
BR | 6352 | FINANCIER | THE BIOGRAPHY OF ANDRE MEYER | REICH, CARY | STORY OF THE FRENCH JEW WHO FLED OCCUPIED FRANCE TO BECOME THE HEAD OF THE NEW YORK INVESTMENT BANKING HOUSE OF LAZARD FRERES & CO. | |
BR | 6353 | GERMAN JEWS BEYOND JUDAISM | MOSSE, GEORGE L. | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE ASSIMILATION OF GERMAN JEWRY, THEIR REJECTION BY THE GERMANS, AND THE LOSS OF JEWISH IDENTITY FOR MANY GERMAN JEWS. | ||
BR | 6354 | WALKING THROUGH ISRAEL | GAVRON, DANIEL | ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN JOURNALISTS THERE TRIED TO GET TO KNOW HIS COUNTRY BY TRAMPING IT FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER ON FOOT. | ||
BR | 6355 | JEWISH CELEBRITIES HALL OF FAME, THE | BOXER, TIM | PROFILES OF THE JEWISH 'MOVERS' AND 'SHAKERS' IN THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT. INCLUDED ARE STARS OF STAGE, SCREEN, AND TELEVISION. | ||
BR | 6356 | FIFTH WHEEL, THE | SHAMIR, MOSHE | THIS NOVEL FEATURES THE MISADVENTURES OF A KIND-HEARTED KIBBUTZNIK. | ||
BR | 6357 | OTHER JEWS, THE | THE SEPHARDIM TODAY | ELAZAR, DANIEL J. | ELAZAR OVERTURNS STEREOTYPES AND CHALLENGES WIDELY-HELD ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SEPHARDIM IN ISRAEL AND PROVIDES READERS WITH A TOUR OF SEPHARDI COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. | |
BR | 6358 | BIBLE STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. VOL. 1. | HOLLENDER, BETTY | A RETELLING OF BIBLE STORIES FOR CHILDREN, FROM NOAH'S ARK TO THE TIME OF MOSES. | ||
BR | 6359 | DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT | LUSTIG, ARNOST | FICTIONALIZATION OF LUSTIG'S EXPERIENCES AS A BOY IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ALSO DEALS WITH THE WARSAW UPRISING, AND THE LIBERATION OF PRAGUE. | ||
BR | 6360 | FROM THAT PLACE AND TIME | A MEMOIR 1938-1947 | DAWIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | THE AUTHOR, AN AMERICAN HISTORIAN, RECOUNTS THE YEAR SHE SPENT IN 1938 WORKING AT THE YIVO ARCHIVES IN VILNA SHORTLY BEFORE THE NAZIS SWEPT IN AND MURDERED NEARLY ALL THAT CITY'S JEWS. | |
BR | 6361 | CUP OF TEARS, A | LEWIN, ABRAHAM | A DIARY OF THE WARSAW GHETTO COVERING THE PERIOD APRIL 1942-JANUARY 1943. IT PROVIDES A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ON GHETTO-RELATED TOPICS WHILE THE INTRODUCTION OFFERS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. | ||
BR | 6362 | NIGHT TALES REMEMBERED | FABLES FROM THE SHAMMAS | KATZ, MICHAEL JAY | THE STORYTELLER IN THIS NOVEL IS THE SYNAGOGUE CARETAKER WHO RETELLS HIS JEWISH FABLES TO HIS RABBI NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. THE STORIES CENTER AROUND THE CENTRAL YESHIVA IN COLOGNE IN AN INDETERMINATE TIME HEAVILY LACED WITH MYTH, LEGEND, AND FOLKLORE. | |
BR | 6363 | BIBLE STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN - VOL. II | HOLLENDER, BETTY R. | THESE BIBLE STORIES RETOLD ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN COVER THE PERIOD FROM JOSHUA TO SOLOMON. | ||
BR | 6364 | BIBLE STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN - VOL. III | HOLLENDER, BETTY R. | THESE BIBLE STORIES RETOLD ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN COVER THE PERIOD FROM ELIJAH TO JEREMIAH. | ||
BR | 6365 | JUDAISM | DE LANGE, NICHOLAS | THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF JUDAISM ARE EXAMINED IN ORDER TO SHOW THE ESSENTIAL UNITY THAT EXISTS BECAUSE OF A COMMON HISTORICAL HERITAGE. | ||
BR | 6366 | JEWISH LIFE IN PHILADELPHIA | 1830-1940 | FRIEDMAN, MURRAY, ED. | FOCUSES ON JEWISH LEADERS, SCHOLARS AND BUSINESSMEN OF PHILADELPHIA. | |
BR | 6367 | SHIRA'S SUMMER | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | SHIRA WHO IS ALMOST BAS MITZVAH DISCOVERS THAT MOVING TO THE SUBURBS AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS CAN BE FUN AND VERY EXCITING. | ||
BR | 6368 | LITTLE LOVE IN BIG MANHATTAN, A | WISSE, RUTH R. | THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORY OF TWO POETS, MANNY LEIB AND MOSHE LEIB HALPERN, WHO WERE PROMINENT MEMBERS OF 'DI YUNGE,' A GROUP OF YIDDISH POETS AND WRITERS WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. | ||
BR | 6369 | TO PRAY AS A JEW | DONIN, RABBI HAYIM HALEVY | A LUCID GUIDE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRAY IN THE JEWISH WAY BUT DON'T KNOW HOW. THE BOOK IS ALSO INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO PRAY BY ROTE EVERY DAY BUT WOULD LIKE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. BLENDING HALAKHA AND HISTORY, MIDRASH AND PHILOSOPHY, DONIN CLARIFIES THE CONTENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE PRAYERS. | ||
BR | 6370 | JOKES OF OPPRESSION, THE | THE HUMOR OF SOVIET JEWS | HARRIS, DAVID A. & IZRAIL RABINOVICH | A COLLECTION OF JOKES THAT FINDS HUMOR IN THE OFTEN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES OF BEING A JEW IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. | |
BR | 6371 | LORD IS A WHISPER AT MIDNIGHT, THE | PSALMS AND PRAYERS | SIEGEL, DANNY | A COLLECTION OF PSALMS AND PRAYERS WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR FOR PERSONAL OR CONGREGATIONAL USE. SOME ARE MODERN INTERPRETATIONS OF BIBLICAL PSALMS; SOME ARE THE AUTHOR'S OWN CREATIONS. | |
BR | 6372 | SLOPES OF LEBANON, THE | OZ, AMOS | A SERIES OF ARTICLES AND SPEECHES WRITTEN BETWEEN 1982 AND 1988 WHOSE SUBJECTS INCLUDE KURT WALDHEIM AND THE AUSTRIAN ORIGINS OF MANY NAZIS, CLAUDE LANZMANN'S HOLOCAUST FILM, 'SHOAH,' THE 1984 HIJACKING OF A BUS BY ARAB TERRORISTS, THE WEAKENING OF ISRAEL'S LABOR PARTY, AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6373 | CONVERSATIONS WITH PRIMO LEVI | CAMON, FERDINANDO | THE TWO ITALIAN WRITERS DISCUSS FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES, SUCH AS THE VALUE OF LITERATURE AND REFLECTIONS ON HUMAN SUFFERING. | ||
BR | 6374 | BLESSINGS | PLAIN, BELVA | JENNIE RAKOWSKY, A LAWYER WHO SPECIALIZES IN DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF IMPOVERISHED WOMEN, IS ABOUT TO MARRY A FELLOW ATTORNEY. BUT HER WELL-ORDERED LIFE IS SHATTERED WHEN THE CHILD SHE GAVE UP FOR ADOPTION APPEARS ON HER DOORSTEP. | ||
BR | 6375 | JEPTHE'S DAUGHTER | RAGEN, NAOMI | THE STORY OF BATSHEVA HA-LEVI WHO FLEES AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE AND HER CLOISTERED HASIDIC COMMUNITY IN JERUSALEM FOR LONDON. DESPITE THE MANY APPEALING ASPECTS OF HER NEW LIFE, HA-LEVI DECIDES TO RETURN TO JERUSALEM TO CONFRONT HER HUSBAND AND HER OLD LIFE. | ||
BR | 6376 | SURVIVING THE SEASONS | KUPFER, FERN | JAKE AND SARA FELDMAN SPEND THEIR GOLDEN YEARS IN FLORIDA WHERE THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY A VARIETY OF CHARACTERS. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES INTIMATE GLIMPSES INTO THE LIVES OF THESE IN THIS NOVEL OF THE 'EVENTS' OF DAILY LIFE. | ||
BR | 6377 | MINE ENEMY | BARNEA, AMALIA & BARNEA, AHARON | THE BOOK TRACES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AUTHORS, ISRAELI JOURNALISTS AND A CAPTURED PLO LIEUTENANT COL. THEY FIND TO THEIR CONFUSION THAT STEREOTYPICAL VIEWS DO NOT FIT THE MAN THEY MEET. | ||
BR | 6378 | FINAL OPUS OF LEON SOLOMON, THE | BADANES, JEROME | LEON SOLOMON, A TRAGIC-COMIC FIGURE AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, IS ABOUT TO COMMIT SUICIDE. IN THE COURSE OF HIS EXPLANATION, SOLOMON RECOUNTS HIS INTERNMENT AT AUSCHWITZ, HIS ESTRANGEMENT FROM HIS WIFE AND SON, AND HIS AMOROUS ADVENTURES. | ||
BR | 6379 | DARKER SIDE OF GENIUS, THE | KATZ, JACOB | THIS STUDY EXAMINES ATTITUDES TOWARD JEWS IN EARLY 19TH CENTURY GERMANY, PARTICULARLY THE ANTI-SEMITISM OF THE COMPOSER RICHARD WAGNER. | ||
BR | 6380 | BEFORE OUR VERY EYES | READINGS FOR A JOURNEY THROUGH ISR | SIEGEL, DANNY | AN ANTHOLOGY OF PROSE AND POETRY THAT CAN HELP EXPRESS SOME OF THE READER'S FEELINGS WHILE WALKING THE LAND OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6382 | CIRCLE OF THE BA'AL SHEM TOV, THE | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | THIS BOOK CONTAINS FOUR ESSAYS THAT WERE UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF HESCHEL'S DEATH IN 1972. THE ESSAYS DISCUSS THE BA'AL SHEM TOV, THE FOUNDER OF THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 6383 | JACOB'S LADDER | COLLINS, ALAN | IN AN ORPHANAGE SURROUNDED BY YOUNG REFUGEES FROM HITLER'S GERMANY, JACOB IS TAUGHT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS HERITAGE. BUT IT TAKES A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES FOR JACOB TO BEGIN TO LIVE HIS LIFE FULLY. | ||
BR | 6384 | JEWISH SPIRITUALITY I | FROM THE BIBLE TO THE MIDDLE AGES | GREEN, ARTHUR, ED. | FIFTEEN U.S. AND ISRAELI SCHOLARS EXPLORE JUDAISM'S SPIRITUALITY FROM ITS FOUNDATION IN THE BIBLICAL AGE AND ITS EMERGENCE IN THE RABBINIC AGE TO THE PERIOD OF REFLECTION IN THE MEDIEVAL AGE. | |
BR | 6385 | ADVENTURES OF K'TONTON | A LITTLE JEWISH TOM THUMB | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT A MINIATURE BOY GROWING UP IN A JEWISH HOUSEHOLD. WHILE HIS ATTEMPTS TO NAVIGATE A NORMAL-SIZED WORLD ARE AMUSING, THE JEWISH LESSONS LEARNED ARE ALSO INSTRUCTIVE. | |
BR | 6386 | INTERNATIONAL COOKING FOR THE KOSHER HOME | GOLDBERG, BETTY S. | A COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL DISHES WHICH HAVE BEEN ADAPTED BOTH TO THE AMERICAN PALATE AND TO KOSHER DIETARY LAWS. A BRIEF DISCUSSION OPENS EACH CHAPTER. | ||
BR | 6387 | SHIRA'S NEW START | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | THIS SEQUEL TO 'SHIRA'S SUMMER' EXPANDS ON THE CHARACTERS INTRODUCED IN THE EARLIER BOOK. SHIRA AND DAWN GRUBER ARE ENTERING A NEW SCHOOL AND THE YEAR GETS OFF TO A TURBULENT START. | ||
BR | 6388 | WATERS OF DARKNESS, THE | SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF AN AMERICA | SANFORD, JOHN | THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE AUTHOR'S MEMOIRS EVOKING THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF A YOUNG JEW IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 6389 | CHRISTMAS REVOLUTION, THE | COHEN, BARBARA | A FINE AND PERCEPTIVE EXPLORATION OF SOME OF THE CONFLICTS AND PRESSURES ENGENDERED IN THE LIVES OF SOME JEWISH FOURTH-GRADERS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON. | ||
BR | 6390 | HOLY DAYS | THE WORLD OF A HASIDIC FAMILY | HARRIS, LIS | THE AUTHOR BEFRIENDED A LUBAVITCH HASIDIC FAMILY AND PENETRATED A SECT KNOWN FOR ITS ADHERENCE TO OLD WORLD CUSTOMS AND REVERENCE OF ITS HASIDIC RABBIS. | |
BR | 6391 | RAGMAN'S SON, THE | DOUGLAS, KIRK | THE CHILD OF JEWISH-RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS, RAISED IN POVERTY, DOUGLAS BECAME A MOVIE STAR AND A MILLIONAIRE. HE RECOUNTS HIS EARLY YEARS, HIS RISE TO FAME, AND HIS PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. | ||
BR | 6392 | SPRINGS OF JEWISH LIFE, THE | RAPHAEL, CHAIM | AN EXAMINATION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S ENCOUNTER WITH GENTILE CULTURES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON BIBLICAL TIMES, HELLENISM, AND THE ROMAN PERIOD. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT A POSITIVE WORLD VIEW AND A NEED FOR A MEANINGFUL EXISTENCE HAVE ENABLED THE JEWS TO ENDURE. | ||
BR | 6393 | CREATING THE PALESTINIAN STATE | A STRATEGY FOR PEACE | SEGAL, JEROME M. | THE AUTHOR OUTLINES BASIC STRATEGIES FOR CONSTRUCTING A VIABLE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HIS PLAN IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF COMMON GOALS, NEEDS FOR SECURITY, AND RIGHTS FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SELF-DETERMINATION. | |
BR | 6394 | JEWISH STORIES AND HEBREW MELODIES | HEINE, HEINRICH | THE FIRST COMPILATION OF JEWISH STORIES BY THE ROMANTIC GERMAN POET, THE SELECTION INCLUDES 'THE RABBI OF BACHERACH', 'THE HEBREW MELODIES' AND 'JESSICA.' | ||
BR | 6395 | JOLSON | THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE | GOLDMAN, HERBERT G. | AARON NORDWI | AL JOLSON IS PROBABLY BEST REMEMBERED FOR THE FILM "THE JAZZ SINGER." BUT IN HIS TIME, HE WAS AN IMMENSELY POPULAR PERFORMER WHOSE GIFT WAS THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE MAGICALLY WITH LIVE AUDIENCES. COMPREHENSIVELY RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN, GOLDMAN DETAILS JOLSON'S COMPLEX LIFE AND CAREER, FROM EARLY BEGINNINGS AS A STREET PERFORMER THROUGH HIS MULTIFACETED CAREER. |
BR | 6396 | JEWISH FAMILY | MYTHS & REALITY | COHEN, STEVEN M. & HYMAN, PAULA | MIRIAM TITCOMB | DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, AND ISRAELI SCHOLARS EXAMINE THE HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, AND CULTURE OF THE JEWISH FAMILY IN ITS VARIED SETTINGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. |
BR | 6397 | NEW JEWISH CUISINE, THE | BERKOWITZ, GILA | RECIPES FOR JEWISH DISHES THAT EMPHASIZE HEALTHFUL INGREDIENTS. INCLUDES SECTIONS ON VEGETARIAN, HOLIDAY, AND ISRAELI FOODS. | ||
BR | 6398 | ISRAEL IN AMERICA | A TOO COMFORTABLE EXILE? | NEUSNER, JACOB | PUBLISHED IN 1985, NEUSNER EXAMINES THE CONDITION OF JEWS IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 6399 | ANZIA YEZIERSKA | A WRITER'S LIFE | HENRIKSEN, LOUISE LEVITAS | NICKNAMED THE 'HESTER STREET CINDERELLA,' THE YIDDISH WRITER, WHO DIED IN 1970, IS BROUGHT TO LIFE THROUGH HER PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE. | |
BR | 6400 | TOUCH WOOD | ROTH-HANO, RENEE | THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HER GIRLHOOD IN NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE. SHE AND HER SISTERS WERE SENT TO A CATHOLIC WOMEN'S RESIDENCE IN NORMANDY WHERE THEY REMAINED UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. | ||
BR | 6401 | TERRITORY OF LIES | THE EXCLUSIVE STORY OF JONATHAN J. | BLITZER, WOLF | BLITZER, A JOURNALIST, RECOUNTS THE STORY OF JONATHAN J. POLLARD, THE AMERICAN JEW WHO SPIED ON THE UNITED STATES FOR ISRAEL, AND ANSWERS SOME DISTURBING QUESTIONS. | |
BR | 6402 | CITY BOY | WOUK, HERMAN | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT HERBIE BOOKBINDER AND HIS EXPERIENCES GROWING UP IN THE BRONX. | ||
BR | 6404 | BRONSTEIN'S CHILDREN | BECKER, JUREK | BEVERLY STER | JUREK BECKER HAS DEVISED SOMETHING BETWEEN STORY AND ALLEGORY TO EVOKE THE COLD GENERATIONAL MILLENNIUM THAT SEPARATES A FATHER, WITH HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIES, FROM A SON, ADRIFT IN A SOCIETY WITH NO MEMORIES WHATSOEVER. | |
BR | 6405 | OUT OF MANY WATERS | GREENE, JACQUELINE DEMBAR | IN 1654, A YOUNG PORTUGUESE GIRL STOWS AWAY ABOARD A DUTCH SHIP HEADED FOR NEW AMSTERDAM. THROUGH THE HEROINE'S ADVENTURES, THE YOUNG READER IS INTRODUCED TO AMERICAN AND JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 6406 | SUSTAINING UTTERANCE | DISCOURSES ON CHASIDIC THOUGHT | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | A COMPANION VOLUME TO 'THE LONG SHORTER WAY,' IN WHICH STEINSALTZ CONTINUES HIS COMMENTARY ON THE 'TANYA,' THE CLASSIC HABAD HASIDIC TEXT. THE BOOK DEALS WITH SEVERAL FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF JEWISH THOUGHT. | |
BR | 6407 | HURRAY FOR ALI BABA BERNSTEIN | HURWITZ, JOHANNA | THE HUMOROUS ADVENTURES OF DAVID BERNSTEIN, AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHO IS BORED WITH LIFE AND CHANGES HIS NAME TO ALI BABA BERNSTEIN. | ||
BR | 6408 | SHAWL, THE | A STORY AND A NOVELLA | OZICK, CYNTHIA | OZICK STEERS THE READER THROUGH THE MIND OF ROSA, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, WHO RELIVES THE PAST BY WRITING LETTERS IN HER HEAD TO HER DEAD DAUGHTER, MAGDA. THE SHAWL OF THE TITLE IS MAGDA'S WHICH ROSA HAS PRESERVED AS BOTH TALISMAN AND SECURITY BLANKET. | |
BR | 6409 | ARROGANT ARI LEARNS A LESSON | GOLDING, GOLDIE | ARROGANT ARI THOUGHT HE WAS THE BEST, BRIGHTEST AND MOST HANDSOME ANIMAL IN THE WORLD. NOBODY LIKED HIM. THEN SOMETHING VERY SCARY HAPPENED. NOW, EVERYONE IS HIS FRIEND. | ||
BR | 6410 | ELI AND HIS LITTLE WHITE LIE | GOLDING, GOLDIE | WHEN ELI TELLS A LIE, HE THINKS IT'S FUN AND WHEN THE LIE COMES TO PLAY WITH HIM, IT'S EVEN MORE FUN. YET, ELI DISCOVERS THAT WHILE A LIE MIGHT SEEM TO BE FUN, IT'S REALLY NOT. | ||
BR | 6411 | JEWS IN AMERICA, THE | FOUR CENTURIES OF AN UNEASY ENCOUN | HERTZBERG, ARTHUR | THIS HISTORY FOCUSES ON CONTROVERSIAL OR SELDOM-DISCUSSED ISSUES SUCH AS THE ROLE OF JEWS IN SMUGGLING DURING THE CIVIL WAR; JEWS' ADULATION OF FORMER-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND THE BIRTH OF THE 'JEWISH MOTHER' FIGURE. THROUGH THESE EVENTS, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL DILEMMAS FACED BY JEWS IN AMERICA. | |
BR | 6412 | LANGUAGE OF FAITH | GLATZER, NAHUM N. | A SELECTION OF 100 PRAYERS FROM THE MOST EXPRESSIVE PRAYERS IN TRANSLATIONS THAT STRIVE FAITHFULLY TO REPRODUCE THE DIRECTNESS OF SPEECH OF THEIR ORIGINALS. | ||
BR | 6413 | WHO NEEDS GOD | KUSHNER, HAROLD, RABBI | THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT EVERYONE NEEDS GOD AND INSISTS THAT GOD HEARS PEOPLE EVEN WHEN THEY PROTEST DIVINE 'MISHANDLING' OF THEIR AFFAIRS. | ||
BR | 6414 | HIS DAUGHTER | KANIUK, YORAM | THE DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS DAUGHTER FORCES RETIRED BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOSEPH KRIEGER TO REASSESS HIS LIFE AND FACE HIS INADEQUACIES AS A HUSBAND, FATHER, AND MAN. | ||
BR | 6415 | REFUGE FROM DARKNESS, A | SHEPHERD, NAOMI | THE STORY OF WILFRED ISRAEL, BUSINESSMAN FROM BERLIN, DISSIDENT ZIONIST AND RETIRING PACIFIST WHO BECAME GERMAN JEWRY'S CHIEF EMISSARY AND AN UNACKNOWLEDGED HERO OF THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 6416 | MISHNAH | AN INTRODUCTION | NEUSNER, JACOB | THE AUTHOR INTRODUCES READERS TO THE MISHNAH, THE CODIFICATION OF JEWISH ORAL LAW WHICH FORMS THE BASIS OF BOTH THE BABYLONIAN AND PALESTINIAN TALMUDS. NEUSNER DESCRIBES HOW THE MISHNAH SHOULD BE READ AND EXPLAINS HOW ITS WISDOM APPLIES TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6417 | SUMMER WORLD, A | THE ATTEMPT TO BUILD A JEWISH EDEN | KANFER, STEFAN | THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS FROM 1753 THROUGH THE 1970S. | |
BR | 6418 | DROWNED AND THE SAVED, THE | 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. | ||
BR | 6419 | MIRACLE HATER, THE | HAREVEN, SHULAMITH | SET IN BIBLICAL TIMES, ESHKAR IS A HEBREW BORN INTO SLAVERY IN EGYPT. HE TAKES PART IN THE EXODUS BUT SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM THE OTHER TRIBES WHEN HE SEES THAT MOSES'S MIRACLES CAUSE ONLY PAIN. HE REMAINS IN THE DESERT, CYNICAL AND ALONE. | ||
BR | 6420 | GOLDWYN | A BIOGRAPHY | BERG, A. SCOTT | A COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF THE FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD STUDIO HEAD. BERG INCLUDES MANY OF GOLDWYN'S FAMOUS MALAPROPISMS, ANECDOTES ABOUT HIS SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, AND DETAILS ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CELEBRITIES OF HIS ERA. | |
BR | 6421 | JOSEPHUS | THE JEWISH WAR | CORNFELD, GAALYA | JOSEPH BEN MATTHIAS WHO LATER BECAME FLAVIUS JOSEPH THE NOTED HISTORIAN HERE TELLS THE STORY OF MASADA, THE CLIMAX TO THE SAGA OF ASSAULT AND RESISTANCE THAT TOOK PLACE FROM 100 B.C.E. TO 73 C.E. | |
BR | 6422 | JERUSALEM ON EARTH | PEOPLE, PASSIONS AND POLITICS IN T | RABINOVICH, ABRAHAM | A PORTRAIT OF JERUSALEM OVER THE TWO DECADES SINCE ITS REUNIFICATION IN THE SIX DAY WAR. | |
BR | 6423 | WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT JUDAISM | 341 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JE | BULKA, RABBI REUVEN P. | RABBI BULKA CLARIFIES COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JEWISH LIFE ON SUCH TOPICS AS THE HOLIDAYS, RITUALS, LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS, AND TRADITIONS. SOURCES ARE ALSO PROVIDED. | |
BR | 6424 | VARIABLE DIRECTIONS | PAGIS, DAN | THE SELECTED POETRY OF DAN PAGIS (1930-1986) WHO WAS ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT VOICES IN ISRAELI POETRY. | ||
BR | 6425 | JOURNEY FROM PRAGUE STREET, THE | DEMETZ, HANA | THE STORY OF HELENE, AN ORPHAN OF THE HOLOCAUST, WHO MEETS PAUL IN POST-WORLD WAR II PRAGUE AND AGREES TO MARRY HIM DESPITE HIS PHILANDERING. THE NOVEL FOLLOWS THE COUPLE TO AMERICA IN THE 1950S WHERE HELENE FINDS HER SKILLS AS A SURVIVOR TESTED AGAIN. | ||
BR | 6426 | EXPLAINING REFORM JUDAISM | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. & PATZ, NAOMI | THIS WORK ADDRESSES THE MAJOR QUESTIONS POSED BY REFORM JEWS, SUCH AS: 'WHAT DO REFORM JEWS BELIEVE?'; 'WHO TELLS REFORM JEWS WHAT TO DO AND BELIEVE?'; AND 'WHAT IS A REFORM JEW SUPPOSED TO DO?' | ||
BR | 6427 | LAST ARAB JEWS, THE | UDOVITCH, ABRAHAM L. & LUCETTE VALEN | THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF JERBA, AN ISLAND OFF TUNISIA. THEY ARE THE ONLY JEWS OF ALL THE COMMUNITIES OF MOROCCO, ALGERIA AND TUNISIA WHO HAVE RESISTED ASSIMILATION AND MIGRATION. | ||
BR | 6428 | FIVE SEASONS | YEHOSHUA, A.B. | YEHOSHUA WRITES OF THE PAINFUL AND AWKWARD READJUSTMENT TO LIFE OF A PASSIVE CIVIL SERVANT WHO HAD NURSED HIS WIFE THROUGH A LONG AND FATAL ILLNESS. | ||
BR | 6429 | HEROES OF ISRAEL | PROFILES IN JEWISH COURAGE | HERZOG, CHAIM | THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL COURAGE OF EACH JEWISH HERO FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE 1976 ENTEBBE RESCUE IS DEPICTED ALONG WITH THE CONDITIONS AND ENEMIES AGAINST WHICH THEY BATTLED. | |
BR | 6430 | WHERE ARE WE? | THE INNER LIFE OF AMERICA'S JEWS | FEIN, LEONARD | USING SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND DRAWING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES HOW AMERICAN JEWS DEFINE THEMSELVES. HE ASSERTS THAT THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CAN SURVIVE ONLY IF IT LEARNS TO EMPHASIZE VALUES AND MORAL STANDARDS. | |
BR | 6431 | JERUSALEM | CITY OF MIRRORS | ELON, AMOS | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES JERUSALEM'S BIBLICAL LANDSCAPE AGAINST A PAST AND PRESENT CHOKED WITH RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL STRIFE. | |
BR | 6432 | DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC, THE | YOLEN, JANE | HANNAH, A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD JEWISH GIRL, RESENTS THE TRADITIONS OF HER HERITAGE UNTIL TIME TRAVEL PLACES HER IN THE MIDDLE OF A SMALL JEWISH VILLAGE IN NAZI-OCCUPIED POLAND. | ||
BR | 6433 | FREUD | A LIFE FOR OUR TIME | GAY, PETER | DRAWING ON A VAST STORE OF UNPUBLISHED AND PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE DOCUMENTS, GAY PROBES FREUD'S MIND, UNCOVERS FREUD'S PASSIONS, AND FOLLOWS HIS ASTONISHING CAREER. | |
BR | 6434 | MAX AND THE CATS | SCLIAR, MOACYR | A STORY THAT SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CONSCIENCES OF GERMANS WILL COMPEL THEM TO CONFRONT THE NAZIS IN THEIR MIDST. MAX SCHMIDT IS A TEENAGER WITH AN OVERBEARING FATHER AND A HOST OF IRRATIONAL FEARS. A MISHAP AT HIS FAMILY STORE FORCES HIM TO FLEE TO BRAZIL WHERE HE LEARNS THAT HE MUST FACE REALITY AND HIS DEMONS. | ||
BR | 6435 | EMPIRE OF THEIR OWN, AN | GABLER, NEAL | A WIDE-RANGING, IN-DEPTH ACCOUNT OF THE JEWISH STUDIO EXECUTIVES, THEATRE OWNERS, PRODUCERS, WRITERS, ETC., WHO DOMINATED THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER WW II. | ||
BR | 6436 | ZION AND STATE | NATION, CLASS AND THE SHAPING OF M | COHEN, MITCHELL | THIS ANALYSIS OF THE STRUGGLE WITHIN THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL CONCENTRATES ON THE PIVOTAL CONFLICTS OF THE 1920S AND 1930S. THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES HOW THE RISE OF THE LABOR PARTY'S DOMINANCE MADE THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH STATE POSSIBLE. | |
BR | 6437 | PROPHET | HAREVEN, SHULAMITH | A NOVEL DEPICTING THE BIRTH THROES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A CANAANITE SOOTHSAYER, HIVAI, WHO SPENDS SEVEN YEARS IN A HEBREW CAMP AFTER HIS NATIVE CITY IS BESIEGED. | ||
BR | 6438 | PESACH SAMPLER | STERN, LEAH G. & AVRUTICK, FRANCES R. | FROM APPETIZER TO AFIKOMAN: A CREATIVE APPROACH TO PESACH COOKERY, INCLUDING OLD FAMILY FAVORITES AND ORIGINAL CREATIONS DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS BOOK. | ||
BR | 6439 | WHY I AM A REFORM JEW | SYME, RABBI DANIEL B. | A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS WRITES ABOUT HIS ROOTS IN CANADA, HIS DECISION TO BECOME A RABBI, THE HISTORY OF REFORM JUDAISM AND HOW HE WAS INFLUENCED BY THE MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 6440 | HIDEOUT, THE | HEUCK, SIGRID | IN A NOVEL THAT BLENDS FANTASY AND REALISM, TWO CHILDREN MEET IN AN ORPHANAGE DURING WORLD WAR II. THE MYTHICAL KINGDOMS THEY CREATE IN THEIR STORIES BECOME MORE REAL TO THEM THAN THE BATTLES AND AIR RAIDS RAGING RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR DOOR. | ||
BR | 6441 | CRISIS OF GERMAN IDEOLOGY, THE | INTELLECTUAL ORIGINS OF THE THIR | MOSSE, GEORGE L. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROOTS OF NAZISM WHICH THE AUTHOR CONTENDS WERE ORIGINALLY BASED ON SENTIMENT RATHER THAN INTELLECT. | |
BR | 6443 | JESTERS | MARKISH, DAVID | COMIC AND TRAGIC ELEMENTS ARE USED IN THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT PETER THE GREAT AND HIS THREE JEWISH ADVISERS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THE FINE LINE ONCE WALKED BY AMBITIOUS EUROPEAN JEWS AS THEY HAD TO BE BOTH CLEVER AND NON-THREATENING TO THOSE IN POWER. | ||
BR | 6444 | UPHEAVAL IN THE QUIET ZONE | A HISTORY OF HOSPITAL WORKERS' UNI | FINK, LEON & BRIAN GREENBERG | THE STORY OF THE JEWISH ORGANIZERS WHO HELPED CREATE THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE 1930S, THEIR PURGE WHEN THE COLD WAR BEGAN, AND THREE WHO SURVIVED THE WITCH HUNTS. | |
BR | 6445 | CELLA | THE SURVIVORS | WERFEL, FRANZ | HANS BODENHEIM IS A JEWISH LAWYER IN AN AUSTRIAN TOWN MARRIED TO A CHRISTIAN WOMAN AND FATHER OF CELLA, A PIANO PRODIGY. THIS IS THE STORY OF HIS PERSECUTION BY THE NAZIS, HIS ARREST, AND HIS ESCAPE ENROUTE TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP. | |
BR | 6446 | GREAT LETTER E | SCHOR, SANDRA | BARRY GLASSMAN IS AN OPTOMETRIST WHOSE MARRIAGE AND BUSINESS IS FALLING APART. HE BURIES HIMSELF IN PHILOSOPHY AND JEWISH THEOLOGY AND DEVELOPS A FASCINATION WITH ALL THINGS THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER 'E,' INCLUDING HIS SEXY COUSIN ENID. | ||
BR | 6447 | THREE MERCHANTS AND OTHER STORIES, THE | WEINBACH, SHAINDEL | A COLLECTION OF STORIES ON THE LIVES OF SEPHARDIC JEWS, THE HASIDIC COURTS OF EASTERN EUROPE, AND OF MODERN JEWRY. FOR CHILDREN 8 AND UP. | ||
BR | 6448 | INVISIBLE THREAD, THE | A PORTRAIT OF JEWISH AMERICAN WOME | BLETTER, DIANA | A COLLECTION OF ORAL HISTORIES OF WOMEN DESCRIBING HOW JEWISH TRADITION SHAPES THEIR LIVES. INCLUDED ARE STORIES FROM THE NAVY'S FIRST FEMALE CHAPLAIN, A HASIDIC BUTCHER, AN IRANIAN IMMIGRANT, AND A BLACK WOMAN FROM NEW YORK CITY. | |
BR | 6449 | COMPLETE AMERICAN JEWISH RECIPES - PASSOVER RECIPES | LONDON, ANNE & BIOCHOV, BERTHA | THIS IS A PERFECT ADDITION TO ANY PASSOVER KITCHEN. THE RECIPES ARE EASY TO PREPARE AND ARE ALSO VERY TASTY. | ||
BR | 6450 | AND HANNAH WEPT | INFERTILITY, ADOPTION AND THE JEWI | GOLD, MICHAEL | THE AUTHOR PROVIDES BOTH RABBINIC AND PRACTICAL EVALUATIONS OF MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR INFERTILITY, INCLUDING IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION, ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION, AND SURROGATE MOTHERHOOD. | |
BR | 6451 | JUDEA, SAMARIA AND GAZA | VIEWS ON THE PRESENT AND FUTURE | ELAZAR, DAVID J., ED. | PUBLISHED IN 1982, CONTRIBUTORS OFFER MAINLY OFFICIAL ISRAELI VIEWS, BOTH PRESENT AND FUTURE, ON AGRICULTURE, WATER RESOURCES, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATUS OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA. | |
BR | 6452 | CONVERSATIONS WITH RABBI SMALL | KEMELMAN, HARRY | TALMUDIC DETECTIVE RABBI DAVID SMALL RESUMES HIS ORIGINAL ROLE AS CLERGYMAN. THIS TIME IT IS TO COUNSEL A NON-JEWISH GIRL WHO IS ABOUT TO MARRY A JEW. THROUGH HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH HER, HE GAINS INSIGHT INTO THE RELATIONS BETWEEN JEW AND NON-JEW, AND ALSO INTO HIS OWN PREJUDICES. | ||
BR | 6453 | EARTH TO ANDREW O. BLECHMAN | ZALBEN, JANE BRESKIN | MR. PEARLSTEIN, AN OLD VAUDEVILLIAN, HAS AGREED TO TEACH COMEDY ROUTINES TO ANDREW, AN ASPIRING FOURTH GRADE COMEDIAN. IN RETURN ANDREW WILL PREPARE MR. PEARLSTEIN FOR THE BAR MITZVAH HE NEVER HAD. BUT WHEN MR. PEARLSTEIN ASKS ANDREW'S GRANDMOTHER FOR A DATE, ANDREW BEGINS TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP. | ||
BR | 6454 | NISHING AMERICAN* | ..LEBOWITZ.. | THIS WORK TRACES THE MIGRATION OF SEVERAL FEMININE IMAGES AND SITUATIONS FROM BIBLICAL WRITINGS TO MODERN HEBRAIC LITERATURE. | ||
BR | 6455 | USEFUL GIFTS | GLICKFELD, CAROLE L. | RUTHIE, THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF A DEAF COUPLE, SERVES AS A TRANSLATOR FOR HER PARENTS IN THESE INTERCONNECTED SHORT STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP JEWISH IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE 1940S. | ||
BR | 6456 | DADDY'S HOME | SCHNUR, STEVEN | REFLECTIONS OF A FAMILY MAN: THESE 31 LOOSELY WOVEN PIECES COMPRISE THE AUTHOR'S COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS ABOUT PARENTHOOD. | ||
BR | 6457 | SO IT WAS JUST A SIMPLE WEDDING | KASDAN, SARA | A HUMOROUS NOVEL OF THE PERIOD BETWEEN ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING AND THE ADVENTURES OF A FAMILY DURING THIS PERIOD. | ||
BR | 6458 | HITLER'S GERMAN ENEMIES | PORTRAITS OF HEROES WHO FOUGHT THE | SNYDER, LOUIS L. | A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS DETAILING THE EXPERIENCES OF 15 CITIZENS OF THE THIRD REICH WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE JEWS. | |
BR | 6459 | HAPPILY INTERMARRIED | ROSENBERG, R., MEEHAN, P. & PAYNE, J | A RABBI, A CATHOLIC PRIEST AND A PROTESTANT MINISTER OFFER AUTHORITATIVE ADVICE FOR A JOYOUS JEWISH-CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE. | ||
BR | 6460 | SAFE DEPOSIT AND OTHER STORIES, THE | ABOUT GRANDMOTHERS, OLD LOVERS AND | KERRY OLITZKY, ED. | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY VARIOUS JEWISH WRITERS DEPICTING THEIR DIVERSE RESPONSES TO OLD AGE. INCLUDES STORIES BY GRACE PALEY, ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, EDNA FERBER, AND HUGH NISSENSON AMONG OTHERS. | |
BR | 6461 | STRUGGLE | ZYSKIND, SARA | ELIEZER IS A POLISH-JEWISH CHILD WHOSE ADOLESCENCE IS SPENT IN GHETTOS AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS WHERE, ONE-BY-ONE, HE LOSES HIS ENTIRE FAMILY. A STORY OF SURVIVAL AGAINST ALL ODDS. | ||
BR | 6462 | LIFE WITH A STAR | WEIL, JIRI | SET IN THE 1940S, THIS WARTIME NOVEL IS ABOUT A FORMER BANK TELLER ASSIGNED TO SWEEP A CEMETERY IN PRAGUE. THE PEACEFULNESS OF HIS LOCATION CONTRASTS SHARPLY WITH THE INCREASING PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS STILL LEFT IN THAT CITY. | ||
BR | 6463 | MISSING | HERMAN, MICHELLE | RIVKE VASILEVSKY IS A LONELY OLD WOMAN WHO LIVES WITH HER MEMORIES AND RELIES ON PHONE CALLS FROM HER GRANDCHILDREN. A PACKET OF BEADS FROM A BELOVED OLD DRESS UNACCOUNTABLY DISAPPEARS AND THE TURMOIL THIS CAUSES REVEALS THE COMPLEXITY OF OLD AGE. | ||
BR | 6464 | WE WERE NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE | SEVELA, EPHRAIM | MERYL ROSENT | A NOVEL THAT DEPICTS THE EXPERIENCES OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD SOVIET BOY DURING WORLD WAR II. FORCED TO WANDER THROUGH THE COUNTRY AFTER HIS FATHER IS TAKEN AWAY, HE IS REUNITED WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY AFTER THE WAR. | |
BR | 6465 | JEWISH FOLKTALES | SADEH, PINHAS | A COLLECTION OF 200-PLUS STORIES DRAWN FROM EASTERN EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN SOURCES, FILLED WITH PASSION, MAGIC AND HUMOR. | ||
BR | 6466 | JUSTICE AT NUREMBERG | CONOT, ROBERT E. | AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, BASED ON OFFICIAL COURT TRANSCRIPTS. INCLUDED ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE 21 NAZI WAR CRIMINALS GATHERED FROM INTERVIEWS, MEMOIRS, LETTERS, AND THEIR OWN DEPOSITIONS BEFORE THE COURT. | ||
BR | 6467 | DANCE WITH THE DEVIL | DOUGLAS, KIRK | THE STORY OF DANNY DENNISON, A RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT WHO RISES TO FAME IN HOLLYWOOD AS A MOVIE DIRECTOR. DENNISON'S MEETING WITH LUBA, A LONDON PROSTITUTE WHO WAS A POLISH REFUGEE, HELPS HIM CONFRONT HIS PAST AS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. | ||
BR | 6468 | CHILD'S BOOK OF MIDRASH | 52 STORIES FROM THE SAGES | GOLDIN, BARBARA DIAMOND | STORIES FROM THE TALMUD AND OTHER MIDRASHIC SOURCES FILLED WITH HEROIC PERSONALITIES THAT ILLUMINATE JEWISH ETHICAL AND MORAL VALUES. THE AUTHOR ALSO PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION, A GLOSSARY OF TERMS, AND SOURCE REFERENCES FOR EACH STORY. | |
BR | 6469 | ADVENTURES OF ALI BABA BERNSTEIN | HURWITZ, JOHANNA | EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAVID BERNSTEIN WAS LOOKING FOR MORE EXCITEMENT IN HIS LIFE, SO HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO ALI BABA BERNSTEIN, AND THEN THE FUN BEGAN. | ||
BR | 6470 | GOOD BOOK COOKBOOK, THE | RECIPES FROM BIBLICAL TIMES | GOODMAN, NAOMI, ROBERT MARCUS & SUSA | THE 140 RECIPES IN THIS BOOK SPAN 3,000 YEARS OF CULINARY AND BIBLICAL HISTORY. THE EVERYDAY MEALS OF BIBLICAL TIMES AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF MENUS FOR BOTH JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND FEASTS ARE RECREATED. | |
BR | 6471 | STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD, THE | WEISSENBERG, FRAN | IN THIS COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL SET IN BROOKLYN IN THE 1920S, DEBBIE GOLD CHRONICLES HER EIGHTH-GRADE YEAR. AS SHE CONFRONTS HER FIRST LOVE, NEW FRIENDSHIPS, AND FAMILIAL RESPONSIBILITY, SHE ALSO STRUGGLES TO BALANCE HER IMMIGRANT FAMILY LIFE WITH HER DESIRE TO BECOME AN AMERICAN. | ||
BR | 6472 | SOLOMON GURSKY WAS HERE | RICHLER, MORDECAI | FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, MOSES BERGER, A RHODES SCHOLAR 'GONE BAD,' HAS BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON THE DISDAINED, DISGRACED AND DEAD SOLOMON GURSKY. WHAT HE DISCOVERS HAS AN UNEXPECTED IMPACT ON HIS LIFE. | ||
BR | 6473 | WINDOW, THE | RAVIKOVITCH, DAHLIA | THESE NEW AND SELECTED POEMS BY AN IMPORTANT ISRAELI POET ARE ROOTED IN BIBLICAL IMAGERY, YET THEY CRY OUT TO ALL WOMEN ACROSS ALL CULTURAL BARRIERS. | ||
BR | 6474 | ONE BY ONE, BY ONE | MILLER, JUDITH | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES SIX COUNTRIES, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, THE USSR AND THE U.S., FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH EACH ATTEMPTS TO PRESERVE, TO INTERPRET, OR TO EXPUNGE THE HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 6475 | ETHEL | THE FICTIONAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY | NASON, TEMA | A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF ETHEL ROSENBERG, WHO WAS EXECUTED BY THE UNITED STATES, ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, JULIUS, FOR PASSING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO RUSSIA. NASON DEPICTS ETHEL'S YOUTH, CONVICTION, AND TRIAL AND CONTENDS THAT THE COUPLE WAS FRAMED BY THE FBI. | |
BR | 6476 | LEVITATION | FIVE FICTIONS | OZICK, CYNTHIA | THESE FIVE STORIES DEAL WITH LEVITATION, HALLUCINATION, TRANSFORMATION AND EVEN THE 'THWACK OF INFATUATION.' | |
BR | 6477 | COURT JESTERS, THE | DAGAN, AVIGDOR | FOUR PRISONERS ARE KEPT ALIVE IN A NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP AS 'COURT JESTERS' TO ENTERTAIN THE CAMP COMMANDANT. YEARS LATER, THREE OF THEM MEET IN JERUSALEM AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AFTER THE WAR, WHICH, FOR ONE OF THE SURVIVORS, INVOLVES VENGEANCE FOR HIS WIFE'S DEATH. | ||
BR | 6478 | JEWISH RESPONSE TO GERMAN CULTURE, THE | REINHARZ, JEHUDA & SCHATZBERG, WALTE | PROMINENT HISTORIANS, PHILOSOPHERS AND LITERARY SCHOLARS EXPLORE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN JEWISH AND GERMAN CULTURE DURING THE 200 YEARS PRIOR TO THE HOLOCAUST. | ||
BR | 6479 | POEMS OF PAUL CELAN | CELAN, PAUL. MICHAEL HAMBURGER, TRAN | IN THIS COLLECTION OF POETRY, CELAN, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, PROVIDES READERS WITH GLIMPSES OF HIS PERSONAL VISIONS AND PRIVATE FEARS. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GERMAN. | ||
BR | 6480 | FUR HAT, THE | VOINOVICH, VLADIMIR | A SATIRICAL LOOK AT THE FORMER SOVIET UNION WHICH CENTERS ON YEFIM RAKHLIN, A WRITER OF ADVENTURE STORIES. WHEN THE SOVIET WRITERS' UNION DISTRIBUTES FUR CAPS, RAKHLIN DISCOVERS HE MERITS THE LOWEST CATEGORY, A HAT MADE OF CAT FUR. FEELING HIS JEWISH ORIGINS ARE TO BLAME, HE PETITIONS TO BE UPGRADED. | ||
BR | 6481 | FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM | FRIEDMAN, THOMAS L. | A NEW YORK TIMES JOURNALIST FROM BEIRUT AND JERUSALEM ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE NEW UNDERSTANDING TO AGE-OLD PROBLEMS. | ||
BR | 6482 | HADASSAH MAGAZINE JEWISH PARENTING BOOK, THE | BELL, ROSELYN, ED. | A SERIES OF PRACTICAL ARTICLES ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS RELEVANT TO THE JEWISH FAMILY IN AMERICA IN THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED RANGE FROM HOW TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF A DAUGHTER TO TEACHING JEWISH CHILDREN CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY TO FACING THE 'DECEMBER DILEMMA.' | ||
BR | 6483 | I LIVE IN ISRAEL | FRANKEL, MAX & JUDY HOFFMAN | PUBLISHED IN 1979, THIS IS A COMBINED TEXT AND ACTIVITY BOOK THAT HAS AS ITS THEME THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF ISRAELI LIFE. | ||
BR | 6484 | BOOK OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS, THE | KOZODOY, RUTH | AN EXPLANATION OF THE CELEBRATIONS, FEASTS, AND FASTS OF THE JEWISH YEAR DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CHILDREN WITH A FOUNDATION IN HOLIDAY AND SABBATH OBSERVANCE. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE BOOK. | ||
BR | 6485 | LONE STAR | BARRIE, BARBARA | WHEN JANE MILLER'S FAMILY IS FORCED TO MOVE FROM CHICAGO TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, JANE MUST FACE THE PROBLEM OF GROWING UP JEWISH IN THE 1940S IN A LARGELY NON-JEWISH COMMUNITY. | ||
BR | 6486 | HERMIT OF 69TH STREET, THE | KOSINSKI, JERZY | BILLED AS 'AUTO FICTION,' IT PURPORTS TO BE THE UNFINISHED MANUSCRIPT LEFT BEHIND BY NORBERT KOSKY, FAMOUS AND BRILLIANT NOVELIST, WHEN HE IS LOST AT SEA. ANNOTATED WITH INTRIGUING FOOTNOTES. | ||
BR | 6487 | POPULAR ACTIVITIES AND GAMES FOR BLIND, VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND DISABLED PEOPLE | RICKARDS, PETER | A COMPILATION OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GAMES SUITABLE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH VISUAL AND OTHER DISABILITIES. | ||
BR | 6489 | EVIL AND EXILE | DE SAINT CHERON, PHILIPPE & ELIE WIE | IN A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE FRENCH JOURNALIST, WIESEL, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND WRITER, DISCUSSES JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, ANTI-SEMITISM, HASIDISM, POLITICS, JEWISH THOUGHT, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OTHER WRITERS TO HIS VISION. | ||
BR | 6490 | HANUKAH PLAY, THE | GARVEY, ROBERT | TWINS RACHEL AND DAVID ARE ANGRY. AGAIN THIS YEAR MISS KEENE GAVE THEM BABY PARTS IN THE HANUKAH PLAY. THEY DECIDE TO ACT OUT THE PLAY FOR THEIR PARENTS AT HOME WITH UNEXPECTED AND AMUSING RESULTS. | ||
BR | 6493 | JOHN AND ANZIA | AN AMERICAN ROMANCE | ROSEN, NORMA | THE AUTHOR BASES HER WORK ON ARCHIVAL EVIDENCE THAT THE PHILOSOPHER AND TEACHER JOHN DEWEY HAD AN AFFAIR IN 1917 WITH THE POLISH-JEWISH WRITER, ANZIA YEZIERSKA. INCLUDES AN EXPLANATORY FOREWORD AND AFTERWORD BY ROSEN AS WELL AS FIRST-PERSON NARRATIVE SEGMENTS IN THE VOICE OF ANZIA. | |
BR | 6494 | FREUD'S VIENNA AND OTHER ESSAYS | BETTELHEIM, BRUNO | ESSAYS BY THE AUTHOR, A PSYCHOANALYST, WHICH REFLECT HIS CONCERNS AS BOTH CHILD THERAPIST AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. INCLUDED ARE PIECES ON THE AUTHOR'S RETURN TO DACHAU WHERE HE HAD BEEN A PRISONER, MIEP GIES, WHO HAD SHELTERED ANNE FRANK FROM THE NAZIS, AND A DISCUSSION ON SEX AND DEATH IN BETTELHEIM'S NATIVE VIENNA. | ||
BR | 6495 | SEVENTH SANCTUARY, THE | EASTERMAN, DANIEL | A STORY OF INTRIGUE INVOLVING AN AMERICAN AND A PALESTINIAN GUIDE WHO ARE TRYING TO STOP A SCHEME TO DESTROY ISRAEL AND REBUILD THE NAZI REICH. | ||
BR | 6496 | PALACE OF SHATTERED VESSELS, THE. VOL. 2 | A VOYAGE TO UR OF THE CHALDEES | SHAHAR, DAVID | THE SECOND VOLUME IN THIS SERIES DEPICTS LIFE IN JERUSALEM IN THE 1930S UNDER OTTOMAN RULE. INCLUDES DETAILS OF JEWISH HISTORY AND FOLKLORE. | |
BR | 6499 | CHILD'S BIBLE | LESSONS FROM THE TORAH | ROSSEL, SEYMOUR | A RETELLING OF THE GREAT BIBLE STORIES WHICH APPLIES THEM TO CHILDREN'S OWN PERSONAL LIVES AND CONCERNS. EACH STORY CONTAINS A 'PESHAT' (MEANING), 'DERASH' (WHAT IT TEACHES, AND 'REMEZ' (LESSON) | |
BR | 6500 | JOYS OF YIDDISH, THE | A RELAXED LEXICON | ROSTEN, LEO | STANLEY R. B | THE HUMOR AND DELIGHT OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE, INCLUDING MANY WORDS THAT HAVE BECOME COMMONPLACE IN THE ENGLISH VERNACULAR. |
BR | 6503 | INTERMARRIAGE | THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING WITH DIFFE | SCHNEIDER, SUSAN WEIDMAN | A REALISTIC GUIDE FOR INTERFAITH COUPLES WITH ADVICE ON HOW TO COPE WITH FAMILIES AND GUIDELINES ON SPECIFIC RITES AND EVENTS. | |
BR | 6504 | WHEN SHE WAS BAD | THE STORY OF BESS, HORTENSE, SUKHR | ALEXANDER, SHANA | THE STORY OF THE MESSY DIVORCE TRIAL OF ANDY AND NANCY CAPASSO, WHICH INVOLVED THE FORMER MISS AMERICA AND POLITICIAN, BESS MYERSON, THE PRESIDING JUDGE, HORTENSE GABEL, AND HER DAUGHTER, SUKHREET. | |
BR | 6505 | KISSING THROUGH GLASS | THE INVISIBLE SHIELD BETWEEN AMERI | STARR, JOYCE R. | AN ANALYSIS OF THE INNATE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AMERICANS AND ISRAELIS AND HOW EACH GROUP PERCEIVES THE OTHER. | |
BR | 6506 | IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW...SO WHAT? | GETTY, ESTELLE | IN HER WONDERFULLY FUNNY BOOK, THE STAR OF TV'S 'GOLDEN GIRLS' GIVES US A LIGHTHEARTED LOOK AT LIFE, LOVE AND LAUGHTER. | ||
BR | 6507 | HOME GROUND | FREED, LYNN | A YOUNG GIRL SEARCHES FOR HER OWN 'HOME GROUND' AMIDST THE CONFUSION OF HER ECCENTRIC THEATRICAL JEWISH FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA. | ||
BR | 6508 | CHANUKKAH GUEST | KIMMEL, ERIC Q. | ON CHANUKAH, BUBBA BRAYNA, WHO DOESN'T HEAR OR SEE TOO WELL ANYMORE, MAKES A BATCH OF POTATO LATKES FOR THE RABBI, WHO IS COMING TO VISIT. HER GUEST COMES, HE EATS, AND LEAVES. WHEN THE RABBI COMES LATER, BUBBA TRIES TO FIGURE OUT WHO HER FIRST GUEST WAS. | ||
BR | 6509 | DOUBLE IDENTITY | A MEMOIR | KUBAR, ZOFIA S. | THE AUTHOR FLED THE WARSAW GHETTO AND ASSUMED A NEW IDENTITY AS A NON-JEWISH POLE. AFTER A SERIES OF NARROW ESCAPES, KUBAR TURNED TO AN OLD SCHOOL FRIEND WHO HID HER AND ULTIMATELY SAVED HER LIFE. | |
BR | 6510 | JAGENDORF'S FOUNDRY | MEMOIR OF THE ROMANIAN HOLOCAUST 1 | JAGENDORF, SIEGFRIED | THE STORY OF A FAILED JEWISH ENTREPRENEUR WHO MANAGED TO CONVINCE THE NAZIS TO LET HIM CONVERT AN ABANDONED FACTORY INTO A JEWISH LABOR CAMP. OUTMANEUVERING ROMANIAN OFFICIALS, JAGENDORF SAVED 15,000 JEWS FROM DEATH. | |
BR | 6511 | BECH IS BACK | UPDIKE, JOHN | THIS NOVEL CONTINUES UPDIKE'S CHRONICLING OF THE LIFE OF HIS CHARACTER HARRY BECH, A JEWISH AMERICAN WRITER. | ||
BR | 6512 | HEALER OF SHATTERED HEARTS, THE | A JEWISH VIEW OF GOD | WOLPE, DAVID J. | DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE BIBLE, THE TORAH AND THE MIDRASH, THE AUTHOR, A CONSERVATIVE RABBI, PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO THOSE SEEKING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. | |
BR | 6513 | TELL ME YOUR SECRET | COHEN, BARBARA | AT A SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR TEENAGE WRITERS, CRUNCH IS INTRIGUED WITH THE MYSTERIOUS EVE, WHO IGNORES HIM. WHEN A PRANK HE INSTIGATES ENDS BADLY, EVE REVEALS TO CRUNCH HER DIFFICULTIES AS THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. | ||
BR | 6514 | SACRED FRAGMENTS | RECOVERING THEOLOGY FOR THE MODERN | GILLMAN, NEIL | EMPLOYING A WIDE RANGE OF JEWISH PERSPECTIVES AND THE IDEAS OF INFLUENTIAL TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH THINKERS, THE AUTHOR ADDRESSES MANY COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN JEWISH THEOLOGY. | |
BR | 6515 | MY GRANDMOTHER'S STORIES | A COLLECTION OF JEWISH FOLKTALES | GERAS, ADELE | EACH OF THE 10 CHAPTERS IN THIS BOOK DESCRIBES A CHILD'S VISIT TO GRANDMA'S, DURING WHICH A SIMPLE ACT, SUCH AS TRYING ON AN AUNT'S HIGH HEELED SHOES, INSPIRES GRANDMA TO TELL AN EASTERN EUROPEAN FOLK TALE. | |
BR | 6516 | BOOK OF J, THE | ROSENBERG, DAVID & HAROLD BLOOM | A CONTROVERSIAL TRANSLATION AND ANALYSIS OF PARTS OF THE PENTATEUCH. THE AUTHORS BELIEVE THAT THESE PASSAGES WERE AUTHORED BY A WOMAN, REFERRED TO AS 'J' BY MODERN BIBLE CRITICS, WHO LIVED IN THE TIME OF KING SOLOMON'S COURT AND WROTE THESE SELECTIONS AS A LITERARY WORK. | ||
BR | 6517 | BOOK OF RUTH, A | A LOVE STORY | LEAHY, SYRELL ROGOVIN | A ROMANTIC STORY ABOUT A WOMAN FROM A MIDDLE-CLASS JEWISH BACKGROUND WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A MAN WHOSE TRAGIC PAST DRIVES HIM INTO THE PRIESTHOOD FOR EXPIATION. | |
BR | 6518 | MY JEWISH WORLD | THUM, ROBERT & SUSAN DWORSKI | THE AUTHORS TAKE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO A BASIC JUDAIC CURRICULUM AND COMBINE A HOLIDAY TEXT, A LIFE CYCLE TEXT AND A CIVIC TEXT INTO ONE VOLUME. INCLUDED ARE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE VARIOUS FORMS OF JEWISH LEADERS, JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE MEANING OF VARIOUS JUDAIC OBJECTS. | ||
BR | 6519 | STARTING WITH SERGE | STONE, LAURIE | THIS CHRONICLE OF '50S AND '60S NEW YORK FOCUSES ON JULIE WHOSE PSYCHOANALYST IS ATTEMPTING TO SEDUCE HER. SHE ALSO LEARNS TO COEXIST WITH HER RAGE WHEN HER FATHER DIES. | ||
BR | 6520 | EXILE IN THE PROMISED LAND | FREEDMAN, MARCIA | A FORMER ISRAELI NNESSET MEMBER DESCRIBES HER STRUGGLE TO BRING WOMEN'S LIBERATION TO ISRAEL DURING THE '50S AND '60S IN A BITING MEMOIR EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. | ||
BR | 6521 | KING HEROD'S DREAM | CAESAREA ON THE SEA | HOLUM, KENNETH G., ROBERT L. HOHLFEL | AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ISRAELI CITY OF CAESAREA BUILT ON THE MEDITERRANEAN BY KING HEROD, FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO ITS DESTRUCTION IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6522 | MAMA LEAH'S JEWISH KITCHEN | FISHER, LEAH LOEB WITH MARIA POLUSHK | PILING SCHMALTZ IN BOTH HER RECIPES AND CHATTER, 'MAMA' PRESENTS THE SHTETL CUISINE OF EASTERN EUROPE. INCLUDED IS AUTHENTIC FLANKEN, HERRING DISHES, KUGELS AND, OF COURSE, CHICKEN SOUP. | ||
BR | 6523 | WHEN LIVING HURTS | GORDON, SOL | GORDON HELPS TEENAGERS FIND HOPE AND HELP IN THIS GUIDEBOOK FOR THE DISCOURAGED, LONELY, HOPELESS, ANGRY, DEPRESSED, OR SUICIDAL. | ||
BR | 6524 | NIGHT TRAIN TO MOTHER | LENTIN, RONIT | THIS SAGA SPOTLIGHTS THE LIFESTYLES OF WELL-TO-DO ORTHODOX ROMANIAN JEWISH FAMILIES OF THE ERA, FROM THE HORRORS OF WW II THE IRON GUARD FASCISTS OF THE 1930S, AND THE HOLOCAUST OF WW II. | ||
BR | 6525 | WALK IN THE FIRE, A | SANFORD, JOHN | JOHN SANFORD, ALIAS JULIAN SHAPIRO, CONTINUES THE STORY OF HIS LIFE IN THIS FINAL INSTALLMENT. | ||
BR | 6526 | SHCHARANSKY | HERO OF OUR TIME | GILBERT, MARTIN | A BOOK ABOUT SHCHARANSKY'S NINE-YEARS IN A SOVIET PRISON AND HIS RELEASE AND REUNION WITH HIS WIFE IN ISRAEL. THE STRUGGLES OF THE REFUSENIKS IN THE FORMER U.S.S.R. AND THEIR CAMPAIGNS IN THE WEST PROVIDE THE BACKDROP TO SHCHARANSKY'S STORY. | |
BR | 6527 | ARGUING WITH G-D | LAYTNER, ANSON | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES BIBLICAL, RABBINIC, MEDIEVAL HASIDIC, AND CONTEMPORARY TEXTS TO SUPPORT HIS THESIS THAT ARGUING WITH G-D IS A TIME-HONORED ASPECT OF JEWISH PRAYER. | ||
BR | 6528 | VASE FOR A FLOWER, A | TALES OF AN ANTIQUE DEALER | PINKUS, DENNY | STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, AN ANTIQUES DEALER IN TEL AVIV, WHICH DEPICT LIFE IN ISRAEL, THE BUYERS AND SELLERS IN THE ANTIQUES TRADE, AND GROWING UP WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS IN BOLIVIA. | |
BR | 6529 | SEARCH FOR GOD AT HARVARD, THE | GOLDMAN, ARI | GOLDMAN, A FORMER NEW YORK TIMES RELIGION REPORTER, WAS SENT TO HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL IN 1985. IN THIS BOOK HE DESCRIBES THE YEAR IN WHICH HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS, CONFRONTED PAST TRAUMAS, AND CLARIFIED HIS OWN BELIEFS. | ||
BR | 6530 | SHADOW MOUNTAIN | SEGAL, HARRIET | COUSINS CHARLEE FIELDS AND LAUREN JACOB ENJOY A WARM RELATIONSHIP GROWING UP IN 1930S NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL CHARLEE HAS AN AFFAIR WITH LAUREN'S HUSBAND DAVID. | ||
BR | 6531 | CARP IN THE BATHTUB, THE | COHEN, BARBARA | RUTH LEVINST | A CHILDREN'S STORY ABOUT A FAMILY IN NEW YORK, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. | |
BR | 6532 | DEFENDERS OF GOD | LAWRENCE, BRUCE B. | A DISCUSSION OF EUROCENTRISM, NATIONALISM AND THE MARGINALIZATION OF RELIGION WITH CASE STUDIES DRAWN FROM THE THREE MAJOR MONOTHEISTIC RELIGIONS. | ||
BR | 6533 | LOVE AND EXILE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SINGER, THE NOBEL-PRIZE WINNING YIDDISH WRITER, RECOUNTS HIS YOUTH IN POLAND, HIS EXILE TO AMERICA, AND HIS MANY COMPANIONS AND LOVERS. | ||
BR | 6534 | THIS IMMORTAL PEOPLE | COHN, EMIL BERNHARD | THIS POPULAR BOOK ON JUDAISM FOR THE 1940S AND 1950S HAS NOW BEEN BROUGHT UP TO DATE. AIT PROVIDES A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR EVENTS AND CRUCIAL PERIODS IN JEWISH HISTORY. | ||
BR | 6535 | I CAME A STRANGER | THE STORY OF A HULL-HOUSE GIRL | EPSTEIN, HILDA SATT POLACHECK | THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HER EMIGRATION FROM POLAND TO CHICAGO IN 1892 AND HER INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LIFE, HER MARRIAGE, SUPPORT OF CIVIL RIGHTS, WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE, AND EXPERIENCES AS A WRITER FOR THE WPA. | |
BR | 6536 | AND RACHEL WAS HIS WIFE | ANONYMOUS | PAM MERRILL | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE GREAT TALMUDIC SAGE RABBI AKIVA, AS RELATED BY A FRIEND OF HIS WIFE, RACHEL. | |
BR | 6537 | ALLRIGHTNIKS ROW | 'HAUNCH PAUNCH AND JOWL' THE MAKING OF A PROFESSIONAL JEW | ORNITZ, SAMUEL | A STUDY OF JEWS WHO MOVED UP FROM THE GHETTOS OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE TO THE FASHIONABLE 'ALLRIGHTNIKS ROW'. © 1985 | |
BR | 6538 | CAKES AND MIRACLES | A PURIM TALE | GOLDIN, BARBARA DIAMOND | AS PURIM APPROACHES, HERSHEL, WHO IS BLIND, WISHES HE COULD HELP HIS MOTHER PREPARE FOR THE HOLIDAY. HIS DREAM ABOUT AN ANGEL AND WHAT THE ANGEL TELLS HIM LEADS TO AN EXCITING SURPRISE FOR HIS ENTIRE VILLAGE. INCLUDES A RECIPE FOR 'HAMANTASHEN.' | |
BR | 6539 | HARRIET RUBIN'S MOTHER'S WOODEN HAND | HAHN, SUSAN | THE IMMIGRANT JEWISH CULTURE OF CHICAGO PROVIDES THE BACKGROUND FOR THESE STORIES WHICH DESCRIBE THE NEUROSES, SECRETS, GOOD HUMOR, DEFEATS, AND TRIUMPHS OF THREE GENERATIONS. | ||
BR | 6540 | HOLOCAUST, THE | THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY | LEVIN, NORA | A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF THE SYSTEMATIC DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY BY NAZI GERMANY FROM 1933-45, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTERMEASURES POSED BY THE JEWISH RESISTANCE. | |
BR | 6541 | TALMUD, THE A REFERENCE EDITION | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | A COMPREHENSIVE WORK WHICH PROVIDES AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE SYSTEM OF TALMUDIC LOGIC. IT DESCRIBES THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE TALMUD AS WELL AS ITS NATURE, METHODOLOGY, TERMINOLOGY AND LEGAL CONCEPTS. | ||
BR | 6542 | ARGUMENTS FOR THE SAKE OF HEAVEN EMERGING TRENDS IN TRADITIONAL JUDAISM | SACKS, JONATHAN | THE CHIEF RABBI ELECT OF GREAT BRITAIN DISCUSSES CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES IN JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 6543 | ISRAELI PACIFIST | THE LIFE OF JOSEPH ABILEAH | BING, ANTHONY C. | JOSEPH ABILEAH, A MUSICIAN LIVING IN HAIFA, IS A PACIFIST, QUAKER, AND CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR. BING DEPICTS ABILEAH'S EFFORTS TO PROTECT MINORITY RIGHTS IN ISRAEL AND TO BRING TOGETHER JEWS AND ARABS ON COOPERATIVE PROJECTS. | |
BR | 6544 | BEN-GURION | THE BURNING GROUND 1886-1948 | TEVETH, SHABTAI | SHIRLEY SOMM | THE FIRST PART OF A MULTIVOLUME 'LIFE' OF ISRAEL'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER. TEVETH UNCOVERS THE STORY OF THE MAN WHOSE DESTINY WAS INTERTWINED WITH THAT OF THE CREATION OF THE NEW COUNTRY. DISAPPOINTED IN HIS FAMILY LIFE AND IN PARTY LOYALTY, HE WAS GALVANIZED INTO BECOMING HIS OWN STRONGEST RESOURCE. |
BR | 6545 | PLOTS AND PLAYERS | MELNIKOFF, PAMELA | SET IN 1654, THIS NOVEL HAS ROBIN FERNANDEZ, A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO LIVES IN LONDON, ASKING WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 'WHY MUST THE JEW BE THE VILLAIN? WHY CAN'T HE BE THE HERO?' ALONG WITH HIS SISTER FRANCES, ROBIN PROMPTS THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THOSE AROUND HIM TO RECONSIDER THEIR PREJUDICES. | ||
BR | 6547 | TRESPASSES | BRIDGWOOD, CAROLINE | ORPHANED AT AGE EIGHT, KITTY CONWAY IS SENT TO LIVE WITH HER UNCLE AND HIS SIX CHILDREN. AS WORLD WAR II APPROACHES AND THE COUSINS MATURE, EACH OF THEM MAKE CHOICES THAT WILL HAVE LASTING EFFECTS ON THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE. | ||
BR | 6548 | GRANDMOTHERS, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS ORAL HISTORIES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF ETHNIC AMERICAN WOMEN | KRAUSE, CORINNE AZEN | EIGHTEEN WOMEN FROM THE PITTSBURGH AREA RECOUNT THEIR HISTORIES OF CHILDHOOD, EDUCATION, COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE AND WORK. THEY REPRESENT THREE ETHNIC GROUPS-JEWS, SLAVS, AND ITALIANS. | ||
BR | 6549 | BY NIGHT UNDER THE STONE BRIDGE | PERUTZ, LEO | FOURTEEN INTERWOVEN STORIES ABOUT EMPEROR RUDOLF II OF PRAGUE AND MORDECHAI MEISL WHICH DEPICT HOW RUDOLF'S INTERESTS IN BEAUTY AND MONEY WOULD LINK THE TWO MEN FOREVER. EVENTUALLY MEISL'S WIFE, THE SERVANTS OF THE COURT, AND THE JEWS OF THE GHETTO ALL BECOME INVOLVED. THE STORIES ARE NARRATED CENTURIES LATER BY MEISL'S DESCEND | ||
BR | 6550 | EVEN A FIST WAS ONCE AN OPEN PALM WITH FINGERS | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | THESE LOVE POEMS INCLUDE FAMILIAR AMICHAI THEMES: ISRAEL'S WARS STILL INTERMINGLE WITH THE POET'S LIFE AND BIBLICAL IMAGES ARE ONCE AGAIN MADE PERSONAL. | ||
BR | 6551 | WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT GUILT | LEARNING TO LIVE WITH IT SINCE WE | WECHSLER, HARLAN J. | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE CAUSES OF GUILT AND OFFERS GUIDELINES ON HOW TO RESPOND TO IT APPROPRIATELY. | |
BR | 6552 | UPSTAIRS ROOM, THE | REISS, JOHANNA | THE STORY OF A YOUNG JEWISH DUTCH GIRL WHO WAS HIDDEN BY A FARM FAMILY FOR TWO YEARS DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF HOLLAND. | ||
BR | 6553 | EXACT IMAGE OF MOTHER, THE | FRIEDMANN, PATTY | IN THIS COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL, THIRTY-YEAR-OLD DARBY COOPER, WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN ESTRANGED FROM THE WEALTHY JEWISH COMMUNITY INTO WHICH SHE WAS BORN, IS STILL TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH HER SELF-ABSORBED MOTHER. BECOMING A MOTHER HERSELF HELPS COOPER REALIZE SHE MUST LEAVE NEW ORLEANS AND FINALLY GROW UP. | ||
BR | 6554 | COSMETIC EFFECTS | SINCLAIR, CLIVE | IN A HUMOR-LACED, CYNICAL NOVEL THAT TOUCHES ON ADULTERY, TERRORISM, AND THE MORAL COSTS OF ISRAEL'S POLICIES WITH THE PALESTINIANS, AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR UNWITTINGLY GETS INVOLVED WITH A PLO-LIKE GROUP. THE PROFESSOR LOSES AN ARM, SUFFERS AMNESIA, AND ACCUSES HIS PREGNANT WIFE OF ADULTERY WHILE CONDUCTING AN ILLICIT AFFAIR OF HIS OWN. | ||
BR | 6555 | INDECENT DREAMS | LUSTIG, ARNOST | THESE THREE NOVELLAS DEAL WITH THE ORDINARY CITIZENS OF PRAGUE DURING WORLD WAR II AT A TIME WHEN THEIR NAZI MASTERS ARE ABOUT TO BE DEFEATED. | ||
BR | 6556 | BARBARA WALTERS | AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY | OPPENHEIMER, JERRY | THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED OVER 400 PEOPLE TO TELL THE STORY OF THE WELL-KNOWN TELEVISION PERSONALITY. WHILE SOME OF THE RESPONDENTS ADMIRE WALTERS, OTHERS REGARD HER AS SELF-CENTERED AND RUTHLESS. | |
BR | 6557 | JUDAISM AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS | BAMBERGER, DAVID | A COURSE ON COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS WHICH DISCUSSES WHAT HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, ISLAM, AND CHRISTIANITY SHARE WITH JUDAISM AND HOW THEY DIFFER. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE HISTORY, BELIEFS, PRACTICES, AND TEACHINGS OF EACH, AS SEEN THROUGH JEWISH EYES. | ||
BR | 6558 | TREE STILL STANDS, A | JEWISH YOUTH IN EASTERN EUROPE TOD | STROM, YALE | THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED CHILDREN GROWING UP IN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE 1980S AND DESCRIBES THEIR REACTIONS TO THEIR JEWISHNESS. SOME DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE JEWISH; SOME REJECTED THE FACT; AND, OTHERS WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR HERITAGE. | |
BR | 6559 | CELEBRATION | ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR | WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR CONSERVATIVE JUDA | THIS MANUAL INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF THE HISTORY OF ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR, INFORMATION ON CEREMONIAL ART, PRAYERS IN THE SYNAGOGUE, PERSONAL OBSERVANCES AND HOLIDAY RECIPES. | |
BR | 6560 | MODEH ANI | MEANS THANK YOU | LIPSON, RUTH | THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PRAYERS THAT CHILDREN LEARN. IN A CHARMING AND SIMPLE WAY THE BOOK TEACHES CHILDREN TO THANK HASHEM FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES FOR US, AND THE THINGS WE ENJOY EACH DAY. | |
BR | 6561 | MITZVOS WE CAN DO | ROSENTHAL, YAFFA | FROM ALEF TO TAF, WE LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE MITZVOS (GOOD DEEDS) THAT HASHEM WANTS US TO KEEP AND DO. | ||
BR | 6562 | ZACHARY | A NOVEL | PINTOFF, ERNEST | SET IN SUBURBAN CONNECTICUT IN 1945, THIS IS THE STORY OF 12-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY SILVER WHO WITNESSES THE STABBING DEATH OF A TEACHER BY 'BIG LAW' HEINZ, AN ANTI-SEMITIC POLICEMAN. ZACHARY HELPS CATCH THE MURDERER AND A HIGH RANKING EX-NAZI WHOM HEINZ MAY HAVE BEEN PROTECTING. | |
BR | 6563 | HEBREW GODDESS, THE | PATAI, RAPHAEL | PATAI DEMONSTRATES THAT THE JEWISH RELIGION, FAR FROM BEING PURE MONOTHEISM, CONTAINED FROM EARLIER TIMES STRONG POLYTHEISTIC ELEMENTS, CHIEF OF WHICH WAS THE CULT OF THE MOTHER GODDESS. | ||
BR | 6564 | PINK SLIPPERS, BAT MITZVAH BLUES | WOLFF, FERIDA | EXPECTED TO MAKE HER OWN DECISIONS AFTER HER BAT MITZVAH, ALYSSA CHOOSES TO CONTINUE HER DANCE LESSONS UNTIL HER BEST FRIEND BECOMES ILL AND HER JEWISH IDENTITY TAKES ON A GREATER IMPORTANCE. EVENTUALLY, ALYSSA REALIZES THAT DIVERSIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY CAN COEXIST IF SHE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. | ||
BR | 6565 | CRIERS AND KIBITZERS, KIBITZERS AND CRIERS | ELKIN, STANLEY | CONSTANCE FE | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE FILLED WITH HUMOR, TRAGEDY, AND FANTASY. | |
BR | 6566 | FACING A CRUEL MIRROR | ISRAEL'S MOMENT OF TRUTH | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | 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. | |
BR | 6567 | 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. | ||
BR | 6568 | FROM THE DESERT TO THE BOOK | DIALOGUES WITH MARCEL COHEN | JABES, EDMOND | IN A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AUTHOR, COHEN DISCUSSES HIS FRIENDSHIPS AND INFLUENCES, HIS FASCINATION WITH WORDS, THE MYSTERY OF CREATION, AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A JEWISH WRITER AND A JEW WHO IS A WRITER. | |
BR | 6569 | RAISING YOUR CHILD TO BE A MENSCH | KURSHAN, RABBI NEIL | RABBI KURSHAN OFFERS GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO PARENTS WHO ARE CONCERNED NOT ONLY WITH WHAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL ACHIEVE, BUT ALSO WITH THE KIND OF PEOPLE THEY WILL BECOME. | ||
BR | 6570 | WAITING FOR ANYA | MORPURGO, MICHAEL | BEBE RICHARD | IN THIS NOVEL SET DURING THE HOLOCAUST, A BEAR CHASE BRINGS JO, A NON-JEWISH BOY, INTO CONTACT WITH BENJAMIN, A JEW, WHO IS SEPARATED FROM HIS DAUGHTER ANYA AND HAS BEEN HIDING OTHER JEWISH CHILDREN AND LEADING THEM TO SAFETY IN NEARBY SPAIN. JO ASSISTS HIM AND LEARNS THAT NOT ALL THE GERMAN OCCUPIERS ARE UNIFORMLY EVIL. | |
BR | 6571 | WHAT IS A JEWISH JOKE? | AN EXCURSION INTO JEWISH HUMOR | EILBIRT, HENRY | THE AUTHOR OFFERS A SAMPLING OF JEWISH JOKES WHILE PROVIDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF JEWISH HUMOR. | |
BR | 6572 | CRIMES OF THE CITY | ROSENBERG, ROBERT | TWO NUNS, A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, ARE SAVAGELY KILLED IN THE RUSSIAN MISSION IN JERUSALEM. AVRAM COHEN, HEAD OF JERUSALEM'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT, MUST SOLVE THE MURDERS WITHOUT OFFENDING THE RUSSIANS. | ||
BR | 6573 | TO TOUCH A DREAM | HELLMAN, AVIVA | A NOVEL THAT DEPICTS THE EVOLUTION OF ISRAEL FROM 1912 UNTIL THE 1980S THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE POLITICALLY DIVERSE DANZIGER FAMILY. | ||
BR | 6574 | I REMEMBER RHODES | LEVY, REBECCA AMATO | THIS MEMOIR OF HER EARLY YEARS BY A WOMAN IN HER 70S IS ALSO A RECOLLECTION OF THE SPANISH-JEWISH TRADITION AND CULTURE. | ||
BR | 6575 | PERSONAL EFFECTS | PIESMAN, MARISSA | ATTORNEY NINA FISCHMAN AGAIN TRIES HER HAND AT SLEUTHING IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND THE MAN WHO MURDERED HER OLDEST FRIEND. SHE MUST SEPARATE THE LADY-KILLERS FROM THE MAN WHO REALLY IS A LADY KILLER. | ||
BR | 6577 | JESUS' JEWISHNESS | EXPLORING THE PLACE OF JESUS IN EA | CHARLESWORTH, JAMES H., ED. | A SCHOLARLY DISCUSSION OF JESUS' JEWISHNESS WHICH INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL ARRAY OF JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS. | |
BR | 6578 | RESCUE | THE STORY OF HOW GENTILES SAVED TH | MELTZER, MILTON | THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS ACTS OF GENEROSITY AND COURAGE PERFORMED BY NON-JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. HE EMPHASIZES THAT NOBODY COULD HAVE SURVIVED WITHOUT HELP FROM OTHERS AND THAT THOUSANDS OF JEWS WERE SAVED BECAUSE OF DARING ACTS OF KINDNESS. | |
BR | 6579 | FIEDLER ON THE ROOF | ESSAYS ON LITERATURE AND JEWISH ID | FIEDLER, LESLIE | IN THESE ESSAYS ON LITERATURE AND JEWISH IDENTITY, THE AUTHOR EXPOSES ANTI-SEMITISM IN WRITERS SUCH AS HEMINGWAY AND FITZGERALD AND DEMONSTRATES HOW STEREOTYPES IN CHAUCER, SHAKESPEARE, AND GRIMM HAVE REINFORCED ANTI- JEWISH SENTIMENT. HE ALSO CONFRONTS ASSIMILATED JEWISH-AMERICAN WRITERS AND DISCUSSES THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 6580 | TOUCH OF HEAVEN, A | ETERNAL STORIES FOR JEWISH LIVING | LABOVITS, ANNETTE & EUGENE LABOVITS | A COLLECTION OF STORIES WHICH EMPHASIZE THE SPIRITUAL NOTIONS AS WELL AS THE ETHICAL AND MORAL VALUES FOUND IN THE JEWISH TRADITION. EACH STORY IS SUPPLEMENTED BY A BRIEF INSPIRATIONAL PASSAGE. | |
BR | 6581 | AMERICAN RHAPSODY | THE STORY OF GEORGE GERSHWIN | KRESH, PAUL | A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE AMERICAN COMPOSER. DISCUSSES HIS MUSICAL COMEDIES, POPULAR SONGS, SYMPHONIC WORKS, AND THE OPERA 'PORGY AND BESS.' | |
BR | 6582 | MUSICAL CHAIRS | FRIEDMAN, KINKY | AFTER THREE EX-BAND MEMBERS DIE MYSTERIOUSLY, FRIEDMAN, A RETIRED MUSICIAN TURNED PRIVATE EYE, SOLVES THE CRIME WITH THE HELP OF THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BAND AND LOTS OF LIQUOR, ESPRESSO, AND CIGARS. | ||
BR | 6583 | CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S JEWISH ROOTS | AMLER, JANE FRANCES | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES COLUMBUS'S LIFE AND THE MYSTERIES THAT SURROUNDED IT. ONE QUESTION SHE ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER: WAS COLUMBUS OF ITALIAN ANCESTRY OR ACTUALLY A DESCENDANT OF CATALONIAN JEWS? | ||
BR | 6584 | LEGENDS OF THE BIBLE | GINZBERG, LOUIS | LEGENDARY BACKGROUND OF THE SIGNIFICANT PERSONS AND EVENTS IN THE BIBLE. | ||
BR | 6585 | READING THE BOOK | MAKING THE BIBLE A TIMELESS TEXT | VISOTZKY, BURTON L. | AN INTRODUCTION TO READING THE BIBLE. THE AUTHOR SHOWS READERS HOW TO DECIPHER ITS LANGUAGE, DISCOVER ITS MYSTERIES, AND UNDERSTAND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6586 | MARRIED LIFE | VOGEL, DAVID | SET IN VIENNA IN THE EARLY 1920S, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PENNILESS JEWISH WRITER AND A DEBASED AUSTRIAN ARISTOCRAT. | ||
BR | 6587 | SAMARITAN TREASURE, THE | LUBAN, MARIANNE | A COLLECTION OF FIVE STORIES IN WHICH THE AUTHOR TRAVERSES THE AGES FROM THE REIGN OF AHAB AND JEZEBEL TO THE WANING DAYS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AS A BACKDROP FOR HER TITLE STORY. OTHER STORIES, SET IN THE 1800S AND 1900S, EMPHASIZE ROMANCE, JEWISH IDENTITY, AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVAL. | ||
BR | 6588 | TWILIGHT AND OTHER STORIES | HAREVEN, SHULAMITH | IN THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES WHAT SEPARATES THE REAL FROM THE IMAGINED IN HER DEPICTIONS OF JERUSALEM AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF ITS INHABITANTS. | ||
BR | 6589 | STORYTELLER, THE. VOL. 2 | MINDEL, NISSAN | THE SECOND VOLUME OF SHORT STORIES TAKEN FROM THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE 'TALKS AND TALES.' THE STORIES COVER A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS FROM JEWISH HOLIDAYS TO RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE TO THE HOLOCAUST AND ARE SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. | ||
BR | 6590 | ALWAYS AND FOREVER | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | KATHY ROSS TRAVELS FROM AMERICA TO WAR-RAVAGED HAMBURG IN 1945 TO AID IN RESETTLING REFUGEES. THERE SHE BECOMES INVOLVED WITH DAVID KOHN, AN IDEALISTIC DOCTOR WHOSE PARENTS WERE KILLED IN THE HOLOCAUST, AND HIS COUSIN PHIL KOHN, WHO IS IN GERMANY TO SMUGGLE STOLEN ART BACK TO AMERICA. | ||
BR | 6591 | IT HAPPENED IN THE CATSKILLS | KATZ, MYRNA & HARVEY FROMMER | THIS NOSTALGIC HISTORY OF THE BORSCHT BELT OF THE MIDDLE 1900S IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IS RECOUNTED BY THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN IT: WORKERS, HOTEL OWNERS, ENTERTAINERS, EXECUTIVES, AND THE GUESTS. | ||
BR | 6592 | MOLLY PICON | A GIFT OF LAUGHTER | PERL, LILA | AS PART OF THE JPS YOUNG BIOGRAPHY SERIES, THIS BOOK LOOKS AT THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE WELL-KNOWN TWENTIETH-CENTURY YIDDISH ACTRESS. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES PICON'S FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES FOR ISRAEL AND HER VISITS WITH CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS AFTER WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 6593 | STORYTELLER, THE. VOL. 3 | MINDEL, NISSAN | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES SELECTED FROM THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 'TALKS AND TALES.' SUBJECTS INCLUDE RIGHTEOUS SCHOLARS, JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE IN MEDIEVAL AND PRE-HOLOCAUST TIMES, THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE STRUGGLE TO KEEP JUDAISM ALIVE BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN. | ||
BR | 6594 | JOYS OF YINGLISH THE | ROSTEN, LEO | CRAMMED WITH ANECDOTES, CONVERSATIONS, JOKES, AND HISTORICAL SNIPPETS, THIS IS A DICTIONARY OF YIDDISH WORDS AND PHRASES THAT ARE PART OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. | ||
BR | 6595 | GATES TO THE NEW CITY | A TREASURY OF MODERN JEWISH TALES | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD: EDITOR | THESE TALES BY FAMOUS AS WELL AS LITTLE KNOWN AUTHORS ARE CATEGORIZED ACCORDING TO THE THEMES WHICH INSPIRED THEM; BIBLICAL, HASIDIC, KABBALISTIC, ETC. A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION. | |
BR | 6596 | CHOOSING JUDAISM | KUKOFF, LYDIA | THE AUTHOR, A CONVERT TO JUDAISM, RECOUNTS GROWING UP AS A CHRISTIAN AND LIVING HER ADULT LIFE AS A JEW. | ||
BR | 6597 | TASTE FOR TREASON, A | MENDELS, ORA | THE IDENTITY OF A TOP ISRAELI AGENT, WHO HAS BEEN POSING AS A PALESTINIAN LEADER, IS IN DANGER OF BEING EXPOSED. DAN SHEMTOV, CHIEF OF ISRAELI SECURITY, MUST DEVISE A PLAN TO PROTECT HIM, EVEN IF THAT MEANS BETRAYING OTHERS. | ||
BR | 6598 | DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THE | THE CRITICAL EDITION | FRANK, ANNE | PREPARED BY THE NETHERLANDS STATE INSTITUTE FOR WAR DOCUMENTATION TO COMMEMORATE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN FRANK'S 60TH BIRTHDAY, IT CONTAINS THE ORIGINAL TEXT WITHOUT DELETIONS. | |
BR | 6599 | UNANSWERED QUESTIONS | NAZI GERMANY AND THE GENOCIDE OF T | FURET, FRANCOIS: EDITOR | A SERIES OF ESSAYS WHICH ADDRESS HITLER'S GENOCIDAL POLICIES REGARDING EUROPEAN JEWRY. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE SAUL FRIEDLANDER, RAUL HILBERG, MICHAEL R. MARRUS, YEHUDA BAUER, ETAL. | |
BR | 6600 | LAUGHING THROUGH THE YEARS | A NEW TREASURY OF JEWISH HUMOR | GROSS, DAVID C. | HUNDREDS OF ROLLICKING STORIES, SOME BRAND-NEW, SOME ALMOST CLASSICS. THEY ENCOMPASS JEWISH LIFE IN THE U.S., ISRAEL, AND THE COLLECTIVE STATES (FORMERLY RUSSIA). MANY ARE BASED ON REAL EVENTS. | |
BR | 6601 | JACOB'S JOURNEY | WISDOM | BEN SHEA, NOAH | JACOB, A BAKER, FINDS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO PURSUE HIS LIVELIHOOD BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY OF HIS WISE SAYINGS. HE DECIDES THAT HE MUST GO ON A JOURNEY TO REDISCOVER LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURES. | |
BR | 6602 | SOME FREAKS | MAMET, DAVID | THE AUTHOR, A PLAYWRIGHT AND ESSAYIST, IS KNOWN FOR HIS FASCINATION WITH EXTREMES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. IN AN EFFORT TO PROBE BENEATH THE SURFACE OF SEEMING TRIVIALITIES HE EXPLORES SUCH TOPICS AS PLAYING CARDS, THE THEATRE, THE DECOR OF THE JEWISH HOME, AND POLITICS. | ||
BR | 6603 | FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN JEWELS | PERSPECTIVES ON BIBLICAL WOMEN | DARR, KATHERYN PFISTERER | 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. | |
BR | 6605 | ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN | ISRAEL'S YOUNG GENERATION | SICHROVSKY, PETER | THE AUTHOR, A VIENNESE JOURNALIST, INTERVIEWED 26 YOUNG ISRAELI JEWS. THE NARRATIVES COMPRISE A MULTI-FACETED PORTRAIT OF ISRAEL'S 'YOUNG GENERATION' OF THE EARLY 1990S. | |
BR | 6606 | DEATH OF A 'JEWISH AMERICAN PRINCESS' | THE TRUE STORY OF A VICTIM ON TRIA | FRONDORF, SHIRLEY | THE STORY OF RESTAURATEUR STEVEN STEINBERG WHO KILLED HIS WIFE AND WAS ACQUITTED OF MURDER. THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT BY BEING AN OVERPOWERING 'JEWISH AMERICAN PRINCESS,' ELANA STEINBERG MAY HAVE PROVOKED HER VIOLENT END. | |
BR | 6608 | STONES IN THE SOUL | ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN | KAMIN, RABBI BEN | A REFORM RABBI SHARES THE GRIEF, THE HAPPINESS, AND HIS THOUGHTS IN A DAY OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS AND CRISES OF HIS CONGREGATION. | |
BR | 6609 | LOVE IN YOUR LIFE | A JEWISH VIEW OF TEENAGE SEXUALITY | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B. | THE BOOK COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS PREMARITAL SEX AND INTERMARRIAGE. | |
BR | 6610 | REMEMBERING CHARLIE | THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP | EPSTEIN, JERRY | A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF THE REAL AND BARELY REVEALED CHARLIE CHAPIN, AS TOLD BY HIS COLLEAGUE AND CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND FOR 30 YEARS. INCLUDES REVEALING ANECDOTES, HILARIOUS SCENES AND MOVING MOMENTS. | |
BR | 6611 | STARTING FROM HOME | A WRITER'S BEGINNINGS | MELTZER, MILTON | MELTZER, THE AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS HISTORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, RECREATES THE CENTRAL EPISODES OF HIS OWN LIFE FROM HIS BIRTH IN 1915 TO THE YEAR HE ENTERED COLLEGE. | |
BR | 6612 | JEWISH MOTHERS' HALL OF FAME, THE | BERNSTEIN, FRED A. | 25 INTERESTING AND AMUSING INTERVIEWS WITH JEWISH PEOPLES' MOTHERS, INCLUDING CLARA SUSSMAN, MOTHER OF NOBEL MEDALIST ROSALYN YALOW AND LEAH ADLER, MOTHER OF STEVEN SPIELBERG. | ||
BR | 6613 | FELIX FRANKFURTER | JUDICIAL RESTRAINT AND INDIVIDUAL | UROFSKY, MELVIN I. | A BIOGRAPHY THAT FOCUSES ON FRANKFURTER'S PUBLIC LIFE AS A WASHINGTON ADMINISTRATOR, A POLITICALLY ENGAGED LAW PROFESSOR, AND, ULTIMATELY, A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. | |
BR | 6614 | YOUR PEOPLE, MY PEOPLE | FINDING FULFILLMENT AND ACCEPTANCE | ROMANOFF, LENA & LISA HOSTEIN | THE AUTHOR, DIRECTOR OF THE JEWISH CONVERTS NETWORK AND HERSELF A CONVERT, OFFERS GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION TO THOSE CONSIDERING CONVERSION TO JUDAISM. INCLUDED ARE CHAPTERS ON THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF CONVERSION, INTEGRATING INTO A SPOUSE'S FAMILY, MAINTAINING RELATIONS WITH THE NON-JEWISH FAMILY, AND RAISING CHILDREN. | |
BR | 6615 | CARDOZO | A STUDY IN REPUTATION | POSNER, RICHARD A. | 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. | |
BR | 6616 | INFORMED SOUL, THE | INTRODUCTORY ENCOUNTERS WITH JEWIS | GOTTLIEB, DOVID | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY'S PROVOCATIVE LECTURES. | |
BR | 6617 | SCUM | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | MAX BARABANDER, A TRANSPLANTED POLISH JEW, RETURNS TO POLAND IN THE EARLY 1900S WHERE HE FINDS COMPANIONSHIP IN THE UNDERWORLD AND WITH WOMEN. BUT THOSE WHO BEFRIEND BARABANDER ARE ULTIMATELY DECEIVED BY HIM AND VIOLENCE ENSUES. | ||
BR | 6618 | DIASPORA | AN INQUIRY INTO THE CONTEMPORARY J | SACHAR, HOWARD M. | THE AUTHOR, A HISTORIAN OF THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH AND MIDDLE EASTERN SCENE, BRINGS TOGETHER HIS MANY YEARS OF RESEARCH. | |
BR | 6619 | JEWISH IMAGE IN AMERICAN FILM, THE | 70 YEARS OF HOLLYWOOD'S VISION OF | FRIEDMAN, LESTER D. | A SURVEY OF 70 YEARS OF AMERICAN FILMS WHICH EXPLORES HOW JEWS HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED IN MOVIES FROM THE SILENT ERA TO THE LATE 1980S. | |
BR | 6620 | TAKING THE HEAT | ZUKERMAN, EUGENIA | NORA WATTERMAN'S ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR HER 20-YEAR-OLD MARRIAGE AFTER AN AFFAIR ARE DEVASTATED WITH THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HER SON. BUT A TRIP TO POLAND WHERE SHE LEARNS MORE ABOUT HER MOTHER, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, ENABLES HER TO COPE WITH HER FUTURE PROSPECTS. | ||
BR | 6621 | ALL THINGS CONSIDERED...FROM A WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW | GANZ, YAFFA | A HUMOROUS LOOK, LACED WITH TRADITIONAL TORAH SOURCES AND ATTITUDES, AT LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY LIFE. | ||
BR | 6622 | BLIND THIEF AND OTHER STORIES, THE | SOCHERTOV, RABBI YISROEL PESACH | SOCHERTOV CONTEMPORIZES THE PARABLES OF THE MAGGID OF DUBNO, A NINETEENTH-CENTURY RABBI AND PREACHER, BUT PRESERVES THE TORAH LESSON WITHIN EACH STORY. | ||
BR | 6623 | CELEBRATIONS | OUR JEWISH HOLIDAYS | GREENBERG, MELANIE HOPE | 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. | |
BR | 6624 | NEXT OF KIN | ZEITLIN, MARIANNE | AFTER THE DEATH OF ESTHER PERSKY IN A VIOLENT CAR CRASH, HER SISTER, SARAH, RECALLS THE FAMILY HISTORY AS ITS MEMBERS MOURN THEIR LOSS. SHE TELLS OF GROWING UP IN AN ORTHODOX JEWISH HOME IN TORONTO, OF HER ROLE AS ESTHER'S PROTECTOR, AND OF HER EVENTUAL ESTRANGEMENT FROM HER SISTER. | ||
BR | 6625 | PAYMENT IN FULL | DENKER, HENRY | DESPITE THE ADVICE OF FAMILY AND PROFESSIONALS, A CHILDLESS YOUNG JEWISH COUPLE ADOPT AN ORPHANED BLACK CHILD. ELVIRA GROWS TO WOMANHOOD LEARNED IN JEWISH WAYS, YET WITH HER OWN ETHNICITY INTACT. | ||
BR | 6626 | FESTIVAL DAYS | A HISTORY OF JEWISH CELEBRATIONS | RAPHAEL, CHAIM | A BOOK ABOUT THE CYCLE OF JEWISH FESTIVALS (INCLUDING FASTS), THEIR ORIGINS, THEIR INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND THEIR BIBLICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL ROOTS AS WELL AS LATER ADAPTATIONS. THE STRESS IS ON THE RITUAL AND ITS MEANING. | |
BR | 6627 | TWICED BLESSED | ON BEING LESBIAN, GAY AND JEWISH | BALKA, CHRISTIE & ANDY ROSE | AN ANTHOLOGY IN WHICH THE CONTRIBUTORS DESCRIBE HOW THEY ATTEMPT TO COMBINE GAY PRIDE WITH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN JUDAISM. AMONG THE ESSAYS INCLUDED IS A DISCUSSION BY A RABBI ON HER LIFE AS A LESBIAN MOTHER; THE FOUNDING OF GAY AND LESBIAN SYNAGOGUES; HETEROSEXIST ASSUMPTIONS IN JEWISH TEXT; AND RESPONSES TO AIDS. | |
BR | 6628 | ROSENDORF QUARTET, THE | SHAHAM, NATHAN | A STRING QUARTET OF GERMAN JEWISH REFUGEES PLAYING IN PALESTINE BETWEEN 1936 AND 1938 RUMINATE ON ZIONISM, THE NATURE OF EXILE, AND THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF SEX. EACH OF THE FOUR MUSICIANS 'AUTHOR' A CHAPTER IN WHICH A PERSONAL SECRET IS REVEALED. THE FINAL CHAPTER IS A JOURNAL KEPT BY A NOVELIST WHO HAS BEFRIENDED THEM. | ||
BR | 6629 | JEWISH IDENTITY IN THE MODERN WORLD | MEYER, MICHAEL A. | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THREE MAIN FORCES THAT, IN HIS VIEW, HAVE COMPELLED JEWS TO REEVALUATE THEIR SELF-DEFINITION: ANTI-SEMITISM, SECULARISM, AND AN IDENTIFICATION WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6630 | CELEBRATION | PESACH | WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR CONSERVATIVE JUDA | A DISCUSSION OF THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH, AND THE PERIOD LEADING UP TO THE HOLIDAY. INCLUDED IS A BRIEF HISTORY OF PASSOVER AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE, A GUIDE TO THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS, A RESOURCE LIST, AND A GLOSSARY. | |
BR | 6631 | HAUNTED SHUL AND OTHER DEVORAH DORESH MYSTERIES, THE | HUBNER, CAROL KORB | DEVORAH DORESH, STAR TALMUD STUDENT AT THE YOCHEVED ACADEMY, PUTS EVEN RABBI SMALL TO SHAME AS SHE USES PILPUL TECHNIQUES TO SOLVE MYSTERIES. | ||
BR | 6633 | MOTHER EARTH | AN EPIC DRAMA OF EMMA GOLDMAN'S LI | DUBERMAN, MARTIN | A PORTRAYAL OF THE LIFE OF A WOMAN WHO TESTED THE STRENGTH OF THE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM BY DEMANDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH. | |
BR | 6634 | RITUAL BATH, THE | KELLERMAN, FAYE | THE WORLD OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM IS THE SETTING FOR THIS MYSTERY WHICH INVOLVES THE MURDER OF A WOMAN AT A RITUAL BATH. | ||
BR | 6635 | SACRED AND PROFANE | KELLERMAN, FAYE | SOME ORTHODOX JEWISH BOYS FIND TWO CHARRED BODIES WHILE ON A CAMPING TRIP AND IT IS UP TO LOS ANGELES DETECTIVE PETER DECKER TO SOLVE THE MURDER. DECKER'S OUTWARD JOURNEY AS HE HUNTS DOWN THE KILLER IS PARALLELED BY HIS SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THROUGH JUDAISM AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A JEWISH WIDOW. | ||
BR | 6637 | MR. BLUE JEANS | A STORY ABOUT LEVI STRAUSS | WEIDT, MARYANN N. & LYDIA M. ANDERSO | THE AUTHORS TRACE THE LIFE OF THE IMMIGRANT JEWISH PEDDLER WHO WENT ON TO FOUND LEVI STRAUSS AND COMPANY, THE WORLD'S FIRST AND LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF DENIM JEANS. | |
BR | 6638 | MY JEWISH FACE AND OTHER STORIES | KANTROWITZ, MELANIE | KANTROWITZ TAKES READERS ON A GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL TOUR OF THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT TRAVELING FROM BROOKLYN, HARLEM, AND BERKELEY IN THE 1960S TO THE FEMINIST POLITICS OF THE 1970S AND RENEWED ACTIVISM OF THE 1980S. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE ISSUES CONFRONTING JEWISH WOMEN IN POLITICS, IN AMERICA, AND IN DAILY LIFE. | ||
BR | 6640 | ON BEING A JEW | WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A JEW? | KUGEL, JAMES | MODELED ON 'THE KUZARI,' THIS NOVEL IS AN EXTENDED CONVERSATION BETWEEN JUDD LEWIS, WHO WANTS TO LEARN THE BASICS OF JUDAISM, AND ALBERT ABBADI, A JEWISH-SYRIAN IMMIGRANT. THEIR DISCUSSION TAKES LEWIS FROM THE BRINK OF INTERMARRIAGE TO A DECISION TO LEAD AN OBSERVANT JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 6641 | ATONEMENT OF MINDY WISE, THE | KAYE, MARILYM | DURING YOM KIPPUR, A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL REFLECTS ON THE SINS SHE COMMITTED DURING THE PAST YEAR. | ||
BR | 6642 | WHAT DINAH THOUGHT | METZGER, DEENA | A MULTIDIMENSIONAL NOVEL IN WHICH THREE DINAHS ARE INTERWOVEN: THE BIBLICAL DINAH, THE AUTHOR DEENA, AND DINAH Z., A JEWISH-AMERICAN FILMMAKER ON LOCATION IN ISRAEL. THE STORIES OF THESE THREE WOMEN PORTRAY THE ISSUES OF BIBLICAL AND MODERN WOMEN. | ||
BR | 6643 | WHEN THE WORLD WAS WHOLE | THREE CENTURIES OF MEMORIES | FENYVESI, CHARLES | THE AUTHOR, A JOURNALIST, RECREATES THE VILLAGES OF HUNGARY WHERE HIS JEWISH ANCESTORS PROSPERED AND WERE WELL-RESPECTED BY BOTH GENTILES AND JEWS. FENYVESI DEPICTS HOW WORLD WAR I REDUCED THE FAMILY'S WEALTH AND FORCED THEM TO MOVE TO ANOTHER CITY. A LARGE PART OF HIS FAMILY WAS KILLED IN AUSCHWITZ DURING WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 6645 | KEEPING QUILT, THE | POLACCO, PATRICIA | A STORY ABOUT A QUILT THAT WAS PASSED DOWN FROM MOTHER TO DAUGHTER FOR ALMOST A CENTURY. FOR FOUR GENERATIONS, THE QUILT SERVED AS A SABBATH TABLE COVER, A WEDDING CANOPY, AND A BLANKET TO WELCOME BABIES INTO THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 6646 | NO MINOR CHORDS | MY DAYS IN HOLLYWOOD | PREVIN, ANDRE | THE AUTHOR, A SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR AND THE SON OF GERMAN-JEWISH REFUGEES, LOOKS BACK AT HIS RISE TO FAME IN HOLLYWOOD. HE OFFERS THE DETAILS BEHIND HIS START AS AN 18-YEAR-OLD MUSIC ARRANGER FOR A MOVIE STUDIO, HIS CAREER AS A COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR, AND HIS FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS. | |
BR | 6648 | INVENTING CHAMPAGNE | THE MUSICAL WORLDS OF LERNER AND L | LEES, GENE | THE AUTHOR ADDS ANALYSES AND GOSSIP TO HIS CHRONICLE OF TWO OF AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER'S MOST DISTINGUISHED COLLABORATORS; ALAN JAY LERNER (1919-1986) AND 'FRITZ' LOEWE (1901-1985). | |
BR | 6649 | STANDING AGAIN AT SINAI | JUDAISM FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIV | PLASKOW, JUDITH | A DISCUSSION OF HOW TRADITION MUST BE TRANSFORMED IF WOMEN ARE TO PARTICIPATE WITHOUT CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THEIR PRESENCE AND THE WORDS THEY SAY AS PART OF THE RITUAL. | |
BR | 6650 | FLYING WITH DANIEL | BRAILOFSKY, MALKY | ON A TRIP TO ERETZ YISROEL, DANIEL FINDS HIMSELF IN MANY INTERESTING SITUATIONS, BEGINNING WITH A SKYJACKING TO FINDING AN ANCIENT TREASURE. | ||
BR | 6651 | FAITHFUL SOLDIERS | LEADER, R.L. | IN THIS ACTION-PACKED NOVEL, YANKELEH 13-YEAR-OLD SON OF A CHASIDIC REBBE, FACES DEPRIVATION AND A CONSTANT TEST OF FAITH WHEN HE IS CONSCRIPTED INTO THE CZAR'S ARMY. | ||
BR | 6652 | GOLDA MEIR | A LEADER IN PEACE AND WAR | AMDUR, RICHARD | THIS BIOGRAPHY WRITTEN FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL PUPILS DESCRIBES MEIR'S CHILDHOOD IN EUROPE, ON A KIBBUTZ IN PALESTINE AND HER DEFENSE OF ISRAEL AS ITS PRIME MINISTER DURING THE OCTOBER 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR. | |
BR | 6653 | JEWISH HERITAGE TRAVEL | A GUIDE TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUR | GRUBER, RUTH ELLEN | PART TRAVEL GUIDE, PART HISTORY PRIMER, THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE HERITAGE OF EUROPEAN JEWRY AND THE PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR BUILDINGS, TOWNS AND CITIES. | |
BR | 6654 | IMAGINE A GREAT WHITE LIGHT | SCHWARTZ, SHEILA | NINE STORIES THAT DEPICT JEWISH-AMERICAN LIFE FROM THE 1960S TO THE 1980S. THE AUTHOR WRITES OF THE TRAUMAS OF CHILDHOOD, THE DIFFICULTY OF MAINTAINING A RELATIONSHIP, AND THE STRUGGLE TO COME TO TERMS WITH ONE'S PAST. | ||
BR | 6655 | THIS IS THE TORAH | KOLATCH, ALFRED J. | THIS BOOK USES A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER FORMAT TO ADDRESS OVER 500 QUESTIONS FREQUENTLY ASKED ABOUT THE TORAH. INCLUDED ARE QUERIES REGARDING THE TORAH'S ORIGINS, ITS HANDLING IN THE SYNAGOGUE, AND ITS USE IN THE LITURGY AND SERVICE. | ||
BR | 6656 | FRIENDLY PERSUADER AND OTHER STORIES, THE | WEINBACH, SHAINDEL | A MASTER STORYTELLER RETURNS WITH MORE OF HER TRADEMARK STORIES. | ||
BR | 6657 | WHAT DOES BEING JEWISH MEAN | FRIEDMAN, E. B., JAN GREENBERG & KAR | ISABEL RUBIN | A REFERENCE BOOK THAT PROVIDES ANSWERS TO MORE THAN 180 QUESTIONS JEWISH CHILDREN FREQUENTLY ASK ABOUT THEIR RELIGION. IT ADDRESSES THE BASICS OF JEWISH CUSTOM AND PRACTICE AND ALSO ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF JEWISH BELIEF, SUCH AS MIRACLES AND THE MESSIAH. | |
BR | 6658 | WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR PARENTS | GELLMAN, RABBI MARC & MONSIGNOR THOM | TWO CLERGYMEN RESPOND TO THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS IN AN ECUMENICAL WAY. | |
BR | 6659 | HOUSE ON THE ROOF, THE | ADLER, DAVID A. | A HUMOROUS HOLIDAY STORY FOR CHILDREN, CENTERING AROUND AN OLD MAN AND THE SUKKAH HE BUILT IN AN UNUSUAL PLACE - ON THE ROOF OF A HOUSE. | ||
BR | 6660 | SHIRA | APPELFELD, AHARON | CAPTURING THE JEWISH REFUGEES' PRECARIOUS DAY-TO-DAY EXISTENCE IN PALESTINE IN THE LATE 1930S, THE NARRATIVE IS THICK WITH TALES OF IMMIGRANTS, DREAMS AND FANTASIES. | ||
BR | 6661 | HEART-STIRRING SERMON AND OTHER STORIES, THE | REISEN, AVRAHAM | IN THESE THREE STORIES, REISEN, A YIDDISH WRITER WHO DIED IN 1953, DEPICTS THE PRE-WORLD WAR II LIFE OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS. | ||
BR | 6662 | HEY TAXI! | TELLER, HANOCH | IN THIS COLLECTION, TELLER WRITES OF THE SPIRITUAL STORIES WHICH HE HEARD IN TAXIS, TOLD BY CABDRIVERS AND PASSENGERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 6663 | AND THE BRIDGE IS LOVE | LIFE STORIES | MOSKOWITZ, FAYE | A COLLECTION OF ANECDOTES CHRONICLING VARIOUS HUMOROUS, TRAGIC, AND SURPRISING EPISODES OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE. MANY OF THE STORIES TOUCH ON THE ISOLATION SHE HAS FELT AS A JEW IN A CHRISTIAN SOCIETY. | |
BR | 6664 | CERTIFICATE, THE | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | IN THIS NOVEL BY THE NOBEL LAUREATE, SINGER RETURNS TO THE UNIVERSE OF POLISH JEWRY BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAVID BENDIGER IS OFFERED A CERTIFICATE THAT WILL PERMIT HIM TO EMIGRATE TO ISRAEL. HE FINDS HIMSELF VACILLATING BETWEEN THREE WOMEN, UNABLE TO DECIDE WHOM HE SHOULD CHOOSE TO TAKE. | ||
BR | 6665 | TIMELY JEWISH QUESTIONS, TIMELY RABBINIC ANSWERS | COHEN, RABBI J. SIMCHA | RABBI COHEN PROVIDES HALACHIC RESEARCH ON A VARIETY OF PRACTICAL CONCERNS, EXPLAINING THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MODERN LIVING. | ||
BR | 6666 | MRS. KATZ AND TUSH | POLACCO, PATRICIA | THE AUTHOR BLENDS AFRICAN-AMERICAN WITH RUSSIAN AND POLISH-JEWISH CULTURE IN THIS TALE OF A JEWISH BUBEE (GRANDMOTHER) AND HER TAILLESS CAT TUSH. | ||
BR | 6667 | ORDAINED TO BE A JEW | A CATHOLIC PRIEST'S CONVERSION TO | SCALAMONTI, JOHN DAVID | SCALAMONTI'S ACCOUNT OF HIS SPIRITUAL ODYSSEY AS A YOUNG AMERICAN CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO LOST FAITH IN HIS BIRTH RELIGION AND BECAME AN ORTHODOX JEW. | |
BR | 6669 | JERUSALEM DIARIES AND OTHER STORIES | ZAKON, MIRIAM STARK | THESE FESTIVAL STORIES SPAN 2,000 YEARS OF THE HOLY CITY'S HISTORY. | ||
BR | 6670 | PUTTING GOD ON THE GUEST LIST | SALKIN, RABBI JEFFREY E. | THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE MEANING OF THE BAR MITZVAH RITUAL FROM A HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE. | ||
BR | 6671 | CONQUER THE DARKNESS | FLORANS, ESTIE | AN UNEXPECTED PHONE CALL TAKES RENIE BACK A DECADE TO HER TEENAGE YEARS. SHE AND HER FRIENDS WERE LIVING CAREFREE LIVES UNTIL A TRAGEDY STRUCK THAT MADE THEIR WORLD OF MAKE-BELIEVE NUMBINGLY REAL. | ||
BR | 6672 | BAMBOO CRADLE, THE | A JEWISH FATHER'S STORY | SCHWARTZBAUM, AVRAHAM | THE TRUE STORY OF HOW AN AMERICAN COUPLE ADOPTED A CHINESE INFANT FOUND ABANDONED IN A TAIWAN RAILROAD STATION. THE SUBTEXT OF THE BOOK IS THE DISCOVERY OF THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE. | |
BR | 6673 | JOSHUA'S DREAM | A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL | SEGAL, SHEILA | A YOUNG BOY FULFILLS HIS DREAM OF BUILDING ISRAEL WITH HIS OWN HANDS WHEN HE PLANTS A TREE IN THE NEGEV. INCLUDES A BASIC HISTORY OF ZIONISM. | |
BR | 6674 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN | NOTES FROM A FRIEND | CHAPIN, SCHUYLER | MARION FELDI | A MEMOIR OF THE COMPOSER REPLETE WITH ANECDOTES AND A SENSE OF THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION THAT WENT INTO CREATING THE MUSIC, AND THE EDUCATIONAL VENTURES WITH WHICH HE WAS INVOLVED. |
BR | 6675 | UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI WAHL, THE | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | THE MURDER OF A FEMALE RABBI AFTER HER APPEARANCE ON A RADIO TALK SHOW HAS THE HOST, RABBI WINTER, DISCOVERING A SECULAR TALENT FOR DETECTION. | ||
BR | 6676 | GRANDMA'S SOUP | KARKOWSKY, NANCY | WHEN GRANDMA'S CHICKEN SOUP SUDDENLY DOESN'T TASTE GOOD, HER GRANDDAUGHTER HAS TO CONFRONT THE FACT OF HER GRANDMOTHER'S SENILITY. | ||
BR | 6677 | EICHMANN IN MY HANDS | MALKIN, PETER Z. & HARRY STEIN | 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. | ||
BR | 6678 | GOLDIN BOYS, THE | EPSTEIN, JACOB | IN THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, THE AUTHOR PROBES THE LIVES OF SECOND-AND THIRD-GENERATION JEWISH AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. | ||
BR | 6679 | SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION | A CONTEMPORARY GUIDE TO THE JOYS, | FOX, RABBI KAREN L. & MILLER, PHYLLI | THIS SIMPLIFIED GUIDE IS INTENDED FOR USE BY ANYONE FACED WITH THE TASK OF CREATING A TRADITIONAL JEWISH HOME. THE FOCUS IS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE HOLIDAY AND THE VARIOUS TRADITIONS APPROPRIATE TO THE DAY. RECIPES ARE INCLUDED. | |
BR | 6680 | STORYTELLER, THE. VOL. I | SELECTED SHORT STORIES | MINDEL, NISSAN | A COLLECTION OF SELECTED SHORT STORIES FROM THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, 'TALKS AND TALES.' SUBJECTS RANGE FROM JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE IN MEDIEVAL TIMES TO THE HOLOCAUST TO KEEPING JUDAISM ALIVE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. | |
BR | 6681 | ONE FINE DAY THE RABBI BOUGHT A CROSS | KEMELMAN, HARRY | WHILE VACATIONING IN JERUSALEM, RABBI SMALL MUST OUTWIT ARMS SMUGGLERS AND A MURDERER IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE ARREST OF AN INNOCENT MAN. | ||
BR | 6682 | CLOSING THE SEA | KATZIR, YEHUDIT | FULL OF THE BEAUTY AND RAWNESS OF LIFE, THESE FOUR RICH, LYRICAL AND SURREAL NOVELLAS OFFER A UNIQUE LOOK INSIDE THE REAL ISRAEL, ONE STRIPPED OF MYTHS AND HISTORY. | ||
BR | 6683 | SHARKEY'S KID | OSTRANSKY, LEROY | A MEMOIR ABOUT THE JEWISH GHETTO OF MANHATTAN'S LOWER EAST SIDE IN THE 1920S FOCUSING ON THE AUTHOR'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER. SHARKEY RAN A SALOON DURING THE PROHIBITION ERA, PUBLICLY DESECRATED THE SABBATH, AND TYRANNIZED HIS SON. | ||
BR | 6684 | MALKE'S SECRET RECIPE | A CHANUKAH STORY FROM CHELM | ADLER, DAVID A. | ESTELLE WALL | MALKE'S LIGHT AND CRUNCHY POTATO LATKES ARE THE TALK OF CHELM, AND THIS YEAR BERL IS DETERMINED TO STEAL HER RECIPE. BUT HIS WIFE CHALLENGES THE WISDOM OF EACH OF MALKE'S INGREDIENTS, AND THE RESULTS TASTE NOTHING LIKE THE LEGEND. |
BR | 6685 | BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE | SHABBOS AND OTHER STORIES. BOOK 2 | FRUCHTER, YAAKOV, RABBI | TWENTY STORIES FROM THE CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE, 'OLOMEINU', INCLUDING 'SHABBOS IN THE DEATH CAMPS,' 'INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF RASHI' AND ' A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE MASHIACH.' | |
BR | 6686 | TWELVE JEWISH STEPS | A PERSONAL GUIDE TO TURNING FROM A | OLITZKY, KERRY M. & COPANS, STUART | THIS BOOK OFFERS A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON THE 12-STEP RECOVERY PROGRAM. | |
BR | 6687 | JEWISH WISDOM | A TREASURY OF PROVERBS, MAXIMS, AP | GROSS, DAVID C. & ESTHER R. GROSS | AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH 'WISDOM' THAT THE JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED IN ITS LONG, TURBULENT HISTORY. THE 300 TOPICS ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY AND ARE MEANT TO INSTRUCT, INSPIRE, AND GUIDE THE READER. | |
BR | 6688 | JUDAS ISCARIOT AND THE MYTH OF JEWISH EVIL | MACOBY, HYAM | THE AUTHOR RETURNS TO THE SOURCES OF CHRISTIANITY TO SEE HOW THE IMAGE OF THE JEW AS A FIGURE OF EVIL CAME TO BE INGRAINED IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 6689 | HEALER, THE | APPELFELD, AHARON | SET IN PRE-WORLD WAR II VIENNA, THIS IS THE STORY OF A WEALTHY FAMILY, WHO, WHILE NO LONGER PRACTICING JEWS, JOURNEY TO A REMOTE JEWISH HAMLET TO CONSULT A HEALER WHO TELLS THEM TO PRAY AND STUDY THE SCRIPTURES. THE FAMILY'S EFFORTS TO RETURN TO VIENNA DEMONSTRATE THE ANTI-SEMITISM THAT WILL SOON ENGULF THE CITY. | ||
BR | 6690 | MARRIAGES OF JACOB, THE | A POEM-NOVELLA | MANDEL, CHARLOTTE | THIS POETIC RETELLING OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JACOB'S MARRIAGES TO RACHEL AND LEAH FOCUSES ON THEIR DISPARATE DESTINIES FIRST AS SISTERS, AND THEN AS WIVES OF THE SAME MAN. | |
BR | 6691 | GOD WAS IN THIS PLACE AND I, I DID NOT KNOW | FINDING SELF, SPIRITUALITY AND ULT | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS INTERPRETATIONS BY SEVEN RABBIS THROUGHOUT HISTORY OF JACOB'S DREAM IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS. | |
BR | 6692 | DRUGS, SEX AND INTEGRITY | WHAT DOES JUDAISM SAY? | POLISH, DANIEL/SYME, DANIEL/ZLOTOWIT | DILEMMAS PERTAINING TO ALCOHOLISM, SEX, INTEGRITY OR JEWISH RELIGIOUS VALUES ARE PRESENTED. FOR THESE ISSUES, BIBLICAL OR TALMUDIC RESPONSES ARE GIVEN, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM A REFORM JEWISH VIEWPOINT. | |
BR | 6694 | SAMPLER OF JEWISH-AMERICAN FOLKLORE, A | SHERMAN, JOSEPHA | AN ANTHOLOGY OF TALES LACED WITH HUMOR, IRONY, AND WISDOM AND FILLED WITH DEMONS, DYBBUKS, AND ALLEGORIES PREACHING HUMILITY AND CHARITY. SHERMAN DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF SOME OF THESE STORIES AND POINTS OUT THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN JEWISH FOLKTALES AND THOSE OF OTHER ETHNIC TRADITIONS. | ||
BR | 6695 | TO KNOW A WOMAN | OZ, AMOS | AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, ISRAELI ESPIONAGE AGENT, YOEL RAVID, RETIRES. IN THE MIDST OF AN AFFAIR WITH HIS NEIGHBOR AND HIS ATTEMPTS TO HELP HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER, RAVID SUFFERS FROM HALLUCINATIONS AND FLASHBACKS WHICH FORCE HIM TO CONFRONT UNRESOLVED ISSUES IN HIS MARRIAGE AND IN HIS LIFE. | ||
BR | 6696 | DAYS OF AWE | STORIES FOR ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM | KIMMEL, ERIC A. | THREE TRADITIONAL TALES ABOUT ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR THAT EACH ILLUSTRATE ONE OF THE MAJOR THEMES OF THE HIGH HOLIDAY SEASON: REPENTANCE, PRAYER, AND CHARITY. | |
BR | 6697 | LADIES OF GENESIS | HOLENDER, BARBARA | A COLLECTION OF POEMS PORTRAYING WOMEN FROM THE BIBLE AND JEWISH LORE, INCLUDING EVE, LOT'S WIFE, SARAH, HAGAR, LILITH, SUSANNA, ZIPPORAH, RUTH, JOB'S WIFE, JAEL, JUDITH, VASHTI AND ESTHER. | ||
BR | 6698 | GREAT JEWISH QUIZ BOOK, THE | SPECTOR, BARBARA | RANGING FROM JEWISH HISTORY TO JEWISH ATHLETES, THIS IS A COLLECTION OF 836 BRAIN-TEASING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON JEWISH TRIVIA. | ||
BR | 6699 | SKULLCAPS AND SWITCHBLADES | SURVIVAL STORIES OF AN ORTHODOX JE | LAZERSON, DAVID B. | THE TRUE STORY OF AN ORTHODOX JEW ASSIGNED TO A CLASS OF LEARNING-IMPAIRED CHILDREN IN A BLACK GHETTO SCHOOL IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK. THE AUTHOR DEPICTS HOW HE AND THE STUDENTS OVERCOME THEIR RESERVATIONS ABOUT EACH OTHER AND DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL TRUST AND REGARD. | |
BR | 6700 | NOT THE WORK OF A DAY | THE STORY OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION L | UNKNOWN | THIS IS THE HISTORY OF THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI B'RITH AND THE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY. | |
BR | 6701 | JOURNEY BACK, THE | REISS, JOHANNA | THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY WHO WENT UNDERGROUND IN HOLLAND DURING THE HOLOCAUST BUT WERE SAVED AND REUNITED IN 1944. | ||
BR | 6702 | COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS | A BOOK OF B'RAKHOT | WOMEN'S LEAGUE FOR CONSERVATIVE JUDA | A COMPILATION OF THE MOST OFTEN RECITED PRAYERS WITH EXPLANATIONS, TRANSLITERATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS. | |
BR | 6703 | BAKER'S DOZEN #6 | TRAPPED! FEATURING THE GIRLS FROM | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY, MIRIAM ZAKON & EMMY | THE BAKER GIRLS ARE ALL SET TO SPEND THEIR FIRST SHABBOS ALONE WHILE, ACROSS TOWN, THE STAFF OF THE B.Y. TIMES IS HOLDING ITS USUAL PRE-SHABBOS MEETING. MEANWHILE, WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE DETERIORATING AND SOON ALL THE GIRLS FIND THEMSELVES STRANDED IN THE MANSION, TRAPPED BY A RAGING TORNADO. | |
BR | 6704 | FIRE AND GRACE | THE LIFE OF ROSE PASTOR STOKES | ZIPSER, ARTHUR & PEARL ZIPSER | SOCIALIST-FEMINIST STOKES WAS A RUSSIAN JEWISH IMMIGRANT WHO MARRIED A WEALTHY NEW YORK BANKER IN 1905. SHE PLAYED A PROMINENT ROLE IN HARD-FOUGHT LABOR STRUGGLES, THE BATTLE FOR BIRTH CONTROL, AND WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. | |
BR | 6705 | HAVEN | THE UNKNOWN STORY OF 1,000 WORLD W | GRUBER, RUTH | THE AUTHOR WAS SENT TO EUROPE IN 1944 TO BRING 1,000 REFUGEES (MOSTLY JEWISH, BUT ALSO PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC AND GREEK ORTHODOX) TO THE UNITED STATES AS 'GUESTS' OF THE GOVERNMENT, BY THE SPECIAL ORDER OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. GRUBER RECOUNTS THE HARROWING EXPERIENCES OF THESE REFUGEES AND THEIR STRUGGLE TO FIGHT DEPORTATION. | |
BR | 6706 | KATERINA | APPELFELD, AHARON | AT AGE 79 AND LIVING ALONE ON HER PARENTS DESERTED FARM KATERINA, A POLISH HOUSEKEEPER, NARRATES HER LIFE STORY IN WHICH SHE WORKED FOR JEWISH FAMILIES, RAISED HER SON AS A JEW, AND SPENT 40 YEARS IN PRISON FOR KILLING HIS MURDERER. | ||
BR | 6707 | MIDLIFE/THE WISE WOMAN | A RITE OF PASSAGE/CELEBRATION | FINE, IRENE | IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THIS BOOK, FINE EXPLORES THE MIDLIFE TRANSITION PERIOD OF WOMEN AND OFFERS CEREMONIES THAT ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHANGED STATUS THIS PERIOD ENGENDERS. IN THE SECOND SECTION, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE WISDOM OF WOMEN AND CELEBRATES WOMEN'S ELDERHOOD. | |
BR | 6708 | JEWISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE | KATZ, MOLLY | A HUMOROUS 'GUIDE' FOR NON-JEWS WHO MARRY JEWS. SUBJECTS INCLUDE: DEVELOPING JEWISH CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS, WORRYING, RAISING YOUR JEWISH CHILD AND FEEDING YOUR NEW JEWISH STOMACH. | ||
BR | 6709 | BOOK OF THE JUST, THE | THE SILENT HEROES WHO SAVED JEWS F | SILVER, ERIC | SARENE MEYER | THE AUTHOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE NON-JEWS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FREEDOM TO SAVE JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. RECOUNTED BY SURVIVORS AND RESCUERS, THE STORIES DEMONSTRATE HOW PEOPLE OF VARYING BACKGROUNDS, FAITHS, AND POLITICAL VIEWS ALL FELT THE NEED TO ASSERT A COMMON HUMANITY. |
BR | 6710 | BURSTING THE BONDS? A JEWISH-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE ON JESUS AND PAUL | SWIDLER, J./ERON, J./SLOYAN, G./DEAN | THE AUTHORS, TWO JEWISH AND TWO CHRISTIAN, EXPLORE THE HISTORY AND THEOLOGY OF JESUS AND PAUL. | ||
BR | 6711 | MARTIN BUBER AND THE ETERNAL | FRIEDMAN, MAURICE | AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF BUBER'S PHILOSOPHY ON ETHICS, THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE, AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. | ||
BR | 6712 | DISSENTER IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, A | ROSENFELD, ALVIN | 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. | ||
BR | 6713 | PHILOSOPHY-WHO NEEDS IT? | RAND, AYN | RAND QUESTIONS ONE'S NEED FOR A PHILOSOPHY, WHICH SHE DEFINES AS A JUNK HEAP OF UNWARRANTED CONCLUSIONS, AND ADVOCATES, INSTEAD, A RATIONAL, DISCIPLINED PROCESS. | ||
BR | 6714 | JESSIE BERNARD | THE MAKING OF A FEMINIST | BANNISTER, ROBERT C. | THIS IS THE STORY OF A REMARKABLE WOMAN WHO IN 1970 AT AGE 67 JOINED THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT AND ALSO REDISCOVERED HER JEWISH ROOTS. | |
BR | 6715 | BAKER'S DOZEN #5 | THE INSIDE STORY | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | A MAGAZINE IS DOING A FEATURE STORY ON THE BAKER QUINTUPLETS BUT THREE OF THE BROTHERS ARE ANGRY THAT THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED. AS THEIR SISTERS PREPARE, THE BOYS MAKE PLANS TO RUIN THE INTERVIEW. IT TAKES A SERIES OF MISHAPS TO BRING ALL THE SIBLINGS TO THEIR SENSES. | |
BR | 6716 | OPERATED JEW, THE | TWO TALES OF ANTI-SEMITISM | ZIPES, JACK: TRANSLATED WITH COMMENT | IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THESE LITERARY ODDITIES; 'THE OPERATED JEW' WRITTEN IN 1893, AND 'THE OPERATED GOY' (AN IN VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL TALE) IN 1922, REFLECT AND ANTICIPATE JUDAISM'S HISTORY IN THE 20TH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6717 | HAND IN THE DARKNESS, A | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A REFUSENIK | NUDEL, IDA | THE STORY OF NUDEL'S STRUGGLE TO LEAVE THE SOVIET UNION AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT, HARASSMENT AND EXILE. IN 1986, SHE WAS REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6718 | EXPLORING JUDAISM | A RECONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACH | ALPERT, REBECCA T. & JACOB J. STAUB | THE AUTHORS PRESENT THE HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM. | |
BR | 6719 | TOMORROW | TAYLOR, ELISABETH RUSSELL | FOR FIFTEEN YEARS SINCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II ELISABETH DANZIGER HAS MADE HER ANNUAL VISIT TO THE TAMARISKS, HER CHILDHOOD HOME, WITH THE HOPE OF BEING REUNITED WITH HER COUSIN WITH WHOM SHE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE BEFORE THE WAR. | ||
BR | 6720 | HEADING UPTOWN A NINA FISCHMAN MYSTERY | PIESMAN, MARISSA | APPOINTED EXECUTRIX OF AN ACQUAINTANCE'S WILL, LAWYER NINA FISCHMAN IS ASKED TO INVESTIGATE THE MAN'S DEATH AT THE REQUEST OF HIS TEENAGE DAUGHTER. FISCHMAN MIXES CAREFUL PLANNING WITH HUMOROUS ETHNIC PALAVER. | ||
BR | 6721 | JEWISH IDENTITY IN AN AGE OF IDEOLOGIES | AGUS, JACOB B. | RABBI AGUS EXPLORES THE RESPONSE OF JEWISH THINKERS TO THE SIGNIFICANT IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS OF THE LAST TWO CENTURIES IN THE WESTERN WORLD. HIS WORK CAN BE READ AS A HISTORY OF MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 6722 | FROM MY FATHER'S SHABBOS TABLE A TREASURY OF CHABAD CHASSIDIC STORIES | SHITRIK, RABBI YEHUDAH | THE AUTHOR OFFERS US AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHASSIDIC STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. | ||
BR | 6723 | STORY A DAY, A Tishrei - Cheshvan | SOFER, G. | THESE ARE WONDERFUL CHILDREN'S STORIES THAT TELL ABOUT THE VARIOUS HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE MONTHS OF TISHREI AND CHESHVAN. | ||
BR | 6724 | MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MESSIAH, THE | LEVIANT, CURT | RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATZLAV, THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LEADER OF A HASIDIC SECT, IS AT THE CENTER OF A VARIETY OF EVENTS IN THIS NOVEL. AMONG HIS ADVENTURES, HE TRAVELS TO VIENNA, TO ISRAEL, TO TURKEY; HE IS ALMOST PERSUADED THAT HE IS THE MESSIAH; HE LOSES HIS ABILITY TO READ BECAUSE OF GUILT; AND, HE BECOMES THE CONFIDANT OF BEETHOVEN. | ||
BR | 6725 | KABBALAH FOR THE LAYMAN - BOOK ONE | BERG, RABBI PHILIP S. | MASTER KABBALIST RABBI BERG, OFFERS A WEALTH OF DETAIL ON THE MYSTERIES OF KABBALAH. HE EXAMINES THE PERSONAL LIVES AND INTIMATE THOUGHTS OF NOTED KABBALIST THINKERS, WHILE FOCUSING ON KABBALAH AS A PATH TO SPIRITUAL AWAKENING. | ||
BR | 6726 | MOMMY NEVER WENT TO HEBREW SCHOOL | PORTNOY, MINDY AVRA | THE STORY OF DAVID'S MOTHER, WHO EXPLAINS TO HER SON THE REASONS FOR HER CONVERSION TO JUDAISM. HER EXPLANATION INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY PROCESS INVOLVED AND THE CEREMONY AT THE MIKVEH. | ||
BR | 6727 | CHICKEN SUNDAY | POLACCO, PATRICIA | POLACCO BLENDS AFRICAN-AMERICAN, RUSSIAN, AND POLISH- JEWISH CULTURE IN THIS STORY OF A BLACK 'GRAMMA' WHO IS ALSO AN ADOPTED 'BUBBIE' TO A LITTLE JEWISH GIRL WHOSE GRANDMOTHER HAS JUST DIED. AN ELDERLY ORTHODOX JEWISH SHOPKEEPER HELPS THE LITTLE GIRL AND GRAMMA'S TWO GRANDCHILDREN GET GRAMMA HER DREAM EASTER BONNET. | ||
BR | 6728 | VOICE OF SARAH, THE | FEMININE SPIRITUALITY AND TRADITIO | FRANKIEL, TAMAR | THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES HOW A TRADITIONAL JEWISH WOMAN CAN FULFILL FEMINISM'S HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS. | |
BR | 6729 | COHENS OF TZEFAT, THE | ZAKON, MIRIAM STARK | THE MOVING AND EXCITING STORY OF A FAMILY TRACED THROUGH 2,000 YEARS OF VIGNETTES OF HISTORICAL FICTION. | ||
BR | 6730 | STORYTELLER, THE - BOOK 4 Selected Short Stories | MINDEL, NISSAN | THE NEXT VOLUME OF SHORT STORIES TAKEN FROM THE POPULAR MONTHLY MAGAZINE TALKS AND TALES. THE BOOK FEATURES A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING FESTIVALS; TZADDIKIM AND SCHOLARS AND THE HOLOCAUST. STORIES FOR YOUNG AND OLD. | ||
BR | 6731 | MR. MANI | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | IN THIS NOVEL ABOUT SIX GENERATIONS OF THE MANI FAMILY, THE AUTHOR EMPLOYS MYSTERY, COINCIDENCE AND FATE, AS HE GRADUALLY DISCLOSES THE TRAGEDY THAT HAUNTS EVERY GENERATION OF THE FAMILY. ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF FIVE CONVERSATIONS, THE NARRATIVE MOVES FROM 1982 TO 1848 AS IT PLACES ITS DOMESTIC EVENTS WITHIN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT. | ||
BR | 6732 | PEACHY | WAGMAN, FREDRICA | PEACHY MARVEL IS GRAPPLING WITH MIDDLE AGE. HER CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH AN ILLUSTRIOUS AUTHOR MAKE HER THINK OF HER JEWISH UPBRINGING AND HER RUMINATIONS GIVE HER THE INSIGHT SHE NEEDS TO GET HER LIFE TOGETHER. | ||
BR | 6733 | GOLEM AND THE DRAGON GIRL, THE | LEVITIN, SONIA | WHEN JONATHAN, WHO IS JEWISH, AND LAUREL, WHO IS CHINESE, HEAR STRANGE NOISES IN LAUREL'S OLD HOUSE, THEY SUSPECT A SUPERNATURAL SPIRIT AS EXPRESSED IN THEIR HERITAGES. | ||
BR | 6734 | JEWISH WOMEN IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | RASKIN, JUDITH R., ED. | IN THESE ESSAYS THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE ROLE OF JEWISH WOMEN IN A MALE-DOMINATED PUBLIC, AND HOW THE REALITIES OF THEIR LIVES WERE OFTEN DIFFERENT FROM RABBINIC DESIGN. | ||
BR | 6735 | CHARTREUSE CLUE, THE | LOVE, WILLIAM F. | WHEN A MONK WAKES UP IN THE APARTMENT OF A MURDERED WOMAN IT IS UP TO BISOP FRANCIS BACON, A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND GENIUS, AND HIS ASSISTANT, DAVID GOLDMAN, A JEWISH PRIVATE DETECTIVE, TO FIGURE OUT WHO THE REAL KILLER IS. TOGETHER, THE PAIR OUTWIT THE POLICE AND UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY. | ||
BR | 6736 | BEST OF STORYLINES, THE | STORIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY | TELLER, HANOCH | IN THIS COLLECTION, RABBI TELLER USES HIS OLD AND NEW STORIES TO PROVIDE READERS WITH A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE ON ANSWERS TO THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF LIFE. EACH STORY DEMONSTRATES HOW A PERSON CAN TRIUMPH OVER ADVERSITY, HELP OTHERS, AND LEARN WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS WORLD. | |
BR | 6737 | AROUND THE TABLE | FAMILY STORIES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM | SHEVRIN, ALIZA, ED. | SET IN THE LATE 1800S, THESE FIVE STORIES FROM SHOLOM ALEICHEM RECOUNT EXPERIENCES OF HOLIDAY PREPARATIONS AND FAMILY GATHERINGS. FOCUSSING ON CHILDHOOD ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS, THE STORIES EVOKE THE RICHNESS OF JEWISH CULTURE. | |
BR | 6738 | HEROES | TALES FROM THE ISRAELI WARS | HELLMAN, PETER | A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF WAR ON ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS. TOPICS RANGE FROM REPORTS ON THE COMBAT EXPERIENCES OF MILITARY RECRUITS TO A LOOK AT UNUSUAL ISRAELI HEROINES. | |
BR | 6739 | EYE FOR AN EYE | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | 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. | ||
BR | 6740 | FALSE PROPHET | KELLERMAN, FAYE | 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. | ||
BR | 6741 | DICTIONARY OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, A | COHN-SHERBOK, DAN | CAROL LOWENS | A DICTIONARY THAT DEFINES AND COMPARES THE KEY CONCEPTS, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, EXPLAINING BOTH THE PARALLELS AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO RELIGIONS. | |
BR | 6742 | JOURNEY, THE | FINK, IDA | AN EXPLORATION OF SURVIVAL DURING THE HOLOCAUST IN WHICH TWO JEWISH SISTERS, ARMED ONLY WITH POORLY FORGED PAPERS, ESCAPE FROM A POLISH GHETTO. POSING AS CHRISTIANS, THEY GO THROUGH A SERIES OF ESCAPES AND IDENTITIES AND ENCOUNTER THE BRUTALITY OF THE NAZI REGIME. | ||
BR | 6743 | TOWARD A THEOLOGICAL ENCOUNTER JEWISH UNDERSTANDING OF CHRISTIANITY | KLENICKI, LEON, RABBI | HELEN STEWAR | EIGHT JEWISH SCHOLARS, SOME OF THEM ORTHODOX, HAVE WRITTEN ESSAYS ON CHRISTIANITY FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE. IN ITS ATTEMPT TO HELP BUILD A FRAMEWORK FOR JEWISH- CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, THE BOOK FULFILLS ITS PURPOSE. | |
BR | 6744 | JEWISH PRIMER, THE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON JEWISH FA | HIMELSTEIN, RABBI DR. SHMUEL | AN INTRODUCTION FOR JEWS AND NON-JEWS TO THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND ITS PRACTICES. WRITTEN IN A QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THEOLOGY, THE DIETARY LAWS, THE SABBATH, THE HOLY DAYS, MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE, JEWISH MEDICAL VIEWS, AND THE JEWISH LIFE CYCLE. INCLUDES A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OTHER JEWISH MOVEMENTS. | |
BR | 6745 | ESSENTIAL JERUSALEM Travel Guide Series | CASHMAN, GREER FAY | THIS TRAVEL GUIDE TO JERUSALEM INCLUDES LISTINGS OF ACCOMMODATIONS, RESTAURANTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT, WHERE TO SHOP AND WHAT TO BUY, ADVICE FOR PEOPLE ON A TIGHT BUDGET, AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. | ||
BR | 6746 | ISRAEL'S FATEFUL HOUR | HARKABI, YEHOSHAFAT | THE AUTHOR PERCEIVES A NEW MODERATION AMONG THE ARABS AND ARGUES THAT ONLY FACE-TO-FACE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND ARABS CAN POSSIBLY ACHIEVE PEACE BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLES. | ||
BR | 6747 | FINDING OUR WAY | JEWISH TEXTS AND THE LIVES WE LIVE | HOLTZ, BARRY W. | IN THIS SEQUEL TO 'BACK TO THE SOURCES,' HOLTZ ADDRESSES THOSE READERS WHO LIVE IN A PREDOMINANTLY SECULAR WORLD BUT WANT TO EXPLORE THE RELEVANCE OF JEWISH TEACHINGS TO THEIR LIVES. | |
BR | 6748 | MAN WHO WAS LATE, THE | BEGLEY, LOUIS | JULIET RATNE | JACK, A WRITER AND A HARVARD WASP, NARRATES THE STORY OF HIS FRIEND BEN, A HARVARD-EDUCATED JEWISH BANKER WHO IS UNABLE TO CONFRONT WHO HE IS. AN AFFAIR WITH JACK'S COUSIN BRINGS OUT BEN'S FATAL FLAW AND LEADS TO TRAGEDY. | |
BR | 6749 | KINDERTRANSPORT | DRUCKER, OLGA LEVY | A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE HOLOCAUST. TAKEN TO ENGLAND AS PART OF A PROGRAM TO SAVE GERMAN JEWISH CHILDREN IN 1939, DRUCKER DID NOT SEE HER FAMILY AGAIN FOR SIX YEARS. SHE RECALLS HER BEWILDERMENT AND HER STRUGGLES TO ADJUST AND PROVIDES A HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR HER STORY. | ||
BR | 6750 | MILK AND HONEY | KELLERMAN, FAYE | WHEN NEARLY AN ENTIRE FAMILY IS FOUND MURDERED, DETECTIVE PETER DECKER AND RINA LAZARUS, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH WIDOW, BECOME INVOLVED IN THE CASE. THE UNWANTED PRESENCE OF DECKER'S ARMY BUDDY COMPLICATES MATTERS AND ENDANGERS THE COUPLE'S RELATIONSHIP AS WELL AS LAZARUS'S LIFE. | ||
BR | 6751 | DENYING THE HOLOCAUST | THE GROWING ASSAULT ON TRUTH AND MEMORY | LIPSTADT, DEBORAH E. | 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. | |
BR | 6752 | LOST CHILDHOOD, THE | A MEMOIR | NIR, YEHUDA | A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES DURING THE HOLOCAUST. NIR RECOUNTS THE HARDSHIP HIS ONCE AFFLUENT POLISH FAMILY ENDURED AT THE HANDS OF PRO-NAZI UKRAINIANS AS WELL AS THE EXPERIENCE OF SERVING AS A COURIER IN THE SEWER SYSTEM DURING THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING. | |
BR | 6753 | JEWS OF SPAIN, THE | A HISTORY OF THE SEPHARDIC EXPERIE | GERBER, JANE S. | AN EXAMINATION OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPANISH JEWRY, THE TENSIONS BETWEEN SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ASHKENAZIM AND SEPHARDIM, AND A LOOK AT SEPHARDIC COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL, FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. | |
BR | 6754 | UNINVITED DAUGHTERS | SPIELBERG, ELINOR | IN HER 30S, ODESSA LEVIN IS STILL SEARCHING FOR A COMFORTABLE IDENTITY WHEN SHE LEAVES HER UPPER MIDDLE CLASS, LONG ISLAND JEWISH BACKGROUND FOR A SMALL VERMONT TOWN. THERE SHE MEETS 10-YEAR-OLD MEGAN, WHO LOOKS TO LEVIN AS A MOTHER FIGURE, AND HER 'WICKED' STEPMOTHER, WHO IS RUNNING FROM THE VERMONT HERITAGE LEVIN CRAVES. | ||
BR | 6755 | BAKER'S DOZEN #1 | ON OUR OWN | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | DURING A SPRING CLEANING PROJECT, MRS. BAKER IS HURT AND WINDS UP IN THE HOSPITAL. HER CHILDREN, THE BAKER'S 'DOZEN,' ASSURE HER THEY CAN MANAGE UNTIL SHE RETURNS HOME. CHAOS ENSUES AS SOME CHILDREN ARE LOST, SOME MONEY DISAPPEARS, AND FOOD GOES FLYING AROUND THE HOUSE. | |
BR | 6756 | ISRAEL AND ME | ALEXANDER, MORRIS | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCES AS AN AMERICAN JEW ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL AND LATER AS AN IMMIGRANT THERE FOR FOUR YEARS. | ||
BR | 6757 | JEWISH PROFILES | GREAT JEWISH PERSONALITIES AND INS | POLNER, MURRAY, ED. | ESSAYS CULLED FROM 'PRESENT TENSE' MAGAZINE PROFILING SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT JEWISH PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE 1900S. | |
BR | 6758 | ISRAEL | A CONCISE POLITICAL HISTORY | BEILIN, YOSSI | THE AUTHOR, A KNESSET MEMBER, STUDIES HOW THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT REALLY WORKS. HE EXAMINES THE RULERS OF ISRAEL AND THE VARIOUS INNER AND OUTER PRESSURE GROUPS AND EXPLORES THE ISRAEL-ARAB IMPASSE. | |
BR | 6759 | UNTO THE SOUL | APPELFELD, AHARON | AMALIA AND HER OLDER BROTHER GAD LEAD A SPARTAN EXISTENCE AS CARETAKERS OF A MOUNTAINTOP CEMETERY CONSECRATED TO JEWISH MARTYRS. AFTER GAD SEDUCES AMALIA, SHE DISCOVERS SHE IS PREGNANT. HE BEGS FORGIVENESS BUT HIS BELATED ATONEMENT CANNOT PREVENT THE TRAGEDY THAT FOLLOWS. | ||
BR | 6760 | START WORRYING, DETAILS TO FOLLOW | AN INSIDER'S IRREVERENT (BUT LOVIN | VORSPAN, ALBERT | A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS ESSAYS THAT LOOK AT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 6761 | RETURNING TO TRADITION | THE CONTEMPORARY REVIVAL IN ORTHOD | DANZGER, HERBERT M. | THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE REVIVAL IN ORTHODOX JUDAISM AMONG JEWISH YOUTH IN THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. DANZGER DISCUSSES THE REASONS FOR THE REVIVAL, THE VALUES AND CONFLICTS IT HAS ENGENDERED, AND EXAMINES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHRISTIAN REBIRTH AND JUDAIC RETURN. | |
BR | 6762 | RACHEL THE CLEVER AND OTHER JEWISH FOLKTALES | SHERMAN, JOSEPHA | A COLLECTION OF FOLKTALES FROM POLAND, CENTRAL ASIA, AND MOROCCO. | ||
BR | 6763 | EYE FOR COLOR | SILVER, NORMAN | IN THIS COLLECTION OF INTERCONNECTED STORIES, A YOUNG SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH BOY COPES WITH THE CONFUSION AND ANXIETY OF ADOLESCENCE BOTH AS A JEW AND AS A MEMBER OF A SEGREGATED AND UNJUST SOCIETY. | ||
BR | 6764 | PEARL MOSCOWITZ'S LAST STAND | LEVINE, ARTHUR A. | WHEN THE CITY THREATENS TO CUT DOWN THE LAST TREE ON HER BLOCK, MOSCOWITZ TAKES A MILITANT STAND TO PREVENT THE ACTION. THE AUTHOR DETAILS THE DYNAMICS OF MOSCOWITZ'S URBAN STREET AS IT IS FIRST SETTLED BY JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, THEN BY AFRICAN AMERICANS, LATINOS, AND ASIANS. | ||
BR | 6765 | RECOVERY FROM CODEPENDENCE | A JEWISH 12-STEP GUIDE TO HEALING | OLITZKY, KERRY M. | A DISCUSSION OF THE 12 STEPS OF RECOVERY AS ADAPTED FOR ADDICTED JEWISH INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE AUTHOR INCLUDES REFERENCES FROM THE TALMUD AND JEWISH SPIRITUAL TRADITION THAT ARE RELEVANT TO EACH STEP. | |
BR | 6766 | CIRCLEMAKER, THE | SCHUR, MAXINE ROSE | WHEN THE TZAR'S SOLDIERS COME TO HIS SHTETL TO CONSCRIPT ALL JEWISH BOYS FOR 25-YEARS OF SERVICE, 12-YEAR-OLD MENDEL RUNS AWAY. HE CUTS OFF HIS EARLOCKS BUT PLEDGES TO PRESERVE HIS TIES TO JUDAISM AS HE PLUNGES INTO A NEW WORLD. | ||
BR | 6767 | LINE FIVE | THE INTERNAL PASSPORT | SNYDERMAN, ELAINE P. & WITKOVSKY, MA | 'LINE FIVE' REFERS TO THE JEWISH 'NATIONALITY' ON THE SOVIET CITIZEN'S INTERNAL PASSPORT. THESE ARE STUDIES OF JEWS WHO IMMIGRATED TO CHICAGO FROM 1986 TO 1991, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR STRUGGLES WITH SOVIET AUTHORITIES. | |
BR | 6768 | FRANCINE PRINCE'S NEW JEWISH CUISINE | OVER 175 RECIPES FOR HOLIDAYS AND | PRINCE, FRANCINE | PRINCE OFFERS RECIPES FOR HEALTH-CONSCIOUS JEWISH COOKING. THERE ARE TRADITIONAL DISHES MADE LIGHTER AS WELL AS 'NEW AMERICAN JEWISH RECIPES' LIKE POMEGRANATE CHICKEN. | |
BR | 6769 | PLAYS OF THE HOLOCAUST | AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY | FUCHS, ELINOR, ED. | THE AUTHOR HAS SELECTED 6 PLAYS THAT LOOK AT THE ENORMITY OF HITLER'S WAR AGAINST THE JEWS. WHILE EACH PLAY HAS A DIFFERENT STYLE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN, THE COMMON THEME IS ONE OF COLLECTIVE SUFFERING. | |
BR | 6770 | GOLDEN WINDOWS | AND OTHER STORIES OF JERUSALEM | GERAS, ADELE | IN THIS COLLECTION OF FIVE STORIES, THE AUTHOR CHRONICLES FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE GENZEL FAMILY AND THEIR LIVES IN JERUSALEM'S JEWISH QUARTER BETWEEN 1910 AND 1954. FOCUSING ON PNINA, HER NIECE, DASKEH, AND DASKEH'S COUSIN, MALKA, GERAS DEPICTS THE CITY, JEWISH FAMILY LIFE, AND THE HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE DAY. | |
BR | 6771 | LIVING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE (INCLUDING YOURSELF) | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | THE AUTHOR'S APPROACH TO IMPROVING INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE FAMILY. | ||
BR | 6772 | JOURNEY THROUGH JUDAISM | THE BEST OF 'KEEPING POSTED' | BENNETT, ALLEN D., ED. | AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF JEWISH NEWS FOR TEENAGERS. | |
BR | 6773 | AS A NEW DAY BREAKS | A CONTEMPORARY VIEW OF MASHIACH AN | TOUGER, RABBI ELIYAHU | RABBI TOUGER OFFERS A THOUGHT-PROVOKING VIEW ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MASHIACH AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE FINAL REDEMPTION. | |
BR | 6774 | FLOWERS IN THE BLOOD | COURTER, GAY | MIRIAM ALIMO | BEAUTIFUL DINAH SASSOON, DAUGHTER OF AN AFFLUENT OPIUM TRADER AND PILLAR OF CALCUTTA'S TIGHT-KNIT JEWISH COMMUNITY, SEES HER PRIVILEGED FUTURE DESTROYED WHEN HER MOTHER IS MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED. THIS TRAGIC EVENT LEAVES DINAH DISHONORED AND VIRTUALLY UNMARRIAGEABLE, UNTIL EDWIN SALE SPARKS HER INDOMITABLE SPIRIT AND AMBITION. | |
BR | 6775 | SHORES OF REFUGE | A HUNDRED YEARS OF JEWISH EMIGRATI | SANDERS, RONALD | THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE IMMIGRATION OF THE JEWS TO THE UNITED STATES IN TWO DISTINCT ERAS: THE MASS IMMIGRATION THAT OCCURRED FROM 1881 TO 1923 AND THE IMMIGRATION FROM 1924 TO THE LATE 1980S. WHILE MANY OF THE ACCOUNTS QUOTED HERE ARE LACED WITH HUMOR AND ADVENTURE, THE DOMINANT THEME OF THESE MIGRATIONS IS ANTI-SEMITISM. | |
BR | 6776 | MAIMONIDES | A GUIDE FOR TODAY'S PERPLEXED | SEESKIN, KENNETH | STANLEY SERX | SEESKIN MAINTAINS THAT MAIMONIDES'S 'GUIDE TO THE PERPLEXED' IS DIFFICULT FOR MODERN READERS BECAUSE OF GAPS IN THEIR PHILOSOPHICAL EDUCATION. SEESKIN PRESENTS MAIMONIDES'S IDEAS IN AN ACCESSIBLE FORM FOR THE LAYMAN. |
BR | 6777 | LIVING TOGETHER SEPARATELY | ARABS AND JEWS IN CONTEMPORARY JER | ROMANN, MICHAEL & ALEX WEINGROD | THE AUTHORS, AN ARAB AND A JEW AND BOTH LONG-TIME JERUSALEM RESIDENTS, EXAMINE THE DAILY INTERACTION OF ARABS AND JEWS IN JERUSALEM. THEY CONCLUDE THAT THE ISRAELI GOAL OF A UNIFIED PEOPLE WITHIN A UNIFIED CITY HAS NOT YET BEEN ACHIEVED. | |
BR | 6778 | MOTHER COUNTRY | TAYLOR, ELISABETH RUSSELL | JUDY TESSER | AS SHE SITS BY HER DYING MOTHER'S BED, ANTONIA FINDS HERSELF RECALLING THE PAINFUL MEMORIES OF HER CHILDHOOD. HER STRUGGLE TO BURY THE PAST WITH HER MOTHER'S BODY EVENTUALLY LEADS HER TO ISRAEL AND TO HER JEWISH HERITAGE. | |
BR | 6779 | SWEET NOTES, SOUR NOTES | LEVINSON, NANCY SMILER | IN THIS STORY OF A YOUNG BOY DETERMINED TO MASTER THE VIOLIN, THE AUTHOR DEPICTS A PRE-WAR URBAN AMBIANCE AND THE QUIET WARMTH OF A CLOSELY KNIT JEWISH FAMILY. | ||
BR | 6780 | FEATHERS | GORDON, RUTH | HARRIET GUSS | THE 'WISE MEN' OF CHELM TRAVEL TO OTHER VILLAGES TO COLLECT FUNDS FOR A BATHHOUSE. AFRAID THEY'LL BE ROBBED, THEY EXCHANGE THE MONEY FOR FEATHERS, FLING THEM INTO THE WIND AND WAIT FOR THEM TO FLOAT BACK TO CHELM. | |
BR | 6781 | SABBATH LION, THE | A JEWISH FOLKTALE FROM ALGERIA | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD AND BARBARA RUSH | SUSAN FELDMA | WHEN 10-YEAR-OLD YOSEF'S MOTHER RECEIVES AN INHERITANCE, HE OFFERS TO TRAVEL TO EGYPT TO COLLECT IT. ALONE IN THE DESERT ON THE SABBATH, YOSEF PRAYS HARD TO GOD AND IS SENT A MAGNIFICENT LION WHO GUARDS HIM FROM DANGER. |
BR | 6782 | BAKER'S DOZEN #2 | GHOSTBUSTERS | SIEGEL, MALKY | MOVING TO THE NEW MANSION SEEMS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE FOR THE BAKER FAMILY, BUT STRANGE NOISES AND AN INTRUDER THREATEN TO TURN THE DREAM INTO A NIGHTMARE. | |
BR | 6783 | MORE SECRETS OF HEBREW WORDS | BLECH, RABBI BENJAMIN | JUST AS IN HIS PREVIOUS VOLUME, THE SECRETS OF HEBREW WORDS, RABBI BLECH BRINGS READERS INTO THE FASCINATING WORLD OF GEMATRIA (THE RECKONING OF NUMBERS) AND ACRONYMS TO UNCOVER THE PROFUNDITY HIDDEN IN EVERYDAY HEBREW. | ||
BR | 6784 | THAT HUNGARIAN'S IN MY KITCHEN | 125 HUNGARIAN/AMERICAN RECIPES | RADKE, LINDA F. | THESE FAVORITE RECIPES, ASSEMBLED FROM THE FILES OF A HUNGARIAN-JEWISH-AMERICAN FAMILY, ITS FRIENDS, OR RELATIVES BRING A TASTE OF HUNGARY TO GOURMET COOKS AND ALL WHO WANT TO ADD A TASTE OF HUNGARY TO THEIR CUISINE. | |
BR | 6785 | YOUR CHANUKAH GUIDE | LUBAVITCH YOUTH ORGANIZATION | THIS GUIDE INTRODUCES JEWISH YOUTH TO EVERYTHING THEY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT CHANUKAH. | ||
BR | 6786 | MYSTICAL DIMENSION, THE - VOL. 3 | 'DEEP CALLING UNTO DEEP' | SHOCHET, J. IMMANUEL | THE AUTHOR OFFERS US INSIGHT INTO THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND HOW THE MITZVAH OF TZEDAKAH INFLUENCES OUR VERY BEING. | |
BR | 6787 | MYSTICAL DIMENSION, THE - VOL. 3 | CHASSIDIC DIMENSIONS | SHOCHET, J. IMMANUEL | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE CHASSIDIC DIMENSIONS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT. | |
BR | 6788 | MESHUGAH | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A NOVEL BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING WRITER THAT DEALS WITH A ROMANTIC TRIANGLE OF MIRIAM, A YOUNG POLISH IMMIGRANT AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR; MAX, A 67-YEAR-OLD WOMANIZING INVESTOR; AND, AARON, A MIDDLE-AGED YIDDISH NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST. THE TRIO ARE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THEIR MORAL DILEMMAS UNTIL THEY MEET AFTER A LONG SEPARATION IN ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6789 | MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER | SPITZER, LENA | IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE 19TH CENTURY THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR WAS A VIBRANT, OFTEN DANGEROUS PLACE. IT WAS ESPECIALLY SO FOR ASHER PARNESS, A DEVOTED YOUNG JEW AND A FUGITIVE FROM HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL NAVY. | ||
BR | 6790 | REINCARNATION | THE WHEELS OF A SOUL | BERG, RABBI PHILIP S. | LONG SHROUDED IN SECRECY, THE TENETS OF KABBALISTIC REINCARNATION ARE REVEALED IN THIS VOLUME. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE NUANCES OF THE KABBALISTIC VIEW OF REINCARNATION. | |
BR | 6791 | HOLOCAUST TESTIMONIES | THE RUINS OF MEMORY | LANGER, LAWRENCE L. | AFTER ANALYZING 300 OF THE MORE THAN 1,400 HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR VIDEOTAPED INTERVIEWS PRESERVED AT YALE UNIVERSITY, LANGER EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF MEMORY REVEALED BY THEM AND EXPLORES WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN HOW TO LISTEN TO THESE EXPERIENCES. | |
BR | 6792 | KENTUCKY | SCHWARTZ, I.J. | WRITTEN IN THE EARLY 1900S BY A YIDDISH POET, THIS POEM GIVES AN IMMIGRANT'S IMPRESSION OF THE SOUTHERN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE AND ITS HISTORICAL PREDICAMENT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. SCHWARTZ ALSO WRITES ABOUT THE JEWS WHO SETTLED THERE. | ||
BR | 6793 | ANNIE'S PROMISE | LEVITIN, SONIA | SET IN THE POST-WORLD WAR II ERA OF CALIFORNIA, ANNIE IS ENTERING ADOLESCENCE AND IS JUST BEGINNING TO REBEL AGAINST THE STRICT 'OLD WORLD' VIEWS OF HER PARENTS. BUT WHEN SHE IS INVITED TO ATTEND AN INTERDENOMINATIONAL QUAKER CAMP, SHE RECEIVES A PAINFUL LESSON IN LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR. | ||
BR | 6794 | MISS JACOBSON'S JOURNEY | DUNN, CAROLA | TO SECURE PASSAGE HOME TO ENGLAND, MIRIAM JACOBSON ACCEPTS A PATRIOTIC MISSION FROM THE ROTHSCHILD FAMILY THROUGH FRANCE AND SPAIN. ON HER JOURNEY, SHE IS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO MEN: ONE, AN INTOLERABLE ARISTOCRAT AND ONE, A JEW LIKE MIRIAM WHO SEEMS TO BE ANGRY AT HER. | ||
BR | 6795 | TIME ZONES | YOUR KEY TO CONTROL | BERG, RABBI PHILIP S. | RABBI BERG EXPLORES THE PRINCIPLES AND NUANCES OF KABBALISTIC ASTROLOGY AND ITS USE IN TRANSCENDING THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE, HOPE AND DESPAIR. | |
BR | 6796 | MEMORY FIELDS | BREZNITZ, SHLOMO | IN THIS MEMOIR, THE AUTHOR RECALLS HIS EXPERIENCES IN A CATHOLIC ORPHANAGE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA DURING WORLD WAR II, WHERE HE WAS HIDDEN WITH HIS SISTER. BREZNITZ DESCRIBES HOW THIS PERIOD WAS PAINFULLY REINVOKED BY AN ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENT HE EXPERIENCED AS AN ISRAELI STUDENT IN HUNGARY. | ||
BR | 6797 | GIFT OF ASHER LEV, THE | POTOK, CHAIM | AFTER TWENTY YEARS IN EXILE, ASHER LEV, AN ARTIST, RETURNS TO THE HASIDIC COMMUNITY OF HIS CHILDHOOD FOR THE FUNERAL OF HIS FAVORITE UNCLE. THE CONFLICT THAT EMERGES BETWEEN THE CULTURE THAT LEV WAS BORN INTO AND THE CULTURE THAT HE HAS CHOSEN FORCES HIM TO CONFRONT BOTH WORLDS. | ||
BR | 6798 | KABBALAH FOR THE LAYMAN - VOL. 3 | BERG, RABBI PHILIP S. | DRAWING FROM THE WISDOM OF RABBI YEHUDA ASHLAG'S TEN LUMINOUS EMINATIONS, RABBI BERG USHERS US FROM THE FAMILIAR WORLD OF ROBOTIC CONSCIOUSNESS TO A STARTLING NEW AWARENESS OF THE UNIVERSE AND OURSELVES. | ||
BR | 6799 | BIRTH OF THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE PROBLEM, THE 1947-1949 | MORRIS, BENNY | THE AUTHOR USES ISRAELI, BRITISH AND AMERICAN MATERIAL IN PRESENTING A COMPLETE AND DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF HIS SUBJECT. | ||
BR | 6800 | BEYOND DESPAIR | APPELFELD, AHARON | IN A SERIES OF LECTURES, APPELFELD ANALYZES THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. HE REVEALS THAT THE HOLOCAUST, WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES OF BOTH HIS PARENTS, TESTED BUT DID NOT DESTROY HIS RELIGIOUS FAITH. INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP ROTH IN WHICH HE DISCUSSES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIS NOVELS AND HISTORICAL REALITY. | ||
BR | 6801 | PATRIMONY | A TRUE STORY | ROTH, PHILIP | THIS MEMOIR TAKES THE FORM OF A KADDISH TO THE AUTHOR'S DECEASED FATHER. ROTH DETAILS HIS FATHER'S LIFE AND DESCRIBES HIS SLOW DEATH FROM A BRAIN TUMOR AS ROTH IS FORCED TO STAND HELPLESSLY AT HIS SIDE. | |
BR | 6802 | HIS MASTER'S VOICE | KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT | IN A STORY THAT PITS LIFE'S UNEXPECTED TRICKS AGAINST FAITH, A SYNAGOGUE CANTOR IS A SECRET AGNOSTIC WHO IS BOTHERED BY HIS LUSTFUL IMPULSES, HIS BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF POLAND, AND HIS DAUGHTER, WHO IS DATING A GENTILE. | ||
BR | 6803 | COMPLETE BOOK OF JEWISH OBSERVANCE, THE | A PRACTICAL MANUAL FOR THE MODERN | TREPP, LEO | THIS VOLUME OFFERS A GENERAL, NON-JUDGMENTAL GUIDE TO JEWISH LIVING, PRESENTING THE COMPLETE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FAITH BUT ALLOWING READERS TO DIFFERENTIATE AND CHOOSE THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES THEY PREFER. | |
BR | 6804 | CEREMONIES SAMPLER, A | NEW RITES, CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERV | LEVINE, ELIZABETH RESNICK, ED. | 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. | |
BR | 6805 | MENORAHS, MEZUZAS, AND OTHER JEWISH SYMBOLS | CHAIKIN, MIRIAM | CHAIKIN EXPLAINS THE HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MANY JEWISH SYMBOLS, SUCH AS THE SHIELD OF DAVID, THE MENORAH, AND THE MEZUZAH. SHE ALSO DISCUSSES HOLIDAY SYMBOLS AND RITUALS. | ||
BR | 6806 | SWORN ENEMIES | MATAS, CAROL | JUDY TESSER | SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD AARON, THE STAR OF HIS ODESSA YESHIVA, HAS BEEN SPARED THE 25-YEAR ARMY SERVICE THAT OTHER JEWISH BOYS ARE FORCED INTO. BUT WHEN HIS ARCH-ENEMY ZEV TURNS HIM OVER TO THE SOLDIERS, AARON'S FAITH AND COURAGE ARE TESTED. | |
BR | 6807 | JUDAH WHO ALWAYS SAID 'NO!' | FEDER, HARRIET | THIS STORY TELLS OF YOUNG JUDAH MACCABEE'S STUBBORN RESISTANCE WHICH LED THE JEWS TO THE GREAT VICTORY OF HANUKAH. | ||
BR | 6808 | MATZAH BALL | A PASSOVER STORY | PORTNOY, MINDY AVRA | CORINNE SHAF | BECAUSE OF PASSOVER, AARON CAN'T EAT HIS USUAL FARE AT THE BALLPARK. BUT HIS FRIENDS PREFER HIS PASSOVER FOOD AND HE SOON FINDS HIMSELF WITHOUT LUNCH. A KIND STRANGER PROVIDES SOME NOURISHMENT ALONG WITH A SURPRISE ENDING. |
BR | 6809 | YOUR PASSOVER GUIDE | LUBAVITCH ORGANIZATION | THIS GUIDE TEACHES THE YOUNG CHILD ALL THE BASIC LAWS AND RITUALS OF PASSOVER FROM PREPARATION THROUGH OBSERVANCE. | ||
BR | 6810 | UNDERSTANDING THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | A READER FROM THE BIBLICAL ARCHAEO | SHANKS, HERSHEL: EDITOR | THESE ESSAYS BY SCHOLARS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD SHED FURTHER LIGHT ON THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS WHICH WERE DISCOVERED IN THE QUMRAM CAVES EAST OF JERUSALEM IN 1947. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE LAWRENCE SCHIFFMAN, YIGAL YADIN, HARTMUT STEGEMANN AND JOHN STRUGNELL. | |
BR | 6811 | NOTES FROM A SEALED ROOM | AN ISRAELI VIEW OF THE GULF WAR | WERMAN, ROBERT | DURING THE GULF WAR, WERMAN, AN ISRAELI PHYSICIAN, SENT DAILY REPORTS OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK. BETWEEN ALERTS HE AND HIS FAMILY ATTEMPTED TO LIVE NORMALLY, OBSERVING THE SABBATH, ENTERTAINING FRIENDS AND FOLLOWING THE NEWS. WERMAN EXPERIENCED THE LAST THREE ATTACKS IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AFTER SUFFERING A HEART ATTACK. | |
BR | 6812 | SAIGON TO JERUSALEM | CONVERSATIONS WITH ISREAL'S VIETNA | LEE, ERIC | THIS IS AN ORAL HISTORY OF 19 JEWISH AMERICANS WHO MOVED TO ISRAEL AFTER SERVING IN VIETNAM; THEIR EXPERIENCES GROWING UP IN AMERICA, THEIR BRUSHES WITH ANTI-SEMITISM, THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THE JUNGLES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND THEN THEIR RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES AND SUBSEQUENT MOVE TO ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6813 | RESCUERS | PORTRAITS OF MORAL COURAGE IN THE | BLOCK, GAY & MALKA DRUCKER | INTERVIEWS WITH 49 INDIVIDUALS WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE JEWS DURING THE NAZI HOLOCAUST. INCLUDES POLISH-CATHOLIC NANNY GERTRUDE BABILINSKA, WHO RESCUED HER JEWISH CHARGE AND BROUGHT HIM TO ISRAEL AFTER THE WAR WHERE SHE RAISED HIM AS A JEW. MOST OF THE RESCUERS HERE INSIST THAT THEIR ACTIONS WERE NOT EXTRAORDINARY. | |
BR | 6814 | AFTER THE HOLIDAYS | KENAZ, YEHOSHUA | SET IN PALESTINE IN THE EARLY 1900S, THIS IS THE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY LIVING IN A SMALL FARMING VILLAGE. THEIR ORDERED LIFE SLOWLY BEGINS TO UNRAVEL AS THE FAMILY'S BIZARRE IMPULSES START TO SURFACE. | ||
BR | 6815 | TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT GOD | A MODERN JEWISH APPROACH | WOLPE, DAVID J. | RABBI WOLPE OFFERS A GUIDE TO EXPLAINING GOD TO JEWISH CHILDREN FROM AGES FOUR TO 14. | |
BR | 6816 | JEWISH LITERATURE | BETWEEN THE BIBLE AND THE MISHNAH | MICKELSBURG, GEORGE W. E. | THIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF JEWISH LITERATURE CONTAINS INTRODUCTIONS TO THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE APOCRYPHA (THE HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE) AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. THE AUTHOR HAS INCLUDED BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND AN INDEX OF SUBJECTS. | |
BR | 6817 | IN THE TRADITION OF MOSES AND MOHAMMED | JEWISH AND ARAB FOLKTALES | SERWER-BERNSTEIN, BLANCHE L. | SHIRLEY RADC | A COLLECTION OF FOLKTALES CULLED FROM THE ISRAEL FOLKLORE ARCHIVES AND FROM LIBRARIES IN JERUSALEM, HAIFA, AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY. THE JEWISH STORIES DEAL WITH WITCHES AND DEMONS AND INCLUDE TALES OF CHELM. THE ARAB STORIES DEAL WITH HUMAN CHARACTER, CHANGES IN MEN, AND TELL TALES OF HUMOR AND ENTERTAINMENT. |
BR | 6818 | BEAUTIFUL DEATH, A | HAYMON, S. T. | WHEN A BOMB EXPLODES IN HIS CAR AND KILLS HIS FIANCEE, DETECTIVE BEN JURNET FOLLOWS A NUMBER OF LEADS IN HIS SEARCH FOR THE MURDERER. HE WINDS UP TRAILING THE SON OF A NOTORIOUS TERRORIST TO IRELAND BUT DISCOVERS THAT THE SOLUTION COULD LIE WITH A CRIPPLED ISRAELI WOMAN. | ||
BR | 6819 | STORM FROM PARADISE | THE POLITICS OF JEWISH MEMORY | BOYARIN, JONATHAN | SEVEN INTERLOCKING ESSAYS ON THE FUNCTION OF MEMORY IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH THOUGHT. THE THEME IS 'OTHERING,' THE PROCESS BY WHICH JEWS AND OTHER PERENNIAL OUTSIDERS ARE SET APART. | |
BR | 6820 | BAKER'S DOZEN #11 | THE DO-GOODERS | STEIN, AIDEL | GAIL PECK J | WHILE SEVEN OF THE BAKER CHILDREN ARE ENGAGED IN A CONTEST OF SORTS IN WHICH THEY ARE EACH DETERMINED TO DO MORE GOOD DEEDS THAN THE OTHERS, THEIR OLDER SISTER IS BROODING OVER A MYSTERIOUS PROBLEM AT SCHOOL. THEIR LITTLE BROTHER IS SUFFERING FROM NIGHTMARES AND THEIR LITTLE SISTER HAS A NEW TENDENCY TO WANDER AWAY. |
BR | 6821 | COLLUSION ACROSS THE JORDAN | KING ABDULLAH, THE ZIONIST MOVEMEN | SHLAIN, AVI | LARGELY BASED ON HITHERTO UNAVAILABLE SOURCE MATERIALS, THIS IS A LUCID AND METICULOUS STUDY OF THE 30-YEAR POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ZIONIST (LATER ISRAELI) LEADERSHIP ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER JORDAN AND THE EMIR (LATER KING) ABDULLAH ON THE OTHER, ENDING ONLY WITH THE ASSASSINATION OF KING ABDULLAH IN 1951. | |
BR | 6822 | MRS. WASHINGTON AND HOROWITZ, TOO | DENKER, HENRY | NORMA WARANC | A CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE THAT LOOKS AT DEVASTATING BIG-CITY PROBLEMS. SAMUEL HOROWITZ, ALMOST 70, IS FEELING MORE AND MORE USELESS. HARRIET WASHINGTON THE BLACK PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO ORIGINALLY BULLIED HIM BACK TO HEALTH SETS OUT TO RESTORE HIS ZEST FOR LIFE. SHE MANEUVERS A ROMANTIC ENCOUNTER BETWEEN SAM AND WIDOW MOLLY MENDELSOHN. | |
BR | 6823 | ART OF BIBLICAL POETRY, THE | ALTER, ROBERT | THIS FRESH INTERPRETATION OF BIBLICAL POETRY ALSO EXAMINES 'HOW IT WORKS.' | ||
BR | 6824 | TWENTY-TWO GATES TO THE GARDEN, THE | ROSMAN, STEVEN M. | BERNICE FOER | A COLLECTION OF TALES DRAWN FROM THE AUTHOR'S STUDIES AND EXPERIENCES OF KABBALISTIC TRADITION. EACH TALE LEADS TO A WORLD OF MYSTERY AND DISCOVERY AND OFFERS THE READER A CHANCE TO SEE HIS OR HER WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY. | |
BR | 6825 | MAKE A WISH, MOLLY | COHEN, BARBARA | CRUELLY TAUNTED BY A CLASSMATE BECAUSE SHE CANNOT EAT AT A CLASSMATE'S PARTY DURING PASSOVER, MOLLY LEARNS FROM HER WISE IMMIGRANT MOTHER THAT BEING DIFFERENT CAN BE GOOD. | ||
BR | 6826 | WORLD OF ISRAEL WEISSBREM, THE | WEISSBREM, ISRAEL | SACRED AND SECULAR CONFLICT THROUGHOUT THIS PAIR OF NOVELS BY THE LATE 19TH CENTURY POLISH-JEWISH WRITER. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE TENSIONS OF AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE EMERGING JEWISH MIDDLE CLASS IN 19TH CENTURY EASTERN EUROPE. | ||
BR | 6827 | HAPPY NEW YEAR, BENI | ZALBEN, JANE BRESKIN | ROSH HASHANAH FOR BENI MEANS A VISIT WITH HIS COUSIN MAX WHOSE RELENTLESS MISBEHAVIOR DAMPENS THE HOLIDAY MOOD. ZALBEN INTRODUCES READERS TO THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS AND TASTES OF THE HOLIDAY AS THE BEAR FAMILY PARTICIPATES IN ALL THE RITUALS. IN THE END THE COUSINS ARE ABLE TO RECONCILE THEIR DIFFERENCES FOR THE TIME BEING. | ||
BR | 6828 | REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE | STORIES ABOUT BEING JEWISH | HAUTZIG, ESTHER | HAUTZIG, WHO WAS EXILED TO SIBERIA WITH HER FAMILY IN WORLD WAR II, AND THEN MOVED TO NEW YORK, WRITES OF JEWS WHO FLEE TO JAPAN, OF LONG LOST FRIENDS WHO REAPPEAR, AND OF JEWS WHO MOVE TO ISRAEL. THROUGH THESE STORIES, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE CHALLENGE AND SOLACE OF JUDAISM AND PAINTS A PORTRAIT OF A MULTIFACETED LIFE. | |
BR | 6829 | BOAT OF STONE | EARL, MAUREEN | BASED ON A FACTUAL EPISODE, THIS IS THE STORY OF 1,580 GERMAN JEWS WHO SPENT 4 1/2 YEARS IN A BRITISH PENAL COLONY ON THE ISLAND OF MAURITIUS AFTER THEIR DEPORTATION FROM PALESTINE IN 1940. THE NARRATOR, A PLUCKY OLD WIDOW NOW LIVING IN ISRAEL, SHUTTLES BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT IN THIS STIRRING TALE OF ULTIMATE TRIUMPH. | ||
BR | 6830 | AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING | AN UNFOLDING OF THE SIX WORDS THAT | GRISHAVER, JOEL LURIE | BETTY SMITH | GRISHAVER LOOKS AT THE FIRST SIX WORDS THAT BEGIN EVERY BLESSING AND DISCOVERS IN THEM A KEY TO A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH PRAYER IN GENERAL, AT THE SAME TIME OFFERING A PROFOUND GRASP OF THE JEWISH VIEW OF LIFE ITSELF. |
BR | 6831 | WEED AMONG THE ROSES, A | VOGIEL, EVA | SET IN 1947 IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE, THE BOOK FOCUSES ON A NEW JEWISH GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL WHOSE STUDENT BODY CONSISTS MAINLY OF REFUGEES FROM EUROPE AND ENGLISH GIRLS WHOSE OWN SCHOOL WAS DESTROYED IN THE BLITZ. WHEN TWO STUDENTS DISAPPEAR UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES THE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND LOCAL POLICE UNITE TO FIND THEM. | ||
BR | 6832 | ALWAYS STRAIGHT AHEAD | A MEMOIR | NEUMAN, ALMA | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | THIS IS THE PERSONAL ODYSSEY OF MUSICIAN AND ARTIST ALMA NEUMAN, A JEWISH-AMERICAN WOMAN WHO MARRIED THE WRITER JAMES AGEE AND LATER, THE GERMAN EXILE AND COMMUNIST WRITER BODO UHSE. NEUMAN LATER MOVED TO BERLIN WITH HER FAMILY, BUT EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO AMERICA AND THE BOHEMIAN LIFE SHE ENJOYED. |
BR | 6833 | I REMEMBER NOTHING MORE | THE WARSAW CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND | SZWAJGER, ADINA BLADY | A POLISH-JEWISH PEDIATRICIAN RECALLS HER EXPERIENCES IN WARSAW DURING WORLD WAR II. SZWAJGER WRITES OF THE SUFFERING OF THE SICK JEWISH CHILDREN IN THE GHETTO, THE HORRIFIC ACT SHE FELT FORCED TO COMMIT AS THE GERMANS WERE CLOSING IN, AND HER ROLE AS A COURIER FOR THE JEWISH FIGHTING ORGANIZATION. | |
BR | 6834 | SCHOOL TIES | CHIEL, DEBORAH | THE STORY OF DAVID GREENE, A JEWISH STUDENT AT AN ELITE NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL, WHO IS TORN BETWEEN HIS BELIEFS AND HIS DESIRE TO FIT IN. | ||
BR | 6835 | KOMMANDANT'S MISTRESS, THE | SZEMAN, SHERRI | RACHEL LEVI, A JEWISH-CZECH NOVELIST, IS CONFINED TO THE OFFICE OF AN ALCOHOLIC AND SADISTIC NAZI COMMANDER TO FULFILL HIS SEXUAL NEEDS. THE STORY IS RELATED ALTERNATELY BY LEVI AND BY THE COMMANDER AND CULMINATES IN A VIOLENT CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE TWO. | ||
BR | 6836 | LIEUTENANT BIRNBAUM | A SOLDIER'S STORY | BIRNBAUM, MEYER & YONASON ROSENBLUM | BIRNBAUM, AN ORTHODOX JEW, SERVED AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE AMERICAN MILITARY AND DISPLACED PERSONS AFTER WORLD WAR II. HE RECOUNTS HIS MEETINGS WITH SURVIVORS OF BUCHENWALD AND HIS SUBSEQUENT EFFORTS TO INVOLVE FELLOW JEWS IN ORTHODOXY. | |
BR | 6837 | BAKER'S DOZEN #10 | DO NOT DISTURB | STEIN, AIDEL | HELEN STEWAR | THE PROBLEM WITH BEING A QUINTUPLET IS THAT YOU NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ANY PRIVACY SO DINI DECIDES TO TAKE MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS. MEANWHILE, THE BAKER BOYS ARE IN HOT WATER OF THEIR OWN. IT TAKES AN EMERGENCY TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL AND A LONG, LONG NIGHT TO BRING THEM ALL BACK TO THEIR SENSES-AND BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. |
BR | 6838 | PETAIN'S CRIME | THE COMPLETE STORY OF FRENCH COLLA | WEBSTER, PAUL | SYLVIA OSHIN | TRACING THE HISTORY OF FRENCH ANTI-SEMITISM TO ITS CLIMAX IN 1940, THE AUTHOR PROVIDES DETAILS ON WHAT HE TERMS 'THE MOST SHAMEFUL PERIOD IN FRENCH HISTORY.' HE FOCUSES ON MARSHAL PETAIN AND HIS PROGRAM AGAINST JEWS IN FRANCE AND PRESENTS EVIDENCE THAT THE PROGRAM WAS CONCEIVED AND CARRIED OUT INDEPENDENTLY OF THE GERMANS. |
BR | 6839 | TO LIFE | A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BEING AND | KUSHNER, HAROLD S. | KUSHNER WRITES OF THE TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM WITH ALL THE WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, AND HUMOR FOR WHICH HE IS SO WELL KNOWN. HE EXPLAINS WHY PRAYER MATTERS, HOW HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES AND LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS TEACH US TO BE HUMAN AND WHY THE WORLD NEEDS COMMITTED JEWS TO MAKE GOD'S PURPOSES COME ABOUT. | |
BR | 6840 | WHEN YOUR JEWISH CHILD ASKS WHY | ANSWERS FOR TOUGH QUESTIONS | OLITZKY, KERRY, STEVE ROSMAN, & D. K | A GUIDE DESIGNED FOR JEWISH PARENTS WHOSE YOUNG CHILDREN BEGIN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD, RELIGION, JUDAISM, AND THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY. THE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED BY PROMINENT EDUCATORS AND RABBIS, FROM A REFORM AND RECONSTRUCTIONIST POINT OF VIEW. | |
BR | 6841 | RETURN TO JUDAISM | RELIGIOUS RENEWAL IN ISRAEL | AVIAD, JANET | BASED ON THREE YEARS OF INTERVIEWS AND STUDY OF 375 INDIVIDUALS IN ISRAEL, THIS BOOK-LENGTH STUDY FOCUSES ON THE IMPORTANT PRESENCE IN CONTEMPORARY ISRAEL OF SEVERAL THOUSAND NEWLY-OBSERVANT JEWS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON THE DAILY MAINSTREAM OF ISRAELI LIFE. | |
BR | 6842 | BAKER'S DOZEN #7 | IMA COME HOME | STEIN, AIDEL | MRS. BAKER'S NEW JOB IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR HER, BUT IT CREATES PROBLEMS FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY. AS THEY ALL WAIT FOR THEIR MOTHER TO COME HOME, THE BAKER CHILDREN HAVE TO DEAL WITH A HYSTERICAL HOUSEKEEPER, A SCIENCE PROJECT RUN AMOK, AND A HOUSE THAT'S GONE CRAZY. | |
BR | 6843 | RABBI TALKS WITH JESUS, THE | AN INTERMILLENNIAL, INTERFAITH EXC | NEUSNER, JACOB | NEUSNER, AN EMINENT SCHOLAR OF JUDAISM, ENGAGES IN AN IMAGINARY DIALOGUE WITH JESUS AND EXPLAINS THE VARIOUS REASONS WHY HE WOULD HAVE REFUSED TO JOIN JESUS AND HIS CIRCLE OF DISCIPLES. | |
BR | 6844 | RACHEL'S DAUGHTERS | NEWLY ORTHODOX JEWISH WOMEN | KAUFMAN, DEBRA RENEE | SUSANNAH BAI | THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED 150 BA'ALOT TESHUVAH IN FIVE MAJOR U.S. URBAN AREAS OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. SHE DISCOVERED THAT THE WOMEN PERCEIVE THEIR ROLE IN SOCIETY AS MORE LIBERATING RATHER THAN OPPRESSIVE, WHICH IS THE GENERAL ASSUMPTION. THE WOMEN ALSO DISCUSS THEIR HAVING FOUND SHARED MEANING AND ORDER IN ORTHODOXY. |
BR | 6845 | IN THE WAKE OF THE GODDESSES | WOMEN, CULTURE AND THE BIBLICAL TR | FRYMER-KENSKY, TIKVA | THE AUTHOR INTERPRETS THE FUNCTIONS OF FEMALE DEITIES IN SUMERIAN POLYTHEISM AND DISCUSSES THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE ABSENCE OF GODDESSES FROM THE BIBLE. | |
BR | 6846 | IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN | FROMMER, MYRNA KATZ & HARVEY FROMMER | THE AUTHORS HAVE INTERVIEWED AN ARRAY OF THEIR FELLOW BROOKLYN BORN-AND-BRED WHO GREW UP BETWEEN THE ERAS OF PEARL HARBOR AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM 25 YEARS LATER. MANY ARE NOTABLE PEOPLE AND MOST OF THEM ARE JEWISH BUT NO LONGER LIVE THERE. | ||
BR | 6847 | OUR FOOD | THE KOSHER KITCHEN UPDATED | HIRSCH, ANITA | BETTY SANDOK | A TRAINED NUTRITIONIST WHO KEEPS A KOSHER KITCHEN, HIRSCH HAS REWORKED CLASSIC RECIPES, LIGHTENING THEM, TAKING OUT MUCH OF THE FAT AND CHOLESTEROL, AND SUBSTITUTING FRESH HERBS AND SPICES FOR SALT. THE BOOK CONTAINS ALL THE TRADITIONAL DISHES THAT HAVE INSPIRED KOSHER COOKS FOR GENERATIONS. |
BR | 6848 | FUNDAMENTALS OF MURDER, THE | LOVE, WILLIAM F. | KATHERINE AB | JERRY FANNING, A YOUNG OKLAHOMA FUNDAMENTALIST, HAS NO IDEA WHEN HE COMES TO NEW YORK CITY TO CONVERT SINNERS THAT HE WILL SOON BE JAILED FOR MURDER. TO HIS RESCUE COMES THE UNLIKELY DUO, PARAPLEGIC BISHOP REGAN AND HIS EX-COP ASSISTANT JEWISH DANNY GOLDMAN. THIS IS A BRISK WHODUNIT WITH A SMASHING CLIMAX. | |
BR | 6849 | MOM AMONG THE LIARS | YAFFE, JAMES | WHEN EDNA PULASKI, A MADAM, IS STRANGLED, HOMELESS HARRY STUBBINS IS ACCUSED OF THE CRIME AND DAVE, AN INVESTIGATOR IN THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, IS INCLINED TO AGREE. BUT THEN DAVE'S 75-YEAR-OLD MOTHER LEADS HIM IN THE DIRECTION OF THE REAL MURDERER. | ||
BR | 6850 | SECRET OF SUCCESS AND OTHER STORIES, THE | (AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE) | THESE ARE STORIES WITH A MORAL TAKEN FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE LUBAVITCH LIBRARY. | ||
BR | 6851 | COMPLETE STORY OF PURIM, THE | MINDEL, NISSAN | THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF THE STORY OF PURIM BY THE AUTHOR OF THE STORYTELLER SERIES. | ||
BR | 6852 | JEWELS AND ASHES | ZABLE, ARNOLD | BARBARA JUST | AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR ZABLE WRITES A MOVING STORY OF A SEARCH FOR HIS ROOTS IN EASTERN EUROPE. BLENDING HISTORY, INTERVIEWS AND HIS PARENTS' RECOLLECTIONS, HE EVOKES THE VIBRANT SHTETL LIFE OF 1920S AND '30S POLAND AND DOCUMENTS IN DETAIL THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BIALYSTOK GHETTO. | |
BR | 6853 | LILY AND JOEL | A NOVEL OF LIFE, LOVE AND AUDIOTAP | HENLEY, ARTHUR | IN HIS FORTIES, JOEL FLOM IS STILL STRUGGLING WITH HIS JEWISH GUILT. BUT WHEN HIS SON ANNOUNCES HIS IMMINENT MARRIAGE TO A PARKING LOT MOGUL'S DAUGHTER AND HIS ANALYST GOES ON VACATION, FLOM PANICS. | |
BR | 6854 | DAY THE RABBI RESIGNED, THE | KEMELMAN, HARRY | THE DEATH OF A COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF'S SUSPICION OF FOUL PLAY PUT RABBI DAVID SMALL'S PLAN TO RESIGN HIS PULPIT POSITION ON HOLD. SMALL MUST USE HIS WIT AND SKILLS TO FIND THE CULPRIT. | ||
BR | 6855 | GOOD, PROTECTED LIFE, A | KAUFMAN, JOSEPH | MURRAY ORLOFF AND HIS FATHER, CHARLIE, TRAVEL FROM ISRAEL TO AFRICA IN SEARCH OF CHARLIE'S ESTRANGED BROTHER, DANIEL. DURING THEIR TREK THROUGH THE DESERT, CHARLIE BECOMES DANGEROUS AND MURRAY IS FORCED TO ABANDON HIM. MURRAY FINALLY FINDS HIS UNCLE AND, IN THE PROCESS, GAINS A RENEWED SENSE OF HIMSELF AS A MAN AND AS A JEW. | ||
BR | 6856 | FOR EVERY SIN | APPELFELD, AHARON | THIS NOVEL PORTRAYS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, WHO SPENT FOUR YEARS IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, TENTATIVELY JOINING THE COMPANY OF SURVIVORS. | ||
BR | 6857 | LESSER CHILD, A | GERSHON, KAREN | SHEILA PENN | GERSHON (1924-1993) GIVES A SEARING ACCOUNT OF GROWING UP AS A JEWISH CHILD IN HITLER'S GERMANY. REFERRING TO HERSELF AS KATE, SHE EVOKES THE SLOW EROSION OF CIVIL RIGHTS FOR GERMAN JEWS AND HOW THIS INCREASED THE TENSION WITHIN HER FAMILY. IN 1938 KATE'S FATHER WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE HER AND ONE OF HER SISTERS TO ENGLAND. | |
BR | 6858 | ARTHUR MILLER AND COMPANY | ARTHUR MILLER TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK | BIGSBY, CHRISTOPHER, ED. | OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS, THE AUTHOR CONDUCTED AN EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT WHICH HE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY FOR THIS BOOK. | |
BR | 6859 | FORGOTTEN | WIESEL, ELIE | HORRIFIED THAT HE IS LOSING HIS MEMORY DUE TO ILLNESS, A ROMANIAN JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ENTRUSTS HIS AND OTHERS' ACCOUNTS OF SURVIVAL TO HIS SON, MALKIEL, A JOURNALIST. AT HIS FATHER'S REQUEST, MALKIEL JOURNEYS TO THE CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS TO EXPLORE THE MYSTERIES THAT STILL CONFOUND HIS FATHER. | ||
BR | 6860 | BROKEN PLACES | PETROVICS-OFNER, LASZLO | THROUGH THE EYES OF PISTI, A YOUNG HUNGARIAN-JEWISH BOY, READERS WITNESS THE RAMPAGING OF HUNGARY'S FASCISTS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF HUNGARIAN JEWRY. PISTI SURVIVES THE NAZI OCCUPATION AND LATER WITNESSES THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION WHICH IMPELS HIM TO ESCAPE TO THE WEST. | ||
BR | 6861 | STAR OF WONDER | EPSTEIN, DANIEL MARK | NINE STORY-ESSAYS BY 1977 PRIX DE ROME WINNER EPSTEIN RECALL HIS ECUMENICAL CHILDHOOD WITH A CHRISTIAN MOTHER AND JEWISH FATHER; THE TITLE RECALLS HIS FAMILY'S HOLIDAY ATTENTION TO BOTH THE STAR OF DAVID AND THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. THERE IS LIVELY VARIETY IN THE COLLECTION, A TREAT FOR ALL WHO RESPOND TO THOUGHTS OF SPECIAL OCCASIONS. | ||
BR | 6862 | STORY OF KING SAUL AND KING DAVID, THE | SEGAL, LORE | THE BIBLICAL STORIES OF SAUL, THE FIRST KING OF ISRAEL, AND HIS YOUNG PROTEGE, DAVID, ARE TALES OF PARTICULAR PATHOS. HERE IN A TRANSLATION THAT IS BOTH GRACEFUL AND PRECISE, THE AUTHOR BRINGS TO LIFE THE GREATNESS AND HUMAN WEAKNESS OF THESE FLESH-AND-BLOOD HEROES WHO ASSUME THE STEWARDSHIP OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 6863 | BEGGAR'S CUP, THE | BLAU, ERIC | HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HORROR MOVIE MOGUL MORRIS COHEN WANTS TO PRODUCE A SERIOUS MOVIE ABOUT ZIONIST LEADER, THEODOR HERZL. WHEN HE HIRES SCREENWRITER ZACHARY BARTHELMES, HIS RESEARCH CAUSES HIM TO DISCOVER HIS OWN JEWISH ROOTS. CAMEOS OF WELL-KNOWN PERSONALITIES LIKE DAVID BEN-GURION, GOLDA MEIR, AND JOHN WAYNE ARE INCLUDED. | ||
BR | 6864 | BEILIS TRANSCRIPTS, THE | THE ANTI-SEMITIC TRIAL THAT SHOOK | LEIKIN, EZEKIEL | THIS BOOK PROVIDES IN ABBREVIATED FORM, THE 'CHEMISTRY' OF THE BEILIS TRIAL ITSELF. THE AUTHOR DISCOVERED THE COURT TRANSCRIPTS AMONG THE PERSONAL PAPERS OF HIS FATHER WHO SERVED AS CHIEF RABBI OF KAZAN, RUSSIA. BY TRANSLATING THE TRANSCRIPTS, LEIKIN GIVES US A LOOK AT THE MOST INFAMOUS ATTEMPT TO VILIFY AND DISCREDIT JEWS. | |
BR | 6865 | RESISTANCE | THE WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING | GUTMAN, ISRAEL | BETTY SMITH | GUTMAN USES DIARIES, LETTERS, UNDERGROUND PRESS ARTICLES, SURVIVORS' ACCOUNTS, AND NAZI DOCUMENTS TO PAINT A PICTURE OF DAILY LIFE IN THE GHETTO AND THE TEMPORARY ALLIANCES FORGED AMONG JEWISH FIGHTING FACTIONS TORN BY IDEOLOGICAL RIFTS. HE ALSO DEPICTS WARSAW'S PRE-WORLD WAR II JEWISH COMMUNITY. |
BR | 6866 | BAKER'S DOZEN #4 | STARS IN THEIR EYES | STEIN, AIDEL | SINGING STAR AVI SHOHAM'S PRE-PURIM CONCERT HAS BEEN SOLD OUT FOR MONTHS, BUT THE BAKER QUINTUPLETS ARE ANXIOUS TO ATTEND. THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET TICKETS, EVEN IF IT MEANS PRETENDING TO BE FRIENDS WITH AVI'S QUIET COUSIN, IDY. | |
BR | 6867 | DESPITE ALL ODDS | THE STORY OF LUBAVITCH | HOFFMAN, EDWARD | AN AUTHORIZED HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS AND BELIEFS OF THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT AND A PORTRAIT OF ITS LEADER. | |
BR | 6868 | NEGEV PROJECT, THE | WITHAM, LARRY | SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST, SAN FRANCISCO, LENINGRAD, AND LONDON, THIS NOVEL WEAVES TOGETHER THE EFFORTS OF ARAB AND JEWISH MODERATES TO FIND A ROAD TO PEACE; THE SALE OF ANTIQUITIES TO FINANCE RADICAL ACTIVITIES; AND, ARCHAEOLOGISTS' ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN EARLY CHRISTIAN LIFE. | ||
BR | 6869 | RUNNING THE PALESTINE BLOCKADE | THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE PADUCAH | PATZERT, RUDOLPH W. | HAROLD SIEGE | IN 1947, PATZERT, A 35-YEAR-OLD NON-JEWISH NEW YORKER AND SHIP CAPTAIN, WAS ENLISTED BY THE JEWISH UNDERGROUND TO SMUGGLE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS PAST THE BRITISH BLOCKADE. BY THE TIME THE BRITISH TOOK CUSTODY OF THE SHIP, PATZERT IDENTIFIED SO STRONGLY WITH THE SURVIVORS THAT HE WILLINGLY JOINED THEM IN A BRITISH INTERNMENT CAMP. |
BR | 6870 | GRIEVOUS SIN | A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS MYSTER | KELLERMAN, FAYE | WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL ENJOYING THE BIRTH OF HIS FIRST CHILD, DETECTIVE PETER DECKER IS DRAWN INTO A MYSTERY WHEN AN INFANT VANISHES FROM THE HOSPITAL NURSERY. WHEN THE NURSE WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE UNIT DISAPPEARS AS WELL, DECKER MUST DETERMINE WHETHER SHE IS A CRIMINAL OR A VICTIM HERSELF. | |
BR | 6871 | SPIRIT AND NATURE | WHY THE ENVIRONMENT IS A RELIGIOUS | ROCKEFELLER, STE. C.; ELDER, JOHN C. | THE AUTHORS HAVE ASSEMBLED A PANEL OF THEOLOGIANS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS REPRESENTING CHRISTIAN, JEWISH, BUDDHIST, ISLAMIC, NATIVE AMERICAN AND OTHER TRADITIONS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON SAVING THE PLANET. | |
BR | 6872 | B. Y. HIGH #1 | SHANI PLUS THREE | GOODMAN, SARAH | CYNTHIA KREM | SHANI, RAIZY AND ALL THEIR FRIENDS ARE READY TO START THEIR OWN HIGH SCHOOL IN BLOOMFIELD. IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE, BUT SHANI'S THREE BOARDERS, WHO COME FROM OUT OF TOWN TO ATTEND THE SCHOOL, MAKE THINGS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. IT IS UP TO SHANI AND HER FRIENDS TO WORK THESE PROBLEMS OUT. |
BR | 6873 | TO BE A JEWISH WOMAN | AIKEN, LISA | FRANCES WALD | DR. AIKEN, A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND A RETURNEE TO ORTHODOX JUDAISM, WRITES ABOUT THE COMPLEX ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE JEWISH FAMILY, THE SYNAGOGUE AND GENERAL SOCIETY. | |
BR | 6874 | SHLOMO'S STORIES | CARLEBACH, SHLOMO WITH SUSAN YAEL ME | RETOLD BY THE LEGENDARY STORYTELLER AND RECORDING ARTIST, RABBI SHLOMO CARLEBACH, THESE ARE HEAVENLY STORIES FROM BEYOND TIME AND SPACE, DEEPER THAN JOY AND SADNESS. THESE STORIES ARE FILLED WITH LIFE AND LIFE IS EVERYTHING. | ||
BR | 6875 | TREASURY OF JEWISH INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, A | EPSTEIN, LAWRENCE J. | EPSTEIN SHOWS US HIS REMARKABLE SKILL IN GATHERING TALES AND HIS TALENT FOR RETELLING THEM IN A VOICE THAT SPEAKS CLEARLY TO A CONTEMPORARY AUDIENCE. THEY ALL HAVE A SINGULAR THEME AND GOAL; RENEWED FAITH IN DIVINE GUIDANCE OR IN THE HUMAN CAPACITY TO DO GOOD DEEDS. | ||
BR | 6876 | SHOEMAKER'S TALE, THE | ARI, MARK | IN THIS WORK, ARI PRESENTS A SERIES OF LINKED FANTASIES, FABLES, AND SURREAL VIGNETTES THAT ARE PART ALLEGORICAL TALES, PART HASIDIC PARODIES AND PART MAGICAL REALISM. | ||
BR | 6877 | MERCHANT OF GROSKI, THE | AND OTHER TALES MY GREAT-GREAT GRA | KANTOR, HERMAN I. | ZITA FRIEDLA | THE 27 SHORT STORIES IN THIS BOOK ARE PRESENTED AS THE FICTIONALIZED EXPERIENCES OF KANTOR'S ACTUAL GREAT-GREAT GRANDFATHER, SHMUL, A RESIDENT OF THE SHTETL OF ORSHA IN CENTRAL RUSSIA, FIRST AS A YOUNG NEWSPAPER 'GOFER,' THEN AS THE TOWN RABBI. |
BR | 6878 | SKIRTS | ALBERT, MIMI | WITH BITING HUMOR AND A KEEN SENSE OF PLACE, ALBERT EVOKES A SCENE THAT WAS BOTH EXCITING AND DANGEROUS; THE NEW YORK BOHEMIAN SUBCULTURE IN THE EARLY 1960S. BOLSTERED BY A GRITTY AND BRUTAL CITY BACKGROUND AND ENRICHED BY A COLORFUL LOT OF SCRUFFY INTELLECTUALS, THIS BECOMES A HEADY TALE OF LOSS OF INNOCENCE. | ||
BR | 6879 | AMERICAN JEWS AND THE SEPARATIONIST FAITH | THE NEW DEBATE ON RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE | DALIN, DAVID G, ED. | THE VIEWS OF 38 PROMINENT AMERICAN JEWISH INTELLECTUALS ON THE ISSUE OF THE SEPARATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND THE STATE. WHILE AMERICAN JEWRY HAS TRADITIONALLY ADVOCATED RIGID SEPARATION, SOME JEWISH GROUPS CONCERNED WITH THE GROWING SECULARIZATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY ARE RETHINKING THIS CONCEPT. | |
BR | 6880 | LONELY MAN OF FAITH, THE | SOLOVEITCHIK, RABBI JOSEPH B. | FUSING THE EXISTENTIAL ACUITY OF KIERKEGAARD WITH THE WISDOM OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, BOSTON ORTHODOX RABBI SOLOVEITCHIK HAS PRODUCED A TIMELESS SPIRITUAL GUIDE FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL RELIGIONS. | ||
BR | 6881 | YIDDISH CUISINE | A GOURMET'S APPROACH TO JEWISH COO | STERNBERG, ROBERT | RABBI STERNBERG BRINGS A UNIQUE APPROACH TO JEWISH COOKING IN THIS CLASSIC KOSHER COOKBOOK AND TEXTBOOK ON THE TRADITIONAL FOODS OF YIDDISH-SPEAKING JEWRY. ITS RECIPES EVOKE THE SPIRIT AND FLAVOR OF THE JEWISH KITCHENS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE AND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AMERICA. | |
BR | 6882 | ADAM'S SOUL | THE COLLECTED TALES OF HOWARD SCHWARTZ | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD | CHARLES KORN | A COLLECTION OF THE AUTHOR'S WRITINGS IN WHICH SCHWARTZ PROVIDES READERS WITH STORIES IN A VARIETY OF STYLES INCLUDING MIDRASHIC STORIES, JEWISH FOLKTALES, AND HASIDIC TALES. |
BR | 6883 | ZERO MOSTEL | BROWN, JARED | A STUDY IN CONTRADICTIONS, MOSTEL WAS A SERIOUS AND TALENTED PAINTER, AS WELL AS AN ACTOR AND COMIC WHOSE LARGER-THAN-LIFE PERSONALITY OFTEN TOOK THE ROLES HE PLAYED. THE MANY ANECDOTES PRESENTED HERE OFFER A CLEAR LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF MOSTEL'S PERSONALITIES. | ||
BR | 6884 | NIGGUN | STORIES BEHIND THE CHASIDIC SONGS | STAIMAN, MORDECHAI | THE AUTHOR RELATES 38 TALES IN WHICH NIGGUNIM AFFECT THE LIVES OF JEWS. THE STORIES RANGE FROM THE GREAT CHASIDIC MASTERS OF THE PAST TO NIGGUNIM HELPED TO SAVE PEOPLE FROM THE NAZIS TO A NIGGUN THAT BRINGS HOLIDAY MAGIC TO PRISONERS ON RIKERS ISLAND TO A TUNE THAT SO MOVED LEONARD BERNSTEIN THAT HE PUT ON TEFILLIN FOR THE FIRST TIME | |
BR | 6885 | BROKEN ALLIANCE | THE TURBULENT TIMES BETWEEN BLACKS | KAUFMAN, JONATHAN | AN ACCOUNT OF THE JEWISH INVOLVEMENT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION WHICH THE AUTHOR ATTRIBUTES TO THE FLOOD OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THE HOLOCAUST. AFTER PRECIPITATING GREAT CHANGES, THE COALITION EVENTUALLY FELL APART. | |
BR | 6886 | GABRIEL'S PALACE | JEWISH MYSTICAL TALES | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD | A COLLECTION OF RABBINIC, KABBALISTIC, HASIDIC, AND OTHER MYSTICAL TALES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL JEWISH TRADITION. AMONG THE THEMES COVERED ARE THE NATURE OF GOD, THE MYSTERIES OF CREATION, DREAMS AND VISIONS, MIRACLES, AND AWAITING THE MESSIAH. THE SOURCE OF EACH TALE IS GIVEN, AND A GLOSSARY OF HEBREW TERMS IS PROVIDED. | |
BR | 6887 | JEWISH COOKING IN AMERICA | NATHAN, JOAN | NATHAN'S NEW BOOK IS AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE EXCELLENT COOKS AMERICAN SERIES. SHE HAS RESEARCHED HER SUBJECT EXTENSIVELY, AND THE RESULT IS AS MUCH CULTURAL HISTORY AS COOKBOOK. | ||
BR | 6888 | SEASONS OF CAPTIVITY | THE INNER WORLD OF P.O.W.S | LEIBLICH, AMIA | THE AUTHOR, A PSYCHOLOGIST, SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS INTERVIEWING 10 ISRAELIS WHO WERE CAPTURED IN 1969 AND SPENT 3 1/2 YEARS, DURING THE WAR OF ATTRITION, MOSTLY IN A SINGLE CELL IN CAIRO. SHE FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF MENTAL BREAKDOWN, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OR PROLONGED DEPRESSION VERY UNIQUE FOR WARTIME EXPERIENCES. | |
BR | 6889 | UNINVITED GUEST | AND OTHER JEWISH HOLIDAY TALES | JAFFE, NINA | A COLLECTION OF STORIES THAT SPAN THE JEWISH HOLIDAY CALENDAR FROM ROSH HASHANAH TO PASSOVER. BASED ON TRADITIONAL SOURCES, THE STORIES DEMONSTRATE FAITH AND RITUAL THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES. INCLUDES A BRIEF HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO EACH STORY AND A GLOSSARY OF HEBREW AND YIDDISH TERMS. | |
BR | 6890 | COLLECTED PROSE | CELAN, PAUL | 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. | ||
BR | 6891 | YERUSHALMI, THE | AN INTRODUCTION | NEUSNER, JACOB | THE YERUSHALMI OR JERUSALEM TALMUD IS THE LESSER KNOWN OF THE TWO TALMUDS OF JEWISH TRADITION. DR. NEUSNER OFFERS THE FIRST CLEAR AND CAREFUL BOOK LENGTH STUDY OF THE YERUSHALMI. HE PROVIDES THE MODERN READER WITH A RICH UNDERSTANDING OF ITS HISTORY, ITS CONTENT, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. | |
BR | 6892 | TOTAL IMMERSION | GOODMAN, ALLEGRA | IN THESE 11 SHORT STORIES, THE AUTHOR GENTLY SATIRIZES THE LIVES OF OBSERVANT JEWS LIVING IN ENGLAND AND HAWAII WHO, WHILE COMMITTED TO THEIR PRINCIPLES, MUST ADAPT TO AN ALIEN AND SEDUCTIVE WORLD. | ||
BR | 6893 | WHILE STANDING ON ONE FOOT | PUZZLE STORIES AND WISDOM TALES FR | JAFFE, NINA AND STEVE ZEITLIN | THE HEROES AND HEROINES OF THESE 18 GEMS OF JEWISH FOLKLORE HAVE ONLY MINUTES TO FRAME SOLUTIONS TO THORNY QUESTIONS OR DILEMMAS-IN MANY CASES THEIR ANSWERS WILL MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. A WIDE RANGE OF SETTINGS ALLOW THE AUTHORS TO INTRODUCE EPISODES IN JEWISH HISTORY. CONTAINS GLOSSARY AND SOURCE NOTES. | |
BR | 6894 | BAKER'S DOZEN #8 | HEY WAITER! | ZITTER, EMMY | THE BAKERS DECIDE TO GO TO THE RILEY LAKE RESORT HOTEL FOR PASSOVER. WHILE MR. AND MRS. BAKER PLAN ON A RESTFUL VACATION, OF THEIR CHILDREN HAVE PLANS OF THEIR OWN THAT INEVITABLY LEAD TO A CHAOTIC BUT ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE. | |
BR | 6895 | BOOK OF WORDS, THE | TALKING SPIRITUAL LIFE, LIVING SPI | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | IN THIS BOOK, RABBI KUSHNER ATTEMPTS TO REVITALIZE HEBREW/ENGLISH HOLY WORDS. HE INCLUDES HIS OWN MEDITATIVE REFLECTIONS ON THESE WORDS, SUPPLEMENTED BY BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC WISDOM. | |
BR | 6896 | VOICES FROM MARSHALL STREET | JEWISH LIFE IN A PHILADELPHIA NEIG | ELLISON, ELAINE KRASNOW & ELAINE MAR | RENEE GOODST | FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, MARSHALL STREET WAS PHILADELPHIA'S VERSION OF MANHATTAN'S LOWER EAST SIDE. THE AUTHORS HAVE ASSEMBLED A COLLECTION OF ORAL HISTORIES THAT ALLOW THE READER TO EXPERIENCE MARSHALL STREET AS IT ONCE WAS. |
BR | 6897 | JEW IN THE LOTUS, THE | A POET'S REDISCOVERY OF JEWISH IDE | KAMENETZ, ROGER | BETTY SMITH | KAMENETZ, A POET AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, ACCOMPANIED A GROUP OF EIGHT JEWISH LEADERS TO DHARAMIN IN OCTOBER 1990 FOR AN INTERFAITH EXCHANGE WITH THE DALAI LAMA AND LESSER TIBETAN BUDDHIST LEADERS. INSPIRED BY THE ENCOUNTER BOTH AS A HUMAN BEING AND AS A JEW, HE DRAWS INTERESTING PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO FAITHS. |
BR | 6898 | MYRIAM MENDILOW | THE MOTHER OF JERUSALEM | CYTRON, PHYLLIS & BARRY CYTRON | A BIOGRAPHY OF MYRIAM MENDILOW, A JERUSALEMITE WHO LIVED FROM 1909 TO 1989. SHE FOUNDED LIFELINE FOR THE OLD, A PROJECT THAT BEGAN AS A BOOKBINDING WORKSHOP AND GREW INTO AN EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF CRAFT WORKSHOPS, MEDICAL CLINICS, AND OTHER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE ELDERLY IN THEIR DAILY LIVING SKILLS. | |
BR | 6899 | BUNGALOW, THE | FREED, LYNN | RUTH FRANK RETURNS TO SOUTH AFRICA, HER MARRIAGE A FAILURE. SHE MEETS AND FALLS FOR A MAVERICK LIBERAL WHO REFUSES TO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE RACIST RANTING AND SOCIAL POSTURING OF HIS PEERS. HE IS MURDERED AND SHE IS LEFT, PREGNANT, TO SORT OUT HER LIFE. | ||
BR | 6900 | BOOK OF JEWISH WOMEN'S TALES, THE | RUSH, BARBARA | SEVENTY-FIVE STORIES, TOLD AND TRANSMITTED IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BY JEWISH WOMEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 6901 | SLEEPLESS NIGHTS | BERGMAN, ANDREW | ALAN BENJAMI | THE STORY OF BOBBY WEISGLASS'S EMERGENCE INTO MANHOOD AND HIS DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY. HIS SISTER CAROL IS GORGEOUS AND SEXUALLY OVERCHARGED; HIS OVERPROTECTIVE MOTHER MAKES HER HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCES AN EXCUSE FOR HER BEHAVIOR; AND, HIS FATHER IS A SILENT OBSERVER THROUGH IT ALL. | |
BR | 6902 | CELEBRATING OUR DIFFERENCES | LIVING TWO FAITHS IN ONE MARRIAGE | ROSENBAUM, MARY HELENE & STANLEY NED | AN ACTIVE ROMAN CATHOLIC WOMAN AND A JEWISH MAN WHO REGULARLY LEADS SABBATH SERVICES HAVE WRITTEN AN IMPORTANT BOOK THAT EXPLORES FOUR APPROACHES TO INTERFAITH MARRIAGE: 'CONVERSION, COMPROMISE, LOVE CONQUERS ALL, AND OUR WAY-KEEPING BOTH FAITHS ALIVE.' | |
BR | 6903 | O, THE GOD I BELIEVE IN | HABERMAN, JOSHUA | SARENE MEYER | THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED 14 DISTINGUISHED JEWS ON THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. INCLUDED ARE CYNTHIA OZICK, NORMAN PODHORETZ, ADIN STEINSALTZ, YESAYAHU LEIBOWITZ, ARNO PENZIAS, AND RACHEL COWAN. | |
BR | 6904 | GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF KABBALAH | LUZZATTO, RABBI MOSHE CHAIM | IN THIS PENETRATING INTERPRETATION OF THE TEN SEFIROT, RABBI LUZZATTO EXPLORES THE NATURE OF PHYSICS AND METAPHYSICS AND UNVEILS INVIOLABLE TRUTHS ABOUT THE LINK BETWEEN HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND ALL-EMBRACING UNITY WE CALL LORD. | ||
BR | 6905 | JEWISH COOKERY | LEONARD, LEAH H. | FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1949, JEWISH COOKERY IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST AUTHORITATIVE KOSHER COOKBOOKS TO APPEAR. IT NOT ONLY INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH DISHES, BUT ALSO GIVES INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAINTAINING A KOSHER HOME AND SUGGESTIONS FOR PREPARING SABBATH AND HOLIDAY MEALS. THE BOOK ALSO OFFERS COMPLETE GUIDELINES FOR PASSOVER DINING. | ||
BR | 6906 | TELLING THE TALE | A TRIBUTE TO ELIE WIESEL ON THE OC | CARGAS, HARRY J., ED. | ELYSE WEISBE | A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY AND ABOUT THE NOBEL-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR. THE TOPICS RANGE FROM A RESEARCHER'S PREP NOTES FOR A TV INTERVIEWER, TO AN APOLOGY BY A GERMAN WHO THANKS HIM FOR TEACHING HER THE TRUE CHRIST, TO WIESEL'S OWN PRAISE OF YIDDISH. |
BR | 6907 | WHY THE BAAL SHEM TOV LAUGHED | FIFTY-TWO STORIES ABOUT OUR GREAT | CITRON, STERNA | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HASIDIC TALES THAT BRINGS TO LIFE THE REBBES WHO PASSED ON THEIR LEGACIES AND MEMORIES TO THE MODERN GENERATION OF JEWS. | |
BR | 6908 | BAKER'S DOZEN #3 | AND THE WINNER IS... | STEIN, AIDEL | THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN THE BAKER HOUSEHOLD WHEN MR. BAKER RUNS FOR TOWN COUNCILMAN, BRACHA GETS A LEAD IN THE SCHOOL PLAY, AND MOISHY THINKS HE WILL RECEIVE THE BEST STUDENT AWARD. BUT AS EACH OF THEIR FORTUNES TURN, THE FAMILY LEARNS A VALUABLE LESSON. | |
BR | 6909 | THEY CALLED HER REBBE | THE MAIDEN OF LUDOMIR | WINKLER, GERSHON | THE STORY OF CHANA ROCHEL WERBERMACHER, A WOMAN WHO BECAME A TORAH SCHOLAR AND WAS CALLED 'REBBE' BY MANY WHO SOUGHT HER ADVICE. HER POSITION BECAME THE FOCUS OF GREAT CONTROVERSY IN HER SHTETL AND IN THE JEWISH WORLD AT LARGE. | |
BR | 6910 | HARRY KAPLAN'S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND | STERN, STEVE | SET IN WATERLOGGED MEMPHIS DURING THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1939, THIS IS THE STORY OF A 15-YEAR-OLD JEWISH BOY WHO ABANDONS WORK IN HIS FATHER'S PAWNSHOP TO LINK UP WITH SOME LOCAL CHARACTERS AND EXPLORE THE SEAMIER SIDE OF THE CITY. | ||
BR | 6911 | NIGHTFATHER | FRIEDMAN, CARL | AN ACCOUNT OF THREE SIBLINGS WHO STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND THEIR FATHER, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO IS PLAGUED BY NIGHTMARES AND HORRIFIC MEMORIES. EVENTUALLY THE FATHER TELLS HIS CHILDREN ALL THAT HE ENDURED. | ||
BR | 6912 | WHEN LIFE FALLS IT FALLS UPSIDE DOWN | MYERS, LOU | THIS NOVEL, SET IN THE 1920S, LOOKS AT GROWING UP JEWISH AND IMPOVERISHED IN THE BRONX. THROUGH A SERIES OF VIGNETTES, LEON MEHLER'S LIFE IS TRACED FROM HIS FATHER'S FATAL ACCIDENT TO HIS TURBULENT ADOLESCENCE TO CITY COLLEGE AND HIS UNEVEN CAREER. | ||
BR | 6913 | DOES GOD BELONG IN THE BEDROOM? | GOLD, RABBI MICHAEL | RABBI GOLD DRAWS ON BIBLICAL AND RABBINIC SOURCES IN THIS OUTLINE OF A JEWISH SEX ETHIC. HE OFFERS ADVICE ON SUCH TOPICS AS RAPE, INCEST, AND BIRTH CONTROL AND HOW TO RAISE SEXUALLY RESPONSIBLE CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 6914 | CELEBRATE | THE COMPLETE JEWISH HOLIDAY HANDBO | ROSS, LESLI KOPPELMAN | THIS INNOVATIVE HOW-TO GUIDE AND REFERENCE BOOK ON THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS PROVIDES A WELL-ROUNDED FOUNDATION FOR BOTH KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION. THE BOOK IS NONDENOMINATIONAL AND COMPREHENSIVE IN APPROACH. INCLUDED ARE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, RELIGIOUS IMPORTANCE, AND PERSONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH JEWISH HOLY DAY. | |
BR | 6915 | FATAL EMBRACE, THE | JEWS AND THE STATE | GINSBERG, BENJAMIN | GINSBERG DISCUSSES THE ROLE JEWS OFTEN PLAY IN GOVERNMENTS - OFFERING THEIR SERVICES AND SKILLS IN EXCHANGE FOR PROTECTION AND OPPORTUNITY. HE MAINTAINS THAT THIS FREQUENTLY PROVOKES ORGANIZED ANTI-SEMITISM. | |
BR | 6916 | INDIAN-JEWISH COOKING | HYMAN, MAVIS | THE CALCUTTA-BORN AUTHOR PRESENTS THE WORLD OF INDIAN-JEWISH COOKING AS DEVELOPED AND PASSED DOWN IN THE INDIAN-JEWISH SETTLEMENTS OF BOMBAY, CALCUTTA AND COCHIN. HYMAN EXPLORES THE CULINARY TRADITION IN A HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS CONTEXT. RECIPES ARE ORGANIZED BY CATEGORY AND INCLUDE FOODS FOR THE JEWISH FESTIVALS. | ||
BR | 6917 | JUSTICE NOT VENGEANCE | WIESENTHAL, SIMON | THE RENOWNED NAZI-HUNTER RECALLS HIS ESCAPES FROM DEATH IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS WHERE HIS FAMILY PERISHED, COPING WITH HIS GUILT AT HAVING SURVIVED, AND HIS CAREER TRACKING DOWN WAR CRIMINALS. | ||
BR | 6918 | SHIFTING LANDSCAPES | A COMPOSITE, 1925-1987 | ROTH, HENRY | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, FRAGMENTS OF MEMOIRS, AND ARTICLES FROM THE AUTHOR OF 'CALL IT SLEEP.' THESE PIECES DEMONSTRATE ROTH'S ROOTS IN JUDAISM, HIS INTEREST IN POLITICS, AND HIS DEVOTION TO WRITING. | |
BR | 6919 | PLAGUE OF DREAMERS, A | STERN, STEVE | STERN BLENDS FANTASY WITH REALISM IN THESE STORIES: A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN MEMPHIS IN WHICH A GROCER'S ASSISTANT CAN TUNE INTO PEOPLE'S DREAMS; A MUSICIAN IS OBSESSED WITH DUPLICATING HOUDINI'S TRICKS DESPITE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS; AND A YOUNG THIEF REBELS AGAINST HIS HARDWORKING FATHER BY JOINING A TRAVELING CARNIVAL. | ||
BR | 6920 | TROPICAL SYNAGOGUES | SHORT STORIES BY JEWISH LATIN-AMER | STAVANS, ILAN: EDITOR | HARRY GARTEN | TALES OF ADVENTURE, CULTURAL ALIENATION, TRADITION AND EXOTICISM MAKE UP THIS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES CREATED BY WRITERS IN LATIN AMERICA FROM 1910 TO THE PRESENT. THE 21 WRITERS FROM ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, PERU, VENEZUELA, GUATEMALA, AND MEXICO REPRESENT AN ETHNICALLY DIVERSE CULTURE WITH ROOTS IN EASTERN EUROPE AS WELL AS SPAIN. |
BR | 6921 | KYZYL KISHLAK | REFUGEE VILLAGE | TAUBE, HERMAN | THIS BOOK IS A UNIQUE LENS ON THE LITTLE-KNOWN LIFE OF REFUGEES TRAPPED IN AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY UZBEKISTAN OUTPOST DURING WORLD WAR II. TAUBE DRAMATIZES THE WRENCHING PHYSICAL TRIBULATIONS THE REFUGEES ENDURED AND GIVES US A MOVING STORY OF LOVE, COMPASSION, COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND OF THE LONELY TRIUMPHS OF MAN'S BETTER NATURE. | |
BR | 6922 | BUT HE WAS GOOD TO HIS MOTHER | THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF JEWISH GAN | ROCKAWAY, ROBERT A. | A SANGUINE LOOK AT THE MURDEROUS WORLD OF JEWISH GANGS AND GANGSTERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THIS FACT-FILLED BOOK ANSWERS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ERA AND ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ORGANIZED CRIME. | |
BR | 6923 | TO KNOW AND TO CARE | AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHASSIDIC STORIES | THIS BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY CHASSIDIC STORIES BY ONE OF THE GREAT RABBIS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ARE MEANT TO INSTRUCT AS WELL AS INSPIRE JEWS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. | ||
BR | 6924 | SPY IN CANAAN, A | MY LIFE AS A JEWISH-AMERICAN BUSIN | SCHACK, HOWARD H. & H. PAUL JEFFERS | JOE ISRAEL | DISMAYED BY ISRAEL'S VULNERABILITY DURING THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR, SCHACK VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES TO THE MOSSAD. SOON, HE WAS POSING AS A NON-JEW, GATHERING INTELLIGENCE IN ARAB COUNTRIES FROM THE MID-1970S TO THE LATE 1980S. SCHACK LACES HIS ACCOUNT WITH HUMOR AND OBSERVATIONS OF ARAB CULTURE AND CUSTOMS. |
BR | 6925 | JEWISH MARRIAGE | RABBINIC LAW, LEGEND, AND CUSTOM | LEWITTES, MENDELL | THIS VOLUME CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS WHICH DEAL WITH ALL THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF JEWISH MARRIAGE. THE FIRST PART IS A SURVEY OF JEWISH MARRIAGE FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH ALL AREAS OF DIVORCE IN JEWISH LAW AND CUSTOM. | |
BR | 6926 | FRIENDS, LOVERS, ENEMIES | VICTOR, BARBARA | HYLA MELNICK | TV JOURNALIST SASHA BEALE FINDS HERSELF AT THE SITE OF A TERRORIST BOMBING IN ROME IN WHICH A CHILD IS KILLED. SCHEDULED TO INTERVIEW PLO LEADER TAMAR KARAMI WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK, SHE IS SEDUCED BY AN AGENT OF THE MOSSAD WHO HAS TARGETED KARAMI FOR ASSASSINATION. | |
BR | 6927 | IN LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP | NORMAN, HILARY | TWO YOUNG BOYS, ONE JEWISH AND ONE GENTILE STRIKE UP A FRIENDSHIP DESPITE PARENTAL OBJECTION THE THREAT TO CAUSE TROUBLE FOR THE JEWISH BOY. THEY GO THEIR SEPARATE WAYS AS THEY GROW OLDER AND EACH ESTABLISHES A LIFE WITH FAMILY AND PROFESSION. MANY YEARS LATER THEY MEET AGAIN AND FIND THAT THEIR FRIENDSHIP HAS ENDURED. | ||
BR | 6928 | ADDRESS UNKNOWN | TAYLOR, KRESSMANN | GAIL PECK J | IN 1932, A JEWISH ART-GALLERY OWNER, MAX EISENSTEIN, BIDS FAREWELL TO HIS FRIEND AND PARTNER MARTIN SCHULSE, WHO IS RETURNING WITH HIS FAMILY TO GERMANY. MARTIN'S LETTERS TO MAX BECOME INCREASINGLY ANTI-SEMITIC AND WHEN HE REFUSES REFUGE TO MAX'S SISTER, SHE IS MURDERED BY THE NAZIS. MAX TAKES HIS REVENGE THROUGH A CLEVER EPISTOLARY PLOY. | |
BR | 6929 | BETWEEN TWO WORLDS | CHOICES FOR GROWN CHILDREN OF JEWI | GOODMAN-MALAMUTH, LESLIE & ROBIN MAR | THE AUTHORS DISCUSS WAYS OF LIVING WITHIN BOTH THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN WORLDS. | |
BR | 6930 | MANNY AND ROSE | PETERS, JOAN K. | THE STORY OF SEPTUAGENARIAN MANNY HERMAN WHO TRIES TO RECAPTURE THE ONCE-OVERPOWERING PRESENCE OF HIS DEAD WIFE, ROSE, THROUGH A HANDFUL OF HER EMBROIDERIES. | ||
BR | 6931 | CHILDREN AND FOOLS | 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 DEVESTATION. | |
BR | 6932 | ADVENTURE OF THE REDHEAD GANG, THE #2 | THE SPY FROM THE TOP APARTMENT | RON-FEDER, GALILA | SHELLEY MILL | MOSHIK AND UDI SUSPECT MICHAEL, THE NEW NEIGHBOR LIVING IN THE PENTHOUSE, OF BEING A RUSSIAN SPY. THEY HAVE A LOT OF EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM. BUT WHEN THEY START TO CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE ON HIM, THEIR ADVENTURE BEGINS. |
BR | 6933 | WHAT GOD WANTS | BRETT, LILY | ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THIS COLLECTION OF INTERCONNECTED STORIES ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY A SHARED PAST; THEY ARE THE CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. THE WOMEN SHINE WITH ORIGINALITY AND STRENGTH; THE MEN FOR THE MOST PART EXIST IN THE BACKGROUND, BETRAYING OR SUPPORTING THEIR WIVES. ABOVE ALL, ALL HAVE A NEED FOR BELONGING TO THE FAITH. | ||
BR | 6935 | ESCAPE FROM EGYPT | LEVITIN, SONIA | FRANCES WALD | IN THIS COMING OF AGE STORY SET DURING THE JEWS' EXODUS FROM EGYPT, A HALF-EGYPTIAN, HALF-SYRIAN SLAVE GIRL AND A JEWISH SLAVE BOY STRIVE TO RECONCILE INTEGRITY AND PASSION. | |
BR | 6936 | CLOSE QUARTERS | A NINA FISCHMAN MYSTERY | PIESMAN, MARISSA | 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. | |
BR | 6937 | WHAT IS A JEW? (REVISED EDITION) | KERTZER, RABBI MORRIS N. WITH LAWREN | MAY BURROWS | A REVISED AND UPDATED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT WITH MUCH NEW MATERIAL ADDED. IT ADDRESSES MANY OF THE TRADITIONAL QUESTIONS AS WELL DISCUSSING NEWER CONCERNS SUCH AS THE JEWISH ATTITUDE TOWARD FEMINISM AND WHY JEWS PERSIST IN REMEMBERING THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 6938 | YEARS OF WRATH, DAYS OF GLORY | MEMOIRS FROM THE IRGUN | BEN-AMI, YITSHAQ | THIS BOOK IS A PARTIALLY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN PALESTINE, EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1930S AND 1940S, A TIME WHEN EUROPEAN JEWRY WAS DESTROYED AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL WAS BORN. BEN-AMI, WHOSE FAMILY HISTORY IS TRACEABLE FROM THE 14TH CENTURY, COORDINATED THE IRGUN'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM 1937 TO 1939. | |
BR | 6939 | BAR MITZVAH | A JEWISH BOY'S COMING OF AGE | KIMMEL, ERIC A. | KAREN KAPLAN, RABBI | A GUIDE TO THE CONCEPTS AND RITUALS OF THE BAR MITZVAH IN WHICH KIMMEL UNITES STORYTELLING WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF ITS RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ASPECTS. HE ACCOMMODATES JEWISH READERS FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND INCLUDES FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNTS OF THE CEREMONY. |
BR | 6940 | MIRACULOUS MILK COW, THE | ...MORE TALES MY GREAT-GREAT GRAND | KANTOR, HERMAN I. & ERIC LARSON | RABBI KAREN | STORIES ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE INHABITANTS OF A RUSSIAN GHETTO IN THE EARLY 1900S. THE PROTOGANISTS INCLUDE A PAIR OF STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, A REVELER WHO AWAKENS IN THE CEMETERY, A BAKER'S APPRENTICE WHO NEARLY RUINS THE SHABBOS DINNER, A REAL-LIFE HAMAN AT A PURIM CELEBRATION, AND A YENTA WHO CAUSES A SCANDAL WITH A TIN BROOCH. |
BR | 6941 | DEATH IN JERUSALEM | BOLAND, JOHN | STOCKBROKER DONALD MCCARRY ARRIVES IN ISRAEL TO INSPECT THE COMPANY HE HAS BEEN ASKED TO INVEST IN. HIS HOST, HARRY BRICKMAN, IS IMMEDIATELY KINAPPED, 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. | ||
BR | 6942 | SHAINDY STRIKES AGAIN | TYBERG, SARAH | WHEN SHAINDY MILLER'S FRIEND, MIRIAM, IS FEELING HOMESICK FOR THE COUNTRY AND CLASS SHE LEFT BEHIND, SHAINDY UNDERSTANDS. SHE HAD MOVED TO ISRAEL WITH HER FAMILY TWO YEARS BEFORE. SHAINDY DECIDES TO HELP HER FRIEND BY MAKING HER A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY. SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SHE WAS ALSO MAKING TROUBLE. | ||
BR | 6943 | GREAT JEWISH WOMEN | SLATER, ELINOR & ROBERT SLATER | SHIRLEY RADC | PROFILES OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED JEWISH WOMEN INCLUDING GOLDA MEIR, RUTH BADER GINSBURG, NELLY SACHS, BARBRA STREISAND, WENDY WASSERSTEIN, AND DIANNE FEINSTEIN. EACH WOMAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS ARE NOTED AND HER RELATIONSHIP TO JUDAISM IS HIGHLIGHTED. | |
BR | 6944 | ADVENTURES OF MONA PINSKY | ZISKIN, HARRIET | ELEANOR SCHWARTZ | 64-YEAR-OLD RESTAURANT HOSTESS MONA OVERHEARS A GROUP OF MEN DISCUSSING A CRIME. WHEN ROBBERIES BEGIN OCCURRING IN THE AREA, SHE DECIDES TO INVESTIGATE. HER FAMILY BEGS HER TO STOP ACTING LIKE A CRAZY LADY BUT MONA WANTS TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY. | |
BR | 6945 | BAKER'S DOZEN #12 | THE BAKER FAMILY CIRCUS | ROSE, MIRIAM | DANIELLE STA | A BAS MITZVAH SHOULD BE A JOYOUS EVENT BUT THE BAKER QUINTUPLETS ARE MISERABLE BECAUSE THEY CANNOT AGREE ON WHAT KIND OF PARTY TO HAVE. ALSO, ASHI IS IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL AND TIKVAH FEELS LIKE SHE IS LOSING THE MOST PRECIOUS THING OF ALL. THE BAKERS MUST WORK THROUGH THESE PROBLEMS TOGETHER. |
BR | 6946 | RESPONSE TO MODERNITY | A HISTORY OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT I | MEYER, MICHAEL A. | MEYER TRACES THE ORIGINS OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT TO CHANGES IN RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THE SYNAGOGUES OF HAMBURG AND BERLIN IN THE EARLY 1800S. THIS SCHOLARLY HISTORY FOLLOWS THE RABBINICAL RIVALRIES, IDEOLOGICAL POLEMICS, AND INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE MARKED REFORM JUDAISM. | |
BR | 6947 | GREATEST RABBIS HALL OF FAME, THE | GOLDMAN, RABBI ALEX J. | A WHO'S WHO OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN RABBIS: THE STORIES OF 22 RABBIS WHO IN THE LAST TWO CENTURIES HAVE COUNSELED, INSPIRED, AND LEFT THEIR MARK ON THE JEWISH PEOPLE. | ||
BR | 6948 | FINGERPRINTS ON THE UNIVERSE | SEARCHING FOR BELIEF AND MEANING I | POLLACK, LOUIS | HARRY SMALL | IS THERE CONFLICT BETWEEN JUDAISM AND SCIENCE? DOES THE LITERATURE SHED LIGHT ON THE MATTER? HAS THE ADVANCE OF TECHNOLOGY, LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, AND POLITICAL THOUGHT MADE BELIEF OBSOLETE? CAN MODERN MAN FIND BELIEF AND MEANING EVEN TODAY? THE RESULTS OF POLLACK'S RESEARCH ARE STARTLING AND ENLIGHTENING. |
BR | 6949 | STORY A DAY, A | AV-ELUL | SOFER, G. | HERE ARE WONDERFUL CHILDREN'S STORIES THAT TELL ABOUT THE VARIOUS HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE MONTHS OF AV AND ELUL. | |
BR | 6950 | SOTAH | RAGEN, NAOMI | SET IN THE WORLD OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS, THE STORY FOCUSES ON THE REICH FAMILY'S THREE DAUGHTERS AND HOW THEY FARE IN THE COMMUNITY'S CRUCIAL RITE OF PASSAGE: MARRIAGE. THE DRAMA CENTERS ON THE DEVOUT MIDDLE DAUGHTER, DINA, AND HOW SHE BECOMES A 'SOTAH,' OR A WOMAN SUSPECTED OF ADULTERY. | ||
BR | 6951 | CRACKS IN THE WALL | RASKIN, URI | SHIRLEY RICH | REB YOSSEL, AN ELDERLY JERUSALEM JEW, SUFFERS A HEART ATTACK AND DEVELOPS A FRIENDSHIP WITH HIS CARDIOLOGIST WHO IS SEARCHING FOR MEANING IN HIS LIFE. AS HIS LIFE EBBS AWAY, YOSSEL GIVES THE PROBING, SKEPTICAL PHYSICIAN THE BENEFIT OF HIS LIFETIME OF LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE. | |
BR | 6952 | LITTLE BLACK BOX, THE-PART TWO | THE SECOND SECRET | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | SYLVIA ESTES | FOR SHRAGA MORGENSTERN AND PINNY KATZ, THE LAKE VIEW HOTEL IS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER. THE NEW AND DEADLY SECRET WEAPON THEIR FATHERS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON HAS DISAPPEARED. CAN THE BOYS CLEAR THE CLOUD OF SUSPICION THAT HANGS OVER THEIR FATHERS' HEADS-AND SURVIVE THE SINISTER 'ACCIDENTS' THAT THREATEN THEIR OWN LIVES? |
BR | 6953 | RECALLED TO LIFE | THE STORY OF A COMA | GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN, ESTHER | FOLLOWING BYPASS SURGERY, MOSHE GOSHEN-GOTTSTEIN, AN ISRAELI PROFESSOR, LAPSED INTO A COMA FOR NEARLY FOUR MONTHS. THIS BOOK, WRITTEN BY HIS WIFE, IS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS THAT LED TO HIS MEDICALLY MIRACULOUS RECOVERY. | |
BR | 6954 | FLYING LESSONS | SEMEL, NAVA | ELYSE WEISBE | 12-YEAR-OLD MOTHERLESS HADARA, WHO LIVES IN A REMOTE VILLAGE IN ISRAEL, DECIDES TO LEARN TO FLY. SHE VISITS MONSIEUR MAURICE, THE VILLAGE SHOEMAKER, WHO FIRES HER IMAGINATION WITH MAGICAL TALES AND AGREES TO TEACH HER. HER MAIDEN FLIGHT FROM A TALL TREE RESULTS IN A BROKEN LEG AND A SADDENED MONSIEUR MAURICE. | |
BR | 6955 | ALTERNATE SIDES | A NINA FISCHMAN MYSTERY | PIESMAN, MARISSA | BARBARA JUST | LEGAL SERVICES LAWYER NINA FISCHMAN INVESTIGATES THE DEATH OF A DOORMAN FOUND SLAIN IN HER BOYFRIEND JONATHAN'S CAR. NINA'S ANGST OVER MOVING IN WITH JONATHAN AND HER DESCRIPTION OF THE MINUTIAE OF PARKING IN NEW YORK CITY MAKE AN AMUSING FRAMEWORK FOR THIS MYSTERY. |
BR | 6956 | CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM | THE NEW CENTURY | GILLMAN, NEIL | RITA FEDER | AN OVERVIEW OF THE KEY ISSUES, CONFLICTS, AND DILEMMAS THAT HAVE FORCED THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT TO COME TO TERMS WITH ITS IDENTITY, INCLUDING THE DEMAND TO ORDAIN WOMEN, THE PRESSURE TO ACCEPT GAY AND LESBIAN RABBIS, AND THE IMPACT OF THE REFORM AND ORTHODOX WORLD ON CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM. |
BR | 6957 | GATHERING OF ANGELS, A | ANGELS IN JEWISH LIFE AND LITERATU | MARGOLIES, RABBI MORRIS B. | BERNICE BERN | MARGOLIES DISCUSSES THE PLACE OF ANGELS IN LITERATURE AND JEWISH THOUGHT. HE MINES TWO MILLENNIUMS OF SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS WRITINGS, FROM THE BIBLE AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS TO SHAKESPEARE TO BERNARD MALAMUD AND ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER. |
BR | 6958 | CHANUKAH WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH | GANZ, YAFFA | ALLISON JAKA | A CHILD'S EYE VIEW OF CHANUKKAH. IT'S 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, CHANNAH AND HER SEVEN SONS, AND THE MIRACLE OF THE OIL. SO TAKE OUT YOUR DREIDL AND GET READY TO SPIN. | |
BR | 6959 | BAKER'S DOZEN #14 | SUMMER JOBS | STEIN, AIDEL | SUMMERTIME IS FUN TIME AND ALL OF THE BAKER KIDS ARE 'BUSY' IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. BUT FOR THE BAKER FAMILY THIS SUMMER, ONLY ONE RULE, AS USUAL, PREVAILS; EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! | |
BR | 6960 | COUSINS, THE | JAFFE, RONA | RITA FEDER | THE STORY OF A WEALTHY DEPARTMENT-STORE CLAN ONCE HELD TOGETHER BY THEIR SUMMER MANSE BUT NOW SCATTERED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. | |
BR | 6961 | UPON THE DOORPOST OF THY HOUSE | JEWISH LIFE IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE | GRUBER, RUTH ELLEN | ELLEN COHON | EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE WAS ONCE HOME TO OVER FIVE MILLION JEWS AND NOW HAS ABOUT 120,000. GRUBER TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THIS REGION TO EXPLORE JEWISH LIFE THERE IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND, IN HISTORICAL SKETCHES, TO EXAMINE ITS CONNECTIONS WITH THE PAST. |
BR | 6962 | JEWISH BOOK OF WHY | KOLATCH, RABBI ALFRED J. | THE 'HOW' AND 'WHY' OF NEARLY EVERY SYMBOL AND CUSTOM IN JUDAISM EXPLAINED CLEARLY AND CONCISELY BY RABBI KOLATCH. | ||
BR | 6963 | TALES OUT OF SCHOOL | TAYLOR, BENJAMIN | SYLVIA JACOB | THIS FIRST NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR IS ABOUT A GENTEEL, WEALTHY GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY GALVESTON, TEXAS. | |
BR | 6965 | TEN BEST JEWISH CHILDREN'S STORIES | SPERBER, RABBI DANIEL & CHANA SPERBE | BEATRICE DAV/MITZIE SCHRAGER | TEN STORY CLASSICS THAT HAVE BECOME PART OF THE JEWISH HOME AND ITS ORAL TRADITION. FOR TWO MILLENNIA, CHILDREN HAVE GLEANED FROM THEM THE MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES FOUND IN THE BIBLE AND RABBINIC LORE. | |
BR | 6966 | WHO BY FIRE | ABRAMSON, CHAYA M.; TSCHOLKOWSKY, E. | HARRIET SEID | THE STORY OF A YOUNG MOTHER WHO WAS BADLY BURNED WHILE RESCUING HER SMALL CHILDREN AND GRANDMOTHER FROM THEIR BLAZING APARTMENT. THE BOOK ALSO DETAILS THE COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT AND DESCRIBES ABRAMSON'S FAITH WHICH ENABLED HER TO WITHSTAND THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL TRIALS OF HER ORDEAL. | |
BR | 6967 | LITTLE BLACK BOX, THE | PART 3 - THE SECRET REVEALED | SCHREIBER, PEREL | ANDREA ROSS | JUST WHEN SHRAGA AND PINNY THINK THEY HAVE SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF THE STOLEN BLACK BOX, ANOTHER LAYER UNFOLDS. NOW THEY MUST GATHER THEIR WITS AND ALL THEIR COURAGE TO UNMASK THE SINISTER FIGURE BEHIND THE CRIME. BEFORE THEY ARE DONE, THEY ARE GOING TO FIND THEMSELVES IN GREATER DANGER THAN THEY'D EVER DREAMED POSSIBLE! |
BR | 6968 | OFF STAGE | COMDEN, BETTY | MIMI GREENST | THIS VERY INTIMATE BOOK IS A PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE-A HUMOROUS AND MOVING TRIP THROUGH AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFETIME. IT IS THE STORY OF A WOMAN OF MANY TALENTS AND INTERESTS WHO TRIED TO HAVE IT ALL-AND VERY NEARLY SUCCEEDED. | |
BR | 6969 | STORY A DAY, A | NISSAN-IYAR | SOFER, G. | IN THIS VOLUME THERE ARE STORIES FOR EVERY DAY AND SPECIAL TALES FOR PESACH. | |
BR | 6970 | STORY A DAY, A | SHEVAT-ADAR | SOFER, G. | IN THIS BOOK THERE ARE STORIES FOR EVERYDAY AND SPECIAL ONES FOR TU B'SHEVAT AND PURIM. | |
BR | 6971 | JEWISH PERSONAL NAMES | THEIR ORIGIN, DERIVATION AND DIMIN | GORR, RABBI SHMUEL | THIS DIRECTORY OF JEWISH FIRST NAMES INCLUDES HEBREW AND YIDDISH NAMES WITH DERIVATIONS. NAMES ARE ORGANIZED BY ROOT NAME WITH ALL VARIANTS OF THE ROOT NAME SHOWN TOGETHER WITH FOOTNOTES EXPLAINING HOW THESE VARIANTS WERE DERIVED. FAMILY NAMES ORIGINATING FROM PERSONAL NAMES ARE ALSO PRESENTED. | |
BR | 6972 | JEWISH 100, THE | A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL | SHAPIRO, MICHAEL | ALEX SAMUELS | A COLLECTION OF SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF 100 INFLUENTIAL JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN. HIS SELECTIONS RUN FROM MOSES, RANKED AT NUMBER ONE, THROUGH SUPERMAN CREATORS JERRY SIEGEL AND JOE SHUSTER, AT NUMBER 100. |
BR | 6973 | ON BEING FREE | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | SARENE MEYER | TALMUDIC SCHOLAR STEINSALTZ EXPLORES TOPICS RANGING FROM THE NATURE OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE CHARACTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO INTERPRETATION OF THE FIVE MEGILLOT. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TWO INTERVIEWS THAT PROVIDE GLIMPSES INTO THE INTENSITY THAT MARKS THE LIFE AND WORK OF THIS GREAT TEACHER. | |
BR | 6974 | BRIDGE BUILDER'S STORY, THE | FAST, HOWARD | MARRIED ONLY ELEVEN DAYS, AMERICAN ENGINEERING STUDENT SCOTT WARING AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ARE ARRESTED BY THE GESTAPO AT A NAZI RALLY. SCOTT'S WIFE IS MURDERED BUT HE MANAGES TO ESCAPE AND HE RETURNS TO THE U. S., DEVASTATED. EVENTUALLY HE FINDS THAT HE CAN LOVE AGAIN. | ||
BR | 6975 | SUMMING UP | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | SHAMIR, YITZHAK | FAITH GARFIE | IN THIS FRANK AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ISRAEL'S FORMER PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS HIS PARTY'S HARD-LINE POLICIES, RECALLS HIS EXPLOITS AS A MOSSAD INTELLIGENCE AGENT AND AS A FOREIGN MINISTER AND GIVES AN INSIDER'S ACCOUNT OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE'S DESTRUCTION OF AN IRAQI NUCLEAR FACILITY IN 1981. |
BR | 6976 | MESSAGES FROM MY FATHER | TRILLIN, CALVIN | TANYA SHERMA | TRILLIN RECALLS HIS FATHER, A TACITURN, STUBBORNLY HONEST KANSAS CITY GROCER WHO COMMUNICATED VALUES OF MODESTY AND RESPONSIBILITY TO HIS SON. | |
BR | 6977 | SAND AND STARS | THE JEWISH JOURNEY THROUGH TIME | GANZ, YAFFA WITH RABBI BEREL WEIN | THERE IS NO MORE EXCITING, INSPIRING-OR IMPROBABLE-STORY ANYWHERE THAN THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S MARCH THROUGH THE MENACES OF HISTORY. MANY OF THE OPPRESSORS ARE GONE, BUT THE JEWS ARE STILL HERE, AND THRIVING. A GRIPPING, ABSORBING STORY LEAVENED THROUGHOUT WITH THE UNSHAKEABLE CONVICTION THAT THE CHOSEN PEOPLE MUST SURVIVE. | |
BR | 6978 | MAGGID SPEAKS, THE | FAVORITE STORIES AND PARABLES OF R | KROHN, RABBI PAYSACH | A SELECTION OF STORIES AND PARABLES BY RABBI SHOLOM SCHWARDON, A MASTER PREACHER LIVING IN JERUSALEM. | |
BR | 6979 | JUSTICE | A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS NOVEL | KELLERMAN, FAYE | JERRY O'NEIL | CALLED TO INVESTIGATE THE SHOCKING MURDER OF A HIGH SCHOOL'S PROM QUEEN, DETECTIVE PETER DECKER CONFRONTS THE ROOTLESS, AFFLUENT, SOMETIMES VIOLENT TEENAGERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WHEN A DISTURBED YOUNG MAN IS IDENTIFIED AS THE PRIME SUSPECT, EVERYONE IS RELIEVED EXCEPT FOR DECKER, WHO COMES TO A DIFFERENT CONCLUSION. |
BR | 6980 | SOULS AND SECRETS | HASIDIC STORIES | PATAI, JOSEPH | RABBI BRUCE | IN THESE TWENTY-FIVE FICTIONALIZED STORIES, JOSEPH PATAI EVOKES THE WORLD OF THE HASIDIM, IN WHICH EVERY SINGLE ACT AND EVENT IN THEIR LIVES IS INTERPRETED AS A SIGN OF DIVINE MEANING. |
BR | 6981 | FRUITS OF THE EARTH | A HARVEST OF RECIPES FROM THE LAND | FRIESEM, RICKY & NAOMI MOUSHINE | ELLEN ESTRIN | A COLLECTION OF ASSORTED ISRAELI RECIPES. |
BR | 6982 | INVISIBLE LINES OF CONNECTION | SACRED STORIES OF THE ORDINARY | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | ALYCE DOMENI | THROUGH HIS EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND STRANGERS, KUSHNER TAKES US DEEPLY INTO OUR OWN LIVES, FINDING FLASHES OF SPIRITUAL INSIGHT IN THE PROCESS. HE DEMONSTRATES HOW OTHERWISE ORDINARY MOMENTS CAN ACTUALLY BE TOUCHSTONES FOR THE SACRED. |
BR | 6983 | INTIMATE ENEMIES | JEWS AND ARABS IN A SHARED LAND | BENVENISTI, MERON | RENEE GOODST | THE AUTHOR'S THEME IS THE INTERETHNIC VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS IN THE VORTEX OF RELIGION AND GEOPOLITICS THAT IS 1990S ISRAEL. HIS CONTENTION IS THAT THE VIOLENCE ESCALATED TO A POINT WHERE A DECISION HAD TO BE MADE AND THE PEACE PROCESS WAS CHOSEN. BENVENISTI ASSERTS THAT THERE IS LITTLE ROOM FOR COMPROMISE. |
BR | 6984 | SHEPHERD OF JERUSALEM | A BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI ABRAHAM ISAAC | ELKINS, DOV PERETZ | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST CHIEF RABBI OF PALESTINE UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE, A MAJOR RELIGIOUS LEADER AND MYSTIC. | |
BR | 6985 | BEING GOD'S PARTNER | HOW TO FIND THE HIDDEN LINK BETWEE | SALKIN, JEFFREY K. | ACCORDING TO RABBI SALKIN, THE SPIRITUAL LIVES OF MANY JEWS ARE DIVORCED FROM THEIR WORKING LIVES. SALKIN SETS OUT TO HEAL THIS SPLIT BY USING TORAH AND RABBINIC LITERATURE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE INTEGRATION OF WORK AND SPIRITUALITY IS CENTRAL TO THE THEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF JUDAISM. | |
BR | 6986 | DAUGHTER OF MY PEOPLE | HENRIETTA SZOLD AND HADASSAH | KRANTZ, HAZEL | THIS IS THE STORY OF A REMARKABLE JEWISH WOMAN WHO WAS DETERMINED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF JEWISH SETTLERS IN PALESTINE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY. SHE ACCOMPLISHED THIS AND MORE AND THIS BOOK IS A TRIBUTE TO HER TIRELESS EFFORT AT AN AGE WHEN MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE RETIRED. | |
BR | 6987 | EVE'S TATTOO | PRAGER, EMILY | A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GETS TATOOED WITH THE ID NUMBER OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP VICTIM AND FINDS HERSELF BECOMING OBSESSED WITH WOMEN IN NAZI GERMANY. | ||
BR | 6988 | MURDERING MR. MONTI | A MERRY LITTLE TALE OF SEX AND VIO | VIORST, JUDITH | THE FUTURE FATHER-IN-LAW OF BRENDA KOVNER'S SON BLAMES THE KOVNERS FOR HIS DAUGHTER'S CONVERSION TO JUDAISM. HE ATTEMPTS TO BANKRUPT THEM AND KOVNER, A 46-YEAR-OLD ADVICE COLUMNIST, BELIEVES HE WANTS TO KILL HER SON. SHE DECIDES TO MURDER HIM FIRST BUT SHE QUICKLY DISCOVERS THAT MURDER MAY BE MORE TROUBLE THAN ITS WORTH. | |
BR | 6989 | JEWISH HOLIDAY CAKES | SHAULOV, HANA | A PRIZE WINNING, SUMPTUOUS COLLECTION OF CAKES FOR JEWISH HOLIDAYS, INCLUDING NEW AND TRADITIONAL RECIPES, FROM HAMANTASCHEN TO HONEY CAKE. | ||
BR | 6990 | IMA, I'M BORED | A SUPER COLLECTION OF ACTIVITIES, | RUBINOFF, AVIVA | AVIVA RUBINOFF, AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR AND MOTHER, HAS COMPILED A UNIQUE AND EXCITING COLLECTION OF CRAFTS, PROJECTS AND GAMES GUARANTEED TO KEEP CHILDREN-AND THEIR PARENTS-BUSY AND HAPPY FOR HOURS AND HOURS. | |
BR | 6991 | RUBY OF COCHIN | AN INDIAN JEWISH WOMAN REMEMBERS | DANIEL, RUBY AND BARBARA C. JOHNSON | THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK WRITTEN BY A JEWISH WOMAN FROM COCHIN. IT IS A RICH DESCRIPTION OF JEWISH LIFE IN THIS EXOTIC CULTURE, SPANNING MANY CENTURIES. THIS IS TRULY A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF COCHIN FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT UNTIL TODAY WHERE A DYING COCHIN COMMUNITY IS FINDING NEW LIFE IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 6992 | STREETS | A MEMOIR OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE | SPEWACK, BELLA | SHIRLEY RADC | SPEWACK, A JOURNALIST AND PLAYWRIGHT, RECOUNTS HER TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CHILDHOOD IN NEW YORK'S TEEMING TENEMENTS. SHE DESCRIBES THE POVERTY AND CACOPHONY THAT PERMEATED TENEMENT LIFE AND BREATHES LIFE INTO THE CAST OF CHARACTERS WHO PASSED THROUGH HER EARLY YEARS. |
BR | 6993 | ADVENTURE OF THE REDHEAD GANG #1 | THE COMMANDER - HERO OF THE HOSPIT | RON-FEDER, GALILA | ISABELLA ISO | EIGHT-YEAR-OLD UDI SHAHAR, COMMANDER OF THE REDHEAD GANG, HAS TO GO INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR AN OPERATION. HE IS SECRETLY FRIGHTENED BUT OVERCOMES HIS FEAR AND PRETENDS THAT HE IS A COURAGEOUS HERO. |
BR | 6994 | ADVENTURES OF HERSHEL OF OSTROPOL | KIMMEL, ERIC A. | MARK SIMON | HERSHEL OF OSTROPOL WAS A FAMOUS JEWISH FOLK HERO WHO LIVED DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. ALTHOUGH HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE AS A WANDERING BEGGAR, HE NEVER ALLOWED MISERY TO DAMPEN HIS WIT OR HIS SPIRITS. THE COMMON PEOPLE OF THE UKRAINE SAW THEMSELVES IN HERSHEL AND MADE HIM IMMORTAL BY PASSING ON HIS STORIES. | |
BR | 6995 | CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER | GARDNER, HERB | THIS PLAY, ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S FAMILY, ATTEMPTS TO PORTRAY THE NEW YORK JEWISH EXPERIENCE FROM IMMIGRATION TO A FORM OF ASSIMILATION. COVERING FORTY YEARS OF A FAMILY LIVING IN AND RUNNING A NEW YORK CITY BAR AND GRILL, THE PLAY EXPLORES THE DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF A FRUSTRATED, FUNNY PATRIARCH. | ||
BR | 6996 | NEW JEWISH BABY BOOK, THE | NAMES, CEREMONIES, CUSTOMS; A GUID | DIAMANT, ANITA | DIAMANT'S PIONEERING THE JEWISH BABY BOOK (1988) WAS A HIGHLY PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR LIBERAL JEWISH PARENTS-TO-BE AND NEW PARENTS. SHE HAS NOW REVISED AND EXPANDED THAT EXCELLENT BOOK TO INCLUDE HANDOUTS TO COPY FOR CEREMONIES, A SPECIAL SECTION FOR INTERFAITH FAMILIES, AND NEW CEREMONIES FOR GIRLS. | |
BR | 6997 | PURIM WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH | GANZ, YAFFA | A CHILD'S EYE VIEW OF PURIM. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF SHUSHAN! IT'S TIME FOR A PURIM TOUR WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI, THE HOLIDAY DOVE. IN SHUSHAN, NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS, AND NOTHING TURNS OUT THE WAY YOU THINK. BUT OF COURSE CHAGGAI KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AND SO WILL YOU, ONCE YOU'VE READ THE STORY. | ||
BR | 6998 | TRAVELLERS IN MAGIC | GOLDSTEIN, LISA | BETTY SMITH | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES THAT RANGE FROM WORKS OF SCIENCE FICTION TO MYTHS TO FAIRY TALES, WITH MANY OF THE STORIES TOUCHING ON THE THEMES OF JEWISH EXPERIENCE. | |
BR | 6999 | DEATH IN THE RAIN | ALMOG, RUTH | MARION FELDI | IN THIS NOVEL SET IN ISRAEL AND GREECE, THE LIVES AND REFLECTIONS OF FOUR CHARACTERS UNFOLD THROUGH DRAMATIC INTERSECTING NARRATIVES. THE CENTRAL CHARACTER IS A SENSITIVE WRITER WHO ACCOUNTS HER ULTIMATELY TRAGIC INVOLVEMENTS WITH AN AMBITIOUS ACADEMIC, A MENTALLY UNSTABLE SCIENTIST, AND A GIFTED, DOOMED POET. | |
BR | 7000 | BLUE STAR OVER RED SQUARE | RAIZ, CARMELA | SARAJEAN SHE | RAIZ'S RELATES THE LONG, TORTUROUS ROUTE HER FAMILY TOOK FROM VILINIUS, LITHUANIA WHERE THEY WERE THIRD-GENERATION 'REFUSNIKS' FOR 70 YEARS TO JERUSALEM. RAIZ ALSO DESCRIBES HOW THE FAMILY WENT FROM A COMMUNIST-IMPOSED IGNORANCE OF THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE TO A FULLY OBSERVANT LIFE IN ISRAEL. | |
BR | 7001 | EASTER IN KISHINEV | ANATOMY OF A POGROM | JUDGE, EDWARD H. | IN FEBRUARY, 1903, THE BODY OF A YOUNG BOY WAS DISCOVERED IN A SMALL TOWN IN SOUTHWESTERN RUSSIA. RUMORS THAT HE HAD BEEN MURDERED BY LOCAL JEWS SPREAD AND IN KISHINEV A MAJOR POGROM RESULTED. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE CAUSES OF THE RIOTS, THE JEWISH SITUATION IN RUSSIA AT THE TIME, AND THE SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE THAT ENSUED. | |
BR | 7002 | TO CROSS A LINE | RAY, KAREN | IN 1938 NAZI GERMANY A YOUNG JEWISH BOY CONFRONTS THE GESTAPO WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS. HE BECOMES A FUGITIVE AND EVENTUALLY ARRIVES AT THE DANISH BORDER WHERE HE GAINS HIS FREEDOM THROUGH THE GOOD WILL OF A DANISH SERGEANT. | ||
BR | 7003 | BAKER'S DOZEN #13 | SOMETHING'S FISHY | STEIN, AIDEL | NITZA WILON | THE BAKER BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT SUMMERS, SO FOR TWO DAYS THEY DECIDE TO TAKE SEPARATE VACATIONS. MR. BAKER AND HIS SONS GO FISHING IN THE MOUNTAINS WHILE THE GIRLS AND THEIR MOTHER HEAD FOR NEW YORK AND A SHOPPING SPREE. ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES SOON FOLLOW. |
BR | 7005 | CIRCLING EDEN | A NOVEL OF ISRAEL IN STORIES | MAGUN, CAROL | A POIGNANT AND ROMANTIC RENDERING OF A YOUNG AMERICAN SEEKING HER ROOTS IN ISRAEL. HER QUEST IS MORE COMPLICATED THAN SHE HAD IMAGINED SINCE HER ISRAELI BRETHREN SEEM AMBIVALENT TOWARD A SINGLE WOMAN, AN AMERIKAT, AN ASSIMILATED JEW. | |
BR | 7006 | GOOD POLICEMAN, THE | CHARYN, JEROME | IN THIS ACTION PACKED MYSTERY, JEWISH NEW YORK CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER ISAAC SIDEL CUTS SHORT HIS LECTURE TOUR TO RETURN TO NEW YORK WHERE HE HOPES TO UNCOVER THE WHEREABOUTS OF A MISSING MOB LAWYER, A MOB ACCOUNTANT AND A FORMER ROMANIAN 'PRINCESS.' DISREGARDING THE DIRECTIVES OF HIS BOSS, SIDEL'S UNORTHODOX METHODS LAND HIM IN JAIL. | ||
BR | 7007 | GANG OF FOUR, THE | KUNG FOOEY TO THE RESCUE | PETERSEIL, YAACOV | MARILYN PERE | USING A COMPUTER, FOUR SIBLINGS FOIL A TERRORIST PLOT. |
BR | 7008 | CLASSIC CHASSIDIC TALES | LEVIN, MEYER | MEYER LEVIN, A MASTER STORYTELLER, HAS GATHERED THE SCATTERED LEGENDS OF THE BAAL SHEM TOV TO FORM THE LEGENDARY LIFE STORY OF RABBI ISRAEL, THE ESTEEMED LEADER OF THE CHASSIDIC MOVEMENT. | ||
BR | 7009 | OUT OF THE SHADOW | A RUSSIAN JEWISH CHILDHOOD ON THE | COHEN, ROSE | FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1918, COHEN'S NARRATIVE CONVEYS A POWERFUL SENSE OF THE ASPIRATIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS OF AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH FAMILY IN AN ALIEN CULTURE. | |
BR | 7010 | DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR, A | LAMBLIN, BIANCA | SILVIA HOREN | THIS IS THE STORY OF BIANCA BIENENFELD, A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, WHO WAS SEDUCED BY HER PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR, SIMON DE BEAUVOIR AND THEN PASSED ON TO DE BEAUVOIR'S PARTNER/LOVER JEAN-PAUL SARTRE. ABANDONED AFTER A YEAR, LAMBLIN RESUMED A PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP WITH DE BEAUVOIR AFTER WW II AND THEY MET EVERY MONTH FOR FORTY YEARS. | |
BR | 7011 | I. L. PERETZ READER | WISSE, RUTH R., ED. | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE YIDDISH WRITER WHO LIVED FROM 1852 TO 1915. PERETZ DESCRIBES GROWING UP ORTHODOX IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLAND AND DEPICTS GRINDING POVERTY SIDE BY SIDE WITH A BELIEF IN MIRACLES AND A STOIC ACCEPTANCE OF LIFE'S REALITIES. | ||
BR | 7012 | SACRIFICE OF TAMAR | RAGEN, NAOMI | TAMAR FEINGOLD IS A HAPPY, CHASTE YOUNG BRIDE IN ONE OF BROOKLYN'S ULTRA-ORTHODOX ENCLAVES. THIS ALL CHANGES WHEN SHE IS RAPED ONE NIGHT BY A BLACK MAN WHILE SHE IS CARING FOR HER SISTER'S BABY. DISCOVERING SHE IS PREGNANT, TAMAR HIDES WHAT HAPPENED, BUT A SHOCKING TURN OF EVENTS ULTIMATELY FORCES TAMAR TO FACE THE TRUTH. | ||
BR | 7013 | RUE ORDENER, RUE LABAT | KOFMAN, SARAH | SYLLA HASKEL | KOFMAN, WHO TAUGHT PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOANALYSIS, ART AND LITERATURE AT THE SORBONNE, WROTE ABOUT HER CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN PARIS DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION. | |
BR | 7014 | IN THE YEAR 1096 | THE FIRST CRUSADE AND THE JEWS | CHAZAN, ROBERT | SHIRLEY RADC | CHAZAN RELATES STORIES OF CHRISTIAN ENEMIES, BUT ALSO OF CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, AND OF JEWISH MARTRYS, BUT ALSO OF JEWISH NEGOTIATORS AND CONVERTS. HE DEVOTES THE SECOND HALF OF THE BOOK TO TRACING VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGH THE INTERVENING NINE CENTURIES OF JEWISH HISTORY. |
BR | 7015 | LIFE AND MANY DEATHS OF HARRY HOUDINI, THE | BRANDON, RUTH | CHRISTINE WA | BRANDON RELATES THE LIFE HOUDINI FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN BUDAPEST AS THE SON OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL RABBI TO HIS CAREER AS A FAMOUS MAGICIAN. SHE EXPLAINS THE SECRETS OF HOUDINI'S FAMOUS ESCAPES, HIS OBSESSION WITH DEATH AND HIS CAMPAIGN TO EXPOSE FAKE MEDIUMS AS WELL AS A DESCRIPTION OF HIS FABLED DEATH. | |
BR | 7016 | YESTERDAY'S KITCHEN | JEWISH RECIPES FROM A VANISHING AG | BURR, GILLIAN & MARION COHEN, EDITOR | ARLENE SELEK | A COLLECTION OF PRE-1939 RECIPES FROM CONTRIBUTORS WHO LIVED OR STILL LIVE IN JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN 38 COUNTRIES. THE AMAZING VARIETY OF FOODS AND PREPARATION OF DISHES FROM ORIENT AND OCCIDENT, ALL ABIDING BY THE LAWS OF KASHRUT, SUDDENLY GIVES ONE A NEW, COLORFUL KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEW OF THE DIASPORA. |
BR | 7017 | HEROES AND HUSTLERS, HARD HATS AND HOLY MEN | INSIDE THE NEW ISRAEL | CHAFETS, ZE'EV | AN ACCOUNT OF THE NEW ISRAEL BY AN AMERICAN TURNED PSEUDO-SABRA. CALLING ISRAEL 'A GOOD COUNTRY IN A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD,' THE AUTHOR GIVES A VOICE TO ITS NEW GENERATION WHO BELIEVES THAT IT IS 'A REAL COUNTRY WITH THE FLAWS AND WEAKNESSES OF REAL COUNTRIES EVERYWHERE.' | |
BR | 7018 | NO TROPHY, NO SWORD | AN AMERICAN VOLUNTEER IN THE ISRAE | LIVINGSTON, HAROLD | AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF AMERICAN JEWS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO FLY MILITARY SUPPLIES THROUGH THE BRITISH BLOCKADE TO ISRAEL DURING THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE. HE RECALLS THE TENSE FLIGHTS IN OVERLOADED PLANES, THE SQUABBLING BETWEEN THE IRGUN AND THE HAGANAH, AND HIS DECISION TO REMAIN AN AMERICAN. | |
BR | 7019 | BOOK THAT WAS LOST, A | S. Y. AGNON | MINTZ, A. AND A. G. HOFFMAN: EDITORS | HARRY SMALL | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ISRAELI NOVELIST. AGNON TRANSFORMS TRADITIONAL THEMES AND SOURCES AND WRITES OF COMMUNITY AND DISLOCATION, LONGING AND LOSS. |
BR | 7020 | POLITICS OF MEMORY, THE | THE PATH OF A HOLOCAUST HISTORIAN | HILBERG, RAUL | IN THIS DEFENSIVE, DRYLY WRITTEN, SOMETIMES ACRIMONIOUS MEMOIR, HILBERG SETTLES SCORES WITH HIS OPPONENTS, NOTABLY HOLOCAUST HISTORIAN LUCY DAWIDOWICZ AND DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM HANNAH ARENDT. HE RELIVES PERSONAL MOMENTS OF INTENSE DRAMA, HIS ESCAPE FROM AUSTRIA IN 1939 AND HIS RETURN TO MUNICH AS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER AT WAR'S END. | |
BR | 7021 | SMILE FOR SAMMY, A | STERN, SARA | SAMMY IS THE TERROR OF THE CLASS. THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE HE CAME. BUT AVI HAS HIS OWN IDEAS ABOUT SAMMY. THE SEVENTH-GRADERS AT NOAM HATORAH DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY AT ALL. WILL AVI BE ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM? | ||
BR | 7022 | METAPHOR AND MEMORY | OZICK, CYNTHIA | A SELECTION OF ESSAYS, REVIEWS AND ORATIONS CULLED FROM VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS WHICH REFLECT OZICK'S LITERARY AND SOCIAL INTERESTS AND COMMITTMENTS. | ||
BR | 7023 | QUALITY OF MERCY, THE | KELLERMAN, FAYE | SET IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND, THIS IS THE STORY OF REBECCA, A SPANISH JEW POSING AS AN ANGLICAN, WHO MEETS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. THE ENCOUNTER IRREVOCABLY CHANGES BOTH THEIR LIVES. | ||
BR | 7024 | GHOST STORIES | BRONER, E. M. | SHIRLEY SOMM | DEATH DOES NOT RESOLVE THE EMOTION, ANGER, AND TENSION BETWEEN LEILA, A MIDDLE-AGED, PROFESSIONAL JEWISH WOMAN, AND HER MOTHER. AT A FRIDAY NIGHT SYNAGOGUE SERVICE LEILA DISCOVERS HER MOTHER'S GHOST SITTING BESIDE HER AND FOR THE NEXT 11 MONTHS, THE WOMEN TALK, TRYING TO RECONCILE THEIR DIFFERENCES. | |
BR | 7025 | CHILDREN OF CIRCUMSTANCES | ISRAELI EMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK | SHOKEID, MOSHE | THE AUTHOR EXPLORES ONE OF THE LARGEST COMMUNITIES OF ISRAELI IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. | |
BR | 7026 | ON STAGE, OFF STAGE | MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME IN THE YIDD | KADISON, LUBA & JOSEPH BULOFF WITH I | THE CAREERS OF THE GREAT YIDDISH ACTOR AND ACTRESS (HUSBAND AND WIFE) WERE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH YIDDISH THEATER FOR OVER 60 YEARS. FROM THE DAYS OF THE VILNA TROUPE TO THEIR SUCCESS ON THE AMERICAN YIDDISH STAGE, THIS RECORD INCLUDES THEATER MEMORABILIA THAT HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. | |
BR | 7027 | AROUND THE MAGGID'S TABLE | THE SEQUEL TO 'THE MAGGID SPEAKS' | KROHN, RABBI PAYSACH J. | THIS SEQUEL TO THE MAGGID SPEAKS IS PACKED WITH WONDERFUL STORIES AND THEIR MORALS, AS TOLD BY SOME OF JEWRY'S MOST ELOQUENT AND POPULAR SPEAKERS. THIS BOOK MASTERFULLY CAPTURES THE DISTINCTIVE ART OF THE MAGGID. © 1989 | |
BR | 7028 | MAZEL | GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA | RABBI KAREN | FOR SASHA SAUNDERS BORN IN A POLISH SHTETL AND NOW A SOPHISTICATED NEW YORKER, MAZEL IS THE PREDOMINANT FACTOR IN HER LIFE. GOLDSTEIN DEPICTS THE HEADY EXCITEMENT, THE INTELLECTUAL FERMENT AND THE CULTURAL VIGOR OF SHTETL LIFE IN WARSAW BEFORE THE WAR AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF NEW YORK JEWISH COMMUNITY LIFE. | |
BR | 7029 | MAHATMA GANDHI IN A CADILLAC | ROSEN, GERALD | AUDREY FLAMB | OFFERED A SUMMER JOB IN SEATTLE, DANNY SCHWARTZ, A JEWISH BOY FROM THE BRONX, SETS OFF ON THE ROAD TO AMERICA. ON THE FIRST DAY HE MEETS LESLIE SCHMIDT, A FARMER'S DAUGHTER AND MUSICIAN AND SOON FALLS IN LOVE. | |
BR | 7030 | STRANGE ATTRACTORS | GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA | MELINDA DAVI | A COLLECTION OF STORIES THAT EXPLORES THE INTERACTIONS OF THOUGHT AND FEELING, MIND AND HEART, TO REVEAL THE DEEP, MYSTERIOUS TIES BETWEEN SEEMINGLY UNRELATED LIVES. | |
BR | 7031 | IT'S A MITZVAH! | STEP BY STEP TO JEWISH LIVING | ARTSON, BRADLEY SHAVIT | MELVIN DAVIS | A BOOK ABOUT MITZVOT AND A GUIDE TO LEADING A MORAL, CIVILIZED LIFE. ARTSON OFFERS PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE MITZVOT AND INCLUDES PERSONAL ANECDOTES. |
BR | 7032 | FUNERAL AT NOON | KOREN, YESHAYAHU | TAMIR JBI S |
HAGAR, A CHILDLESS, FRUSTRATED HOUSEWIFE WHO IS DRIFTING APART FROM HER HUSBAND, FORMS A SPECIAL ATTACHMENT TO HER NEIGHBOR'S SON. THE BOY SPIES HAGAR AND A SOLDIER IN A SEXUAL LIAISON IS UPSET AND VANISHES. HAGAR CONCEALS THE AFFAIR AND MISREPRESENTS THE REASONS FOR THE BOY'S DISAPPEARANCE WHICH COMPOUNDS THE ENSUING TRAGEDY. | |
BR | 7033 | JERUSALEM ANTHOLOGY, THE | A LITERARY GUIDE | HAMMER, REUVEN: EDITOR | A COLLECTION OF LITERATURE, POETRY, SONGS AND HISTORY FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES. | |
BR | 7034 | AMI | AVED, JOE | STEVE SPRARA | A NOVEL THAT OPENS WITH THE HIJACKING OF AN AIRLINER IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE KIDNAPPING OF AN ISRAELI INFANT BY A PALESTINIAN TERRORIST. | |
BR | 7036 | TOPOL'S TREASURY OF JEWISH HUMOR, WIT AND WISDOM | TOPOL, CHAIM, COMPILED BY | SANDI SKODNI | THE REMARKABLE ACTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE AS TEVYE IN FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, HAS GATHERED TOGETHER HIS FAVORITE JOKES, STORIES, SAYINGS AND WISE WORDS FROM THE WORLD OF THE JEWS. THE RESULT IS A CHARMING, RIB-TICKLING COMPENDIUM OF THE BRIGHTEST, FUNNIEST AND OFTEN MOST POIGNANT ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE. | |
BR | 7047 | HOUSE OF GUILT | ROSENBERG, ROBERT | JANET KALISH | ONCE AGAIN, AVRAM COHEN RELUCTANTLY RETIRED FROM THE JERUSALEM POLICE, IS EMBROILED IN ISRAEL'S TUMULTUOUS POLITICAL SCENE AS WELL AS A NEW MURDER MYSTERY. DID PALESTINIAN EXTREMISTS MURDER THE RICH GRANDSOM OF ISRAELI BANKER RAPHAEL LEVI-TSUR, OR WAS IT ACTUALLY JEWISH EXTREMISTS AS COHEN IS MORE INCLINED TO BELIEVE. | |
BR | 7048 | IKE AND MAMA AND TROUBLE AT SCHOOL | SNYDER, CAROL | SET IN THE BRONX IN THE 1920S, THIS CAPTIVATING BOOK DEPICTS THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF 12-YEAR-OLD IKE GREENBERG. HE'S BEING PURSUED AND INTIMIDATED BY ZIGGY, A BULLY WHO CALLS HIM A DITY JEW AND SCOLDED BY HIS MORNING TEACHER. THEN THE PRINCIPAL HANDS HIM A SEALED NOTE TO GIVE TO HIS PARENTS... | ||
BR | 7049 | AWARENESS | THE KEY TO ACCEPTANCE, FORGIVENESS | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF THE NINE PRINCIPLE PERSONALITY TYPES, BASED ON AN AMAZINGLY ACCURATE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM CALLED THE ENNEAGRAM. THE AUTHOR DEMONSTARTES HOW AN UNDERSTANDING OF ONE'S STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES CAN LEAD TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH. | |
BR | 7051 | MURDER AT CITY HALL | KOCH, EDWARD I. | 'RIDICULOUS!' PROCLAIMS HIZZONER WHEN HE FINDS HIMSELF ON THE N.Y.P.D.'S LIST OF PRIME SUSPECTS. DRAWING ON HIS WIDE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS - IN AND OUT OF CITY HALL-KOCH FIGHTS TO CLEAR HIS NAME WHILE RUNNING THE CITY AND SECRETLY FOLLOWING A CRIME TRAIL THAT STRETCHES FROM GRAND ARMY PLAZA TO THE WEST SIDE RAILROAD YARDS. | ||
BR | 7052 | COMPLETE AMERICAN-JEWISH COOKBOOK, THE | LONDON, ANNE & BERTHA KAHN BISHOV | THIS GIANT EASY-TO-USE VOLUME INCLUDES OVER 3,500 DELICIOUS WAYS TO COOK IN ACCORSANCE WITH JEWISH DIETARY LAWS. | ||
BR | 7054 | JEWISH WISDOM | ETHICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND HISTORICAL | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI | RABBI TELUSHKIN PROVIDES A LIVELY COMPANION TO HIS POPULAR JEWISH LITERACY IN THIS COLLECTION OF HUNDREDS OF INFLUENTIAL QUOTATIONS TAKEN FROM THE JEWISH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR CANON DATING FROM THE TALMUD TO ISAAC SINGER AND AMOS OZ. | |
BR | 7055 | GOD AND THE BIG BANG | DISCOVERING HARMONY BETWEEN SCIENC | MATT, DANIEL C. | MARK YOHALEM | DRAWING ON THE INSIGHTS OF PHYSICS AND JEWISH MYSTICISM, MATT UNCOVERS THE SENSE OF WONDER THAT CONNECTS US WITH THE UNIVERSE AND GOD. HE SHOWS PARALLELS BETWEEN MODERN COSMOLOGY AND ANCIENT JEWISH KABBALAH AND DEMONSTRATES HOW SCIENCE AND RELIGION TOGETHER CAN ENRICH OUR SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING. |
BR | 7056 | JEWS OF GERMANY, THE | A HISTORICAL PORTRAIT | GAY, RUTH | PAULINE M. SCOTT | THIS HIGHLY READABLE AND INFORMATIVE HISTORY OF GERMANY'S JEWS EXTENDS FROM THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE'S COURT IN 321 C.E. TO THE LAST SHIPMENT OF JEWISH ARMAMENT WORKERS FROM BERLIN TO AUSCHWITZ ON FEBRUARY 27, 1943. ALTHOUGH THE BOOK DOES NOT NEGLECT THE HOLOCAUST OR MEDIEVAL JEWRY, IT IS MORE A CELEBRATION THAN A LAMENTATION. |
BR | 7057 | MY BALTIMORE LANDSMEN | A DOCUMENTARY NOVEL | TAUBE, HERMAN | THIS IS A MOVING TALE ABOUT SURVIVORS AND THEIR BENEFACTORS IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. THE NOVEL COMPELS US TO CONFRONT THE VANISHED PAST, THE SHTETLS THAT NO LONGER EXIST, THE TRIBULATIONS AND PERILS OF THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE COMPASSION AND ACCEPTANCE THE SURVIVORS FOUND IN AMERICA AFTER WORLD WAR II. | |
BR | 7058 | RACHEL CALOF'S STORY | A JEWISH HOMESTEADER ON THE NORTHE | CALOF, RACHEL BELLA | SYLVIA JACOB | IN 1894, THE 18-YEAR-OLD CALOF, A RUSSIAN JEW, WAS SHIPPED TO THE U.S. TO MARRY AN UNKNOWN MAN AND STAKE A HOMESTEADING CLAIM WITH HIM IN NORTH DAKOTA. OCCASIONALLY REVEALING A BITING SENSE OF HUMOR, CALOF WRITES OF HER DIFFICULT AND OFTEN PATHETIC CIRCUMSTANCES, YET SHE REMEMBERS THE PLEASANT TIMES TOO. |
BR | 7060 | DAYS AND THE SEASONS, THE | FRIESEL, EVYATAR | NINA MELTZER | FRIESEL (JEWISH HISTORY, HEBREW UNIV.) HAS COMBINED A PERSONAL MEMOIR WITH AN EXAMINATION OF THE PLACE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE. HE TELLS OF HIS FAMILY'S ESCAPE FROM GERMANY IN 1939. HIS CHILDHOLD YEARS IN BRAZIL AND HIS SETTLEMENT IN ISRAEL IN 1950, WHERE HE STILL MAKES HIS HOME. | |
BR | 7061 | SILENTS, THE | ABRAMS, CHARLOTTE | RITA FEDER | THIS IS A STORY OF LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION. IT IS ALSO AN ACCOUNT OF TWO DEAF JEWISH PARENTS WHO TRIED TO PROVIDE A 'REGULAR' LIFE FOR THEIR CHILDREN. | |
BR | 7062 | STRANGER IN THE MIDST | A MEMOIR OF SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY | FINK, NAN | SILVIA HOREN | FINK WRITES OF HER SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL DISCOVERIES AFTER SHE CONVERTED TO JUDAISM AT MIDLIFE. THE CHANGES SHE MADE PROVED TO BE FAR MORE DIFFICULT THAN SHE EVER ANTICIPATED, AND AT ONE POINT FINK QUESTIONED THE RELIGION SHE HAD ADOPTED. BUT HER COMMITMENT TO JUDAISM REMAINS STRONG AND MEANINGFUL. |
BR | 7063 | TALMUDIC IMAGES | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | SARENE MEYER | THIS VOLUME IS NOT INTENDED AS A HISTORY OF THE SAGES NOR DOES IT ATTEMPT TO DESCRIBE THEIR DIFFERENT SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT. STEINSALTZ'S INTENTION IS TO GIVE A CERTAIN IMPRESSION, A SKETCH OF PERSONALITIES, NOT ONLY AS THINKERS AND SCHOLARS, BUT ALSO AS HUMAN BEINGS, WHOM WE OURSELVES CAN SEE STANDING BEFORE US TODAY. | |
BR | 7064 | DANGER! THREE JEWISH PEOPLES | AVI-HAI, AVRAHAM | THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE EMERGENCE OF THREE SEPARATE JEWISH COMMUNITIES; THE NEW ISRAELIS, WHO ARE MODERN AND SECULAR; AMERICAN JEWS WHO HAVE FADED INTO AN ASSIMILATED LIFESTYLE AND CIVIL RELIGION; AND THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX WHO LIVE IN ISOLATED COMMUNITIES AND ARE FEARFUL OF CHANGE. HE WARNS OF SCHISMS AND PROPOSES WAYS TO WORK TOWARD UNITY. | ||
BR | 7065 | JEWISH WAR, THE | REICH, TOVA | MARILYN WEIN | FORMER BRONX SOCIAL WORKER JERRY GOLDBERG HAS BECOME YEHUDI HAGOEL, CULT LEADER OF A BAND OF AMERICAN JEWISH ZEALOTS WHO ESTABLISH A SHORT-LIVED SECESSIONIST KINGDOM ON ISRAEL'S WEST BANK. JOINING HIM IN THIS DOOMED QUEST ARE HIS THREE WIVES, A COMRADE FROM BROOKLYN AND OTHER FANATICS WILLING TO DIE FOR THEIR CAUSE. | |
BR | 7066 | 100 YEARS, 100 STORIES | BURNS, GEORGE | FRANK SWEENE | GEORGE BURNS' CAREER SPANNED THE HISTORY OF MODERN SHOW BUSINESS. HE STARRED IN VAUDEVILLE, RADIO, TELEVISION, THE MOVIES, AND THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AND ON THE NIGHTCLUB STAGE. HERE HE DELIVERS HUMOROUS ANECDOTES ON HIS LIFE AND CAREER. | |
BR | 7067 | SWINE'S WEDDING, THE | WEISS, DAVID EVAN | CHRISTINE WA | IN A BIZARRE AND BITING STORY, THE DOOMED ENGAGEMENT OF SOLOMON BENEVISTE UNFOLDS THROUGH THE JOURNALS OF THE TWO WOMEN WHO LOVE HIM; HIS JEWISH MOTHER AND HIS WASPY FIANCEE. THE TWO NARRATORS ARE COMPLEX, UNSELFCONSCIOUS AND BELIEVABLE. TOGETHER, THEY PROVIDE A COMPELLING, IF GROTESQUE, REASON TO REMAIN TRUE TO ONE'S IDENTITY. | |
BR | 7069 | ABOUT SCHMIDT | BEGLEY, LOUIS | TANYA SHERMAN | A PATRICIAN LAWYER IN LOVE, HIS YUPPIE DAUGHTER AND HER JEWISH FIANCE PLAY PARTS IN THIS NOVEL SET AMIDST A FADING WASP SOCIETY AND RISING NEW FORTUNES IN NEW YORK AND THE HAMPTONS. | |
BR | 7070 | JACK AND ROCHELLE | A STORY OF LOVE AND RESISTANCE | SUTIN, LARRY: EDITOR | MELISSA WOLF | SUTIN CRAFTED THIS HOLOCAUST ACCOUNT FROM INTERVIEWS HE CONDUCTED WITH HIS PARENTS. THEY DESCRIBE HOW THEY FLED FROM POLISH GHETTOS, THEIR HARROWING ENCOUNTERS WITH ANTI-SEMITIC RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE WAR. THE SUTINS MARRIED AND EMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER THE WAR. |
BR | 7071 | MRS. HORNSTIEN | WAGMAN, FREDRICA | MARJORIE RAP | SPANNING 30 YEARS, THIS NOVELLA HIGHLIGHTS THE INCREASINGLY TOUCHING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARTY HORNSTIEN AND HER FORMIDABLE MOTHER-IN-LAW, GOLDA, THROUGH TRAGEDIES AND OTHER LIFE-SHAPING EVENTS. | |
BR | 7072 | PICTURING THE WRECK | SHAPIRO, DANI | TANYA SHERMA | AS A RESULT OF A DESTRUCTIVE AFFAIR WITH A PATIENT 30 YEARS AGO, AGING PSYCHOANALYST SOLOMON GROSSMAN LOST BOTH A PRESTIGIOUS JOB AND HIS FAMILY. GROSSMAN RECOGNIZES HIS LONG-LOST SON ON A TV BROADCAST AND THE RESULTING REUNION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON IS AWKWARD YET MOVING AND INSIGHTFUL. | |
BR | 7073 | DUTCHMAN'S DILEMMA, THE | MEYERS, MAAN | SARENE MEYER | IN THIS FOURTH VOLUME IN THE TONNEMAN FAMILY SAGA, SHERIFF PIETER TONNEMAN IS ORDERED BY HIS OLD ENEMY, FIRST COUNCILLOR NICASIUS DE SILLE, TO FIND THE MISCREANT WHO RITUALLY KILLED THE GOVERNOR'S PRIZE HORSE. URGENCY IS ADDED TO THE INVESTIGATION WHEN WHISPERS OF WITCHCRAFT BEGIN, AIMED AT THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY. | |
BR | 7074 | RABBI AND THE NUN, THE | SCHREIBER, MORDECAI | FRANK SWEENE | RABBI KAYE AND SISTER EVE ARE PASSIONATELY COMMITTED TO THEIR RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. YET IN SPITE OF THEIR DIFFERING BELIEFS, THEY BECOME ATTRACTED TO EACH OTHER. THEY TEAM UP IN THEIR SPIRITUAL SEARCH, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. | |
BR | 7075 | REMARKABLE JEWISH WOMEN | REBELS, RABBIS AND OTHER JEWISH WO | TAITZ, EMILY & SONDRA HENRY | HISTORIANS TAITZ AND HENRY OFFER YOUNG READERS A KALEIDOSCOPE OF JEWISH WOMEN FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD OF THE BIBLE TO MODERN TIMES. IN THIS COLLECTION OF MORE THAN 80 PORTRAITS, THE AUTHORS SHOW THESE WOMEN WITHIN A CAREFULLY RESEARCHED HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT. | |
BR | 7078 | LITTLE BLACK BOX, THE | PART ONE - TOP SECRET | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | MARK TAFOYA/ | A GROUP OF TOP-NOTCH SCIENTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE GETTING TOGETHER FOR A SPECIAL CONFERENCE AT A LUXURIOUS CATSKILLS RESORT. BUT SOMETHING MORE IS BREWING. SHRAGA MORGENSTERN AND PINNY KATZ TRAVEL TO THE HOTEL WITH THEIR SCIENTIST FATHERS AND A SECRET WEAPON, NEVER DREAMING OF THE PERILS THAT LIE IN WAIT FOR THEM. |
BR | 7079 | TEDDY KOLLEK | BUILDER OF JERUSALEM | RABINOVICH, ABRAHAM | AS A YOUNG BOY IN VIENNA, TEDDY KOLLEK JOINED A ZIONIST CLUB, HOPING TO BUILD A JEWISH HOMELAND IN PALESTINE. NOT ONLY DID KOLLEK FULFILL HIS DREAM OF BECOMING A PIONEER, HE WENT ON TO BECOME A SECRET AGENT, A DIPLOMAT, A TRUSTED AIDE TO ISRAEL'S FOUNDING FATHER, AND FOR SOME 25 YEARS, THE MOST FAMOUS MAYOR IN THE WORLD. | |
BR | 7080 | DAY THE RABBI LEFT TOWN, THE | KEMELMAN, HARRY | SANDI SKODNI | RABBI SMALL HAS RESIGNED AS RABBI OF BARNARD'S CROSSING'S TEMPLE AND ACCEPTED A PROFESSORSHIP AT WINDEMERE COLLEGE. THE BODY OF AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR IS FOUND IN A SNOWDRIFT. HEART ATTACK? RABBI SMALL THINKS NOT, FOR A MAN AS SUBLIMELY SELF-INTERESTED AS PROFESSOR KENT MUST HAVE RACKED UP MANY A GRUDGE. AND, AS USUAL, THE RABBI IS RIGHT. | |
BR | 7081 | GREAT TOPICS OF THE WORLD | GOLDBARTH, ALBERT | SHIRLEY RADC | POET GOLDBARTH'S ESSAYS ARE SINGULAR HYBRIDS, SEAMLESSLY MELDING AUTOBIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, FANTASY AND MYTH. DEATH, EROS, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND RUEFUL WISDOM ARE INSEPARABLY INTWINED IN THESE WONDROUS ESSAYS FULL OF INTRIGUING LORE AND SURPRISING CONNECTIONS. | |
BR | 7082 | MAN IN THE BOX, THE | MORAN, THOMAS | IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN AUSTRIA DURING WORLD WAR II, A JEWISH DOCTOR SHOWS UP AT THE HOME OF A 'RIGHTEOUS GENTILE' FAMILY SEEKING REFUGE FROM THE NAZIS. YEARS BEFORE HE HAD SAVED THEIR ONLY SON. DESPITE THE DANGERS OF HARBORING JEWS, THE MAN IS HIDDEN IN A FALSE ROOM, NO BIGGER THAN A BOX, IN THE BARN FOR TWO YEARS. | ||
BR | 7083 | LIEBERMAN'S LAW | KAMINSKY, STUART | ELYSE WEISBE | WHEN A SYNAGOGUE IS DEFACED AND A TORAH STOLEN AGING CHICAGO COP ABE LIEBERMAN TAKES IT PERSONALLY; IT'S HIS SHUL AND HIS WIFE IS THE PRESIDENT. ABE IS ALSO BATTLING A KOREAN GANG AND HIS OWN FAMILY PROBLEMS AS HE HITS THE TRAIL OF A PERVERSE ALLIANCE OF WHITE SKINHEADS AND ARAB MILITANTS. | |
BR | 7084 | NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH | PARRISH, RICHARD | PAUL N. KRAM | BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS LAWYER JOSHUA RABB, ON RETAINER TO MOBSTER MEYER LANSKY, IS CALLED IN WHEN THE BODY OF A HASIDIC JEW IS DISCOVERED ON THE LOCAL INDIAN RESERVATION. HE SOON FINDS HIMSELF ENMESHED IN ORGANIZED CRIME, EVEN AS HIS FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BECOMES INVOLVED IN A ROMANCE WITH MAFIOSO JOE BONNANO'S SON. | |
BR | 7085 | B. Y. HIGH #3 | GOING HOME | SCHREIBER, PEREL | NITZA WILON | PASSOVER MEANS GOING HOME, BUT TAMAR, ELISHEVA, AND ROCHEL EACH HAVE REASONS TO BE DISAPPOINTED IN THEIR HOLIDAY PLANS. IT TAKES AN UNEXPECTED EVENT TO TEACH THE GIRLS HOW TO VALUE WHAT IS PRECIOUS IN THEIR LIVES. |
BR | 7086 | SANCTUARY | KELLERMAN, FAYE | STAN STONE | WHILE LAPD DETECTIVE PETER DECKER IS INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DIAMOND DEALER ARIK YALOM AND HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE RINA IS PLAYING HOSTESS TO A FRIEND FROM BROOKLYN. BUT WHEN YALOM AND HIS FAMILY ARE FOUND MURDERED AND RINA'S FRIEND DISAPPEARS AFTER HER HUSBAND IS FOUND DEAD, CLUES LEAD DECKER AND HIS WIFE TO ISRAEL. | |
BR | 7087 | GEOGRAPHY OF THE HEART | A MEMOIR | JOHNSON, FENTON | RAMU DAMODAR | A MEMOIR TELLING THE STORY OF TWO MEN, OPPOSITES IN MANY WAYS: CATHOLIC AND JEW, SOUTHERNER AND CALIFORNIAN, DESCENDANT OF APPALACHIAN FOLK AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS' SON, HIV NEGATIVE AND HIV POSITIVE, WHO MET, FELL IN LOVE, AND EXPERIENCED DEATH IN ONE OF THE WORST EPIDEMICS OF OUR TIME. |
BR | 7088 | COLOR OF WATER, THE | A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WHITE | 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. |
BR | 7089 | VANISHING AMERICAN JEW, THE | IN SEARCH OF JEWISH IDENTITY FOR T | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN | SPENCER RAIN | DERSHOWITZ ARGUES THAT AMERICAN JEWRY IS IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT CENTURY, BECAUSE OF SKYROCKETING RATES OF INTERMARRIAGE AND ASSIMILATION, COMBINED WITH LOW BIRTH RATES. HE PROPOSES AN OVERHAUL OF JEWISH EDUCATION TO MAKE CLASSES AND STUDY GROUPS MORE ACCESSIBLE, WIDESPREAD AND RELEVANT TO SECULAR JEWS. |
BR | 7090 | CREATING ANGELS | STORIES OF TZEDAKAH | GOLDIN, BARBARA DIAMOND | RITA FEDER | THE AUTHOR HAS COLLECTED AND RETOLD TWENTY-FOUR STORIES ABOUT TZEDAKAH, OR CHARITY SOME OF WHICH ARE FROM THE ORAL TRADITION WHILE OTHERS ARE HASIDIC OR MIDRASHIC IN ORIGIN. |
BR | 7091 | QUARRY, THE | GROSSINGER, HARVEY | AUDREY FLAMB | GROSSINGER'S FLANNERY O'CONNER AWARD-WINNING COLLECTION OF FIVE STORIES AND ONE SHORT NOVELLA FOCUSES ON JEWISH FAMILIES, FATHER-AND-SON RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. | |
BR | 7092 | DO UNTO OTHERS | HOW GOOD DEEDS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIF | TWERSKI, ABRAHAM J., M.D., RABBI | SARENE MEYER | 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. |
BR | 7093 | AFTERLIFE DIET | PINKWATER, DANIEL | HAROLD SIEGE | IN THIS NEW YORK JEWISH FANTASY, HUGELY OBESE EDITOR MILTON CRAMER IS MURDERED AND FINDS HIMSELF IN A HEAVEN THAT IS A CATSKILL RESORT WHERE EVERYONE IS 'CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CHALLENGED,' GOD IS A STAND-UP COMIC AND THERE ARE NO PRUNES. | |
BR | 7094 | FINAL JUDGEMENT, THE | EASTERMAN, DANIEL | WHEN HIS YOUNG SON IS KIDNAPPED, ARYEH LEVIN CALLS ON HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, YOSEF ABUHATSEIRA, TO HELP. ALTHOUGH YOSEF SAVES THE BOY, THE CHILD'S PARENTS ARE BRUTALLY MURDERED AND THE MOSSAD ENLISTS YOSEF TO ASSIST THEM IN SOLVING A SERIES OF MURDERS. | ||
BR | 7095 | GEORGE ELIOT | THE JEWISH CONNECTION | LEVITT, RUTH | THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN AS A RESULT OF EXTENSIVE RESEARCH BY THE AUTHOR INTO THE LIFE OF GEORGE ELIOT, BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK, DANIEL DERONDA. | |
BR | 7097 | MIHU THE DETECTIVE | AND THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE BUDGIE | HALPERN, CHAIKY | BEATRICE DAV | WHEN PENNY THE BLUE BUDGIE FLEW OUT THE OPEN WINDOW OF THE FINE'S NEW HOME, HILLEL WAS SURE HE WOULD NEVER SEE HIS PET AGAIN. BUT RENA AND REUVEN FIND THE LITTLE BIRD, AND WITH THE HELP OF MIHU THE DETECTIVE, PENNY IS RETURNED TO HIS OWNER AND HILLEL FINDS NEW FRIENDS. |
BR | 7098 | FROM JERUSALEM TO THE EDGE OF HEAVEN | MEDITATIONS ON THE SOUL OF ISRAEL | ELON, ARI | RAYMA FELDMA | AN INNOVATIVE COMBINATION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY, FICTION, TALMUDIC COMMENTARY AND REFLECTIONS ON MODERN JEWISH AND ISRAELI IDENTITY. |
BR | 7099 | RESCUE OF MEMORY, THE | SUCHER, CHERYL PEARL | MARJORIE RAP | THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, RACHAEL WALLFISH IS RAISED IN A COMFORTABLE BUT ALMOST STIFLING ENVIRONMENT FILLED WITH FAMILY STORIES OF WARTIME ATROCITIES. TWENTY YEARS LATER, RACHAEL, NOW A SUCCESSFUL FILM PRODUCER, STRUGGLES WITH THE TENSIONS IN HER LIFE IN AN EFFORT TO DEFINE HER SENSE OF SELF. | |
BR | 7100 | KRAVEN IMAGES | ISLER, ALAN | NICHOLAS MARCUS KRAVEN, A VISITING LECTURER, IS A COMPULSIVE LIAR, A CAD, AND A WOULD-BE SEDUCER OF STUDENTS. HE IS AN IMPOSTER AS WELL, POSING AS HIS DEAD ENGLISH COUSIN. YET KRAVEN IS A MAN WHO IS HAUNTED BY HIS PAST-BY THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER, SOON AFTER THE FAMILY ESCAPED FROM NAZI OCCUPIED POLAND, AND HIS OWN DEMONS. | ||
BR | 7101 | DARK LADY FROM BELORUSSE, THE | CHARYN, JEROME | LESLIE CARRO | IT WAS A DARKLY ROMANTIC TIME. THE BRONX SAT NEAR THE ATLANTIC OCEAN WITHOUT A PROPER SEAWALL, AND THERE WAS TALK OF ATTACK SQUADS ARRIVING IN LITTLE RUBBER BOATS OFF SOME TRICKY SUBMARINE. BUT WHAT POWER WOULD A NAZI HAVE HAD AGAINST THE SHIMMERING OUTLINE OF CHARYN'S MOTHER IN HER SILVER FOX COAT; THE DARK LADY FROM BELORUSSE. | |
BR | 7102 | FOUNDER | A PORTRAIT OF THE FIRST ROTHSCHILD | ELON, AMOS | AUDREY FLAMB | FROM DOCUMENTS AND INTERVIEWS, ISRAELI JOURNALIST ELON HAS RECONSTRUCTED THE LIFE OF MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD, FOUNDER OF THE DYNASTY OF FAMILY BANKERS. |
BR | 7103 | LION OF JUDAH | OSTROVSKY, VICTOR | IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT THEIR MOSSAD MOLE, SYRIAN POLICE PLOT TO FRAME MOSSAD OFFICER NATAN STONE. STONE MUST UNCOVER THE TRAITOR TO CLEAR HIMSELF AND TO STOP THE TERRORIST ACTIVITY THAT THREATENS TO UNDERMINE MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS. | ||
BR | 7104 | TALES OUT OF SHUL | THE UNORTHODOX JOURNAL OF AN ORTHO | FELDMAN, EMANUEL | GINGER RICH | THIS JOURNAL TAKES US ON A VIVID AND UNFORGETTABLE TOUR OF FORTY YEARS IN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN THE AMERICAN RABBINATE, AS RABBI FELDMAN RECORDS HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND DEFEATS, HIS HOPES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS. HIS INSIGHTS INTO HUMAN NATURE AND CONTEMPORARY JEWISH HISTORY ARE PERCEPTIVE AND WITTY. |
BR | 7105 | JUDAH P. BENJAMIN | THE JEWISH CONFEDERATE | EVANS, ELI N. | SHIRLEY M. HANDLEY | THE AUTHOR MAINTAINS THAT JUDAH BENJAMIN, A FIGURE IN CIVIL WAR AND SOUTHERN JEWISH HISTORY, WAS DRIVEN INTO PUBLIC LIFE BY HIS JEWISHNESS. THE BOOK TRACES BENJAMIN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JEFFERSON DAVIES. |
BR | 7106 | DOUBLE DARE OF THE GOOBLYGLOP | GUTTMANN, TOVA | MARJORIE RAP | JOIN SAMMY AND JONATHAN IN SOME VERY EXCITING ADVENTURES, BUT BE WARNED! GOOBLY'S DARES MAKE PEOPLE DO THE CRAZIEST THINGS. | |
BR | 7107 | SMALL MIRACLES | EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES FROM EV | HALBERSTAM, YITTA & JUDITH LEVENTHAL | JANET KALISH | A COLLECTION OF OVER SIXTY STORIES THAT ARE MOVING, HEARTWARMING AND INSPIRATIONAL. THESE UNUSUAL COINCIDENCES, OFTEN CONTAINING MORAL, PROFOUND, AND EVEN DIVINE MESSAGES, DRAW US OUT OF THE ORDINARINESS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. |
BR | 7108 | HOMECOMING | PLAIN, BELVA | IT IS A CRISP DECEMBER DAY WHEN ANNETTE BYRNE DROPS FIVE SEALED LETTERS INTO THE MAILBOX. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WITH THE HOLIDAYS APPROACHING, HER ESTRANGED FAMILY, INTIMATE ENEMIES, WILL BE GATHERED AT HER COUNTRY ESTATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS. BUT, NOT EVEN ANNETTE'S INDIMITABLE SPIRIT CAN HEAL THE RIFT-UNTIL A TRAGEDY OCCURS. | ||
BR | 7109 | GATES OF NOVEMBER, THE | CHRONICLES OF THE SLEPAK FAMILY | POTOK, CHAIM | SYLVIA HOREN | FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CHOSEN, THE TUMULTUOUS TRUE CHRONICLE OF A JEWISH FATHER AND SON IN THE SOVIET UNION-THE FATHER AN INFLEXIBLE OLD-GUARD BOLSHEVIK; THE SON A 'REFUSNIK' HERO PERSECUTED FOR 18 YEARS FOR ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE RUSSIA. |
BR | 7112 | CARTONS IN THE AIR AND OTHER STORIES | WEINBACH, SHAINDEL | 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. | ||
BR | 7113 | ELIJAH VISIBLE | 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. | |
BR | 7114 | WORDS THAT HURT, WORDS THAT HEAL | HOW TO CHOOSE WORDS WISELY AND WEL | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | RABBI TELUSHKIN DRAWS ON JEWISH TEACHINGS, PRIMARILY THE TALMUD, AND TRADITIONAL JEWISH STORIES TO EXPLORE HOW OUR WORDS CAN HARM OTHERS AND HOW WE CAN APPROACH THE ACT OF SPEAKING IN A MORE ETHICAL, EVEN SACRED MANNER. | |
BR | 7115 | SHADOW MAN | GORDON, MARY | POPULAR FEMINIST NOVELIST AND SHORT STORY WRITER GORDON DISCOVERS THAT THE FATHER SHE HAD IDEALIZED, THE MAN WHO SET HER COURSE AS A WRITER, WAS A LIAR AND AN IMPOSTOR. IN THIS DEEPLY MOVING MEMOIR, WE WATCH GORDON RECONSTRUCT HER IDENTITY, COME TO TERMS WITH HER FATHER AND RECOGNIZE HER OWN NEWLY DISCOVERED JEWISH ROOTS. | ||
BR | 7116 | OXFORD BOOK OF HEBREW SHORT STORIES, THE | ABRAMSON, GLENDA, EDITOR | ETHEL E. MAD | THIS COLLECTION OF HEBREW SHORT STORIES CONTAINS THE WORKS OF THE GREAT MODERN HEBREW PROSE WRITERS (EXCEPT FOR AGNON) IN EUROPE AND ISRAEL. THE SORROWS AND PROBLEMS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THEIR EXILE AND RETURN ARE COMBINED WITH WORKS OF PERSONAL ANGUISH AND HAPPINESS TO REVEAL THE GREAT SCOPE OF HEBREW LITERATURE. | |
BR | 7117 | HOW GOOD DO WE HAVE TO BE? A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF GUILT AND FORGIVENESS | KUSHNER, RABBI HAROLD | AMY S. GOLDB | A NEW INTERPRETATION OF ADAM AND EVE'S QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR SUBSEQUENT FALL FROM GRACE. KUSHNER CONTENDS THAT THE EATING OF THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE WAS NOT AN ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE BUT A COURAGEOUS STEP TOWARD SPIRITUAL SELF-REALIZATION. | |
BR | 7118 | PROMISES TO KEEP | ONE MAN'S JOURNEY AGAINST INCREDIB | MICHEL, ERNEST W. | ESTELLE ADEN | THE AUTHOR, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, RECALLS HIS TWO YEARS IN AUSCHWITZ WHERE, AS AN ORDERLY, HE DEALT WITH VICTIMS OF DR. MENGELE'S EXPERIMENTS. ESCAPING DURING AN EVACUATION IN 1945, MICHEL BEFRIENDED AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHO LATER HELPED HIM GET A NEW START IN THE U.S. WHERE HE SERVED FOR 42 YEARS AS A LEADER OF THE UJA-FEDERATION. |
BR | 7119 | HOLOCAUST, THE | THE WORLD AND THE JEWS 1933-1945 | ROSSEL, SEYMOUR | FROM THE THRIVING PRE-WAR YEARS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN BERLIN TO THE END OF THE NUREMBERG TRIALS, THIS TEXTBOOK USES PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL TO PROVIDE A UNIQUE VIEW OF THE HOLOCAUST. EACH CHAPTER ENDS WITH A REVIEW SECTION, BRIEFLY SUMMING UP THE CRITICAL FACTS OF THE CHAPTER, AND AN ISSUES SECTION FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. | |
BR | 7120 | ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND PEACE | ESSAYS | OZ, AMOS | TAMIR JBI S | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND SPEECHES IN WHICH THE ISRAELI AUTHOR DISCUSSES A VARIETY OF ISSUES SUCH AS THE ROLE OF WRITERS IN SOCIETY, THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT, AND THE ZIONIST DREAM. |
BR | 7121 | IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MAGGID | SHORT STORIES AND PARABLES | KROHN, RABBI PAYSACH J. | THE THIRD BOOK IN THE MAGGID SERIES IS FILLED WITH INSPIRATIONAL STORIES AND PARABLES ABOUT EMINENT PEOPLE OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY. | |
BR | 7123 | REQUIEM FOR MOSES | KIENZLE, WILLIAM X. | HERBERT ABRA | MOE GREEN'S WIDOW INSISTS THAT FATHER KOESLER HOLD A WAKE FOR HER NOMINALLY JEWISH HUSBAND. AS THE PRIEST BEGINS TO SPEAKS, MOE'S SISTER SOPHIE SEES HER DEAD BROTHER BLINK. IN THE ENSUING MELEE MOE INDICATES HE WANTS TO BE TAKEN HOME. NOW KOESLER MUST EXPLAIN TO HIS BISHOP WHY HE AGREED TO HOLD THE WAKE AND IF THERE REALLY WAS A MIRACLE. | |
BR | 7124 | LOVE INVENTS US | BLOOM, AMY | SANDRA CAREY | THIS FIRST NOVEL CHRONICLES A YOUNG GIRL'S JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD AND HER SEARCH FOR LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE. ELIZABETH TAUBE IS A CHUBBY, LONELY NEGLECTED CHILD WHO BEGINS TO FIND COMFORT IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES UNTIL AT 16, SHE MEETS HUDDIE LESTER. A TRUE LOVE STORY, MINUS ALL THE SUGAR COATING. | |
BR | 7125 | LEAVING A DOLL'S HOUSE | A MEMOIR | BLOOM, CLAIRE | LESLIE CARRO | THROWING ASIDE THE USUAL BRITISH RESERVE, BLOOM CANDIDLY LAYS BARE HER LIFE. SHE DISCUSSES GROWING UP JEWISH AND VIRTUALLY FATHERLESS IN 1930S AND '40S ENGLAND AND HER TROUBLED MARRIAGES ESPECIALLY TO PHILIP ROTH. AN EXTREMELY REVEALING AND FASCINATING GLIMPSE INSIDE AN ACTRESS WHOSE COOL EXTERIOR BELIES THE TURMOIL WITHIN. |
BR | 7126 | ROMANCE READER | ABRAHAM, PEARL | BARBARA JUST | STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL'S COMING-OF-AGE IN AN ULTRAORTHODOX HASIDIC HOME. RACHEL, THE ELDEST OF SIX CHILDREN, YEARNS FOR SOME OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUITS OF THE SECULAR WORLD SHE LEARNS ABOUT FROM ROMANCE NOVELS. SHE AGREES TO AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE, BUT WHEN THE MATCH GOES AWRY, HER SOLUTION IS BITTERSWEET. | |
BR | 7127 | NANOTIME | KOSKO, BART | GREGORY D. S | THE YEAR IS 2030, THE WORLD POPULATION HAS ALMOST DOUBLED AND ENTREPENEURS ARE RACING TO FIND A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE FOR EXPENSIVE AND SCARCE FUEL OIL. JOHN GRANT HAS PATENTED A PROCESS THAT CAN PRODUCE AN ALMOST LIMITLESS SUPPLY OF HYDROGEN FUEL, BUT HE NEEDS HELP. SUDDENLY HE DISCOVERS HE CANNOT TRUST ANYONE. | |
BR | 7128 | RAISING A THOUGHTFUL TEENAGER | A BOOK OF ANSWERS AND VALUES FOR P | KAMIN, RABBI BEN | ||
BR | 7129 | RABBI, RABBI | KANE, ANDREW | ROSE SPANIER | YAKOV IS A YOUNG MAN FULFILLING HIS FAMILY'S EXPECTATIONS IN BECOMING AN ORTHODOX RABBI. REBECCA IS A YOUNG WOMAN DEFYING HER FAMILY'S EXPECTATIONS IN BECOMING A REFORM RABBI. AS THEY STRUGGLE WITH THEIR CHOICES, THEIR STORY OF LOVE, FAITH AND COURAGE IS SET IN A WORLD ALTERED BY THE HOLOCAUST AND THE FORMATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. | |
BR | 7130 | GREAT JEWS ON STAGE AND SCREEN | LYMAN, DARRYL | A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES AND SKETCHES OF JEWISH VAUDEVILLIANS, SINGERS, DRAMATIC AND COMIC ACTORS, DANCERS AND OTHERS WHO MADE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PERTFORMING ARTS. | ||
BR | 7131 | MEZUZAH IN THE MADONNA'S FOOT, THE | ALEXY, TRUDI | THE AUTHOR GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HER TRIPS TO SPAIN, ISRAEL, CANADA, MEXICO, AND BRAZIL WHERE SHE ATTEMPTED TO RECONNECT WITH HER FAMILY'S JEWISH ROOTS. | ||
BR | 7132 | FORGOTTEN VICTIMS | THE ABANDONMENT OF AMERICANS IN HITLER'S CAMPS | BARD, MITCHELL G. | BASED ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AND INTERVIEWS WITH SURVIVORS, THE AUTHOR REVEALS THAT WASHINGTON OFFICIALS KNEW U.S. CITIZENS WERE BEING BRUTALIZED AND KILLED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS YET DID NOTHING TO SAVE THEM. BARD DESCRIBES THE FATE OF AMERICANS CAUGHT IN EUROPE AND THE MISTREATMENT OF AMERICAN MILITARY POWS, ESPECIALLY JEWS. | |
BR | 7133 | I LOVE GOOTIE | MY GRANDMOTHER'S STORY | APPLE, MAX | GINGER RICH | IN THIS MOVING AND OFTEN HILARIOUS MEMOIR, MAX APPLE CHRONICLES THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROCKY'S (ROOMMATES) WIFE, PARTNER, AND HARSHEST CRITIC, GOOTIE. HE DESCRIBES WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AN AMERICAN BOY RAISED BY A YIDDISH-SPEAKING GRANDMOTHER WHO APPROACHED EVERYTHING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A TIME AND PLACE LONG PAST. |
BR | 7134 | STORY A DAY, A | SIVAN-TAMMUZ | SOFER, G. | HERE ARE WONDERFUL CHILDREN'S STORIES THAT TELL ABOUT THE VARIOUS HOLIDAYS AND EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE MONTHS OF SIVAN AND TAMMUZ. | |
BR | 7135 | GENIUS OF THE JEWISH JOKE, THE | BERGER, ARTHUR ASA | IN THIS SCHOLARLY LOOK AT THE JEWISH JOKE, ARTHUR BERGER DISSECTS JEWISH HUMOR FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL, LITERARY, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS. HE CONTENDS THAT JEWS USED HUMOR AS A 'SURVIVAL MECHANISM' TO COPE WITH SUFFERING, POWERLESSNESS AND MARGINALITY. | ||
BR | 7136 | AMONG THE GINZBURGS | PALL, ELLEN | ARLENE CARME | THIS NOVEL COVERS ONE WEEKEND IN THE LIVES OF THE FIVE GINZBURG SIBLINGS AND THEIR FATHER, MEYER. HAVING ABANDONED HIS CHILDREN 25 YEARS EARLIER, MEYER, IN THE FINAL STAGES OF AN ILLNESS, HAS COME HOME TO DIE. | |
BR | 7137 | ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | A LIFE | HADDA, JANET | EVE ROSHEVSK | SINGER, THE PRE-EMINENT YIDDISH AMERICAN WRITER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, IS PORTRAYED AS A MAN PLAGUED BY FAMILY GUILT AND LITERARY JEALOUSY, PRONE TO SNIDE COMMENTS AND BLATANT SEXUAL LIAISONS. IN 1935 HE EMIGRATED FROM POLAND TO NEW YORK CITY WHERE HE WORKED AS A COLUMNIST FOR THE FOWARD. IN 1978 SINGER WON THE NOBEL PRIZE. |
BR | 7138 | ONCE REMOVED | APPELFELD, DAVID | ALYCE DOMENI | JACOB SIMON AND HIS DAUGHTER JANE ARE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. JANE, BECAUSE OF HER EXPERIENCES HAS SUFFERED IDENTITY PROBLEMS. UPON RETIREMENT JACOB BEGINS A DIARY, DEDICATED TO HIS BELOVED GRANDSON, WHICH IS SURREPTITOUSLY READ BY A YOUNG NURSE IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS DYING. | |
BR | 7139 | POMEGRANATE PENDANT, THE | WAYSMAN, DVORA | SILVIA HOREN | THIS STIRRING SAGA SET AGAINST A BACKDROP OF THE OLD YISHUV, SPANS FOUR GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY OF YEMENITE GOLDSMITHS AT THE VORTEX OF HISTORY IN ERETZ YISROEL. THEIR TRAGEDIES, TRIUMPHS, SORROWS AND JOYS, AND THE HEROINE'S PROFOUND LOVE FOR THE HOLY CITY, CREATE AN IMAGE OF AN ANCIENT LAND RISING FROM SLUMBER TO SPLENDOR. | |
BR | 7140 | MONA IN THE PROMISED LAND | JEN, GISH | MIRIAM FRIED | HELEN AND RALPH CHANG HAVE MOVED UP THE AMERICAN DREAM LADDER WITH A THRIVING BUSINESS AND LUXURIOUS HOME IN SUBURBIA IN THIS HUMOROUS NOVEL. BUT THE ACTIVITIES OF THEIR YOUNGER DAUGHTER, MONA, INCLUDING HER CONVERSION TO JUDAISM, ARE PROVING TOO MUCH FOR THEM. | |
BR | 7141 | JEW STORE, THE | A FAMILY MEMOIR | SUBERMAN, STELLA | AMY GOLDBERG | THIS IS THE HEARTWARMING STORY OF AARON BRONSON, WHO LIKE OTHER ENTERPRISING JEWISH IMMIGRANTS DURING THE 1920S, SET OUT FROM NEW YORK CITY IN SEARCH OF A PLACE TO SETTLE HIS FAMILY AND PROVE HIMSELF AS A BUSINESSMAN AND PROVIDER. HE PROVED THAT...AND MUCH MORE IN HIS 'JEW STORE.' |
BR | 7142 | SHALOM FRIEND | THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF YITZHAK RAB | STAFF OF THE JERUSALEM REPORT | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FALLEN LEADER WHICH FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THE EVENTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE ASSASSINATION. | |
BR | 7143 | EVERYTHING I KNOW | BASIC LIFE RULES FROM A JEWISH MOT | STRASSFELD, SHARON | ALICE SHEINE | WHAT BEGAN AS A MOTHER'S LETTER TO A COLLEGE-BOUND CHILD IS NOW A VOLUME FILLED WITH LESSONS THAT WE ALL WANT OUR CHILDREN TO TAKE ON THEIR LIFELONG JOURNEY. THE BOOK IS ROOTED IN THE WARMTH OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH CULTURE, YET THROUGH ITS CELEBRATION OF YIDDISH WIT AND WISDOM, IT DELIVERS ON A SUBJECT THAT ALL PARENTS HOLD DEAR. |
BR | 7144 | BIALIK | ABERBACH, DAVID | AUGUSTA ZIMM | DAVID ABERBACH EXPLORES THE HISTORICAL, SOCIAL, AND LITERARY BACKGROUND TO CHAIM NACHMAN BIALIK'S (1873-1934) DEVELOPMENT AS A ROMANTIC-NATIONALIST POET, HIS AMBIVALENCE TOWARD THIS NATIONAL ROLE, HIS OBSESSION WITH INTENSELY PRIVATE THEMES, AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE PUBLIC FIGURE AND THE CONFESSIONAL LYRIC POET. | |
BR | 7145 | FARAWAY SUMMER | HURWITZ, JOHANNA | PEARL WAGNER | IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1910, HER MOTHER HAS RECENTLY DIED AND ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD DOSSI, A NEW YORK CITY CHILD IS BEING SENT 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. | |
BR | 7146 | ZIGZAG KID | GROSSMAN, DAVID | SILVIA HOREN | TWELVE-YEAR-OLD NONNY FEUERBERG ASPIRES TO BECOME A DETECTIVE LIKE HIS FAMOUS FATHER, BUT HIS WILD SIDE KEEPS GETTING IN THE WAY. THEN A TRAIN HE IS RIDING ON IS HIJACKED BY INTERNATIONAL OUTLAW FELIX GLICK, A KINDLY KIDNAPPER WHO SEEMS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT NONNY'S LONG DESEASED MOTHER THAN THE BOY HIMSELF KNOWS. | |
BR | 7147 | ACTIVIST'S DAUGHTER | BACHE, ELLYN | REJECTING ALL ATTEMPTS BY HER LIBERAL JEWISH FAMILY TO INTEREST HER IN SOCIAL JUSTICE, BERYL ROSINSKY BELIEVES SHE'S ESCAPED THEIR INFLUENCE WHEN SHE ENTERS THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AS A FRESHMAN. THERE, INEVITABLY, SHE WITNESSES THE RACISM AND BIGOTRY THAT ARE INTERTWINE WITH THE GENTILITY AND SOCIAL PROPRIETY OF THE SOUTH. LONGING TO FIT IN, BERYL NEVERTHELESS EMPATHIZES WITH THE PAIN OF THOSE WHO DON'T. MEANWHILE, HER FAMILY PERIODICALLY URGES HER TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO HER RELIGIOUS HERITAGE. OUTWARDLY, BERYL REMAINS RESOLUTELY UNINVOLVED UNTIL THE DAY SHE REACTS INSTINCTIVELY TO AN ACT OF PURE MEANNESS AND FINDS SHE'S TAKEN THE FIRST STEP TOWARD ACTIVISM. © 1997 | ||
BR | 7148 | TESSIE AND PEARLIE | HOROWITZ, JOY | SHIRLEY RICH | JOURNALIST HOROWITZ UNDERTOOK WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE THE MOST INSPIRING ASSIGNMENT OF HER LIFE, SPENDING TIME ALONE WITH HER TWO JEWISH GRANDMOTHERS, TESSIE AND PEARLIE, WHO ARE IN THEIR NINETIES. A CELEBRATION OF FAMILY AND OF AGING WITH GRACE. | |
BR | 7149 | BUBBEH | BERMAN, SABINA | SANDRA CAREY | BUBBEH IS THE CHARMING STORY OF A YOUNG GRANDDAUGHTER PAYING HOMAGE TO THE FAMILY MEMBER WHO SHOWED HER THE SUBTLETY AND SANCTITY OF LIFE. | |
BR | 7150 | DON'T CALL IT NIGHT | OZ, AMOS | TAMIR JBI | 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 COMES 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. | |
BR | 7151 | JEWISH HISTORY IN 100 NUTSHELLS | PASSACHOFF, NAOMI & ROBERT J. LITTMA | THE AUTHORS HAVE SELECTED, ACCORDING TO THEIR LIGHTS, THE 100 MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND PEOPLE IN JEWISH HISTORY FROM ABRAHAM DOWN TO MODERN-DAY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. EACH OF THE 100 'NUTSHELLS' AUTHORITATIVELY DESCRIBES SOME SIGNIFICANT EVENT, PERSONALITY, OR CONCEPT THAT SHAPED JEWISH HISTORY OF JUDAISM. | ||
BR | 7153 | TOUGH JEWS | FATHERS, SONS, AND GANGSTER DREAMS | COHEN, RICH | GUY LEBOW | THIS IS THE FIRST IN-DEPTH PORTRAIT OF THE JEWISH GANGSTER, THE MUSCLE THAT MADE POSSIBLE THE SUCCESS OF GANGSTER STATESMEN SUCH AS BUGSY SIEGEL, MEYER LANSKY AND LUCKY LUCIANO. COHEN INTERVIEWED SURVIVORS, PROSECUTORS, AND RELATIVES AND WADED THROUGH POLICE RECORDS AND COURT REPORTS TO EXCAVATE THE REAL STORIES BEHIND THE LEGENDS. |
BR | 7154 | CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BERNSTEIN | BURTON, WILLIAM WESTBROOK | RITA FEDER | BURTON INTERVIEWED FELLOW COMPOSERS, RECORDING ENGINEERS, ORCHESTRA MEMBERS, SINGERS AND OTHER JOURNALISTS WHO KNEW LEONARD BERNSTEIN. HE DEPICTS BERNATEIN'S EARLY PROMISE, HIS PROFLIGATE LIFE, HIS AGONIES ABOUT INSUFFICIENT RECOGNITION AS A COMPOSER, AND THE SELF-DEFEATING BEHAVIOR OF HIS LATER YEARS. | |
BR | 7155 | SWIMMING ACROSS THE HUDSON | HENKIN, JOSHUA | DAVID THOMPS | WHEN BEN SUSKIND, ADOPTED AND RAISED AS A JEW, MEETS HIS GENTILE BIRTH MOTHER, HIS ABSORPTION IN THE HISTORY OF HIS BIOLOGICAL FAMILY THREATENS THE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS ADOPTIVE PARENTS. UNABLE TO MOVE FOWARD, BEN GRADUALLY COMES TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE CAN BE A LEGITIMATE JEW WITHOUT RECOURSE TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. | |
BR | 7156 | WALKING ON WALNUTS | MY GRANDMOTHERS' RECIPES FOR RUGEL | RING, NANCY | JEAN BASS | FOR EIGHT YEARS, STRUGGLING ARTIST NANCY RING WAITED TABLES IN NEW YORK CITY. FINALLY SHE DECIDED TO PUT AN END TO HER SERVITUDE BY ANSWERING A NEWSPAPER AD SEEKING AN ASSISTANT PASTRY CHEF. SO BEGAN NANCY'S ODYSSEY THROUGH CRAZY RESTAURANT KITCHENS AND HER JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY. |
BR | 7157 | PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD | KELLERMAN, FAYE | ELLEN WERTHE | WHEN CELEBRATED HEART SURGEON AZOR SPARKS IS MURDERED, LIEUTENANT PETER DECKER AND HIS TEAM OF DETECTIVES BEGIN WORKING OVERTIME TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY. THE DEEPER THEY PROBE, THE MORE MURKY THE CASE GROWS. TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE INVESTIGATION, OLD SECRETS ARE RESURRECTED. | |
BR | 7158 | KOSHER SEX | A RECIPE FOR PASSION AND INTIMACY | BOTEACH, SHMULEY | SARENE MEYER | THE FOCUS OF THIS BOOK IS SEX AND THE CENTRAL POSITION IT OCCUPIES WITHIN MARRIAGE AND RELATIONSHIPS. SEX FOR PLEASURE IS AN END IN ITSELF. BUT KOSHER SEX IS THE FIRE OF SEXUAL ATTRACTION THAT CREATES UNION IN THE BEDROOM AND CLOSENESS AND INTIMACY IN LIFE. |
BR | 7159 | IN THE PAST NIGHT | THE SIBERIAN STORIES | STONOV, DIMITRY | ALLAN BENJAM | IN 1949, DURING STALIN'S ANTI-JEWISH CAMPAIGN, STONOV, A RENOWNED RUSSIAN-JEWISH WRITER, WAS SENTENCED TO A SIBERIAN WORK CAMP. THESE 17 STORIES SMUGGLED OUT TO FAMILY MEMBERS REVEAL THE LIFE OF THE POLITICAL PRISONERS OF THAT ERA. AN AFTERWARD, BASED ON TALKS WITH STONOV'S WIFE, EXPLAINS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS OF THE STORIES. |
BR | 7160 | SMALL MIRACLES II | HEARTWARMING GIFTS OF EXTRAORDINAR | HALBERSTAM, YITTA & JUDITH LEVENTHAL | IN THIS SECOND VOLUME AUTHORS HALBERSTAM AND LEVENTHAL HAVE ASSEMBLED A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN SIXTY-FIVE NEW STORIES, EACH RECALLING A COINCIDENCE THAT IS MOVING, HEARTWARMING, AND INSPIRATIONAL. | |
BR | 7161 | EDUCATION OF ROBERT NIFKIN, THE | PINKWATER, DANIEL | SUSAN WITTY | IF ROBERT NIFKIN'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL IS A HORROW 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. | |
BR | 7162 | PUTTERMESSER PAPERS, THE | OZICK, CYNTHIA | ARLYNN GREEN | RUTH PUTTERMESSER FINDS HERSELF MIRED IN THE LOWEST CIRCLES OF CITY BUREAUCRACY. HER LOVE LIFE IS HOPELESS. STILL, SHE TURNS OUT TO BE THE BEST MAYOR NEW YORK CITY HAS EVER ELECTED. BUT THE IMPACT OF GETTING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN LOSING IT PLAYS ITSELF OUT IN A DRAMATIC AND SURPRISING FASHION. | |
BR | 7163 | MANNY | ROSEN, ISAAC | MELVIN DAVIS | ROSEN'S DEBUT NOVEL IS A COMING-OF-AGE TALE.REBELLIOUS 16-YEAR-OLD JOSH LIPKIN HAS RUN AWAY FROM HIS DYSFUNCTIONAL JEWISH FAMILY, BUT SEEKS HUMAN CONTACT BY SNEAKING INTO NURSING HOMES AND BEFRIENDING OCTOGENARIANS. HE FINDS A SOUL MATE IN A WOMAN TWICE HIS AGE. BOTH ARE SEEKERS AND GO ON THE ROAD TOGETHER. | |
BR | 7164 | IT'S NOT AS TOUGH AS YOU THINK | HOW TO SMOOTH OUT LIFE'S BUMPS | TWERSKI, RABBI ABRAHAM J. , M. D. | HELEN STEWAR | RABBI ABRAHAM J. TWERSKI IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL RABBI. AND ABRAHAM J. TWERSKI, M.D. IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL PSYCHIATRIST. SINCE THESE TWO TWERSKIS ARE ONE AND THE SAME, THIS IS FAR FROM YOUR TYPICAL SELF-HELP BOOK. THANKS TO DR. TWERSKI'S UNIQUE APPROACH, WHICH COMBINES SENSITIVITY AND PRACTICAL PSYCHIATRIC INSIGHT, YOU'LL ACHIEVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND A REFRESHING APPROACH AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH LIFE'S INEVITABLE PROBLEMS, BOTH BIG AND SMALL. |
BR | 7165 | CACTUS BLOSSOMS | POMERANTZ, RACHEL | TANYA SHERMA | RONNY ARZI HAS TWO FAMILIES. NOW HE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TERRIFYING THREATS, BARBARA AND CHAIM SILBER FACE A BATTLE OF THEIR OWN; THE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO RAISE THEIR FOSTER SON, RONNY, IN A TORAH LIFE. | |
BR | 7166 | NEW AND GLORIOUS LIFE, A | HERMAN, MICHELLE | SUSAN WITTY | IN THIS COLLECTION OF NOVELLAS MICHELLE HERMAN LOOKS AT THE LIVES OF A WIDE RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY MEN AND WOMEN-SOME OF THEM EVENTUALLY GLORIOUS AND OTHERS SAD BUT HOLDING THEIR OWN. | |
BR | 7167 | ACTUAL | A NOVELLA | BELLOW, SAUL | DAVID THOMPSON | HARRY TRELLMAN'S PARENTS CONSIGNED HIM TO AN ORPHANAGE AND SHADY BUSINESS DEALINGS KEPT HIM IN THE THIRD WORLD FOR MOST OF HIS ADULTHOOD. MEANWHILE, HIS HIGH-SCHOOL SWEETHEART HAS GROWN OLD IN THE ARMS OF OTHER MEN. NOW IN LATE MIDDLE AGE, HARRY HAS RETURNED TO THE CHICAGO OF HIS YOUTH TO RECOVER WHAT HE CAN OF THE LIFE HE HAS MISSED. |
BR | 7168 | SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST | KELLERMAN, JONATHAN | BARIE SNIDER | THE DAUGHTER OF AN ISRAELI DIPLOMAT IS MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD. HER FATHER ADAMANTLY DENIES ANY POLITICAL MOTIVE, WHICH LEAVES LAPD DETECTIVE MILO STURGIS AND HIS PSYCHOLOGIST FRIEND ALEX DELAWARE PUZZLED. THEN THERE IS ANOTHER KILLING AND DELAWARE, STURGIS AND ISRAELI INSPECTOR DANIEL SHARAVI JOIN FORCES TO UNCOVER A MURDERER. | |
BR | 7169 | SHIP OF THE HUNTED | ELBERG, YEHUDA | BETTY SMITH | THE WARSAW GHETTO IN 1943 IS NOTHING LIKE THE PREWAR VILLAGE OF DOMBROVKA. THE FAMILY OF GOLDA, HER HUSBAND, SHIYA, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN DO THE BEST THEY CAN. THE GHETTO IS IN FLAMES AND JEWS ARE BEING BRUTALLY KILLED. GOLDA'S HUSBAND AND ONE OF HER CHILDREN ARE SENTENCED TO DIE AT AUSCHWITZ. SHE IS TAKEN TO TREBLINKA, BUT MANAGES TO ESCAPE AFTER WHICH SHE WANDERS THE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE. YOSSEL, GOLDA'S SON, WHO WITH HIS COLORING IS ABLE TO ASSUME THE IDENTITY OF A CHRISTIAN HIDES OUT WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER ON A FARM, BUT EVEN THERE TRAGEDY AWAITS. ELBERG TRACES THE FATES OF THIS SUNDERED FAMILY, AS SOME SURVIVE (AND SOME DON'T) TO SEE THE END OF THE WAR AND ATTEMPT THE DIFFICULT PASSAGE FROM EUROPE TO PALESTINE ON A "SHIP OF THE HUNTED." | |
BR | 7170 | MASADA | THE LAST FORTRESS | MIKLOWITZ, GLORIA D. | ALICE SHEINM | IN THE YEAR 72 C.E., AFTER A FOUR YEAR BATTLE BETWEEN ROME AND JUDEA, ONLY ONE FORTRESS REMAINS FREE, MASADA. SIMON BEN ELEAZAR THE SON OF THE JEWISH LEADER RECORDS THE SIEGE OF THE ROMAN LEGION AS WELL AS THE JEWS' LAST STAND EVEN AS HE STRUGGLES WITH HIS FEELINGS FOR A YOUNG WOMAN AND THE PAINFUL DECISION HE MUST MAKE. |
BR | 7171 | ACCIDENTAL MURDER | ROSENBERG, ROBERT | AUDREY FLAMB | SOMEONE WANTS TO KILL AVRAM COHEN-OR SO IT SEEMS-IN THIS LATEST BOOK ABOUT THE RETIRED JERUSALEM DETECTIVE. BUT THEN NISSIM LEVY, COHEN'S LONGTIME PROTEGE IS FOUND MURDERED. IS THIS A REVENGE KILLING AGAINST COHEN FOR HIS PAST ACTIONS? COHEN MUST LOOK AT HIS OWN GUILT BEFORE HE CAN UNVEIL A KILLER WITH A MISGUIDED MOTIVE FOR MURDER. | |
BR | 7172 | IRON TRACKS, THE | APPELFELD, AHARON | PETER JONES | ERWIN SIEGELBAUM HAS BEEN OBSESSIVELY RIDING THE TRAINS OF POSTWAR AUSTRIA FOR THE PAST FORTY YEARS. HIS MISSION IS TO COLLECT THE MENORAHS, KIDDUSH CUPS AND HOLY BOOKS THAT HAVE SURVIVED THEIR VANISHED OWNERS, AND THE HOPE THAT HE WILL MEET THE NAZI OFFICER WHO MURDERED HIS PARENTS-AND HAVE THE STRENGTH TO KILL HIM. | |
BR | 7173 | OLD RELIGION, THE | MAMET, DAVID | DAVID NATALE | THIS IS A NOVEL BASED ON REAL EVENTS; THE 1914 TRIAL OF LEO FRANK, A JEWISH FACTORY MANAGER IN GEORGIA FALSELY ACCUSED OF RAPING AND MURDERING A YOUNG SOUTHERN WHITE GIRL. IN AN UNDERLYING POLEMIC, MAMET ALSO DEVELOPS THE THEMES OF JEWISH INSECURITY IN A CHRISTIAN SOCIETY AND THE CONFLICTED PSYCHOLOGY OF ASSIMILATED JEWS. | |
BR | 7174 | FIRST STONE, THE | BRILEY, JOHN | HARRY SMALL | JEWISH COLLEGE STUDENT LISA COOPER DECIDES TO JOIN THE MOSSAD WHEN HER ISRAELI NIECE AND NEPHEW ARE KILLED. HER ASSIGNMENT? MEET AND MARRY A SAUDI ARABIAN STUDENT AND LIVE WITH HIM UNTIL THE MOSSAD CONTACTS HER. AS TIME PASSES SHE BEGINS TO CARE FOR HER HUSBAND AND FINDS SHE MUST ULTIMATELY CHOOSE BETWEEN HIM OR HER PEOPLE. | |
BR | 7175 | BRING US THE OLD PEOPLE | STARK, MARISA KANTOR | SANDI SKODNI | THE GUILT OF A TERRIBLE DECISION HAUNTS THIS PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN'S LIFE, WHICH INVOKES TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY POLAND, POSTWAR NEW YORK, AND A PRESENT DAY NURSING HOME. THE AUTHOR CAPTURES THE VOICE OF NINETY-TWO-YEAR-OLD MAIME WITH PERFECT PITCH AS SHE STRUGGLES TO COME TO GRIPS WITH AN AWFUL MOMENT UNFAIRLY FORCED ON HER BY HISTORY. | |
BR | 7176 | MITZVOT AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICES | A JEWISH GUIDEBOOK FOR THE SOUL | CHASIN, ESTHER G. | BOBBY DOR | BASED ON ESTHER CHASIN'S POPULAR 'LA'ASOT' (TO DO) COURSES, THE BOOK USES THE MYSTICAL TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM AND THE SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL OF MITZVOT AS TECHNIQUES TO HELP THE READER BECOME MORE SELF-AWARE, CONFRONT UNWANTED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS, AND REPLACE THEM WITH POSITIVE QUALITIES FOR GREATER PERSONAL HARMONY. |
BR | 7177 | IT'S A SMALL WORD AFTER ALL | THE AMAZING IMPACT OF A KIND GESTU | TELLER, HANOCH | HARRY SMALL | IN THIS COLLECTION OF NEW, INSPIRING STORIES, EVER-POPULAR HANOCH TELLER DEMONSTRATES HOW A TENDER WORD AND A FRIENDLY GESTURE, OR THE SMALLEST ACT OF LOVINGKINDNESS CAN HAVE FAR-REACHING RAMIFICATIONS AND EVEN CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE FOREVER. |
BR | 7178 | STRUDEL STORIES | ROCKLIN, JOANNE | THIS WARM AND TOUCHING NOVEL FOLLOWS A JEWISH FAMILY THROUGH SEVEN GENERATIONS AND MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AS THEY BRAVE WAR, DARE THE DIFFICULTIES OF IMMIGRATION, AND ENJOY THE SIMPLE PLEASURES OF FRIENDSHIP AND SPORTS. COMPLETE WITH A FAMILY TREE AND AN AUTHOR'S NOTE AS WELL AS THE RECIPE FOR GRANDPA WILLY'S STRUDEL. | ||
BR | 7179 | GHOST OF HANNAH MENDES, THE | RAGEN, NAOMI | WHEN CATHERINE DE COSTA LEARNS SHE HAS ONLY A SHORT TIME TO LIVE, SHE IS DETERMINED TO TRANSFER THE FAMILY LEGACY TO HER GRANDDAUGHTERS. PERSUADED OUT OF LOYALTY TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE AND REACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THEIR HERITAGE, THEY FIND THEIR LIVES IRREVOCABLY CHANGED BY THE GHOST OF FAMILY MATRIARCH HANNAH MENDES (A TRUE HISTORICAL FIGURE). | ||
BR | 7180 | HELLO HEDDY LEVI | GANZ, YAFFA | HAL BRISTER | WHETHER SHE'S BAKING STRANGE BIRTHDAY CAKES OR BABYSITTING IN FLAMINGO POOLS; COLLECTING HOMELESS DOGS OR DEVELOPING CHOCOLATE ALLERGIES, HEDDY LEVI'S LIFE IS FULL OF UNUSUAL PROBLEMS AND FUNNY SURPRISES. WITH THE HELP OF HER BEST FRIEND, A SPECIAL ZEIDY AND HER PARENTS, HEDDY MAKES HER WAY THROUGH A LIVELY YEAR OF GROWING UP. | |
BR | 7181 | WAY MEAT LOVES SALT, THE | A CINDERELLA TALE FROM THE JEWISH | JAFFE, NINA | MAJORIE RAPP | MANY YEARS AGO IN POLAND, THERE LIVED A RABBI, HIS WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS. THEY LIVED HAPPILY UNTIL THE DAY THE RABBI ASKS HIS CHILDREN A POWERFUL QUESTION: HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME? WHEN MIRELEH THE YOUNGEST DECLARED, 'I LOVE YOU THE WAY MEAT LOVES SALT,' SHE WAS BANISHED FROM HER FATHER'S HOUSE. AND SO BEGAN MIRELEH'S MAGICAL JOURNEY. |
BR | 7182 | CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN | MY SEARCH FOR MEANING | DOUGLAS, KIRK | GUY LEBOW | HERE IS KIRK DOUGLAS'S 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. |
BR | 7183 | STRANGE AND UNEXPECTED LOVE | A TEENAGE GIRL'S HOLOCAUST MEMOIRS | HELLER, FANYA GOTTESFELD | ISABELLE RUB | THIS IS HELLER'S ACCOUNT OF FIVE TEENAGED YEARS OF NAZI TERROR WHICH CULMINATED, IRONICALLY, AT THE TIME OF THEIR LIBERATION, WHEN HER FATHER WAS MURDERED. THE FAMILY'S SUFFERINGS ARE HAIR-RAISING AND WELL-TOLD, BUT THE MYSTERY OF HER FATHER'S DEATH REMAINS UNSOLVED. |
BR | 7184 | STRANGE HAVEN | A JEWISH CHILDHOOD IN WARTIME SHAN | TOBIAS, SIGMUND | SARENE MEYER | SIGMUND TOBIAS GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HIS FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM GERMANY IN THE WAKE OF KRISTALLNACHT TO SHANGHAI. THERE HE GREW FROM A SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD TO AN ADOLESCENT, SAFE FROM WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN EUROPE. HE OBSERVES THE UNDERLIFE OF SHANGHAI, THE TENSIONS BETWEEN CHINESE AND JAPANESE DURING THE WAR, AND THE APPROACH OF THE COMMUNIST "LIBERATORS" AFTERWARD. AN EPILOGUE DESCRIBES THE CHANGES TOBIAS ENCOUNTERED ON A VISIT TO SHANGHAI FORTY YEARS LATER. |
BR | 7185 | HARRY'S CHOICE | HOFFMAN, MOSHE | ROSE SPANIER | THIS IS THE STORY OF HARRY BERGER, A STREETWISE KID FROM THE SLUMS WHO WANTS TO BE A MAGICIAN-AND WHAT HAPPENS TO HIM WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS THE MAGIC OF JERUSALEM. ENTER GOLDBERG, JERUSALEM PRIVATE EYE AND FORMER CHICAGO COP…SCHWAN, EX-NAZI HYPNOTIST…FATHER BELLINI, WHO RUNS HOLY LAND HEALTH FOODS…AND LONELY, AGING MAX ZLOTKIN, HARRY'S GUARDIAN ANGEL. | |
BR | 7186 | COMMITTED LIFE, THE | PRINCIPLES FOR GOOD LIVING FROM OU | JUNGREIS, REBBETZIN ESTHER | AUGUSTA ZIMM | 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. |
BR | 7187 | LEGACY OF SILENCE | PLAIN, BELVA | ARLYNN GREEN | A PROSPEROUS FAMILY IN BERLIN ADOPT A POOR ORPHAN GIRL, LORE, INSTANTLY AN OLDER SISTER TO THEIR BIOLOGICAL DAUGHTER CAROLINE. IT IS 1939 AND THE YOUNG WOMEN ESCAPE TO SWITZERLAND WHEN THEIR PARENTS ARE SEIZED BY THE NAZIS. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER. | |
BR | 7188 | REFORMER'S APPRENTICE, THE | A NOVEL OF OLD SAN FRANCISCO | ROCHLIN, HARRIET | SHIRLEY RICH | COMBINING ROMANCE WITH A COLORFUL RECREATION OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE AMERICAN WEST, THIS NOVEL PORTRAYS AN INDEPENDENT-MINDED WOMAN WHO REBELS AGAINST THE ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS STRICTURES OF HER POLISH JEWISH IMMIGRANT PARENTS IN 1870S SAN FRANCISCO. |
BR | 7189 | NEVER NOSH A MATZO BALL | SHARON KAHN | B. SANDOCK | FORGET EVERYTHING YOUR MOTHER EVER TOLD YOU ABOUT CHICKEN SOUP-TEMPLE RITA'S VERSION IS LETHAL. THAT'S WHY RUBY ROTHMAN, RECENTLY WIDOWED FROM RABBI STU, IS BACK ON THE CASE IN THIS SECOND TALE OF JEWISH LIFE IN SMALL-TOWN ETERNAL, TEXAS. RUBY SOON HAS LOTS TO PONDER BESIDES MATZO BALLS, INCLUDING A DEAD BODY, RABBI KEVIN'S MATRIMONIAL INTENSIONS, AND WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FIT AND RURAL REDUCING RANCH, WHERE RICH CALIFORNIA PEOPLE COME TO EXPERIENCE ETERNAL'S HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. JUST KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE INTERFAITH PASSOVER SEDERS AND THE MATZO BALLS. | |
BR | 7190 | NATURE OF BLOOD | CARYL PHILLIPS | J. GOLDMAN | THE NOVEL'S PRIMARY VOICE BELONGS TO EVA STERN, A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS JUST BEEN LIBERATED BY THE ENGLISH ARMY FROM A GERMAN CAMP. THROUGH A SERIES OF FLASHBACKS, EVA REMEMBERS LIFE WITH HER FAMILY, AND THEN HER EXPERIENCE IN THE CAMP. | |
BR | 7191 | COAT FOR THE MOON AND OTHER JEWISH | TALES | SCHWARTZ, HAROLD | F. LIEBERMAN | IN THIS NEW COLLECTION, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER FIFTEEN CLASSIC JEWISH FOLK TALES, THE AUTHORS SHARE SOME OF JEWISH TRADITION FROM COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING FRANCE, TURKEY, ISRAEL, YEMEN, EGYPT AND IRAQ. |
BR | 7192 | GOD SENT A RAINBOW AND OTHER | BIBLICAL STORIES | YONA ZELDIS | J. LOMBARDO | MORE THAN A DOZEN BIBLE STORIES ARE RETOLD FOR CHILDREN INCLUDING THE CREATION, NOAH AND THE ARK, THE SACRAFICE OF ISAAC, JOSEPH THE DREAMER ADN PHAROH'S DAUGHTER SAVES MOSES. |
BR | 7193 | HAPPINESS | FORMULAS, STORIES AND INSIGHTS | ZELIG PLISKIN | P. RUBIN | THIS BOOK SHOWS WHERE TO FIND HAPPINESS AND HOW. |
BR | 7194 | HIDING ROOM | JONATHAN WILSON | L. BURIN | THIS BOOK TELLS THE JOURNEY OF DANIEL WEISS TO TRY AND DISCOVER THE IDENTITY OF HIS FATHER, WHOM HE NEVER KNEW. | |
BR | 7195 | WISE WORDS | JEWISH THOUGHTS & STORIES THROUGH | COMPILED BY JESSICA GRIBETZ | G. ODETTE | A COLLECTION FO APHORISMS AND POETRY FROM THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD, HASIDIC TALES AND CONTEMPORARY HUMOR AND LITERATURE-WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ALL TOO FORGOTTEN VOICES OF WOMEN. |
BR | 7196 | WITNESS TO THE HOLOCAUST | AN ORAL HISTORY | EDITED BY ROHDA G. LEWIN | G. SIWOFF | THIS COLLECTION OF 60 ACCOUNTS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND CONCENTRATION CAMP LIBERATORS NOW LIVING IN MINNESOTA PRESERVES THE FLAVOR OF THE INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEW. |
BR | 7197 | MAKING OF A JEW | EDGAR M. BRONFMAN | E. SWENSON | PRESIDEN OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS SINCE 1981, BRONFMAN REBELLED AGAINST HIS ZIONIST FATHER BY REJECTING JUDAISM ALTOGETHER. BUT HE DID A COMPLETE TURNAROUND BY BECOMING PRESIDENT OF SEAGMAN COMPANY LTD., THE DISTILLERY HIS FATHER FOUNDED AND BY ACTIVELY EMBRACING THE JEWISH FAITH. | |
BR | 7199 | KIBBUTZ JOURNAL | REFLECTIONS ON GENDER, RACE AND MI | KATHY E. FERGUSON | J. LOMBARDO | FERGUSON, WHO USUALLY CALLS HAWAII HOME, TRAVELED HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD TO SPEND A YEAR ON AN ISRAELI KIBBUTZ. USING A NECESSARY DISJOINTED JOURNAL FORMAL, FERGUSON DESCRIBES EVERYDAY ISRAELI LIFE, LETTING HER AFFECTIONATE, CONFLICTED VOICE BECOME A BRIDGE FOR ISRAEL'S IDIOSYNCRASIES. |
BR | 7200 | DAWN OF THE PROMISED LAND | THE CREATION OF ISRAEL | BEN WICKS | ADA CREIGHTON | IN 1917, WHEN THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DECLARED THAT IT "FAVORED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL HOMELAND FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE," IT PROVOKED AN EXODUS TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL THAT HAS PROVEN UNSTOPPABLE. BEN WICKS CHRONICLES THE ENSUING YEARS WHEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF JEWS STREAMED INTO THE PROMISED LAND. |
BR | 7201 | TIME'S TAPESTRY | 4 GENERATIONS OF A NEW ORLEANS FAM | LETA WEISS MARKS | B. SHAPIRO | IN A BLEND OF FACT AND FICTION, LETA MARKS WEAVES A TAPESTRY OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND EVENTS, DRAWING MAINLY UPON INTERVIEWS WITH HER NONAGENARIAN MOTHER AND AUNT. LETTERS, ARCHIVAL RESEARCH, AND MARKS' OWN RECOLLECTIONS AND IMAGINATION ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMPOSITION, AN INTIMATE FAMILY ALBUM AND A PRICELESS RECORD OF NEW ORLEANS' CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL HISTORY. |
BR | 7202 | LONELY DAYS WERE SUNDAYS | REFLECTIONS OF A JEWISH SOUTHERNER | ELI N. EVANS | G. STEINBERG | WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD OF TWNETY YEARS, THE 31 ESSAYS COLLECTED HERE REFLECT THE AUTHOR'S LOVE OF HISTORY AND PRIDE IN HIS IDENTITY AS A JEWISH SOUTHERNER. |
BR | 7203 | TUESDAY'S WITH MORRIE | AN OLD MAN, A YOUNG MAN & LIFE'S | ALBOM, MITCH | V.MIODUSZEWS | MORRIE SCHWARTZ WAS A COLLEGE PROFESSOR WHO UNDERSTOOD MITCH ALBOM WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND SEARCHING. MITCH TELLS OF THE VISITS HE PAID EVERY TUESDAY TO HIS OLD PROFESSOR BEFORE MORRIE DIED. |
BR | 7204 | ANIMAL'S WALTZ | CARY FAGAN | E. SILVERMAN | AT AGE31, COLLEGE DROPOUT SHEILA HERSH LEADS A SCHIZIOD EXISTENCE. BY DAY, AS ADVERTISING COPYWRITER IN HER FATHER'S TORONTO STORE SHE IS THE DUTIFUL JEWISH DAUGHTER. AT NIGHT, SHE FREQUENTS A TRENDY CLUB-HOPPING SCENE. THE STORE IS LOSING MONEY, HER FATHER HAS IRRATIONAL, VIOLENT OUTBURSTS AND HIS NEW LADY FRIEND MAY BE A GOLD DIGGER. THEN SHEILA BECOMES OBSESSED WITH A BOOK OF POEMS LEFT BY HER DECEASED MOTHER. THE AUTHORESS, AN OBSCURE JEWISH VIENNESE PIANIST DROWNED IN A CANAL IN 1925. SHEILA SETS OUT TO UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF HER DEATH AS WELL AS COME TO TERMS WITH HER MOTHER'S DEATH. SHE, AND HER FATHER, TRAVEL TO VIENNA WHERE THEY EACH FIND NEW LOVE. | |
BR | 7205 | TURBULENT SOULS | CATHOLIC SON'S RETURN TO JEWISH FA | STEPHEN J. DUBNER | F. BOHEN | STEPHEN J. DUBNER, THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN, GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT WAS INDUSTRIOUS, RAMBUNCTIOUS, AND ABOVE ALL, CATHOLIC. BUT STEPHEN JOURNEYS TO FIND OUT ABOUT HIS FAMILY HISTORY AND LEARNS ABOUT A RELIGION HIS FAMILY ABANDODED. |
BR | 7206 | KADDISH FOR A CHILD NOT BORN | KERTESZ, IMRE | ADA CREIGHTON | IMRE KERTESZ'S NOVEL IS A TALE OF IDENTITY AND MEMORY-THE STORY OF A MIDDLE-AGED MAN WHO IS TAKING STOCK OF HIS LIFE IN TH EEVERPRESENT SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST. | |
BR | 7207 | VIKTOR FRANKL RECOLLECTIONS | VIKTOR E. FRANKL | F. LIEBERMAN | THIS WORLD KNOW PSYCHIATRIST AND AUTHOR REVEALS THE WARMLY HUMAN SIDE OF A LIFE THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCE. DURING WWII, FRANKL LOST HIS WIFE AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND WAS HIMSELF IN FOUR CONCERNTRATION CAMPS. THROUGH HIS BELIEFS HE WAS ABLE TO TRIUMPH OVER HIS WAR EXPERIENCES AND REBUILD HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE LIFE IN POSTWAR VIENNA. | |
BR | 7208 | TEN COMMANDMENTS | THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GOD'S LAWS IN EVERYDAY LIFE | SCHLESSINGER, LAURA; VOGEL, STEWART | ADA CREIGHTON | DR. SCHLESSINGER (THE RADIO PSYCHOLOGIST) AND RABBI VOGEL PRESENT A MODERN APPLICATION OF GOD'S LAWS, INCORPORATING LIVELY DISCUSSION ON THE BIBLE AND THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN VALUES DERIVED FROM IT. © 1998 |
BR | 7209 | SLOW WAY BACK | JUDY GOLDMAN | C. CREIGHTON | THE FIRST NOVEL TRACES THREE GENERATIONS OF A SOUTHERN JEWISH FAMILY. IT IS A TALE ABOUT DEEPLY ROOTED FAMIY SECRETS, THE COMPLEX LOVE BETWEEN SISTERS, AND THE CONSTANT STRUGGLE TO KEEP ONE'S FAMILY ALIVE. | |
BR | 7210 | POSTVILLE | CLASH OF CULTURES IN HEARTLAND AM | STEPHEN G. BLOOM | B. SANDOCK | STEPHEN BLOOM SHAES HIS BIRD'S-EYE VIEW ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE LUBAVITCHERS, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH SECT, LIVING IN POSTVILLE, IOWA. |
BR | 7211 | WHERE SHE CAME FROM | DAUGHTER'S SEARCH FOR MOTHER'S HIS | HELEN EPSTEIN | E. MINKOFF | WHEN HER MOTHER DIED IN 1989, HELEN EPSTEIN SET OUT TO RESEARCH AND RECONSTRUCT TEH LIVES OF HER MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER. USING HER JOURNALIST TRAINING, SHE PIECED TOGETHER AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES OF THE WOMEN IN HER FAMILY AND THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF CENTRAL EUROPEAN JEWS. |
BR | 7212 | SIMON'S FAMILY | FREDRIKSSON, MARIANNE | ZELVY, TERRY | EVER SINCE CHILDHOOD, SIMON LARSSON HAS STRUGGLED WITH FEELINGS THAT SOMETHING FROM HIS PAST IS NOT QUITE RIGHT. DESPITE HIS PARENTS' SIMPLE LIVES, HISTORY FORCES THEM TO CONCEAL A SHATTERING SECRET FROM SIMON-ONE THAT, IF EVER REVEALED, THREATENS TO DESTROY THEM ALL. AS THE SHADOW OF WORLD WAR II FALLS OVER EUROPE, SIMON FORMS A FRIENDSHIP WITH A JEWISH CLASSMATE. IT IS A RELATIONSHIP THAT WILL FOREVER CHANGE BOTH THEIR LIVES, AS THE LARSSONS AND LENTOVS ARE IRREVOCABLY DRAWN TOGETHER TO CREATE A MAKESHIFT FAMILY ALL THEIR OWN. | |
BR | 7213 | EDGE OF EUROPE | BIANCHINI, ANGELA | AHIGIN, BARNA | IN 1941, A YOUNG ITALIAN JEWISH WOMAN FLEES HER COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE PROMULGATION OF ITALY'S SO CALLED RACIAL LAWS. ALTHOUGH EMOTIONALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY DISPLACED, THE YOUNG WOMAN COMES TO RECOGNIZE HER EXILE AS A RITE OF PASSAGE, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE A NEW AWARENESS OF HERSELF. ANGELA BIANCHINI EXPLORES THE THEME OF EXILE FROM A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES AS SHE OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO ITALIAN CULTURE AS A MAJOR HISTORICAL JUNCTURE. | |
BR | 7214 | ILLUMINATED SOUL | STOLLMAN, ARYEH LEV | SANDOCK, BETTY | THE BOOK FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF EVA LAQUEDEM AND THE AUGSBURG MISCELLANY, A FIFTEENTH CENTURY HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT SHE SMUGGLES OUT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT THE OUTBREAK OF WWII. STOLLMAN'S NOVEL EMBRACES ISSUES OF MEMORY AND LONGING THROUGH THE TALES OF EVA'S TRAVELS, THE DANGERS SHE FACES, AND THE BEAUTY SHE ENCOUNTERS. | |
BR | 7215 | SHIKSA GODDESS | (OR HOW I SPENT MY FORTIES) ESSAYS | WASSERSTEIN, WENDY | SCHRAGER, MITZIE | WENDY WASSERSTEIN WAS AN AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT WHO RECEIVED THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA AND A TONY AWARD FOR BEST PLAY. WHEN WASSERSTEIN TURNED FORTY, SHE MADE A TO DO LIST COMPOSED MOSTLY OF ITEMS LEFT OVER FROM WHEN SHE TURNED THIRTY. IN THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS WASSERSTEIN WROTE ABOUT EACH OF HER QUESTS AND MIDLIFE OBSESSIONS AS WELL AS HER SISTER'S BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER, AND HER OWN PREGNANCY AND THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD AT FORTY-EIGHT. WASSERSTEIN DIED OF LYMPHOMA 4 YEARS AFTER PUBLISHING THE "SHIKSA GODDESS." |
BR | 7216 | DIANNE FEINSTEIN | NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY | ROBERTS, JERRY | MOTHEN, LILLIAN | ROBERTS PENETRATING BIOGRAPHY OF DIANNE FEINSTEIN GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE THRICE-MARRIED JEWISH WOMAN WHO CAM 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. |
BR | 7217 | SMALL MIRACLES FOR WOMEN | MANDELBAUM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH | ADA CREIGHTON | SMALL MIRACLES FOR WOMEN IS A COLLECTION OF TRUE EXPERIENCES, EACH FEATURING A SPECIAL WOMAN AND THE MIRACLES THAT HAVE BLESSED HER | |
BR | 7218 | REASON FOR WINGS | KORNBLATT, JOYCE REISER | LIEBERMAN, FLORENCE | RACHEL SILVER, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR NOW LIVING IN ARGENTINA, UNDERTAKES "THE DUTIES OF WITNESS," SETTING DOWN FOR HER MISSING GRANDDAUGHTER MARCELLA A HISTORY OF THE FAMILY'S SURVIVAL. | |
BR | 7219 | REDEMPTION | FAST, HOWARD | CHARLES CREIGHTON | WHEN IKE GOLDMAN, A RETIRED LAW PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, DISSUADES A MUCH YOUNGER WOMAN FROM COMMITTING SUICIDE, HE NEVER SUSPECTS THAT HIS SELFLESS ACTION WILL LEAD TO LOVE AND THE POSSIBLE DEFENSE OF A WOMAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HER ABUSIVE EX-HUSBAND. EVENTUALLY HE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN FOLLOWING HIS HEART OR THE LOSS OF HIS FAITH IN LOVE. | |
BR | 7220 | REFUGE | MICHAEL, SAMI | LISELOTT, BURIN | THE TIME IS 1973, THE SETTING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. COMMUNIST AND ZIONIST, ISRAELI ARAB, PALESTINIAN REFUGEE AND ASHKENAZY JEW CLASH IN THIS STORY OF LOVE AND HATRED. MARDUCH, COMMUNIST SURVIVOR OF AN IRAQI PRISON (LIKE THE AUTHOR) AND ZIONIST BY DEFAULT, HAS GONE TO FIGHT FOR ISRAEL--THE COUNTRY THAT GAVE HIM REFUGE. WHEN MARDUCH'S WIFE IS ASKED TO SHELTER AN ARAB COMRADE SLATED FOR PREVENTIVE DETENTION, THE ANGUISH OF MORAL, POLITICAL, AND SEXUAL TENSIONS SURFACE. WHO IS GIVING WHOM REFUGE? WHERE DOES ONE'S LOYALTY LIE? | |
BR | 7221 | SUNRISE SHOWS LATE | MEKLER, EVA | CHARLES CREIGHTON | THE SETTING FOR THIS FIRST NOVEL IS A DP CAMP IN AMERICAN-OCCUPIED GERMANY IN 1946-47. THE PROTAGONIST, MANYA GERSON, SURVIVED THE WAR BY PASSING AS A GENTILE WITH FORGED IDENTITY PAPERS. NOW PREGNANT, SHE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO MEN; HER LOVER, AN ARDENT ZIONIST, AND A SUITOR WHO CAN OFFER HER A STABLE LIFE. | |
BR | 7222 | PROMISED LAND | VELTFORT, RUHAMA | PERLMAN- ALLEN, EDITH | YITZHAK, THE RENEGADE SON OF AN ORTHODOX RABBI IN THE SHTETLS OF POLAND, FLEES TO THE NEW WORLD WITH HIS YOUNG WIFE, CHANA, TO ESCAPE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND SUSPICION ABOUT HIS POWERFUL CHARISMA AND FERVENT BELIEFS. SETTLING WITH HIS FOLLOWERS UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF A WEALTHY FAMILY IN ST. LOUIS. YITZHAK IS DRIVEN BY RECURRING VISIONS TO LEAD HIS FAMILY AND HIS FLOCK ON A PERILOUS TREK WEST. IT IS ON THIS ADVENTURE-FILLED WITH INDIANS, SETTLERS, RELIGIOUS ZEALOTS, TRUE BELIEVERS, AND ALL OF THE DANGERS AND GRANDEUR OF THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS-THAT YITZHAK'S FAITH IS TRIED AND CHANA'S MORE PRAGMATIC BELIEFS ARE TESTED AGAINST BOTH THE JOURNEY AND ITS SURPRISING RESOLUTION. | |
BR | 7223 | SNOW IN AUGUST | HAMILL, PETE | BAYER, RUTH | IN BROOKLYN IN 1947, 11-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL DEVLIN MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A NEWLY EMIGRATED ORTHODOX RABBI. IN EXCHANGE FOR LESSONS IN ENGLISH AND BASEBALL, RABBI HIRSCH TEACHES MICHAEL YIDDISH AND MYSTERIES OF THE KABBALAH. SOON, THOUGH, ANTI-SEMITISM APPEARS IN THE FORM OF A GANG OF TOUGHS THAT IT SEEMS ONLY A GOLEM CAN STOP. | |
BR | 7224 | FERTILE GROUND | KRICH, ROCHELLE MAJER | SANDOCK, BETTY | LISA BROCKMAN IS A STAFF PHYSICIAN AT A PRESTIGIOUS FERTILITY CLINIC THAT HAS COME UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED EGG SWITCHING. THE MURDER OF A YOUNG EGG DONOR AND THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF DR. MATTHEW GORDON, THE CLINIC'S FOUNDER AND LISA'S FIANCEE PUTS HER MEDICAL CAREER IN JEOPARDY. IN DESPERATION LISA LAUNCHES HER OWN SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. | |
BR | 7225 | MAGIC SECRETS | WYLER, ROSE AND GERALD AMES | EVANS, GERTRUDE | CHILDREN'S MAGIC BOOKS. | |
BR | 7226 | CARRY ME ACROSS THE WATER | CANIN, ETHAN | SANDOCK, BETTY | 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 FOTUNE, A FAMILY, AND A LIFE ON HIS OWN TERMS. | |
BR | 7227 | SAME SEA | OZ, AMOS | SCHENCKEL-SILVERMAN, REGINA | THE STORY ABOUT A FAMILY AND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH WHEN THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY PASSES AWAY. | |
BR | 7228 | SABBATH | ERLICH, JOSEPH | CHARLES CREIGHTON | SET IN THE POLISH-JEWISH SHTETL OF WOLBROM IN THE 1930S, WHERE JOSEF ERLICH SPENT HIS YOUTH, HIS ACCOUNT OF HOW THE CHARACTER FEIVEL AND HIS FAMILY OBSERVE THE SABBATH HAS THE FLAVOR OF A DOCUMENTARY NARRATIVE AS THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES IN INTRICATE DETAIL THE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE AND FOLKWAYS OF THIS HOLIEST OF DAYS. IT IS A RICH ARCHIVE FOR READERS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE ORTHODOX RELIGIOUS TRADITION AS IT WAS PRACTICED FOR CENTURIES IN EUROPE AND AS IT CONTINUES TO BE PRACTICED AMONG PIOUS DESCENDANTS TODAY. | |
BR | 7229 | ELEANOR'S REBELLION | A MOTHER, A SON, AND HER SECRET | SIFF, DAVID | ROSEMARY E. FOLTZER | WHEN AT THE AGE OF FORTY DAVID SIFF LEARNED THAT HE WAS ADOPTED, HE BEGN A JOURNEY INTO HIS FAMILY'S PAST. HIS DISCOVERD THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER, HOW HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM UP AND LATER ADOPTED HIM 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. |
BR | 7230 | BUS DRIVER WHO WANTED TO BE GOD | AND OTHER STORIES | KERET, ETGAR | BETTY SANDOK | FROM ONE OF ISRAEL'S BEST SELLING YOUNG AUTHORS COMES A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES THAT ILLUMINATE THE HIDDEN TRUTHS OF LIFE IN ISRAEL TODAY. |
BR | 7231 | ASCENT OF ELI ISRAEL | AND OTHER STORIES | JOHN PAPERNIK | BETTY SANDOK | WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN REPORTER WHO LIVED IN ISRAEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THESE STRANGE AND FICTIONAL SHORT STORIES PRESENT A BEAUTIFUL, SURREALISTIC, AND AT TIMES UNSETTLING VIEW OF MODERN DAY ISRAEL FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF THOSE EXPERIENCING THE CONFLICT FIRSTHAND. |
BR | 7232 | BARBED WIRE ON THE ISLE OF MAN | THE WARTIME BRITISH INTERNMENT OF JEWS | RAMATI, ALEXANDER | BETTY SANDOK | |
BR | 7233 | WHAT REMAINS | DELBANCO, NICHOLAS | KARYN PREMEAU | THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF A FAMILY WHO LIVED IN GERMANY FOR MANY YEARS AND HAD TO ESCAPE FROM HITLER AND WHILE DOING SO STRUGGLE TO COME TO TERMS WITH A PAST REPLETE WITH LARGE ANCESTRAL HOMES, A PRESENT FILLED WITH IMPOVERISHED RELATIVES WHO HAVE FLED THE NAZI REGIME, AND A DUBIOUS FUTURE ELSEWHERE. | |
BR | 7234 | WORLDPERFECT | THE JEWISH IMPACT ON CIVILIZATION | SPIRO, RABBI KEN | CHARLES CREIGHTON | WHAT CONSTITUTES A PERFECT WORLD? AFTER INTERVIEWING OVER 1,500 PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, RABBI SPIRO HAD A LIST OF 6 CORE ELEMENTS. HE THEN DOCUMENTED THE JEWISH ORIGINS OF THESE UNIVERSAL VALUES. |
BR | 7235 | JUST REVENGE | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. | REGINA SCHENKMAN-SILVERSTEIN | PROFESSOR MAX MANUCHEN HAS FOUND THE MAN WHO KILLED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN COLD BLOOD MORE THAN A HALF A CENTURY AGO. MAX, WHO HAS NEVER BROKEN A LAW, CANNOT TURN DOWN HIS CHANCE FOR REVENGE. | |
BR | 7236 | CHRIST OF FISH | HOFFMAN, YOEL | CHARLES CREIGHTON | IN THE CHRIST OF FISH, YOEL HOFFMANN CREATES A NOVEL OUT OF A MOSAIC OF TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE PIECES OF AUNT MAGDA'S LIFE IN TEL AVIV. ORIGINALLY FROM VIENNA, HOFFMANN'S HEROINE IS A WIDOW WHO STILL SPEAKS GERMAN AFTER DECADES IN ISRAEL. THE MYRIAD MINI-CHAPTERS OFFER MANY VIEWS OF AUNT MAGDA-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. | |
BR | 7237 | CROSS BY DAY, THE MEZUZAH BY NIGHT | SIEGEL, DEBORAH SPECTOR | REGINA SCHENKMAN-SILVERSTEIN | ||
BR | 7238 | HAREM | MOSSANEN, DORA LEVY | REGINA SCHENKMAN-SILVERSTEIN | THE STORY OF THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FROM THE PERSIAN JEWISH QUARTER IN IRAN AND THE LIVES EACH ONE LEADS. | |
BR | 7239 | JERICHO MOSAIC | WHITTEMORE, EDWARD | BARBARA AHIGIAN | WHAT SEEMS APPARENT IS NOT ALWAYS THE TRUTH IN THIS NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG SYRIAN WHO GIVES UP HIS SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TO HELP THE ARAB CAUSE. IN REALITY, HE IS AN IRAQI JEW WORKING FOR ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE. | |
BR | 7240 | CLIMBING JACOB'S LADDER | ONE MAN'S JOURNEY TO REDISCOVER A JEWISH SPIRITUAL TRADITION | MORINIS, ALAN | REGINA SCHENKMAN- SILVERSTEIN | IN EXPLORING HIS JEWISH HERITAGE, THE AUTHOR CAME UPON THE JEWISH SPIRITUAL PRACTICE CALLED MUSSAR. THIS BOOK SHOWS THE CENTRAL TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF MUSSAR AND HOW THEY HELPED THE AUTHOR AND CAN HELP OTHERS. |
BR | 7241 | SHTETL | THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A SMALL TOWN | HOFFMAN, EVA | REGINA SCHENKMAN-SILVERSTEIN | AN IMMIGRANT FROM POLAND, HOFFMAN RECONSTRUCTS THE LOST WORLD OF THE SHTETL AND ITS JEWISH INHABITANTS, FROM ITS EARLY BEGINNINGS TO FINAL DESTRUCTION DURING THE HOLOCAUST. |
BR | 7242 | NAZI OFFICER'S WIFE | HOW ONE JEWISH WOMAN SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST | BEER, EDITH HAHN WITH SUSAN DWORKIN | REGINA SCHENKMAN-SILVERSTEIN | EDITH HAHN WAS A YOUNG WOMAN STUDYING LAW IN VIENNA WHEN THE GESTAPO FORCED HER AND HER MOTHER INTO A GHETTO. EDITH WAS TAKEN AWAY TO A LABOR CAMP, AND, WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME MONTHS LATER, SHE FOUND HER MOTHER HAD BEEN DEPORTED. KNOWING SHE WOULD BECOME A HUNTED WOMAN, EDITH WENT UNDERGROUND. USING A CHRISTIAN FRIEND'S IDENTITY PAPERS, SHE FLED TO MUNICH WHERE SHE MET WERNER VETTER, A NAZI PARTY MEMBER WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH HER. DESPITE HER PROTESTS AND EVEN HER EVENTUAL CONFESSION THAT SHE WAS JEWISH, HE MARRIED HER AND KEPT HER IDENTITY A SECRET. YET, DESPITE THE RISK IT POSED TO HER LIFE, EDITH CREATED A REMARKABLE RECORD OF SURVIVAL WHICH IS NOW PART OF THE PERMANENT COLLECTION AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. |
BR | 7243 | TERRIBLE POWER OF A MINOR GUILT | LITERARY ESSAYS | YEHOSHUA, ABRAHAM B. | CHARLES CREIGHTON | CELEBRATED A.B. YEHOSHUA DISCUSSES NINE LITERARY WORKS-FROM THE EARLY CLASSICS, STORIES FROM HEBREW LITERATURE AND WORLD LITERATURE IN ORDER TO SHOW HOW THE "MORAL ISSUE" RENDERS NEW READINGS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE TEXTS. |
BR | 7244 | BLACK SWAN | CHARYN, JEROME | REGINA SCHENKMAN-SILVERSTEIN | A CONTINUATION OF HIS MEMOIR, "THE DARK LADY FROM BELORUSSE," THE AUTHOR RELATES HIS CHILDHOOD ADVENTURES IN THE POST-WAR BRONX. | |
BR | 7245 | ELLI | COMING OF AGE IN THE HOLOCAUST | BITTON-JACKSON, LIVIA | THE TRUE STORY OF ELLI FRIEDMANN, WHO WAS TAKEN FROM HER HOMETOWN BETWEEN THE BEAUTIFUL CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS AND THE BLUE DANUBE RIVER AT A TIME WHEN MOST GIRLS ARE GROWING UP, HAVING BOYFRIENDS AND EMBARKING UPON THE ADVENTURE OF LIFE. WHEN ELLI EMERGED FROM AUSCHWITZ AND DACHAU JUST OVER A YEAR LATER, SHE WAS FOURTEEN. SHE LOOKED LIKE A SIXTY-YEAR-OLD. |
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BR | 7246 | DOWN-TO-EARTH JUDAISM | WASKOW, ARTHUR (RABBI) | ROSEMARY E. FOLTZER | A GUIDE TO INFUSING THE SPIRITUAL CAPACITY OF JUDAISM IN MUNDANE ACTIVITIES. THE DISCUSSIONS ARE WIDE-RANGING WITH A FIRM GROUNDING IN TEXTUAL SOURCES. WASKOW'S AIM IS TO INCLUDE ALL JEWS IN MEANINGFUL WORSHIP AND COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY. © 1995 | |
BR | 7247 | COSTUME FOR NOAH | TOPECK, SUSAN REMICK | WHILE NOAH'S NURSERY SCHOOL WORKS ON PURIM COSTUMES, NOAH'S PARENTS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH A NEW BABY'S ARRIVAL. | ||
BR | 7248 | ALWAYS PRAYER SHAWL | OBERMAN, SHELDON | WHEN ADAM AND HIS FAMILY EMIGRATE FROM RUSSIA TO AMERICA, HIS GRANDFATHER GIVES THE BOY HIS PRAYER SHAWL. AS ADAM LEARNS TO LIVE, DRESS AND SPEAK DIFFERENTLY, THE SHAWL CHANGES ALSO, BUT ADAM INSISTS THAT ITS ESSENCE REMAINS THE SAME. EVENTUALLY, HE IS ABLE TO SHOW IT TO HIS OWN GRANDSON. | ||
BR | 7249 | OPERATION PEACE FOR GALILEE | THE ISRAEL-PLO WAR IN LEBANON | GABRIEL, RICHARD A. | JEANNE STAUCH | A BALANCED ACCOUNT OF THE 1982 WAR THAT EVALUATES MILITARY ACTIONS OF THE COMBATANTS AND REFUTES FALSE OR EXAGGERATED MEDIA ACCOUNTS. © 1985 |
BR | 7250 | TROPHY WIDOW | A RACHEL GOLD NOVEL | KAHN, MICHAEL A. | TERRY ZELVY | RACHEL GOLD, THE REFORM JEWISH LAWYER WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BOYFRIEND, HAS ACQUIRED ANGELA GREEN, A CELEBRITY FOR SERVING TIME FOR THE MURDER OF HER HUSBAND, AS HER LATEST CLIENT. DURING THE CASE, HOWEVER, RACHEL DISCOVERS THAT HER CLIENT WAS FRAMED, AND THAT MONEY, NOT PASSION, WAS THE MOTIVE AND THAT THE TRUE MURDERER IS PROBABLY STILL AT LARGE. © 2002 |
BR | 7251 | HIMMELFARB | A NOVEL | KRUGER, MICHAEL | DELORES RYAN | RICHARD, A YOUNG GERMAN ETHNOLOGIST TRAVELS THROUGH THE AMAZON WITH HIMMELFARB, AN EXPATRIATE JEW WHO SERVES AS HIS GUIDE, MENTOR, AND FRIEND. FALLING ILL, HIMMELFARB DICTATES A MANUSCRIPT WHICH RICHARD PUBLISHES UNDER HIS OWN NAME, PRESUMING HIMMELFARB DEAD. RICHARD BECOMES FAMOUS BUT FIFTY YEARS LATER HIMMELFARB REAPPEARS. © 1994 |
BR | 7252 | DATING SECRETS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS | BOTEACH, SHMULEY | RABBI BOTEACH OFFERS ADVICE ON FINDING THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE, ORGANIZING HIS GUIDE ALONG THE FRAMEWORK OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. ALTHOUGH HE SPEAKS FROM A VERY ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE, HIS WRITING, WITH UP-TO-DATE CULTURAL REFERENCES AND HUMOR, IS AIMED AT SINGLES OF ALL FAITHS. © 2000 | ||
BR | 7253 | CROWN FOR THE KING | IBN GABIROL, SOLOMON | IN WHAT IS CONSIDERED HIS GREATEST POEM, SOLOMON IBN GABIROL (1021-1058) USES AS ITS THEME THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN PREDICAMENT. IBN GABIROL TALKS OF THE FRAILITY OF MAN AND HIS PROCLIVITY TO SIN, IN TENSION WITH A BENIGN PROVIDENCE THAT MUST LEAVE ROOM FOR THE OPERATION OF MAN'S FREE WILL AND ALSO MAKE AVAILABLE TO HIM THE MEANS FOR PENITENCE. THE ROYAL CROWN IS STILL PRINTED IN PRAYERBOOKS OF THE SEPHARDIC RITE FOR YOM KIPPUR AND AMONG NORTH-AFRICAN JEWISH COMMUNITIES (AND THEIR OFFSHOOTS IN ISRAEL AND ELSEWHERE). IT IS READ COMMUNALLY BEFORE THE MORNING SERVICE OF THE DAY. IN NORTHERN EUROPE AND THE WEST, THIS CUSTOM HAS LAPSED. HOWEVER, THE ROYAL CROWN IS STILL USED FOR PRIVATE PENITENTIAL READING. | ||
BR | 7254 | BIG NAP | WALDMAN, AYELET | CHARLES CREIGHTON | JULIET HASN'T SLEPT FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES SINCE HER FOUR-MONTH-OLD SON WAS BORN AND HER HUSBAND BEING A WORKAHOLIC DOESN'T HELP. JULIET FINALLY FINDS RELIEF WITH HER SON'S NEW BABYSITTER, A YOUNG HASIDIC WOMAN. BUT FRAYDLE, THE BABYSITTER, HAS GONE MISSING! WHAT IS FRAYDLE FLEEING FROM AND WHY WON'T HER PARENTS GET THE POLICE INVOLVED? © 2001 | |
BR | 7255 | LETTERS TO AUNTIE FORI | THE 5,000 YEAR HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR FAITH | GILBERT, MARTIN | SIR MARTIN GILBERT TELLS THE SAGA OF FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF JEWISH LIFE IN A SERIES OF PERSONAL LETTERS TO A FRIEND, "AUNTIE FORI." © 2002 | |
BR | 7256 | JUDGES | WIESEL, ELIE | SET IN A CONNECTICUT PARLOR, FIVE STRANGERS STRANDED TOGETHER AFTER THEIR PLANE MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING, FIND THEMSELVES MANIPULATED BY A SADISTIC HOST WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE JUDGE AND DECLARES THAT ONE OF THEM WILL DIE BEFORE MORNING. © 1999 | ||
BR | 7257 | GLASS HEARTS | PAUL, TERRI | MINNIE SCHRAGER | THIS FIRST NOVEL CENTERS AROUND SERENE, A YOUNG GIRL WHOSE FATHER HAS VANISHED FROM THEIR SMALL HUNGARIAN VILLAGE JUST BEFORE WORLD WAR I, LEAVING HIS BELEAGUERED JEWISH FAMILY TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES IN A TIME OF DANGER AND DISRUPTION. SERENE IS FIVE-AND-A-HALF YEARS OLD WHEN WE MEET HER IN THE AUTUMN OF 1913. FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS, SHE SEEKS THROUGH DREAMS AND VISIONS TO RECOVER HER FATHER AND TO DEAL WITH THE CONFLICTING VALUES AND BELIEFS OF HER TIGHTLY KNIT FAMILY AND THE SOCIETY WHICH IS UNRAVELING AROUND HER. IN THE SUMMER OF 1916, THE FIGHTING SPREADS TO HER VILLAGE, FORCING THE FAMILY TO FLEE NORTH TO A SMALL TOWN NEAR BUDAPEST. WHEN THEY RETURN AFTER THE WAR, THEY FIND THEIR VILLAGE DESTROYED. IN 1919, SERENE MUST LEAVE IT BEHIND, WITH ITS GHOSTS, CHARMS AND DREAMS, AND START ANEW, IN A NEW COUNTRY. © 1999 | |
BR | 7259 | SAMIR AND YONATAN | CARMI, DANIELLE | IN AN ISRAELI HOSPITAL WARD WITH FIVE BEDS LIES SAMIR, A PALESTINIAN BOY. NOTHING COULD BE MORE FRIGHTENING FOR SAMIR THAN TO BE TRAPPED AMONG THE VERY PEOPLE HE BLAMES FOR HIS BROTHER'S DEATH. YET AMID THIS EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE, SAMIR BEGINS TO LEARN THE PERSONAL STORIES OF THE FOUR OTHER CHILDREN. ISRAELI CHILDREN-THEIR HURTS, AND THEIR OWN CONFLICTS. THERE, EVEN IN A LANGUAGE NOT HIS OWN, CONFRONTED WITH HIS OWN FEELINGS OF GUILT, SAMIR FINDS A NEW WORLD AND PLACE FOR HIMSELF. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY YAEL LOTAN © 2000 | ||
BR | 7260 | BRIDGE ACROSS THE JORDAN | THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH CARPENTER AND THE KING OF JORDAN | SHUMSKY, ADAIA & ABRAHAM | WHEN MENDEL COHEN, A JEWISH CARPENTER BORN IN JERUSALEM, MET KING ABDULLAH OF JORDAN, THEY FORGED AN UNLIKELY BUT ENDURING FRIENDSHIP. BASED ON COHEN'S MEMOIRS OF HIS YEARS AT THE JORDANIAN ROYAL COURT AS THE COURT CONTRACTOR, THIS IS ALSO A FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF A REGION ON THE BRINK OF CHANGE. IN 1995 KING HUSSEIN (ABDULLAH'S GRANDSON) INVITED MENDEL COHEN'S DAUGHTER (SHUMSKY) TO THE ROYAL PALACE IN AMMAN SO THAT THEY MIGHT RETRACE COHEN'S AND ABDULLAH'S FOOTSTEPS. © 1997 | |
BR | 7261 | JOURNEY HOME | JEWISH WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN CENTURY | ANTLER, JOYCE | THIS OVERVIEW OF THE LIVES OF OUTSTANDING AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN FROM 1890 TO THE PRESENT EMPHASIZES THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THEIR RELIGION. SHE HAS TAKEN 50 WOMEN FROM MANY BACKGROUNDS INCLUDING LITERATURE, SHOW BUSINESS, ZIONISM, AND FEMINISM AND HERE GIVES A WELL-RESEARCHED AND LIVELY PORTRAIT OF EACH AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHTING THEIR CONNECTIONS TO THEIR RELIGION. ANTLER ALSO DESCRIBES HOW EACH WOMAN CAME TO TERMS WITH HAVING BOTH A FEMALE AND A JEWISH IDENTITY. © 1997 | |
BR | 7262 | IN THE IMAGE | HORN, DARA | BETTY SANDOK | FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF A HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND, LEORA CUTS OFF ALL EMOTIONAL TIES TO THE WORLD. IT IS THE GRANDFATHER OF HER DECEASED FRIEND WHO RECONNECTS LEORA TO LOVE AND FAITH THROUGH THE SLIDE IMAGES HE HAS TAKEN ON HIS EXPLORATION OF JUDAISM. © 2002 | |
BR | 7263 | ROSE OF JERICHO | FRIEDMAN, ROSEMARY | THE SEQUEL TO 'PROOF OF AFFECTION', THIS IS THE CONTINUING STORY OF KITTY SHELTON AND HER ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY IN ENGLAND. © 1984 | ||
BR | 7264 | DISTANT SISTERS | THE WOMEN I LEFT BEHIND | ROTEM, JUDITH | JO ANN HENRY | A GROWING FASCINATION WITH THE HARDSHIPS OF WOMEN IN OTHER CULTURES MAKES THIS INSIDER'S LOOK AT THE HARSH LIVES OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX WOMEN AN INTRIGUING STUDY. ROTEM, WHO DIVORCED HER HUSBAND AND THIS WAY OF LIFE, SPOKE WITH DOZENS OF WOMEN. ALTHOUGH HER APPRAISAL OF THEIR LIFE IS OFTEN HARSH, SHE IS NEVER CRITICAL OF THE WOMEN THEMSELVES. TRANSLATED BY SHIRA ATIK, WITH FOREWORD BY NESSA RAPPOPORT. © 1997 |
BR | 7265 | OWL | AND OTHER STORIES | AUERBACH, JOHN | REGINA SCHENCKEL-SILVERMAN | THESE STORIES DRAW UPON THEMES FROM THE AUTHORS LIFE: HIS YEARS AT SEA, ON A KIBBUTZ, AS AN ALIENATED MAN IN AMERICA, AND HIS AND OTHERS' SURVIVAL OF WAR AND THE HOLOCAUST. THIS IS THE FIRST COLLECTION OF HIS STORIES TO APPEAR IN ENGLISH, THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH THEY WERE WRITTEN. PREFACE BY SAUL BELLOW. © 2003 |
BR | 7266 | SANDY KOUFAX | A LEFTY'S LEGACY | LEAVY, JANE | A SPORTS WRITER INTERVIEWED SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS NAMES IN BASEBALL FOR THIS BIO OF THE CY YOUNG AWARD WINNING BROOKLYN DODGER, FAMED FOR HIS REFUSAL TO PLAY ON YOM KIPPUR AS MUCH AS FOR HIS MODESTY, GOOD LOOKS, AND AMAZING PITCHING SKILLS. © 2003 | |
BR | 7267 | MUSICALLY SPEAKING | A LIFE THROUGH SONG | WESTHEIMER, DR. RUTH K. | DR. RUTH, BEST KNOWN FOR HER ADVICE ON HUMAN SEXUALITY, TELLS HER STORY FROM A MUSICAL PERSPECTIVE. BY AGE 30, SHE HAD HAD LIVED IN FIVE COUNTRIES. WHILE UNABLE TO CARRY A TUNE HERSELF, LEARNING THE SONGS OF EACH NATION HELPED HER LEARN NEW LANGUAGES, MAKE NEW FRIENDS, AND CREATE ENDURING MEMORIES. © 2003 | |
BR | 7268 | GORDIAN KNOT | WEINSTOCK, YAIR | BROCHA ROSENBERG | FIVE GENERATIONS OF ONE FAMILY ARE TANGLED IN A MYSTERIOUS AND IMPORTANT SECRET INVOLVING A HIDDEN KABBALIST WHOSE GRANDCHILDREN - AND ALL JEWS - WILL BE DOOMED IF HIS WILL ISN'T FOUND; A SADISTIC NAZI WITH A HIDEOUS PLAN, AND A SIMPLE FARMER ON AN ISRAELI MOSHAV. © 1997 | |
BR | 7269 | WAR AT HOME | EISENBERG, NORA | MITZIE SCHRAGER | A BARELY FICTIONALIZED STORY NARRATED BY LUCY LEHMAN ABOUT HER OUTLANDISH, DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY WHO LIVE IN THE BRONX. LUCY'S FATHER COMES BACK FROM WWII ANGRY AND VIOLENT AND LEAVES HER MOTHER FOR HIS MISTRESS. THIS THROWS HER ALREADY ECCENTRIC MOTHER, TIPPY, INTO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF DRUGS AND BIZARRE BEHAVIOR THAT REQUIRES LUCY AND HER BROTHER NICK TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. © 2002 | |
BR | 7270 | DEATH IN VIENNA | SILVA, DANIEL | 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 | ||
BR | 7271 | FATHERLAND FILES | CLIFFORD, ALAN K. | TRUDY SIWOFF | CARDIOLOGIST PETER GOODMAN DISCOVERS THAT A GERMAN DRUG COMPANY IS RELUCTANT TO ADVERTISE A NEW DRUG. AT THE SAME TIME AN ISRAELI NEUROPHARMACOLOGIST IS TRACKING A LIBYAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROJECT. AFTER THE DEATH OF GOODMAN'S HOST, THEY JOIN FORCES AND UNCOVER A PATTERN OF DECEIT STRETCHING BACK TO A WORLD WAR II CONCENTRATION CAMP. © 1994 | |
BR | 7272 | BREZNITZ | LAPID, HAIM | TERRY ZELVY | REJECTED BY HIS LOVER AND RECOVERING FROM A NEAR-FATAL CAR CRASH, BREZNITZ RETURNS TO HIS POLICE UNIT AND IS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE AN UNUSUAL MURDER. AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN IS FOUND NEAR JERUSALEM; AN ARAB SUSPECT IS APPREHENDED AND QUICKLY CONFESSES. BREZNITZ, HOWEVER, IS NOT CONVINCED THAT HE IS THE REAL KILLER. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (1992) BY YAEL LOTAN, © 2000 | |
BR | 7273 | MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ | A COMMUNAL CASE | GUR, BATYA | THE MURDER BY POISON OF OSNAT HAREL, BEAUTIFUL AND FORCEFUL KIBBUTZ SECRETARY, IS A MOST DISTURBING ONE. TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT "ONE WHO HASN'T LIVE ON A KIBBUTZ CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND LIFE THERE," MICHAEL OHAYON, NOW HEAD OF THE NATIONAL DIVISION'S DEPARTMENT FOR INVESTIGATION OF SERIOUS CRIMES, BECOMES EVER MORE DETERMINED TO PENETRATE THE SPIRIT OF THIS WORLD HE MUST INVESTIGATE. DEFYING HIS COMMANDER'S ORDERS. OHAYON WORKS ALONE, CONVINCED THAT ONLY THROUGH DELICATE PROBING OF KIBBUTZ LIFE WILL HE UNCOVER THE MOTIVES BEHIND THIS STRANGE HOMICIDE. TRANSALATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU © 1991 | |
BR | 7274 | SOLDIER OF PEACE | THE LIFE OF YITZHAK RABIN 1922-1995 | KURZMAN, DAN | AN INTIMATE AND COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE ASSASSINATED ISRAELI LEADER, FROM HIS CHILDHOOD AS A SHY, TROUBLED BOY TO HIS POLITICAL CAREER ON THE WORLD STAGE. THE PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR IS A JOURNALIST WHO SHARED A LONG PROFESSIONAL FRIENDSHIP WITH MR. RABIN. © 1998 | |
BR | 7275 | SELBY PRINTOUT | A TORAH TECHNO-THRILLER | BENJAMIN, RUTH | TRUDY ROSENBERG | MICHAEL BERMAN, BANK EMPLOYEE AND BA'AL TESHUVAH (NEWLY OBSERVANT JEWS), WAS THE LAST PERSON TO WORK ON AN ACCOUNT THAT HAS NOW BEEN PLUNDERED IN A COMPUTER BREAK-IN, SO HE IS THE PRIME SUSPECT. WITH THE HELP OF HIS AGING GRANDFATHER, HE SETS OUT ON A PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TO CLEAR HIS NAME, REGAIN THE CONTENTMENT AND SATISFACTION HE'D FELT UPON BECOMING ORTHODOX, AND FIND HIS PLACE IN THE JEWISH WORLD. © 1998 |
BR | 7276 | HEARTSTORM | GERROND, CAROL BLAKE | JUNE JACKSON | ROMANCE WITH RELIGIOUS CONTENT © 1996 | |
BR | 7277 | PLAYDATE WITH DEATH | WALDMAN, AYELET | CHARLES CREIGHTON | PUBLIC DEFENDER TURNED STAY-AT-HOME MOM JULIET APPLEBAUM IS BACK, INVESTIGATING THE APPARENT BUT UNLIKELY SUICIDE OF PERSONAL TRAINER BOBBY KATZ.© 2002 | |
BR | 7278 | TERRORIST HUNTER: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A WOMAN WHO WENT UNDERCOVER | TO INFILTRATE THE RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS OPERATING IN AMERICA | ANONYMOUS | THE AUTHOR IS AN IRAQI JEW WHO ESCAPED TO ISRAEL AFTER SADDAM HUSSEIN'S REGIME EXECUTED HER FATHER. NOW LIVING IN NEW YORK, HER BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE HAVE HELPED HER BECOME A COUNTERTERRORISM EXPERT, AND SHE HAS UNCOVERED INFORMATION THAT THE FBI MISSED. BECAUSE OF HER UNDERCOVER WORK, HER NAME HAS BEEN KEPT SECRET. © 2003 | |
BR | 7279 | HANDSOME IS | ADVENTURES WITH SAUL BELLOW: A MEMOIR | WASSERMAN, HARRIET | POLLY WYLLIE | WASSERMAN WAS BELLOW'S LITERARY AGENT FOR MANY YEARS, UNTIL HE SWITCHED TO ONE OF HER COMPETITORS. SHE WAS THERE FOR HIS MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES, HIS PULITZER AND NOBEL PRIZES, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER EPISODES IN THE NOVELIST'S LIFE, WHICH SHE SHARES IN THIS MEMOIR. © 1997 |
BR | 7280 | CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE | BEYOND THE KINDERTRANSPORT: A MEMOIR OF MUSIC, LOVE & SURVIVAL | GOLABEK, MONA; COHEN, LEE | LISELOTTE BURIN | 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. (C) 2002 |
BR | 7281 | ELIJAH'S TEARS | STORIES FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS | PEARL, SYDELLE | FIVE ORIGINAL TALES BY SYDELLE PEARL FEATURING THE BIBLICAL FIGURE ELIJAH, HIS FICTIONAL SISTER ELIORA, AND THEIR SEARCH FOR GOOD DEEDS AROUND THE WORLD. | |
BR | 7282 | BETHLEHEM ROAD MURDER | A MICHAEL OHAYON MYSTERY | GUR, BATYA | THE BODY OF A YOUNG WOMAN IS DISCOVERED IN THE ATTIC OF A HOUSE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN TO BE IMPENETRABLE TO OUTSIDERS. OHAYON IS CALLED UPON TO DO THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH TAKES PLACE AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF TENSIONS BETWEEN ASHKENAZIM AND MIZRAHIM, AND JEWS AND ARABS. | |
BR | 7283 | REPORT FROM A PARISIAN PARADISE | ESSAYS FROM FRANCE, 1925-1969 | ROTH, JOSEPH | REGINA SCHENKEL SILVERMAN | CONSIDERED THE GREATEST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT OF HIS AGE, ROTH LEFT THE DISINTEGRATING WEIMAR REPUBLIC IN 1925 AND SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN FRANCE. THE ESSAYS HE WROTE THERE PROVIDE A DESCRIPTIVE PORTRAIT OF FRANCE IN THE LATE 1920S AND 1930S. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY MICHAEL HOFMANN © 2004 |
BR | 7284 | CASE FOR ISRAEL | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN | 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 | ||
BR | 7285 | MIGHTY HEART | THE BRAVE LIFE AND DEATH OF MY HUSBAND | PEARL, MARIANE | BETTY SANDOK | THE WIDOW OF MURDERED WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER DANIEL PEARL DESCRIBES HIS KIDNAPPING, THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT SHE LED TO RESCUE HIM, AND THROUGH THIS EFFORT, NEW KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERRORISTS' METHODS, IDEOLOGY, AND RUTHLESS VIOLENCE. SHE GOES ON TO TELL THE STORY OF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AND THEIR SHARED IDEALS, INCLUDING A BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD REPORTING. WITH SARAH CRICHTON © 2003 |
BR | 7286 | ELECTED MEMBER | RUBENS, BERNICE | REGINA SCHENKEL-SILVERMAN | NORMAN IS THE CLEVER ONE OF A CLOSE-KNIT JEWISH FAMILY IN THE EAST END OF LONDON. INFANT PRODIGY, BRILLIANT BARRISTER, THE APPLE OF HIS PARENTS' EYES…UNTIL AT FOURTY-ONE HE BECOMES A DRUG ADDICT, CONFINED TO HIS BEDROOM, AT THE MERCY OF HIS HALLUCINATIONS AND PARANOIA. FOR NORMAN, HIS COMMITTAL TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL REPRESENTS THE ULTIMATE ACT OF BETRAYAL. FOR RABBI ZWECK, NORMAN'S FATHER, HIS SON'S DETERIORATION IS A BITTER REMINDER OF HIS OWN GUILT AND FAILURE. ONLY BELLA, THE UNMARRIED SISTER, STILL IN HER CHILDHOOD WHITE ANKLE SOCKS, CAN REACH ACROSS THE ABYSS OF PAIN TO BRING FATHER AND SON THE ELUSIVE PEACE WHICH THEY BOTH DESPERATELY CRAVE. |
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BR | 7287 | MY ANECDOTAL LIFE | A MEMOIR | REINER, CARL | CHARLES CREIGHTON - CONG RODFEI ZEDEK | THE COMEDIAN-WRITER-ACTOR OFFERS 27 ANECDOTES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN SHOW BUSINESS, FROM THE CATSKILLS TO HOLLYWOOD.© 2003 |
BR | 7288 | FLYING CAMEL | ESSAYS ON IDENT BY WOMEN OF N AFRCAN & MID EASTRN JEWSH HERITAGE | KHAZZOOM, LOOLWA, ED. | ADA CREIGHTON - CONG RODFEI ZEDEK | SEVENTEEN MIZRACHI AND SEPHARDI WOMEN WRITE ABOUT THEIR MULTIPLE IDENTITIES AS WOMEN, JEWS, AND NON-WESTERNERS. AS THEY DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY TENSIONS BETWEEN ISLAM, JUDAISM, AND CHRISTIANITY ON THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEY ALSO INTRODUCE THEIR UNIQUE CUSTOMS AND HERITAGE TO MAINSTREAM ASHKENAZI JEWRY, PROMOTING JEWISH MULTICULTURALISM. © 2003 |
BR | 7289 | SAVING MONTICELLO | THE LEVY FAMILY'S EPIC QUEST TO SAVE THE HOUSE THAT JEFFERSON BUILT | LEEPSON, MARC | DELORES RYAN | THIS IS THE STORY OF THE LEVY FAMILY, THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PRESERVATION OF MONTICELLO AND HOW THEY ULTIMATELY SAVED JEFFERSON'S ESTATE.© 2001 |
BR | 7290 | SECRET ACCOUNTS | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | CHARLES CREIGHTON | DAVID BELLINSON IS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNMENT UNIT CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF UNRAVELING THE PAPER TRAIL OF MONEY USED TO UNDERWRITE TERRORISM ACROSS THE WORLD. DAVID LOST AN UNCLE IN A TERRORIST BOMBING YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE MAN DECIDES THAT SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR ALL THE SPILLED BLOOD. WHAT HE DOESN'T REALIZE - UNTIL IT'S ALMOST TOO LATE- IS THAT HE HIMSELF MIGHT BE THE ONE TO PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE OF ALL. | |
BR | 7291 | KAFKA IN BRONTLAND AND OTHER STORIES | YELLIN, TAMAR | BETTY SANDOCK | THIRTEEN STORIES ADDRESS UNIVERSAL THEMES OF YEARNING AND DISPLACEMENT, LOVE, LOSS AND THE STRUGGLE TO BELONG. BLENDING IRONY WITH PATHOS, THE MYTHICAL MYTH WITH THE MUNDANE, THIS BOOK GIVES VOICE TO A RICH MIX OF CHARACTERS LIVING OUTSIDE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS OF IDENTITY IN A WORLD OF COMPLEX MIGRATIONS AND TUMULTUOUS CHANGES. | |
BR | 7292 | SOMEONE NOT REALLY HER MOTHER | CHESSMAN, HARRIET SCOTT | FRAN SUSCA | HANNAH PEARL LOST HER ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE HOLOCAUST, ESCAPED FROM FRANCE TO ENGLAND, MARRIED AN RAF PILOT, ALSO KILLED IN THE WAR, AND CAME TO CONNECTICUT TO RAISE MIRANDA, THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER. NOW IN HER 80S, WITH ALZHEIMER'S ADVANCING, THE PAST, SO LONG HIDDEN FROM HER FAMILY AND HERSELF, SPILLS INTO HER MEMORIES. | |
BR | 7293 | MARRANO LEGACY | A CONTEMPORARY CRYPTO-JEWISH PRIEST REVEALS SECRETS OF HIS DOUBLE LIFE | ALEXY, TRUDI | BETTY SANDOCK | ALEXY'S JEWISH FAMILY FLED FROM PRAGUE AND HID IN FASCIST SPAIN DURING WWII AS BAPTIZED CATHOLICS. SIMON IS A CRYPTO-JEWISH CATHOLIC PRIEST WHO READ ALEXY'S FIRST BOOK AND WAS INTRIGUED BY THE SIMILARITIES WITH HIS OWN FAMILY'S HISTORY OF HIDDEN IDENTITY. THIS BOOK CHRONICLES THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ALEXY AND SIMON, AND ALEXY'S STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND WHY SIMON CONTINUES TO LIVE IN DANGER OF DISCOVERY BY BOTH CATHOLICS AND MAINSTREAM JEWS, WHILE WRESTLING WITH DOUBT AND TRAGEDY THAT CAUSE HIM TO ALMOST ABANDON HIS FAITH IN GOD AND HIS JEWISH IDENTITY. |
BR | 7294 | RESPONSIBLE LIFE | THE SPIRITUAL PATH OF MUSSAR | STONE, IRA F. | REGINA SCHENKEL SILVERMAN | LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR IS THE CENTRAL OBLIGATION OF JEWISH LIFE. MUSSAR, A LATE 19TH CENTURY JEWISH RENEWAL MOVEMENT, FOCUSED ON THIS PRECEPT AS A MEANS OF SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH. THROUGH THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MUSSAR, ONE CAN LEARN HOW TO AWAKEN TO A SPIRITUALITY THAT IS COMPASSIONATE, MORAL, AND GENEROUS. IN THIS BOOK, RABBI IRA STONE PROVIDES A CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING MUSSAR AND DESCRIBES HOW PARTICIPATION IN A MUSSAR GROUP CAN OFFER SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR THIS POWERFUL SPIRITUAL PRACTICE. |
BR | 7295 | HILDA AND PEARL | MATTISON, ALICE | SUSAN SCHILSON | WHEN 11-YEAR-OLD FRANCES LEVENSON FINDS A PAIR OF BABY SHOES HIDDEN IN HER MOTHER HILDA'S BUREAU DRAWER, SHE BEGINS TO UNRAVEL A SECRET INVOLVING HER PARENTS AND HER AUNT PEARL. A SEDUCTION, A BABY OF DISPUTED PATERNAL PARENTAGE AND A TRAGIC DEATH MARK THE SHIFTS IN FAMILY DYNAMICS THAT PARADOXICALLY BRING HILDA AND PEARL CLOSER, THOUGH ONE IS A VICTIM AND MAKES A NOBLE SACRIFICE AND THE OTHER IS A TAKER WITH MAGIC CHARM. | |
BR | 7296 | MAIMONIDES | NULAND, SHERWIN | REGINA SCHENKEL SILVERMAN | A BIOGRAPHY OF MAIMONIDES, THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHER,TORAH COMMENTATOR AND COURT PHYSICIAN. NULAND, A SURGEON AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, PRESENTS MAIMONDES PRIMARILY IN LIGHT OF HIS ROLE AS A PHYSICIAN. | |
BR | 7297 | WONDER SPOT | BANK, MELISSA | ADA CREIGHTON | A REFRESHINGLY HONEST INTERPRETATION OF ONE YOUNG WOMAN'S JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD AS WE FOLLOW HEROINE SOPHIE APPLEBAUM THROUGH A COMFORTABLE, YET AWKWARD CHILDHOOD IN SUBURBAN PENNSYLVANIA TO THE CHALLENGES OF FINDING LOVE AND A CAREER IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN. | |
BR | 7298 | SOUP HAS MANY EYES | FROM SHTETL TO CHICAGO - A MEMOIR OF ONE FAMILY'S JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY | LEONARD, JOANN ROSE | CHARLES GREIGHTON | AT HOME IN HER PENNSYLVANIA KITCHEN, JOANN LEONARD MAKES SOUP. IN HER GRANDFATHER'S POT, SHE IMPROVISES, USING HER GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S UNWRITTEN RECIPE. WITH THE FRAGRANT STEAM RISING FROM THE POT COMES A STREAM OF MEMORIES, HALF-TOLD TALES, AND DEPARTED ANCESTORS ASKING THAT THEIR STORIES BE TOLD. IN A NATION WHERE MOST PEOPLE'S ROOTS LIE IN FARAWAY LANDS, THE SOUP HAS MANY EYES IS A RICH, POETIC, DEEPLY SATISFYING TESTAMENT TO THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY BONDS, SPIRITUAL INSIGHT, AND, MOST OF ALL, THE MIRACLE THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE INVITE THE PAST INTO OUR LIVES. |
BR | 7299 | STARS OF DAVID | PROMINENT JEWS TALK ABOUT BEING JEWISH | POGREBIN, ABIGAIL | LISELOTTE BURIN | MORE THAN 60 PROMINENT AMERICAN JEWS SHARE THEIR FEELINGS ON WHAT BEING JEWISH MEANS TO THEM. |
BR | 7300 | HIDDEN CHILD | MILMAN, ISAAC | CHARLES CRIGHTON | THIS BIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON A YOUNG PERSON HIDDEN DURING THE HOLOCAUST--BUT THIS CHILD SURVIVED. THE AUTHOR TELLS HIS OWN STORY. HIS FAMILY FLED FROM POLAND TO FRANCE BEFORE THE WAR, BUT AFTER THE GERMAN INVASION, HIS PARENTS WERE TAKEN AWAY. A WOMAN, HENA, FOUND HIM, THEN AGE NINE, SITTING ON A PARIS SIDEWALK. SHE TOOK HIM IN, AND CONCEALED HIS AND HER OWN JEWISH IDENTITY. DESPITE THE HORROR OF LOSING MOST OF HIS FAMILY, THE AUTHOR EXPRESSES HIS GRATITUDE FOR HIS SALVATION AND HIS EVENTUAL ADOPTION BY AN AMERICAN JEWISH FAMILY AT AGE 15. AN INSPIRING AND POWERFUL VIEW OF THIS TRAGIC PERIOD IN HUMAN HISTORY. | |
BR | 7301 | WORLD PERFECT | THE JEWISH IMPACT ON CIVILIZATION | SPIRO, KEN | LILLIAN MCGEE | IN PURSUIT OF AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT WOULD CONSTITUTE A PERFECT WORLD, AUTHOR KEN SPIRO QUESTIONED MORE THAN 1,500 PEOPLE OF VARIOUS ACKGROUNDS AND RELIGIONS. HIS FINDINGS REVEALED SIX CORE ELEMENTS: RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE; PEACE AND HARMONY; JUSTICE AND EQUALITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. HE THEN SET OFF ON A JOURNEY TO FIND OUT WHY THESE WERE SUCH COMMON GOALS ACROSS CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND RACIAL LINES, AND IN THE PROCESS, TRACED THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD RELIGIONS, VALUES AND ETHICS. |
BR | 7302 | INVISIBLE WALL | A LOVE STORY THAT BROKE BARRIERS | BERNSTEIN, HARRY | LISELOTTE BURIN | IN THIS COMPELLING FAMILY SAGA, BLUMENTHAL, U.S. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY UNDER PRESIDENT CARTER, TRACES THE HISTORICAL TRAJECTORY OF GERMAN JEWRY, FROM MEDIEVAL GHETTO TO THE HOLOCAUST, THROUGH THE LIVES OF SIX OF HIS ANCESTORS. |
BR | 7303 | YOSSI AND LAIBLE ON THE BALL | ROSENFELD, DINA | BARBARA MANDELBAUM | ||
BR | 7304 | TALI'S SLIPPERS, TOVA'S SHOES | GANZ, YAFFA | |||
BR | 7305 | WORLD'S TOUGHEST TONGUE TWISTERS | ROSENBLUM, JOSEPH | |||
BR | 7306 | PRACTICAL KABBALAH | A GUIDE TO JEWISH WISDOM FOR EVERYDAY LIFE | WOLF, LAIBL, RABBI | PRACTICAL KABBALAH DRAWS UPON ANCIENT WISDOM BUT OFFERS A MODERN INTERPRETATION AND EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND TECHNIQUES FOR DELVING DEEPER INTO OUR SELVES AND OUR WORLD AND FOR REAPING THE BOUNTEOUS GIFTS THAT WERE ALWAYS MEANT FOR US. © 1999 | |
BR | 7307 | TALE OF THREE WISHES | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | WHEN THEIR WISHES FAIL, THREE CHILDREN LEARN THAT THEY MUST DESERVE BY EFFORT WHAT THEY HAD WANTED TO GET TOO EASILY. | ||
BR | 7308 | WHERE ARE YOU, HASHEM? | GANZ, YAFFA | |||
BR | 7309 | KIND LITTLE RIVKA | ROSENFELD, DINA | THE LATEST IN THE SERIES OF "THE LITTLE GREATS"--BIBLICAL FIGURES AS CHILDREN--IS KIND LITTLE RIVKA ABOUT THE MATRIARCH REBECCA AS A YOUNG GIRL. IT IS A SIMPLY NARRATED ACCOUNT OF HOW ABRAHAM'S TRUSTED SERVANT ELIEZER CHOSE RIVKA TO BE ISAAC'S WIFE--ALL BECAUSE OF HER KINDNESS. | ||
BR | 7310 | FOOLS OF CHELM AND THEIR HISTORY | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | A VSATIRICAL LOOK AT THE RESIDENTS OF CHELM, THE LEGENDARY YIDDISH TOWN OF FOOLS. | ||
BR | 7311 | AMERICAN JEWISH FICTION | A CENTURY OF STORIES | SHAPIRO, GERALD, ED. | THIS ANTHOLOGY PRESENTS AN AMBITIOUS CROSS-SECTION OF AMERICAN-JEWISH SHORT FICTION. IT COVERS A FULL CENTURY OF EXTRAORIDINARY WRITINGS, FROM TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY IMMIGRANT FICTION TO STORIES BY SOME OF THE FINEST YOUNG CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN WRITERS. © 1998 | |
BR | 7312 | STORY OF MIMMY AND SIMMY | GANZ, YAFFA | MIMMY IS A WEALTHY CHILD WITH MANY MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. SIMMY LIVES IN A "RUMPLEDOWN" HOUSE WITH MANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, MUCH WORK TO DO AND FEW DRESSES OR DOLLS. THEY ARE BOTH UNHAPPY AND JEALOUS OF EACH OTHER. THE DECIDED TO TRADE PLACES FOR ONE DAY. |
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BR | 7313 | LABELS FOR LAIBEL | ROSENFELD, DINA | LAIBEL AND HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, YOSSI, LEARN FIRSTHAND WHY "SHARING IS SOMETHING ALL PEOPLE MUST DO.".LAIBEL DOESN'T LIKE TO SHARE WITH HIS LITTLE BROTHER, SO HE DEVISES A CLEVER PLAN TO PUT AN END TO IT. BUT SOMEONE SOON OUTSMARTS LAIBEL, HELPING HIM TO DISCOVER WHY SHARING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HE THOUGHT. | ||
BR | 7314 | FOLLOW THE MOON | A JOURNEY THROUGH THE JEWISH YEAR | GANZ, YAFFA | CREATION OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR. | |
BR | 7315 | SHARING A SUNSHINE UMBRELLA | A MIMMY AND SIMMY STORY | GANZ, YAFFA | WHEN A SILLY ARGUMENT TURNS INTO A SERIOUS FIGHT, MIMMY AND SIMMY LEARN THE VALUE OF PEACE. | |
BR | 7316 | SHUKI'S UPSIDE-DOWN DREAM | GANZ, YAFFA | COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S STORIES. | ||
BR | 7317 | PESACH WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGI NAUONAH | GANZ, YAFFA | BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI THE HOLIDAY DOVE OBSERVE PESACH. | ||
BR | 7318 | PURIM WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGI NAUONAH | GANZ, YAFFA | BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI THE HOLIDAY DOVE OBSERVE PURIM. | ||
BR | 7319 | VERY BEST PLACE FOR A PENNY | HERMAN ROSENFELD, DINA | EMPHASIZES THE MITZVAH OR JEWISH COMMANDMENT OF GIVING CHARITY, THROUGH THE TALE OF A PENNY IN A DRAWER CONTEMPLATING THE VERY BEST PLACE FOR HIMSELF. | ||
BR | 7320 | LITTLE LEAF | SHARFSTEIN, CHANA | IT'S THE CHEERFUL STORY OF A LEAF, FROM ITS FIRST SPRING APPEARANCE AS A BUD TO ITS DECAY AND UPLIFT BY THE WIND. A RECURRING REFRAIN THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE IS "EVERYTHING THAT HASHEM DOES IS REALLY FOR THE BEST." | ||
BR | 7321 | FISH FOR MRS. GARDENIA | ABOLAFIA, YOSSI | WHEN MR. BENNETT CATCHES A FINE FISH, HE INVITES HIS FRIEND, MRS.GARDENIA, OVER FOR DINNER. BUT BEFORE HE CAN GET THE FISH ONTO THE BACKYARD GRILL, IT SLIPS FROM MR. BENNETT'S GRASP, THROUGH A NEIGHBOR'S WINDOW AND INTO A PASSING MILK CAN. FURTHER TWISTS AND TURNS IN THE PLOT EVENTUALLY DELIVER THE FISH BACK TO A SIZZLING GRILL; DINNER IS A SUCCESS AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE OLD FRIENDS BLOSSOMS. | ||
BR | 7322 | CONFUSED HANNUKAH | KOONS, JON | HANUKKAH IS FAST APPROACHING IN THE VILLAGE OF CHELM, BUT THE RABBI IS AWAY. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ONE OF THE VILLAGERS REMEMBERS HOW HANUKKAH IS SUPPOSED TO BE CELEBRATED. SO THEY SEND YOSSEL, A SIMPLE YOUNG MAN, TO THE NEIGHBORING VILLAGE TO LEARN WHAT HE CAN. YOSSEL MAKES A WRONG TURN, BUT HE DOES FIND SOME PEOPLE CELEBRATING A HOLIDAY. THE QUESTION IS: IS IT THE RIGHT HOLIDAY? | ||
BR | 7323 | GOOD IN BED | WEINER, JENNIFER | CANNIE SHAPIRO IS IN HER LATE TWENTIES, FUNNY AND INDEPENDENT. AFTER A "TEMPORARY" BREAK-UP WITH HER BOYFRIEND OF THREE YEARS, SHE READS HIS DEBUT COLUMN, "GOOD IN BED," IN THE WOMEN'S MAGAZINE MOXIE. TITLED "LOVING A LARGER WOMAN," THIS VERY PERSONAL PIECE TRIGGERS EVENTS THAT COMPLETELY TRANSFORM HER AND THOSE AROUND HER. | ||
BR | 7324 | TATTOO FOR A SLAVE | CALISHER, HORTENSE | A TATTOO IS A BUGLE CALL, A SUMMONING THAT LINGERS IN THE EAR. CALISHER COMES FROM A VIRGINIAN-BORN FATHER WHO MOVED TO THE NORTH FOR BUSINESS. HE REPEATEDLY INSISTS THAT HER FAMILY NEVER KEPT SLAVES, AN ASSUMPTION THAT CALISHER MAINTAINED UNTIL BOTH OF HER PARENTS WERE DEAD. UPON GOING THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF HER PARENT'S SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX, SHE COMES ACROSS A RECEIPT FOR AN INSURANCE PAYMENT HER GRANDFATHER MADE FOR 2 "SERVANTS", AND BECOMES DETERMINED TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT HER SLAVE-OWNING GRANDPARENTS. | ||
BR | 7325 | TELL IT LIKE IT IS | TOUGH CHOICES FOR TODAY'S TEENS | FRANKEL, ELLEN; LEVINE, SARAH | BROCHA BURNSTEIN | THE BOOK PORTRAYS THE LIFE OF SARAH EISENBERG, A NINTH GRADER IN A NEW CITY AND A NEW SCHOOL. THE YOUNG TEEN FINDS HERSELF STRUGGLING WITH AN ETHICAL DILEMMA, FROM BEING IN WITH THE "IN CROWD" TO DEFENDING HER MENTALLY RETARDED BROTHER TO DEALING WITH DRUGS AT A PARTY TO EXPERIENCING ANTISEMITISM. |
BR | 7442 | WHEN I LIVED IN MODERN TIMES | GRANT, LINDA | TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF AN UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE, WHEN I LIVED IN MODERN TIMES IS ONE WOMAN'S STORY OF DISCOVERY-OF HERSLEF, OF HER HERITAGE AND THE LAND THAT WOULD ONE DAY BECOME ISRAEL. | ||
BR | 7741 | DIGNITY OF DIFFERENCE | HOW TO AVOID THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS | SACKS, JONATHAN | 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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BR | 7768 | SHADOWS OF SIN | A JESSIE DRAKE MYSTERY | KRICH, ROCHELLE | DR. RONALD BUSHNELL AND TWO OF HIS EMPLOYEES ARE SHOT DEAD IN HIS ELEGANT OFFICE. THE PLASTIC SURGEON'S WOUNDS ARE SO SAVAGE, JESSIE DRAKE KNOWS THIS WAS NO RANDOM KILLING. SHE INVESTIGATES HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND FINDS THAT HIS TROUBLED FOSTER SON HAS DISAPPEARED. IS THE TEENAGER A WITNESS, ANOTHER VICTIM, OR EVEN THE MURDERER? THE JESSIE DRAKE MYSTERIES STAR A JEWISH WOMAN WHO IS A HOMICIDE DETECTIVE IN THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT.© 2001 | |
BR | 7790 | HANA'S SUITCASE | A TRUE STORY | LEVINE, KAREN | WHEN HANA BRADY'S SUITCASE ARRIVED AT A HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER IN TOKYO IN MARCH 2000, VISITING CHILDREN WANTED TO KNOW WHO SHE WAS AND WHAT BECAME OF HER. SO CURATOR FUMIKO ISHIOKA INVESTIGATED, LEARNING OF HANA'S IDYLLIC SMALL TOWN CHILDHOOD IN 1930S CZECHOSLOVAKIA, THE SUBSEQUENT NAZI INVASION, AND THE GIRL'S EVENTUAL DEATH AT AUSCHWITZ. IN THE COURSE OF HER RESEARCH, FUMIKO LOCATED HANA'S BROTHER GEORGE, AND BROUGHT HIM TO TOKYO TO MEET THE STUDENTS. THIS BOOK IS BASED ON A RADIO DOCUMENTARY, NARRATED BY FUMIKO ISHIOKA AND GEORGE BRADY.© 2003 | |
BR | 7815 | COMING HOME TO JERUSALEM | A PERSONAL JOURNEY | ORANGE, WENDY | THE AUTHOR, AN AMERICAN WRITER, WENT TO JERUSALEM WITH HER FAMILY FOR A TEN DAY CONFERENCE AND ENDED UP STAYING FOR SIX YEARS. HER EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE OF OPPOSING VIEWS AND BARELY CO-EXISTING SUBCULTURES IS ILLUMINATING AND EVOCATIVE.© 2000 | |
BR | 7928 | GENIUS OF GENESIS | A PSYCHOANALYST AND RABBI EXAMINES THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE | SHULMAN, DENNIS G. | DRAWING ON HIS PERSPECTIVE AS BOTH A RABBI AND A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, RABBI SHULMAN, PH.D., OFFERS THIS INTERPRETATION IN THE HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND OURSELVES IN THE WISDOM THAT IS GENESIS. © 2003 | |
BR | 8119 | SCHLEPPING THROUGH THE ALPS | MY SEARCH FOR AUSTRIA'S JEWISH PAST WTH ITS LAST WANDERING SHEPHERD | APPLE, SAM | WHEN SAM APPLE, A NEW YORK BASED WRITER, HEARS ABOUT HANS BREUER, AUSTRIA'S ONLY WANDERING SHEPHERD WHO SINGS YIDDISH LULLABIES TO HIS SHEEP AND GIVES CONCERTS IN HISTORICALLY ANTI-SEMITIC TOWNS, HE SIGNS ON AS AN APPRENTICE. URBAN AND FASTIDIOUS, SAM FINDS THIS NO EASY TASK. SAM AND HANS MEANDER THROUGH NUMEROUS AUSTRIAN LANDSCAPES IN THIS HILARIOUS ADVENTURE, AND MEET AUSTRIANS OF MANY STRIPES. SAM APPLE IS DETERMINED TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE AS MANY ANTI-SEMITES IN AUSTRIA AS HE FEARS AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW HANS, WHO GREW UP FIGHTING NAZISM IN VIENNA BECAME A WANDERING SHEPHERD. APPLE'S DISCOVERIES ARE MORE FASCINATING THAN HE COULD HAVE IMAGINED. |
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BR | 8135 | AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GOD | A NOVEL | LESTER, JULIUS | REBECCA IS THE CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, A THERAPIST, AND A RABBI. ONE STUDENT WHO HAS COME TO HER FOR COUNSELING IS FOUND STRANGLED, AND REBECCA REALIZES THAT SHE KNOWS WHO THE KILLER IS. REBECCA COMES TO POSSES A TORAH SALVAGED FROM A EUROPEAN SHTETL, AND BECOMES THE RABBI FOR THE DEAD JEWS OF THAT TOWN WHOSE SPIRITS VISIT HER NIGHTLY. THEN GOD HIMSELF BEGINS TO VISIT REBECCA AFTER SHE READS HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ANXIOUS FOR REBECCA TO GET TO KNOW HIM. REBECCA MEETS A GOD WHO IS LONELY, MORALLY AMBIVALENT, AND FASCINATED WITH EVIL. THIS IS BOTH A MURDER MYSTERY AND A MYSTERY ABOUT THE NATURE OF GOD, WHICH READERS WILL FIND INTRIGUING, DISTURBING AND IRONIC. | |
BR | 8145 | TEN GREEN BOTTLES | TRUE STORY OF FAMILY'S JOURNEY FROM WAR-TORN AUSTRIA TO SHANGHAI | KAPLAN, VIVIAN JEANETTE | NINI KARPEL, WHO GREW UP IN VIENNA DURING THE 1920S, LOVED THE CITY OF HER BIRTH. BUT WHEN HITLER SEIZED NEARBY GERMANY IN THE 1930S, AND ANTI-SEMITISM BECAME WIDESPREAD, THE KARPEL FAMILY SOUGHT REFUGE IN SHANGHAI, CHINA, WHICH IS A PLACE OF PRIVILEGE FOR SOME, POVERTY FOR MOST, WITH OPIUM DENS, DISEASE, AND WAR. | |
BR | 8160 | THOSE WHO SAVE US | BLUM, JENNA | FOR FIFTY YEARS, ANNA SCHLEMMER HAS REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT HER LIFE IN GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR II. TRUDY'S SOLE EVIDENCE OF THE PAST IS AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING ANNA, TRUDY, AND A NAZI OFFICER. TRUDY, NOW A PROFESSOR OF GERMAN HISTORY, BEGINS INVESTIGATING THE PAST | ||
BR | 8164 | NOT ME | A NOVEL | LAVIGNE, MICHAEL | MICHAEL ROSENHEIM, A DIVORCED STAND-UP COMIC, IS CARING FOR HIS ALZHEIMER'S-AFFLICTED FATHER WHEN HE DISCOVERS 24 VOLUMES OF HIS FATHER'S JOURNALS. IN THEM, HESHEL ROSENHAIM HAS DETAILED, IN THE FORM OF A NOVEL, THAT HE IS NO CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR BUT A FORMER NAZI ACCOUNTANT AT BERGEN-BELSEN. INTENSE AND VIVID, THIS BOOK IS AN UNSPARING AND UNFORGETTABLE EXAMINATION OF FAITH, HISTORY, IDENTITY, AND LOVE. | |
BR | 8182 | DEAN AND ME | A LOVE STORY | LEWIS, JERRY: KAPLAN, JAMES | OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR 10-YEAR PARTNERSHIP, LEWIS AND DEAN MARTIN MADE 16 WILDLY POPULAR MOVIES BUT THEIR REAL STRENGTH WAS THEIR PERFORMANCES IN NIGHTCLUBS, THEATERS AND ON TELEVISION. LEWIS WANTS TO GIVE HIS LATE PARTNER THE CREDIT HE FEELS CRITICS MISSED. LEWIS IS A WONDERFUL RACONTEUR, AND HIS TALES CAPTURE THE EXCITEMENT OF THEIR BUDDING CAREER AND THE SLOW, SAD EROSION OF THE FUN. | |
BR | 8194 | ALL WHOM I HAVE LOVED | A NOVEL | APPELFELD, AHARON | FICTION. | |
BR | 8198 | BRIEF CHAPTER IN MY IMPOSSIBLE LIFE | REINHARDT, DANA | OLIVE SKINNED AND DARK EYED, SIMONE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HER FAIR-HAIRED FAMILY. SHE IS, NONETHELESS, THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS. IT THEREFORE COMES AS A TERRIBLE INTRUSION IN SIMONE'S COMFORTABLE LIFE WHEN, AFTER 16 YEARS, HER BIRTH MOTHER RIVKA, A SELF-EXILED HASIDIC JEW, ASKS TO MEET HER. | ||
BR | 8202 | BOOK DOCTOR | A NOVEL | COHEN, ESTHER | NEW YORKER ARLETTE ROSEN NEVER INTENDED TO BECOME A BOOK DOCTOR. BUT AFTER SHE HELPS A FRIEND AND SALVAGES A MANUSCRIPT TITLED LIFE AND DEATH: ONE PROGNOSIS, SHE NEVER LACKS FOR CLIENTS. IN FACT, MUCH OF THIS SWEETLY CLEVER COMEDY CONSISTS OF THE LETTERS ARLETTE RECEIVES FROM DESPERATE WANNABE WRITERS HOPING THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WRITE EVERYTHING FROM HOLOCAUST NOVELS TO AN ALZHEIMER'S JOKE BOOK. | |
BR | 8211 | LOVE WITH NOODLES | AN AMOROUS WIDOWER'S TALE | FREUND, HARRY L | FREUND'S DEBUT NOVEL, SET AMONGST THE PARK AVENUE JEWISH SOCIAL SET, SKATES BY ON A BREEZE OF LIGHT SOCIAL COMEDY. TWO YEARS AFTER HIS BELOVED WIFE'S DEATH, 60-YEAR-OLD UPPER EAST SIDE STOCKBROKER DAN GELDER FINDS HIMSELF "BACK IN THE SADDLE," PURSUED BY ELIGIBLE WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE, EACH LOOKING FOR LOVE AND COMFORT IN THEIR RAPIDLY APPROACHING GOLDEN YEARS. | |
BR | 8220 | FORTUNE TELLER'S KISS | AMERICAN LIVES | SEROTTE, BRENDA | SEROTTE'S MEMOIR TELLS OF HER GROWING UP IN THE BRONX IN A SEPHARDIC JEWISH FAMILY AMONG ASHKENAZI NEIGHBORS. SHE WRITES OF HER TURKISH-BORN RELATIVES, THEIR CUSTOMS AND RITUALS, AND HOW SHE CAME DOWN WITH POLIO SHORTLY BEFORE HER EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. DESCRIPTIONS OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WHAT MAKE THIS MEMOIR A JOY TO READ. | |
BR | 8224 | CATASTROPHIST | LAWRENCE DOUGLAS | 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. | ||
BR | 8225 | BORDER OF TRUTH | A NOVEL | VICTORIA REDEL | AT 41, SARA, AN ACADEMIC IN MANHATTAN, REGISTERS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION AGENCY, AND SHE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE HER FAMILY HISTORY. SHE KNOWS HER LOVING, WIDOWED FATHER, RICHARD, CAME TO THE U.S. AS A HOLOCAUST REFUGEE IN THE 1940S, BUT HE DOES NOT TALK ABOUT IT. WHAT IS HE HOLDING BACK? AS THE FAMILY MYSTERY BUILDS TO A CLIMAX, THE REVELATIONS OF LOVE, GUILT, BETRAYAL, LOSS, AND DENIAL ARE HAUNTING. | |
BR | 8243 | WHO SHE WAS | MY SEARCH FOR MY MOTHER'S LIFE | FREEDMAN, SAMUEL G. | FREEDMAN'S MOTHER, ELEANOR, DIED OF CANCER AT AGE 50. THIRTY YEARS LATER, HE HAS WRITTEN A VIVID STORY, HER STORY, WITH ALL THE NARRATIVE ENERGY OF A NOVEL. SHE WAS A LOVELY GIRL, AND SHE LOVED BEING ADMIRED. SHE GREW UP IN THE EAST BRONX, SURROUNDED BY JEWISH EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS LIKE HER FAMILY. WITH TOUCHING ANECDOTES SUPPLIED BY FREEDMAN'S RELATIVES AND ELEANOR'S SURVIVING FRIENDS, THE AUTHOR RELAYS HOW ELEANOR CLASHED WITH HER DOMINEERING MOTHER, OVER ISSUES OF LOVE, MARRIAGE, EDUCATION, CULTURE AND CAREER. | |
BR | 8252 | BOOK ABOUT MY MOTHER | TALBOT, TOBY | A MEMOIR OF TOBY TALBOT'S MOTHER'S LIFE AND HER OWN CHILDHOOD. IT'S THE EXPERIENCE OF MOURNING, OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, OF THE HANDING DOWN OF LIFE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, OF THE NEED TO GO ON. | ||
BR | 8254 | MURDER IN JERUSALEM | A MICHAEL OHAYON MYSTERY | GUR, BATYA | TIRZAH RUBIN, SET DESIGNER FOR ISRAELI TELEVISION, IS FOUND DEAD UNDER A FALLEN MARBLE PILLAR. MICHAEL OHAYON, THE QUIET, INTROSPECTIVE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ISRAELI POLICE, ARRIVES ON THE SCENE TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION OF WHAT FIRST APPEARS TO BE AN ACCIDENT AND SOON BECOMES A CRIME. WHEN THE KILLING IS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND AND THEN A THIRD DEATH AT THE STUDIO, OHAYON AND HIS STAFF DELVE FURTHER INTO THE DEEPLY INTERTWINED LIVES OF THE VICTIMS AND THE OTHER MAJOR PLAYERS IN THIS CLOSELY KNIT TELEVISION FAMILY. | |
BR | 8255 | POLISH WOMAN | A NOVEL | MEKLER, EVA | SET IN 1967 NEW YORK, IT IS THE STORY OF JEWISH LAWYER PHILIP LANDAU, CHARGED WITH HANDLING THE ESTATE OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, WHEN A WOMAN APPEARS ON HIS DOORSTEP AND IDENTIFIES HERSELF AS THE SURVIVOR'S DAUGHTER, LONG SINCE PRESUMED DEAD. THE SITUATION APPEARS SUSPICIOUS YET PHILIP IS OBLIGATED TO RESEARCH AND EXAMINE HER STORY. IN THE PROCESS HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER. IN A TRIP TO POLAND, A NATION RIFE WITH POSTWAR ANTI-SEMITISM, THE TWO OF THEM UNCOVER THE FULL TRUTH THAT WILL FOREVER CHANGE THEIR RELATIONSHIP. | |
BR | 8256 | ONE GOD CLAPPING | THE SPIRITUAL PATH OF A ZEN RABBI | LEW, ALLAN | LEW'S COMPELLING SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY TRACES A CIRCLE FROM HIS JEWISH BOYHOOD IN BROOKLYN THROUGH A LONG, INTUITIVE QUEST THAT BROUGHT HIM TO BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, WHERE HE PRACTICED ZEN BUDDHISM. AFTER 10 YEARS OF ZEN MEDITATION, LEW REALIZED THAT HIS IS AN UNDENIABLY JEWISH SOUL. THIS REVELATION, ACCOMPANIED BY DREAMS, VISIONS, AND UNCANNY COINCIDENCES, DROVE HIM BACK TO NEW YORK, HIS FAMILY, AND THE TEMPLE, CULMINATING IN HIS BECOMING A RABBI. | |
BR | 8280 | BLINDNESS OF THE HEART | FRANCK, JULIA | IN A CROWDED TRAIN STATION IN 1945, AS THRONGS OF GERMANS FLEE TO THE WEST, HELENE TELLS HER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON TO SIT ON A BENCH AND WAIT WHILE SHE GOES TO THE LAVATORY, BUT SHE NEVER RETURNS. AND THUS FRANCK'S U.S. DEBUT BEGINS WITH THE UNSETTLING QUESTION OF WHAT SORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES COULD LEAD A MOTHER TO ABANDON HER SON. | ||
BR | 8284 | GOOD FOR THE JEWS | A NOVEL | SPARK, DEBRA | PART MYSTERY AND PART STRANGER-COMES-TO TOWN STORY, THE BOOK IS LOOSELY BASED ON THE BIBLICAL BOOK OF ESTHER. LIKE ESTHER, THE CHARACTERS DEAL WITH ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE WAY THAT POWERFUL MEN---AND THE WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM---NEGOTIATE BUREAUCRACIES. | |
BR | 8289 | JEW GROWS IN BROOKLYN | THE CURIOUS REFLECTIONS OF A FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN | EHRENREICH, JAKE | JAKE OSTROWITZ | AS A BOY, JAKE EHRENREICH WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO FIT IN. THE REALITY OF BEING THE FIRST AMERICAN-BORN CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WITH THICK EUROPEAN ACCENTS MADE HIM CRINGE, AND HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD TO FIT HIS VISION OF WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A 'REAL' AMERICAN. |
BR | 8303 | AMOROUS BUSBOY OF DECATUR AVENUE | A CHILD OF THE FIFTIES LOOKS BACK | KLEIN, ROBERT | THE COMEDIAN, ACTOR, AND WITTY OBSERVER OF OUR SOCIAL FOIBLES IS ALSO A FINE AND VERY FUNNY WRITER. WINNING A JOB WITH CHICAGO'S SECOND CITY IMPROVISATIONAL TROUPE IS REMEMBERED HERE FONDLY, AND KLEIN FILLS HIS STORY WITH INTERESTING AND REVEALING ANECDOTES ABOUT MANY SECOND CITY ALUMNI. | |
BR | 8306 | HARE WITH AMBER EYES | A FAMILY'S CENTURY OF ART AND LOSS | DE WAAL, EDMUND | PAUL SPERRY | EDMUND DE WAAL IS A WORLD-FAMOUS CERAMICIST. WHEN HE INHERITED A COLLECTION OF 264 TINY JAPANESE WOOD AND IVORY CARVINGS HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW THE COLLECTION HAD MANAGED TO SURVIVE. AND SO BEGINS THIS MEMOIR AND DETECTIVE STORY AS DE WAAL DISCOVERS THE STORY OF HIS FAMILY OVER FIVE GENERATIONS. |
BR | 8314 | SARAH'S KEY | DE ROSNAY, TATIANA | PARIS, JULY 1942: SARAH, A TEN-YEAR-OLD JEWISH GIRL, IS TAKEN WITH HER PARENTS BY THE FRENCH POLICE. DESPERATE TO PROTECT HER YOUNGER BROTHER, SARAH LOCKS HIM IN A BEDROOM CUPBOARD AND PROMISES TO COME BACK FOR HIM. SIXTY YEARS LATER JULIA JARMOND, AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, STUMBLES ONTO A TRAIL OF SECRETS THAT LINK HER TO SARAH. |
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BR | 8315 | SOMETHING FROM NOTHING | GILMAN, PHOEBE | WHEN JOSEPH WAS A BABY, HIS GRANDFATHER MADE HIM A SHIMMERING BLUE BLANKET ADORNED WITH THE MOON AND STARS. AS THE BOY GROWS AND THE BLANKET WEARS OUT, THE OLD TAILOR RECYCLES IT, IN SUCCESSION FASHIONING A JACKET, A VEST, A TIE AND, FINALLY, A CLOTH-COVERED BUTTON. BUT WHEN JOSEPH LOSES THE BUTTON, EVEN HIS GRANDFATHER CANNOT MAKE SOMETHING FROM NOTHING. | ||
BR | 8316 | READER | SCHLINK, BERNHARD | FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL IS RESCUED FROM A FALL BY HANNA, A WOMAN TWICE HIS AGE WHO BECOMES HIS LOVER. SUDDENLY HANNA DISAPPEARS; THE NEXT TIME MICHAEL SEES HER, HE IS A LAW STUDENT AND SHE IS ON TRIAL FOR A HIDEOUS CRIME. AS THE TRIAL PROGRESSES, MICHAEL REALIZES SHE MAY BE GUARDING A SECRET SHE CONSIDERS MORE SHAMEFUL THAN MURDER. | ||
BR | 8317 | MURDER OF CONVENIENCE | BLANK, HANNAH | INTELLECTUAL LIFE IN 1953 PARIS IS FLOURISHING; THE CAFES ARE ABUZZ WITH PHILOSOPHERS, ARTISTS, AND AMERICAN STUDENTS SPENDING A YEAR ABROAD. BUT THEIR PLEASANT ROUTINE IS INTERRUPTED WHEN A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG WOMAN IS FOUND MURDERED. AS THE POLICE INVESTIGATE, A YOUNG VETERAN OF THE INDOCHINA WAR, WHO NOW SERVES AS AN INTERPRETER, BEGINS AN AFFAIR WITH ONE OF THE AMERICAN GIRLS, GLEANING CRITICAL BITS OF INFORMATION THAT HELP TO SOLVE THE MURDER. © 1999 | ||
BR | 8318 | LOOK FOR ME | A NOVEL | RAVEL, EDEET | THE STORY OF DANA AND HER QUEST TO FIND HER HUSBAND WHO DISAPPEARED WHILE SERVING IN THE ISRAELI ARMY. | |
BR | 8319 | UNCLE RUDOLF | A NOVEL | BAILEY, PAUL | PETER LEVINE | AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY, ANDREW PETERS LOOKS BACK ACROSS THE YEARS TO REMEMBER LIFE WITH HIS DOTING UNCLE RUDOLF, WHO RESCUED HIM FROM FASCIST ROMANIA AS A CHILD. |
BR | 8320 | FROZEN RABBI | A NOVEL | STERN, STEVE | JANICE MANN | RABBI ZEPHYR WAS FROZEN IN A BLOCK OF ICE IN THE JEWISH PALE IN 1889. IN 1999, THE "GREAT THAW" BRINGS THE REANIMATED RABBI AND MISFIT TEEN BERNIE KARP TOGETHER IN A SUBURB OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY, THE SORT OF HUMOR THAT TAKES YOU BY SURPRISE. |
BR | 8321 | IPHIGENIA IN FOREST HILLS | ANATOMY OF A MURDER TRIAL | MALCOLM, JANET | DIANE LIPMAN | THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT A MURDER TRIAL IN THE BUKHARAN-JEWISH COMMUNITY OF FOREST HILLS, QUEENS, WHICH CAPTURED NATIONAL ATTENTION. THE DEFENDANT, A YOUNG PHYSICIAN, IS ACCUSED OF HIRING AN ASSASSIN TO KILL HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND, MR. MALAKOV, AN ORTHODONTIST, IN THE PRESENCE OF THEIR FOUR-YEAR OLD CHILD. THE PROSECUTOR CALLS IT AN ACT OF VENGEANCE: JUST WEEKS BEFORE MALAKOV WAS KILLED IN COLD BLOOD, HE WAS GIVEN CUSTODY OF A CHILD FOR INEXPLICABLE REASONS. |
BR | 8325 | KAISER'S LAST KISS | JUDD, ALAN | PAM VASSIL | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE KAISER WILHELM'S LAST YEARS IN NAZI-OCCUPIED HOLLAND. THROUGH JUDD'S DEPICTION OF THE KAISER, THE NOVEL DRAWS UNIQUE PARALLELS BETWEEN GERMANY AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND HITLER'S GERMANY. | |
BR | 8328 | GIFT OF REST | REDISCOVERING THE BEAUTY OF THE SABBATH | LIEBERMAN, JOE, SENATOR | MARY MURPHY | SENATOR JOE LIEBERMAN SHOWS HOW HIS OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH HAS NOT ONLY ENRICHED HIS PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE BUT ENHANCED HIS CAREER AND ENABLED HIM TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY TO HIS GREATEST CAPACITY. |
BR | 8330 | MURIEL'S WAR | AN AMERICAN HEIRESS IN THE NAZI RESISTANCE | ISENBERG, SHEILA | NIKKI JAMES | AN AMERICAN HEIRESS TURNED RESISTANCE HERO, MURIEL GARDINER SAVED COUNTLESS JEWS AND ANTI-FASCISTS, PROVIDING SHELTER AND DOCUMENTS ENSURING THEIR ESCAPE. |
BR | 8333 | TATTOO ARTIST | CIMENT, JILL | LORNA KOCHE | THE LIFE OF A NEW YORK SURREALIST ARTIST WHOSE 30 YEARS AMONG SOUTH PACIFIC NATIVES TEACHES HER THE SACRED ART OF TATTOOING. | |
BR | 8345 | HOW TO MARRY A JEWISH DOCTOR | ZEIDMAN, LEE | ELLEN DAVID | SUSAN LIEBOWITZ'S DOMINEERING MOTHER ONLY WANTS HER TO MARRY A JEWISH DOCTOR, REGARDLESS OF HER OWN DREAMS. SUSAN'S RESULTING EXPERIENCES ARE A SERIES OF CRAZY EVENTS, FROM THE FUNNY TO THE HEARTBREAKING, PROVING THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM, AND THAT YOU REALLY CAN'T HURRY LOVE. | |
BR | 8346 | MY BEFORE AND AFTER LIFE | A NOVEL | MILLER, RISA | ALLISON EDWARDS | WHEN HONEY AND SUSAN'S ELDERLY FATHER EMBRACES ORTHODOX JUDAISM ON A TRIP TO ISRAEL, THEY ARE SHOCKED, BUT THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY EXPLAINING THEIR CONCERNS, WHILE HE TRIES TO TEACH THEM ABOUT RELIGIOUS LIFE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADULT CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS CAN SOMETIMES BE PRICKLY AS EACH GENERATION TRIES TO UNDERSTAND AND COME TO TERMS WITH THE OTHER'S CHOICES. |
BR | 8356 | SACRED TRASH | THE LOST AND FOUND WORLD OF THE CAIRO GENIZA | HOFFMAN, ADINA; COLE, PETER | DIANE LIPMAN | THE STORY OF THE RETRIEVAL FROM AN EGYPTIAN GENIZA, OR REPOSITORY FOR WORN-OUT TEXTS, OF THE MOST VITAL CACHE OF JEWISH MANUSCRIPTS EVER DISCOVERED. |
BR | 8388 | 188TH CRYBABY BRIGADE | CHASNOFF, JOEL | TIM ZAGIN | JOEL CHASNOFF IS TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OLD, AN AMERICAN, AND THE GRADUATE OF AN IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY. WHEN HIS CAREER AS A STAND-UP COMIC FAILS TO GET OFF THE GROUND, CHASNOFF VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES. THE BOOK IS A NEW KIND OF COMING-OF-AGE STORY -- ONE THAT TEACHES US, MOVES US, AND MAKES US LAUGH. | |
BR | 8390 | TRUSTING CALVIN | HOW A DOG HELPED HEAL A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR'S HEART | PETERS, SHARON | MAX EDELMAN WAS 17 WHEN THE NAZIS TOOK HIM TO THE FIRST OF FIVE WORK CAMPS WHERE HE WAS BEATEN INTO BLINDNESS BY GUARDS. AFTER WITNESSING A GERMAN SHEPHERD KILL A FELLOW PRISONER, HE DEVELOPED A LIFELONG FEAR OF DOGS. MAX SURVIVED AND MOVED ON. WHEN HE RETIRED, HE RECEIVED CALVIN, A CHOCOLATE LABRADOR RETRIEVER. THE REMARKABLE STORY OF A MAN WHO SURVIVED HISTORY AND THE DOG THAT UNLOCKED HIS HEART. | |
BR | 8403 | WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER | TAITZ, SONIA | THE STORY OF A CHILD OF A WATCHMAKER WHO SAVED LIVES WITHIN DACHAU PRISON, AND HIS WIFE, A GIFTED PIANIST ABOUT TO MAKE HER DEBUT WHEN THE NAZIS SEIZED POWER. THIS LEGACY LEADS THE AUTHOR TO FORGE A LIFE IN WHICH SHE SEEKS TO HEAL BOTH HER PARENTS AND HERSELF THROUGH TRAVEL, ACHIEVEMENT, AND A DARING LOVE AFFAIR. | ||
BR | 8404 | RASHI'S DAUGHTERS BOOK 1, JOHEVED | A NOVEL OF LOVE AND THE TALMUD IN MEDIEVAL FRANCE | ANTON, MAGGIE | MAGGIE SNYDER | THE FIRST TWO NOVELS IN A DRAMATIC TRILOGY SET IN ELEVENTH-CENTURY FRANCE ABOUT THE LIVES AND LOVES OF THREE DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT TALMUD SCHOLAR. |
BR | 8405 | ONCE WE WERE BROTHERS | BALSON, RONALD H | THE GRIPPING TALE ABOUT TWO BOYS, ONCE AS CLOSE AS BROTHERS, WHO FIND THEMSELVES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HOLOCAUST. |
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BR | 8416 | MISSING FILE | MISHANI,D.A. | |||
BR | 8423 | MITZVAH MAN | CLAYTON, JOHN J. | RICHARD BERGMAN | MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE, ADAM FRIEDMAN FINDS SOLACE THROUGH LIVING THE MITZVOT. BUT WHILE SOME HAIL THE MITZVAH MAN AS A MODERN-DAY PROPHET, OTHERS BRAND HIM A MADMAN IN DANGER OF LOSING CUSTODY OF HIS ONLY CHILD. | |
BR | 8440 | SUPERMAN IS JEWISH | HOW COMIC BOOK SPERHEROES CAME TO SERVE TRUTH AND JUSTICE | BROD, HARRY | POLLY ADAMS | HARRY BROD REVEALS THE LINKS BETWEEN JEWS AND SUPERHEROES IN AN INVESTIGATION OF ICONIC COMIC BOOK FIGURES. |
BR | 8446 | ACCIDENTS | A NOVEL | HEDAYA, YAEL | MARY MURPHY | YONATAN IS A WRITER, A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD WIDOWER LEFT TO RAISE HIS CHILD ALONE. WHEN HE MEETS SHIRA, A BESTSELLING AUTHOR PARALYZED BY STAGE FRIGHT, THE THAW BEGINS AS MAN, WOMAN, AND GIRL ENTER A HALTING RELATIONSHIP. |
BR | 8479 | PAPER LOVE | SEARCHING FOR THE GIRL MY GRANDFATHER LEFT BEHIND | WILDMAN, SARAH | MARIE HOFFMAN | ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY TO FIND THE LOST LOVE HER GRANDFATHER LEFT BEHIND WHEN HE FLED PRE-WORLD WAR II EUROPE, AND AN EXPLORATION INTO FAMILY IDENTITY, MYTH, AND MEMORY. |
BR | 8487 | IN THE KING'S ARMS | TAITZ, SONYA | SONYA TAITZ | IT'S THE STORY OF A WOMAN NAMED LILY TAUB, WHO GREW UP IN A JEWISH HOUSEHOLD, HER PARENTS BEING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. WHILE ATTTENDING UNIVERSITY SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH PETER. WHAT SHE DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT PETER'S PARENTS ARE ANTI-SEMITIC AND WILL GIVE HER A HARD TIME WHEN SHE VISITS THEM.. |
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BR | 8510 | BEST PLACE ON EARTH | TSABARI, AYELET | DIANE LIPMAN | THE STORIES ABOUT CHARACTERS AT THE CROSSROADS OF NATIONALITIES, RELIGIONS AND COMMUNITIES: EXPATRIATES, TRAVELLERS, IMMIGRANTS AND LOCALS. | |
BR | 8673 | JEREMY'S DREIDEL | GELLMAN, ELLIE B.; MOLA, MARIA | AT THE DREIDEL-MAKING WORKSHOP, JEREMY’S FRIENDS THINK HE’S MOLDING A SECRET CODE ON HIS CLAY DREIDEL. BUT HE’S REALLY MAKING A SPECIAL GIFT FOR HIS FATHER, WHO IS BLIND. HOW WILL HE GET HIS FRIENDS TO APPRECIATE HIS SPECIAL DREIDEL? | ||
BR | 8674 | PEDDLER AND THE BAKER | MOLCHADSKY, YAEL | A DELIGHTFUL RETELLING OF AN INSPIRING FOLKTALE, THE BOOK TEACHES THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING AND INCLUSIVITY, THE BEAUTY OF SHABBAT AND THE IDEA THAT ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, HAS THE RIGHT TO FIND JOY IN THE WORLD. | ||
BR | 8675 | HANUKKAH AT MONICA'S | LIVNEY, VARDA | NO ONE LOVES HANUKKAH MORE THAN MONICA. AND CELEBRATING THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS IS EVEN MORE FUN WITH FRIENDS. LUCKILY, MONICA HAS LOTS OF FRIENDS, INCLUDING A ROBOT, A PIRATE — EVEN A JELLYFISH! WHO’S GOING TO ARRIVE AT HER PARTY NEXT? | ||
BR | 8676 | UNTIL THE BLUEBERRIES GROW | KAM, JENNIFER WOLF | UNTIL THE BLUEBERRIES GROW . . . . UNTIL THE FLOWERS BLOOM . . . BEN TRIES TO CONVINCE HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER TO STAY IN HIS HOUSE JUST A LITTLE LONGER AS THE TWO CELEBRATE A YEARLY CYCLE OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS TOGETHER. | ||
BR | 10038 | IMUNIM L'HASEFER, SEFER RISHON | MARENOF, S.; SCHULTZ, E. | A STUDENT WORKBOOK FOR THE HEBREW WORKBOOK HASEFER. | ||
BR | 10039 | A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC | SILVERSTEIN, SHEL | An imaginative book of poems —a favorite of Shel Silverstein fans young and old. This special edition contains 12 never-before-published poems. | ||
BR | 10040 | BY THE SHORE OF SILVER LAKE | INGALIS WILDER, LAURA | THE ADVENTURES OF LAURA INGALLS AND HER FAMILY CONTINUE AS THEY MOVE FROM THEIR LITTLE HOUSE ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK TO THE WILDERNESS OF THE UNSETTLED DAKOTA TERRITORY. | ||
BR | 10041 | ON THE BANK OF PLUM CREEK | INGALIS WILDER, LAURA | BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER, ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK IS THE NEWBERY HONOR-WINNING FOURTH BOOK IN THE LITTLE HOUSE SERIES, WHICH HAS CAPTIVATED GENERATIONS OF READERS. | ||
BR | 10042 | SKYLARK | MACLACHIAN, PATRICIA | THE SECOND BOOK IN THE SERIES THAT BEGAN WITH THE NEWBERY MEDAL–WINNING SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL BY PATRICIA MACLACHLAN. | ||
BR | 10043 | CALEB'S STORY | MACLACHIAN, PATRICIA | THE THIRD BOOK IN THE SERIES THAT BEGAN WITH THE NEWBERY MEDAL–WINNING SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL BY PATRICIA MACLACHLAN. | ||
BR | 10044 | OUT OF DARKNESS | THE STORY OF LOUIS BRAILLE | FREEDMAN, RUSSELL | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MODEST FRENCHMAN WHO, AFTER BEING BLINDED AT THE AGE OF THREE, WENT ON TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF RAISED DOTS ON PAPER THAT ENABLED BLIND PEOPLE TO READ AND WRITE. | |
BR | 10045 | THE LONG WINTER | INGALLS WILDER, LAURA | THE SIXTH BOOK IN LAURA INGALLS WILDER’S TREASURED LITTLE HOUSE SERIES, AND THE RECIPIENT OF A NEWBERY HONOR. | ||
BR | 10046 | A WRINKLE IN TIME | L2ENGLE, MADELEINE | MEG AND HER LITTLE BROTHER, CHARLES, WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR FATHER, A SCIENTIST WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WHEN A STRANGE OLD LADY SHOWS UP AT THEIR DOOR, THE ADVENTURE TO FIND HIM BEGINS. | ||
BR | 10047 | CHARLOTTE'S WEB | WHITE, E.B. | THIS BELOVED BOOK BY E. B. WHITE, AUTHOR OF STUART LITTLE AND THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN, IS A CLASSIC OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE THAT IS "JUST ABOUT PERFECT." | ||
BR | 10048 | SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL | MACLACHIAN, PATRICIA | SET IN THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND TOLD FROM YOUNG ANNA'S POINT OF VIEW, THE BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF HOW SARAH ELISABETH WHEATON COMES FROM MAINE TO THE PRAIRIE TO ANSWER PAPA'S ADVERTISEMENT FOR A WIFE AND MOTHER. | ||
BR | 10049 | THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE | INGALIDD WILDER | BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE IS THE THIRD BOOK IN THE AWARD-WINNING LITTLE HOUSE SERIES, WHICH HAS CAPTIVATED GENERATIONS OF READERS. | ||
BR | 10050 | MEET ABRAHAM LINCOLN | CARY, BARBARA | THIS WARMLY TOLD BIOGRAPHY OF OUR SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT IS ENRICHED BY MANY AUTHENTIC BUT SELDOM TOLD ANECDOTES THAT CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF LINCOLN AND HIS ERA. | ||
BR | 10051 | ARTHUR'S COMPUTER DISASTER | BROWN, MARC | ONCE AGAIN ARTHUR, D.W., AND FRIENDS LEAD US ON A HILARIOUS ADVENTURE KIDS WON'T WANT TO MISS. | ||
BR | 10052 | THE BOY WHO LIVED WITH THE SEALS | MARTIN, RAFE | IN A TRADITIONAL STORY FROM THE CHINOOK PEOPLE OF THE NORTHWEST, A YOUNG BOY DISAPPEARS AND IS FOUND YEARS LATER, SWIMMING WITH THE SEALS. | ||
BR | 10053 | LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE | WABER, BERNARD | A CRANKY NEIGHBOR PUTS LYLE IN THE ZOO BUT EXPERIENCES A CHANGE OF HEART WHEN THE CROCODILE SAVES HIM FROM A FIRE. | ||
BR | 10054 | IT DOESN'T SAY MEOW | SCHENK DE REGNIERS, BEATRICE | NINE RIDDLES CONTAIN CLUES IN VERSE TO WELL-KNOWN ANIMALS. | ||
BR | 10055 | A FISH OUT OF WATER | PALMER, HELEN | IN THIS BELOVED BEGINNER BOOK WRITTEN BY MRS. DR. SEUSS (AKA HELEN PALMER), A YOUNG BOY HILARIOUSLY LEARNS THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS WHEN HE FEEDS TOO MUCH TO HIS GOLDFISH—CAUSING IT TO GROW AS BIG AS A WHALE! | ||
BR | 10056 | MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE | ARNOLD MCCULLY, EMILY | ONE DAY, A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER ARRIVES AT A BOARDINGHOUSE OF THE WIDOW GATEAU. WHEN THE WIDOW’S DAUGHTER, MIRETTE, DISCOVERS HIM CROSSING THE COURTYARD ON AIR, SHE BEGS HIM TO TEACH HER HOW HE DOES IT. MIRETTE DOESN’T KNOW THAT THE STRANGER WAS ONCE THE GREAT BELLINI—MASTER WIRE-WALKER. HE HAS BEEN STOPPED BY A TERRIBLE FEAR. AND IT IS SHE WHO MUST TEACH HIM COURAGE ONCE AGAIN. | ||
BR | 10057 | HEIDI | SPYRI, JOHANNA | IT IS THE STORY OF HEIDI, A GIRL ORPHANED AT THE AGE OF FIVE, WHO IS SENT TO LIVE WITH HER GRANDFATHER IN THE SWISS ALPS BY HER AUNT DETIE. | ||
BR | 10058 | THE STRANGER | VAN ALLSBURG, CHRIS | THE ENIGMATIC ORIGINS OF THE STRANGER THAT FARMER BAILEY HITS WITH HIS TRUCK AND BRINGS HOME TO RECUPERATE SEEM TO HAVE A MYSTERIOUS RELATION TO THE WEATHER. COULD HE BE JACK FROST? | ||
BR | 10059 | FARMER BOY | INGALLS WILDER, LAURA | THE SECOND BOOK IN THE LITTLE HOUSE SERIES, IS LAURA INGALLS WILDER’S BELOVED STORY OF HOW HER HUSBAND, ALMANZO, GREW UP AS A FARMER BOY FAR FROM THE LITTLE HOUSE WHERE LAURA LIVED. | ||
BR | 10060 | HANSEL AND GRETEL | RETOLD BY RIKA LESSER | THE TALE OF HANSEL AND GRETEL IS HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN. RIKA LESSER'S RETELLING, HOWEVER, STRIVES TO BE A TRUE AS POSSIBLE TO THE TALE AS IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE BROTHERS GRIMM. | ||
BR | 10061 | FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER. A LIST AND THE GARDEN | LOBEL, ARNOLD | WINNER OF THE NEWBERY HONOR AWARD, FROG AND TOAD TOGETHER IS A LEVEL TWO I CAN READ BOOK, GEARED FOR KIDS WHO READ ON THEIR OWN BUT STILL NEED A LITTLE HELP. | ||
BR | 10062 | FROG AND TOAD ALL YEAR - THE CORNER | LOBEL, ARNOLD | IN WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL, FROG AND TOAD ARE ALWAYS TOGETHER. FROM SLEDDING IN WINTER TO EATING ICE CREAM ON HOT SUMMER DAYS, THESE TWO FRIENDS HAVE FUN THE WHOLE YEAR ROUND! | ||
BR | 10063 | CHICKEN LITTLE | LOBEL, ARNOLD | A CLASSIC STORY ABOUT LEARNING TO THINK FOR YOURSELF. CHICKEN LITTLE THINKS THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN AND SETS OFF ON A MISSION TO TELL THE KING. | ||
BR | 10064 | LEAH'S PONY | FRIEDRICH, ELIZABETH | SET IN THE DUST BOWL OF THE 1930S, ELIZABETH FRIEDRICH'S DEEPLY FELT STORY TELLS OF ONE CHILD AND WHAT SHE WOULD SACRIFICE FOR LOVE OF HER FAMILY. | ||
BR | 10065 | BRIDGE TO TERABITHA | PATTERSON, KATHERINE | IN THIS CLASSIC NOVEL, THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN YOUNG JESS AND LESLIE GROWS AS THEY MEET IN TERABITHIA--THEIR SECRET HIDING PLACE--AND ONLY ENDS WITH THE TRAGIC DEATH OF ONE OF THEM. | ||
BR | 10066 | GOODNIGHT MOON | WISE BROWN, MARGARET | IN A GREAT GREEN ROOM, TUCKED AWAY IN BED, IS A LITTLE BUNNY. "GOODNIGHT ROOM, GOODNIGHT MOON." AND TO ALL THE FAMILIAR THINGS IN THE SOFTLY LIT ROOM —THE LITTLE BUNNY SAYS GOODNIGHT. | ||
BR | 10067 | WEATHER | SIMON, SEYMOUR | EVER WONDER WHAT MAKES THE WIND BLOW? OR WHERE CLOUDS COME FROM, OR RAIN? AND WHAT ABOUT THE WARMTH OF A SUMMER DAY? WITH CLEAR, SIMPLE TEXT READERS WILL LEARN ALL ABOUT THE WAY WEATHER WORKS IN THIS INFORMATIVE BOOK! |
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BR | 10068 | A CHAIR FOR MY MOTHER | WILLIAMS, VERA B. | After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. | ||
BR | 10069 | THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT | PORTER, BEATRIX | BEATRIX POTTER'S MOST POPULAR AND WELL-LOVED TALE. IT TELLS THE STORY OF A VERY MISCHIEVOUS RABBIT AND THE TROUBLE HE ENCOUNTERS IN MR MCGREGOR'S VEGETABLE GARDEN! | ||
BR | 10070 | THE VELVETEEN RABBIT | WILLIAMS, MARGERY | A TIMELESS CLASSIC ABOUT THE MAGIC OF BOUNDLESS LOVE THAT'S BEEN TREASURED FOR GENERATIONS! | ||
BR | 10071 | TOUCH THE STARS | GRICE, NOREEN | A BASIC VIEW OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS, AND SEVERAL OTHER ASTRONOMY SUBJECTS, INCLUDING ECLIPSES AND THE PHASES OF THE MOON. | ||
BR | 10072 | PIPPY LONGSTOCKING | LINDGREN PATTERSON, ASTRID | THE BELOVED STORY OF A SPUNKY YOUNG GIRL AND HER HILARIOUS ESCAPADES. | ||
BR | 10073 | THE MIDWIFE'S APPRENTICE | CUSHMAN, KAREN | A SPELLBINDING NOVEL SET IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. THE GIRL KNOWN ONLY AS BRAT HAS NO FAMILY, NO HOME, AND NO FUTURE UNTIL SHE MEETS JANE THE MIDWIFE AND BECOMES HER APPRENTICE. | ||
BR | 10074 | ANNE FRANK, LIFE IN HIDING | HURWITZ, JOHANNA | FROM JULY 1942 UNTIL AUGUST 1944, A YOUNG GIRL NAMED ANNE FRANK CHRONICLED THE TWO YEARS SHE AND HER FAMILY SPENT HIDING FROM THE GERMANS. THE AUTHOR EVOKES THE BACKGROUND OF WORLD WAR II WHILE CAPTURING THE UNFORGETTABLE SPIRIT AND TRAGEDY OF ANNE'S LIFE. | ||
BR | 10075 | WAR DOG HEROES | SANDERSON, JEANETTE | True stories about dogs that served in the armed forces including guard and patrol dogs, messenger dogs, and rescue dogs. | ||
BR | 10076 | THE JUNGLE BOOK | KIPLING FRIEDRICH, RUDYARD | A COLLECTION OF ENCHANTING FABLES SET IN INDIA. | ||
BR | 10077 | LITTLE HOUSE ON ROCKY RIDGE | LEE MCBRIDE, ROGER | THE FIRST BOOK IN THE ROSE YEARS SERIES, THE STORY OF THE SPIRITED DAUGHTER OF THE AUTHOR OF THE BELOVED LITTLE HOUSE SERIES. | ||
BR | 10078 | MY VERY FIRST WINNIE THE POOH: POOH'S BAD DREAM | ZOEHFELD WEIDNER, KATHLEEN; MILNE, A.A. | POOH HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT A HEFFALUMP THAT STEALS HIS NEW POTS OF HONEY. | ||
BR | 10079 | WIND IN THE DOOR | L'ENGLE, MADELEINE | WHEN CHARLES WALLACE FALLS ILL, MEG, CALVIN, AND THEIR TEACHER, MR. JENKINS, MUST TRAVEL INSIDE C.W. TO MAKE HIM WELL, AND SAVE THE UNIVERSE FROM THE EVIL ECHTHROS. | ||
BR | 10080 | EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE | HORVATH, POLLY | THE STORY OF AN ORPHAN PRIMROSE SQUARP AND HER SEARCH FOR PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. | ||
BR | 10081 | AMELIA EARHART | PARLIN, JOHN | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIFE OF AMELIA EARHART THAT LAYS OUT THE FACTS OF HER LIFE IN AN EASY WAY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 10082 | MEET THE AUSTINS | L'ENGLE, MADELEINE | A BOOK ABOUT A GIRL WHO EXPERIENCES THE DIFFICULTIES AND JOYS OF GROWING UP. | ||
BR | 10083 | JOSH AND ALISHA CELEBRATE CHANUKAH | GREENBERG, KAY | FUN STORY OF SELEBRATING THE BELOVED HOLIDAY BY CHILDREN. | ||
BR | 11115 | ETERNAL ROAD, THE | SCHARFSTEIN, ZVI | AN ABBREVIATED BIBLE TEXT CONTAINING MANY TESTS AND EXERCISES AND A HEBREW-ENGLISH VOCABULARY. | ||
BR | 11247 | QUEST | INFELD, LEOPOLD | AN UNUSUALLY INTERESTING AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WELL-KNOWN CONTEMPORARY SCIENTIST, WHO LATER BECAME AN ASSISTANT OF ALBERT EINSTEIN. | ||
BR | 11249 | DRAMATIC MOMENTS JEW HISTORY | SACHAR, ABRAM L. | THE SIEGE AND FALL OF JERUSALEM IN 70 C.E., THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS FROM SPAIN IN 1492, THE POLITICAL EMANCIPATION OF THE JEWS IN THE 19TH CENTURY, ETC. | ||
BR | 11575 | IVRIT LIMVUGARIM UL'NOAR PART II (HEBREW FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH) | BRIDGER, DAVID | A CONTINUATION OF PART ONE. | ||
BR | 11619 | AND NOW, TOMORROW | FIELD, R.L. | CHARACTER STUDY OF EMILY BLAIR, WHOSE FAMILY OWNED THE BLAIR MILLS IN A NEW ENGLAND TOWN. AFTER A SEVERE ILLNESS EMILY WAS LEFT ABSOLUTELY DEAF. | ||
BR | 11624 | SHAAR HAKRIYAH, HELEK RISHON (THE GATEWAY TO READING, PART I) | SCHARFSTEIN, SOL | A PRIMER FOR THE TEACHING OF HEBREW READING BY A COMBINATION OF THE PHONIC AND WHOLE WORD METHOD. | ||
BR | 11650 | INTRODUCTION TO BIBLICAL HEBREW | LAMBDIN, THOMAS O. | SET UP FOR STUDY OF BIBLE. | ||
BR | 14560 | SEA OF STONES | BECKER, JUREK | BECKER, AN EAST GERMAN SURVIVOR OF THE HOLOCAUST, CONTRIBUTES A MOST IRONIC AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING NOVEL ABOUT THE SHTETL EXPERIENCE UNDER THE NAZIS. | ||
BR | 15580 | COULD ANYTHING BE WORSE? | HIRSH, MARILYN | THIS IS A GHOST STORY SURE TO SEND SHIVERS DOWN THE SPINE OF ANY CHILD. IT IS IN THE SAME VOLUME WITH 'COULD ANYTHING BE WORSE?'. |