EN4 | 00012 | FOLK TALES OF ISRAEL | | NOY, DOV, ED. | JANE WEISS | A SELECTION OF JEWISH FOLK TALES ON BOTH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR THEMES. TRANSLATED BY GENE BA |
EN4 | 00014 | SO LAUGH A LITTLE | | PICON, MOLLY | MURIEL HELLER & ROSE MINKIN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL TRIBUTE TO THE ACTRESS MOLLY PICON'S MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. |
EN4 | 00017 | 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. |
EN4 | 00018 | CAPTAIN NEWMAN, MD | | ROSTEN, LEO | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | A NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF A JEWISH PSYCHIATRIST IN AN ARMY HOSPITAL DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 00021 | BEST OF RECALL | | GAER, JOSEPH | LOUIS GOLDBERG | AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE. |
EN4 | 00022 | JEWISH PEOPLE, BOOK III | | PESSIN, DEBORAH | SCHIER, NANCY | 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. |
EN4 | 00030 | PASSIONS AND PREJUDICES | | ROSTEN, LEO | LLOYD MOSS | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON MODERN LIFE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE 'JOYS OF YIDDISH'. HIS HUMOR SOFTENS HIS BITING COMMENTARY ON SOCIETY. |
EN4 | 00039 | TREASURY OF YIDDISH STORIES | | HOWE, IRVING; GREENBERG, ELIEZER, ED | IRVING W. KRAMER | ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF OVER FIFTY STORIES BY YIDDISH WRITERS REPRESENTING LITERATURE FROM THE 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT; THEY DEMONSTRATE THE RHYTHM OF JEWISH LIFE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND AMERICA. |
EN4 | 00048 | MAN WHO PLAYED GOD | | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | THE STORY OF A HUNGARIAN JEW WHO RISKED THE STIGMA OF BEING CALLED A COLLABORATOR TO PURCHASE FREEDOM FROM THE NAZIS FOR NEARLY TWO THOUSAND OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 00050 | PROPHETS | | 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. |
EN4 | 00052 | DUST | | DAYAN, YAEL | DUITCH, MRS. | A POIGNANT NOVEL OF MODERN ISRAEL IN WHICH A YOUNG PIONEER GIRL TRIES TO BRING A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR OUT OF HIS PAST THROUGH HER LOVE. |
EN4 | 00054 | 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. |
EN4 | 00055 | EXODUS | | URIS, LEON | JANE WEISS | AN AMERICAN NURSE AND AN ISRAELI FREEDOM FIGHTER LEAD A CAST OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND SABRAS IN THE GLORIOUS, HEARTBREAKING, AND TRIUMPHANT ERA LEADING TO ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE. PAUL NEWMAN AND EVA MARIE SAINT STARRED IN THE 1960 OTTO PREMINGER FILM. © 1958 |
EN4 | 00063 | SECRET ARMY | | BERCUSON, DAVID J. | WEISS, JANE N. | AN EXAMINATION BY A CANADIAN HISTORY PROFESSOR OF FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS, MOSTLY AMERICAN, CANADIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN, WHO SERVED IN THE ISRAELI ARMED FORCES IN THE 1948 WAR. |
EN4 | 00065 | MAX GORDON PRESENTS | | GORDON, MAX | NORMAN KINGS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PRODUCER OF BROADWAY SHOWS. |
EN4 | 00066 | MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC | | LEVANT, OSCAR | TEMPLE ISRAEL | HUMOROUS MEMOIR OF THE GREAT PIANIST WITH OBSERVATIONS ABOUT HIS LIFE AND LIFE IN GENERAL. |
EN4 | 00087 | JUGGLER | | BLANKFORT, MICHAEL | ROSE POSESS | A NOVEL ABOUT A TROUBLED MAN WHO WAS ONCE A FAMOUS JUGGLER WHO SURVIVES THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND COMES TO ISRAEL FOR ASYLUM. |
EN4 | 00092 | LEAH | | EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR | MERRILY Y. BALINSON | 37 YEAR OLD SPINSTER WITH INTELLIGENCE AND WIT EMERGES AS A FRESH, UNIQUE HUMAN BEING. |
EN4 | 00095 | HISTORY AND JEWISH HISTORIANS | ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES | BARON, SALO W. | JUDITH HOFFMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 00096 | BETWEEN GOD AND MAN | AN INTERPRETATION OF JUDAISM | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | WER, BENJAMIN | A SELECTION OF WRITINGS ON CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM BY THE JEWISH THEOLOGIAN. |
EN4 | 00098 | INFINITY OF MIRRORS | | 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. |
EN4 | 00099 | MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE | A JEWISH VIEW | SHOULSON, ABRAHAM B., ED. | ROSE TATE | AN ANTHOLOGY PRESENTING THE MODERN AUTHORITATIVE JEWISH POINT OF VIEW OF EVERY ASPECT OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE AS INTERPRETED BY DISTINGUISHED SPIRITUAL LEADERS IN AMERICA. |
EN4 | 00116 | CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN JEWS | | BLAU, J.; NATHAN GLAZER, MARY; HANDLIN, OSCAR; HANDLIN, MARY | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | A STUDY BY AMERICAN-JEWISH SCHOLARS AND SOCIOLOGISTS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND LIFESTYLES OF AMERICAN JEWS. |
EN4 | 00125 | BROTHERS ASHKENAZI | | SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA | ALYCE DOMENI | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN INTERESTING PORTRAIT OF THE JEWS IN LODZ, POLAND. THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON TWO BROTHERS - ONE A BRILLIANT STUDENT, AND THE OTHER A VAIN PLEASURE SEEKER. |
EN4 | 00131 | JEWS, GOD AND HISTORY | | DIMONT, MAX I. | STANLEY, R. BRAV | 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. |
EN4 | 00136 | VOICES OF A SUMMER DAY | | SHAW, IRWIN | MRS. P. KINSLER | A FICTIONAL NOVEL IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SHARES WITH THE READER THE MEMORIES AND DAYDREAMS OF AN ORDINARY MAN. WRITTEN WITH INSIGHT, NOSTALGIA, GENTLENESS, AND HUMOR THE MAIN CHARACTER REMEMBERS HIS BOYHOOD AND EARLY LIFE, INCLUDING HIS WAR EXPERIENCES AND LONG MARRIAGE, THAT GUIDED AND SHAPED HIM INTO MANHOOD. HE HAS TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING HOW SOME COME TO FIND MEANING IN LIFE AND OTHERS DO NOT. |
EN4 | 00143 | 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. |
EN4 | 00146 | GUIDE TO THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS | HISTORY AND OBSERVANCE | SCHAUSS, HAYYIM | AIDA WIENER | THE HISTORY, THE CEREMONIES, AND THE OBSERVANCES OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S 'CLASSIC JEWISH FESTIVALS.' |
EN4 | 00149 | BORSCHT BELT | | ADAMS, JOEY WITH HENRY TOBIAS | JENNIE KASOFSKY | A STORY OF THE CATSKILL RESORTS AND THEIR SHOW BUSINESS ENTERTAINERS. |
EN4 | 00155 | COAT UPON A STICK | | FRUCHTER, NORMAN | HELEN DIAMONT | A NOVEL ABOUT ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ELDERLY MAN AND HIS FRIENDS ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. |
EN4 | 00156 | BEN PRESERVE US | | BERMANT, CHAIM | EDNA SAMPLINA | A NOVEL ABOUT BERNARD BARUCH WHO BECOMES A RABBI OF A SMALL JEWISH COMMUNITY IN SCOTLAND AND HIS EXPERIENCES TOLD WITH WIT AND WISDOM. |
EN4 | 00166 | WALL | | 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. |
EN4 | 00167 | ENJOY, ENJOY! | | GOLDEN, HARRY | HANNAH GOLDS | HUMOROUS ANECDOTES ON CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LIFE. WRITTEN BY THE EDITOR OF 'THE CAROLINA ISRAELITE.' |
EN4 | 00178 | BLOOD ACCUSATION | THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE BEILISS CASE | SAMUEL, MAURICE | RICHARD HANAU | IN 1911, MENDEL BEILISS, A JEWISH WORKMAN WAS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A CHRISTIAN BOY IN KIEV IN ORDER TO USE HIS BLOOD FOR THE MAKING OF PASSOVER MATZOS. THIS BOOK PROVIDES AN ACCOUNT OF THE RESULTING TRIAL, AS WELL AS ITS POLITICAL BACKGROUND, CHARACTER PORTRAITS, AND REACTION TO THE TRIAL IN RUSSIA AND BEYOND. |
EN4 | 00181 | FIXER | | MALAMUD, BERNARD | SCHIER, NANCY | MALAMUD BASED THIS NOVEL ON THE BEILIS BLOOD LIBEL COURT CASE IN KIEV IN 1913. |
EN4 | 00182 | MAGIC BARREL | | MALAMUD, BERNARD | AURELIA MINT | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA. |
EN4 | 00183 | MANY WORLDS OF LEO ROSTEN | | ROSTEN, LEO | MARY PERLOW | HUMOROUS STORIES, SATIRE, AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. |
EN4 | 00205 | NO ESCAPE FROM BROOKLYN | | AYALTI, HANAN J. | | TRANSLATED FROM YIDDISH. AUTHOR FROM POLAND. A POIGNANT STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN A JEWISH MAN AND AN IRISH GIRL IN THE 1940'S. |
EN4 | 00209 | BEGINNERS | | JACOBSON, DAN | FRANCES COHAN | A NOVEL ABOUT LITHUANIAN JEWS WHO EMIGRATED TO SOUTH AFRICA AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MADE TO THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. |
EN4 | 00212 | HIDDEN BOOKS | | BILDERSEE, ADELE | DOROTHY RAPPOPORT | SELECTIONS FROM THE APOCRYPHA, A GROUP OF BOOKS EXCLUDED FROM THE HEBREW CANON. © 1956 |
EN4 | 00213 | I AND THOU | | BUBER, MARTIN | KENNETH J. BROWN | A PHILOSOPHICAL WORK ON MAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BY THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY THINKER. © 1970 |
EN4 | 00222 | IN MY FATHER'S COURT | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ZELDA SOLOMON | 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. © 1962 |
EN4 | 00227 | CARPENTER YEARS | | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | ASHER, MRS. M. | A NOVEL ABOUT A DISCONTENTED JEW WHO TRIES TO ABANDON HIS FAMILY AND HIS JEWISH HERITAGE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIND A NEW IDENTITY AS A CHRISTIAN. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00249 | MAKING IT | | PODHORETZ, NORMAN | ELAINE KANNER | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE EDITOR OF 'COMMENTARY,' IN WHICH PODHORETZ DESCRIBES HIS JOURNEY ACROSS THE BRIDGE FROM BROOKLYN TO MANHATTAN'S LITERARY WORLD. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00255 | RIZPAH | | ISRAEL, CHARLES E. | DOROTHY RAPPAPORT | A NOVEL WITH VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF PEOPLE WHO LIVED DURING BIBLICAL TIMES. © 1961 |
EN4 | 00258 | WANDERING STAR | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | EVE GREEN | A BOOK ABOUT THE MINSTRELS WHO WANDERED FROM TOWN TO TOWN SINGING OF DAYS LONG GONE. © 1952 |
EN4 | 00260 | FILL A BLANK PAGE | A BIOGRAPHY OF SOLOMON SCHECHTER | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | SIDNEY BIEGELSON | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FOUNDER OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00261 | INSECURITY OF FREEDOM | ESSAYS ON HUMAN EXISTENCE | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | 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. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00265 | ANNE FRANK: | THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL | FRANK, ANNE | ELISSA BAUM | THIS IS THE FAMOUS DIARY WRITTEN BY A YOUNG JEWISH DUTCH GIRL WHICH RECOUNTS HER EXPERIENCES AND FEELINGS WHILE IN HIDING FROM THE GERMANS DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 00293 | STRONG HAND | | BLANKFORT, MICHAEL | ROSLYN LEFFER | 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.' © 1956 |
EN4 | 00294 | INSIDE KASRILEVKE | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | SYD FRIEDMAN | THE STORY OF A LEGENDARY VILLAGE IN EASTERN EUROPE AND ITS JEWISH INHABITANTS, WRITTEN WITH THE USUAL HUMOR AND CHARM OF THE AUTHOR. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00303 | SANE SOCIETY | | FROMM, ERICH | RUTH BERKELEY | A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY BY A NOTED JEWISH PSYCHOANALYST WHICH REVEALS THE INFLUENCE OF JEWISH IDEALS AND ATTITUDES TO MAN. © 1955 |
EN4 | 00313 | ISRAEL, MIRACLE IN THE DESERT | | PRITTIE, TERENCE | WEINSTEIN, DORIS; ELINSON, MINNIE | THIS BOOK ANALYZES ASPECTS OF ISRAEL'S EVOLUTION: POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, MILITARY, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HOW ISRAEL HAS MET THE CHALLENGE OF THE DESERT, ESTABLISHING HERSELF AS THE FIRST AND ONLY PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00314 | GROWING UP IN THE KIBBUTZ | | RABIN, A.E. | BLAUNER, SPITZER, SABLOW, SPIEGEL | A STUDY COMPARING THE PERSONALITIES OF CHILDREN REARED ON ISRAELI KIBBUTZIM WITH THOSE BROUGHT UP IN A CONVENTIONAL FAMILY ENVIRONMENT. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00318 | ANGUISH OF THE JEWS | TWENTY-THREE CENTURIES OF ANTI-SEMITISM | 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. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00320 | BEN GURION LOOKS BACK | | PEARLMAN, MOSHE | ELAINE LEE | A PORTRAIT OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, BASED ON A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00333 | END OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE | | FRIEDMAN, GEORGE | DOROTHY MILLER | THE AUTHOR, A SOCIOLOGIST, CONSIDERS THE CHARACTER OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL, THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING IT, AND THE FUTURE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00334 | CURIOSITIES OF THE SELF | ILLUSIONS WE HAVE ABOUT OURSELVES | REIK, THEODORE | BLOSSOM SCHECHTER | A STUDY OF THE INNER SELF AND A METHOD FOR UNDERSTANDING ONE'S OWN PERSONALITY, MOTIVATIONS, AND EMOTIONS. |
EN4 | 00335 | JEW IN THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND | | MODDER, FRANK MONTAGU | POLITZINER, MRS. S. | THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE ROLE OF THE JEW IN ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. © 1939 |
EN4 | 00337 | KIDDUSH HA-SHEM | AN EPIC OF 1648 | ASCH, SHOLEM | ARLENE RICHARDS | A NOVEL ABOUT ORTHODOX JEWISH LIFE AND THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN RUSSIA DURING THE 1648 COSSACK ATTACK LED BY CHMIELNITZKI. |
EN4 | 00343 | GATES OF THE FOREST | | WIESEL, ELIE | MRS. IRVING KLAUS | A NOVEL ABOUT 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. |
EN4 | 00345 | THEY FOUGHT BACK | THE STORY OF JEWISH RESISTANCE IN NAZI EUROPE | SUHL, YURI | BEATRICE TROKEL | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ACCOUNTS BY SURVIVORS AND HISTORIANS OF JEWISH RESISTANCE IN NAZI EUROPE DURING THE HOLOCAUST. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00349 | MEET THE FOLKS | | LEVENSON, SAM | IRVING W. KRAMER | AN EARLY COMPILATION OF HUMOROUS OBSERVATIONS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOKE, AND A SESSION WITH ONE OF AMERICAN JEWRY'S BEST JOKESTERS. © 1946 |
EN4 | 00351 | SEVEN DAYS OF MOURNING | | SIMCKES, L. S. | LILA SAVADA | A NOVEL OF FAMILY STRIFE DEALING PARTICULARLY WITH THE TWO CHILDREN: A MARRIED DAUGHTER WHOSE MARRIAGE THE FAMILY DISAPPROVES OF AND HER INVALID SIBLING. © 1963 |
EN4 | 00355 | ISRAEL TODAY | LAND OF MANY NATIONS | GRUBER, RUTH | BARBARA COHEN | A RECORD OF THE LAUGHTER AND SPIRIT WHICH PERVADE LIFE IN THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. © 1963 |
EN4 | 00357 | MOROCCAN JEWISH FOLKTALES | | NOY, DOV | LILLIAN ZWEIBEL & RUTH EPSTEIN | A COLLECTION OF TALES FROM THE ONCE-THRIVING MOROCCAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. © |
EN4 | 00364 | EAST RIVER | | ASCH, SHOLEM | CHARLOTTE OSTEN | A NOVEL ABOUT TENEMENT LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. © 1946 |
EN4 | 00366 | BENYA KRIK, THE GANGSTER AND OTHER STORIES | | BABEL, ISAAC | ROSE GOLDSTEIN | SHORT STORIES BY BABEL ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN RUSSIAN VILLAGES. © 1948 |
EN4 | 00368 | MISSION | | 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. © 1966 |
EN4 | 00371 | TOWER OF BABEL | | WEST, MORRIS L. | LILA SAVADA | A NOVEL WHICH FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF FIVE MAJOR CHARACTERS IN THE PERIOD JUST PRIOR TO THE SIX-DAY WAR. |
EN4 | 00373 | JEWISH PEOPLE, BOOK I | PUPIL'S ACTIVITY BOOK | PESSIN, DEBORAH | FLORENCE BERMAN | THE ACTIVITY BOOK THAT ACCOMPANIES THE TEXT OF THE SAME NAME. © 1951 |
EN4 | 00375 | GIMPEL THE FOOL | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | BIRDIE SAFION | 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. © 1953 |
EN4 | 00377 | ERGO | | LIND, JAKOV | ELEANOR BUSMAN, BARBARA MACHTEY | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT GERMAN SOCIETY AND ITS POST-WAR NAZI REMNANTS. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00383 | ISRAEL ZANGWILL | | WOHLGELERNTER, MAURICE | BIRDIE SAFION | A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH-JEWISH WRITER. © 1964 |
EN4 | 00385 | ROAD TO INNER FREEDOM | THE ETHICS | SPINOZA, BARUCH | HELEN FRANKEL | A SIGNIFICANT WORK BY ONE OF THE MAJOR PHILOSOPHERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY. © 1957 |
EN4 | 00396 | ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH | | BELLOW, SAUL | ROBERTA POLLACK | THE AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST'S PORTRAYAL OF JEWISH CHICAGO. © 1953 |
EN4 | 00420 | SOURCE | | MICHENER, JAMES A. | IRA NEWMAN | THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL EXPLORES THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL AND, MORE BROADLY, THE FOUNDATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00426 | BRIGADE | | BARTOV, HANOCH | ZENA WINSTON | A NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MEN IN THE JEWISH BRIGADE WHO SERVED UNDER THE BRITISH IN ITALY TOWARD THE END OF WORLD WAR II. DESCRIBES THEIR EMOTIONS AS A JEWISH ARMY OF OCCUPATION ABOUT TO ENTER NAZI GERMANY. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00428 | PAINTED BIRD | | KOSINSKI, JERZY | NANCY SCHIERING | ALTHOUGH IT EXPOSES BRUTALITY, THIS SAGA OF A HOMELESS BOY IN A NIGHTMARE WORLD GLOWS WITH HUMANITY AND COMPASSION. © 1976 |
EN4 | 00430 | GRAVEDIGGER'S FUNERAL | | ARENT, ARTHUR | MARCIA MARKELL, LAURA ELIGATOR | A NOVEL ABOUT A NON-OBSERVANT/SECULAR JEW AND HIS DEALINGS WITH THE NEO-NAZI PARTY IN WEST GERMANY. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00433 | NIGHT OF WATCHING | | ARNOLD, ELLIOTT | MARCIA FELTHEIMER | AN EPIC NOVEL OF THE HEROIC DEFIANCE BY DENMARK WHICH RESCUED THE DANISH JEWS FROM THE NAZI CREMATORIA. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00434 | CALL IT SLEEP | | ROTH, HENRY | RUTH FRANKFORT | A NOVEL OF A NEW YORK CHILDHOOD IN BROWNSVILLE AND MANHATTAN'S LOWER EAST SIDE AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A SENSITIVE JEWISH BOY WHO FEARS HIS FATHER AND ADORES HIS MOTHER. © 1964 |
EN4 | 00435 | PERSONAL LETTERS OF STEPHEN WISE | | WISE, JAMES W.; POLIER, JUSTINE WISE | MARION FRACKMAN | A SELECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY RABBI AND ZIONIST LEADER, STEPHEN S. WISE, AND EDITED BY FAMILY MEMBERS. © 1956 |
EN4 | 00441 | AMERICAN JUDAISM READER | | KRESH, PAUL, ED. | GERT ZUCKERMAN | SELECTIONS FROM THE MAGAZINE "AMERICAN JUDAISM." © 1967 |
EN4 | 00446 | NEW RADICALS | A REPORT WITH DOCUMENTS | JACOBS, PAUL; LANDAU, SAUL | SYLVIA MOGELOF | A COLLECTION OF WRITINGS BY AND ABOUT THE STUDENT LEFT. AS ALWAYS, YOUNG JEWS MAKE UP A STRONG SEGMENT OF OUR RADICAL YOUTH. © 1966 |
EN4 | 00448 | GOD IN ALL SEASONS | | SPERO, SHUBERT, RABBI | MRS. BURTON GELLMAN | A COLLECTION OF SERMONS AND ESSAYS ABOUT THE JEWISH FESTIVALS BASED ON THE PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE OF A MIDWESTERN RABBI. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00455 | EIGHT LIGHTS | | ROSENBLOOM, ROBERT | CAROL LOVETT | THE STORY OF CHANUKAH AND ITS MESSAGE OF UNIVERSAL SIGNIFICANCE ABOUT THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY IN EVERY AGE. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00459 | OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY | | WEIDMAN, JEROME | DOROTHY RAPPOPORT | DEPICTS CHARACTERS OF JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN FAMILIES DURING THE PERIOD OF WORLD WAR I AND II. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00460 | SWORD AND THE FLAME | | WERNER, ALFRED, ED. | EVE GREEN | SELECTIONS FROM THE PROSE OF HEINRICH HEINE. © 1960 |
EN4 | 00473 | MANOR | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ZELDA SALOMON | A STORY OF A JEWISH BUSINESSMAN AND HIS FAMILY IN POLAND DURING THE 1860S AND THE EFFECT THAT SECULAR CIVILIZATION HAD ON THEIR LIVES. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00476 | GUGGENHEIMS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM | | HOYT, EDWIN P. | | THE STORY OF THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE GUGGENHEIM FAMILY IN EUROPE AND THEIR COMING TO AMERICA, WHERE THEY ESTABLISHED A FOUNDATION FOR ART. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00478 | 28TH DAY OF ELUL | | ELMAN, RICHARD M. | LUCILLE KAHN | |
EN4 | 00481 | MR. THEODORE MUNSTOCK | | FUKS, LADISLAV | MARIE RUBENFELD | IN 1942 PRAGUE, AN ELDERLY MAN LIVES IN FEAR OF DEPORTATION, WHILE THOSE AROUND HIM SEEM BLIND TO THE APPROACH OF WAR AND ADVERSITY. A KAFKAESQUE LOOK AT LIFE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THAT ERA. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00485 | CHOSEN | | POTOK, CHAIM | MRS. ALBERT J. ROSENBERG | A NOVEL OF TWO ORTHODOX JEWISH YOUTHS WHOSE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP GROWS DESPITE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR BACKGROUNDS AND VIEWS. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00487 | TO AN EARLY GRAVE | | MARKFIELD, WALLACE | MRS. IRVING KLAUSS | A JEWISH-AMERICAN NOVEL WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF BOHEMIAN JEWISH CHARACTERS. © 1964 |
EN4 | 00501 | LEGENDS OF OUR TIME | | WIESEL, ELIE | NANCY SCHIERING | 15 STORIES DERIVED FROM THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES AND EMBELLISHED BY HIS IMAGINATION, TRANSPORT THE READER THROUGH WIESEL'S CHILDHOOD, THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND LIBERATION. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00507 | JOYS OF YIDDISH | A RELAXED LEXICON | ROSTEN, LEO | STANLEY R. BRAV | THE HUMOR AND DELIGHT OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE, INCLUDING MANY WORDS THAT HAVE BECOME COMMONPLACE IN THE ENGLISH VERNACULAR. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00508 | LOST LEGENDS OF ISRAEL | | RUNES, DAGOBERT D. | MRS. STEPHEN CARB | A COLLECTION OF TALES FROM MANY SOURCES DEALING WITH THE JEW'S STRIVING FOR THE SUPERNATURAL, THE MYSTICAL, THE ETHICAL, AND THE DIVINE. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00521 | LAUGHING OUT LOUD | | COHEN, MYRON | ZENA WINSTON | A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM OF THIS MASTER RACONTEUR'S BEST KNOWN AND LOVED ANECDOTES, JOKES AND STORIES IN A JEWISH VEIN. © 1958 |
EN4 | 00522 | FORTUNES OF A FOOL | | MEGGED, AHARON | NORMA ARBIY | ISRAELI AUTHOR MEGGED WRITES METAPHORICALLY ABOUT A LONELY OUTSIDER, WHILE PROTESTING AGAINST A SOCIETY WHICH IS LOSING ITS FAITH. © 1962 |
EN4 | 00553 | GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT | | HOBSON, LAURA Z. | ESTHER GERSTEIN | 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. © 1947 |
EN4 | 00555 | TWENTY-NINTH SUMMER | | RUBIN, THEODORE I. | MARCIA MARKELL, LAURA ELIGATOR | A NOVEL IN THE FORM OF AN INTERIOR MONOLOGUE OF A HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIAN, 29 GOING ON 30, LONGING FOR A LOST LOVE. © 1966 |
EN4 | 00562 | PENNY FOR CHARITY | | EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR | MERRILY WALLACH | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF AGING PARENTS, CHILDREN AND DIVORCE, AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN DAILY LIFE. © 1965 |
EN4 | 00563 | LAST ANGRY MAN | | GREEN, GERALD | HERMAN KINGSLEY | 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. REMAKE OF ELLEN KANNER'S 1969 RECORDING. © 1956 |
EN4 | 00566 | NON-JEWISH JEW AND OTHER ESSAYS | | DEUTSCHER, ISAAC | ADELINE TOPKIS | 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. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00567 | MAN IS NOT ALONE | A PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | AMY STIVELMAN | AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF FAITH BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER. INCLUDES A DISCUSSION ON THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER, AND MAN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD. © 1951 |
EN4 | 00577 | DAWN | | WIESEL, ELIE | HELEN M. ASCHER | TWO MEN WAIT THROUGH THE NIGHT IN BRITISH-CONTROLLED PALESTINE FOR DAWN--AND FOR DEATH. ONE IS A CAPTURED ENGLISH OFFICER. THE OTHER IS ELISHA, A YOUNG ISRAELI FREEDOM FIGHTER WHOSE ASSIGNMENT IS TO KILL THE OFFICER IN REPRISAL FOR BRITAIN'S EXECUTION OF A JEWISH PRISONER. ELISHA'S PAST IS THE NIGHTMARE MEMORY OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS. HE IS THE ONLY SURVIVING MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY. HIS FUTURE IS A CHERISHED DREAM OF LIFE IN THE PROMISED HOMELAND. BUT AT DAYBREAK HIS PRESENT WILL BECOME THE TORTURED REALITY OF A PRINCIPLED MAN ORDERED TO COMMIT COLD-BLOODED MURDER. RESONANT WITH FEELING, DAWN IS AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY INTO THE HUMAN HEART--AND AN ELOQUENT STATEMENT ABOUT THE MORAL BASIS OF THE NEW ISRAEL." |
EN4 | 00579 | CHANGELINGS | | SINCLAIR, JO | EVE HABERMAN | MISS SINCLAIR'S EXPLORES RACIAL PREJUDICE BY TELLING THE STORY OF A SINGLE STREET IN HER BIG OHIO CITY AND THE FOMENT THAT ENSUES WHEN THREE EMPTY APARTMENTS ARE LEASED TO BLACK TENANTS. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1955 |
EN4 | 00584 | CAPTAIN | | HARTOG, JAN DE | LYNN WEINER | A SEA ADVENTURE ABOUT THE MAKING OF A CAPTAIN, SET AGAINST THE CRUEL AND GRUELING BACKGROUND OF THE WORLD WAR II MURMANSK "DEATH" RUN. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00586 | FAITH AND REASON | INTRODUCTION TO MODERN JEWISH FAITH | BERGMAN, SAMUEL HUGO | HELEN M. LOWENTHAL | THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE WAYS TO RESOLVE THE TENSION BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON AND ENDEAVORS TO FIND A NEW JEWISH APPROACH TO GOD. © 1961 |
EN4 | 00602 | CHERRY IN THE MARTINI | | JAFFE, RONA | RUTH COFFMAN | WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A MEMOIR, THIS BOOK FOLLOWS A BROOKLYN GIRL'S EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT FROM CHILDHOOD TO EARLY MIDDLE AGE. © 1966 |
EN4 | 00616 | CHOSEN | | RIBALOW, HAROLD U., ED. | ELAINE LEE | AN ANTHOLOGY OF 23 SHORT STORIES, DEPICTING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AMERICAN-JEWISH LIFE. AMONG THE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ARE MALAMUD, ANGOFF, AND GOLD. © 1959 |
EN4 | 00628 | LILO'S DIARY | | ELMAN, RICHARD M. | INA MARCUS | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH GIRL IN HUNGARY DURING THE SUMMER OF 1944, BEFORE THE NAZI DEPORTATIONS. WRITTEN IN DIARY FORM. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00638 | BASIC JUDAISM | | STEINBERG, MILTON, RABBI | DONALD EISENBERG | THE CLASSIC TEXT EXPLAINING THE BELIEFS, IDEALS, AND PRACTICES OF THE JEWISH RELIGION. THE AUTHOR TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THREE BRANCHES OF JUDAISM. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1947 |
EN4 | 00645 | CASTLE | | KAFKA, FRANZ | MARIE RUBENFELD | A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND RELIGIOUS ALLEGORY, THIS IS THE STORY OF K., WHO SEEKS TO FIND GOD SO THAT HE CAN FULFILL HIS LIFE. © 1930 |
EN4 | 00646 | SOME LAUGHTER, SOME TEARS | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | ELINOR STECKER | TALES FROM BOTH THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW, WRITTEN BY THE JEWISH MARK TWAIN. SELECTED AND TRANSLATED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CURT LEVIANT. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00649 | ONCE UPON A DROSHKY | | CHARYN, JEROME | EDNA GREENSPAN | A NOSTALGIC AND HUMOROUS NOVEL OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1964 |
EN4 | 00656 | OUR MAN IN DAMASCUS | THE STORY OF ELI COHEN, ISRAEL'S GREATEST SPY | BEN-HANAN, ELI | BARBARA T. MATCHEY | 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. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00660 | GOODBYE COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES | | ROTH, PHILIP | BERNICE LASBERG, JACQUELINE WOODLAND | A COLLECTION OF WORKS BY PHILIP ROTH DEALING WITH AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE IN THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY AREA. © 1959 |
EN4 | 00661 | ORCHARD STREET | | SCHWARTZ, J.R. | GERTRUDE (MRS. IRVING) KLAUS | A NOSTALGIC PORTRAIT OF LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. © 1960 |
EN4 | 00662 | TWENTY-EIGHTH OF IYAR | | FELDMAN, EMANUEL | ADELINE TOPKIS | 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. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00675 | MAKING OF THE MODERN JEW | | STEINBERG, MILTON | MIRIAM BENDER, ROSE KAYE | AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS, BEGINNING WITH MEDIEVAL TIMES, AND PRESENTING AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR POSITION IN THE MODERN WORLD. © 1955 |
EN4 | 00680 | LIFE IS WITH PEOPLE | THE CULTURE OF THE SHTETL | ZBOROWSKE, MARK; HERZOG, ELIZABETH | DORIS WEINBERG | 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. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1952 |
EN4 | 00685 | MY PEOPLE | | EBAN, ABBA | ESTELLE ADEN | EBAN PRESENTS A BROAD HISTORY, INTENDED TO EXPLAIN THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO A CONFUSED AND OFTEN UNCOMPREHENDING WORLD, BUT ALSO SUITABLE FOR KNOWLEDGEABLE JEWS. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00688 | WHILE SIX MILLION DIED | A CHRONICLE OF AMERICAN APATHY | MORSE, ARTHUR D. | PAULA BRAVERMAN, ALYCE POLLACK | BASED ON HIS RESEARCH, MORSE ASSERTS THAT THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION THWARTED THE RESCUE OF JEWS FROM NAZIS. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00689 | 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. © 1955 |
EN4 | 00718 | MORNING STAR | | SHAZAR, ZALMAN | LIVIA SCHACTER, HARRIET KOSHAR | THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL REMINISCES ABOUT HIS YOUTH AND THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED SHAPE HIS LIFE. © 1967 |
EN4 | 00720 | JEWS IN MUSIC | | HOLDE, ARTHUR | JOHN ETTELSOHN | JEWISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUSIC SINCE THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY ARE EVALUATED IN A CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDY. MANY MUSICAL PERSONALITIES ARE DISCUSSED. © 1959 |
EN4 | 00729 | TREASURY OF JEWISH HUMOR | | AUSUBEL, NATHAN, ED. | VERA LEHRMAN | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HUMOROUS STORIES, POEMS, EPIGRAMS, AND SAYINGS CULLED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES WITHIN JEWISH LITERATURE. © 1951 |
EN4 | 00731 | BRIDAL CANOPY | | AGNON, S.Y. | BERNICE STRAUSS | A POOR AND PIOUS CHASSID TRAVELS TO NEIGHBORING VILLAGES, SEEKING DOWRIES FOR HIS THREE DAUGHTERS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE OBLIGATION OF BRINGING THEM TO THE MARRIAGE CANOPY. RERECORDED. © 1937 |
EN4 | 00736 | OPPERMANS | | FEUCHTWANGER, LION | JOELYN ROHMAN | A HISTORICAL NOVEL THAT FOCUSES ON THE SCIENTIST'S FAMILY IN GERMANY BEFORE WORLD WAR II. © 1934 |
EN4 | 00741 | GOLDA MEIR | PORTRAIT OF A PRIME MINISTER | AGRESS, ELIAYHU | ARLENE RICHARDS | A BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN RUSSIA THROUGH HER ELECTION AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL IN OCTOBER, 1969. © 1970 |
EN4 | 00755 | BY THE WATERS OF WHITECHAPEL | | KOPS, BERNARD | BLANCHE HALPERN | A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH BOY WHOSE MOTHER OWNS A SMALL 'SWEET SHOPPE' IN WHITECHAPEL. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00761 | GUEST FOR THE NIGHT | | AGNON, S.Y. | TRUDY CUTLER | A NOVEL BY THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN WHICH A MAN RETURNS FOR A VISIT TO HIS NATIVE VILLAGE IN POLAND AFTER WORLD WAR I. HE FINDS THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED WHILE HE WAS GONE. REMAKE OF MRS. MILTON GARSON'S 1/20/71 RECORDING. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00767 | PROMISE | | POTOK, CHAIM | IRVING W. KRAMER | THIS SEQUEL TO 'THE CHOSEN' FOLLOWS REUVEN AND DANNY AS THEY GROW UP, ESTABLISH CAREERS AND CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO DEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ORTHODOX JEW. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00784 | ISLAND WITHIN | | LEWISOHN, LUDWIG | LILLIAN SCHAFFER | A SAGA OF RACIAL HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, AND MANNERS, WITH INTERMARRIAGE AS THE THEME. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1928 |
EN4 | 00790 | ZOHAR: THE BOOK OF SPLENDOR | BASIC READINGS FROM THE KABBLAH | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM G. | MRS. SYLVAN BONDY | THIS IS AN EDITION OF THE BASIC WORK OF JEWISH MYSTICISM, THE PROFOUNDEST ACHIEVEMENT OF THE KABBALAH. © 1949 |
EN4 | 00791 | SEQUIN SYNDICATE | | HESKY, OLGA | RAE SHARON | A SUSPENSEFUL AND THRILLING WHODUNIT SET IN MODERN ISRAEL. THE CHARACTERS ARE AN ATTRACTIVE AMERICAN GIRL REPORTER AND AN ISRAELI COUNTER-ESPIONAGE AGENT. THE STORY REVOLVES AROUND AN ARAB SABOTAGE PLOT. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00804 | CHOCOLATE DEAL | | | RUTH LIEB HABER, AUGUSTA ISAACSON | TWO SURVIVORS OF THE NAZI EXTERMINATION CAMPAIGN, ADRIFT IN A POST-WAR GERMAN CITY, TAKE SHELTER IN THE CELLAR OF A CONVENT AND ARE SUSTAINED BY THEIR COMMON GRIM HISTORY. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00807 | IF I FORGET THEE O JERUSALEM | AMERICAN JEWS AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL | SILVERBERG, ROBERT | ROSALIND GALLARD | AN ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY AMERICAN JEWRY. © 1970 |
EN4 | 00818 | SELECTED STORIES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | BEA AHRENS, FRANCES HOROWITZ, & JEANNE PEARSON | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALFRED KAZIN. |
EN4 | 00820 | LETTERS TO FRIEND AND FOE | | SPINOZA, BARUCH | LILLIAN SPIEGLER, ROSE KAPLOWITZ | A COLLECTION OF THE PHILOSOPHER'S LETTERS REVEALING HIS FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS. © 1966 |
EN4 | 00821 | HEBREW MYTHS | THE BOOK OF GENESIS | GRAVES, ROBERT; PATAI, RAPHAEL | RUTH ZAIMAN | A COLLECTION OF 61 STORIES FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS WITH COMMENTARIES, RABBINIC EMBELLISHMENTS, AND PARALLELS FROM ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN OR CLASSICAL SOURCES. © 1963 |
EN4 | 00822 | BELLA BELLA KISSED A FELLA | | KOBER, ARTHUR | HELEN BELINK | THE HUMOROUS MISADVENTURES OF BELLA GROSS AND HER SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT MAN. © 1951 |
EN4 | 00823 | OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND | A READER OF HOLOCAUST LITERATURE | FRIEDLANDER, ALBERT H. | BLANCHE HALPERN | © 1968 |
EN4 | 00826 | REVOLT | STORY OF THE IRGUN | BEGIN, MENACHEM | LEE SEEMAN | POWERFUL INSIDE STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND ARMY THAT DROVE BRITISH FORCES OUR OF PALESTINE IN THE 1940'S. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. © 1972 |
EN4 | 00846 | DAY OF PLEASURE | STORIES OF A BOY GROWING UP IN WARSAW | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ADELINE MAREMONT | REMINISCENCES ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S LIFE IN WARSAW BEFORE WORLD WAR I. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00850 | PASSAGE IN THE NIGHT | | ASCH, SHOLEM | HELEN LEVINE | THE STORY OF A MAN'S SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING. © 1953 |
EN4 | 00863 | ONE GENERATION AFTER | | WIESEL, ELIE | MURIEL HELLER, ROSE MINKIN | THE SEARCH FOR MEANING FOR THE GENERATION BORN AFTER THE HOLOCAUST. © 1970 |
EN4 | 00871 | RETURN OF HYMAN KAPLAN | | ROSTEN, LEO | EVELYN THORNER | 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.' |
EN4 | 00874 | TWO OF US | | BERRI, CLAUDE | CORRINE M. GANZ | A FRENCH JEWISH BOY IS SENT TO THE COUNTRY TO LIVE WITH AN OLD MAN, WHO HAS ANTI-SEMITIC FEELINGS, DURING WORLD WAR II. © 1968 |
EN4 | 00897 | STEEL AND IRON | | SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA | RENEE HEILBRONNER | THE STORY OF A YOUNG POLISH JEW WHO DESERTS THE CZAR'S ARMY DURING WORLD WAR I. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING © 196 |
EN4 | 00900 | CHAGALL | | CRESPELLE, JEAN PAUL | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | A BIOGRAPHY OF MARC CHAGALL, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST, MANY OF HIS FRIENDS, AND OTHER PERSONALITIES INFLUENTIAL IN HIS LIFE. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00903 | BOOK OF FIRE | | PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB | MRS. IRVING KLAUSS | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER. SET IN EASTERN EUROPE, THE TALES COMBINE ELEMENTS OF FOLKLORE AND THE REAL STRUGGLES OF PEOPLE TO ATTAIN THEIR GOALS, MATERIAL OR SPIRITUAL. © 1960 |
EN4 | 00904 | ANGRY HILLS | | URIS, LEON M. | ADELINE MAREMONT | AN ADVENTURE WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING THE GERMAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF GREECE DURING WWII. © 1971 |
EN4 | 00909 | MEMOIRS OF DAVID BEN-GURION | | BEN-GURION, DAVID | ESTHER COHEN | THIS VOLUME OF THE ISRAELI LEADER'S MEMOIRS IS COMPILED FROM A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS, AND SERVE AS A PRELUDE TO A LATER BOOK. © 1970 |
EN4 | 00912 | HOMEWARD BOUND | | GLATSTEIN, JACOB | ROSE WEIL | A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF POLISH JEWS IN THE YEARS PRECEDING WORLD WAR II. © 1969 |
EN4 | 00923 | AMERICA'S TRIUMPH | | ALOFSIN, DOROTHY | SARENE MEYERS | STORIES ABOUT THE LIVES OF AMERICAN JEWISH LEADERS. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 00929 | JEWISH WAY IN DEATH AND MOURNING | | LAMM, MAURICE | MRS. MARTIN DANIEL | 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. |
EN4 | 00933 | SABRA | | BERKMAN, TED | DELL OSTROW & LILA ROTHMAN | A STORY ABOUT A DOZEN ISRAELIS, MOSTLY YOUNG AND NATIVE BORN, WHO FOUGHT IN AND SURVIVED IN THE 1967 CAMPAIGN. |
EN4 | 00934 | SPINOZA OF MARKET STREET | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | AMY STIVELMAN | PORTRAITS OF JEWISH LIFE IN THE SHTETLS AND CITIES OF EASTERN EUROPE IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, AS TOLD BY A MASTER STORYTELLER. |
EN4 | 00935 | CONVERSION | | PERERA, VICTOR | LYNN HIMELFARB | THE QUIXOTIC ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG AMERICAN STUDENT OF SEPHARDIC JEWISH BACKGROUND WHO GOES TO SPAIN TO STUDY CERVANTES. |
EN4 | 00936 | BEGGAR IN JERUSALEM | | WIESEL, ELIE | CORRINE M. GANZ | 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. |
EN4 | 00938 | 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. |
EN4 | 00943 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN, VOL.1. | | BAER, YITZHAK | SUZANNE OTTENSTEIN | THE FIRST VOLUME OF A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JEWS LIVING IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN. BASED ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. REMAKE OF EARLIER RECORDING. |
EN4 | 00948 | BECH | A BOOK | UPDIKE, JOHN | C. GUTFLEISCH & R. BOUGHTON | SEVEN TALES ABOUT THE FICTITIOUS HENRY BECH, "A MODERATELY WELL-KNOWN JEWISH WRITER," WHOSE EXPERIENCES ILLUSTRATE THE PLIGHT OF THE AMERICAN ARTIST. |
EN4 | 00950 | WORLD OF EMMA LAZARUS | | JACOB, H.E. | RAY BRODY | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOTED AMERICAN-JEWISH POET, WHO CAME FROM A NOTED SEPHARDIC FAMILY AND WHOSE INTERESTS IN THE POOR OF EASTERN EUROPE, PROMPTED HER TO WRITE POETRY WHICH INCLUDED THE WORK INSCRIBED ON THE BASE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. |
EN4 | 00952 | JEWS AND BLACKS | THE CLASSIC AMERICAN MINORITIES | HALPERN, BEN | ALYCE POLLACK & PAULA BRAVERMAN | AN ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE AND HISTORY OF JEWISH LIBERALISM IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND BLACKS. |
EN4 | 00955 | 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. |
EN4 | 00958 | TONGUE OF THE PROPHETS | THE LIFE HISTORY OF ELIEZER BEN YEHUDA | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | MARY GILSON & LAURA GOLDENBERG | A NOVEL (FICTIONALIZED BIOGRAPHY) ABOUT THE LIFE AND WORK OF ELIEZER BEN YEHUDA, WHO IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN THE FATHER OF MODERN HEBREW. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. |
EN4 | 00967 | FOR DYING YOU ALWAYS HAVE TIME | | SINGER, SALLY M. | HELEN KLEINER | AN AMERICAN-JEWISH WOMAN VISITING ISRAEL BECOMES INVOLVED IN A SPY AND COUNTERSPY INTRIGUE DURING HER TRAVELS IN THE COUNTRY. |
EN4 | 00970 | ISAIAH AND WISDOM | | WHEDBEE, WILLIAM J. | ADELINE MAREMOUNT | AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF BIBLICAL PROPHETS TO THE WISDOM TRADITIONS OF EIGHTH-CENTURY ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 00973 | JOSEPH AND KOZA | THE SACRIFICE TO THE VISTULA | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ADELINE MAREMONT | 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. |
EN4 | 00987 | STERN | | FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY | BARBARA RUBIN | THIS NOVEL IS A CHARACTER STUDY OF STERN, A JEWISH MAN DENIED OF ANY SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH HIS HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 00988 | JUDAISM AND ISLAM | | ROSENTHAL, ERWIN I. J. | MR. THEODORE T. JONAS | IN PART I, ROSENTHAL COMPARES THE BELIEFS, PRACTICES, AND CUSTOMS OF BOTH RELIGIONS, EXAMINING SUCH PHENOMENA AS BIBLICAL MATERIAL IN THE KORAN. IN PART II, HE EXPLORES INTERRELIGIOUS INFLUENCES, FROM GEONIC RESPONSA AND MAIMONIDES' CODE OF JEWISH LAW TO PLATONISM IN ISLAM. HE CONCLUDES WITH A LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE. |
EN4 | 00989 | BEN-GURION | ARMED PROPHET | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | HELEN ROSENFELD | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WHO LIVED FROM 1886-1973. BEN GURION WAS FOUNDER OF THE HISTADRUT LABOR ORGANIZATION, HEAD OF THE MAPAI LABOR PARTY, AND THE ZIONIST LEADER WHO PROCLAIMED ISRAEL'S INDEPENDENCE IN MAY 1948. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. |
EN4 | 00995 | SHORT WAR, SHORT LIVES | | FRANKEL, ZYGMUNT | MARJORIE ASCHE | IN THIS NOVEL, THE HERO DESCRIBES THE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL DURING THE SIX DAY WAR. |
EN4 | 00998 | 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. |
EN4 | 00999 | HOMECOMING AT TWILIGHT | | GLATSTEIN, JACOB | ADELE STEIN | A TALE OF POLISH JEWRY AND OF A BY-GONE ERA. |
EN4 | 01000 | SPINOZA AND THE RISE OF LIBERALISM | | FEUER, LEWIS SAMUEL | SALO MINKIN | ESSAYS ON THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHER AND HIS LASTING INFLUENCE. |
EN4 | 01003 | TENANTS | | MALAMUD, BERNARD | HELEN B. LEVINE | A POWERFUL NOVEL ABOUT TWO WRITERS, ONE BLACK AND THE OTHER JEWISH, AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THEM AS THEY PURSUE SIMILAR PROFESSIONAL GOALS. |
EN4 | 01012 | RECKONING | | ELMAN, RICHARD M. | ELLEN JAKOBSON | THE THIRD AND FINAL NOVEL IN A SERIES ABOUT AN EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH FAMILY IN THE DAYS PRECEDING THE NAZI HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 01014 | BROKEN LIGHTS | | AARONSOHN, MICHAEL | ELAINE LEE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RABBI WHO BECAME BLIND DURING WORLD WAR I. |
EN4 | 01020 | GOLEM | A HERO FOR OUR TIME | LUDWIG, MYLES ERIC | JEAN BEST | A STORY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF A FICTITIOUS CHARACTER NAMED GOLEM. |
EN4 | 01021 | 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. |
EN4 | 01034 | TEN RUNGS | HASIDIC SAYINGS | BUBER, MARTIN, ED. | BETTY STONE | THE RENOWNED PHILOSOPHER HAS COLLECTED TALES, LEGENDS, APHORISMS, SAYINGS, AND OTHER TIDBITS THAT CONVEY MUCH OF HASIDIC BELIEF. |
EN4 | 01035 | 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 |
EN4 | 01037 | PAGAN RABBI AND OTHER STORIES | | OZICK, CYNTHIA | GLORIA GLICKENHAUS & PHYLLIS GOODFRIEND | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES ABOUT THE AMERICAN-JEWISH SCENE. |
EN4 | 01040 | STORY OF JUDAISM | | BAMBERGER, BERNARD J. | JUDITH HOFFMAN & EVE GREEN | A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JUDAISM ALONG WITH AN EXPLANATION OF JEWISH LIFE, OBSERVANCES, CONCEPTS, AND INSTITUTIONS. |
EN4 | 01044 | AMERICAN PARADOX | | ZAHLER, HELENE S. | SYLVIA SCHMUKLER | 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. |
EN4 | 01046 | TWENTY-FIFTH HOUR | | GHEORGHIU, C. VIRGIL | CEIL ROSEN | A NOVEL ABOUT A ROMANIAN JEW TORTURED DURING THE NAZI REGIME BECAUSE A POLICE CAPTAIN DESIRED HIS WIFE. |
EN4 | 01049 | MOTHER'S KISSES | | FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY | NANCY SCHIERING | A NOVEL ABOUT THE FUNNY, EMOTIONAL, AND PICTURESQUE ADVENTURES OF A MOTHER AND SON. REMAKE OF BESS CHALSKE'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01052 | STRIKE TERROR | THE STORY OF FATAH | YAARI, EHUD | ARLENE RICHARDS & SYLVIA ESTES | AN ACCOUNT OF THE PALESTINIAN TERRORIST MOVEMENT, AL FATAH, AND OTHER TERRORIST GROUPS WHICH VIE WITH IT. THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE USE OF TERRORISM AS A POLITICAL INSTRUMENT. |
EN4 | 01053 | JEWISH WRITER IN AMERICA | ASSIMILATION AND THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY | GUTTMANN, ALLEN | | THE AUTHOR ADDRESSES THE POST-WAR FLOWERING OF JEWISH WRITERS. EXAMINES THE THEMES OF ASSIMILATION AND IDENTITY CRISIS. REMAKE OF DOROTHY HALL'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01057 | ON JEWISH LEARNING | | ROSENZWEIG, FRANZ | FAY COHEN | THREE EPISTLES WITH AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN MARTIN BUBER AND THE AUTHOR, A LEADER IN THE FIELD OF JEWISH THOUGHT IN NORTH AMERICA. |
EN4 | 01068 | MILA 18 | | URIS, LEON | HILDY BERLIN | NOVEL ABOUT THE POLISH JEWS WHO FOUGHT DESPERATELY TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF THE NAZIS. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01076 | AGRIPPA'S DAUGHTER | | FAST, HOWARD | EVE HABERMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 01081 | NOT OF THIS TIME, NOT OF THIS PLACE | | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | THERESA TAX VOLKELL | 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. REMAKE OF MARY PERLOW'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01082 | WORLD OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM | | SAMUELS, MAURICE | FANCILLE H. HLAVATY | IN THIS DEPICTION OF DIASPORA JEWRY, THE AUTHOR RECREATES THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES WHICH WERE THE LIVING MATERIAL FOR SHOLOM ALEICHEM'S STORIES. REMAKE OF THE SAME NARRATOR'S 1984 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01095 | UNFAIR TO GOLIATH | | KISHON, EPHRAIM | EDNA SAMPLINER | A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS ESSAYS ON THE DAY-TO-DAY ABSURDITIES OF COMMON- PLACE PRETENTIOUSNESS AND THE HILARITY OF LIVING IN A COUNTRY (ISRAEL), WITH HIGH IDEALS BUT ONLY AVERAGE HUMAN INSTINCTS. |
EN4 | 01096 | GOLDEN BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR | | GOLDEN, HARRY | DOROTHY HALL | AN ANTHOLOGY OF HUMOROUS STORIES AND ESSAYS IN WHICH THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES MOTHERHOOD, SHOW BUSINESS, ASSIMILATION, AND OTHER TOPICS OF INTEREST. |
EN4 | 01099 | TREBLINKA | | STEINER, JEAN-FRANCOIS | MELVIN COHEN | THE STORY OF THE LAST 600 VALIANT JEWS IN TREBLINKA WHO REVOLTED AGAINST THEIR CAPTORS AND WERE EVENTUALLY EXECUTED IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMP. |
EN4 | 01102 | MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING | | FRANKL, VICTOR E. | CLARICE CUTTS | A PROFOUND REVELATION OF A PSYCHIATRIST'S SEARCH FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE MIDST OF THE HORRORS OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS -- A SEARCH THAT HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE WHOLE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. REMAKE OF SYLVIA SORIN'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01108 | CROWDS AND POWER | | CANETTI, ELIAS | SALO MINKIN | AN ANALYSIS OF POWER, ESPECIALLY AS IT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN OR OPERATES THROUGH CROWDS. ILLUMINATED BY EXAMPLES FROM HISTORY. |
EN4 | 01111 | BENJAMIN DISRAELI | EARL OF BEACONSFIELD | ROTH, CECIL | CORINNE SHAFTEL | A BIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI, THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER AND AUTHOR (1837-1880). THE BOOK EXAMINES THE NATURE OF HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 01112 | BROTHERS SHUBERT | | STAGG, JERRY | HELEN M. ASCHER | THE STORY OF SAM, LEE, AND JACOB SHUBERT, THE BROTHERS WHO OWNED THE LARGEST THEATER EMPIRE IN THE UNITED STATES. |
EN4 | 01117 | ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW | AN EXPLORATION OF THE ETIOLOGY OF HATE | SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL | CLARA LYNN SPECTOR | THE FRENCH AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER, WHO DEVELOPED THE THEORY OF EXISTENTIALISM, PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND PROVIDES ADVICE TO ITS VICTIMS. |
EN4 | 01130 | ADVENTURES OF MOTTEL | THE CANTOR'S SON | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | ISABELLE RUBIN | AN EPISODIC NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG JEWISH BOY, FIRST IN HIS NATIVE RUSSIAN VILLAGE, THEN ON THE LONG TRIP TO AMERICA. UNFINISHED WHEN THE AUTHOR DIED, THE STORY ENDS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY'S FIRST MOVE IN NEW YORK AND A PROMISE OF BETTER THINGS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01131 | JUDAIC HERITAGE | ITS TEACHINGS, PHILOSOPHY AND SYMBOLS | BRASCH, R. | RUTH KRISTAL | THIS BOOK DESCRIBES AND EXPLAINS JUDAISM IN SIMPLE TERMS FOR MODERN READERS. COVERS THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, AND OBSERVANCES, THEIR REASONS, AND THEIR HISTORY. |
EN4 | 01133 | ACCIDENT | | WIESEL, ELIE | EDITH DREZNER | 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. |
EN4 | 01134 | FOUR ESSAYS ON LIBERTY | | BERLIN, ISAIAH, SIR | TEMPLE SINAI OF ROSLYN HEIGHTS, NY | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT CONFORMITY, COERCION, AND THE LIMITS AND GLORIES OF FREEDOM. |
EN4 | 01140 | DEATH HAD TWO SONS | | DAYAN, YAEL | GERTRUDE FLEISCHMAN | |
EN4 | 01143 | MOSES | LEADER, PROPHET, MAN | ROSHWALD, MORDECAI & MIRIAM ROSHWALD | NANCY SCHIERING | THE LIFE AND PERSONALITY OF THE BIBLICAL MOSES. REMAKE OF NANCY SCHIERING'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01145 | GOD MUST BE SAD | | HURST, FANNIE | EDITH DREZNER | A NOVEL ABOUT AN IRISH NURSE IN THE WORLD OF A WEALTHY ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY IN NEW YORK. |
EN4 | 01146 | MONDAY THE RABBI TOOK OFF | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | DOROTHY HALL | FIFTH IN A SERIES OF BOOKS ABOUT RABBI DAVID SMALL, A RABBI IN NEW ENGLAND 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. |
EN4 | 01158 | FORESTS OF THE NIGHT | | ARNOLD, ELLIOTT | MARION BAER | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEW, SUFFERING FROM THE GUILT OVER HAVING PARTICIPATED IN AN RAF RAID ON A GERMAN CITY, WHO RETURNS TO GERMANY TO DISCOVER HOW HIS MOTHER DIED. |
EN4 | 01161 | CLOWN | | BOLL, HEINRICH | IRVING W. KRAMER | USING THE STORY OF A CLOWN FALLEN ON EVIL DAYS, A GERMAN WRITER EXPOSES THE HYPOCRISY OF THE UPPER-MIDDLE AND UPPER CLASSES WHO HELPED BRING HITLER TO POWER. REMAKE OF CEIL ROSEN'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01166 | GOLDEN GHETTO | | GERSON, NOEL B. | CORRINE M. GANZ | A FAST-PACED NOVEL ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF CONTEMPORARY FILM MAKERS WHO ARE PRODUCING UNDERGROUND FILMS. |
EN4 | 01168 | LAST RESPECTS | | WEIDMAN, JEROME | MRS. IRA SAFRON | THE AUTHOR RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF SOME OF HIS EARLIER WORK, TO TELL ANOTHER STORY OF BENNY KRAMER AND HIS MOTHER, THE BOOTLEGGER. |
EN4 | 01170 | QB VII | | URIS, LEON | FLORENCE KRAMON | A HOLOCAUST NOVEL INVOLVING A SURGEON CHARGED WITH PERFORMING EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY ON JEWISH INMATES IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. |
EN4 | 01172 | JEWISH ETHICS, PHILOSOPHY AND MYSTICISM | VOLUME II: THE CHAIN OF TRADITION SERIES | JACOBS, LOUIS | EVE GREEN | THE SECOND VOLUME IN A SERIES THAT INCLUDES A TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY ON WORKS TAKEN FROM TRADITIONAL JEWISH SOURCES. |
EN4 | 01173 | MY NAME IS ASHER LEV | | POTOK, CHAIM | SALO MINKIN | CONSIDERED AN UNUSUAL CHILD BY HIS TRADITIONAL HASIDIC FAMILY, ASHER LEV GROWS UP TO BECOME A TALENTED AND SUCCESSFUL ARTIST. THE BOOK DESCRIBES HIS PERSONAL AGONY AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HIS ART AND HIS RELIGION. |
EN4 | 01175 | EDUCATION OF ABRAHAM CAHAN | | CAHAN, ABRAHAM | MARY PERLOW | THE FIRST SECTION OF THE MEMOIRS OF THE YIDDISH WRITER, EDITOR, AND SOCIALIST LEADER. CAHAN HELPED FOUND THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD IN 1897 AND SERVED AS ITS EDITOR FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. TRANSLATED BY ABRAHAM P. CONAN AND LYNN DAVISON |
EN4 | 01177 | SHOP ON MAIN STREET | | GROSMAN, LADISLAV | BIRDIE SAFION | THE POIGNANT, MOVING STORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF A SMALL TOWN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN THE DAYS OF NAZI TAKEOVER. |
EN4 | 01180 | PECULIAR TREASURE | | FERBER, EDNA | RAY BRODY | THE 1939 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR (1885-1968) OF CIMMARON, SHOW BOAT, AND STAGE DOOR, AMONG OTHER WORKS. |
EN4 | 01182 | GHETTO COMEDIES | | ZANGWILL, ISRAEL | MRS. HERSH FRANKS | ONE OF THE CLASSICS BY THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITISH AUTHOR ON JEWISH THEMES, INCLUDING 'THE YIDDISH HAMLET,' 'ELIJAH'S GOBLET,' AND 'THE RED MARK.' |
EN4 | 01189 | IN THE HEART OF THE SEAS | A STORY OF A JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL | AGNON, S.Y. | ROBERTA POLLACK | A POETIC NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF PIOUS EUROPEAN JEWS ON THEIR WAY TO THE HOLY CITY, JERUSALEM. |
EN4 | 01197 | ESSENCE OF JUDAISM | | BAECK, LEO | ROBERTA POLLACK | AN ANALYSIS OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND RELIGIOUS INSIGHT BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH SCHOLAR AND RABBI. REMAKE OF ESTHER M. COHEN'S 1972 RECORDING |
EN4 | 01200 | BEHIND BARS | WHAT A CHAPLAIN SAW IN ALCATRAZ, FOLSOM, AND SAN QUENTIN | LIEBERT, JULIUS A. | TESS GOLDMAN | THE MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN RABBI WHO SERVED AS A PRISON CHAPLAIN, AND HIS ATTITUDES TOWARDS CRIMINALITY. WRITTEN WITH EMILY KINGSBERY. |
EN4 | 01210 | TALES OF THE HASIDIM | LATER MASTERS | BUBER, MARTIN | NATALIE STRAUSS | STORIES ABOUT EARLY CHASSIDIC LEADERS, DEPICTING LIVES OF FERVOR AND EXALTED JOY. |
EN4 | 01218 | CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE PALE | THE FORMATIVE YRS OF THE JEWISH WORKER'S MVMT IN CZARIST RUSSIA | MENDELSOHN, EZRA | SYLVIA KIMMEL & CAROL SCHREIBER | A STUDY OF THE JEWISH LABOR MOVEMENT IN RUSSIA FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE 1905 REVOLUTION. |
EN4 | 01224 | DAVID THE KING | | SCHMITT, GLADYS | RUTH ZAIMAN | A NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF KING DAVID, DEPICTING THE TIMES HE LIVED IN AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS HE MADE. REMAKE OF MARION BAER'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01232 | TEITELBAUM'S WIDOW | | MARKFIELD, WALLACE | CAROL SLOTE & JOY GERSTEN | A HUMOROUS, WARM ACCOUNT IN FICTION FORM OF THE GROWING-UP YEARS OF A JEWISH BOY IN BROOKLYN IN THE 1930S. |
EN4 | 01235 | IDEAS AND IDEALS OF THE HASSIDIM | | ARON, MILTON, DR. | ELLEN PROPP | A STUDY OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT AND THEIR TEACHINGS. |
EN4 | 01242 | GORE AND IGOR | | LEVIN, MEYER | CEIL ROSEN | 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. |
EN4 | 01244 | STRONGHOLD | | LEVIN, MEYER | ROSE COHEN | THIS NOVEL, SET IN A BARONIAL CASTLE DEEP WITHIN A NAZI-OCCUPIED COUNTRY, EXPLORES THE QUESTIONS OF WAR AND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE. |
EN4 | 01247 | REMEMBER ME TO GOD | | KAUFMAN, MYRON S. | ADELINE MAREMONT | 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. REMAKE OF ADELINE MAREMONT'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01248 | WICKED CITY | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | BONNIE BANAS | A RETELLING OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF LOT, ABRAHAM'S NEPHEW, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE IMMORAL CITY OF SODOM. |
EN4 | 01249 | NOTES FROM THE WARSAW GHETTO | | RINGELBLUM, EMMANUEL | IRVING W. KRAMER, M.D. | SPANNING THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER, 1939 TO THE END OF 1942, A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL HISTORIAN RECORDED THE COURAGEOUS BUT FUTILE EFFORTS OF THE JEWS OF WARSAW IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE NAZIS. REMAKE OF SALO W. MINKIN'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01256 | NAZARENE | | ASCH, SHOLEM | BEATRICE LEVY | A NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF JESUS, DESCRIBING THE CUSTOMS AND THE RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF THE TIME. |
EN4 | 01259 | PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT | | ROTH, PHILIP | NANCY SCHIERING | A NOVEL ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT OF A YOUNG AMERICAN JEW WHO COMPLAINS THAT HE IS "LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A JEWISH JOKE." REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01261 | BADERS OF JACOB STREET | | KARMEL-WOLFE, HENIA | MARY PERLOW | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY IN WARTIME POLAND. |
EN4 | 01268 | GREAT JEWISH SHORT STORIES | | BELLOW, SAUL, ED. | ESTHER COHEN | THIS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES REPRESENTS A DIVERSITY OF JEWISH WRITERS. REMAKE OF BESS CHALSKE'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01274 | BINTEL BRIEF (COMPLETE BOOK) | LETTERS FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD | METZKER, ISAAC, ED. | HELEN BELINK | 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 FROM 1906 TO 1967 |
EN4 | 01289 | TO BROOKLYN WITH LOVE | | GREEN, GERALD | ROBYN SILVERBERG | A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 12-YEAR-OLD BROOKLYNITE, SUMMER 1933. ALBERT "FOUR EYES" ABRAMS HAS THE HIGHEST I.Q. IN P.S. 133, BUT HE IS ALSO NEARSIGHTED AND UNATHLETIC. WHAT GOOD ARE BRAINS, HE WONDERS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A PAUNCH BEFORE YOUR BAR-MITZVAH, IF YOU'RE ALWAYS PICKED LAST, AND IF YOU'RE TOO CHICKEN TO FIGHT BACK? |
EN4 | 01291 | FIVE STORIES OF FERRARA | | BASSANI, GIORGIO | ADELINE MAREMONT | FIVE STORIES WHICH RECREATE THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN CITY OF FERRARA WHERE MASS DEPORTATION OF JEWS TOOK PLACE DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 01296 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS | | SACHAR, ABRAM LEON | SCHIERING, NANCY | A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE SCHOLAR AND HISTORIAN, FOCUSING ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AS WELL AS TO PURELY RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL DEVELOPMENT. REMAKE OF NANCY SCHIERING'S 1972 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01299 | THY DAUGHTER'S NAKEDNESS | | KAUFMAN, MYRON S. | EVE GREEN | A NOVEL ABOUT A RABBI'S DAUGHTER WHO IS TROUBLED BY THE CONFLICT BETWEEN MODERN AMERICAN LIFE AND THE TRADITIONAL VALUES OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 01316 | EXILED AND THE REDEEMED | | BEN-ZVI, ITZHAK | RUTH BUDISH | A STUDY BY A FORMER PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL ABOUT THE FATE OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES WHO FOR CENTURIES HAVE BEEN ON THE PERIPHERY OF JEWISH LIFE. |
EN4 | 01318 | BALFOUR DECLARATION | | STEIN, LEONARD | SELMA BROWN | THE BACKGROUND AND ORIGINS OF THE 1917 BALFOUR DECLARATION ESTABLISHING A JEWISH HOMELAND IN PALESTINE. |
EN4 | 01327 | DESPERATE MISSION | JOEL BRAND'S STORY | WEISSBERG, ALEX | EDNA L. SAMPLINER | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE DEALS MADE BY THE NAZIS TO EXCHANGE JEWS FOR EQUIPMENT AND WAR MATERIEL DURING WORLD WAR II. BRAND, A MEMBER OF THE BUDAPEST JEWISH RELIEF COMMITTEE, CONFERRED WITH ADOLF EICHMANN ON IMPLEMENTING SUCH A PLAN. |
EN4 | 01338 | OF A WORLD THAT IS NO MORE | | SINGER, ISRAEL JOSHUA | MRS. STANLEY ROSE & MRS. LESTER ROSENBAUM | THE STORY OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF A RABBI IN A POLISH-JEWISH SHTETL NEAR THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 01341 | STAR OF REDEMPTION | | ROSENZWEIG, FRANZ | NANCY SCHIERING | WRITTEN BY THE PROMINENT GERMAN JEWISH PHILOSOPHER, THIS BOOK PRESENTS AN ORIGINAL APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS THINKING. REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01348 | ABDUCTION | | KUMIN, MAXINE | RUTH BUDISH | LUCY STARR IS 42 AND INVOLVED IN AN INNER-CITY EDUCATIONAL PROJECT. AS A PROTEST AGAINST HER LOSING BATTLE WITH LIFE, SHE ABDUCTS A TEN-YEAR-OLD BLACK BOY. |
EN4 | 01354 | TEMPLE | | LEOKUM, ARKADY | FRIEDA K. STERNBERG | 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. |
EN4 | 01355 | BEN-GURION | THE BIOGRAPHY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | DORA VOLINSKY | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, HIGHLIGHTING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE FROM ITS PIONEER DAYS THROUGH THE 1950S. |
EN4 | 01358 | COURSE OF MODERN JEWISH HISTORY | | SACHAR, HOWARD M. | MARCIA KLAUSS | AN UPDATED (1977) EDITION OF A THOROUGH EXAMINATION OF MODERN JEWISH HISTORY, FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION THROUGH THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL THROUGH THE "COMING OF AGE" OF AMERICAN JEWRY. THIS RECORDING REPLACES THE ONE THAT WAS BASED ON THE EARLIER EDITION OF THE BOOK. |
EN4 | 01365 | FOCUS | | MILLER, ARTHUR | MRS. EUGENE KRAMON | 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. |
EN4 | 01369 | IMPOSSIBLE TAKES LONGER | MEMOIRS OF VERA WEIZMANN | WEIZMANN, VERA, WITH DAVID TUTAEV | TRUDY CUTLER | THE MEMOIRS OF THE WIFE OF CHAIM WEIZMANN, THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 01370 | EINSTEIN | THE LIFE AND TIMES | CLARK, RONALD W. | PATRICIA B. DAVIDSON | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PHYSICIST, DESCRIBING HIS LIFE AS A SCIENTIST AND HIS COMPASSIONATE NATURE. |
EN4 | 01371 | ENEMIES, A LOVE STORY | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | JOYCE KARP | A NOVEL CENTERING AROUND HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS LIVING IN NEW YORK, WHOSE MAIN CHARACTER IS TORN BY LOVE, LUST, AND HIS LOSS OF GOD AND JEWISHNESS. |
EN4 | 01373 | BOOK OF DANIEL | | DOCTOROW, E.L. | ELEANOR TANNENBAUM & EVELYN THORNER | A NOVEL BASED ON THE ROSENBERG TRIAL WHICH PORTRAYS THE FATE OF THE ROSENBERG CHILDREN FOLLOWING THE EXECUTION OF THEIR PARENTS FOR ESPIONAGE. REMAKE OF A 1973 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01374 | LEO BAECK | TEACHER OF THERESIENSTADT | FRIEDLANDER, ALBERT H. | MRS. LEONARD VOGEL | 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. |
EN4 | 01376 | FACE ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR | | SCHUMACH, MURRAY | JOAN KUPFERBERG | A DESCRIPTION OF THE RISE OF CENSORSHIP IN MOVIES AND TELEVISION AND THE COURT CASES ON THE ISSUE. |
EN4 | 01382 | SOULS ON FIRE | PORTRAITS AND LEGENDS OF HASIDIC MASTERS | WIESEL, ELIE | NANCY SCHIERING | DEPICTED THROUGH LEGENDARY TALES ARE EIGHT MAJOR FIGURES OF HASIDISM, FROM ISRAEL BAAL SHEM TO RABBI NAHMAN OF BRATZLAV. WIESEL RECORDS THEIR ADVENTURES, SECRETS, STRUGGLES, AND THEIR MYSTERIOUS POWERS AND CHARISMA. REMAKE OF A 1973 RECORDING. |
EN4 | 01389 | MENDELSSOHNS | THREE GENERATIONS OF GENIUS | KUPFERBERG, HERBERT | DORA VOLINSKY | 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. |
EN4 | 01392 | SPIES IN THE PROMISED LAND | ISER HAREL AND THE ISRAELI SECRET | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | KAREN SOLL | THE STORY OF THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE AND ITS ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES. |
EN4 | 01395 | HILLEL'S HAPPY HOLIDAYS | | GAMORAN, MAMIE | LENORE SANDEL | A RELIGIOUS TEXT FOR CHILDREN CONCERNING THE CELEBRATION OF THE JEWISH FESTIVALS. |
EN4 | 01403 | YISROEL | THE FIRST JEWISH OMNIBUS | LEFTWICH, JOSEPH, ED. | BEA. AHRENS, FRAN. KLIPSTEIN, JEANNE PEARSON | AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES BY JEWISH WRITERS ON THEMES OF JEWISH INTEREST. COMPILED BY A BRITISH-JEWISH JOURNALIST AND LITERARY CRITIC. |
EN4 | 01407 | COAT OF MANY COLORS | | EDWIN, SAMUEL | CHARLES WARSHAUER | A COLLECTION OF ANECDOTAL STORIES, MOSTLY ABOUT JEWS. THE FIRST HALF IS MADE UP OF STORIES SET IN ISRAEL, THE SECOND HALF IS OF STORIES ABOUT JEWS IN FRANCE, ENGLAND, AMERICA, DENMARK, AND SOUTH AFRICA. |
EN4 | 01409 | UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE | | KAUFMAN, BEL | BONNIE BANAS | THIS NOVEL IS A SATIRIC "ANTHOLOGY" OF LIFE IN A LARGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL, INCLUDING HUMOROUS MEMOS, LETTERS, AND STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. WRITTEN BY THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM. |
EN4 | 01412 | GREAT JEWISH PERSONALITIES IN MODERN TIMES | | NOVECK, SIMON, ED. | EDITH SCHMIDT | AN ANTHOLOGY OF BIOGRAPHICAL WORKS ON LEADING JEWISH THINKERS ON THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE, THEIR PHILOSOPHIES, AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHANGING IDEAS IN A FAST-CHANGING WORLD AND VALUE-SCHEME. |
EN4 | 01414 | GEORGE S. KAUFMAN | AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY | TEICHMANN, HOWARD | LOIS MESKIN & ELINORE TANNENBAUM | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE DIRECTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, WRITTEN BY THE CO-AUTHOR OF ONE OF HIS GREAT STAGE SUCCESSES. |
EN4 | 01417 | JEWISH VALUES | | JACOBS, LOUIS | ROSLYN LEFFER | EXAMINES THE GAP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL VIEWS AS PRESENTED IN THE CLASSIC SOURCES OF JUDAISM AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE DILEMMAS OF THE PRESENT TIME. SUGGESTS AN APPROACH TO BRIDGING THIS GAP. |
EN4 | 01418 | JEWISH WOMAN | AN ANTHOLOGY | HALTIN, LIZ | SYLVIA ESTES | A COLLECTION OF STORIES ON THE JEWISH WOMAN. |
EN4 | 01421 | BLUE HILL AVENUE | | MIRSKY, MARK | HELEN BECKER | A SATIRICAL NOVEL ABOUT A MEEK, COMPLACENT RABBI WHO IS GOADED INTO PUBLICLY INDICTING MEMBERS OF HIS CONGREGATION FOR VARIOUS DECEPTIONS. |
EN4 | 01422 | APOSTLE | | ASCH, SHOLEM | AL REITWITCH | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY AND ITS TIES TO JUDAISM, THE FIRST MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION. |
EN4 | 01443 | HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE | | MARGOLIS, MAX L., & ALEXANDER MARX | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | A COMPREHENSIVE ONE-VOLUME HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 01450 | MODERN NATIONALISM AND RELIGION | | BARON, SALO W. | SALO W. MINKIN | A HISTORY OF THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM AND AN INTERPRETATION OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON MODERN RELIGION -- PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF THE VIEWPOINT THAT NATIONALISM HAS BEEN MANIPULATED IN OUR TIMES AS A DEVICE FOR JUSTIFYING POLITICAL ANTI- SEMITISM. |
EN4 | 01451 | GOLDA MEIR | WOMAN WITH A CAUSE | SYRKIN, MARIE | SYLVIA LANDOW | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL DESCRIBING HER EARLY YEARS, HER STATESMANSHIP, AND HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COUNTRY. |
EN4 | 01454 | WINDS OF WAR | | WOUK, HERMAN | EVELYN THORNER & DOROTHY MILLER | A HISTORICAL NOVEL DEALING WITH THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL EVENTS THAT PUSHED THE UNITED STATES INTO WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 01458 | TO HALLOW THIS LIFE | | BUBER, MARTIN | JOYCE KARP | AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS BY THE TWENTIETH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER AND THEOLOGIAN. |
EN4 | 01459 | GUIDE OF THE PERPLEXED | | MAIMONIDES, MOSES | ELAINE SUSSMAN & ROSALIND GALLARD | THE CLASSIC PHILOSOPHICAL WORK BY THE "RAMBAM," THE TWELFTH CENTURY JEWISH RABBI-PHYSICIAN. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY SHLOMO PINES. |
EN4 | 01465 | BREAKDOWN AND BEREAVEMENT | | BRENNER, YOSEF HAIM | WILMA BASS & BARBARA TALLERING | A NOVEL ABOUT UNFULFILLED DESIRE AND THE TOLL THAT THE STRUGGLE FOR FULFILLMENT TAKES ON THE HUMAN SPIRIT. WRITTEN BY THE ISRAELI NOVELIST, EDITOR, CRITIC, AND PHILOSOPHER WHO TOOK A PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO LITERATURE. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. |
EN4 | 01469 | BEHIND THE DOOR | | BASSANI, GIORGIO | BETTY BUSMAN & SHIRLEY RAUCHER | A NOVEL ABOUT TWO ADOLESCENT BOYS AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP IN ITALY OF THE 1930S BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS." |
EN4 | 01474 | THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE | | SILVER, ABBA HILLEL | EDITH GIFFORDS | SERMONS AND WRITINGS OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY REFORM RABBI AND ZIONIST LEADER WHO LIVED FROM 1893-1963. |
EN4 | 01476 | FAITH AND DOUBT | STUDIES IN TRADITIONAL JEWISH THOUGHT | LAMM, NORMAN | ELLEN PROPP | A RENOWNED MODERN ORTHODOX RABBI OFFERS ELEVEN ESSAYS ON JEWISH LAW IN RELATION TO SCIENCE, ECOLOGY, MORALITY, AND SOCIOLOGY. |
EN4 | 01485 | MY COUNTRY | THE STORY OF MODERN ISRAEL | EBAN, ABBA | JANE N. WEISS | A HISTORY OF THE FIRST 25 YEARS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, WRITTEN BY THE NOTED STATESMAN AND FORMER CABINET MINISTER. A FOLLOW-UP TO HIS EARLIER WORK, "MY PEOPLE." REMAKE OF A LOST 1973 RECORDING BY SALO W. MINKIN. |
EN4 | 01490 | TO THE PRECIPICE | | ROSSNER, JUDITH | ELAINE LEE | A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE, STRUGGLES, AND TRIUMPHS OF A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. |
EN4 | 01491 | EINSTEIN | | BERNSTEIN, JEREMY | JANE WEISS | A BIOGRAPHY OF PHYSICIST ALBERT EINSTEIN AND HIS IMPACT ON SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 01493 | STUDIES IN THE COMMUNAL LIFE OF THE JEWS OF SPAIN | AS REFLECTED IN THE RESPONSA OF RABBI... | EPSTEIN, ISADORE | CAROLE PESNER | 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. |
EN4 | 01494 | FOR THOSE I LOVED | | GRAY, MARTIN | BEATRICE SUDNOW | 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. |
EN4 | 01496 | BIBLE | A MODERN JEWISH APPROACH | BAMBERGER, BERNARD J. | ESTELLE I. SILVERMAN | A GUIDE TO MODERN JEWISH BIBLE STUDY, WHICH INCLUDES BIBLICAL INFLUENCE ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION, ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDINGS, BIBLICAL CRITICISM, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS GOD AND MESSIAH. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR THE B'NAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION FOR USE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. |
EN4 | 01499 | BOOK OF JEWISH CONCEPTS | | BIRNBAUM, PHILIP | ADELE STEIN | A STUDY OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES, THEMES, AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM WRITTEN BY AN ORTHODOX SCHOLAR. |
EN4 | 01501 | ALBERT EINSTEIN | CREATOR AND REBEL | HOFFMAN, BANESH | MILDRED B. LITTMAN | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE NOTED SCIENTIST COMPILED BY HIS COLLEAGUES AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES. |
EN4 | 01503 | WHAT'S THE BIG HURRY? | | YAFFE, JAMES | CORRINE M. GANZ | A NOVEL ABOUT A LOVEABLE BUT QUICK-TEMPERED MAN WHO MADE HIS FORTUNE IN CHICAGO AND LOST HIS FRIENDS IN THE PROCESS. SET BETWEEN THE EARLY 1900S AND 1946. |
EN4 | 01505 | HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM | FROM THE TIME OF CHRIST TO THE COURT JEWS | POLIAKOV, LEON | ROBERTA POLLACK | A HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM, ITS DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORICAL EVOLUTION. (3 VOL.'S COMBINED...EC-1505, 1882 & 5352) |
EN4 | 01514 | RABBI KOOK'S PHILOSOPHY OF REPENTANCE | A TRANSLATION OF OROT HA-TESHUVAH | METZGER, ALTER B. Z. | TRUDY CUTLER | OROT HA-TESHUVA BY RABBI AVRAHAM ISAAC KOOK (1868-1935), THE FIRST CHIEF RABBI OF ISRAEL, IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BOOKS ON RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. ITS DOCTRINE OF PENITENCE UNDERSCORES THE UNDERLYING MOTIF OF RAV KOOK'S ETHICAL SYSTEM. |
EN4 | 01520 | 99 DAYS IN DAMASCUS | | OREN, URI | ETHEL MANDURO | THE STORY OF THE HIGHJACKING OF TWA FLIGHT 840. |
EN4 | 01524 | AND THE HILLS SHOUTED FOR JOY | THE DAY ISRAEL WAS BORN | POSTAL, BERNARD, & HENRY W. LEVY | FLORENCE S. LAZERSON | 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. |
EN4 | 01525 | MARTIN BUBER | THE LIFE OF DIALOGUE | FRIEDMAN, MAURICE S. | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | A COMMENTARY ON BUBER'S WRITINGS, WITH A SYSTEMATIC INTERPRETATION OF THE MAJOR ASPECTS OF HIS THOUGHT. AN INTRODUCTION TO UNDERSTANDING BUBER'S UNIQUE PHILOSOPHY. |
EN4 | 01526 | MAIMONIDES | HIS LIFE AND WORKS | YELLIN, DAVID, & ISRAEL ABRAHAMS | SALO W. MINKIN | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHER, SCHOLAR, AND PHYSICIAN WHO LIVED FROM 1135-1204. |
EN4 | 01528 | ETHICS FROM SINAI, VOLS. I, II, III | | BUNIM, IRVING M. | BRAV, STANLEY R., RABBI | AN ECLECTIC, WIDE-RANGING COMMENTARY ON PIRKEI AVOT (TRACTATE AVOT OF THE MISHNAH). |
EN4 | 01534 | PERSON SHOULDN'T DIE LIKE THAT | | GOLDSTEIN, ARTHUR | SUSANNA E. CLARK | 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. |
EN4 | 01535 | HEBREW | THE ETERNAL LANGUAGE | CHOMSKY, WILLIAM | RUTH ZAIMAN | THE HISTORY OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE AS IT PARALLELS THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 01543 | RASHI | | LIBER, MAURICE | REEVA DORMAN | A COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF RASHI, ONE OF THE GREATEST COMMENTATORS ON THE BIBLE, IS SET IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS ELEVENTH CENTURY FRENCH BACKGROUND AND OFFERS A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS WORK, INCLUDING RESPONSA AND POETRY. HIS INFLUENCE ON BIBLICAL, RABBINIC, AND EVEN CHRISTIAN SCHOLARSHIP IS TRACED. PUBLISHED 1970. |
EN4 | 01545 | JEWISH DIETARY LAWS | | DRESNER, SAMUEL H., & SEYMOUR SIEGEL | ADELE STEIN | A GUIDE TO THE UNDERSTANDING AND OBSERVANCE OF JEWISH DIETARY LAWS. PUBLISHED 1959. |
EN4 | 01552 | I.L. PERETZ | PSYCHOLOGIST OF LITERATURE | ROBACK, A.A. | MURIEL DORIS | AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PERETZ USES HIS CHARACTERS TO EXPLORE JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE. |
EN4 | 01555 | BOOK OF BELIEFS AND OPINIONS | | GAON, SAADIA | BENJAMIN WERNE | AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE COMPLETE TEXT OF SAADIA GAON'S JEWISH PHILOSOPHICAL CLASSIC, WHICH IS THE FIRST SYSTEMATIC ATTEMPT TO PRESENT JUDAISM AS A RATIONAL BODY OF BELIEFS. |
EN4 | 01556 | IMPLOSION CONSPIRACY | | NIZER, LOUIS | ADELINE MARAMOUNT | A BOOK DEALING WITH THE ROSENBERG TRIAL AND ITS AFTERMATH. WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN TRIAL LAWYER. |
EN4 | 01561 | ISRAEL AND THE WORLD | | BUBER, MARTIN | ESTHER M. COHEN | PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS ON THE EXPERIENCE OF ISRAEL AMIDST THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 01562 | TARGUMS AND RABBINIC LITERATURE | AN INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH INTERPRETATIONS OF SCRIPTURE | BOWKER, JOHN | STANLEY R. BRAV | THIS BOOK SERVES WELL AS AN INTRODUCTION TO RABBINIC THOUGHTS AND LITERATURE. IT PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ARAMAIC TARGUMS AND SHOWS HOW THE TARGUMS FORM A PART OF JEWISH EXEGESIS IN GENERAL. |
EN4 | 01563 | MR. JACK AND THE GREENSTALKS | | HOROWITZ, GENE | GERT ZUCKERMAN | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG DESIGNER AND THE GARMENT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK CITY. |
EN4 | 01565 | GREAT JEWISH PERSONALITIES IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TIMES | | NOVECK, SIMON, ED. | DALE NADEL & SYLVIA STILLMAN | A HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY OF 12 JEWISH SAGES, PROPHETS, AND PHILOSOPHERS, AMONG THEM MOSES, JEREMIAH, DAVID, AKIVA, AND MAIMONIDES |
EN4 | 01566 | SOLOMON GOLDMAN | A RABBI'S RABBI | WEINSTEIN, JACOB J. | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | 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. |
EN4 | 01572 | 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. |
EN4 | 01573 | KIKE | A DOCUMENTARY OF ANTI-SEMITISM | SELZER, MICHAEL, ED. | MRS. EDWARD L. BASS | 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. |
EN4 | 01575 | 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. |
EN4 | 01580 | TAKE MY WIFE ... PLEASE | | YOUNGMAN, HENNY | DONNA ROGOVIN | A HUMOROUS AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE WELL-KNOWN COMEDIAN. |
EN4 | 01582 | JUDAISM | A PORTRAIT | ROTH, LEON | ELAYNE BERNSTEIN | A SCHOLARLY APPROACH TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF JUDAISM. THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE PRINCIPLES FOR WHICH JUDAISM STANDS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE. |
EN4 | 01583 | FEAST OF LEVIATHAN | | SCHWARZ, LEO, ED | ROBERTA POLLACK | AN ANTHOLOGY OF 50 STORIES OF ADVENTURE, FAITH, AND LOVE, TAKEN FROM JEWISH LITERATURE OVER THE AGES. |
EN4 | 01586 | GREATEST JEWISH CITY IN WORLD | | GOLDEN, HARRY | ROBYN SILVERBERG | THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE JOYS, OF BEING JEWISH IN NEW YORK CITY. WRITTEN BY THE WELL-KNOWN AUTHOR AND HUMORIST |
EN4 | 01591 | SETTLERS | | LEVIN, MEYER | ROSEMARY MARKS | 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 IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO (AND INCLUDING) WORLD WAR I. © 1972 |
EN4 | 01593 | GRANDEES | | BIRMINGHAM, STEPHEN | BETTY STONE | THE STORY OF SPANISH-PORTUGUESE JEWISH FAMILIES WHO SETTLED IN NEW YORK AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. |
EN4 | 01598 | AS FOR ME - MY PRAYER | | MINDEL, NISSAN | STANLEY BRAV | A COMMENTARY ON THE DAILY PRAYERS. |
EN4 | 01600 | FOOLS OF CHELM | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | BETTY BUSMAN | A HUMOROUS STORY ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF CHELM WHO ARE POOR BUT CONTENT UNTIL ONE OF THEIR SAGES POINTS OUT WHAT THEY ARE MISSING. |
EN4 | 01606 | CANTOR | AN HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE | LANDMAN, LEO | | THE STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANTOR IN JEWISH COMMUNAL WORSHIP. PRESENTS THE HISTORIC, SOCIAL, AND RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS THAT INFLUENCE COMMUNITY VIEWS TOWARD THE CANTOR. |
EN4 | 01607 | ISRAEL'S SACRED SONGS | | GUTHRIE, HARVEY H. | SYLVIA SCHMUKLER | A STUDY OF THE DOMINANT THEMES IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS. |
EN4 | 01613 | 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. |
EN4 | 01615 | BAGHDAD DEFECTIONS | | KELLER, BEVERLY | ISABELLE WEILL | A TALE OF SUSPENSE AND ESPIONAGE SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. |
EN4 | 01620 | ANSWER TO JOB | | JUNG, C. G. | ESTHER COHEN | STUDY OF THE BOOK OF JOB IN LIGHT OF JEWISH, EARLY CHRISTIAN AND AGNOSTIC THOUGHT. © 1969 |
EN4 | 01627 | POINTING THE WAY | | BUBER, MARTIN | DOROTHEA BERNSTEIN | SELECTIONS FROM BUBER'S ESSAYS, WRITTEN BETWEEN 1909 AND 1954. INCLUDES "THE TEACHING OF THE TAO," "GOETHE'S CONCEPT OF HUMANITY," AND "A LETTER TO GANDHI," ALONG WITH MUSINGS ON MUSSOLINI AND HITLER. TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY MAURICE FRIEDMAN. © 1957 |
EN4 | 01628 | JOLSON | | FREEDLAND, MICHAEL | THELMA HULNICK | A BIOGRAPHY OF AL JOLSON, FROM HIS BIRTH IN RUSSIA THROUGH HIS CHILDHOOD IN NEW YORK AS THE SON OF A CANTOR, AND HIS CAREER IN VAUDEVILLE AND SHOW BUSINESS. © 1972 |
EN4 | 01633 | MEDITATION OF THE SAD SOUL | TRANSLATED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GEOFFREY WIGODER | BAR HAYYA, ABRAHAM | ADELINE MAREMONT | THIS PHILOSOPHICAL AND ETHICAL MANUSCRIPT COMBINES ARISTOTELIAN AND NEO-PLATONIST TRADITIONS AND IS A KEY WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH THOUGHT. IT IS THE FIRST OF ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE WRITINGS OF BAR HAYYA, A 12TH CENTURY SPANISH-JEWISH SCHOLAR. © 1968 |
EN4 | 01638 | RELIGION OF ETHICAL NATIONHOOD | JUDAISM'S CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD PEACE | KAPLAN, MORDECAI M. | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT PROPOSES A NATURALISTIC, HUMANISTIC JUDAISM WHICH HE VIEWS AS THE EVOLVING DESTINY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. © 1970 |
EN4 | 01640 | LIFE AND WORK OF SIGMUND FREUD (3 VOLUMES) | EDITED AND ABRIDGED BY LIONEL TRILLING & STEVEN MARCUS | JONES, ERNEST | MARCIA SPRINGER, SHIRLEY CUTLER, & JOYCE KARP | 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. © 1961 |
EN4 | 01641 | REMBRANDT'S HAT | | MALAMUD, BERNARD | JANE SCHWARTZ | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES DEALING WITH SELF-ESTEEM. © 1973 |
EN4 | 01643 | CUSTOM AND SURVIVAL | A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF RABBI JACOB MOLIN | STEIMAN, SIDNEY | LILLIAN SCHAFFER | 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. © 1973 |
EN4 | 01644 | GOLDEN TRADITION | | DAVIDOWICZ, LUCY | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | AN ANTHOLOGY OF MEMOIRS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWISH LEADERS. © 1967 |
EN4 | 01653 | ANATOMY OF FAITH | | STEINBERG, MILTON | TRUDY CUTLER | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ANALYZING THE PHILOSOPHIES OF KIERKEGAARD, SARTRE, NIEBUHR, DEWEY, JAMES, AND OTHERS. EXAMINES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FAITH AND REASON IN CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM. © 1960 |
EN4 | 01660 | NOT SO RANDOM THOUGHTS | | KAPLAN, MORDECAI M. | MRS. HARVEY MEYERS | A COLLECTION OF APHORISMS AND THOUGHTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT. ©1966 |
EN4 | 01663 | ISRAEL | A COLONIAL SETTLER STATE? | RODINSON, MAXIME | CELIA BORACK | THE AUTHOR, A FRENCH JEW, CONTENDS THAT ZIONISM SUCCEEDED IN ISRAEL BECAUSE IT COINCIDED WITH THE ERA OF COLONIAL EXPANSION BY MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. ©1974 |
EN4 | 01666 | WHERE JUDAISM DIFFERED | | SILVER, ABBA HILLEL | EDNA BENDER & MIRIAM FREDMAN | RABBI SILVER PRESENTS IN THIS WORK A CLEAR, SUCCINCT DISCUSSION OF THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THE JEWISH RELIGION. WHILE NOT DENYING THE INDEBTEDNESS OF JUDAISM TO OUTSIDE INFLUENCES, HE ARGUES THAT ITS BELIEFS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY DISTINCTIVE AND IN MANY CASES RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OF OTHER ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY RELIGIONS. ©1956 |
EN4 | 01667 | WORDS IN GENESIS | | ASIMOV, ISAAC | LILLIAN SPIEGLER | ASIMOV RETELLS THE STORY OF GENESIS WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE DERIVATION AND HISTORY OF THE WORDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, AND ON EXPRESSIONS THAT HAVE BECOME PART OF EVERY DAY LANGUAGE. ©1962 |
EN4 | 01668 | AFTERGROWTH AND OTHER STORIES | | BIALIK, HAYYIM NACHMAN. | EVELYN SIMON | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES BY THE WELL-KNOWN HEBREW POET. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY I. M. LASK. ©1939 |
EN4 | 01671 | CAPPELLA | | HOROVITZ, ISRAEL | DICKIE MILLER | A NOVEL DEALING WITH HUMAN SUFFERING. CENTERS AROUND AN ELDERLY JEW IN A HOSPITAL WARD. ©1973 |
EN4 | 01672 | STORY OF THE JEWISH WAY OF LIFE | | LEVIN, MEYER & TOBY KURZBAND | ROSE COHEN | A DESCRIPTION OF THE BASIC COMPONENTS, RITUALS, AND CEREMONIES WHICH ARE PART OF THE JEWISH LIVING, AND THEIR MEANINGS. ©1959 |
EN4 | 01674 | GOD, MAN AND HISTORY | A JEWISH INTERPRETATION | BERKOVITZ, ELIEZER | FANCILLE H. HLAVATY | A JEWISH VIEWPOINT ON GOD, MAN, AND HISTORY AND HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED. ©1959 |
EN4 | 01686 | WISE GUY, SOLOMON | KISHON, EPHRAIM | KISHON, EPHRAIM | BESS CHALSKE | A COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE HUMOROUS ASPECTS OF DAILY LIFE IN ISRAEL. COLUMNIST EPHRAIM KISHON HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE ISRAELI EQUIVALENT OF ART BUCHWALD. ©1973 |
EN4 | 01692 | CENTURY OF JEWISH LIFE | | ELBOGEN, ISMAR | MARION BAER | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM 1840-1940. INTENDED TO CONTINUE FROM WHERE GRAETZ'S ACCOUNT LEAVES OFF. ©1944 |
EN4 | 01693 | PENTIMENTO | A BOOK OF PORTRAITS | HELLMAN, LILLIAN | EVELYN THORNER | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT; HER SECOND MEMOIR. ©1973 |
EN4 | 01694 | THREE CITIES | A TRILOGY | ASCH, SHOLEM | RUTH LEVINSTEIN | 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'). ©1933 |
EN4 | 01696 | PIRKE AVOTH | ETHICS OF THE TALMUD (SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS) | HERFORD, R. TRAVERS | STANLEY R. BRAV, RABBI | THE ORIGINAL HEBREW TEXT OF THE TRACTATE AVOT, INCLUDING A TRANSLATION AND SOCIO-HISTORIC COMMENTARY BY A CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR AND AUTHORITY ON THE PHARISAIC AND EARLY TALMUDIC PERIOD. ©1962 |
EN4 | 01699 | OATH | | WIESEL, ELIE | ROBERTA POLLACK | 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. ©1973 |
EN4 | 01701 | THIS LAUGH IS ON ME | THE PHIL SILVERS STORY | SILVERS, PHIL, WITH ROBERT SAFFRON | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACTOR AND COMEDIAN. © 1973 |
EN4 | 01702 | THREE CASES OF SHOMRI SHOMAR | A TRIO OF FULL-LENGTH NOVELS | KLINGER, HENRY | ETTA EPSTEIN | THREE MYSTERY STORIES INVOLVING AN ISRAELI DETECTIVE ARE INTERWOVEN WITH BIBLICAL REFERENCES. © 1961 |
EN4 | 01705 | CROWN OF FEATHERS | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | JANET FREUND | A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE STORIES WHICH DEAL WITH THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH. © 1973 |
EN4 | 01708 | KING DAVID REPORT | | HEYM, STEFAN | VIVIAN EMMET | 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. |
EN4 | 01709 | JUDAISM | THE UNITY OF TEH JEWISH SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE AGES | HERTZBERG, ARTHUR | JANE N. WEISS | THERE IS AN ESSENTIAL UNITY WHICH UNDERLIES JEWISH FAITH THROUGH ALL OF ITS CHANGING EXPRESSIONS. ITS BASIC VALUES AND AFFIRMATIONS AS A RELIGIOUS WAY OF LIFE ARE EXPRESSED IN THE WORKS OF ITS CLASSIC AUTHORITIES. |
EN4 | 01712 | BOOK OF GOD | | SPINOZA, BARUCH | ADELE STEIN | A PHILOSOPHIC WORK BY THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH PHILOSOPHER. PART OF A COLLECTION PUBLISHED BY THE PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY WHICH INCLUDED WORKS FROM THE 6TH CENTURY B.C.E. TO THE MODERN AGE. |
EN4 | 01713 | LAST SUPPER | | BERMANT, CHAIM | ISABELLE F. WEILL | THE ENFORCED TOGETHERNESS OF A FAMILY SITTING SHIVA IN AN ELEGANT LONDON HOMESTEAD SERVES AS THE CATALYST FOR A SEQUENCE OF UNSETTLING EVENTS |
EN4 | 01721 | ACCIDENT OF LOVE | | BARRETT, MARY ELLIN | | A NOVEL ABOUT A LOWER MIDDLE-CLASS JEWESS WHO ACHIEVES HER GOAL OF UPWARD MOBILITY THROUGH INTERMARRIAGE BUT EVENTUALLY SUFFERS TRAGEDY. |
EN4 | 01722 | GERSHWINS | | KIMBALL, ROBERT; SIMON, ALFRED | HELEN BELINK | A BOOK ABOUT THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATER COMPOSERS AND SONGWRITERS, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN. |
EN4 | 01723 | 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. |
EN4 | 01725 | COMMENTARY TO MISHNAH AVOT | | MAIMONIDES, MOSES | STANLEY R. BRAV | THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF MAIMONIDES' COMMENTARY TO THE 'ETHICS OF THE FATHERS.' |
EN4 | 01728 | IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER | | LEVENSON, SAM | | A HUMOROUS LOOK AT AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. |
EN4 | 01740 | NEVER AGAIN | | KAHANE, MEIR | BILLIE FLAMM & ESTHER WERNER | 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. |
EN4 | 01745 | CHAMPAGNE SPY | | LUTZ, WOLFGANG | N/A | THE AUTHOR, BORN OF A GERMAN FATHER AND A JEWISH MOTHER, WAS RECRUITED BY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE TO INFILTRATE A GROUP OF GERMAN MILITARY SPECIALISTS WORKING IN EGYPT. |
EN4 | 01747 | JEWISH PHILOSOPHY IN MODERN TIMES | | ROTENSTREICH, NATHAN | RUTH HIRCH | 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. |
EN4 | 01748 | JUDHA HALEVI'S KITAB AL KHAZARI | | HALEVI, JUDAH | FRANCES GOLDIN | A PHILOSOPHICAL WORK BASED ON THE CONVERSION TO JUDAISM OF THE KHAZARS. |
EN4 | 01764 | 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. |
EN4 | 01769 | MY YOUNG YEARS | | RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR | GEN PHILLIPS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE PROMINENT MUSICIAN. COVERS HIS YOUTH, HIS FORMATIVE YEARS, AND THE MUSIC OF PRE-WORLD WAR I EUROPE. |
EN4 | 01770 | ISRAEL | A PERSONAL HISTORY | BEN GURION, DAVID | SONYA ROTH & RENEE GOODSTEIN | THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL TELLS THE STORY OF HIS HOMELAND FROM THE DAYS OF ABRAHAM TO MODERN TIMES.© 1971 |
EN4 | 01774 | SECRET JEWS | | PRINZ, JOACHIM | PHYLLIS SCHWARTZ | THE HISTORY AND CUSTOMS OF THE MARRANOS, THE JEWS WHO OBSERVED JUDAISM IN SECRET, IN BOTH CHRISTIAN AND NON-CHRISTIAN LANDS. |
EN4 | 01783 | JUDAISM UNDER FREEDOM | | EISENSTEIN, IRA | DALE ALLEN | PATTERNS OF LIVING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE ON THE AMERICAN SCENE. |
EN4 | 01785 | PICTURES FROM A BREWERY | | BARASH, ASHER | MARTHA FORMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 01788 | ART OF JEWISH COOKING | | GROSSINGER, JENNIE | S. KLEIN | A COOKBOOK BY THE FAMOUS RESORT OWNER, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE IMPORTANT BASIC RECIPES OF THE KOSHER KITCHEN, HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES AND MENU PLANNING. |
EN4 | 01794 | TEHILLA AND OTHER ISRAELI TALES | | AGNON, S.Y. AND OTHERS | SCHWARTZENBERG, M. & BERRY, E. | NINE STORIES WRITTEN BY DIFFERENT ISRAELI AUTHORS ON JEWISH THEMES AND LIFE IN ISRAEL. INCLUDES SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THE AUTHORS. |
EN4 | 01812 | FAMOUS MUSICIANS OF JEWISH ORIGINS | | SALESKI, GDAL | RUBELLE SCHAFFLER | AN ANTHOLOGY OF BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS JEWISH MUSICIANS, INCLUDING ISAAC STERN AND OTHERS WHO MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN MUSIC. |
EN4 | 01820 | SHATTERED SILENCE | (THE ELI COHEN AFFAIR) | ALDOUBY, ZVI & BALLINGER JERROLD | K. BROWN | A COMPELLING STORY OF THE MASTER SPY, ELI COHEN, WHO NEARLY BECAME SYRIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE. |
EN4 | 01822 | JUDAISM WITHOUT SUPERNATURALISM | THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO ORTHODOXY | KAPLAN, MORDECAI M. | ROBERTA POLLACK | THE FOUNDER OF THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST MOVEMENT CONTENDS THAT JUDAISM CAN BE ENHANCED BY BEING FREED FROM SUPERNATURALISM. |
EN4 | 01826 | TIME TO PRAY | A PERSONAL APPROACH TO THE JEWISH PRAYER BOOK | GOLDSTEIN, ROSE | AMITA LIEF LEVINE | COMBINING HISTORICAL FACTS, PERSONAL ANECDOTES, SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND PHILOSOPHICAL WISDOM, MRS. GOLDSTEIN EXPLAINS AND GIVES MEANING TO THE DAILY PRAYERS, MAKING THEM COME ALIVE. |
EN4 | 01831 | LAW AND TRADITION IN JUDAISM | | COHEN, BOAZ | LILLIAN SCHAFFER | ADDRESSES, ESSAYS AND LECTURES ON JEWISH LAW, PHILOSOPHY, INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 01835 | RELIGION OF ISRAEL | "FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE BABYLONIAN EXILE (BOOK ONE)
" | KAUFMANN, YEHEZKEL | S. BRAV | |
EN4 | 01836 | RELIGION OF ISRAEL | THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY AND DEUTERO-ISAIAH (BOOK TWO) | KAUFMANN, YEHEZKEL | S. BRAV | |
EN4 | 01841 | 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. |
EN4 | 01847 | BAD MAN | | ELKIN, STANLEY | LEE KEIL | A NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH DEPARTMENT STORE OWNER AND CONVICT, WHICH BLENDS SATIRE AND MORALISM. |
EN4 | 01848 | MODERN MEDICINE AND JEWISH LAW | | ROSNER, FRED, M.D. | L. GRANT | RECENT ADVANCES IN MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES HAVE CREATED A CRISIS IN MODERN MEDICINE. THE MORAL AND JEWISH LEGAL ASPECTS OF SUCH ISSUES AS ABORTION, BIRTH CONTROL, TRANSPLANTS AND AUTOPSY ARE EXAMINED HERE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECONCILE HALAKHA AND MODERN MEDICINE. |
EN4 | 01855 | JEWS SETTLE IN NEW AMSTERDAM 1654 | | GRAND, SAMUEL | ESTELLE WEISBERG | THE STORY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF JEWS IN THE NEW WORLD. WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 01857 | BEN-GURION LOOKS AT THE BIBLE | | BEN-GURION, DAVID | NOT LISTED | A SERIES OF ESSAYS IN WHICH ISRAEL'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER EXPLORES BIBLICAL PROBLEMS AND LINKS THEM TO MODERN HISTORY. |
EN4 | 01863 | JEWISH MAGIC AND SUPERSTITION | A STUDY IN FOLK RELIGION | TRACHTENBERG, JOSHUA | R. POLLACK | A CONTRIBUTION TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF FOLK JUDAISM, THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES, THAT EXPRESSED THE FOLK PSYCHE AND WHICH, TOGETHER WITH THE HISTORIC PROGRAM OF THE JEWISH FAITH, MADE UP THE EVERYDAY RELIGION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 01866 | ISRAEL IN THE WORLD | | EBAN, ABBA | | ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE HAUNTED BY THE PAST; AND YET, ALTHOUGH THE PAST AFFECTS THE PRESENT, IT IS THE HOPE OF ISRAEL THAT IT WILL NOT MONOPOLIZE IT. THIS WAS THE VIEW OF MR. EBAN. |
EN4 | 01868 | DIARIES OF THEODOR HERZL | | 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. |
EN4 | 01869 | THIRD AND FOURTH BOOKS OF MACCABEES | | EMMET, C.W. | J. KASOFSKY | TRANSLATIONS OF EARLY DOCUMENTS WITH NOTES ON THE TEXTS. |
EN4 | 01876 | MASKS JEWS WEAR | | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | MARCIA FELTHEIMER | 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. |
EN4 | 01879 | POETS, PROPHETS AND SAGES: | ESSAYS IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION | GORDIS, ROBERT | LILLIAN SCHAFFER | A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN ESSAYS VARYING FROM THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE BIBLE TO THE CHARACTER OF SPECIFIC BIBLICAL BOOKS. |
EN4 | 01884 | IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT | | PERETZ, ISAAC LEIB | ELAINE LEE | A COLLECTION OF HASIDIC STORIES AND FOLK TALES OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWRY DRAWING ON THE TRADITIONAL HERITAGE OF JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 01885 | TO BE A JEW | A GUIDE TO JEWISH OBSERVANCE IN CONTEMPORARY LIFE | DONIN, RABBI HAYIM HALEVY | S. KALB | CLEARLY ORGANIZED IN FOUR PARTS, THIS GUIDE, WRITTEN BY A PRACTICING RABBI, IS BASED ON THE SHULKHAN ARUCH AND RESPONSA LITERATURE OF THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH CODE. IN DIRECT, LUCID LANGUAGE, THE ESSENTIALS OF JUDAISM PERTAINING TO VARIOUS RITES AND OBSERVANCES ARE PRESENTED AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBED. |
EN4 | 01887 | POPE'S JEWS | | WAAGENAAR, SAM | RUTH HULBERT | A CONTROVERSIAL STUDY OF ROMAN JEWRY, INCLUDING THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CHURCH. INCLUDES CASES OF VATICAN ANTI-SEMITISM. |
EN4 | 01888 | HOLY KABBALAH | | WAITE, A.E. | REBECCA CADITZ | AN EXAMINATION OF THE KABBALAH AND OTHER JEWISH MYSTICAL WRITINGS. |
EN4 | 01891 | SOMEWHERE ELSE | | KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT | FLORENCE PRITZ | UPON THE DEATH OF HIS FARTHER, A RABBI IN A PROVINCIAL TOWN NEAR WARSAW LEAVES HIS HOME TOWN AND EVENTUALLY LANDS IN THE SWIRLING EXCITEMENT OF PRE- WORLD WAR I LONDON. |
EN4 | 01894 | LEGEND OF THE WANDERING JEW | | ANDERSON, GEORGE K | S. BRAV | WITH EXTRAORDINARY GRASP ON THIS SUBJECT, THE AUTHOR HAS DESCRIBED THE FULL COURSE OF THE LEGEND, IN BOTH ITS POPULAR AND ITS ART FORMS, FROM ITS ORIGINS IN THE LEGENDS OF MALCHUS AND ST. JOHN TO THE PRESENT. |
EN4 | 01909 | ANI MAAMIN | | WIESEL, ELIE | ANNE MARANTZ | A POETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF A TALMUDIC TALE ABOUT FAITH IN THE MESSIAH. |
EN4 | 01924 | 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. |
EN4 | 01939 | ELSEWHERE PERHAPS | | OZ, AMOS | ETHEL E. MADURO | A COMPLEX STORY OF LIFE AND LOVE ON AN ISRAELI KIBBUTZ. |
EN4 | 01943 | OUT OF THE GHETTOS | THE SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF JEWISH EMANCIPATION, 1770-1870 | KATZ, JACOB | S. BRAV & RABBI EMERITUS | AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF JEWISH LIFE FROM THE GHETTO TO BEING FIRST-CLASS CITIZENS IN THE GENTILE SOCIETIES. THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE STORY OF JEWISH EMANCIPATION AS A WHOLE FROM BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH VIEWS. |
EN4 | 01949 | HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY | | HUSIK, ISAAC | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | AN ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND THINKERS FROM THE NINTH TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURIES. |
EN4 | 01959 | WORLD OF THE TALMUD | | ADLER, MORRIS | | A study of the world of the Talmud and the lives and thoughts of its sages. |
EN4 | 01966 | THREE JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS | PHILO, SAADYA GAON, JEHUDA HALEVI | LEWY, HANS & ALEXANDER ALTMANN & ISA | RHODA GOLDBERGER | EXCERPTS FROM THE WORKS OF THREE JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS: PHILO, 'SELECTIONS;' SAADYA GAON, 'BOOK OF DOCTRINES AND BELIEFS,' AND JEHUDA HALEVI, 'KUZARI.' |
EN4 | 01968 | CONVERSATIONS WITH EINSTEIN | | MOSZKOWSKI, ALEXANDER | FRIEDA WILKOFF | DISCUSSIONS ON EDUCATION, LITERATURE, PHYSICS, PHILOSOPHY, AND RELATIVITY WITH THE NOTED PHYSICIST. |
EN4 | 01976 | MOST OF S.J. PERELMAN, THE. PART 2 AND PART 3. | | PERELMAN, S.J. | HELEN H. ASCHER | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES WRITTEN BY THE HUMORIST. |
EN4 | 01977 | TRADITION AND REALITY | | ROTENSTREICH, NATHAN | FAITH GARFIELD | 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. |
EN4 | 01978 | TWO IS LONELY | | BANKS, LYNN REID | CORINNE M. GANZ | A NOVEL ABOUT A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO FIND HERSELF AND TO FIND CONTENTMENT IN HER LIFE. |
EN4 | 01981 | IN SEARCH OF ALI MAHMOUD | AN AMERICAN WOMAN IN EGYPT | GORNICK, VIVIAN | BETH SALISMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 01982 | STANLEY | THE DON JUAN OF SECOND AVENUE | ALLMEN, RICK | CORRINE SCHAFTEL | A NOVEL ABOUT GROWING UP IN NEW YORK DURING THE LATE 1930S. |
EN4 | 01983 | LAUGHTER IN DARKNESS | | BRISTOW, ROBERT | MARION BAER | A NOVEL ABOUT A BLIND INSTRUCTOR AT A GIRLS' COLLEGE AND HIS GUIDE DOG. WRITTEN WITH HUMOR AND COMPASSION. |
EN4 | 01984 | ALL OF THE WOMEN OF THE BIBLE | | DEEN, EDITH | ELAINE LEE | A STUDY OF ALL THE WOMEN IN BIBLE. INCLUDES 52 STUDIES OF WOMEN WHO PLAYED PROMINENT ROLES IN BIBLICAL ACCOUNTS, 125 SHORTER SKETCHES OF WOMEN WHOSE NAMES ARE MENTIONED, AND 125 NOTES ON WOMEN WHO LIVED IN THOSE TIMES BUT WHOSE NAMES WERE NOT MENTIONED. |
EN4 | 01988 | ANTHOLOGY OF HOLOCAUST LITERATURE | | GLATSTEIN, JACOB & KNOX, ISRAEL & SAM | SONNIE WATERS | A COLLECTION OF STORIES WRITTEN BY THE VICTIMS AND WITNESSES TO THE HOLOCAUST ON THE SUBJECTS OF LIFE IN GHETTOS, THE CAMPS, THE CHILDREN, AND THE JEWISH RESISTANCE. |
EN4 | 01991 | FOUNDATIONS OF A FAITH | | GREENBERG, SIMON | | A COMPENDIUM OF JEWISH HISTORY, LAW, CUSTOMS, AND PRINCIPLES OF FAITH. |
EN4 | 01992 | TUESDAY THE RABBI SAW RED | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | SONNIE WATERS | 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. |
EN4 | 01993 | AFTERMATH | THE STORY OF THE FOURTH REICH | FARAGO, LADISLAS | L. ABBOTT & R. FEIL | 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. |
EN4 | 01998 | THIS MAN MOSES | | WEISFELD, ISRAEL H. | HERMAN KINGSLEY | 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. |
EN4 | 02008 | GUILTLESS | | 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. |
EN4 | 02011 | OLD-NEW LAND | | HERZL, THEODOR | LILLIAN SCHA | THE NOVEL IN WHICH HERZL ENVISIONED THE ESTABLISHMENT AND GROWTH OF A JEWISH COMMONWEALTH IN WHAT WAS THEN PALESTINE. |
EN4 | 02013 | VOYAGE OF FRANZ JOSEPH | | 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. |
EN4 | 02022 | IDEAS AND OPINIONS | | EINSTEIN, ALBERT | JULIUS HLAVA | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ESSAYS BY THE NOBEL PRIZEWINNING PHYSICIST. |
EN4 | 02024 | BARBARIANS AT THE GATE | | 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. |
EN4 | 02026 | ZULU AND THE ZEIDE | | 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. |
EN4 | 02027 | APPRENTICESHIP OF DUDDY KRAVITZ | | RICHLER, MORDECAI | BEATRICE TRO | A HUMOROUS NOVEL ABOUT A JEWISH BOY GROWING UP IN MONTREAL WHO IS DETERMINED TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF. |
EN4 | 02034 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. 2. | | GRAETZ, HEINRICH | ROSE WEIL | THE SECOND VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE REIGN OF JOHN HERCANUS IN 135 B.C.E. TO THE COMPLETION OF THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD IN 500 C.E. |
EN4 | 02039 | GANGSTERS | | CHANDLER, DAVID | MARION BAER | A NOVEL ABOUT THE SON OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS WHO WINS THE TRUST OF A POWERFUL DON. |
EN4 | 02040 | EMERGENCE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, 1914-1924 | | SACHAR, HOWARD M. | ESTHER COHEN | A HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY AND THE WARS, REVOLUTIONS, AND CHANGES WHICH TRANSFORMED THE EARLIER OTTOMAN EMPIRE. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I TO 1923. |
EN4 | 02041 | 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. |
EN4 | 02046 | 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.' |
EN4 | 02047 | WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW | | SHULMAN, CHARLES E. | MURIEL M. GOLOVENSKY | A BOOK DEALING WITH THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY: THE BELIEFS, THE FRUSTRATIONS AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT. |
EN4 | 02050 | WISE MEN OF HELM AND THEIR MERRY TALES | | SIMON, SOLOMON | RICA FEIL & LILLIAN ABBOTT | A COLLECTION OF FOLK TALES ABOUT A MYTHICAL VILLAGE OF WELL-INTENTIONED SIMPLETONS WHO INVARIABLY MEET WITH MISHAP AND CALAMITY. |
EN4 | 02059 | 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.' |
EN4 | 02067 | NOAH'S ARK | | FOURCADE, MARIE-MADELEINE | LILLIAN SPIEGLER | 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. |
EN4 | 02071 | 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. |
EN4 | 02077 | 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. |
EN4 | 02079 | ALL MY YESTERDAYS | | ROBINSON, EDWARD G. WITH L. SPIGELGA | HELENA KLEIN | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACTOR WHO OFTEN PORTRAYED THE 'TOUGH GUY' IN HIS MOVIES. |
EN4 | 02082 | TREASURY OF JEWISH QUOTATIONS | | BARON, JOSEPH L., ED. | SALO MINKIN | A BOOK CONTAINING 18,000 QUOTATIONS CULLED FROM JEWISH SOURCES. |
EN4 | 02088 | 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. |
EN4 | 02091 | AFTER THE TRADITION | ESSAYS ON MODERN JEWISH WRITING | ALTER, ROBERT | RUTH EPSTEIN | LITERARY CRITICISM OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES WRITTEN IN THE EARLY 1970S ABOUT AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 02113 | ULLMAN CODE | | BERNHARD, ROBERT | CORRINE M. GANZ | 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. |
EN4 | 02121 | HOUSE OF DAVID | | LANDAY, JERRY M. | RIVY DOLIN | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE TIMES OF KING SAUL, KING DAVID, AND KING SOLOMON. |
EN4 | 02130 | SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER | | GREENE, BETTY | C. BORACK | AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH GIRL AND A GERMAN SOLDIER LEADS TO TRAGEDY IN A POWERFUL NOVEL SET IN A SMALL ARKANSAS TOWN DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 02133 | 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. |
EN4 | 02134 | UNDERSTANDING GENESIS - BOOK ONE | THE HERITAGE OF BIBLICAL ISRAEL | SARNA, NAHUM M. | SARENE MEYERS | A PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENTARY ON THE EVENTS OF CREATION AS RECOUNTED IN THE BIBLE. |
EN4 | 02135 | NO HAVEN FOR THE OPPRESSED | U.S. POLICY TOWARD JEWISH REFUGEES 1938-1945 | FRIEDMAN, SAUL | LUCILLE KAHN | U.S. POLICY TOWARD JEWISH REFUGEES FRO 1938-1945. |
EN4 | 02138 | FISHKE THE LAME | | SEFORIM, MENDELE MOCHER | B. WILK | THIS NOVEL WITHIN A NOVEL TELLS OF THE LOVE OF TWO CRIPPLED BEGGARS. |
EN4 | 02140 | 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. |
EN4 | 02146 | CRITICAL POINT | ON LITERATURE AND CULTURE | HOWE, IRVING | CLAIRE JACOBS | 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. |
EN4 | 02150 | JEWISH CATALOG | | SIEGEL, RICHARD & MICHAEL AND SUSAN | ELLEN PROPP | A CATALOG WHICH COMBINES THEORETICAL DISCUSSIONS OF JEWISH CUSTOMS AND PRECEPTS AND ADVICE ON PUTTING THEM INTO PRACTICE. |
EN4 | 02155 | OUR SOUTHERN LANDSMAN | | GOLDEN, HARRY | ALVIN REIWITCH | 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. |
EN4 | 02157 | SIMPLE JEWISH COOKERY | | BEILENSON, EDNA, EDITOR | R. FUCHS | A DELIGHTFUL LITTLE COOKBOOK COVERING THE BASICS OF JEWISH COOKING FROM GEFILTE FISH TO CHEESE CAKE IN A VERY SIMPLE STYLE. |
EN4 | 02165 | JERUSALEM AND OTHER WRITINGS | | MENDELSSOHN, MOSES | FRIEDA STERNBERG | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THINKING OF MOSES MENDELSSOHN, THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY GERMAN-JEWISH PHILOSOPHER OF THE HASKALAH, THE 'ENLIGHTENMENT.' |
EN4 | 02167 | SHELOMO MOLHO | | KABAK, AHARON A. | AHARON A. KABAK | 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. |
EN4 | 02170 | EICHMANN IN JERUSALEM | | ARENDT, HANNAH | | A REPORT ON THE TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN WHICH TOOK PLACE IN JERUSALEM IN 1961. EICHMANN WAS EXECUTED IN MAY 1962. |
EN4 | 02186 | MEETINGS | | BUBER, MARTIN | VIOLET BLUMENTHAL | A SMALL PHILOSOPHIC WORK CONTAINING AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FRAGMENTS FROM BUBER'S LIFE. |
EN4 | 02191 | SABBATH | | GRUNFELD, DR.,I. | DR. I. GRUNFELD | A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF THE LAWS OF THE SABBATH. |
EN4 | 02192 | MOSES | | BUBER, MARTIN | FLORENCE S. LAZERSON | A STUDY ABOUT MOSES BY THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER |
EN4 | 02193 | SELECTED POEMS | | MANDELSTAM, OSSIP | JUDY HELDERMAN | A SELECTION OF POETRY TRANSLATED FROM RUSSIAN BY A POET WHO WAS A VICTIM OF STALIN'S TERROR. |
EN4 | 02194 | TALMUDIC ANTHOLOGY | TALES AND TEACHINGS OF THE RABBIS | EDITED BY: LOUIS NEWMAN | J. WEISS | SELECTED AND TRANSLATED FOR THE MODERN READER FROM THE MONUMENTAL WRITINGS WHICH STAND SECOND ONLY TO THE BIBLE. |
EN4 | 02195 | FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISM IN CRISIS | | NEUSNER, JACOB | FRAN KLIPSTEIN, HARRIET ALKOFF | 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. |
EN4 | 02200 | UPROOTED | | HANDLIN, OSCAR | STANLEY KIRSCH | A STUDY OF THE GREAT MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA FROM 1750-1900. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF STEERAGE, QUARANTINE, GHETTOS, UNIONS, DENOMINATIONS, LANGUAGES, AND TRADITIONS. |
EN4 | 02205 | THIRTY-FOUR EAST | | COPPEL, ALFRED | ROSELYN WALD | A NOVEL OF ADVENTURE AND SUSPENSE INVOLVING THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, POLITICS AND TERRORISM, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE. |
EN4 | 02206 | ART OF BEING A JEW | | KERTZER, RABBI MORRIS N. | R. ROSALER | THE JEWISH VIEW OF SUCH IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS AS INTERFAITH MARRIAGE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, ETC. |
EN4 | 02213 | BLACK EXPERIENCE IN RELIGION | | 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. |
EN4 | 02214 | LAST ESCAPE | | KLUGER, RUTH; MANN, PEGGY | | 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. |
EN4 | 02218 | NINETY MINUTES AT ENTEBBE | | STEVENSON, WILLIAM | BETTY BERNBACH | THE STORY OF THE RAID ON THE AIRPORT IN UGANDA BY ISRAELI COMMANDOS ON JULY 4, 1976, IN ORDER TO RESCUE THE 103 HOSTAGES HELD BY ARAB TERRORISTS. |
EN4 | 02219 | SABBATAI ZEVI | | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM | MARIAN BAER | 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. |
EN4 | 02222 | COMMANDED TO LIVE | | KUSHNER, HAROLD, RABBI | BESS SALIMAN | THE CHALLENGES AND JOYS OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE ARE TREATED IN THIS COMMENTARY ON HOLY DAYS AND FESTIVALS. |
EN4 | 02229 | SCHLEMIEL AS MODERN HERO | | WISSE, RUTH R. | ANNE MESTEL | 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. |
EN4 | 02230 | SEX AND THE FAMILY IN THE JEWISH TRADITION | | GORDIS, ROBERT | SALLY ROSENBAUM | A PAMPHLET ON THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND TRADITION IN THE SEX LIFE OF THE JEWISH FAMILY ONE OF A SERIES ON CONTEMPORARY LIFE PUBLISHED BY THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. |
EN4 | 02231 | MY BROTHER'S KEEPER | A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT | BAUER, YEHUDA | RUBELLE SCHAFFER | A HISTORY OF THE JOINT AND OF AMERICAN JEWRY FROM 1929 AND THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 02234 | WIT AND WISDOM OF THE TALMUD | | BULKA, RABBI DR. REUVEN P. | MAE FIELDS | THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE THE READER A SAMPLING OF THE WIT, WISDOM, AND BROAD CONCERNS OF THE TALMUD. |
EN4 | 02237 | 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. |
EN4 | 02245 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN, A. VOL.II | | BAER, YITZHAK | GERTRUDE FLEISCHMAN | THE SECOND VOLUME OF A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JEWS LIVING IN CHRISTIAN SPAIN. BASED ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. |
EN4 | 02246 | UNTO DEATH: | CRUSADE AND LATE LOVE | OZ, AMOS | R. CUFFMAN | IN THESE TWO NOVELLAS, AMOS OZ EXPLORES THE WORLD'S HATRED FOR JEWS, PAST AND PRESENT. |
EN4 | 02254 | BEAUTY MILLIONAIRE | LIFE OF HELENA RUBENSTEIN | FABE, MAXENE | MYRA LEIB | A BIOGRAPHY THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO LEFT HER HOME IN POLAND WITH ONLY 12 JARS OF COLD CREAM AND TURNED IT INTO A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR COSMETICS INDUSTRY. |
EN4 | 02257 | BURNING LIGHTS | | CHAGALL, BELLA | | THE WIFE OF ARTIST MARC CHAGALL RECALLS HER CHILDHOOD AND THE JEWISH IDEALS WHICH SHE INHERITED FROM HER PARENTS. |
EN4 | 02262 | MITZVOT | | CHILL, ABRAHAM | SARENE MEYERS | A STUDY OF THE TRADITIONAL EXPLANATION OF THE 613 COMMANDMENTS IN THE TORAH. |
EN4 | 02265 | HISTORY OF JEWISH LITERATURE. VOL. 2. | | ZINBERG, ISRAEL | PAT DAVIDSON | THE SECOND VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF FRENCH AND GERMAN JEWRY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROVENCAL LITERATURE IN THE 11TH-13TH CENTURIES. ALSO INCLUDES THE LITERATURE OF THE ITALIAN-JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE 9TH-13TH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 02269 | BALCONY OF EUROPE | | HIGGINS, AIDAN | CLARA S. LINN | A NOVEL ABOUT AN IRISH PAINTER AND HIS LOVE FOR A MARRIED JEWISH WOMAN FROM AMERICA. |
EN4 | 02276 | MILTON BERLE | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | BERLE, MILTON | | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE JEWISH COMEDIAN WHO WAS KNOWN AS 'MR. TELEVISION." |
EN4 | 02282 | 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. |
EN4 | 02285 | WORLD OF OUR FATHERS | | HOWE, IRVING | ROBERTA POLLACK | 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. |
EN4 | 02289 | AMERICAN ZIONISM | FROM HERZL TO THE HOLOCAUST | UROFSKY, MELVIN I. | RIVY DOLIN | 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. |
EN4 | 02296 | WITH HIS OWN HANDS | | SHAMIR, MOSHE. JOSEPH SHACHTER, TRANSLATED BY | RUTH HULBERT | 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. |
EN4 | 02299 | ROTHSCHILDS | A FAMILY OF FORTUNE | COWLES, VIRGINIA | FRITZI BAER & AUDREY LAMBERT | 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. |
EN4 | 02300 | EINSTEIN AND THE GENERATIONS OF SCIENCE | | FEUER, LEWIS S. | HELEN MOGUL | A DESCRIPTION OF THE LIVES OF EINSTEIN, BOHR, HEISENBERG, AND DE BROGLIE, MEN WHOSE INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY INFLUENCED, AND WERE INFLUENCED BY, THE WORLD IN WHICH THEY LIVED. |
EN4 | 02301 | MAN'S QUEST FOR GOD | | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | ELAINE LEE | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF PRAYER, RELIGION AND WORSHIP, AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF GOD AND MAN. |
EN4 | 02305 | STUDIES IN SPINOZA | CRITICAL AND INTERPRETATIVE ESSAYS | KASHAP, PAUL S. | ROSE WEIL | AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARTICLES AND CRITIQUES ON THE PHILOSOPHER AND HIS WORK. |
EN4 | 02308 | WORLD FULL OF STRANGERS | | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | CORRINE GANZ | A NOVEL FEATURING AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH GIRL AND HER AMBITIOUS HUSBAND, WHO IS A JEWISH ANTI-SEMITE. HE CHANGES THEIR NAME, HAS AN AFFAIR AND DOES NOT ALLOW THEIR SON TO ASSOCIATE WITH JEWS. |
EN4 | 02310 | TRIAL AND DEATH OF JESUS | | COHN, HAIM | KATHY BECK | IN THIS STUDY, THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF JESUS ARE INVESTIGATED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A DISTINGUISHED JURIST, A MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 02321 | RHINEMANN EXCHANGE | | LUDLUM, ROBERT | RUTH S. DIAMOND | 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.' |
EN4 | 02322 | DISRAELI RISING | A NOVEL | EDELMAN, MAURICE | LILLIAN ZEUGHAUSER | THE SECOND PART OF A HISTORICAL TRILOGY ABOUT DISRAELI'S LEADERSHIP OF THE TORY PARTY IN ENGLAND. A SEQUEL TO THE FIRST VOLUME, 'DISRAELI IN LOVE.' IN THIS VOLUME, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS BECOME INTERWOVEN. |
EN4 | 02325 | SAM'S LEGACY | | NEUGEBOREN, JAY | BETTY FLEISCHER | A NOVEL ABOUT A NEW YORK GAMBLER AND HIS FATHER, A DEVOUT JEW. |
EN4 | 02329 | HOME FOR THE HEART | | BETTELHEIM, BRUNO | ELIZABETH MATTES | BETTELHEIM'S REPORT ON HIS PIONEERING WORK WITH MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN IN A 'THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY' INCLUDING PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS AND THEIR PRACTICAL APPLICATION. |
EN4 | 02332 | THUNDER OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN | | GERVASI, FRANK | RUBELLE SCHLAFLER | 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. |
EN4 | 02334 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS, VOL.1. | | GRAETZ, HEINRICH | ANNE MARANTZ | THE FIRST VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT OF CANAAN BY THE PATRIARCHS UNTIL 135 B.C.E. |
EN4 | 02338 | DOVE OF THE EAST & OTHER STORIES | | HELPRIN, MARK | EVELYN GODMAN | AN ANTHOLOGY OF TWENTY STORIES INVOLVING FEAR AND DANGER, IN WHICH THE LONELY, PRIVATE PERSON OBSERVES THE WORLD AROUND HIMSELF. |
EN4 | 02351 | OUR CHALLENGE | THE CHOSEN LAND | KAHANE, RABBI MEIR | M. SCHWARTZENBERGER & E. BERRY | 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. |
EN4 | 02352 | URBAN CIVILIZATION IN PRE-CRUSADE EUROPE, VOLUME I | | IRVING A. AGUS | SYLVIA SCHMUKLER | A VALUABLE AND DEFINITIVE STUDY OF ORGANIZED TOWN-LIFE IN NORTHWESTERN EURIPE DURING THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES, BASED ON THE RESPONSA LITERATURE. |
EN4 | 02365 | OBSESSION | | LEVIN, MEYER | EDITH PERMAN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL DESCRIBING THE SUPPRESSION OF LEVIN'S DRAMATIZATION OF THE ANNE FRANK TRAGEDY BY FAMOUS THEATRICAL FIGURES. |
EN4 | 02367 | STORY OF JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE | | KAHANE, RABBI MEIR | NANCY SCHIERING | 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. |
EN4 | 02369 | CODE OF JEWISH LAW | (KITZUR SHULCHAN ARUCH) | RABBI GANZFRIED, SOLOMON | J. HLAVATY | A COMPILATION OF JEWISH LAWS AND CUSTOMS IN A REVISED NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL FOUR-VOLUME HEBREW-ENGLISH WORK. |
EN4 | 02376 | 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. |
EN4 | 02381 | IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I HEAR | | TOM SULLIVAN & DEREK GILL | FREDA MELTZER | TOM SULLIVAN, BLIND SINCE BIRTH, TELLS HIS OWN INSPIRING STORY. |
EN4 | 02384 | JEWISH PIONEERS IN AMERICA | | LEBESON, ANITA LIBMAN | JANE N. WEISS | THE ROLE OF THE JEWS IN SETTLING THE NEW WORLD IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. |
EN4 | 02387 | WAR AGAINST THE JEWS | | DAWIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | ROBERTA POLLACK | A SCHOLARLY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF THE HOLOCAUST AND A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS OF EASTERN EUROPE. |
EN4 | 02390 | ISAAC MAYER WISE | PIONEER OF AMERICAN JUDAISM | GUMBINER, J.H. | AMY STIVELMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 02393 | IN DARKNESS | BOURGEON, ROGER | ROGER BOURGEON | KATE KASS | WHEN THE MISFORTUNE OF BLINDNESS STRIKES A VITAL YOUNG MAN, IT IS THE OLD- FASHIONED VIRTUES OF FAITH, COURAGE AND FAMILY THAT WORK OUT HIS SALVATION. |
EN4 | 02395 | S.Y. AGNON | | HAROLD FISCH | ESTHER COHEN | THE AUTHOR MAKES A PERSUASIVE CASE THAT AGNON DESERVES TO BE MUCH BETTER KNOWN. |
EN4 | 02397 | IN THE BEGINNING | | POTOK, CHAIM | HELEN BELINK | 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. |
EN4 | 02398 | SOCIALIST, ANTI-SEMITE AND JEW | | DONALD L. NIEWYK | S. BRAV | THIS BOOK EXPLAINS THE ATTITUDES AND ACTIONS OF THE GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY TOWARD JEWS AND ANTI-SEMITISM FROM THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO HITLER'S REGIME. |
EN4 | 02401 | INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUD AND MIDRASH | | STRACK, HERMAN | LILLIAN SCHAFFER | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE TALMUD, USING OBJECTIVE AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS. |
EN4 | 02403 | BOYS FROM BRAZIL | | LEVIN, IRA | NAOMI HOFFMAN | A NOVEL ABOUT A GROUP OF EX-NAZIS WHO FIND REFUGE IN SOUTH AMERICA AND ATTEMPT TO CREATE A NEW BREED OF NAZI OFFSPRING, ALL CLONES OF HITLER, READY TO BE TURNED LOOSE ON THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 02406 | GREAT AGES AND IDEAS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE | | SCHWARZ, LEO W., ED. | STANLEY R. BRAV | AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS AND VALUES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHICH HAVE EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THEIR HISTORY. |
EN4 | 02407 | BRANDEIS | A FREE MAN'S LIFE | MASON, ALPHEUS T. | VIOLET HECHT | A BIOGRAPHY OF LOUIS BRANDEIS, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. |
EN4 | 02408 | CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS. PART III | | ENSLIN, MORTON SCOTT | STANLEY R. BRAV | A STUDY OF EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE. THIS VOLUME DEALS WITH THE FORMULATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CANON AND THE HISTORY OF ITS MANUSCRIPTS, TRANSLATIONS, AND VERSIONS. |
EN4 | 02416 | LETTING GO | | PHILIP ROTH | C. SHAFTEL | THIS NOVEL FOCUSES ON THREE MAIN CHARACTERS: A YOUNG INSTRUCTOR IN THE HUMANITIES WHO HAS AN INDEPENDENT INCOME AND LIBBY AND PAUL HERZ WHO ARE FOREVER PLAGUED BY MONEY AND DOMESTIC CRISES. |
EN4 | 02417 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. III. | | GRAETZ, HEINRICH | | THE THIRD VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE REVOLT AGAINST THE ZENDIK IN 511 C.E. THROUGH 1306, THE PERIOD IN WHICH RABBI SOLOMON BEN ADRET (KNOWN AS THE 'RASHBA') LIVED. |
EN4 | 02418 | MOTHER | | ASCH, SHOLEM | NANCY SCHEIRING | A POLISH FAMILY COMES TO NEW YORK, CHANGES THEIR SURFACE HABITS BUT KEEPS TO ANCIENT TRADITION. |
EN4 | 02433 | AMOS AND ISAIAH | | WARD, JAMES M. | SALO W. MINKIN | A STUDY OF THE BIBLICAL PROPHETS AMOS AND ISAIAH. |
EN4 | 02439 | WALLS | RESISTING THE THIRD REICH | ZASSENHAUS, HILTGUNT | SHEILA RUSHKOFF | 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. |
EN4 | 02451 | LAYING ON OF HANDS | | ARENT, ARTHUR | MRS. ROBERT WHITE | 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. |
EN4 | 02453 | DACHAU | THE HARROWING OF HELL | SMITH, MARCUS J. | RUTH LEVINE | A UNITED STATES ARMY DOCTOR DESCRIBES THE EFFORTS TO SAVE 32,000 SURVIVORS OF THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP. |
EN4 | 02456 | FALLEN ANGELS | | BAMBERGER, BERNARD J. | JANICE HOROWITZ | A COLLECTION OF STORIES DEALING WITH BASIC THEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. |
EN4 | 02465 | SUNFLOWER | | WIESENTHAL, SIMON | MARCIA FELTHEIMER | 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. |
EN4 | 02470 | WOMEN IN JUDAISM: | THE STATUS FO WOMEN IN FORMATIVE JUDAISM | LEONARD SWIDLER | R. CADITZ | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE STATUS OF JEWISH WOMEN IN SOCIETY, LAW, AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICE BETWEEN 200 B.C. AND 400 A.D., THE DEVELOPMENT OF FORMATIVE JUDAISM, BASING HIS STUDY ON PRIMARY SOURCES FROM THE BIBLE TO JOSEPHUS TO THE TALMUD. |
EN4 | 02472 | K'TONTON ON AN ISLAND | | WEILERSTEIN, SADIE ROSE | | THE CONTINUED ADVENTURES OF K'TONTON, A TOM THUMB FOR JEWISH CHILDREN. |
EN4 | 02479 | M. WEIL | | EDITED BY: EHUD BEN EZER | M. WEIL | IN A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH PROMINENT ISRAELI INTELLECTUALS, THINKERS AND WRITERS WHO REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF VIEWS, THIS YOUNG ISRAELI WRITER TRIES TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF UNEASE WHICH IS FELT IN ISRAEL AND RAISES THE QUESTION OF THE PRICE OF ZIONISM IN THE EYES OF THE ISRAELIS TODAY AND THEIR APPRAISAL OF JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 02485 | RAMBAN (NACHMONIDES) | COMMENTARY ON GENESIS | TRANSLATED BY: CHAVEL,CHARLES | S. BRAV | RABBI MOSHE BEN NACHMAN, THE 13TH CENTURY JEWISH LEADER AND SCHOLAR KNOWN AS RAMBAN.HIS COMMENTARY, WHICH ENCOMPASSES A PANORAMA OF JEWISH LEARNING, LANGUAGE, HALACHAH, AGGADAH, PHILOSOPHY, KABBALAH, AND HISTORY OFFERS A PENETRATING ANALYSIS OF THE TORAH THAT WILL BOTH ENLIGHTEN AND INSPIRE. |
EN4 | 02494 | INTO THAT DARKNESS | FROM MERCY KILLING TO MASS MURDER | SERENY, GITTA | BARBARA FELDMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 02504 | MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE | | ALTER, ROBERT, EDITOR | S. BRAV | A PANORAMA OF HEBREW FICTION AND NON-FICTION PROSE OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. |
EN4 | 02505 | TO JERUSALEM AND BACK: | A PERSONAL ACCOUNT | BELLOW, SAUL | LEE SEAMAN | BELLOW TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCE IN 1975 OF THE TIME HE SPENT IN JERUSALEM. HE TALKS WITH PRIME MINISTER RABIN, ABBA EBAN, MAYOR TEDDY KOLLEK, OTHER POLITICIANS, WRITERS, PROFESSORS, AND EVEN ORDINARY PEOPLE LIKE A BARBER. |
EN4 | 02510 | ANYA | A NOVEL | SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG | JOYCE KARP | A NOVEL OF HUMAN STRENGTH, TENACITY, AND LOVE IN A WORLD UNDER THE SPECTRE OF NAZI GERMANY. |
EN4 | 02511 | IN SEARCH OF NOAH'S ARK | | BALSIGER, DAVID & SELLIER, CHARLES | BATTY BERCBACH | AN EXAMINATION OF THE EVIDENCE THAT THE ARK OF NOAH MAY BE LODGED ON TOP OF MT. ARARAT IN EASTERN TURKEY. |
EN4 | 02525 | 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.' |
EN4 | 02526 | 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. |
EN4 | 02531 | SHTETL AND OTHER YIDDISH NOVELLA | | WISSE, RUTH R., ED. | ADELINE MAREMONT | LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN SHTETL SERVES AS THE BACKGROUND IN THESE FIVE SHORT NOVELS. |
EN4 | 02532 | GROWING UP RICH | | BERNAYS, ANNE | | A NOVEL ABOUT A GIRL COMING OF AGE IN THE 1940S AND 1950S. |
EN4 | 02538 | LEGACY | | BERN, RONALD L. | ROSE C. NICHTHAUSER | DAVID HARRIS, A YOUNG JEW IN ANDERSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, THE SON OF A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN, STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND HIS RICH YET ALIEN HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 02545 | 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.' |
EN4 | 02547 | HIT TEAM | | TINNIN, DAVID B. | NANCY SCHIERING | 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. |
EN4 | 02549 | MY OWN GROUND | | NISSENSON, HUGH | BARBARA FRIEDMAN | A NOVEL ABOUT IMMIGRANT LIFE ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE IN THE EARLY 1900S. |
EN4 | 02551 | WINCHELL: | HIS LIFE AND TIMES | KLURFELD, HERMAN | KENNETH BROWN | THE AUTHOR HAS CAPTURED ALL OF THE DRAMA OF WINCHELL'S CARERRE WITHOUT SACRIFICING HIS OBJECTIVITY ABOUT THE MAN HIMSELF. |
EN4 | 02553 | WAY OF RESPONSE | | BUBER, MARTIN | THELMA ZELLER | SELECTIONS FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. |
EN4 | 02564 | BLOODSHED AND THREE NOVELLAS | | OZICK, CYNTHIA | ELEANOR SCHICK | IN THE TITLE STORY, NOVELIST OZICK DESCRIBES CONSTRUCTION WORK IN A HASIDIC COMMUNITY OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY WHERE TORAH STUDY GOES ALONG WITH CARPENTRY AND BRICKLAYING. ANOTHER NOVELLA FEATURES A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR WHO REPRESENTS AN AFRICAN NATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS. |
EN4 | 02568 | HEART IS HALF A PROPHET | | 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. |
EN4 | 02569 | KISSINGER | PORTRAIT OF A MIND | GRAUBARD, STEPHEN R. | ELMA KAHN | 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. |
EN4 | 02572 | JEWISH JESUS | | ARON, ROBERT | | A DESCRIPTION OF JESUS' JEWISH BACKGROUND AND BELIEFS. |
EN4 | 02574 | JUDAISM IN AMERICA | FROM CURIOSITY TO THIRD FAITH | BLAU, JOSEPH L. | JOAN LEHN | BLAU ASSERTS THAT JUDAISM'S ADAPTATION TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF AMERICA SIGNIFIES THE VITALITY OF THE RELIGION AND THE CREATIVITY OF ITS ADHERENTS. |
EN4 | 02585 | HUMBOLDT'S GIFT | | BELLOW, SAUL | NANCY SCHIERING | A NOVEL IN WHICH A MODERN, INTELLECTUAL, AND TALENTED JEW IS PITTED AGAINST THE FORCES OF CONTEMPORARY CULTUR |
EN4 | 02589 | 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. |
EN4 | 02594 | JUDAISM IN AMERICA | FROM CURIOSITY TO THIRD FAITH | BLAU, JOSEPH L. | JOAN LEHN | BLAU ASSERTS THAT JUDAISM'S ADAPTATION TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF AMERICA SIGNIFIES THE VITALITY OF THE RELIGION AND THE CREATIVITY OF ITS ADHERENTS. |
EN4 | 02596 | JOURNEY BACK | | REISS, JOHANNA | PHYLLIS COHN | THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY WHO WENT UNDERGROUND IN HOLLAND DURING THE HOLOCAUST BUT WERE SAVED AND REUNITED IN 1944. |
EN4 | 02607 | JEWISH REFLECTIONS ON DEATH | | RIEMER, JACK (EDITOR) | DICKIE MILLER | A VARIETY OF ESSAYS THAT PORTRAY THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT STATUS OF THE JEWISH WAY OF DEATH. |
EN4 | 02618 | KAFKA AND THE YIDDISH THEATRE | ITS IMPACT ON HIS WORK | TORTON BECK, EVELYN | FRANCES KLIPSTEIN & IRMA KITTAY | WITHOUT HIS EXPOSURE TO THE YIDDISH PLAYS HE SAW IN PRAGUE IN 1911 AND 1912, KAFKA MIGHT NEVER HAVE DEVELOPED THE UNIQUE AND UNIVERSAL VOICE THAT SO WELL ENCAPSULATED THE EXISTENTIAL STATE OF THE 20TH CENTURY MAN. |
EN4 | 02624 | RODGERS AND HART | BEWITCHED, BOTHERED, AND BEDEVILED | SAMUEL MARX & JAN CLAYTON | ESTHER COHEN | THE STORY OF HART AND RODGERS,"THE BOYS FROM HARLEM" AS THEY WERE OFTEN CALLED, AND HOW THEY BECAME WORLD-RENOWNED SONGWRITERS. |
EN4 | 02626 | RAMBAN'S COMMENTARY ON NUMBERS | | TRANSLATED BY: CHAVEL,CHARLES | S. BRAV | RABBI MOSHE BEN NACHMAN, THE 13TH CENTURY JEWISH LEADER AND SCHOLAR KNOWN AS RAMBAN, EARNED HIMSELF A PLACE ALONGSIDE RASHI AS ONE OF JUDAISM'S PRIMARY TORAH COMMENTATORS. |
EN4 | 02633 | RAMBAN'S COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH | SEFER DEVARIM - DEUTERONOMY | TRANSLATED BY: RABBI CHARLES CHAVEL | S. BRAV | COMMENTARY. |
EN4 | 02637 | CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM AND JEWISH LAW | | SIEGEL, SEYMOUR, ED. | P.M. APFELBAUM | AN EXAMINATION OF CONSERVATIVE JUDAISM WHICH COMBINES A COMMITMENT TO HALAKHA, JEWISH LAW, WITH A RECOGNITION OF A NEED FOR CHANGE. ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN BY PROMINENT LEADERS IN THE MOVEMENT. |
EN4 | 02640 | KISSINGER | THE EUROPEAN MIND IN AMERICAN POLICY | BRUCE MAZLISH | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | THIS BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVE PROBES THE GROWTH OF KISSINGER THROUGH HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE ARMY, AT HARVARD AND IN WASHINGTON, SHOWING THAT WHILE HE WAS UNDERGOING A PROCESS OF AMERICANIZATION, HE WAS INCREASINGLY ADDING A EUROPEAN CAST TO AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. |
EN4 | 02646 | ESSENTIAL TALMUD | | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | ELEANOR SCHICK | THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF THE ORAL LAW AND AN EXPLANATION OF ITS IMPORTANCE IN JEWISH TRADITION. ALSO INCLUDES SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THE RABBIS AND SCHOLARS OF THE TALMUDIC PERIOD. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW BY CHAYA GALAI. |
EN4 | 02652 | HARRY JAMES CARGAS IN CONVERSATION WITH ELIE WIESEL | | CARGAS, HARRY JAMES | BARBARA FRIEDMAN | A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH ELIE WIESEL, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AND AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS ON THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 02655 | RAMBAN'S COMMENTARY ON EXODUS | | TRANSLATED BY: CHARLES B. CHAVEL | STANLEY BRAV | A COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF EXODUS. |
EN4 | 02661 | MEMOIRS OF GLUCKEL OF HAMELN | | GLUCKEL OF HAMELN. MARVIN LOWENTHAL, | ROBERTA POLLACK | 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. |
EN4 | 02666 | DEATH AND THE FAMILY | THE IMPORTANCE OF MOURNING | PINCUS, LILY | HAZEL GREENE | A STUDY OF THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF BEREAVEMENT. |
EN4 | 02667 | IN POLISH WOODS | | OPATOSHU, JOSEPH | JANE R. WEISS | A HISTORICAL NOVEL DEPICTING THE LIFE OF THE JEWS IN EUROPE DURING THE 1860S AND INCORPORATING THE FOLKLORE OF THE POLISH WOODS AND STREAMS. ALSO DESCRIBES THE EFFECT OF THE HASIDIC MOVEMENT, THE HASKALAH, AND POLISH INDEPENDENCE ON THEIR LIVES. |
EN4 | 02668 | ADOLPH HITLER | | TOLAND, JOHN | HELEN DITTUS | A BIOGRAPHY OF HITLER FOCUSING ON HIS ANTI-SEMITISM. |
EN4 | 02671 | ENTEBBE RESCUE | | BEN-PORAT, Y. & HABER, E. & SCHIFF, Z. | ANITA ROSENGARTEN | AN ACCOUNT OF THE JULY 1976 HIJACKING OF A PLANE TO ENTEBBE AND THE DRAMATIC RESCUE. TOLD BY THREE ISRAELI MILITARY AND POLITICAL COMMENTATORS. |
EN4 | 02679 | DAYS OF AWE | | AGNON, S.Y. | LILLIAN SCHAFFER | AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH WISDOM AND CUSTOMS ON THE HIGH HOLY DAY SEASON. DRAWN FROM MIDRASHIC AND RABBINIC SOURCES. |
EN4 | 02680 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL.IV . | | GRAETZ, HEINRICH | | THE FOURTH VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE RISE OF THE KABBALA MOVEMENT IN 1270 C.E. TO THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OF THE MARRANOS IN HOLLAND IN 1618 C.E. |
EN4 | 02683 | NEW WORLD FOR SIMON ASHKENAZY | | MARKISH, DAVID | ELAINE ROTHENBERG | A NOVEL ABOUT A FIFTEEN-YEAR OLD BOY WHO IS EXILED TO SIBERIA. |
EN4 | 02686 | POWER BROKER | ROBERT MOSES AND THE FALL OF NEW YORK | CARO, ROBERT A. | RUBELLE. SCHAFLER | A BIOGRAPHICAL CRITIQUE OF THE MAN WHO IN FOUR DECADES AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL BUILT MOST OF THE PARKS, BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY. |
EN4 | 02689 | MAIMONIDES' INTRODUCTION TO TALMUD | | TRANSLATED BY: ZVI LAMPEL | H. MEYERS | MAIMONIDES PRESENTS A CLEAR EXPOSITION OF THE ORIGIN, AIMS, METHODOLOGY AND SPIRIT OF THE TALMUD. |
EN4 | 02695 | IN THE ALMOST PROMISED LAND | AMERICAN JEWS AND BLACKS, 1915-193 | DINER, HASIA R. | EDITH DREZNER | THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT CHAMPIONING BLACK CAUSES GAVE JEWS A MEANS TO REMOVE OBSTACLES TO THEIR OWN ACCULTURATION. |
EN4 | 02700 | FROM OEDIPUS TO MOSES | FREUD'S JEWISH IDENTITY | ROBERT, MARTHE. RALPH MANHEIM, TRAN | JANE N. WEISS | 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. |
EN4 | 02702 | GREAT GAME | MEMOIRS OF THE SPY HITLER COULDN'T | TREPPER, LEOPOLD | JUDITH HOFFMAN | THE PERSONAL STORY OF THE HEAD OF A SPY NETWORK WHICH OPERATED IN EUROPE AGAINST THE NAZIS DURING WORLD WAR II. THE NETWORK, DUBBED THE RED ORCHESTRA BY THE GESTAPO, INFILTRATED GERMAN ORGANIZATIONS IN OCCUPIED FRANCE, BELGIUM, AND GERMANY. |
EN4 | 02707 | LEGENDS OF JERUSALEM | THE SACRED LAND. VOL. 1. | VILNAY, ZEV | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | AN ANTHOLOGY OF STORIES AND FOLKTALES FROM MIDRASHIC AND RABBINIC LITERATURE CONTAINING OVER 300 LEGENDS ABOUT JERUSALEM. |
EN4 | 02721 | MOSES | THE MAN AND HIS VISION | DAICHES, DAVID | IRVING W. KRAMER | STARTING FROM THE CONVICTION THAT MOSES, THE EXODUS, THE SINAI EXPERIENCE AND THE PROMISED LAND JOURNEY DID EXIST, THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE BIBLE'S ACCOUNT OF MOSES AS A LAWGIVER, DIVINE MEDIATOR AND WELDER OF SEVERAL NOMADIC TRIBES INTO A UNIFIED PEOPLE AND NATION. |
EN4 | 02726 | TORCH SONG | | ROIPHE, ANN | HERBERT L MORGENROTH | A ROMANTIC NOVEL ABOUT AN UPPER-CLASS JEWISH WOMAN WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH A TEENAGE ALCOHOLIC. |
EN4 | 02734 | PIED PIPER OF HELFENSTEIN | | EDWARD V. MCCARTHY, JR. | E. HALLE | AN ADVENTURE TALE THAT INVOLVES THE SEARCH BY A BOSTON LAWYER FOR THE BENEFICIARY OF A WILL, A SORT OF JEWISH SCARLET PIMPERNEL, WHO SAVED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN FROM GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 02737 | ORIGINS OF ZIONISM | | VITAL, DAVID | R. WEIL | STORY OF THE ORIGINS OF MODERN JEWISH NATIONALISM USING PRIMARY SOURCES IN HEBREW, YIDDISH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, FRENCH, AND ENGLISH. |
EN4 | 02783 | KABBALAH FOR THE MODERN WORLD | | GONZALEZ-WIPPLER, MIGENE | ROBERTA POLLACK | NEW KEY TO THE ANCIENT MYSTICAL BOOK THAT UNLOCKS THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE. |
EN4 | 02787 | HERZOG LEGACY | | SCHWEITZER, GERTRUDE | ELISSA BAUM | THE BIOGRAPHY OF A GERMAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT WHO FOUNDED A NEWSPAPER DYNASTY IN 1875 AND THE THREE GENERATIONS OF HERZOG WOMEN WHO CARRIED ON THE FAMILY TRADITION. |
EN4 | 02789 | DAMASCUS COVER | | KAPLAN, HOWARD | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | 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. |
EN4 | 02799 | YEMENITE GIRL | | LEVIANT, CURT | LEE SEAMAN | A NOVEL ABOUT THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN EZRA SHULTISH AND AN ELDERLY ISRAELI NOBEL LAUREATE. |
EN4 | 02800 | RABBI | THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | MURRAY POLNER | S. KALB | HEARTWARMING ACCOUNT OF RABBIS AS PASTORS, SCHOLARS, FUND-RAISERS, AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS. |
EN4 | 02807 | COUSINHOOD | | BERMANT, CHAIM | SYLVIA ESTES & ARLENE RICHARDS | A BIOGRAPHY OF PROMINENT JEWISH FAMILIES INCLUDING THE ROTHSCHILDS, THE WARBURGS, THE SAMUELS, AND THE SASSOONS. |
EN4 | 02808 | WANTED! | THE SEARCH FOR NAZIS IN AMERICA | HOWARD BLUM | C. MINTZER | DETAILED ACCOUNT OF FOUR NAZIS WHO LIVE FREELY IN AMERICA, THE MEN WHO TRACKED THEM DOWN, AND HOW THEY CONTINUE TO CIRCUMVENT JUSTICE. |
EN4 | 02819 | WELLSPRINGS OF TORAH | VOLUMES I & II | FRIEDMAN, ALEXANDER ZUSIA | S. BRAV | COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF RABBINIC CREATIVITY EXPRESSED IN WRITINGS FO TALUMDIC SCHOLARS |
EN4 | 02829 | BROTHERS | | ZELDIS, CHAIM | ESTHER COHEN | A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A FAMILY IN A SMALL TOWN. |
EN4 | 02843 | BOOK OF PARADISE | THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF SHMUEL-ABA BERVO | MANGER, ITZIK | JOYCE KARP | THIS IS A STORY BASED ON THE OLD TRADITION IN JEWISH FOLKLORE THAT CHILDREN BEFORE BIRTH LIVE IN PARADISE AND JUST BEFORE THEY ARE BORN ARE TAPPED BY AN ANGEL TO FORGET THEIR STAY. THIS IS A STORY OF A YOUNG BOY WHO OUTWITS HIS ANGEL AND IS BORN WITH COMPLETE MEMORY OF PARADISE AND THE LIFE HE LIVES WITH THIS MEMORY. |
EN4 | 02846 | UNDERSTANDING THE TALMUD | | TRATTNER, ERNST R. | BIRDIE SAFIAN | STUDY OF CONTENTS AND MEANING OF TALMUD AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ASPECTS OF JEWISH LIFE AND LAWS. |
EN4 | 02848 | PROFESSOR OF DESIRE | | ROTH, PHILIP | P.M. APFELBAUM | DAVID KEPESH, THE HERO IN PHILIP ROTH'S TENTH NOVEL, IS JEWISH AND UNHAPPY, ECHOING A THEME DEALT WITH BY ROTH IN PREVIOUS NOVELS. |
EN4 | 02863 | JEWISH MYSTICAL TESTIMONIES | | JACOBS, LOUIS | ROBERTA POLLACK | MYSTICAL TEXTS FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO 20TH CENTURY - FULL RANGE OF ORIGINAL MATERIAL. |
EN4 | 02866 | ORCHIDS FOR MOTHER | | LATHAM, AARON | R. DOLIN | ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE GAME INCLUDES MURDER AND SUICIDE AND INVOLVES HIGH POLITICAL FIGURES. |
EN4 | 02872 | SARNOFF, AN AMERICAN SUCCESS | | DREHER, CARL | ELLEN KANNER | SARNOFF DESCRIBES HIS VISION OF POPULAR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION WHICH RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF NBC, RKO, AND RCA OF WHICH HE BECAME PRESIDENT IN 1929. |
EN4 | 02873 | MY FATHER'S HOUSE | | ALON, YIGAL | F. WICKOFF | LIFE OF ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER IN PALESTINE FARMING VILLAGE DURING 1920'S AND 30'S. |
EN4 | 02884 | ABBA EBAN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | EBAN, ABBA | MINA MOSKOWITZ | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FORMER ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER, STATESMAN, POLITICIAN, AND AMBASSADOR. KNOWN FOR HIS ELOQUENCE AND EXCELLENT COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, EBAN SERVED FOR MANY YEARS AS ISRAEL'S REPRESENTATIVE IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS. |
EN4 | 02889 | DEAD RUNNER | | ROSS, FRANK | RUTH FRANKFORT | A SUSPENSE NOVEL INVOLVING AN ARAB ASSASSIN WHO MURDERS A JEWISH MILITARY HERO IN LONDON. |
EN4 | 02890 | LOAVES AND FISHES | FOODS FROM BIBLE TIMES | KINARD,MALVINA & CRISLER,JANET | LAURA WEINSTEIN | BIBLE FOODS BROUGHT INTO THE 20TH CENTURY |
EN4 | 02892 | MARA | | REICH, TOVA | LUCILLE JACOBS | THE ENTERTAINING AND REVEALING STORY OF A MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN ORTHODOX RABBI'S DAUGHTER AND AN ISRAELI HIPPIE. |
EN4 | 02893 | EVER SINCE SINAI | | BUNIM, IRVING M. | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | TEACHINGS OF THE TALMUDIC SAGES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MODERN TIMES. |
EN4 | 02897 | CATASTROPHE OF EUROPEAN JEWRY | | GUTMAN, YISRAEL & LIVIA ROTHKIRCHEN | LILLIAN SCHAFFER | A STUDY ABOUT THE LIFE OF JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND AN ANALYSIS OF MODERN RACIAL ANTI-SEMITISM. COMPILED FROM STUDIES MADE BY JEWISH SCHOLARS FROM THE YAD VASHEM HOLOCAUST CENTER IN JERUSALEM. |
EN4 | 02899 | LOVERS AND HERETICS | | HALE, JOHN | ALVIN REIWITCH | A FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER, UPON HEARING OF THE DEATH OF A FRIEND WHOM HE MET IN BERLIN, IS PROMPTED TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION. |
EN4 | 02909 | LUCK OF THE VAN MEERS: | A TRADITION | MCHUGH, ARONA | CORINNE SHAFTEL | 18TH CENTURY STORY OF MAN WHO SEARCHES OUT HIS SCATTERED JEWISH FAMILY AND CLASSIFIES THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL TRAITS. |
EN4 | 02910 | YESHIVA, VOLUME I AND 2 | | CHAIM GRADE | SISTERHOOD | 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. |
EN4 | 02919 | DICTIONARY OF JEWISH NAMES AND THEIR HISTORY | | KAGANOFF, BENZION | LAURA WEINSTEIN | THE AUTHOR STUDIES JEWISH FAMILY NAMES AND DISCUSSES THE HISTORY OF JEWISH NAMING PRACTICES FROM BIBLICAL TIMES THROUGH THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 02920 | JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS | | KATZ, STEVEN | SURVEY OF PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION, INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, AND GLOSSARY OF RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS. | SURVEY OF PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION, INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, AND GLOSSARY OF RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS. |
EN4 | 02932 | PEONY | | BUCK, PEARL | ADELE STEIN | A HISTORICALLY TRUE NOVEL ABOUT THE JEWS IN THE HONAN PROVINCE OF CHINA ABOUT A CENTURY AGO, WHEN THE CHINESE HAD ACCEPTED THE JEWS. TODAY EVEN THE MEMORY OF THEIR ORIGIN IS GONE. THEY ARE CHINESE. |
EN4 | 02939 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 1, 2 | | CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI | SIMON & ROBERTA POLLACK | ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST VOLUME OF A CLASSIC COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH WRITTEN BY THE SEPHARDIC SCHOLAR IN 1730. RICH USE OF MIDRASH. |
EN4 | 02947 | SPICE AND SPIRIT OF KOSHER JEWISH COOKING | | ANDRUISIER, F., EDITOR | E. ROTHENBERG | THIS IS THE "FIRST MAJOR HASIDIC COOKBOOK" CONTAINING 500 RECIPES, WITH MANY VARIATIONS; LAW AND RITUALS OF A KOSHER KITCHEN; AND SECTIONS ON THE SABBATH, HOLY DAYS AND CULINARY TRADITIONS. |
EN4 | 02948 | ANCIENT GODS | | JAMES, E.O. | JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN | A STUDY OF THE DIVERSE RELIGIONS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, FROM RITUALS OF PALEOLITHIC MAN TO CHRISTIANITY. |
EN4 | 02950 | GOLDWYN | | MARX, ARTHUR | JOAN RAPHAEL | THE SAGA OF SAMUEL GOLDWYN FROM HIS DAYS AS A BOY IN THE WARSAW GHETTO THROUGH HIS STRUGGLES TO REACH THE TOP OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY. |
EN4 | 02951 | GREAT MADNESS | | HAMEIRI, AVIGDOR | SHIRLEY KALB | A NOVEL BY AN ISRAELI WRITER ABOUT JEWISH LIFE AND PRIVATION ON THE EUROPEAN EASTERN FRONT DURING WORLD WAR I. |
EN4 | 02952 | IN MY FATHER'S PASTURES | | MORGENSTERN, SOMA | ROY C. BENNETT | A YOUNG AUSTRIAN JEW DISCOVERS HIS CULTURAL HERITAGE WHILE VISITING AN UNCLE IN POLISH GALICIA. |
EN4 | 02968 | SECRET SHIP | | 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. |
EN4 | 02969 | 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. |
EN4 | 02986 | HOUSE OF DOLLS | | GETYNSKI, KAROL | ALVIN REIWITCH | FACT-BASED NOVEL ABOUT THE DEBASEMENT OF JEWISH GIRLS BY THE NAZIS. |
EN4 | 02995 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 2 | | CULI, YAAKOV | KRAMER, IRVING W. RABBI | THE AUTHOR TELLS ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE PATRIARCHS, VIVIDLY DESCRIBING THEIR ROLES IN THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 03000 | THURSDAY THE RABBI WALKED OUT | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | BARBARA WOLLINS | THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE SERIES ABOUT RABBI SMALL, THE SLEUTH WHO EMPLOYS TALMUDIC REASONING TO SOLVE THE HIGH CRIME OF MURDER. |
EN4 | 03004 | PERILOUS SPRING OF MORRIS SEIDMAN | | MOLL, ELICK | NAOMI HOFFMAN | THE ADVENTURES OF THE 55 YEAR OLD PROTAGONIST--RETIRED, BORED AND UNHAPPY--TOLD WITH GENTLE HUMOR AND UNDERSTANDING. |
EN4 | 03009 | MOSHE DAYAN | | DAYAN, MOSHE | RENEE RATNER | FILLED WITH PERSONAL ANECDOTES REVEALING THE MAN HIMSELF, HIS CANDID OPINIONS OF OTHER STATESMEN AND HIS ROLE AS ISRAEL'S LEADER. |
EN4 | 03019 | KABBALAH | | FRANCK, ADOLPH | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | EXPLANATION OF THE KABBALAH'S PHILOSOPHY--THE ORIGIN OF MAN, HIS DESTINY, RELATIONS WITH THE DIVINE BEING, NATURE OF EVIL, ETC. |
EN4 | 03023 | JEWISH MIND | | PATAI, RAPHAEL | | STUDY OF 6 HISTORIC ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE JEWS AND OTHER CULTURES OVER 2000 YEARS. EMPHASIZES MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT AND ATTITUDES. |
EN4 | 03026 | JEWISH AMERICAN LITERATURE | AN ANTHOLOGY | EDITED BY: ABRAHAM CHAPMAN | JOYCE KARP | THE COLLECTION CONTAINS FICTION, POETRY, CRITICISM AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY. |
EN4 | 03027 | EVERYMAN'S TALMUD | | COHEN, A. | | AN EXAMINATION OF THE LITERARY LABOR OF NUMEROUS TALMUDIC SCHOLARS FOR A PERIOD OF SOME 700 YEARS. |
EN4 | 03029 | JEWISH BUND IN RUSSIA | FROM ITS ORIGINS TO 1905 | TOBIAS, HENRY J. | J. WEISS | THE WELCOME APPEARANCE OF THIS BOOK CORRECTS THE GLARING ABSENSE OF A FULL- LENGTH SCHOLARLY TREATMENT OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE BUND. |
EN4 | 03039 | CRISIS AND FAITH | | BERKOVITZ, ELIEZER | SARENE MEYERS | STATEMENT ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACING JUDAISM AND OUR APPROPRIATE RESPONSE. DEALS WITH DIVORCE, SEXUAL ETHICS, CONVERSION, AND ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL. |
EN4 | 03054 | ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | | MALIN, IRVING | THERESA TAX VOLKELL | AN APPRECIATION OF THE STORIES OF THE RENOWNED YIDDISH AMERICAN WRITER. |
EN4 | 03056 | ONE MORE RIVER | AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES | GOLDBERG, LESTER | RITA CHASE | THESE STORIES ARE ALL PART OF WHAT THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES AS A SEARCH FOR HIS JEWISH PAST. |
EN4 | 03060 | OPERATION SUSANNAH | | GOLAN, AVIEZER | BARBARA FRIEDMAN | A GROUP OF YOUNG EGYPTIAN JEWS WHO WERE RECRUITED INTO TWO SPY RINGS IN CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA IN THE EARLY 1950S, PLANTED A FEW FIRE BOMBS AND WERE EVENTUALLY BETRAYED TO THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT. TWO WERE EXECUTED, TWO RECEIVED SHORT SENTENCES AND FOUR DREW LONG TERMS. |
EN4 | 03065 | MIMEKOR YISRAEL | CLASSICAL JEWISH FOLKTALES. VOL. I | BIN GORION, EMANUEL, ED. | ELAYNE BERNSTEIN | A COLLECTION OF OVER 1000 FOLK TALES BASED ON THE POPULAR LITERATURE THAT EVOLVED IN JEWISH SOCIETIES THROUGH THE CENTURIES. |
EN4 | 03066 | JUDAISM AND CHRISTIAN BEGINNINGS | | SANDMEL,SAMUEL | R. SCHAFFLER | A GIFTED AND ENGAGING AUTHOR TRACES THE HISTORY, INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF JUDAISM FROM 200 B.C. TO 175 A.D. TO REVEAL THE ORIGINS OF SYNAGOGUE JUDAISM AND THE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIANITY WHICH ULTIMATELY BECAME THE RELIGION OF EUROPE. |
EN4 | 03073 | JEWS OF RHODES | THE HISTORY OF A SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY | ANGEL, MARC D. | FREDA MELTZER | DR. ANGEL, RABBI OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK HAS CAREFULLY DESCRIBED AND DOCUMENTED THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE RHODIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY. HE DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE ROLE OF WOMEN, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JEWS AND NON-JEWS, THE GREAT RABBINIC RHODIAN LUMINARIES WHOSE HALACHIC DISCOURSES SHED ADDITIONAL LIGHT ON JEWISH LIFE AND LITERATURE. |
EN4 | 03074 | TULIPS ARE RED | | LEESHA ROSE | BARBARA WOLLINS | 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. |
EN4 | 03075 | ESTATE | | 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. |
EN4 | 03080 | FIVE CHIMNEYS | | LENGYEL, OLGA | MARIAN BAER | A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S EXPERIENCES IN AUSCHWITZ. LENGYEL LATER BECAME A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. |
EN4 | 03085 | BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON | | DE MILLE, NELSON | DOMENITZ, ALYCE | THE STORY OF A SMALL BAND OF ISRAELI MEN AND WOMEN, AND HOW THEIR COURAGE AND LOVE HELPED THEM SURVIVE UNDER CONDITIONS OF TERROR. |
EN4 | 03086 | HILL OF EVIL COUNSEL | | OZ, AMOS | ELLEN KANNER | THREE INTERWOVEN STORIES BY A FOREMOST ISRAELI WRITER PORTRAYING JERUSALEM IN THE TWILIGHT OF THE BRITISH MANDATE PERIOD. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW |
EN4 | 03090 | MENACHEM BEGIN | THE LEGEND AND THE MAN | HABER,EITAN | JOAN LEHN | HABER EXAMINES BEGIN'S LIFE AND CAREER "FROM HIS ZIONIST BETAR DAYS IN POLAND TO HIS EXPERIENCE AS A PRISONER OF STALIN'S GULAG... TO HIS LEADERSHIP OF THE UNDERGROUND IRGUN ZVAI LEUMI TO HIS ELECTION AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL." |
EN4 | 03098 | WEAVE OF WOMEN | | BRONER, E. M. | LEE KEIL | SET IN CONTEMPORARY, THIS NOVEL EXPLORES THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE. IT SPEAKS OF PAIN AND COMPASSION, OF LOSS AND REDEMPTION, AND OF THE CURATIVE POWERS OF BOTH LOVE AND REVENGE. |
EN4 | 03107 | HONEY FROM THE ROCK | | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | RABBI VERNON KURTZ | FILLED WITH TALES OF 'THE SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTERS THAT FILL OUR LIVES,' THIS IS A WORK OF WISDOM AND INSPIRATION. |
EN4 | 03116 | TOUCH THE WATER, TOUCH THE WIND | | OZ, AMOS | SUZANNE M. SETON | A NOVEL ABOUT PEOPLE SEEKING ESCAPE FROM A HOSTILE WORLD. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. |
EN4 | 03120 | SOL MYERS | | STAMPFER, JUDAH | EDNA GREENSPAN | A NOVEL ABOUT TWO FRIENDS FROM A FIRST-GENERATION IMMIGRANT JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEW YORK. |
EN4 | 03126 | LIFE AND TIMES OF MENACHEM BEGIN | | GERVASI, FRANK | GERTRUDE LIEBERMAN, FLORENCE KADIS | 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. |
EN4 | 03132 | RAQUELA | A WOMAN OF ISRAEL | GRUBER, RUTH | HELEN MOGUL | THE FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY OF A 9TH GENERATION JERUSALEMITE, WHOSE LIFE AS A WIFE, MOTHER, NURSE, AND MIDWIFE SERVES AS A VIVID EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN OF ISRAEL, FROM HER 1920S CHILDHOOD THROUGH THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE UP UNTIL THE 1970S. © 1978 |
EN4 | 03142 | TWO ROTHSCHILDS AND THE LAND OF ISRAEL | | SCHAMA, SIMON | GOLDIE M. CURTAIN | THE STORY OF BARON EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD, WHO IN THE 19TH CENTURY BEGAN AGRICULTURAL COLONIES FOR DISPLACED JEWS IN TURKISH PALESTINE. OVER A CENTURY LATER, THESE CULTIVATED ACRES WERE TURNED OVER TO ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 03149 | EXILE AND RETURN | | GILBERT, MARTIN | HILDRED E. GRASS | TRACING TURNING POINTS IN THE REALIZATION OF THE DREAM OF JEWISH STATEHOOD, THE AUTHOR USES NEWLY AVAILABLE ARCHIVES, DIARIES AND MEMOIRS. |
EN4 | 03154 | TWO TALES | | AGNON, S.Y. WALTER LENS, TRANS. | MILDRED RABINOWITZ | TWO SHORT NOVELS STRESSING THE UNIVERSAL FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, AND MAN AND MAN. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW. |
EN4 | 03155 | SHTETL BOOK | | RESKIES, DAVID & DIANE RESKIES | SYLVIA LUBLINER | A FICTITIOUS BOOK ABOUT REAL PLACES AND EVENTS IN THE LIVES OF YIDDISH-SPEAKING SHTETL JEWS SUBJECT TO CHANGING TIMES |
EN4 | 03168 | LITTLE DISTURBANCES OF MAN | STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN AT LOVE | PALEY, GRACE | PALEY, GRACE | STORIES ABOUT WOMEN AND MEN IN THE THICK OF LIFE, AND THE LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THEM. |
EN4 | 03176 | 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. |
EN4 | 03177 | DOWNTOWN JEWS | PORTRAITS OF AN IMMIGRANT GENERATION | SANDERS, RONALD | SARENE MEYERS | A NARRATIVE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF 'DOWNTOWN JEWS' WHO POURED INTO NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE FROM EASTERN EUROPE BETWEEN 1880 AND 1910. |
EN4 | 03193 | MUSSOLINI AND THE JEWS | | MICHAELIS, MEIR | REBECCA KADITZ | A STUDY OF GERMAN-ITALIAN RELATIONS DURING THE FASCIST PERIOD, AND ITALIAN FASCIST POLICY TOWARD THE JEWS. |
EN4 | 03196 | | | RIBALOW, HAROLD U., ED. | | AN ANTHOLOGY ABOUT JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA. IT IS MADE UP OF SHORT STORIES, WRITTEN BY JEWISH AUTHORS. |
EN4 | 03198 | HOLOCAUST | | GREEN, GERALD | JEAN SCHULMAN | A NOVEL OF TWO FAMILIES - ONE JEWISH, ONE NAZI - FROM 1935 TO 1945. |
EN4 | 03201 | CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST | | EPSTEIN, HELEN | SUZY NEUBURGER | THE DAUGHTER OF CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS RECOUNTS HER OWN PRIVATE QUEST TO COME TO TERMS WITH HER PARENTS' PAST. |
EN4 | 03211 | EIGHTH SIN | | KANFER, STEFAN | LUCILLE JACOBS | AN ARTIST AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR BEARS AN OBSESSIVE HATRED FOR A NAZI EXECUTIONER, ALTHOUGH THIS HATRED DOES NOT ROB HIM OF HIS LOVE OF BEAUTY. |
EN4 | 03224 | 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. |
EN4 | 03226 | SYNAGOGUE | | DEBREFFNEY, BRIAN | | ILLUSTRATED WORLD HISTORY OF THE SYNAGOGUE FROM THE 1ST CENTURY THE 1970S. TRACES THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND SYNAGOGUE ARCHITECTURE. |
EN4 | 03227 | DOCTOR FROM CORDOVA | | LE PORRIER, HERBERT | BARBARA WOLLINS | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MOSES MAIMONIDES, WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF LETTERS TO A FRIEND. |
EN4 | 03229 | PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA | AN INTRODUCTION | SANDMEL, SAMUEL | | A JEWISH SCHOLAR WHO WROTE IN THE CENTURY OF HILLEL, GAMLIEL, JESUS AND PAUL, WHOSE WRITINGS REFLECT A BLEND OF CULTURES AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS. |
EN4 | 03230 | YESTERDAY | A MEMOIR OF A RUSSIAN-JEWISH FAMILY | LUNSER, MIRIAM S. | FLORENCE PRITZ | THREE GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY FROM THE TIME OF CZAR NICHOLAS I, THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 03238 | ARTHUR KOESTLER | | PEARSON, SIDNEY A., JR. | | FIRST FULL-LENGTH STUDY OF KOESTLER'S COMPLETE WRITINGS IN ENGLISH AND A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE AUTHOR'S CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER. |
EN4 | 03247 | JEWS WITHOUT MONEY | | GOLD, MICHAEL | ELISSA BAUM | 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. |
EN4 | 03255 | EVERGREEN | | PLAIN, BELVA | EDITH GIFFORDS | THE STORY OF ANNA FRIEDMAN, A POLISH JEWISH IMMIGRANT IN NEW YORK; HER FAITHFUL, HARDWORKING HUSBAND; AND HER ADVENTURES WITH A WEALTHY LOVER. |
EN4 | 03257 | 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. |
EN4 | 03258 | 1001 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT JUDAISM | | GROSS, DAVID C. | EVELYN GODMAN | THIS BOOK ASKS AND ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT BASIC RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS SUCH AS LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, FESTIVALS, AND SOCIAL ETHICS. |
EN4 | 03270 | LIFT UP YOUR LIFE | | GOLDSTEIN, MORRIS | CUTLER TRUDY | THIS BOOK HELPS TO GIVE A FORMULA FOR EVERYDAY LIVING AND GUIDES IN FINDING INCENTIVES, VALUES, MEANINGS AND PURPOSE. |
EN4 | 03271 | ENIGMA | | BARAK, MICHAEL | CORINNE SHAFTEL | A NOVEL SET IN THE UNDERWORLD OF OCCUPIED PARIS IN WORLD WAR II. THE PLOT CONCERNS THE ALLIED ATTEMPTS TO STEAL THE NAZI'S 'ENIGMA CODE MACHINE'. |
EN4 | 03272 | 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. |
EN4 | 03288 | ESTABLISHMENT | | FAST, HOWARD | JACOB & LILLIAN VENGER | SUCCESSFUL WRITER BARBARA LAVETTE HAS BARELY COPED WITH THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND WHEN SHE IS CAUGHT UP IN A WITCH HUNT OF THE MCCARTHY ERA AND JAILED |
EN4 | 03292 | LYUBKA, THE COSSAK AND OTHER STORIES | | BABEL, ISAAC | | THE AUTHOR'S LIFE STORY IS REFLECTED HERE FROM THE POGROMS DURING CHILDHOOD, TO COSSACK IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY, AS GOVERNMENT AGENT. |
EN4 | 03294 | 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. |
EN4 | 03295 | CHOPIN EXPRESS | | KAPLAN, HOWARD | MARION T. COHEN | STEVE BARTH, AN AMERICAN STUDENT IN JERUSALEM BECOMES A PAWN IN A COMPLEX PLOT DEVELOPED BY FOUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. |
EN4 | 03297 | BREAK-UP OF OUR CAMP- VOL. ONE | | GOODMAN, PAUL | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | THE FIRST OF A PROJECTED 4-VOLUME EDITION OF GOODMAN'S SHORT FICTION SET IN A SUMMER CAMP FOR JEWISH BOYS, DISPLAYING KEEN POWERS OF OBSERVATION AND DESCRIPTION. |
EN4 | 03298 | WHEN GOD WAS A WOMAN | | STONE, MERLIN | THERESA TAX VOLKELL | 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. |
EN4 | 03307 | TALE OF THREE WISHES | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | PHYLLIS COHN | A CHILDREN'S BOOK BY THE AMERICAN YIDDISH NOVELIST. |
EN4 | 03309 | SHOLOM ALEICHEM | YIDDISH LITERATURE | BUTWIN, JOSEPH & BUTWIN, FRANCES | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | SHOLOM ALEICHEM IS PORTRAYED AS A RECORDER OF FOLKLORE WHOSE COMIC AND SYMPATHETIC NARRATION CREATES ENDEARING CHARACTERS. |
EN4 | 03315 | OF THIS TIME, OF THAT PLACE AND OTHER STORIES | | TRILLING, LIONEL | SERENE MEYERS | FIVE STORIES DEALING WITH INTELLECTUAL CONFRONTATION, THE STRUGGLE TO ESTABLISH MORAL ORDER, AND A JEW'S FEELINGS OF ISOLATION. |
EN4 | 03318 | PURSUIT | | FISH, ROBERT L. | GOLDIE M. KURTIN | A NOVEL ABOUT A GERMAN WAR CRIMINAL WHO POSES AS A JEW AT THE END OF THE WAR. |
EN4 | 03320 | WAR PATH | HITLER'S GERMANY, 1933-1939 | IRVING, DAVID | KATHY BECK | A RECREATION OF HITLER'S RISE TO POWER. EACH STEP ON THE ROAD TO NAZI CONQUEST IS VIEWED FROM HITLER'S PERSPECTIVE. |
EN4 | 03327 | TRIBES OF AMERICA | | COWAN, PAUL | ADELINE MAREMONT | THE AUTHOR DISCOVERS HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS JEWISH FAITH AS HE RESEARCHES WHAT HE CALLS THE MAJOR 'TRIBES', I.E., ETHNIC SUBGROUPS, OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. |
EN4 | 03337 | NEIGHBORS IN CONFLICT | THE IRISH, GERMANS, JEWS AND ITALIANS | BAYOR, RONALD | ZELDA PANZIRER | THE TENSE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE IRISH, GERMANS, JEWS AND ITALIANS IN NEW YORK CITY DURING THE DEPRESSION ARE ANALYZED IN TERMS OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CAUSES. |
EN4 | 03341 | FUGU PLAN | THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE JAPANESE AND JEWS IN WWII | TOKAYER, M. AND MARY SWARTZ | ELLEN PROPP | THE SAGA OF A GROUP OF FLEEING EUROPEAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II AND THEIR EVENTUAL SURVIVAL IN AN ASIAN GHETTO SET UP BY HITLER'S OWN ALLY, JAPAN. |
EN4 | 03362 | CODE Z | | SWERDLOW, JOEL | EDITH DREZNER | A SPY THRILLER WHICH GOES FROM HIGH ALTITUDES TO THE INNER SANCTUM OF THE WHITE HOUSE. |
EN4 | 03363 | MAN WHO PLAYED GOD | | ST. JOHN, ROBERT | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | THE STORY OF A HUNGARIAN JEW WHO RISKED THE STIGMA OF BEING CALLED A COLLABORATOR TO PURCHASE FREEDOM FROM THE NAZIS FOR NEARLY TWO THOUSAND OF HIS OWN PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 03370 | PLUMBAT AFFAIR | | DAVENPORT, ELAINE, EDDY, PAUL | PHYLLIS HOPMAN | THIS BOOK RECONSTRUCTS THE STORY OF THE AMAZING COUP BY THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE DIVERTING TO ISRAEL URANIUM FOR 20 NUCLEAR BOMBS. |
EN4 | 03375 | JERUSALEM POKER | | EDWARD WHITTMORE | ETHEL E. MADURO | A NOVEL ABOUT A POKER GAME THAT LASTS 12 YEARS, AND THE WINNER GETS TO CONTROL JERUSALEM. |
EN4 | 03377 | ZIONIST REVOLUTION | A NEW PERSPECTIVE | FISCH, HAROLD | VIOLET BLUMENTHAL | AN ANALYSIS OF THE CRISIS OF FAITH AND IDENTITY THAT THE JEW IN MODERN ISRAEL FACES, AND A DISCUSSION OF WHAT ZIONISM MEANS TODAY. |
EN4 | 03384 | CHILD OF THE HOLOCAUST | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | KUPER, JACK | REBECCA CADITZ | THE TRUE STORY OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD POLISH JEW, ORPHANED BY A NAZI RAID ON HIS VILLAGE, AND HIS THREE YEAR STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL. |
EN4 | 03394 | SOPHIE'S CHOICE | | STYRON, WILLIAM | BARBARA FRIEDMAN | THE STORY OF A LONELY BROOKLYNITE WHO BEFRIENDS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HER PSYCHOPATHIC LOVER. |
EN4 | 03396 | "JEWISH WAY IN LOVE & MARRIAGE
" | | LAMM, RABBI MAURICE | SHIRLEY KALB | A COMPENDIUM OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE RELEVANT TO LOVE AND MARRIAGE WITHIN THE JEWISH TRADITION. |
EN4 | 03397 | WAR AND REMEMBRANCE | | WOUK, HERMAN | ROY C. BENNETT | 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. |
EN4 | 03399 | LIGHTNING IN THE NIGHT | THE NAZI INVASION OF AMERICA | ALLHOFF, FRED | | THIS 1940 NOVEL ANSWERS THE QUESTION OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF HITLER INVADED AMERICA. |
EN4 | 03407 | KING OF THE JEWS | | EPSTEIN, LESLIE | RENEE HEILBRONNER | A STORY OF THE DREADED JUDENRAT, COUNCILS OF JEWS SET UP BY THE NAZIS TO RULE OVER THEIR FELLOW-JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 03412 | WANDERINGS | CHAIM POTOK'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS | POTOK, CHAIM | FLORENCE JABLON | A SURVEY OF 6000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY UTILIZING CLASSICAL HEBREW WORKS, HISTORY WRITTEN IN DIFFERENT PERIODS AND 20TH-CENTURY ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS. |
EN4 | 03415 | LATE BLOOMER | | KAUFELT, DAVID A. | BELLE EISENMAN | 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'. |
EN4 | 03416 | NINTH CAR | | ROOTH, ANNE REED & JAMES P. WHITE | BLANCHE SANTO | STEPHEN ROWE, WHO INHERITS GOLD FROM HIS GERMAN FATHER AND GOES TO ZURICH TO COLLECT, IS THREATENED BY AGENTS OF ODESSA, THE NAZI UNDERGROUND. HE TURNS TO ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE FOR HELP. |
EN4 | 03423 | HUNGARIAN-JEWISH STUDIES, VOL. III. | | BRAHAM, RANDOLPH L., ED. | FANCILLE HLAVATY | DEALS WITH THE HOLOCAUST AND A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CATASTROPHE THAT BEFELL HUNGARIAN JEWS. ALSO SHEDS LIGHT ON RESCUE AND RESISTANCE OPERATIONS. |
EN4 | 03426 | ORDINARY DAYLIGHT | PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST GOING BLIND | POTOK, ANDREW | MARION COHEN | POTOK, SCION OF THE MAZIMILIAN COUTURE FURS FAMILY, AS WELL AS A PAINTER OF NOTE, DESCRIBES WITH AN ANTIC HUMOR HIS ATTEMPTS TO DELAY THE INEXORERABLE DEBACLE OF RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA, AN INHERITED, PROGRESSIVE EYE DISEASE. |
EN4 | 03434 | GHOST WRITER | | ROTH, PHILIP | | A YOUNG WRITER'S SEARCH FOR A SPIRITUAL FATHER WHOSE SUPPORT WILL JUSTIFY HIS FLIGHT FROM A JEWISH MIDDLE-CLASS HOME. |
EN4 | 03437 | OLD LOVE | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | RUTH FRANKFORT | EIGHTEEN STORIES SET IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE GLOBE FROM THE SHTETL TO CONTEMPORARY MIAMI BEACH AND ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 03440 | 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. |
EN4 | 03443 | UNCLE | | MARKUS, JULIA | JESSE BRONITSKY, JOE BIENER | IRVING BENDER IS THE FULCRUM OF A STEREOTYPICAL JEWISH FAMILY, AND, DEPRESSION POOR, HE PROSPERS WITH HIS CAMP FOR JEWISH YOUTHS. |
EN4 | 03446 | FAMILY FORTUNE | | WEIDMAN, JEROME | BEVERLY COHEN & MON. JOSEPH BEINER | FLASHBACKS OF A TYCOON WHOSE PAST INVOLVES MURDER, ILLEGAL BOOTLEGGING AND FINALLY ESTABLISHING LEGITIMATE OPERATIONS WITH THE AID OF A PROTÉGÉ. |
EN4 | 03453 | VIENNA I KNEW | | WECHSBERG, JOSEPH | H. DITTUS, J. HOFFMAN, R. DORSAY | THE AUTHOR RECREATES HIS JEWISH MIDDLE-CLASS CHILDHOOD DURING THE PERIOD 1910-1925. HE RELATES THE GLITTERING DECADENCE OF A DYING WORLD. |
EN4 | 03454 | PHOENIX | | ARICHA, AMOS | | EGYPT AND ISRAEL ARE ABOUT TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE TREATY. LIBYA'S RULER DECIDES THAT ISRAELI'S FOREIGN MINISTER MUST BE ASSASSINATED. |
EN4 | 03455 | SEVEN LAWS OF NOAH | | LICHTENSTEIN, AARON | ROBERTA POLLACK | IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE NOAHIDE LAWS, INCLUDING MANY TALMUDIC REFERENCES. |
EN4 | 03466 | 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 |
EN4 | 03471 | RACHEL, THE RABBI'S WIFE | | TENNENBAUM, SILVIA | RUTH S. DIAMOND | A NOVEL ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS TO BE MORE THAN 'MERELY' THE RABBI'S WIFE ARE UNFULFILLED. |
EN4 | 03475 | KING OF KINGS | A NOVEL OF THE LIFE OF DAVID | MARTIN, MALACHI | FREDA MELTZER | A NOVEL, RECREATING THE LIFE OF DAVID, THE SHEPHERD BOY WHO SLEW GOLIATH AND BECAME THE FIRST GREAT CAPTAIN-KING. |
EN4 | 03482 | IN SEARCH OF HISTORY | A PERSONAL EXPEDITION | WHITE, THEODORE | MARTIN WEISS | A JEWISH/AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT'S ATTEMPT TO LINK HIS OWN JOURNALISTIC CAREER WITH A BROADER HISTORICAL CONTEXT. |
EN4 | 03483 | CONCISE JEWISH BIBLE | | BIRNBAUM, PHILIP, ED., TRANS. | | .AN ABRIDGED, EASY TO FOLLOW, VERSION OF THE HEBREW BIBLE. |
EN4 | 03490 | PASSOVER SEDER | AFIKOMAN IN EXILE | FREDMAN, RUTH GRUBER | JACOB & LILLIAN VENGER | A SCHOLARLY DISSERTATION OF THE SYMBOLS, RITUALS AND SEQUENCES USED IN THIS JEWISH HOLIDAY MEAL, CELEBRATING THE ISRAELITE EXODUS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT. |
EN4 | 03492 | PREPARING FOR SABBATH | | RAPOPORT, NESSA | JANE N. WEISS | A YOUNG WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO FIND BOTH GOD AND LOVE. A FIRST NOVEL WITH SPIRITUAL DEPTH AND BEAUTY. |
EN4 | 03496 | TRENDS AND ISSUES IN JEWISH SOCIAL WELFARE | 1899-1958 | MORRIS, ROBERT | MRS. MILTON GARSON | A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S SOCIAL PROGRAMS IN RELATION TO JEWS. |
EN4 | 03499 | JEWISH BANKERS AND THE HOLY SEE | FROM THE 15TH CENTURY TO THE 17TH CENTURY | POLIAKOV, LEON | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | A STUDY OF THE JEWISH BANKING COMMUNITY IN ITALY FROM THE 15TH TO THE 17TH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 03502 | WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE | | KUSHNER, HAROLD S.,RABBI | FLORA SHERBER | BASED ON HIS OWN SPIRITUAL CRISIS UPON THE DEATH OF HIS YOUNG SON, RABBI KUSHNER OFFERS COMFORT AND UNDERSTANDING TO THOSE EXPERIENCING LIFE'S TRAGEDIES. |
EN4 | 03504 | PROPHETS WITHOUT HONOR | A BACKGROUND TO FREUD, KAFKA, EINS | GRUNFELD, FREDERIC V. | KATHY BECK | VIGNETTES OF 16 GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN JEWS WHO FIGURED IN THE WEIMAR RENAISSANCE. |
EN4 | 03513 | WHERE THE JACKALS HOWL | | OZ, AMOS | JOAN ADELLO | STORIES OF ISRAEL AND ITS PEOPLE, WHICH FOCUS ON POLITICAL TENSIONS, DIFFICULTIES OF SURVIVAL, AND COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOR. |
EN4 | 03526 | JERUSALEM DIAMOND | | GORDON, NOAH | JUDY BOMBACK | 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. |
EN4 | 03530 | ECHO OF THE NAZI HOLOCAUST IN RABBINIC LITERATURE | | ZIMMELS, RABBI H. J. | SYLVIA SCHMUKLER | BASED ON RESPONSE WRITTEN BY RABBIS WHO WERE CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES. THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE PECULIAR AND VERY REAL PROBLEMS WHICH CONFRONTED ORTHODOX RABBIS DURING AND AFTER THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 03534 | WHO FINANCED HITLER? | | POOL, JAMES; POOL, SUZANNE | HELEN MOGUL | THIS BOOK CLAIMS THAT THE THIRD REICH WAS MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART, BY A RUSSIAN GRAND DUCHESS, A KNIGHT OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, AND AN AMERICAN LEGEND, HENRY FORD. |
EN4 | 03535 | FIRING OF RABBI LEVI | | AGRESS, HYMAN; AGRESS, FRANCES | EDNA BENDER & MIRIAM FREDMAN | THE STORY OF YOUNG RABBI LEVI WHOSE ATTEMPTS TO SATISFY BOTH HIS RADICAL AND CONSERVATIVE CONGREGANTS TAKE AN OMINOUS TURN WHEN HE RECEIVES POISON PEN LETTERS AND CALLS THREATENING MURDER. |
EN4 | 03536 | JEWISH PEOPLE, JEWISH THOUGHT | THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN HISTORY | SELTZER, ROBERT M. | STANLEY R. BRAV | THIS VOLUME INTEGRATES AN OVERVIEW OF JEWISH SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY WITH AN INSIGHT INTO CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS-INTELLECTUAL CURRENTS. |
EN4 | 03540 | ACTS OF THEFT | | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | HILDRED E. GROSS | A METAPHYSICAL MYSTERY CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF BEAUTY AND MORALITY, MYTH AND CREATION, IN THE AFTERMATH OF AUSCHWITZ AND BUCHENWALD. |
EN4 | 03541 | COME POUR THE WINE | A NOVEL | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | HELEN DITTUS | A JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY. A WOMAN FROM KANSAS COMING TO NEW YORK FINALLY FINDS HAPPINESS WITH A MAN WHO RENEWS HER AWARENESS OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE AND OFFERS HER THE CHANCE FOR TOTAL FULFILLMENT AS A WOMAN. |
EN4 | 03543 | BADENHEIM 1939 | | APPELFELD, AHARON | | IN THIS NOVEL, A SERIES OF TRIVIAL BUT OMINOUS EVENTS IN A JEWISH RESORT TOWN NEAR VIENNA PRESAGE THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 03545 | YIDDISH WORD BOOK FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE | | ROSENBAUM, SAMUEL | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | A HISTORY OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CHANGES IN TRANSLATION THROUGH THE YEARS. |
EN4 | 03546 | JEWISH HOLIDAY KITCHEN | | NATHAN, JOAN | RUTH FRANKFORT | A MINI-HISTORY OF JEWISH CUISINE FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT, INCLUDING RECIPES REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH CULTURE. |
EN4 | 03553 | GIZELLE, SAVE THE CHILDREN | | HERSH, GIZELLE & PEGGY MANN | ZELDA PANZIRER | THE STORY OF FOUR HUNGARIAN-ROMANIAN SISTERS WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 03554 | DEBUT | | BROOKNER, ANITA | JANE LESSER | THE STORY OF DR. RUTH WEISS, A PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE, WHO FINDS ROLE MODELS IN THE WOMEN OF THE CLASSICS. AN INTEREST IN BALZAC LEADS TO AN AFFAIR WITH A SORBONNE PROFESSOR AND A DIFFERENT OUTLOOK ON LIFE. |
EN4 | 03559 | HOUSEHOLD WORDS | | SILBER, JOAN | ARLENE RICHARDS | 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. |
EN4 | 03564 | BEST LAID PLANS | | PARENT, GAIL | J. WEISS | ARENT'S LATEST NOVEL COVERS FAMILIAR TERRITORY: THE SINGLE JEWISH CAREER WOMAN IN NEW YORK. BUT ROBERTA IS DIFFERENT -- SHE'S DETERMINED TO HAVE A BABY. SHE PLANS TO USE HER FAVORITE MEN AS FATHER MATERIAL, DESPITE THEIR PROTEST, AND MUCH OF THE BOOK IS DEVOTED TO HER |
EN4 | 03567 | LAST MISSION | | 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 |
EN4 | 03568 | X P D | | DEIGHTON, LEN | MARION T.COHN | 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. |
EN4 | 03569 | GOLEM OF PRAGUE | | WINKLER, GERSHON | DR. IRVING W KRAMER | 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. |
EN4 | 03573 | 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. |
EN4 | 03576 | YONI | HERO OF ENTEBBE | HASTINGS, MAX | EDITH FRIEDMAN | WHEN HE HAD ALL BUT COMPLETED LEADING THE RESCUE OF 109 HOSTAGES AT ENTEBBE, COL. YONATHAN NETHANYAHU WAS SHOT AND DIED IN THE AIR. THIS IS THE TRAGIC STORY OF A LIFE OF GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND A PORTRAIT OF HOW ISRAEL'S DEFENSE FORCES WORK FROM THE BOTTOM UP. |
EN4 | 03577 | TEHERAN CONTRACT | | RIVERS, GAYLE & JAMES HUDSON | FRIEDA GOLDMAN | A NOVEL OF INTRIGUE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF KHOMEINI'S RETURN TO IRAN. THE ACTION CENTERS ON THE RESCUE OF AN INTERNATIONALLY PROMINENT JEWISH FAMILY ON THE DEATH LIST OF BOTH THE NEW REGIME AND THE PLO. IT ALSO IS THE STORY OF THE MERCENARIES WHO TRADE THEIR LIVES FOR MONEY AND HIGH ADVENTURE. |
EN4 | 03580 | BOARDWALK | | KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT | BLANCHE SANT | A NOSTALGIC STORY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AT A JEWISH FAMILY HOTEL IN ATLANTIC CITY, IN THE SUMMER OF 1939. |
EN4 | 03592 | MASADA | | GANN, ERNEST K. | DAN GORDON, ROSE DORSAY & NAOMI ROSENBERG | A NOVEL OF LOVE, COURAGE AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. |
EN4 | 03594 | LIVING JUDAISM | | JUNG, RABBI LEO | FLORENCE JABLON | ARTICLES ABOUT JUDAISM ON SUCH TOPICS AS 'THE FAMILY,' 'JEWISH AMERICANS,' 'THE JEW AND THE WORLD' AND 'THE JEWISH YEAR.' THE AUTHOR, LEO JUNG, ONE OF THE LEADING ORTHODOX RABBIS IN AMERICA, SAYS OF THIS COLLECTION OF HIS WORK THAT THEY REPRESENT 'RADIATIONS OF JUDAISM, RAYS OF ITS SUN'. |
EN4 | 03596 | TO PRAY AS A JEW | | DONIN, RABBI HAYIM HALEVY | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | 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. |
EN4 | 03606 | O MY AMERICA! | | KAPLAN, JOHANNA | FRANCILLE H. HLAVATY | HE 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. |
EN4 | 03613 | LEAH'S JOURNEY | | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | FAY COHEN | 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. |
EN4 | 03614 | SIDE EFFECTS | | ALLEN, WOODY | BERNICE STRAUSS | HUMOROUS ARTICLES AND APHORISMS ON SUCH TOPICS AS THE PREDICAMENT OF MODERN MAN AND ALLEN'S FAVORITE SUBJECTS: SEX, DEATH AND RELIGION. |
EN4 | 03622 | CIRCLE OF LOVE | | LEAHY, SYRELL ROGOVIN | ADELE HOCHBA | SET IN POSTWAR FRANCE, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL LOVE STORY BETWEEN A 16-YEAR-OLD GERMAN-JEWISH GIRL DRIVEN TO RETURN TO GERMANY TO LOOK FOR HER PARENTS AND A POLISH RESISTANCE FIGHTER NEWLY RELEASED FROM A GERMAN PRISON CAMP. DESPITE THE AGE DIFFERENCE, THEY SHARE A SHORT IDYLLIC LOVE AFFAIR. |
EN4 | 03624 | GUIDE FOR THE JEWISH HOMEMAKER | | LEVI, SHONIE B. &. KAPLAN, SYLVIA R | JANE N. WEISS | DETAILED, PRACTICAL COUNSEL IN SUCH MATTERS AS DEVELOPING MENUS, PLANNING A WEDDING, FINDING BOOKS AND RECORDS FOR CULTURAL ENRICHMENT. |
EN4 | 03625 | HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS | | GREENBERG, JOANNE | ELLEN PROPP | GREENBERG'S PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHT AND KEEN ANALYSIS OF ORDINARY EVENTS, COMBINED WITH A FREEWHEELING COMIC IMAGINATION, MAKE FOR PROFOUND AND HUMOROUS READING IN THESE 10 STORIES. EACH DEPICTS A CRIME, A DEVIATION OF SOME SORT FROM THE NORM - WHETHER SOCIAL, THEOLOGICAL OR PERSONAL. |
EN4 | 03626 | STATE OF THE JEWS | | SYRKIN, MARIE | ROBERTA POLLACK | 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. |
EN4 | 03627 | SANITARIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS | | SCHULZ, BRUNO | JOYCE KARP | A COLLECTION OF 13 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES OF SMALL TOWN FAMILY LIFE IN PREWAR POLAND. SCHULZ EVOKES MEMORIES OF THE SEASONS, OF NATURE AND PEOPLE AND DRAWS MEANING FROM THE SMALLEST EVERYDAY ARTIFACTS. HIS IMAGINATION IS BOTH WILD AND CONTROLLED AND COMPLETELY ORIGINAL. TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH. |
EN4 | 03629 | MIGHTY ATOM | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOSEPH L. GREENSTEIN | SPIELMAN, ED | HERBERT L. MORGANSTERN | THE NEAR-MYTHICAL LIFE OF A MAN WHOSE SELF-RELIANCE AND ETHNIC PRIDE EPITOMIZE WHAT IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT. JOSEPH L. GREENSTEIN BEGAN LIFE IN POLAND, EMIGRATING TO TEXAS IN 1911 AND FINDING HIS WAY INTO VAUDEVILLE AS A STRONGMAN. BY SHEER FORCE OF WILL, HE CONQUERED POVERTY AND PREJUDICE. |
EN4 | 03630 | ZIP | A NOVEL OF THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT | APPLE, MAX | JUDITH HOFFMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 03631 | STORY OF AUNT SHLOMZION THE GREAT | | KANIUK, YORAM | HERBERT WEISBERG | THE HEROINE OF THIS NOVEL, LIKE THE IMPERIOUS QUEEN OF THE TITLE WHO ONCE RULED JUDEA, TREATS EVERYONE WITH SCORN AND DERISION, EXCEPT HER FATHER AND HER HUSBAND, FOR FAILING TO LIVE UP TO THE STANDARD OF HER MAJESTIC BACKGROUND. |
EN4 | 03632 | 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. |
EN4 | 03633 | DEVIL IN VIENNA | | ORGEL, DORIS | ALICE ARLOW | INGE DORNENWALD AND LIESELOTTE VESSELY PROMISE EACH OTHER THAT THEY WILL BE FRIENDS FOREVER. IT IS NOW 1938 VIENNA AND THEY ARE 13 YEARS OLD. AGAINST INCREASING TERROR, THE TWO MANAGE TO MAINTAIN THEIR FRIENDSHIP. |
EN4 | 03654 | OPEN CAGE | AN ANZIA YEZIERSKA COLLECTION | YEZIERSKA, ANZIA.;ALICE KESSLER-HARR | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES AND VIGNETTES. INCLUDED ARE YEZIERSKA'S EARLY TALES, CHRONICLING THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN NEW YORK'S EAST SIDE GHETTO AND HER LATER SELECTIONS, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL 'FANTASY FICTION.' THIS VOLUME PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF YEZIERSKA'S WORK AND THE PERIOD IN WHICH SHE LIVED. |
EN4 | 03660 | HOLOCAUST AND THE HISTORIANS | | DAVIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | FLORA SHERBER | THE AUTHOR OF 'THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS' CITES VARIOUS REASONS FOR HISTORIANS' NEGLECT OF THE HOLOCAUST: ATTRACTION TO GERMAN CULTURE; AVERSION TO THE IRRATIONAL; A HISTORICAL METHODOLOGY THAT VALUES ACTIONS ABOVE IDEAS AND SO IGNORES THE FACT THAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS A DIRECT OUTCOME OF ANTI-SEMITIC IDEOLOGY. |
EN4 | 03665 | BEN-GURION | A BIOGRAPHY | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | JOSEPH REUTLINGER | 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. |
EN4 | 03675 | OLD NEIGHBORHOOD | | CORMAN, AVERY | ISABELLE RUBIN | A KID ESCAPES THE STIGMA OF BEING BORN JEWISH AND POOR IN THE BRONX TO MAKE IT BIG IN THE WORLD OF ADVERTISING. WITH GENTLE HUMOR THE AUTHOR CAPTURES THE FLAVOR OF ROBIN'S HALF-JEWISH, HALF-IRISH CATHOLIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE WARTIME 1940S. |
EN4 | 03679 | KUZARI | | 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. |
EN4 | 03688 | MOSSAD | | EISENBERG, DAN, & LANDAU, E. | JUDY ELLIS | TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME ARE ALL THE FEATS, TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES OF MOSSAD AGENTS, MEN AND WOMEN WITH RUTHLESS DEDICATION, AND GREAT INGENUITY. A SPY STORY THAT COMES FROM REAL LIFE. |
EN4 | 03692 | RING | | STEEL, DANIELLE | JANE LESSER | 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. |
EN4 | 03702 | SADIE SHAPIRO, MATCHMAKER | | SMITH, ROBERT K. | SYLVIA JACOBS | 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. |
EN4 | 03704 | BEST OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM | | HOWE, IRVING, ED. | TRUDY CUTLER | TWENTY-TWO STORIES BY THE GREAT YIDDISH WRITER WHICH HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED BY WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN JEWISH AUTHORS. |
EN4 | 03715 | PATRIARCH | | BERMANT, CHAIM | HILDY BERLIN | 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. |
EN4 | 03717 | SUICIDE ACADEMY | | STERN, DANIEL | MARION BAER | THE ACADEMY IS THE ULTIMATE PRODUCT OF A PERMISSIVE SOCIETY. PART ASSEMBLY LINE, PART UNIVERSITY, PART HOSPITAL, AND PART BROTHEL, IT IS THERE POTENTIAL SUICIDES GO FOR A DAY OF SELF-EXAMINATION AND MEDITATION BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO KILL THEMSELVES. |
EN4 | 03718 | QUESTION OF PALESTINE | | SAID, EDWARD | EDITH DREZNER | A PROFESSOR OF LITERATURE AND PALESTINIAN ACTIVIST, SAID ANALYZES THE NATURE AND UNITY OF THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY; ZIONISM; AND THE AMERICAN POLICY OF SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL. DENYING IDENTIFICATION BETWEEN PALESTINIANS AND TERROR, SAID PLEADS FOR A POSITIVE AMERICAN RESPONSE TO THE ARAB MODERATION THAT HAS BEGUN TO EMERGE SINCE 1967. |
EN4 | 03719 | POWER OF LIGHT | EIGHT STORIES FOR HANUKAH | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SIDNEY BIEGELSON | THESE EIGHT STORIES WHICH AGAIN ARE SET IN POLAND DEMONSTRATE THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS. WHETHER THEY ARE SUSPENSEFUL OR LIGHTHEARTED, THESE INSPIRATIONAL TALES BRING OUT THE HUMAN QUALITIES OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. |
EN4 | 03723 | CONVERSATIONS WITH RABBI SMALL | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | SIDNEY BIEGELSON | 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. |
EN4 | 03726 | FOUR DAYS | | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | ELEANOR SEIDMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 03730 | HOUSE ON PRAGUE STREET | | DEMETZ, HANA | MARION T. COHEN | 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. |
EN4 | 03733 | QUEEN OF EGYPT | | SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG | | A COLLECTION OF EIGHT SHORT STORIES AND TWO NOVELLAS THAT INCLUDE 'HIS DAUGHTER'S HOUSE', A STORY ABOUT BROOKLYN JEWS; THE NOVELLA 'DESTINIES', CONTAINING SOME SCENES OF FAMILY FIGHTS; AND 'THE EXACT NATURE OF THE PLOT', WINNER OF THE 1977 O. HENRY AWARD, THAT EXPLORES THE TROUBLES IN STORE FOR A WOMAN WRITER. |
EN4 | 03735 | LAND OF THE BIBLE | | AHARONI, YOHANAN | MARJORIE BEAR | AHARONI, A SENIOR LECTURER IN ARCHAEOLOGY AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM AND THE DISCOVERER OF THE BAR KOCHBA CAVES, TRACES THE PART PLAYED BY GEOGRAPHY IN THE HISTORY OF THE CANAANITE PERIOD, THE ISRAELITE CONQUEST AND THE PERIOD OF THE KINGS BEFORE AND AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE KINGDOM LEADING UP TO THE EXILE. |
EN4 | 03754 | JAVITS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PUBLIC MAN | SENATOR JACOB K. JAVITS | FREDA MELTZER | THE U.S. SENATOR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY, COVERING HIS MANY YEARS IN PUBLIC LIFE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF NEW YORK STATE. |
EN4 | 03757 | KABBALAH | LAW AND MYSTICISM | 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. |
EN4 | 03760 | SHAVUOT ANTHOLOGY | | GOODMAN, PHILIP | JEANE BLUMENGARTEN | THE BOOK AIMS TO CONVEY THE SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL OF SHAVUOT IN ITS MANY ASPECTS, PRESENTING THE DIVERSE WAYS IN WHICH THE FEAST OF WEEKS HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN DIFFERENT PERIODS AND LANDS. © 1974 |
EN4 | 03765 | LOVER | | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | M. FRIDUSS, A. GROSS & R ZWEIBEL | 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 ... |
EN4 | 03767 | SINAI | THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE WILDERNESS | BERNSTEIN, BURTON | SARENE MEYERS | 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. |
EN4 | 03768 | FROM THE BITTER LAND | | MOSCO, MAISIE | ZOE BLETH | SARAH SANDBERG WAS A MOTHER, LOVER, VITAL FORCE WHO LAUNCHED HER FAMILY ON A NEW LIFE IN A STRANGE NEW WORLD, ANCHORED IN TRADITION, AMBITION & DESIRE. |
EN4 | 03772 | NINE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK ABOUT JUDAISM | | PRAGER, DENNIS & JOSEPH TELUSHKIN | | THIS BOOK DEALS WITH THE BASIC QUESTIONS THAT PERPLEX JEWS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ALSO EXPLAINS THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JEWISH HERITAGE. JUDAISM EMERGES AS A RATIONAL MORAL ALTERNATIVE FOR CONTEMPORARY MAN. |
EN4 | 03778 | SHTETL | | NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM | BERNICE STRAUSS | 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. |
EN4 | 03786 | WORLD OF PRAYER, VOL. 1. | | MUNK, ELIE | LEAH PORATH-GOOR | AN ENGLISH EDITION OF THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO THE DAILY PRAYERS BY A CHIEF RABBI OF FRANCE. THE BOOK CONTAINS DETAILED EXPLANATIONS THAT INSTRUCT AND ILLUMINATE. |
EN4 | 03790 | HEBREW BOOK | | POSNER, RAPHAEL & ISRAEL TA-SHEMA | | THE JEWS ARE THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK. THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE HAS BEEN EXPRESSED, NOT SO MUCH IN STATUES OR PICTURES, BUT IN BOOK FORM, THE TORAH OR THE BIBLE. |
EN4 | 03808 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), GENESIS. VOL. 3A | | CULI, YAAKOV RABBI | STANLEY R. BRAV | THE STORY OF JACOB'S MARRIAGE TO RACHEL AND LEAH AND THE BIRTH OF HIS SONS, WHO EVENTUALLY BECAME THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF COMMENTARIES. |
EN4 | 03812 | BIG BOOK OF JEWISH HUMOR | | NOVAK, WILLIAM & MOSHE WALDOKS | BELINK, HELEN | 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. |
EN4 | 03813 | JEWISH BOOK OF WHY AND THE SECOND JEWISH BOOK OF WHY | | KOLATCH, ALFRED J. RABBI | JOAN ADELL | THE 'HOW' AND 'WHY' OF NEARLY EVERY SYMBOL AND CUSTOM IN JUDAISM EXPLAINED CLEARLY AND CONCISELY BY RABBI KOLATCH. |
EN4 | 03814 | TORAH (GENESIS) | A MODERN COMMENTARY | PLAUT, W. GUNTHER & DR. BERNARD BAMB | STANLEY R. BRAV | A NEW COMMENTARY ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, WITH TRANSLATION AND NOTES, BY TWO DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF REFORM JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 03815 | RAOUL WALLENBERG | ANGEL OF RESCUE | ROSENFELD, HARVEY | MARCIA FELTHEIMER | THE BIOGRAPHY OF THE LEGENDARY SWEDISH DIPLOMAT WHO IS CREDITED WITH HAVING SAVED, SINGLE-HANDEDLY, AS MANY AS 100,000 HUNGARIAN JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 03819 | BOOK OF LIGHTS | | POTOK, CHAIM | SIDNEY BIGGELSON | A NOVEL ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CRISIS OF AN AMERICAN RABBI WHO WAS A CHAPLAIN IN KOREA, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF HIS INNER TURMOIL IN KABALISTIC TERMS. |
EN4 | 03823 | TANYA (LIQQUTEI AMARIM) | | ZALMAN, RABBI SCHNEUR | EDITH PERMAN | 'TANYA,' THE CLASSIC SACRED TEXT OF THE LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT, WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE INTELLECTUAL NEEDS OF THE ANALYTICAL AND QUESTING MIND AMONG THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE. |
EN4 | 03824 | LIVING MY LIFE. VOL. 2 | | GOLDMAN, EMMA | NANCY SCHIERING | THE SECOND PART OF THE LIFE OF THE ANARCHIST EMMA GOLDMAN, WHO DOMINATED RADICAL CIRCLES IN THE UNITED STATES UNTIL SHE WAS DEPORTED TO RUSSIA AFTER WORLD WAR 1. THERE SHE SOON DISCOVERED WHAT UNDERLAY THE PROPAGANDA SHE HAD SO TRUSTINGLY IMBIBED. GOLDMAN ESCAPED WITH HER LIFE, BUT WAS NOT PERMITTED TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES. |
EN4 | 03825 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, (ME'AM LO'EZ). VOL. 5 | | CULI, RABBI YAACOV | | THE AUTHOR COMPLETES THE ACCOUNT OF THE EXODUS, THE DRAMATIC STORY OF THE BIRTH OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. HERE WE WITNESS THE FIRST PASSOVER, THE MASS MIGRATION FROM EGYPT, THE SPLITTING OF THE RED SEA, AND THE MIRACLE OF THE MANNA. |
EN4 | 03829 | THIRTEEN PETALLED ROSE, THE | | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 03831 | MIDWIFE | | 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. |
EN4 | 03833 | BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE JEWISH HOLY DAYS | | BLOCH, ABRAHAM P. | MINNIE ELISON | 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. |
EN4 | 03834 | JEWISH RESISTANCE IN FRANCE (1940-44) | | LATOUR, ANNY | BARBARA JUSTER | A CERTAIN FRENCH JEWISH ELITE, WHEN SUBJECTED TO HUMILIATION AND TORTURE DURING WORLD WAR TWO, AWAKENED TO PRIDE IN THEIR OWN IDENTITY AND ROSE UP AS JEWS AGAINST THE NAZIS. THE IMAGE OF A PASSIVE, MARTYRED PEOPLE WHO OFFERED NO RESISTANCE IS ALTERED BY THIS HISTORY. |
EN4 | 03836 | TORAH (DEUTERONOMY) | A MODERN COMMENTARY | PLAUT, W. GUNTHER & DR. BERNARD BAMB | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | A NEW COMMENTARY ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, WITH TRANSLATION AND NOTES, BY TWO DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF REFORM JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 03849 | WISDOM OF THE TALMUD | | BOKSER, BEN ZION, RABBI | SARA WEINBERGER | A POPULAR INTRODUCTION TO THE TALMUD, MEANT FOR THE GENERAL READER. |
EN4 | 03852 | PROPHET UNARMED, THE TROTSKY 1921-1929 | | DEUTSCHER, ISAAC | FRANCES ZASLOW | THIS SECOND WORK IN THE TROTSKY TRILOGY TRACES THE YEARS FROM THE UNEASY TRUCE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY'S EXPULSION BY STALIN. |
EN4 | 03854 | ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WALL | | MEED, VLADKA | HERMINE KATZ | A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TELLS OF HER EXPERIENCES IN THE TWO AND A HALF YEAR PERIOD FROM 1942 UNTIL LIBERATION IN 1945. |
EN4 | 03855 | SAVTA SIMCHA AND THE INCREDIBLE SHABBOS BAG | | GANZ, YAFFA | JACOB & LILLIAN ZENGER | 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. |
EN4 | 03864 | TOWN BEYOND THE WALL | | WIESEL, ELIE | HENRIETTA NATENBERG | A STUDY OF A YOUNG JEW WHO HAS SURVIVED NAZI ATROCITIES AND RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE TOWN BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN. |
EN4 | 03866 | PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM | | ALLEN, WOODY | BERNICE STRAUSS | THE HILARIOUS STAGE HIT ABOUT A SHY WOULD-BE LOVER WHO RECEIVES ADVICE FROM THE GHOST OF HUMPHREY BOGART. |
EN4 | 03867 | HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN | | MARKSON, ELAINE | VIVIAN KLEIN | ON THE EVE OF HER WEDDING A HIP MIAMI WIDOW IS DESCENDED UPON BY HER TWO NEUROTIC AND IMMATURE CHILDREN. |
EN4 | 03874 | THIS PROMISED LAND | | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | IRVING W. KRAMER | THIS IS A NOVEL OF THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND THE JOYS AND STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS (CIRCA 1888-1922). |
EN4 | 03878 | FIVE BIBLICAL PORTRAITS | SAUL-JONAH-JEREMIAH-ELIJAH-JOSHUA | WIESEL, ELIE | SATAH BAKER | A STUDY OF THE PROPHETS JOSHUA, SAUL, JEREMIAH, ELIJAH AND JONAH. |
EN4 | 03881 | MAN ON THE CAMEL | | SACHAR, HOWARD | EDNA GREENSPAN | ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE HAS UNCOVERED AN ESPIONAGE PLOT WHICH IMPLICATES A WAR HERO. WHAT THEY DO NOT SUSPECT IS A TRAITOR IN THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. |
EN4 | 03882 | TORAH | A MODERN COMMENTARY | PLAUT, W. GUNTHER | STANLEY R. BRAV | THE SECOND VOLUME OF A NEW COMMENTARY ON THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, WITH TRANSLATION AND NOTES, BY THE DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR OF REFORM JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 03889 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 4 | | CULI, YAACOV | | AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE CODE OF LAW WHICH ACCOMPANIED THEM. |
EN4 | 03890 | ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | THE MAGICIAN OF WEST 86TH STREET | KRESH, PAUL | ESTELLE ADEN | A COLLAGE OF THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING STORYTELLER'S LIFE AND WORK, RATHER THAN A STRAIGHTFORWARD BIOGRAPHY. |
EN4 | 03894 | TORAH (LEVITICUS) | A MODERN COMMENTARY | BAMBERGER, BERNARD | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | ESSAYS ON LEVITICUS IN THE CONTEXT OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE. INCLUDES ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND NOTES. |
EN4 | 03900 | ESTHER THE STAR AND THE SEPTRE | | ANDREWS, GINI | MARIAN BAER | THE TRUE STORY OF THE HOLIDAY OF PURIM TELLS OF ESTHER, A PERSIAN JEW TORN BETWEEN HER LOVE FOR XERXES AND HER DUTY TO HER PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 03905 | BECOMING A HEROINE | READING NOVELS ABOUT WOMEN | BROWNSTEIN, RACHEL M. | ELIZABETH P. KAUFMAN | THE DETAILED ANALYSES OF EMMA AND THE EGOIST AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL ON HOW A JEWISH GIRL FROM QUEENS FOUND ESCAPE IN NOVELS ABOUT PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 03907 | FRIARS AND THE JEWS | THE EVALUATION OF MEDIEVAL ANTI-SEMITISM | COHEN, JEREMY | DR. IRVING KRAMER | HOW THE DOMINICANS AND THE FRANCISCANS, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR FOUNDING, OVERSAW ALL ANTI-SEMITIC ACTIVITIES OF THE CHURCH. |
EN4 | 03908 | MEDICAL HALACHAH FOR EVERYONE | | ABRAHAM S. ABRAHAM | SYLVIA LANDOW | A COMPREHENSIVE SENSITIVE GUIDE TO JEWISH MEDICAL LAW IN SICKNESS AND HEALTH FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS AND QUESTIONS THAT FACE THE ILL AND THOSE WHO ATTEND THEM. |
EN4 | 03926 | JEWS | | STEEBER, SHARON | JANE N. WEISS | 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. |
EN4 | 03927 | PORTAGE TO SAN CRISTOBAL OF A. H. | | STEINER, GEORGE | CHARLOTTE OSTEN | A GROUP OF TOUGH YOUNG ISRAELI NAZI HUNTERS FINDS DEEP IN THE AMAZONIAN MOUNTAINS A SILENT, WIZENED OLD MAN WHO IS NONE OTHER THAN ADOLF HITLER HIMSELF. |
EN4 | 03928 | EARWITNESS | FIFTY CHARACTERS | CANETTI, ELIAS | LEE SAMUELSON | INDIVIDUAL SKETCHES WHICH READ LIKE THE PROLOGUE TO A SURREAL, 20TH-CENTURY CANTERBURY TALES. |
EN4 | 03936 | TREASURY OF JEWISH LITERATURE | FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO TODAY | EDITED BY: GLORIA GOLDREICH | SARENE MEYERS | SELECTIONS FROM TORAH, TALMUD, SIDDUR, KABBALAH, HASIDIC, YIDDISH AND ZIONIST WRITINGS. EACH SECTION HAS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF A HISTORICAL AND/OR LITERARY BACKGROUND, |
EN4 | 03937 | ORPHAN IN HISTORY | | COWAN, PAUL | FLORA SHERBER | AN ASSIMILATED JEW RETURNS TO HIS LEGACY, 5000 YEARS OF CULTURE AND HISTORY. |
EN4 | 03940 | STOLEN JEW | | NEUGEBOREN, JAY | EVELYN GODMAN | NATHAN MALKIN RETURNS FROM A SELF-IMPOSED EXILE IN ISRAEL TO NEW YORK TO MOURN THE DEATH OF HIS BROTHER. |
EN4 | 03953 | OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD | EIGHT DECADES OF A JEWISH FAMILY | DITENFASS, MARK | RITA KING | THE STORY OF THE HOPES AND FEARS, THE ASPIRATIONS AND LIMITS WHICH DEFINE THE LIEBERS AS A JEWISH FAMILY. |
EN4 | 03954 | WITNESS TO THE HOLOCAUST | | EISENBERG, AZRIEL | HELEN DITTUS | A COLLECTION OF MEMOIRS AND DOCUMENTS BY SURVIVORS, WITNESSES AND HISTORIANS. |
EN4 | 03958 | LAST WALTZ IN VIENNA | | GEORGE, CLAIRE | EDNA GREENSPAN | A SENSITIVE, BEAUTIFUL.MEMOIR OF GROWING UP IN AN AFFLUENT, ASSIMILATED JEWISH FAMILY WHO THEN BECAME THE NAZI'S VICTIMS. A LOVE LETTER TO VIENNA AND A THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION ON WHY IT WAS SO HARD TO ACCEPT THE REALITY OF THE NAZI MESSAGE AND ACTIONS. |
EN4 | 03960 | SHOFAR THAT LOST ITS VOICE | | FASS, DAVID E. | GERTRUDE SHAPIRO | 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. |
EN4 | 03964 | ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND | | ROTH, PHILIP | CELIA C. BELFROM | A WOULD-BE RECLUSE IS THRUST INTO THE LIMELIGHT DURING THE SIXTIES WITH THE SUCCESS OF HIS EROTICALLY COMIC NOVEL. |
EN4 | 03967 | PILGRIMAGE | ADVENTURES OF A WANDERING JEW | EPSTEIN, PERLE | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS THROUGH A REDISCOVERING OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 03968 | REFORM JUDAISM | A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | BLAU, JOSEPH L., EDITOR | | AN OVERVIEW OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN AMERICA. |
EN4 | 03971 | RIVER BREAKS UP | | SINGER, I. J. | BETTY WEINER | THE IMPRESSION OF SHEER, RELENTLESS POWER IS MAINTAINED IN THESE THIRTEEN SHORT STORIES. |
EN4 | 03977 | AWAKE MY GLORY | | MILLER, AVIGDOR | DR. IRVING KRAMER | A HANDBOOK OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF HASIDISM EXPLAINED IN NUMBERED PARAGRAPH FORM. |
EN4 | 03979 | 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. |
EN4 | 03981 | WALTER BENJAMIN | THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP | SCHOLEM, GERSHOM | ROSALIND GALLARD | A RARE TESTIMONY BY A CLOSE FRIEND OF ONE OF THE MOST SUPPLE, INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE CRITICS OF THE TIME. |
EN4 | 03982 | HOLY LAND | | AVI-YONAH, MICHAEL | NANCY SCHIERING | THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE COUNTRY IS EXAMINED, INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH PLACES AS JERUSALEM, NAZARETH, BETHLEHEM, MASADA AND THE QUMRAN CAVES. |
EN4 | 04000 | PARACHUTISTS | | KLEIN, ED | MARGARET ALLEN, NAOMI ROSENBERG & RUTH SCHMITT | A WORLD WAR II THRILLER INVOLVING AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST EICHMANN AND THE RESCUING OF HUNGARIAN JEWS. |
EN4 | 04003 | SOMEWHERE A MASTER | | WIESEL, ELIE | MARIANNE HAYDU | 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. |
EN4 | 04005 | REGINA | | EPSTEIN, LESLIE | MILDRED E. GRASS | 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. |
EN4 | 04024 | DEAN'S DECEMBER | | BELLOW, SAUL | FORA SHERBER | CHICAGO, ILLINOIS COMPARES WITH BUCHAREST, ROMANIA; PUBLIC SCANDAL WITH PRIVATE GRIEF, YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE WITH THE SYNTHESIZING OF LIFE SEEN THROUGH HINDSIGHT. THIS EXPLORATION OF THE SITUATIONS AND TIMES OF ALBERT CORDE AS BOTH PROTAGONIST AND VICTIM OFFERS A FRESH VIEW OF SOCIETY AND THE "WHIRLING SOULS" IT CONTAINS. |
EN4 | 04027 | PASSION IN THE DESERT | | LEVIANT, CURT | ISABELLE RUBIN | ROMANCE DEVELOPS BETWEEN AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST TOURING THE SINAI AND AN ISRAELI ARMY OFFICER WHOSE HUSBAND IS A PARAPLEGIC. |
EN4 | 04031 | ARARAT | A COLLECTION OF HUNGARIAN-JEWISH STORIES | HANDLER, ANDREW | | TWENTY WORKS ILLUMINATE JEWISH LIFE IN THAT COUNTRY BETWEEN 1920 AND 1945. |
EN4 | 04032 | MEMOIRS OF AN ANTI-SEMITE | A NOVEL IN FIVE STORIES | VON REZZORI, GREGOR | BARBARA FRIEDMAN | FIVE INTERRELATED WORKS WHICH TRACE THE LIFE OF A YOUNG RUMANIAN BOY BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. |
EN4 | 04036 | ASAHEL | | MEGED, AHARON | MILDRED GRASS | 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. |
EN4 | 04038 | WALLENBERG: | THE MAN IN THE IRON WEB | LESTER, ELENORE | ROY C. BENNETT | SWEDISH DIPLOMAT RAOUL WALLENBERG SAVED THOUSANDS OF HUNGARIAN JEWS FROM DEATH AND CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. HE DISAPPEARED IN BUDAPEST IN FEBRUARY 1945, WHEN THE RUSSIANS OCCUPIED HUNGARY. AN EXCITING PORTRAIT PROVIDES AN UNUSUAL INSIGHT INTO WALLENBERG'S REMARKABLE PERSONALITY. |
EN4 | 04040 | SIMPLE TRUTHS | | LEVIN, SHEILA | MARION T. COHEN | THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, CAUGHT BETWEEN A LIFE-NEGATING MARRIAGE TO ONE MAN AND SEXUALLY OBSESSED WITH ANOTHER, IS CLOSE TO GIVING UP. |
EN4 | 04041 | PROMISE OF A NEW SPRING | THE HOLOCAUST AND RENEWAL | KLEIN, GERDA WEISSMAN | MARION T. COHEN | HOW THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF EUROPE WERE DESTROYED, AND HOW THEIR SURVIVORS MANAGED TO BUILD UP THEIR LIVES AGAIN. |
EN4 | 04043 | CITY WITHIN THE HEART | | ZAEHNER, R. C. | ROBERTA POLLACK | A STUDY OF THE DANGERS AND ADVANTAGES OF MYSTICAL, PROPHETIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL RELIGION. |
EN4 | 04047 | GROUCHO | THE BIOGRAPHY OF GROUCHO MARX | ARCE, HECTOR | ETHEL E. MADURO | A SYMPATHETIC BUT OBJECTIVE PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN COMEDIAN. |
EN4 | 04048 | FAMILY | A NOVEL IN THE FORM OF A MEMOIR | HERBERT GOLD | H. BERLIN & OTHERS | THROUGH THE PRISM OF FIVE GENERATIONS OF ITS' WOMEN, THE STRENGTH AND PRIDE OF AN IMMIGRANT JEWISH FAMILY BALANCES OLD TRUTHS AGAINST NEW IN THE EXCITING, TEMPTING, TURBULENCES OF AMERICA. |
EN4 | 04051 | OPPENHEIMER | | GOODCHILD, PETER | JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN | A HISTORY OF THE SCIENTIST WHO DEVELOPED THE FIRST NUCLEAR WEAPON AND THE DECADE OF PAINFUL ACCUSATION WHICH FOLLOWED IT. |
EN4 | 04056 | WITH RAOUL WALLENBERG IN BUDAPEST | | ANGER, PER | ZOE BLETH | THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF RAOUL WALLENBERG'S EFFORTS DURING WORLD WAR II WHICH RESULTED IN THE RESCUE OF 25,000 JEWS. |
EN4 | 04057 | SILVER MATZOTH AND OTHER STORIES | | KRANZLER, GERSHON | ELISSA BAVOY | TEN PIECES ABOUT JEWS WHO KEPT THEIR FAITH DESPITE THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY LIVED. |
EN4 | 04059 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 6 | | CULI, YAACOV | ROBERTA & SIMON POLLACK | THE ORIGIN OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, INCLUDING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MIRACLES AROUND THEM. |
EN4 | 04065 | JOB | THE STORY OF A SIMPLE MAN | ROTH, JOSEPH | ADELINE MAREMONT | A PORTRAYAL OF THE CONFLICTS AND PRESSURES OF EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. MENDEL SINGER, THE PROTAGONIST, LEAVES RUSSIA WITH HIS THREE SONS, SLOWLY LOSES HIS FAITH IN GOD, AND ENDS BY RETURNING TO HIS JEWISH HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 04066 | DAY IS SHORT | | ABRAMS, MORRIS B. | | ABRAMS WAS A LAWYER WHO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND. |
EN4 | 04069 | BEWARE OF PITY | | ZWEIG, STEFAN | AMY GOLDBERGER | A STORY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS CONSTRAINED BY AN AGE OF MANNERS AND MORALS. |
EN4 | 04075 | CITY COLLEGE AND THE JEWISH POOR | | SHERRY GORELICK | AARON ADDELSTON | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES EDUCATION IN NEW YORK, 1880-1924 THROUGH HER ACCOUNT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY COLLEGE AND ITS JEWISH CLIENTELE. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, IN 1881 EDUCATION DID NOT LEAD TO JOBS FOR THE MASSES OF POOR JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, BUT WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE CULTURAL POLISH TO MEN OF INDEPENDENT MEANS. |
EN4 | 04085 | MIRACLE OF ISRAEL | | GAMZEY, ROBERT | BARBARA JUSTER | STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF INTEGRATING ORIENTAL JEWS INTO ISRAELI SOCIETY. |
EN4 | 04087 | SADAT | THE MAN WHO CHANGED MIDEAST HISTORY | SULLIVAN, GEORGE | NAOMI RABER | THE LIFE OF THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT IS COUPLED WITH A HISTORY OF EGYPT AND DETAILS ON HIS WIDOW'S WORK FOR WOMEN'S' RIGHTS. |
EN4 | 04090 | HUNGRY HEARTS | | PROSE, FRANCINE | MINNIE BLUMENKRANTS | A YIDDISH THEATER GROUP IN THE 20'S ABOUT TO PLAY THE DYBBUK IS FACED WITH A REAL-LIFE DYBBUK OF ITS OWN. |
EN4 | 04095 | CONFIDENTIAL MATTER | THE LETTERS OF RICHARD STRAUSS AND STEFAN ZWEIG | KNIGHT, MAX, TRANSLATOR | BEATRICE TROKEL | THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE 20TH CENTURY COMPOSER AND HIS FRIEND, COMPLETE WITH NOTES. |
EN4 | 04096 | HOORAY FOR YIDDISH | | ROSTEN, LEO | LEE SAMELSON | A COLORFUL LEXICON OF THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE, ITS HISTORY, AND ITS LORE. PRESENTED ARE ALSO YIDDISH WORDS INCORPORATED INTO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. |
EN4 | 04097 | MENUCHA V'SIMCHA | GUIDE TO BASIC LAWS & THEMES OF SHABBOS & YOM TOV & APPLICATIONS | KATZ, MORDECHAI | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | THIS WORK IS DEVOTED TO LAWS OF SHABBOS AND YOM TOV. IT INCLUDES SECTIONS ON ALL OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS OF THE YEAR, AND THE SUMMARIES OF THE VARIOUS LAWS ARE FOLLOWED BY STORIES AND PARABLES PERTAINING TO THEM. |
EN4 | 04098 | HASTINGS CONSPIRACY | | COPPEL, ALFRED | | A SPY NOVEL INVOLVING DISASTROUS ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS, RUSSIAN SPIES AND A DEFECTING CIA AGENT. |
EN4 | 04101 | PILGERMANN | | HOBAN, RUSSELL | ELIZABETH KAUFMAN | DURING THE TIME OF THE FIRST CRUSADE, A NEWLY CASTRATED JEW MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM TO WITNESS THE FALL OF ANTIOCH. |
EN4 | 04104 | EAST WIND | | ELLIS, JULIE | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | A JEWISH ORPHAN LIVING IN HONG KONG MEETS A BRILLIANT YOUNG MAN WHO HELPS HER TO CONFRONT HER FAITH. |
EN4 | 04110 | LA AMERICA | THE SEPHARDIC EXPERIENCES IN NEW YORK CITY | ANGEL, MARC D. | R. SCHAFLER | THE VAST MAJORITY OF IMMIGRANTS SETTLED IN NEW YORK CITY. IN THE MIDST OF THE DIVERGENT AND ISOLATED POPULATION THERE EMERGED THE JUDEO-SPANISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER, LA AMERICA, FROM THIS STUDY TAKES ITS TITLE AND WHOSE ARCHIVES YIELDED MATERIAL FOR THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION. |
EN4 | 04111 | COLLECTED STORIES | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SHIRLEY AXELROD | HERE ARE 47 STORIES BY A MASTER YIDDISH WRITER. HIS THEMES ARE LUST, GREED, PRIDE, OBSESSION, MISFORTUNE, UNREASON, THE OCEANIC SURPRISES OF THE MIND'S UNDERSIDE. |
EN4 | 04116 | ON EQUAL TERMS | JEWS IN AMERICA 1881-1981 | DAVIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | RUTH DIAMOND | THIS FAMOUS HOLOCAUST WRITER TELLS OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND HARDSHIPS OF THE PAST CENTURY. |
EN4 | 04119 | MA'ASEH BOOK | BOOK OF JEWISH TALES AND LEGENDS | GASTER, MOSES | LILLIAN & JACOB VENGER | A COLLECTION OF ANONYMOUS MEDIEVAL STORIES ON GERMAN MYSTICS, RASHI AND MAIMONIDES AND THE JEWISH POPE. |
EN4 | 04120 | SCHINDLER'S LIST | | KENEALLY, THOMAS | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | STORY OF THE GERMAN INDUSTRIALIST WHO BUILT A CONCENTRATION CAMP DURING WORLD WAR II IN ORDER TO SHELTER 1,300 JEWS. |
EN4 | 04121 | AMEN | | AMACHAI, YEHUDA | JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN | THE POET'S FIRST COLLECTION OF WORKS TO BE PUBLISHED IN THIS COUNTRY IS BRILLIANTLY TRANSLATED AND WILL HAUNT THE READER LONG AFTER HE CLOSES THE BOOK. |
EN4 | 04122 | 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. |
EN4 | 04126 | ON THE BANKS OF THE SUEZ | | ADAN, AVRAHAM (BREN) | LUCILLE JACOBS, SELDA WAGNER | STORY OF HOW THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES REGAINED THEIR LOST MORALE DURING THE OCTOBER WAR OF 1973. |
EN4 | 04127 | GATES TO THE OLD CITY | A BOOK OF JEWISH LEGEND | PATAI, RAPHAEL | JOYCE KARP | A GUIDE TO THE EVOLUTION OF THIS LITERARY GENRE, AS WELL AS SELECTIONS FROM THE BIBLE, FOLKLORE AND HASIDIC TALES. |
EN4 | 04129 | LISA'S BOY | | MACHLIS, JOSEPH | MILDRED FRIDUSS, ADA GROSS, RICA ZWEIBEL | CARRIES US FROM JEWISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN BROOKLYN TO WORLD OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN NEW YORK TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF MEANING OF LOVE. |
EN4 | 04130 | GATEWAY TO HAPPINESS | GUIDE TO HAPPINESS AND PEACE OF MIND | PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | TORAH WRITINGS REVEAL HOW ONE CAN FIND HAPPINESS IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS. |
EN4 | 04132 | PENITENT | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | PERMAN, EDITH | A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN ABANDONS WIFE, MISTRESS AND CAREER TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF A PENITENT (BAAL-TSUVAH) IN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 04136 | AUGUST | | ROSSNER, JUDITH | ELIZABETH KAUFMAN | LIKE PARISIANS, SHRINKS LEAVE TOWN IN AUGUST. ENDURING IT OR DELIGHTING IN IT, PATIENT AND ANALYST MUST SOMEHOW COME TO TERMS WITH AUGUST. FAMOUS AS A CLINICIAN OF DISORDERED MINDS, THE AUTHOR NOW TURNS HER ATTENTION TO THE SCENE WHERE DISORDERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE RECTIFIED. IN METICULOUS DETAIL, SHE NARRATES THE FIVE-YEAR ANALYSIS OF DAWN HENLEY BY DR. LULU SHINEFELD, THE ONE A BLOND NEW ENGLAND TEENAGER, THE OTHER A FORTYISH JEWISH MANHATTANITE. |
EN4 | 04138 | MIND-BODY PROBLEM | | GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA | ELIZABETH P. KAUFMAN | THE HEROINE RENEE FACES A CLASSIC DILEMMA OF THE HIGHLY EDUCATED FEMALE: SEX VERSUS CEREBRATION. |
EN4 | 04151 | WORLDLY GOODS | | KORDA, MICHAEL | CECLIA C. BELFROM | THE SON OF A HOLOCAUST VICTIM VOWS TO AVENGE HIS FATHER'S DEATH ON HIS UNCLE, THE HEAD OF AN INTERNATIONAL EMPIRE. |
EN4 | 04152 | IN LIGHT OF GENESIS | | HADA, PAMELA WHITE | | FOUR WOMEN FROM THE BIBLE ARE EXAMINED FROM A JEWISH MYTHOLOGICAL, BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. |
EN4 | 04156 | LOVE OF ELSPETH BAKER | | KAUFMAN, MYRON S. | JUNE N. WEISS | THE STORY OF A STRONG WILLED YOUNG HEROINE WITH A PASSIONATE BELIEF IN A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO BE THE MISTRESS OF HER FATE. |
EN4 | 04157 | UNDERSTANDING THE PROPHETS | | BLANK, SHELDON H. | MILDRED H PLATT | AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR TEACHINGS AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY CONVEYED THEIR PROPHECIES TO A SKEPTICAL PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 04158 | SUMMER BEGINS | | ASHER, SANDY | PHYLLIS COHN | IT ALL STARTS WHEN THE EIGHT GRADE REPORTER IS BORN. SUMMER SMITH HAS TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING TO HER CLASS NEWSPAPER. SHE RACKS HER BRAIN, BUT NOTHING OCCURS TO HER UNTIL SHE HEARS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE COMPULSORY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. |
EN4 | 04164 | 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 UNDER POPULATED, ADMITTED LESS THAN 5,000 JEWS BETWEEN 1933-1945, THE LEAST OF ANY WESTERN NATION. |
EN4 | 04167 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 8 | | CULI, YAACOV, RABBI | ROBERTA & SIMON POLLACK | A COMMENTARY ON THE LAWS OF KASHRUTH, THE COMPLEX DIETARY LAWS DISCUSSED IN THE TORAH. |
EN4 | 04174 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 7 | | CULI, YAACOV, RABBI | ROBERTA & SIMON POLLACK | AN EXPLANATION OF MISHPAT, THE LAWS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, PRESENTED IN THIS TORAH PORTION. |
EN4 | 04179 | JUDAISM AND HEALING | HALAKHIC PERSPECTIVES | BLEICH, J. DAVID, RABBI | IRVING W. KRAMER | MODERN MEDICINE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE JEWISH LEGAL SYSTEM, RANGING FROM TEST-TUBE BABIES AND EUTHANASIA TO SEXUAL MATTERS AND ABORTION. |
EN4 | 04184 | FREUD | ON FEMININITY AND FAITH | VAN HERIK, JUDITH | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | AN EXPLORATION OF THE PSYCHIATRIST'S WRITINGS ON CULTURE AND, IN PARTICULAR HIS THEORIES ON GENDER AND RELIGION. |
EN4 | 04202 | JEWS ON TIN PAN ALLEY | THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO AMERICA | KANTER, KENNETH AARON | RUTH FRANKFORT, RITA LEVINE & JESSE BRONITSKY | DISCUSSES THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH PERFORMERS, PUBLISHERS AND SONGWRITERS TO BROADWAY AND VAUDEVILLE. EXAMINES THE COMPOSITIONS OF RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN, IRVING BERLIN, GEORGE AND IRA GERSHWIN AND OTHERS. |
EN4 | 04207 | CANNIBAL GALAXY | | OZICK, CYNTHIA | FRANCILLE H. HLAVATY | FRENCH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR JOSEPH BRILL IDOLIZES HIS SCHOOL, HIS LOVE AND HIMSELF, AND IDOLATRY CANNOT GO UNPUNISHED. |
EN4 | 04208 | ELIE WIESEL | MESSENGER TO ALL HUMANITY | BROWN, ROBERT | N/A | A COMPELLING PERSPECTIVE OF THE WORK OF THE GREAT HOLOCAUST WRITER. |
EN4 | 04210 | FAMILY BUSINESS | | BLONDE, ANTHONY | ROBERTA SHAVEL | A NOVEL ABOUT THE FORTUNES OF A COLORFUL AND IMMENSELY WEALTHY ANGLO-JEWISH FAMILY. |
EN4 | 04216 | RABBI NACHMAN'S STORIES | TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND BASED ON BRESLOVER WORKS | KAPLAN, ARYEH | RABBI S. BRAV | WITH THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION ARE THE THIRTEEN TALES, ADDITIONAL STORIES, RABBI NACHMAN'S PARABLES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX AND GENERAL INFORMATION. THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TRANSLATIONS OF RABBI NACHMAN'S STORIES. THE PRESENT WORK, HOWEVER, INCLUDES A RUNNING COMMENTARY DRAWN FROM THE TRADITIONAL COMMENTARIES OF RABBI NACHMAN'S STUDENTS AND FOLLOWERS. |
EN4 | 04218 | FALSE MESSIAH | | WOLF, LEONARD | MARGARET ALLEN, RICA ZWEIBEL & RUTH SCHMIDT | A SENSUAL, EROTIC NOVEL ABOUT SHABBATI ZEVI, THE FALSE MESSIAH OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 04226 | BROTHERS SINGER | | SINCLAIR, CLIVE | SYLVIA MORGENSTEIN | A DOUBLE BIOGRAPHY OF ISAAC BASHEVIS AND HIS OLDER SIBLING ISRAEL JOSHUA, AS THEY BEGAN IN POLAND AND CAME TO AMERICA. |
EN4 | 04229 | MAILER | A BIOGRAPHY | MILLS, HILLARY | MARCIA FELTHEIMER | A FIRST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS. |
EN4 | 04231 | PENTATEUCH | VOLUME 1 GENESIS | LEVY, ISAAC | RABBI STANLEY R.. BRAV | COMMENTARIES ON THE FIRST BOOK OF THE TORAH BY SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND A WORLD RENOWN SCHOLAR. |
EN4 | 04238 | PIECES AND POTIFICATIONS | | MAILER, NORMAN | VICTOR LOWENSTEIN | STORIES ABOUT LIBIDO AND GLUTTONY, CHARACTER OF STYLE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE ELECTRICITY OF PERSONALITY. |
EN4 | 04243 | LEVITATION | FIVE FICTIONS | OZICK, CYNTHIA | JANE N. WEISS | THESE FIVE STORIES DEAL WITH LEVITATION, HALLUCINATION, TRANSFORMATION AND EVEN THE 'THWACK OF INFATUATION.' |
EN4 | 04246 | KING SOLOMON | | ROMAIN, GARY | NAOMI RABER | WEALTHY, A FORMER CLOTHING MERCHANT, BECOMES OBSESSED WITH THE PARISIAN TELEPHONE COUNSELING SERVICE HE RUNS. |
EN4 | 04247 | HAVEN: | THE DRAMATIC STORY OF 1,000 WORLD WAR II REFUGEES AND HOW THEY CAME TO AMERICA | 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. |
EN4 | 04253 | SUMMER IN WILLIAMSBURG | | FUCHS, DANIEL | | THE HUMOROUS STORY OF A BROOKLYN APARTMENT BUILDING AND ITS INHABITANTS DURING THE 1930S. |
EN4 | 04254 | ENTRANCE TO THE ZOHAR | THE KEY TO THE PORTALS OF JEWISH MYSTICISM | ASHLAG, YEHUDA, RABBI | EDITH PERMAN | THIS GIFTED TEACHER UNLOCKS THE DOORS TO THE KABBALAH FOR THE BEGINNER. |
EN4 | 04255 | LETTERS OF KARL MARX | | PADOVER, SAUL K. | ALYCE DOMENITZ | THE 46-YEAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN COMMUNISM, SHOWING HIS EVER-BELLIGERENT SPIRIT. |
EN4 | 04258 | GUARD YOUR TONGUE | A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE LAWS OF GOSSIP | PLISKIN, ZELIG | IRVING W KRAMER | 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. |
EN4 | 04259 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 9 | | CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI | | DEALS WITH THE BUILDING OF THE SANCTUARY IN THE PORTIONS OF TERUMAH, TETZAVEH, AND KI-THISA (EXODUS 25:1-31:37). |
EN4 | 04272 | LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL | | LE CARRE, JOHN | EVELYN GODMAN | AN ACTION-PACKED SPY THRILLER SET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. |
EN4 | 04273 | ZHENIA'S CHILDHOOD | | PAASTERNAK, BORIS | E. BAUM | THIS IS A BOOK OF FOUR STORIES. THE TITLE STORY IS A SENSITIVE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL. ILTRATTO DI APELLE IS RIBALD AND CYNICAL. LETTERS FROM TULA AND AERIEL ROUTES ARE SET IN RUSSIA, EXPLORING THE NEW REVOLUTIONARY ORDER, THE NEED FOR INTEGRITY AND CONFLICTS OF PERSONAL LOYALTIES AND SOCIAL DEMANDS. |
EN4 | 04275 | TEMPLE | | GREENFIELD, ROBERT | BETTY WIENER | 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. |
EN4 | 04276 | FREUD AND MAN'S SOUL | | BETTELHEIM, BRUNO | T. SHERBER | ITS MOST POTENT, THOUGH TAUT THEME IS THE NOSTALGIA FOR THE VIENNA OF HIS EARLY LIFE. BETTELHEIM WAS BORN THERE IN 1903 INTO A MIDDLE-CLASS, ASSIMILATED JEWISH FAMILY, ABOUT HALF A CENTURY AFTER FREUD, WHOSE ORIGINS WERE VERY SIMILAR, AND HE SAYS THAT THE CULTURE IN WHICH HE WAS REARED HAD NOT CHANGED VERY MUCH. |
EN4 | 04281 | GOLEM | | 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. |
EN4 | 04286 | AGE OF WONDER | | APPELFELD, AHARON | PENNY WOLFE | THIS NOVEL DEALS WITH THE HOLOCAUST OBLIQUELY THROUGH ITS EFFECT ON POTENTIAL VICTIMS. |
EN4 | 04287 | ADMIRABLE WOMAN | | COHEN, ARTHUR A. | HERBERT L. 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. |
EN4 | 04289 | GRAUEL | | GRAUEL, JOHN S., REVEREND | B. JUSTER | THIS METHODIST MINISTER WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE EXODUS OF '47 CREW, THE ONLY NON-JEW AND NON-REFUGEE AMONG 4,500 PASSENGERS ON A SHIP BUILT TO HOLD 600. A MEMBER OF THE HAGGANAH, JOHN THE PRIEST, AS HE IS KNOWN IN JERUSALEM, DEEPLY BELIEVES THAT THE DEMISE OF ISRAEL WOULD BE THE DEATH KNELL OF CIVILIZATION. |
EN4 | 04290 | SEASON OF DELIGHT | | GREENBERG, JOANNE | E. ADEN | THIS ONE IS ABOUT A MIDDLE-AGED JEWISH MOTHER WHOSE SON HAS JOINED THE HARE KRISHNAS AND WHOSE DAUGHTER IS OBSESSIVELY INVOLVED IN THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT IN CALIFORNIA. SHE HAS FOUND MEANING FOR HER OWN LIFE AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE LOCAL FIRE-AND-RESCUE SQUAD, AND IN HER FAITH AND HER COMMUNITY. |
EN4 | 04292 | BEN-GURION | PROPHET OF FIRE | KURZMAN, DAN | | TEN YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, THIS IS THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF THE POLISH JEW WHO MIDWIFED ISRAEL'S REBIRTH AND BECAME ITS FIRST PRIME MINISTER. MIXING THE INTIMATE WITH THE POLITICAL, THE AUTHOR DOCUMENTS HOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE SACRIFICED TO MAINTAIN THE STATE AND PERSONAL POWER. A REPELLENT PORTRAIT OF ONE OF ISRAEL'S HEROES. |
EN4 | 04300 | INTERRUPTED LIFE | THE DIARIES OF ETTY HILLESUM, 1941-1943 | HILLESUM, ETTY | SHIRLEY KALB | AN INTENSE AND INSPIRING JOURNAL CHRONICLING TWO YEARS IN THE LIFE OF A 27 YEAR-OLD JEWISH WOMAN UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION IN HOLLAND. THE AUTHOR DIED IN AUSCHWITZ IN 1943. |
EN4 | 04302 | SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH ON EXODUS | | HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL | RABBI STANLEY R BRAV | COMMENTARIES ON THE SECOND BOOK OF THE TORAH BY THE LATE-NINETEENTH CENTURY GERMAN RABBI AND SCHOLAR WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN ORTHODOX JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 04311 | ELLIS ISLAND | | STEWART, FRED MUSTARD | KAREN LANDSMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 04312 | HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH | | BELLOW, SAUL | FLORA SHERBER | 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.' |
EN4 | 04326 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY (ME'AM LO'EZ). VOL. 10 | | MAGRISO, YITZCHOK, RABBI | | THIS VOLUME OF COMMENTARY COVERS THE TORAH PORTIONS KI-THISA, VAYAK'HEL AND PEKUDEI (EXODUS 31:18-40:38) BEGINNING WITH MOSES' DESCENT FROM MT. SINAI WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. |
EN4 | 04328 | LIGHT BEYOND | ADVENTURES IN HASIDIC THOUGHT | KAPLAN, ARYEH, RABBI | IRVING W. KRAMER M.D. | KAPLAN EXPLORES MAJOR QUESTIONS OF JEWISH PHILOSOPHY THROUGH THE LENS OF HASIDIC AND KABALISTIC TRADITIONS. |
EN4 | 04333 | PROPHET OUTCAST | TROTSKY, 1929-1940 | DEUTSCHER, ISAAC | FAITH GARFIELD, RICA ZWEIBEL & FLO COGAN | THIS VOLUME OF DEUTSCHER'S BIOGRAPHY OF LEON TROTSKY COVERS THE PERIOD FROM TROTSKY'S BANISHMENT FROM THE SOVIET UNION IN 1929 TO HIS MURDER IN MEXICO IN 1940. IT DETAILS HIS FAMILY LIFE AND HIS STRUGGLES WITH STALIN. |
EN4 | 04335 | GYM SHOES AND IRISES | | SIEGEL, DANNY | ESTELLE I. SILVERMAN | SIEGEL USES EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE THE CONCEPT OF CHARITY. |
EN4 | 04344 | FATHERS AND CHILDREN | | STAMPFER, JUDAH | ROCHELLE BORDWIN | THIS NOVEL, SPANNING RUSSIA, POLAND AND AMERICA, CHRONICLES THREE GENERATIONS OF A JEWISH FAMILY. |
EN4 | 04355 | 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. |
EN4 | 04356 | HALAKHIC MAN | | SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH B., RABBI | EVE HABERMAN | THIS WORK PRESENTS RABBI SOLOVEITCHIK'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE CENTRALITY OF HALACHA (JEWISH LAW) IN JEWISH LIFE. |
EN4 | 04357 | AMONG LIONS | THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THE 1967 BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM | MOSKIN, J. ROBERT | MARILYN GOLDBERG | AN ACCOUNT BY A JOURNALIST OF THE BATTLE FOR JERUSALEM DURING THE SIX-DAY WAR OF 1967. |
EN4 | 04361 | HERITAGE | CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS | EBAN, ABBA | ADELINE MAREMONT | THIS COMPANION VOLUME TO THE PUBLIC TELEVISION SERIES OF THE SAME NAME, TRACES OVER 4,000 YEARS OF JEWISH HISTORY. |
EN4 | 04362 | TRANSFER AGREEMENT | | BLACK, EDWIN | FREDA MELTZER | BLACK CHRONICLES THE SECRET PACT OF 1933 BETWEEN THE THIRD REICH AND JEWISH PALESTINE. THIS PACT ALLOWED 60,000 JEWS TO EMIGRATE WITH THEIR ASSETS INTACT IN EXCHANGE FOR AN END TO JEWISH LED ANTI-NAZI BOYCOTTS. |
EN4 | 04363 | THIS BURNING HARVEST | | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | RITA KING | THIS NOVEL CONTINUES THE STORY, BEGUN IN 'THIS PROMISED LAND,' OF A FAMILY'S MIGRATION TO AND STRUGGLE IN PALESTINE. |
EN4 | 04365 | 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.' |
EN4 | 04368 | POLITICS OF RESCUE | THE ROOSEVELT ADMINSTRATION AND THE HOLOCAUST | FEINGOLD, HENRY L. | JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN | FEINGOLD CHRONICLES THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST FROM 1938 TO 1945. |
EN4 | 04386 | JEWS OF WARSAW, 1939-1943 | GHETTO, UNDERGROUND, REVOLT | GUTMAN, YISRAEL | FAY COHEN | A PARTICIPANT AND HISTORIAN CHRONICLES THE JEWS OF THE WARSAW GHETTO FROM THE START OF WORLD WAR II UNTIL THEIR UPRISING AND REVOLT IN APRIL AND MAY 1943. |
EN4 | 04393 | RABIIS AND WIVES | | GRADE, CHAIM | SUSAN WOLMAN | STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WITH PASSIONS, TENSIONS AND CONSCIENCES LIKE OURS, PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO RECONCILE PIETY AND MODERNITY. |
EN4 | 04394 | WIDOWS | | DORFMAN, ARIEL | CORINNE SHAFTEL | THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT THE CITIZENS 'DISAPPEARED' BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS IN CHILE AND OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES. |
EN4 | 04396 | PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS | | BERLIN, ISAIAH;HARD, HENRY, ED. | SANDERS, ROSE DORSAY & JACK SANDERS | THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY BERLIN EXAMINES 13 IMPORTANT TWENTIETH CENTURY FIGURES, INCLUDING FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, WINSTON CHURCHILL, CHAIM WEIZMANN AND FELIX FRANKFURTER. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NOEL ANNAN. |
EN4 | 04400 | SUICIDE MURDERS | | ENGEL, HOWARD | SARAH G. BAKER | THIS MYSTERY FOLLOWS A JEWISH PRIVATE DETECTIVE AS HE TRIES TO PROVE THAT A SUPPOSED SUICIDE WAS ACTUALLY A MURDER. |
EN4 | 04402 | SEVEN GOOD YEARS AND OTHER STORIES | | PERETZ, I. L. | MARION HARRIS | FOR AGES EIGHT TO TWELVE, THIS BOOK CONTAINS TEN SHORT STORIES SET IN EASTERN EUROPE. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY I. L. PERETZ, THE STORIES ARE HERE RETOLD BY ESTHER HAUTZIG. |
EN4 | 04406 | REST OF US | | 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. |
EN4 | 04408 | CRESCENT CITY | | PLAIN, BELVA | EVE HABERMAN | THIS NOVEL DEPICTS 19TH-CENTURY NEW ORLEANS THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN UPROOTED FROM HER NATIVE GERMANY. |
EN4 | 04409 | BECH IS BACK | | UPDIKE, JOHN | DR. IRVING KRAMER | THIS NOVEL CONTINUES UPDIKE'S CHRONICLING OF THE LIFE OF HIS CHARACTER HARRY BECH, A JEWISH AMERICAN WRITER. |
EN4 | 04413 | FROM DREYFUS TO VICHY | THE TRANSFORMATION OF FRENCH JEWRY | HYMAN, PAULA | BILLIE BERNSTEIN | AN ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FORCES AFFECTING THE STATUS OF JEWS IN FRANCE FROM THE END OF THE DREYFUS AFFAIR IN 1906 TO 1939. WITH THE INFLUX OF JEWS FROM EASTERN EUROPE AFTER 1906, GENERAL FRENCH ACCEPTANCE OF JEWS RADICALLY DECLINED. |
EN4 | 04415 | ESCAPE FROM SOBIBOR | | RASHKE, RICHARD | KAREN LANDSMAN | RASHKE PRESENTS THE HISTORY OF THE REVOLT AND ESCAPE OF 600 JEWS FROM SOBIBOR, A NAZI DEATH-CAMP. |
EN4 | 04422 | OUR GANG | | JOSELIT, JENNA WEISSMAN | ARLENE RICHARDS | A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF JEWISH CRIMINALS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY PART OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 04423 | 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. |
EN4 | 04430 | LATE DIVORCE | | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | ADELE STEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 04431 | MY PEOPLE - VOL I | ABBA EBAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS. | BAMBERGER, DAVID | | ABBA EBAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS AS ADAPTED FOR A YOUNG AUDIENCE BY DAVID BRAMBERGER. |
EN4 | 04432 | | | BAMBERGER, DAVID | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | THIS IS ABBA EBAN'S HISTORY OF THE JEWS AS ADAPTED FOR A YOUNG AUDIENCE BY DAVID BAMBERGER. |
EN4 | 04434 | WAR AND PEACE IN THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS | | FERGUSON, JOHN | ELAYNE BERNSTEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 04438 | ALMOST PARADISE | | ISAACS, SUSAN | | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE LIVES AND MARRIAGE OF TWO PEOPLE FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. |
EN4 | 04439 | EVE | THE HISTORY OF AN IDEA | PHILLIPS, J. A. | CAROL LOWENSTEIN | PHILLIPS HAS COMPILED VISIONS OF EVE FROM RABBIS, CHURCH FATHERS, PROTESTANT REFORMERS, POETS AND PAINTERS. |
EN4 | 04441 | ALMOST FAMILY | | HOFFMAN, ROY | LUCILLE JACOBS | PORTRAIT OF THE LONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A JEWISH ALABAMA WOMAN AND THE BLACK WOMAN SHE EMPLOYS. |
EN4 | 04442 | NIGHTMARE YEARS 1930-1940 | 20TH CENTURY JOURNEY, VOL. II | SHIRER, WILLIAM L. | SHEILA CHAETS | 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. |
EN4 | 04444 | LEGACY | | FAST, HOWARD | LUCILLE KAHN | THIS IS THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT IN FAST'S SAGA OF THE LAVETTE FAMILY OF SAN FRANCISCO, CHRONICLING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE TURMOIL OF THE 1960S. THE FIRST THREE BOOKS ARE 'THE IMMIGRANTS', 'SECOND GENERATION' AND 'THE ESTABLISHMENT'. |
EN4 | 04448 | HOW TO RUN A TRADITIONAL JEWISH HOUSEHOLD | | GREENBERG, BLU | M. FRIEDMAN & P. KRAVITZ | GREENBERG, A MODERN ORTHODOX FEMINIST THINKER, GIVES A DETAILED GUIDE TO ORTHODOX OBSERVANCE. |
EN4 | 04449 | MARGIN OF HOPE | | HOWE, IRVING | MIRIAM BLOSVERN | 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. |
EN4 | 04451 | JEWISH ETHICS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY | | RITTNER, STEVEN | SCHEIRING, NANCY | A HIGH SCHOOL TEXTBOOK ON ETHICS FOR JEWISH RELIGIOUS SCHOOL STUDENTS. INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF GOD, PRAYER AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. |
EN4 | 04456 | SOMEDAY THE RABBI WILL LEAVE | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | CELIIA C BELFROM | 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. |
EN4 | 04458 | WORLD IS A ROOM | | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | | THESE TEN SHORT STORIES BY THE ISRAELI POET FOCUS ON RELATIONSHIPS AND MEANING. |
EN4 | 04459 | JEWISH WRITINGS FROM DOWN UNDER | | KALECHOFSKY, R.;KALECHOFSKY, R. | RUBELLE SCHAFFER | AN ANTHOLOGY OF WORKS BY JEWISH WRITERS FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. |
EN4 | 04461 | UNNATURAL ALLIANCE | ISRAEL AND SOUTH AFRICA | ADAMS, JAMES | SILVIA MORENSTEIN | PUBLISHED IN 1984, THIS BOOK CRITICALLY ANALYZES THE STRENGTHENING OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA OF THAT TIME. |
EN4 | 04463 | RAV SPEAKS | | SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH B., RABBI | ANITA LIEF LEVINE | TRANSCRIPTS OF FIVE SPEECHES DELIVERED BY RABBI SOLOVEITCHIK AT MIZRACHI CONVENTIONS IN ISRAEL BETWEEN 1962 AND 1967. |
EN4 | 04465 | HITLER'S WAR AGAINST THE JEWS | | ALTSCHULER, DAVID | | A YOUNG READER'S VERSION OF 'THE WAR AGAINST THE JEWS: 1933-1945'. BY LUCY S. DAWIDOWICZ |
EN4 | 04477 | VENGEANCE | THE TRUE STORY OF AN ISRAELI COUNT | JONAS, GEORGE | RICHARD HANAU | 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. |
EN4 | 04490 | ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM | | BEN ZION, RAPHAEL | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | A KABALISTIC TEXT WHICH ENABLES THE VIEWER TO EXAMINE THAT WHICH IS NEAR BUT NONETHELESS CONCEALED. |
EN4 | 04499 | NUREMBURG TRIAL | | TUSA, ANN;TULSA, JOHN | | A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE NAZI WAR CRIMINALS' TRIAL. |
EN4 | 04506 | NIGHT SKY | | FRANCIS, CLARE | MILDRED FRIDUSS, ADA GROSS, RICA ZWEIBEL | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THREE PEOPLE, ONE CARRYING SECRETS TO ENGLAND, TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 04507 | ANATOMY LESSON | | ROTH, PHILIP | | ROTH'S MAIN CHARACTER, ZUCKERMAN, STRUGGLES WITH PHYSICAL DETERIORATION, MIDDLE AGE AND WRITER'S BLOCK. |
EN4 | 04510 | THIEVES IN THE NIGHT | CHRONICLE OF AN EXPERIMENT | KOESTLER, ARTHUR | STANLEY KIRSCH | THIS NOVEL DEPICTS LIFE IN PALESTINE BETWEEN 1937 AND 1939. THE CENTRAL CHARACTER STRUGGLES WITH HIS DUAL IDENTITY AS AN ENGLISHMAN AND A JEW. |
EN4 | 04511 | TRIANGLES | | GELLER, RUTH | RITA KING | 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. |
EN4 | 04512 | 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. |
EN4 | 04517 | LET'S HEAR IT FOR A BEAUTIFUL GUY | | FRIEDMAN, BRUCE JAY | CORINNE K. KLAFTER | THIS COLLECTION OF FRIEDMAN SHORT STORIES FOCUSES ON LIFE IN URBAN AMERICA. |
EN4 | 04518 | LEGENDS OF THE BIBLE | | GINZBERG, LOUIS | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | LEGENDARY BACKGROUND OF THE SIGNIFICANT PERSONS AND EVENTS IN THE BIBLE. |
EN4 | 04521 | LESSONS IN ETHICAL AND MORAL LIVING | | COLODNER, SOLOMON, DR. | DR. SOLOMON COLODNER | COLODNER ADDRESSES ISSUES OF ETHICS AND MORALS INCLUDING FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH. |
EN4 | 04526 | KABBALAH CONNECTION | AN OPENING TO THE GATES OF JEWISH MYSTICISM | BERG, PHILIP S., DR. | DR. IRVING W KRAMER | THE HISTORY OF THE SECRECY OF KABBALAH AND ITS EVENTUAL ACCESSIBILITY TO THE NON-JEW. |
EN4 | 04529 | PERIODIC TABLE | | LEVI, PRIMO | CORINNE SHAFTEL | 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. |
EN4 | 04530 | JEW SUSS | | FEUCHTWANGER, LION | BETTY WEINER | A NOVEL OF THE RISE OF A JEW, JOSEPH SUSS, A FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL GENIUS WHO FORSAKES HIS HERITAGE BUT CANNOT ESCAPE HIS JEWISH TIES. |
EN4 | 04534 | TO THE TENTH GENERATION | | KASHNER, RITA | GOLDBERGER, AMY | AN OUTCAST ACCORDING TO ANCIENT JEWISH LAW, DANI ON REACHING MANHOOD MUST FACE THE CHALLENGE OF PERILOUS MILITARY SERVICE AND LOVE FOR A WOMAN WHO IS FORBIDDEN TO HIM. |
EN4 | 04536 | HAJ | | URIS, LEON | EVELYN GODMAN | AN HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN PRE-JEWISH STATEHOOD PALESTINE, FOCUSING ON FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN JEWS AND PALESTINIANS. © 1984 |
EN4 | 04538 | EXODUS AND REVOLUTION | | WALZER, MICHAEL | SHIRLEY KALB | A POLITICAL SCIENTIST EXAMINES THE BOOK OF EXODUS AND COMPARES IT TO OTHER REVOLUTIONS. |
EN4 | 04539 | GERMAN JEW | A SYNTHESIS OF JUDAISM AND WESTERN | BACH, H. I. | CLARA LINN SPECTOR | A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF JEWISH THOUGHT WITHIN GERMAN SOCIETY. THIS WORK WAS LEFT UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF BACH'S DEATH IN 1977, AND WAS COMPLETED BY DAVID GOLDSHEIN, LOUIS JACOBS AND VIVIAN KIPMAN. |
EN4 | 04540 | MY MOTHER GOLDA MEIR | A SON'S EVOCATION OF LIFE WITH GOLA MEIR | MEIR, MENAHEM | VARIOUS | A BIOGRAPHY OF GOLDA MEIR, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FROM 1969 TO 1974, BY HER SON. |
EN4 | 04541 | ZOHAR, THE. VOL. II | | SIMON, HARRY;SPERLING, MAURICE | DR. IRVING KRAMER | THIS IS AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PRIMARY TEXT FOR THE STUDY OF KABBALAH. IT IS ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A BIBLICAL COMMENTARY. |
EN4 | 04546 | WHY CHOOSE JUDAISM? | NEW DIMENSIONS OF JEWISH OUTREACH | BELIN, DAVID | HERBERT M. WEISBERG | AN EXPLORATION OF THE UNIQUENESS OF JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 04553 | FINAL ENTRIES 1945 | THE DIARIES OF JOSEPH GOEBBELS | TREVOR-ROPER, HUGH, ED. | DORIS WEINBERG | THE DIARY ENTRIES OF JOSEPH GOEBBELS, NAZI PROPAGANDA MINISTER, IN HIS FINAL YEAR. |
EN4 | 04555 | DIASPORA | AN INQUIRY INTO THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WORLD | SACHAR, HOWARD M. | FREDA MELTZER | THE AUTHOR, A HISTORIAN OF THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH AND MIDDLE EASTERN SCENE, BRINGS TOGETHER HIS MANY YEARS OF RESEARCH. |
EN4 | 04559 | BEST OF OLOMEINU | SHABBOS AND OTHER STORIES. BOOK 2 | FRUCHTER, YAAKOV, RABBI | LILLIAN VENGER | 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.' |
EN4 | 04561 | LIBERAL JUDAISM | | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B. | HERMINE KATZ | PUBLISHED IN 1984, BOROWITZ' BOOK PRESENTS THE REFORM MOVEMENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES. |
EN4 | 04562 | 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. |
EN4 | 04567 | LIVES OF RACHEL | | GROSS, JOEL | RITA LEVINE | COVERING A THOUSAND YEARS, THIS BOOK CHRONICLES THE STORIES OF FIVE WOMEN, EACH NAMED RACHEL. |
EN4 | 04568 | LIGHT ANOTHER CANDLE | THE STORY AND MEANING OF HANUKKAH | CHAIKEN, MIRIAM | ADELE HOCHBAUM | 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. |
EN4 | 04572 | I LOVE PASSOVER | | HIRSH, MARILYN | LAURA SPERBER | A LITTLE GIRL TELLS THE STORY OF PASSOVER WHILE HELPING HER MOTHER TO PREPARE THE FEAST FOR THE FIRST SEDER. |
EN4 | 04591 | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | CHARNEY, LEON H. | EDITH GIFFORDS | THE AUTHOR SHARES HIS EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS AS 'UNOFFICIAL LIAISON' BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE 1979 EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI PEACE TREATY. |
EN4 | 04592 | FIFTH HEAVEN | | EYTAN, RACHEL | | THIS NOVEL IS SET IN A HOME FOR REFUGEE AND UNWANTED CHILDREN IN PRE-STATEHOOD PALESTINE. IT WON THE BRENNER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. |
EN4 | 04593 | OUTSIDER | | FAST, HOWARD | B. FOERDER, R. WEINBERG, M. LOEB | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF RABBI DAVID HARTMAN, FROM HIS PRESENCE AT THE LIBERATION OF DACHAU, THROUGH 30 YEARS OF CONGREGATIONAL WORK IN THE UNITED STATES |
EN4 | 04594 | ZOHAR, THE. VOL. 5 | | SPERLING, HARRY;SIMON, MAURICE | DR. IVING W. KRAMER | ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, IT IS THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR. |
EN4 | 04598 | EAGLE IN THE SKY | | SMITH, WILBUR | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS PLAYBOY DAVID IN HIS PURSUIT OF DEBRA. |
EN4 | 04603 | INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH HOME | | SYME, DANIEL B., RABBI | | AN OUTLINE ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'DO JEWISHLY' ALSO PROVIDING THE STUDENT WITH HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDS ON THE VARIOUS LAWS AND OBSERVANCES IN THE JEWISH RELIGION. |
EN4 | 04605 | INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM | A COURSE OUTLINE | EINSTEIN, STEPHEN J.;KUKOFF, LYDIA | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | A VOLUME DESIGNED TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF JEWISH PRACTICES. IT COVERS RITUALS, LIFE-CYCLE OBSERVANCES, HOME CELEBRATIONS, MUSIC AND COOKING. |
EN4 | 04606 | PIONEER JEWS | A NEW LIFE IN THE FAR WEST | ROCHLIN, HARRIET;ROCHLIN, FRED | EDITH FRIEDMAN | THE AUTHORS EXPLORE THE INFLUENCE OF JEWS IN THE AMERICAN FAR WEST FROM THE 16TH CENTURY ON. |
EN4 | 04607 | SPANISH DOCTOR | | COHEN, MATT | CORINNE KLAFTER | A HISTORICAL NOVEL SET IN THE MIDDLE AGES. THROUGH A LIFETIME OF PERSECUTION AND SUFFERING, AVRAM HALEVI, A MARRANO, LEARNS ABOUT REAL LOVE AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF DENYING HIS FAITH. |
EN4 | 04613 | WHY THE JEWS? THE REASON FOR THE WORLD'S GREATEST HATRED | | PRAGER, DENNIS;TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | | 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. |
EN4 | 04617 | BROTHERS | A HEBREW LEGEND | FREEDMAN, FLORENCE | LAURA SPERBER | THE AUTHOR RETELLS FOR CHILDREN THE STORY OF JOEL AND DAN, THE SONS OF SETH. |
EN4 | 04619 | GOLDKORN TALES | | EPSTEIN, LESLIE | EVELYN LESLIE | THIS IS A SERIES OF VARIATIONS ON THE THEMES BEGUN IN 'STEINWAY QUARTET'. THE MAIN CHARACTER HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND THE BOOK COMBINES MELODRAMA WITH MEDITATIONS ON SURVIVAL AND ITS RELATION TO MUSIC. |
EN4 | 04621 | MESSIANISM AND MISHNAH | TIME AND PLACE IN THE EARLY HALAKH | WACHOLDER, BEN ZION | DR. IRVING KRAMER | THIS IS A LECTURE WHICH EXAMINES THE THEMES, BELIEFS, AND VALUES OF THE MISHNAH REGARDING THE MESSIAH. |
EN4 | 04623 | NOT WANTED ON THE VOYAGE | | FINDLAY, TIMOTHY | JOYCE KARP | THIS NOVEL IS A RADICAL REVISION OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF NOAH. |
EN4 | 04624 | GOD AND HARVEY GROSBECK | | MILLSTEIN, GILBERT | ISABELLE RUBIN | 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. |
EN4 | 04626 | INVISIBLE WALLS | A GERMAN FAMILY UNDER THE NUREMBURG LAWS | HECHT, INGEBORG | MILDRED FRIDUSS, ADA GROSS, RICA ZWEIBEL | HECHT'S MEMOIR EXPLORES THE SITUATION OF A GERMAN-JEWISH INTERMARRIED FAMILY UNDER THE NUREMBURG LAWS. |
EN4 | 04627 | BROTHERHOOD OF MEMORY | JEWISH LANDSMANSHAFTN IN THE NEW WORLD | WEISSER, MICHAEL R. | HELEN DITTUS & RICA ZWEIBEL | A STUDY OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS TO NEW YORK WHO REMAINED LARGELY UNASSIMILATED, TRYING TO MAINTAIN LIFE AS THEY HAD KNOWN IT IN EASTERN EUROPEAN SHTETLS. |
EN4 | 04634 | NEW DIPLOMACY | | EBAN, ABBA | ELIZABETH KAUFMAN | EBAN AGAIN BRINGS HIS WEALTH OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO THE SUBJECT OF DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS IN A MODERN AGE. |
EN4 | 04640 | RETREAT | | APPELFELD, AHARON | EVELYN GODMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 04643 | ANGEL OF ZIN | | IRVING, CLIFFORD | H. DITTUS. MON. R. DORSAY & J. SANDERS | THE NOVEL TAKES PLACE IN A NAZI DEATH CAMP AND ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: CAN AN INDIVIDUAL RETAIN HIS HUMANITY IN THE FACE OF MONSTROUS, UNTHINKABLE AND PARALYZING EVIL? |
EN4 | 04648 | SPECIAL LEGACY | AN ORAL HISTORY OF SOVIET JEWISH EMIGREES TO THE U.S. | ROTHCHILD, SYLVIA | STANLEY KIRSCH | THE ORAL HISTORIES OF 178 SOVIET JEWS WHO EMIGRATED TO THE U.S. IN THE 1980'S. |
EN4 | 04651 | BLACK BOOK | | EHRENBURG, ILYA;GROSSMAN, VASILY | P.M. APFELBAUM | BASED ON DOCUMENTS ASSEMBLED BY RUSSIAN JEWS DURING THE WAR AND SUPPRESSED IN THE SOVIET UNION FOR DECADES, THIS IS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE NAZI DESTRUCTION OF 1.5 MILLION SOVIET JEWS. |
EN4 | 04654 | SECRET GROVE | | COHEN, BARBARA | CORINNE SHAFTEL | A TALE OF TWO YOUNG BOYS, ONE ISRAELI AND ONE JORDANIAN, WHO MAKE A SECRET PACT. TEACHES YOUNG READERS HOW HATRED CAN BE OVERCOME WHEN CHILDREN REFUSE TO ACCEPT PREJUDICE. |
EN4 | 04655 | JEWISH MEDITATION | A PRACTICAL GUIDE | KAPLAN, ARYEH | S. BRAV & RABBI EMERITUS | THIS IS A STEP-BY-STEP INTRODUCTION TO THE JEWISH TRADITIONAL METHODS OF MEDITATION THAT WERE PART OF MAINSTREAM JUDAISM UNTIL THE 18TH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 04657 | CONCISE CODE OF JEWISH LAW | | APPEL, GERSION, RABBI | DR. IRVING KRAMER | THE LAWS FOR THIS FIRST VOLUME INCLUDE A 'GUIDE TO PRAYER' AND 'RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE IN THE DAILY LIFE OF THE JEW.' THE AUTHOR COMPILED THEM FROM THE 'KITZUR SHULHAN ARUCH' AND OTHER TRADITIONAL CODES. |
EN4 | 04658 | INFINITE RICHES | | ROSTEN, LEO | SUSAN WINOGRAD | THIS SELECTION OF QUOTATIONS RANGE FROM ONE-LINERS TO SOLID PARAGRAPHS. THEY ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY TOPIC AND OFTEN INCLUDE SOURCES. |
EN4 | 04659 | INSIDE, OUTSIDE | | WOUK, HERMAN | KAREN LANDSMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 04660 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 12 | | MAGRISO, YITZCHOK, RABBI | | COMMENTARY ON THE CONCLUDING PORTION OF LEVITICUS, WHICH DEALS WITH MORALITY AND ETHICS: FROM BASIC LAWS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF 'LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR LIKE YOURSELF.' INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF JEWISH HOLIDAYS. |
EN4 | 04661 | JESUS AND THE PHARISEES | | BOWKER, JOHN | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | THIS IS A COMPANION TO STUDIES OF THE PHARISEES, IN PARTICULAR TO DISCUSSIONS OF THE PHARISEES AS THEY OCCUR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. INCLUDED IS A TRANSLATION OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL. |
EN4 | 04669 | MOSES AND MONOTHEISM | | FREUD, SIGMUND | NANCY SCHIERING | A PSYCHOANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF MOSES AS IT IS FOUND IN EXODUS. |
EN4 | 04671 | BEING TORAH | | GRISHAVER, JOEL L.;GOLUB, JANE E. | | A FIRST BOOK OF TORAH TEXTS FOR SECOND THROUGH FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS TO HELP UNLOCK THEIR OWN DISCOVERED MEANINGS IN THE TORAH. |
EN4 | 04676 | BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH | HOW JEWISH BOYS AND GIRLS COME OF AGE | METTER, BERT | HERBERT WEISBERG | THIS BOOK BOTH EXPLORES THE HISTORY BEHIND THE TRADITION AND HELPS PREPARE THE CHILD AND HIS OR HER FAMILY FOR THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION. |
EN4 | 04681 | NIGHTINGALE | | 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. |
EN4 | 04685 | ARROWS OF THE ALMIGHTY | | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | RICHARD HANAU | 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. |
EN4 | 04690 | ON THE THIRD DAY | | DELAHAYE, MICHAEL | HARRIETTE ROSENBERG | A THRILLER ABOUT AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST WHO DISCOVERS THAT THE ISRAELIS HAVE UNEARTHED A CRUCIFIED SKELETON WHICH MAY BE THAT OF JESUS. |
EN4 | 04694 | FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES | | FISCHEL, H.A. | SHIRLEY KALB | 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. |
EN4 | 04699 | BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND JERUSALEM | | BLITZER, WOLF | CLARA LINN SPECTOR | THE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE 'JERUSALEM POST' PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN AN ANECDOTAL BUT INFORMATIVE TEXT. |
EN4 | 04701 | PEACE AND JUDAISM | | VARIOUS AUTHORS | STANLEY R. BRAV | VARIOUS ARTICLES ON JEWS AND NONVIOLENCE INCLUDING THE ROOTS OF JEWISH NONVIOLENCE, JUDAISM AND PEACEMAKING AND JEWISH VIEWS ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. INCLUDES AN EXPLICATION OF MARTIN BUBER'S 'COVENANT OF PEACE'. |
EN4 | 04707 | GATEWAY TO SELF-KNOWLEDGE | | PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI | NANCY SCHIERING | A PRACTICAL GUIDE THAT WILL SUPPLY THE READER WITH TOOLS FOR GREATER SELF-AWARENESS. THE AUTHOR EMPHASIZES THAT A PERSON'S CHOICE OF THOUGHTS, WORDS AND BEHAVIORS IS THE KEY TO WHAT HE OR SHE CAN BECOME. |
EN4 | 04713 | MODEL CHILDHOOD | | WOLF, CHRISTA | ESTELLE ADEN | AS A REMEMBRANCE OF A GERMAN CHILDHOOD IN THE 30'S AND 40'S THIS NOVEL ADDRESSES PAINFUL TIMES AND PROBES FOR THE ANSWER TO DIFFICULT QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW THE PROTAGONIST COULD KNOW BUT NOT ADMIT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. |
EN4 | 04715 | SHARON | AN ISRAELI CAESAR | BENZIMAN, URI | | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES SHARON'S MILITARY AND POLITICAL CAREER AND HIS INFLUENCE ON ISRAEL'S HISTORY. |
EN4 | 04720 | EXPLORING THE TORAH | | STERN, SHIRLEY | SHIRLEY KALB | |
EN4 | 04722 | ZOHAR, VOL. 1 | | SPERLING, H.;SIMON, MAURICE | STANLEY R. BRAV | ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR, THE FUNDAMENTAL RABBINIC WORK ON JEWISH MYSTICISM. |
EN4 | 04723 | ZOHAR, VOL. 3 | | SPERLING;SIMON;LEVERTOFF | STANLEY R, BRAV | ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, THIS IS THE THIRD VOLUME OF THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR, THE FUNDAMENTAL RABBINIC WORK ON JEWISH MYSTICISM. |
EN4 | 04724 | BARBRA STREISAND | THE WOMAN, THE MYTH, THE MUSIC | CONSIDINE, SHAUN | MARGARET ALLEN | A CANDID BIOGRAPHY, BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COLLEAGUES, TELLS THE UNCENSORED STORY OF THE SINGER AND SHOW BUSINESS PERSONALITY. |
EN4 | 04727 | DRY TEARS | | TEC, NECHAMA | BESS POBINER | THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HER JEWISH FAMILY'S EXPERIENCES OF POSING AS CHRISTIANS IN POLAND DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 04729 | HER FIRST AMERICAN | | SEGAL, LORE | MULTIPLE | THE TENUOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A YOUNG JEWISH IMMIGRANT AND 'HER FIRST AMERICAN', A MIDDLE-AGED AFRICAN AMERICAN WRITER ON THE DECLINE. |
EN4 | 04730 | LORI | | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | FRANCES EDELSTEIN | THE STORY OF A 16-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN GIRL SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL AND SENT TO LIVE IN AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY IN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 04736 | FINDING GOD | TEN JEWISH RESPONSES | SONSINO, RIFAT;SYME, DANIEL B. | ELEANOR SCHICK | A COMPILATION OF TEN DISTINCT JEWISH THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS JEWS HAVE SPOKEN OF GOD THROUGHOUT HISTORY. |
EN4 | 04737 | JEWISH HOLIDAYS | A GUIDE AND COMMENTARY | STRASSFELD, MICHAEL | ADELE STEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 04738 | JEWISH ETHICS | A STUDY GUIDE | LOWEN, JOSEPH, ED. | SCHIERING, NANCY | PART OF THE HADASSAH STUDY SERIES, THIS BOOK CONTAINS ESSAYS ON INTERPERSONAL, MEDICAL, AND POLITICAL ETHICS WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN EACH FIELD. A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FOLLOWS EACH ESSAY. |
EN4 | 04746 | CHAMPAGNE BARN | | LEVINE, NORMAN | EDITH FRIEDMAN | WRITTEN BETWEEN 1958 AND 1978, THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES CENTERS ON THE SON OF POLISH JEWISH EMIGRANTS TO CANADA. NOW A WRITER LIVING IN ENGLAND, THE PROTAGONIST RELIVES HIS YOUTH THROUGH VISITS TO CANADA. |
EN4 | 04748 | PIERRE LAVAL | TRAITOR OR PATRIOT? | DE CHAMBRUN, RENE | | ALTHOUGH LAVAL HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY SYMBOL OF VICHY COLLABORATION DURING WORLD WAR II, THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT LAVAL CONSISTENTLY DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF NAZI POLICIES INCLUDING THOSE REGARDING THE JEWS. |
EN4 | 04749 | PERFECT PEACE | | OZ, AMOS | ROSALIE ROTTENBACH | WHEN A SON WANTS TO LEAVE THE KIBBUTZ WHERE HE HAS BEEN RAISED, A FAMILY IS THROWN INTO AN UPROAR. THE NOVEL EXPLORES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THOSE WHO DREAMED ABOUT AN IDEAL SOCIETY IN ISRAEL AND THOSE WHO MUST INHERIT WHAT THEY BUILT. |
EN4 | 04751 | BEST DEFENSE | | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. | JUDITH TESSER | 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. |
EN4 | 04753 | ON REPENTANCE | | SOLOVEITCHIK, JOSEPH B., RABBI | ANITA LIEF LEVINE | USING CLASSICAL JEWISH SOURCES, THE TALMUDIC SCHOLAR AND ORTHODOX PHILOSOPHER DISCUSSES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL, THE COMMUNITY AND GOD. |
EN4 | 04764 | CHOICES IN MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT | | BOROWITZ, EUGENE B | STANLEY R, BRAV | A CONTEMPORARY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER EXAMINES THE RESPONSES OF JEWISH THOUGHT TO THE CHALLENGES OF THE MODERN WORLD. INCLUDED IS A STUDY AND DISCUSSION GUIDE. |
EN4 | 04766 | WABASH FACTOR | | CUNNINGHAM, E. V. | | A NEW YORK CITY DETECTIVE DISCOVERS THAT AN ISRAELI DIPLOMAT'S MURDER WAS ENGINEERED BY A MYSTERIOUS DETECTIVE AGENCY. |
EN4 | 04772 | HERZOG | | BELLOW, SAUL | ELEANOR ELDIN | 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. |
EN4 | 04773 | RICHARD TUCKER | | DRAKE, JAMES A. | ROSALIND SCHEER | A RECREATION OF TUCKER'S BOYHOOD IN BROOKLYN TO HIS SUCCESSES AT NEW YORK'S METROPOLITAN OPERA AND OTHER OPERA HOUSES TO HIS UNTIMELY DEATH. DESCRIPTIONS OF TUCKER'S BACKGROUND, CAREER, FAMILY LIFE, AND JEWISH FAITH PRODUCE A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PORTRAIT. |
EN4 | 04775 | TORAH ANTHOLOGY, THE (ME'AM LO'EZ), VOL. 3B | | CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI | | THIS FOURTH VOLUME, WHICH COMPLETES THE BOOK OF GENESIS, PRESENTS JACOB'S MARRIAGE TO RACHEL AND LEAH, THE BIRTH OF HIS TWELVE SONS, AND JOSEPH'S EXPERIENCES IN EGYPT. |
EN4 | 04776 | UNTOLD MILLIONS | | HOBSON, LAURA Z. | ROSE GOLDSTEIN | A NOVEL OF YOUNG LOVE AND FINANCIAL STRUGGLE, IN WHICH AN INNOCENT, IDEALISTIC GIRL MATURES INTO A CONFIDENT WOMAN. |
EN4 | 04783 | IN THE MOUTH OF THE WOLF | | ZAR, ROSE | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | THE AUTHOR SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST BY ESCAPING FROM HER POLISH GHETTO AND USING FALSE PAPERS TO WORK AS EVERYTHING FROM A LAUNDRESS TO A HOUSEKEEPER FOR A NAZI OFFICER. THE THREAT OF EXPOSURE AS A JEW WAS CONSTANT BUT ZAR DESCRIBES HOW SHE MANAGED TO ELUDE CAPTURE AGAIN AND AGAIN AND LIVE TO TELL HER STORY. |
EN4 | 04785 | STORIES OF BERNARD MALAMUD | | MALAMUD, BERNARD | SYLVIA FEUERSTEIN | A VOLUME OF 25 STORIES FROM 1950 TO THE 1980S, WHICH DEPICTS, USUALLY THROUGH A YIDDISH-SPEAKING IMMIGRANT, THE INDIGNITIES AND ANGUISH OF ORDINARY PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 04786 | LOVE AND TRADITION | MARRIAGE BETWEEN JEWS AND CHRISTIANS | MAYER, EGON | HELEN STEWART | 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. |
EN4 | 04788 | HEROINE OF RESCUE | THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF RECHA STERNBUCH | FRIEDENSON, JOSEPH; KRANZLER, DAVID | LOIS CHUDACUFF | THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF A SWISS COUPLE WHO RESCUED HUNDREDS OF JEWS FROM THE HOLOCAUST, SUCCEEDING WHERE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS FAILED. |
EN4 | 04790 | RITUAL BATH | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | | THE WORLD OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM IS THE SETTING FOR THIS MYSTERY WHICH INVOLVES THE RAPE OF A WOMAN AT A RITUAL BATH. |
EN4 | 04793 | LOADED QUESTIONS | | LORAINE, PHILIP | DAN GORDON | AN EX-CIA MAN, UPSET AFTER HIS FAILURE TO PREVENT THE ASSASSINATION OF AN ISRAELI 'DOVE', IS DRAWN INTO INVESTIGATIVE WORK TO DISCOVER WHO MURDERED HIM. |
EN4 | 04804 | FAMILY TIES | | LEAHY, SYRELL ROGOVIN | BERNICE STRAUSS | IN PRE-NAZI GERMANY, REGINA MUST COME TO TERMS WITH HER FAMILY'S DESTINY IN ORDER TO MAKE A FUTURE FOR HERSELF. |
EN4 | 04805 | TRIAL OF GOD | A PLAY IN THREE ACTS | WIESEL, ELIE | JACK TUREEN | 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. |
EN4 | 04808 | THREE MERCHANTS AND OTHER STORIES | | WEINBACH, SHAINDEL | CORRINE SHAFTEL | 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. |
EN4 | 04809 | ZOHAR; VOL. 4 | | SIMON, MAURICE; LAVERTOFF, PAUL | | VOLUME 4 OF THE ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH RENDERING OF THE ZOHAR, THE FUNDAMENTAL RABBINIC WORK ON JEWISH MYSTICISM THAT HAS FASCINATED READERS FOR MORE THAN SEVEN CENTURIES. ARRANGED IN THE FORM OF A COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, THIS WORK OFFERS MORE COMPLEX MEANINGS TO THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE. |
EN4 | 04810 | FROM THE FAIR | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | TRUDY CUTLER | IN THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, THE WELL-KNOWN YIDDISH WRITER DEPICTS THE LOST WORLD IN WHICH HE LIVED. |
EN4 | 04814 | REMEMBER THE DAYS | A SHORT HISTORY OF THE JEWISH AMERICAN | MELTZER, MILTON | HARRIET MARCUS | A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JEWS FROM THE EARLY 1900S TO THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 04823 | CIRCLE OF MONTPARNASSE | JEWISH ARTISTS IN PARIS, 1905-1945 | SILVER, KENNETH; GOLAN, R. | ESTELLE SILVERMAN | PRODUCED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EXHIBIT AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM IN NEW YORK CITY, THIS BOOK PORTRAYS THE LARGE GROUP OF JEWISH ARTISTS WHO CAME TO PARIS FROM 1905 TO 1945. |
EN4 | 04824 | LETTERS FROM WESTERBORK | | HILLESUM, ETTY | FREDA MELTZER | 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. |
EN4 | 04829 | YIDDISH THEATRE IN AMERICA | | LIFSON, DAVID | PENNINAH SCHRAM | THE HISTORY OF THE YIDDISH THEATER FROM ITS ORIGINS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THROUGH ITS DECLINE IN THE 1940S. THE INFLUENCE THE THEATER HAD IN BRINGING MODERN TRENDS TO AMERICA IS ALSO DOCUMENTED. |
EN4 | 04835 | TORAH TODAY | A RENEWED ENCOUNTER WITH SCRIPTURES | PELI, PINCHAS H. | RABBI STANLEY R BRAV | A COLLECTION OF FIFTY-FOUR ESSAYS THAT COMMENT ON EACH OF THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS. |
EN4 | 04837 | WERE WE OUR BROTHERS' KEEPERS? | PUBLIC RESPONSE OF AMERICAN JEWS TO THE HOLOCAUST | LOOKSTEIN, HASKEL | EVE HABERMAN | THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE RESPONSE OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY TO THE HOLOCAUST AND CONCLUDES THAT WHILE THEY COULD HAVE DONE MORE THEIR SMALL SIZE PRECLUDED ANY MAJOR IMPACT. |
EN4 | 04841 | MORNING MOON | | REIBEL, PAULA | HELEN DITTUS | MINDEL ROSSNER DARED TO REBEL AGAINST THE JEWISH TRADITION OF ARRANGED MARRIAGES, AND SHE IS LED TO MARRIAGE BY FORCE. NO SOONER DOES SHE FALL IN LOVE WITH HER HUSBAND WHEN A TERRIBLE RUMOR THREATENS HER HOPES FOR HAPPINESS. |
EN4 | 04843 | FINDING HOSEYN | | MACKINNON, COLIN | FRANCES WALDMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 04844 | PROBLEM CALLED CHAVIE | | EVA VOGIEL | EVA VOGIEL | 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. |
EN4 | 04845 | TO THE LAND OF THE CATTAILS | | APPELFELD, AHARON | FLORENCE ELSTER | A WOMAN'S JOURNEY WITH HER ADOLESCENT SON ACROSS EASTERN EUROPE MAKES TANGIBLE THE AWFUL HELPLESSNESS OF A EUROPEAN JEWRY TRAPPED AMONG ENEMIES |
EN4 | 04847 | TALE OF THE RING | A KADDISH | STIFFEL, FRANK | SUSAN WINOGRAD | FROM THE WARSAW GHETTO TO TREBLINKA TO AUSCHWITZ, STIFFEL BEARS WITNESS TO THE HUMAN CAPACITY TO SURVIVE THE MOST ADVERSE SITUATIONS. |
EN4 | 04854 | FAMILY SAYINGS | | GINZBURG, NATALIA | NANCY SCHIERING | SPANNING THE PERIOD FROM THE RISE OF FASCISM THROUGH WORLD WAR II AND ITS IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH, THIS BOOK ADDRESSES THE SUBJECT OF FAMILY AND, THROUGH ITS CHARACTERS, PROVIDES A HISTORY OF ITALY IN THE 1930S AND '40S. |
EN4 | 04855 | BOOK OF ABRAHAM | | 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. |
EN4 | 04860 | MATTER OF CONSCIENCE | | HARCOURT, PALMA | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | COURIERS, ASSASSINS, POLITICOS, INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES, AND GRIEVING WOMEN POPULATE THIS DENSELY PLOTTED THRILLER. |
EN4 | 04865 | LITTLE VIRTUES | | GINZBURG, NATALIA | NANCY SCHIERING | THE AUTHOR REFLECTS ON HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND THE SORROWS AND JOYS OF LIFE IN THIS COLLECTION OF ELEVEN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS. |
EN4 | 04869 | HANDBOOK OF JEWISH THOUGHT | | KAPLAN, ARYEH, RABBI | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | KAPLAN BEGINS WITH THE IDEA OF GOD AND HIS PURPOSE IN CREATION, AND GOES ON TO SHOW HOW THIS RELATES TO THE CONCEPTS OF MAN, ISRAEL, REVELATION, THE TORAH AND THE COMMANDMENTS. HOW THE TORAH WAS REVEALED, WRITTEN AND THE ORAL TORAH TRANSMITTED ARE ALSO DISCUSSED AS WELL AS HALACHAH, CUSTOM AND OTHER TOPICS. |
EN4 | 04870 | WHY DO THE JEWS NEED A LAND OF THEIR OWN? | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | RHODA KATZENSTEIN | ALEICHEM'S AMUSING DEPICTION OF THE CONTROVERSIES AND HOPES INHERENT IN ZIONISM'S EARLY BEGINNINGS. |
EN4 | 04877 | UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI WAHL | | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | FRANCES EDELSTEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 04879 | NIGHT OF THE FOX | | HIGGINS, JACK | DAN GORDON & GERTRUDE ROSENBERG | THE PROTAGONIST, HARRY MARTINEAU, IS A BRILLIANT AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER TURNED KILLER FOR HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 04883 | IMAGES OF MOSES | | SILVER, DANIEL JEREMY | DR. IRVING KRAMER | 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. |
EN4 | 04885 | DEBORAH | | KREITMAN, ESTHER SINGER | LUCILLE KAHN | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL BY THE SISTER OF ISSAC BASHEVIS SINGER ABOUT THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A YOUNG, INTELLIGENT, AND SENSITIVE GIRL STRUGGLING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF TRADITIONAL POLISH-JEWISH CULTURE. |
EN4 | 04890 | I AM A STAR-CHILD OF THE HOLOCAUST | | AUERBACHER, INGE | CORINNE SHAFTEL | 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. |
EN4 | 04891 | BIBLICAL IMAGES | MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BOOK | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | | A STUDY OF TWENTY-FIVE BIBLICAL PERSONALITIES, PRESENTED AS ARCHETYPAL FIGURES WHO CAN ILLUMINATE OUR PRESENT-DAY WORLD. |
EN4 | 04893 | YEARS OF UPHEAVAL | | KISSINGER, HENRY | MARION HARRIS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE WHO SERVED UNDER THE NIXON AND FORD ADMINISTRATIONS. KISSINGER INVENTED 'SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY' WITH HIS STYLE AND ANALYSIS OF WORLD POWERS AND STRATEGIES. |
EN4 | 04894 | IN THE BEGINNING | A NEW ENGLISH RENDITION OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS | FOX, EVERETT | ROBERTA POLLACK | A TRANSLATION OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS, AIMING TO RESTORE THE SPOKEN CHARACTER OF THE HEBREW BIBLE. A RUNNING COMMENTARY PROVIDES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT. |
EN4 | 04896 | PALESTINE AND THE PALESTINIANS 1876-1983 | | SMITH, PAMELA ANN | MILDRED E. GRASS | AN ANALYSIS OF THE EMERGENCE OF PALESTINIAN NATIONALISM TRACING ITS DEVELOPMENT FROM A RURAL PEASANT SOCIETY TO A LANDLESS PROLETARIAT. THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT THE DRIVE TO ACHIEVE A PALESTINIAN STATE WILL CONTINUE. |
EN4 | 04897 | LOVING KINDNESS | | ROIPHE, ANNE | NANCY SCHIERING | A NOVEL ABOUT ANNIE JOHNSON, AN ASSIMILATED JEWISH WOMAN AND A SINGLE PARENT. DEALS WITH ISSUES OF RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, AND FEMINISM. |
EN4 | 04898 | IMAGE AND OTHER STORIES | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | CYNTHIA MINTZER | 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. |
EN4 | 04899 | MUSIC OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE | | EISENSTEIN, JUDITH K., DR. | DR. JUDITH EISENSTEIN | THIRTEEN LECTURES WHICH TRACE JEWISH MUSICAL CREATIVITY FROM THE BIBLE TO THE PRESENT, REFLECTING THE JEWISH LIFE-CYCLE. |
EN4 | 04900 | BIG SUKKAH | | 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. |
EN4 | 04901 | 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. |
EN4 | 04902 | JUSTICE AT NUREMBERG | | CONOT, ROBERT E. | MILDRED WEISBLATT | 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. |
EN4 | 04903 | MUSICAL VARIATIONS ON JEWISH THOUGHT | | D'ALLONES, OLIVIER REVAULT | ROBERTA POLLACK | A PROFESSOR OF AESTHETICS ANALYZES ELOHIM AND YAHWEH AS 'NOMADIC AND SEDENTARY' GODS, AND LOOKS AT JEWISH TRAITS IN MUSICAL, RATHER THAN HISTORICAL, TERMS. |
EN4 | 04904 | HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI ARMY | | SCHIFF, ZE'EV | ESTHER COHEN | 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. |
EN4 | 04909 | BACK TO THE SOURCES | READING THE CLASSIC JEWISH TEXTS | HOLTZ, BARRY W. | SARA WEINBERGER | A NON-ACADEMIC GUIDE TO THE CLASSIC JEWISH TEXTS WHICH INCLUDES HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ESSAYS. |
EN4 | 04910 | MEDITATION AND KABBALAH | | KAPLAN, ARYEH | RABBI STANLEY R. BRAV | KAPLAN REVEALS THE METHODOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT CABBALISTS AND STRESSES THE MEDITATIVE TECHNIQUES ESSENTIAL TO THEIR DISCIPLINE. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE TECHNIQUES IS ALSO EXAMINED IN LIGHT OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH. |
EN4 | 04911 | PORTRAIT OF DELMORE | JOURNALS AND NOTES OF DELMORE SCHWARTZ | POLLET, ELIZABETH, ED. | JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN | JOURNALS AND NOTES OF DELMORE SCHWARTZ |
EN4 | 04915 | PLAY OF THE EYES | | CANETTI, ELIAS | ROSALIND SCHEER | THE THIRD VOLUME OF CANETTI'S MEMOIRS SET IN VIENNA 1931 TO 1937 IS BOTH A PORTRAIT OF THE TIME AND AN INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY. |
EN4 | 04918 | BEST OF OLOMEINU, THE. BOOK 1 | STORIES FOR ALL YEAR 'ROUND | FRUCHTER, YAAKOV, RABBI | HARRIET MARCUS | TWENTY-FOUR STORIES TAKEN FROM 'OLOMEINU', (OUR WORLD) THE CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE, OVER A 36-YEAR PERIOD. |
EN4 | 04924 | MODERN MEANING OF JUDAISM | | GITTELSOHN, ROLAND B. | HERMINE KATZ | A PRESENTATION OF THEMES ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW TODAY. INCLUDES ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS SUCH AS: 'WHO IS A JEW?'; 'WHAT DOES A JEW BELIEVE?'; AND 'WHAT DOES A JEW DO?'. |
EN4 | 04927 | ALL OUR YESTERDAYS | | GINZBURG, NATALIA | | SET IN ITALY BETWEEN 1939 AND 1944, THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE LIVES OF TWO FAMILIES AND HOW THEY WERE TOUCHED BY WAR. |
EN4 | 04933 | FROM THE WISDOM OF MISHLE | | HIRSCH, SAMSON RAPHAEL | STANLEY R BRAV | TWENTY-TWO ESSAYS, BASED ON THEMES FROM THE 'BOOK OF PROVERBS', OFFER INSIGHT AND GUIDANCE ON THE HUMAN SITUATION AND ITS DILEMMAS. |
EN4 | 04934 | SEMITES AND ANTI-SEMITES | AN INQUIRY INTO CONFLICTS AND PREJ | LEWIS, BERNARD | STANLEY KIRSCH | 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. |
EN4 | 04935 | DYNAMIC JUDAISM | THE ESSENTIAL WRITINGS OF MOREDECH | GOLDSMITH, EMANUEL; SCULT, MEL | NANCY SCHIERING | A COMPILATION OF EXCERPTS FROM THE MAJOR WORKS OF KAPLAN, THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. |
EN4 | 04940 | CARDINAL'S SNUFFBOX | | ROSEMAN, KENNETH | CORINNE SHAFTER | AN ADVENTURE STORY SET DURING THE SPANISH INQUISITION, THIS BOOK IS ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL THAT INTRODUCES JEWISH CONCEPTS, PLACES, AND FIGURES THROUGH DIFFERENT EPISODES IN WHICH THE PRE-TEEN READER MAKES DECISIONS THAT DETERMINES HIS OR HER OWN FATE. |
EN4 | 04943 | OUR MAN IN RUSSIA | | BENDET, MAYER | DR. IRVING KRAMER | AFTER INTERVIEWING MANY RUSSIAN JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL, THE AUTHOR FORMULATED A STORY THAT DEPICTS BOTH THE SUFFERING AND THE HOPE OF SOVIET JEWRY |
EN4 | 04947 | LEST INNOCENT BLOOD BE SHED | | HALLIE, PHILIP | THELMA LEVENBERG | THIS TRUE STORY DEPICTS THE TRUE FEELINGS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TOWARDS THE FUGITIVES FLEEING NAZI OCCUPATION. |
EN4 | 04949 | PAPER WALLS | AMERICA AND THE REFUGEE CRISIS | WYMAN, DAVID S. | PAULA BARNETT SENNET | AN EXAMINATION OF AMERICA'S REFUGEE POLICY IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO WORLD WAR II. THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT UNEMPLOYMENT, NATIONALISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, AS WELL AS FEAR OF FIFTH COLUMNISTS DISGUISED AS REFUGEES LED TO RESTRICTIONS THAT PREVENTED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ESCAPING CERTAIN DEATH. |
EN4 | 04953 | FREUD AND HIS FATHER | | KRULL, MARIANNE | JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN | THE AUTHOR REVEALS HOW FREUD'S COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER DICTATED MANY OF HIS THEORIES AND CHANGED SOME OF HIS EARLY IDEAS. |
EN4 | 04954 | 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. |
EN4 | 04956 | HALACHA, MEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY HALAC | LEVIN, FEITEL | STANLEY R. BRAV | INCLUDES SECTIONS ON MEDICINE, ELECTRICITY, THE HANDICAPPED, PASSOVER KASHRUT, AND A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF HALACHA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 04961 | OUT AT HOME | | POMERANZ, GARY | MARION T.COHEN | THE LEGENDARY MANIA OF CHICAGO CUBS FANS FOR THEIR TEAM SETS THE TONE FOR THIS STORY ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH CUBS FAN. |
EN4 | 04962 | NAZI LEGACY | KLAUS BARBIE AND THE INTERNATIONAL | ASCHERSON, NEAL, I. HILTON & M. LINK | MEL DAVIS | WRITTEN BY A TEAM OF BRITISH JOURNALISTS THE BOOK TRACES THE LIFE AND CAREER OF KLAUS BARBIE AND DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO TRANSPLANT FASCISM TO SOUTH AMERICA. |
EN4 | 04963 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS | | JOHNSON, PAUL | CLARA SPECTOR | 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 |
EN4 | 04965 | PAST CONTINUOUS | | SHABTAI, YAAKOV | NORMA FLASTER | TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW, THIS WORK RECOUNTS THE EMOTIONAL DECAY OF A FAMILY IN MODERN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 04967 | Oct-73 | THE ARAB-ISRAELI WAR | AKER, FRANK | B.J. EISENSTAT | A DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR FROM A MILITARY PERSPECTIVE. |
EN4 | 04970 | POWER AND POWERLESSNESS IN JEWISH HISTORY | | BIALE, DAVID | JOYCE KARP | 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. |
EN4 | 04978 | FAMILY Y AGUILAR | | LEHMANN, MARCUS | NANCY SCHIERING | A STORY OF JEWISH HEROISM WHICH TAKES PLACE DURING THE SPANISH INQUISITION. |
EN4 | 04983 | HOME GROUND | | FREED, LYNN | HERMINE KATZ | A YOUNG GIRL SEARCHES FOR HER OWN 'HOME GROUND' AMIDST THE CONFUSION OF HER ECCENTRIC THEATRICAL JEWISH FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA. |
EN4 | 04984 | SACRED AND PROFANE | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 04986 | BLOOD LIBEL | | DAN, URI | EVE HAVERMAN | THE STORY OF GENERAL ARIEL SHARON'S HISTORY-MAKING SUIT AGAINST 'TIME' MAGAZINE. |
EN4 | 04987 | PATH OF THE KABBALAH | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVING JEWISH SPIRITUAL TRADITION | SHEINKIN, DAVID, M.D. | GERALDINE SHENKIN | THIS WORK INTRODUCES JEWS AND NON-JEWS TO THE ORIGINS, HISTORY, PRINCIPLES, SYMBOLISM, LANGUAGE, AND DISCIPLINES OF JEWISH SPIRITUALITY AND MYSTICISM. |
EN4 | 05001 | REB MOSHE | THE LIFE AND IDEALS OF HAGAON RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN | FINKELMAN, SHIMON, RABBI | BRAV, STANLEY R. | THE AUTHOR HAS BASED HIS BOOK ON INTERVIEWS, FIRST-PERSON ARTICLES, AND EULOGIES DELIVERED BY THOSE WHO HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH RABBI MOSHE FEINSTEIN. © 1986 |
EN4 | 05005 | PASSOVER GOURMET | | ROUSSO, NIRA | DON EISENBERG | OVER 200 PASSOVER RECIPES FOR THE GOURMET COOK. © 1987 |
EN4 | 05012 | ORIGINS OF THE SEDER | THE PASSOVER RITE AND EARLY RABBINIC JUDAISM | BOKSER, BARUCH M. | GOLDIE M. KURTIN | AN EXPLANATION OF HOW A BIBLICAL, SACRIFICIAL MEAL WAS TRANSFORMED INTO THE PASSOVER SEDER, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR JEWISH RITUALS. © 1984 |
EN4 | 05015 | ENCHANTMENT | | MERKIN, DAPHNE | LYNN HIMELFARB | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG NEW YORK WOMAN OF ORTHODOX GERMAN-JEWISH HERITAGE, HER FIVE SISTERS AND BROTHERS, THE COMPLICATED POWER OF FAMILIES, AND THE OBSESSIVE WORKINGS OF MEMORY. |
EN4 | 05017 | DOUBLE VISION | HOW AMERICA'S PRESS DISTORTS OUR VIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST | CHAFETS, ZE'EV | BELLE EISENMAN | THE FORMER HEAD OF ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT PRESS OFFICE GIVES AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. PRESS COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT ITS ACCURACY, ESPECIALLY IN REPORTS ABOUT ISRAEL. © 1985 |
EN4 | 05024 | HOLOCAUST | A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II | GILBERT, MARTIN | NANCY SCHIERING | BASED ON DOCUMENTS AND INTERVIEWS, GILBERT PROVIDES READERS WITH A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II, AN INSTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE, AND A DISCUSSION OF JEWISH RESISTANCE AND GENTILE PROTECTORS. © 1985 |
EN4 | 05026 | REFLECTIONS OF NAZISM | AN ESSAY ON KITSCH AND DEATH | FRIEDLANDER, SAUL | BEATRICE DAVIS | 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. © 1984 |
EN4 | 05038 | JEWISH COOKING FROM AROUND THE WORLD | | BACON, JOSEPHINE LEVY | BEATRICE DAVIS | THIS COLLECTION OF RECIPES INCLUDES ASHKENAZIC, SEPHARDIC, ITALIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN, AND NORTH AFRICAN DISHES. © 1986 |
EN4 | 05040 | WALKER IN JERUSALEM | | HEILMAN, SAMUEL | VIRGINIA SADOK | THE AUTHOR EXPERIENCES JERUSALEM THROUGH THE VANTAGES OF JEWISH, MUSLIM, AND CHRISTIAN OBSERVERS. WOVEN THROUGH THE TEXT IS BIBLICAL IMAGERY AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON ARCHAEOLOGY, RELIGION, AND HISTORY. © 1986 |
EN4 | 05041 | TRAVELS WITH DUBINSKY AND CLIVE | | GUREWICH, DAVID | | A SERIES OF BIZARRE EVENTS LEADS OLEG DUBINSKY, AN ACADEMIC BUREAUCRAT IN A SMALL TOWN IN RUSSIA, TO APPLY FOR AN EXIT VISA. THE NOVEL HUMOROUSLY DEPICTS THE TRAVAILS OF DUBINSKY AS HE BURROWS HIS WAY THROUGH SOVIET RED TAPE AND WALLOWS IN RUSSIAN DEBAUCHERY. © 1987 |
EN4 | 05052 | SIFRE | A TANNAITIC COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY | HAMMER, REUVEN, TRANS. | STANLEY R. BRAV | A COLLECTION OF MIDRASHIC COMMENTARIES DATING FROM THE THIRD CENTURY, NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. © 1986 |
EN4 | 05055 | KABBALAH AND JEWISH MYSTICISM | | GUTWIRTH, ISRAEL | ALICE ARLOW | LOOKING BACK AT THE OUTSTANDING FIGURES OF THE SPANISH JEWISH GOLDEN AGE, THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THE BEAUTY AND SANCTITY OF JEWISH MYSTICAL DOCTRINE. © 1987 |
EN4 | 05056 | BREAD OF EXILE | | GERSHON, KAREN | BETTY S. JACOBS | THE STORY OF A TEENAGER EXILED TO ENGLAND FROM NAZI GERMANY IN 1938. THE BOOK EXAMINES THE GIRL'S LONELINESS, HER ADAPTATION TO A NEW LIFE, AND HER COPING WITH ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1985 |
EN4 | 05059 | COMMENTARIES ON THE PENTATEUCH | RASHI | PEARL, CHAIM, TRANS. | VICTOR LOWENSTEIN | AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SELECTED COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH FROM THE MEDIEVAL FRENCH RABBI . © 1970 |
EN4 | 05060 | LIVES OF THE POETS | | DOCTOROW, E.L. | ANN GROSSMAN | EACH OF THESE SIX SHORT STORIES AND A NOVELLA DEALS WITH A DIFFERENT ASPECT OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. © 1984 |
EN4 | 05072 | CODE EZRA | | COURTER, GAY | SARA LEE KASE | A NOVEL BASED ON THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF ISRAELI SPYMASTER ELI KATZAR AND THE THREE WOMEN HE RECRUITED TO FORM HIS "EZRA" TEAM: AN AMERICAN PRINCESS, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, AND A SABRA. © 1986 |
EN4 | 05077 | ORDINARY HEROES | CHANA SZENES AND THE DREAM OF ZION | HAY, PETER | NAOMI MUNTER | 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. © 1986 |
EN4 | 05081 | HENRIETTA SZOLD | RECORD OF A LIFE | ZEITLIN, ROSE | NANCY SCHIERING | 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. © 1952 |
EN4 | 05082 | LEAH'S CHILDREN | | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | SYLVIA ESTES | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS LEAH GOLDFEDER'S THREE CHILDREN ON THEIR JOURNEYS THROUGH LIFE. © 1985 |
EN4 | 05088 | ONE FINE DAY THE RABBI BOUGHT A CROSS | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | JACK LACKS | WHILE VACATIONING IN JERUSALEM, RABBI SMALL MUST OUTWIT ARMS SMUGGLERS AND A MURDERER IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE ARREST OF AN INNOCENT MAN. PART OF THE SERIES OF RABBI SMALL MYSTERIES. © 1987 |
EN4 | 05092 | SUNSET | STORIES OF OUR CONTEMP. TORAH LUMINARIES & THEIR SPIR. HEROISM | TELLER, HANOCH | STANLEY R. BRAV | STORIES OF CONTEMPORARY TORAH SCHOLARS AND THEIR SPIRITUAL HEROISM. © 1987 |
EN4 | 05093 | PHILOSOPHY OF SPINOZA | UNFOLDING THE LATENT PROCESSES OF HIS REASONING | WOLFSON, HARRY AUSTRYN | IRVING W. KRAMER, DR. | THIS SYSTEMATIC PRESENTATION OF SPINOZA'S PHILOSOPHY IS A COMMENTARY ON EVERY DEFINITION, AXIOM, AND PROPOSITION OF "THE ETHICS" AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE IN WHICH SPINOZA FUNCTIONED. © 1934 |
EN4 | 05102 | I AM A WOMAN AND A JEW | | MORTON, LEAH | FLORENCE JABLON | THE PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WHO OVERCAME GENDER AND CLASS BARRIERS BETWEEN 1900 AND 1927. |
EN4 | 05105 | HISTORY AND HATE | THE DIMENSIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM | BERGER, DAVID, ED | NANCY SCHIERING | THIS COLLECTION OF EIGHT ESSAYS PROBES THE DYNAMICS OF ANTI-SEMITISM, AS IT HAS APPEARED IN ALL PERIODS OF HISTORY, FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA. |
EN4 | 05106 | PROMISED CHILD | | GOLD, AVNER | | PART OF THE RUACH AMI SERIES, THE BOOK INTRODUCES THE SAGA OF THE PULICHEVERS, A RABBINIC FAMILY WHO, FOR GENERATIONS, HAD SERVED AS RABBIS IN PULICHEV, A SMALL CITY IN SOUTHERN POLAND. |
EN4 | 05107 | LIFE AND WORKS OF FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS | | JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS | ZOEY LANTHAM BELL | THE CHRONICLES OF JOSEPH BEN MATTHIAS, A PRIEST FROM JERUSALEM WHO WRITES UNDER THE NAME FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. A HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE UNDER ROMAN RULE BETWEEN THE SECOND CENTURY B.C.E. AND C.E. 73. |
EN4 | 05108 | DANGEROUS DREIDLE RIDE | THE HAMENTASH THAT RAN AWAY | HALPERN, CHAIKY | SIDNEY BIEGELSON | KING RIMPU'S CHANUKAH SURPRISE IS ALMOST SPOILED UNTIL LITTLE DANNY THE DINK UNEXPECTEDLY SAVES THE DAY. AN EXCITING ADVENTURE IN THE WONDERFUL LAND OF MIROOP. |
EN4 | 05114 | PASSOVER HAGGADAH | TORAH ANTHOLOGY | CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI | STANLEY R. BRAV | CLASSICAL IN-DEPTH COMMENTARY ON THE HAGGADAH BY THE GREAT EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SEPHARDIC SCHOLAR. THIS VOLUME DEALS WITH PASSOVER PREPARATIONS, THE PASSOVER STORY, THE ORDER OF THE RITUALS FOR THE SEDER NIGHT, THE FOUR CUPS, THE HAGGADAH, THE FOUR QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS, AND THE REASONS FOR THE SYMBOLIC FOODS. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW. |
EN4 | 05122 | EIGHT GREAT HEBREW SHORT NOVELS | | LELCHUK, ALAN; SHAKED, GERSHON | DR. IVING W.KRAMER | AN ANTHOLOGY OF NOVELLAS WRITTEN OVER THE PAST EIGHTY YEARS PROVIDING READERS WITH A PICTURE OF THE VARIETY OF HEBREW FICTION SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. |
EN4 | 05124 | UNCOMMON SENSE | | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | RUTH DIAMOND | 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. |
EN4 | 05127 | HOLOCAUST IN HISTORY | | MARRUS, MICHAEL | RUBELLE SCHAFFLER | DID THE NAZIS HAVE A MURDEROUS MASTER PLAN FROM THE VERY START? COULD NEUTRAL POWERS, ALLIED GOVERNMENTS OR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVE DONE MORE TO SAVE JEWISH LIVES? - AND COULD THE JEWS THEMSELVES HAVE DONE MORE TO RESIST THE NAZI`S FINAL SOLUTION? HISTORIANS HAVE PROVIDED MANY CRUCIAL,INSIGHTS INTO THESECOMPLEX QUESTIONS. IN THIS BOOK, MICHAEL R. MARRUS PRESENTS A JUDICIOUS AND LUCID SURVEY OF THEIR VIEWS, TOGETHER WITH HIS OWN CONCLUSIONS. |
EN4 | 05130 | ENCOUNTER WITH EMANCIPATION | THE GERMAN JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES | COHEN, NAOMI | FRANCES WALDMAN | THIS IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE FIRST GERMAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES EXPLORES THE INSTITUTIONS THEY ESTABLISHED WHICH LED TO THE LARGE-SCALE IMMIGRATION OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. |
EN4 | 05131 | GUIDE TO EVERYTHING JEWISH IN NEW YORK | | DAVIS, NANCY; LEVITT, JOY | | A GUIDE TO MANHATTAN'S WEALTH OF JEWISH RESOURCES FROM PROGRAMS TO CULTURAL RESOURCES TO NOUVELLE KOSHER CUISINE. INCLUDED ARE LISTINGS OF SYNAGOGUES, RESTAURANTS, MUSEUMS, AND SCHOOLS. |
EN4 | 05132 | SHCHARANSKY | HERO OF OUR TIME | GILBERT, MARTIN | CORINNE KLAFTER | 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. |
EN4 | 05133 | 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. |
EN4 | 05137 | IMMIGRANT GIRL | BECKY OF ELDRIDGE STREET | HARVEY, BRETT | SIDNEY BIEGELSON | BECKY, WHOSE FAMILY HAS EMIGRATED FROM RUSSIA TO AVOID BEING PERSECUTED AS JEWS, DESCRIBES GROWING UP IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1910. |
EN4 | 05138 | MUSIC IN MY HEART AND BORSCHT IN MY BLOOD | | TOBIAS, HENRY | | A MEMOIR BY A 'GRADUATE' OF THE BORSCHT BELT, FOCUSING ON THE AUTHOR'S YEARS AS A SOCIAL DIRECTOR AT VARIOUS CATSKILL HOTELS. INCLUDED ARE ANECDOTES ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE WHO TRAINED ON THE 'BORSCHT' CIRCUIT. |
EN4 | 05142 | FRIDAY THE RABBI SLEPT LATE | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | NANCY SCHIERING | THE RABBI IS THE PRIME SUSPECT WHEN A YOUNG NANNY IS FOUND MURDERED NEAR HIS TEMPLE. WITH AN ANGRY CONGREGATION AT HIS BACK, THE RABBI MUST EXONERATE HIMSELF BY SOLVING THE MYSTERY. |
EN4 | 05145 | LIKKUTEI SICHOT. VOL. 1 | BERESHIT | SCHNEERSON, MENACHM M., RABBI | | VOLUME ONE OF AN ANTHOLOGY OF LECTURES ON THE WEEKLY PORTIONS OF THE TORAH AND ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS IN THE JEWISH CALENDAR. WRITTEN BY THE LATE REBBE OF LUBAVITCH. |
EN4 | 05147 | JUDAIC ETHICS FOR A LAWLESS WORLD | | GORDIS, ROBERT | MARTIN FELDINGER | 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. |
EN4 | 05149 | PAST PERFECT | | SHABTAI, YAAKOV | LYNN HIMMELFARB | 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. |
EN4 | 05151 | 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. |
EN4 | 05155 | BEVERLY | | SILLS, BEVERLY; LINDERMAN, LAWRENCE | RUTH FRANKFORT, RITA LEVINE | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AMERICAN OPERA SINGER IN WHICH SHE DISCUSSES HER PRIVATE AS WELL AS HER PROFESSIONAL LIFE. |
EN4 | 05158 | GOLDA MEIR | | MCCAULEY, KAREN | BERNICE MANDELL | PART OF THE SERIES, 'WORLD LEADERS: PAST AND PRESENT,' THIS BOOK PLACES MEIR'S STORY IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH HISTORY WITH EMPHASIS ON THE HOLOCAUST AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05159 | MARY | | ASCH, SHOLEM | NANCY SCHIERING | THIS NOVEL DEALS WITH THE LIFE OF MARY OF NAZARETH. |
EN4 | 05161 | FIFTH SON | | WIESEL, ELIE | JUDITH TESSER | 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. |
EN4 | 05163 | JEWS OF ISLAM | | LEWIS, BERNARD | DON EISENBERG | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE ORIGINS OF THE JUDEO-ISLAMIC TRADITION FROM THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES TO THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 05165 | SEA CHANGES | | KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT | RUTH SHERMAN | THIS NOVEL TRACES THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE TEENAGE SON OF A GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN FRANKFURT IN THE LATE 1930S. ADOPTED BY AN AMERICAN FAMILY, HE IS GIVEN A CHANCE AT A NEW LIFE. |
EN4 | 05179 | IMMORTAL BARTFUSS | | APPELFELD, AHARON | CONSTANCE WARSHAWSKY | IN A BLEND OF ALLEGORY AND REALISM, APPELFELD PRESENTS AN EMBITTERED HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO COPES WITH EVERYDAY LIFE IN MODERN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05181 | SEPHARDIM IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICA | IN SEARCH OF UNITY | PAPO, JOSEPH M. | NANCY SCHIERING | A DETAILED STUDY OF THE EFFORTS OF SEPHARDIC JEWS TO INTEGRATE THEMSELVES INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR DISTINCTIVE CULTURES. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THOSE WHO WORKED TO BENEFIT THE SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS SEPARATED FROM THE ASHKENAZIM BY LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS. |
EN4 | 05184 | JEWISH WRY | ESSAYS ON JEWISH HUMOR | COHEN, SARAH BLACHER, ED. | RICHARD HANAU | 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. |
EN4 | 05185 | ONE STAR JEW | | 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. |
EN4 | 05187 | JERZY KOSINSKI | LITERARY ALARM CLOCK | SHERWIN, BYRON L. | | A STUDY OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF THE POLISH-AMERICAN AUTHOR PROVIDING THOSE UNFAMILIAR WITH KOSINSKI'S WRITINGS WITH A SURVEY OF HIS LITERARY OUTPUT. |
EN4 | 05188 | GONE TO SOLDIERS | | PIERCY, MARGE | MEL DAVIS | A PORTRAIT OF WORLD WAR II WHICH INTERWEAVES THE STORIES OF TEN CHARACTERS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF CATACLYSMIC EVENTS. |
EN4 | 05190 | 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. |
EN4 | 05191 | SEE YOU AT THE MOVIES | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MELVYN DOUGLA | DOUGLAS, MELVYN; ARTHUR, TOM | HELEN DITTUS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR, THE SON OF A RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANT AND A PROTESTANT FROM KENTUCKY, WHOSE LOOKS, CHARM AND TALENT MADE HIM A STAR. |
EN4 | 05201 | BLOOD CRIES | | WEISMAN, JOHN | VIRGINIA SADOCK | IN THIS STORY OF TERRORISM AND POLITICAL BETRAYAL, THE AUTHOR POSES QUESTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF SUPPORT FOR AND BELIEF IN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05203 | MICKEY AND THE GOLEM | A CHILD'S HANUKKAH | STERN, STEVE | ENID SEIDEN | MICKEY TAKES A LIVING CLAY GIANT OUT OF THE ATTIC OF AN ABANDONED SYNAGOGUE IN AN OLD JEWISH SECTION OF MEMPHIS AND BRINGS HIM TO CHEER HIS DYING GRANDFATHER. |
EN4 | 05204 | FRAGMENTED LIFE OF DON JACOBO LERNER | | GOLDEMBERG, ISAAC | NORMA FLASTER | THE STORY OF A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT FAMILY ATTEMPTING TO RECONSTRUCT THEIR TRADITIONS AND LIFESTYLE IN PERU IN THE 1930S. |
EN4 | 05209 | JEWISH VALUES IN BIOETHICS | | MEIER, LEVI, RABBI, ED. | DR. I. W. KRAMER | A SERIES OF LECTURES BY NINE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF JEWISH MEDICAL ETHICS, INCLUDING LEGAL, MORAL, AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS THAT ARE FACED BY BOTH PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS. |
EN4 | 05212 | ABANDONMENT OF THE JEWS | AMERICA AND THE HOLOCAUST, 1941-1945 | WYMAN, DAVID | JOYCE KARP | A DOCUMENTED STUDY OF AMERICA'S RESPONSE TO THE NAZI ASSAULT ON EUROPEAN JEWRY. |
EN4 | 05213 | 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. |
EN4 | 05217 | MAGGID SPEAKS | | KROHN, PAYSACH, RABBI | | A SELECTION OF STORIES AND PARABLES BY RABBI SHOLOM SCHWARDON, A MASTER PREACHER LIVING IN JERUSALEM. |
EN4 | 05218 | GERSHWIN | | JABLONSKI, EDWARD | JOSEPH REUTLINGER | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER WITH AN EMPHASIS ON PLACING GERSHWIN'S WORK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. |
EN4 | 05221 | PHILOSOPHY AND LAW | | STRAUSS, LEO | ELEANOR SCHICK | WRITTEN IN THE 1930S, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING AN OBSERVANT JEW IN THE FACE OF SCIENCE AND REASON. |
EN4 | 05222 | LOVESONG | BECOMING A JEW | LESTER, JULIUS | B.J. EISENSTAT | THE ODYSSEY OF THE FORMER CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, AND ACADEMIC WHICH CULMINATED IN HIS CONVERSION TO JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 05223 | BLACK BOX | | OZ, AMOS | BARBARA JUSTER | THIS NOVEL TRACES THE LIFE OF A HAPPILY MARRIED WOMAN WHO REMAINS OBSESSIVELY ATTACHED TO HER EX-HUSBAND. |
EN4 | 05224 | NOT STRICTLY KOSHER | PIONEER JEWS IN NEW ZEALAND | ROSENTHAL, ODEDA | CONSTANCE WARSHOWSKY | A HISTORY OF JEWS IN EARLY NEW ZEALAND, INCLUDING PROFILES OF SUCH PROMINENT JEWS SUCH AS JULIUS VOGEL, NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST JEWISH PRIME MINISTER, AND ASHER ASHER, THE FOUNDER OF ITS FIRST VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. |
EN4 | 05226 | TAPESTRY | | PLAIN, BELVA | LYNN HIMELFARB | THE CHARACTERS OF 'THE GOLDEN CUP' ENTER ADULTHOOD IN THIS NOVEL. |
EN4 | 05227 | NOW THESE ARE THE NAMES | A NEW ENGLISH RENDITION OF THE BOOK | FOX, EVERETT, TRANS. | DOROTHY AXELROTH | 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. |
EN4 | 05229 | 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. |
EN4 | 05230 | BAMBOO CRADLE | 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. |
EN4 | 05233 | PHYSICIAN | | GORDON, NOAH | HELEN DITTUS, RITA LEVINE, JACK SANDERS | THE ADVENTURES OF A CHRISTIAN ORPHAN BOY WHO IS APPRENTICED TO A BARBER-SURGEON AND HIS TREATMENT AS AN OUTSIDER LIVING AMONG JEWS AND MOSLEMS. |
EN4 | 05240 | SABBATH | ITS MEANING FOR MODERN MAN | HESCHEL, ABRAHAM JOSHUA | NANCY SCHIER | AN EXPOSITION OF THE SABBATH AND ITS EMBODIMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL REALITIES OF JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 05241 | LET US MAKE MAN | SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH JEWISHNESS | | | TWERSKI, A PSYCHIATRIST AND TORAH SCHOLAR, SUGGESTS A WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN COME TO KNOW AND VALUE THEMSELVES. |
EN4 | 05244 | LAZAR MALKIN ENTERS HEAVEN | | STERN, STEVE | SARAJEAN SHERK | NINE STORIES ABOUT JEWISH LIFE ON MYTHICAL NORTH MAIN STREET IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. |
EN4 | 05245 | TRAVELS | | AMICHAI, YEHUDA | ZOE LANTEIME BELTH | 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. |
EN4 | 05246 | NEW JEWISH CUISINE | | BERKOWITZ, GILA | CYNTHIA BLASENSTEIN & BEVERLY FRIEDLER | RECIPES FOR JEWISH DISHES THAT EMPHASIZE HEALTHFUL INGREDIENTS. INCLUDES SECTIONS ON VEGETARIAN, HOLIDAY, AND ISRAELI FOODS. |
EN4 | 05251 | DEATH OF METHUSELAH AND OTHER STORIES | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SYLVIA LEVINSON | THESE STORIES, SET IN BIBLICAL TIMES, PRE-WORLD WAR II POLAND, AND THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY, ALLUDE TO THE HOLOCAUST, TO THE ROOTLESSNESS OF EXILE, AND TO BETRAYAL. |
EN4 | 05252 | HOTEL SAVOY | | ROTH, JOSEPH | ELEANOR SCHICK | SET IN A GREY INDUSTRIAL TOWN IN EASTERN EUROPE, THE NARRATOR HAS BEEN A PRISONER OF WAR IN SIBERIA. THIS IS A COMPELLING EVOCATION AND PARABLE OF EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS. |
EN4 | 05254 | SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE JEWS, | LATE MIDDLE AGES AND ERA OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION,1200-1650 | BARON, SALO WITTMAYER | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | THIS VOLUME LOOKS AT THE ROLE OF THE JEWS IN THE COLLAPSING BYZANTINE EMPIRE AND THE REMNANTS OF THAT CIVILIZATION. |
EN4 | 05255 | BUTCHER'S THEATER | | KELLERMAN, JONATHAN | BEA DAVIS | WHEN THE MUTILATED BODY OF AN ARAB GIRL IS FOUND, INSPECTOR SHARAVI OF THE JERUSALEM POLICE MUST USE HIS WITS AND THE ETHNIC INFORMATION PROVIDED BY HIS ASSISTANTS TO FIND THE KILLER WHO IS STALKING INHABITANTS OF THE CITY. |
EN4 | 05256 | MURDER IN YIDDISH | | HAIBLUM, ISIDORE | MELVIN DAVIS | JIM SHAW'S INVESTIGATION OF AN EX-POLICE OFFICER TAKES ON A NEW TWIST WHEN HIS ELDERLY JEWISH NEIGHBOR IS BEATEN TO DEATH. IN ORDER TO SOLVE HIS CASE AND PREVENT ANOTHER CRIME, SHAW MUST UNCOVER THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE TWO PEOPLE. |
EN4 | 05258 | MISS AMERICA, 1945 | BESS MYERSON'S OWN STORY | DWORKIN, SUSAN | R. FRANKFORT/ R. LEVINE/J. BRONITSKY | THIS BIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON THE PERIOD WHEN MYERSON WON THE MISS AMERICA TITLE AND PAINTS A PORTRAIT OF THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR ERA. |
EN4 | 05262 | JOKES OF OPPRESSION | THE HUMOR OF SOVIET JEWS | HARRIS, DAVID A.; RABINOVICH, IZRAIL | ADELINE MAREMONT | A COLLECTION OF JOKES THAT FINDS HUMOR IN THE OFTEN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES OF BEING A JEW IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. |
EN4 | 05264 | JACKIE OY! | JACKIE MASON FROM BIRTH TO REBIRTH | MASON, JACKIE; GROSS, KEN | JACK LACKS, MON. CELE SAFER & GERTRUDE ROSENBERG | PEPPERED WITH IRREVERENT COMMENTARY, MASON CHRONICLES HIS PROFESSIONAL FALL AND RISE AND DESCRIBES HIS STRUGGLES AS AN IMMIGRANT'S SON AND A TENTH GENERATION RABBI WHO DREAMED OF A LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS. |
EN4 | 05265 | CAN'T HELP SINGIN' | THE AMERICAN MUSICAL ON STAGE | MAST, GERALD | RUBELLE SCHAFFLER | AN EXAMINATION OF THE LAST 100 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL. THE AUTHOR ALSO EXPLORES WHY MANY OF THE LEADING COMPOSERS WERE JEWISH. |
EN4 | 05267 | RHYTHMS OF JEWISH LIVING | A SEPHARDIC APPROACH | ANGEL, MARC D. | SARENE MYERS | 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. |
EN4 | 05268 | SEASON OF THE JEW | | SHADBOLT, MAURICE | FAITH GARFIELD, CELE SAFER & JACK SANDERS | THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON AN ACTUAL MAORI REVOLT AGAINST THE BRITISH IN NEW ZEALAND FROM 1868 THROUGH 1869. |
EN4 | 05271 | FACTS | A NOVELIST'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY | ROTH, PHILIP | SYLVIA LEVINSON | IN THIS MEMOIR, AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SEQUEL TO 'THE COUNTERLIFE,' ROTH RELATES THE FIRST 35 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, BEGINNING WITH HIS LOWER MIDDLE-CLASS JEWISH CHILDHOOD IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND ENDING WITH THE CULTURAL TURBULENCE THAT LED HIM TO WRITE 'PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT' IN 1969. |
EN4 | 05281 | STRIVE FOR TRUTH (PARTS I & II) (MICHTAV ME'ELIYAHU) | | DESSLER, ELIYAHU E., RABBI | BERNICE G. DAVIS | ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW, THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE IDEAS OF A TWENTIETH-CENTURY PROPONENT OF THE MUSSAR (ETHICS) MOVEMENT. (PART 1 & 2) |
EN4 | 05283 | GREAT JEWS IN SPORTS | | SLATER, ROBERT | HARRY M. GARTEN | 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. |
EN4 | 05287 | BOOK OF ADAM TO MOSES | | SEGAL, LORE | CORRINNE SHAFTEL | THE AUTHOR RETELLS BIBLE STORIES FOR CHILDREN. |
EN4 | 05288 | SHINING THROUGH | | ISAACS, SUSAN | EVE HABERMAN | SET IN NEW YORK, WASHINGTON AND BERLIN DURING WORLD WAR II, THIS IS THE STORY OF HOW A SERIES OF EVENTS TRANSFORM AN ORDINARY SECRETARY INTO A HEROIC SPY WHO UNDERTAKES A DANGEROUS MISSION TO HELP SAVE HER COUNTRY. |
EN4 | 05289 | KING OF THE FIELDS | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | RUTH SHERMAN | SINGER'S INTERPRETATION OF PRIMITIVE HISTORY DEPICTS THE TRANSITION OF POLAND FROM A HUNTER-GATHERER SOCIETY TO A SOCIETY BASED ON AGRICULTURE. |
EN4 | 05290 | GOLDA | GOLDA MEIR:THE ROMANTIC YEARS | MARTIN, RALPH G. | DOROTHY MASKIN | THIS INFORMAL NARRATIVE FOLLOWS THE FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL FROM HER FIRST EIGHT YEARS IN KIEV, WHERE SHE WAS BORN IN 1893, TO AMERICA AND ENDS IN 1948 WITH THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05292 | BLESSING AND THE CURSE | | BAYER, LINDA | HARRY BERENHOLTZ & SELMA BAUMGOLD | IN A NOVEL THAT EXPLORES THE DIFFICULTIES OF PARENTING WITHOUT MARRIAGE, A SINGLE MOTHER, WHO WORKS AS A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, FINDS FULFILLMENT IN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05300 | MIRACLE HATER | | HAREVEN, SHULAMITH | CORINNE SHAFTEL | 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' MIRACLES CAUSE ONLY PAIN. HE REMAINS IN THE DESERT, CYNICAL AND ALONE. |
EN4 | 05301 | JEW IN AMERICAN CINEMA | | ERENS, PATRICK | STANLEY KIRSCH | A CHRONOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SHIFTING TYPOLOGY OF JEWISH CHARACTER TYPES IN MOVIES. THE AUTHOR CHARTS THE JEW'S CHANGING POSITION AS OUTSIDER OR INSIDER AND EXAMINES HOW JEWISH PRESSURE GROUPS AND EXECUTIVES SOUGHT TO LIMIT HIGHLY NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES. |
EN4 | 05305 | JACOB THE BAKER | | BEN SHEA, NOAH | JUDITH PAKIER | AN ENTIRE TOWN SEEKS THE ADVICE OF A PIOUS BAKER AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY BAKES A NOTE OF PERSONAL REFLECTION INTO ONE OF HIS LOAVES. |
EN4 | 05306 | BASIC JUDAISM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE | VOLUME ONE - ISRAEL | PASACHOFF, NAOMI | EDITH PERMAN | THE MOST COMMON WORDS IN THE JEWISH VOCABULARY-THE ONES THAT HAVE TRANSMITTED THE ESSENCE OF JEWISH IDENTITY DOWN THROUGH THE AGES-ARE STEEPED IN HISTORY AND TRADITION AND LAYERS OF MEANING. HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THEM IN TERMS THE YOUNG STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND TODAY? THIS VOLUME USES CONCEPTS TO TEACH HISTORY, TELLS STORIES TO TEACH MORALITY, AND INTRODUCES HEROES TO TEACH VALUES. |
EN4 | 05310 | LEGENDS OF ZIONS | | KAHANA, S. Z., DR. | SHIRLEY KALB | WHEN MYSTICS VISIT SACRED, HEAVENLY SITES, THEY MAKE THEIR ENTRY AND EXIT THROUGH SEVEN GATE, USING EACH ACCORDING TO THE OCCASION AND THE SEASON OF THE YEAR. THESE SEVEN GATES ARE CONNECTED WITH THE SEVEN STARRY FIRMAMENTS, WITH THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK AND THE 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK BELONG TO THOSE LEGENDARY TALES WHICH CLING TO THE ZODIAC. |
EN4 | 05311 | DEAR ANN, DEAR ABBY | THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF ANN | POTTKER, JAN; SPECIALE, BOB | CHARLOTTE MEYER | THE STORY OF TWINS, 'EPPIE' AND 'POPO' FRIEDMAN, WHO WENT ON TO BECOME THE WELL-KNOWN ADVICE COLUMNISTS, 'DEAR ANN' AND 'DEAR ABBY.' |
EN4 | 05318 | GREAT JEWISH DEBATES AND DILEMMAS | JEWISH PERSPECTIVES ON MORAL ISSUE | VORSPAN, ALBERT | | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES JEWISH LIBERALISM FROM ALL SIDES OF THE DEBATE AND WONDERS WHETHER IT IS TIME TO RECONSIDER 'TRADITIONAL' JEWISH LIBERALISM. |
EN4 | 05320 | ROAD TO EIN HAROD | | KENAN, AMOS | SYLVIA ESTES | 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. |
EN4 | 05326 | VOLUNTEERS | | SCLIAR, MOACYR | SYLVIA JACOBS | 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. |
EN4 | 05327 | LEAVING BARNEY | | MOSKOWITZ, BETTE ANN | SARAH LEE CASE | WHEN BARNEY GOODMAN ACCIDENTALLY DIES, HE LEAVES HIS WIDOW WITH A BOOKSTORE IN A DECLINING NEIGHBORHOOD AND A NUMBER OF MYSTERIES TO BE UNRAVELED. |
EN4 | 05329 | OPERATION BABYLON | | HILLEL, SHLOMO | JUDITH TESSER | THE STORY OF THE 1955 AIRLIFT OF 125,000 JEWS TO ISRAEL AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE AUTHOR, AN ISRAELI POLITICIAN WHO WAS AN UNDERCOVER AGENT AT THE TIME. |
EN4 | 05330 | WHITE LIES | | SALAMON, JULIE | MILDRED WEISBLATT | THIS IS A STORY OF LIES, THE ONES CREATED TO PROTECT JAMAICA AND HER SISTER, AND THE LIES THAT ARE PART OF JAMAICA'S CAREER AS A JOURNALIST. EVENTUALLY THE LIES ARE EXPOSED WHEN JAMAICA'S JOB LEADS HER INTO A CONFRONTATION WITH HER PARENT'S HIDDEN PAST. |
EN4 | 05332 | MACCABEAN REVOLT | ANATOMY OF A BIBLICAL REVOLUTION | HARRINGTON, DANIEL J. | DOROTHY AXELROTH | A STUDY OF THE BOOKS OF DANIEL AND MACCABEES, INTENDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STORY OF THE MACCABEAN REVOLT. |
EN4 | 05335 | BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY | | DESAI, ANITA | RITA LEVINE | AS A YOUNG JEWISH BOY, HUGO BAUMGARTNER WAS FORCED TO LEAVE HIS FAMILY AND HIS COUNTRY WHEN HITLER CAME TO POWER. ENDING UP IN BOMBAY, WHERE HE SPENDS THE REST OF HIS LIFE ALONE, BAUMGARTNER EMBODIES THE WANDERER'S SENSE OF DISPLACEMENT AND EMOTIONAL DETACHMENT. |
EN4 | 05336 | ARABESQUES | | SHAMMAS, ANTON | E. WORTHEIMER | THE AUTHOR, A PALESTINIAN CHRISTIAN, WRITES A HISTORY OF HIS YOUTH IN AN ARAB VILLAGE IN THE GALILEE. FANATICISM AND SUPERSTITION ARE COUPLED WITH THE PLEASURES AND PAINS OF PEASANT LIFE. A FRACTURED NARRATIVE AND SHIFTING CHRONOLOGY GIVE THE BOOK ITS DESCRIPTION AS A WORK OF FICTION. |
EN4 | 05337 | SEE UNDER LOVE | | GROSSMAN, DAVID | RUBELLE SCHOFLER | SET IN ISRAEL IN 1959, THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON MOMIK, A NINE-YEAR-OLD CHILD OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO HAS LEARNED TO HIDE HIS FEELINGS AND SHIELD HIMSELF FROM ALL ATTACHMENTS. BUT WHEN HUMANITY TOUCHES HIM, MOMIK REALIZES THAT GOODNESS CAN EXIST ALONGSIDE THE HORRORS OF HISTORY. |
EN4 | 05338 | FROM THE MACCABEES TO THE MISHNAH | | COHEN, SHAYE J.D. | ELEANOR SCHICK | A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF JEWS AND JUDAISM FROM 160 THROUGH 63 B.C.E. |
EN4 | 05340 | GOLDEN CUP | | PLAIN, BELVA | NORMA FLASTER | 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. |
EN4 | 05343 | SHAWL | A STORY AND A NOVELLA | OZICK, CYNTHIA | AMY GOLDBERG | 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. |
EN4 | 05346 | MAVERICK RABBI | | REICHEL, AARON I. | BERNICE PERLMAN & MIRIAM BENDER | THE BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI HERBERT GOLDSTEIN, FOUNDER OF THE INSTITUTIONAL SYNAGOGUE IN HARLEM, A FORERUNNER OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, AND THE FIRST AMERICAN-BORN, IVY LEAGUE-EDUCATED ORTHODOX RABBI. |
EN4 | 05350 | DEVIL'S SPY | | HASTINGS, MICHAEL | BARBARA JUSTER | RUTH MENDELSON, A SPY FOR THE BRITISH, IS ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE TURKISH COMMAND WHEN THEY COMPEL HER TO SPY ON THE BRITISH OR HER FATHER WILL BE KILLED. |
EN4 | 05353 | LAST PRINCESS | | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | RUTH FRANKFURT, RITA LEVINE & JACK SAUNDERS | SET IN NEW YORK CITY'S UPPER EAST SIDE, HOLLYWOOD, AND THE ISRAELI DESERT THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF LILY GOODHUE AND HARRY KOHLE, AN INTERMARRIED COUPLE. |
EN4 | 05361 | FIVE SEASONS | | YEHOSHUA, A.B. | LYNN HIMELFARB | 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. |
EN4 | 05363 | MASTER OF THE RETURN | | REICH, TOVA | SYLVIA ESTES | A SOCIAL PARODY ABOUT ISRAELI PENITENTS, TRANSFORMED INTO ZEALOTS, WHO BECOME INTOXICATED BY THE HASIDISM OF RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV. |
EN4 | 05364 | IF NOT NOW, WHEN? | | LEVI, PRIMO | CONSTANCE WARSHOWSKY | THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS THE JEW NOT AS A VICTIM OF NAZISM, BUT AS A FIGHTER, AFFIRMING HIS HUMANITY AGAINST IMPOSSIBLE ODDS. |
EN4 | 05365 | TEVYE THE DAIRYMAN AND THE RAILROAD STORIES | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | SUSAN WINOGRAD | THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES IS A SERIES OF VIGNETTES OF SHTETL LIFE IN THE JEWISH PALE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I |
EN4 | 05366 | RAGMAN'S SON | | DOUGLAS, KIRK | EDITH FRIEDMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 05368 | WHO NEEDS GOD | | KUSHNER, HAROLD, RABB | STANLEY R. BRAV | THE AUTHOR ASSERTS THAT EVERYONE NEEDS GOD AND INSISTS THAT GOD HEARS PEOPLE EVEN WHEN THEY PROTEST DIVINE 'MISHANDLING' OF THEIR AFFAIRS. |
EN4 | 05369 | CENTAUR IN THE GARDEN | | SCLIAR, MOACYR | FLORENCE JABLON | A FANTASY ABOUT A CENTAUR WHO IS BORN INTO A JEWISH FAMILY. HE JOINS A CIRCUS WHERE HE MARRIES A FEMALE CENTAUR WHO ALSO DREAMS OF BEING 'NORMAL.' |
EN4 | 05372 | ADVENTURES OF MENACHEM MENDL | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | SARENE MEYERS | 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. |
EN4 | 05375 | BERNSTEIN | A BIOGRAPHY | PEYSER, JOAN | ESTELLE ADEN | THE AUTHOR TRACES BERNSTEIN'S LIFE, FROM HIS BOSTON CHILDHOOD AND TIN PAN ALLEY APPRENTICESHIP TO HIS CAREER AS A CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER. |
EN4 | 05377 | FESTIVAL OF ESTHER | THE STORY OF PURIM | SILVERMAN, MAIDA | | A SIMPLE RETELLING OF THE PURIM STORY INCLUDING A RECIPE FOR 'HAMENTASCHEN.' |
EN4 | 05378 | FOR EVERY SIN | | APPELFELD, AHARON | | THIS NOVEL PORTRAYS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, WHO SPENT FOUR YEARS IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, TENTATIVELY JOINING THE COMPANY OF SURVIVORS. |
EN4 | 05379 | WASTELAND | | SINCLAIR, JO | ALICE ARLOW | 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. |
EN4 | 05381 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS. VOL. 5 | | GRAETZ, HEINRICH | LILLIAN GLIXON | THE FIFTH VOLUME OF A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE BY THE GERMAN-JEWISH HISTORIAN. COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE CHMIELNICKI PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN POLAND IN 1648 UNTIL 1870. |
EN4 | 05383 | FINAL ANALYSIS OF DR. STARK | | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | ELISSA BAUM | WHILE SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF HIS FRIEND'S MURDER, RABBI WINTER, AN ORTHODOX RABBI, ALSO LEARNS A LESSON IN THE EVILS OF TALE-BEARING AND RUMOR-MONGERING. |
EN4 | 05384 | WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW ABOUT JUDAISM | 341 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JEWS | BULKA, REUVEN P., RABBI | ADELINE MARAMOUNT | RABBI BULKA CLARIFIES COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JEWISH LIFE ON SUCH TOPICS AS THE HOLIDAYS, RITUALS, LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS, AND TRADITIONS. SOURCES ARE ALSO PROVIDED. |
EN4 | 05391 | JESTERS | | MARKISH, DAVID | MURRAY GLANZ | 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. |
EN4 | 05392 | BELLAROSA CONNECTION | | BELLOW, SAUL | SYLVIA LEVINSON | THE AGING NARRATOR REMEMBERS AN ACQUAINTANCE WHO WAS SAVED FROM THE NAZIS AND, FOR YEARS, IS THWARTED IN HIS ATTEMPTS TO THANK HIS RESCUER. |
EN4 | 05394 | SUSTAINING UTTERANCE | DISCOURSES ON CHASIDIC THOUGHT | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | HELEN STEWART | A COMPANION VOLUME TO 'THE LONG SHORTER WAY,' IN WHICH STEINSALTZ CONTINUES HIS COMMENTARY ON THE 'TANYA,' THE CLASSIC CHASIDIC TEXT. THE BOOK DEALS WITH SEVERAL FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF JEWISH THOUGHT. |
EN4 | 05395 | LATECOMERS | | BROOKNER, ANITA | MULTIPLE | THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO MEN, FROM THEIR TRAGIC BEGINNINGS AS REFUGEES FROM GERMANY TO THEIR SUCCESS AS PARTNERS IN BUSINESS. |
EN4 | 05396 | MYSTIC QUEST | AN INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH MYSTICISM | ARIEL, DAVID S. | DR. IRVING KRAMER | A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM GEARED TO THE LAY READER. |
EN4 | 05398 | TERRITORY OF LIES | THE EXCLUSIVE STORY OF JONATHAN J. POLLARD | BLITZER, WOLF | KAREN LANDSMAN | 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 |
EN4 | 05399 | JACOB'S LADDER | | COLLINS, ALAN | BERNICE PERLMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 05401 | OUT OF MANY WATERS | | GREENE, JACQUELINE DEMBAR | LYNN HIMELFARB | 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. |
EN4 | 05402 | AGENTS OF INNOCENCE | | IGNATIUS, DAVID | JACK LACKS | A SPY NOVEL SET IN THE TURBULENCE OF THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST. INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF CHARACTERS EACH CONVINCED OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF HIS OR HER OWN GOAL. |
EN4 | 05404 | 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. |
EN4 | 05405 | IMMIGRANT'S DAUGHTER | | FAST, HOWARD | SARAJEAN SHERK | THIS FIFTH AND FINAL VOLUME OF THE LAVETTE FAMILY SAGA IS SET AGAINST THE TURBULENT BACKDROP OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND CENTERS ON THE POLITICAL AND PERSONAL LIFE OF BARBARA LAVETTE. |
EN4 | 05406 | JEWISH SPIRITUALITY I | FROM THE BIBLE TO THE MIDDLE AGES | GREEN, ARTHUR, ED. | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | 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. |
EN4 | 05408 | WALKER IN THE CITY | | KAZIN, ALFRED | MEL DAVIS | 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. |
EN4 | 05409 | 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. |
EN4 | 05410 | WAY OF TORAH | AN INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM. 4TH ED | NEUSNER, JACOB | JEROME BROOKMAN | THIS TEXT SURVEYS THE VARIETIES OF JEWISH BELIEF AND BEHAVIOR, MODERN JEWISH CULTURE, AND THE PERSISTENCE OF RABBINIC TRADITION. |
EN4 | 05411 | WHO WROTE THE BIBLE? | | FRIEDMAN, RICHARD ELLIOT | | AN EXAMINATION OF THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF THE FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE AND THEIR AUTHORSHIP. |
EN4 | 05412 | FOURTH STREET EAST | | WEIDMAN, JEROME | MIRIAM BLOSVERN | THIS NOVEL TELLS THE STORY OF BENNY KRAMER GROWING UP ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN IN THE 1920S. |
EN4 | 05413 | IT WASN'T ALL VELVET | | TORME, MEL | MARION HARRIS | IN HIS MEMOIR, TORME, THE CHICAGO-BORN SON OF RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, LOOKS BACK AT HIS YEARS IN SHOW BUSINESS. |
EN4 | 05419 | CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD ARAB | | KANIUK, YORAM | HARRY M. GARTEN | 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. |
EN4 | 05421 | GALUT | MODERN JEWISH REFLECTIONS ON HOMEL | EISEN, ARNOLD M. | IRVING W. KRAMER, DR | BY ANALYZING CLASSICAL SOURCES, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE POSSIBLE MEANINGS OF EXILE AND HOMECOMING. HE ASSERTS THAT CONTEMPORARY NOTIONS OF HOMELESSNESS ARE SHAPED BY THE WAY IT IS DEPICTED IN THE BIBLE AND RABBINIC LITERATURE. |
EN4 | 05422 | HAVA NAGILA | ABOUT THE SONG AND THE COMPOSER | FEINBERG, SHELDON | SHELDON FEINBERG | THE STORY OF MOSHE NATHANSON WHO AT AGE 12 WROTE THE WORDS TO THE FAMOUS SONG, HAVA NAGILA, IN JERUSALEM. HE LATER CAME TO THE U.S. WHERE HE BECAME A CANTOR, COMPOSER, MUSIC TEACHER, AND CONCERT ARTIST. |
EN4 | 05425 | KEEPING SECRETS | | SHANKMAN, SARAH | SARAH LEE KASE | EMMA FINE, AN INDEPENDENT JEWISH GIRL, SETS OUT FROM LOS ANGELES FOR ATLANTA AND NEW YORK TO FIND HER TRUE IDENTITY. WHEN SHE RETURNS HOME, SHE HAS A SURPRISING REVELATION ABOUT HER NATURAL PARENTS. |
EN4 | 05426 | JEWISH LEGENDS | | ZWEIG, STEFAN | ROBERT UCHITELLE | ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SWEDEN, THESE JEWISH STORIES WERE WRITTEN DURING THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 05438 | WHAT DINAH THOUGHT | | METZGER, DEENA | CAROL LOWENSTEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 05440 | MITLA PASS | | URIS, LEON | BILL ARONSON | 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. |
EN4 | 05444 | OTHER JEWS | THE SEPHARDIM TODAY | ELAZAR, DANIEL J. | SYLVIA HORENSTEIN | ELAZAR OVERTURNS STEREOTYPES AND CHALLENGES WIDELY-HELD ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SEPHARDIM IN ISRAEL AND PROVIDES READERS WITH A TOUR OF SEPHARDI COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 05446 | HANK GREENBERG | THE STORY OF MY LIFE | GREENBERG, HANK | RICHARD HANAU | GREENBERG RECOUNTS HIS YEARS AS THE FIRST JEWISH BASEBALL PLAYER, A SUCCESSFUL BASEBALL MANAGER, AND AN INVESTMENT BROKER. |
EN4 | 05451 | BORROWED TIME | | JACKONT, AMNON | TRUDY CUTLER | THE NOVEL SHIFTS BETWEEN SEVERAL OF ITS MAIN ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN CHARACTERS AS IT STRUGGLES TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: IS ISRAEL WORTH THE PAIN, FOR JEWS, THAT IS NECESSARY TO KEEP IT ALIVE AS A NATION? |
EN4 | 05454 | DEVIL AND THE JEWS | THE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTION OF THE JEW | TRACHTENBERG, JOSHUA | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | THIS WORK ADDRESSES BOTH THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEDIEVAL CONCEPTION OF THE JEW AS DEVIL. USING DOCUMENTS, ANALYSIS, AND ILLUSTRATION, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS THE VARIOUS DEMONIC GUISES ATTRIBUTED TO THE JEW SUCH AS SORCERER, RITUAL MURDERER, HERETIC, USERER, AND INFIDEL. |
EN4 | 05457 | BREAKING FROM THE KGB | | SHAINBERG, MAURICE | N/A | FORCED TO ASSUME A NON-JEWISH IDENTITY DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF POLAND, THE AUTHOR TELLS OF HIS YEARS AS AN AGENT IN THE SOVIET-DOMINATED POLISH KGB AND THE EVENTS LEADING TO HIS DEFECTION TO THE WEST. |
EN4 | 05461 | CYNTHIA OZICK | | LOWIN, JOSEPH | ELEANOR SCHICK | A COMPREHENSIVE AND CRITICAL TREATMENT OF THE NOVELIST AND ESSAYIST. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES BIOGRAPHICAL DETAIL ON OZICK'S LIFE AND OFFERS KEYS TO UNRAVELING THE MEANING BEHIND HER POEMS AND STORIES. |
EN4 | 05467 | JERUSALEM | CITY OF MIRRORS | ELON, AMOS | BARBARA JUSTER & JEANNE KAISER | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES JERUSALEM'S BIBLICAL LANDSCAPE AGAINST A PAST AND PRESENT CHOKED WITH RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL STRIFE. |
EN4 | 05472 | BROOKLYN BOY | | LELCHUK, ALAN | MEL DAVIS | THE STORY OF ALAN SCHLOSSBERG, WHO IS COMING OF AGE IN POST-DEPRESSION BROOKLYN. ALAN STRUGGLES WITH HIS FATHER'S BITTERNESS AND COMMITMENT TO STALINISM AND HIS OWN ENTHRALLMENT WITH ALL THINGS AMERICAN. |
EN4 | 05474 | NEW FACE IN THE MIRROR | | DAYAN, YAEL | ADELINE MAIRMONT | THE STORY OF AN ISRAELI COLONEL'S DAUGHTER WHO REBELS AGAINST HER MILITARY TRAINING BUT MATURES BECAUSE OF THE EXPERIENCE. |
EN4 | 05476 | TRIBE OF DINA | A JEWISH WOMAN'S ANTHOLOGY | KAYE-KANTROWITZ, M; KLEPFISZ IRENA | SARENE MEYERS | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, POETRY, ESSAYS AND INTERVIEWS THAT CELEBRATE THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING A JEWISH WOMAN. |
EN4 | 05481 | ESSAYS IN JEWISH THEOLOGY | | COHON, SAMUEL S. | | ESSAYS THAT EXPLORE CONCEPTS SUCH AS AUTHORITY IN JUDAISM, ORIGINAL SIN, PROSELYTISM, AND THE PLACE OF JERUSALEM IN JEWISH TRADITION. |
EN4 | 05484 | AFTER THE HOLIDAYS | | KENAZ, YEHOSHUA | HELEN STEWART | 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. |
EN4 | 05485 | SEARCH MY HEART | | BIRNHACK, SARAH | MARILYN PERELMAN | THE STORY OF A SHELTERED ONLY CHILD FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, WHOSE SEARCH FOR INDEPENDENCE FORCES HER TO CONFRONT IDENTITY ISSUES. DEPICTIONS OF THE SETTING REVEAL THE DEEP DIVISIONS AND HIDDEN CONTROVERSIES WITHIN THE JEWISH WORLD. |
EN4 | 05486 | SUMMER WORLD | THE ATTEMPT TO BUILD A JEWISH EDEN | KANFER, STEFAN | SYLVIA LEVINSON | THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS FROM 1753 THROUGH THE 1970S. |
EN4 | 05488 | GODS OF RAQUEL | | SCLIAR, MOACYR | CLAIRE LAWRENCE | 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. |
EN4 | 05494 | PEOPLE | AND UNCOLLECTED STORIES | MALAMUD, BERNARD | LYNN HIMMELFARB | THE NOVEL, 'THE PEOPLE,' UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF MALAMUD'S DEATH, IS PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION, BUT INCLUDES THE AUTHOR'S NOTES FOR ITS CONCLUSION. IT TELLS THE STORY OF YOZIP BLOOM, AN IMMIGRANT PEDDLER, WHO BECOMES CHIEF OF AN INDIAN TRIBE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 14 SHORT STORIES. |
EN4 | 05497 | JUDAISM AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS | | BAMBERGER, DAVID | SARENE MYERS | 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 |
EN4 | 05499 | ALTRUISTIC PERSONALITY | RESCUERS OF JEWS IN NAZI EUROPE | OLINER, SAMUEL P.; OLINER, PEARL | | BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH 700 RESCUERS OF JEWS DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION, THE AUTHORS EXPLORE THE MOTIVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF THOSE WHO AIDED JEWS WHILE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER. |
EN4 | 05502 | 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. |
EN4 | 05504 | PILLARS OF FIRE | | SHAGAN, STEVE | SPANIER, ROSE | IT IS 1992 AND JERUSALEM AND TEL AVIV ARE TARGETED FOR DESTRUCTION BY LIBYA WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPLIED BY PAKISTAN. CAN ISRAEL, WITH THE HELP OF A CIA AGENT WHO IS UNDERGOING HIS OWN CRISIS, STOP THEM? |
EN4 | 05506 | JERICHO MOSAIC | | WHITTEMORE, EDWARD | | 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. |
EN4 | 05512 | SACRED FRAGMENTS | RECOVERING THEOLOGY FOR THE MODERN JEW | 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. |
EN4 | 05514 | HEALER OF SHATTERED HEARTS | A JEWISH VIEW OF GOD | WOLPE, DAVID J. | JEAN MARKS | 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. |
EN4 | 05518 | YEARS FROM NOW | | GLICKMAN, GARY | ALFRED KNOPF | THE NOVEL DEPICTS THE STRUGGLES OF ZELLIE'S FAMILY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY AND THE DISAPPOINTMENTS THAT ZELLIE EXPERIENCED IN HER LIFE. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, ZELLIE MUST COPE WITH HER GAY SON AND HIS INSISTENCE ON AFFIRMING HIS JEWISH IDENTITY. |
EN4 | 05519 | GROWING WITH MY CHILDREN | A JEWISH MOTHER'S STORY | SHAPIRO, SARAH | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | BASED ON HER DIARY, THE AUTHOR CHRONICLES THREE YEARS IN HER LIFE AS A HOMEMAKER AND MOTHER TO SIX YOUNG CHILDREN. SHAPIRO SHARES THE DAY-TO-DAY STRUGGLES AND JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD AND TELLS OF HER OWN SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. |
EN4 | 05520 | OCTOBER IN CAIRO | | CRUZ, M. | LYNNE KUSHNER | WHILE IN CAIRO TO COVER THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1973 OCTOBER WAR, JOURNALIST LUZ GRACIDA BECOMES INVOLVED IN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS, PLOTS TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT, AND A NEW RELATIONSHIP. |
EN4 | 05522 | MY MICHAEL | | OZ, AMOS | ALYCE DOMENITZ | HANNAH, AN ISRAELI HOUSEWIFE TRAPPED IN A MONOTONOUS LIFE, SPINS A FANTASY WORLD OF VIOLENCE INVOLVING ARAB TWINS SHE HAD BEEN FRIENDLY WITH AS A YOUNG GIRL. ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, HIS AUNTS, AND HER SON, HANNAH SYMBOLIZES THE CHANGING CONSCIENCES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF ISRAELIS. |
EN4 | 05528 | EICHMANN IN MY HANDS | | MALKIN, PETER Z.; STEIN, HARRY | JEANNE BAUMGARTEN | THE AUTHOR, A MEMBER OF THE ISRAELI SECRET POLICE, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CAPTURE OF ADOLF EICHMANN. HERE HE REVEALS THE DETAILS BEHIND THE OPERATION AS WELL AS CONVERSATIONS HE HAD WITH THE NOTORIOUS NAZI OFFICER. |
EN4 | 05536 | SEVENTH CROSS | | SEGHERS, ANNA | SUSAN WINOGRAD & NAOMI MUNTER | A NOVEL THAT LOOKS AT REPRESSION IN RURAL GERMANY BEFORE FASCISM RAGED ACROSS EUROPE. |
EN4 | 05537 | MORTAL SINS | | PORTER, ANNA | SARENE MEYERS | WHEN RECLUSIVE FINANCIER PAUL ZIMMERMAN DIES SUDDENLY OF A HEART ATTACK, TORONTO-BASED JOURNALIST, JUDITH HAYES, IS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT HE IS CONNECTED TO THE DEATH OF HARVEY SINGER, A RETIRED CLOTHING MANUFACTURER. THE CONNECTION REMAINS INEXPLICABLE UNTIL HAYES TRAVELS TO HUNGARY TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY. |
EN4 | 05539 | PLANETHOOD | THE KEY TO YOUR SURVIVAL AND PROSPERITY | FERENCZ, BENJAMIN B.; KEYES, KEN, JR | SERENE MEYERS | THE AUTHORS PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE PEOPLE CAN DO TO CREATE PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 05540 | CAVALIER OF MALAGA | | RAPHAEL, DAVID | BARBARA JUSTER | ALBERTO GALANTE, FLEEING THE SPANISH INQUISITION, BECOMES AN EXILE IN HIS OWN COUNTRY AS HE ATTEMPTS TO SLIP THROUGH THE TRAPS AND SNARES OF THE HOLY TRIBUNAL. A COMPANION NOVEL TO 'THE ALHAMBRA DECREE,' THIS STORY DRAWS READERS INTO THE WORLD OF THE SECRET JEWS WHO PRETEND TO BE CHRISTIANS IN FIFTEENTH-CENTURY SPAIN. |
EN4 | 05542 | TREASURY OF JEWISH ANECDOTES | | EPSTEIN, LAWRENCE J. | SARAJEAN SHERK | THE ANECDOTES INCLUDED ARE ABOUT A VARIETY OF JEWISH PERSONALITIES FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT AND WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR ABILITY TO PROVOKE LAUGHTER OR TEARS, ILLUMINATE A CHARACTER, OR TEACH A MORAL LESSON. |
EN4 | 05544 | EXTRAS | | KARLIN, WAYNE | ESTELLE I. SILVERMAN | EZRA BRENNER, AN ALCOHOLIC, REPORTS TO THE ISRAELI SECRET POLICE WHILE MARYAM HALIM, AN EMBITTERED ARAB WHO GREW UP WITH EZRA, REPORTS TO THE PLO. WHEN THE TWO ARE REUNITED AND A RELATIONSHIP EVOLVES, COMPLICATIONS ENSUE AS THEY ARE TRAPPED IN A MAELSTROM OF POLITICS AND HISTORY. |
EN4 | 05545 | RALPH LAUREN | | TRACHTENBERG, JEFFREY A. | EDITH GIFFORDS | THE RAGS-TO-RICHES STORY ABOUT THE CREATOR OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL APPAREL COMPANIES. |
EN4 | 05549 | WHY I AM A REFORM JEW | | SYME, DANIEL B., RABBI | AMY GOLDBERGER | 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. |
EN4 | 05550 | JEPTHE'S DAUGHTER | | RAGEN, NAOMI | EVE HABERMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 05552 | ANTI-SEMITISM | A DISEASE OF THE MIND | RUBIN, THEODORE ISAAC, M.D. | CLARA LYNN SPECTOR | RUBIN, A PSYCHIATRIST, EXPLORES THE MIND OF THE ANTI-SEMITE, PINPOINTING THE DYNAMICS OF THE BIGOTRY FROM ITS MILDER TO ITS MORE VIRULENT FORMS. ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, ANTI-SEMITISM IS A 'SYMBOL SICKNESS' IN WHICH THE JEW IS TURNED INTO AN OBJECT OF THE BIGOT'S PROJECTED GUILT AND SELF-HATE. |
EN4 | 05561 | PROPHET | | HAREVEN, SHULAMITH | ADELINE MAREMONT | 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. |
EN4 | 05562 | AFTER THE REVOLUTION | STUDIES IN THE CONTEMPORARY JEWISH | SHECHNER, MARK | VIRGINIA SADOCK | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE LIVES OF POST-WORLD WAR II JEWISH WRITERS WHOSE LITERARY WORKS EVOLVED FROM THEIR POLITICS. INCLUDED ARE NORMAN MAILER, CALVIN TRILLING, AND SAUL BELLOW. |
EN4 | 05568 | HEALER | | APPELFELD, AHARON | RUBELLA SCHAFLER | 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. |
EN4 | 05579 | BLOOD LIBELS | | SINCLAIR, CLIVE | JUDY BOMBECK | THE STORY OF JACOB SILKSTONE, A WRITER AND ADULTERER, WHOSE MOST INNOCENT ACTS SEEM TO PROVOKE CHAOS AS HE SEEKS TO FIND A MORAL ROUTE IN WHICH TO NAVIGATE HIS LIFE. |
EN4 | 05580 | GREAT LETTER E | | SCHOR, SANDRA | ROSALIE ROTTENBACH | 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. |
EN4 | 05582 | FIRST PAPERS | | HOBSON, LAURA Z. | DONALD GISENBERG | 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. |
EN4 | 05584 | THIS IS THE TORAH | | KOLATCH, ALFRED J. | MILDRED WEISBLATT | 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. |
EN4 | 05585 | COLLABORATORS | | HILL, REGINALD | HARRY M. GARTEN | SET IN PARIS DURING WORLD WAR II, THE NOVEL CENTERS ON JEAN-PAUL SIMONIAN, A JEW, HIS WIFE, JANINE, AND GUNTHER MAI, A GERMAN OFFICER WHO BEFRIENDS JANINE TO KEEP TRACK OF HER HUSBAND'S ACTIVITIES IN THE FRENCH RESISTANCE. THE CONFLICT BETWEEN SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS DEMONSTRATED AS GUNTHER REALIZES HE LOVES JANINE. |
EN4 | 05586 | BEYOND THE TEXT | A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO LITURGY | HOFFMAN, LAWRENCE A. | MARK YAHOLEM | A STUDY OF JEWISH LITURGY THAT DRAWS ON THE SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY, AND PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION, SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, PHENOMENOLOGY, AND SEMIOTICS. THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE SOCIOCULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WORSHIPPING COMMUNITY, EXAMINING THE MEANING OF THEIR PRAYERS, THEIR RITUALIZED PATTERNS, AND THEIR CONSTRUCTS. |
EN4 | 05589 | FREUD'S VIENNA AND OTHER ESSAYS | | BETTELHEIM, BRUNO | JUDITH TESSER | 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. |
EN4 | 05591 | MAIMONIDES | TORAH AND PHILOSOPHIC QUEST | HARTMAN, DAVID | DOROTHY AXEL | THE AUTHOR COMPARES THE HALACHIC WRITINGS OF MAIMONIDES, THE TWELFTH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER, WITH HIS MAJOR PHILOSOPHICAL WORK, 'GUIDE TO THE PERPLEXED.' HARTMAN ASSERTS THAT MAIMONIDES GOAL WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT JUDAISM CAN EXIST HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH. |
EN4 | 05596 | MIRIAM'S WELL | RITUALS FOR JEWISH WOMEN AROUND THE YEAR | ADELMAN, PENINA V. | ESTHER GERSTEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 05598 | MAX AND THE CATS | | SCLIAR, MOACYR | BEVERLY STERN | 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. |
EN4 | 05600 | FROM THE KINGDOM OF MEMORY | REMINISCENCES | WIESEL, ELIE | JEAN MARKS | IN THESE ESSAYS AND SPEECHES, WIESEL, THE NOBEL PEACE-WINNING AUTHOR, RECOUNTS BOTH THE HISTORICAL AND PERSONAL MOMENTS IN HIS LIFE. INCLUDED ARE HIS RETURN TRIP TO AUSCHWITZ, TREBLINKA, AND BIRKENAU, HIS CASTIGATION OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISTS, HIS 1986 NOBEL LECTURE, AND HIS CHILDHOOD. |
EN4 | 05601 | BARBARA WALTERS | AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY | OPPENHEIMER, JERRY | HAROLD SIEGELL | 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. |
EN4 | 05603 | JOURNEY FROM PRAGUE STREET | | 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. |
EN4 | 05607 | JEWS IN AMERICA | FOUR CENTURIES OF AN UNEASY ENCOUNTER | HERTZBERG, ARTHUR | CHARLOTTE MEYER | 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. |
EN4 | 05608 | I'LL TAKE IT | | RUDNICK, PAUL | BETTY ZOLAT | THE THREE ELDERLY ESKER SISTERS, IDA, POLA AND HEDY, AND HEDY'S SON JOE, GO ON A SHOPPING SPREE THROUGH A SERIES OF NEW ENGLAND OUTLETS. THEY INTEND TO SHOP UNTIL THEY DROP AND, TO JOE'S SURPRISE, TO STEAL MUCH OF WHAT THEY PICK OUT. |
EN4 | 05610 | WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT GUILT | LEARNING TO LIVE WITH IT SINCE WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IT | WECHSLER, HARLAN J. | MARIAN FELDINGER | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE CAUSES OF GUILT AND OFFERS GUIDELINES ON HOW TO RESPOND TO IT APPROPRIATELY. |
EN4 | 05613 | COUNTERLIFE | | ROTH, PHILIP | ALYCE DOMENITZ | 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. |
EN4 | 05616 | ONLY YESTERDAY | | LEAHY, SYRELL ROGOVIN | | LEE STEIN BRAVES HER FAMILY'S OPPOSITION TO STUDY IN GERMANY WHERE SHE MEETS HER FUTURE HUSBAND. TWENTY YEARS LATER, DIVORCED AND SEEKING A CAREER CHANGE, LEE RETURNS TO GERMANY TO THE SECRET SHE NEVER SHARED. |
EN4 | 05624 | FUNNIEST MAN IN THE WORLD | THE WILD AND CRAZY HUMOR OF EPHRAIM KISHON | KISHON, EPHRAIM | MEL DAVIS | KISHON'S STORIES FIND HUMOR IN THE DETAILS THAT MAKE UP EVERYDAY LIFE. THROUGH HIS CAST OF ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS, THE AUTHOR MANAGES TO SKEWER EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING FROM THE TAX AUTHORITIES TO THE NEIGHBORS TO DOMESTIC APPLIANCES AND FAMILY PETS. |
EN4 | 05631 | CITIZEN COHN | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROY COHN | VON HOFFMAN, NICHOLAS | HELEN DITTUS | BOTH FRIENDS AND ENEMIES WERE INTERVIEWED FOR THIS BIOGRAPHY OF THE PROMINENT LAWYER WHO TOOK ON SOME OF THE ERA'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE CASES. VON HOFFMAN DISCUSSES COHN'S CAREER AS WELL AS HIS TROUBLED PERSONAL LIFE. |
EN4 | 05633 | SFORNO | COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH. VOL II | SFORNO, OVADIAH, RABBI | DR. WILLIAM EISENBERG | A BOOK OF COMMENTARIES BY THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN SCHOLAR. AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW OF SFORNO'S WORK ON THE LAST OF THE THREE BOOKS OF THE TORAH. |
EN4 | 05634 | MAIMONIDES' COMMENTARY ON PIRKEI AVOTH | LIVING JUDAISM | FORCHHEIMER, PAUL | | A COMMENTARY ON PIRKEI AVOT BY THE TWELFTH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER. INCLUDES A SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL WRITINGS BY MAIMONIDES AND COMMENTS BY THE AUTHOR. |
EN4 | 05637 | FACING A CRUEL MIRROR | ISRAEL'S MOMENT OF TRUTH | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | SYLVIA ESTES | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS CLOSE-UPS OF SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN ISRAELI FIGURES INCLUDING SHIMON PERES AND MENACHEM BEGIN. HE ALSO PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAELI POLITICS AND SOCIETY FROM THE SIX DAY WAR IN 1967 TO THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING IN THE LATE 1980S. |
EN4 | 05638 | MISHNAH | AN INTRODUCTION | NEUSNER, JACOB | SARAJEAN SHERK | 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. |
EN4 | 05641 | JEWISH COMEDY CATALOGUE | | LYMAN, DARRYL | RENEE GOODSTEIN | BIOGRAPHIES OF NEARLY 100 JEWISH AMERICAN COMEDIANS. THE ENTRIES ARE PEPPERED WITH SAMPLES OF THE COMEDIANS' HUMOR AND ANECDOTES ABOUT THEIR LIFESTYLES. |
EN4 | 05647 | VIENNA AND ITS JEWS | THE TRAGEDY OF SUCCESS 1880S-1980S | BERKLEY, GEORGE E. | AIDA L. WIENER | A HISTORY OF AUSTRIAN JEWRY FROM THE TIME OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF TO THE ELECTION OF KURT WALDHEIM AS PRESIDENT. THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE INTERNAL CONTRADICTIONS OF JEWISH LIFE IN VIENNA AND DESCRIBES THE RAPID RISE AND ULTIMATE DECLINE OF THIS COMMUNITY. |
EN4 | 05648 | EIGHT TALES FOR EIGHT NIGHTS | STORIES FOR CHANUKAH | SCHRAM, PENINNAH; ROSMAN, STEVEN M. | | THE ORIGINAL STORY OF THE MACCABEES IS RETOLD ALONG WITH OTHER STORIES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND AGES. EACH OF THE STORIES EMPHASIZES CHANUKAH 'THEMES' SUCH AS THE MIRACLE OF LIGHTS, JEWISH PRIDE, FREEDOM, AND THANKSGIVING. |
EN4 | 05651 | FROM THAT PLACE AND TIME | A MEMOIR 1938-1947 | DAWIDOWICZ, LUCY S. | RITA LEVINE | 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. |
EN4 | 05653 | FLOOD | | ASCHER, CAROL | NINA MELTZER | AS TOLD BY NINE-YEAR-OLD EVA, THIS IS THE STORY OF THE HOFFMANS, REFUGEES FROM WORLD WAR II VIENNA, WHO ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN 1950S TOPEKA, KANSAS IN THE MIDST OF SERIOUS RACIAL TENSIONS. |
EN4 | 05657 | TRACTATE KIDDUSHIN | ACCORDING TO THE MEIRI | FOLGER, YECHESKEL D. | JOSEPH REUTLINGER | AN ENGLISH ADAPTATION OF THE MEIRI'S 'BEIT HA-BEHIRAH' ON TRACTATE KIDDUSHIN FROM THE BABYLONIAN TALMUD. A CONTEMPORARY ADAPTATION OF THE COMMENTARY BY THE THIRTEENTH-CENTURY SCHOLAR. |
EN4 | 05658 | DANIEL DERONDA | | ELIOT, GEORGE | CONSTANCE WARSHAWSKY | 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. |
EN4 | 05660 | SADDAM HUSSEIN AND THE CRISIS IN THE GULF | | MILLER, JUDITH; MYLROIE, LAURIE | ELLEN MICHAELS | BY COMBINING HISTORICAL ANALYSIS WITH TIMELY JOURNALISTIC REPORTING, THIS BOOK ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE AN INFORMED ANALYSIS OF THE 1991 PERSIAN GULF CRISIS. |
EN4 | 05662 | SAGES | THEIR CONCEPTS AND BELIEFS | URBACH, EPHRAIM E. | DOROTHY AXEL | A LOOK AT THE RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL THOUGHT OF THE TANNA'IM (EARLY TALMUDISTS) AND AMORA'IM (LAST OF THE TALMUDISTS), WHOSE INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS CRYSTALLIZED THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH THE JEWISH PEOPLE LIVE. URBACH DEPICTS THEIR METHODS OF LEARNING, THEIR SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES, AND THE GOALS THEY SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE. |
EN4 | 05663 | BY NIGHT UNDER THE STONE BRIDGE | | PERUTZ, LEO | BRIANNA CAPLAN | FOURTEEN INTERWOVEN STORIES ABOUT EMPEROR RUDOLF II OF PRAGUE AND MORDECHAI MEISL WHICH DEPICT HOW RUDOLF'S INTERESTS IN BEAUTY AND MONEY WOULD LINK THE TWO MEN FOREVER. EVENTUALLY MEISL'S WIFE, THE SERVANTS OF THE COURT, AND THE JEWS OF THE GHETTO ALL BECOME INVOLVED. THE STORIES ARE NARRATED CENTURIES LATER BY MEISL'S DESCENDENTS. |
EN4 | 05665 | ALL-OF-A-KIND-FAMILY | | TAYLOR, SIDNEY | RENEE GOODSTEIN | THE STORY OF A JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY NEW YORK. |
EN4 | 05672 | SECRET OF JEWISH FEMININITY | INSIGHTS INTO THE PRACTICE OF TAHARAT HAMISHPACHA | ABRAMOV, TEHILLA; TOUGER, MALKA | ERICA SIMON GOLDMAN | A BOOK ABOUT JEWISH LAWS OF FAMILY PURITY, INCLUDING PHILOSOPHIC INSIGHTS. |
EN4 | 05675 | WHEN THE WORLD WAS WHOLE | THREE CENTURIES OF MEMORIES | FENYVESI, CHARLES | JEAN MARKS | 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. |
EN4 | 05676 | STORYTELLER | | LLOSA, MARIO VARGAS | SHIRELY KALB | THE STORY OF SAUL ZURATAS, A JEW WITH A DISFIGURING FACIAL BIRTHMARK, WHO IS OBSESSED WITH PRESERVING THE CULTURE OF A TINY ISOLATED INDIAN TRIBE. |
EN4 | 05677 | GIFT OF ASHER LEV | | POTOK, CHAIM | EMILY ROSEN | 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. |
EN4 | 05682 | TORAH COMMENTARY FOR OUR TIMES, VOL. 1. GENESIS | | FIELDS, HARVEY J | | A STUDY OF THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS, INCLUDING BRIEF OVERVIEWS, A DETAILED TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH, AND COMMENTARY BY THE AUTHOR. |
EN4 | 05686 | PLAYING WITH FIRE | | SHAPIRO, DANI | HYLA MELNICK | UCY GREENBURG LEAVES HER ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE AND BEGINS AN AFFAIR WITH HER ROOMMATE'S STEPFATHER. HIS INFLUENCE ENABLES HER TO BEGIN A CAREER IN TELEVISION BUT A FAMILY TRAGEDY AND THE END OF THE ROMANCE LEAVES THE 22-YEAR-OLD A SADDER BUT WISER WOMAN. |
EN4 | 05696 | KIDDUSH HASHEM | JEWISH RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL LIFE | HUBERBAND, SHIMON, RABBI | SHELLY GOLDBERG | 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. |
EN4 | 05698 | JEWISH IDENTITY IN AMERICA | | GORDIS, DAVID M.; BEN-HORIN, YOAV | RABBI STANLEY BRAV | THE CONTRIBUTORS REFLECT ON THE NATURE OF JEWISH IDENTITY, METHODS OF ASSESSING AND MEASURING IT, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF NURTURING IT IN THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT. |
EN4 | 05704 | BROTHERS | | RUBENS, BERNICE | BARBARA JUSTER | RUBENS EXAMINES JEWISH HISTORY AND SURVIVAL SINCE THE 1880S BY TRACING SIX GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY. IN EACH GENERATION, SHE FOLLOWS THE LIVES OF TWO BROTHERS. |
EN4 | 05705 | SOLOMON GURSKY WAS HERE | | RICHLER, MORDECAI | JOYCE KARP | 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. |
EN4 | 05706 | SAUL BELLOW | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE IMAGINATION | MILLER, RUTH | | DRAWING ON THE AUTHOR'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH BELLOW, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BELLOW ARCHIVES, AND MILLER'S OWN INTERPRETATIONS OF HIS WRITING, THE BOOK OFFERS A LITERARY HISTORY OF BELLOW'S LIFE AND WORK. |
EN4 | 05714 | CLOWN PRINCE OF HOLLYWOOD | THE ANTIC LIFE AND TIMES OF JACK WARNER | THOMAS, BOB | | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE LATE STUDIO HEAD WHO ESTABLISHED WARNER BROTHERS IN THE LATE 1920S. THOMAS DISCUSSES WARNER'S RISE FROM POVERTY, HIS PARENTS, IN-LAWS, AND CHILDREN AND DETAILS HIS PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL AS HIS PERSONAL FAULTS. |
EN4 | 05716 | HARVEST | | PLAIN, BELVA | | THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE WERNERS AND THEIR EXTENDED CLAN AS THE FAMILY REAFFIRMS ITS JEWISH HERITAGE DURING THE STORMY 1960S. |
EN4 | 05718 | MEN AND WOMEN OF YESHIVA | HIGHER EDUCATION, ORTHODOXY AND AMERICAN JUDAISM | GUROCK, JEFFREY S. | LORIAN D. JACKS | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE HISTORY OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY FROM ITS BEGINNINGS ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT AS A MAJOR UNIVERSITY. GUROCK DEMONSTRATES HOW YESHIVA HAS REMAINED TRUE TO ORTHODOX JUDAISM WHILE OFFERING A SECULAR COURSE OF STUDY. |
EN4 | 05727 | ALL THINGS CONSIDERED...FROM A WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW | | GANZ, YAFFA | HARRIET MARCUS | A HUMOROUS LOOK, LACED WITH TRADITIONAL TORAH SOURCES AND ATTITUDES, OF LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY LIFE. |
EN4 | 05728 | CARDOZO | A STUDY IN REPUTATION | POSNER, RICHARD A. | RICHARD HANAU | A LOOK AT BENJAMIN CARDOZO'S RISE FROM NEW YORK'S SEPHARDIC JEWISH ELITE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO HIS APPOINTMENT BY HERBERT HOOVER TO THE SUPREME COURT. POSNER ANALYZES CARDOZO'S IDEAS ABOUT LAW IN SOCIETY AND HIS INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN COMMON LAW. |
EN4 | 05729 | ON BEING A JEW | WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A JEW? | KUGEL, JAMES | EMILY ROSEN | 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. |
EN4 | 05731 | GATE OF HOPE | | SALMON, ELON | MILDRED WESIBLATT | THE STORY OF FOUR GENERATIONS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY PALESTINE. AFTER BERL LEFF'S SUICIDE IN LITHUANIA, SOLOMON LEFF MOVES TO PALESTINE WITH HIS FAMILY AND ESTABLISHES A DYNASTY. |
EN4 | 05742 | REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE | STORIES ABOUT BEING JEWISH | HAUTZIG, ESTHER | HELAINE NEWHOUSE | 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. |
EN4 | 05744 | COUNTDOWN | | HAGBERG, DAVID | GENE HELLER | KIRK MCGARVEY, A CIA ASSASSIN, MUST UNRAVEL A COMPLEX PUZZLE WHEN SOVIET AGENTS INFILTRATE A NUCLEAR CENTER IN ISRAEL AND HIJACK A PERSHING MISSILE IN GERMANY. HE DISCOVERS THAT THEY INTEND TO REACTIVATE THE COLD WAR AND IT IS UP TO MCGARVEY TO FOIL THEIR PLAN. |
EN4 | 05747 | EVERY SPY A PRINCE | THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY | RAVIV, DAN; MELMAN, YOSSI | SUSAN WINOGRAD | THE AUTHORS PROVIDE AN INFORMATIVE HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION INCLUDING ASSESSMENTS OF ITS TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES. |
EN4 | 05750 | RAISING YOUR CHILD TO BE A MENSCH | | KURSHAN, NEIL, RABBI | HARRIET MARCUS | 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. |
EN4 | 05757 | WARTIME LIES | | BEGLEY, LOUIS | | MACIEK'S RECOLLECTION OF HIS LIFE AS A JEWISH CHILD IN NAZI-OCCUPIED POLAND IS NARRATED IN A CHILD'S VOICE BUT FRAMED WITHIN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MAN THAT HE HAS BECOME. AFTER YEARS OF DISCLAIMING HIS HISTORY, MACIEK NOW CONFRONTS THE INNER WOUNDS THAT HAVE NEVER HEALED. |
EN4 | 05760 | BEREL WEIN'S STORY OF THE JEWS | THE STORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH TO 1990 | WEIN, BEREL | VARIOUS | THIS 3 BOOK COMPILATION "ECHOES OF GLORY", "HERALD OF DESTINY" & "TRIUMPH OF SURVIVAL" TELLS THE STORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH THROUGH 1990. THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES HOW DIVINE GUIDANCE, THE TORAH, AND JEWISH COMMITMENT ARE CENTRAL TO JEWISH HISTORY. |
EN4 | 05761 | 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. |
EN4 | 05770 | CELEBRATIONS | OUR JEWISH HOLIDAYS | GREENBERG, MELANIE HOPE | KAREN LANDSMAN | A COLLECTION OF CHILDREN'S POETRY WHICH CHRONICLES THE SABBATH AND THE FESTIVALS OF THE JEWISH YEAR. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON A CENTRAL THEME FOR EACH POEM. |
EN4 | 05772 | AMERICA AND I | SHORT STORIES BY AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN WRITERS | ANTLER, JOYCE, ED. | JUDITH B. GELLER | FOUR GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN JEWISH WOMEN ARE REPRESENTED IN THESE STORIES THAT SPAN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE AUTHORS ADDRESS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMEN AND A JEW, GENERATIONAL CONFLICT, THE HOLOCAUST, AND THE SEXUAL AND EMOTIONAL EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE HORTENSE CALISHER, LYNN SHARON SCHWARTZ, AND CYNTHIA OZICK. |
EN4 | 05775 | 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. |
EN4 | 05778 | SMILE OF THE LAMB | | GROSSMAN, DAVID | RENEE WENGER | SET IN THE EARLY 1980S BEFORE THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING IN ISRAEL, THE BOOK CONSISTS OF NARRATIVES BY ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS RELATING THE EVENTS OF ONE FATEFUL DAY. THEIR STORIES REVEAL THE MORAL AND ETHICAL IMPACT OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF THE WEST BANK. |
EN4 | 05780 | GATES OF WONDER | A PRAYERBOOK FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN | ORKAND, ROBERT; ORKAND, JOYCE | | A BOOK OF JEWISH PRAYERS FOR PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN COMPILED BY THE REFORM MOVEMENT. |
EN4 | 05783 | RISE OF DAVID LEVINSKY | | CAHAN, ABRAHAM | GOODSTEIN, RENEE | THE STORY OF A JEWISH IMMIGRANT'S RISE TO PROMINENCE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD OF NEW YORK AND HIS QUEST FOR SPIRITUAL VALUES. THE AUTHOR WAS THE EDITOR OF THE YIDDISH DAILY NEWSPAPER, 'DER FORVERTS,' FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS. |
EN4 | 05784 | WOMEN IN HIS LIFE | | BRADFORD, BARBARA TAYLOR | FRANCES KLIPSTEIN | SET IN NEW YORK, LONDON, AND GERMANY AND SPANNING THE 1930S TO THE 1980S, THIS IS THE STORY OF MAXMILIAM WEST, A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN, AND THE WOMEN WITH WHOM HE BECOMES INVOLVED. THE NOVEL ALSO LOOKS AT THE ENDURING IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST. |
EN4 | 05785 | RED LOVE | | EVANIER, DAVID | SHEILA PENN | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE ROSENBERGS, WHO WERE EXECUTED FOR SELLING ATOMIC SECRETS TO THE RUSSIANS. INTERSPERSED WITHIN THEIR STORY ARE THE HISTORIES OF VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST CIRCLE. |
EN4 | 05787 | MOLLY PICON | A GIFT OF LAUGHTER | PERL, LILA | HARRIET MARCUS | 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. |
EN4 | 05790 | CONVENT AT AUSCHWITZ | | BARTOSZEWSKI, WLADYSLAW T. | DOROTHY AXELROTH | THE OPENING OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT AT AUSCHWITZ IN 1989 TRIGGERED WORLDWIDE PROTESTS, AN ATTEMPT AT FORCED ENTRY BY AMERICAN JEWS, AND AN AGREEMENT BY THE POPE TO RELOCATE THE CONVENT. THE AUTHOR PROVIDES A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT AND SETS THE DISPUTE IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT. |
EN4 | 05791 | DADDY | | DURAND, LOUP | HELENE LEWIS | ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD THOMAS IS THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNOWS THE COMPLEX CODES TO THE FORTUNES HIDDEN BY HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER. AFTER THE OLD MAN COMMITS SUICIDE UNDER NAZI TORTURE, THOMAS MUST MATCH WITS WITH HIS NAZI PURSUERS TO EVADE CAPTURE AND PROTECT THE FUNDS FROM CONFISCATION. |
EN4 | 05795 | AFTER TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH | MODERN JEWISH THOUGHT AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | BERENBAUM, MICHAEL | HYLA MELNICK | ESSAYS WHICH EXAMINE THE ROLE OF THE HOLOCAUST IN LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN CULTURE, AND ITS EFFECTS ON JEWISH THINKING. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISCUSSES ORTHODOX JUDAISM, ITS RELATIONSHIP TO AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE, AND ITS PLACE IN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05797 | EYE FOR AN EYE | | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | AMY GOLDBERGER | THE MURDER OF A YOUNG WOMAN SETS OFF A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT THREATENS RABBI DAVID WINTER'S POSITION IN HIS TEMPLE AND DISRUPTS THE HARMONY BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE. A SECOND MURDER AND THE DILEMMA OF A WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND WON'T GIVE HER A JEWISH DIVORCE MAKES THIS A CASE THAT WINTER MUST SOLVE. |
EN4 | 05800 | WHAT IS A JEWISH JOKE? | AN EXCURSION INTO JEWISH HUMOR | EILBIRT, HENRY | RITA FEDER | THE AUTHOR OFFERS A SAMPLING OF JEWISH JOKES WHILE PROVIDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENON OF JEWISH HUMOR. |
EN4 | 05801 | DECEPTION | | ROTH, PHILIP | CATHY ABRAMS | THE STORY OF PHILIP, A SUCCESSFUL, MIDDLE-AGED AND OPINIONATED JEWISH AMERICAN NOVELIST WHO MOVES TO LONDON TO WRITE. HE BECOMES INVOLVED WITH A MARRIED WOMAN AND PROCEEDS TO PUBLISH THEIR INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS AS FICTION. © 1990 |
EN4 | 05808 | BOOK OF JEWISH PRACTICE | | JACOBS, LOUIS | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | A CODE OF JEWISH LAW FOR THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. JACOBS EXPLAINS THE JEWISH WAY TO DO EVERYTHING, FROM CELEBRATING THE SABBATH AND HOLIDAYS TO KEEPING THE FASTS OF THE JEWISH YEAR. © 1987 |
EN4 | 05809 | JEWISH PRIMER | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON JEWISH FAITH AND CULTURE | HIMELSTEIN, SHMUEL, DR., RABBI | IRMA GREEN | 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. |
EN4 | 05810 | DISSENTER IN THE HOUSE OF GOD | | ROSENFELD, ALVIN | MIRIAM BLOSVERN | SET IN THE 1950S, THIS IS THE STORY OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR HYMAN SCHWARTZ, AN ACCOUNTANT IN NEW YORK CITY. SCHWARTZ COMPULSIVELY USES NUMBERS TO BLOT OUT MEMORIES OF HIS FAMILY, ALL OF WHOM WERE KILLED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS, BUT HIS DEFENSES ARE LOWERED WHEN HE BEFRIENDS A YOUNG JEWISH REFUGEE AND BEGINS TO THINK OF HIM AS A SON. © 1990 |
EN4 | 05811 | CHUTZPAH | | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. | | THE AUTHOR, A LAWYER AND HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR, CLAIMS THAT AMERICAN JEWS STILL ACT LIKE GUESTS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY AND ARE FEARFUL THAT THEY WILL BE KICKED OUT IF THEY MAKE ANY WAVES. TO EFFECT A CHANGE IN THAT ATTITUDE, DERSHOWITZ MAINTAINS THAT JEWS IN AMERICA HAVE TO BE MORE INSISTENT AND MORE ASSERTIVE. © 1991 |
EN4 | 05817 | WHERE DOES GOD LIVE? | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN | GELLMAN, MARC; HARTMAN, THOMAS | HYLA MELNICK | TWO CLERGYMEN RESPOND TO THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS IN AN ECUMENICAL WAY. © 1991 |
EN4 | 05818 | DANCING ON TISHA B'AV | | RAPHAEL, LEV | ALYCE DOMENITZ | THE CHARACTERS IN THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR IDENTITIES AS JEWS, AS HOMOSEXUALS, OR AS CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. IN THE TITLE STORY, A GAY STUDENT IS PUBLICLY HUMILIATED IN A SYNAGOGUE AND VENTS HIS FRUSTRATION BY DANCING ON TISHA B'AV, A DAY OF FASTING AND PUBLIC MOURNING. © 1990 |
EN4 | 05819 | VICTIM MUST BE FOUND | | ENGEL, HOWARD | LEE KIEL | CANADIAN PRIVATE EYE BENNY COOPERMAN MUST DISCOVER WHY PAMBOS KIRIAKIS WAS MURDERED AFTER HE ASKED COOPERMAN TO FIND A LIST OF PROMINENT CITIZENS WHO BORROWED PAINTINGS FROM AN ART DEALER WHO DIED. © 1988 |
EN4 | 05826 | BASIC JUDAISM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. VOL. 2 | TORAH | PASACHOFF, NAOMI | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | PART OF A SERIES THAT INTRODUCES AND EXPLAINS THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM. THE BASICS OF HISTORY, HALACHA AND TRADITION ARE TAUGHT USING STORIES FROM THE AGGADAH. |
EN4 | 05831 | HEROES | TALES FROM THE ISRAELI WARS | HELLMAN, PETER | NOAH WATERMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 05832 | STORYTELLER, VOL. I, 2 AND 3 | SELECTED SHORT STORIES | MINDEL, NISSAN | HARRIET MARCUS | 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. |
EN4 | 05839 | JUDAISM | | HERTZBERG, ARTHUR, ED. | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | AN EXAMINATION OF JUDAISM'S MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES AS THEY RELATE TO THE MAJOR ISSUES OF THE LATE TWENTIETH-CENTURY. TOPICS INCLUDE JEWISH IDENTITY, EQUALITY OF THE SEXES, RITES OF PASSAGE, HOMOSEXUALITY, MEDICAL PROCEDURES, VEGETARIANISM, AND POLITICS. |
EN4 | 05840 | HEART OF WISDOM | A THOUGHT FOR EACH DAY OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR | RASKIS, BERNARD S. | CORINNE SHAFTEL | A BOOK OF INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS FOR EACH DAY OF THE JEWISH YEAR INCLUDING HOLIDAYS, GLEANED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. |
EN4 | 05842 | SEVEN DEADLY SINS | JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND CLASSICAL REFLECTIONS ON HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY | SCHIMMEL, SOLOMON | DR. IRVING W. KRAMER | THE AUTHOR, A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, DRAWS ON THE MORAL TEACHINGS OF JUDAISM, CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY, AND CHRISTIANITY, AS WELL AS INSIGHTS GLEANED FROM HIS CLINICAL PRACTICE TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN MODERN SOCIETY. |
EN4 | 05851 | DAY OF ATONEMENT | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | | PETER DECKER A DETECTIVE WITH THE LAPD IS NEWLY MARRIED TO ORTHODOX JEWISH RINA LAZARUS AND IS IN BORO PARK, BROOKLYN FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS. AS HE STRUGGLES WITH A TROUBLING DISCOVERY ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND THE DEMANDS OF HIS NEW RELIGION, HE MUST SOLVE A CRIME THAT INVOLVES A LOST BOY. |
EN4 | 05853 | YIDDISH STORIES, OLD AND NEW | | HOWE, IRVING; GREENBERG, ELIEZER | | 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. |
EN4 | 05854 | WHY NOAH CHOSE THE DOVE | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | ROSE SPANGIER | A NEW TWIST ON THE STORY OF NOAH'S ARK IN WHICH THE ANIMALS DEBATE EACH OTHER ON WHO SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO THE ARK. THEY ALL BELITTLE EACH OTHER AND SING THEIR OWN PRAISES: ONLY THE DOVE REMAINS SILENT. THEREFORE NOAH SELECTS THE DOVE TO BE HIS MESSENGER AND IT EARNS THE TITLE 'BIRD OF PEACE.' |
EN4 | 05855 | TALMUD FOR BEGINNERS VOL. 1 | PRAYER | ABRAMS, JUDITH Z., RABBI | JOSEPH REUTLINGER | IN THIS INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO THE TALMUD, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE ANSWERS TO FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF FAITH, PIETY, AND MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. |
EN4 | 05858 | TASTE FOR TREASON | | MENDELS, ORA | ROBERT KAMLOT | 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. |
EN4 | 05859 | DEAD SEA SCROLLS DECEPTION | | BAIGENT, MICHAEL; LEIGH, RICHARD | ROBERT KAMLOT | A DOCUMENTED WORK THAT OFFERS SUBSTANTIVE EVIDENCE THAT A GROUP OF CATHOLIC SCHOLARS HAVE MANAGED TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM HAVING ACCESS TO THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS. THE AUTHORS DEMONSTRATE THE PROBLEMS THAT CAN OCCUR WHEN SCHOLARS ARE NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA. |
EN4 | 05866 | NIGHT OF THE BROKEN GLASS | | BRONER, PETER | MELVIN DAVIS | A NOVEL THAT CONTRASTS THE INTERTWINED DESTINIES OF THREE GERMANS WHO GRAPPLE WITH THE NAZI MENACE IN RADICALLY DIFFERENT WAYS. |
EN4 | 05867 | ANCIENT JUDAISM | BIBLICAL CRITICISM FROM MAX WEBER TO THE PRESENT | ZEITLIN, IRVING M. | DOROTHY AXELROTH | THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE ORIGINS OF JUDAISM IN THE LIGHT OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP. © 1986 |
EN4 | 05870 | DEEP IN THE RUSSIAN NIGHT | | CHAZAN, AARON | KAREN LANDSMAN | THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE RELENTLESS PERSECUTION HE ENDURED AS A JEW IN RUSSIA. HE ALSO DEPICTS JEWISH LIFE THERE FROM THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION UNTIL CHAZAN AND HIS FAMILY WERE GRANTED PERMISSION TO EMIGRATE FIFTY YEARS LATER. |
EN4 | 05873 | MILK AND HONEY | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | RUTH S. DIAMOND | 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. |
EN4 | 05876 | INHERIT THE MOB | | CHAFETS, ZEV | | WHEN MAX GROSSMAN, THE LAST OF THE BIGTIME JEWISH GANGSTERS DIES, HIS NEPHEW, WILLIAM GORDON, UNHAPPILY DISCOVERS THAT HE HAS INHERITED HIS UNCLE'S NEFARIOUS INTERESTS. BUT GORDON'S BEST FRIEND, A LIFELONG GANGSTER BUFF, IS DETERMINED TO MAKE GORDON'S MID-LIFE CAREER CHANGE A SUCCESS. |
EN4 | 05877 | RABBI'S WIFE | | BENEDICTUS, DAVID | BRIANNA CAPLAN | 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. |
EN4 | 05883 | ALWAYS AND FOREVER | | FREEMAN, CYNTHIA | MARION HARRIS | 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. |
EN4 | 05884 | WALL GAMES | | DOBBS, MICHAEL | SYLVIA HORENSTEIN | ANGERED BY U.S. AND SOVIET UNION FAILURE TO AGREE ON THE REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY, WEST BERLINERS ERUPT INTO VIOLENCE. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO QUELL THE RIOTS, HARRY BENJAMIN, A CIA AGENT STATIONED IN WEST BERLIN, STUMBLES ONTO VOLATILE INFORMATION. |
EN4 | 05886 | DIALOGUES IN JUDAISM | JEWISH DILEMMAS DEFINED, DEBATED AND EXPLORED | BERKOWITZ, WILLIAM, ED. | RENEE GOODSTEIN | A COLLECTION OF 24 DIALOGUES WITH WELL-KNOWN THINKERS AND WRITERS SUCH AS ADIN STEINSALTZ, ELIE WIESEL AND ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER. THE DISCUSSIONS COVER CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS TRENDS, HISTORY, AND POLITICAL ANALYSES. |
EN4 | 05890 | WOODY ALLEN | | LAX, ERIC | BERNICE FOERDER & JACK SANDERS | A BIOGRAPHY OF ALLEN IN WHICH LAX DETAILS THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF THE ACCLAIMED ACTOR AND FILMMAKER. LAX DESCRIBES ALLEN'S BEGINNINGS AS A WRITER AND STAND-UP COMEDIAN AND HIS DEVELOPMENT OF HIS OTHER CAREERS AS A LITERARY HUMORIST, JAZZ CLARINETIST, AND PLAYWRIGHT. |
EN4 | 05897 | CHOOSING JUDAISM | | KUKOFF, LYDIA | SUSAN WINOGRAD & BERNARD MANN | THE AUTHOR, A CONVERT TO JUDAISM, RECOUNTS GROWING UP AS A CHRISTIAN AND LIVING HER ADULT LIFE AS A JEW. |
EN4 | 05898 | CHALLENGING YEARS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF STEPHEN WISE | WISE, STEPHEN | LILLIAN GLIXON | WISE, A REFORM RABBI WHO DIED IN 1949, CO-FOUNDED THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AND FOUNDED THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA AND THE FREE SYNAGOGUE IN NEW YORK CITY. IN HIS BOOK, HE RECOUNTS THE EVENTS THROUGH WHICH HE LIVED, THE CAUSES IN WHICH HE LABORED, AND THE BELIEFS WHICH IMPELLED HIM TO ACT. |
EN4 | 05900 | JEWISH WOMEN IN TIME AND TORAH | | BERKOVITS, ELIEZER | SERENE MYERS | THE AUTHOR PROVIDES A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN HALAKHAH. BERKOVITS ALSO OFFERS A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THAT STATUS WITHOUT CIRCUMVENTING JEWISH LAW. |
EN4 | 05902 | JEWISH LITERACY | THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | RUBELLE SCHAFLER | IN THIS BOOK, RABBI TELUSHKIN PROVIDES BRIEF EXPLANATIONS OF CONCEPTS AND TOPICS CONCERNING JUDAISM AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. AMONG THE SUBJECTS COVERED ARE HISTORY, CULTURE, ETHICS, RELIGIOUS TEXTS, AND JEWISH PERSONALITIES. |
EN4 | 05903 | JEW OF ROME | | FEUCHTWANGER, LION | ESTELLE ADEN | 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. |
EN4 | 05905 | MASTERPLAN | JUDAISM | CARMELL, ARYEH, RABBI | DOROTHY AXEROTH | THIS WORK EXPLORES THE GOALS OF TORAH AND MITZVOT, AND DEMONSTRATES THEIR RELEVANCE TO MODERN DAY CONCERNS SUCH AS THE ROLE OF THE FAMILY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. |
EN4 | 05906 | LOVE AND EXILE | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | LYNNE KUSHNER | SINGER, THE NOBEL-PRIZE WINNING YIDDISH WRITER, RECOUNTS HIS YOUTH IN POLAND, HIS EXILE TO AMERICA, AND HIS MANY COMPANIONS AND LOVERS. |
EN4 | 05907 | GOLDIN BOYS | | EPSTEIN, JOSEPH | SYLVIA FEUERSTEIN | IN THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, THE AUTHOR PROBES THE LIVES OF SECOND-AND THIRD-GENERATION JEWISH AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. |
EN4 | 05911 | IN DAYS OF AWE | | GOODMAN, ERIC | SYLVIA ESTES | AFTER JOE SINGER, A BASEBALL PITCHER, IS ACCUSED OF THROWING A GAME, HE ATTEMPTS TO ATONE FOR THE BETRAYALS HE HAS WROUGHT ON HIS FATHER, HIS GIRLFRIENDS, HIS FELLOW JEWS AND ON BASEBALL. HE COUNSELS RUNAWAYS, CAMPAIGNS FOR GUN CONTROL, AND TRIES TO OBTAIN THE BASEBALL COMMISSIONER'S FORGIVENESS. |
EN4 | 05912 | HEY TAXI! | | TELLER, HANOCH | RITA FEDER | IN THIS COLLECTION, TELLER WRITES OF THE SPIRITUAL STORIES WHICH HE HEARD IN TAXIS, TOLD BY CABDRIVERS AND PASSENGERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 05916 | DAY THE RABBI RESIGNED | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | | |
EN4 | 05917 | TO KNOW A WOMAN | | OZ, AMOS | ARLINE WETREICH | 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. |
EN4 | 05918 | EVE'S TATTOO | | PRAGER, EMILY | MARILYN PERELMAN | A 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN GETS TATTOOED WITH THE ID NUMBER OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP VICTIM AND FINDS HERSELF BECOMING OBSESSED WITH WOMEN IN NAZI GERMANY. |
EN4 | 05922 | EDWARD TELLER | GIANT OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF PHYSICS | BLUMBERG, STANLEY; PANOS, LOUIS G. | ELISSA BAUM | THE LIFE OF TELLER, A HUNGARIAN JEWISH PHYSICIST WHO FLED NAZISM FOR THE UNITED STATES. HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT TEAM WHICH DEVELOPED THE WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC BOMB AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY. |
EN4 | 05923 | FROM THE OLD MARKETPLACE | A MEMOIR OF LAUGHTER, SURVIVAL AND | BULOFF, JOSEPH | JEAN MARKS | THROUGH HIS PROTAGONIST, YOSIK, AN UNDERSIZED PRECOCIOUS JEWISH BOY, THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES THE CHAOTIC EVENTS IN VILNIUS, THE FORMER CAPITOL OF LITHUANIA, DURING THE FIRST TWO DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. AMONG THOSE EVENTS ARE POGROMS, A WAR, PESTILENCE, A REVOLUTION, AND ANTI-SEMITISM. |
EN4 | 05926 | 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. |
EN4 | 05928 | HIS MASTER'S VOICE | | KOTLOWITZ, ROBERT | EMILY ROSEN | 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. |
EN4 | 05934 | GOD WAS IN THIS PLACE AND I I DID NOT KNOW | FINDING SELF, SPIRITUALITY AND ULTIMATE MEANING | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | DOROTHY AXELROTH | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS INTERPRETATIONS BY SEVEN RABBIS THROUGHOUT HISTORY OF JACOB'S DREAM IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS. © 1991 |
EN4 | 05935 | FROM TEXT TO TRADITION | A HISTORY OF SECOND TEMPLE AND RABBINIC TIMES | SCHIFFMAN, LAWRENCE H. | SARAJEAN SHERK | A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF JUDAISM DURING THE SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD WHICH DEMONSTRATES HOW JEWISH PRACTICE EVOLVED FROM BIBLICAL TO TALMUDIC TIMES. |
EN4 | 05936 | PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS | | ROIPHE, ANNE | ADELE BORDEN | THIS IS THE STORY OF THE GRUENBAUM FAMILY, WHICH IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA IN 1892, BUILT AND LOST AN EMPIRE, AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05937 | CITY CALLED JULY | | ENGEL, HOWARD | ELAINE MERIANS | CANADIAN PRIVATE EYE BENNY COOPERMAN CANNOT SAY NO WHEN THE RABBI AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE GRANTHAM SYNAGOGUE APPROACH HIM WITH A SMALL FAVOR. BUT COOPERMAN SOON FINDS HIMSELF INVOLVED IN A COMPLICATED CASE OF FRAUD. |
EN4 | 05938 | 1492 | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUAN CABEZON | ARIDJIS, HOMERO | RICHARD HANAU | A NOVEL ABOUT JUAN AND ISABEL, CONVERTED JEWS WHO FALL IN LOVE DURING THE SPANISH INQUISITION. AFTER DISCOVERING THAT SHE IS PREGNANT, ISABEL RUNS AWAY, FEARING FURTHER PERSECUTION. JUAN FINDS HIS LOVER, BUT LEAVES AFTER A BRIEF REUNION, BELIEVING THAT HIS DESTINY LIES ELSEWHERE. |
EN4 | 05940 | CONTINUING SILENCE OF A POET | COLLECTED STORIES | YEHOSHUA, A.B | CONSTANCE WARSHOWSKY | YEHOSHUA EXPLORES THE REALITIES AND CONTRADICTIONS OF ISRAELI LIFE. |
EN4 | 05949 | CAFE BERLIN | | NEBENZAL, HAROLD | GENE HELLER | FROM HIS HIDING PLACE IN A BERLIN ATTIC IN 1943, DANIEL SAPORTA, A SYRIAN JEW MASQUERADING AS A CHRISTIAN SPANIARD, REFLECTS ON HIS LIFE AS A CAFE OWNER, THE DECADENT NIGHT LIFE OF BERLIN BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS, AND THE POLITICAL INTRIGUE IN WHICH HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND BECAME INVOLVED. |
EN4 | 05951 | FIREBREAK | | HERMAN, RICHARD JR. | RENEE GOODSTEIN | SET IN THE NEAR FUTURE, IRAQ HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO RECOVER FULLY FROM THE SECOND GULF WAR AND IS ABLE TO JOIN EGYPT AND SYRIA IN ATTACKING ISRAEL. ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER IS PREPARED TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS IF IRAQ EMPLOYS ITS DEADLIEST NERVE GAS, FORCING U.S. FIGHTER PILOTS TO EMBARK ON A DESPERATE MISSION AGAINST IRAQ'S CHEMICAL PLANTS. |
EN4 | 05955 | FINDING OUR WAY | JEWISH TEXTS AND THE LIVES WE LIVE | HOLTZ, BARRY W. | ELAINE RACOUN | 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. |
EN4 | 05959 | CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM | | HALTER, MAREK | KAREN S.W. FRIEDMAN | BASED ON THE RECORDS OF THE HALTERS, THE AUTHOR CONTINUES THE EPIC FAMILY SAGA HE STARTED IN 'THE BOOKS OF ABRAHAM.' IN THIS BOOK, THE FAMILY SETTLES IN POST-WORLD WAR II ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 05961 | WHEN YOUR CHILD ASKS | A HANDBOOK FOR JEWISH PARENTS | GLUSTROM, SIMON | SYLVIA MORGANSTEIN | 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. |
EN4 | 05962 | EXPLORING JUDAISM | A RECONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACH | ALPERT, REBECCA T.; STAUB, JACOB J. | NOAH WATERMAN | THE AUTHORS PRESENT THE HISTORY AND FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF RECONSTRUCTIONIST JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 05963 | BAKER'S DOZEN #7 | IMA COME HOME | STEIN, AIDEL | SANDI SKODNIK | 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. |
EN4 | 05964 | KIDDUSH CUP WHO HATED WINE | | SALOP, BYRD | LYMAN SMITH-EISEMAN | A STORY ABOUT A KIDDUSH CUP WHO HATED THE STICKY, WET FEELING OF WINE. IT MANAGES TO OVERCOME THIS WITH THE HELP OF ITS SABBATH AND HOLIDAY FRIENDS. |
EN4 | 05965 | SOLDIER SPIES | ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE | KATZ, SAMUEL M. | NOAH WATERMAN | KATZ LOOKS AT A'MAN, ISRAEL'S OLDEST INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, AND THE VITAL ROLE IT PLAYED IN MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S WARS AND CAMPAIGNS. IN 1990, THE AGENCY OFFICIALLY BECAME THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE'S FOURTH BRANCH OF SERVICE. |
EN4 | 05966 | PUTTING GOD ON THE GUEST LIST | | SALKIN, JEFFREY E., RABBI | KAREN LANDSMAN | THIS BOOK EXAMINES THE MEANING OF THE BAR MITZVAH RITUAL FROM A HISTORICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE. |
EN4 | 05968 | 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. |
EN4 | 05969 | BEST OF STORYLINES | STORIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY | TELLER, HANOCH | ELISSA BAUM | 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. |
EN4 | 05970 | NO MARGIN FOR ERROR | THE MAKING OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE | YONAY, EHUD | NOAH WATERMAN | THROUGH A SERIES OF ANECDOTES, YONAY TELLS THE STORY OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE FROM ITS BIRTH IN 1948 TO ITS DRAMATIC RAID ON IRAQ'S OSIRAK NUCLEAR REACTOR IN 1981. |
EN4 | 05971 | STORYTELLER, VOL. 3 | | MINDEL, NISSAN | HARRIET MARCUS | 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. |
EN4 | 05972 | BAKER'S DOZEN #2 | GHOSTBUSTERS | SIEGEL, MALKY | CANTOR LYNN KARPO | 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. |
EN4 | 05973 | BAKER'S DOZEN #3 | AND THE WINNER IS... | STEIN, AIDEL | SUE FISHKOFF | 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. |
EN4 | 05974 | BAKER'S DOZEN #4 | STARS IN THEIR EYES | STEIN, AIDEL | SUE FISHKOFF | 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. |
EN4 | 05975 | BAKER'S DOZEN #5 | THE INSIDE STORY | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | SANDI SKODNIK | 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. |
EN4 | 05976 | BAKER'S DOZEN #8 | HEY WAITER! | ZITTER, EMMY | ROBIN DIAMOND | 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. |
EN4 | 05979 | BY BLOOD DIVIDED | | ORDE, LEWIS | FRANCES WALDMAN | AFTER ESCAPING A RUSSIAN POGROM IN 1903, SIBLINGS ZALMAN AND RACHEL ARE SEPARATED. EACH BELIEVES THE OTHER DEAD, AND THEIR LIVES UNFOLD IN ALTERNATING CHAPTERS UNTIL THEY MEET 60 YEARS LATER. |
EN4 | 05980 | BAKER'S DOZEN #1 | ON OUR OWN | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | BETTY SCHWARTZ | 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. |
EN4 | 05982 | LIVING A JEWISH LIFE | JEWISH TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS AND VALUES FOR TODAY'S FAMILIES | DIAMANT, ANITA; COOPER, HOWARD | ELLEN MICHAELS | THE AUTHORS DEMONSTRATE HOW JEWISH TRADITION, HISTORY, MORALS, AND ETHICS CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO A CONTEMPORARY LIFESTYLE. |
EN4 | 05986 | ACTS OF FAITH | | SEGAL, ERICH | SYLVIA LEVINSON | A STORY THAT CENTERS ON THE CHILDREN OF RABBI LURIA, HEAD OF THE BROOKLYN-BASED SILCZER DYNASTY. LURIA'S DAUGHTER HAS AN AFFAIR WITH A STUDENT-PRIEST WHILE HIS SON LEAVES RABBINICAL SCHOOL WHEN HE BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE THROUGH THE STOCK MARKET. ULTIMATELY, THE FATHER AND HIS CHILDREN RECOGNIZE THE NEED FOR COMPROMISE AND ACCEPTANCE. |
EN4 | 05987 | TAR BEACH | | ELMAN, RICHARD | BILL BUSCHEL | THE AUTHOR DEPICTS A 1947 BROOKLYN SUMMER AND THE PEOPLE WHO SPEND THEIR DAYS SUNBATHING ON A SYNAGOGUE ROOF. THE STORY IS TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PETER WHO COMMENTS ON THE ACTIONS OF HIS PARENTS AND THEIR FRIENDS. |
EN4 | 05990 | BLACKBIRD | | MEREK, JACK | JOYCE KARP | GENERAL SCOTT CARTWRIGHT, A RETIRED ASTRONAUT, MUST FLY ONE MORE MISSION AFTER AN ESSENTIAL SPY SATELLITE IS DISABLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST. COMPLICATIONS ENSUE AND CARTWRIGHT FINDS HIMSELF INVOLVED WITH A JEWISH PILOT, HIS ISRAELI GIRL FRIEND, AN EVIL CIA DIRECTOR, SPIES AND DOUBLE AGENTS, CHEMICAL WARFARE, AND NUCLEAR BLACKMAIL. |
EN4 | 05991 | UNINVITED GUEST | AND OTHER JEWISH HOLIDAY TALES | JAFFE, NINA | ELEANOR SCHWARTZ | 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. |
EN4 | 05993 | STRANGERS ALWAYS | A JEWISH FAMILY IN WARTIME SHANGHAI | KRASNO, RENA | MARILYN BECK | AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF SHANGHAI DURING WORLD WAR II, THAT WAS LARGELY COMPRISED OF REFUGEES FROM NAZI EUROPE AND RUSSIA. KRASNO ALSO DETAILS THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN SHANGHAI AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF JEWISH LIFE UNDER FOREIGN OCCUPATION AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHER CULTURES. |
EN4 | 05995 | OPERATION SHYLOCK | | ROTH, PHILIP | SIMON SCHUSTER | IN THIS NOVEL SET IN JERUSALEM, ROTH PRESENTS TWO CHARACTERS THAT BEAR HIS NAME: ONE A FAMOUS AUTHOR, THE OTHER AN IMPOSTER WHO IMPERSONATES THE 'REAL' PHILIP ROTH SO HE CAN PUBLICIZE HIS SCHEME TO LEAD JEWS OUT OF A DOOMED ISRAEL TO A NEW DIASPORA. THE BOOK EXPLORES THE ETERNAL ISSUE OF THE JEW IN A LARGELY CHRISTIAN CULTURE. |
EN4 | 05997 | SOTAH | | RAGEN, NAOMI | LYNNE KUSHNER | 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. |
EN4 | 05998 | OUT OF THE DEPTHS | | BRENNER, JOSEPH CHAIM | BERNARD MANN | A NOVEL ABOUT RUSSIAN JEWISH EMIGRES WHO TOIL AT A YIDDISH DAILY NEWSPAPER IN LONDON. THEIR PLIGHT IS TEMPERED BY ABRAHAM MENUHIN, AN IMMIGRANT JEW WHO COMES TO THE AID OF A PREGNANT YOUNG WOMAN ABANDONED BY THE BABY'S RUSSIAN GENTILE FATHER. |
EN4 | 05999 | AMERICAN RHAPSODY | THE STORY OF GEORGE GERSHWIN | KRESH, PAUL | JUDY BOMBECK | 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.' |
EN4 | 06002 | DARK STAR | | FURST, ALAN | AMY GOLDBERGER | IN THIS DEPICTION OF THE ERA OF THE STALINIST PURGES, RUSSIAN JOURNALIST ANDRE SZARA IS FORCED TO BECOME A SOVIET INTELLIGENCE AGENT IN PRE-WORLD WAR II EUROPE. AFTER OBTAINING VITAL INFORMATION, SZARA IS ASKED TO TRADE IT TO THE BRITISH FOR MUCH-NEEDED IMMIGRATION CERTIFICATES TO THEN-MANDATED PALESTINE. |
EN4 | 06003 | NEW BEGINNINGS | | MOSCO, MAISIE | NINA MENDE | ABRAHAM PATRICK, GRANDSON OF THE JEWISH FAMILY MATRIARCH, MARIANNE, AND THE SON OF A CATHOLIC WOMAN, HAS BEGUN TO QUESTION HIS PRIVILEGED LIFE AND TO SEARCH FOR HIS OWN HERITAGE. MEANWHILE, HIS THREE COUSINS WRESTLE WITH THEIR DESTINIES AS THEY SEARCH FOR THEIR PARENTS' KILLERS. |
EN4 | 06005 | FOR LOVE AND DUTY | | MOSCO, MAISIE | DANIELLE STANLEY | WHEN HER MOTHER DIES, BELLA MINSKY IS ENTRUSTED WITH THE CARE OF HER YOUNGER SIBLINGS. FORCED TO GIVE UP HER DREAM OF ATTENDING OXFORD UNIVERSITY, SHE TURNS THE FAMILY CLOTHING BUSINESS INTO AN INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS. |
EN4 | 06006 | BROTHERS | | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL | NOAH WATERMAN | WHEN HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER ARE KILLED DURING THE STALINIST PURGES, ALEX GORDON IS SMUGGLED TO AN AUNT IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND HIS HALF-BROTHER DIMITRI IS PLACED IN A MILITARY ORPHANAGE IN RUSSIA. DIMITRI BECOMES A KGB KILLER AND ALEX JOINS THE CIA IN ORDER TO WAGE A LIFELONG WAR AGAINST DIMITRI AND HIS EVIL SCHEMES. |
EN4 | 06008 | BAKER'S DOZEN #6 | TRAPPED! | LAZEWNIK, L.; ZAKON, M.; ZITTER, E. | ELEANOR SCHWARTZ | 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. |
EN4 | 06010 | TALES OF THE MASTER RACE | | HERSHMAN, MARCIE | RITA LEVINE | SET IN THE FICTIONAL TOWN OF KREISWALD, THESE NARRATIVES TAKE THE READER INSIDE THE LIVES OF 'ORDINARY' GERMAN CITIZENS WHO CATCH ONLY GLIMPSES OF THE CHANGING AND TURBULENT WORLD AROUND THEM. HERSHMAN DEMONSTRATES HOW THE CORRUPTIONS OF THE THIRD REICH MANAGED TO FILTER INTO EVERYDAY EXISTENCE. |
EN4 | 06015 | JEWS OF SPAIN | A HISTORY OF THE SEPHARDIC EXPERIENCE | GERBER, JANE S. | CONSTANCE WARSHAWSKY | 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. |
EN4 | 06017 | BETWEEN MEMORY AND HOPE | | ELIE WIESEL | JUDITH TESSER | ESSAYS THAT EXPLORE THEMES FROM THE WORKS OF THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR BY VARIOUS JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS. TOPICS INCLUDE THE NATURE OF GOD, SADNESS, SILENCE, HORROR, AND HOPE. |
EN4 | 06018 | IF I AM NOT FOR MYSELF... | THE LIBERAL BETRAYAL OF THE JEWS | WISSE, RUTH | RITA FEDER | DESPITE ITS RETRACTION, THE AUTHOR VIEWS THE 'ZIONISM EQUALS RACISM' EQUATION AS PART OF AN ARAB PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL. WISSE ASSERTS THAT THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN HAS CAUSED AMERICANS OF ALL POLITICAL STRIPES TO REFLEXIVELY BLAME ISRAEL FOR PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. |
EN4 | 06019 | KINDERTRANSPORT | | DRUCKER, OLGA LEVY | BETTY SMITH | 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. |
EN4 | 06024 | LIVING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE (INCLUDING YOURSELF) | | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | STANLEY KIRSCH | THE AUTHOR'S APPROACH TO IMPROVING INTER-PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE FAMILY. |
EN4 | 06025 | LION OF JUDAH | | OSTROVSKY, VICTOR | MARK KAPLAN | 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. |
EN4 | 06027 | FIMA | | OZ, AMOS | TAMIR | A NOVEL IN WHICH EFRAIM 'FIMA' NISAN'S EMOTIONAL DISINTEGRATION MIRRORS THE BREAKDOWN OF ETHICS IN ISRAEL. NISAN HAS MADE A MESS OF HIS ONCE-PROMISING LIFE AND HE NEARLY GOES CRAZY WITH MORAL OUTRAGE AS HE TAKES ON THE CONSCIENCE OF THE ISRAELI NATION. |
EN4 | 06029 | ZADDIK | | ROSENBAUM, DAVID | HARRY SMALL | A 72-KARAT DIAMOND IS STOLEN FROM THE DOWRY OF THE SATMAR REBBE'S DAUGHTER AND IT IS UP TO EX-NEW YORK DETECTIVE DOV TAYLOR TO FIND IT. TAYLOR FINDS HIMSELF DELVING INTO MANHATTAN'S JEWELRY DISTRICT AND INTO A HASIDIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN BROOKLYN AS WELL AS REACHING BACK TO HIS NINETEENTH-CENTURY ANCESTOR FOR CLUES TO SOLVE THE CASE. |
EN4 | 06030 | GOERING'S LIST | | POLLOCK, J. C. | BOB HEITMAN | WHEN THE SON OF A FORMER NAZI USES TREASURES, MISSING FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS, TO FUND HIS SECRET TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THE CIA, THE MOSSAD, AND THE RUSSIANS TEAM UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP HIM. |
EN4 | 06034 | SCHOOL TIES | | CHIEL, DEBORAH | SHIRLEY RICH | 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. |
EN4 | 06039 | MR. MANI | | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | RITA CROSBY | 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. |
EN4 | 06041 | DENYING THE HOLOCAUST | THE GROWING ASSAULT ON TRUTH AND MEMORY | LIPSTADT, DEBORAH E. | ARLINE KEMPNER | AN EXPOSE THAT REVEALS THE WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ITS JOURNALS, INSTITUTES AND PAMPHLETS. ALSO UNMASKED ARE THE DENIERS' STRATEGY OF DISTORTION, WHICH THEY USE TO CAMOUFLAGE THEIR IDEOLOGY. |
EN4 | 06043 | IN GOD'S MIRROR | REFLECTIONS AND ESSAYS | SCHULWEIS, HAROLD M. | | A COMPILATION OF RABBI SCHULWEIS'S WRITINGS ON TOPICS WHICH RANGE FROM THE POLARITIES OF JEWISH IDEAS TO A CRITIQUE OF THE EXCESSIVE FOCUS ON ANTI-SEMITISM IN MODERN JEWISH IDENTITY. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISCUSSES JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND FAMILY AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS. |
EN4 | 06049 | TAKE MY LIFE, PLEASE! | | YOUNGMAN, HENNY; KARLEN, NEAL | LYNN HIMELFARB | AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMEDIAN'S LIFE FROM HIS BIRTH IN LONDON AND HIS CHILDHOOD IN BROOKLYN TO HIS EARLY CAREER ON THE BORSCHT BELT CIRCUIT. THE BOOK PROVIDES DETAILS ABOUT YOUNGMAN'S LONG CAREER WHICH CONTINUED TO FLOURISH EVEN WHEN THE COMEDIAN WAS IN HIS 80S. |
EN4 | 06050 | TERROR IN THE NIGHT | THE KLAN'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE JEWS | NELSON, JACK | AMY GOLDBERGER | COMMUNITIES WERE DRAWN INTO THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE KLAN WHEN THEY BECAME TARGETS AND HOW THEY HELPED THE FBI APPREHEND KLAN MEMBERS. IN THE LAST SECTION, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RISKS HE TOOK TO UNCOVER THIS STORY. |
EN4 | 06053 | ONE EYED KINGS | | COHEN, WILLIAM S. | JAMES SPECTOR | IN A POST-GORBACHEV POST-DESERT STORM ERA THE RUSSIANS ARE PLOTTING TO REVIVE THEIR DECLINING POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHEN PRO-ISRAEL SENATOR JOSHUA STOCK IS MURDERED IT IS UP TO HIS FRIEND AND FELLOW SENATOR, SEAN FALCONE, TO FIND HIS KILLER. |
EN4 | 06055 | HONOR AMONG THIEVES | | ARCHER, JEFFREY | SANDI SKODNIK | A MAFIA/IRAQI CONSPIRACY STEALS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND SENDS IT TO IRAQ WHERE SADDAM HUSSEIN PLANS TO BARBECUE IT ON JULY FOURTH IN FRONT OF TELEVISION CAMERAS. THE CIA AND THE MOSSAD RACE THE CLOCK IN AN ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE THE DOCUMENT AND UNDO THE DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE. |
EN4 | 06056 | PLAGUE OF DREAMERS | | 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. |
EN4 | 06061 | GRIEVOUS SIN | A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS MYSTERY | KELLERMAN, FAYE | MARCIA FELDMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 06063 | OLIVE TREE | | STEIN, ARLENE | SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE | IN THIS EPISTOLARY NARRATIVE SET IN UTICA, NEW YORK, THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORY OF A FIRST-GENERATION AMERICAN JEWISH WOMAN BORN TO IMMIGRANT PARENTS. |
EN4 | 06066 | JEWISH TRAVELERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES | 19 FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS | ADLER, ELKAN NATHAN, ED. | DOROTHY AXELROTH | IN THESE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS, TRAVELING JEWISH SCHOLARS, MERCHANTS, PILGRIMS, AMBASSADORS AND OTHERS OFFER RARE PERSPECTIVES ON LIFE IN EUROPE, THE NEAR EAST, AND NORTH AFRICA IN THE MIDDLE AGES. |
EN4 | 06069 | TONY CURTIS | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY | CURTIS, TONY; PARIS, BARRY | HARRY SMALL | CURTIS TELLS THE STORY OF HIS TRANSFORMATION FROM A TOUGH STREET KID NAMED BERNIE SCHWARTZ WHO BATTLED ANTI-SEMITIC GANGS TO A FAMOUS SCREEN PERSONALITY. |
EN4 | 06070 | ALL BUT MY LIFE | | KLEIN, GERDA W. | MULTIPLE | A MOVING, EVOCATIVE ACCOUNT OF KLEIN'S HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCES. DESPITE THE DESTRUCTION OF HER WORLD, KLEIN DESCRIBES HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO BUILD A NEW LIFE. |
EN4 | 06071 | BAKER'S DOZEN #9 | THROUGH THICK AND THIN | GARFUNKEL, DEBBY | SARA BRICKMAN | THE BAKER KIDS THINK THEIR FATHER IS GOING BANKRUPT AND EACH CHILD MAKES PLANS TO EARN LOTS OF MONEY AND SAVE THE DAY. MEANWHILE, THE EYE PROBLEMS OF THEIR SISTER TIKVA ARE MAKING HER FEEL LONELY AND LEFT OUT. EVENTUALLY, TIKVA DISCOVERS SOMETHING SURPRISING ABOUT HERSELF WHILE THE CHILDREN FIND OUT A SECRET ABOUT THEIR FATHER. |
EN4 | 06073 | EAT AND BE SATISFIED | A SOCIAL HISTORY OF JEWISH FOOD | COOPER, JOHN | NINA MENDE | A COMPREHENSIVE AND CRITICAL HISTORY OF JEWISH FOOD FROM BIBLICAL TIMES UNTIL THE PRESENT. COOPER ALSO EXPLORES THE CUISINES OF BOTH THE ASHKENAZIC AND SEPHARDIC CULTURES, DISCUSSES WHAT MAKES CERTAIN FOODS 'JEWISH,' AND DETAILS THE EVOLUTION OF MANY TRADITIONAL DISHES. |
EN4 | 06074 | BUT HE WAS GOOD TO HIS MOTHER | THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF JEWISH GANGSTERS | ROCKAWAY, ROBERT A. | SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE | A SANGUINE LOOK AT THE MURDEROUS WORLD OF JEWISH GANGS AND GANGSTERS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THIS FACT-FILLED BOOK ANSWERS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ERA AND ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ORGANIZED CRIME. |
EN4 | 06078 | MESHUGAH | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SANDI SKODNIK | 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. |
EN4 | 06083 | THEY CALLED HER REBBE | THE MAIDEN OF LUDOMIR | WINKLER, GERSHON | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 06091 | WEINSTOCK AMONG THE DYING | | BLUMENTHAL, MICHAEL | MARK YOHALEM | MARTIN WEINSTOCK, A DISGRUNTLED LECTURER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, FLITS FROM ONE RELATIONSHIP TO THE NEXT AS HE SEETHES WITH ANGER AND SELF PITY AT THE SUPPOSED INJUSTICES HE HAS SUFFERED. THROUGH PSYCHOANALYSIS, HE COMES TO TERMS WITH HIS ADOPTION, HIS JEWISH HERITAGE, AND HIS OWN SELF-IMAGE. |
EN4 | 06096 | ISRAEL'S SECRET WARS | A HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE SERVICES | BLACK, IAN; MORRIS, BENNY | RICHARD HANAU | A HISTORY OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE IN WHICH THE AUTHORS CATALOGUE HALF A CENTURY OF THE AGENCY'S TRIUMPHS, DEBACLES, AND INFIGHTING. |
EN4 | 06100 | DO THEY KEEP KOSHER ON MARS? | AND OTHER PRESSING QUESTIONS OF JEWISH LIFE | BESSER, JAMES DAVID | CAROL LOWENSTEIN | A COLLECTION FROM THE AUTHOR'S SYNDICATED NEWSPAPER COLUMN WHICH STRIVES TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF GENERAL, TRIVIAL, AND OFFBEAT JEWISH INTEREST. |
EN4 | 06103 | CUTTING ROOM | | ROSENBERG, ROBERT | MARILYN PERELMAN | ABRAHAM COHEN, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE JERUSALEM POLICE, USES HIS DETECTING SKILLS IN LOS ANGELES TO DETERMINE WHO MURDERED MAX BRODER, A SUCCESSFUL HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AND A FELLOW HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. |
EN4 | 06112 | IN THE SHADOW OF MOLOCH | THE SACRIFICE OF CHILDREN | BERGMANN, MARTIN S. | | BREGMANN ANALYZES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING OF SACRIFICE AND USES THE EVOLUTION OF SACRIFICE IN GREEK TRAGEDY TO EXPLORE THE FUNCTION OF RELIGION IN TODAY'S CULTURE. |
EN4 | 06113 | IT ALL ADDS UP | FROM THE DIM PAST TO THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE | BELLOW, SAUL | NITZA WILON | IN THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, BELLOW STRIVES TO DEMONSTRATE HIS CONTINUING VIGILANCE AND LOYALTY TO AMERICA. THE TOPICS OF THESE PIECES RANGE FROM HIS WAR REPORT FROM SPAIN IN 1948 TO HIS NOBEL PRIZE LECTURE TO HIS FORBES ARTICLE TITLED, 'THERE IS SIMPLY TOO MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.' |
EN4 | 06115 | | | GOLDREICH, GLORIA | | A CHRONICLE OF THE LAST YEAR OF WORLD WAR II IN THE LIVES OF A LARGE, EXTENDED JEWISH FAMILY. THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON 15-YEAR-OLD SHARON AS SHE STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH HER MOTHER'S DEATH, HER ANXIETY OVER HER FATHER'S SAFETY, AND HER OWN ADOLESCENCE. |
EN4 | 06116 | TWILIGHT AND OTHER STORIES | | HAREVEN, SHULAMITH | TAMIR | 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. |
EN4 | 06117 | MIDRASH SAYS | THE BOOK OF BERAISHIS | WEISS, MOSHE, RABBI | SHLOMO ENGELBERG | A NARRATIVE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE TORAH THAT IS COMPILED AND ADAPTED FROM MATERIAL FOUND IN THE AGGADOT OF THE TALMUD AND THE MIDRASHIM. THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO PRESENT THE IDEAS EXPLAINED BY THE CLASSICAL COMMENTATORS OF THE TORAH AND THE MIDRASH. |
EN4 | 06119 | INTERNATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME | | SEIGMAN, JOSEPH M. | JOSEPH M. SIEGMAN | THIS BOOK DETAILS THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL JEWISH SPORTS HALL OF FAME, WHICH WAS FOUNDED IN 1980 TO HONOR JEWISH SPORTS FIGURES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 06120 | MIDWIFE'S ADVICE | | COURTER, GAY | ROSE SPANIER | IN THIS SEQUEL TO 'THE MIDWIFE,' HANNAH SOKOLOW IS NOW HEAD MIDWIFE AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL. SHE FINDS HERSELF DISPENSING SEXUAL ADVICE TO HER IMPOVERISHED PATIENTS AS WELL AS FORMING AN UNEASY ALLIANCE WITH FEMINISTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES SUCH AS WALTER LIPPMANN AND EMMA GOLDMAN. |
EN4 | 06121 | BLOODY HOAX | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | | THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO SCHOOL FRIENDS, RICH GENTILE GRISHA AND JEWISH HERSHKE, WHO ARE LIVING IN A LARGE CITY IN CZARIST RUSSIA. THE BOYS INNOCENTLY TRADE IDENTITIES SO GRISHA CAN UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING OF A JEW BUT THE SITUATION TAKES A DARK TURN WHEN GRISHA IS ACCUSED OF A RITUAL MURDER. |
EN4 | 06122 | MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MESSIAH | | 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. |
EN4 | 06131 | ARTHUR MILLER AND COMPANY | ARTHUR MILLER TALKS ABOUT HIS WORK | BIGSBY, CHRISTOPHER, ED. | SARENE MEYERS | OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS, THE AUTHOR CONDUCTED AN EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT WHICH HE ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY FOR THIS BOOK. |
EN4 | 06132 | FUNNY WOMAN | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FANNY BRICE | GROSSMAN, BARBARA W. | HELEN DITTUS | THE AUTHOR RECONSTRUCTS THE COMEDY STYLES OF FANNY BRICE, A VAUDEVILLE AND RADIO STAR WHOSE CAREER SPANNED 40 YEARS. BRICE IS BEST REMEMBERED AS A SINGER AND COMIC IN THE ZIEGFIELD FOLLIES AND BY BARBRA STREISAND'S PORTRAYAL OF HER IN THE MUSICAL, 'FUNNY GIRL.' |
EN4 | 06133 | JEWISH HOME | A GUIDE FOR JEWISH LIVING | SYME, DANIEL B. | MULTIPLE | RABBI SYME EXPLAINS THE HOW AND WHYS OF LIVING IN A JEWISH HOME. HE INCLUDES DETAILS AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE CUSTOMS, RITUALS, LEGENDS, AND SUPERSTITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS. |
EN4 | 06135 | DAYBREAK | | PLAIN, BELVA | MARILYN BECK | AFTER MARGARET AND ARTHUR CRAWFIELD BURY THEIR SON PETER, IT IS REVEALED THAT HE WAS NOT THEIR BIOLOGICAL SON. THE PARENTS OF THE DEAD BOY, BUD AND LAURA RICE, ARE TRACED AND TESTING INDICATES THAT THEIR SON, TOM, IS THE CRAWFIELD'S. BUT COMPLICATIONS ENSUE WHEN THE CRAWFIELDS, WHO ARE JEWISH, DISCOVER THAT TOM AND BUD ARE RACISTS. |
EN4 | 06137 | BOOK OF MERCY | | COHEN, LEONARD | MARTIN GERBER | A BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY PSALMS WHOSE TONE ECHOES THE TRADITIONAL FORM. THE AUTHOR WRITES AS A MAN TALKING TO HIS MAKER AND THE PSALMS ALTERNATELY REFLECT THE MAN'S PRAISE OF GOD AS WELL AS HIS DESPAIR, ANGER, DOUBT, AND TRUST. |
EN4 | 06139 | WEED AMONG THE ROSES | | VOGIEL, EVA | AMY GOLDBERGER | ET 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. |
EN4 | 06140 | HOPE | | WOUK, HERMAN | ALEX SAMUELS | BATTLE SCENES AND POLITICAL SKIRMISHES IN ISRAEL AND ACCOUNTS OF DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PROVIDE THE BACKDROP FOR THIS STORY OF TWO PEOPLE AND THEIR FORTUNES IN LOVE AND WAR. |
EN4 | 06142 | GREEN FIRES: ASSAULT ON EDEN | A NOVEL OF THE ECUADORIAN RAINFOREST | MUELLER, MARNIE | DORIA KALT | ANNIE, A FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER IN ECUADOR, IS JEWISH. HER NEW HUSBAND KAI IS GERMAN AND THE SON OF A FORMER NAZI. THEY RETURN TO ECUADOR, AND, AS THEY BECOME INVOLVED IN THE PLIGHT OF THE RAINFOREST, THEY FIND THEMSELVES WORKING THROUGH THEIR OWN CONFLICTS. |
EN4 | 06144 | NO GREATER LOVE | | ELLIS, JULIE | MARION HARRIS | KATIE FREEMAN IS DETERMINED TO FULFILL HER DREAMS OF A BETTER LIFE WITH HER CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART HARRY NEWHOUSE. THEY MOVE TO TEXAS DESPITE THE EVER-PRESENT THREAT OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND SUCCEED UNTIL AN UNEXPECTED TRAGEDY THREATENS TO DESTROY THEIR MARRIAGE. |
EN4 | 06145 | ALL MY BEST FRIENDS | | BURNS, GEORGE; FISHER, DAVID | MURRAY GLANZ | THE COMEDIAN DESCRIBES HIS LIFE IN SHOW BUSINESS WHICH STARTED IN THE 1900S. HIS STORY IS FULL OF ANECDOTES ABOUT OTHER SHOW BUSINESS PERSONALITIES SUCH AS EDDIE CANTOR, SOPHIE TUCKER, AL JOLSON, JACK BENNY, AND THE MARX BROTHERS. |
EN4 | 06147 | JEWISH BOOK OF COMFORT | | KAY, ALAN A. | RABBI BRUCE GOLDWASSER | A BOOK WRITTEN FOR THOSE SEEKING COMFORT AFTER THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. KAY COMBINES INSPIRATIONAL READINGS WITH PERSONAL REFLECTIONS TO HELP A MOURNER GRIEVE. |
EN4 | 06151 | UNTO THE SOUL | | APPELFELD, AHARON | BETTY SMITH | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06154 | SLEEPING ON A WIRE | CONVERSATIONS WITH PALESTINIANS IN ISRAEL | GROSSMAN, DAVID | | GROSSMAN REPRODUCES HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH ISRAELI ARABS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN WHICH THEY COMMENTED ON THEIR OWN SOCIETY. THE AUTHOR WARNS OF THE DANGERS TO ISRAEL IN MISTREATING THIS POPULATION.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06157 | I. L. PERETZ READER | | WISSE, RUTH R., ED. | ISABELLE RUBIN | 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.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06159 | LIVES OF VALUE | | COHEN, SHARLENE COOPER | NANCY MARKOW | SET IN LOS ANGELES IN 1976, THIS NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE BLACKER DAUGHTERS AND THEIR CLOSE RELATIONSHIP IN THE FACE OF CHRONIC ILLNESS, ACCUSATIONS OF PLAGIARISM, AND FALSE MURDER CHARGES. |
EN4 | 06160 | CEREMONIES SAMPLER | NEW RITES, CELEBRATIONS AND OBSERVANCES OF JEWISH WOMEN | LEVINE, ELIZABETH RESNICK, ED. | EVA YARETT | THE AUTHOR PROVIDES JEWISH WOMEN WHO WANT TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN JEWISH RITUAL WITH RITES THAT ARE EITHER DESIGNED FOR WOMEN ONLY OR FOR WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06161 | CITIZEN KOCH | | KOCH, EDWARD I.; PAISNER, DANIEL | ISABELLE RUBIN | THE FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAYOR RECOUNTS HIS CHILDHOOD AS WELL AS HIS LIFE AFTER THE MAYORALTY, AS AN ATTORNEY, RADIO AND TV HOST, MOVIE REVIEWER, AND LECTURER.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06162 | WRITING OUR WAY HOME | CONTEMPORARY STORIES BY AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS | SOLOTAROFF, TED; RAPOPORT, NESSA, ED | SHIRLEY SOMMER | A COLLECTION OF STORIES ALL WRITTEN AFTER 1967 BY AMERICAN JEWISH WRITERS SUCH AS MAX APPLE, SAUL BELLOW, LORE SEGAL, MARK HELPRIN, BERNARD MALAMUD, AND CYNTHIA OZICK.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06163 | KATERINA | | APPELFELD, AHARON | FLORENCE ELSTER | 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.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06166 | SOLDIER'S STORY | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN ISRAELI | RAFUL, EITAN, M. K., GENERAL | JEROME BROOKMAN | THE TRUE STORY OF ONE OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY LEADERS AND A MEMBER OF THE KNESSET. EITAN PRESENTS A FIRST-HAND VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATION'S SURVIVAL STRATEGIES AND PROVIDES DESCRIPTIONS OF ISRAEL'S MOST FAMOUS BATTLES.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06168 | JEWISH HEROES OF AMERICA | AMERICAN JEWRY'S HALL OF FAME | BRODY, SEYMOUR | RICHARD HANAU | BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS ABOUT 101 AMERICAN JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN, FOCUSING ON PATRIOTS AND MILITARY HEROES, THE FIRST JEWISH ARMY CHAPLAIN, AND SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT FIGURES.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06172 | HOW I FOUND AMERICA | COLLECTED STORIES | YEZIERSKA, ANZIA | LILLIAN GLIXON | THESE STORIES DEPICT THE LIVES OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS ON NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE. CRUSHED BY HUNGER, POVERTY, HARD WORK, CRUEL BOSSES, EVICTIONS, LONELINESS, AND DISILLUSIONMENT, THESE PEOPLE RESOLVE TO REMAKE THEIR LIVES.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06173 | FALSE PROPHET | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | HORENSTEIN, SILVIA | LAPD DETECTIVE PETER DECKER AND HIS WIFE RINA LAZARUS ARE INVOLVED IN A TALE OF DECEPTION, GREED AND MURDER WHEN DECKER INVESTIGATES THE RAPE AND ROBBERY OF LILAH BRECHT, DAUGHTER OF FILM GREAT, DAVIDS EVENSONG. AS THE CASE EXPANDS TO COVER TWO HOMICIDES, DECKER DISCOVERS THE FAMILY'S SECRETS.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06175 | BEAUTIFUL MRS. SEIDENMAN | | SZCZPIORSKI, ANDRZEJ | ZOE LANTELME BELTH | IN THIS NOVEL, A JEWISH WOMAN ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE THE GHETTO IN NAZI-OCCUPIED WARSAW BY POSING AS THE WIFE OF A GERMAN OFFICER. AFTER AN INFORMER BETRAYS HER TO THE GESTAPO, A GROUP OF PEOPLE CONSPIRE TO FREE HER DURING THE GHETTO UPRISING.© 1989 |
EN4 | 06178 | MUSICAL CHAIRS | | FRIEDMAN, KINKY | HYLA MELNICK | 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.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06180 | IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN | | FROMMER, MYRNA KATZ; FROMMER, HARVEY | SYLVIA JACOBS | 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.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06181 | MARC CHAGALL | AN INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY | ALEXANDER, SIDNEY | BERNICE FOERDER | 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.© 1978 |
EN4 | 06182 | JEWISH WAY | LIVING THE HOLIDAYS | GREENBERG, IRVING, RABBI | HELEN STEWART | WITH DEEP RESPECT FOR THE PLURALISM IN CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE, RABBI GREENBERG EXPLAINS AND INTERPRETS THE ORIGIN AND BACKGROUND, CEREMONIAL RITUALS, AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. HE SHOWS HOW THEY RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO JUDAISM AS A WHOLE - PRESENTING THEM WITHIN THE LARGER CONTEXT OF LIVING A JEWISH LIFE ALL YEAR ROUND. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES EXTENSIVE SECTIONS ON THE TWO NEW HOLY DAYS - HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY (YOM HASHOAH) AND ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY (YOM HAATZMAUT) © 1988 |
EN4 | 06189 | JOURNEY | | FINK, IDA | IDA FINK | 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.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06190 | WAR AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST | A CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN POLICY | SHLAIN, AVI | | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES AMERICAN POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE DAMAGE IT HAS DONE TO RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06192 | BECOMING A JEW | | LAMM, MAURICE | | A BOOK DESIGNED FOR NON-JEWS WHO ARE CONTEMPLATING CONVERSION, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY CONVERTED, AND FOR JEWS BY BIRTH WHO WISH TO GAIN A DEEPER INSIGHT INTO THEIR HERITAGE. INCLUDES ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROCEDURE OF CONVERSION AND AN OVERVIEW OF JEWISH HISTORY, LAW, AND CUSTOMS.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06195 | LITERARY MURDER | A CRITICAL CASE | GUR, BATYA | ARLENE KEMPER | TWO PROFESSORS OF HEBREW LITERATURE FROM THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY IN JERUSALEM ARE KILLED IN ONE WEEKEND. IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE CASE, SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL OHAYON MUST UNRAVEL THE TANGLED PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT BINDED THE VICTIMS AND THE SUSPECTS TO EACH OTHER.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06196 | RED HORSEMAN | | COONTS, STEPHEN | | JAKE GRAFTON, DIRECTOR OF THE DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, LEARNS THAT HE COULD BE TARGETED FOR MURDER BY THE CIA. THEN HE DISCOVERS THAT HE IS, IN FACT, BEING SPIED ON, AND THIS COMPLEX ADVENTURE STORY THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE U.S., EUROPE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST IS SET IN MOTION.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06201 | DARKNESS AND A LITTLE LIGHT | | BOBROWSKI, JOHANNES | MIRIAM BENDER | THESE STORIES BY THE EAST GERMAN POET WHO DIED IN 1965 REFLECT HIS JEWISH, GERMAN, AND EASTERN EUROPEAN ANCESTRY, HIS SENSE OF DISPLACEMENT, AND HIS YEARNING FOR A VANISHED WAY OF LIFE MORE ROOTED IN NATURE AND TRADITION. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06205 | LAST IMPRESARIO | THE LIFE, TIMES, AND LEGACY OF SOL HUROK | ROBINSON, HARLOW | STAN STONE | A BIOGRAPHY OF HUROK, WHO ROSE FROM A HUMBLE BEGINNING IN THE UKRAINE TO BECOME A DOMINANT FORCE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. ROBINSON CHRONICLES THE FACTS OF HIS LIFE AND CAREER AND DEMONSTRATES HOW HUROK PLAYED A PIONEERING ROLE IN BRINGING MANY SOVIET UNION PERFORMERS TO U.S. AUDIENCES.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06210 | PLACE AMONG THE NATIONS | ISRAEL AND THE WORLD | NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN | RITA LEVINE | THE AUTHOR, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, ANALYZES ISRAEL'S SITUATION IN RELATION TO THE ARAB WORLD AND TO THE WEST. HE CONTENDS THAT THE PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP IS HOSTILE TO ISRAEL'S EXISTENCE.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06213 | MEMORY OF ALL THAT | THE LIFE OF GEORGE GERSHWIN | PEYSER, JOAN | SY HOROWITZ | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER AND SONGWRITER IN WHICH THE AUTHOR OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO THE MAN, HIS MUSIC, AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06214 | DOUBLE LIFE | THE SHATTERING AFFAIR BETWEEN CHIEF JUDGE SOL WACHTLER AND SOCIA | WOLFE, LINDA | MICHELLE ARAGON | WOLFE CHRONICLES THE FORMER CHIEF JUDGE OF NEW YORK'S LIFE AND THE GRADUAL ENTWINING OF THE LIVES OF HIS WIFE, HIS LOVER, AND THEIR FAMILIES. EVENTUALLY, WACHTLER, WHO HAD A REPUTATION FOR BEING DIGNIFIED AND AMIABLE, WAS ARRESTED FOR EXTORTION AND THREATENING THE LIVES OF HIS LOVER AND HER DAUGHTER, SHOCKING THOSE WHO KNEW HIM.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06216 | RISE AND FALL OF THE JEWISH GANGSTER IN AMERICA | | FRIED, ALBERT | SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06217 | DEATH IN JERUSALEM | | BOLAND, JOHN | SUZANNE WOLFSON | STOCKBROKER DONALD MCCARRY ARRIVES IN ISRAEL TO INSPECT THE COMPANY HE HAS BEEN ASKED TO INVEST IN. HIS HOST, HARRY BRICKMAN, IS IMMEDIATELY KIDNAPPED, AND MCCARRY DISCOVERS THAT THE COMPANY IS PART OF A FINANCIAL SCAM. AS HE WAITS FOR NEWS OF BRICKMAN, MCCARRY SETS OUT TO FIND OUT WHETHER HE KNEW ABOUT THE SCAM.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06220 | CLOSE QUARTERS | A NINA FISCHMAN MYSTERY | PIESMAN, MARISSA | RITA CROSBY | WHILE SPENDING A WEEKEND AT FIRE ISLAND, NINA IS CONFRONTED WITH MURDER WHEN A HOUSE GUEST IS POISONED. THE CHIEF SUSPECT IS NINA'S NEW LOVE INTEREST. BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES HIM TO BE A 'GOOD CATCH,' SHE SETS OUT TO FIND THE REAL KILLER.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06225 | SMART HEARTS IN THE CITY | | SOLOMON, BARBARA PROBST | ANDREA BURROWS | FEISTY KATY BECKER IS INVOLVED IN A LAWSUIT WITH HER BROTHER-IN-LAW WHOM SHE BELIEVES IS CHEATING HER OUT OF A SHARE OF THE FAMILY ESTATE. BECKER PROVIDES THE VOICE FOR THE NARRATIVE AND THE PRESENT EVENTS ARE INTERWOVEN WITH HER MANY REMINISCENCES OF THE PAST.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06229 | RABBI'S MANUAL | | HARLOW, JULES, RABBI, ED | L. KARPO; K. KAPLAN | THIS IS A REVISED EDITION OF THE 1952 RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY MANUAL. A 'HOW-TO' BOOK FOR RABBIS, IT DESCRIBES THE VARIOUS RABBINIC DUTIES ON SUCH OCCASIONS AS WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS.© 1965 |
EN4 | 06232 | JOE PAPP | AN AMERICAN LIFE | EPSTEIN, HELEN | SANDY SKODNIK | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE THEATRE DIRECTOR IN WHICH EPSTEIN DEPICTS HIM AS A MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR HIS PRINCIPLES AND INSPIRED INTENSE EMOTIONS IN OTHERS: ANGER AND CONTEMPT AS WELL AS LOVE AND ADMIRATION.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06233 | NOBODY'S FOOL | THE LIVES OF DANNY KAYE | GOTTFRIED, MARTIN | SMALL, HARRY | THE LIFE OF THE COMEDIAN WHO WAS BORN DAVID DANIEL KAMINSKI IN BROOKLYN IN 1913. KAYE DESCRIBES HOW HE GOT HIS START IN SUMMER VAUDEVILLE AND ULTIMATELY MADE IT TO HOLLYWOOD AND BROADWAY. HE GIVES CREDIT TO HIS WIFE, SYLVIA, WHO WROTE HIS SONGS AND DEVISED THE COMIC BUSINESS THAT LAUNCHED HIS CAREER. KAYE DIED IN 1987.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06237 | SCIMITAR | | CROWDER, HERBERT | NITZA WILON | WHEN PALESTINIANS HIJACK A CHINESE IRBM ENROUTE TO SAUDI ARABIA AND THEN STEAL CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARHEADS FROM IRAQ, TEL AVIV BECOMES A MISSILE ZONE. DANIELLA LLEWELLYN, A MOSSAD AGENT, AND HER HUSBAND TRACK THEIR TERRORIST QUARRY FROM THE ALLEYS OF JERUSALEM TO THE DESERT OF BALUCHISTAN TO THE SKIES OVER TEL AVIV.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06238 | SPY IN CANAAN | MY LIFE AS A JEWISH-AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN SPYING FOR ISRAEL | SCHACK, HOWARD H.; JEFFERS, H. PAUL | NOAH WATERMAN | 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.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06239 | SANCTUARY | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | STANLEY 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06241 | THEO | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THEODORE BIKEL | BIKEL, THEODORE | DASHOW, KEN | THE FILM ACTOR, BROADWAY STAR, AND FOLKSINGER RECOUNTS HIS LIFE FROM AGE 13, WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPED FROM AUSTRIA TO ISRAEL. HE DESCRIBES HIS TRAINING IN THE HEBREW THEATER, IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ART IN LONDON, AND HIS MOVE TO THE U.S. HE ALSO DISCUSSES HIS ACTIVE POLITICAL LIFE INCLUDING HIS WORK FOR JEWISH CAUSES.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06246 | MATZAH BALL | A PASSOVER STORY | PORTNOY, MINDY AVRA | CORRINE 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06250 | 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.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06256 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN | | BURTON, HUMPHREY | DANIELLE STA | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER WHICH THE AUTHOR WROTE WITH THE AID OF FAMILY ARCHIVES, INTERVIEWS, AND A LAYPERSON'S MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE. BURTON EMPHASIZES BERNSTEIN'S JEWISH HERITAGE AND NOTES HOW MUCH OF HIS SERIOUS MUSIC HAD JEWISH ROOTS.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06257 | HILDA AND PEARL | | MATTISON, ALICE | MARILYN BECK | WHEN 11-YEAR-OLD FRANCES LEVENSON FINDS A PAIR OF BABY SHOES HIDDEN IN A BUREAU DRAWER, SHE BEGINS TO UNRAVEL A SECRET INVOLVING HER PARENTS AND AN AUNT AND UNCLE. TOLD PARTLY THROUGH FRANCES'S VOICE AND PARTLY THROUGH FLASHBACKS, THE DETAILS EMERGE, AND A SEDUCTION, A BABY OF DISPUTED PARENTAGE AND A TRAGIC DEATH ARE REVEALED.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06265 | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06266 | ADVOCATE'S DEVIL | | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. | ARLENE FRIED | JOE CAMPBELL, KNICKS BASKETBALL STAR, IS ACCUSED OF RAPING A WOMAN IN CAMBRIDGE. HE ENGAGES LOCAL ATTORNEY ABE RINGEL TO DEFEND HIM AND ABE BELIEVES HE HAS AN EASY CASE UNTIL THE CONCERN ARISES THAT CAMPBELL IS CONCEALING INFORMATION. ABE ENLISTS THE AID OF HIS MENTOR, A LAWYER AND TALMUDIC SCHOLAR, TO RESOLVE THE CASE.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06268 | BAKER'S DOZEN #11 | THE DO-GOODERS | STEIN, AIDEL | GAIL J. PECK | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06270 | HOW TO TALK JEWISH | | MASON, JACKIE; BERKOW, IRA | SANDI SKODNICK | MASON, A COMEDIAN, AND BERKOW PROVIDE READERS WITH A GUIDE TO 100 YIDDISH WORDS, PHRASES, AND EXPRESSIONS. THE BOOK INCLUDES PRONUNCIATIONS, DEFINITIONS, AND EXAMPLES OF USAGE, ALONG WITH MASON'S HUMOROUS ASIDES.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06273 | 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.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06277 | BLOOD RULES | | TRENHAILE, JOHN | ELAINE RIKOO | OXFORD PROFESSOR COLIN RALEIGH AND HIS SON, ROBBIE, ARE ENROUTE TO AUSTRALIA WHEN THEIR PLANE IS HIJACKED. RALEIGH SUSPECTS THAT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, A LEBANESE WOMAN WHOSE FAMILY IS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH TERRORISTS, IS INVOLVED. ROBBIE DISCOVERS THAT HIS MOTHER IS ON BOARD, BUT SO IS THE MOSSAD AND A CONFRONTATION ENSUES.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06278 | BAKER'S DOZEN #12 | THE BAKER FAMILY CIRCUS | ROSE, MIRIAM | DANIELLE STANLEY | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06280 | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06284 | MOON PEOPLE | | SHULMAN, SONDRA | RITA FEDER | BETWEEN THE JEWISH HIGH HOLY DAYS OF ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR, REENIE RICHTER, A COMPULSIVE GAMBLER WHO HAS SQUANDERED HER FAMILY'S FORTUNE, OBTAINS $97,000 FROM A FELLOW RESIDENT OF HER MOTHER'S MIAMI BEACH CONDOMINIUM. ARIEL ZAUBERMAN GRANTS HER MORE CASH, BUT EXTRACTS A HEAVY PRICE FOR IT.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06287 | SLOW THROUGH EDEN | | GLASCO, GORDON | HYLA MELNICK | IN 1920, DAVID LINZ, A JEWISH AMERICAN PHYSICIST STUDYING IN GERMANY MARRIES A GERMAN PHYSICIST, AND, TOGETHER, THEY BEGIN TO UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE ATOM. DAVID IS SOON FORCED TO FLEE GERMANY WITH THEIR SON AND HIS JOURNEY UNFOLDS AS THE ALLIES AND GERMANY RACE TO PRODUCE THE FIRST BOMB.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06290 | HIDDEN SCROLLS | CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM AND THE WAR OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | SILBERMAN, NEIL ASHER | ARLENE KEMPNER | IN THIS BOOK, THE AUTHOR NARRATES THE STORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE SCROLLS AND DESCRIBES THE BATTLE TO FREE THEM FROM THE CONTROL OF A SMALL CIRCLE OF EXPERTS. BASED ON HIS INTERVIEWS WITH SCROLL SCHOLARS, SILBERMAN ALSO CHALLENGES THE ORTHODOX INTERPRETATION OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06291 | STONE DANCER | | SMITH, MURRAY | GORDON ROTHM | A BRITISH SPYMASTER GETS WIND OF A SERIES OF COUNTERFEITS AND FRAUDS CARRIED OUT AGAINST BANKS, CORPORATIONS, AND GOVERNMENTS. FOLLOWING THE SUBTLE CLUES, HE FINDS HIMSELF INVOLVED WITH AGENTS OF ISRAEL, BEIRUT, THE U.S. AND THE SICILIAN MAFIA. HE EVENTUALLY PREDICTS A COUP WHOSE TARGET IS THE U.S. TREASURY.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06292 | TO THE GOLDEN CITIES | PURSUING THE AMERICAN JEWISH DREAM IN MIAMI AND LOS ANGELES | MOORE, DEBORAH DASH | ROSE SPANIER | MOORE DEPICTS THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE POSTWAR MIGRATIONS OF JEWS WHO SETTLED IN MIAMI AND LOS ANGELES. SHE DETAILS LIFE IN THESE REGIONS AND DESCRIBES THE LOSS OF A TRADITIONAL JEWISH SENSE OF IDENTITY AND THE CONSTANT PRESENCE OF ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06294 | SATURDAY MORNING MURDER | A PSYCHOANALYTICAL CASE | GUR, BATYA | NITZA WILON | CHIEF INSPECTOR MICHAEL OHAYON IS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF DR. EVA NEIDORF, A SENIOR ANALYST AT THE JERUSALEM PSYCHOANALYTIC INSTITUTE. CLUES LEAD OHAYON THROUGH JERUSALEM'S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND INTO THE RANKS OF THE MILITARY BUT IT IS POLICE DETECTION AND PSYCHOANALYSIS THAT REVEAL THE MYSTERY.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06305 | PROMISES TO KEEP | ONE MAN'S JOURNEY AGAINST INCREDIBLE ODDS | 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.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06310 | COMRADE VALENTINE | | RUBENSTEIN, RICHARD E. | DAVID THOMPSON | THE STORY OF YEVNO AZEF, A RUSSIAN JEW WHO WAS A SPY FOR THE CZARIST SECRET POLICE AND AT THE SAME TIME WAS A LEADER OF AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT TERRORIST GROUP. ULTIMATELY EXPOSED IN 1909, HE FLED TO BERLIN WHERE HE DIED A FREE MAN IN 1918.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06316 | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06318 | CATCHER WAS A SPY | THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF MOE BERG | DAWIDOFF, NICHOLAS | KARL WEBER | THE STORY OF MOE BERG WHO WAS BOTH A SUCCESSFUL BASEBALL PLAYER AND A SPY. THE EXTENT OF HIS WORK FOR THE OSS IN DETERMINING GERMANY'S ATOMIC BOMB CAPABILITY IS DEMONSTRATED HERE.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06320 | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06321 | SACRIFICE OF TAMAR | | RAGEN, NAOMI | BETH SHERRY | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06322 | ESAU | | SHALEV, MEIR | TAMIR | THE BIBLICAL RIVALRY BETWEEN ESAU AND HIS YOUNGER TWIN JACOB SERVES AS THE PROTOTYPE FOR THIS FAMILY SAGA. THE STORY IS NARRATED BY ESAU, WHO LEAVES PALESTINE WHERE HE GREW UP AFTER HIS BROTHER JACOB MARRIES THE GIRL HE LOVES AND INHERITS THEIR FATHER'S BAKERY. THE NOVEL SHUTTLES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ISRAEL FROM THE 1920S TILL THE 1970S.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06324 | WHILE THE MESSIAH TARRIES | | BUKIET, MELVIN JULES | MARK TAFOYA | IN THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, BUKIET EXPLORES THE FOIBLES AND PREDICAMENTS OF JEWS IN AMERICA.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06327 | HIDDEN CHILDREN | THE SECRET SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST | MARKS, JANE | RITA LEVINE | TWENTY-THREE SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST RECOUNT THEIR EXPERIENCES AS CHILDREN DURING THE WAR WHEN MANY WERE SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND FORCED TO HIDE THEMSELVES OR THEIR JEWISHNESS.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06328 | ISRAEL'S BEST DEFENSE | THE FIRST FULL STORY OF THE ISRAEL | COHEN, ELIEZER 'CHEETAH' | JEFF CAPLAN | COHEN, A VETERAN OF AIR COMBAT IN SEVERAL ISRAELI WARS, CHRONICLES THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE'S SUCCESSES AND MISFIRES SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. HE INTRODUCES LEADERS AND HEROES, EXPLAINS IAF ORGANIZATION AND TRAINING AND DISCUSSES THE IAF SHIFT TOWARD THE WAR ON TERRORISM.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06332 | SECRET WAR AGAINST THE JEWS | | LOFTUS, JOHN; AARONS, MARK | MICHAEL FLOR | THE AUTHORS ARGUE THAT THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER WESTERN DEMOCRACIES HAVE HAD A COVERT AGENDA TO SUBVERT JEWISH NATIONALISTIC CLAIMS THROUGHOUT THE CENTURY. THEY FURTHER THEIR CLAIMS BY RELYING ON FORMERLY CLASSIFIED AMERICAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RECOLLECTIONS OF MANY FORMER OPERATIVES. |
EN4 | 06333 | ELLIS ISLAND TO EBBETS FIELD | SPORT AND THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE | LEVINE, PETER | MILDRED WEIS | IN THIS BOOK, LEVINE NOTES THAT EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS TRADITIONALLY HONORED SCHOLARSHIP AND LEARNING OVER ATHLETIC PROWESS, BUT NEWLY-ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA FOUND THEIR SONS ENCHANTED BY SPORTS. BY THE 1920S, JEWS TOOK |
EN4 | 06334 | CARTONS IN THE AIR AND OTHER STORIES | | WEINBACH, SHAINDEL | AUDREY FLAMBERG | TRUE STORIES OF SCHOLARS, SCOUNDRELS, SHNORRERS, SHEITEL MACHERS, ROSH YESHIVOS AND RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS, SET IN OLD AND NEW JERUSALEM, EASTERN EUROPE, THE COURTYARDS OF EGYPT, PRAGUE, A SHTETL IN GALICIA, A STALINIST PRISON CAMP AND THE MIRRER YESHIVAH.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06335 | TRIAL OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE | STATE OF ISRAEL VS JOHN DEMJAMJUK | TEICHOLZ, TOM | MERYL ROSENT | A UKRAINIAN-BORN CLEVELAND FACTORY WORKER, DEMJAMJUK WAS STRIPPED OF HIS U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND DEPORTED TO ISRAEL WHERE HE STOOD TRIAL AS 'IVAN THE TERRIBLE,' SADISTIC NAZI BUTCHER OF THE TREBLINKA DEATH CAMP. DEMJAMJUK CLAIMED IT WAS A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY, BUT THE EVIDENCE AS PRESENTED IN THIS STUDY ATTESTS TO HIS GUILT.© 1990 |
EN4 | 06337 | SONGS OF THE HEART | AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF PSALMS | SARNA, NAHUM M. | JACK LACKS | THROUGH A LINGUISTIC-HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF 10 SELECTED PSALMS, SARNA SEEKS TO TRANSPORT THE READER BACK TO THE WORLD FROM WHICH THE PSALMS EMERGED. HIS ANALYSIS INCORPORATES THE LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT OF THE HEBREW BIBLE AND OF OTHER ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AND HISTORY. |
EN4 | 06342 | CINNAMON AND MYRRH | | GANZ, YAFFA | RITA FEDER | THE AUTHOR WAS INSPIRED TO RECORD HER PERSONAL STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH LIFE AFTER SEEING THE SHELVES OF BOOKSTORES FILLED WITH TITLES ABOUT HOW TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL HAPPINESS, SELF-HELP AND RESOLVE LIFE CRISES. GANZ SHOWS HOW JEWISH WISDOM PLAYS A PART IN HER PERSONAL OUTLOOK AND CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06344 | SFORNO | COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH | SFORNO, OVADIAH, RABBI | CANTOR ORNA | A COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH BY THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN SCHOLAR, RABBI OVADIAH SFORNO. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW.© 1989 |
EN4 | 06349 | WAY TO THE CATS | | KENAZ, YEHOSHUA | NANCY BARRON | ALONE SINCE THE DEATH OF HER ALCOHOLIC HUSBAND AND CRIPPLED BY A FALL, 76-YEAR-OLD YOLANDA MOSCOWITZ SEEKS SOLACE IN FELLOW GERIATRIC HOSPITAL PATIENT LAZAR KAGAN. AFTER YOLANDA RETURNS HOME, THOUGHTS OF APPROACHING DEATH ARE EVER PRESENT, SPURRED BY HER MANIC-DEPRESSIVE NEIGHBOR AND AN ANONYMOUS CALLER.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06350 | SOUMCHI | A TALE OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE | OZ, AMOS | TAMIR JBI S | ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD SOUMCHI RECEIVES A GIRL'S BICYCLE FROM HIS UNCLE. IGNORING THE TAUNTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOYS, HE DREAMS OF RIDING FAR AWAY. IT IS WHEN HE AGREES TO SWAP THE NEW BICYCLE FOR HIS FRIEND ALDO'S NEW TRAIN SET THAT SOUMCHI'S MISADVENTURES BEGIN.© 1978 |
EN4 | 06352 | OUT OF EGYPT | A MEMOIR | ACIMAN, ANDRE | SYLVIA JACOB | A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE GROWING UP IN ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. AS A BOY, ACIMAN CONSIDERED HIMSELF FRENCH BECAUSE HIS FAMILY WERE SEPHARDIC JEWS WHO HAD SETTLED IN EGYPT AND DISCLAIMED THE COMMON LANGUAGE. THEY CONCEALED THEIR JEWISHNESS WHEN NASSER WAS IN POWER AND EVENTUALLY THEY FLED TO PARIS.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06360 | ROOMMATES | MY GRANDFATHER'S STORY | APPLE, MAX | LEE EHMAN J | THE AUTHOR DEPICTS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS GRANDFATHER - IRASCIBLE, SCRAPPY HERMAN 'ROCKY' GOODSTEIN - WHO LIVES WITH APPLE AS HE IS GROWING UP AND TAKES OVER HIS TROUBLED FAMILY AT THE AGE OF 105, SHOWING THEM ALL HOW TO SURVIVE, HOW TO HEAL, AND HOW TO LOVE.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06367 | DEFIANCE | THE BIELSKI PARTISANS | TEC, NECHAMA | RENEE WENGER | THIS IS A HISTORY OF THE BIELSKI PARTISANS, A FOREST COMMUNITY ESTABLISHED IN WESTERN BELORUSSIA IN 1942 WHICH NUMBERED OVER 1,200 JEWS BY 1944. TEC DISCUSSES THE DETAILS OF THEIR DAILY LIVES, EXPLORES THE CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP OF TUVIA BIELSKI, AND OUTLINES THE INTERNAL PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES OF THE COMMUNITY.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06368 | MRS. TED BLISS | | ELKIN, STANLEY | SANDI SKODNIK | TED BLISS HAS DIED SOON AFTER THE BLISS'S RETIREMENT TO MIAMI, AND THUS BEGINS THE LAST STAGES OF MRS. TED BLISS'S LIFE ON EARTH. IT IS A LONELY BUT SPIRITED, COMIC EXISTENCE IN A CONDOMINIUM OVERLOOKING BISCAYNE BAY. COUNTLESS RETIREES WILL RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN DOROTHY BLISS, BUT FINDING HER IN A NOVEL, WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06371 | PLACE WHERE YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY | A JEWISH THEOLOGY ON HUMAN RELATIONS | WINKLER, GERSHON; ELIOR, LAMKE BATYA | BETTY SMITH | WINKLER, A RABBI, AND HIS WIFE, ELIOR, A JUDAICA SCHOLAR EXAMINE WHAT JUDAISM HAS TO SAY ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS, WITH GOD, WITH OURSELVES AND WITH OTHERS.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06380 | MAHATMA GANDHI IN A CADILLAC | | ROSEN, GERALD | AUDREY FLAMBERG | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06382 | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06384 | BOOK THAT WAS LOST | S.Y. AGNON | MINTZ, A., ED.; HOFFMAN, A. G., ED. | HARRY SMALL | A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ISRAELI NOVELIST. AGNON TRANSFORMS TRADITIONAL THEMES AND SOURCES AND WRITES OF COMMUNITY AND DISLOCATION, LONGING AND LOSS.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06386 | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06388 | COUSINS | | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06391 | 'SOULED!' BOOKS I AND II | STORIES OF STRIVING AND YEARNING | TELLER, HANOCH; TABAK, MARSI | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | IN THESE COLLECTIONS OF STORIES, THE FIRST BOOK IS BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS AND REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES WHILE THE SECOND BOOK IS FILLED WITH JEWISH LEGENDS AND FOLKLORE.© 1986 |
EN4 | 06392 | BRIDGE BUILDER'S STORY | | FAST, HOWARD | AUDREY FLAMBERG | MARRIED ONLY ELEVEN DAYS, AMERICAN ENGINEERING STUDENT SCOTT WARING AND HIS WIFE MARTHA ARE ARRESTED BY THE GESTAPO AT A NAZI RALLY. SCOTT'S WIFE IS MURDERED BUT HE MANAGES TO ESCAPE AND HE RETURNS TO THE U. S., DEVASTATED. EVENTUALLY HE FINDS THAT HE CAN LOVE AGAIN.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06393 | MAZEL AND SHLIMAZEL | OR THE MILK OF A LIONESS | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | TWINKLE BURK | WHEN MAZEL, THE SPIRIT OF GOOD LUCK, MEETS SHLIMAZEL, THE SPIRIT OF BAD LUCK, THE FATE OF A PEASANT BOY HANGS IN THE BALANCE.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06396 | HER FACE IN THE MIRROR | JEWISH WOMEN ON MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS | MOSKOWITZ, FAYE, ED. | JEAN BASS | A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, POEMS, ESSAYS, AND NOVEL EXCERPTS BY A VARIETY OF JEWISH MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. AMONG THE CONTRIBUTORS ARE GRACE PALEY, TILLIE OLSEN, JUDITH VIORST AND LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06397 | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06399 | DISTURBANCE IN ONE PLACE | | KIRSHENBAUM, BINNIE | ADELE BORDEN | IN A SERIES OF GRAPHIC SKETCHES, THE AUTHOR DEPICTS A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN WHO PASSES HER DAYS AND NIGHTS IN DETERMINED PROMISCUITY AS SHE AND HER RANDOM LOVERS CASUALLY CONFRONT THEIR INSECURITIES.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06404 | BAKER'S DOZEN #15 | SORRY ABOUT THAT | STEINBERG, RUTH | ARLENE KEMPN | IT'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIME FOR THE BAKERS AND DESPITE THE EXCITEMENT IN THE HOUSE, SOME OF THE CHILDREN ARE NOT HAPPY. DONNY IS NERVOUS ABOUT FIRST GRADE, CHEZKY IS SCARED OF ONE OF HIS CLASSMATES, AND YOCHIE FEELS LEFT OUT OF A PROJECT. TOGETHER, THE FAMILY HELPS EVERYONE WORK OUT THEIR PROBLEMS.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06405 | SCHOOM | | WILSON, JONATHAN | MARTY GERBER | A COLLECTION OF STORIES SET LARGELY IN ISRAEL AND IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. WILSON'S PROTAGONISTS ARE PORTRAYED AT VARIOUS TURNING POINTS IN THEIR LIVES ACTING OUT COUNTLESS HUMAN FOIBLES IN OFTEN HUMOROUS AND SOMETIMES SAD ENCOUNTERS.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06406 | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06408 | GREAT JEWISH WOMEN | | SLATER, ELINOR;SLATER, ROBERT | SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06413 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN | NOTES FROM A FRIEND | CHAPIN, SCHUYLER | MARION FELDINGER | 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.© 1992 |
EN4 | 06415 | FORGOTTEN VICTIMS | THE ABANDONMENT OF AMERICANS IN HITLER'S CAMPS | BARD, MITCHELL G. | RICHARD HANA | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06420 | MAN WHO WAS LATE | | BEGLEY, LOUIS | JULIET RATNER | 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.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06423 | GEMARAKUP SUPER SLEUTH SERIES: LOST ON SKULL MOUNTAIN AND OTHER STORIES | | ZAKON, MIRIAM STARK | CHRISTINE WALTERS | GEMARAKUP, OR YISRAEL DAVID FINKEL, THE GREATEST BOY-DETECTIVE, IS DANGEROUSLY LOST ON SKULL MOUNTAIN. READERS MUST SEE IF THEY CAN SOLVE THE MYSTERY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO SAVE HIM IN THIS AND IN OTHER CASES BEFORE TURNING TO THE END OF THE BOOK FOR GEMARAKUP'S SOLUTIONS.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06424 | ENTERING JEWISH PRAYER | A GUIDE TO PERSONAL DEVOTION AND THE WORSHIP SERVICE | HAMMER, REUVEN | RABBI BRUCE GOLDWASSER | RABBI HAMMER DISCUSSES VARIOUS ASPECTS OF JEWISH PRAYER SUCH AS ITS FORMS, HISTORY, PRAYERBOOKS, AND DAILY ORDER. HE COVERS BOTH SABBATH AND HOLIDAY PRAYERS, AS WELL AS PRAYERS OF MOURNING. PRESENTING ORTHODOX, CONSERVATIVE, AND REFORM OPTIONS, HE OFFERS PRACTICAL ADVICE ABOUT PRIVATE PRAYER AND ABOUT CHOOSING A SYNAGOGUE.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06425 | MIRIAM'S WELL | | RUBY, LOIS | MARTY GERBER | MIRIAM, A FUNDAMENTAL CHRISTIAN, AND ADAM, A RELIGIOUS JEW, HARDLY KNOW EACH OTHER UNTIL A HIGH SCHOOL ASSIGNMENT PAIRS THEM UP. WHEN MIRIAM IS FORCED TO ENTER A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER DESPITE THE TEACHINGS OF HER RELIGIONS, ADAM'S FATHER, A LAWYER, AGREES TO REPRESENT HER IN HER COURT BATTLE.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06426 | JEWISH RENEWAL | A PATH TO HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION | LERNER, MICHAEL | ELLEN MICHAE | LERNER, EDITOR OF THE LIBERAL JEWISH MAGAZINE TIKKUN, TAPS THE ROOTS OF JEWISH TRADITION THROUGH A CLOSE READING OF THE TORAH, TALMUD AND OLD TESTAMENT. HE THEN OUTLINES A PLAN FOR JEWISH RENEWAL THAT COMBINES COMMITMENT TO FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND TRADITION WITH A 'REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTION' OF A PASSIONATE GOD.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06427 | CLOSING TIME | THE SEQUEL TO CATCH-22 | HELLER, JOSEPH | AMY GOLDBERG | HELLER'S SEQUEL SHARES WITH HIS WORLD WAR II SAGA A SURREAL SENSE OF THE ABSURD AND OF THE FATUITY OF MOST HUMAN INSTITUTIONS. THE WARTIME BUDDIES ARE OLD MEN NOW, BUT THEY FIND 1990'S CIVILIAN LIFE AS ABSURD AS THE OLD AIR FORCE DAYS. THERE ARE FLASHBACKS TO THE WAR AS WELL TO THRILLING MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06428 | MEMORABLE ENCOUNTERS | A TORAH PIONEER'S GLIMPSES OF GREAT MEN AND YEARS OF CHALLENGE | KAMINETSKY, JOSEPH, DR | AUGUSTA ZIMM | THE AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF BEING THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF TORAH UMESORAH AND HIS ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH A YESHIVA OR DAY SCHOOL IN EVERY JEWISH COMMUNITY OF FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE. KAMINETSKY ALSO DISCUSSES THE MEN WHO INSPIRED HIM, HIS COLLEAGUES, AND HIS OPPONENTS WHO FAILED TO BREAK HIM.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06430 | WHO BY FIRE | | ABRAMSON, CHAYA M.; TSCHOLKOWSKY, E. | HARRIET SEIDMAN | 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.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06431 | JERUSALEM | BATTLEGROUNDS OF MEMORY | ELON, AMOS | WILLIAM GREV | HOW DID A SMALL CITY THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEND FROM ATTACK, LIES FAR FROM ANY KEY TRADE ROUTES AND HAS NEVER BOASTED AN ESSENTIAL COMMERCIAL OR STRATEGIC REASON FOR BEING CAPTURE THE IMAGINATION OF THE THREE MAJOR RELIGIONS? ELON EXPLORES THIS MYSTERY IN HIS STUDY OF JERUSALEM.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06433 | HERE AND NOW | | COHEN, ROBERT | BECK, MARILYN | WHEN SAM KARNISH MEETS A HASIDIC COUPLE ON AN AIRPLANE, THEY PROVE A WELCOME DIVERSION IN HIS LIFE. EVENTUALLY HE BECOMES COMPLETELY INVOLVED WITH THEM, EVEN THOUGH HE DISCOVERS THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY APPEAR TO BE. SAM SOON FINDS HIMSELF RISKING HIS FUTURE, HIS PRINCIPLES, AND EVEN HIS LIFE FOR THE HASIDIC WIFE.© 1996 |
EN4 | 06434 | BAGHDAD MISSION | | ROSEN, SIDNEY; ROSEN, DOROTHY | HERBERT ABRAHAM | A STORY SET IN 800 C.E. ABOUT A YOUNG NOBLE STOWAWAY ON A JEWISH MERCHANT SHIP, SEEKING REFUGE AND VENGEANCE AGAINST HIS FATHER'S MURDERER.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06435 | RABBI AND THE NUN | | SCHREIBER, MORDECAI | FRANK SWEENEY | 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.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06436 | 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.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06438 | PRINCE OF WEST END AVENUE | | ISLER, ALAN | JAMES SPECTO | OTTO KORNER, A RETIREE IN AN UPPER MANHATTAN RETIREMENT HOME, RUMINATES ON HIS AND HIS FELLOW RETIREES' SEXUAL ESCAPADES, FEUDS AND POLITICAL DEBATES, AND FLASHBACKS TO HIS LIFE AS A YOUNG EMIGRE GERMAN POET IN ZURICH AFTER THE WAR.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06444 | KIDNAPPED AND THE RANSOMED | THE NARRATIVE OF PETER AND VINA ST | PICKARD, KATE E. R. | MIRIAM FRIEDMAN ALIMONOS | RIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1856, THIS IS THE RECOLLECTION OF PETER STILL, A BLACK SLAVE. HE WAS STOLEN AS A CHILD FROM HIS HOME, FORCED TO BE A SLAVE FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS, AND FINALLY FREED WITH THE HELP OF TWO JEWISH BROTHERS. IT IS THE ONLY NINETEENTH CENTURY SLAVE NARRATIVE SHOWING JEWISH PARTICIPATION IN THE ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06449 | FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T BELIEVE | OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES OF FAITH | SCHULWEIS, HAROLD M. | EDITH FRIEDMAN | RABBI SCHULWEIS ADDRESSES THE MAJOR HURDLES TO BELIEF IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND ATTEMPTS TO HELP READERS UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF PRAYER, MIRACLES, AND DIVINE REVELATION IN THEIR LIVES.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06450 | TIME TO REND, A TIME TO SEW | | POMERANTZ, RACHEL | FLAMBERG, AUDREY | BETH'S FATHER, A DOCTOR, IS CERTAIN THAT SHE COULD BECOME A SURGEON, A POSITION HE WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITISM. BETH BEGINS TO PURSUE THE DEGREE BUT WHEN SHE BECOMES RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT, IT SEEMS TOO DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE. TO PRESERVE THE FAMILY, HER SISTER ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE BETH'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06451 | NOT BY THE SWORD | HOW A CANTOR AND HIS FAMILY TRANSFORMED A KLANSMAN | WATTERSON, KATHRYN | JANET KALISH | LARRY TRAPP, GRAND DRAGON OF THE KU KLUX KLAN IN NEBRASKA, HARASSED JEWS, ASIANS, AND AFRICAN AMERICANS. BUT ONE OF HIS TARGETS, CANTOR MICHAEL EISSER, MANAGED TO TURN TRAPP AROUND. TRAPP BECAME A CONVERT TO JUDAISM, LECTURED AGAINST HIS FORMER CAUSES, AND LIVED WITH THE WEISSERS UNTIL HIS DEATH.© 1995 |
EN4 | 06453 | AHARON APPELFELD | THE HOLOCAUST AND BEYOND | RAMRAS-RAUCH, GILA | RACHEL KRUSKAL | AN ANALYSIS OF APPELFELD'S NOVELS AND SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES APPELFELD'S PERSONAL DISENGAGEMENT IN HIS FICTION AND HIS NEED TO PLUMB THE ROOTS OF A LOST JEWISH PAST.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06468 | BLUE MOUNTAIN | | SHALEV, MEIR | SHIRLEY SOMMER | BARUCH SHENKAR, AN ISRAELI MORTICIAN WHOSE PARENTS WERE KILLED BY ARAB TERRORISTS WHEN HE WAS A CHILD, REFLECTS ON THE PEOPLE HE HAS BURIED AND MULLS OVER QUESTIONS THAT STILL HAUNT HIM. DID GRANDFATHER YAAKOV KILL GRANDMOTHER FEYGE? WHY DID UNCLE EFRAYIM DISAPPEAR? SHALEV'S CHARACTERS DEPICT THE BIRTH OF A NATION.© 1991 |
EN4 | 06472 | 100 YEARS, 100 STORIES | | BURNS, GEORGE | FRANK SWEENEY | 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.© 1996 |
EN4 | 06477 | MR. VERTIGO | | AUSTER, PAUL | JEANNE LINDE | IN 1924, WALT, A FOULMOUTHED, BADLY-ABUSED 9-YEAR-OLD, IS PICKED FROM A ST. LOUIS GUTTER BY THE MYSTERIOUS MASTER YEHUDI WHO PROMISES TO TEACH HIM HOW TO FLY. THIS STORY OSCILLATES BETWEEN FANTASY AND REAL TIME, COVERING A LARGE CHUNK OF AMERICAN HISTORY.© 1994 |
EN4 | 06478 | STRANGE ATTRACTORS | | GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA | MELINDA DAVIS | 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.© 1993 |
EN4 | 06480 | GOD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE | THE SEARCH FOR A SPIRITUAL JUDAISM | GORDIS, DANIEL | MARK YOHALEM | GORDIS EXPLORES THE SPIRITUAL RENEWAL OF JUDAISM THROUGH THE CENTRAL TEXTS OF JUDAISM, RITUALS, THE COMMANDMENTS, PRAYER AND ETHICS. HE CONCLUDES THAT JUDAISM'S INTELLECTUAL OPENNESS, ITS ETHICAL RIGOR AND RITUAL POWER GUARANTEE THE TRANSMISSION OF TRADITION. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06481 | COVER STORY | | CULLEN, ROBERT | SHIRLEY RICH | JOURNALIST COLIN BURKE IS COVERING THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS IN MOSCOW WHEN HE RECEIVES A HOT TIP FROM A MYSTERIOUS, SEDUCTIVE ISRAELI OPERATIVE. BURKE BECOMES ENMESHED IN A HARROWING STORY INVOLVING SYRIAN AND RUSSIAN NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS, ENTERING A WORLD WHERE THE ONE PERSON YOU TRUST WILL BE THE FIRST TO BETRAY YOU. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06484 | WIESENTHAL FILE | | LEVY, ALAN | BEATRICE DAV | ACCOUNT OF NAZI HUNTER SIMON WIESENTHAL'S LIFE AND WORK. LEVY CONCLUDES THAT WIESENTHAL'S EXPOSURE OF FORMER UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KURT WALDHEIM'S ACTIVITIES DURING THE NAZI ERA COST WALDHEIM A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06486 | PURIM WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH | | GANZ, YAFFA | MARK SIMON | 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. © 1991 |
EN4 | 06490 | BLACK CROSS | | ILES, GREG | RAY FAIOLA | THE BRITISH ARE DETERMINED TO STOP NAZI DEVELOPMENT OF TWO POISON GASES IN A SMALL CONCENTRATION CAMP. TO THIS END THEY CHOOSE A PACIFIST AMERICAN DOCTOR AND A ZIONIST ASSASSIN TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE CAMP, NAZIS, LABORATORIES AND VICTIMS INCLUDED. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06491 | BROKEN COVENANT | AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE CRISIS BETWEENTHE US & ISRAEL | ARENS, MOSHE | EVA YARETT | ARENS, LIKUD PARTY FOREIGN MINISTER FROM 1988-1990, WORKED CLOSELY WITH YITZHAK SHAMIR TO RETURN THE COUNTRY'S POLICIES TO A MORE CONSERVATIVE FOCUS. ALTHOUGH ARENS IS HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI PEACE ACCORD, HE IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL OF INTERFERENCE IN ISRAEL'S DOMESTIC POLICIES BY THE UNITED STATES. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06495 | 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. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06497 | CHANUKAH WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI HAYONAH | | GANZ, YAFFA | ALLISON JAKABOVICS | A CHILD'S EYE VIEW OF CHANUKAH, ITS TIME TO LIGHT THE CANDLES WITH BINA, BENNY AND CHAGGAI, THE HOLIDAY DOVE. AND WHILE THE CANDLES ARE BURNING, CHAGGAI WILL TAKE YOU TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL AND RIGHT INTO THE STORY OF YEHUDAH HAMACCABEE. |
EN4 | 06498 | SURVIVORS | | FEINSTEIN, ELAINE | ESTHER GERST | THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS THE FORTUNES OF TWO RUSSIAN JEWISH FAMILIES WHO SETTLE IN LIVERPOOL AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. ONE ORTHODOX AND THE OTHER LIBERAL, THE FAMILIES' FATES BECOME INTERTWINED AS THEY LIVE THROUGH TWO WORLD WARS, THE DEPRESSION, AND THE RISE OF BRITISH FASCISM. © 1991 |
EN4 | 06500 | THIS WAY FOR THE GAS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN | | BOROWSKI, TADEUSZ | RITA LEVINE | THE AUTHOR, A CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR, SHOWS HOW ATROCIOUS CRIMES BECOME AN UNREMARKABLE PART OF A DAILY ROUTINE. PRISONERS EAT, WORK, SLEEP AND FALL IN LOVE A FEW YARDS FROM WHERE OTHER PRISONERS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTERED. THE WILL TO SURVIVE OVERRIDES COMPASSION, AND THE LINE BETWEEN THE NORMAL AND ABNORMAL VANISHES. © 1967 |
EN4 | 06501 | 1920 DIARY | | BABEL, ISAAC | GEORGE ROBINSON | PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME, THIS SLENDER WORK RECORDS ISAAC BABEL'S EXPERIENCES AS A CORRESPONDENT DURING THE RUSSO-POLISH WAR (1919-1920). MOST ENTRIES ARE BRIEF, TELEGRAPHIC NOTES TO SPUR THE MEMORY AND EVOKE SCENES OR PEOPLE TO BE DESCRIBED LATER. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06502 | MURDER AT CITY HALL | | KOCH, EDWARD I. | AUDREY FLAMBERG | '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. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06503 | LITTLE BLACK BOX | 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. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06504 | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06507 | DOV DOV AND THE MONEY TREE | AND OTHER STORIES | WEINBERG, YONA | MARJORIE RAP | SHARE THE EMOTIONS AS DOV DOV AND THE OTHER CHILDREN WHO INHABIT HIS WORLD FACE CHALLENGING LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES, SUCH AS AGED INVALIDS, HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS AND NATURAL DISASTERS, AND WELCOME JOYOUS OCCASIONS AS WELL. © 1990 |
EN4 | 06509 | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06512 | LIVING WITH KIDS | PARENTS AT THEIR BEST | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | MARILYN PERE | SUGGESTIONS AND WORKABLE SOLUTIONS FOR PARENTS ON MANY FAMILY PROBLEMS. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06513 | I AM SPOCK | | NIMOY, LEONARD | DAVID THOMPSON | NIMOY GIVES US INSIGHT INTO THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND THE ACTOR'S CRAFT, AND GIVES HIS OWN INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE CREATION OF THE STAR TREK PHENOMENON. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06515 | HE, SHE, AND IT | | | PIERCY, MARGE | SHIRA SHIPMAN, A 'PSYCHOENGINEER' IN THE 21ST CENTURY, RETURNS TO TIKVA, HER HOMETOWN, AFTER THE LOSS OF HER SON IN A CUSTODY BATTLE. EXPECTING COMFORT AND SOME OF GRANDMA'S CHICKEN SOUP, SHE FINDS INSTEAD THAT GRANDMA MALKAH, A BRILLIANT COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, NEEDS HER HELP IN BATTLING 'INFORMATION PIRATES.' © 1991 |
EN4 | 06523 | AND YOU SHALL BE A BLESSING | AN UNFOLDING OF THE SIX WORDS THAT BEGIN EVERY BRAKHA | 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. © 1993 |
EN4 | 06525 | LETTERS FROM RIFKA | | HESSE, KAREN | MARCI GORDON | RIFKA KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT AMERICA WHEN SHE FLEES RUSSIA WITH HER FAMILY IN 1919. THROUGHOUT HER JOURNEY, SHE CARRIES A CHERISHED VOLUME OF POETRY BY ALEXANDER PUSHKIN IN WHICH SHE RECORDS HER OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN THE FORM OF LETTERS TO TOVAH, THE BELOVED COUSIN SHE HAS LEFT BEHIND IN THE OLD COUNTRY. BASED ON A TRUE STORY. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06527 | 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. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06528 | SPIELBERG | THE MAN, THE MOVIES, THE MYTHOLOGY | SANELLO, FRANK | WILLIAM GREV | SANELLO GIVES BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES ABOUT THE MAKING OF EACH OF STEVEN SPIELBERG'S FILMS, AS WELL DETAILS OF THE FILMMAKER'S HIS PERSONAL LIFE, HIS EMERGING SENSE OF JEWISH IDENTITY AND THE MAKING OF THE HOLOCAUST FILM 'SCHINDLER'S LIST,' FOR WHICH HE WON AN OSCAR AS BEST DIRECTOR. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06532 | WALKING HUMBLY WITH GOD | THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF RABBI HERSHEL JONAH MATT | MATT, DANIEL C., ED. | JEROME BROOK | EDITED BY HIS SON, THE BOOK PRESENTS THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF RABBI HERSHEL JONAH MATT (1922-1987), WHO WAS NOTED FOR HIS DEVOTION TO SERVICE AND HIS EMPHASIS ON OPENING ONESELF TO THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF JUDAISM. © 1993 |
EN4 | 06534 | COLOR OF WATER | A BLACK MAN'S TRIBUTE TO HIS WHITE MOTHER | MCBRIDE, JAMES | TANYA SHERMA | JAMES MCBRIDE GREW UP ONE OF 12 CHILDREN OF A BLACK MINISTER AND A WHITE MOTHER IN A BROOKLYN HOUSING PROJECT. IN THIS MOVING MEMOIR IN WHICH MCBRIDE RECOUNTS HIS EMBARRASSMENTS AND STRAINS, HIS MOTHER, BORN AN ORTHODOX JEW, TELLS THE STORY OF HER OWN PAST, A STORY JAMES MCBRIDE DID NOT LEARN UNTIL HE WAS AN ADULT. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06536 | LIEBERMAN'S LAW | | KAMINSKY, STUART | | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06537 | BACK OF BEYOND | A BAR MITZVAH JOURNEY | WAYSMAN, DVORA | MARJORIE RAP | DANNY IS JEWISH. HE IS GOING TO HAVE A BAR MITZVAH CELEBRATION WITH LOTS OF DANCING AND SINGING, AND PRESENTS. MURI IS ABORIGINE. HE IS ABOUT TO INITIATE DANNY INTO HIS MANHOOD CEREMONY. IT ALSO HAS LOTS OF DANCING AND SINGING, AND PRESENTS. AND ONE MORE THING...BLOOD! © 1996 |
EN4 | 06539 | JEWISH MYSTICISM | AN ANTHOLOGY | COHN-SHERBOK, DAN | ELLEN WERTHE | IN THIS ENGROSSING INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF JEWISH MYSTICISM, COHN-SHERBOK PRESENTS NEARLY TWO HUNDRED THOROUGHLY ANNOTATED EXCERPTS FROM THE GREATEST MYSTICS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06540 | KING OF COMEDY | THE LIFE AND ART OF JERRY LEWIS | LEVY, SHAWN | JERRY O'NEIL | THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWED COMEDIAN JERRY LEWIS EXTENSIVELY FOR THIS PENETRATING BUT UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06542 | SUMMING UP | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | SHAMIR, YITZHAK | FAITH GARFIELD | 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. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06544 | MIDRASH FOR BEGINNERS | | GOLDBERG, EDWIN C. | HARRY GARTEN | IN THIS BRIEF STUDY, GOLDBERG USES A MIDRASH TO INTRODUCE READERS TO THE POWER OF INTERPRETATION FOR EXPANDING THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL STORIES. HE FOCUSES ON THE STORY OF JOSEPH AND CONTRASTS HIS OWN MIDRASHIM WITH BOTH THE BIBLICAL NARRATIVE AND GENESIS RABBAH (TRADITIONAL MIDRASHIC WORK ON GENESIS). © 1996 |
EN4 | 06550 | WARRIOR STATESMAN | THE LIFE OF MOSHE DAYAN | SLATER, ROBERT | SHIRLEY SOMMER | THIS IS A BIOGRAPHY OF MOSHE DAYAN, THE FORMER COMMANDER OF ISRAEL'S ARMED FORCES DURING THE SIX-DAY AND YOM KIPPUR WARS AND ONE OF THE PIVOTAL FORCES AT THE CAMP DAVID PEACE ACCORDS. THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS DAYAN AS A MAN OF DESTINY, VISION AND ALL TOO HUMAN FLAWS. © 1991 |
EN4 | 06552 | ONE POLICE PLAZA | | CAUNITZ, WILLIAM J. | FRANK SWEENEY | THE BOOK BEGINS WITH A NUDE CORPSE IN A BATHTUB. FOR NEW YORK DETECTIVE LT. DAN MALONE, IT'S ALL IN A DAY'S WORK. SOON HE'S NECK DEEP IN A MYSTERY INVOLVING THE MOSSAD, MUSLIM EXTREMISTS, THE U.S. ARMY AND THE NYPD. © 1984 |
EN4 | 06553 | TIMEBENDS | A LIFE | MILLER, ARTHUR | HARRY SMALL | WITH PASSION, WIT AND CANDOR, MILLER RECALLS HIS CHILDHOOD IN HARLEM AND BROOKLYN, HIS SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN THE THEATER AND HOLLYWOOD AND THE FORMATION OF HIS POLITICAL BELIEFS, WHICH EVENTUALLY BROUGHT HIM INTO CONFRONTATIONS WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. © 1985 |
EN4 | 06554 | BEYOND THE PROMISED LAND | JEWS AND ARABS ON THE HARD ROAD TO ISRAEL | FRANKEL, GLENN | BERNICE FOER | A PICTURE OF THE SOCIAL CHANGES THAT THE POLITICS OF PEACE HAS BROUGHT TO THE REGION, AS WELL AS TO THE ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. THE AUTHOR, A SEASONED JOURNALIST, COVERS THE AGONY OF THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING AND THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT BOTH PEOPLES HAVE UNDERGONE. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06560 | WONDER CHILD | AND OTHER JEWISH FAIRY TALES | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD; RUSH, BARBARA | JAY LILKER | A COLLECTION OF JEWISH FAIRY TALES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHICH APPEAL TO CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06564 | ARE WE ON THE AIR? | THE HILARIOUS, SCANDALOUS CONFESSIONS OF A T.V. PIONEER | LEBOW, GUY | GUY LEBOW | MEMOIRS OF THE OWNER OF A NEW YORK RADIO STATION WHO HAS ALSO BEEN AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, SPORTSCASTER, TALK SHOW HOST AND AN ACTOR IN A WOODY ALLEN FILM. © 1992 |
EN4 | 06570 | MAKING OF A JEW | | BRONFMAN, EDGAR M. | HARRY SMALL | BRONFMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS SINCE 1981 AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SEAGRAM CORPORATION, REFLECTS ON HIS REJECTION OF JUDAISM AS A YOUNG MAN AND HIS COMPLETE TURNAROUND IN RECENT YEARS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06573 | ABOUT SCHMIDT | | BEGLEY, LOUIS | TANYA SHERMAN | A PATRICIAN LAWYER IN LOVE, HIS YUPPIE DAUGHTER AND HER JEWISH FIANCEE PLAY PARTS IN THIS NOVEL SET AMIDST A FADING WASP SOCIETY AND RISING NEW FORTUNES IN NEW YORK AND THE HAMPTONS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06574 | SHOVEL AND THE LOOM | | FRIEDMAN, CARL | MIMI GREENSTEIN | CHAYA, AN ATHEISTIC BELGIAN PHILOSOPHY STUDENT WHO IS THE DAUGHTER OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, WORKS AS A NANNY TAKING CARE OF 3-YEAR-OLD SIMCHA, A HASIDIC BOY. HER 'INEXPLICABLE' LOVE FOR THE BOY IGNITES HER INTEREST IN JEWISH TRADITION AND THE SEARCH FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06577 | SILENTS | | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06583 | FAMILY CONNECTION | UNDERSTANDING YOUR LOVED ONES | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | RENEE GOODSTEIN | THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES PROBLEMS THAT COULD DISRUPT FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SUCH AS SIBLING RIVALRY, THE FATHER'S ROLE, CRITICAL CHILDREN AND DIVORCE. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06584 | GHOST STORIES | | BRONER, E. M. | SHIRLEY SOMMER | 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. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06585 | JEWS OF EGYPT | FROM RAMESES II TO HADRIAN | MODRZEJEWSKI, JOSEPH MELEZE | MARK YOHALEM | A HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, FROM ITS BIBLICAL BEGINNINGS UNDER THE PHARAOHS TO ITS PEAK UNDER THE PTOLEMIES, FOLLOWED BY ITS RAPID DECLINE AND CATASTROPHIC DISAPPEARANCE UNDER ROMAN RULE. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06586 | HAROLD ARLEN | RHYTHM, RAINBOWS AND BLUES | JABLONSKI, EDWARD | MARILYN BECK | THE AUTHOR DRAWS ON FAMILY DOCUMENTS AND MEMORABILIA FOR THIS BIOGRAPHY OF HAROLD ARLEN, FROM BANDLEADER TO BROADWAY COMPOSER. THE BOOK CONVEYS A SENSE OF THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS AT THAT TIME. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06589 | SMALL WORLDS | | HOFFMAN, ALLEN | HARRY SMALL | SET IN THE RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED POLISH TOWN OF KRIMSK IN 1903, THIS TALE EVOKES THE LOST WORLD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWRY, WITH ITS DAILY LIFE, ITS MYSTICISM, LAWS, FOLK SUPERSTITIONS AND ANTI-CZARIST SOCIALISM. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06591 | HOUSE OF MOSES ALL-STARS | | ROSEN, CHARLEY | JERRY O'NEIL | A NOVEL ABOUT A YOUNG JEWISH BASKETBALL PLAYER STRUGGLING TO REALIZE HIS DREAMS AMID THE TURMOIL OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06593 | ARROGANT BEGGAR | | YEZIERSKA, ANZIA | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1927, THIS IS A NOVEL OF SOCIAL COMMENTARY ABOUT JEWISH CLASS AND ETHNIC TENSIONS. THE BOOK BRINGS TO LIFE THE TEEMING ACTIVITY OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06594 | TURQUOISE TATTOO | | JACOBS, NANCY BAKER | RHODA KAHN | AS DR. BENJAMIN LEVY'S CHILD LIES DYING OF LEUKEMIA, LEVY HIRES A DETECTIVE TO LOCATE A CHILD HE FATHERED AS A SPERM DONOR WHEN HE WAS A MEDICAL STUDENT, TO TRY TO FIND A MATCH FOR A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT. BUT THE CHILD TURNS OUT TO BE THE SON OF A MEMBER OF THE ARYAN SUPREMACY PARTY. MURDER AND INTRIGUE ENSUE. © 1991 |
EN4 | 06596 | FAMILY MARKOWITZ | | GOODMAN, ALLEGRA | ARLINE KEMPNER | IN THIS NOVEL, GOODMAN PORTRAYS AN AMERICAN JEWISH FAMILY THROUGH COMIC, INTERLOCKING STORIES THAT PROBE THE QUESTIONS OF JEWISH IDENTITY. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06597 | KIDS SPEAK | | WALDER, CHAIM | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | THIS COMPILATION OF ESSAYS BY CHILDREN AGES 8 TO 13 REVEALS THEIR FEARS, STRUGGLES IN SCHOOL AND THEIR EMOTIONAL CONFLICTS. IT PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE REASONS BEHIND THEIR SCHOLASTIC PROBLEMS AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06600 | RAISING CHILDREN TO CARE | A JEWISH GUIDE TO CHILDREARING | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | RITA FEDER | THIS IS A GUIDE TO HELPING JEWISH PARENTS TRAIN THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO BECOME CARING, SELF-DISCIPLINED, AND RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE. © 1988 |
EN4 | 06604 | KOUFAX DILEMMA | | SCHNUR, STEVEN | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | WHEN DANNY'S MOTHER INSISTS THAT HE NOT PITCH IN THE SEASON OPENER BECAUSE IT IS ALSO THE FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER, DANNY IS FACED WITH A DIFFICULT DILEMMA. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06605 | WILDER TIMES | THE LIFE OF BILLY WILDER | LALLY, KEVIN | AUDREY FLAMBERG | LALLY, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE MOVIE INDUSTRY MAGAZINE "FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL," OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF WILDER'S CAREER IN FILMS, AND AN EXPLORATION OF HOW THE FILMMAKER'S PERSONALITY AFFECTED HIS ART. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06608 | ECHOES FROM THE HOLOCAUST | A MEMOIR | KIMMELMAN, MIRA RYCZKE | AMY GOLDBERGER | THIS IS THE MEMOIR OF MIRA RYCZKE KIMMELMAN, WHO, AT THE AGE OF 16, WAS FORCED BY NAZI TROOPS TO LEAVE HER CHILDHOOD HOME IN POLAND. OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS SHE SURVIVED THE WARSAW GHETTO, THREE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND A DEATH MARCH. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06611 | OUT OF THE ASHES | | MOSCO, MAISIE | SYLLA HASKEL | WHEN HER HUSBAND DIES, MARIANNE DIRECTS HER ENERGIES TO HER CAREER AS A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR. BUT SOON SHE FINDS HERSELF STEPPING INTO HER GRANDMOTHER'S SHOES AS MATRIARCH OF A PROUD BUT TROUBLED FAMILY. © 1989 |
EN4 | 06612 | HOW GOOD DO WE HAVE TO BE? | A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF GUILT AND FORGIVENESS | KUSHNER, HAROLD, RABBI | AMY S. GOLDBERGER | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06613 | HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN AMERICA | | SACHAR, HOWARD M. | LYNN HIMELFARB | THIS MONUMENTAL YET VIBRANTLY DETAILED HISTORY CHRONICLES JEWISH LIFE IN AMERICA FROM EARLY SETTLEMENT IN NEW AMSTERDAM IN 1654 TO THE EFFORTS TO RESETTLE RUSSIAN JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1980S. THE NARRATIVE ALSO DEALS WITH ACCULTURATION AND A REAFFIRMATION OF IDENTITY IN FACE OF ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1992 |
EN4 | 06614 | LIFE DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS | THE HOLINESS OF LITTLE DAILY DRAMAS | ALPER, ROBERT A. | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | THROUGH FORTY APPEALING NARRATIVES, A RABBI-TURNED- STAND-UP COMIC ILLUSTRATES HOW SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING MOMENTS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06616 | THAT DAY THE RABBI LEFT TOWN | | KEMELMAN, HARRY | SANDI SKODNICK | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06618 | ALAN JAY LERNER | | JABLONSKI, EDWARD | JAMES BRENNAN | JABLONSKI CHRONICLES THE LIFE AND CAREER OF THE NOTED LYRICIST AND SCREENWRITER ALAN JAY LERNER (1918-1986). LERNER HITS INCLUDE 'BRIGADOON,' 'PAINT YOUR WAGON,' MY FAIR LADY' AND THE MOVIE 'GIGI'. LERNER'S MOST IMPORTANT COLLABORATOR WAS FREDERICK LOEWE; BUT LATER HE WORKED WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN, BURTON LANE AND ANDRE PREVIN. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06620 | HANG TIME | | CHAFETS, ZEV | HARRY SMALL | DETROIT PISTONS COACH DAWKINS AND PLAYERS HOLLIMAN AND BANNION ARE MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED AS MEMBERS OF A ZIONIST CONTINGENT AND ABDUCTED BY A TERRORIST GROUP. HOLLIMAN'S BROTHER, A FORMER COP, FLIES TO ISRAEL TO WORK OUT A PLAN TO FREE THE HOSTAGES. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06621 | PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | ELLEN WERTHEIM | WHEN CELEBRATED HEART SURGEON AZOR SPARKS IS MURDERED, LIEUTENANT PETER DECKER AND HIS TEAM OF DETECTIVES WORK OVERTIME TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY. THE DEEPER THEY PROBE, THE MORE MURKY THE CASE GROWS. TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE INVESTIGATION, OLD SECRETS ARE RESURRECTED. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06622 | JEW IN THE LOTUS | A POET'S REDISCOVERY OF JEWISH IDENTITY IN BUDDHIST INDIA | 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 OTHER TIBETAN BUDDHIST LEADERS. INSPIRED BY THE ENCOUNTER BOTH AS A HUMAN BEING AND AS A JEW, HE DRAWS INTERESTING PARALLELS BETWEEN THE TWO FAITHS. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06626 | AM I A MURDERER? | TESTAMENT OF A JEWISH GHETTO POLICEMAN | PERECHODNIK, CALEL | MARTIN WALDMAN | HOPING HIS UNIFORM WOULD PROTECT HIS FAMILY, 27-YEAR-OLD AGRONOMIST PERECHODNIK JOINED THE GHETTO POLICE DURING WORLD WAR II ONLY TO FIND HIMSELF PARTICIPATING IN THE AUGUST 1941 EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS, INCLUDING HIS FAMILY. HE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN 1944, BUT LEFT THIS DISTURBING MEMOIR FOR OTHERS TO READ. |
EN4 | 06627 | ALL FOR THE BOSS | THE LIFE AND IMPACT OF YAAKOV YOSEF HERMAN | SHAIN, RUCHOMA | MARK YOHALEM | THE STORY OF A MAN WHO, IN THE COMPLEXITY OF THE NEW WORLD, CHOSE TO ADHERE TO HIS AGE-OLD RELIGION. OUT OF HIS LOVE FOR TORAH, HE BECAME A GREAT EDUCATOR AND INFECTED OTHERS WITH HIS DEDICATION AND ENTHUSIASM. © 1984 |
EN4 | 06628 | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06629 | SMALL MIRACLES (VOLUMES I & II) | EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES FROM EVERYDAY LIFE | HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH | 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06630 | HISTORY: A NOVEL | | MORANTE, ELSA | RITA LEVINE | TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN, THIS IS MORANTE'S MASTERPIECE ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES OF ORDINARY ITALIANS IN WORLD WAR II. THROUGH HER CHARACTERS' LIVES MORANTE LINKS THE HISTORY OF THE WAR AND THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CONVEYING THEIR DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCES IN A POWERFUL WAY. THIS IS WRITING ON A COSMIC LEVEL. © 1977 |
EN4 | 06633 | ESSENTIAL MAIMONIDES | | FINKEL, AVRAHAM YAAKOV, ED. | DOROTHY AXELROTH | A COLLECTION OF FIVE DISCOURSES AND LETTERS BY MAIMONIDES. TOGETHER THEY COMPRISE, IN CAPSULE FORM, THE FULL RANGE OF MAIMONIDES'S VIEWS ON GOD, TORAH, MAN, AND THE WORLD. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06634 | E.M.E.T.T. | A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO EMOTIONAL MATURITY ESTABLISHED THRU TORAH | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | RITA FEDER | AN ORIGINAL AND SUCCESSFUL TORAH METHOD OF COPING WITH ADVERSITY AND TAPPING OUR POTENTIAL FOR JOY AND UNDERSTANDING. © 1987 |
EN4 | 06639 | CYNTHIA OZICK READER | | KAUVAR, ELAINE M., ED. | RABBI KAREN KAPLAN | A COLLECTION OF POEMS, STORIES, AND ESSAYS BY THE DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN WRITER. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06640 | PICTURING THE WRECK | | SHAPIRO, DANI | TANYA SHERMAN | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06648 | SWIMMING ACROSS THE HUDSON | | HENKIN, JOSHUA | DAVID THOMPSON | 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 FORWARD, BEN GRADUALLY COMES TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE CAN BE A LEGITIMATE JEW WITHOUT RECOURSE TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06649 | DON'T CALL IT NIGHT | | OZ, AMOS | TAMIR | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEO AND HIS YOUNGER LOVER NO'A IS STARTING TO WEAR THIN. THEN ONE OF NO'A'S STUDENTS DIES, APPARENTLY OF A DRUG OVERDOSE, AND THE BEREAVED FATHER ARRIVES TO OPEN A DRUG REHABILITATION CLINIC, PUTTING NO'A IN CHARGE. OZ EXAMINES THE IMPACT OF NO'A'S NEW JOB ON HER LOVE RELATIONSHIP. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06651 | VARIOUS POSITIONS | A LIFE OF LEONARD COHEN | NADEL, IRA B. | JAMES BRENNAN | AN AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF THE CANADIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER, POET AND NOVELIST. THE AUTHOR IS A BOOK REVIEWER FOR THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITAIN. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06653 | OPEN HEART | | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | TAMIR | DURING A TRIP TO INDIA TO TREAT THE HOSPITAL DIRECTOR'S DAUGHTER, DR. BENJAMIN RUBIN FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE DIRECTOR'S WIFE. A NOVEL BY THE DISTINGUISHED ISRAELI NOVELIST ABOUT THE SEARCH FOR EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEANING. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06654 | JERICHO FILES | | GOLD, ALAN | PAUL KRAM | WHEN HER GRANDFATHER IS MURDERED SHORTLY AFTER GIVING HER AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH, LAWYER MIRIAM DAVIS AND HER JOURNALIST LOVER PAUL SINCLAIR UNEARTH A WORLDWIDE WEB OF TERRORISM UNKNOWN EVEN TO THE MOSSAD. THEIR DISCOVERY: A DECADES-OLD KGB PLOT THAT REACHES INTO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT. © 1993 |
EN4 | 06655 | ACTUAL | | 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 MIDDLE AGE, HARRY HAS RETURNED TO THE CHICAGO OF HIS YOUTH TO RECOVER WHAT HE CAN OF THE LIFE HE HAS MISSED. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06656 | LAWS OF RETURN | | STRACHER, CAMERON | JEAN BASS | STRACHER'S DEBUT NOVEL PUTS A NEW TWIST ON THE STORY OF THE WANDERING JEW. AT ITS HEART, 'THE LAWS OF RETURN' IS A ROMANTIC AND HUMOROUS EXPLORATION OF THE AMBIVALENCE MANY OF US FEEL TOWARD THE ROLE RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY PLAY IN OUR LIVES. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06659 | HISTORY AND VARIETIES OF JEWISH MEDITATION | | VERMAN, MARK | EVA YARETT | VERMAN COMBINES HISTORY AND PRACTICES AS HE EXAMINES THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH MEDITATION PRACTICES IN GREAT DEPTH, BEGINNING WITH ITS ROOTS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06660 | AARON SPELLING | A PRIME TIME LIFE | SPELLING, AARON; GRAHAM, JEFFERSON | JEAN EIFERT | THE SON OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS WHO SETTLED IN DALLAS, SPELLING GREW UP SPINNING YARNS AND HONING STORY SKILLS THAT EVENTUALLY LED HIM FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF TV PRODUCTION TO THE TOP OF THE INDUSTRY. IN THIS MEMOIR, HE AVOIDS THE USUAL GOSSIP AND FOCUSES ON FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND HIS OWN "FANTASY ISLAND" LIFESTYLE. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06662 | SUNSET DETECTIVES | | WEISS, HERMAN | ELYSE WEISBERG | WHEN A LOCAL SHERIFF CONSULTS TWO RETIRED NYPD DETECTIVES ON A MURDER CASE, THEY FIND THE TEMPTATION TO INVESTIGATE ON THEIR OWN TOO HARD TO RESIST. SUDDENLY CHELSEA AND NOVICK ARE IN OVER THEIR HEADS ON A CONSPIRACY OF INTERNATIONAL PROPORTIONS. A SERIAL KILLER IS ON THE LOOSE. AND HE'S TARGETING HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06665 | ONE-WAY TICKET | | ZINIK, ZINOVY | SHARON SPENSER | ZINIK, WHO LEFT RUSSIA IN 1975, CRAFTS EIGHT STORIES DEPICTING THE PLIGHT OF EMIGRES AS THEY ENDURE THEIR SOLITUDE AND TRY TO CREATE NEW LIVES AND NEW SELVES. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06667 | ECHOES OF GLORY | | WEIN, BEREL | JEROME BROOKMAN | RABBI WEIN OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF JEWISH HISTORY FROM THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH THROUGH 750 C.E. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06668 | LOVE AND GARBAGE | | KLIMA, IVAN | JEANNE LINDEN | THE NARRATOR OF THIS NOVEL, SET IN COMMUNIST CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HAS BEEN DEMOTED TO BEING A GARBAGE COLLECTOR BECAUSE OF HIS IRREVERENT ATTITUDE TO THE AUTHORITIES. THE NOVEL IS WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE GARBAGE, BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL, WHICH THE PROTAGONIST MUST ENDURE. © 1990 |
EN4 | 06669 | GATES OF NOVEMBER | CHRONICLES OF THE SLEPAK FAMILY | POTOK, CHAIM | SYLVIA JACOBS | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06675 | LILY WHITE | | ISAACS, SUSAN | ARLYNN GREENAUM | MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR MEETS NANCY DREW IN ISAACS'S LATEST BOOK, A BLEND OF SATIRE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER. LILY WHITE NEE LILY ROSE WEISS MOVES BETWEEN THE LONG ISLAND JEWS, INCLUDING HER PARENTS, WHO ARE TRYING TO FIT INTO WASP SOCIETY; AND THE UNSAVORY CHARACTERS SHE SOMETIMES MUST DEFEND AS A SUCCESSFUL TRIAL LAWYER. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06676 | 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06680 | QUARRY | | GROSSINGER, HARVEY | AUDREY FLAMBERG | GROSSINGER'S FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD-WINNING COLLECTION OF FIVE STORIES AND ONE SHORT NOVELLA FOCUSES ON JEWISH FAMILIES, FATHER-AND-SON RELATIONSHIPS, AND THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06683 | MOE BERG | THE SPY BEHIND HOME PLATE | GREY, VIVIAN | MARCI GORDON | A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER FLUENT IN NINE LANGUAGES, AN IVY LEAGUE SCHOLAR, AND AN ATTORNEY, MOE BERG LED A LIFE OF MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE AS A TOP-SECRET SPY WHO HELPED THE UNITED STATES WITH THE RACE AGAINST GERMANY TO BUILD THE DREADED ATOMIC BOMB. AFTER WW II, BERG FOCUSED HIS ACTIVITIES ON THE SOVIET UNION. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06684 | GOSSIP | THE POWER OF THE WORD | WYLEN, STEPHEN M. | HAROLD SIEGELL | RABBI WYLEN ADDRESSES THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE PERSIST IN PATTERNS OF SPEECH THAT DISRUPT RELATIONSHIPS, CAUSE UNHAPPINESS AND EVEN ENDANGER LIVES. USING EXAMPLES, WYLEN ANALYZES THE TALE BEARING, FALSE JUDGMENT, UNTRUTHS, REVENGE, AND EVEN DANGERS OF FAVORABLE JUDGMENT CONTAINED IN ORDINARY DISCOURSE. © 1993 |
EN4 | 06689 | AMERICAN PASTORAL | | ROTH, PHILIP | MARILYN BECK | ROTH RECREATES THE CONFLICTS AND VIOLENT TRANSITIONS OF THE 1960S. HE PORTRAYS HOW THE INNOCENCE OF ONE MAN, SWEDE LEVOV, IS SWEPT AWAY BY THE TIMES. EVERYTHING INDUSTRIOUSLY CREATED BY LEVOV'S FAMILY IN AMERICA OVER THREE GENERATIONS IS LEFT IN A SHAMBLES BY THE EXPLOSION OF A BOMB IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06690 | FLOWERS IN THE BLOOD | | COURTER, GAY | MIRIAM ALIMONOS | 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. © 1990 |
EN4 | 06694 | ROTHCHILDS | A FAMILY PORTRAIT | MORTON, FREDERIC | RITA LEVINE | AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF A JEWISH FAMILY WHOSE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN FRANKFURT'S CROWDED JEW STREET EVENTUALLY EVOLVED INTO A HUGE FINANCIAL EMPIRE. © 1961 |
EN4 | 06695 | REBBETZIN GRUNFELD | | DANSKY, MIRIAM | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | DR. JUDITH GRUNFELD WAS A YOUNG EDUCATOR IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY, WHEN SHE RECEIVED A SUMMONS FROM POLAND TO BECOME A COLLEAGUE OF SARAH SCHENIRER, THE LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF THE BAIS YAAKOV MOVEMENT. JUDITH GRUNFELD BECAME AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE MODEL FOR ORTHODOX JEWISH WOMEN. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06696 | LIVING HISTORY | A MEMOIR | HERZOG, CHAIM | JAMES SPECTOR | BORN IN BELFAST IN 1918, HERZOG MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO PALESTINE IN 1935. HE FOUGHT IN ISRAEL'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND, AS DIRECTOR OF ISRAEL'S MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, MOLDED IT INTO ONE OF THE BEST AGENCIES OF ITS KIND. AS PRESIDENT (1983-1993), HERZOG WORKED TO FORGE A COALITION GOVERNMENT AND RESOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06700 | UNTIL THE MASHIACH | THE LIFE OF RABBI NACHMAN | KAPLAN, ARYEH, RABBI | LILLIAN LUX | ARYEH KAPLAN'S BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI NACHMAN IS THE FRUIT OF METICULOUS RESEARCH INTO ALL THE SURVIVING SOURCE MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE ORAL TRADITION OF THE BRESLOVER CHASIDIM THEMSELVES. THE WORK IS ACCOMPANIED BY A RICH ARRAY OF SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL COVERING RABBI NACHMAN'S FAMILY AND OTHER KEY PERSONAGES IN HIS LIFE AND PERIOD. © 1985 |
EN4 | 06701 | PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER | | HIGGINS, JACK | AUDREY FLAMBERG | IN HIGGINS'S LATEST THRILLER, SEAN DILLON, EX-IRA AND EX-PLO OPERATIVE NOW WITH BRITISH INTELLIGENCE, FINDS HIMSELF WORKING ON BEHALF ON THE U.S. PRESIDENT. A JEWISH EXTREMIST HAS THREATENED TO KILL PRESIDENT CAZALET'S ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER IF CAZALET DOESN'T AUTHORIZE BOMBING ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06702 | SNOW IN AUGUST | | HAMILL, PETE | GUY LEBOW | 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. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06705 | FOUR PERFECT PEBBLES | A HOLOCAUST STORY | PERL, LILA; BLUMENTHAL LAZAR, MARIAN | ADELE BORDEN | MARIAN BLUMENTHAL WAS NOT QUITE FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HER FAMILY FLED GERMANY FOR THE RELATIVE SAFETY OF HOLLAND. THEY HAD VISAS FOR THE U.S., BUT THE NAZIS INVADED HOLLAND BEFORE THEY COULD BE USED. THE BLUMENTHALS WERE SENT TO THE "FAMILY CAMP" AT BERGEN-BELSEN, WHERE THEY REMAINED UNTIL THEY WERE LIBERATED AT THE END OF THE WAR. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06707 | RESCUE OF MEMORY | | SUCHER, CHERYL PEARL | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06708 | GUIDED TOURS OF HELL | | PROSE, FRANCINE | JEREMY HANDELMAN | PROSE CREATES DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HELL ON EARTH IN THESE TWO NOVELLAS. THE FIRST DEALS WITH A PLAYWRIGHT WHOSE IRRATIONAL JEALOUSY LEADS TO DISASTER ON A TOUR OF A CONCENTRATION CAMP. IN THE SECOND, A YOUNG WRITER IN PARIS, MISERABLE WITHOUT HER EDITOR/LOVER, MUST DEAL WITH HER UNHEALTHY OBSESSION WITH HIM WHEN HE TAKES HER ON A "DEATH TOUR OF PARIS." |
EN4 | 06709 | POMEGRANATE PENDANT | | WAYSMAN, DVORA | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | 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. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06710 | NATURE OF BLOOD | | PHILLIPS, CARYL | SANDRA CAREY | PHILLIPS DEVIATES FROM HIS USUAL THEMES OF HOMELESSNESS AND RACISM TO DEAL WITH AN UNEXPECTED SUBJECT - THE HOLOCAUST. EVA'S ACCOUNT OF HER HOLOCAUST EXPERIENCES IS INTERCUT WITH TWO WILDLY DISCONTINUOUS NARRATIVES: A RETELLING OF OTHELLO AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE 15TH-CENTURY PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS OF THE ITALIAN CITY PORTOBUFFOLE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06714 | SHAKESPEARE AND THE JEWS | | SHAPIRO, JAMES | BARBARA JUSTER | DRAWING ON ELIZABETHAN DIARIES, TRAVEL NARRATIVES, PROFESSIONS OF FAITH, SERMONS, POLITICAL TRACTS, AND PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, SHAPIRO EXPLORES QUESTIONS ABOUT JEWS THAT PREOCCUPIED ENGLAND DURING THAT ERA. HE SHOWS HOW ELIZABETHANS IMAGINED JEWS TO BE UTTERLY DIFFERENT FROM THEMSELVES IN RELIGION, RACE, AND EVEN SEXUALITY. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06715 | PUTTERMESSER PAPERS | | 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06720 | 101 CLASSIC JEWISH JOKES | JEWISH HUMOR FROM GROUCHO MARX TO JERRY SEINFELD | MENCHIN, ROBERT | MARTY GERBER | FROM THE BORSCHT BELT 'SHTICK' OF RODNEY DANGERFIELD TO THE URBANE WIT OF JERRY SEINFELD, JEWISH HUMOR HAS HAD AN ENORMOUS INFLUENCE ON MODERN COMEDY. MENCHIN, A NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST, HAS COMPILED A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN JEWISH JOKES |
EN4 | 06721 | INDEPENDENT WOMAN | | FAST, HOWARD | LESLIE CARROLL | FAST, NOW OVER 80, THOUGHT HE HAD CONCLUDED HIS POPULAR IMMIGRANT FAMILY SAGA IN 1985. THEN HIS WIFE, SAID TO BE THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS HEROINE, BARBARA LAVETTE, DIED, AND FAST HAS NOW RETURNED FOR ONE FINAL INSTALLMENT TO BRING BARBARA'S LIFE, TOO, TO A FICTIONAL CONCLUSION. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06723 | ALL RIVERS RUN TO THE SEA | MEMOIRS | WIESEL, ELIE | BARI SNIDER | IN ELIE WIESEL'S UNFORGETTABLE MEMOIR, WE SEE HIM AS A CHILD TORN FROM A TRADITIONAL AND LOVING JEWISH FAMILY AND DRAGGED THROUGH THE HORRORS OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. AFTER THE WAR, AS A PARIS-BASED JOURNALIST, WIESEL DISCOVERED HIS CALLING: TO TESTIFY ABOUT NAZI GENOCIDE, THUS JUSTIFYING HIS OWN SURVIVAL. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06725 | I HAVE LIVED A THOUSAND YEARS | GROWING UP IN THE HOLOCAUST | BITTON-JACKSON, LIVIA | ROSE SPANIER | BITTON-JACKSON WAS 13 WHEN THE NAZIS FORCED HER AND HER FAMILY INTO A JEWISH GHETTO AND THEN SENT THEM TO AUSCHWITZ WHERE THEY WERE LIBERATED AFTER A YEAR. THE AUTHOR BRINGS AN ARTIST'S RECALL TO CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES WHICH ARE ALL THE MORE BRUTAL, FRANK AND TERRIFYING BECAUSE HER OBSERVATIONS ARE PERSONAL AND IMMEDIATE. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06726 | DO UNTO OTHERS | HOW GOOD DEEDS CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE | TWERSKI, ABRAHAM J., M.D., RABBI | SARENE MEYERS | DO UNTO OTHERS IS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO TEACHING TRADITIONS THAT HAVE DEFINED DR. TWERSKI'S LIFE, A CULMINATION OF HIS EXPERIENCES AS A PSYCHIATRIST AND RABBI. THE ENTRIES WITHIN THE BOOK INCLUDE STORIES HE'S WITNESSED FIRSTHAND, PLUS AWE-INSPIRING STORIES FROM CHASSIDIC AND OTHER FOLKLORE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06728 | EUROPA, EUROPA | | PEREL, SOLOMON | HARRY SMALL | PEREL'S MEMOIR, DRAMATIZED IN A FILM OF THE SAME NAME, DEALS WITH THE YEARS THE AUTHOR SPENT HIDING HIS JEWISH IDENTITY. THROUGH A QUIRK OF FATE, THE AUTHOR WAS ABLE TO ASSUME THE IDENTITY OF A RACIALLY PURE GERMAN UNTIL THE WAR ENDED. PEREL WAS LATER REUNITED WITH HIS BROTHER AND FOUGHT WITH THE ISRAELI ARMY. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06729 | IRA GERSHWIN | THE ART OF THE LYRICIST | FURIA, PHILIP | HARRY SMALL | IN THIS PORTRAIT OF THE OLDER AND LESS FLAMBOYANT OF THE GERSHWIN BROTHERS, PHILIP FURIA ILLUMINATES THE CRAFT BEHIND GERSHWIN'S REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS TO REVEAL HOW THE LYRICIST TOOK THE EVERYDAY SPEECH OF AMERICANS AND MADE IT SING. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06731 | 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, THIS 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06734 | GENESIS | THE BEGINNING OF DESIRE | ZORNBERG, AVIVA GOTTLIEB | BEATRICE DAVIS | ZORNBERG REANIMATES THE ANCIENT CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE. A TEACHER OF BIBLE AND CAMBRIDGE SCHOLAR, SHE DRAWS UPON HER BACKGROUND IN LITERATURE TO CREATE A SYNTHESIS OF BIBLICAL, MIDRASHIC AND LITERARY ANALYSIS. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06735 | RUBY OF COCHIN | AN INDIAN JEWISH WOMAN REMEMBERS | DANIEL, RUBY; JOHNSON, BARBARA C. | ELLEN WERTHEIM | 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, WHEN A DYING COCHIN COMMUNITY IS FINDING NEW LIFE IN ISRAEL. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06740 | CLIMBING THE MOUNTAIN | MY SEARCH FOR MEANING | DOUGLAS, KIRK | GUY LEBOW | THE RENOWNED ACTOR SHARES AN INTIMATE ACCOUNT OF HIS COURAGEOUS FIGHT TO RECOVER FROM A STROKE THAT LEFT HIM UNABLE TO SPEAK. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF THE SEARCH FOR HIS ROOTS AND HIS LONG JOURNEY OF SELF-DISCOVERY, A QUEST NOT ONLY FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE AND HIS OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, BUT FOR HIS OWN IDENTITY AS A JEW. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06744 | WISE WORDS | JEWISH THOUGHTS AND STORIES THROUGH THE AGES | GRIBETZ, JESSICA, ED. | SARENE MEYERS | A COLLECTION OF APHORISMS AND POETRY FROM THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD, HASIDIC TALES AND CONTEMPORARY HUMOR AND LITERATURE-WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE ALL-TOO-OFTEN FORGOTTEN VOICES OF WOMEN. OFTEN JOYOUS, OCCASIONALLY TRAGIC, THE MATERIAL IS DIVIDED BY MAJOR |
EN4 | 06745 | AND RACHEL WAS HIS WIFE | | ANONYMOUS | MERRILL PAM COOPER | 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, WHO LEFT HER WEALTHY CHILDHOOD BEHIND TO MARRY THE PENNILESS SCHOLAR AND ENCOURAGED HIM IN HIS STUDIES. © 1990 |
EN4 | 06747 | GOD AND THE BIG BANG | DISCOVERING HARMONY BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY | 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. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06750 | ON BEING FREE | | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | SARENE MEYERS | 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 AND RABBI. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06752 | BENJAMIN'S CROSSING | | PARINI, JAY | MARTIN WALDMAN | WALTER BENJAMIN, WHO ESCAPED FROM PARIS JUST AHEAD OF THE NAZI INVASION IN 1940. TOLD LARGELY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF VARIOUS PEOPLE WHO MADE UP BENJAMIN'S CIRCLE, THE NOVEL DEPICTS HIM AS BRILLIANT BUT TRAGICALLY UNAWARE OF THE WORLD AROUND HIM. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06753 | FAR EUPHRATES | | STOLLMAN, ARYEH LEV | JAMES M. SPECTOR | IN THIS DEBUT NOVEL, STOLLMAN HAS CREATED A PORTRAIT OF THE COMING OF AGE OF A YOUNG MAN'S SOUL. THROUGH THE STORY OF A LONELY BOY THE BOOK QUESTIONS HOW WE CAN FIND MEANING IN A POST HOLOCAUST WORLD; HOW WE DEFINE THE NOTION OF HOME IN OUR MODERN TIME; AND WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06754 | '...AND THESE DAYS OF PURIM' | THE MIRACULOUS TURNAROUND AS RECORDED IN TALMUD AND MIDRASH | ROTENBERG, SHLOMO, RAV | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF THE STORY OF PURIM, EXCERPTED FROM AM OLAM, VOLUME TWO, WITH ITS WEALTH OF DETAIL AND ENLIGHTENING POINTS, OFFERS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE STORY OF PURIM. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06758 | JACOB THE LIAR | | 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. THIS NOVEL WAS MADE INTO A MOTION PICTURE STARRING ROBIN WILLIAMS. © 1990 |
EN4 | 06760 | HERALD OF DESTINY | THE STORY OF THE JEWS IN THE MEDIEVAL ERA - 750-1650 | WEIN, BEREL | SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE | BEREL WEIN HAS WOVEN AN INFORMATIVE AND PROVOCATIVE TAPESTRY OUT OF THE EVENTS OF THE JEWISH MIDDLE AGES. THE SEPHARDIC WORLD AND ASHKENAZIC SOCIETY, THE LONGING FOR ZION AND REDEMPTION, THE INTRIGUES AND PREPOSTEROUS TRUTHS OF HISTORY ARE REPRODUCED AND EXPLAINED. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06762 | STREISAND | | EDWARDS, ANNE | MARTIN KLEINWALD | DESPITE ALL THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HER, THE REAL BARBRA STREISAND HAS REMAINED ELUSIVE. NOW STREISAND TELLS THE STORY-BEHIND-THE-STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME. WRITTEN BY A HOLLYWOOD INSIDER AND BASED ON MORE THAN 140 OF STREISAND'S FRIENDS, FAMILY, LOVERS, ETC., STREISAND TAKES YOU FROM HER HUMBLE BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06770 | OLD RELIGION | | MAMET, DAVID | DAVID NATALE | THIS IS A NOVEL BASED ON A REAL EVENT: 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06771 | HOMECOMING | | PLAIN, BELVA | MARILYN BECK | 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 INDOMITABLE SPIRIT CAN HEAL THE RIFT - UNTIL A TRAGEDY OCCURS. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06773 | OTHER SIDE OF DECEPTION | A ROGUE AGENT EXPOSES THE MOSSAD'S | OSTROVSKY, VICTOR | DAVID THOMPSON | IN AN EXPLOSIVE SEQUEL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BY WAY OF DECEPTION, A FORMER MOSSAD AGENT TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER AND THE ROLE OF ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENCE IN WORLD AFFAIRS. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06778 | UNFINISHED PEOPLE | EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS ENCOUNTER AMERICA | GAY, RUTH | RAYNA FELDMAN | GAY WEAVES AN ABSORBING TALE OF THE EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS WHO CAME TO AMERICA DURING THE 40 YEARS THAT BRACKETED THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. SHE COMBINES HISTORY WITH HER OWN REMINISCENCES OF THE 'UNFINISHED JEWS,' MOST OF THEM YOUNG, SINGLE, UNEDUCATED AND UNSKILLED; WHO HAD YET NOT MASTERED THE OLD WORLD BEFORE ENCOUNTERING THE NEW. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06780 | TRACES | | FINK, IDA | | THE 21 STORIES HERE ARE LITTLE MORE THAN VIGNETTES, FINELY OBSERVED DETAILS THAT DELICATELY ILLUSTRATE THE DAILY LIFE OF FINK'S CHARACTERS AS THE EVENTS OF THE HOLOCAUST OVERTAKE THEM. THE 'TRACES' OF THE TITLE ARE THE LITTLE SCRAPS OF INFORMATION THAT REMAIN BEHIND WHEN THE FORCES OF WAR CONSPIRE TO ERASE A HUMAN BEING. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06784 | STONES FROM THE RIVER | | HEGI, URSULA | TANYA SHERMAN | TRUDI MONTAG IS A ZWERG - A DWARF-SHORT, UNDESIRABLE, DIFFERENT, THE VOICE OF ANYONE WHO HAS EVER TRIED TO FIT IN. EVENTUALLY SHE LEARNS THAT BEING DIFFERENT IS A SECRET THAT ALL HUMANS SHARE, FROM HER MOTHER, WHO FLEES INTO MADNESS; TO HER FRIEND GEORG, WHOSE PARENTS PRETEND HE'S A GIRL; TO THE JEWS TRUDI HARBORS IN HER CELLAR. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06786 | IN THE IMAGE OF GOD | A FEMINIST COMMENTARY ON THE TORAH | ANTONELLI, JUDITH S. | SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE | USING CLASSICAL JEWISH SOURCES AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FROM HISTORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, ANCIENT RELIGION, AND FEMINIST THEORY, JUDITH ANTONELLI HAS EXAMINED IN DETAIL EVERY WOMAN AND EVERY ISSUE PERTAINING TO WOMEN IN THE TORAH, PARSHAH BY PARSHAH. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06787 | CITY OF STONE | THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF JERUSALEM | BENVENISTI, MERON | MELVIN J. DAVIS | BENVENISTI, A FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR OF JERUSALEM, DESCRIBES THE IMPORTANCE OF JERUSALEM TO JEWS, MUSLIMS, AND CHRISTIANS, AND THE ANCIENT ACRIMONY THAT HAS ARISEN FROM THEIR COMPETING INTERESTS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06789 | GROUND RULES | WHAT I LEARNED MY DAUGHTER'S FIFTEENTH YEAR | JAFFE, SHERRIL | JANET KALISH | REBBETZIN JAFFE GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF ONE YEAR AS A MOTHER OF TEENAGERS. HER FOCUS IS ON REBEKAH, 14, WHO CONFOUNDS HER PARENTS BY LYING, RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME, AND CONVINCING HER YOUNGER SISTER TO STEAL. THE JAFFES COPE BY TALKING TO OTHER PARENTS AND CONSULTING EXPERTS. EVENTUALLY THEY WORK OUT A WAY TO DEAL WITH THEIR DAUGHTER. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06791 | 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06794 | SHADOWS ON THE HUDSON | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | NEW YORK CITY IN THE LATE FORTIES IS THE SETTING FOR THE INTERTWINED LIVES OF A GROUP OF PROSPEROUS JEWISH REFUGEES. AMID FAMILY QUARRELS AND RELIGIOUS DEBATES, ATTEMPTED MARRIAGES OF LOVE AND CONVENIENCE, LIFE AND DEATH, SINGER COVERS THE TERRITORY OF AMERICAN JEWRY IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE HOLOCAUST. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06795 | TREASURY OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM CHILDREN'S STORIES | | SHEVRIN, ALIZA, ED., TRANS. | HELEN STEWART | FILLED WITH VIVID DESCRIPTIONS AND THE INTENSELY AUTHENTIC VOICES FOR WHICH SHOLOM ALEICHEM IS FAMOUS, THESE TWENTY-FIVE STORIES RELATE THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN IN THE IMPOVERISHED YET LIVELY SHTETL AS THEY OBSERVE HOLIDAYS, ENGAGE IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, AND COPE WITH THE STRUGGLES AND CHALLENGES OF SCHOOL AND FAMILY. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06797 | IRON TRACKS | | 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. HE ALSO RETAINS THE HOPE THAT HE WILL MEET THE NAZI OFFICER WHO MURDERED HIS PARENTS - AND HAVE THE STRENGTH TO KILL HIM. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06798 | BIG LEAGUE DREAMS | | HOFFMAN, ALLEN | HAL BRISTER | IN THIS SECOND NOVEL IN THE SMALL WORLDS SERIES, HOFFMAN CHRONICLES THE LOVES AND UNBOUNDED DREAMS OF THE VILLAGERS FROM KRIMSK, NOW THRIVING IN AMERICA. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06799 | BAKER'S DOZEN #16 | BAKER'S BEST | LAZEWNIK, LIBBY | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | LIFE IS EXCITING AT THE BAKERS. THE CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AS ARE THEIR PARENTS. THEY ARE ALL EAGERLY AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEWEST BAKER. BUT IT'S ALSO A TIME OF RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ALTHOUGH THE BAKER KIDS HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS, GOOD INTENTIONS HAVE A WAY OF GOING ASTRAY... © 1996 |
EN4 | 06800 | SECRETS OF FAT-FREE KOSHER COOKING | OVER 150 LOW-FAT AND FAT-FREE TRADITIONAL & CONTEMPORARY RECIPES | BERNSTEIN, DEBORAH, M. D. | EVE ROSHEVSKY | FROM MATZOH BALLS TO KUGEL. DO YOU REMEMBER DINNER AT YOUR BUBBE'S HOUSE? THERE WERE THE WARM HUGS AND KISSES, BUT MOST OF ALL THERE WERE THE MOUNTAINS OF WONDERFUL FOOD. DR. BERNSTEIN HAS RECREATED SOME OF THESE TRADITIONAL DISHES AS WELL AS CONTEMPORARY CREATIONS USING VERY LITTLE OR NO FAT. ALL OF THE RECIPES ARE EASY TO PREPARE AND CONFORM TO THE LAWS OF KASHRUS. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06801 | SERPENT'S TOOTH | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | JERRY O'NEIL | A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF A RITZY RESTAURANT OPENS FIRE THERE, KILLING 13 PEOPLE AND WOUNDING DOZENS; THEN HE COMMITS SUICIDE. OR SO IT SEEMS, UNTIL LAPD LIEUTENANT PETER DECKER AND HIS TEAM SPOT INCONSISTENCIES. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06803 | PRACTICAL PARENTING | A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE | LIPSITZ, GAIL JOSEPHSON | BEVERLY STERN | LIPSITZ AND HER FELLOW WORKERS AT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF CENTRAL MARYLAND OFFER INSIGHT AND INFORMATION ON RAISING CHILDREN. WHILE MUCH OF THE ADVICE CAN BE USED BY ANY PARENT, LIPSITZ ADDRESSES THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF JEWISH PARENTS, INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND PASSOVER. REFERENCES TO THE TORAH ABOUND. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06811 | WHILE THE CANDLES BURN | EIGHT STORIES FOR HANUKKAH | GOLDIN, BARBARA DIAMOND | JUDITH MENKEN | GOLDIN EXPLORES THE THEMES OF HANUKKAH WITH EIGHT ENTRIES, ONE FOR EACH NIGHT OF THE HOLIDAY. HER SOURCES INCLUDE JEWISH FOLKLORE FROM AFGHANISTAN, A STORY BY I. L. PERETZ, THE TALMUD, AND THE REAL LIFE EXPERIENCES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND OF STUDENTS AT AN ISRAELI SCHOOL FOR ARABS AND JEWS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06813 | FARAWAY SUMMER | | HURWITZ, JOHANNA | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1910, HER MOTHER HAS RECENTLY DIED, AND ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD DOSSI, A NEW YORK CITY CHILD IS BEING SENT BY THE FRESH AIR FUND TO VACATION ON A FARM IN VERMONT. AS SHE STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND THE MEADES, HER CHRISTIAN HOST FAMILY, AND THEIR DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE, DOSSI BEGINS TO REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES, WORLDS APART ARE NOT SO FARAWAY AFTER ALL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06817 | KIDNAPPING OF EDGARDO MORTARA | | KERTZER, DAVID I. | RITA LEVINE | A COMPELLING NARRATIVE OF THE ABDUCTION BY THE VATICAN IN 1858, IN BOLOGNA, OF THE SIX-YEAR-OLD JEWISH CHILD EDGARDO MORTARA. PURPORTEDLY THE FIRST FULL ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR TO BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH, IT IS A DRAMATIC SAMPLING OF A FANATICISM AND ITS PAIN EMERGING IN RELIGIOUS GUISES. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06818 | DOES THE WORLD NEED THE JEWS? | RETHINKING CHOSENNESS AND AMERICAN JEWISH IDENTITY | GORDIS, DANIEL | SPENCER RAINE | GORDIS ARGUES THAT BY ASSIMILATING SO THOROUGHLY INTO AMERICAN CULTURE, JEWS HAVE LOST THEIR DISTINCTIVE VOICE. HE SUGGESTS THAT AMERICAN JEWS MUST BE WILLING TO STAND OUT RATHER THAN BLEND IN, AND HE URGES A RETURN TO THE SUBSTANCE AND RICHNESS OF JEWISH TRADITION. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06819 | WHEN BOXING WAS A JEWISH SPORT | | BODNER, ALLEN | SHIRLEY RADCLIFFE | AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE SPORT OF BOXING AND THE JEWS WHO MADE IT FAMOUS, WRITTEN BY A LAWYER/HISTORIAN WHOSE FATHER WAS A JEWISH BOXER AND LATER A PROMOTER. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06820 | UNDERSTANDING JUDAISM | THE BASICS OF DEED AND CREED | BLECH, BENJAMIN, RABBI | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | RABBI BLECH PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLICATION OF THE JEWISH FAITH. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A JEW? HOW DOES RELIGION AFFECT THE WAYS IN WHICH JEWISH PEOPLE THINK AND ACT? WHAT ARE THE BASICS CONCEPTS OF JUDAISM? THIS VOLUME ANSWERS THESE AND OTHER VITAL QUESTIONS. © 1992 |
EN4 | 06822 | TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE | AN OLD MAN, A YOUNG MAN, AND LIFE | ALBOM, MITCH | HAL BRISTER | MORRIE SCHWARTZ WAS MITCH ALBOM'S COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND A MENTOR DURING HIS YOUNG AND SEARCHING YEARS. OVER TIME MITCH LOST CONTACT WITH MORRIE AS HE MADE HIS WAY IN THE WORLD. BUT HE REDISCOVERED MORRIE IN THE LAST MONTHS OF THE OLDER MAN'S LIFE, AND THEIR TUESDAY VISITS TURNED INTO A FINAL 'CLASS' LESSON IN HOW TO LIVE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06823 | LAUGHING MATTERS | ON WRITING M*A*S*H*, TOOTSIE, OH GOD!, & A FEW OTHER FUNNY THING | GELBART, LARRY | GUY LEBOW | PART MEMOIR, PART SAMPLER, LARRY GELBART TELLS OF HIS YEARS WRITING RADIO COMEDY, OFFERS BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORIES, AND LETS US KNOW ABOUT THE PLACES HE'S LIVED, HOW HE'S LIVED, AND WHAT HE'S LEARNED WHILE DOING SO. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06825 | STALKING ELIJAH | ADVENTURES WITH TODAY'S MYSTICAL MASTERS | KAMENETZ, RODGER | TAMIR | RODGER KAMENETZ CONTINUES THE SPIRITUAL ADVENTURES HE BEGAN IN THE JEW IN THE LOTUS. IN THIS BOOK, HE TAKES HIS WILD MIND ON THE ROAD, AND IN A SERIES OF DIALOGUES, ENCOUNTERS, QUICK TAKES AND MEDITATIONS, SEARCHES FOR HIS OWN JEWISH TRUTH. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06826 | CACTUS BLOSSOMS | | POMERANTZ, RACHEL | TANYA SHERMAN | RONNY ARZI HAS TWO FAMILIES. NOW HE MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM. AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TERRIFYING THREATS, BARBARA AND CHAIM SILBER FACE A BATTLE OF THEIR OWN: THE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO RAISE THEIR FOSTER SON, RONNY, IN A TORAH LIFE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06829 | REICHMANNS | FAMILY, FAITH, FORTUNE, AND THE EMPIRE OF OLYMPIA & YORK | BIANCO, ANTHONY | AUDREY FLAMBERG | AN IN-DEPTH ACCOUNT OF THE REICHMANN FAMILY, BEGINNING WITH MATRIARCH RENEE, WHO WITH HER HUSBAND, SAMUEL STARTED AN EGG DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A HUGE FORTUNE. DESPITE HEAVY FINANCIAL LOSES DUE TO A WORLDWIDE DROP IN PROPERTY VALUES, THE REICHMANNS ARE REEMERGING AS A FORCE IN THE WORLD OF HIGH FINANCE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06830 | BARNEY POLAN'S GAME | A NOVEL OF THE 1951 COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCANDALS | ROSEN, CHARLEY | JERRY O'NEIL | A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCANDALS OF 1950-51, WHEN PLAYERS, COACHES, BOOKIES, AND GANGSTERS CONSPIRED TO FIX THE OUTCOME OF GAMES. THEIR EXPOSURE AFFECTED THE BASKETBALL WORLD THE SAME WAY THE 1919 BLACK SOX SCANDAL AFFECTED BASEBALL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06831 | KOSHER LIGHT | YOUR TRADITIONAL JEWISH FAVORITES COOKED HEALTHY | BAHAR, ZILLAH | EVE F. ROSHEVSKY | ISRAELI-BORN FOOD COLUMNIST ZILLAH BAHAR ACHIEVES WHAT HEALTH CONSCIOUS LOVERS OF KOSHER JEWISH FOOD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR: AUTHENTIC, FLAVORFUL, AND STRICTLY KOSHER FAVORITES - POTATO LATKES, CHEESECAKE, MATZAH BALLS, AND CHALLAH THAT TASTES LIKE BUBBIE'S BUT CONTAIN VIRTUALLY NO FAT, NO CHOLESTEROL, AND NO SODIUM. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06834 | TEMPLE BOMBING | | GREENE, MELISSA FAY | ARLENE KEMPNER | IN 1958, ANTI-SEMITIC WHITE SUPREMACISTS DYNAMITED ATLANTA'S OLDEST JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, WHERE THE RABBI, JACOB ROTHSCHILD, WAS AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE OF INTEGRATION. ALTHOUGH THE ACCUSED TERRORISTS WERE NOT CONVICTED, THE REFORM JEWISH TEMPLE BECAME A RALLYING POINT UNITING BLACKS AND JEWS IN EFFORTS FOR RACIAL JUSTICE, AND THE RABBI BEFRIENDED MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06835 | RACHEL CALOF'S STORY | A JEWISH HOMESTEADER ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS | CALOF, RACHEL BELLA | SYLVIA JACOBS | 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. HER SON JACOB PROVIDES AN EPILOGUE, TYING UP LOOSE ENDS, AND AND ESSAY BY J. SANFORD RIKOON PROVIDES BACKGROUND ON THE PHENOMENON OF JEWISH FARM SETTLEMENTS. © 1995 |
EN4 | 06836 | ZIGZAG KID | | GROSSMAN, DAVID | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | 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 DECEASED MOTHER THAN THE BOY HIMSELF KNOWS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY BETSY ROSENBERG. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06837 | EDUCATION OF ROBERT NIFKIN | | PINKWATER, DANIEL | SUSAN WITTY | IF ROBERT NIFKIN'S FIRST HIGH SCHOOL IS A HORROR SHOW, THE NEXT ONE IS A CARNIVAL, A PLACE WHERE FREAKS, BEATNIKS AND CRAZIES ARE IN CHARGE. THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT WHAT ROBERT REALLY NEEDS IS TO MOVE ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT IN THE FIRST PLACE. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06838 | GIFTS OF THE JEWS | HOW A TRIBE OF DESERT NOMADS CHANGED THE WAY EVERYONE THINKS... | CAHILL, THOMAS | RITA LEVINE | ...AND FEELS. THOMAS CAHILL, AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION, TAKES READERS ON ANOTHER JOURNEY INTO THE PAST. IT IS A ROAD MAP THAT OPENS UP THE PATH OF WESTERN HISTORY, ENABLING US TO TRACE OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE BACK TO ITS ULTIMATE SOURCE: THE RELIGIOUS IDEAS AND FEELINGS OF ANCIENT ISRAEL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06839 | MIRIAM'S KITCHEN | A MEMOIR | EHRLICH, ELIZABETH | SANDI SKODNIK | ONE WOMAN'S PRESERVATION OF RECIPES, IMMIGRANT STORIES, CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, DROLL MUSINGS OVER RITUAL, AND HABITS OF THE HEART. IT IS AN EXPLORATION OF THE NEED TO CONNECT WITH THE PAST AND WITH TRADITION, AND OF OUR HUNGER FOR MEANING IN A CHAOTIC WORLD. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06841 | FIRST STONE | | 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. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06842 | PERPETRATORS VICTIMS BYSTANDERS | THE JEWISH CATASTROPHE 1933-1945 | HILBERG, RAUL | BERNICE FOERDER | HILBERG EVOKES FOR US THE LIVES OF PERPETRATORS, VICTIMS, AND BYSTANDERS IN THE NAZI MASS MURDER OF JEWS. BY JUXTAPOSING THESE STORIES AND CATEGORIES, AND WHILE KEEPING THEM APPROPRIATELY SEPARATE, HE ENABLES US TO GAIN NEW ACCESS TO WHAT TOOK PLACE. HILBERG HAS GIVEN US A PROFOUND LESSON IN HUMANITY AND INHUMANITY. © 1993 |
EN4 | 06843 | HARVEY KEITEL | THE ART OF DARKNESS | FINE, MARSHALL | HOWELL MAYER | MARSHALL FINE IS UNFLINCHING IN HIS ACCOUNT OF HARVEY KEITEL'S PERSONAL LIFE. HE DEPICTS KEITEL'S HEADLINE-MAKING MARITAL TROUBLES AND HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLOSE FRIENDS ROBERT DENIRO AND MARTIN SCORSESE, UNVEILING THE PROLIFIC YET RECLUSIVE ACTOR AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06844 | NEW JEWISH BABY BOOK | NAMES, CEREMONIES, CUSTOMS: A GUIDE FOR TODAY'S FAMILIES | DIAMANT, ANITA | BOB MESARD | 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 TO COPY FOR CEREMONIES, A SPECIAL SECTION FOR INTERFAITH FAMILIES, AND NEW CEREMONIES FOR GIRLS. © 1994 |
EN4 | 06849 | SIMON WIESENTHAL A LIFE IN SEARCH OF JUS | | PICK, HELLA | SY HOROWITZ | THIS IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF WWII TO EXPLORE, AND WIESENTHAL WAS VERY MUCH A FORERUNNER IN REUNITING FAMILIES, AND HUNTING WAR CRIMINALS, IN PARTICULAR, NAZI WAR CRIMINALS. FASCINATING TOPIC ABOUT AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING AND DEDICATED MAN. |
EN4 | 06851 | IT TAKES A DREAM | THE STORY OF HADASSAH | LEVIN, MARLIN | AUDREY FLAMBERG | FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT LEVIN NARRATES THE ADVENTURES OF THE HADASSAH PIONEERS AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL UPHEAVAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN WINNING ZIONISM'S BATTLES IN WAR AND PEACE IS HIGHLIGHTED. LEVIN RELATES HOW WOMEN HELPED CREATE AND DEVELOP THE JEWISH STATE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06852 | LIKUTEY MOHARAN - VOLUME 3 | | RABBI NACHMAN | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | THIS VOLUME OF REBBE NACHMAN'S MAGNUM OPUS CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND INTRICATE LESSONS THE REBBE DELIVERED. THEY ARE PACKED WITH TIMELY INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW A PERSON CAN ATTAIN LOFTY LEVELS OF SPIRITUALITY...EVEN WHILE GOING ABOUT HIS DAILY ROUTINE. TRANSLATED BY MOSHE MYKOFF. © 1990 |
EN4 | 06856 | REQUIEM FOR HARLEM | | ROTH, HENRY | LESLIE CARROLL | THIS IS THE FINAL VOLUMES OF THE SERIES THAT WAS BEGUN BY ROTH IN THE NEW MEXICO DESERT IN 1979 AND WAS CONCLUDED JUST SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH. SET IN JEWISH HARLEM AND GREENWICH VILLAGE DURING A PRE-THANKSGIVING WEEK IN 1927, IT IS THE HARROWING PORTRAIT OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN A CULTURAL TURMOIL DURING AMERICA'S ROARING '20S. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06858 | SHADOWS OF A CHILDHOOD | A NOVEL OF WAR AND FRIENDSHIP | BERNICE FOERDER | BERNICE FOERDER | ELISABETH GILLE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN HER MOTHER, THE RUSSIAN WRITER IRENE NEMIROVSKY, WAS DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN. GILLE AND HER SISTER WERE HIDDEN IN THE FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. THIS IS A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF HER EXPERIENCES. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06859 | TWO-GUN COHEN | | LEVY, DANIEL S. | JAMES SPECTOR | THE REAL-LIFE ADVENTURES OF MORRIS 'TWO-GUN' COHEN, THE CHUNKY JEWISH BATTLER FROM THE EAST END OF LONDON, CON MAN, CARDSHARP AND CHARLATAN-WITH-A-HEART WHO BECAME A BODYGUARD TO SUN YAT-SEN AND A GENERAL IN THE CHINESE ARMY. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06862 | COMMITTED LIFE | PRINCIPLES FOR GOOD LIVING FROM OUR TIMELESS PAST | JUNGREIS, ESTHER, REBBETZIN | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | THE COMMITTED LIFE IS FOR ANYONE EAGER TO CONNECT WITH ANCIENT WELLSPRINGS OF FAITH. EACH CHAPTER OFFERS ITS OWN LESSON ON SUCH SUBJECTS AS RESPONSIBILITY, FORGIVING, BANISHING FEAR, AND HOPE. WRITTEN WITH THE REBBETZIN'S COMBINATION OF HONESTY, LOVE, AND CHUTZPAH, THE STORIES ARE UNIVERSAL AND YET VERY PERSONAL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06863 | LIKUTEY MOHARAN - VOLUME 4 | | RABBI NACHMAN | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | THIS VOLUME OF REBBE NACHMAN'S MAGNUM OPUS CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT AND INTRICATE LESSONS THE REBBE DELIVERED. THEY ARE PACKED WITH TIMELY INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE ON HOW A PERSON CAN ATTAIN THESE LOFTY LEVELS OF SPIRITUALITY...EVEN WHILE GOING ABOUT HIS DAILY ROUTINE. TRANSLATED BY MOSHE MYKOFF. © 1993 |
EN4 | 06864 | SHOWTUNE | A MEMOIR | HERMAN, JERRY; STASSIO, MARILYN | MARTY GERBER | THE LIFE, THE TIMES, THE SONGS, THE SHOWS OF THE FAMOUS LYRICIST-COMPOSER. HERMAN'S MEMOIR GOES BEYOND THE CREATION OF HIS LEGENDARY HITS, INCLUDING HITHERTO UNREVEALED, BEHIND-THE-SCENES ENCOUNTERS WITH SUCH LUMINARIES AS ANGELA LANSBURY, CAROL CHANNING, BARBRA STREISAND, ETHEL MERMAN, JUDY GARLAND, AND DAVID MERRICK. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06871 | RED TENT | | DIAMANT, ANITA | LINDA W. LEVINE | HER NAME IS DINAH. IN THE BIBLE, HER LIFE IS ONLY HINTED AT IN A BRIEF AND VIOLENT DETOUR WITHIN THE MORE FAMILIAR CHAPTERS THAT ARE ABOUT HER FATHER, JACOB, AND HIS TWELVE SONS. TOLD IN DINAH'S VOICE, THIS NOVEL REVEALS THE TRADITIONS AND TURMOIL'S OF ANCIENT WOMANHOOD. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06873 | PRODIGAL DAUGHTER | | ARCHER, JEFFREY | BETTY KAPLAN | FLORENTYNA KANE INHERITED A VAST HOTEL EMPIRE FROM HER FATHER, BUT HIS GREATEST GIFT TO HER WAS HIS LOVE OF AMERICA. IT WAS HIS PASSIONATE DEVOTIONS TO THE LAND'S IDEALS THAT ALLOWED A PENNILESS POLISH IMMIGRANT TO BECOME ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST MEN. FLORENTYNA KNEW THAT IT WAS A DEBT SHE WOULD SOMEDAY TRY TO REPAY BY RUNNING FOR THE HIGHEST POLITICAL OFFICE IN THE COUNTRY. ALONG THE PATH TO POWER, FLORENTYNA FINDS FULFILLMENT, BUT STILL SHE STRUGGLES UPWARD WITH THE BURDEN OF HER DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PRICE OF POWER MAY BE HIGHER THAN EVEN SHE CAN PAY. © 1982 |
EN4 | 06875 | KAATERSKILL FALLS | | GOODMAN, ALLEGRA | ARLYNN GREENBAUM | IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1976 IN KAATERSKILL, A TINY TOWN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, WHERE SUMMERING ORTHODOX JEWS AND YANKEE YEAR-ROUNDERS LIVE SIDE BY SIDE FROM JUNE THROUGH AUGUST. EACH GROUP HAS ITS OWN AGENDA, AND THERE IS A CERTAIN RESTLESSNESS THAT THREATENS TO UPSET THE UNEASY TRUCE BETWEEN THE TWO. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06879 | SECRET SOLDIER | THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF ISRAEL'S GREATEST COMMANDO | BETSER, MUKI; ROSENBERG, ROBERT | BOB MESARD | THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE IS KNOWN FOR ITS SURGICALLY PRECISE ANTITERRORIST MISSIONS, CONDUCTED WITH A MINIMAL LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE. BETSER, FORMERLY A COMMANDO WITH THE ELITE SAYERET MATKAL UNIT, PRESENTS HIS LIFE STORY, AND, IN THE PROCESS, PULLS BACK THE VEIL THAT HAS LONG CONCEALED THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE UNIT. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06883 | MARRYING MOM | | GOLDSMITH, OLIVIA | ELIZABETH GOLDSMITH | WANTED: A GENTLEMAN OF MEANS, NEITHER YOUNG NOR DECREPIT, LOOKS IRRELEVANT. GENEROUS TO A FAULT. WITTY, MATURE, DECISIVE WIDOW HAS RECENTLY RELOCATED TO NEW YORK TO BE VERY CLOSE TO HER GROWN CHILDREN. THEIR LIFELONG GRATITUDE AND RELIEF (PLUS THEIR LOVELY MOTHER) WILL BE YOUR REWARD. NO OFFER OF ANY KIND WILL BE REFUSED. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06885 | FAX ME A BAGEL | A RUBY, THE RABBI'S WIFE MYSTERY | KAHN, SHARON | LESLIE CARROLL | FOLLOW THE BAGEL CRUMBS AS THIS NEW SERIES WELCOMES AN ENCHANTING SLEUTH, RUBY, THE RABBI'S WIFE, WHO DODGES A CUNNING KILLER FROM HER FAVORITE BAKERY IN ETERNAL, TEXAS, TO THE STREETS OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE. RUBY ENCOUNTERS MORE THAN MAYHEM, BUT HER DETECTIVE WORK ENSURES THAT SHE'LL LIVE TO SLEUTH ANOTHER DAY. © 1998 |
EN4 | 06894 | HIGH HOLIDAY SUTRA | | APPEL, ALLAN | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | IN A HEARTBREAKING AND HILARIOUS YOM KIPPUR SERMON, JONAH TELLS A TRAGICOMIC JEWISH-BUDDHIST LOVE STORY THAT TAKES ON ONE OF THE CRITICAL RELIGIOUS ISSUES OF THE 1990S: CAN WE STAY TRUE TO TRADITION AND KEEP OUR FAITH RELEVANT TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES? © 1997 |
EN4 | 06898 | MUSIC OF ISRAEL | FROM THE BIBLICAL ERA TO MODERN TIMES | GRADENWITZ, PETER E. | EVA YARRET | THIS VOLUME INCORPORATES 5,000 YEARS OF JEWISH MUSICAL HISTORY. © 1996 |
EN4 | 06902 | MIHU THE DETECTIVE | AND THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE BUDGIE | HALPERN, CHAIKY | BEATRICE DAVIS | WHEN PENNY THE BLUE BUDGIE FLEW OUT THE OPEN WINDOW OF THE FINES' 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. © 1987 |
EN4 | 06903 | SUMMER AT GAGLOW | | FREUD, ESTHER | SANDI SKODNIK | SARAH IS A YOUNG MOTHER-TO-BE WHEN SHE FIRST LEARNS ABOUT GAGLOW, HER FATHER'S FAMILY ESTATE IN EAST GERMANY THAT WILL BE RETURNED TO THEM WITH THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL. THE STORY ALTERNATES BETWEEN THE PRESENT AND HER GRANDMOTHER'S CHILDHOOD DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND UNITES FOUR GENERATIONS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY. © 1997 |
EN4 | 06906 | NEW YORK JEWS AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION | UNCERTAIN PROMISE | WENGER, BETH S. | JUDY TESSER | WENGER, A JEWISH HISTORY PROFESSOR, OFFERS A HISTORY IN WHICH THE DEPRESSION BECAME THE CATALYST THAT TRANSFORMED THE JEWISH IMMIGRANT INTO THE AMERICAN JEW. CHALLENGED BY ANTI-SEMITISM AND VARIOUS QUOTAS, NEW YORK JEWS DREW UPON A TRADITION OF PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY AND COMMUNAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ESTABLISH NETWORKS FOR ASSISTANCE. |
EN4 | 06907 | SOMEBODY'S BABY | | KAGAN, ELAINE | SANDRA CAREY | IN 1959, IF YOU LIVED IN A WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD IN KANSAS CITY, GENTILE BOYS WERE OFF-LIMITS. JENNY JAFFE KNEW THE RULES, BUT WHEN SHE MET WILL MCDONALD, EVERYTHING SHE KNEW ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG DISAPPEARED. WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE STORY OF TRUE LOVE THAN SPANS THREE DECADES AND SENDS AN ADOPTED CHILD ON A SEARCH FOR HER BIOLOGICAL PARENTS. |
EN4 | 06909 | LAST KABBALIST OF LISBON | | ZIMLER, RICHARD | BARIE SNIDER | ZIMLER TRANSPORTS THE READER INTO THE MYSTICAL UNIVERSE OF THE KABBALAH DURING THE LISBON MASSACRE OF 1506. AT THE HEART OF THE STORY IS A SECRET JEW NAMED BEREKIAH ZARCO WHO SEARCHES, IN THE CRUCIBLE OF THE RAGING POGROM, FOR THE KILLER OF HIS BELOVED UNCLE A RENOWNED KABBALIST. |
EN4 | 06913 | GHOST OF HANNAH MENDES | | RAGEN, NAOMI | MARILYN BECK | 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). |
EN4 | 06914 | 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 LOVING KINDNESS CAN HAVE FAR-REACHING RAMIFICATIONS AND EVEN CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE FOREVER. |
EN4 | 06918 | MEDITATIONS FROM THE HEART OF JUDAISM | TODAY'S TEACHERS SHARE THEIR PRACT | DAVIS, AVRAM, EDITOR | BETTY SMITH | HERE IN THEIR OWN VOICES, 22 MASTERS OF MEDITATION-RABBIS, SCHOLARS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, TEACHERS=EXPLAIN WHY THEY MEDITATE, AND HOW THE MEDITATIVE EXPERIENCE BRINGS THEM CLOSER TO THEMSELVES, TO GOD AND TO THE UNIVERSE. |
EN4 | 06919 | LITTLE BLACK BOX, 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? |
EN4 | 06923 | BLAST FROM THE PAST | | FRIEDMAN, KINKY | JERRY O'NEILL | NOW, AT LAST, IT CAN BE REVEALED! THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LEGEND! THAT KINKY FRIEDMAN...WHERE DID HE COME FROM? HOW DID HE GET THAT WAY? SHOULDN'T SOMEONE HAVE CALLED 911 LONG AGO? NOW IN BLAST FROM THE PAST, AUTHOR KINKY FRIEDMAN HAS SEARCHED HIS FAILING MEMORY AND HAS COME UP WITH A NOVEL ABOUT HIS EARLY DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY. |
EN4 | 06925 | GIVING UP AMERICA | | ABRAHAM, PEARL | HOWELL MAYER | WHEN DEENA DECIDES TO MARRY DANIEL, AN ORTHODOX JEW, HER FATHER, A HASIDIC SCHOLAR, OPPOSES THE MARRIAGE. YET THE MARRIAGE APPEARS BLESSED UNTIL DANIEL BRINGS HOME THE NEW TEMP AND HER FRIEND FROM WORK. BUT CRACKS BEGIN TO APPEAR IN THE FOUNDATION OF THEIR MARRIAGE, AND THE VALUES THAT DEENA GREW UP WITH ARE THROWN INTO QUESTION. |
EN4 | 06926 | PERSIAN BRIDES | | RABINYAN, DORIT | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | SET AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IN A FICTIONAL PERSIAN VILLAGE, THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORY OF FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD FLORA, PREGNANT AND ABANDONED BY HER HUSBAND AND ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD NAZIE WHO TRIES TO CONSOLE HER. ALTHOUGH THE NARRATIVE SPANS ONLY TWO DAYS, IT BRANCHES OUT AND BACK, ENCOMPASSING THE LIVES OF THE VILLAGE'S INHABITANTS. |
EN4 | 06927 | KRAVEN IMAGES | | ISLER, ALAN | MARILYN BECK | 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. |
EN4 | 06929 | SAME EMBRACE | | LOWENTHAL, MICHAEL | RAMU DAMODAR | JACOB AND JONATHAN. TWIN BROTHERS JOINED BY BLOOD AND FAITH, DIVIDED BY RELIGIOUS FERVOR, DESIRE AND SEXUAL IDENTITY. THE BOOK MOVES FROM MASSACHUSETTS TO THE HOLY LAND, TO TELL THE STORY OF TWO YOUNG MEN STRUGGLING AGAINST A HERITAGE OF INTOLERANCE AND SILENCE IN A TRANSCEDENT SEARCH FOR THE SELF, AND FOR EACH OTHER... |
EN4 | 06936 | LIEBERMAN'S DAY | | KAMINSKY, STUART | RHODA KAHN | AGING CHICAGO COP ABE LIEBERMAN'S DAY BEGINS WITH A PREDAWN PHONE CALL: HIS NEPHEW, DAVID, HAS BEEN KILLED IN A MUGGING, AND DAVID'S WIFE IS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. AND THAT'S ONLY THE FIRST DOSE OF BAD NEWS IN THE LONGEST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN LIEBERMAN'S LIFE. |
EN4 | 06937 | YESTERDAY'S KITCHEN | JEWISH RECIPES FROM A VANISHING AG | BURR, GILLIAN & COHEN, MARION, 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. |
EN4 | 06941 | FAR TO GO | | ELLIS, JULIE | SYLVIA JACOB | IN HER LATEST NOVEL, JULIE ELLIS WEAVES AN UNFORGETTABLE TALE OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF UNIQUE WOMEN AS THEY SEARCH FOR LOVE, FACE THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF MOTHERHOOD AND FINALLY, TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY TO EMBRACE THE EXHILARATING CHALLENGE OF THEIR OWN DREAMS. |
EN4 | 06947 | HOW I SAVED HANUKKAH | | KOSS, AMY GOLDMAN | ALICE SHEINM | MARLA FEINSTEIN IS THE ONLY JEWISH KID IN HER CLASS AND IT LOOKS TO HER AS IF THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WILL BE JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER ONE. BUT THIS HANUKKAH TURNS OUT TO BE VERY DIFFERENT. MARLA DECIDES TO FIND OUT WHAT A DREIDEL IS ALL ABOUT...AND GETS HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS INVOLVED IN A CELEBRATION THAT MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST PARTY IN TOWN. |
EN4 | 06950 | GREAT JEWS IN MUSIC | | LYMAN, DARRYL | NANCY SCHMID | A GUIDE TO JEWISH INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC, IT INCLUDES OVER ONE HUNDRED MAJOR BIOGRAPHIES AND HUNDREDS OF THUMBNAIL SKETCHES WHICH FOCUS ON THE CAREERS AND PERSONAL LIVES OF THE SELECTED ARTISTS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE LISTINGS OF THE MAJOR WORKS OF EACH SUBJECT. |
EN4 | 06952 | FLORA'S SUITCASE | | RABINOVICH, DALIA | LONDON, ELIZABETH | DAVID AND FLORA GROSSENBERG, A YOUNG JEWISH COUPLE, EMIGRATE TO COLUMBIA SHORTLY AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE AND SOON DISCOVER THAT THE CLASH OF CULTURES-BETWEEN COLUMBIAN AND AMERICAN TRADITIONS, AND BETWEEN MODERN JEWS AND THEIR CONSERVATIVE RUSSIAN EMIGRE RELATIONS-WILL TEST THEIR MARRIAGE AND THEIR FAMILY BONDS. |
EN4 | 06953 | RABIN | OUR LIFE, HIS LEGACY | RABIN, LEAH | ISA GOLDBERG | RABIN'S WIDOW REFLECTS ON HER HUSBAND'S LIFE, HIS LEGACY AND THEIR 48 YEARS TOGETHER IN THIS BIOGRAPHY. MRS. RABIN TOUCHES ONLY BRIEFLY ON THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILY EVENTS, BUT DETAILS FULLY HER HUSBAND'S LONG CAREER, PUNCTUATING THE ACCOUNT WITH HIS SHARPLY REMEMBERED OPINIONS AND ANECDOTES. |
EN4 | 06958 | WALTER BENJAMIN | A BIOGRAPHY | BRODERSEN, MOMME | MARK YOHALEM | USING PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE MATERIAL, MOMME BRODERSEN PROVIDES A FULL AND MORE COHERENT ACCOUNT OF WALTER BENJAMIN'S NOMADIC CAREER. DETAILED ATTENTION IS PAID TO BENKAMIN'S CHILDHOOD, HIS CONFLICTS WITH HIS PARENTS, HIS ACTIVITIES IN THE GERMAN YOUTH MOVEMENT AND THE FORMATIVE INFLUENCES OF IDEALISM, SOCIALISM AND ZIONISM. |
EN4 | 06965 | MASADA | THE LAST FORTRESS | MIKLOWITZ, GLORIA D. | ALICE SHEINMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 06966 | ACCIDENTAL MURDER | | ROSENBERG, ROBERT | AUDREY FLAMBERG | 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. |
EN4 | 06970 | STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING | | MORTON, BRIAN | JACK LACKS | LEONARD SCHILLER IS AN UNDISTINGUISHED WRITER IN HIS SEVENTIES. HEATHER WOLFE IS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN HER TWENTIES WHOSE LIFE HAS CHANGED BECAUSE OF SCHILLER'S BOOKS. SHE DECIDES TO WRITE HER THESIS ABOUT SCHILLER'S WORK AND SETS OUT TO MEET HIM. THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES OF THAT MEETING. |
EN4 | 06971 | JEW STORE | A FAMILY MEMOIR | SUBERMAN, STELLA | AMY GOLDBERG | HIS 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.' |
EN4 | 06972 | READER | | SCHLINK, BERNHARD | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | 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. |
EN4 | 06973 | HEADING SOUTH, LOOKING NORTH | A BILINGUAL JOURNEY | DORFMAN, ARIEL | MARSHALL STEVENSON | DORFMAN EXPLORES THE MANY EXILES OF A LIFE TORN, FROM AGE TWO, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA. INTERWOVEN WITH THE STORY OF HOW HE SWITCHED LANGUAGES AND CULTURE THREE TIMES, IS A DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT OF THE MULTIPLE ESCAPES FROM DEATH DURING A MILITARY TAKEOVER IN CHILE. |
EN4 | 06975 | ISOLATED INCIDENT | | SLOAN, SUSAN R. | MEGAN OWEN | A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM A PROMINENT FAMILY IS FOUND BRUTALLY SLAIN. FOR DETECTIVE GINGER EARLY AND HER CHIEF RUBEN MARTINEZ THE MURDER IS BAFFLING AND FRUSTRATING. BUT THEY FINALLY HAVE A SUSPECT. HE IS A LIBERAL, OUTSPOKEN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WHO CAME TO THE SMALL ISOLATED ISLAND FROM THE EAST. HE IS ALSO A JEW. |
EN4 | 06978 | I MARRIED A COMMUNIST | | ROTH, PHILIP | AUDREY FLAMBERG | SET IN THE HEART OF THE MCCARTHY ERA, THIS IS THE STORY, AS NARRATED BY HIS BROTHER, MURRAY YEARS LATER, OF RADIO ACTOR IRON RINN (IRA RINGOLD) AN IDEALISTIC COMMUNIST WHO ENDS UP BEING BLACKLISTED, UNEMPLOYABLE AND PUBLICLY DENOUNCED BY HIS WIFE, A REIGNING RADIO STAR. |
EN4 | 06980 | DEATH OF DEATH | RESURRECTION AND IMMORTALITY | GILLMAN, NEIL | SHIRLEY KALB | GILLMAN TRACES JUDAIC IDEAS OF RESURRECTION AND IMMORTALITY FROM THEIR EARLIEST FORMATIONS THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL AND MODERN ERAS TO TODAY. |
EN4 | 06982 | INVISIBLE WALL | GERMANS AND JEWS, A PERSONAL EXPLO | BLUMENTHAL, W. MICHAEL | MARTIN KLEINWALD | 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. |
EN4 | 06987 | YOUNG SAVAGES | | STEWART, FRED MUSTARD | PETER JONES | IN THIS SECOND VOLUME OF THE SAVAGE FAMILY SAGA, TWENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED, IT'S THE 1880S IN NEW YORK AND JUSTIN SAVAGE IS SETTLING INTO DOMESTICITY. BUT THE RESTLESS SPIRIT FOR ADVENTURE SEEMS TO RUN IN THE BLOOD, AND NOW JUSTIN'S CHILDREN ARE READY TO ENTER SOCIETY AT A TIME OF RAPID CHANGE AS AMERICA RACES TOWARD A NEW CENTURY. |
EN4 | 06990 | EARLY SORROWS | FOR CHILDREN AND SENSITIVE READERS | KIS, DANILO | AMY GOLDBERG | A GROUP OF SHORT STORIES THAT MEMORIALIZE DANILO KIS'S CHILDHOOD. THE BOOK CENTERS ON ANDREAS SAM, A YOUNG BOY, WHOSE LIFE AT FIRST SEEMS SECURE. HE CAN ONLY SENSE THAT TERRIBLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. SOON SOLDIERS ARE MARCHING DOWN THE ROAD AND SUDDENLY PEOPLE FROM THE VILLAGE ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY, AMONG THEM, HIS FATHER. |
EN4 | 06992 | ONCE REMOVED | | APPELFELD, DAVID | ALYCE DOMEWITZ | 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 SURREPTITIOUSLY READ BY A YOUNG NURSE IN THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS DYING. |
EN4 | 06994 | PARIS YEARS OF ROSIE KAMIN | | TELEKY, RICHARD | SARENE MEYER | WHEN HER MOTHER, AN AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR, COMMITS SUICIDE DURING HER LAST YEAR OF COLLEGE, ROSIE RUNS FROM HER FAMILY TO TAKE UP A LIFE OF SELF-IMPOSED EXILE IN PARIS. WE FIND HER TEN YEARS LATER NURSING A SICK LOVER. BUT WHEN A FORMER LOVER REAPPEARS, ROSIE BEGINS TO REFLECT ON HER YEARS IN PARIS AND HER PATTERNS OF DENIAL AND ESCAPISM. |
EN4 | 06995 | READING RUTH | CONTEMPORARY WOMEN RECLAIM A SACRE | KATES, JUDITH A. & GAIL TWERSKY REIM | CONNIE WARSH | CONTEMPORARY WRITERS INCLUDING PHILOSOPHER RUTH ANNA PUTNAM, REBECCA ALPERT AND AVIVAH ZORNBERG FOCUS ON THE BOOK OF RUTH AND OFFER A VARIETY OF APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES. |
EN4 | 06997 | BIBLE FOR THE CLUELESS BUT CURIOUS, | FINALLY, A GUIDE TO JEWISH WISDOM | BRAVERMAN, NACHUM | HAL BRISTER | THIS BOOK WILL NOT TALK DOWN TO YOU FROM THE PULPIT OR MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY. IT WON'T ASK YOU TO ACCEPT A BUNCH OF RELIGIOUS DOGMA ON BLIND FAITH AND IT WON'T PRETEND TO BE THE ONLY BOOK YOU'LL EVER NEED IF YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY. IT WILL PRESENT THE WISDOM OF THE BIBLE IN A FUN AND UNIQUELY INSIGHTFUL FASHION. |
EN4 | 06999 | HOW YUSSEL CAUGHT THE GEFILTE FISH | A SHABBOS STORY | HERMAN, CHARLOTTE | ALICE SHEINM | YUSSEL LOVES GEFILTE FISH, AND NOW HE IS OLD ENOUGH TO ACCOMPANY PAPA ON HIS FISHING TRIP TO CATCH FISH FOR THE SHABBOS MEAL. BUT NONE OF THE FISH THAT YUSSEL CATCHES ARE ROUND LIKE A BALL-AS HE IS SURE GEFILTE FISH MUST BE. 'DON'T WORRY,' SAYS PAPA 'YOUR MOTHER CAN WORK MIRACLES.' |
EN4 | 07003 | STORIES OF DAVID BERGELSON | YIDDISH SHORT FICTION FROM RUSSIA | BERGELSON, DAVID | JUDITH MENKEN | INNOVATIVE YIDDISH STYLIST BERGELSON, NOT WIDELY KNOWN TO ENGLISH-LANGUAGE READERS, WRITES OF THE DECLINING WORLD OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS, CAPTURING THE DREARINESS OF THE UNCOMMITTED LIFE. HIS CHARACTERS SUFFER FROM DESPAIR AND DEPRESSION AS A RESULT OF THE LOOSENING TIES OF THE SHTETL AND RELIGION. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07004 | BIALIK | | ABERBACH, DAVID | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | 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. © 1988 |
EN4 | 07006 | GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER | | ENGEL, HOWARD | MARIAN FELDINGER | IN HIS MOST BAFFLING CASE YET, BENNY COOPERMAN IS 'ASKED' BY NOTORIOUS CRIME BOSS ABRAM WISE TO INVESTIGATE ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE. BENNY SOON FINDS HIMSELF ENTANGLED IN MORE CORRUPTION, VENGEANCE AND INTRIGUE THAN ONE EVER IMAGINED COULD EXIST IN THE SLEEPY TOWN OF GRANTHAM. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07007 | AMERICAN JEW | VOICES FROM AN AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY | COHN-SHERBOK, DAN; COHN-SHERBOK, LAV | LILA STERN | A SNAPSHOT OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIVING AND EXPRESSION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF A LARGE MIDWESTERN CITY WITH A POPULATION OF 40,000 JEWS. WHILE MANY OF THE INTERVIEWEES ARE NOT OBSERVANT JEWS, THEIR VALUES ARE JEWISH NONETHELESS. EVEN THE FORMER OWNER OF A STRIPTEASE JOINT PUTS ASIDE MONEY FOR CHARITY! © 1994 |
EN4 | 07008 | GREATEST JEWISH STORIES EVER TOLD | | PATTERSON, DAVID | MIMI GREENSTEIN | THIS COLLECTION BRINGS TOGETHER BIBLICAL, TALMUDIC, MIDRASHIC, KABBALISTIC, FOLK, HASIDIC, AND MODERN TALES THAT WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR PROMINENCE WITHIN THE MANY TRADITIONS OF JEWISH LIFE. PRESENTED IN CATEGORIES THAT REFLECT THE HISTORY OF THEIR TELLING, THEY ARE PREFACED BY THE AUTHOR'S INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07009 | SMART JEWS | THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE IMAGE OF JEWISH SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE | GILMAN, SANDER L. | MARK YOHALEM | PSYCHOANALYST-TURNED-MEDICAL-HISTORIAN GILMAN OFFERS NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE QUESTION OF JEWISH 'SUPERIOR' INTELLIGENCE. IN HIS EXAMINATION OF A VAST ARRAY OF MATERIAL, THE ISSUE IS NOT WHETHER JEWS ARE SMARTER BUT HOW THIS IMAGE HAS SERVED THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL |
EN4 | 07011 | JERRY SEINFELD | THE ENTIRE DOMAIN | TRACY, KATHLEEN | JERRY O'NEIL | A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE SERIES THAT CHANGED THE FACE OF TELEVISION AND AN IN-DEPTH BIOGRAPHY AND INSIGHTFUL RETROSPECTIVE. IT COVERS JERRY'S LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD TO HOLLYWOOD HUMOR MOGUL, OFFERING AN INTRIGUING LOOK INTO HIS PUBLIC PERSONA AND PRIVATE PERSONALITY, HIS DRIVES, AMBITIONS, AND LOVE LIFE. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07013 | FOR THE RELIEF OF UNBEARABLE URGES | | ENGLANDER, NATHAN | SANDI SKODNIK | THE STORIES IN THIS VOLUME BY THE TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD AUTHOR WHOSE WORKS HAVE APPEARED IN STORY MAGAZINE AND THE NEW YORKER ARE INVENTIVE AND OFTEN HAUNTING, STEEPED IN THE WEIGHT OF JEWISH HISTORY AND IN THE CUSTOMS OF ORTHODOX JEWISH LIFE. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07014 | REUNION | | BLUEFARB, SAM | RAMU DAMODARAN | THE STORY OF AN OBSESSIVE AND TRAGIC LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN A VETERAN ATTENDING UCLA ON THE GI BILL AND AN ENIGMATIC STUDENT FROM INDIA. THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THE IMMEDIATE POST-WAR YEARS, WHEN OLD MORES WERE BEING REPLACED BY NEW ATTITUDES. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07018 | GRIEF STREET | | ADCOCK, THOMAS | BARRIE SNIDER | NYPD DETECTIVE NEIL HOCKADAY AND HIS WIFE, RUBY, ARE DRAWN INTO A KILLER'S SAVAGE DESIGN WHEN THE FIRST VICTIM, A RABBI AND FRIEND OF THEIRS, IS KILLED BEFORE HIS CONGREGATION. AS HOCK INVESTIGATES, MORE BLOOD IS SPILLED, AND A TABLOID REPORTER CONNECTS THE MURDERS TO GRIEF STREET, A DISTURBING PLAY SENT TO RUBY BY ITS AUTHOR. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07019 | LATKES, LATKES GOOD TO EAT | A CHANUKAH STORY | HOWLAND, NAOMI | JERRY KOENIG | SADIE AND HER FOUR YOUNGER BROTHERS LIVE IN A SMALL COTTAGE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A TINY VILLAGE. THEY ARE VERY POOR AND ALWAYS HUNGRY. ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF CHANUKAH, SADIE IS GIVEN A FRYING PAN THAT COOKS UP POTATO PANCAKES ON DEMAND. WHEN SADIE GOES OUT ON THE LAST DAY OF CHANUKAH SHE WARNS HER BROTHERS NOT TO TOUCH THE PAN, BUT... © 1999 |
EN4 | 07022 | ESCAPE ARTIST | | KATZ, JUDITH | CHARLES ROEMER | WHEN TUTSIK GOLDENBERG COMES TO WARSAW, CLAIMING TO BE A LONELY ARGENTINE DIAMOND MERCHANT IN SEARCH OF A WIFE, SOFIA TEITELBAUM'S PARENTS QUICKLY MAKE THE MATCH. IN BUENOS AIRES, SOFIA SOON DISCOVERS THAT TUTSIK HAS BIGGER, MORE DEVIOUS THINGS IN MIND THAN MARRIAGE, INCLUDING PROSTITUTION UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF HIS SISTER MADAME PERLE. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07024 | RED, WHITE, AND BLUE | | ISAACS, SUSAN | | FBI AGENT CHARLIE BLAIR AND GEN-X LAUREN MILLER ARE DRAWN TOGETHER BY A HATE CRIME AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY KIN, DESCENDANTS OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS WHO MET ON A BOAT ON THEIR WAY TO AMERICA. ISAACS NOT ONLY CHRONICLES THEIR INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE BRUTAL MURDER, BUT EXPLORES THEIR AMERICAN HERITAGE AS WELL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07027 | LOVING TRUTH AND PEACE | THE GRAND RELIGIOUS WORLDVIEW OF RABBI BENZION UZIEL | ANGEL, MARC D. | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | RABBI ANGEL EXPOUNDS AND EXPANDS UPON THE THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY OF RABBI BENZION UZIEL WHO, AS THE FIRST SEPHARDIC CHIEF RABBI OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND ACKNOWLEDGED MASTER OF HALAKHA, PREACHED A MESSAGE OF MITZVOT, SUPPORT FOR THE IDEALS OF RELIGIOUS ZIONISM, AND LOVE AND CONCERN FOR ALL JEWS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07031 | DISGRACEFUL AFFAIR | | LAMBLIN, BIANCA | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | BIANCA BIENENFELD, A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, WAS SEDUCED BY HER PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR, SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, AND THEN PASSED ON TO DE BEAUVOIR'S PARTNER/LOVER JEAN-PAUL SARTRE. ABANDONED AFTER A YEAR, BIENENFELD-LAMBLIN RESUMED A PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP WITH DE BEAUVOIR AFTER WW II, AND THEY MET EVERY MONTH FOR FORTY YEARS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07033 | GOD | A BIOGRAPHY | MILES, JACK | JERRY KOENIG | WITHOUT FIGHTING CLASSICAL TRADITION, JACK MILES, A HISTORIAN, HAS ATTEMPTED TO TURN A TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD TRADITION OF HISTORICAL BIBLE SCHOLARSHIP INTO A WORK OF ART, WITH GOD AS THE PROTAGONIST. © 1995 |
EN4 | 07037 | GOD IN RUINS | | URIS, LEON | AUDREY FLAMBERG | SPANNING THE DECADES FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, THIS IS THE STORY OF QUINN PATRICK O'CONNELL, AN HONEST AND PRINCIPLED MAN ON THE BRINK OF BECOMING THE SECOND IRISH CATHOLIC PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. BUT QUINN IS A MAN WITH A SECRET BURIED OVER HALF A CENTURY THAT EVEN HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07038 | MATZAH BALL SOUP | | ROTHENBERG, JOAN | SHIRLEY RADCLIFF | EVERY YEAR AT PASSOVER, ROSIE'S GRANDMA PUTS FOUR MATZAH BALLS IN EACH BOWL OF SOUP. BUT ROSIE WANTS TO KNOW, WHY DOES SHE NEED FOUR OF THEM? SO GRANDMA TELLS ROSIE THE HILARIOUS TALE OF THE FAMOUS MATZAH BALL CONTEST THAT OCCURRED MANY YEARS AGO, WHICH FOREVER CHANGED HER VIEW OF WHAT WAS MEANT BY THE BEST MATZAH BALL. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07041 | WHAT IS A JEW? (REVISED EDITION) | | KERTZER, MORRIS N., RABBI | 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. FROM A NEPHEW OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR, WITH RABBI LAWRENCE A. HOFFMAN. © 1993 |
EN4 | 07046 | JEWISH HUMOR | WHAT THE BEST JEWISH JOKES SAY ABOUT THE JEWS | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI | JANET GILBERT | THE AUTHOR OF JEWISH LITERACY ANALYZES OVER ONE HUNDRED OF THE BEST JEWISH JOKES AND THROUGH THEM IDENTIFIES THE KEYSTONES OF JEWISH CHARACTER. THROUGH THE HUMOR, HE DESCRIBES HOW JEWS COPE WITH PERSECUTION AND DISCRIMINATION, HOW THEY HANDLE ANTI-SEMITISM, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT SEX, AND HOW THEY HANDLE ASSIMILATION AND INTERMARRIAGE. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07048 | PARADISE, NEW YORK | | POLLACK, EILEEN | LILA STERN | WE FIRST MEET LUCY APPELBAUM, THE HEROINE OF PARADISE, NY, IN 1970, AS A NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL ENJOYING HER FAMILY'S CATSKILL HOTEL, THE GARDEN OF EDEN. TEN YEARS LATER, HAVING FOUND NOTHING ELSE TO DISTINGUISH HERSELF, LUCY TRIES TO SAVE THE HOTEL BY CAPITALIZING ON A WAVE OF NOSTALGIA FOR THE BORSCHT BELT AND RUNNING THE HOTEL AS A SORT OF LIVING MUSEUM OF YIDDISH CULTURE. LUCY BATTLES HER GRANDMOTHER'S ATTEMPTS TO SABOTAGE LUCY'S SUCCESS, HER PARENTS' SUPERSTITIOUS FEARS OF ANYTHING THAT ATTRACTS ATTENTION TO THE JEWS, HER BROTHER'S CONTENTION THAT WHAT LUCY IS DOING IS MORE A MATTER OF EGO THAN AUTHENTIC RELIGIOUS FEELING, AND HER OWN AFFAIRS OF THE HEART. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07050 | REFUGE | | MICHAEL, SAMI | NAOMI ROSENBACH | THE TIME IS 1973, THE SETTING THE YOM KIPPUR WAR. COMMUNIST AND ZIONIST, ISRAELI ARAB, PALESTINIAN REFUGEE, AND ASHKENAZI 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? © 1977 |
EN4 | 07051 | SHIP OF THE HUNTED | | ELBERG, YEHUDA | BETTY SMITH | THE WARSAW GHETTO IN 1943 IS NOTHING LIKE THE PREWAR VILLAGE OF DOMBROVKA. GOLDA, HER HUSBAND, SHIYA, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN DO THE BEST THEY CAN. SHIYA AND ONE CHILD ARE SENT TO AUSCHWITZ. GOLDA IS TAKEN TO TREBLINKA, BUT ESCAPES AND WANDERS THE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE. HER SON YOSSEL, POSES AS A CHRISTIAN AND HIDES OUT WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER ON A FARM, BUT EVEN THERE TRAGEDY AWAITS. AT THE END OF THE WAR, WHOEVER SURVIVES FROM THIS FAMILY WILL ATTEMPT THE DIFFICULT PASSAGE TO PALESTINE ON A "SHIP OF THE HUNTED." © 1997 |
EN4 | 07059 | SABBATH | | ERLICH, JOSEF | SYLVIA JACOBS | SET IN THE POLISH-JEWISH SHTETL OF WOLBROM IN THE 1930S, WHERE THE AUTHOR SPENT HIS YOUTH, THIS STORY TELLS HOW FEIVEL AND HIS FAMILY OBSERVE THE SABBATH. IT DESCRIBES IN INTRICATE DETAIL THE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE AND FOLKWAYS OF THIS HOLIEST OF DAYS AS IT WAS PRACTICED FOR CENTURIES BY EUROPEAN JEWS AND BY THEIR ORTHODOX DESCENDANTS TODAY. EDITED BY HANA WIRTH-NESHER. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07063 | BRONSTEIN'S CHILDREN | | BECKER, JUREK | BEVERLY STERN | THE AUTHOR HAS DEVISED SOMETHING BETWEEN STORY AND ALLEGORY TO EVOKE THE COLD GENERATIONAL MILLENIUM THAT SEPARATES A FATHER, WITH HIS CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIES, FROM A SON, ADRIFT IN A SOCIETY WITH NO MEMORIES WHATSOEVER. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07068 | RIVER MIDNIGHT | | NATTEL, LILIAN | BARBARA BEHAR FERBER | IN BLASZKA, A FICTIONAL SHTETL NORTHWEST OF WARSAW, THE LIVES OF FOUR WOMEN ARE INTERTWINED. AS CHILDREN, THEY ROMPED IN THE WOODS. BUT NOW HANNA-LEYA IS THE BUTCHER'S MYSTERIOUSLY CHILDLESS BUT EFFICIENT WIFE WHO RELAXES BY BATHING IN THE RIVER. FEYGELE HAS A LARGE FAMILY, BUT HER OLDEST CHILD IS JAILED FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY. ZISA-SARA DIES IN AMERICA; HER CHILDREN ARE SENT BACK TO BLASZKA, WHERE THEY MUST READJUST TO SHTETL LIFE. MISHA, THE TOWN MIDWIFE, DIVORCES HER HUSBAND AND THEN BECOMES PREGNANT HERSELF, BUT REFUSES TO REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF THE FATHER. THROUGH IT ALL, THE PEOPLE OF BLASZKA CLING TO THEIR TRADITIONS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07069 | SHOW ME THE MAGIC | | MAZURSKY, PAUL | GUY LEBOW | OVER THE PAST THIRTY YEARS, PAUL MAZURSKY, WRITER, FILM DIRECTOR, ACTOR, AND PRODUCER, HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST RESPECTED AND ADMIRED FILMMAKERS. HE TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF SOME OF HIS GREATEST SUCCESSES AND PROVIDES VERY HUMAN PORTRAITS OF MANY OF HOLLYWOOD'S LEGENDS. OF COURSE, THERE IS PAUL MAZURSKY'S OWN STORY AS WELL. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07070 | VILLAGE OF A MILLION SPIRITS | A NOVEL OF THE TREBLINKA UPRISING | MACMILLAN, IAN | BARIE W. SNIDER | ON AUGUST 2, 1943, PRISONERS OF TREBLINKA CONCENTRATION CAMP, ARMED WITH STOLEN GUNS AND GRENADES, ATTACKED THEIR GUARDS, SET FIRE TO THE "FACTORY OF DEATH," AND FLED INTO THE NEIGHBORING FOREST. TREBLINKA WAS A SECRET CAMP DESIGNED TO HIDE FROM HISTORY WHAT OCCURRED INSIDE ITS CONFINES. OF THE SIX HUNDRED PRISONERS WHO ESCAPED, ONLY FORTY LIVED, BUT THEIR SURVIVAL ENSURED THAT THE HORRORS THEY WITNESSED AND AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR DESPERATE REVOLT REACHED THE OUTSIDE WORLD. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07072 | VIKTOR FRANKL RECOLLECTIONS | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | FRANKL, VIKTOR E. | SYLVIA ESTES | THE RENOWNED VIENNESE PSYCHIATRIST AND AUTHOR REVEALS THE WARMLY HUMAN SIDE OF A LIFE THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHIATRIC SCIENCE. DURING WWII, FRANKL LOST HIS WIFE AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND WAS HIMSELF IN FOUR CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THROUGH HIS BELIEFS HE WAS ABLE TO TRIUMPH OVER THE CAMPS AND TO REBUILD HIS PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE LIFE IN POSTWAR VIENNA. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07073 | ONE-HANDED PIANIST | | STAVANS, ILAN | ISABELLE RUBIN | PRESENTING INTENSE EXPLORATIONS OF JEWISH LIFE AND IDENTITY IN THE HISPANIC WORLD, STAVANS STORIES FEATURE INDIVIDUALS WHO RELENTLESSLY INVESTIGATE SPIRITUALITY BEYOND THE REALM OF ORTHODOX RELIGION. SOME OF THE EIGHT STORIES MIX AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FANTASY AND OTHERS MELD JEWISH MYSTICISM, THRILLER, FICTION AND MEDITATIONS ON SEXUALITY, LOVE, GOD AND THE ROOTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07074 | OXFORD BOOK OF HEBREW SHORT STORIES | | ABRAMSON, GLENDA, ED. | ETHEL E. MADURO | 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. |
EN4 | 07076 | HOUDINI | THE CAREER OF EHRICH WEISS | SILVERMAN, KENNETH | MOLLY STARK | SILVERMAN'S ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT MAGICIAN AND ESCAPE ARTIST PROVIDES MORE DETAIL THAN PREVIOUS BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT HOUDINI'S EARLY YEARS, SHOWING HOW EHRICH WEISS, A SCRAPPY JEWISH KID FROM WISCONSIN, ENDURED A GRUELING APPRENTICESHIP IN VAUDEVILLE AS AN ACROBAT, MAGICIAN, AND MEDICINE-SHOW SHILL TO BECOME THE MOST FAMOUS PERFORMER OF HIS AGE. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07079 | IN THE YEAR 1096 | THE FIRST CRUSADE AND THE JEWS | CHAZAN, ROBERT | SHIRLEY RADCLIFF | 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 SUBSEQUENT NINE CENTURIES OF JEWISH HISTORY. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07080 | SECRET BOOK OF GRAZIA DEI ROSSI | | PARK, JACQUELINE | KEN STEART | INSPIRED BY AN ACTUAL LETTER, JACQUELINE PARK OFFERS US A LOOK AT RENAISSANCE ITALY THROUGH THE EYES OF GRAZIA DEI ROSSI. HEIRESS TO A JEWISH BANKING DYNASTY, SECRETARY TO THE WORLD-RENOWNED ISABELLA D'ESTE, MARRIED TO THE POPE'S JEWISH PHYSICIAN AND LOVER OF THE CHRISTIAN LORD GONZAGA, DEI ROSSI IS SUSPENDED BETWEEN TWO CULTURES, FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO MEN AND TWO WORLDS. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07082 | WOMAN AT THE WINDOW | BIBLICAL TALES OF OPPRESSION AND ESCAPE | ASCHKENASY, NEHAMA | SHIRLEY RADCLIFF | THE IMAGE OF THE WOMAN AT THE WINDOW IS PREVALENT IN THE ARTS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND HAS SUGGESTED INTERPRETATIONS RANGING FROM SEXUAL AVAILIBILITY TO FRUSTRATED CURIOSITY. NEHAMA ASCHKENASY NOW INVITES A REINTERPRETATION OF THIS CLASSIC IMAGE, SEEING IN A MYTHIC REPRESENTATION OF ANCIENT WOMAN'S SPATIAL CONSTRICTION AND HER REMOVAL FROM THE ARENA OF HISTORY. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07083 | JEWISH WAR | | REICH, TOVA | MARILYN WEINSTOCK | 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. © 1995 |
EN4 | 07085 | ANGEL MAX | | GLASSGOLD, PETER | RAYMA FELDMAN | AS A YOUNG CHILD IN KOVNO, MAX PETROVICH KRAFT HAD A CLEAR VISION OF HIS OWN FUTURE AND OF THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES HE WAS GOING TO HAVE IN AMERICA. HE MOVES TO NEW YORK, WHERE A SOUND MARRIAGE AND AN EQUALLY SOUND BUSINESS VENTURE MAKE THE AMERICAN DREAM IMMEDIATELY COME TRUE. BUT THERE IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FAMILY: REVOLUTIONARY STEPSISTERS, A VIOLENT HALF BROTHER, AND AN ANARCHIST COUSIN. THEY ARE IN AND OUT OF MAX'S LIFE, AND HE BECOMES AN "ANGEL" FOR THE CAUSE, A LITTLE OUT OF SYMPATHY, BUT MORE TO KEEP THEM AT A DISTANCE. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07088 | JOLSON | THE LEGEND COMES TO LIFE | GOLDMAN, HERBERT G. | AARON NORDWIND | 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 MULTIFACETED CAREER, FROM EARLY BEGINNINGS AS A STREET PERFORMER. © 1988 |
EN4 | 07089 | IRVING BERLIN | A LIFE IN SONG | FURIA, PHILIP | MARTIN KLEINWALD | MUSICAL THEATER HISTORIAN PHILIP FURIA PORTRAYS THE MUSICAL LIFE OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED COMPOSERS. WITH ACCESS TO THE IRVING BERLIN ARCHIVES, HE BRINGS FORTH NEW INFORMATION ON HOW THE SONGS WERE CREATED AND RELATES THIS PROCESS TO THE IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE COMPOSER'S LIFE. HE CALLS THE RESULTING BIOGRAPHY A "LIFE IN SONG" BECAUSE BERLIN DREW ON HIS ENTIRE LIFE'S EXPERIENCES IN CREATING HIS MUSIC. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07093 | LIONHEARTS | HEROES OF ISRAEL | BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL, ED. | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | IN EVERY GENERATION AND ON EVERY BATTLEFIELD THAT MARKS THE HISTORY OF MODERN ISRAEL, HEROES HAVE RISEN WITH THE COURAGE TO TAKE THE LEAD. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THESE EXTRAORDINARY PERSONALITIES AS WELL AS EVERYDAY PEOPLE WHO FELL IN COMBAT OR ON ISRAEL'S SECRET FRONTS AND TO THOSE STILL ALIVE TODAY. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07097 | GREAT JEWISH FAMILIES | | LYMAN, DARRYL | SYLVIA ESTES | THE BRONFMANS, DAYANS, REICHMANNS, MAIMONS, AND ROTHSCHILDS ARE JUST SOME OF THE MORE THAN EIGHTY GREAT JEWISH FAMILIES WHOSE STORIES ARE TOLD IN THIS VOLUME. LYMAN PRESENTS A BIOGRAPHICAL OVERVIEW OF EACH FAMILY AND THEN FOCUSES ON EACH NOTABLE FAMILY MEMBER, DEMONSTRATING HOW THE TIGHTLY-KNIT JEWISH FAMILY UNIT HAS INSPIRED ITS MEMBERS TO REACH FOR GREATNESS. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07104 | HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS | ORDINARY GERMANS AND THE HOLOCAUST | GOLDHAGEN, DANIEL JONAH | STEVEN SPRARAGEN | OLDHAGEN ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS BOOK AS A DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AT HARVARD. IN IT, HE ENDEAVORS TO SHOW THAT THE COMMON APOLOGIA FOR THE GERMANS - THAT HITLER "BRAINWASHED" THEM - IS NONSENSE AND THAT MOST GERMANS GAVE THEIR ACTIVE CONSENT TO GENOCIDE. THE BOOK ENDS WITH A DETAILED NOTES SECTION AND AN APPENDIX THAT EXPLAINS THE CORRECT METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING THE NAZI PERIOD. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07107 | SHUKI'S UPSIDE-DOWN DREAM | | GANZ, YAFFA | DAN SHTEINGART | SHUKI'S STRANGE DREAM HELPS HIM TO LOOK AT HIS ELDERLY AUNT IN A NEW LIGHT. © 1986 |
EN4 | 07108 | FOUR MOTHERS | | HORN, SHIFRA | LILA STERN | SHIFRA HORN'S NOVEL TELLS THE STORY OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF WOMEN IN ONE FAMILY AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN JERUSALEM. THE STORY BEGINS WITH AMAL, OF THE FIFTH GENERATION, WHO IS DESPONDENT OVER HER HUSBAND'S DESERTION AFTER THE BIRTH OF HER SON. HER MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT-GRANDMOTHER ARE OVERJOYED, BECAUSE THE BIRTH OF A HEALTHY BOY MEANS THAT THEIR FAMILY'S LONG CURSE HAS BEEN BROKEN - THERE IS NO DAUGHTER TO INHERIT IT. COME, LISTEN, THEY SAY TO AMAL, LISTEN TO THE STORY OF THE CURSE THAT FORESHADOWED EVERY FATHER'S DISAPPEARANCE. BE COMFORTED BY YOUR "FOUR MOTHERS." © 1999 |
EN4 | 07109 | SECOND HAND SMOKE | | ROSENBAUM, THANE | PETER JONES | MILA KATZ LIVES BY THE WITS BY WHICH SHE SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST; HER SON GROWS UP TO BE A NAZI-HUNTER. BUT IN A SERIES OF DEATHBED CONFESSIONS TO HER NURSES, SHE REVEALS THE EXISTANCE OF ANOTHER SON, ABANDONED IN POLAND. MILA'S AMERICAN-BORN SON LEARNS OF HIS HALF-BROTHER'S EXISTENCE AND DECIDES TO TRAVEL TO POLAND TO FIND HIM. TOGETHER THE BROTHERS RETRACE THE FAMILY'S DERAILED PATH, WALKING AMONG THE GHOSTS OF THE HOLOCAUST, CONFRONTING REAL AND IMAGINERY DEMONS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07110 | REDEMPTION | | FAST, HOWARD | STEVE SHER | 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. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07111 | MADELEINE ALBRIGHT | A TWENTIETH-CENTURY ODYSSEY | DOBBS, MICHAEL | SPENCER RAINE | SHE WAS BORN MARIA JANA KORBELOVA IN PRAGUE, JUST BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, THE FIRST CHILD OF CZECH JEWISH PARENTS. ALMOST SIXTY YEARS LATER MADELINE KORBEL ALBRIGHT WAS SWORN IN AS THE FIRST WOMAN SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE UNITED STATES. MICHAEL DOBBS, A WASHINGTON POST REPORTER, PIECES TOGETHER THE FASCINATING LIVES OF SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF ALBRIGHT'S ANCESTORS, REVEALING A JEWISH FAMILY'S RECURRING QUEST FOR ASSIMILATION (HER PARENTS RAISED HER AND HER SIBLINGS AS CATHOLICS) AS THEY MOVED FROM AN EASTERN EUROPEAN GHETTO TO THE CORRIDORS OF POWER IN WASHINGTON. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07112 | FROM A SEALED ROOM | | KADISH, RACHEL | WENDY GOULSTON | IN THIS DEBUT NOVEL, THREE WOMEN, AN ISRAELI, HER AMERICAN COUSIN, AND AN ELDERLY HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, ARE TRAPPED BY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES YET UNITED IN THEIR DESIRE FOR LIBERATION. © |
EN4 | 07114 | PINK SLIP | | CIRESI, RITA | SUSAN WITTY | LISA DIODETTO'S MOTHER WANTS HER TO GET MARRIED, BUT LISA IS NOT YET READY. LOOKING FOR A FRESH START, LISA JOINS THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND PROCEEDS, ON COMPANY TIME, TO WRITE A NOVEL THAT POKES FUN AT CORPORATE LIFE. ENTER HER MAIN CHARACTER: EBEN STRAUSS. A MAN OF OLD-FASHIONED MANNERS WHO SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF LISA. OF COURSE, LOGIC AND LOVE RARELY GO HAND IN HAND. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT LISA AND STRAUSS HAVE TO KEEP THEIR ENSUING AFFAIR A SECRET FROM EVERYONE AT WORK. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY KEEP SECRETS FROM EACH OTHER AND TELL LIES TO THEMSELVES? © 1999 |
EN4 | 07118 | SIMON'S FAMILY | A NOVEL OF TWO FAMILIES | FREDRIKSSON, MARIANNE | ELLEN DAVID | EVER SINCE CHILDHOOD, SIMON LARSSON HAS STRUGGLED WITH THE FEELING 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. © 1988 |
EN4 | 07119 | YOUNG HEROES OF THE BIBLE | A BOOK FOR FAMILY SHARING | DOUGLAS, KIRK | GUY LEBOW | IN FIVE STORIES FROM THE BIBLE AND THE MIDRASH, ACTOR AND AUTHOR KIRK DOUGLASS EXAMINES HOW THE GREATEST BIBLICAL CHARACTERS PERFORMED DEEDS OF HEROISM EVEN AT YOUNG AGES. IN TELLING THESE TIMELESS STORIES, DOUGLAS REMEMBERS HIS OWN CHILDHOOD IN AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, WHERE HE FIRST HEARD THEM IN SUNDAY SCHOOL, AND HOW THEY AFFECTED HIM THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD AND HIS LONG CAREER IN HOLLYWOOD. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07122 | BERNHARD | | HOFFMAN, YOEL | TERRIS KO, EILEEN DACEY | BERNHARD, A GERMAN-JEWISH WIDOWER IN THE 1940S, IS DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS OF HIS WIFE. AS HE DISCONSOLATELY WALKS THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM, HE TRIES TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS GRIEF AND THE DISASTERS OF W W II. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07123 | ACTIVIST'S DAUGHTER | | BACHE, ELLYN | JULIE RATNER | 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 |
EN4 | 07124 | DINK THAT STOPPED THE CLOCK | | HALPERN, CHAIKY | HELEN STEWART | AN ADVENTURE IN THE LAND OF MIROOP, WHERE QUEEN OOTZ-ROOTZ IS IN A HURRY TO PREPARE FOR SHABBOS. © 1985 |
EN4 | 07126 | NAZI OFFICER'S WIFE | HOW ONE JEWISH WOMAN SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST | BEER, EDITH HAHN; DWORKIN, SUSAN | ARLINE KEMPNER | 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. 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. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07131 | JUPITER'S BONES | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | JERRY O'NEIL | DR. EMIL GANZ WAS CONSIDERED A WORLD-RENOWNED PROFESSOR OF ASTROPHYSICS, WHEN HE DISAPPEARED WITHOUT WARNING HE VANISHED, ONLY TO REAPPEAR TEN YEARS LATER AS "FATHER JUPITER," THE FOUNDER OF A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC CULT. SUDDENLY THE AGING CHARISMATIC LEADER IS FOUND DEAD, AND LAPD LIEUTENANT PETER DECKER INVESTIGATES WITH HIS TEAM AND THE SUPPORT OF HIS WIFE, RINA. SOON THE ORDER TURNS VIOLENT, ERUPTING INTO MAYHEM SO DEADLY THAT IT THREATENS NOT ONLY THE LIVES OF IT ADULT MEMBERS BUT ALSO SCORES OF HELPLESS, INNOCENT CHILDREN. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07132 | TURBULENT SOULS | A CATHOLIC SON'S RETURN TO HIS JEWISH FAMILY | DUBNER, STEPHEN J. | AUDREY FLAMBERG | THE YOUNGEST OF EIGHT CHILDREN, STEPHEN DUBNER GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT WAS INDUSTRIOUS, RAMBUNCTIOUS, AND ABOVE ALL, CATHOLIC. HIS PARENTS WERE TRUE BELIEVERS, THEIR FAITH EXTENDING TO EVERY CORNER OF THEIR LIVES. BUT THEY WERE ALSO JEWISH CONVERTS WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH CATHOLICISM AND THEN WITH EACH OTHER. BY THE TIME STEPHEN WAS BORN, THEIR PASTS HAD BEEN LOCKED AWAY. ONLY WHEN DUBNER REACHED HIS TWENTIES DID HE DISCOVER HIS PARENTS' EXTRAORDINARY STORY, A STORY FULL OF BITTER ESTRANGEMENTS, HARD-FOUGHT TRIUMPHS, AND DEEP SECRETS. IN EXCAVATING THE STORY, HE FELT THE TUG OF THE RELIGION HIS PARENTS HAD ABANDONED AND BEGAN TO PURSUE IT AS VIGOROUSLY AS THEY HAD PURSUED THEIR ADOPTED FAITH. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07134 | HAPPINESS | FORMULAS, STORIES AND INSIGHTS | PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI | LEA GREENBERG | EVERYONE WANTS IT. FEW PEOPLE HAVE IT. MANY PEOPLE THINK HAPPINESS IS A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET. IT'S NOT. RABBI PLISKIN DISCUSSES WHERE TO FIND IT - AND HOW! IT'S EVERYWHERE, HE EXPLAINS. EVEN BETTER, IT'S WITHIN OURSELVES, IF WE ONLY KNOW HOW TO MINE IT. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07143 | BETTELHEIM | A LIFE AND A LEGACY | SUTTON, NINA | JEROME BROOKMAN | IN HIS LIFETIME (1903-1990), BRUNO BETTELHEIM WAS REGARDED AS AN AUTHORITY ON CHILDREARING AND A PIONEER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS. HIS PROLIFIC WRITINGS RANGED FROM HIS EXPERIENCES AS A SURVIVOR OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS TO THE FREUDIAN INTERPRETATION OF FAIRY TALES. DURING HIS 29 YEARS AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S ORTHOGENIC SCHOOL, BETTELHEIM DEVELOPED A UNIQUE FORM OF MILIEU THERAPY, CLAIMING A HIGH RATE OF SUCCESS WITH EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND AUSTISTIC CHILDREN. AFTER HIS SUICIDE, FORMER STUDENTS DENOUNCED HIM AS BRUTAL, AND CRITICS ACCUSED HIM OF PLAGIARISM, QUESTIONING HIS TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS. IN THIS FIRST BIOGRAPHY, SUTTON, A JOURNALIST AND FRENCH CORRESPONDENT FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, ASSESSES THE LIFE AND WORK OF THIS CONTRADICTORY GENIUS. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07146 | DIVING ROCK ON THE HUDSON | | ROTH, HENRY | CHRIS BASKOUS | IN THIS SECOND VOLUME OF THE SERIES, MERCY OF A RUDE STREAM, ROTH REVEALS A SECRET THAT WAS SURELY ONE OF THE REASONS FOR HIS 60-YEAR WRITING BLOCK. HERE, HIS ALTER EGO, IRA STIGMAN, MAKES A SHOCKING DISCLOSURE: A LONG INTERVAL OF INCEST WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER, AS WELL AS THE SEDUCTION OF A YOUNGER COUSIN. AS THE AUTHOR/NARRATOR CONTINUES TO BARE HIS SOUL TO HIS COMPUTER, ECCLESIASTES, READERS CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE REMORSE, GUILT AND MENTAL ANGUISH THAT FOR A LONG TIME PREVENTED ROTH FROM THINKING OR WRITING ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT FORM THE BASIS FOR HIS FICTION. HE ALSO GIVES A HAUNTING DESCRIPTION OF A VANISHED SOCIAL CLASS, THE FIRST GENERATION OF AMERICAN CHILDREN OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS FROM EUROPEAN SHTETLS, LIVING IN BLEAK TENEMENTS, AWARE THEY ARE CRUDE AND UNCOUTH BY THE STANDARDS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. © 1995 |
EN4 | 07147 | MURDER ON A KIBBUTZ | A COMMUNAL CASE | GUR, BATYA | PATRICIA LAVIN, HELEN SCHNEIDER | 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. © 1991 |
EN4 | 07154 | LAST LULLABY | POETRY FROM THE HOLOCAUST | KRAMER, AARON, ED. | ELLEN DAVID | THE WORKS COLLECTED HERE INCLUDE POEMS BY EUROPEANS AND RUSSIANS WHO ATTAINED RECOGNITION AS PUBLISHED WRITERS, AS WELL AS POEMS AND SONGS BY PEOPLE WHO NEVER INTENDED TO BECOME POETS BUT WHO WERE DRIVEN TO EXPRESS THE UNBEARABLE EMOTIONS AROUSED BY THE HORRORS OF THE NAZI ERA. SOME OF THE POEMS ARE THE PRAYERS OF MARTYRS AND THE ELEGIES OF MOURNERS. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY THE EDITOR. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07157 | BAKER'S DOZEN #10 | DO NOT DISTURB | STEIN, AIDEL | HELEN STEWART | 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. © 1993 |
EN4 | 07161 | DREAMS OF GOLD | | ORDE, LEWIS | LAURA SPERBER | FLEEING FROM LIVES OF DRUDGERY AND THE DOMINATION OF THEIR AVARICIOUS UNCLE, YOUNG ORPHANS NATHAN AND LEONORA SOLOMON EMIGRATE FROM LONDON TO NEW ORLEANS IN 1851. A FATEFUL ENCOUNTER WITH A NEW ORLEANS COTTON MERCHANT DRAWS THE COUSINS INTO AN ASSIMILATED JEWISH FAMILY AND PLUNGES THEM INTO A HIGH-SPIRITED AND OPULENT WAY OF LIFE. DESPITE THE PREJUDICE THAT DOGS THEIR LIVES, THE FAMILY THRIVES, AND LEONORA RECLAIMS HER JEWISH HERITAGE IN A MOVE TO ATLANTA AFTER THE CIVIL WAR. © 1993 |
EN4 | 07168 | JEWISH SCI-FI STORIES FOR CHILDREN | | PETERSEIL, YAACOV, ED. | HOWELL MAYER | SIX STORIES ABOUT JEWISH KIDS, COMBINING JEWISH THEMES WITH SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY: A BOY CREATES A CLONE OF HIMSELF TO FILL IN AT BAR-MITZVAH LESSONS; A JEWISH CHILD MAGICALLY HEALS AN INJURED NAZI; RABBI BARUCH ROGERS IS A JEWISH SPOOF OF BUCK ROGERS. ASSUMES SOME FAMILIARITY WITH ORTHODOX LIFE AND JEWISH MYSTICISM. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07174 | GLASS HEARTS | | PAUL, TERRI | TONY MEEKER | SERENE'S FATHER HAS VANISHED FROM THEIR SMALL HUNGARIAN VILLAGE IN 1913, LEAVING HIS BELEAGUERED JEWISH FAMILY TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES IN A TIME OF DANGER AND DISRUPTION. THE VALUES AND BELIEFS OF HER TIGHTLY KNIT FAMILY CONFLICT WITH THOSE OF THE SOCIETY WHICH IS UNRAVELING AROUND HER. WORLD WAR I FORCES THE FAMILY TO FLEE; THEY RETURN AFTER THE WAR TO FIND THEIR VILLAGE DESTROYED. SERENE MUST LEAVE IT BEHIND, WITH ITS GHOSTS, CHARMS AND DREAMS, AND START ANEW, IN A NEW COUNTRY. AS SHE AGES FROM 5 TO 11, SHE COPES BY USING DREAMS AND VISIONS TO RECOVER HER FATHER. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07176 | SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES | | SIEGEL, SHELDON | AUDREY FLAMBERG | MEET MIKE DAILEY, EX-PRIEST, EX-PUBLIC DEFENDER, AND EX-HUSBAND. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, EX-PARTNER AT SIMPSON & GATES, ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S MOST PROMINENT LAW FIRMS. TODAY HE'S OUT ON HIS OWN, SETTING UP A PRIVATE PRACTICE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF TOWN. THEN HIS BEST FRIEND AND FORMER COLLEAGUE IS CHARGED WITH A BRUTAL DOUBLE MURDER. DALEY HAS HIS FIRST CLIENT AND IS INSTANTLY CATAPULTED INTO A HIGH PROFILE CASE INVOLVING THE PRESTIGIOUS LAW FIRM THAT JUST BOOTED HIM. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07179 | REVISIONIST | | SCHULMAN, HELEN | MARION FELDINGER | DR. DAVID HERSHLEDER, A BRILLIANT BUT TORTURED JEWISH NEUROLOGIST, IS THROWN OUT OF THE HOUSE BY HIS SHIKSA WIFE. IN ORDER TO AVOID THE CRUSHING WEIGHT OF HIS LOSS, HE EMBARKS ON A RESEARCH PROJECT INVOLVING A HOLOCAUST DENIER. HE BECOMES MORE AND MORE OBSESSED AND, WITH THE HELP OF TWO ODDBALL BUDDIES FROM COLLEGE, HE FINDS AND CONFRONTS A REVISIONIST IN PARIS AND IN THE PROCESS CONFRONTS HIMSELF, EXPLODING THE LIES HE HAS CONSTRUCTED HIS OWN LIFE AROUND. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07180 | TALMUDIC IMAGES | | STEINSALTZ, ADIN, RABBI | SARENE MEYERS | 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 BRING THEM TO LIFE BY PROVIDING A SKETCH OF THEIR PERSONALITIES, NOT ONLY AS THINKERS AND SCHOLARS, BUT ALSO AS HUMAN BEINGS. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07182 | GARDEN, ASHES | | KIS, DANILO | TANYA SHERMAN | IN YUGOSLAVIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, YOUNG ANDI SCHAM AND HIS BELEAGUERED FAMILY ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING, SEARCHING FOR REFUGE. FROM HIS MEMORIES EMERGES THE WONDROUS STORY OF HIS FATHER, EDUARD SCHAM, THE WANDERING JEW: A MAN WHO RECEDES FROM LIFE AND THEN DISAPPEARS IN THE HOLOCAUST. ANDI'S SEARCH FOR HIS FATHER IS A POETIC AND LYRICAL REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST. © 1975 |
EN4 | 07184 | IL DUCE'S OTHER WOMAN | | CANNISTRARO, PHILIP; SULLIVAN, BRIAN | SYLVIA LEVINSON | A PERSON OF EXCEPTIONAL ERUDITION AND CULTURE, MARGHERITE SARFATTI (1880-1961) WAS THE ITALIAN DICTATOR'S LOVER, POLITICAL ADVISOR AND INTELLECTUAL MENTOR. THE AUTHORS REVEAL HOW, IN THE PERIOD FOLLOWING THE GREAT WAR, THE TWO COMBINED THEIR SOCIALIST IDEALS AND FIERCE NATIONALISM TO FORGE A REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT - FASCISM - AND HOW MUSSOLINI IN THE END "COULD NOT TOLERATE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT A WOMAN AND A JEW HAD DONE AS MUCH AS SHE HAD TO BUILD THE FASCIST REGIME." © 1993 |
EN4 | 07187 | IN MEMORY'S KITCHEN | A LEGACY FROM THE WOMEN OF TEREZIN | DE SILVA, CANA, ED. | DONNA BATKIN, VERA ROSEN | WRITTEN BY UNDERNOURISHED AND STARVING WOMEN IN THE CZECHOSLOVAKIAN GHETTO/CONCENTRATION CAMP OF TEREZIN (ALSO KNOWN AS THERESIENSTADT), THE RECIPES GIVES INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING BELOVED DISHES IN THE RICH, ROBUST CZECH TRADITION. SOMETIMES STEPS OR INGREDIENTS ARE MISSING, THE GAPS A PAINFUL ILLUSTRATION OF THE CONDITION AND SITUATION IN WHICH THE AUTHORS LIVED. © 1993 |
EN4 | 07192 | HEART OF MANY ROOMS | CELEBRATING THE MANY VOICES WITHIN JUDAISM | HARTMAN, DAVID | SHIRLEY KALB | DAVID HARTMAN ADDRESSES THE SPIRITUAL AND THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS THAT FACE ALL JEWS AND ALL PEOPLE TODAY. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM, HE HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE VARIETIES OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH PRACTICE AND SHOWS THAT COMMITMENT TO BOTH JEWISH TRADITION AND TO PLURALISM CAN CREATE BRIDGES OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07196 | REBELLION | | ROTH, JOSEPH | STEVE SHER | ANDREAS PUM RETURNS FROM WORLD WAR I MINUS A LEG, BUT WITH A MEDAL. A JOB AND MARRIAGE OFFER HIM A CHANCE FOR A WINTER OF BLISS. DISASTER STRIKES WHEN HE IS JAILED AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH A STRANGER AND IN A MAGICAL TOUCH AGES TERRIBLY IN A MATTER OF WEEKS. UPON HIS RELEASE, ANDREAS, OLDER, FEEBLE MINDED, AND OBSESSED WITH THE INJUSTICE HE'S SUFFERED, GOES TO WORK FOR A FORMER ROOMMATE AND FINALLY DIES AN EMBITTERED OLD MAN. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07197 | KARPSTEIN WAS HIDING | | DAVID, MARTIN A. | MARTIN A. DAVID | KARPSTEIN LIVES IN ROOMS OF HIS OWN MIND. THE WALLS ARE FLEXIBLE AND THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN LIVING AND DEAD AND BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT ARE EPHEMERAL. IN THE PAST THERE WAS THE HOLOCAUST. KARPSTEIN SURVIVED IT EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT THERE. THE GUILT OF HIS SURVIVAL HAUNTS HIM. IN THE PRESENT THERE IS A WAREHOUSE CROWDED WITH LIVING MEMORIES. CAN KARPSTEIN SURVIVE THAT? © 2000 |
EN4 | 07198 | IN PRAISE OF PUBLIC LIFE | | LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH WITH MICHAEL D'ORSO | MIRIAM ALIMINOS | IN A VIGOROUS DEFENSE OF PUBLIC LIFE, SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN DEFINES THE DUTY, THE HONOR, AND THE PRIVILEGE OF PUBLIC LIFE IN THE FACE OF AMERICANS' PERENNIAL CYNICISM ABOUT IT. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07199 | ISRAEL | A HISTORY | GILBERT, MARTIN | MIRIAM ALIMONOS | BASING HIS NARRATIVE ON A WEALTH OF CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS AND EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, AS WELL AS ON HIS OWN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COUNTRY, MARTIN GILBERT PROVIDES A RIVETING AND MOVING ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07200 | INN AT LAKE DEVINE | | LIPMAN, ELINOR | LYNNE KUSHNER | IT'S THE EARLY 1960S AND NATALIE MARX IS STUNNED WHEN HER MOTHER INQUIRES ABOUT VACATION ACCOMMODATIONS IN VERMONT AND RECEIVES A RESPONSE THAT IN EFFECT SAYS THAT JEWS ARE NOT WELCOME. SO BEGINS NATALIE'S FIXATION WITH THE INN AND THE FAMILY THAT OWNS IT. AND WHEN NATALIE FINAGLES AN INVITATION TO JOIN A FRIEND ON VACATION THERE, SHE SETS HERSELF UPON A PATH THAT WILL INEXTRICABLY LINK HER ADULT LIFE TO THIS PECULIAR FAMILY AND ITS ONCE-RESTRICTED HOTEL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07203 | GREATER THAN ANGELS | | MATAS, CAROL | MARJORIE RAPPOPORT | CHAMBON, A SMALL VILLAGE WHOSE INHABITANTS AGREE TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN. BUT AS THE WAR RAGES ON, JEWS IN FRANCE - AND THOSE WHO SHELTER THEM - ARE IN INCREASING DANGER. WILL ANNA AND HER FRIENDS SURVIVE? © 1999 |
EN4 | 07204 | RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT | | TANENBAUM, ROBERT K. | GERRY SPANGER | AN ELDERLY JEWISH SHOPKEEPER IS FOUND SLAIN BENEATH A MIRROR SCRAWLED WITH A HATE-FILLED MESSAGE IN ARABIC. WITHIN HOURS, POLICE AREN'T JUST SEARCHING FOR A MURDERER; THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A LID ON A SEETHING HOTBED OF RACIAL CONFLICT THAT HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN ONE RIOT IN THE STREETS. IT FALLS TO BUTCH KARP, DEPUTY DA FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS, TO KEEP THE HUNT FOR THE KILLERS, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT PROSECUTION, FROM IGNITING A FULL-SCALE ETHNIC WAR. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07209 | SPORTS AND THE AMERICAN JEW | | RIESS, STEVEN A., ED. | TINA CERVASI, HELEN SCHNEIDER | THIS BOOK DEBUNKS THE CONVENTIONAL STEREOTYPE THAT JEWS AND SPORTS ARE SOMEHOW INCOMPATIBLE AND CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT SPORTS HAVE LONG BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INSTITUTION IN AMERICAN JEWISH LIFE. JEWS WERE AMONG THE VERY FIRST PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYERS AND THE MOST OUTSTANDING EARLY AMERICAN TRACK STARS. IN THE 1920S AND 1930S, THEY DOMINATED INNER-CITY SPORTS AND PRODUCED STAR ATHLETES IN VIRTUALLY ALL SPORTS. MANY JEWS WERE ALSO PROMINENT IN THE BUSINESS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND LITERARY ASPECTS OF SPORTS. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07210 | BENI'S FAMILY COOKBOOK FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS | | ZALBEN, JANE BRESKIN | PHYLLIS FREEMAN | HERE IS A SUMPTUOUS COLLECTION OF RECIPES FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN HAS GATHERED TREASURED RECIPES FROM HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. EACH SECTION OF THE COOKBOOK FEATURES A DIFFERENT HOLIDAY AND INCLUDES NOTES ON THE HOLIDAY'S RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL IMPORTANCE. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07212 | WITH ALL MY HEART, WITH ALL MY MIND | THIRTEEN STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP JEWISH | ASHER, SANDY, ED. | BETTY SMITH | WHAT DOES "GROWING UP JEWISH" MEAN? HOW CAN YOUNG PEOPLE RECONCILE CENTURIES OF TRADITION WITH THE MODERN WORLD? SANDY ASHER POSED THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS TO THIRTEEN JEWISH WRITERS, INCLUDING HERSELF. FROM THE LAST DAYS OF MASADA TO THE FUTURE COLONIZATION OF THE MOON, THESE STORIES PROVIDE UNIQUE AND PERSONAL INSIGHTS. IN THE INTERVIEWS FOLLOWING EACH STORY, THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. |
EN4 | 07214 | ANGER | THE INNER TEACHER | PLISKIN, ZELIG, RABBI | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | RABBI PLISKIN PRESENTS A NINE-STEP PROGRAM TO HELP US PURGE ANGER FROM OURSELVES. THE AUTHOR DRAWS ON TORAH LITERATURE AND HIS EXTENSIVE COUNSELING EXPERIENCE TO BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR COPING WITH ANGER. THIS BOOK IS A GUIDE OFFERING UNDERLYING CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL HANDS-ON TOOLS FOR DECREASING AND PREVENTING ANGER. THE STEP-BY-STEP PROGRAM IS FOR ANYONE WISHING TO GAIN GREATER MASTERY OVER HIS OR HER EMOTIONS. IT ALSO PROVIDES A USEFUL MODEL FOR THOSE IN THE HELPING PROFESSIONS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07220 | LIFE AND WORKS OF HAROLD PINTER | | BILLINGTON, MICHAEL | SHARON SPENSER | LONDON THEATER CRITIC MICHAEL BILLINGTON DRAWS ON INTERVIEWS WITH THE NOTED BRITISH DRAMATIST, HIS FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS TO EXPLORE THE LINKS BETWEEN HAROLD PINTER'S LIFE AND WORKS. HE DISCOVERS A GREAT DEAL OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES IN PINTER'S WRITING, AS WELL AS POLITICAL COMMENTARY ON THE POWER STRUGGLE IMPLICIT IN MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS. PINTER'S YOUTH IN LONDON'S EAST END AND HIS CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH OTHER SMART, ICONOCLASTIC JEWISH BOYS ARE EMPHASIZED. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07225 | 1185 PARK AVENUE | A MEMOIR | ROIPHE, ANNE | LESLIE CARROLL, BARBARA ABIS | IN THIS CAPTIVATING MEMOIR, NOVELIST ANNE ROIPHE SHOWS US WHAT IT WAS REALLY LIKE TO GROW UP RICH AND JEWISH IN NEW YORK IN THE 1940S AND 1950S. REVISITING THE WORLD OF HER CHILDHOOD, ROIPHE BRINGS ALIVE A CAST OF CHARACTERS WHO ARE BOTH DIFFICULT TO LOVE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FORGET. THROUGH THE EYES OF THIS PRECOCIOUS, LOVING DAUGHTER, WE WITNESS THE BRUTALITIES THAT LURKED BEHIND THE MAH-JONGG TABLES, COCKTAIL PARTIES, AND SUMMER HOUSES OF HER FAMILY. BY TURNS HEARTBREAKING, FUNNY, AND MERCILESSLY HONEST, ROIPHE'S STORY EXPOSES THE FAULT LINES OF MISERY THAT EXPLODED IN THE DOMESTIC BATTLES OF THE HOME FRONT, FAR OVERSHADOWING THE WAR OVERSEAS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07226 | LADIES AUXILIARY | | MIRVIS, TOVA | SANDRA CAREY | THE LADIES AUXILIARY IS THE GROUP OF WOMEN AT THE HEART OF THIS CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY, AND IT IS THEIR VOICES THAT TELL OF HOW A CAREFULLY STRUCTED WORLD BEGINS TO UNRAVEL WITH THE ARRIVAL OF BATSHEVA, A YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL CONVERT WHO IS A WIDOW WITH A SMALL CHILD. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY CANNOT SEE BEYOND THE WALLS IT HAS BUILT AGAINST THE OUTSIDE WORLD? © 1999 |
EN4 | 07229 | CHRIST OF FISH | | HOFFMANN, YOEL | BEVERLY STERN | MOSAIC OF 233 PIECES OF AUNT MAGDA'S LIFE IN TEL AVIV FORM THIS NOVEL. ORIGINALLY FROM VIENNA, SHE IS A WIDOW WHO STILL SPEAKS GERMAN AFTER DECADES IN ISRAEL. THE MYRIAD MINI-CHAPTERS INCLUDE HER CHILDHOOD, HER MARRIAGE, A FAVORITE CAFÉ, AND A GENTLEMAN ADMIRER. HOFFMANN CREATES A DREAM-LIKE YET PRECISE PORTRAIT OF AN ENCHANTING WOMAN. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY EDDIE LEVENSTON © 1999 |
EN4 | 07231 | IN MY HANDS | MEMOIRS OF A HOLOCAUST RESCUER | OPDYKE, IRENE GUT; ARMST, JENNIFER | GUY LEBOW | SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD IRENE GUT, A POLISH CATHOLIC STUDENT NURSE, WAS FORCED TO WORK AS A WAITRESS IN A GERMAN OFFICERS' DINING ROOM. SHE PICKED UP SNATCHES OF CONVERSATION ALONG WITH THE NAZIS' DIRTY DISHES AND PASSED THE INFORMATION TO JEWS IN THE GHETTO. LATER, SHE BECAME THE HOUSEKEEPER FOR A NAZI MAJOR, AND HID TWELVE JEWS IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS HOME UNTIL THE GERMAN DEFEAT. SHE WAS DETERMINED TO DELIVER HER FRIENDS FROM EVIL. IT WAS AS SIMPLE AND IMPOSSIBLE AS THAT. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07233 | THREE WOMEN | | PIERCY, MARGE | ELLEN DAVID | SUZANNE BLUME HAS SURVIVED RWO MARRIAGES, HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A LAWYER, PUT TWO CHILDREN THROUGH COLLEGE, AND IS ENJOYING HER FIRST SEXUAL ENCOUNTER IN TEN YEARS. THEN ONE DAY A MESSENGER APPEARS IN COURT TO ANNOUNCE THAT HER MOTHER, A WOMAN OF LEGENDARY INDEPENDENCE, HAS BEEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. INTERTWINING THE LIVES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY WOMEN, MARGE PIERCY FOCUSES ON SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING QUESTIONS FACING US TODAY, ONE OF WHICH IS: HOW DO WE NURTURE CHILDREN WHO CAN'T POSSIBLY LIVE UP TO THE DREAMS WE HAVE CREATED FOR THEM? © 1999 |
EN4 | 07236 | DEAD AIR | | KRICH, ROCHELLE | MARILYN BECK | LAPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVE JESSIE DRAKE IS ASTONISHED WHEN HER CLOSEST HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDANT SHOWS UP AT HER DOOR WITH AN ALARMING TALE OF BEING HARRASSED BY AN UNSEEN STALKER. JESSIE'S FRIEND IS NOW "DR. RENEE," A POPULAR RADIO TALK SHOW THERAPIST. NOW RENEE IS DESPERATELY FRIGHTENED AND CONVINCED JESSIE CAN HELP HER. JESSIE AGREES TO INVESTIGATE, JUST AS A FAVOR. BUT WHEN RENEE'S DAUGHTER IS KIDNAPPED AND THE CHILD'S NANNY IS MURDERED, JESSIE'S INTEREST QUICKLY TURNS PROFESSIONAL. RENEE AND HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND TRADE ANGRY CHARGES OF BLAME AND SUSPICION WHILE JESSIE TRACKS A BIZARRE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT BEGAN A FEW WEEKS EARLIER WHEN A BATTERED WIFE PHONED DR. RENEE FOR HELP. NOW THE WOMAN'S CRAZED HUSBAND IS THREATENING REVENGE. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07237 | TRUST | THE PRIVATE AND POWERFUL FAMILY BEHIND THE NEW YORK TIMES | TIFFT, SUSAN E.; JONES, ALEX S. | | THIS FULL-SCALE PORTRAIT OF THE OCHS AND SULZBERGER FAMILIES IS A DRAMATIC SAGA SET AGAINST A BACKDROP OF WORLD EVENTS AND THE BURDEN AND PRIVILEGE OF WEALTH AND POWER. IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE DOMESTIC DRAMAS OF ONE EXTRAORDINARY CLAN SHAPED THE PAGES OF THE GREATEST NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD; OF A JEWISH FAMILY THAT FOUND ITSELF UNDER ATTACK FOR ITS POLICIES FROM ANTI-SEMITES AND JEWS ALIKE; OF SUCCESSION BATTLES, HUMAN FRAILTY, AND TREMENDOUS AFFLUENCE; AND THE LEGACY OF PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY THAT HAS DRIVEN THE FAMILY TO SERVE AS DEVOTED STEWARDS OF A TRUST THEY HOLD SACRED. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07239 | IN THE THIRTEENTH YEAR | | SARREN, SANDRA C. | ELLEN DAVID | TWELVE-YEAR-OLD ISAAC SEGAL KNEW THAT HIS LIFE WOULD BE DIFFERENT AFTER HIS BAR MITZVAH, WHEN, ACCORDING TO JEWISH TRADITION, HE WOULD BECOME A MAN. BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T COUNT ON WERE THE CHANGES HAPPENING TO HIM NOW, ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS BAR MITZVAH! ISAAC FIRST NOTICES HIS UNUSUAL ABILITIES AT HIS BEST FRIEND TODD'S BAR MITZVAH, WHEN HE DISCOVERS HE CAN READ THE MIND OF THE GOOD-LOOKING GIRL SITTING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SYNAGOGUE. ISAAC'S DISCOVERY OVER THE FOLLOWING DAYS THAT HE CAN ALSO LEVITATE OBJECTS AND COMMUNICATE TELEPATHICALLY WITH OTHER PEOPLE LEADS HIM TO CONFIDE IN HIS PARENTS. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07240 | MY FIRST 79 YEARS | | STERN, ISAAC; POTOK, CHAIM | BEVERLY STERN | WORLD RENOWNED VIOLINIST ISAAC STERN SHARES BOTH HIS PERSONAL AND HIS ARTISTIC EXPERIENCES: THE STORY OF HIS RISE TO EMINENCE; HIS FEELINGS ABOUT MUSIC AND THE VIOLIN; HIS RICH EMOTIONAL LIFE; HIS GREAT FRIENDSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WITH COLLEAGUES SUCH AS LEONARD BERNSTEIN AND PABLO CASALS; HIS BACKGROUND AS AN ARDENT SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL; HIS IDEAS AND BELIEFS ABOUT ART, LOVE, AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. WITH CHAIM POTOK. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07244 | RISE DESERT MAN | | STRAUSS, RON | BEN OLIVER | PASHA ED-AL ("THE GHOST"), ISRAEL'S MOST REVERED ARAB UNDERCOVER OPERATIVE, HAS RETIRED. NAYEFF, THE WORLD'S MOST WANTED TERRORIST, HAS NOT. IN HIS LATEST EXPLOIT TO BLOCK THE PEACE PROCESS, NAYEFF LED AN ATTACK AT THE AIRPORT IN ROME. AMONG THE DEAD PASSENGERS WERE PASHA'S DAUGHTER AND GRANDSON. PASHA COMES ROARING OUT OF RETIREMENT SEEKING PERSONAL REVENGE AS THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN TO A FORTHCOMING WASHINGTON PEACE CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF JERUSALEM. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07245 | SOUP HAS MANY EYES | FROM SHTETL TO CHICAGO/A MEMOIR OF 1 FAMILY'S JOURNEY THRU HISTORY | LEONARD, JOANN ROSE | SILVIA HORENSTEIN | 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. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07247 | ROOKIE COP | DEEP UNDERCOVER IN THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE | ROSENTHAL, RICHARD | AUDREY FLAMBERG | IN THE SUMMER OF 1970, AN UNTRAINED POLICE RECRUIT WAS SECRETLY ASSIGNED BY THE NYPD TO INFILTRATE AN UP AND COMING URBAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LED BY A CHARISMATIC RABBI WHOSE IMPACT WOULD BE FELT AROUND THE WORLD. FOR THE NEXT YEAR, ROSENTHAL ADVANCED THROUGH THE RANKS OF THE JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE FROM ITS EARLY DAYS OF STREET INTIMIDATION, THROUGH THE MANUFACTURE OF INCENDIARY WEAPONS, BOMBINGS, AND APPOINTMENT AS A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR AND ULTIMATELY A BODYGUARD TO RABBI MEIR KAHANE, ITS LEADER. WITH A DIVERSE CAST OF CHARACTERS, INCLUDING JOE COLOMBO, THE KU KLUX KLAN, AND THE SOVIET MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES, THIS STORY OF A YOUNG SPY ON A DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT MAY BE ONE OF THE WACKIEST POLICE STORIES EVER TOLD. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07248 | PURE POETRY | | KIRSHENBAUM, BINNIE | ROBERT BROWNE | MEET LILA MOSCOWITZ, A SMART-MOUTHED, JEWISH-AMERICAN BEAUTY WITH A VORACIOUS APPETITE FOR SEX, A REMARKABLE TALENT FOR OUTRAGEOUS LIES, AND AN UNERRING KNACK FOR SCREWING UP HER LIFE. AN ACCOMPLISHED POET, SHE GOES ABOUT HER LIFE WITH ENOUGH ATTITUDE AND VERVE TO WIN YOUR HEART FOREVER. BUT SINCE FLEEING THE ALL-CONSUMING PASSION OF HER MARRIAGE TO MAX, THE SEXY GERMAN, SHE CAN NO LONGER COMPOSE SO MUCH AS A COUPLET. NEITHER HER BEST FRIEND, CARMEN, NOR HER CROSS-DRESSING ANALYST, LEON, IS ABLE TO SOOTHE HER ANGST OVER HER IMPENDING THIRTY-EIGHTH BIRTHDAY. BUT TIME WAITS FOR NO WOMAN, AND THE DREADED BIRTHDAY DOES BRING INSIGHT. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07249 | JEWS OF FRANCE | A HISTORY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT | BENBASSA, ESTHER | EILEEN DACEY | IN THE FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE EDITION OF A GENERAL, SYNTHETIC HISTORY OF FRENCH JEWRY, ESTHER BENBASSA TELLS THE INTRIGUING TALE OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL VICISSITUDES OF A PEOPLE IN DIASPORA. SHE REVEALS THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH LIFE THROUGHOUT FRANCE'S REGIONS, WHILE SHOWING HOW JEWISH IDENTITY HAS CONSTANTLY REDEFINED ITSELF IN A COUNTRY KNOWN FOR BOTH THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE DREYFUS AFFAIR. BEGINNING WITH LATE ANTIQUITY, SHE CHARTS THE MIGRATION OF JEWS INTO FRANCE AND TRACES THEIR FORTUNES THROUGH THE MAKING OF THE FRENCH KINGDOM, THE REVOLUTION, THE RISE OF MODERN ANTI-SEMITISM, AND THE CURRENT RENEWAL OF INTEREST IN JUDAISM. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07255 | BETTY FRIEDAN | HER LIFE | HENNESSEE, JUDITH | ISA GOLDBERG | THERE IS NO ONE IN THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT MORE RENOWNED OR PERVASIVE IN HER PRESENCE, MORE LONG-LASTING OR MORE CONTENTIOUS THAN BETTY FRIEDAN. BUT WHAT SORT OF PERSON IS SHE REALLY? HENNESSEE, WHO LIVED THROUGH MANY OF THE EVENTS RECOUNTED IN THIS BOOK, DUG DEEP TO WRITE THE STORY OF A WOMAN OF MANY PARADOXES, A WOMAN WHO SURVIVED DISASTROUS MOMENTS AND WHO CONTINUES TO THIS DAY TO LEAD, TO FIND NEW ENERGIES AND CRUSADES. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07257 | ANNE FRANK | THE BIOGRAPHY | MULLER, MELISSA | HARRY SMALL | HERE, AFTER FIVE DECADES, IS THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF ANNE FRANK. THE AUTHOR, A JOURNALIST, HAS DRAWN ON EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, ON PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE CORRESPONDENCE, AND ON DOCUMENTS LONG KEPT SECRET. THIS BIOGRAPHY CASTS A NEW LIGHT ON ANNE'S RELATIONS WITH HER MOTHER, WHOM SHE TREATS HARSHLY IN THE DIARY, AND SOLVES AN ENDURING MYSTERY: WHO BETRAYED THE FAMILIES HIDING IN THE SECRET ANNEX, JUST WHEN LIBERATION WAS AT HAND? © 1998 |
EN4 | 07260 | SMALL MIRACLES OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP | REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES OF WARMTH AND DEVOTION | HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH | J.B. HARRISON | SMALL MIRACLES OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP IS A COLLECTION OF OVER 50 INSPIRATIONAL, HEARTWARMING STORIES OF WONDROUS COINCIDENCES. EACH DEMONSTRATES THE POWER AND REACH OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, FROM THE UNEXPECTED REUNION OF SEPARATED LOVERS TO AN INSTANT, MAGICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN STRANGERS. |
EN4 | 07261 | GUN RUNNER'S DAUGHTER | | GORDON, NEIL | RITA FEDER | FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS, ALLISON ROSENTHAL HAS LIVED THE LIFE OF THE LIBERAL ELITE, BUT WHEN HER FATHER IS INDICTED ON FEDERAL CHARGES AND HIS PROFESSION - ARMS DEALING - IS EXPOSED TO PUBLIC SCRUTINY, HER LIFE CHANGES RADICALLY. AND WHEN HER SECRET CHILDHOOD LOVER IS NAMED AS HER FATHER'S PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, ALLISON MUST DECIDE WHERE HER LOYALTIES LIE IN A TRIAL THAT IS ROCKING THE PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION. DOES FAMILY BECOME POLITICS? LOVE BEFORE TRUTH? TRUTH BEFORE LOYALTY? THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THE GUN RUNNER'S DAUGHTER MUST FACE AS SHE TRIES TO NEGOTIATE THE DANGEROUS AND MURKY WORLD OF HER FATHER'S PROFESSION AND THE AMBIGUOUS MORALITY OF POWER POLITICS IN AMERICA AND ISRAEL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07264 | BOOK BORROWER | | MATTISON, ALICE | ELLEN DAVID | IN HER THIRD NOVEL, THE AUTHOR DEPICTS THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO WOMEN, SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF A 1920'S TROLLEY STRIKE LED BY A YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN ANARCHIST. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07267 | LAST JEW | | GORDON, NOAH | RITA LEVINE | IN THE YEAR 1492, THE INQUISITION HAS ALL OF SPAIN IN ITS GRIP. THE JEWS, WHO HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF SPANISH LIFE SINCE THE DAYS OF THE ROMANS, ARE EXPELLED FROM THE COUNTRY BY ROYAL EDICT. MANY WHO WISH TO REMAIN ARE INTIMIDATED BY CHURCH AND CROWN AND BECOME CATHOLICS. FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD YONAH TOLEDANO HAS SEEN HIS FATHER AND BROTHER DIE DURING THOSE TERRIBLE DAYS. TRAPPED IN SPAIN BY CIRCUMSTANCES, YONAH IS DETERMINED TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF HIS FAMILY BY REMAINING A JEW. NOAH GORDON GIVES US A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST, AN AUTHENTIC TALE OF HIGH ADVENTURE, AND A TENDER AND UNFORGETTABLE LOVE STORY. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07268 | NINETEEN TO THE DOZEN | MONOLOGUES AND BITS AND BOBS OF OTHER THINGS | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | SHIRLEY KALB | IN THESE MONOLOGUES WRITTEN BETWEEN 1901 AND 1916, FIVE WOMEN AND SEVEN MEN TELL THEIR OWN TALES. THEY ARE RICH AND POOR, EDUCATED AND IGNORANT. THE IMPLIED LISTENERS - A RABBI, A DOCTOR, OR THE AUTHOR HIMSELF - SAY VIRTUALLY NOTHING.THESE NARRATIVES PROVIDE A UNIQUE PORTRAYAL OF EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWISH SOCIETY AND THEY GO A LONG WAY TOWARD DEMYSTIFYING THE SHTETL, WHICH HAS TOO OFTEN BEEN THE OBJECT OF UNDUE NOSTALGIA. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07269 | WORLD IN PIECES | | MIDWOOD, BART | MARGE SUNSHINE | JUST AS A BIT OF SKY JOINS A ROOFTOP IN A JIGSAW PUZZLE, SO DOES EACH PIECE IN THIS NOVEL JOIN ANOTHER. LITERALLY OUT OF A BOX, THE PIECES COME: DIARIES, LETTERS, AND STORIES, AND THEN STORIES WITHIN STORIES - ABOUT A POET IN VIENNA, A FRENCH SAILOR ON THE ATLANTIC, AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY IN ARGENTINA, AN ITALIAN STONEMASON, AND A MAD PAINTER IN ISRAEL-UNTIL IN THE END A PICTURE EMERGES AND, AS A RESULT, A MYSTERY OF A TRAGIC MURDER IS RESOLVED. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07270 | LIKE NEVER BEFORE | | HAVAZELET, EHUD | SHIRLEY KALB | A YOUNG BOY IN WORLD WAR II IS COMPELLED TO MAKE A TERRIBLE CHOICE: ABANDON HIS BROTHER AND SAVE HIMSELF, OR REVEAL HIS IDENTITY AND FACE CERTAIN CAPTURE BY THE NAZIS. A WOMAN IS VISITED BY NEW YORK CITY DETECTIVES, WHO TELL HER A MURDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM HER APARTMENT, AND FINDS HER MARRIAGE IRREPARABLY CHANGED BY THE NEWS. AN ELDERLY MAN, ON THE LAST NIGHT OF HIS LIFE, DISCOVERS HIS KITCHEN HAS BEEN INVADED BY RAUCOUS, HUNGRY GHOSTS. AT THE CENTER OF THESE STORIES IS DAVID, A MAN POISED AT MIDCAREER AND AT THE CUSP OF MIDLIFE, TORN BY HIS BREAK WITH HIS ORTHODOX JEWISH PAST, ACHINGLY UNCERTAIN OF THE FUTURE. A MOVING, OFTEN FUNNY PORTRAIT OF THREE GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY STRAINING TO HOLD TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF CHANGING CULTURES AND SHIFTING FORTUNES. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07271 | MILE HIGH CLUB | | FRIEDMAN, KINKY | SANDI SKODNIK | IT ALL STARTS WITH A CASUAL FLIRTATION ON A FLIGHT FROM DALLAS TO NEW YORK. WHEN THE PLANE LANDS, OUR HERO KINKY FRIEDMAN FINDS THAT HE HAS BEEN LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN, HAVING ASKED THE KINKSTER TO WATCH HER LUGGAGE, HAS SOMEHOW VANISHED. CONFIDENT THAT HE'LL FIND HER AGAIN, KINKY HOLDS ON TO THE BAG. SURE ENOUGH SHE DOES TURN UP, BUT NOT BEFORE KINKY HAS EXCITED THE INTEREST OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT, BEEN PARTY TO A THWARTED KIDNAP ATTEMPT BY ARAB TERRORISTS, AND FOUND A DEAD ISRAELI AGENT IN HIS LOFT. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS SIDEKICKS, KINKY EVENTUALLY GETS TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF THE MANY VISITORS TO HIS LOFT, BUT BEFORE IT'S OVER THE BAG IS GONE. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07273 | AND THE SEA IS NEVER FULL | MEMOIRS, 1969- | WIESEL, ELIE | HELEN SCHNEIDER | AS THIS CONCLUDING VOLUME OF HIS REVEALING MEMOIR BEGINS, ELIE WIESEL IS FORTY YEARS OLD, A WRITER OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE. DETERMINED TO SPEAK OUT MORE ACTIVELY FOR BOTH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND THE DEFRANCHISED EVERYWHERE, HE SETS HIMSELF A CHALLENGE: "I WILL BECOME MILITANT. I WILL TEACH, SHARE, BEAR WITNESS. I WILL REVEAL AND TRY TO MITIGATE THE VICTIMS' SOLITUDE." HE MAKES WORDS HIS WEAPONS, AND IN THESE PAGES WE RELIVE WITH HIM HIS UNSTINTING BATTLES. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07274 | MEDUSA STONE | | DU BRUL, JACK | HAL BRISTER | TEN YEARS AGO, THE SPY SATELLITE MEDUSA BURNED UPON RE-ENTRY, BUT NOT BEFORE ITS SENSORS REVEALED A SECRET BURIED DEEP IN THE EARTH, HIDDEN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS FROM THE EYES OF HUMANITY. IT IS A PRICELESS DISCOVERY THAT SOME WOULD DIE TO FIND AND KILL TO POSSESS. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07275 | CITY OF GOD | | DOCTOROW, E. L. | PETER JONES | IN HIS WORKBOOK, A NEW YORK CITY NOVELIST RECORDS THE CONTENTS OF HIS TEEMING BRAIN. BUT NOW HE HAS A STORY WHICH HE THINKS MAY BECOME HIS NEXT NOVEL: THE LARGE BRASS CROSS THAT HUNG BEHIND THE ALTAR OF ST. TIMOTHY'S CHURCH IN LOWER MANHATTAN HAS DISAPPEARED…AND EVEN MORE MYSTERIOUSLY REAPPEARED ON THE ROOF OF THE SYNAGOGUE FOR EVOLUTIONARY JUDAISM, ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. THE CHURCH RECTOR AND THE YOUNG WOMAN RABBI ARE TRYING TO LEARN WHO COMMITED THIS STRANGE DOUBLE ACT OF DESECRATION AND WHY. BEFRIENDING THEM, THE NOVELIST FINDS THAT THEIR STRUGGLES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE TRADITIONS ARE RELEVANT TO THE CASE AND AS HE JOINS THE CLERICS IN PURSUIT OF THE MYSTERY, IT BROADENS TO IMPLICATE A LARGE CAST OF CHARACTERS. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07278 | LOVES OF JUDITH | | SHALEV, MEIR | HELEN SCHNEIDER | WHEN JUDITH ARRIVES IN A SMALL AGRICULTURAL VILLAGE IN PALESTINE AFTER WORLD WAR II, SHE IS THE CENTER OF EVERYONE'S ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY MOSHE, A WIDOWED FARMER OBSESSED WITH HIS DEAD WIFE; GLOBERMAN, A COARSE CATTLE DEALER WHO LOVES WOMEN, MONEY AND MEAT; AND JACOB, A FARMER WHO GIVES UP HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE TO RAISE CANARIES AND WOO JUDITH. FOR TEN YEARS THE THREE MEN STRIVE TO WIN JUDITH'S EXCLUSIVE LOVE, BUT SHE WILL NOT AGREE TO MARRY ANY ONE OF THEM. IN HER ELEVENTH YEAR IN THE VILLAGE, SHE GIVES BIRTH TO A SON WHO LOOKS LIKE ALL THREE MEN. ALL THREE CONSIDER ZAYDE THEIR SON, AND ALL THREE PARTICIPATE IN RAISING HIM. THIS TALE IS TOLD MANY YEARS LATER BY AN ADULT ZAYDE AS HE LEARNS THE DETAILS OF HIS MOTHER'S LIFE OVER MEALS PREPARED FOR HIM BY JACOB. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07279 | SHARED DREAMS | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY | SCHNEIER, MARC, RABBI | AMANDA MOULSON | MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY OF JEWISH SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT THIS HISTORY HAS ANOTHER SIDE, ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOLD FULLY UNTIL NOW. RABBI SCHNEIR BRINGS TO LIFE THE IMPRESSIVE, SURPRISING, AND LONG-NEGLECTED HISTORY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR'S EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE RELATIONSHIP AND COMMITMENT BETWEEN THE JEWISH AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AS THEY STRUGGLED TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07285 | SIMPLE WORDS | THINKING ABOUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | EILEEN DACEY | FRIENDS, FAMILY, LOVE, GOD, DEATH, FAITH; RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ EXPLORES SOME OF THE MEANINGS OF THESE POWERFUL WORDS THAT ARE SO CENTRAL TO OUR LIVES. HE CHALLENGES US TO THINK DEEPLY ABOUT THE CONNOTATIONS OF THESE COMMONPLACE WORDS, AND IN SO DOING, TO SEE THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS OF LOOKING AT THINGS WE HAVE TAKEN FOR GRANTED ALL OUR LIVES. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07288 | HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER | ISRAEL AND DIASPORA JEWRY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY | BEILIN, YOSSI | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | YOSSI BEILIN, ISRAEL'S OUTSPOKEN MINISTER OF JUSTICE, OFFERS A BOLD PRESCRIPTION FOR RENEWING AND ENRICHING JEWISH LIFE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. HIS APPROACH CALLS FOR A NEW PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND DIASPORA JEWRY. THE GOAL IS TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH IDENTITY NOW SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL HAVE A VIABLE TRADITION TO PASS ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07298 | BARBARIANS ARE COMING | | LOUIE, DAVID WONG | AUDREY FLAMBERG | STERLING LUNG GREW UP IN THE BACK OF HIS PARENTS' LAUNDRY, DREAMING OF BEING AN AMERICAN. NOW TWENTY-SIX AND A GRADUATE OF SWARTHMORE AND THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, STERLING COOKS FRENCH FOOD FOR THE WASP LADIES OF A PRIVATE CLUB AND CONDUCTS AN ARM'S-LENGTH AFFAIR WITH A JEWISH-AMERICAN PRINCESS, THEREBY FRUSTRATING HIS FATHER'S DREAM OF A DOCTOR SON AND HIS MOTHER'S SCHEME FOR A CHINESE BRIDE. FOR STERLING'S PARENTS, THE BARBARIANS ARE ALREADY HERE. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07300 | WANDERING JEWS | THE CLASSIC PORTRAIT OF A VANISHED PEOPLE | ROTH, JOSEPH | EILEEN DACEY | IN THIS MASTERPIECE OF JEWISH IDENTITY, FINALLY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH MORE THAN 70 YEARS AFTER IT WAS FIRST WRITTEN, NOVELIST JOSEPH ROTH EXAMINES THE CONCEPT OF JEWISH IDENTITY YEARS BEFORE THE ONSET OF NATIONAL SOCIALISM AND LOOKS AHEAD WITH APPREHENSION TO GERMANY'S FUTURE. EMOTIONALLY RAVAGED BY THE WHIRLWIND EVENTS OF WEIMAR GERMANY, HE DARED TO WRITE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL SCHISM BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN JEWS, WARNING OF THE FALSE COMFORTS OF MATERIALISM AND ASSIMILATION AND URGING HIS FELLOW JEWS TO EMBRACE THEIR HERITAGE AND THE LAND OF PALESTINE AS A NASCENT JEWISH HOMELAND. THE WANDERING JEWS SERVES AS AN HISTORICAL AND JOURNALISTIC DOCUMENT TO THE EUROPEAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE AS A CRITICAL JUNCTURE OF WORLD HISTORY. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07301 | ASSISTANT | | LAW, J. PATRICK | AMANDA MOULSON | WHEN BEN POLTAREK, A YOUNG WASHINGTON LAWYER AND BRILLIANT AMATEUR MAGICIAN, OPENS HIS DOOR TO TARNOFSKY, A DYING SECRET AGENT WHISPERING INCOMPREHENSIBLE SECRETS, HIS LIFE IS CHANGED FOREVER. BEN IS UNEXPECTEDLY PROPELLED INTO THE SECRET UNDERGROUND OF THE "ASSISTANTS," AMERICAN JEWS WHO PLACED THEIR SKILLS - AND THEIR LIVES - IN THE SERVICE OF ISRAEL. THE TERRITORY IS UNFAMILIAR AND THE STAKES, LIFE OR DEATH. PURSUED BY ARAB TERRORISTS OUT TO SILENCE HIM, MANIPULATED BY AGENTS OF THE MOSSAD, AND TARGETED BY HIS OWN GOVERNMENT, ONLY BEN AND HIS MAGIC CAN SAVE THE MIDDLE EAST FROM SPIRALING INTO FLAMES AND BRINGING THE UNITED STATES DOWN WITH IT. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07302 | GOD, LOVE, SEX, AND FAMILY | A RABBI'S GUIDE FOR BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT LAST | GOLD, MICHAEL | AUGUSTA ZIMMERMAN | GOD, LOVE, SEX, AND FAMILY GREW OUT OF RABBI GOLD'S MANY YEARS OF COUNSELING FAMILIES ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES. IT DEALS WITH SUCH QUESTIONS AS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN, SIBLING RIVALRY, MAKING MARRIAGES THAT WORK, THE ROLE OF SEXUALITY, AND THE MEANING OF FAMILY. IT IS WRITTEN BY A PASSIONATE MODERATE WHO BELIEVES THAT FAMILY IS A GOD-GIVEN IDEAL. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07303 | AVENGERS | A JEWISH WAR STORY | COHEN, RICH | NOAH WATERMAN | IN 1944, A BAND OF JEWISH GUERILLAS EMERGED FROM THE BALTIC FOREST TO JOIN THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN ITS ATTACK ON VILNA, THE CAPITAL OF LITHUANIA. THE BAND, CALLED THE AVENGERS, WAS LED BY ABBA KOVNER, A YOUNG POET. IN THE GHETTO, ABBA HAD BUILT BOMBS, SNEAKING OUT THROUGH THE CITY'S SEWER TUNNELS TO SABOTAGE GERMAN OUTPOSTS. AFTER THE LIQUIDATION OF THE GHETTO, THE AVENGERS ESCAPED TO THE FOREST WHERE THEY LIVED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR, FIGHTING ALONGSIDE OTHER PARTISAN GROUPS, AND ULTIMATELY BOMBING THE CITY THEY LOVED, IN ORDER TO PAVE THE WAY FOR ITS LIBERATION. THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE REBELS IN THE GHETTO AND IN THE FOREST EVENTUALLY SEGUES TO HOW, FIGHTING FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL, THEY MOVED BEYOND THE VIOLENCE OF THE HOLOCAUST AND MADE NEW LIVES. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07305 | WEDDING | A FAMILY'S COMING OUT STORY | WYTHE, DOUGLAS; MERLING, ANDREW ET AL | MARTHA MOHR | TWO PEOPLE MEET AND FALL IN LOVE. OVER TIME, THEIR RELATIONSHIP GROWS AND THEY DECIDE TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES TOGETHER. THEY PLAN A WEDDING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS ON HAND AS WITNESSES TO SOLEMN BUT BEAUTIFUL VOWS. IT'S AN OCCASION PEOPLE DREAM ABOUT FOR MOST OF THEIR LIVES, EVEN THOUGH IT IS OFTEN JOKED THAT THE WEDDING IS MORE FOR THE PARENTS THAN THE CHILDREN. BUT WHAT IF THEY'RE GAY? THE FIRST BOOK TO SPEAK TO BOTH SIDES OF A CONTROVERSY THAT IS ALTERING OUR SOCIETY, THIS CHRONICLE FOLLOWS DOUG, ANDREW, AND HIS PARENTS SHELDON AND ROSLYN ON THE ROCKY ROAD FROM ENGAGEMENT TO UNDERSTANDING. THEIR FOUR DISTINCT VOICES BLEND TO CREATE A UNIQUE DEPICTION OF ONE FAMILY COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE REALITY OF BEING A GAY COUPLE IN TODAY'S WORLD. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07306 | PRACTICAL KABBALAH | A GUIDE TO JEWISH WISDOM FOR EVERYDAY LIFE | WOLF, LAIBL, RABBI | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | 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 |
EN4 | 07307 | NO PRETTY PICTURES | A CHILD OF WAR | LOBEL, ANITA | ALYCE DOMENITZ | ANITA LOBEL WAS BARELY FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN THE NAZIS BURST INTO HER KRAKOW, POLAND HOME, CHANGING HER LIFE FOREVER. SHE WENT INTO HIDING WITH HER BROTHER AND NANNY UNTIL THE NAZIS CAUGHT UP WITH HER; SHE WAS IMPRISONED IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. SENT BY THE RED CROSS TO RECUPERATE IN SWEDEN, ANITA SLOWLY BLOSSOMED AS SHE DISCOVERED BOOKS, LANGUAGE, AND ART. SINCE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES AS A TEENAGER, ANITA LOBEL HAS BEEN A PAINTER, A FABRIC DESIGNER AND AN ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07309 | RUMOR ABOUT THE JEWS | REFLECTIONS ON ANTISEMITISM & THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZIO | BRONNER, STEPHEN ERIC | MARK YOHALEM | THE PROTOCOLS OF THE LEARNED ELDERS OF ZION WAS A FORGERY CREATED IN RUSSIA BY THE CZARIST SECRET POLICE AND QUICKLY TRANSLATED INTO A HOST OF LANGUAGES. IT PORTRAYED JUDAISM AS A WORLDWIDE CONSPIRACY DEDICATED TO THE DESTRUCTION OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION. THE APPEARANCE OF THE PROTOCOLS SPARKED NUMEROUS POGROMS AND HELPED SHAPE THE THINKING OF RIGHT-WING MOVEMENTS, FROM HITLER'S NAZIS TO CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITIC GROUPS IN RUSSIA, THE MIDDLE EAST, AND THE UNITED STATES. A WORK OF INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, A RUMOR ABOUT THE JEWS EXPRESSES THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ANTISEMITISM AND THE OVERARCHING POLITICAL ASSAULT UPON THE ENLIGHTENMENT LEGACY AND PROVIDES A NEW AND PENETRATING UNDERSTANDING OF AN INSIDUOUS IDEOLOGY AND ITS BROADER IMPLICATIONS. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07310 | GENESIS OF JUSTICE | TEN STORIES OF BIBLICAL INJUSTICE | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. | TONY MEEKER | VIOLENCE, LUST, DECEPTION, MURDER, INCEST, AND VENGEANCE; THESE ARE THE SUBJECTS OF THE BIGGEST - AND PERHAPS THE JUICIEST - BESTSELLER OF ALL TIME, THE BOOK OF GENESIS. ITS TALES HAVE INSPIRED AND CHALLENGED HUMANKIND FOR GENERATIONS. USING TEN OF THE MOST INTRIGUING BIBLICAL NARRATIVES AND DRAWING ON NOT ONLY HIS OWN OBSERVATIONS BUT THOSE OF BIBLICAL COMMENTATORS THROUGHOUT THE AGES, DERSHOWITZ, PROFESSOR OF LAW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, SHOWS US HOW THE FLAWED BEHAVIOR OF ITS PROTAGONISTS LED TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND A DEEPER, RICHER SENSE OF JUSTICE THAN ANY MERE LEGAL CODE COULD EVER PROVIDE. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07313 | IF I TOLD YOU ONCE | | BUDNITZ, JUDY | WENDY GOULSTON | IN HER NOVEL ABOUT MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, AND LOVE, JUDY BUDNITZ GIVES THE TRADITIONAL FOLKTALE AN ELECTRIFYING TWIST AS SHE FOLLOWS FOUR GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FROM AN EASTERN EUROPEAN VILLAGE TO THE TENEMENTS OF AN AMERICAN CITY. ILANA, EAGER TO ESCAPE HER FORMIDABLE MOTHER'S ALL-CONSUMING LOVE, EMBARKS ON AN EPIC JOURNEY TO THE NEW WORLD AND IS MET ALONG THE WAY BY EVIL, MAGIC, AND GOOD FORTUNE. THE DAUGHTER, GRANDDAUGHTER, AND GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER WHO FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS SHARE HER SPECIAL POWERS OF OBSERVATION AND, OFTEN, DESTRUCTION. THE RESULT IS A FAMILY SAGA UNLIKE ANY OTHER, A HILARIOUS, HEARTBREAKING STORY OF FAMILY TIES THAT BIND. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07314 | HARRY GOLD | A NOVEL | DILLON, MILLICENT | JUDITH MENKEN | THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A SPY. AND A SPY, BY DEFINITION, LIES. SO HOW TO WRITE THE LIFE OF A SPY? ESCHEWING THE CONFINES OF TRADITIONAL BIOGRAPHY AND INVERTING THE GLAMOUR OF ESPIONAGE, BIOGRAPHER DILLON BLENDS FACT AND FICTION TO CHRONICLE THE HUMAN DRAMA OF HARRY GOLD, THE AMERICAN CHEMIST WHO BECAME A SOVIET SPY. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07315 | TWO CENTS AND A MILK BOTTLE | | BATTERMAN, LEE CHAI'AH | BEVERLY STERN | THE YEAR IS 1937, ONE OF THE WORST YEARS OF THE DEPRESSION. TWELVE-YEAR-OLD LEELY DORMAN AND HER FAMILY HAVE JUST MOVED INTO A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT FEAR TURNS TO SURPRISE WHEN SHE MEETS THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE THERE. ONE OF THEM, PHILLY BRONSON, THE BOY WITH THE BLUEST EYES LEELY HAS EVER SEEN, GIVES HER A RIDING LESSON ON HIS NEW BICYCLE. DISASTER STRIKES WHEN LEELY CRASHES THE BIKE AND BREAKS A TAILLIGHT. SHE PROMISES TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE, BUT AS SHE DOES ODD JOBS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THE MONEY SHE EARNS KEEPS MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARING. FOLLOW ALONG WITH LEELY ON HER ADVENTURES AS SHE DOES WHATEVER SHE CAN FOR EXTRA MONEY, WHILE MAKING SPECIAL FRIENDS, DISCOVERING BOYS, AND LEARNING ABOUT HER JEWISH HERITAGE AND HERSELF. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07321 | SCHMIDT DELIVERED | | BEGLEY, LOUIS | MICHELE HARBER | IN THIS SEQUEL TO "ABOUT SCHMIDT," LOUIS BEGLEY REVISITS THE PRICKLY, BELEAGUERED LAWYER, ALBERT SCHMIDT, NOW REDISCOVERING DOMESTIC BLISS WITH A YOUNG LOVER IN HIS HAMPTON HOME. BUT SHE WON'T MARRY HIM, HIS DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE IS IN TROUBLE, AND A EGYPTIAN-JEWISH MILLIONAIRE BUDDY MAY BE HIS SALVATION. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07325 | WHAT REMAINS | | DELBANCO, NICHOLAS | NORMA FIRE | 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. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07326 | ESSENTIAL KLEZMER | A MUSIC LOVER'S GUIDE TO JEWISH ROOTS & SOUL MUSIC... | ROGOVOY, SETH | SHELLY RIFKIN | ...FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE DOWNTOWN AVANTE-GARDE. THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO AN ANCIENT MUSIC MADE NEW AGAIN, MESMERIZING DANCE MUSIC THAT IS SIMULTANEOUSLY REVERENTIAL, MISCHIEVOUS, ECSTATIC AND TRAGIC. THE AUTHOR INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE DISCOGRAPHY OF OLD AND NEW KLEZMER, A GUIDE TO BUILDING YOUR OWN KLEZMER LIBRARY, AND A TOUR OF KLEZMER ON THE INTERNET. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07327 | YOU CAN'T DO BUSINESS (OR ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE) WITHOUT YIDDISH | | GILDIN, LEON H. | STEVE SCHRIEBER | A LIGHTHEARTED, ENGAGING, AND INSTRUCTIVE LOOK AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR LANGUAGES, THIS IS BOTH A CRASH COURSE AND A REFRESHER ON YIDDISH. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07329 | DYBBUK | AND OTHER TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL | KUSHNER, TONY, ED. | DAVID NATALE | THE DYBBUK RECOUNTS THE TALE OF A WEALTHY MAN'S DAUGHTER WHO IS POSSESSESD BY THE SPIRIT OF HER DEAD BELOVED. ALSO INCLUDED IS A SELECTION OF STORIES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME BY JOACHIM NEUGROSCHEL, ILLUMINATING DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE JEWISH MYSTICAL WORLD. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07333 | BEARING WITNESS | A RACHEL GOLD NOVEL | KAHN, MICHAEL A. | GINGER RICH | IT BEGAN AS A ROUTINE AGE-DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT, BUT THE SAVVY, UP AND COMING ATTORNEY FINDS HERSELF WITH A CASE FAR OLDER AND FAR MORE DANGEROUS THAN SHE AND HER SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD CLIENT EXPECTED. WITH HELP FROM AN UNCONVENTIONAL LAW PROFESSOR AND AN EXTRAORDINARY PROSECUTOR, SHE BEGINS TO FIND SOME ANSWERS, BUT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING KEEPS KILLING HER KEY WITNESSES. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07336 | ELEANOR'S REBELLION | A MOTHER, HER SON, AND HER SECRET | SIFF, DAVID | MARILYN BECK | WHEN AT THE AGE OF FORTY DAVID SIFF LEARNED THAT HE WAS ADOPTED, HE BEGAN A JOURNEY INTO HIS FAMILY'S PAST. HIS DISCOVERD THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER, THE ACTOR VAN HEFLIN; HOW HIS MOTHER GAVE HIM UP BUT LATER ADOPTED HIM HERSELF; AND THE ROOTS OF HIS OWN PUZZLING BEHAVIOR. THIS IS DAVID SIFF'S ACCOUNT OF THE PROCESS BY WHICH HE FINALLY CAME TO KNOW HIS MOTHER. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07338 | SMALL MIRACLES FOR WOMEN | EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES | HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH | SANDRA CAREY | SMALL MIRACLES FOR WOMEN IS A COLLECTION OF TRUE EXPERIENCES, EACH FEATURING A SPECIAL WOMAN AND THE MIRACLES THAT HAVE BLESSED HER. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07339 | DAY THE RABBI DISAPPEARED | JEWISH HOLIDAY TALES OF MAGIC | SCHWARTZ, HOWARD | ELIZABETH TOMCHO | IN THIS HOLIDAY COLLECTION, RABBIS FAMOUS FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND POWERS - INCLUDING WOMEN RABBIS - BRING ABOUT MIRACLES, REVEAL SECRET MEANINGS OF DREAMS AND NAMES, AND CONTEND WITH ANGELS AND ENCHANTMENTS. EACH TALE COMBINES ELEMENTS OF MAGIC WITH A LINK TO A JEWISH HOLIDAY, GIVING EACH HOLIDAY A NEW PERSPECTIVE. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07341 | UNRULY LIFE OF WOODY ALLEN | | MEADE, MARION | SPENCER RAINE | THE FIRST INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF WOODY ALLEN REVEALS THE CONTROVERSIAL PRIVATE LIFE BEHIND THE ICON. MARION MEADE HAS TRACKED DOWN SCORES OF PEOPLE IN ALLEN'S LIFE: BOYHOOD PALS; BROOKLYN NEIGHBORS AND TEACHERS; COLLEAGUES, ACTORS, AND THE FILM REVIEWERS WHO HAVE FOLLOWED HIS CAREER FOR DECADES. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07342 | CLERICAL ERRORS | | ISLER, ALAN | ALAN ISLER | EDMUND MUSIK, CATHOLIC PRIEST, HAS A SECRET: HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN GOD AND FOR THE PAST FORTY YEARS HAS SHARED A BED WITH HIS HOUSEKEEPER. THROUGH EDMUND'S VOICE, ALLEN ISLER HAS SPUN AN ENGLISH NEVER-NEVER-LAND, AN INCREDIBLY FUNNY, YET DEEPLY SERIOUS ROMP THROUGH A WORLD PEOPLED BY GOLF-MAD BISHOPS, DEVOUT ATHEISTS, SHADY BOOK DEALERS, AND HOLY RABBIS. © 2001 |
EN4 | 07343 | SIMON AND GARFUNKEL | | KINGSTON, VICTORIA | NOAH WATERMAN | THIS IN-DEPTH BIOGRAPHY FOLLOWS THE TWO MUSICIANS FROM THEIR QUEENS CHILDHOOD AND EARLY DAYS AS "TOM AND JERRY" AND RELATIVE OBSCURITY UNTIL THEIR SONG "THE SOUND OF SILENCE" BECAME AN INSTANT HIT. KINGSTON GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THIER BREAK-UP, SOLO CAREERS, AND LEGENDARY REUNION. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07344 | LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO GOD | THE THRILLS AND PANIC OF A LIFE IN ISRAEL | HOROVITZ, DAVID | JANET KALISH | WHEN DAVID HOROVITZ EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND TO ISRAEL IN 1983, IT WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM. BUT TODAY, A HUSBAND AND A FATHER, HE IS TORN BETWEEN HOPE AND DESPAIR, BETWEEN THE DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND FEAR FOR HIS FAMILY'S SAFETY. IN THIS CANDID BOOK, HOROVITZ CONFRONTS THE HEART-WRENCHING QUESTION OF WHETHER TO CONTINUE RAISING HIS CHILDREN AMID THE UNCERTAINTY AND DANGER THAT IS ISRAELI DAILY LIFE. IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION, HE PROVIDES US WITH AN OFTEN SURPRISING, MYTH-SHATTERING, AND SHOCKINGLY IMMEDIATE VIEW OF A COUNTRY PERPETUALLY AT A CROSSROADS, YET FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS A GENERATION AGO. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07349 | ZWILLING'S DREAM | | FELD, ROSS | BETTY SMITH | AT 22, JOEL ZWILLING WAS A LITERARY WUNDERKIND WITH A SUCCESSFUL FIRST NOVEL. AFTER DISAPPOINTING SECOND AND THIRD NOVELS, ZWILLING'S CAREER SEEMS POISED TO BE REVIVED BY A SHORT STORY, BUT JUST BEFORE THE PIECE APPEARS, JOEL'S WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. LEFT WITH A YOUNG SON TO RAISE AND A WRITER'S BLOCK, JOEL MOVES TO THE MIDWEST, HOPING TO LOSE HIMSELF IN A MORE PLACID LIFE. OVER THE NEXT TWO DECADES, JOEL'S WRITING CAREER WILL BE ECLIPSED BY THAT OF HIS SON. THEN NATE IS ASTOUNDED AND JEALOUS WHEN JOEL IS APPROACHED BY A HOLLYWOOD DIECTOR AIMING TO CAPTURE JOEL'S TRAGIC EARLY WORK ON FILM. YET DESPITE THE FRESH WOUNDS THAT ARE OPENED, THE MAIN PLAYERS FIND THEMSELVES KNOTTED TOGETHER BY PARALLEL STRANDS OF LOVE, GRIEF, AND SICKNESS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07360 | CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY | A GUIDE TO INNER WORK | SHAPIRA, KALONYMUS KALMAN | IRWIN WEISS | RABBI SHAPIRA'S NEW INTERPRETIVE TRANSLATION OF A MID-20TH CENTURY WORK FOUND BURIED IN THE RUBBLE OF THE WARSAW GHETTO. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07361 | IN BABYLON | | MORING, MARCEL | BETTY SMITH | THE WORST WINTER BLIZZARD THE EAST NETHERLANDS HAS SEEN IN MANY YEARS HAS LEFT NATHAN HOLLANDER AND HIS NIECE, NINA, SNOWBOUND IN THE DESERTED HOUSE OF HIS LATE UNCLE HERMAN. AS THEY WAIT FOR THE STROM TO SUBSIDE, NATHAN AND NINA PIECE TOGETHER THE STORY OF THEIR FOREFATHERS, A FAMILY OF ITINERANT JEWISH CLOCKMAKERS WHO CAME TO THE NETHELANDS FROM EASTERN EUROPE, AND THEN FLED TO AMERICA IN 1939. AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY HISTORY EMERGES AS WELL AS MANY UNSOLVED MYSTERIES. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07362 | JEWISH MOTHER GOOSE | MODIFIED RHYMES FOR MESHUGENNAH TIMES | BORGENICHT, DAVID | GINGER RICH | HERE ARE MORE THAN FIFTY CLASSIC NURSERY RHYMES, REWRITTEN TO POKE FUN AT TODAY'S WORLD AND TO CELEBRATE THE LONG TRADITION OF JEWISH LITERARY HUMOR. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07365 | BLOODLINES | | DUCKER, BRUCE | BEATRICE G. DAVIS | PETER STEINMULLER, A YOUNG AMERICAN JAZZ PIANIST, IS STRANDED IN SWITZERLAND AFTER HIS BAND GETS FIRED FROM A CRUISE SHIP. WHEN HE RESPONDS TO AN INTRIGUING NEWSPAPER NOTICE, HE FINDS HIMSELF ON A CONVOLUTED PATH THAT COVERS THREE CONTINENTS, A PATH THAT MAY LEAD TO FORTUNE AND CLUES TO HIS OWN ANCESTRY. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07366 | KILL ARTIST | | SILVA, DANIEL | AUDREY FLAMBERG | GABRIEL ALLON HAD A SIMPLE BUT BRUTAL JOB: HE TRACKED DOWN AND ELIMINATED ISRAEL'S TERRORIST ENEMIES. BUT WHEN HIS WIFE AND SON FELL VICTIM TO THE DANGER THAT ACCOMPANIED HIM EVERYWHERE, GABRIEL QUIT AND DEVOTED HIMSELF TO ART RESTORATION, THE OCCUPATION THAT HAD BEEN HIS COVER ALL THESE YEARS. NOW ARI SHAMRON, THE HEAD OF ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE, NEEDS GABRIEL'S EXPERIENCE TO THWART A PLOT TO DESTROY PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. THE ARCHITECT OF PLOT, A PALESTINIAN ZEALOT, IS A LETHAL PART OF GABRIEL'S PAST, SO AS THE TWO BEGIN A DEADLY, INTERCONTINENTAL GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK, THE MOTIVES ARE AS PERSONAL AS THEY ARE POLITICAL. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07371 | JUST REVENGE | | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. | PRESTON TROMBLY | 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. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07374 | SUM OF ALL FEARS | | CLANCY, TOM | CHRIS BASKOUS, PETER JONES | THE GULF WAR IS OVER. AN ISRAELI NUCLEAR WEAPON IS MISSING. THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE MIDEAST - AND THE WORLD - IS ABOUT TO CHANGE FOREVER. CIA DEPUTY DIRECTOR JACK RYAN, HERO OF PREVIOUS CLANCY NOVELS, RETURNS TO COPE WITH THE SITUATION. © 1991 |
EN4 | 07375 | MARK OF THE ANGEL | | HUSTON, NANCY | DEBORAH OLSTEIN | IN THIS NOVEL OF LOVE, BETRAYAL AND THE IRONIES OF HISTORY, WE MEET SAFFIE, A DISTANT AND DAMAGED YOUNG GERMAN WOMAN AND HER EMPLOYER, RAPHAEL, A PRIVILEGED MUSICIAN WHO FINDS HER REMOVE IRRESISTIBLE. WHEN SAFFIE MEETS A HUNGARIAN INSTRUMENT MAKER LIVING IN THE MARAIS, PARIS'S JEWISH QUARTER, ALL THEIR LIVES WILL BE ALTERED IN STARTLING AND UNEXPECTED WAYS. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07377 | WEDDING JESTER | | STERN, STEVE | MARJORIE SUNSHINE | THE WEDDING JESTER OFFERS A NEW CHANCE TO JOURNEY TO STERN'S MAGICAL JEWISH OTHERWORLD, WHERE FANTASTICAL EVENTS ARE COMMONPLACE, AND RABBIS -SOMETIMES FREQUENTLY - TAKE FLIGHT. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07378 | TODAY I AM A BOY | | HAYS, DAVID | ZIPPORAH PORTUGAL | WHEN RENOWNED THEATER DESIGNER DAVID HAYS WAS 66 AND JOINED A SYNAGOGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER FIFTY YEARS, HE DECIDED TO STUDY HEBREW AND BE A BAR MITZVAH. SO, AT A STAGE OF LIFE WHEN MOST PEOPLE BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN, HAYS, FOUNDER OF THE NATIONAL THEATER OF THE DEAF, FEELS MORE ALIVE THAN EVER, REJUVENATED BY NEWFOUND CONNECTIONS TO HIS YOUTH AND FAITH. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07382 | MARRIED TO LAUGHTER | A LOVE STORY FEATURING ANNE MEARA | STILLER, JERRY | HAL BRISTER | CELEBRITIES. BUT MOST OF ALL, HE DESCRIBES HIS LIFE WITH ANNE, HIS ADMIRATION FOR HER AS A PERFORMER, AND THE LONG-SOUGHT INSIGHT INTO ACTING SHE GAVE TO HIM. THEIRS IS A LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO PEOPLE WHO FOUND THEIR PLACE IN SHOW BUSINESS WITHOUT LOSING SIGHT OF EACH OTHER. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07383 | ANDES RISING | | MUNVES, JAMES | SARENE MEYERS | A SCIENTIST WHO HAD WORKED ON THE MANHATTAN PROJECT QUIT HIS JOB, LEFT HIS FAMILY, AND WENT OFF TO COLOMBIA TO WORK WITH THE PEACE CORPS ON AN ORNITHOLOGICAL PROJECT. BUT NOW THOMAS COOPER CANNOT BE FOUND, AND HIS MOTHER ENLISTS HER RABBI TO TRAVEL TO THE ANDES IN SEARCH OF HER SON. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07389 | LOWER EAST SIDE MEMORIES | A JEWISH PLACE IN AMERICA | DINER, HASIA R. | BEN OLIVER | THROUGH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, HASIA DINER, A PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, GIVES AN INSIGHTFUL ACCOUNT OF ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S MOST FAMOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07393 | HOW TO SURVIVE A JEWISH MOTHER | A GUILT-RIDDEN GUIDE | ARNOLD, R. STEVEN | HAL BRISTER | THE AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT LIFE FROM A JEWISH MOTHER'S POINT OF VIEW. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07394 | BRINGING HEAVEN DOWN TO EARTH | MEDITATIONS AND EVERYDAY WISDOM FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE REBBE- | FREEMAN, TZVI, ED. | SHIRLEY BROWN | RABBI MENACHEM SCHNEERSON'S TEACHINGS WERE DRAWN FROM A COLLECTIVE WISDOM THAT SPANNED FOUR MILLENNIA, YET HIS MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE. HE REVEALED THE BEAUTY AND WONDER IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES AND SHOWED US HOW TO TAP INTO OUR INNER STRENGTH AND GROW WITH LIFE'S CHALLENGES BY REMEMBERING THAT THE GOAL IS NOT "MAKING IT TO HEAVEN," IT IS TO BRING HEAVEN DOWN TO EARTH. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07399 | BOOK OF THE JEWISH LIFE | CELEBRATIONS RITUALS & CUSTOMS SPIRITUALITY | DAVID, JO; SYME, DANIEL B. | IRWIN WEISS | A TEXT ON JEWISH LIFE AS IT IS LIVED TODAY, WITH EACH CHAPTER DESCRIBING A STAGE OR MILESTONE OF THAT LIFE, INCLUDING TRADITIONAL PRACTICES AND MODERN OBSERVANCES. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07401 | WALLS OF JERICHO | | LAND, JON | JEAN EIFERT | IN AN ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE AN UNEASY PEACE BETWEEN THEIR PEOPLES, PALESTINIAN COP BEN KAMAL AND ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AGENT DANIELLE BARNEA TEAM UP TO CATCH A WEST BANK SERIAL KILLER |
EN4 | 07402 | TO LIFE! | CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BEING & THOU | KUSHNER, HAROLD S. | MIMI GREENSTEIN | HAROLD KUSHNER WRITES OF THE TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF JUDAISM EXPLORING THE IDEAS AND VISIONS OF JUDAISM-EXPLAINING WHY PRAYER MATTERS, HOW HOLIDAY OBSERVANCES AND LIFE-CYCLE EVENTS TEACH US TO BE HUMAN, HOW WE LOOK AT CHRISTIANITY, AND FINALLY WHY THE WORLD NEEDS COMMITTED JEWS TO MAKE GOD'S PURPOSE COME ABOUT. |
EN4 | 07403 | BEEN THERE, DONE THAT | | FISHER, EDDIE WITH DAVID FISHER | MARILYN BECK | BEEN THERE, DONE THAT TELLS THE INTERESTING AND THRILLING LIFE OF EDDIE FISHER WITH ALL HIS ROMANCES, FRIENDS AND AFFAIRS. |
EN4 | 07404 | MOSTLY MORGENTHAUS | A FAMILY HISTORY | MORGANTHAU III, HENRY | E. MADURO | FAMILY CHRONICLER MORGANTHAU HAS MANAGED TO PRESENT US WITH A MOVING AND FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF HIS FAMILY'S BAVARIAN-JEWISH HISTORY AS WELL AS AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF PROMINENT IMMIGRANT SOCIETY DURING AMERICAS GILDED AGE. |
EN4 | 07407 | WITH ROOTS IN HEAVEN | ONE WOMAN'S PASSIONATE JOURNEY | FIRESTONE, TIRZAH | ELANNA OSDOBY | THE POIGNANT AND INSPIRING ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN WITH STRONG CONVICTIONS AND A PASSION TO KNOW AND FEEL GOD IN HER LIFETIME. IT IS ALSO A BOOK THAT GOES BEYOND ONE PERSON'S STORY OF WANDERING AND REDEMPTION TO EXPLORE THE DANGERS OF MODERN RELIGION AND THE JOYS AND CONFLICTS OF INTERMARRIAGE. |
EN4 | 07409 | POSTVILLE | CLASH OF CULTURES IN HEARTLAND AM | BLOOM, STEPHEN G. | JAN BURRELL | STEPHEN BLOOM SHARES HIS BIRD'S-EYE VIEW ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE LUBAVITCHERS, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH SECT, LIVING IN POSTVILLE, IOWA. |
EN4 | 07411 | NOSTRADAMUS PROPHECY | | POWELL, JOHN S. | T. SHERMAN | ON OCTOBER 16, 1999, FOVE THERMONUCLEAR WARHEADS ARE SMUGGLED ONTO THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA BY A TRANSNATIONAL CARTEL OF CHECHEN MAFIYA, MILITANT ISLAMICS AND A MYSTERIOUS STATE SPONSOR. COAXED OUT OF EARLY RETIREMENT, FRIAR CLARKE, AN EX-CIA LEGEND SCHOOLED IN THE TREACHEROUS ART OF COUNTER-TERRORISM, JOINS FORCES WITH NEST, A HIGH TECH GOVERNMENT SWAT TEAM AS WELL AS THE FBI AND THE ISRAELI MOSSAD TO TRACK DOWN THE ELUSIVE WARHEADS. |
EN4 | 07413 | HOUSE OF WINDOWS | | HOFFMAN, ADINA | P.GIAMBARESI | A COMPELLING EVOCATION OF JERUSALEM SEEN THROUGH THE PRISM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE HAS LIVED FOR EIGHT YEARS. |
EN4 | 07415 | DIANNE FEINSTEIN | NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU CRY | ROBERTS, JERRY | ELYSE WEISBERG | ROBERTS PENETRATING BIOGRAPHY OF DIANNE FEINSTEIN GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE THRICE-MARRIED JEWISH WOMAN WHO CAME CLOSE TO BEING PICKED AS WALTER MONDALE'S RUNNING MATE IN THE 1984 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HE RECOUNTS HER DIFFICULT CHILDHOOD AND HER EVOLUTION FROM AN ALOOF, CALCULATING LOCAL APPOINTEE TO THE WARMLY ENGAGING, HIGHLY VISIBLE LEADER ON THE NATIONAL SCENE. |
EN4 | 07416 | SETTING FIRES | | WENNER, KATE | R. KRUSKAL | SETTING FIRES IS THE STORY OF ANNIE FISHMAN WALDMAS, A DOCUMENTARY FILMAKER, WIFE, AND MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO USES HER PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TO UNRAVEL THE SHOCKING SECRETS BEHIND TWO FIRES THAT COME TO DOMINATE AND HAUNT HER AND THE ANTI-SEMITIC ARSONIST WHO THREATENS HER FAMILY. |
EN4 | 07417 | RETURNING LOST LOVES | | KENAZ, YEHOSHUA | B. STERN | RETURNING LOST LOVES TELLS OF THE TANGLED LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO ALL LIVE IN THE SAME TEL AVIV APARTMENT COMPLEX. |
EN4 | 07418 | STALKER | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | MARILYN BECK | FIRST-YEAR ROOKIE COP CYNTHIA DECKER IS DETERMINED TO MAKE IT ON HER OWN, WITHOUT HELP FROM HER POLICE DETECTIVE FATHER. HER INSTINCTS TELL HER SOMETHING IS WRONG, AND HER FEAR IS TRUE: SOMEONE IS STALKING HER. |
EN4 | 07419 | IRVING HOWE SOCIALIST, CRITIC, JEW | | ALEXANDER, EDWARD | GARY HENNION | THROUGH A CLEAR, ELOQUENT, AND FORCEFULLY ARGUED STUDY OF IRVING HOWE'S POLITICS, WRITINGS AND THOUGHT, EDWARD ALEXANDER CONSTRUCTS A SYMPATHETIC YET CRITICAL INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY OF THIS COMPLEX INDIVIDUAL. |
EN4 | 07420 | PIANIST | EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY ON ONE MAN | SZPILMAN, WLADYSLAW | BIRNBAUM, ELAINE | THE PIANIST IS BOTH THE STORY OF ONE MAN'S TENACITY IN THE FACE OF DEATH, AND A TESTAMENT TO THE RESILIENCE OF HUMANITY ITSELF. SZPILMAN TELLS OF HIS TRAUMATIZING LIFE DURING THE WAR AND HIS SAVIOR BY A GERMAN OFFICER. |
EN4 | 07421 | CARRY ME ACROSS THE WATER | | CANIN, ETHAN | MOHR, M. | TAKE THE ADVICE OF NO ONE, THE YOUNG AUGUST KLEINMAN IS TOLD BY HIS MOTHER AS THE NAZI PARTY RISES TO POWER AROUND THEM IN HAMBURG. WITH THESE WORDS TO GUIDE HIM, YOUNG AUGUST ESCAPES TO AMERICA, WHERE HE GOES ON TO BUILD A FORTUNE, A FAMILY, AND A LIFE ON HIS OWN TERMS. |
EN4 | 07422 | TENDER AT THE BONE | GROWING UP AT THE TABLE | REICHL, RUTH | BARBARA ABIS | RUTH REICHL'S MEMOIR IS THE STORY OF A LIFE DETERMINED, ENHANCED, AND DEFINED IN EQUAL MEASURE BY A PASSION FOR FOOD, UNFORGETTABLE PEOPLE, AND THE LOVE OF TALES WELL TOLD. IT IS A WITTY AND COMPELLING CHRONICLE OF A CULINARY SENSUALIST'S COMING OF AGE. |
EN4 | 07426 | FROM CENTRAL PARK TO SINAI | HOW I FOUND MY JEWISH SOUL | NEUBERGER, ROY S. | S. RIFKIN | ROY NEUBERGER TAKES US ON AN ABSORBING JOURNEY FROM AN UNFULFILLED SECULAR LIFE TO A WORLD OF SPIRITUAL RICHNESS, GUIDED BY THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS A VERY REAL ENTITY WHO CREATED THE WORLD AND WHOSE RULES WE ARE OBLIGED TO FOLLOW. |
EN4 | 07427 | ISAIAH BERLIN | A LIFE | IGNATIEFF, MICHAEL | S. SCHREIBER | AIAH BERLIN WAS WITNESS TO A CENTURY. BORN IN RUSSIA TOWRD THE END OF THE DOMINATION OF THE TSARIST EMPIRE, HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THE SOVIET STATE COLLAPSE. HE WAS THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF INTELLECTUAL LIFE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. WHEN BERLIN DIED IN 1997, HE WAS HAILED AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LIBERAL PHILOSOPHERS OF HIS TIME. BERLIN'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS INCLUDED NOT ONLY INTELLECTUALS, BUT ALSO RENOWNED FIGURES OF THE ARTS, POLITICS, AND PHILOSOPHY. |
EN4 | 07430 | INEXTINGUISHABLE SYMPHONY | TRUE STORY OF MUSIC & LOVE IN NAZI | GOLDSMITH, MARTIN | A. FLAMBERG | SET AMID THE GROWING TYRANNY OF GERMANY'S THIRD REICH, THIS IS A MOVING ACCOUNT OF GUNTHER GOLDSCHMIDT AND ROSEMARIE, TWO COURAGEOUS JEWISH MUSICIANS WHO STRUGGLED TO PERFORM UNDER UNIMAGINABLE CIRCUMSTANCES-AND FOUND THEMSELVES FALLING IN LOVE IN A COUNTRY DETERMINED TO DESTROY THEM. |
EN4 | 07431 | GREAT JEWISH QUOTES | FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF TRUTH & HUM | BEN SHEA, NOAH | ELIZABETH LONDON | GREAT JEWISH QUOTES OFFERS THE WISDOM OF FOLK SAYINGS, THE TALMUD, AND THE OLD TESTAMENT, ALONG WITH THOUGHTS OF FAMOUS MEN AND WOMEN FROM OUR OWN CENTURY |
EN4 | 07432 | SHEMA | SPIRITUALITY AND LAW IN JUDAISM | LAMM, NORMAN | WIN ROBINS | RABBI LAMM, ORTHODOX SCHOLAR AND LONG-TIME PRESIDENT OF YESHIVA UNIVESITY, FOCUSES ON THE SHEMA IN HIS EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND LAW IN JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 07434 | PROOF POSITIVE | | SINGERMAN, PHILIP | HOWELL MAYER | AFTER HIS NEW BRIDE IS MURDERED IN AUSTRIA WHILE THEY ARE ON THEIR HONEYMOON, SUPERSLEUTH AND UNDERCOVER AGENT ROLAND TROY QUITS CHASING CRIMINALS AND RETREATS TO THE BACKWOODS OF VERMONT. BUT WHEN HIS FRIEND AND FORMER PARTNER, MCKENZIE ROCKETT ASKS HIM FOR A FAVOR, TROY FINDS HE CAN'T REFUSE IS FRIEND'S REQUEST IN SOLVING ONE LAST HOMICIDE. TROY IS PARTNERED WITH ANGELA BECKER, AN EXCELLENT UNDERCOVER COP IN HER OWN RIGHT. THE TWO OF THEM QUICKLY DISCOVER THAT THEY ARE ON THE TRAIL OF SOMETHING FAR LARGER THAN WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY ASSUMED. |
EN4 | 07436 | WORLD OF JEWISH ENTERTAINING | MENUS & RECIPES FOR THE SABBATH... | MARKS, GIL | H. SCHNEIDER | GIL MARKS, A RABBI, GOURMET CHEF, AND AUTHORITY ON JEWISH FOOD HISTORY AND LORE, PRESENTS A SUMPTUOUS YET PRACTICAL TREASURY TO HELP GUIDE FAMILIES THROUGH ALL THEIR ENTERTAINING. |
EN4 | 07438 | ICE FIRE WATER | A LEIB GOLDKORN COCKTAIL | EPSTEIN, LESLIE | ETHEL E. MADURO | 97-YEAR-OLD LIEB GOLDKORN MADE HIS DEBUT ALMOST A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO IN THE STEINWAY QUARTET. THE CHARACTER WE MEET HERE REMAINS EVERY BIT THE "PERSON OF CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY." BUT HE IS A NEW MAN AS WELL, ONE WHO HAS TURNED THAT CULTURE AND HIS OWN NATURE UPSIDE DOWN. FOR THIS IS THE UNSUBLIMATED LEIB, WHAT MUSIC MEANT TO HIM IN THE PAST, LOVE, LONGING, AND EROTIC FULFILLMENT DO NOW. |
EN4 | 07440 | RABBI | | GORDON, NOAH | M. MOHR | THIS IS THE TALE OF ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN WHO MUST LEARN TO COPE WITH THE COMPLICATIONS OF AN UNORTHODOX LIFE IN A WORLD THAT WILL NOT ACCEPT THEM, IN A WORLD WHERE RABBIS AND NON--JEWS DO NOT FALL IN LOVE-LET ALONE MARRY... |
EN4 | 07442 | WHEN I LIVED IN MODERN TIMES | | GRANT, LINDA | ZIPPORAH. PORTUGAL | TOLD THROUGH THE EYES OF AN UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE, WHEN I LIVED IN MODERN TIMES IS ONE WOMAN'S STORY OF DISCOVERY-OF HERSELF, OF HER HERITAGE AND THE LAND THAT WOULD ONE DAY BECOME ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 07444 | SOLACE FOR A SINNER | | ROE, CAROLINE | HARRIET GUSSIN | AS A SCORCHING SUMMER HEAT DESCENDS ON GIRONA, SPAIN IN 1354, A HIGHLY RESPECTED MERCHANT IS FOUND DEAD AND ROBBED OF A FORTUNE IN GOLD. ISAAC LEARNS THE MAN WAS GOING TO PURCHAST WHAT HE THOUGH WAS THE FABLED HOLY GRAIL. AGAINGST THE WISHES OF HIS EXCELLENCY, THE BISHOP BERENGUER, ISAAC SEEKS OUT THE MURDERER-AND UNCOVERS MUCH MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE... |
EN4 | 07446 | DREAMING THE ACTUAL | CONTEMPORARY FICTION AND POETRY BY ISRAELI WOMEN WRITERS | EDITED BY MIRIYAM GLAZER | MICHELLE. HARBER | THIS BOOK INTRODUCES THE NEW FICTION AND POETRY OF ISRAEL'S WOMEN WRITERS TO AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE. MIRIYAM GLAZER RECONSTRUCTS TEH DIVERSTIIES, TENSIONS, AND COMPLEXITY OF CURRENT ISRAELI LITERATURE. |
EN4 | 07448 | HERETIC | | WEINSTEIN, LEWIS | A. KEMPNER | THE HERETIC IS A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY IN SPAIN, THE CATALANS, WHO WERE FORCED TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY AND ARE TRYING TO BECOME WEALTHY AND INFLUENCIAL AND CLOSE TO THOSE ON THE THRONE. BUT THEY MUST MAKE SURE NOT TO GET CAUGHT PRACTICING JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 07449 | SUDDENLY JEWISH | JEWS RAISED AS GENTILES DISCOVER THEIR JEWISH ROOTS | KESSEL, BARBARA | LAURA SPERBER | BARBARA KESSEL, IN INTERVIEWS WITH OVER 150 PEOPLE WHO WERE RAISED AS NON-JEWS ONLY TO LEARN LATER THAT THEY ARE OF JEWISH DESCENT, ASKS "WHAT IS IT LIKE TO FIND OUT YOU ARE NOT WHO YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE?" PRESENTED IN THEIR OWN WORDS, THE VARIED RESPONSES OF THESE DISPARATE PEOPLE TO A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE NATURE OF SELF-KNOWLEDGE. |
EN4 | 07450 | AARON COPLAND | LIFE AND WORK OF AN UNCOMMON MAN | POLLACK, HOWARD | MEGAN OWEN | HOWARD POLLACK DID EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THIS BIOGRAPHY OF AARON COPLAND THE FAMOUS AMERICAN COMPOSER. HE EXPLORES COPLAND'S CHILDHOOD, STUDIES ABROAD, ROMANTIC ACTIVITIES, WORK IN HOLLYWOOD, HEARING BEFORE A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE DURING THE MCCARTHY PERIOD, CONDUCTING CAREER AND STRUGGLE WITH DEBILITATING DEMENTIA. |
EN4 | 07452 | GREAT JEWS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS | | LYMAN, DARRYL | JERRY ONEILL | MAJOR PROFILES OF ONE HUNDRED JEWISH PERSONALITIES AND BRIEF SKETCHES OF TWO HUNDRED MORE OUTSTANDING FIGURES. INTRODUCED BY A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE THAT JEWS HAVE PLAYED IN THE PERFORMING ARTS FROM EARLIEST TIMES THROUGH THE PRESENT, IT IS A REFRESHING LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINERS OF ALL TIMES. |
EN4 | 07453 | KOUFAX | | GRUVER, EDWARD | G. LEBOW | SPORTSWRITER EDWARD GRUVER ILLUMINATES THE STORY OF THE MAN MANY CONSIDERED THE GREATEST LEFT-HANDED PITCHER OF ALL TIMES, SANDY KOUFAX. BASED ON EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH FRINEDS, FORMER TEAMMATES AND OPPONENTS, AND SPORTS JOUNALISTS, KOUFAX WILL REAQUAINT GENERATIONS OF FANS WITH A LARGER-THAN-LIFE PLAYER FROM THEIR YOUTH AND INTRODUCE A NEW GENERATION TO THE MAN ONCE SAID TO HAVE "COME DOWN FROM A HIGHER LEAGUE.' |
EN4 | 07454 | IBM & THE HOLOCAUST | THE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE | BLACK, EDWIN | SHELDON RIFKIN | THE STUNNING STORY OF IBM'S ALLIANCE WITH NAZI GERMANY TAKES YOU THROUGH THE CAREFULLY CRAFTED COLLUSION WITH THE THIRD REICH, AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURED DENIABILITY OF ORAL ARGUEMENTS, UNDATED LETTERS, AND THE GENEVA INTERMEDIARIES- ALL UNDERTAKEN AS THE NEWSPAPERS BLAZED WITH ACCOUNTS OF PERSECUTION AND DESTRUCTION. |
EN4 | 07455 | CRISIS FOUR | | MCNAB, ANDY | NORMA FIRE | BRITISH INTELLIGENT AGENT HAS JUST BEEN GIVEN AN ULTIMATION: FIND AN AGENT WHO SEEMS TO HAVE DEFECTED OR LOSE THE GUARDIANSHIP OF HIS GODDAUGHTER. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HE FINDS THE AGENT, IS GIVEN AN ORDER TO KILL HER AND IS THEN HUNTED AND RACED DEEPER INTO A DARK, DEADLY CONSPIRACY THAT WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF WORLD EVENTS - AND THE LIVES OF MILLIONS. |
EN4 | 07456 | ESTHER | A JERUSALEM LOVE STORY | WAYSMAN, DVORA | MARIAN FELDINGER | WHEN MAX, A CYNICAL YOUNG JOURNALIST, FIRST MEETS THE PASSIONATE, RESTLESS TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD AUSTRALIAN, ESTHER, IN HIS OFFICE IN LONDON IN 1951, HE IS CERTAIN HE WILL FIND HER INSUFFERABLE; INSTEAD HE IS SMITTEN. SPANNING THE DECADES AND MOVING BETWEEN CONTINENTS, WE WATCH MAX AND "ESSIE" MOVE IN AND OUT OF EACH OTHERS ORBITS. |
EN4 | 07458 | ISRAELIS AND THE JEWISH TRADITION | ANCIENT PEOPLE DEBATING ITS FUTURE | HARTMAN, DAVID | SHIRLEY KALB | IN HIS NEW BOOK DAVID HARTMAN GRAPPLES WITH THE ISSUES THAT DIVIDE ISRAEL'S SECULAR COMMUNITY FROM ITS RELIGIOUS ZIONISTS. ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF BOTH COMMUNITIES, HARTMAN SUGGESTS A MORE INCLUSIVE AND INVITING FRAMEWORK FOR THE MODERN ISRAELI ENGAGEMENT OF THE JEWISH TRADITION. |
EN4 | 07459 | SHABBAT SHALOM | RECIPES & MENUS FOR THE SABBATH | FRIEDLAND, SUSAN R. | H. SCHNEIDER | SUSAN R. FRIEDLAND SHOWS THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE INVENTIVE YET RESPECT THE TRADITION OF THE SABBATH DINNER WITH THESE RECIPES WHICH INCLUDE THE MEDITERRANEAN, EASTERN EUROPE AND INDIA. |
EN4 | 07461 | SHIKSA GODDESS | (OR, HOW I SPENT MY FORTIES) ESSAYS | WASSERSTEIN, WENDY | BARBARA ABIS | 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." |
EN4 | 07463 | JEW BOY | | KAUFMAN, ALAN | ELIZABETH TOMCHO | ALAN KAUFMAN'S COMING-OF-AGE ACCOUNT IS BY TURNS HILARIOUS AND TERRIFYING. IN HIS AUTHENTICALLY AMERICAN VOICE HE TOUCHES ON THEMES RARELY EXPLORED IN AMERICAN WRITING-THE PAIN, GUILT, AND CONFUSION OF AMERICA-BORN CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. |
EN4 | 07464 | PARTICULARS OF RAPTURE | REFLECTIONS ON EXODUS | ZORNBERG, AVIVAH GOTTLIEB | IRWIN WEISS | IN HER READING OF THE FAMILIAR STORY OF THE ISRAELITES AND THEIR FLIGHT FROM SLAVEY IN EGYPT, AVIVAH ZORNBERG HAS BROUGHT A VAST RANGE OF CLASSICAL JEWISH INTERPRETATIONS AND MIDRASHIC SOURCES, LITERARY ALLUSIONS AND IDEAS FROM PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY. HER QUEST IN THIS BOOK IS "TO FIND THOSE WHO WILL HEAR WITH ME A PARTICULAR IDIOM OF REDEMPTION," WHO WILL HEAR "WITHIN THE PARTICULARS OF RAPTURE...WHAT CANNOT BE EXPRESSED." |
EN4 | 07466 | SILENCE OF HEAVEN | AGNON'S FEAR OF GOD | OZ, AMOS | STARK, L. J. | NOVELIST AMOS OZ'S SUBJECT, S. Y. AGNON'S ONLY YESTERDAY, EXPLORES AGNON'S WONDERMENT OF GOD, HIS REFLECTIONS ON THE RELIGIOUS WORLD OF SIMPLE FOLK OF EASTERN EURPOEAN JEWRY, AND AGNON'S VISION OF THE DEGENERATION OF THIS WORLD. THROUGH RICH, THICK READINGS OZ EXPLORES MAJOR THEMES OF HEBREW LITERATURE AND THE IDEOLOGIES OF JEWISH IDENTITY THROUGH TEXTS. |
EN4 | 07467 | FIERCE ATTACHMENTS | A MEMOIR | GORNICK, VIVIAN | CAREY, SANDRA | A DYNAMIC ACCOUNT OF GORNICK'S INTENSE AND VOLATILE RELATIONSHIP WITH HER FORMIDABLE MOTHER. A DESCRIPTION BY THE NEW YORK NATIVE AND FEMINIST OF HOW SHE CAME INTO HER OWN FROM A BRONX TENEMENT INT HE 1940S. |
EN4 | 07468 | NEW YORK TIMES PASSOVER COOKBOOK | MORE THAN 200 HOLIDAY RECIPES FROM TOP CHEFS AND WRITERS | AMSTER, LINDA | SANDI SKODNIK | AT LAST, FROM THE PAPER OF CULINARY RECORD, COMES A TREASURE TROVE OF MORE THAN 200 RECIPES THAT CELEBRATE THE DELICIOUS FESTIVITY OF THE PASSOVER TABLE. COMPILED FROM TIMES ARTICLES AND AUTHORS SPANNING ALOMOST FIFTY YEARS, THE NEW YORK TIMES PASSOVER COOKBOOK REPRESENTS JEWISH CUISINE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 07469 | KADDISH | | WIESELTIER, LEON | CHARLIE ROEMER | WHEN LEON WIESELTIER'S FATHER DIED IN MARCH 1996, HE BEGAN TO OBSERVE THE RITUALS OF THE TRADITIONAL YEAR OF MOURNING, GOING DAILY TO THE SYNAGOGUE TO RECITE THE KADDISH. BETWEEN HIS PRAYERS AND HIS EVERYDAY RESPONSIBILITIES, HE SOUGHT OUT ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL, AND MODERN JEWISH TEXTS IN PURSUIT OF THE KADDISH'S HISTORY AND MEANING. AND EVERY DAY HE STUDIED, TRANSLATED, AND WROTE HIS OWN REFLECTIONS ON THE OBSCURE TEXTS THAT HE FOUND, PUNCTUATING HIS JOURNAL WITH STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN HIS SYNAGOGUE AND ABOUT HIS FAMILY'S PROGRESS THROUGH GRIEF. |
EN4 | 07471 | POPES AGAINST THE JEWS | THE VATICAN'S ROLE IN THE RISE OF MODERN ANTI-SEMITISM | KERTZER, DAVID I. | A. ISLER | A GROUNDBREAKING HISTORICAL STUDY BASED ON DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY LOKCED IN THE VATICAN'S ARCHIVES: THE POPES AGAINST THE JEWS GRAPHICALLY SHOWS HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HELPED MAKE THE HOLOCAUST POSSIBLE. DESPITE ITS FOCUS, THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-CATHOLIC BOOK. IT SEEKS A BALANCED JUDGEMENT AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL FORCES THAT LED THE CHURCH ALONG THE PATH IT TOOK. |
EN4 | 07473 | COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING JUDAISM | | BLECH, RABBI BENJAMIN | RABBI MARTIN COOPER | THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO JUDAISM IS AN ACCESSIBLE, COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO JEWISH PRACTICE, LAWS, ETHICS, AND FAMILY. WRITTEN IN SIMPLE, CONVERSATIONAL FORM, THIS BOOK ALSO OFFERS INFORMATION ON UNDERSTANDING TORAH, THE SYNAGOGUE, AND THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS IN JUDAISM. |
EN4 | 07474 | AIMEE AND JAGUAR | A LOVE STORY, BERLIN 1943 | FISCHER, ERICA | ELIZABETH LONDON | ERICA FISCHER, VIENNA'S FOREMOST FEMINIST WRITER, TELLS THIS TRUE STORY OF THE BLAZING, DEVOTED LOVE BETWEEN A GENTILE MOTHER OF FOUR, AND A JEWISH WOMAN LIVING UNDERGROUND. SET IN WW II NAZI GERMANY, THIS TALE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LOVE AND STRENGHT OF THESE TWO WOMEN. |
EN4 | 07477 | ILLUMINATED SOUL | | STOLLMAN, ARYEH LEV | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | THE ILLUMINATED SOUL FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF EVA LAQUEDEM AND THE AUGSBURG MISCELLANY, A FIFTHEENTH CENTURY HEBREW ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT SHE SMUGGLES OUT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT THE OUTBREAK OF WW II. STOLLMAN'S NOVEL EMBRACES ISSUES OF MEMEORY AND LONGING THROUGH THE TALES OF EVA'S TRAVELS, THE DANGERS SHE FACES, AND THE BEAUTY SHE ENCOUNTERS. |
EN4 | 07478 | FORGOTTEN | A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS NOVEL | KELLERMAN, FAYE | BECK, MARILYN | THE DESECRATION OF A SMALL STOREFRONT SYNAGOGUE HAS RINA LAZARUS AND HER DETECTIVE HUSBAND PETER DECKER, SEARCHING FOR CLUES. A SEVENTEEN-YEAR -OLD SUSPECT CUTS A DEAL ONLY TO BE BRUTALLY MURDERED, LEAVING MORE TO BE UNRAVELED IN THIS KELLERMAN MYSTERY. |
EN4 | 07480 | CELEBRATING LIFE | FINDING HAPPINESS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES | SACKS, DR. JONATHAN | RABBI MARTIN COOPER | THE DEATH OF DR. JONATHAN SACKS' FATHER FORCED A REEXAMINATION OF THE WAYS AND PLACES WHERE WE FIND HAPPINESS. THROUGH HIS UNDERSTANDING OF JUDAISM AND HIS PERSONAL JOURNEY, SACKS SPEAKS ABOUT FINDING JOY IN FAMILY, COMMUNITY, FRIENDSHIP, AND RESPONSIBILITY. HE WRITES ALSO ABOUT RENEWING A RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. |
EN4 | 07481 | BRIGADE | AN EPIC STORY OF VENGEANCE, SALVATION, AND WWII | BLUM, HOWARD | SARENE MEYERS | AS THE WAR IN EUROPE IS COMING TO AN END, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO SEND A GROUP OF JEWISH VOLUNTEERS FROM PALESTINE TO EUROPE TO HELP FIGHT THE GERMANS. THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF THREE OF THESE MEN, WHO DEFEAT THE GERMANS AND TAKE REVNGE FOR THE HARM THE GERMANS INFLICTED ON THE JEWS. |
EN4 | 07482 | SAME SEA | A NOVEL | OZ, AMOS | RIFKIN, S. | THE STORY ABOUT A FAMILY AND WHAT THEY GO THROUGH WHEN THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY PASSES AWAY. © 2001 |
EN4 | 07483 | JEWISH HOLIDAY STYLE | A BEAUTIFUL GUIDE TO CELEBRATING THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS IN STYLE | BROWNSTEIN, RITA MILOS | G. ZIMMERMAN | THIS BOOK IS A HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE IDEAS AND A PRIMER ON THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. |
EN4 | 07484 | CONSENT | A NOVEL | SCHRANK, BEN | S. BIDDLE | THIS EDGY STORY IS ABOUT A DOCTORAL STUDENT OBSESSED WITH THE TROUBLED WOMAN HE MEETS THROUGH HIS DOCTORAL ADVISER, WHOSE SWAY OVER OUR UNFORTUNATE HERO IS POSITIVELY SPOOKY. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07485 | JEWS OF THE AMAZON | SELF-EXILE IN PARADISE | SEGAL, ARIEL | SPENSER. RAINE | IN THE HEART OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON LIES THE REMOTE CITY OF IQUITOS AND AN UNUSUAL COMMUNITY OF JEWS. THE DESCENDANTS OF LATE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY FORTUNE-SEEKERS, THE JEWS OF THE AMAZON HAVE INHERITED A DISTINCTIVE AND RICH CULTURE, ONE THAT MIXES NATIVE CUSTOMS WITH JUDEO-CHRISTIAN FAITH. |
EN4 | 07486 | ESTER'S CHILD | A NOVEL | SASSON, JEAN | NORMA FIRE | THIS NOVEL SET INT HE MIDST OF THE LONG SHADOW OF THE NAZIS BRINGS TO LIFE A STRIKING SET OF CHARACTERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TURNING POINTS IN WORLD HISTORY. |
EN4 | 07487 | BEGINNER'S KOSHER COOKBOOK | ...ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE ON THEIR OWN FOR THE FIRST TIME | FIEDLER, SEYMOUR | GAYLE. ZIMMERMAN | THIS IS A COOKBOOK FILLED WITH FAST AND EASY KOSHER RECIPES FOR ALL MEALS AND ALL OCCASIONS. IT IS MEANT FOR FIRST-TIMERS AND THOSE ON THEIR OWN, BUT CAN BE ENJOYED BY ANYONE. |
EN4 | 07488 | LINE OUT FOR A WALK | FAMILIAR ESSAYS | EPSTEIN, JOSEPH | WIN ROBINS | AUTOBIOGRAPICAL ESSAYS RELATING TO MUNDANE, EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES. |
EN4 | 07496 | AROUND SARAH'S TABLE | | GOTTLIEB, YAFFA; ZAKUTINSKY, RIVKA | ZAPPORAH PORTUGAL | IN BROOKLYN IN 1991 A FEW HASIDIC WOMEN BEGAN MEETING ONCE A WEEK FOR LUNCH AND A PERIOD OF INTENSE TORAH STUDY. GATHERED TOGETHER BY SARAH, THESE WOMEN FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS SHARE THEIR JOYS AND SORROWS AND ALLOW US TO SEE THE REAL WOMAN BEHIND THE STEREOTYPE. |
EN4 | 07505 | GOOD HARBOR | | DIAMANT, ANITA | MARJORIE SUNSHINE | TWO WOMEN ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS THROUGH THEIR TURMOIL. ONE IS A FIFTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD WOMEN, A CONVERT, RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER AND THE OTHER IS WOMEN WHO FEELS FRICTION WITH HER TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND A LACK OF CONNECTION TO HER HUSBAND. |
EN4 | 07507 | MARA | A NOVEL | REICH, TOVA | JEREMY HANDLEMAN | THE ENTERTAINING AND REVEALING STORY OF A MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN ORTHODOX RABBI'S DAUGHTER AND AN ISRAELI HIPPIE. |
EN4 | 07509 | BIG NAP | | WALDMAN, AYELET | B. ABIS | 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 |
EN4 | 07510 | CATSKILL | | HAYES, JOHN R. | | ON A PLEASANT SUMMER EVENING IN CHICKEN CORNERS, A VILLAGE IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, THREE MEN WITH RIFLES BEGIN SHOOTING CAREFULLY INTO AN OLD FARMHOUSE PACKED WITH IMMIGRANT JEWISH FAMILIES. THEY DO NOT AIM TO KILL, BUT BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER, A LOCAL WIDOW, WHOSE PRESENCE IN THE FARMHOUSE CANNOT BE EXPLAINED, LIES DEAD. |
EN4 | 07511 | SCIENCE OF GOD | THE CONVERGENCE OF SCIENTIFIC AND BIBLICAL WISDOM | SCHROEDER, GERALD | G. HENNION | PHYSICIST AND BIBLICAL SCHOLAR GERALD SCHROEDER DEMONSTRATES THE OFTEN SURPRISING PARALLELS BETWEEN A VARIETY OF BIBLICAL TEACHINGS AND THE FINDING OF BIOCHEMISTS, PALEONTOLOGISTS, ASTROPHYSISTS AND QUANTUM PHYSICISTS. HE ARGUES THAT THE LATEST SCIENCE AND A CLOSE READIN OF THE BIBLE ARE NOT JUST COMPATIBLE BUT INTERDEPENDENT. |
EN4 | 07512 | ALL MY MOTHERS AND FATHERS | A MEMOIR | BLUMENTHAL, MICHAEL | MICHELLE. HARBER | SHORTLY AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS MOTHER FROM BREAST CANCER, POET AND NOVELIST, BLUMENTHAL, BEGINS TO DISCOVER STARTLING FACTS ABOUT HIS FAMILY. THIS MEMOIR SPEAKS FO A DESIRE FOR BELONGING. |
EN4 | 07513 | TEN JOURNEYS OF LIFE: | WRITING THE PATH OF ABRAHAM | GOLD, MICHAEL | ZIMMERMAN, A. | RABBI GOLD USES THE BIBLICAL STORY OF ABRAHAM TO DESCRIBE THE TEN JOURNEYS THAT SPIRITUAL SEEKERS MUST GO THROUGH TO REACH MATURITY. |
EN4 | 07515 | MURDER ON GOOD FRIDAY | | CONWAY, SARA | MARILYN BECK | A SHOCKING MURDER COMPLICATED BY RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE FUELS ONE MAN'S SEARCH FOR TRUTH AS WELL AS HIS OWN SOUL. |
EN4 | 07516 | WISDOM OF THE JEWISH SAGES | A MODERN READING OF PIRKE AVOT | SHAPIRO, RABBI RAMI M. | NANCI BRONSTEEN | WISDOM OF THE JEWISH SAGES IS A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF THE SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS, A COMPILATION OF ETHICAL TEACHINGS TAUGHT DURING THE THIRD CENTURY OF THE COMMON ERA. |
EN4 | 07518 | QUEENMAKER | A NOVEL OF KING DAVID'S QUEEN | EDGHILL, INDIA | JANET KALISH | QUEENMAKER IS A NOVEL ABOUT KING DAVID, AS SEEN THOUGH THE EYES OF HIS WIFE, MICHAL. |
EN4 | 07519 | HALF-JEWISH BOOK | A CELEBRATION | KLEIN, DANIEL & VUIJST, FREK | RAMU & ZIMMERMAN | THIS BOOK INCLUDES AN EYE-OPENING ESSAY ON HALF-JEWISH IDENTITY AND LOOKS INTO THE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD HISTORY OF HALF-JEWS IN THE HOLOCAUST. IT IS A BLEND OF A CULTURAL MIX THAT IS FAR GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS. |
EN4 | 07520 | PARADISE PARK | A NOVEL | GOODMAN, ALLEGRA | BECK, MARILYN | ABANDONED BY HER FOLK-DANCING PARTNER, GARY, IN A HONOLULU HOTEL ROOM, SHARON SPEIGELMAN REALIZES THAT SHE COULD RETURN TO HER ESTRANGED FAMILY IN BOSTON OR BEGIN HER OWN SPIRITUAL QUEST. SHE EVENTUALLY STARTS ON THE PATH HOME TO JUDAISM BUT COMES ACROSS A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD. |
EN4 | 07523 | STRIFE OF THE SPIRIT | | STEINSALTZ, ADIN | BARBARA STRUMAN | AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF SAMPLES OF THE THINKING OF ADIN STEINSALTZ, WRITTEN OR SPOKEN IN VARIED CIRCUMSTANCES DURIGN A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WHILE THE COMMON THREAD IS THE AUTHOR HIMSELF, THE PIECES ALL SHARE THE CONCERN FOR THE SPIRITUALITY OF HUMAN EXISTANCE. |
EN4 | 07524 | CONVERSION | | APPELFELD, AHARON | B. SMITH | IN AN AUSTRIAN CITY, A FEW YEARS BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST, ALMOST ALL OF THE JEWS HAVE CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. TODAY THE CHURCH BELLS ARE PEALING FOR KARL, AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG CIVIL SERVANT WHOSE CONVERSION WILL CLEAR HIS PATH TO A COVETED HIGH GOVERNMENT POST. BUT SOON A POLITICAL CRISIS REUNITES KARL WITH HIS PAST, FORCING HIM TO DECIDE - AND STAND UP FOR - WHAT HE TRULY BELIEVES. |
EN4 | 07527 | AUSTERLITZ | | SEBALD, W. G. | D. FRANK | OVER THIRTY YEARS, IN THE COURSE OF CONVERSATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE ACROSS EUROPE, A MAN NAMED JACQUES AUSTERLITZ TELLS A NAMELESS COMPANION OF HIS ONGOING STRUGGLE WITH THE RIDDLE OF HIS IDENTITY. |
EN4 | 07529 | EPITAPH | | SIEGEL, JAMES | MARILYN BECK | RETIRED PRIVATE EYE WILLIAM RISKIN, WELL PAST HIS SEVENTIEH BIRTHDAY SPENDS HIS DAYS WORKING AT THE LOCAL OFF-TRACK BETTING PARLOR IN QUEENS. ONE DAY HE SPOTS THE OBITUARY OF HIS ONETIME PARTNER JEAN GOLDBLUM. HE GOES TO PAY HIS RESPECTS AND ENDS UP PAYING MORE THAN HE COULD EVER HAVE EXPECTED. |
EN4 | 07532 | LONG TIME NO SEE | | ISAACS, SUSAN | ABIS, BARBARA | COURTNEY LOGAN, FORMER INVESTMENT ANALYST, DEVOTED MOTHER AND LONG ISLAND WIFE, LEAVES HER HOME ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT FOR A QUICK TRIP TO THE GROCERY STORE. FIVE MONTHS LATER, HER BADLY DECOMPOSED BODY IS FOUND FLOATING IN THE BACKYARD POOL, CONCEALED BY THE POOL COVER. |
EN4 | 07533 | MODERN JEWISH CANON | A JOURNEY THROUGH LITERATURE AND CULTURE | WISSE, RUTH | STEVEN SCHRIBER | RUTH WISSE, A PROFESSOR OF YIDDISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, EVALUATES THE GREAT BOOKS OF JEWISH LITERATURE AS WELL AS LINKING THE WORKS TOGETHER TO PRESENT A NEW KIND OF JEWISH HISTORY. |
EN4 | 07534 | SAGES AND DREAMERS | PORTRAITS AND LEGENDS FROM THE JEWISH TRADITIONS | WEISEL, ELIE | FAITH GARFIELD | DEPICTIONS OF 25 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BIBLE, THE TALMUD, AND THE HASIDIC TRADITION. |
EN4 | 07535 | LOVE AND TERROR IN THE GOD ENCOUNTER | THE THEOLOGICAL LEGACY OF RABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK, VOLUME 1 | HARTMAN, DAVID | COOPER, M. | THE INTELLECTUAL LEGACY OF ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S GREATEST RELIGIOUS THINKERS-EXPLAINED BY A LEADING THEOLOGIAN OF OUR DAY. |
EN4 | 07536 | JEW VS. JEW | THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF AMERICAN JEWRY | FREEDMAN, SAMUEL G. | RITA LEVINE | AT A TIME WHEN AMERICAN JEWS SHOULD FEEL SECURE AND MORE COHESIVE THAN EVER, CIVIL WAR IS TEARING APART THEIR COMMUNITY. JEW VS. JEW TELLS THE STORY OF HOW AMERICAN JEWRY HAS INCREASINGLY--AND PERHAPS TERMINALLY--BROKEN APART IN THE LAST FORTY YEARS. FREEDMAN, PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM HAS DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND CONDUCTED MANY INTERVIEWS AS HE CHRONICLES AN EMBITTERED AND POLARIZED COMMUNITY. |
EN4 | 07537 | GOLEMS OF GOTHAM | | ROSENBAUM, THANE | DINA STERNBERG | A NOVEL ABOUT A CHILD'S LONGING TO SAVE HER FATHER AND A MYSTERY WRITER'S QUEST TO FIGURE OUT THE RIDDLE OF HIS OWN LIFE. A STORY OF IMAGINATION THAT EXPLORES SOME OF THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME. |
EN4 | 07538 | HESTER AMONG THE RUINS | | KIRSHENBAUM, BINNIE | MILLER, ANDRA | HESTER ROSENFELD A HISTORIAN WHO IS VERY AMERICAN AND MARGINALLY JEWISH GOES TO MUNICH TO RESEARCH THE LIFE OF PROFESSOR HEINRICH FALK. ROSENFELD BELIEVED THAT THE PROFESSOR'S LIFE COULD MAKE A VERY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY. THE MORE ROSENFELD SPEAKS WITH THE PROFESSOR THE MORE SHE UNCOVERS HIS FAMILY'S POSSIBLE CONNECTION TO NAZISM. ROSENFELD STARTS RE-EXAMINING HER OWN FEELINGS ABOUT HER PARENTS WHO ARE GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. PROFESSOR FALK WHO WAS MARRIED FOUR TIMES AND TWICE TO HIS CURRENT WIFE FALLS MADLY IN LOVE WITH ROSENFELD AND THEIR LOVE GROWS. |
EN4 | 07539 | BLOOD DIAMONDS | | LAND, JON | LEVITON, BELLE | IN THIS THRILLER, PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN DETECTIVE BEN KAMAL AND HIS PARTNER/LOVER, ISRAELI DETECTIVE DANIELLE BARNEA, FIND THEMSELVES IN SIERRA LEONE BATTLING A REBEL LEADER WITH GLOBAL DESIGNS. |
EN4 | 07540 | JUDAISM FOR DUMMIES | | FALCON, RABBI TED AND BLATNER, DAVID | HOWELL MAYER | IF YOU'RE INTERESETED IN RECONNECTING WITH YOUR JEWISH HERITAGE, OR JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE, THEN THIS GUIDE IS FOR YOU. WITH HUMOR AND WARMTH, YOU'LL DISCOVER JEWISH TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS, UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF JEWISH HISTORY AND LEARN ABOUT ALL THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. |
EN4 | 07541 | MUSIC OF LIFE | | MAKINE, ANDREI | | ALEXEI BERG, A JEW, IS A CLASSICAL PIANIST ALLOWED TO CONTINUE PLAYING DURING STALIN'S REIGN OF TERROR IN THE 1930'S. BERG SEES HIS PARENTS ARRESTED, AND IN ORDER TO PREVENT HIS OWN ARREST, FLEES. ASSUMING THE IDENTITY OF A DEAD SOLDIER, HE ENLISTS IN THE SOVIET ARMY. TWO DECADES LATER, HE TELLS HIS STORY TO THE NOVEL'S NARRATOR. |
EN4 | 07543 | DYING ANIMAL | | ROTH, PHILIP | RICHARD BERGMAN | THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT AN ELDERLY MAN NAMED DAVID KEPESH. HE LEAVES HIS WIFE FOR A YOUNG GRADUATE STUDENT NAMED CONSUELA. THIS ACT ULTIMATELY LEADS DAVID TO DEPRESSION, AND THOUGHTS THAT HE IS A "DYING ANIMAL." |
EN4 | 07544 | DON'T CRY FOR ME HOT PASTRAMI | A RUBY THE RABBI'S WIFE MYSTERY | KAHN, SHARON | MARTHA MOHN | ESSI SUE ARRANGES A FUNDRAISER THAT TAKES THE CONGREGANTS OF TEMPLE RITA FROM ETERNAL, TEXAS ON A CARIBBEAN CRUISE SHIP COMMANDED BY A JEWISH SEA CAPTAIN. THE TRIP ENDS UP BEING THE CRUISE FROM HELL. © 2001 |
EN4 | 07547 | SPEED OF LIGHT | | ROSNER, ELIZABETH | ELIZABETH LONDON | AS CHILDREN, JULIAN AND PAULA PEREL LIVED WITH THEIR FATHER WHO KEPT A PAINFUL SECRET. AS THEY GROW UP PAULA UNCOVERS PIECES OF HER FATHER'S EARLY LIFE IN BUDAPEST AND THE HORRIFYING TRUTH OF HIS PAST. |
EN4 | 07548 | CHAINS AROUND THE GRASS | | RAGEN, NAOMI | MICHELLE HARBOR | RUTH, THE MOTHER OF THREE SMALL CHILDREN IS LEFT TO RAISE THEM ON HER OWN WHEN HER HUSBAND VANISHES FROM THEIR LIFE. HER SIX-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SARA WILL NOT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT HER FATHER IS NOT COMING HOME. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07552 | BEYOND HITLER'S GRASP | THE HEROIC RESCUE OF BULGARIA'S JEWS | BAR ZOHAR, MICHAEL | MICHELLE HARBOR | MICHAEL BAR ZOHAR NARRATES THE STORY OF THE ONLY AXIS NATION, BULGARIA, THAT STOOD UP TO NAZI RULE AND DID NOT DEPORT EVEN ONE BULGARIAN JEW. HE BRINGS TO LIGHT A MOTLEY CREW OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS-RANGING FROM COMMON OFFICE WORKERS TO CHARISMATIC CHURCH LEADERS TO THE KING HIMSELF WHO INDEPENDENTLY RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. THEIR DRAMATIC STORIES OF ESPIONAGE, POLITICAL STRATEGY, AND HIGH MORAL FIBER CHRONICLES ONE OF THE FEW BRIGHT MOMENTS OF SELFLESS POLITICS DURING THE MISERIES OF WAR, AND THE ATROCITIES OF THE HOLOCAUST.© 1998 |
EN4 | 07553 | COMFORT ME WITH APPLES | MORE ADVENTURES AT THE TABLE | REICHL, RUTH | AUDREY HAMBERG | IN THIS DELIGHTFUL SEQUEL TO HER BESTSELLER TENDER AT THE BONE, FOOD WRITER RUTH REICHL RETURNS WITH MORE TALES FULL OF LOVE, LIFE, HUMOR, AND MARVELOUS MEALS.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07554 | BREAKING RANKS | TURBULENT TRAVELS IN THE PROMISED LAND | BLACK, BEN | GUY LEBOW | WHEN BEN BLACK MIGRATES FROM SCOTLAND TO ISRAEL, HIS LIFE TAKES A MORE EXOTIC TURN. HAVING LIVED ON AND OFF IN ISRAEL SINCE HE WAS A SMALL CHILD, BLACK THOUGHT HE WAS PREPARED FOR AND ALL EXPERIENCES THAT COULD OCCUR. BUT HIS LIFE CHANGES IRREVERSIBLY ONE DAY WHEN HE RECEIVES HIS MILITARY CALL-UP PAPERS AND BEN WHO HAD MOVED TO ISRAEL IN THE MID 1990'S AS THE PROMISE OF PEACE SEEMED SO CLOSE IS FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CONSCIENCE AND HIS COUNTRY.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07555 | UNKNOWN DESTINATION | | RASKER, MAYA | JANET KALISH | A NOVEL ABOUT A MAN WHOSE WIFE HAS DISAPPEARED AND HIS COMMITMENT TO STAY FAITHFUL TO HER UNTIL THEY FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT TELLS THE STORY OF HOW A BATTERED SOUL CAN LIVE WITH A TRAGIC PAST AND MAKE PEACE WITH THE TRUTH. A ROMANTIC, UNSETTLING NOVEL TOLD LIKE A REAL GREAT GHOST STORY. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07556 | JEWISH HEROES AND HEROINES | THIER UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENTS | LYMAN, DARRYL | ISA GOLDBERG | DARRYL LYMAN OFFERS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF JEWS IN A WIDE RANGE OF FIELDS OF ENDEAVOR- FROM GOVERNMENT, LAW, BUSINESS, AND MEDICINE TO LITERATURE, MUSIC, THEATER, AND SPORTS.© 1996 |
EN4 | 07558 | NINE COMMANDMENTS | UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN PATTERN OF CRIME & PUNISHMENT | FREEDMAN, DAVID NOEL | MARGARET ROSSI | DAVID NOEL FREEDMAN DELVES INTO THE OLD TESTAMENT AND REVEALS A PATTERN OF DEFIANCE OF THE COVENANT OF GOD THAT INEXORABLY LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE, AND THE BANISHMENT OF SURVIVORS FROM THE PROMISED LAND. FREEDMAN CHARTS THE VIOLATION OF THE FIRST NINE COMMANDMETNS ONE BY ONE AND SHOWS THAT BECAUSE COVETOUSNESS LIES BEHIND ALL THE CRIMES COMMITTED, EACH ACT IMPLICTLY BREAKS THE TENTH COMMANDMENT AS WELL.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07559 | HER | | ZIGMAN, LAURA | BARBARA FERBER | JEALOUSY AND PRE-WEDDING JITTERS FILL THIS "WILD TALE OF A WOMAN'S TRANSFORMATION". THIS FUNNY NOVEL SHUTTLES BETWEEN THE WORLD OF MANHATTAN'S WOMEN'S MAGAZINES AND GRADUATE SCHOOL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE THE HEROINE FINDS HERSELF OBSESSED WITH HER FINACE'S EX.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07561 | REBEKAH | WOMEN OF GENESIS | CARD, ORSON SCOTT | ALEXANDRA PIVODA | A NOVEL BASED ON THE BIBLICAL REBEKAH.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07566 | HOUSE OF WOMEN | | FREED, LYNN | COLLIN BIDDLE | A NOVEL ABOUT 17 YEAR-OLD THEA WHO IS SHELTERED FROM THE WORLD BY HER MOTHER GROWING UP ON AN ESTATE AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF SOUTH AFRICA. NALIA IS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHO ESCAPES TO ANOTHER CONTINENT WHERE SHE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH A WOMANIZER THAT TURNS FROM LOVE TO HATE. THEA IS THE PRODUCT OF THE RELATIONSHIP. ONE DAY THEA'S FATHER TRICKS HER INTO MARRYING A MYSTERIOUS MAN WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HER SHELTERED LIFE.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07569 | JEWISH CULTURAL TAPESTRY | INTERNATIONAL JEWISH FOLK TRADITIONS | LOWENSTEIN, STEVEN M. | JON ROUMIE | BY EXPLORING THE GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS IN JEWISH CULTURAL EXPRESSION, THIS COMPREHENSIVE BOOK HIGHLIGHTS THE UNITY WITHIN THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE. THE JEWISH CULTURAL TAPESTRY TRACES THE MIGRATION AND INTERACTION OF JEWS WITH OTHER CULTURES, WHICH HAVE SHAPED THE DIVERSE FORMS OF JEWISH MUSIC, COSTUME, RELIGIOUS RITES, AND NAMES FOUND AROUND THE WORLD.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07570 | SOROS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MESSIANIC BILLIONAIRE | | KAUFMAN, MICHAEL T. | RICHARD RUBIN | THE BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE SOROS WHO COMES FORM JEWISH HUNGARIAN ROOTS. HE WAS BORN "SCHWARTZ" BUT HIS FATHER CHANGED HIS NAME TO CREATE A SECRET IDENTITY AND ESCAPE HUNGARY DURING THE WAR. SOROS WHO ESCAPES TO ENGLAND AND THEN TO AMERICA PUTS HIS MIND INTO MAKING A HUGE FORTUNE. SORO'S LIFE IS FULL OF DRAMA DETERMINATION, PERSONAL GROWTH, IDEALISM, BIG MONEY FAILURES AND SOARING SUCCESSES.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07575 | STRANGE FIRE | | BUKIET, MELVIN JULES | AUDREY HAMBERG | BLIND, FATHERLESS, HOMOSEXUAL, RUSSIAN EMIGRE NATHAN KAZAKOV HAS ENOUGH PROBLEMS BEFORE HIS EAR IS OBLITERATED BY A BULLET PRESUMABLY MEANT FOR HIS EMPLOYER, THE HAWKISH PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. NATHAN BEGINS AN INVESTIGATION THAT LEADS HIM INTO A WEB OF CONSPIRACIES INVOLVING A DIVERSE GROUP OF CHARACTERS.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07577 | TABLE TALK | SHABBOS AND YOM TOV DIVREI TORAH | PELCOVITZ, RAPHAEL, RABBI | MICHAL NUSSBAUM | RABBI PELCOVITZ OFFERS A LIFETIME OF LEARNING AND IDEAS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH READINGS. HE SHARES WITH US HIS ABILITY TO RELATE THE THOUGHTS OF THE SAGES AND COMMENTATORS TO OUR EVERYDAY CONCERNS.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07579 | ENGLISH ASSASSIN | | SILVA, DANIEL | FRANCINE PRINCE | DANIEL SILVA, AUTHOR OF SEVERAL PREVIOUS THRILLERS INCLUDING THE BESTSELLER 'THE UNLIKELY SPY,'DELIVERS A CLASSIC NEW NOVEL OF MULTIPLE SECRETS AND MYRIAD BETRAYALS. THE OPENING SENTENCE OF THE BRIEF PROLOGUE-"MARGUERITE ROLFE WAS DIGGING IN THE GARDEN BECAUSE OF THE SECRETS SHE'D FOUND HIDDEN IN HER HUSBAND'S STUDY"--IS A LURE THAT CAN HARDLY BE BETTERED, AND WHAT FOLLOWS LIVES UP TO ITS TEASING PROMISE...WITH A BANG.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07580 | MAMMA USED TO SAY | PEARLS OF WISDOM FROM THE WORLD OF YIDDISH | ROSMARIN, RACHEL | JEROME TURK | THESE SAYINGS WERE PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION IN EVERY JEWISH HOME, CAPTURING THE FABRIC AND CHARACTER OF THE WORLD OF YIDDISH. EACH SAYING IS PRINTED IN YIDDISH TYPE, TRANSLITERATED INTO ENGLISH TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND THE MEANING IS EXPLAINED. SIDEBARS TO THE TEXT OFFER WORDS OF OUR SAGES AND QUOTES FORM BIBLICAL AND TALMUDIC SOURCES.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07581 | IN MY BROTHER'S IMAGE | TWIN BROTHERS SEPARATED BY FAITH AFTER THE HOLOCAUST | POGANY, EUGENE L. | MICHELE HARBOR | THIS IS THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHERS, MIKLOS AND GYORGY POGANY, WHO WERE BORN IN HUNGARY OF JEWISH PARENTS BUT RAISED AS DEVOUT CATHOLIC CONVERTS UNTIL THE SECOND WORLD WAR UNRAVELED THEIR FAMILY.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07582 | CRIMINAL KABBALAH | AN INTRIGUING ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH MYSTERY & DETECTIVE FICTION | RAPHAEL, LAWRENCE W. | GUY LEBOW | ALL NEW STORIES FROM TWELVE OF TODAY'S MASTERS OF MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE FICTION-SURE TO DELIGHT MYSTERY BUFFS OF ALL FAITHS AND TRADITIONS.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07587 | PRAGUE COUNTERPOINT | | THEONE, BODIE | EMORY THOMPSON | THIS BOOK OF THE SERIES IS AN ACCOUNT OF HARSH REALITIES OF WHAT WENT ON DURING WORLD WAR II. THE BOOK CENTERS AROUND ELISA LINDER, A HALF JEWISH VIOLINIST LIVING IN VIENNA AND JOHN MURPHY AN AMERICAN REPORTER.© 1991 |
EN4 | 07588 | BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE | USING JEWISH TEACHINGS TO RAISE SELF-RELIANT CHILDREN | MOGEL, WENDY | MELVIN J. DAVIS | WITH AUTHORITY, WARMTH , AND HUMOR, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND EDUCATOR WENDY MOGEL DISTILLS ANCIENT TEACHINGS AND CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS INTO A NEW ROAD MAP FOR EFFECTIVE, ENLIGHTENED PARENTING IN AN INCREASINGLY SPEEDY, MATERIAL, AND COMPETITIVE AGE.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07590 | ON BORROWED WORDS | A MEMOIR OF LANGUAGE | STAVANS, ILAN | CHARLES ROEMER | THIS BOOK IS A MEMOIR OF ILAN STAVANS'S IDENTITY FORMATION THROUGH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. AN EXCERPT: "AS HAVING BEEN BORN INTO YIDDISH AND SPANISH AND THEN HAVING BEEN LURED AWAY BY ENGLISH. I FOUND MY TRUE SELF THE MOMENT I SPOKE SHAKESPEARE'S TONGUE."© 2001 |
EN4 | 07591 | MARTYR'S CROSSING | | WILENTZ, AMY | MARCIA KAHN | ISRAELI LIEUTENANT ARI DORON FINDS HIMSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF DEADLY RIOTS IN ISRAEL. HE IS DRAWN TO AN AMERICAN-BORN PALESTINIAN WOMAN, MARINA. IN ANOTHER PLACE, AT ANOTHER TIME, THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOVERS, BUT HERE THEIR STORY MOVES TOWARD A TRAGIC CONCLUSION WITH THE KIND OF INEVITABILITY THAT WAR IMPOSES.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07593 | OF LODZ AND LOVE | | ROSENFARB, CHAVA | | CHAVA ROSENFARB REVISITS HER THEMES OF THE SHTETL AND PRE-HOLOCAUST POLAND, OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, AND OF THE UPHEAVALS THAT WOULD HERALD A NEW JEWISH NATIONAL AND POLITICAL AWAKENING.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07597 | GOOD LISTENER | HELEN BAMBER, A LIFE AGAINST CRUELTY | BELTON, NEIL | RENEE WENGER | THE GOOD LISTENER TELLS THE STORY OF HELEN BAMBER, A GOOD BUT COMPLEX WOMAN NOW IN HER SEVENTIES, WHO HAS SPENT HER LIFE BATTLING TO BRING THE DARK SIDE OF HISTORY INTO THE LIGHT.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07598 | ISRAEL AND EUROPE | AN APPRAISAL IN HISTORY | SACHAR, HOWARD M. | MARK YOHALEM | HOWARD SACHAR DESCRIBES THE SYNERGY IN ISRAEL AND EUROPE THROUGH THE CHALLENGES AND VICISSITUDES OF THE LAST HALF-CENTURY.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07600 | COMMANDER OF THE EXODUS | | KANIUK, YORAM | JUDY TESSER | ISRAELI WRITER YORAM KANIUK TURNS HIS HAND TO A BIOGRAPHY IN THIS ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF YOSSI HAREL WHO DEFIED THE BLOCKADE OF THE BRITISH MANDATE TO DELIVER MORE THAN 24,000 DISPLACED HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS TO PALESTINE WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD CLOSED ITS DOORS.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07601 | STUFFED | ADVENTURES OF A RESTAURANT FAMILY | VOLK, PATRICIA | BETTY SMITH | THE HUMOROUS STORY OF A RESTAURANT FAMILY THROUGH THE YEARS. GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU STUFFED WITH LAUGHTER.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07603 | MY SUBURBAN SHTETL | A NOVEL ABOUT LIFE IN A TWENTIETH CENTURY JEWISH-AMERICAN VILLAGE | RAND, ROBERT | ROSSI, MARGARET | THE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE SAME CULTURAL ISSUES AND MORAL CHOICES FACED BY PREVIOUS AND SUBSEQUENT NEWCOMERS. PERCEIVED AS DIFFERENT, SKOKIE'S JEWS AND THEIR OFFSPRING STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND-AND FIT INTO- THE POLITICAL, RACIAL, AND CULTURAL STEW THAT IS THE UNITED STATES.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07604 | MASTER OF DREAMS | A MEMOIR OF ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER | TELUSHKIN, DVORAH | ELLEN WERTHEIM | THROUGH A SERIES OF POIGNANT VIGNETTES, DVORAH TELUSHKIN DESCRIBES HOW SHE BECAME SINGER'S ASSISTANT, THEN HIS EDITOR, AND AFTER FIVE YEARS, HIS TRANSLATOR. FINALLY SHE BECAME THE ONE PERSON TO WHOM SINGER TAUGHT HIS CRAFT. SHE ALSO REVEALS THE PRIVATE SINGER.© 1997 |
EN4 | 07605 | ZEN JUDAISM | FOR YOU, A LITTLE ENLIGHTENMENT | BADER, DAVID M. | LONDON, ELIZABETH | A HUMOROUS BOOK FULL OF WAYS TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE SERENITY.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07606 | LOSERS AND KEEPERS IN ARGENTINA | A WORK OF FICTION- JEWISH LATIN AMERICA | BARRAGAN, NINA | HAMBERG, AUDREY | THE BOOK SPANS THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS AND EXAMINES THE EXPERIENCE OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA. BARRAGAN OFFERS A MOVING AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL PORTRAIT OF 20TH CENTURY ARGENTINA AND ITS CONTEMPORARY DESCENDENTS.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07608 | JEWISH STARS IN TEXAS | RABBIS AND THEIR WORK | WEINER, HOLLACE AVA | SHIRLEY SOMMER | PROFILES OF UNFORGETTABLE TEXAN RABBIS.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07610 | DAYS OF AWE | | OBEJAS, ACHY | BENNETT POLOGE | ALEJANDRA MUST STRUGGLE TO CONFRONT WHAT IT IS TO BE CUBAN AND AMERICAN, CATHOLIC AND JEWISH.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07612 | AFTER THE HOLOCAUST | REBUILDING JEWISH LIVES IN POSTWAR GERMANY | BRENNER, MICHAEL | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | THIS BOOK IS THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF THE LIVES OF JEWS WHO REMAINED IN GERMANY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE WAR. GATHERING NEVER-BEFORE PUBLISHED EYEWITNESS FROM HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.© 1997 |
EN4 | 07613 | GREAT JEWISH MEN | | SLATER, ELINOR; SLATER, ROBERT | DONNA BATKIN | ELINOR SLATER AND ROBERT SLATER PAY TRIBUTE TO JEWISH MEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED PROMINENCE WORLDWIDE BY VIRTUE OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THE WORKS THEY HAVE PRODUCED, THE DISCOVERIES THEY HAVE MADE, AND THE COUNTLESS WAYS IN WHICH THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE LOT OF HUMANITY. |
EN4 | 07614 | ESTHER'S LEGACY | CELEBRATING PURIM AROUND THE WORLD | VINICLE, BARBARA | SHIRLEY KALB AND RHODA KHAN | A COMPILATION OF WOMEN'S STORIES FROM MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ILLUSTRATING HOW PURIM WAS CELEBRATED IN THEIR COUNTRIES. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07616 | BOOK OF JEWISH SACRED PRACTICES | CLAL'S GUIDE TO EVERYDAY & HOLIDAY RITUALS AND BLESSINGS | KULA, IRWIN, RABBI; OCHS, VANESSA | RON AVERY | IN THIS EASY TO USE GUIDE, CLAL- THE NATIONAL JEWISH CENTER FOR LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP PRESENTS A FORMAT FOR CONNECTING SPIRITUALITY WITH DAILY LIFE. INCLUDED ARE MEDITATIONS, BLESSINGS, PROFOUND JEWISH TEACHINGS, AND RITUALS FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED EVERYDAY EVENTS AND HOLIDAYS THAT CAN BE USED AS PRESENTED OR ADAPTED TO FIT A PERSONAL SITUATION EVEN MORE CLOSELY.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07618 | LOVE IN BLOOM'S AND BLOOMING ALL OVER | | ARNOLD, JUDITH | GAYLE ZIMMERMAN & RICHARD RUBIN | BAGELS, LOX AND LOVE. THE PERFECT COMBO. WELCOME TO THE DELI, BLOOM'S, WHERE LOVE, FAMILY RIVALRIES, TREACHERY, AND GOOD FOOD ABOUND!© 2002. HE ROMANTIC MISADVENTURES OF THE BLOOMS, UPPER WEST SIDE DELI OWNERS, CONTINUE IN THIS SEQUEL TO LOVE IN BLOOM'S. WHILE SUSIE REACHES A CROSSROAD WITH HER HANDSOME BUT NON-JEWISH BAGEL-MAKING BOYFRIEND, HER SISTER JULIA TRIES TO PLAN HER OWN WEDDING, IN SPITE OF HER MOTHER, WHO WANTS IT AT THE PLAZA HOTEL, AND GRANDMA IDA, WHO WANTS IT AT HER APARTMENT OVER THE STORE. © 2004 |
EN4 | 07620 | FUNNY ACCENT | | SHULGASSER-PARKER, BARBARA | LILA STERN | FUNNY, SOPHISTICATED AND FIERCELY INTELLIGENT, THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD ANNA HAS ONE WEAKNESS: MEN OLD ENOUGH TO BE HER FATHER. AUTHOR BARBARA SHULGASSER-PARKER, DEMONSTRATES HER GIFT FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHT IN THIS SOCIAL AND MORAL COMEDY.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07621 | PLEDGE | | SLATER, LEONARD | BEN OLIVER | A STORY OF THE SECRET UNDERGROUND THAT AFTER WWII HELPED ARM THE NEW STATE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07622 | WHITE NIGHTS | THE STORY OF A PRISONER IN RUSSIA | BEGIN, MENACHEM | BARBARA FERBER | THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S IMPRISONMENT IN A NUMBER OF SOVIET PRISONS, HIS EVENTUAL RELEASE AND ARRIVAL TO BECOME THE LEADER OF HIS COUNTRY.© 1977 |
EN4 | 07623 | SEASON OF THE BODY | | MILLER, BRENDA | BEVERLY STERN | AUTOBIOGRAPHIC ESSAYS DETAILING THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND, AS SHE IS UNABLE TO BEAR CHILDREN, THEY DESCRIBE HER LIFE IN RELATION TO THE EXTENDED HUMAN FAMILY.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07624 | CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE JEWISH SOUL | (STORIES TO OPEN THE HEART AND REKINDLE THE SPIRIT) | KANFIELD, J; HANSEN, M V; ELKINS, D | JOAN ATLAS | JEWISH SPIRITUAL STORIES.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07626 | ONE CANDLE | (A CHILDREN'S BOOK) | BUNTING, EVE | NANCI BRONSTEEN | AT THE TRADITIONAL HANUKKAH CELEBRATION, GRANDMA & GREAT AUNT ROSE PASS ON TO EACH GENERATION THEIR PERSEVERANCE AND THE STRENGTH IT TOOK TO CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE HANUKKAH DURING THE DARKEST HOURS OF THE HOLOCAUST.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07627 | FAMILY ORCHARD | | EVE, NOMI | DONNA SOMMER | A MULTIGENERATIONAL SAGA THAT TAKES PLACE IN JERUSALEM FROM THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT AND ENDS UP IN AMERICA.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07628 | SAVING MONTICELLO | LEVY FAMILY'S EPIC QUEST TO RESCUE THE JEFFERSON'S HOUSE | LEEPSON, MARC | GUY LEBOW | THIS IS THE STORY OF THE LEVY FAMILY, THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PRESERVATION OF MONTICELLO AND HOW THEY ULTIMATELY SAVED JEFFERSON'S ESTATE.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07629 | GOOD IN BED | | WEINER, JENNIFER | BARBARA ABBIS | A HUMOROUS BOOK ABOUT A WOMAN WHO CONQUERS HER OBSESSIONS WITH FOOD AND FAMILY, AND DEALS WITH ISSUES OF SUCCESS AND RELATIONSHIPS.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07631 | ON HER WAY HOME | | ROCHLIN, HARRIET | GLORIA WEINER | THE THIRD NOVEL IN ROCHLIN'S DESERT DWELLERS TRILOGY, CONCERNS ARIZONA FRONTIER LIFE IN THE 1880S FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE. THIS IS ACTION-FILLED AND REPLETE WITH THE FRONTIER SPIRIT.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07633 | ELVIS IN JERUSALEM | POST-ZIONISM AND THE AMERICANIZATION OF ISRAEL | SEGEV, TOM | HEATHER GANAW | SEGEV LOOKS AT THE LAST TEN YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT AND AMERICANIZATION IN ISRAEL THROUGH POP CULTURE, AND CHANGES IN IDEOLOGY AND NATIONAL IDENTITY.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07634 | SHIRA | | AGNON, S.Y. | MARION HARRIS | THIS POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED NOVEL IS SET IN JERUSALEM IN THE 1930S. IT IS AGNON'S FINAL NOVEL AND INVOLVES AN ADULTEROUS AFFAIR BETWEEN DR. MANFRED HERBST, A MIDDLE-AGED PROFESSOR AND A NURSE HE MET IN THE HOSPITAL WHILE HIS WIFE WAS GIVING BIRTH TO THEIR THIRD CHILD. THE NURSE'S NAME IS SHIRA MEANING "POETRY."© 1986 |
EN4 | 07636 | SILVER CANDLESTICKS | | SHAPIRO, SHIRLEY | ANDRA MILLER | THE STORY OF FIVE GENERATIONS OF A JEWISH FAMILY, STARTING WITH THEIR EMIGRATION FROM RUSSIA TO AMERICA TO THE PRESENT DAY, AND THE FAMILY'S SILVER CANDLESTICKS THAT WERE LOST FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07639 | AN UNCERTAIN HOUR | (THE KLAUS BARBIE TRIAL & THE CITY OF LYON 1940-1945) | MORGAN, TED | MICHELLE HARBOR | TED MORGAN COVERED THE WAR CRIMINAL TRIAL OF KLAUS BARBIE IN LYON, FRANCE. USING COPIES OF SECRET DOCUMENTS PREPARED FOR THIS TRIAL, THE AUTHOR USES THIS INFORMATION TO RELATE UNTOLD STORIES ABOUT LYON'S OCCUPATION.© 1990 |
EN4 | 07640 | BLACK SWAN | | CHARYN, JEROME | BARBARA FERBER | A CONTINUATION OF HIS MEMOIR, "THE DARK LADY FROM BELORUSSE," THE AUTHOR RELATES HIS CHILDHOOD ADVENTURES IN THE POST-WAR BRONX.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07641 | IN THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE | | HALLIE, PHILIP | JEREMY HANDELMAN | THE EXPLORATION OF THE HUMAN CHOICE TO DO GOOD OR EVIL. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES SEVERAL "HEROS" AND THEIR BEHAVIOR.© 1997 |
EN4 | 07643 | SECRET: UNLOCKING THE SOURCE OF JOY & FULFILLMENT | (THE POWERFUL TEACHING OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST SPIRITUAL WISDOM) | BERG, MICHAEL | MICHELLE HARBOR | THE RESULTS OF THE AUTHOR STUDYING THE GREAT KABBALIST, RAV ASHLAG'S, LIFE AND WORK. HE DISCUSSES THE ESSENCE OF KABBALAH, THE WORLD'S OLDEST SPIRITUAL WISDOM.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07644 | TEACHA | STORIES FROM THE YESHIVA | ALBERELLI, GERRY | GERRY ALBERELLI | A NON-JEWISH TEACHER TELLS OF HIS CHAOTIC YEAR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO AN ALL BOYS YESHIVA RUN BY THE ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE HASSIDIC SECT IN BROOKLYN© |
EN4 | 07645 | DARK RIDDLE | HEGEL, NIETZSCHE, AND THE JEWS | YOVEL, YIRMIYAHU | COLLIN BIDDEL | ANTI-JEWISH PREJUDICE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE IS ANALYZED IN THE WORK OF PHILOSOPHERS, HEGEL AND NIETZSCHE AND EXPLORING THE WAYS IN WHICH JEWS WERE THEORIZED DURING THAT PERIOD.© 1998 |
EN4 | 07647 | MORE STORIES FROM MY FATHER'S COURT | | SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS | SANDI SKODNIK | THE TWENTY-SEVEN NEW STORIES GATHERED HERE WERE PUBLISHED IN THE FORWARD DURING THE SAME PERIOD AS THOSE IN THE FIRST VOLUME; NONE OF THEM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH. FROM THE EARTHY TO THE ETHEREAL, THESE STORIES PROVIDE AN INTIMATE AND POWERFUL EVOCATION OF A BYGONE WORLD.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07648 | JUDGES | | WIESEL, ELIE | BARBARA FERBER | 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 |
EN4 | 07649 | HAREM | | MOSSANEN, DORA LEVY | CHERNANSKY, DIANE | THE STORY OF THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FROM THE PERSIAN JEWISH QUARTER IN IRAN AND THE LIVES EACH ONE LEADS.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07650 | COLLECTED STORIES OF JOSEPH ROTH | | ROTH, JOSEPH | FRANK SAUNDERS | "HOFFMAN, MICHAEL, TRANSLATOR
ROTH'S SEVENTEEN SATIRIC SHORT STORIES AND NOVELLAS ARE OFFERED HERE IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS COLLECTION OF WORKS LOOKS AT LIFE IN POST WWI EUROPE, ADDRESSING TRAGEDY, NATIONALISM, AND HISTORY THROUGH HIS CHARACTERS WHILE USING A BACKDROP OF BOTH RURAL AND URBAN THEMES.© 2002" |
EN4 | 07654 | SPINOZA | A LIFE | NADLER, STEVEN | MIRIAM ALIMONOS | DUE TO SPINOZA'S EXILE FROM JUDAISM, THIS BOOK TELL OF THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND RELIGIOUS WORLD OF THE YOUNG DUTCH REPUBLIC, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ARCHIVE RESEARCH BASED ACCOUNT OF SPINOZA'S LIFE.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07655 | SIMPLE HABANA MELODY | FROM WHEN THE WORLD WAS GOOD | HIJUELOS, OSCAR | TANYA ALBERT SHERMAN | ISRAEL LEVIS, A CUBAN COMPOSER, RETURNS TO HIS CHILDHOOD HOME IN HABANA AFTER ANY YEARS IN EUROPE WHERE HE WAS MISTAKEN FOR A JEW BY THE NAZIS BECAUSE OF HIS SEPHARDIC LAST NAME. BACK IN HABANA, LEVIS IS FILLED WITH MEMORIES OF THE VANISHED WORLD OF HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.© |
EN4 | 07657 | ONE PALESTINE, COMPLETE | JEWS AND ARABS UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE | SEGEV, TOM | GITLIN, PHYLLIS, HAL KOSUT, NANCY BRONSTEIN ETC | THIS BOOK EXPLORES THE TIME PRECEDING THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL WHEN THE JEWS AND ARABS OF PALESTINE WERE UNDER BRITISH CONTROL AND BOTH THOUGHT THEY WOULD INHERIT THE LAND. SEGEV TRACKS THE JEWISH AND ARAB MOVEMENTS AND THEIR MOVEMENT TO CONFRONTATION AND MAINTAINS THAT THE BRITISH FAVORED THE ZIONISTS.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07660 | GUIDE TO JEWISH PRAYER | | STEINSALTZ, RABBI ADIN | IRWIN WEISS | ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AND RESPECTED RABBIS HAS GIVEN US THE ONE GUIDE WE NEED TO PRACTICE JEWISH PRAYER AND UNDERSTAND THE PRAYER BOOK. |
EN4 | 07661 | ONLY YESTERDAY | | AGNON, S.Y. | TAMIR | S.Y. AGNON'S NOVEL ABOUT ISAAC KUMER WHO COMES TO PALESTINE WITH THE SECOND ALIYAH WITH HOPES OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AGRICULTURAL, FINANCIAL, SOCIAL, AND EROTIC OPPORTUNITIES FORBIDDEN TO HIM IN POLAND. HE DOES NOT GET WHAT HE WANTS AS AGNON EXPLORES WHAT IT IS THAT CONTROLS HUMAN EXISTENCE.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07662 | BLOOD OF VICTORY | | FURST, ALAN | CHERNANSKY, DIANE | IN THIS SUSPENSEFUL NOVEL, RUSSIAN WRITER I.A. SEREBIN COMES TO ISTANBUL FLEEING FROM NAZI-OCCUPIED FRANCE AND IS RECRUITED BY A HUNGARIAN SPY TO CUT OFF GERMANY'S OIL SUPPLY.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07663 | UNCLE TUNGSTEN | MEMORIES OF A CHEMICAL BOYHOOD | SACKS, OLIVER | COHEN, ABBA AND OLIVER SACKS | IN HIS MEMOIR, OLIVER SACKS CHRONICLES HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH SCIENCE AND THE INFLUENCES THAT LED HIM TO HIS FASCINATION WITH METALS, BIOLOGY, AND CHEMISTRY. AMONG THOSE INFLUENCES IS HIS UNCLE "TUNGSTEN" WHO "MANUFACTURED LIGHT BULBS WITH FILAMENTS OF FINE TUNGSTEN WIRE." SACKS INTRODUCES THE READER TO HIS FAMILY, DESCRIBES HIS PAINFUL YEARS IN BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS SENT TO ESCAPE THE WAR'S BOMBINGS, AND BRINGS THE READER ALONG FOR THE RIDE OF HIS JOURNEY TO BECOMING A NEUROLOGIST WHO NEVER LOSES HIS LOVE OF SCIENCE.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07664 | NOT QUITE KOSHER | AN ABE LIEBERMAN MYSTERY | KAMINSKY, STUART M. | LORNA KOCHE | IN THIS BOOK, THE SEVENTH IN THE SERIES, THE DETECTIVE ABE LIEBERMAN AND HIS PARTNER, BILL HANRAHAN, WORK ON THE CASE OF TWO HOMICIDES THAT OCCUR AT THE END OF A THEFT AT A JEWELRY STORE. THEY ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN FIGURING OUT ANOTHER MURDER THAT ENDS UP HAVING CONNECTIONS TO THE HOMICIDES AT THE JEWELRY STORE. ADDITIONALLY, LIEBERMAN MUST FIND A WAY TO PAY FOR HIS GRANDSON'S BAR MITZVAH WHILE HANRAHAN DEALS WITH THE FACT THAT AN ASIAN CRIME KINGPIN IS INTERESTED IN HIS FIANCÉE.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07666 | NUREMBERG | THE RECKONING | BUCKLEY, WILLIAM F., JR. | BECK, MARILYN | IN 1939 SEBASTIAN AND HIS PARENTS PLAN TO ESCAPE FROM GERMANY TO ARIZONA, BUT SEBASTIAN'S FATHER IS FORCED BY THE GESTAPO TO STAY BEHIND. SEBASTIAN GROWS UP AND ENTERS THE US ARMY FIGHTING AGAINST GERMANY WHILE HIS FATHER IS PRESSURED INTO DESIGNING CONCENTRATION CAMPS. SEBASTIAN IS THEN ASSIGNED AS A TRANSLATOR-INTERROGATOR AT NUREMBERG AND SEBASTIAN IS THRUST INTO THE CENTER OF A LEGAL MAELSTROM AND FINDS HIMSELF AT A CROSSROADS OF EPIC AND PERSONAL HISTORY.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07669 | IN THE IMAGE | | HORN, DARA | MATT SANDLER | 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 |
EN4 | 07671 | COLLECTED STORIES | | BELLOW, SAUL | | SELECTED BY BELLOW HIMSELF FOR THIS BOOK, THESE FICTIONAL SHORT STORIES REVOLVE AROUND CHARACTERS (MOSTLY MEN) THAT ARE DEALING WITH FAMILY ISSUES, DESIRES, MEMORIES, AND FAILINGS. BELLOW EXPLORES HUMAN NATURE WHILE HIS CHARACTERS ARRIVE AT OFTEN HUMOROUS IF NOT COMIC SITUATIONS.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07672 | CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WRITING IN AUSTRIA | AN ANTHOLOGY | LORENZ, DAGMAR C.G. | DEBORAH OLSTEIN | ANTHOLOGY OF AUSTRIAN-JEWISH FICTIONAL WORKS FROM WRITERS RANGING FROM THOSE WHO WERE BORN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY TO AFTER THE HOLOCAUST.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07675 | EARTH HAS NO SORROW | A LILY CONNOR MYSTERY | BLAKE, MICHELLE | MARILYN BECK | LILY CONNOR IS AN EPISCOPALIAN PRIEST IN BOSTON AND SERVES ON THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE COMMITTEE. UPON ARRIVING EARLY TO THE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY, ANNA BANIEKA, A CATHOLIC SURVIVOR OF AUSCHWITZ, AND SHE DISCOVER THEIR CHURCH HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF A VICIOUS HATE CRIME. AFTER THE CEREMONY, ANNA DISAPPEARS AND LILY AND HER BOYFRIEND, POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER TOM CASEY, END UP ON A DANGEROUS AND REVEALING JOURNEY AS THEY TRY TO FIND ANNA.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07678 | BIBLICAL LITERACY | THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE, EVENTS, AND IDEAS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI | CANTOR LYNN KARPO | ARRANGED BY PEOPLE AND EVENTS, LAWS AND IDEAS, THIS BIBLICAL REFERENCE EDUCATES THE READER ABOUT ALL THE BOOKS OF THE HEBREW BIBLE AND THE RICH STORIES FOUND WITHIN THAT SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR MORALITY.© 1997 |
EN4 | 07679 | JUDAISM AND DISABILITY | PORTRAYALS IN ANCIENT TEXTS FROM THE TANACH THROUGH THE BAVLI | ABRAMS, JUDITH Z., RABBI | WEISS, IRWIN, MINA BERKOWITZ, ABBA COHEN, JEROME | IN THIS HIGHLY RESEARCHED WORK, ABRAMS BRINGS SOURCES FROM VARIOUS ANCIENT JEWISH TEXTS TO SHOW THE PROGRESSION OF ATTITUDES TOWARD PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.© 1998 |
EN4 | 07680 | FALSE PAPERS | ESSAYS ON EXILE AND MEMORY | ACIMAN, ANDRE | GOULSTON, WENDY | BORN INTO A FAMILY OF JEWISH, ITALIAN, AND TURKISH ORIGIN, ACIMAN WRITES ABOUT EXILE, DISLOCATION, MEMORY, AND NOSTALGIA FOLLOWING HIS FORCED DEPARTURE FROM ALEXANDRIA, SHORT STAY IN EUROPE, AND MOVE TO NEW YORK CITY.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07684 | WRITTEN AND ORAL TORAH | A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION | CORDOZO, NATHAN T., RABBI | LEA GREENBERG | A CONCISE, UNDERSTANDABLE INTRODUCTION TO THE WRITTEN AND ORAL TORAH. RABBI CORDOZO BEGINS WITH A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE MEANING OF THE TORAH, CONCEPTS WHICH INCLUDE THE MITZVOTH, THE NOACHIDE LAWS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND THE 613 COMMANDMENTS. HE EXAMINES THE NATURE AND THE BOOKS OF THE ORAL LAW AS WELL AS THE AUTHORITY OF THE SAGES WHO FORMULATED IT. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDES A LOOK AT BIBLICAL CRITICISM AND PROVIDES INDICES TO THE WRITTEN TORAH, THE MISHNA, AND THE MISHNA TORAH.© 1989, 1997 |
EN4 | 07693 | FASHIONABLY LATE | | GOLDSMITH, OLIVIA | ELIZABETH LONDON | SELF-ABSORBED, OVERWORKED, AND FABULOUSLY SUCCESSFUL, KAREN KAHN SEEMS TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD EXCEPT A CHILD. TOLD THAT SHE IS INCAPABLE OF CONCEIVING, KAHN LOOKS INTO ADOPTION, BUT SOON FINDS THAT HER COMPANY, HER HUSBAND, AND THE ONLY FAMILY SHE HAS KNOWN ARE ABOUT TO FALL APART. © 1996 |
EN4 | 07694 | ESSENTIAL JUDAISM | A COMPLETE GUIDE TO BELIEFS, CUSTOMS, AND RITUALS | ROBINSON, GEORGE | BARBARA STURMAN | A CONCISE BUT COMPREHENSIVE EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND HANDBOOK TO JEWISH PRAYER, WORSHIP, FESTIVALS, CUSTOMS, HISTORY, LANGUAGE, PHILOSOPHY, AND IDEOLOGY. IT INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF HEBREW SCRIPTURE AND AN EXCELLENT KOSHER PRIMER. A HELPFUL GLOSSARY OF JEWISH TERMS CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN THE BOOK.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07699 | LETTERS TO AUNTIE FORI | THE 5,000 YEAR HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND THEIR FAITH | GILBERT, MARTIN | ISRAEL, MERAV | 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 |
EN4 | 07700 | DREAM OF SCIPIO | | IAIN PEARS | BERGMAN, RICHARD | THREE MEN IN THREE DIFFERENT CENTURIES OF CRISES DEAL WITH THE TURMOIL AROUND THEM BY IMMERSING THEMSELVES IN IDEAS. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE SEPARATED BY THE DIFFERENT TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVE, THEY ARE CONNECTED BY A WORK OF NEO-PLATONISM CALLED "THE DREAM OF SCIPIO" THAT POSES PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT MAN AND HIS ROLE IN SOCIETY.©2002 |
EN4 | 07703 | PITY OF IT ALL | A HISTORY OF JEWS IN GERMANY 1743-1933 | ELON, AMOS | ROBINS, WIN | HISTORY OF GERMAN JEWS FROM 1743-1933 THAT SHOWS HOW PERSECUTED LOWLY JEWS ROSE TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SOCIETY AROUND THEM. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON WELL KNOWN INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS HEINE, ARENDT, AND MENDELSOHN, AND SOME LESSER KNOWN GERMAN JEWS AS WELL. ELON POINTS TO THEIR HIGH RATE OF ASSIMILATION AND INTERMARRIAGE ALONG WITH THEIR DESIRE TO BE BOTH JEWISH AND NATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME AND WHAT LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE OF THAT DREAM.©2002 |
EN4 | 07704 | ACCEPTING THE YOKE OF HEAVEN | COMMENTARY ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION | LEIBOWITZ, YESHAYAHU | IRWIN WEISS | COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS ON THE WEEKLY TORAH PORTION BY THE ACCLAIMED AND SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHER, YESHAYAHU LEIBOWITZ. THROUGH HIS SHORT SEGMENTS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO EACH TORAH PORTION, PROFESSOR LEIBOWITZ CHALLENGES OUR CONCEPTIONS OF THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER AND THE PRESENCE OF HOLINESS IN THE WORLD THROUGH HIS COMMENTS ON TOPICS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE TORAH PORTION.©2002 |
EN4 | 07705 | TROPHY WIDOW | A RACHEL GOLD MYSTERY | KAHN, MICHAEL A. | YOCHEVED KLEINBART | ACHEL 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 |
EN4 | 07706 | STONE KISS | A PETER DECKER/RINA LAZARUS NOVEL | KELLERMAN, FAYE | MICHAEL BERNSTEIN | PETER DECKER'S HALF-BROTHER JONATHAN, A NEW YORK RABBI, ASKS THE POLICE LIEUTENANT FOR HELP WHEN HIS WIFE'S BROTHER EPHRAIM LEIBER IS SLAIN EXECUTION-STYLE IN A SEEDY NEW YORK HOTEL ROOM, AND THE VICTIM'S TEENAGE NIECE SHAYNDIE WHO MAY HAVE WITNESSED HER UNCLE'S MURDER, DISAPPEARS.©2002 |
EN4 | 07707 | MOMENT SHE WAS GONE | | HUNTER, EVAN | MARGARET A. ROSSI | WHEN ANNIE DISAPPEARS, HER MOTHER CALLS HER TWIN, ANDY, TO FIND HER. BUT THIS IS ONE OF MANY TIMES THAT ANNIE HAS DISAPPEARED AND NOT THE FIRST TIME HER MOTHER HAS TRIED TO DENY THAT ANNIE IS SUFFERING FROM SCHIZOPHRENIA. AS ANDY REVEALS HIS MEMORIES OF HIS SISTER'S BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HE TRIES TO LOCATE HER AND TRIES ONCE AGAIN TO GET HER THE HELP SHE NEEDS. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07711 | SEVEN LIGHTS | ON THE MAJOR JEWISH FESTIVALS | STEINSALTZ, ADIN; EISENBERG, JOSY | FRANCINE PRINCE | A BOOK LENGTH DIALOGUE BETWEEN RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ AND RABBI JOSY EISENBERG ON THE SUBJECT OF THE JEWISH HOLY DAYS IN LIGHT OF THE TEACHING OF THE GREAT HASIDIC MASTER RABBI SCHNEER ZALMAN OF LYADY. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07714 | WAR STORY | A NOVEL | EDELMAN, GWEN | GARY KAHN | A HISTORICAL FICTIONAL NOVEL ABOUT JOSEPH KRUGER, AN AGING PLAYWRIGHT AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, THROUGH WHOM WE EXPERIENCE ASPECTS OF THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE DURING WORLD WAR II. WE ALSO LEARN ABOUT HIM THROUGH HIS FORMER LOVER, KITTY AMSTERDAM, 30 YEARS YOUNGER THAN KRUGER, WHO TRAVELS TO AMSTERDAM FOR HIS FUNERAL AND RECONSIDERS THE TIME SHE SPENT WITH HIM AND THE STORIES HE HAS TOLD HER.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07716 | ONE PEOPLE TWO WORLDS | A REFORM RABBI AND AN ORTHODOX RABBI EXPLORE THE ISSUES THAT DIV | HIRSCH, AMMIEL; REIMAN, YOSEF | ASHER SUSS | "A RESULT OF A RESPECTFUL 18 MONTH EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN REFORM RABBI AMMIEL HIRSCH AND ORTHODOX RABBI YOSEF REINMAN ON THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF JEWISH FAITH AND PRACTICE. THE TWO RABBIS DISCUSS, QUITE HEATEDLY AT TIMES, THE POINTS ON WHICH REFORM AND ORTHODOX JEWS DIFFER, AMONG THEM THE EXISTENCE OF A SUPREME BEING, HOMOSEXUALITY, THE ORIGINS
AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE BIBLE AND THE ORAL LAW, THE ROLE OF WOMEN, ASSIMILATION, THE VALUE OF SECULAR CULTURE, AND ISRAEL.© 2002" |
EN4 | 07717 | HERE I AM | CONTEMPORARY JEWISH STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD | BERKMAN, MARSHA LEE; MARCU, ELAINE | GOLDFARB, IRVING | A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH SHORT STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, SPANNING SIX CONTINENTS AND 24 COUNTRIES. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE CYNTHIA OZICK, ELIE WIESEL, PRIMO LEVI, NADINE GORDIMER, AND ALLEGRA GOODMAN, AS WELL AS MANY AUTHORS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH.© 1998 |
EN4 | 07718 | LOST IN AMERICA | A JOURNEY WITH MY FATHER | NULAND, SHERWIN B. | VICTORIA SKURNICK | "A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE PLAGUED BY DEPRESSION AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIS FATHER, MEYER NUDELMAN, A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT WHO CAME TO AMERICA TO FIND A BETTER LIFE. HOWEVER, RATHER THAN FIND A BETTER LIFE, MEYER'S LIFE WAS WROUGHT WITH SUFFERING THAT INCLUDED THE PREMATURE DEATHS OF HIS FIRST SON AND WIFE; HIS OLDEST SURVIVING SON DISABLED BY RHEUMATIC FEVER IN HIS TEENS; AND HIS OWN ILLNESS OF WHICH HE WAS NEVER INFORMED.© 2003" |
EN4 | 07719 | GOLDEN LAND | THE STORY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI | CORY FALK | IN THIS BOOK, TELUSHKIN OFFERS A HISTORY OF JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA FROM THE FIRST ARRIVAL OF JEWS TO NEW AMSTERDAM IN 1654 TO THE LOWER EAST SIDE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. HE REVEALS HOW THEY CHANGED OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCESS IN FIELDS FROM COMMERCE, MEDICINE, AND SCIENCE TO MOVIES, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07720 | WOMEN OF COURAGE | JEWISH AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN IN NEW YORK | COSER, R.L.; ANKER L.S.; PERRIN, A. | HENDERSON, SUSAN | A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS OF ITALIAN AND JEWISH WOMEN WHO IMMIGRATED TO NEW YORK IN THE EARLY 1900S THAT SHOW THE SIMILARITIES THESE TWO GROUPS FACED IN ADAPTING TO THEIR NEW SURROUNDING WITH ADDITIONAL CULTURAL AND GENDER CHALLENGES.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07722 | RUSSIAN DEBUTANTE'S HANDBOOK | | SHTEYNGART, GARY | SHTEYNGART, GARY AND HOWELL MAYER | "NOVEL ABOUT 25-YEAR-OLD VLADIMIR GIRSHKIN, A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA, AND THE ATTEMPTS HE MAKES TO PROVE HIS OVERACHIEVING PARENTS THAT MONEY SHOULD NOT BE LIFE'S ONLY PURSUIT. HE SEARCHES FOR LOVE, A DECENT JOB, AND A CREDIBLE SELF-IDENTITY AND ENDS UP IN THE RUSSIAN DOMAIN OF PRAVA (A PSEUDONYM FOR PRAGUE), WHERE HE INVOLVES HIMSELF IN HIGHBROW PUBLISHING,
ROWDY EXPATRIATE EXPLOITS AND THE RUSSIAN MAFIOSO.© 2002" |
EN4 | 07727 | EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED | | FOER, JONATHAN SAFRAN | MATTHEW KAPLAN | THIS FICTIONAL NOVEL CONTAINS TWO STORIES - ONE THAT HAS THE MAIN CHARACTER TRAVELING THROUGH EUROPE WITH HIS DOG AND GRANDFATHER TO FIND THE WOMAN WHO SAVED HIS GRANDMOTHER FROM THE NAZIS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE SECOND STORY IS A FABLED ONE SET MANY YEARS BACK IN THE SHTETL HIS GRANDFATHER COMES FROM. THE TWO STORIES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER WITH COMEDY AND TRAGEDY.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07728 | WALKING THE BIBLE | A JOURNEY BY LAND THROUGH THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES | FEILER, BRUCE | MIRIAM ALIMONOS | IN A DESIRE TO RECONNECT WITH THE BIBLE, AUTHOR BRUCE FEILER ALONG WITH ARCHAEOLOGIST AVNER GOREN SET OUT ON A DANGEROUS, TEN THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY THROUGH TURKEY, ISRAEL, THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, EGYPT, AND SINAI. AT EACH SITE, HE GATHERED THE LATEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND SAT DOWN TO READ THE STORIES IN THEIR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS. FEILER EXPLORES HOW GEOGRAPHY HAS AFFECTED THE LARGER NARRATIVE OF THE BIBLE AND HOW THESE PLACES AND HIS OWN EXPERIENCES HAVE AFFECTED HIS OWN FAITH.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07729 | IF A PLACE CAN MAKE YOU CRY | DISPATCHES FROM AN ANXIOUS STATE | GORDIS, DANIEL | DINA STERNBERG | AN EDITED COLLECTION OF DANIEL GORDIS' EMAILS THAT HE WROTE WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED FROM LOS ANGELES TO ISRAEL FOR A YEAR DURING WHICH THEY DECIDED TO MAKE ALIYAH. DURING THEIR FIRST YEAR THERE, THE LATEST INTIFADA BROKE OUT AND GORDIS WRITES ABOUT THE EFFECT OF THE SITUATION ON HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07731 | FIRE IN THE NIGHT | WINGATE OF ETHIOPIA, BURMA, AND ZION | BIERMAN, JOHN; SMITH, COLIN | RUBIN, RICHARD | WELL RESEARCHED BIOGRAPHY OF ORDE WINGATE WHO LED CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN BURMA IN WORLD WAR II, BATTLE AGAINST THE ITALIANS IN ETHIOPIA, AND PLAYED A ROLE IN DEVELOPING A ZIONIST ARMY IN PALESTINE (ISRAEL) AFTER WORLD WAR II. IN BOTH HIS PERSONAL AND MILITARY LIFE, WINGATE OFTEN EMPLOYED UNCONVENTIONAL TACTICS, FOR WHICH HE WAS BOTH DESPISED AND PRAISED. |
EN4 | 07732 | AUTOGRAPH MAN | | SMITH, ZADIE | ELIZABETH LONDON | A FICTIONAL NOVEL ABOUT THE HOLLOW THINGS OF MODERNITY: CELEBRITY, CINEMA, AND THE UGLY TRIUMPH OF SYMBOL OVER EXPERIENCE. THROUGH LONDON AND THEN NEW YORK, SEARCHING FOR THE ONLY AUTOGRAPH THAT HAS EVER MATTERED TO HIM, HALF-CHINESE, HALF-JEWISH AUTOGRAPH TRADER ALEX-LI TANDEM FOLLOWS THE PAPER TRAIL WHILE RESISTING THE MYSTICAL LURE OF KABBALAH AND ZEN, AND AVOIDING ALL COLLECTORS, CON MEN, AND INTERFERING RABBIS WHO WOULD PUT THEMSELVES IN HIS PATH. PUSHING AGAINST THE TIDE OF HIS GENERATION, ALEX-LI IS ON HIS WAY TO FINDING ENLIGHTENMENT.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07740 | COCK SURE | | RICHLER, MORDECHAI | OLIVER, BEN | A FICTIONAL NOVEL WITH AN ECCENTRIC SET OF CHARACTERS, IT IS A SAVAGELY FUNNY SATIRE ON TELEVISION, MOVIES, AND THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.© 1996 |
EN4 | 07741 | DIGNITY OF DIFFERENCE | HOW TO AVOID THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS | SACKS, JONATHAN | ANDRA MILLER | "USING PHILOSOPHY, CHIEF RABBI OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, RABBI JONATHAN
SACKS, PROPOSES HOW TO RECONCILE HATRED AND PROMOTE PEACEFUL, RELIGIOUS
COEXISTENCE. SACKS ARGUES THAT WE MUST DO MORE THAN SEARCH FOR VALUES COMMON TO ALL FAITHS; WE MUST ALSO REFRAME THE WAY WE SEE OUR DIFFERENCES. SACKS SEES CERTAIN VALUES (E.G., EDUCATION, RESPONSIBILITY, CHARITY) AS VITAL TO ANY NEW WORLD ORDER AND DISCUSSES HOW THE ABSENCE OF THOSE VALUES CAUSES MANY PROBLEMS, REGARDLESS OF ONE'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.© 2002" |
EN4 | 07745 | MIGRANT SOUL | THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN CONVERT | SHAFRAN, AVI | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | THE STORY OF A DESCENDENT OF AMERICAN-INDIANS WHO MARRIES AN ASSIMILATED JEW AND THEN BEGINS A JOURNEY CONVERTING TO JUDAISM. THIS ACCOUNT OF HIS AND HIS FAMILY'S SPIRITUAL QUEST IS FRANK, FUNNY, AND INSPIRING.© 1992 |
EN4 | 07746 | IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MAGGID | INSPIRATIONAL STORIES ABOUT EMINENT PEOPLE OF YESTERDAY & TODAY | KROHN, PAYSACH J., RABBI | JANICE TOWERS | THE THIRD IN THE MAGGID SERIES IS FILLED WITH INSPIRATIONAL STORIES AND PARABLES ABOUT EMINENT PEOPLE OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY.© 1992 |
EN4 | 07756 | MURDER BOOK | AN ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL | KELLERMAN, JONATHAN | BARRY SNIDER | DETECTIVE ALEX DELAWARE RECEIVES A BOOK FULL OF GRISLY POLICE PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE MAIL ENTITLED "THE MURDER BOOK" THAT INCLUDES A PICTURE OF A MURDER THAT HE HAD INVESTIGATED 20 YEARS BEFORE. HE IS LED ON A TRAIL THROUGH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SOCIETIES IN ORDER TO SOLVE THIS MURDER.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07758 | FLY HAS A HUNDRED EYES | SET IN THE TURMOIL OF PALESTINE IN 1938 | BARON, AILEEN G. | SANDY SKODNIK | LILY SAMPSON, AN AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENT ON AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG IN THE JERUSALEM, CONFRONTS MURDER, INTRIGUE, AND THE THEFT OF ANTIQUITIES DURING THE BRITISH MANDATE ON THE BRINK OF WORLD WAR II. THIS BOOK WON FIRST PRIZE IN ITS CATEGORY AT BOTH THE PIKES PEAK AND SOUTHWEST WRITERS CONFERENCES IN 2000.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07759 | CATCH AS CATCH CAN | THE COLLECTED STORIES AND OTHER WRITINGS | HELLER, JOSEPH | MARGARET ROSSI | A POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF HELLER'S (1923-1999) WRITING, INCLUDING EARLY WORKS, PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED STORIES, SPIN-OFFS OF CATCH-22, A PLAY, AND ESSAYS. EDITED BY MATTHEW J. BRUCCOLI AND PARK BUCKER.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07764 | HEALING LEAVES | PRESCRIPTIONS FOR INNTER STRENGTH, MEANING AND HOPE | STERNHARTZ, NOSON; BELL, YITZCHOK L. | DIANE GODING | REB NOSON OF BRESLOV (1780-1844), A STUDENT OF THE FAMOUS CHASSIDIC MASTER REB NACHMAN OF BRESLOV, WAS A PROLIFIC LETTER WRITER. THIS VOLUME COMPILES INSPIRATIONAL EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS HE WROTE TO OFFER HIS CORRESPONDENTS THE STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE TO "RENEW THEIR LIVES IN A POSITIVE AND MEANINGFUL WAY."© 1999 |
EN4 | 07765 | REFLECTIONS OF THE MAGGID | INSPIRATIONAL STORIES FROM AROUND THE GLOBE & AROUND THE CORNER | KROHN, PAYSACH J., RABBI | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | THIS IS THE SIXTH BOOK IN THE MAGGID SERIES, INSPIRED BY THE AUTHOR'S CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH RABBI SHLOMO SCHWADRON (1912-1997), THE MAGGID OF JERUSALEM. KROHN USES THE MAGGID'S TEACHINGS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO REAL LIFE EVENTS, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07768 | SHADOWS OF SIN | A JESSIE DRAKE MYSTERY | KRICH, ROCHELLE | TANYA SHERMAN | 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 |
EN4 | 07770 | MAKING THINGS BETTER | | BROOKNER, ANITA | ROZ DLUTMAN | AS HERZ PONDERS PROPOSING MARRIAGE TO AN OLD FRIEND, GOING TO PARIS TO SEE A FAVORITE PAINTING, SELLING HIS HOME, AND STARTING AFRESH, HE KNOWS HE MUST DO SOMETHING WITH HIS REMAINING YEARS. BUT WHAT? HIS STORY CAPTURES THE QUANDARIES OF AGING, THE SELF-DISCOVERIES THAT COME WITH MATURITY, AND THE ETERNAL QUESTION FACED BY PEOPLE OF ALL AGES: WHAT WILL I DO WITH THE REST OF MY LIFE?© 2002 |
EN4 | 07773 | DIVIDED LIVES | THE UNTOLD STORIES OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN WOMEN IN NAZI GERMANY | CRANE, CYNTHIA | SUSAN FRIEDWALD | THIS ANTHOLOGY CONTAINS THE PERSONAL TESTIMONIES OF TEN GERMAN WOMEN FROM INTERMARRIED JEWISH-GERMAN FAMILIES, WHO WERE CONSIDERED "MISCHLINGE" (HALF-BREEDS) UNDER THE NAZI REGIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY THEMSELVES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN JEWISH.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07775 | BOOK OF JEWISH VALUES | A DAY-BY-DAY GUIDE TO ETHICAL LIVING | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH, RABBI | ESTELLE ADEN | A "MANUAL" ON LEADING A DECENT, KIND, AND HONEST LIFE IN A MORALLY COMPLICATED WORLD, THIS BOOK APPLIES JUDAISM'S SACRED WRITINGS TO ADDRESS THE MAJOR ETHICAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO 52 WEEKS RATHER THAN CHAPTERS, AND EACH WEEK CONTAINS ONE LESSON FOR EACH OF ITS SEVEN DAYS (SUNDAY THROUGH SHABBAT), PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 365 TEACHINGS FOR A WHOLE YEAR.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07777 | COFFEE TRADER | | LISS, DAVID | MARY ANN DEROSA | IN 1659 AMSTERDAM, MIGUEL LIENZO, A PORTUGUESE JEWISH TRADER, HAS LOST EVERYTHING IN A SUDDEN SHIFT IN THE SUGAR MARKETS. NOW HE IS OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORNER THE MARKET IN A NEW COMMODITY CALLED COFFEE! © 2003 |
EN4 | 07778 | JANE AUSTEN IN BOCA | | COHEN, PAULA MARANTZ | ESTHER FOSTER | JANE AUSTEN'S CLASSIC NOVEL "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" IS UPDATED AND RELOCATED TO BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, WITH THE BENNETT DAUGHTERS RECAST AS ELDERLY JEWISH WIDOWS.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07780 | YOUR MOUTH IS LOVELY | | RICHLER, NANCY | AMY AVERSA | MIRIAM LEV'S SUICIDAL MOTHER, ABSENTEE FATHER, AND "WICKED" STEPMOTHER MAKE HER AN OUTCAST IN HER OWN SHTETL IN THE FINAL YEARS OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. IN A LETTER/JOURNAL TO HER DAUGHTER, RAISED BY MIRIAM'S SISTER, SHE RECORDS HER JOURNEY FROM THE SHTETL TO THE SLUMS OF KIEV AND TO PRISON IN SIBERIA, AND FROM POGROMS TO THE REVOLUTION.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07782 | WORD | A SPIRITUAL SOURCEBOOK | BEN SHEA, NOAH | MIKE NICOLOSI, ASHER SUSS, JEROME TURK, | A SWEEPING COLLECTION OF APHORISMS, QUOTES, AND TEACHINGS, SPANNING OVER 3,000 YEARS, THAT OFFERS EVERY READER A CHANCE TO DISCOVER - OR REDISCOVER - THE JEWISH MESSAGE AND ITS MESSENGERS. OVER 500 SOURCES INCLUDE THE BIBLE, TALMUD, AND KABBALAH, AS WELL AS THE WORKS OF MAIMONIDES, RASHI, THE BA'AL SHEM TOV, PROUSE, HEINE, DISRAELI, TROTSKY, BELLOW, AND BEN GURION, PLUS INPUT FROM EINSTEIN, CHAGALL, AND GEORGE BURNS, ALONG WITH YIDDISH FOLK SAYINGS.© 1995 |
EN4 | 07785 | NATION ON TRIAL | THE GOLDHAGEN THESIS AND HISTORICAL TRUTH | FINKELSTEIN, NORMAN G.; BIRN, RUTH | JANICE TOWERS | THE AUTHORS DISPUTE THE HYPOTHESIS OF DANIEL GOLDHAGEN (IN "HITLER'S WILLING EXECUTIONERS," 1996) THAT, RATHER THAN AN ABERRANT ANOMALY PERPETRATED BY NAZI ARCH VILLAINS, THE HOLOCAUST WAS AN ATROCITY IN WHICH ORDINARY GERMANS AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY, MOTIVATED BY UNDERLYING ANTI-SEMITIC CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS, WILLINGLY TOOK PART. GOLDHAGEN IS ACCUSED OF USING FAULTY SCHOLARSHIP AND PROPAGANDA TO PUT THE ENTIRE GERMAN NATION ON TRIAL, ALTHOUGH HE "EXPLICITLY REJECTS COLLECTIVE GUILT."© 1998 |
EN4 | 07786 | SHROUD | | BANVILLE, JOHN | LLOYD MOSS | PROFESSOR AXEL VANDER IS A RENOWNED SCHOLAR, ELDERLY CURMUDGEON, AND ADMITTED LIAR. EVEN HIS IDENTITY IS A LIE, CONCOCTED IN THE WAKE OF HIS ESCAPE FROM BELGIUM IN WORLD WAR II, WHICH LEFT HIM DISABLED. NOW WIDOWED AND LIVING IN CALIFORNIA, HE IS SUDDENLY CONTACTED BY THE MAD BUT BRILLIANT CASS CLEAVE (FROM BANVILLE'S EARLIER BOOKS), WHO SOMEHOW SEEMS TO KNOW HIS SECRET AND THREATENS TO EXPOSE HIS LIES. VANDER'S JOURNEY TO MEET HER IN TURIN FORCES HIM TO CONFRONT HIS PAST.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07787 | ART OF BLESSING THE DAY | POEMS WITH A JEWISH THEME | PIERCY, MARGE | BARBARA STURMAN | PIERCY'S LATEST VOLUME OF POEMS IS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS ABOUT MISHPOCHEH (FAMILY), THE CHUPPAH (MARRIAGE), TIKKUN OLAM (REPAIR OF THE WORLD), TOLDOT MIDRASHIM (OF HISTORY AND INTERPRETATION), TEFILLAH (PRAYER), AND HA-SHANAH (THE YEAR). WINNER OF THE 2000 PATERSON POETRY PRIZE.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07788 | LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS | RESOLVING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIENCE AND SUCCESS | KUSHNER, HAROLD S. | MIMI GREENSTEIN | Most of us need to feel that we matter, but we also need to feel that we're good people. Rabbi Kushner bridges the gap between these seemingly irreconcilable needs, showing us how even our smallest daily actions can become stepping stones toward integrity. Drawing on the stories of his own congregants, on literature, current events, and the Biblical story of Jacob, Kushner addresses these dilemmas: Why do decent people so often violate their moral standards? How can we pursue justice without giving in to the lure of revenge? How can we turn relationships with family and friends into genuine sources of meaning?© 2001 |
EN4 | 07789 | THREE DAUGHTERS | | POGREBIN, LETTY COTTIN | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | FIFTY-YEAR-OLD SHOSHANNA FACES THE TASKS OF RECONCILING HER AGED RABBI FATHER WITH HER OLDEST HALF-SISTER LEAH, A BRILLIANT BUT BROODING RADICAL FEMINIST, AND RECONCILING LEAH WITH THEIR OTHER HALF-SISTER, RACHEL, A TRADITIONAL, RELIGIOUS SUBURBANITE. HAMPERED BY THE LOSS OF HER PRECIOUS ORGANIZER BOOK, SHOSHANNA SETS OFF ON HER DUAL MISSION, JUST AS MAJOR UPHEAVALS REDEFINE THE SISTERS' LIVES. THIS IS POGREBIN'S FIRST WORK OF FICTION.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07790 | HANA'S SUITCASE | A TRUE STORY | LEVINE, KAREN | LORNA KOCHE | 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 |
EN4 | 07791 | PIECES FROM BERLIN | | PYE, MICHAEL | MICHELLE HARBOR | IN THE EARLY 1940S, LUCIA MULLER-ROSSI STOLE "THE PIECES FROM BERLIN" - ART AND ANTIQUES BELONGING TO HER JEWISH NEIGHBORS - AND FLED GERMANY TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ANTIQUES DEALER IN ZURICH. FIFTY YEARS LATER, SHE IS EXPOSED WHEN SARAH FREEMAN, A FORMER NEIGHBOR, WALKS BY LUCIA'S SHOP AND RECOGNIZES SOMETHING OF HERS IN THE WINDOW. LUCIA'S ACTIONS HAVE HURT EVERYONE AROUND HER, FROM HER SON NICHOLAS, SHUNNED BY HIS FATHER'S NEW FAMILY, TO SARAH, FORCED TO REVISIT THOSE PAINFUL MEMORIES. INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07807 | NEVER NOSH A MATZO BALL | | KAHN, SHARON | SHARON SPENSER | IN THIS SECOND BOOK ABOUT RUBY ROTHMAN, A RABBI'S WIDOW IN ETERNAL, TEXAS, RUBY IS INVOLVED IN A MATZO BALL SALE HELD AT THE NEW GYM TO BENEFIT THE TEMPLE. THEN A FITNESS TRAINER IS FOUND MURDERED, ONE OF THE MATZO BALLS IN HIS POCKET, AND RUBY HELPS INVESTIGATE.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07809 | AROUND THE MAGGID'S TABLE | MORE CLASSIC STORIES AND PARABLES FROM THE GREAT TEACHERS OF ISRAEL | KROHN, PAYSACH, RABBI | MICHAL NUSSBAUM | THIS SEQUEL TO THE MAGGID SPEAKS CONTAINS MORE STORIES AND THEIR MORALS, AS TOLD BY SOME OF ORTHODOX JEWRY'S MOST ELOQUENT AND POPULAR SPEAKERS. THE BOOK CAPTURES THE DISTINCTIVE ART OF THE MAGGID.© 1989 |
EN4 | 07812 | LEGACY | | BEDFORD, SYBILLE | BEN POLOGE | SOCIETY IN THE KAISER'S GERMANY BEFORE WORLD WAR I WAS ABOUT TO FALL APART. THIS WORLD IS RECREATED IN THE STORY OF TWO WEALTHY FAMILIES - ONE JEWISH, FROM BERLIN, AND ONE CATHOLIC, FROM THE AGRARIAN SOUTH - BROUGHT TOGETHER BY AN ILL-FATED MARRIAGE AND A PERSONAL TRAGEDY THAT BECOMES A NATIONAL CRISIS. EACH FAMILY IS CONFIDENT IN ITS SURROUNDINGS, UNAWARE OF THE TROUBLES TO COME. THE AUTHOR FELT THAT THE MONSTROUS THING THAT FOLLOWED HAD ITS FOUNDATION IN FAMILIES SUCH AS THESE; HENCE THE TITLE.© 1956 |
EN4 | 07813 | CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE | BEYOND THE KINDERTRANSPORT: A MEMOIR OF MUSIC, LOVE, & SURVIVAL | GOLABEK, MONA; COHEN, LEE | BETTY SMITH | GOLABEK, THE CONCERT PIANIST, SHARES THE INSPIRATIONAL TRUE STORY OF HER MOTHER'S ESCAPE FROM PRE-WWII VIENNA TO A LONDON ORPHANAGE. AMIDST HER FELLOW JEWISH REFUGEES IN THE CITY, TEENAGED PIANO PRODIGY LISA JURA MAKES FRIENDS, FINDS ROMANCE, AND, AGAINST ALL ODDS, WINS A SCHOLARSHIP TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF LONDON, BUT NEVER GIVES UP HOPE OF BEING REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY. THROUGHOUT IT ALL, MUSIC CONTINUES TO BE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR LISA AND THOSE AROUND HER, JUST AS HER MOTHER'S FINAL ADVICE TO HER HAD PREDICTED.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07814 | SOMETHING AIN'T KOSHER HERE | THE RISE OF THE "JEWISH" SITCOM | BROOK, VINCENT | ASHER SUSS | "FROM 1989-2002, THERE WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED SURGE IN AMERICAN SITCOMS WITH JEWISH CHARACTERS. INTERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS ARE USED TO DETERMINE WHY THIS TREND APPEARED AT THIS TIME AND WHAT ITS SIGNIFICANCE IS FOR JEWS AND FOR NON-JEWS. © 2003
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EN4 | 07816 | TWENTY ISRAELI COMPOSERS | VOICES OF A CULTURE | FLEISHER, ROBERT | DAVID COLP | THROUGH INTERVIEWS, TWENTY ISRAELI COMPOSERS SHARE THEIR DIVERSE INSPIRATION AND THE CULTURAL MEANING OF THEIR WORKS.© 1997 |
EN4 | 07820 | KAFKA'S LAST LOVE | THE MYSTERY OF DORA DIAMANT | DIAMANT, KATHI | KATHY FORD | THIS "LITERARY DETECTIVE STORY" IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE WOMAN WHO WAS AT KAFKA'S SIDE AT THE END OF HIS LIFE. SHE CAME FROM A POLISH HASIDIC FAMILY AND BECAME A ZIONIST, AN AGITPROP ACTRESS IN BERLIN, ETC.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07821 | DEATH AS A WAY OF LIFE | ISRAEL TEN YEARS AFTER OSLO | GROSSMAN, DAVID | ELAINE WOLBROM | "WHAT WENT WRONG AFTER OSLO? HOW CAN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MAKE PEACE? HOW HAS THE VIOLENCE CHANGED THEIR LIVES AND SOULS? GROSSMAN HAS BEEN ADDRESSING THESE QUESTIONS IN A SERIES OF ESSAYS AND ARTICLES, WRITING NOT ONLY AS ONE OF HIS COUNTRY’S MOST RESPECTED NOVELISTS AND REPORTERS, BUT AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER AND PEACE ACTIVIST BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LEADERS OF BOTH SIDES. TRANSLATED BY HAIM WATZMAN.© 2003
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EN4 | 07822 | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ORIGINAL MUSIC OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET, AND WEEKEND IN MUSTARA | TWO NOVELLAS | LEVIANT, CURT | LORNA KOCHE | LADIES AND GENTLEMEN SENDS A MUSICOLOGIST TO BUDAPEST TO MEET A MAN WHO CLAIMS TO HOLD THE KEY TO A MUSICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE HEBREW ALPHABET. IS IT THE REAL THING OR IS THE MAN A FRAUD? IN THE SECOND NOVELLA, A SCHOLAR OF MEDIEVAL HEBREW SPENDS A "WEEKEND IN MUSTARA" TO RESEARCH YEHUDAH HALEVI, AND FINDS HIMSELF IN AN ALTERNATE REALITY, ENMESHED IN A BIZARRE PLOT. IN BOTH STORIES, JEWISH CUSTOMS, FOLKLORE, AND HISTORY PLAY VITAL ROLES.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07825 | SAN REMO DRIVE | A NOVEL FROM MEMORY | EPSTEIN, LESLIE | GAYLE ZIMMERMAN | IN THE YEAR 2000, ARTIST RICHARD JACOBI LOOKS BACK AT HIS CHILDHOOD FAMILY IN THE 1950S: HIS FILM DIRECTOR FATHER MOCKS THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE AT HIS TELEVISED HEARING, HIS BEAUTIFUL, LOOSE-CANNON MOTHER MUST KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER, AND HIS LITTLE BROTHER HAS FITS AND VISIONS. A HIRED COUPLE TAKES CARE OF THEM ALL, AND YOUNG RICHARD BEARS WITNESS TO THE TIMES AND THEIR EFFECT ON HIS FAMILY, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF THE STATUS OF JEWS AND BLACKS.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07827 | IN LANDS NOT MY OWN | A WARTIME JOURNEY | AINSZTEIN, REUBEN | BERNICE LEIBOWITZ | MEMOIR OF A JEWISH HISTORIAN WHO REPEATEDLY FLED ANTI-SEMITISM (POGROMS IN HIS HOMETOWN, UNIVERSITY EXCLUSION THROUGHOUT POLAND, THE NAZI INVASION OF BELGIUM, A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN SPAIN, ETC.) AND WOUND UP IN ENGLAND, JOINING THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TO HELP DEFEAT HITLER.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07828 | RIVINGTON STREET | | TAX, MEREDITH | ELLEN DAVID | THIS IS A FEMINIST IMMIGRANT FAMILY SAGA OF STRONG WOMEN: OF HANNAH LEVY WHO, AT THE COST OF HER MARRIAGE, BRINGS HER DAUGHTERS FROM THE RUSSIAN PALE TO AMERICA; OF SARAH, A SOCIALIST FIREBRAND, AND RUBY WHO TURNS HER PASSION FOR BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES INTO AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY, AND OF RACHEL COHEN, IN LOVE WITH A NON-JEW.© 2001 |
EN4 | 07829 | MAN WALKS INTO A ROOM | | KRAUSS, NICOLE | MARILYN BECK | A MAN WITH AMNESIA STRUGGLES TO RECLAIM HIS LIFE.© 2002 |
EN4 | 07830 | IN DREAMS BEGIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND OTHER STORIES | | SCHWARTZ, DELMORE | SANDRA CAREY | EIGHT STORIES SET IN NEW YORK, MAINLY IN THE 1930S AND 1940S, CAPTURE THE SPEECH, GENERATIONAL CONFLICTS, AND MOCKING SELF-ANALYSIS OF EDUCATED, AMBITIOUS, DEPRESSION-STYMIED YOUNG PEOPLE AT ODDS WITH THEIR IMMIGRANT PARENTS.© 1978 |
EN4 | 07832 | REMARKABLE JEWISH WOMEN | REBELS, RABBIS & OTHER WOMEN FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT | EMILY TAITZ; SONDRA HENRY | NINA MELTZER | 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.© 1996 |
EN4 | 07835 | CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WRITING IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND | AN ANTHOLOGY | CHEYETTE, BRIAN, ED. | MARGE SUNSHINE | A WIDE RANGE OF WRITERS—SOME AT THE HEART OF BRITISH CULTURE, OTHERS OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM—WHO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF JEWISH CULTURAL DIFFERENCE IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. PART OF THE "JEWISH WRITING IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD" SERIES.© 1998 |
EN4 | 07836 | MUSICAL MOMENT | AND OTHER STORIES | KENAZ, YEHOSHUA | MICHAEL BERNSTEIN | FOUR STORIES FOLLOW A YOUNG BOY THROUGH THE RITES OF PASSAGE. IN "THE THREE-LEGGED CHICKEN," THE BOY EXPERIENCES HIS GRANDFATHER'S DEATH. "HENRIK'S SECRET" DEALS WITH A FRIENDSHIP THAT CROSSES SOCIAL BOUNDARIES. IN "MUSICAL MOMENT," THE BOY'S VIOLIN BECOMES A WEAPON IN HIS STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM HIS DOTING MOTHER. "BETWEEN NIGHT AND DAWN" EXPLORES ADOLESCENT CRUELTY AND LUST ON A WEEKEND OUTING. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU.© 1995 |
EN4 | 07837 | WORLD PERFECT | THE JEWISH IMPACT ON CIVILIZATION | SPIRO, KEN, RABBI | JUDITH BASES | 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. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07840 | ADAM RESURRECTED | | KANIUK, YORAM | NORMA FIRE | ADAM, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WHOSE TALENT AS A CLOWN SAVED HIM FROM THE GAS CHAMBERS, NOW LIVES IN AN ISRAELI ASYLUM FOR OTHER SURVIVORS, WHERE HE WORKS OUT HIS GUILT BY HELPING THE OTHERS. RERECORDED TO REPLACE EC-1837 (C. 1975).© 2000 |
EN4 | 07846 | DEVIL WEARS PRADA | | WEISBERGER, LAUREN | BARBARA ABIS | THE ADVENTURES OF ANDREA SACHS, A SMALL-TOWN GIRL FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE WHO IS HIRED AS THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT OF A POWERFUL BUT SPOILED FASHION EDITOR. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07847 | POKER FACE | A GIRLHOOD AMONG GAMBLERS | LEDERER, KATY | ELIZABETH LONDON | MEMOIRS OF THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN AN INTELLECTUAL, GAME-HAPPY FAMILY. SHE GROWS UP AS HER MUCH-OLDER SIBLINGS AND PARENTS BECOME PROFESSIONAL GAMBLERS.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07849 | GERMAN MONEY | | RAPHAEL, LEV | RICHARD BERGMAN | ROSE MENKUS, A BITTER HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, HAS LEFT ALL THREE OF HER CHILDREN PSYCHOLOGICALLY SCARRED, TO THE EXTENT THAT HER SON PAUL HAS BEEN ESTRANGED FROM THE WHOLE FAMILY - INCLUDING HIS GIRLFRIEND, A HOLOCAUST MEMOIRIST. WHEN ROSE DIES UNEXPECTEDLY, PAUL RETURNS TO NEW YORK, WHERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ARISE: WHY DID ROSE, WHO WAS IN GOOD HEALTH, SUDDENLY SUFFER A FATAL HEART ATTACK? AND WHY DID SHE LEAVE "THE GERMAN MONEY" - HER REPARATION PAYMENTS - TO PAUL, THE LEAST FAVORITE SON? © 2003 |
EN4 | 07850 | FOREVER FAT | ESSAYS BY THE GODFATHER | GUTKIND, LEE | MICHELLE HARBER | GUTKIND, THE "GODFATHER OF CREATIVE NON-FICTION," BATTLES HIS WEIGHT, EX-WIVES, ABUSIVE FATHER, RABBI, SHRINK, AND CRITICS IN THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, IN A LIFELONG, CROSS-COUNTRY, CROSS-CULTURAL SEARCH FOR IDENTITY AND STABILITY.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07851 | LOVE CARRIED ME HOME | WOMEN SURVIVING AUSCHWITZ | MILLER, JOY ERLICHMAN, PH.D. | MARCY CHELMOW | BASED ON A TWO-YEAR STUDY OF 16 WOMEN SURVIVORS, DR. MILLER, A PSYCHOTHERAPIST, RECORDS EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY FROM THE OFTEN OVERLOOKED FEMALE VIEWPOINT, AND ALSO ANALYZES THE UNIQUE COPING SKILLS THAT HELPED THESE WOMEN SURVIVE THEIR EXPERIENCES.© 2000 |
EN4 | 07852 | BLOOD FROM A STONE | THE QUEST FOR THE LIFE DIAMONDS | SVORAY, YARON; HAMMER, RICHARD | FRANCINE PRINCE | EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS BOUGHT HIGH QUALITY, UNCUT DIAMONDS TO USE AS PASSPORTS TO SAFETY IN THE 1930S. DURING THE HOLOCAUST, THESE "LIFE DIAMONDS" BECAME "DEATH DIAMONDS," BELIEVED TO BE CURSED, AND EVENTUALLY LIBERATED FROM THE NAZIS BY TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WHO BURIED THEM IN AN ALSACE FOREST. YEARS LATER, SVORAY, AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, SPENT OVER A DECADE TRACKING DOWN THE GEMS IN A SEARCH DOCUMENTED FOR THE HISTORY CHANNEL.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07853 | LORD IS MY SHEPHERD | THE WISDOM OF THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM | KUSHNER, HAROLD S. | ELAINE WOLBROM | FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE 23RD PSALM HAS COMFORTED AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE IN TIMES OF GRIEF AND FEAR. NOW RABBI KUSHNER ANALYZES THE TEXT, DISCUSSING EACH VERSE (ONE PER CHAPTER) IN THE CONTEXT OF BOTH THE TIME WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN AND THE PRESENT, UNCOVERING EVERYDAY LIFE LESSONS TO BENEFIT ALL OF US.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07854 | WHEN IT WAS OUR WAR | A SOLDIER'S WIFE ON THE HOMEFRONT | SUBERMAN, STELLA | AUDREY FLAMBERG | SUBERMAN CONTINUES HER MEMOIRS WITH THIS ACCOUNT OF HER EXPERIENCES DURING WORLD WAR II, WHICH BEGAN WHEN SHE WAS A 17-YEAR-OLD BRIDE. AS HER HUSBAND WENT OF TO WAR, SHE FACED ANTI-SEMITISM AND DEPRIVATIONS ON THE HOMEFRONT. HER STORY GIVES VOICE TO THE MILITARY WIVES OF "THE GREATEST GENERATION." © 2003 |
EN4 | 07855 | NEXT YEAR I WILL KNOW MORE | LITERACY AND IDENTITY AMONG YOUNG ORTHODOX WOMEN IN ISRAEL | EL-OR, TAMAR | HYLA MELNICK | FOR CENTURIES, JEWISH LITERACY EDUCATION WAS RESERVED FOR MALES. NOW PROFESSOR EL-OR, AN ISRAELI ANTHROPOLOGIST, EXPLORES THE SPREADING PRACTICE OF INTENSIVE JUDAIC STUDIES AMONG WOMEN IN THE RELIGIOUS ZIONIST COMMUNITY. SHE PREDICTS THAT THIS TREND WILL LEAD TO CHANGES IN JEWISH THEOLOGY AND LAW AS THE COMMUNITY BECOMES MORE FEMINIST—AND EVEN MORE RELIGIOUS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY HAIM WATZMAN. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07856 | DAUGHTER'S KEEPER | | WALDMAN, AYELET | NORMA FIRE | WHEN OLIVIA FACES PROSECUTION FOR A NAIVE CONNECTION TO A DRUG DEAL, SHE MUST TURN TO HER MOTHER, ELAINE, WHO WAS NEVER THE BEST OF PARENTS. NOW ELAINE HAS A SECOND CHANCE WITH OLIVIA, AND SHE MUST DECIDE HOW FAR SHE IS WILLING TO GO.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07859 | PALESTINE AFFAIR | | WILSON, JONATHAN | MARGARET ROSSI | POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND ROMANCE IN 1924 PALESTINE UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE. A DISILLUSIONED SECULAR JEWISH ARTIST FROM LONDON COMES TO JERUSALEM, HIRED TO PAINT ZIONIST WORKS. HE AND HIS WIFE, A PROTESTANT AMERICAN SOCIALITE, WITNESS THE MURDER OF A PROMINENT ORTHODOX MAN AND ARE DRAWN INTO THE INVESTIGATION.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07860 | MY ANECDOTAL LIFE | A MEMOIR | REINER, CARL | MEGAN OWEN | THE COMEDIAN-WRITER-ACTOR OFFERS 27 ANECDOTES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN SHOW BUSINESS, FROM THE CATSKILLS TO HOLLYWOOD.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07861 | OWL | AND OTHER STORIES | AUERBACH, JOHN | FRANK SAUNDERS | 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 |
EN4 | 07862 | ALL HIS SONS | A NOVELLA AND NINE STORIES | RAPHAEL, FREDERIC | JIM IORIO | THE AUTHOR/SCREENWRITER LOOKS AT THE FILM INDUSTRY AND AT PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF NOVEL WAYS. THE TITLE NOVELLA CONCERNS TWO BROTHERS - A BLUNT FILM PRODUCER AND A WAVERING FILM PROFESSOR - IN CONFLICT OVER THEIR FATHER'S SUSPICIOUS DEATH.© 1999 |
EN4 | 07864 | FABULOUS SMALL JEWS | STORIES | EPSTEIN, JOSEPH | ELLEN DAVID | THESE SHORT STORIES OFFER INCISIVE SOCIAL EXAMINATION INTO THE LIVES OF ARTISTS, WRITERS, A COMMODITIES TRADER, A CONCERT PIANIST, LAWYERS, AND OTHERS WHO ARE ALL AT TURNING POINTS IN THEIR LIVES. THE STORIES EXPLORE UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS CONCERNING TALENT, IDENTITY, THE DESPERATION OF UNFULFILLED DESIRES, AND THE COMPLEXITY OF FAMILY LOVE.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07865 | BUMMY DAVIS VS. MURDER, INC. | THE RISE & FALL OF THE JEWISH MAFIA & AN ILL-FATED PRIZEFIGHER | ROSS, RON | AUDREY FLAMBERG | THE FACT-BASED STORY OF AL "BUMMY" DAVIS, NE ALBERT ABRAHAM DAVIDOFF, WHO GREW UP IN THE BROWNSVILLE SECTION OF BROOKLYN DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION TO BECOME A CHAMPION BOXER BUT WAS SMEARED BY THE PRESS BECAUSE OF THE FALSE ASSUMPTION THAT HE WAS INVOLVED WITH "MURDER, INC.," THE PROHIBITION-ERA MOBSTERS AND BOOTLEGGERS, INCLUDING HIS OLDER BROTHER.© 2003 |
EN4 | 07867 | BE MY KNIFE | | GROSSMAN, DAVID | CHARLES ROEMER | A NEUROTIC, COMPULSIVE, RARE-BOOKS DEALER SEES A BEAUTIFUL, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN AT A CLASS REUNION AND, BECOMING OBSESSED WITH HER, WRITES A PASSIONATE LETTER TO WHICH SHE ACTUALLY RESPONDS. AN ONGOING CORRESPONDENCE ENSUES. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY VERED ALMOG AND MAYA GURANTZ. © 2001 |
EN4 | 07869 | INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM | | DE LANGE, NICHOLAS | ERIKA SCOTT | A BRITISH RABBI PRESENTS A THOROUGH OVERVIEW OF JEWISH HISTORY, THOUGHT, AND CULTURE, INCLUDING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF RELIGIOUS PRACTICE AND IDENTITY IN JUDAISM'S VARIOUS ERAS, LOCALES, AND MOVEMENTS, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. A GLOSSARY, CHRONOLOGY, AND OTHER REFERENCE MATERIALS MAKE THE BOOK APPROACHABLE TO READERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07872 | CLUB REVELATION | | APPEL, ALLAN | MAY BURROWS | WISECRACKS FLY WHILE REAL CRACKS APPEAR IN THE MARITAL FOUNDATIONS OF THREE JEWISH/CHRISTIAN COUPLES WHEN A SOUTHERN EVANGELIST OPENS A RESTAURANT IN THE GROUND FLOOR OF THEIR UPPER WEST SIDE BROWNSTONE, HOPING TO ATTRACT JEWS TO CHRISTIANITY THROUGH FINE COOKING. © 2001 |
EN4 | 07873 | COLD HEART | AN ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL | KELLERMAN, JONATHAN | SUSAN HENDERSON | PSYCHOLOGIST-SLEUTH DR. ALEX DELAWARE TEAMS UP ONCE AGAIN WITH LAPD HOMICIDE DETECTIVE MILO STURGIS TO STOP A MURDERER WHO PREYS ON RISING ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07878 | TOWARD A MEANINGFUL LIFE | THE WISDOM OF THE REBBE | SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL | MARCIA STERN | RABBI SCHNEERSON, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS "THE REBBE," LED THE LUBAVITCH SECT FROM THE ASHES OF THE HOLOCAUST TO WORLDWIDE SUCCESS AS THE BEST KNOWN CHASSIDIC MOVEMENT TODAY. THIS POSTHUMOUS COLLECTION OF HIS THOUGHTS AND TEACHINGS ON ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE WERE COMPILED BY SIMON JACOBSON TO CONVEY HIS MESSAGE OF LOVE, PRODUCTIVITY, EDUCATION, AND VIRTUE, ALL WITH THE GRACE OF A GOOD AND LOVING GOD, TO JEWS AND NON-JEWS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. © 1995 |
EN4 | 07879 | JEWISH MOTHERS TELL THEIR STORIES | ACTS OF LOVE AND COURAGE | SIEGEL, RACHEL JOSEFOWITZ ET AL., ED | LILA STERN | AS JEWISH PROFESSIONALS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK, THE EDITORS (SIEGEL, WITH ELLEN COLE AND SUSAN STEINBERG-OREN) SEEK TO PORTRAY HOW JEWISH MOTHERS CREATE A FAMILY LIFE, AND WISH TO PRESENT WOMEN AS INDIVIDUALS AND NOT REFLECTIONS OF THE JEWISH-MOTHER STEREOTYPE. THE CONTRIBUTORS COME FROM ALL SORTS OF FAMILY SITUATIONS, INCLUDING SINGLE MOTHERS, MOTHERS WITH DISABLED CHILDREN, ORTHODOX, INTERMARRIED, ETC. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07880 | COMMITTED MARRIAGE | A GUIDE TO FINDING A SOUL MATE AND BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP.. | JUNGREIS, ESTHER, REBBETZIN | ALYCE DOMENITZ | THROUGH TIMELESS BIBLICAL WISDOM: THE POPULAR TEACHER, COUNSELOR, AND MATCHMAKER OFFERS ADVICE FROM JEWISH SCRIPTURE AND LITURGY TO HELP TODAY'S SINGLES AND COUPLES COPE WITH MARITAL ISSUES. EACH CHAPTER FOCUSES ON A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE, FROM FINDING A SOUL MATE TO RAISING CHILDREN TO GROWING OLD. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07881 | DREAM HOUSE | | KRICH, ROCHELLE | TANYA SHERMAN | MOLLY BLUME, ORTHODOX JEWISH NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST, RETURNS TO INVESTIGATE ESCALATING ACTS OF VANDALISM - AND MURDER - IN LOS ANGELES COMMUNITIES WHERE PRESERVATIONISTS AND DEVELOPERS ARE CLASHING. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07882 | HAUNTED SMILE | THE STORY OF JEWISH COMEDIANS IN AMERICA | EPSTEIN, LAWRENCE J. | STEVEN SCHREIBER | A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH DOCUMENTS THE JEWISH COMEDIANS WORKING IN AMERICA FROM THE 1890S TO THE TURN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, THE INFLUENCES THAT SHAPED THEIR COMEDY, AND HOW THEY THEMSELVES INFLUENCED ENTERTAINMENT AND THE NEW MEDIA. QUOTES FROM CLASSIC ROUTINES © 2001 |
EN4 | 07883 | LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGES | AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE | FRAND, YISSOCHER, RABBI | MICHAEL NUSSBAUM | THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A SERIES OF "CONVERSATIONS" TO PROVIDE TORAH-BASED PRACTICAL ADVICE ON MANY OF TODAY'S TROUBLING ISSUES, FROM FAMILIES AND HMOS TO THE TENSION BETWEEN JEWISH LIFE AND A "BOTTOM LINE" SOCIETY. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07884 | RABBI AND THE HIT MAN | A TRUE TALE OF MURDER, PASSION, & THE SHATTERD FAITH OF A CONG. | MAGIDA, ARTHUR J. | DAVID COLP | A JOURNALIST'S ACCOUNT OF AN ADULTEROUS NEW JERSEY RABBI WHO HAD HIS WIFE MURDERED. IN ADDITION TO REPORTING THE FACTS, THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE TROUBLING QUESTIONS THAT ARISE WHEN RELIGIOUS LEADERS FALL FROM GRACE. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07886 | MERCHANT OF VENGEANCE | | HAWKE, SIMON | KATHY FORD | THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF MYSTERIES SET IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND, THIS TIME YOUNG WILL SHAKESPEARE AND HIS COMPANION, TUCK SMYTHE, SET OFF TO RESEARCH JEWS FOR A NEW PLAY, AND STUMBLE ACROSS STAR-CROSSED LOVERS, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND MURDER. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07887 | LIBERATED BRIDE | | YEHOSHUA, A. B. | JAN BURRELL | A HAIFA PROFESSOR AND HIS DISTRICT JUDGE WIFE PONDER THE MYSTERY OF THEIR SON'S FAILED MARRIAGE AFTER ATTENDING THE WEDDING OF AN ARAB GRADUATE STUDENT WHO DOES RESEARCH WITH THE PROFESSOR. WHAT BEGINS AS A BITTERSWEET COMEDY OF DOMESTIC MANNERS AMONG ISRAEL'S INTELLIGENTSIA BECOMES A SEARCHING EXPLORATION OF A POLITICALLY DIVIDED SOCIETY IN WHICH DECENT PEOPLE, BOTH JEWS AND ARABS, TRY TO LIVE PEACEABLY WITH EACH OTHER. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY HILLEL HALKIN. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07889 | REAL JEWS | SECULAR VS. ULTRA-ORTH. & TH STRUGGLE FOR JEWISH IDENTITY IN ISR | EFRON, NOAH J. | JANET KALISH | IN ISRAEL, THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX SEE THEMSELVES AS THE MORE AUTHENTIC JEWS BECAUSE THEY CLING TO THE OLD WAYS, BUT THEY ARE HARSHLY CRITICIZED BY SECULAR JEWS, WHO IDENTIFY WITH THE STRONG, MODERN JEW WHO RECLAIMED THE WILDERNESS AND SERVES IN THE MILITARY TO PROTECT THE STATE. PROFESSOR EFRON EXPLORES THE ORIGIN OF THE TENSION BETWEEN THESE GROUPS, AND SEES IT AS A SIGN OF SHATTERED CONFIDENCE IN THE ZIONIST VISION. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07890 | PURE ELEMENT OF TIME | | BE'ER, HAIM | ARLINE KEMPNER | THIS BOOK CAN BE CONSIDERED AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION OR A FICTIONALIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY. IT TELLS OF THE AUTHOR'S DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER IN THREE TRIPTYCH-LIKE SECTIONS; THE MAIN SECTION ABOUT GROWING UP AS THE ONLY CHILD OF HIS PARENTS' TROUBLED, ORTHODOX MARRIAGE IS FRAMED BY SECTIONS ABOUT HIS DEVOUT, STORYTELLING GRANDMOTHER AND ABOUT HIS FIRST STEPS AS A WRITER AFTER HIS FATHER'S DEATH. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (1998) BY BARBARA HARSHAV. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07891 | FROM AGE-ING TO SAGE-ING | A PROFOUND NEW VISION OF GROWING OLDER | SCHACHTER-SHALOMI, ZALMAN | MARY ANN DEROSA | BASED ON HIS OWN EXPERIENCES, REB ZALMAN HAS CREATED SPIRITUAL ELDERING--A SOCIAL ACTIVISM, AWARENESS, AND MENTORING PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE WELCOME THE AGING PROCESS, RATHER THAN DREADING IT AS HE ONCE DID. © 1995 |
EN4 | 07892 | JEWS OF PRIME TIME | | ZURAWIK, DAVID | AMY AVERSA | IN A TIME WHEN SO MANY TELEVISION NETWORKS AND WRITERS WERE JEWISH, WHY WERE THERE SO FEW IDENTIFIABLY JEWISH CHARACTERS ON TV? A TV CRITIC AND HISTORIAN INVESTIGATES, INTERVIEWING EXECUTIVES, PRODUCERS, AND ACTORS, AND ANALYZING SHOWS AND THEIR CHARACTERS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07893 | BREZNITZ | | LAPID, HAIM | LLOYD MOSS | REJECTED BY HIS LOVER AND RECOVERING FROM A NEAR-FATAL CAR CRASH, BREZNITZ RETURNS TO HIS POLICE UNIT AND IS ASSIGNED TO INVESTIGATE AN UNUSUAL MURDER. AN UNIDENTIFIED MAN IS FOUND NEAR JERUSALEM; AN ARAB SUSPECT IS APPREHENDED AND QUICKLY CONFESSES. BREZNITZ, HOWEVER, IS NOT CONVINCED THAT HE IS THE REAL KILLER. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (1992) BY YAEL LOTAN, © 2000 |
EN4 | 07899 | PITCHING MY TENT | ON MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD, FRIENDSHIP, AND OTHER LEAPS OF FAITH | DIAMANT, ANITA | MARCY CHELMOW | THE POPULAR AUTHOR PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL HER NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE COLUMNS. LIKE A JEWISH ANNA QUINDLEN, SHE USES THESE ESSAYS TO DISCUSS UNIVERSAL THEMES OF FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07901 | DIALOGUES OF TIME AND ENTROPY | | STOLLMAN, ARYEH LEV | SHIRLEY KALB | IN THIS COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, SET IN ISRAEL, CANADA, AND THE U.S.A., JEWISH CHARACTERS - ESPECIALLY WRITERS AND SCIENTISTS - FIND URGENT MORAL DILEMMAS AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAMILY, FAITH AND SCIENCE. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07903 | WHO KILLED DANIEL PEARL? | | LÉVY, BERNARD-HENRI | LLOYD MOSS | FRENCH DIPLOMAT, PHILOSOPHER, AND JOURNALIST INVESTIGATES THE BRUTAL, ON-CAMERA KIDNAPPING AND BEHEADING OF WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER DANIEL PEARL DURING THE WAR AGAINST THE TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN. WAS HE MURDERED BECAUSE HE WAS AMERICAN AND JEWISH, OR BECAUSE HE KNEW TOO MUCH? TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY JAMES X. MITCHELL. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07907 | ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER | THE FULL STORY OF THE 1972 MUNICH OLYMPICS MASSACRE... | REEVE, SIMON | JEREMY HANDELMAN | AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, USING THOUSANDS OF NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS AND HUNDREDS OF INTERVIEWS, OFFERS A NEW ACCOUNT NOT ONLY OF THE ACTUAL KIDNAPPING AND MURDER OF 11 ISRAELI ATHLETES BY THE PLO, BUT ALSO OF A FAILED GERMAN RESCUE ATTEMPT AND ISRAEL'S RESPONSE TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE. THE BOOK ALSO BECAME AN ACADEMY AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07908 | KILL TWO BIRDS & GET STONED | | FRIEDMAN, KINKY | DIANE LIPMAN | GREENWICH VILLAGE AUTHOR WALTER SNOW IS CAUGHT UP IN A SERIES OF PRANKS AGAINST CORPORATE SPRAWL, WHICH SOON SPIN OUR OF CONTROL. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07909 | SANDY KOUFAX: | A LEFTY'S LEGACY | LEAVY, JANE | BEN OLIVER | 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 |
EN4 | 07913 | SIX DAYS OF WAR | JUNE 1967 AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST | OREN, MICHAEL B. | WIN ROBBINS | AN EXPERT IN MIDDLE-EASTERN HISTORY AND DIPLOMACY PRESENTS A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE SIX DAY WAR, CASTING IT AS BOTH A LOCAL STRUGGLE AND A CRITICAL COLD WAR EPISODE. WHILE HE SEES THE WAR AS INEVITABLE BY THE LATE 1960S, HE ALSO VIEWS IT AS THE CATALYST FOR MUCH OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07914 | WORLD ACCORDING TO ITZIK: | SELECTED POETRY AND PROSE | MANGER, ITZIK | ARLENE KEMPNER | THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH ANTHOLOGY OF THE POETRY, FICTION, AND CRITICISM WRITTEN BY "THE SHELLEY OF YIDDISH." TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY LEONARD WOLF, WITH INTRODUCTION BY DAVID G. ROSKIES AND LEONARD WOLF. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07915 | JEWISH BRIGADE | AN ARMY WITH TWO MASTERS, 1944-45 | BECKMAN, MORRIS | RABBI MARTIN COOPER | IN 1944, IN THE FACE OF PUBLIC PRESSURE, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FORMED AN OFFICIAL JEWISH BRIGADE. AFTER THE THIRD REICH HAD SURRENDERED, SOME MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH BRIGADE EMBARKED ON AN UNAUTHORIZED "REVENGE" MISSION AGAINST NAZIS. THIS BOOK TRACES THE HISTORY AND ACTIVITY OF THE JEWISH BRIGADE AND PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE SUBSEQUENT STRUGGLE FOR ISRAELI INDEPENDENCE. © 1999 |
EN4 | 07916 | 43 GROUP | THE UNTOLD STORY OF THEIR FIGHT AGAINST FACISM | | RABBI MARTIN COOPER | THE AUTHOR WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS GROUP OF BRITISH-JEWISH VETERANS WHO BANDED TOGETHER TO FIGHT OSWALD MOSLEY'S NEO-NAZI FACIST MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AFTER WORLD WAR II. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07918 | STEALING FOR A LIVING | AN EMMA PRICE MYSTERY | RAND, NAOMI | TANYA SHERMAN | THE SECOND IN A SERIES ABOUT AN INVESTIGATOR WITH THE CAPITAL DEFENDER'S OFFICE, THIS NOVEL FINDS EMMA JUGGLING HER JOB AND HER ROLE AS A NEWLY SINGLE MOTHER WHEN AN OLD FAMILY FRIEND, WHO IS A CONTROVERSIAL ACTIVIST, IS MURDERED. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07919 | SIXTH LAMENTATION | | BRODRICK, WILLIAM | LLOYD MOSS | DURING WORLD WAR II, AGNES HELPED SMUGGLE JEWISH CHILDREN TO SAFETY UNTIL HER GROUP WAS EXPOSED BY AN SS OFFICER. FIFTY YEARS LATER, IT TURNS OUT THAT THE NAZI HAS BEEN GIVEN SANCTUARY BY THE CHURCH. BY NOW AGNES IS TERMINALLY ILL, SO IT FALLS TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER LUCY AND FATHER ANSELM TO UNCOVER THE WHOLE STORY. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07922 | STREET DREAMS | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | MARILYN BECK | PETER DECKER AND RINA LAZARUS RETURN WHEN DECKER'S DAUGHTER CINDY, NOW AN LAPD OFFICER HERSELF, FINDS AN ABANDONED BABY IN A DUMPSTER. THE DECKERS' INVESTIGATION IS COMPLICATED BY LEFTOVER EMOTIONAL TRAUMA FROM THEIR MOST RECENT CASES, AS WELL AS BY RINA'S QUEST TO SOLVE THE DECADES-OLD MURDER OF HER GRANDMOTHER IN GERMANY. BUT CINDY IS ASSISTED BY A HANDSOME ETHIOPIAN-JEWISH MALE NURSE. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07923 | TATTOOED GIRL | | OATES, JOYCE CAROL | KATHY FORD | THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOSHUA SEIGL, A SUCCESSFUL BUT RECLUSIVE AUTHOR IN FAILING HEALTH, AND HIS NEW ASSISTANT, ALMA BUSCH, A TROUBLED BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG WOMAN WITH BIZARRE TATTOOS AND A PAINFUL PAST. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07928 | GENIUS OF GENESIS | A PSYCHOANALYST AND RABBI EXAMINES THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE | SHULMAN, DENNIS G. | MARYANN DEROSA | 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 |
EN4 | 07931 | HOT CHOCOLATE AT HANSELMANN'S | | LOY, ROSETTA | ARLENE KEMPNER | LORENZA REVISITS MEMORIES SHE ONLY VAGUELY UNDERSTOOD AS A CATHOLIC CHILD IN ITALY ON THE EVE OF WORLD WAR II. WHAT SEEMED LIKE A FAMILY AFFAIR INVOLVING HER MOTHER, HER FATHER'S JEWISH FRIEND, AND HER AUNT IN SWITZERLAND TURNED OUT TO BE A MICROCOSM OF THE TRAGEDY OF ITALY'S JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. PART OF THE EUROPEAN WOMAN WRITERS SERIES, THIS BOOK WAS TRANSLATED FROM ITALIAN BY GREGORY CONTI. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07934 | TERRORIST HUNTER: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A WOMAN WHO WENT UNDERCOVER | TO INFILTRATE THE RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS OPERATING IN AMERICA | ANONYMOUS | DINA STERNBERG | 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 |
EN4 | 07935 | HOURS AFTER | LETTERS OF LOVE AND LONGING IN WAR'S AFTERMATH | KLEIN, GERDA WEISSMANN; KLEIN, KURT | RITA ROSEN & CRAIG DAVENPORT | GERDA AND KURT MET IN MAY, 1945, WHEN SHE WAS A HOLOCAUST DEATH MARCH SURVIVOR AND HE WAS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER. THEY FELL IN LOVE BUT WERE SEPARATED SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ENGAGED. THESE ARE THE LETTERS THEY WROTE TO EACH OTHER FOR THE NEXT YEAR, UNTIL THEY WERE REUNITED AND MARRIED IN PARIS. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07936 | OLD MEN AT MIDNIGHT | | POTOK, CHAIM | MAY BURROWS | A TRILOGY OF RELATED NOVELLAS ABOUT A WOMAN WHOSE LIFE TOUCHES THREE VERY DIFFERENT MEN, AND THE IMPACT THESE MEN HAVE ON HER LIFE. © 2001 |
EN4 | 07937 | TEMPLE | ITS SYMBOLISM AND MEANING THEN AND NOW | BERMAN, JOSHUA | WIN ROBINS | THE ANCIENT TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM WAS NOT ONLY THE CENTRAL INSTITUTION, BUT ALSO THE CENTRAL CONCEPT THAT BINDS AND ORGANIZES ALL OTHERS. THE AUTHOR SHOWS HOW IT RELATES TO SUCH NOTIONS AS SHABBAT, THE LAND OF ISRAEL, MONARCHY, JEWISH INDEPENDENCE AND SOVEREIGNTY, EDUCATION, JUSTICE, COVENANT, SINAI, EDEN, THE JEWISH RELATIONSHIP TO THE GENTILE WORLD, AND TO GOD. © 1995 |
EN4 | 07938 | DEATH IN VIENNA | | SILVA, DANIEL | MARILYN BECK | GABRIEL ALLON, ART RESTORER AND SOMETIME SPY, RETURNS IN A THIRD BOOK, THIS TIME ON A MISSION TO VIENNA TO INVESTIGATE A BOMBING. THE CONSPIRACY HE UNCOVERS HITS CLOSE TO HOME WHEN HIS MOTHER'S NAZI TORTURER, STILL ALIVE, IS CONNECTED TO THE CASE. © 2004 |
EN4 | 07941 | ADJUSTING SIGHTS | | SABATO, HAIM | STEVEN SCHREIBER | HAIM AND DOV SERVE TOGETHER IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR, BUT ARE SEPARATED IN THE CHAOS OF BATTLE. HAIM, HOME ON LEAVE, STRUGGLES TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS EXPERIENCES AND TURNS TO HIS RELIGIOUS FAITH, NOT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FRIEND. HAIM MUST ADJUST NOT ONLY THE SIGHTS OF HIS TANK, BUT ALSO HIS VIEW OF THE WORLD. SAPIR PRIZE WINNER, TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY HILLEL HALKIN © 2003 |
EN4 | 07942 | JEWISH CONTINUITY IN AMERICA | CREATIVE SURVIVAL IN A FREE SOCIETY | KARP, ABRAHAM J. | ZIPPORAH PORTUGAL | PROFESSOR KARP IDENTIFIES AND EXAMINES THREE REASONS FOR AMERICAN JUDAISM'S CONTINUING VITALITY: THE SYNAGOGUE, THE RABBINATE, AND JEWISH RELIGIOUS PLURALISM, WHICH ITSELF FITS INTO THE LARGER PICTURE OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS PLURALISM. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07944 | STARS OF DAVID | ROCK 'N' ROLL'S JEWISH STORIES | BENARDE, SCOTT R. | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | INSPIRED BY A BACKSTAGE CHAT WITH DAVID LEE ROTH (WHO LEARNED TO SING FOR HIS BAR-MITZVAH), A ROCK MUSIC REVIEWER INVESTIGATES THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE GENRE. IN SOME 60 CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED INTERVIEWS, HE EXPLORES HOW THE JEWISHNESS OF SOME NOTEWORTHY MUSICIANS INFLUENCED ROCK 'N' ROLL. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07945 | HOUSE OF JACOB | | COURTINE-DENAMY, SYLVIE | AMY AVERSA | THE AUTHOR TRACES HER FAMILY'S HISTORY FROM THE SPANISH INQUISITION TO SALONIKA, CONSTANTINOPLE, VIENNA, PARIS, AMERICA, ISRAEL, AND AUSCHWITZ. WHILE TIME AND PLACE SEPARATE THE GENERATIONS, THEY REMAIN CONNECTED THROUGH THEIR LADINO LANGUAGE AND SEPHARDIC CULTURE, WHICH SHE PRESENTS AS A COUNTERPOINT TO THE DOMINANT ASHKENAZI-JEWISH IDENTITY. TRANSLATED FROM THE 2001 FRENCH BY WILLIAM SAYERS © 2003 |
EN4 | 07947 | PUSHING TIME AWAY | MY GRANDFATHER AND THE TRAGEDY OF JEWISH VIENNA | SINGER, PETER | JUDITH BASES | THE SCHOLAR DAVID OPPENHEIM WAS A COLLEAGUE OF FREUD AND ADLER, BUT DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST. HIS GRANDSON, A PROFESSOR OF BIOETHICS, NEVER KNEW HIM, AND USED MANY DOCUMENTS TO LEARN ABOUT HIM. WHILE SINGER FOUND MANY PARALLELS BETWEEN HIS GRANDFATHER'S THINKING AND HIS OWN, HE ALSO LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF PRE-WAR VIENNA AND ITS PSYCHOANALYTIC CIRCLE. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07948 | BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE | DISPATCHES FROM THE MIDDLE EAST | ELON, AMOS | ELLEN DAVID | A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND ARTICLES WRITTEN DURING THE 30 YEARS SINCE THE SIX DAY WAR, DEALING WITH ISRAEL AND POLITICS, THE INTIFADA, THE PEACE PROCESS, PROFILES OF JEWISH AND ARAB LEADERS. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07949 | MIGHTY HEART | THE BRAVE LIFE AND DEATH OF MY HUSBAND | PEARL, MARIANE | MARGARET ROSSI | 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 |
EN4 | 07950 | JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO THE 20TH CENTURY | | SYMONS, ALAN | RHODA KAHN | SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF 1000 JEWISH PEOPLE - LIVING AND DEAD - WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN ALL AREAS OF ENDEAVOR. © 1997 |
EN4 | 07953 | POLLUTION IN A PROMISED LAND | AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL | TAL, ALON | WIN ROBBINS | ISRAEL'S TREMENDOUS BOOM IN IMMIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST CENTURY HAS CAUSED THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY TO DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ON PAR WITH MANY OTHER NATIONS. AGAINST A BACKDROP OF WATER SHORTAGES, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND THE PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES, DR. TAL, A LAWYER WITH A DOCTORATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, PUTS THE ISSUES INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07954 | SOLDIER OF PEACE | THE LIFE OF YITZHAK RABIN 1922-1995 | KURZMAN, DAN | ELANNA D. OSDOB | 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 |
EN4 | 07956 | GOD'S SACRED TONGUE | HEBREW & THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION | GOLDMAN, SHALOM | GROUP | SINCE COLONIAL TIMES, AMERICA HAS BEEN PERCEIVED AS A WESTERN PROMISED LAND WITH EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, AND PHYSICAL LINKS TO THE PROMISED LAND OF THE BIBLE. EVIDENCE FROM SCHOLARSHIP, DIPLOMACY, JOURNALISM, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE ARTS SHOW THAT THIS PERCEPTION IS LINKED TO THE ROLE HEBREW AND THE BIBLE HAVE PLAYED IN AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY. © 2004 |
EN4 | 07958 | MOTHERS, SISTERS, RESISTERS | ORAL HISTORIES OF WOMEN WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST | GUREWITSCH, BRANA, BONNIE, ED. | ELLEN DAVID | TWENTY FIVE WOMEN SHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORIES. THE INTERVIEWER, A NOTE HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR, CORROBORATES THEIR STORIES AND SUPPLIES EXPLANATORY FACTS TO HIGHLIGHT THE PARTICULAR EXPERIENCES UNIQUE TO FEMALE SURVIVORS. © 1998 |
EN4 | 07960 | SEVEN BLESSINGS | | KING, RUCHAMA | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | NAMED FOR THE RITUAL BLESSINGS OF THE JEWISH WEDDING CEREMONY, THIS ROMANTIC NOVEL, SET IN PRESENT DAY JERUSALEM, FOLLOWS THE COMPLICATED LIVES OF FIVE ORTHODOX WOMEN AND MEN - INCLUDING TWO MATCHMAKERS - WHOSE SEARCH FOR A SOUL MATE MIRRORS THEIR SEARCH FOR GOD. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07961 | MIRACLE OF THE SEVENTH DAY | A GUIDE TO TH SPIRIT MEANG, SIG, & WKLY PRACTICE OF TH J SABBATH | STEINSALTZ, ADIN, RABBI | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | JUST AS THE HAGGADAH IS THE GUIDE BOOK TO THE PASSOVER SEDER, WITH ITS STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS, THIS BOOK IS A SIMPLE BUT THOROUGH GUIDE TO THE AT-HOME CELEBRATION OF THE ENTIRE SABBATH DAY, WITH PRAYERS, SONGS, AND COMMENTARY FROM THIS NOTED SCHOLAR. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07962 | SINGING FIRE | | NATTEL, LILIAN | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | TWO JEWISH RUNAWAYS IN 1890S LONDON STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE, UNITED BY A CHILD THAT ONE GIVES BIRTH TO, AND THE OTHER ONE RAISES. © 2004 |
EN4 | 07963 | SAM SPIEGEL | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST ICONOCLASTIC PRODUCER... | FRASER-CAVASSONI, NATASHA | HOWELL MAYER | SPIEGEL, A NATIVE OF JAROSLAV IN WESTERN GALICIA, ARRIVED IN AMERICA AS A PENNILESS REFUGEE. CHARMING, RUTHLESS, AND LARGER-THAN-LIFE, HE BECAME A SUCCESSFUL MOVIE PRODUCER, WINNING AN ASTONISHING TWENTY-FIVE OSCARS. HIS FILMS INCLUDE THE AFRICAN QUEEN, ON THE WATERFRONT, AND LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. THE AUTHOR OF THIS BIOGRAPHY WORKED WITH HIM ON HIS PRODUCTION OF BETRAYAL. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07964 | SEPHARAD | | MUÑOZ MOLINA, ANTONIO | ROZ DLUTMAN | INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING A LINEAR NARRATIVE, THIS NOVEL CONTAINS 17 CHAPTERS LINKED BY THEME AND SUBJECT, IN WHICH READERS MEET MEN AND WOMEN - BOTH REAL AND IMAGINED - IN THE SHADOW OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE REGIMES OF STALIN AND FRANCO. THE AUTHOR USES THIS DEVICE TO CONVEY THE UNFATHOMABLE HORROR AND GRIEF OF THE ERA, AWAKENING EMPATHY BY ILLUMINATING THE PSYCHES OF THE DISPLACED AND THE TORTURED. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY MARGARET SAYERS PEDEN © 2001 |
EN4 | 07965 | WISE MEN AND THEIR TALES | PORTRAITS OF BIBLICAL, TALMUDIC, AND HASIDIC MASTERS | WIESEL, ELIE | DIANE LIPMAN | BASED ON A SERIES OF LECTURES, THESE SKETCHES OF BIBLICAL MEN - AND WOMEN - AND TALMUDIC AND HASIDIC RABBIS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY WIESEL'S UNIQUE INSIGHT, ANALYSIS, AND HUMOR, WHICH HE OFFERS AS A TRIBUTE TO THE COMMENTARY OF RASHI. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07970 | DANTE'S EQUATION | | JENSEN, JANE | ANDRA MILLER | DURING WWII, PHYSICIST AND KABBALIST (MYSTIC) RABBI YOSEF KOBINSKI VANISHED FROM AUSCHWITZ IN A BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT. DECADES LATER, A RABBI WHO FOUND KOBINSKI'S NAME HIDDEN IN TORAH CODE, A PHYSICIST RESEARCHING HIS MATHEMATICAL CODE TO EXPLAIN GOOD AND EVIL, AND NUMEROUS OTHER PARTIES MEET TO SOLVE AN ASTONISHING RIDDLE. BUT GOVERNMENT AGENTS AND OTHERS ARE TRYING TO STOP THEM. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07975 | FURIES | | EBERSTADT, FERNANDA | SANDI SKODNIK | THIRTY YEAR OLD GWEN HAS A PERFECT LIFE: AN EXCITING JOB, A NEW YORK APARTMENT, FAMILY MONEY, AND A "SUITABLE" BANKER BOYFRIEND. THEN SHE MEETS GIDEON, A SECULAR JEW AND THROWBACK TO THE 1970S. THEY FALL DESPERATELY IN LOVE, BUT THEIRS IS A COURTSHIP OF OPPOSITES. WHEN PARENTHOOD INTRUDES ON THEIR BLISSFUL RELATIONSHIP, THEIR MARRIAGE SELF-DESTRUCTS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07978 | FOIGLMAN | | MEGGED, AHARON | ARLENE KEMPNER | SHMUEL FOIGLMAN, A YIDDISH POET AND HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, IS INSPIRED BY ZVI ARBEL'S WRITINGS ON JEWISH HISTORY TO SEND THE ISRAELI HISTORIAN A COLLECTION OF HIS POEMS. WHEN ARBEL DECIDES TO HAVE THE POEMS TRANSLATED INTO HEBREW, THE TWO VERY DIFFERENT KINDS OF JEWS FORM AN UNLIKELY RELATIONSHIP, WHICH BECOMES AN OBSESSION FOR ARBEL, DRIVING A WEDGE BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE. TRANSLATED FROM THE 1987 HEBREW BY MARGANIT WEINBERGER-ROTMAN. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07979 | NEW RABBI | A CONGREGATION SEARCHES FOR ITS LEADER | FRIED, STEPHEN | HIRLEY SOMMER | FRIED WROTE THIS COMBINATION MEMOIR AND INVESTIGATIVE REPORT AFTER HIS FATHER DIED AND HE BEGAN SAYING KADDISH AT HAR ZION, A POPULAR CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE IN PHILADELPHIA. THERE HE RECONNECTED WITH HIS CHILDHOOD RABBI, THE RENOWNED GERALD WOLPE, WHO HAD JUST ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THE TWO MEN SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ON LOSING THEIR FATHERS, AND FRIED DOCUMENTED THE CONTENTIOUS SEARCH FOR WOLPE'S REPLACEMENT. © 2002 |
EN4 | 07984 | PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE JEWS | | DALIN, DAVID G.; KOLATCH, ALFRED J. | GROUP | IN CHAPTERS REPRESENTING EACH PRESIDENT FROM WASHINGTON TO CLINTON, THE AUTHORS OFFER BRIEF BIOS OF THE JEWISH CABINET MEMBERS, AMBASSADORS, AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO SERVED AT THE TIME. ALSO INCLUDED ARE HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS AND EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS ABOUT THE ATTITUDES AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. © 2000 |
EN4 | 07985 | FIDDLER'S TALE | HOW HOLLYWOOD AND VIVALDI DISCOVERED ME | KAUFMAN, LOUIS; KAUFMAN, ANNETTE | SUSS, ASHER | KAUFMAN (1905-1994), PROBABLY THE MOST-RECORDED AMERICAN VIOLINIST IN HISTORY, IS CREDITED WITH OVER 100 FILM SOUNDTRACKS AND WITH HELOING TO POPULARIZE THE MUSIC OF VIVALDI. WITH HIS WIFE, A NOTED PIANIST, HE SHARES HIS MEMOIRS AND SAMPLES OF HIS MUSIC. THE BOOK INCLUDES APPENDICES OF REVIEWS AND RECORDINGS. ©2003 |
EN4 | 07989 | OUTSIDE WORLD | | MIRVIS, TOVA | ARLENE KEMPNER | TZIPPY GOLDMAN, 22, IS ALREADY CONSIDERED A SPINSTER IN HER INSULAR ORTHODOX COMMUNITY. BRYAN MILLER'S MODERN ORTHODOX PARENTS ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH HIS DEFECTION TO THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX WORLD OF FAMILIES LIKE THE GOLDMANS. IN ISRAEL TO FIND THEMSELVES, TZIPPY AND BRYAN - NOW BARUCH - FIND EACH OTHER INSTEAD, AND TWO LOVING BUT VERY DIFFERENT ORTHODOX FAMILIES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A MARRIAGE SURROUNDED BY ZANY EVENTS. © 2004 |
EN4 | 07990 | ALEPPO TALES | A TAPESTRY OF TRADITION AND FAITH | SABATO, HAIM | STEVEN SCHREIBER | THREE STORIES INTERTWINE THE HISTORY OF SABATO'S SYRIAN-JEWISH FAMILY IN AN ANCIENT JEWISH COMMUNITY WITH THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TURMOIL OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN THE WHEEL TURNS FULL CIRCLE, AN HEIRLOOM MENORAH ENDS UP IN THE LOUVRE. IN BROKEN TABLETS, A GENERATION OF SEPHARDIC SCHOLARS EMIGRATE TO ISRAEL IN THE 1950S. TRUTH FROM THE EARTH SHALL SPRING IS THE MYSTERY OF A RARE MANUSCRIPT WHOSE EXISTENCE HAS BEEN HIDDEN FOR GENERATIONS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY PHILIP SIMPSON. © 1997, 2004 |
EN4 | 07991 | I AM JEWISH | PERSONAL REFLECTIONS INSPIRED BY THE LAST WORDS OF DANIEL PEARL | PEARL, JUDEA; PEARL, RUTH, ED. | BETTY SMITH | THE MARTYRED JOURNALIST'S PARENTS COLLECTED THESE THOUGHTS, ESSAYS, AND ONE-LINER RESPONSES FROM JEWS AROUND THE WORLD, HOPING TO ENCOURAGE BOTH JEWISH IDENTITY AND CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. THE CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE RABBIS, SCHOLARS, AND POLITICIANS AS WELL AS ARTISTS, ATHLETES, AND ENTERTAINERS, AND EVEN CHILDREN. © 2004 |
EN4 | 07997 | CATS IN KRASINSKY SQUARE | | HESSE, KAREN | JAN BURRELL | A LITTLE GIRL USES THE STRAY CATS SHE HAS BEFRIENDED TO HELP SMUGGLE FOOD INTO THE WARSAW GHETTO. © 2004 |
EN4 | 07998 | SEA HOUSE | | FREUD, ESTHER | MARILYN BECK | ARCHITECT KLAUS LEHMANN LOVED HIS WIFE ELSA, DESPITE LONG PERIODS OF SEPARATION. THEY AND OTHER GERMAN-JEWISH ÉMIGRÉS LIVED IN A PICTURESQUE ENGLISH TOWN, SURROUNDED BY SUCH CHARACTERS AS DEAF PAINTER MAX MEYER AND BRITISH CHILD-PSYCHOANALYST GERTRUDE JILKS. FIFTY YEARS LATER, LILY COMES TO THE TOWN TO DO RESEARCH ON KLAUS, SEEING PARALLELS TO HER OWN RELATIONSHIPS. FREUD (SIGMUND'S GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER) WAS INSPIRED BY THE HISTORY OF HER GRANDFATHER. © 2003 |
EN4 | 07999 | RIGHTEOUS | THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE HOLOCAUST | GILBERT, MARTIN | GINGER RICH | A NOTED SCHOLAR PORTRAYS HUNDREDS OF RIGHTEOUS GENTILES WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST. SIR MARTIN INCLUDES WELL-KNOWN RESCUERS LIKE KING CHRISTIAN X, OSKAR SCHINDLER, AND RAOUL WALLENBERG AS WELL AS LESSER-KNOWN ROYALTY, CLERGY, AND "ORDINARY" CIVILIANS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08000 | PAPA'S LATKES | | EDWARDS, MICHELLE | J J KENNEDY | IT'S THE FIRST CHANUKAH SINCE MAMA DIED. CAN SELMA, PAPA, AND DORA MAKE LATKES WITHOUT HER? CHANUKAH - AND LATKES - MAY NEVER BE THE SAME, BUT SELMA LEARNS TO ADD SOME SPECIAL MEMORIES TO THE CELEBRATION. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08001 | HANUKKAH LIGHTS | HOLIDAY POETRY | HOPKINS, LEE BENNETT, ED. | NANCY BRONSTEEN | THE TRADITIONS AND SPIRIT OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE IN THIS ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS FOR BEGINNING READERS FROM A VARIETY OF CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN'S POETS. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08002 | WEDDING SONG | MEMOIRS OF AN IRANIAN JEWISH WOMAN | GOLDIN, FARIDEH | MARGARET A. ROSSI | THE AUTHOR SHARES HER MEMOIRS OF GROWING UP IN SHIRAZ DURING AN INCREASINGLY ANTI-SEMITIC ERA IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY IRAN. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08003 | FIREWEED | A POLITICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY | LERNER, GERDA | JOAN ATLAS | A PIONEERING SCHOLAR OF WOMEN'S HISTORY, LERNER'S EXPERIENCE PARALLELS THE POLITICAL DISSENT MOVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. BORN IN VIENNA, SHE WAS IMPRISONED BY THE NAZIS, ESCAPED TO AMERICA, AND MARRIED MOVIE DIRECTOR CARL LERNER. TOGETHER, THEY FOUGHT THE DEPRESSION AND THE BLACKLIST AND JOINED THE UNION, PEACE, AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS. EARNING A COLLEGE DEGREE LATER IN LIFE, GERDA HAD A BRILLIANT ACADEMIC CAREER AND PROMOTED BETTER SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY. © 2002 |
EN4 | 08004 | FRAGILE BRANCHES | TRAVELS THROUGH THE JEWISH DIASPORA | ROSS, JAMES R. | AUDREY FLAMBERG | PROFESSOR ROSS PRESENTS SIX UNUSUAL JEWISH COMMUNITIES - IN PERU, BRAZIL, INDIA, THE AMAZON, ISRAEL, AND UGANDA - AND REFLECTS ON THE SPECIAL WAYS THEIR BELIEFS AND RITUALS DEVELOPED IN ISOLATION FROM MAINSTREAM JUDAISM. HE ALSO DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THESE BRANCHES OF THE JEWISH FAMILY TREE IN REGARDS TO THE "WHO IS A JEW?" CONTROVERSY AND ISRAEL'S LAW OF RETURN. © 2001 |
EN4 | 08006 | REFLECTIONS ON JERUSALEM | CITY OF DAVID IN CLASSICAL TEXTS | ROTHENBERG, SILBERMAN, & TANENBAUM | JUDITH BASES | THIS HADASSAH STUDY GUIDE PROVIDES HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FROM BIBLICAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT; EXCERPTS FROM THE BIBLE, TALMUD, ZOHAR, CONTEMPORARY AND MEDIEVAL RABBINIC WRITINGS, AS WELL AS EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT AND QUR'AN, QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION; AND SUGGESTED ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS. EDITED BY CAROL DIAMANT © 1995 |
EN4 | 08007 | SILENT PROPHET | | ROTH, JOSEPH | LILA STERN | THE TROTSKY-LIKE FRIEDRICH KARGAN IS A PERPETUAL EXILE, SEARCHING FOR A PLACE IN THE NEW EUROPE THAT EMERGED AFTER WORLD WAR I AND FOR A SET OF VALUES TO COUNTER HIS OWN SKEPTICISM AND GROWING DISILLUSIONMENT. HIS EXPERIENCES ARE ALSO THOSE OF THE JEWISH OUTSIDER, AND REFLECT ROTH'S OWN SEARCH. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN ("DER STUMME PROPHET," 1966) IN 1979 BY DAVID LE VAY © 2002 |
EN4 | 08008 | MY WOUNDED HEART | THE LIFE OF LILLI JAHN, 1900-1944 | DOERRY, MARTIN, ED. | JAN BURRELL | LILLI HAD FIVE CHILDREN AND A MEDICAL PRACTICE WITH HER NON-JEWISH HUSBAND UNTIL THE NAZIS PRESSURED HIM INTO DIVORCING HER. LATER, SHE WAS DEPORTED TO THE CAMPS, BUT CONTINUED HER LIFELONG HABIT OF WRITING TO HER LOVED ONES. HER STORY IS PRESERVED IN MORE THAN 300 LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS AND EDITED BY HER GRANDSON. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN ("MEIN VERWUNDETES HERZ," 2002) BY JOHN BROWNJOHN © 2004 |
EN4 | 08010 | TALES OF GRABOWSKI | TRANSFORMATIONS, ESCAPE, & OTHER STORIES | AUERBACH, JOHN | LILA STERN | TWO NOVELLAS ("TRANSFORMATIONS" AND "ESCAPE") AND THREE SHORT STORIES TELL THE SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORY OF DAVID GORDON, A YOUNG JEW FROM WARSAW WHO BECOMES WLADYSLAW GRABOWSKI TO SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST. WITH FOREWORD BY SAUL BELLOW © 2003 |
EN4 | 08011 | TORAH OF THE EARTH, VOL. 2 | EXPLORING 4,000 YEARS OF ECOLOGY IN JEWISH THOUGHT | WASKOW, ARTHUR, ED. | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | MORE THAN 30 JEWISH SCHOLARS AND EXPERTS OFFER THEIR DIVERSE UNDERSTANDINGS OF HOW ECOLOGY AND JUDAISM WORK TOGETHER. IN REMINDING US THAT PEOPLE AND PLANET ARE INTERTWINED, THE BOOK OFFERS SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES. © 2000 |
EN4 | 08012 | INSPECTING JEWS | AMERICAN JEWISH DETECTIVE STORIES | ROTH, LAURENCE | MULTIPLE | A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AND JEWISH STUDIES ANALYZES STORIES ABOUT AMERICAN JEWISH DETECTIVES, SUCH AS HARRY KEMELMAN'S RABBI SMALL AND FAYE KELLERMAN'S DECKER AND LAZARUS. HE SAYS THAT THE DETECTIVE STORY EXAMINES THE NEED FOR ORDER IN A DISORDERLY SOCIETY AND THUS OFFERS A WINDOW INTO THE NEGOTIATION OF JEWISH IDENTITY. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08013 | CONSOLATION | THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY BEYOND GRIEF | LAMM, MAURICE | BARBARA FERBER | IN THIS SEQUEL TO "THE JEWISH WAY IN DEATH AND MOURNING," RABBI LAMM GENTLY GUIDES MOURNERS THROUGH THEIR SORROW TO TEACH IMPORTANT LESSONS ABOUT LIFE, AND SHOWS CONSOLERS HOW TO LISTEN AND SPEAK WITH THEIR HEARTS SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE REAL COMFORT TO OTHERS. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08014 | WHAT I SAW | REPORTS FROM BERLIN, 1920-1933 | ROTH, JOSEPH | MORTY ROTH | A "READER FOR WALKERS," THESE VIGNETTES DEPICT LIFE IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC BETWEEN THE WARS, AS OBSERVED BY ROTH'S JOURNALISTIC EYE. AS HE STROLLED THROUGH THE CITY, HE CAPTURED THE ZEITGEIST OF A DOOMED SOCIETY. TRANSLATED FROM GERMAN BY MICHAEL HOFMAN. © 2002 |
EN4 | 08015 | ESSENTIAL BOOK OF JEWISH FESTIVAL COOKING | 200 SEASONAL HOLIDAY RECIPES & THEIR TRADITIONS | GLAZER, PHYLLIS, GLAZER, MIRIYAM | LORNA KOCH | IN ADDITION TO RECIPES THAT ARE HEALTHFUL, ACCESSIBLE, AND FLAVORFUL, THE GLAZER SISTERS OFFER IN-DEPTH ESSAYS ON THE ORIGINS, TRADITIONS, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH HOLIDAY AND ITS FOODS, PROVIDING A RICH UNDERSTANDING OF THE JEWISH CALENDAR YEAR AND ITS PROFOUND LINK TO NATURE AND EARTH'S SEASONAL PRODUCE. WITH GUIDES TO CULINARY SYMBOLISM AND DIETARY LAW, THE AUTHORS EXPLAIN WHY WE EAT WHAT WE EAT. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08017 | TEN COMMANDMENTS OF CHARACTER | ESSENTIAL ADVICE FOR LIVING AN HONORABLE, ETHICAL, HONEST LIFE | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | HOWELL MAYER | RABBI TELUSHKIN COMPILED THIS VOLUME OF RESPONSA FROM HIS ETHICS ADVICE COLUMN ON BELIEFNET.COM. THE ETHICAL QUESTIONS PEOPLE SENT IN LED HIM TO CREATE A LIST OF TEN PREREQUISITE VALUES FOR GOOD CHARACTER. THESE VALUES ARE ILLUSTRATED BY HIS RESPONSES TO REAL-LIFE MORAL DILEMMAS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08018 | CONTEMPORARY JEWISH WRITING IN SOUTH AFRICA | AN ANTHOLOGY | BRAUDE, CLAUDIA BATHSHEBA, ED. | CHARLES ROEMER | SIXTEEN FICTION AND NON-FICTION SELECTIONS CAPTURE THE SOUTH AFRICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY'S UNEASY "IN-BETWEENNESS" UNDER APARTHEID AND THE POST-APARTHEID ERA. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE NOBEL PRIZEWINNER NADINE GORDIMER, ROSE ZWI, DAN JACOBSON, EXILED ACTIVIST AND JUDGE ALBIE SACHS, SATIRIST PIETER-DIRK UYS, AND ACTOR MATTHEW KRAUSE. © 2001 |
EN4 | 08019 | RABBI OF 84TH STREET | THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF HASKEL BESSER | KOZAK, WARREN | ASHER SUSS | A HASIDIC RABBI ON MANHATTAN'S UPPER WEST SIDE, RABBI HASKEL BESSER IS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS MAN WHO IS AT HOME IN THE SECULAR WORLD. WITH AN EASY SMILE, HE SPREADS JOY WHEREVER HE GOES, ENRICHING LIVES WITH HIS PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND HUMAN NATURE. HE GREW UP IN A POLAND RICH WITH HASIDIC CULTURE AND THE MUSIC, ART, AND LITERATURE OF A VIBRANT EUROPE, BUT WITH THE ADVENT OF THE HOLOCAUST, HE AND HIS FAMILY ESCAPED TO PALESTINE. HIS STORY IS ALSO THE STORY OF JUDAISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; OF THE IMPORTANCE OF CENTURIES-OLD TRADITIONS TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; AND OF THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH, KINDNESS, AND SPIRIT. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08020 | BECOMING LIKE GOD | KABBALAH AND OUR ULTIMATE DESTINY | BERG, MICHAEL | JAN BURRELL | THE EDITOR OF KABBALAH MAGAZINE OFFERS AN EASY-TO-DIGEST MANUAL ON BECOMING LIKE GOD. DRAWING ON TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS OF THE KABBALAH, RABBI BERG SHOWS READERS HOW TO OVERCOME THE EGO NATURE, WHICH THE ANCIENT TEXTS NAME AS THE "DESIRE TO RECEIVE FOR THE SELF ALONE." HE SAYS THAT MOST OF US ARE IN A JAIL OF PAIN, SUFFERING AND DEATH. EGO IS THE EVIL GUARD WE MUST CONQUER TO ESCAPE AND RECLAIM OUR BIRTHRIGHT, BE LIKE GOD, WITH AN "INFINITE PAYLOAD OF HEALTH, JOY, AND LIFE." THE KEY TO THIS JAILBREAK IS TO STOP LOOKING OUT FOR ONESELF AND START LOOKING OUT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COLLECTIVE. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08021 | NATASHA | AND OTHER STORIES | BEZMOZGIS, DAVID | ELIZABETH LONDON | SEVEN SHORT STORIES CONTINUE THE SAGA OF THE BERMAN FAMILY - BELLA, ROMAN, AND THEIR TEENAGED SON MARK - RUSSIAN JEWS , LIKE THE AUTHOR, FLED BREZHNEV'S RIGA FOR TORONTO. FIRST INTRODUCED IN MAGAZINES LIKE THE NEW YORKER, BEZMOZGIS' DEPICTION OF THE FAMILY'S IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCES HAS BEEN COMPARED TO THE EARLY WORK OF BERNARD MALAMUD AND PHILIP ROTH. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08022 | CHOICE | OLAND, 1939-1945 | EBER, IRENE | ROZ DLUTMAN | THE AUTHOR SHARES HER MEMOIRS OF LIFE IN MIELEC, POLAND, THE FIRST TOWN TO BE RECORDED AS JUDENFREI UNDER THE NAZIS WHEN ITS ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION WAS DEPORTED. EBER DESCRIBES THE PAINFUL CHOICES SHE AND HER FAMILY MADE - SEPARATELY AND TOGETHER - IN ORDER TO SURVIVE AND BUILD A NEW LIFE IN THE FACE OF WAR, CONFLICT, AND SURVIVOR'S GUILT. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08024 | WOMAN OF THE CLOTH | | HERST, ROGER | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | TEMPLE OHAV SHALOM IS IN AN UPROAR. THE POPULAR SENIOR RABBI IS MISSING AND ACCUSED OF ADULTERY. A PROMINENT CONGREGANT IS ACCUSED OF RAPING A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE, SPARKING A MEDIA FRENZY. ASSOCIATE RABBI GABBY LEWYN IS LEFT TO DO THE SENIOR RABBI'S WORK ON TOP OF HER OWN, COUNSEL THE RAPE DEFENDANT, RESTORE THE CONGREGATION'S FAITH, AND DEFEND HER GENDER AND CREDENTIALS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ALL THE WHILE RISKING HER PERSONAL HAPPINESS FOR THE IDEALS OF HER PROFESSION. © 1998 |
EN4 | 08027 | LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - WHY DO I STILL WANT? | ANCIENT WISDOM FOR THE MODERN SOUL | PLOTKIN, RABBI PAUL | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | DURING A DIFFICULT TIME IN HIS LIFE, RABBI PLOTKIN WAS SAYING HIS MORNING PRAYERS WHEN A VERSE FROM PSALMS SUDDENLY TOOK ON NEW MEANING AND HELPED HIM REGAIN HIS EQUILIBRIUM. THE EXPERIENCE INSPIRED THIS STUDY OF THE ANCIENT BUT TIMELESS BOOK OF PSALMS AND ITS RELEVANCE AS A GUIDE AND COMFORT DURING MODERN LIFE'S TOUGHEST PREDICAMENTS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08028 | REPORT FROM A PARISIAN PARADISE | ESSAYS FROM FRANCE, 1925-1939 | ROTH, JOSEPH | WIN ROBINS | 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 |
EN4 | 08029 | DEVIL AND DANIEL SILVERMAN | | ROSZAK, THEODORE | HOWELL MAYER | A GAY, LIBERAL, JEWISH WRITER ACCEPTS A SURPRISING BUT LUCRATIVE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT AT AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN BIBLE COLLEGE. WHEN HE AND HIS FUNDAMENTALIST HOSTS GET SNOWED IN TOGETHER, A HILARIOUS BATTLE BREAKS OUT FOR THE MORAL HEART OF AMERICA. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08033 | NOTHING MAKES YOU FREE | WRITINGS BY DESCENDANTS OF JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS | BUKIET, MELVIN JULES, ED. | SHARON SPENSER | HOW HAVE THE MEMORIES OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS BEEN FILTERED THROUGH THE IMAGINATIONS OF THEIR CHILDREN? WITH A TITLE THAT MOCKS THE INFAMOUS SIGN AT AUSCHWITZ, THIS ANTHOLOGY INCLUDES THE WORKS, BOTH FICTION AND NON-FICTION, OF "SECOND GENERATION" WRITERS, INCLUDING LILY BRETT, EVA HOFFMAN, SAVYON LIEBRECHT, THANE ROSENBAUM, PETER SINGER, AND ART SPIEGELMAN. © 2002 |
EN4 | 08036 | CONFESSOR | | SILVA, DANIEL | CRAIG DAVENPORT | MOSSAD AGENT AND ART RESTORER GABRIEL ALLON IS BACK, INVESTIGATING THE MURDER OF AN ISRAELI PROFESSOR MURDERED IN MUNICH. IN VATICAN CITY, THE POPE HIMSELF TAKES AN INTEREST IN THE LONG-BURIED SECRETS AND UNTHINKABLE DEEDS SURROUNDING THE CASE, WHICH MAY HAVE SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08037 | TRIANGLE | THE FIRE THAT CHANGED AMERICA | VON DREHLE, DAVID | EDITH FOSTER | A JOURNALIST PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH REPORT OF THE 1911 FACTORY FIRE THAT KILLED 146 WORKERS, MOSTLY YOUNG JEWISH OR ITALIAN WOMEN. THE SOCIOPOLITICAL CONTEXT OF THE TRAGEDY AND THE SUBSEQUENT INDUSTRY REFORMS AND MANSLAUGHTER TRIAL ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ACCOUNT. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08038 | BREATH | POEMS | LEVINE, PHILIP | NANCY BRONSTEEN | THE AWARD-WINNING POET LOOKS BACK AT HIS OWN LIFE AND THE ADVENTURES OF HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, TRANSPORTING READERS TO THE STREET WHERE HE WAS BORN AND THE AMERICA HE'S KNOWN SINCE THE 1930S. HE REFERS THROUGHOUT TO THE JAZZ MUSICIANS WHOSE MUSIC WAS THE SOUNDTRACK OF HIS LIFE. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08039 | MESTIZO | | FEIERSTEIN, RICARDO | JANET KALISH | THIS ARGENTINE MYSTERY CONCERNS AN ASSASSINATION AND A LOST MAN TRYING TO RECONSTRUCT HIS IDENTITY. IT IS SET AGAINST THE STORY OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF A JEWISH FAMILY AND THE HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY, INCLUDING WWI, THE RUSSIAN AND CUBAN REVOLUTIONS, THE BIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN ARGENTINA. AS MESTIZOS, OR PEOPLE OF MIXED CULTURE AND BLOOD, THE CHARACTERS FACE MANY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AS THEY ESTABLISH THEIR PERSONAL, CULTURAL, AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITIES. TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH (1994) BY STEPHEN A. SADOW © 2000 |
EN4 | 08040 | BIG DIG | A CARLOTTA CARLYLE MYSTERY | BARNES, LINDA | BETSY NEWBERRY | CARLOTTA CARLYLE, THE SIX-FOOT-TALL, REDHEADED, IRISH-JEWISH DETECTIVE, GOES UNDERCOVER TO INVESTIGATE FRAUD AT BOSTON'S "BIG DIG," THE UNDERGROUND ROADWAY BEING BUILT THROUGH THE CITY. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE TAKES ON A MISSING WOMAN'S CASE. WHAT CONNECTION COULD THERE BE BETWEEN THESE TWO MYSTERIES? © 2002 |
EN4 | 08041 | HEIR TO THE GLIMMERING WORLD | | OZICK, CYNTHIA | AUDREY FLAMBERG | IT'S THE 1930S, AND ROSE MEADOWS, AN 18-YEAR-OLD ORPHAN, IS KICKED OUT OF A DISTANT RELATIVE'S HOME BY HIS LOVER. SO SHE TAKES A JOB WITH PROFESSOR MITWASSER, PATRIARCH OF A LARGE, CHAOTIC HOUSEHOLD. ONCE MEMBERS OF BERLIN'S ELITE, THE MITWASSERS ARE NOW REFUGEES IN THE BRONX, SUPPORTED BY JAMES, A FAN OF THE PROFESSOR'S RESEARCH, WHOSE WEALTH CAME FROM HIS FATHER'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS, STARRING A CHARACTER BASED ON JAMES. ROSE'S SHARP EYE TAKES ON THIS CAST OF ECCENTRICS AS SHE STRUGGLES TO FIND HER OWN PLACE. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08044 | SOMEONE TO RUN WITH | | GROSSMAN, DAVID | ELAINE WOLBRO | SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD ASSAF, LONELY AND BORED AT HIS SUMMER JOB, IS ASSIGNED TO FIND THE OWNER OF A MISCHIEVOUS DOG. THE DOG LEADS HIM ON A WILD TOUR OF JERUSALEM, AND ASSAF MEETS A VARIETY OF ODD CHARACTERS WHILE HE PICKS UP CLUES ABOUT - AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH, SIGHT UNSEEN - THE DOG'S OWNER. THE DOG BELONGS TO TAMAR, A GIRL ASSAF'S AGE, WHO IS OUT TO RESCUE A DRUG-ADDICTED RUNAWAY BOY WHILE LOOKING FOR HER PET. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (2000) BY VERED ALMOG AND MAYA GURANTZ © 2004 |
EN4 | 08045 | RIGHT TO EXIST | A MORAL DEFENSE OF ISRAEL'S WARS | LOZOWICK, YAACOV | SELMA MARGULIES | HISTORIAN YAACOV LOZOWICK CONSIDERS AND REBUTS DOZENS OF HARMFUL MYTHS AND OUTRIGHT LIES ABOUT THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. HE SEES INTERNATIONAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST ISRAEL AS EVIDENCE THAT IT IS NOT JUST ISRAEL'S CONDUCT THAT IS BEING QUESTIONED, BUT ALSO ITS RIGHT TO EXIST. THIS LED MANY ISRAELI LIBERALS TO VOTE FOR HARD-LINER ARIEL SHARON. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08046 | UNTHINKABLE THOUGHTS OF JACOB GREEN | | BRAFF, JOSHUA | ASHER SUSS | JACOB DOESN'T MEAN TO DISAPPOINT HIS FATHER, BUT HE CAN'T HELP HIS IRREVERENT THOUGHTS ABOUT HIS ORTHODOX FAMILY AND LIFE IN THE 1970S NEW JERSEY SUBURBS. HIS MOTHER GOES TO COLLEGE AT AGE 36, LEAVING HER FOUR CHILDREN IN THE CARE OF A SEXY NANNY. HE IDOLIZES HIS REBELLIOUS OLDER BROTHER. IF ONLY JACOB COULD CONFRONT HIS OVERBEARING FATHER AND TELL HIM HE DOESN'T WANT TO SING IN SYNAGOGUE, ATTEND EST CLASSES, WRITE THE PERFECT THANK-YOU NOTE, OR EVEN LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE WITH HIM. BUT, OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE! © 2004 |
EN4 | 08047 | POLITICAL ANIMAL | | MIZNER, DAVID | BARBARA FERBER | SPEECHWRITER BEN BERGIN WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT HE CAN BARELY CHANGE HIS CLOTHES. HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN POLITICS OR IN LOVE, BUT HE FINDS BOTH AT HIS JOB FOR A NY CONGRESSMAN'S SENATE CAMPAIGN, WHERE HE WRITES "SPONTANEOUS" REMARKS FOR THE CANDIDATE TO USE AND FALLS FOR CALLIOPE BERKOWITZ, HIS LARGE, FORTHRIGHT COWORKER AND FELLOW WISECRACKER. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08048 | BURNT BREAD AND CHUTNEY | GROWING UP BETWEEN CULTURES - A MEMOIR OF AN INDIAN JEWISH GIRL | DELMAN, CARMIT | SUSAN HENDERSON | THE AUTHOR, DAUGHTER OF A BENE ISRAEL MOTHER FROM INDIA AND AN AMERICAN ASHKENAZI FATHER, REVEALS, THROUGH THIS MEMOIR, A PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN WORLD. DELMAN OFFERS RICH DETAILS TO PORTRAY THE UNIVERSAL AND EXOTIC ASPECTS OF HER UNUSUAL HERITAGE. THIS EDITION INCLUDES A 2003 READER'S GUIDE. © 2002 |
EN4 | 08049 | MYSTICS, MAVERICKS, AND MERRYMAKERS | AN INTIMATE JOURNEY AMONG HASIDIC GIRLS | LEVINE, STEPHANIE WELLEN | JESSIA LEONARD | DR. LEVINE SPENT A YEAR AMONG THE CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HASIDIM OF CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN, TO EXPLORE HOW YOUNG WOMEN DEAL WITH THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE RULES OF THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE PULL OF MAINSTREAM AMERICAN LIFE. CONTRARY TO STEREOTYPE, SHE FOUND GIRLS WITH MORE CONFIDENCE THAN MANY OF THEIR MAINSTREAM PEERS. SHE EXPLORES WHY THIS MIGHT BE, AND WHAT LESSONS MIGHT BE LEARNED ABOUT PROMOTING GIRLS' POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL. FOREWORD BY CAROL GILLIGAN © 2003 |
EN4 | 08050 | IN HER SHOES | | WEINER, JENNIFER | BARBARA ABIS | THE FELLER SISTERS CLAIM TO HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON BUT A CHILDHOOD TRAGEDY, DNA, AND THE SAME SIZE FEET. ROSE, 30, IS A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER WHO LONGS FOR ROMANCE. MAGGIE, 28, IS A STRUGGLING ACTRESS WHO DREAMS OF FAME AND FORTUNE. BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT THAT THEY'RE MORE ALIKE THAN THEY'D EVER IMAGINED! WITH READER'S GUIDE. © 2002 |
EN4 | 08051 | PLOT AGAINST AMERICA | | ROTH, PHILIP | DIANE LIPMAN | WHAT IF THE RENOWNED AVIATION HERO AND RABID ISOLATIONIST CHARLES A. LINDBERGH DEFEATED ROOSEVELT IN THE 1940 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? ROTH IMAGINES THE IMPACT OF THE RESULTING PRO-HITLER ADMINISTRATION ON AMERICAN JEWS, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF HIMSELF AS A CHILD IN NEW JERSEY. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08052 | WHICH BIG GIVER STOLE THE CHOPPED LIVER? | A RUBY, THE RABBI'S WIFE MYSTERY | KAHN, SHARON | ANITA KAUFMAN | RUBY THE WIDOWED REBBETZIN RETURNS FOR A FIFTH ADVENTURE. SHE IS ROPED INTO HELPING WITH HER TEXAS SYNAGOGUE'S FUNDRAISER. BUT WHEN A DEAD STRANGER IS FOUND FACE DOWN ON THE PLATTER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE NOW-MISSING CHOPPED LIVER MOLD (SHAPED LIKE TEXAS), RUBY ONCE AGAIN JOINS THE NEW YOUNG RABBI AND POLICEMAN PAUL LUNDY TO SOLVE THE CASE. MEANWHILE, RUBY JUGGLES NEW SUITORS AND REFEREES HER PETS, OY VEY THE DOG AND NEW KITTY CHUTZPAH! © 2004 |
EN4 | 08053 | JOURNEY FROM THE LAND OF NO | A GIRLHOOD IN REVOLUTIONARY IRAN | HAKAKIAN, ROYA | LORNA KOCH | ROYA WAS TWELVE WHEN THE REVOLUTION SWEPT THROUGH HER NATIVE TEHRAN IN 1979. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF AN ESTEEMED POET IN AN INTELLECTUAL JEWISH HOUSEHOLD. WITH THE INNOCENT CONFUSION OF YOUTH, SHE WITNESSED HOW LIFE CHANGED FOR WOMEN - AND JEWS - AFTER IRAN FELL INTO THE HANDS OF ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08054 | HOLE IN TEXAS | | WOUK, HERMAN | MARGARET A. ROSSI | PHYSICIST GUY CARPENTER WORKED ON THE SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER, A GIGANTIC FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT IN TEXAS AIMED AT FINDING THE ELUSIVE HIGGS BOSUN SUBATOMIC PARTICLE. CONGRESS PULLED THE PLUG ON THE SSC IN 1993 (IN REAL LIFE, TOO), PROFESSIONALLY STRANDING HIM AND LEAVING THE PROJECT INCOMPLETE. TEN YEARS LATER, CHINESE SCIENTISTS CLAIM TO HAVE DISCOVERED THE HIGGS BOSUN, AND HIS LIFE - NOW SETTLED AND PEACEFUL - IS ONCE AGAIN DISRUPTED. HIS SCC WORK AND A SECRET ROMANCE WITH THE CHIEF CHINESE SCIENTIST PUT CARPENTER ON THE SPOT WITH HIS WIFE, THE MEDIA, CONGRESS AND POSSIBLY THE CIA. IT ALSO INTRODUCES HIM TO A FORMER MOVIE STAR CONGRESSWOMAN, WHO'S CHARMED BY HIS INTELLECT AND SYMPATHETIC TO HIS PLIGHT. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08055 | STORY OF A LIFE | | APPELFELD, AHARON | ASHER SUSS | APPELFELD'S CHILDHOOD WAS DISRUPTED AT AGE 7 WHEN THE NAZIS OCCUPIED CZERNOWITZ IN 1941. HE SURVIVED THE GHETTO, THE MARCH TO A LABOR CAMP, AND AN ESCAPE TO THE FOREST, WHERE HE HID FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR. AFTERWARDS, HE WENT TO A DISPLACED PERSON'S CAMP UNTIL HE WAS ABLE TO GET ON A SHIP TO PALESTINE. AS HE BEGAN A NEW LIFE THERE, HE STRUGGLED TO RETAIN HIS MEMORIES IN SPITE OF THOSE WHO URGED HIM TO SIMPLY FORGET. THE EXPERIENCES HE RECOUNTS OFFER PERSONAL GLIMPSES INTO THE THEMES THAT RESONATE THROUGH HIS AWARD-WINNING FICTION. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW (1999) BY ALOMA HALTER © 2004 |
EN4 | 08056 | LITTLE EARTHQUAKES | | WEINER, JENNIFER | MARILYN BECK | FOUR VERY DIFFERENT WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA BOND OVER PREGNANCY AND MOTHERHOOD AFTER ONE GOES INTO LABOR AT A YOGA CLASS. REBECCA IS A SUCCESSFUL CHEF WITH A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND A MOTHER-IN-LAW FROM HELL. KELLY IS AN OVERACHIEVING EVENT PLANNER WHOSE HUSBAND LOSES INTEREST IN EVERYTHING - INCLUDING HER - WHEN HE LOSES HIS JOB. AYINDE IS A NEWSCASTER WHO MOVED TO PHILLY WHEN HER HUSBAND BECAME THE 76ERS NEWEST BASKETBALL STAR, BUT HE MAY NOT BE AS FAITHFUL AS SHE IS. FINALLY, LIA RETURNS HOME, FLEEING A GLAMOROUS HOLLYWOOD CAREER, HER HUSBAND, AND A TRAGIC SECRET. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08057 | GREAT NECK | | CANTOR, JAY | ELIZABETH LONDON | A GROUP OF SUBURBAN NEW YORKERS GROW UP IDEALISTIC, RADICAL, AND ROMANTIC IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. THEIR SIXTH-GRADE HOLOCAUST LESSONS IN 1960 INSPIRE THE CLASSMATES - MOST OF WHOM ARE JEWISH - TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. AS TIME GOES ON, THE FRIENDS GET INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT SOME OF THEM MOVE ON TO THE WEATHERMAN AND OTHER RADICAL GROUPS. THROUGHOUT, ONE OF THE GUYS, A TALENTED CARTOONIST, IMMORTALIZES HIS PALS AS SUPERHEROES IN HIS COMIC BOOKS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08058 | MIXED NUTS | AMERICA'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH COMEDY TEAMS FROM BURNS & ALLEN TO... | EPSTEIN, LAWRENCE J. | HOWELL MAYER | FROM 19TH CENTURY VAUDEVILLE TO RADIO, FILM, AND TELEVISION, COMEDIANS WHO PERFORM AS PARTNERS HAVE CREATED A PARTICULARLY AMERICAN TYPE OF HUMOR. AMERICANS HAVE GROWN TO DEPEND ON COMEDIANS TO RESPOND TO EVENTS, MAKE THEM LAUGH, AND SHOW THAT EVEN IN THE WORST OF TIMES, FRIENDSHIP AND HUMOR CAN HELP YOU SURVIVE. FROM LAUREL AND HARDY, THE MARX BROTHERS, AND LUCILLE BALL AND VIVIAN VANCE RIGHT THROUGH THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS AND THE CASTS OF FRIENDS AND SEINFELD, EPSTEIN LOOKS AT THESE CLASSIC TEAMS THROUGH A SOCIOLOGICAL PRISM. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08060 | SMALL MIRACLES FOR THE JEWISH HEART | EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCES FROM YESTERDAY OR TODAY | HALBERSTAM, YITTA; LEVENTHAL, JUDITH | BERNICE LEIBOWITZ | THE SMALL MIRACLES SERIES OFFERS HEARTWARMING, TRUE-TO-LIFE STORIES WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH. THIS FIFTH BOOK IN THE SERIES FOCUSES SPECIFICALLY ON JEWISH STORIES AND INCLUDES SUCH MODERN PHENOMENA AS A "VINTAGE" CABBAGE PATCH DOLL AND THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. © 2002 |
EN4 | 08063 | INFILTRATION | A NOVEL | KENAZ, YEHOSHUA | MEGAN OWEN | SET IN THE 1950S, THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS A GROUP OF ISRAELI ARMY RECRUITS THROUGH BASIC TRAINING IN A SPECIAL UNIT FOR CONSCRIPTS WITH MINOR MEDICAL PROBLEMS. THE DIVERSE GROUP OF MEN, INCLUDING A PATRIOTIC KIBBUTZNIK, A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, A WORKING CLASS ROMANTIC, AND A FORMER PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE, REPRESENT A MICROCOSM OF THE COMPETING SOCIO-ECONOMIC, ETHNIC, AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE MODERN STATE OF ISRAEL. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU, © 2003 |
EN4 | 08065 | DOUBLE HOMICIDE | SANTA FE/BOSTON | KELLERMAN, JONATHAN; KELLERMAN, FAYE | TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN | THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE MYSTERY AUTHORS (HE WRITES THE ALEX DELAWARE BOOKS; SHE WRITES THE RENA LAZARUS/PETER DECKER SERIES) COLLABORATE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON A BOOK OF TWO MYSTERY NOVELLAS. IN STILL LIFE, A SANTA FE GALLERY OWNER IS FOUND BLUDGEONED. IN IN THE LAND OF GIANTS, A TALENTED COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER IS GUNNED DOWN IN BOSTON. BOTH MURDERS HIT CLOSE TO HOME FOR INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICERS IN PERSONAL AND CULTURAL WAYS. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08066 | YALE COMPANION TO JEWISH WRITING AND THOUGHT IN GERMAN CULTURE, 1096-1996 | | GILMAN, SANDER L.; ZIPES, JACK, EDS. | ASHER SUSS | WRITTEN BY 119 SCHOLARS, THIS ANTHOLOGY PROVIDES A HISTORY OF THE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS OF JEWISH WRITERS TO GERMAN CULTURE AND EXPLORES WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE "OTHER" WITHIN THAT CULTURE. THE CONTRIBUTORS TAKE A VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES, FROM THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY ON JEWISH-GERMAN RELATIONS TO PARTICULAR GENRES, AUTHORS, AND LITERARY MOVEMENTS. TOPICS INCLUDE THE CRUSADES, JEWISH MYSTICISM IN THE RENAISSANCE, AND THE WORKS OF MARX, FREUD, ARENDT, AND OTHERS. © 1997 |
EN4 | 08070 | AMERICAN JUDAISM | A HISTORY | SARNA, JONATHAN D. | WIN ROBBINS | CHRONICLING THE 350-YEAR HISTORY OF THE JEWISH RELIGION IN AMERICA, PROF. SARNA EXPLORES THE WAYS IN WHICH JUDAISM ADAPTED IN THIS NEW CONTEXT. HE STUDIES HOW AMERICAN CULTURE - PREDOMINANTLY PROTESTANT AND CAPITALIST - AFFECTED JEWISH RELIGION AND CULTURE, AND HOW AMERICAN JEWS SHAPED THEIR COMMUNITIES AND FAITH IN THE NEW WORLD. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08072 | THESE ARE THE WORDS | A VOCABULARY OF JEWISH SPIRITUAL LIFE | GREEN, ARTHUR | CHARLES ROEMER | ONE OF THE FOREMOST SCHOLARS OF JEWISH SPIRITUALITY CONSIDERS JUDAISM TO BE A KIND OF LANGUAGE - A "WAY OF EXPRESSING OUR BELIEFS, LONGINGS, ASPIRATIONS, DREAMS..." GREEN EXPLAINS THE BASIC TERMS OF THIS LANGUAGE IN 149 ESSAYS, WHICH CONSTITUTE A BRIEF ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JUDAISM - A HELPFUL REMINDER OF WHAT KEY JEWISH TERMS MEAN AND OF HOW THESE WORDS SHAPE THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO SPEAK THEM. © 1999 |
EN4 | 08073 | HUNTING MIDNIGHT | | ZIMLER, RICHARD | BAZ SNIDER | IN THE 19TH CENTURY PORTUGAL, MIDNIGHT, AN AFRICAN HEALER AND FREED SLAVE, BEFRIENDS JOHN ZARCO STEWART, A PLAYFUL, INQUISITIVE CHILD WHO DISCOVERS THAT HE IS A DESCENDANT OF THE IBERIAN PENSINULA'S JEWS, WHO HAVE BEEN HIDING SINCE THE INQUISITION THREE CENTURIES AGO. WHEN NAPOLEON'S INVASION DESTROYS JOHN'S LIFE, THE TWO FRIENDS JOURNEY TO AMERICA, SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND A REDISCOVERY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HERITAGE. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08074 | HUMAN PARTS | | CASTEL-BLOOM, ORLY | MICHAEL BERNSTEIN | ONE COLD WINTER, ISRAEL IS FACED WITH RUINOUS WEATHER, A DECLINING ECONOMY, THE INTIFADA, AND A DEADLY ILLNESS CALLED THE "SAUDI FLU." DESPITE THESE DIFFICULTIES, A CROSS-SECTION OF ISRAELIS TRY TO COPE, INCLUDING A CLEANING WOMAN WHO APPEARS ON TELEVISION, A DIVORCED ARTIST AND MOTHER WHO TURNS TO AN EX-BOYFRIEND FOR WORK, AN ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANT WHO WANTS TO MARRY THE EX-BOYFRIEND, AND THE NATION'S PRESIDENT, WHOSE DAYS HAVE BECOME A ROUND OF FUNERALS AND HOSPITAL VISITS. TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW BY DALYA BILU © 2003 |
EN4 | 08081 | ORIGINAL STORY | A MEMOIR OF BROADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD | LAURENTS, ARTHUR | BEA BRESLOW | THE AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT OF WEST SIDE STORY AND GYPSY, SCREENWRITER OF THE WAY WE WERE, AND DIRECTOR OF BROADWAY'S LA CAGE AUX FOLLES TELLS HIS STORY IN THIS LIVELY, HUMOROUS, BUT BRUTALLY HONEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY. IN ADDITION TO INSIDE STORIES AND INSIGHTS INTO MANY SHOW BIZ PERSONALITIES, LAURENT TAKES US FROM HIS FLATBUSH CHILDHOOD TO CORNELL AND THE ARMY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIS LIBERAL POLITICS AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM. © 2000 |
EN4 | 08082 | CASE FOR ISRAEL | | DERSHOWITZ, ALAN | SYLVIA SORIN | THE RENOWNED HARVARD LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR REFUTES THIRTY-TWO COMMON ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ISRAEL, WRITING IN THE STYLE OF LEGAL BRIEFS AND BACKING UP HIS DEFENSE ARGUMENTS WITH HISTORICAL FACTS. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08083 | SHIKSA | THE GENTILE WOMAN IN THE JEWISH WORLD | BENVENUTO, CHRISTINE | EDITH FOSTER | BENVENUTO, A JOURNALIST AND CONVERT TO JUDAISM, ADDRESSES THE ROLE PLAYED BY GENTILE WOMEN IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, BOTH IN THE BIBLE AND IN MODERN LIFE. SHE EXPLORES MANY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES AND STEREOTYPES CONCERNING NON-JEWISH WOMEN, INCLUDING THEIR ALLEGED APPEAL TO JEWISH MEN AND THE PROBLEMS OF CONVERTS BEING SOCIALLY ACCEPTED. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08085 | MATZO BALLS FOR BREAKFAST | AND OTHER MEMORIES OF GROWING UP JEWISH | KING, ALAN, & FRIENDS | NANCI BRONSTEEN | THE POPULAR COMEDIAN ASKED A VARIETY OF FAMOUS PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES ABOUT BEING JEWISH, RESULTING IN THIS COLLECTION OF 80 BRIEF ESSAYS FILLED WITH HUMOR, NOSTALGIA, AND OCCASIONAL "PUNGENCY," AND GROUPED BY TOPIC INTO CHAPTERS, EACH WITH KING'S OWN INTRODUCTION. KING DIED WHILE THE BOOK WAS IN PRODUCTION, AND THE FINAL THREE ESSAYS ARE EULOGIES TO HIM BY RICK MORANIS, BARBARA WALTERS, AND BILLY CRYSTAL. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08086 | COVENANT | | RAGEN, NAOMI | JJ KENNEDY | THE MARGULIES FAMILY IS HAPPY LIVING IN A SETTLEMENT NEAR JERUSALEM. BUT WHEN HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER ARE KIDNAPPED BY HAMAS, ELISE, PREGNANT WITH A SECOND CHILD, CALLS HER GRANDMOTHER LEAH IN AMERICA. LEAH SPRINGS INTO ACTION, GATHERING THREE OLD FRIENDS WHO NOW LEAD DIVERSE LIVES AROUND THE WORLD. THESE FOUR WOMEN, WHO SURVIVED AUSCHWITZ TOGETHER, HAD MADE A COVENANT TO HELP EACH OTHER WHENEVER THE NEED MIGHT ARISE. NOW THAT OATH IS PUT TO THE TEST. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08088 | SONGBIRD | | ZACHARIAS, WALTER | LORNA KOCH | MIA LEVY, A PRIVILEGED POLISH JEW, IS A SONGBIRD TAKING VOICE LESSONS IN PARIS WHEN THE HOLOCAUST BEGINS. SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE DEPORTED TO TREBLINKA, BUT WHEN HER FATHER PUSHES HER OFF THE TRAIN, SHE JOINS THE PARTISANS, ESCAPES TO AMERICA, AND SETTLES IN BROOKLYN, WHERE SHE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A FELLOW MUSICIAN. HER NEW LIFE, TOO, IS DISRUPTED AFTER PEARL HARBOR, WHEN SHE IS RECRUITED TO RETURN TO EUROPE AND WORK UNDERCOVER IN A NAZI BROTHEL. CAN SHE SURVIVE LONG ENOUGH TO FULFILL HER MISSION, AVENGE HER FAMILY, AND REUNITE WITH HER LOVER? © 2004 |
EN4 | 08089 | RESCUED FROM THE REICH | HOW ONE OF HITLER'S SOLDIERS SAVED THE LUBAVITCHER REBBE | RIGG, BRYAN MARK | WIN ROBBINS | A NOTED HOLOCAUST SCHOLAR RELATES HOW PRESSURE FROM THE LUBAVITCH CHASSIDIM AND THE DESIRE FOR GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS HELPED PUSH HIGH RANKING NAZI OFFICIALS - INCLUDING ONE WITH A JEWISH FATHER AND ANOTHER WHO, THOUGH ANTI-SEMITIC, WAS BECOMING DISAFFECTED WITH HITLER - TO SPIRIT RABBI JOSEPH SCHNEERSOHN, HIS FAMILY, AND HIS ENTOURAGE FROM WARSAW TO RIGA TO STOCKHOLM, WHERE PASSAGE TO NEW YORK WAS OBTAINED. WITH THE LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT NOW HEADQUARTERED IN BROOKLYN, IT EVENTUALLY GREW INTO THE WIDESPREAD AND WELL-KNOWN MOVEMENT OF TODAY. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08090 | GERMS | BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND AMERICA'S SECRET WAR | MILLER, J.; ENGELBERG, S; BROAD, WM. | RICHARD RUBIN | IN A GROUNDBREAKING WORK OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, NEW YORK TIMES REPORTERS JUDITH MILLER, STEPHEN ENGELBERG, AND WILLIAM BROAD UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND SHOWS WHY BIO-WARFARE AND BIO-TERRORISM ARE FAST BECOMING OUR WORST NATIONAL NIGHTMARE. THE WORK IS BASED ON INTERVIEWS WITH SCIENTISTS AND OFFICIALS ALL THE WAY UP TO PRESIDENT CLINTON, AS WELL AS RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. © 2001 |
EN4 | 08091 | WAR PAINT | MADAME HELENA RUBENSTEIN AND MISS ELIZABETH ARDEN, | WOODHEAD, LINDY | LILA STERN | ...THEIR LIVES, THEIR TIMES, THEIR RIVALRY. A METICULOUSLY RESEARCHED DUAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE TWO COSMETICS ENTREPRENEURS WHO SPAWNED THE MODERN BEAUTY INDUSTRY AND PIONEERED MADISON AVENUE MARKETING, ADVERTISING, AND CONSUMER CULTURE. DESPITE THEIR COMMON INTERESTS, CELEBRITY CONNECTIONS, AND IMPOVERISHED CHILDHOODS (RUBENSTEIN IN THE KRAKOW GHETTO, ARDEN IN RURAL CANADA), THEY DEVELOPED AN INTENSE RIVALRY WHOSE PUBLICITY FUELED THEIR EMPIRES. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08092 | BREAKFAST AT STEPHANIE'S | | MARGOLIS, SUE | CARMEN ADRIANA | ASPIRING JAZZ SOLOIST AND SINGLE MOM STEPHANIE GLASSMAN COOKS LAVISH SUNDAY BRUNCHES AT HER LONDON HOME FOR HER BEST FRIENDS, BUT HER CAREER IS IN A RUT (HER LATEST GIG IS PLAYING THE PIANO IN DEPARTMENT STORE), AND EVEN HER GRANDMOTHER HAS A BETTER LOVE LIFE. THEN HER TODDLER'S FATHER, AN AMERICAN MOVIE STUNTMAN, RETURNS, BUT SO DOES AN ACTOR SHE HAS LONG ADMIRED. AT THE SAME TIME, HER CAREER HEATS UP BUT RESULTS IN A FRONT PAGE SCANDAL. STEPHANIE HAS SOME BIG DECISIONS TO MAKE. WHAT WILL SHE DO? © 2004 |
EN4 | 08093 | AND THE DEAD SHALL RISE | THE MURDER OF MARY PHAGAN AND THE LYNCHING OF LEO FRANK | ONEY, STEVE | MICHELLE HARBER, FRANCIE ANNE RILEY | A TEENAGER'S 1913 MURDER IN ATLANTA, THE CONVICTION OF A JEWISH FACTORY OWNER, THE LAST MINUTE COMMUTATION OF HIS DEATH SENTENCE, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT LYNCHING HAVE BEEN NOVELIZED AND DRAMATIZED ON STAGE AND SCREEN. BUT NOW A JOURNALIST PROVIDES A DETAILED HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THESE EVENTS, PRESENTED IN A NARRATIVE STYLE REMINISCENT OF A 19TH CENTURY NOVEL. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08094 | ZAYDA WAS A COWBOY | | NISLICK, JUNE LEVITT | BARBARA KESTENBAUM | BILL AND HIS BROTHER DANNY LEARN TO SEE THEIR GRANDFATHER IN A WHOLE NEW WAY WHEN HE TELLS THEM HIS LIFE STORY, FROM FLEEING RUSSIA AS A BOY TO AVOID LIFETIME SERVICE IN THE ARMY TO ARRIVING IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, HOMESICK BUT READY TO WORK HARD IN HIS SURPRISING NEW CAREER. ZAYDE IS HONEST ABOUT BOTH THE GOOD AND BAD ASPECTS OF FRONTIER LIFE. AN EPILOGUE OF HISTORIC FACTS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND GLOSSARY FOLLOW THE STORY. © 2005 |
EN4 | 08095 | OUTCAST DOVE | A CATHERINE LEVENDEUR MYSTERY | NEWMAN, SHARAN | JAY WILLIAMS | NEWMAN RETURNS TO 12TH CENTURY FRANCE, BUT THE 9TH BOOK IN THIS SERIES REVOLVES AROUND CATHERINE'S COUSIN SOLOMON, A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE OF HERS AND HER HUSBAND EDGAR'S WHO MUST KEEP THEIR FAMILY CONNECTION SECRET, AS HE WAS RAISED JEWISH WHILE HER FATHER WAS ABDUCTED AS A CHILD AND RAISED CATHOLIC. TRAVELING WITH EDGAR, SOLOMON JOINS A RESCUE PARTY SEARCHING FOR A JEWISH GIRL KIDNAPPED IN SPAIN BY CHRISTIANS, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS HIS ESTRANGED FATHER JACOB, WHO HAS REJECTED JUDAISM AND BECOME A MONK CALLED BROTHER JAMES. JAMES IS ON A SIMILAR MISSION, TO RANSOM CATHOLIC KNIGHTS CAPTURED BY MUSLIMS. CAN FATHER AND SON, CHRISTIAN AND JEW, LEARN TO COOPERATE AS THE TWO RESCUE PARTIES JOIN FORCES? © 2003 |
EN4 | 08096 | CODE NAME AMNON | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A HAGANAH FIGHTER, 1943-1949 | ROSENFELD, DANIEL | MARSHA AKS | THE TRUE STORY OF A 14-YEAR-OLD-BOY WHO JOINED THE HAGANAH IN 1943. DESPITE HIS YOUTH, HIS CREATIVE IDEAS AND QUICK THINKING SOON MADE HIM THE LEADER OF MANY SUCCESSFUL MISSIONS AGAINST THE BRITISH OCCUPATION, YET HIS CONDUCT DEMONSTRATES THAT EVEN IN WAR TIME, A FIGHTER CAN STILL BEHAVE HONORABLY. HIS EXPERIENCES PROVIDE A PICTURE OF THE CONDITIONS IN PRE-STATE ISRAEL, SHOWING WHY THE LAND IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND WHY THEY FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08097 | IT'S ALL A GIFT | THOUGH IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT AT THE TIME | ADAHAN, MIRIAM | MICHAL NUSSBAUM, DEBBIE WOLF | DR. ADAHAN, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH PSYCHOLOGIST, OFFERS A HELPFUL PHILOSOPHY FOR COPING WITH LIFE'S UPS AND DOWNS. SHE EXPLAINS THAT BOTH GOOD AND BAD EVENTS HAVE SOME SORT OF HOLY PURPOSE, AND WE MUST TRUST THAT THIS IS SO, EVEN IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND REMINDS US THAT WE WERE ALL CREATED IN THE DIVINE IMAGE. OUR TASK IS TO WORK ON CHANGING OUR ATTITUDE TO APPRECIATE THE GOODNESS IN OUR LIVES. © 1992 |
EN4 | 08098 | DO YOU REMEMBER ME? | A FATHER, A DAUGHTER, AND A SEARCH FOR THE SELF | LEVINE, JUDITH | JOAN ATLAS | LEVINE, WHO HAS WRITTEN ABOUT HOW CULTURE, POLITICS, AND HISTORY ARE ENACTED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, NOW TURNS TO HER OWN FAMILY'S CRISIS AS HER FATHER, ONCE A POLITICALLY ACTIVE PSYCHOLOGIST, FALLS VICTIM TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. WHILE CHRONICLING THE COURSE OF HER FATHER'S ILLNESS AND ITS EFFECT ON THOSE AROUND HIM, SHE ALSO STUDIES HIS LIFE, LEARNING TO APPRECIATE AND RECONCILE WITH HIM. AT THE SAME TIME, SHE EXPLORES UNIVERSAL THEMES OF LOVE, DUTY, AND COMMUNITY; DISABILITY AND AGING; AND THE SELF AND IDENTITY. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08099 | ON JUDAISM | CONVERSATIONS ON BEING JEWISH IN TODAY'S WORLD | FELDMAN, EMANUEL, RABBI | RHODA KAHN | A SERIES OF DIALOGUES BETWEEN DAVID, A QUESTIONING JEW, AND HIS RABBI ARE THE FRAMEWORK FOR THIS DISCUSSION OF JUDAISM'S ONGOING RELEVANCE AND ITS ANSWERS TO MODERN QUESTIONS. EACH CHAPTER IS A SELF-CONTAINED CONVERSATION ABOUT A PARTICULAR TOPIC, FROM SABBATH, HOLIDAYS, AND KEEPING KOSHER TO REPENTANCE, PRAYER, AND HOLINESS, AND FROM GOD AND THE TORAH TO INTERPERSONAL AND INTERFAITH DEALINGS. © 1994 |
EN4 | 08100 | SAUL AND PATSY | | BAXTER, CHARLES | PAM VASSIL | THE IDYLLIC LIFESTYLE OF SAUL GOLDBERG AND HIS WIFE PATSY, WHO SETTLE IN A SMALL MIDWESTERN TOWN, IS CHALLENGED BY ONE OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, A DISTURBED BOY WHOSE ACTIONS LEAD TO INNER AND OUTER CONFLICT. WILL SAUL BE BLAMED AS AN OUTSIDER? AS A JEW? BY HIMSELF? AS HE QUESTIONS HIMSELF, HIS COMMUNITY, AND HIS MARRIAGE, HE EXPLORES ISSUES OF LOVE, PARENTHOOD, SOCIAL CLASS, AND LOSS. HE MUST ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHAT KIND OF MAN HE WANTS TO BE. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08101 | ISRAELIS | ORDINARY PEOPLE IN AN EXTRAORDINARY LAND | ROSENTHAL, DONNA | LAWRENCE AVERY | A JOURNALIST DEPICTS THE DIVERSITY OF ORDINARY ISRAELIS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR LIVES, PORTRAYING THE DICHOTOMIES OF MALE AND FEMALE, SEPHARDI AND ASHKENAZI, RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR, AND EVEN ARAB AND JEW. SHE POINTS OUT THE PARADOX OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS ASSAULTING IMMODESTLY DRESSED WOMEN IN THE ONLY NATION WHOSE ARMY DRAFTS WOMEN, AND OF ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO GREW UP WITHOUT ELECTRICITY ENDING UP HIGH-TECH JOBS. IN PRESENTING THIS MULTICULTURAL POPULATION, SHE DISPELS MANY STEREOTYPES ABOUT ISRAEL, YET SHE SHOWS THAT ISRAELIS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT LOVE, FAMILY, CAREERS, AND RECREATION AS THEY FACE LIFE'S UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCES IN THIS UNIQUE LAND. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08102 | RADICAL APPROACH TO JEWISH HISTORY | | MELLMAN, AL | ANITA KAUFMAN | © 2002 |
EN4 | 08103 | WITNESS | VOICES FROM THE HOLOCAUST | GREENE, JOSHUA M.; KUMAR, SHIVA | SHIRLEY BROWN | TWENTY SEVEN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FORM THIS COMPANION VOLUME TO A PBS DOCUMENTARY BASED ON TESTIMONY GATHERED BY YALE UNIVERSITY'S FORTUNOFF ARCHIVE. THE WITNESSES INCLUDE JEWISH HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, GERMAN CIVILIANS, RESISTANCE FIGHTERS, AND AMERICAN POWS WHO RELATE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS FROM BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE WAR. THE EDITORS INTERWEAVE THE STORIES CHRONOLOGICALLY WHILE ALLOWING EACH VOICE TO MAINTAIN ITS INDIVIDUALITY. © 2000 |
EN4 | 08105 | BREAD GIVERS | | YEZIERSKA, ANZIA | NORMA FIRE | SARA'S IMMIGRANT FATHER HAS MARRIED OFF HER SISTERS TO MEN THEY DON'T LOVE. BUT SHE IS A MODERN AMERICAN LIVING ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE IN THE 1920S, AND REJECTS HIS CONCEPT OF JEWISH WOMANHOOD IN FAVOR OF INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH EDUCATION, WORK, AND LOVE. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1925, THE NOVEL HAS BEEN REVIVED BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HISTORIAN ALICE KESSLER-HARRIS, WHO HAS ADDED AN UPDATED FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION. © 1999, 2003 (3RD ED.) [REPLACES EARLIER RECORDING, EC-2466] |
EN4 | 08106 | HEALING THE HEART OF CONFLICT | 8 CRUCIAL STEPS TO MAKING PEACE WITH YOURSELF AND OTHERS | GOPIN, MARC | WENDY GOULSTON | RABBI GOPIN IS A CONFLICT RESOLUTION EXPERT, HAVING WORKED IN SUCH INTERNATIONAL HOT SPOTS AS THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTHERN IRELAND AND AFRICA. NOW HE TEACHES HOW HIS TECHNIQUES CAN BE APPLIED TO OUR OWN CONFLICTS IN BUSINESS AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. POINTING OUT THAT EMOTIONS AS WELL AS RATIONAL THOUGHT AFFECT OUR REACTIONS, HE PROVIDES A SYSTEM OF EIGHT STEPS TO HEAL FEELINGS OF DISHONOR AND HUMILIATION THAT TOO OFTEN INTERFERE WITH THE ABILITY TO GET PAST OUR DIFFERENCES. A WIDE RANGE OF ANECDOTES DEMONSTRATE HOW THESE STEPS HAVE SUCCEEDED IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS, WHETHER AT WORK, AT HOME, IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY - OR EVEN WITHIN OURSELVES. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08107 | MY GUARDIAN ANGEL | | WEIL, SYLVIE | BETSY NEWBERRY | A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE CRUSADES IN 11TH CENTURY FRANCE, AS DESCRIBED BY TWELVE-YEAR-OLD ELVINA, THE REAL-LIFE GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE REVERED SCHOLAR RASHI. WHILE ELVINA PREFERS THE INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS USUALLY LIMITED TO JEWISH BOYS, SHE DUTIFULLY CARRIES OUT THE ROLE OF "WOMAN OF THE HOUSE" WHILE HER MOTHER IS AWAY. SUDDENLY, A KNOCK AT THE DOOR REVEALS GAUTHIER, WHO, LIKE HER, WOULD RATHER STUDY THAN DO WHAT HIS SOCIETY EXPECTS - FIGHT IN THE CRUSADES. IN RETURN FOR HER ASSISTANCE, HE OFFERS ADVANCE WARNING OF THE CRUSADERS' ARRIVAL IN HER TOWN. IS IT WORTH THE RISK? WILL HER GUARDIAN ANGEL HELP? TRANSLATED FROM THE 2001 FRENCH ORIGINAL. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08108 | JGIRL'S GUIDE | THE YOUNG JEWISH WOMAN'S HANDBOOK FOR COMING OF AGE | ADELMAN, P; FELDMAN, A; REINHARZ, S | SHIRLEY KALB | JEWISH SOURCES AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY ARE COMBINED TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL ADVICE TO GIRLS APPROACHING BAT MITZVAH AND BEYOND, REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATION. THE AUTHORS, A SOCIAL WORKER, EDUCATOR, AND SOCIOLOGIST WHO ALL SPECIALIZE IN JEWISH WOMEN'S ISSUES, COVER A BROAD RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM FRIENDS, AUTHORITY FIGURES, SELF-ESTEEM, AND HEALTH TO THE SABBATH, RELIGIOUS STUDIES, AND MITZVOT SUCH AS TIKKUN OLAM, IMPROVING THE WORLD. INPUT FROM RABBIS, ATHLETES, MUSICIANS, AND OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES, AS WELL AS FROM "ORDINARY" JEWISH GIRLS AND WOMEN, GIVES THIS SURVIVAL GUIDE A REAL-LIFE FLAVOR THAT EVEN ADULTS MAY ENJOY. © 2005 |
EN4 | 08109 | DANGLING MAN | | BELLOW, SAUL | LAWRENCE AVERY, CANTOR | IN THIS NEW EDITION OF BELLOW'S 1944 NOVEL, JOSEPH, WHO EXPECTS TO BE DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY SOON, GIVES UP HIS JOB AND TRIES TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR THE BATTLEFIELD. BUT WHEN A SERIES OF MIX-UPS DELAYS HIS INDUCTION, HE FINDS HIMSELF DANGLING FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND KEEPS A JOURNAL OF HIS WANDERINGS THROUGH CHICAGO'S STREETS, HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PAST, FREEDOM, AND CHOICE, AND HIS FEELINGS ABOUT HIS IDLE STATUS IN THE MIDDLE OF WORLD WAR II. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SALMAN RUSHDIE. © 1996 |
EN4 | 08110 | KABBALAH AND THE POWER OF DREAMING | AWAKENING THE VISIONARY LIFE | SHAINBERG, CATHERINE | EDITH FOSTER | DR. SHAINBERG, A PSYCHOLOGIST, SPENT MANY YEARS STUDYING KABBALAH WITH COLETTE ABOULKER-MUSCAT, A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF THE 13TH-CENTURY PROVENÇAL KABBALIST ISAAC THE BLIND. HERE SHE COMBINES ANCIENT SEPHARDIC-KABBALISTIC TRADITION WITH MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICE TO UNLOCK THE INTUITIVE POWERS OF OUR DREAMS AND ACHIEVE INCREASED AWARENESS, CREATIVITY, AND SELF-REALIZATION. SHE PROVIDES SIMPLE MENTAL EXERCISES AND ANECDOTES ABOUT HOW THESE METHODS HAVE IMPROVED HER OWN LIFE. © 2005 |
EN4 | 08111 | LIFE IN THE DAMN TROPICS | | UNGER, DAVID | WENDY GOULSTON | IN THE CORRUPT WORLD OF 1980S GUATEMALA, THE THREE ELTALEPH BROTHERS STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR BUSINESS AFLOAT IN A SEA OF MILITARY RULE, TERRORISM, AND SABOTAGE. NARRATED BY MARCOS, THE PLAYBOY MIDDLE BROTHER, THE ACTION REVOLVES AROUND A NIGHT CLUB HIS EX-PROSTITUTE GIRLFRIEND PERSUADES HIM TO OPEN WHILE AARON AND DAVID RUN THE FACTORIES. BUT SOON A SHADY FIGURE IS USING THE PLACE FOR CLANDESTINE MEETINGS THAT LEAD TO A SHOOTING THAT SOMEHOW INVOLVES AARON, A PROMINENT LEADER IN A JEWISH COMMUNITY BATTERED BY CORRUPTION AND ASSIMILATION. © 2002 |
EN4 | 08112 | JOY COMES IN THE MORNING | | ROSEN, JONATHAN | CARYL GREENBLATT | RABBI DEBORAH GREEN IS DEVOTED TO HER RELIGION, HER NEW YORK CONGREGATION, AND HER VOLUNTEER WORK AS A HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN. STILL, AS SHE OFFICIATES AT WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS, SHE FEELS HER OWN LIFE IS SOMEWHAT EMPTY. THEN SHE MEETS AN AILING HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND HIS SON, WHO IS AS SHY AND RELIGIOUSLY SKEPTICAL AS SHE IS OUTGOING AND DEVOUT. A SURPRISING ROMANCE DEVELOPS, IN SPITE OF THEIR CONTRASTING RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES; WHILE SHE INSPIRES HIM TO RETURN TO JUDAISM, SHE EXPERIENCES A RELIGIOUS CRISIS OF HER OWN. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08113 | MAKING AMERICANS | JEWS AND THE BROADWAY MUSICAL | MOST, ANDREA | BEA BRESLOW | MUSICAL THEATER IS ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS, YET MANY OF THE MOST CREATIVE MINDS BEHIND IT WERE JEWISH. PROFESSOR MOST, FOCUSING ON THE SOCIO-POLITICALLY TUMULTUOUS SECOND QUARTER OF THE 20TH CENTURY, ANALYZES HOW THE VISION OF JEWISH ARTISTS ON BROADWAY INFLUENCED ACCEPTED IDEAS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN - AND TO BE A JEW IN AMERICA. USING THOROUGHLY RESEARCHED EXAMPLES FROM SUCH SHOWS AS ANNIE GET YOUR GUN AND OKLAHOMA!, SHE DEMONSTRATES HOW CURRENT EVENTS AFFECTED THE WORK OF THE GERSHWINS, ROGERS AND HART, AND OSCAN HAMMERSTEIN, AMONG OTHERS. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08114 | SEEK MY FACE | A JEWISH MYSTICAL THEOLOGY | GREEN, ARTHUR, RABBI | CHARLES ROEMER | USING THE HEBREW LETTERS OF GOD'S NAME AS AN ACROSTIC ROADMAP, RABBI GREEN LEADS HIS READERS ON A JOURNEY TO UNDERSTAND GOD, THE WORLD, AND OURSELVES. HE SEEKS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN GOD'S ELUSIVE PRESENCE AND OUR LACK OF SUFFICIENT LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND MODERN JEWISH SPIRITUALITY. AN UPDATE OF A CLASSIC WORK FROM THIS RECONSTRUCTIONIST RABBI AND PROFESSOR. © 2003 |
EN4 | 08115 | WOMEN'S TORAH COMMENTARY | NEW INSIGHTS FROM WOMEN RABBIS ON THE 54 WEEKLY TORAH PORTIONS | GOLDSTEIN, ELYSE, RABBI, ED. | JUDITH BASES | MORE THAN 50 FEMALE RABBIS OFFER THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TORAH, AND ESPECIALLY OF THOSE PORTIONS THAT MAY STRIKE THE MODERN READER AS HOPELESSLY SEXIST. SOME OF THE AUTHORS DISMISS SUCH PASSAGES AS NOT WORTH FOLLOWING, WHILE OTHERS TRY TO UNDERSTAND THESE WRITINGS IN A NEW WAY THAT WILL BE MORE PALATABLE. MIDRASHIC TEXTS ARE USED TO EXAMINE THE STORIES OF BIBLICAL HEROINES AND TO EXPLORE AND CRITIQUE WHAT WAS INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED. ALTHOUGH THE CONTRIBUTORS REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF PERSPECTIVES, THEY ALL AIM TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR THOUGHT. © 2000 |
EN4 | 08116 | TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS | | OZ, AMOS | ASHER SUSS | "TRANSLATED BY NICHOLAS DE LANGE
THIS ELOQUENT MEMOIR CHRONICLES AMOS OZ'S CHILDHOOD IN THE BRITISH-RULED PALESTINE OF THE 1940S AND 50S, HIS ARRIVAL AT KIBBUTZ HULDA AND LITERARY FAME. THE STORY HE TELLS LOOPS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PAST GENERATIONS AND HIS OWN LIFETIME, TELLING OF THE ANTI-SEMITISM AND ZIONISTIC PASSIONS THAT LED HIS FAMILY TO PALESTINE IN THE EARLY 1930S, HIS PARENTS' DISAPPOINTMENTS, HIS MOTHER'S SUICIDE, THE INFLUENCES OF HIS MULTI-LINGUAL AND WIDELY READ FAMILY, HIS LITERARY MASTERS, AND MANY OTHERS WHOSE ENCOUNTERS LEFT THEIR MARK ON HIM. IT IS ALSO THE STORY OF LIVING IN A COUNTRY UNDER CONSTANT THREAT, RIFE WITH PAINFUL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARAB AND JEW. " |
EN4 | 08117 | HISTORY OF LOVE | A NOVEL | KRAUSS, NICOLE | ARLINE KEMPNER | "OLD LEO GURSKY TRIES TO ATTRACT ATTENTION TO HIMSELF TO LET HIS NEIGHBORS KNOW THAT HE IS STILL ALIVE. BUT LIFE WAS NOT ALWAYS LIKE THIS; SIXTY YEARS AGO IN POLAND, LEO FELL IN LOVE AND WROTE A BOOK. UNBEKNOWNST TO HIM, THE BOOK HAS SURVIVED.
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD ALMA WAS NAMED AFTER A CHARACTER IN THAT BOOK. SHE HAS HER HANDS FULL; KEEPING TRACK OF HER BROTHER BIRD AND TAKING NOTES IN HER NOTEBOOK, HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE WILD VOLUME THREE. WHEN A MYSTERIOUS LETTER ARRIVES IN THE MAIL SHE UNDERTAKES AN ADVENTURE TO FIND HER NAMESAKE AND SAVE HER FAMILY.
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EN4 | 08118 | ORIENTALIST | SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF A STRANGE AND DANGEROUS LIFE | REISS, TOM | STEVE SCHREIBER | "OM REISS SPENT FIVE YEARS TRACKING DOWN SECRET POLICE RECORDS, LOVE LETTERS, DIARIES AND DEATHBED NOTEBOOKS OF LEV NUSSIMBAUM, REVEALING A DRAMATIC AND WILD LIFE. LEV, A JEW BORN IN 1905 TO A WEALTHY FAMILY IN BAKU, ESCAPED THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION IN A CAMEL CARAVAN. HE TRANSFORMED HIMSELF INTO A MUSLIM PRINCE AND BECAME A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR IN NAZI GERMANY. LEV'S LIFE INCLUDES HIS MARRIAGE TO AN INTERNATIONAL HEIRESS WITH NO IDEA OF HIS REAL IDENTITY UNTIL HE'S EXPOSED BY A TABLOID SCANDAL, HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH GEORGE SYLVESTER VIERECK, WHO WAS ARRESTED AS THE LEADING NAZI AGENT IN THE U.S, AND AN INVITATION TO BE MUSSOLINI'S OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHER - UNTIL THE FASCISTS DISCOVERED HIS ORIGINS.
LEV WROTE HIS LAST BOOK UNDER HOUSE ARREST, HELPED BY A MYSTERIOUS HALF-GERMAN SALON HOSTESS, A WEAPONS SMUGGLER, AND THE POET EZRA POUND.
THIS REMARKABLE HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY READS LIKE A NOVEL.
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EN4 | 08119 | SCHLEPPING THROUGH THE ALPS | MY SEARCH FOR AUSTRIA'S JEWISH PAST WTH ITS LAST WANDERING SHEPHERD | APPLE, SAM | ASHER SUSS | "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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EN4 | 08120 | GOOD, THE BAD, AND ME | IN MY ANECDOTAGE | WALLACH, ELI | JOEL PLAVIN | ELI WALLACH, PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, TELLS HIS STORY, FROM GROWING UP AS THE ONLY JEW IN AN ITALIAN BROOKLYN NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGH HIS LONG, SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS AN ACTOR. THE ANECDOTES FOLLOW ONE AFTER ANOTHER, AND INCLUDE MEMORIES ABOUT ACTORS AND ROLES HE PLAYED, AS WELL AS ABOUT HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND HIS MORE THAN 50-YEAR MARRIAGE TO FELLOW ACTOR ANNE JACKSON. |
EN4 | 08121 | JUBANA! | THE AWKWARDLY TRUE & DAZZLING ADVENTURES OF A JEWISH CUBAN GODDESS | ANDERS, GIGI | ELIZABETH LONDON | GIGI ANDERS MOVED AS A TODDLER TO MARYLAND AFTER HER FAMILY FLED CUBA AND CASTRO'S REGIME. IN HER POIGNANT AND FUNNY MEMOIR ANDERS MANAGES TO CAPTURE THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF BOTH HER JEWISH AND CUBAN HERITAGES, AS WELL AS HER COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH HER MOTHER, WHO IS CAPABLE OF DOING PERPLEXING THINGS, LIKE BRINGING 4-YEAR-OLD GIGI TO THE MENTAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WORKS. |
EN4 | 08123 | DICTIONARY DAYS | A DEFINING PASSION | STAVANS, ILAN | DIANE LIPMAN | IN THIS COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS, ILAN STAVANS EXPLORES HIS LIFE-LONG OBSESSION WITH DICTIONARIES, CONCORDANCES, AND LEXICONS. HE USES HIS SPANISH-AMERICAN AND JEWISH BACKGROUND TO EXPLORE ENGLISH, SPANISH AND YIDDISH. HE VENTURES TO MANY OTHER LANGUAGES TOO, AND TAKES HIS READERS ON A JOURNEY OF LEXICOGRAPHY HISTORY LACED WITH MEMOIRS, FUNNY ANECDOTES, AND LANGUAGE ANALYSIS. © 2005 |
EN4 | 08124 | GENIZAH AT THE HOUSE OF SHEPHER | | YELLIN, TAMAR | BARBARA FERBER | SHULAMIT, A BRITISH BIBLICAL SCHOLAR, RETURNS TO JERUSALEM TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER FAMILY HOME, WHICH IS TO BE TORN DOWN IN THE NAME OF PROGRESS. SHE GETS ENTANGLED IN A FAMILY FEUD OVER POSSESSION OF THE CODEX, A 13TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT, WHEN UNCLE SAUL, WHO RUNS THE HOUSE, ASSUMES THAT SHE HAS COME FOR THE CODEX. SHE LEARNS HOW PRECIOUS THIS MANUSCRIPT IS WHEN SHE IS FOLLOWED BY A RELIGIOUS FANATIC WHO CLAIMS TO BE FROM THE TRIBE OF DAN AND COMMISSIONED WITH THE TASK OF RETURNING THE CODEX TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNER. WHILE UNRAVELING THE MYSTERY OF THE CODEX, SHE UNCOVERS THE LIFE OF GREAT-GRANDFATHER SHALOM, WHO LEFT A WIFE IN VILNA, STARTED A NEW FAMILY IN JERUSALEM, AND EVENTUALLY SET OFF IN SEARCH OF THE TEN LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL. MYTH, MYSTERY AND HISTORY COMBINE TO GIVE THE FLAVOR OF JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH THE MODERN ERA. © 2005 |
EN4 | 08125 | GI JEWS | HOW WORLD WAR II CHANGED A GENERATION | MOORE, DEBORAH DASH | WIN ROBBINS | IN THIS STUDY OF JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES DURING WWII, MOORE RELIES ON MEMOIRS AND ORAL INTERVIEWS OF 15 VETERANS TO SHOW HOW THESE SOLDIERS HAD TO CONTEND WITH ANTI-SEMITISM, STEREOTYPING OF JEWS, AND THE REALITY OF THEIR JEWISH IDENTITY, WHICH MANY TOOK FOR GRANTED, HAVING GROWN UP IN AREAS WITH MANY OTHER JEWS. SHE ALSO NOTES THAT MANY OF THE ANTI-SEMITIC SOLDIERS WERE ALSO RACIST, THUS SOWING SEEDS FOR THE BLACK-JEWISH ALLIANCE OF THE 1960S. |
EN4 | 08126 | WE JEWS | WHO ARE WE AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO? | STEINSALTZ, ADIN, RABBI | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | IN THIS BOOK OF ESSAYS, RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ ATTEMPTS TO ANSWER MANY QUESTIONS PERTINENT TO ALL FACTIONS OF TODAY'S DIASPORA JEWS. HE COVERS SUCH TOPICS AS ASSIMILATION, JEWISH LEADERSHIP, WHETHER JEWS ARE A RACE, A NATION, OR A RELIGION, CHARACTERISTICS UNIQUE TO JEWS, ANTI-SEMITISM, AND WHAT HE CALLS THE MESSIANIC COMPLEX, AMONG OTHER THINGS. |
EN4 | 08127 | HOLY THIEF | A CON MAN'S JOURNEY FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT | BOROVITZ, MARK; EISENSTOCK, ALAN | LLOYD MOSS | BY AGE 14, SHORTLY AFTER HIS FATHER DIED, BOROVITZ BEGAN SELLING STOLEN GOODS FOR THE CLEVELAND MOB. HE MAINTAINED A DOUBLE LIFE A GOOD JEWISH BOY - HE WENT TO SHUL AND SAID KADDISH FOR HIS FATHER, LOOKED AFTER HIS SISTER, AND GAVE HIS MOTHER OF HIS ILL-GOTTEN GAINS TO HELP SUPPORT THE FAMILY. HE MOVED TO LOS ANGELES AND CONTINUED HIS LIFE OF CRIME. EVENTUALLY THE LAW CAUGHT UP WITH HIM, AND DURING A STINT IN JAIL HE FOUND RELIGION. UPON HIS FINAL RELEASE FROM JAIL, BOROVITZ WENT TO HELP OUT HARRIET, WHO HAD ESTABLISHED BEIT T'SHUVAH, AN IN-PATIENT REHAB CENTER. BOROVITZ MARRIED HARRIET, AND AT AGE 50 DECIDED TO BECOME A RABBI. HE IS SPIRITUAL LEADER OF BEIT T'SHUVAH, COMMITTED TO HELPING PEOPLE CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. |
EN4 | 08128 | WHITE ROSE | A NOVEL | KORELITZ, JEAN HANFF | LORNA KOCH | MARIAN KAHN IS 48, A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT COLUMBIA, WEALTHY, AND HAPPILY MARRIED. SHE IS SUDDENLY SWEPT AWAY IN AN AFFAIR WITH 26 YEAR-OLD OLIVER, THE OWNER OF A FLOWER SHOP CALLED THE WHITE ROSE, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HER FRIEND'S SON. THEN OLIVER MEETS AND FALLS FOR SOPHIE, THE FIANCÉE OF MARIAN'S COUSIN. THE THREE OF THEM, MARIAN, OLIVER, AND SOPHIE LEARN THAT LOVE IS REWARDING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD. |
EN4 | 08129 | DESIGNATED HEBREW | THE RON BLOMBERG STORY | BLOMBERG, RON; SCHLOSSBERG, DAN | HOWELL MAYER | RON BLOMBERG, WHO PLAYED FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES AND THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX DURING HIS EIGHT SEASONS IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES, ONLY MADE IT TO COOPERSTOWN'S BASEBALL HALL OF FAME QUITE BY ACCIDENT; HE WAS THE FIRST DESIGNATED HITTER IN HISTORY. HE ALSO HOLDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST JEWISH YANKEE TO BECOME A STAR. ALTHOUGH IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER HE WAS BILLED AS "THE NEXT MICKEY MANTLE," HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL ON THE FIELD DUE TO MANY INJURIES AND UNPOPULAR IN THE CLUBHOUSE BECAUSE OF HIS POPULARITY WITH THE PRESS (WHICH CAUSED JEALOUSY AMONG HIS TEAMMATES) AND THE UNFAMILIARITY OF HIS TEAMMATES WITH HIS JEWISH RELIGION. DESPITE THAT, HE HAD A LOYAL LEGION OF FANS IN NEW YORK CITY'S JEWISH POPULATION; THEY RALLIED AROUND HIM FROM DAY ONE. |
EN4 | 08130 | TATTOO FOR A SLAVE | | CALISHER, HORTENSE | MEGAN OWEN | 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. |
EN4 | 08131 | TO HEAL A FRACTURED WORLD | THE ETHICS OF RESPONSIBILITY | SACKS, JONATHAN, RABBI | JOAN PLATNICK | IN THIS BOOK THAT WILL RESONATE WITH PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS, RABBI JONATHAN SACKS, THE CHIEF RABBI OF GREAT BRITAIN AND A RESPECTED RELIGIOUS THINKER EXHORTS HIS READERS OF AN OBLIGATION TO LIVE MORAL AND ETHICAL LIVES, AS EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DO GOOD IN THE FACE OF EVIL, FOR THROUGH OUR ACTIONS, WE ALL HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL OUR WORLD. |
EN4 | 08132 | OUTWITTING HISTORY | THE AMAZNG ADVENTURES OF A MAN WHO RESCUED A MILLION YIDDISH BKS | LANSKY, AARON | LAWRENCE AVERY | AS A GRADUATE STUDENT, LANSKY STARTED TO SALVAGE YIDDISH BOOKS THAT WERE BEING DISCARDED. TO LANSKY, YIDDISH LITERATURE REPRESENTED AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF JEWISH CULTURAL HISTORY AND A LINK TO PAST GENERATIONS. IN THIS BOOK THAT IS BOTH HILARIOUS AND MOVING, LANSKY DESCRIBES HOW HE TRAVELED TO WHEREVER YIDDISH BOOKS COULD BE FOUND SUCH AS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, DUMPSTERS, AND LIBRARIES. THE BOOKS HE AMASSED BECAME A COLLECTION OF 1.5 MILLION BOOKS AND IS NOW THE NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER, WHICH LANSKY IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF. THE BOOK IS A TESTIMONY TO HIS LOVE OF JUDAISM AND LITERATURE AND HIS DESIRE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 08133 | MARRANO LEGACY | A CONTEMPORARY CRYPTO-JEWISH PRIEST REVEALS SECRETS OF HIS DOUBLE LIFE | ALEXY, TRUDI | BETTY SMITH | "TRUDI ALEXI DISCOVERED A SPIRITUAL KINSHIP WITH THE MEDIEVAL MARRANOS WHICH SHE CHRONICLES IN HER FIRST BOOK, THE MEZUZAH IN THE MADONNA'S FOOT. 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. SIMON HAS BEEN PROTECTING A LARGE COMMUNITY OF CRYPTO-JEWS IN LATIN AMERICA. 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." |
EN4 | 08137 | MANDRAKES FROM THE HOLY LAND | | MEGGED, AHARON | BARBARA AXEL | BEATRICE IS A FANATIC AND SLIGHTLY PSYCHOTIC ENGLISH CHRISTIAN WHO TRAVELS TO PALESTINE IN 1906 TO PAINT THE FLOWERS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE AND TO ESCAPE FROM HER EROTIC ATTRACTION TO VANESSA, VIRGINIA WOLFE'S SISTER. WHILE IN PALESTINE, SHE HIRES AN ARAB GUIDE TO TAKE HER AROUND THE LAND OF WHICH SHE HAS EXCELLENT SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT OVER TIME THE TWO DEVELOP A TENSE RELATIONSHIP. SHE MEETS AND ADMIRES JEWS, WHOSE RELIGIOUS RITUALS AND RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD APPEAL TO HER. WHEN BEATRICE IS RAPED, SHE IS BROUGHT TO HER SENSES. |
EN4 | 08138 | KILLING RAIN | A NOVEL | EISLER, BARRY | BENNET POLOGE | THIS IS EISLER'S FOURTH THRILLER FEATURING JOHN RAIN, A FREELANCE ASSASSIN. HIS EMPLOYER THIS TIME IS ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE, WHICH HAS SENT HIM OFF TO KILL A WEAPONS DEALER, LEVI, IN MANILA. INSTEAD OF KILLING LEVI, RAIN SHOOTS HIS BODYGUARDS, WHO TURN OUT TO BE EX-CIA. THE COMPANY WITH WHOM THE BODYGUARDS WERE WORKING WANT REVENGE. RAIN WANTS TO COMPLETE HIS MISSION AND CONTACTS DELILAH, ANOTHER INTELLIGENCE AGENT WITH WHOM HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED, BUT MOSSAD HAS LOST CONFIDENCE IN RAIN AND ARE COMING UP WITH THEIR OWN PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF HIM. |
EN4 | 08139 | STARS OF DAVID | PROMINENT JEWS TALK ABOUT BEING JEWISH | POGREBIN, ABIGAIL | NANCI BRONSTEEN | MORE THAN 60 PROMINENT AMERICAN JEWS SHARE THEIR FEELINGS ON WHAT BEING JEWISH MEANS TO THEM. |
EN4 | 08140 | SOMEONE NOT REALLY HER MOTHER | A NOVEL | CHESSMAN, HARRIET SCOTT | ELLEN DAVID | HANNAH, IN HER 80S, RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME. HER ALZHEIMER'S IS ADVANCING, AND AS IT DOES, HER FAMILY LEARNS OF HER WWII EXPERIENCES; LOSING HER FAMILY IN THE HOLOCAUST AND FLEEING FROM FRANCE AS A TEENAGER. AS HANNAH DESCENDS INTO THE PAST, HER DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGHTERS TRY, EACH IN HER OWN WAY, TO GET TO KNOW OF HANNAH'S PAST EXPERIENCES AND INNER LIFE. |
EN4 | 08142 | THIS IS REAL AND YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNPREPARED | THE DAYS OF AWE AS A JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATION | LEW, ALAN | BERNICE LEIBOWITZ | LEW, WHO DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A ZEN RABBI, EXPLORES THE DAYS OF AWE, ALTHOUGH HE BEGINS WITH TISHA B'AV AND NOT ROSH HASHANAH BECAUSE HE FEELS THAT TISHA B'AV SETS THE TONE FOR RELIGIOUS INTROSPECTION. HE DRAWS ON JEWISH TRADITION, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, AND OF COURSE BUDDHIST STORIES TO EXPLAIN TO THE READER THE IMPORTANCE OF INTROSPECTION AND SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION. |
EN4 | 08143 | CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHY | | FRANK, DANIEL, ED; LEAMAN, OLIVER, ED | HERB WELLER | THIS BOOK TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS FROM BOTH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM LANDS IN THE MIDDLE AGES, AND THE WAY THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY THE SOCIETIES IN WHICH THEY LIVED. |
EN4 | 08144 | MUCH ADO ABOUT JESSIE KAPLAN | A NOVEL | COHEN, PAULA MARANTZ | NORMA FIRE | CARLA'S FAMILY LIFE HAS HER EXHAUSTED. HER HUSBAND, A DOCTOR IN PRIVATE PRACTICE COMES HOME FRAZZLED BECAUSE MEDICINE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE. HER TEN YEAR OLD SON IS WREAKING HAVOC IS HIS CLASSROOM IN SCHOOL, AND HER ORNERY 12 YR OLD DAUGHTER IS ABOUT TO HAVE A BAT MITZVAH. BUT IT'S HER MOTHER, JESSIE KAPLAN, WHO HAS HER REALLY WORRIED: JESSIE STARTS TO REMEMBER A PREVIOUS LIFE AS THE DARK LADY OF SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS. THIS IS A STORY OF LOVE, LOSS AND FAMILIAL RITES OF PASSAGE. |
EN4 | 08145 | TEN GREEN BOTTLES | TRUE STORY OF FAMILY'S JOURNEY FROM WAR-TORN AUSTRIA TO SHANGHAI | KAPLAN, VIVIAN JEANETTE | JAN BURRELL | 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. |
EN4 | 08146 | GOODNIGHT MOON | | BROWN, MARGARET WISE | SARAH WOLF | "IN THIS CHILDREN'S CLASSIC, A YOUNG RABBIT WISHES GOODNIGHT TO EVERYTHING WITHIN SIGHT AND EARSHOT AS HE GETS READY FOR BED.
ENGLISH WITH HEBREW TRANSLATION" |
EN4 | 08147 | BETRAYING SPINOZA | RENEGADE JEW WHO GAVE US MODERNITY | GOLDSTEIN, REBECCA | NORMA FIRE | THIS IS A BIOGRAPHY OF 17TH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHER BARUCH SPINOZA, WHO WAS EXPELLED FROM AMSTERDAM'S JEWISH COMMUNITY FOR HERESY. SPINOZA INITIATED IDEAS OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE WHICH WERE THE FORERUNNERS OF MODERN TOLERANT GOVERNMENT. GOLDSTEIN POSITS THAT SPINOZA'S BEGINNINGS IN A COMMUNITY OF JEWS WHO HAD FLED THE INQUISITION SPURRED SPINOZA TO DEVISE HIS RADICAL CONCEPT OF LIVING A PURELY REASONED LIFE AND COMPLETELY SECULAR LIFE - NEGATING THE NEED TO LIVE OR IDENTIFY WITH ANY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY. |
EN4 | 08148 | MODIGLIANI | A LIFE | MEYERS, JEFFREY | LORNA KOCH | MODIGLIANI WAS AN ARTIST WHOSE TUMULTUOUS AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE LIFE STYLE PROBABLY HASTENED HIS EARLY DEATH, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR. THIS BIOGRAPHY FOCUSES ON THE PERSONALITY OF MODIGLIANI, HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH WOMEN, WINE, AND DRUGS, AS WELL AS HIS FRIENDSHIPS WITH CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS SUCH AS PICASSO. MODIGLIANI'S ART BROUGHT HIM NEITHER ACCLAIM NOR MONEY DURING HIS LIFETIME-IT BECAME POPULAR ONLY AFTER HIS DEATH. |
EN4 | 08149 | SUITE FRANCAISE | A NOVEL | NEMIROVSKY, IRENE | KATHY FORD | IRENE NEMIROVSKY, A UKRANIAN IMMIGRANT TO FRANCE, WAS AN AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING FICTION IN PRE-WWII FRANCE. SHE COMPOSED THIS NOVEL ABOUT GERMAN OCCUPIED FRANCE IN THE EARLY 1940'S, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE IT BEFORE BEING DEPORTED TO AUSCHWITZ WHERE SHE DIED. THE MANUSCRIPT WAS KEPT BY HER DAUGHTERS WHO LATER DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A NOVEL. THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO OF WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BE A FIVE-PART NOVEL. THE FIRST PART, "A STORM IN JUNE" TELLS OF PARISIANS WHO FLEE PARIS IN 1940 JUST BEFORE THE NAZI INVASION WHO PREVIOUSLY HAD NOTHING IN COMMON ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A SHARED ATTEMPT TO SURVIVE IN A WORLD THAT IS FALLING APART. THE SECOND PART, "DOLCE" TELLS HOW A FARMING VILLAGE IS ABLE TO CO-EXIST WITH THE OCCUPYING GERMAN FORCES. |
EN4 | 08150 | ORDINARY HEROES | A NOVEL | TUROW, SCOTT | THOM CARROLL | STEWART DUBINSKY DISCOVERS LETTERS HIS DECEASED FATHER, DAVID DUBIN, WROTE DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN WWII AND A LOT OF FAMILY SECRETS COME TO LIGHT. THESE INCLUDE LETTERS THAT HIS FATHER WROTE TO A FIANCÉE THAT THE FAMILY NEVER HEARD ABOUT, AS WELL AS A MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY DUBIN IN PRISON TELLING OF HIS COURT-MARTIAL FOR ASSISTING ROBERT MARTIN, A SUSPECTED SPY, ESCAPE. IN HIS MANUSCRIPT, DUBIN DESCRIBES BOTH HIS AND MARTIN'S ENTANGLEMENT WITH COMRADE GITA LODZ. THROUGH THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HIS FATHER'S EXPERIENCES ON THE BATTLEFIELD, IN THE COURTROOM AND IN LOVE, STEWART GAINS UNDERSTANDING OF HIS FATHER THAT HE NEVER BEFORE HAD. |
EN4 | 08151 | MACKEREL AT MIDNIGHT | GROWING UP JEWISH ON A REMOTE SCOTTISH ISLAND | HOFMAN, ETHEL G. | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | THIS IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP JEWISH ON THE SCOTTISH ISLAND OF LERWICK. THE AUTHOR TELLS OF HER FATHER, HARRY, WHO HAS A SHOP IN LERWICK AND OF HER MOTHER, JEAN, WHO IS DETERMINED TO RAISE HER CHILDREN PRIDEFUL OF THEIR RELIGION. SHE DESCRIBES THE HARDSHIPS ENCOUNTERED, THE FOOD PREPARED AS ITS ANTIDOTE, AND HOW PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND CULTURES CAN LIVE TOGETHER PEACEABLY. (C) 2005 |
EN4 | 08152 | AFTER THE APPLE | WOMEN IN THE BIBLE - TIMELESS STORIES OF LOVE, LUST, AND LONGING | ROSENBLATT, NAOMI HARRIS | AUDREY FLAMBERG | ROSENBLATT TAKES THE FAMILIAR STORIES ABOUT WOMEN FROM THE BIBLE AND GIVES HER READERS NOVEL WAYS TO APPROACH THE TALES OF LOVE, LUST, AND LONGING AS THEY ARE TOLD IN THE BIBLE. SHE USES PSYCHOANALYTIC SKILLS TO PRESENT THESE WOMEN IN WAYS THAT THE MODERN READER CAN UNDERSTAND AND RELATE TO. COPYRIGHT 2005 |
EN4 | 08153 | INTUITION | A NOVEL | GOODMAN, ALLEGRA | JAN BURRELL | THE PHILPOT INSTITUTE IS A LAB DEDICATED TO CANCER RESEARCH WHERE FUNDS ARE LOW AND PROGRESS IS GENERALLY SLOW. WHEN POSTDOC CLIFF BANNAKER'S EXPERIMENTS BEGIN TO WORK TO REDUCE TUMORS IN MICE, THE MOOD AT THE LAB PICKS UP. ROBIN, CLIFF'S COLLEAGUE AND EX-GIRLFRIEND SUSPECTS THAT CLIFF'S RESEARCH RESULTS ARE FRAUDULENT. THE ENSUING CONTROVERSY AND INQUIRY TAKES OVER EVERYONE AT THE LAB. |
EN4 | 08154 | BOOK OF LONGING | | COHEN, LEONARD | LESLEY SUSSMAN | LEONARD COHEN IS A WORLD RENOWNED SINGER-SONGWRITER, AND THIS BOOK IS A COMPILATION OF LYRICS, POEMS, MUSINGS, AND MORE. |
EN4 | 08155 | ABSURDISTAN | A NOVEL | SHTEYNGART, GARY | ASHER SUSS | MISHA VAINBERG IS A RICH MAN OF RUSSIAN DESCENT. AFTER HAVING SPENT 12 YEARS IN THE MIDWEST AND NEW YORK, HE CONSIDERS HIMSELF TO BE AN AMERICAN. MISHA IS IN LOVE WITH NEW YORK CITY AND ROUENNA SALES OF THE BRONX. HE IS DENIED RE-ENTRY TO THE U.S. AFTER HIS FATHER, A RESIDENT OF ST. PETERSBURG, KILLED AN OKLAHOMAN BUSINESSMAN. THIS NOVEL IS WRITTEN AS MISHA'S APPEAL TO THE INS FOR ENTRY TO THE US. IT IS ALSO A SATIRE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND THE TALE OF MISHA'S LOVE LIFE. |
EN4 | 08156 | MAIMONIDES | | NULAND, SHERWIN B. | RICHARD RUBIN | A BIOGRAPHY OF MAIMONIDES, THE MEDIEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHER, TORAH COMMENTATOR AND COURT PHYSICIAN. NULAND, A SURGEON AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, PRESENTS MAIMONIDES PRIMARILY IN LIGHT OF HIS ROLE AS A PHYSICIAN. |
EN4 | 08159 | ON STAGE, OFF STAGE | MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME IN THE YIDDISH THEATRE | KADISON, LUBA;BULOFF, JOSEPH | BERNARD FINEMAN | 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 ACCOUNT INCLUDES THEATER MEMORABILIA THAT HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. |
EN4 | 08160 | THOSE WHO SAVE US | | BLUM, JENNA | PAM VASSIL | 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 AND FINALLY UNEARTHS THE HEARTBREAKING TRUTH OF HER MOTHER'S LIFE. |
EN4 | 08161 | BORN TO KVETCH | YIDDISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN ALL OF ITS MOODS | WEX, MICHAEL | STEVEN SCHREIBER | AS THE MAIN SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE JEWS FOR MORE THAN A THOUSAND YEARS, YIDDISH HAS HAD PLENTY TO LAMENT, PLENTY TO CONCEAL . THROUGH THE IDIOMS, PHRASES, METAPHORS, AND FASCINATING HISTORY OF THIS KVETCH-FULL TONGUE, MICHAEL WEX GIVES US A MOVING AND INSPIRING PORTRAIT OF A PEOPLE, AND A LANGUAGE, IN EXILE. |
EN4 | 08162 | TAXONOMY OF BARNACLES | A NOVEL | NIEDERHOFFER, GALT | FORD, KATHY | SET ALL OVER NEW YORK THIS BOOK TAKES A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO ONE PARTICULARLY ECCENTRIC FAMILY. PART BATTLE OF THE SEXES, PART SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, PART RACE FOR THE WORLD SERIES, THE BOOK IS AN INVENTIVE AND UTTERLY FRESH SOCIAL COMEDY THAT IS AS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AS IT IS UNIQUE. |
EN4 | 08163 | KAFKA IN BRONTELAND AND OTHER STORIES | | YELLIN, TAMAR | DEBBIE WOLF | 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. |
EN4 | 08164 | NOT ME | A NOVEL | LAVIGNE, MICHAEL | LLOYD MOSS | 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. |
EN4 | 08165 | DAWNING OF THE DAY | A JERUSALEM TALE | SABATO, HAIM | WIN ROBINS | WITH A KEEN EYE FOR CUSTOM THE AUTHOR BEAUTIFULLY CAPTURES THE DAILY RHYTHMS OF AN ISRAELI SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY. EZRA SIMAN TOV HAS WORKED IN THE SAME LAUNDRY FOR 50 YEARS, CLEANING AND PRESSING PRAYER SHAWLS TO ADORN GROOMS AS THEY AWAIT THEIR BRIDES UNDER THE BRIDAL CANOPY. BUT EZRA IS ALSO A STORYTELLER. A PIOUS, SIMPLE MAN WHO IS GENERALLY CONTENT WITH HIS LOT IN LIFE, EZRA MUST CONTEND WITH THE GENTRIFICATION THAT THREATENS THE LAUNDRY AND WITH HIS BELOVED DAUGHTER'S DEFECTION TO CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES. HIS MEASURED RESPONSE CONVEYS A COMMUNITY'S TIMELESSNESS. |
EN4 | 08166 | THIS IS MY GOD | THE JEWISH WAY OF LIFE | WOUK, HERMAN | KEN KLIBAN | A BOOK ABOUT JUDAISM FOR JEWS AND NON-JEWS THAT EXPLAINS AND CLARIFIES BELIEFS AND TRADITIONS, LAWS, HISTORY, LITURGY, AND OBSERVANCES. |
EN4 | 08167 | DUMPING BILLY | | GOLDSMITH, OLIVIA | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | A ROMANTIC COMEDY PITTING THE SENSIBILITIES OF KATE'S HEIMISCHE BROOKLYN CHILDHOOD GIRLFRIENDS AGAINST HER HIP NEW MANHATTAN GAY FRIENDS, WHO NOTICE THAT EVERY GIRL BILLY DUMPS ENDS UP MARRYING THE NEXT GUY SHE DATES. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08169 | LIFE OF DAVID | | PINSKY, ROBERT | ASHER SUSS | POET, WARRIOR, AND KING, DAVID HAS LOOMED LARGE IN MYTH AND LEGEND THROUGH THE CENTURIES. UNDER THE CLARIFYING AND CAPTIVATING LIGHT OF PINSKY'S IMAGINATION, KING DAVID - BOTH THE MAN AND THE IDEA OF THE MAN - IS BROUGHT BRILLIANTLY TO LIFE. |
EN4 | 08170 | AS A DRIVEN LEAF | | STEINBERG, MILTON | KEN COHEN | 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. |
EN4 | 08171 | PALESTINIAN LOVER | | NASSIB, SELIM | MD LAUFER | A SON OF A RICH PALESTINIAN FAMILY HAS A JEWISH LOVER IN HAIFA. SHE IS THE YOUNG GOLDA MEIR, FUTURE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. LOVE AND ALLEGIANCE CLASH IN THIS HISTORICAL NOVEL ABOUT ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S CENTRAL POLITICAL FIGURES. |
EN4 | 08172 | WORLD TO COME | | HORN, DARA | JESSICA LEONARD | A MILLION-DOLLAR PAINTING BY MARC CHAGALL IS STOLEN FROM A MUSEUM. THE UNLIKELY THIEF IS FORMER CHILD PRODIGY BEN ZISKIND WHO IS SURE THE PAINTING USED TO HANG IN HIS PARENTS' LIVING ROOM. THE AUTHOR BRINGS US ON A BREATHTAKING COLLISION COURSE OF PAST, PRESENT AND FEATURE AND INVOLVES THE STORY OF THE ZISKIND FAMILY-FROM RUSSIA TO NEW JERSEY AND VIETNAM. |
EN4 | 08173 | ZEN JUDAISM | TEACHING TALES BY A KABBALISTIC RABBI | GELBERMAN, JOSEPH H. ,RABBI | LES SUSSMAN | IN THE SPIRIT OF GREAT STORYTELLERS JOSEPH GELBERMAN WEAVES TALES THAT INSTRUCT AND CHARM IN THEIR SIMPLICITY AND WISDOM. THE SHORT STORIES, FABLES, AND ANECDOTES ARE DRAWN FROM GELBERMAN'S LIFELONG EXPERIENCES. THE CHARACTERS -- ADAM AND EVE, A JEWISH ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, A BAREFOOT HUNGARIAN BOY, THE BUDDHA, AND OTHERS -- ILLUSTRATE MOMENTS OF TRUTH WITH UPLIFTING RESULTS. |
EN4 | 08174 | ALIYA | THREE GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN-JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO ISRAEL | LEIBOVITZ, LIEL | ARLENE SIMON | LIEL LEIBOVITZ FOLLOWS THE STORIES OF SEVERAL IMMIGRANTS. BROOKLYN-RAISED MIKE GINSBERG ARRIVED IN ISRAEL IN 1969 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE YOM KIPPUR WAR; THE KALKERS MADE ALIYA IN 2001. WITH A FLAIR FOR STORYTELLING, LEIBOVITZ RICHLY ILLUSTRATES THESE LIVES, DETAILING THEIR EMOTIONAL JOURNEY FROM CAREFREE AMERICANS TO PROUD ISRAELIS. FOR READERS THE BOOK IS A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE UNIQUE YEARNING THAT HAS DEFINED AND UNITED JEWS THROUGH A 2000-YEAR EXILE. |
EN4 | 08175 | DINOSAUR ON HANUKKAH | | LEVIN RAUCHWERGER, DIANE | DIANE LIPMAN | THIS BOOK IS THE ONE OF A SERIES OF RHYMING BOOKS TO INTRODUCE CHILDREN TO THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS. A UNIQUE, FUN WAY TO HIGHLIGHT HANUKKAH RITUALS. |
EN4 | 08176 | RABBI'S CAT | | SFAR, JOANN | | 1930S, ALGERIA. A CAT BELONGING TO A WIDOWED RABBI AND HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, ZLABYA, EATS THE FAMILY PARROT AND GAINS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. THE CAT IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO TELL LIES. THE RABBI VOWS TO EDUCATE HIM IN THE WAYS OF THE TORAH, WHILE THE CAT INSISTS ON STUDYING THE KABBALAH AND HAVING A BAR MITZVAH. RABBI'S DAUGHTER, ZLABYA, FALLS IN LOVE WITH A YOUNG RABBI FROM PARIS, AND SOON MASTER AND CAT ARE ACCOMPANYING THE NEWLYWEDS TO FRANCE TO MEET ZLABYA'S IN-LAWS. FULL OF DRAMA AND ADVENTURE, THEIR TRIP INVITES COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE RABBI AND HIS CAT TO GRAPPLE WITH ALL THE IMPORTANT-AND TRIVIAL-DETAILS OF LIFE. |
EN4 | 08177 | EIGHT NIGHTS OF CHANUKAH | | NEWMAN, LESLEA | LORNA KOCHE | INCORPORATING THE POPULAR MUSIC OF 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS INTO A CHANUKAH BOOK, THIS IS PERFECT FOR CHILDREN OF ANY RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION. "ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF CHANUKAH..." BEGINS THE FAMILIAR TUNE IN A BOOK THAT SEES THE WONDROUS DAYS OF CHANUKAH THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUNG CHILD. THE CHILD'S FAMILY GROWS BIGGER AND BIGGER AS THE HOLIDAY GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER. EACH NIGHT, ONE NEW ITEM OR PERSON IS ADDED TO THE CELEBRATION-AND THERE IS ALWAYS A PRESENT FOR EVERY CHILD IN THE ROOM! |
EN4 | 08178 | IN GOD'S HANDS | | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE; SCHMIDT, GARY | JESSICA LEONARD | "THIS LOVELY PIECE COMBINES A GOOD TALE WITH A STRONG, EASILY UNDERSTOOD MESSAGE.JACOB IS RICH, DAVID IS POOR. ONE DAY, JACOB HEARS A TORAH VERSE: MAKE 12 LOAVES AND SET THEM BEFORE ME. JACOB BAKES THE LOAVES AND PUTS THEM IN THE ARK WITH THE TORAH SCROLLS. DAVID COMES TO THE SYNAGOGUE AND FINDS THE BREAD. WHEN JACOB RETURNS TO THE SYNAGOGUE, THE BREAD IS GONE. BOTH MEN THINK GOD PERFORMED A MIRACLE. AFTER MONTHS OF GIVING AND RECEIVING, THEY LEARN THE TRUTH. AT FIRST THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED, BUT THEIR RABBI MAKES THEM UNDERSTAND THAT ON EARTH GOD'S MIRACLES OFTEN COME THROUGH HIS PEOPLE.
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EN4 | 08179 | BETRAYAL | FRANCE, THE ARABS, AND THE JEWS | PRYCE-JONES, DAVID | ANDREY FLAMBERG | "DAVID PRYCE-JONES BELIEVES THAT FRANCE HAS DONE MORE DAMAGE TO THE MIDDLE EAST THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. FRANCE ENCOURAGED THE MASS IMMIGRATION OF ARABS AND THAT HUGE AND GROWING MINORITY IN THE COUNTRY NOW BELIEVES THAT IT HAS RIGHTS AND CLAIMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN MET. THIS MINORITY ALSO BELIEVES THAT ISRAEL SHOULD NOT EXIST. MIDDLE EAST GEO-POLITICS ARE SPREADING FROM FRENCH SOIL TO AN INCREASINGLY ISLAMIZED EUROPE.
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EN4 | 08180 | HIDDEN CHILD | | MILMAN, ISAAC | BERGMAN, RICHARD | 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. |
EN4 | 08181 | MATZOH BALL GUMBO | CULINARY TALES OF THE JEWISH SOUTH | FERRIS, MARCIE COHEN | MEGAN OWEN | ANTHROPOLOGICAL HISTORIAN FERRIS UNCOVERS MANY DISHES THAT BLEND JEWISH AND SOUTHERN FOODWAYS (RECIPES INCLUDED). FERRIS SEES FOOD AS A SYMBOL THAT ENCOMPASSES THE PROBLEM OF HOW JEWS LIVE IN A REGION DOMINATED BY CHRISTIANS. CYNICS WILL WONDER IF A JEWISH KUGEL PREPARED IN THE SOUTH IS ANY DIFFERENT FROM KUGEL IN CHICAGO. FERRIS'S ANSWER IS AN EMPHATIC YES-BECAUSE JEWS IN THE SOUTH FACE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAN THOSE IN CHICAGO. SOUTHERN JEWS MUST BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT COOKING THAT KUGEL AND PASSING THE RECIPE DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION. |
EN4 | 08182 | DEAN AND ME | A LOVE STORY | LEWIS, JERRY: KAPLAN, JAMES | TIM ZAGIN | 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. READERS WILL BE SURPRISED AND ENTERTAINED BY LEWIS'S HONESTY AND DIMINISHED EGO AND BITTERNESS. |
EN4 | 08183 | KISS ME LIKE A STRANGER | MY SEARCH FOR LOVE AND ART | WILDER, GENE | HOWELL MAYER | THE MAN WHO CREATED SOME OF THE FUNNIEST MOMENTS IN FILM HISTORY TALKS ABOUT ACTING, ADULTERY, AND DEATH IN THIS INTIMATE MEMOIR. HONESTY IS A PREVAILING QUALITY OF THIS BOOK, AS WILDER FREELY DISCUSSES TOPICS RANGING FROM HIS OWN NEUROSES TO THE DRUG-FUELED MISBEHAVIOR OF HIS GREAT COMEDIC PARTNER, RICHARD PRYOR. HE ALSO DOESN'T AVOID TELLING THE DETAILS OF HIS OWN BOUT WITH NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA. WILDER CLEARLY ISN'T INTERESTED IN WRITING A CONVENTIONAL HOLLYWOOD MEMOIR. HIS BOOK CANDIDLY EXPLORES HIS OWN FAULTS AND FEELINGS, AS WELL AS THOSE OF THE PEOPLE HE'S LOVED AND LOST. |
EN4 | 08184 | GOD'S SILENCE | POEMS | WRIGHT, FRANZ | KATHY FORD | THE AUTHOR, A PULITZER PRIZE WINNER, CONJURES HIS PARTICULAR MAGIC THROUGH A PERSONALIZED MIX OF REALISM, LYRICISM, AND MYSTICISM IN POWERFUL NEW POEMS. PERHAPS ONE OF WRIGHT'S MOST ATTRACTIVE POETIC GIFTS IS HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK WITH THE WORLD-WORN WISDOM OF AN ELDER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EVOKING CHILDLIKE AWE. THOUGHT-PROVOKING, ORIGINAL, AND REFRESHINGLY INSPIRED, THIS COLLECTION WILL CERTAINLY GARNER MORE PRAISE FOR THIS TALENTED POET. |
EN4 | 08185 | LOVE BURNS | | MAZYA, EDNA | PAUL SPERRY | MIDDLE-AGE ASTROPHYSICS PROFESSOR ILAN BEN NATHAN SUSPECTS HIS YOUNG WIFE, NAOMI, IS HAVING AN AFFAIR. AFTER OBSERVING NAOMI AND HER LOVER IN THE MIDST OF A TRYST, HE DECIDES TO CONFRONT THE MAN. A MOMENT OF RAGE LEADS TO MURDER. |
EN4 | 08186 | I, DREYFUS | | RUBENS, BERNICE | M.D.LAUFER | SIR ALFRED DREYFUS, BELOVED HEADMASTER OF ONE OF THE GREATEST SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND, IS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. SAM TEMPLE, LITERARY AGENT AND FELLOW JEW, VISITS DREYFUS IN HIS PRISON CELL AND, HEARING THE APPALLING NARRATIVE OF HIS BETRAYAL, MUST FACE HIS OWN DENIAL OF HIS FAITH. |
EN4 | 08187 | GETTING TO KNOW RUBEN PLOTNICK | | ROSENBLUTH, ROZ | NORMA FIRE | WHEN RUBEN PLOTNICK, A LOVABLE YET OFTEN WACKY BOY WITH A HEART OF GOLD, MEETS HIS NEW FRIEND'S GRANDMA ROSIE, WHO HAS DEMENTIA, RUBEN TEACHES DAVID A THING OR TWO ABOUT COMPASSION ... AND MUCH MORE. |
EN4 | 08188 | CHANGING FACE OF ANTISEMITISM | FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY | LAQUEUR, WALTER | EMERY THOMPSON | THIS COMPACT VOLUME SERVES AS A TIMELY REMINDER THAT ANTISEMITISM REMAINS A POTENT FORCE. LAQUEUR, DIRECTOR OF THE WIENER LIBRARY IN LONDON, THE LEADING INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ANTI-SEMITISM, TRACES THE HISTORY OF ANTI-SEMITISM FROM THE CLASSICAL PERIOD TO ITS NEW MANIFESTATIONS IN OUR PRESENT AGE. |
EN4 | 08189 | CUTTY, ONE ROCK | LOW CHARACTERS AND STRANGE PLACES, GENTLY EXPLAINED | KLEINZAHLER, AUGUST | CRAIG DAVENPORT | THE BOOK TAKES THE READER ON A WILD JOURNEY FROM CHILDHOOD TO EARLY MANHOOD IN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY. THE AUTHOR RECALLS THE DOUBLE LIFE OF HIS OLDER BROTHER, A BANKER BY DAY AND GAY HUSTLER BY NIGHT. HUMOR AND SADNESS CO-MINGLE IN A STELLAR, BRUTALLY HONEST ESSAY. |
EN4 | 08190 | HANUKKAH, SHMANUKKAH! | | CODELL, ESME RAJI | NORMA FIRE | CODELL RETELLS DICKENS' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, REPLACING YULE CUSTOMS WITH THOSE OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. OLD SCROOGEMACHER, THE OWNER OF A GARMENT SHOP, MISTREATS HIS WORKERS. THE RABBI OF HANUKKAH PAST HELPS SCROOGEMACHER TO RECALL THE ORIGINS OF THE HOLIDAY, THE RABBI OF HANUKKAH PRESENT TAKES HIM ON A TOUR OF THE TENEMENTS WHERE HIS EMPLOYEES LIVE, AND THE RABBI OF HANUKKAH FUTURE SHOWS HIM THE FUTURE. |
EN4 | 08191 | HOW THIS NIGHT IS DIFFERENT | STORIES | ALBERT, ELISA | BARBARA FERBER | TITLED TO REFLECT THE CUSTOMARY QUESTION ASKED AT PASSOVER, THESE 10 STORIES BY DEBUT WRITER ALBERT EXPLORE TRADITIONAL JEWISH RITUALS WITH YOUTHFUL, IRREVERENT EXUBERANCE AS HER CHARACTERS TRANSITION INTO MARRIAGE AND CHILD-REARING. |
EN4 | 08192 | HYPOCRITE IN A POUFFY WHITE DRESS | TALES OF GROWING UP GROOVY AND CLUELESS | GILMAN, SUSAN JANE | ELIZABETH LONDON | SUSAN GILMAN HAS A GIFT FOR SHOWING THE HUMOR IN THE ORDINARY. SHE RECOUNTS BEING RAISED BY ECCENTRIC, HIPPY PARENTS, BEING A KINDERGARTEN DIVA, AND LIVING WITH HER HUSBAND ABROAD. |
EN4 | 08193 | IN THE PROMISED LAND | LIVES OF JEWISH AMERICANS | RAPPAPORT, DOREEN | JJ KENNEDY | YOUNG READERS ARE INTRODUCED TO THE LIVES OF THIRTEEN DISTINGUISHED JEWISH AMERICANS. BY FOCUSING ON ONE KEY SCENE FROM EACH OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES THE AUTHOR GIVES YOUNG READERS AN EXCITING INTRODUCTION TO THE GREAT HISTORY OF JEWISH AMERICANS. |
EN4 | 08194 | ALL WHOM I HAVE LOVED | A NOVEL | APPELFELD, AHARON | LLOYD MOSS | FICTION. |
EN4 | 08195 | BOY ON A STRING | FROM CAST-OFF KID TO FILMMAKER THROUGH THE MAGIC OF DREAMS | JACOBY, JOSEPH | LLOYD MOSS | |
EN4 | 08196 | AWAKE IN THE DARK | STORIES | NAYMAN, SHIRA | ED REISS | "THESE LUMINOUS STORIES PORTRAY THE CONTEMPORARY LIVES OF THE CHILDREN OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS AS THEY STRUGGLE WITH THE LEGACY OF THEIR PARENTS--THEIR QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, FAMILY, AND FAITH.
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EN4 | 08197 | BARNEY ROSS | | CENTURY, DOUGLAS | MARGARET ROSSI | BORN DOV-BER RASOFSKY TO EASTERN EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT PARENTS, BARNEY ROSS GREW UP IN A TOUGH CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITNESSED HIS FATHER’S MURDER, HIS MOTHER’S NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, AND THE DISPATCHING OF HIS THREE YOUNGER SIBLINGS TO AN ORPHANAGE, ALL BEFORE HE TURNED FOURTEEN. TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO REUNITE THE FAMILY, ROSS BECAME A PETTY THIEF, A GAMBLER, A MESSENGER BOY FOR AL CAPONE, AND, EVENTUALLY, AN AMATEUR BOXER. TURNING PROFESSIONAL AT NINETEEN, HE WOULD CAPTURE THE LIGHTWEIGHT, JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT, AND WELTERWEIGHT TITLES OVER THE COURSE OF A TEN-YEAR CAREER. |
EN4 | 08198 | BRIEF CHAPTER IN MY IMPOSSIBLE LIFE | | REINHARDT, DANA | ELAINE WOLBROM | OLIVE SKINNED AND DARK EYED, SIMONE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HER FAIR-HAIRED FAMILY. SHE IS, NONETHELESS, THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF HER ADOPTIVE PARENTS. IT THEREFORE COMES AS A TERRIBLE INTRUSION IN SIMONE'S COMFORTABLE LIFE WHEN, AFTER 16 YEARS, HER BIRTH MOTHER RIVKA, A SELF-EXILED HASIDIC JEW, ASKS TO MEET HER. |
EN4 | 08199 | EMMA LAZARUS | | SHOR, ESTHER | AUDREY FLAMBERG | EMMA LAZARUS'S REPUTATION RESTS ON ONE POEM, "THE NEW COLOSSUS," AFFIXED TO THE BASE OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. LAZARUS, HOWEVER, WAS A MUCH HERALDED ARTIST IN HER DAY, AND, AS THIS NEW ENTRY IN THE JEWISH ENCOUNTERS SERIES SHOWS, LAZARUS WAS A FORMIDABLE WOMAN OF PASSION AND INTEGRITY. |
EN4 | 08200 | MESSENGER | | SILVA, DANIEL | IRENE BRILL | DANIEL SILVA HAS WRITTEN AN INGENIOUS, THRILLING, AND ENTERTAINING BOOK ABOUT GLOBAL TERRORISM AND ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM WITH COMPLEX CHARACTERS AND SETTINGS, FROM LONDON AND JERUSALEM TO ROME. AHMED BIN SHAFIQ, A FORMER CHIEF OF A CLANDESTINE SAUDI INTELLIGENCE UNIT, TARGETS THE VATICAN FOR ATTACK, IN PARTICULAR POPE PAUL VII AND HIS TOP AIDE, MONSIGNOR LUIGI DONATI. |
EN4 | 08201 | GREAT ESCAPE | NINE JEWS WHO FLED HITLER AND CHANGED THE WORLD | MARTON, KATI | KATHY FORD | AMONG THE HUNGARIAN JEWS WHO MADE THEIR WAY TO ENGLAND AND AMERICA AS HITLER ROSE TO POWER WERE FOUR SCIENTISTS, TWO FILMMAKERS, TWO PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND A WRITER. SEEING HOW ABRUPTLY THE WORLD COULD CHANGE, THE HUNGARIANS DIDN'T DOUBT THAT THEY COULD CHANGE IT. THEY ALSO STUCK TOGETHER. BY LOOKING AT THESE NINE LIVES - SALVAGED, AND CRUCIAL - MARTON PROVIDES A MOVING MEASURE OF HOW MUCH WAS LOST. |
EN4 | 08202 | BOOK DOCTOR | A NOVEL | COHEN, ESTHER | PAMELA VASSIL | NEW YORKER ARLETTE ROSEN NEVER INTENDED TO BECOME A BOOK DOCTOR. BUT AFTER SHE HELPS A FRIEND AND SALVAGES A MANUSCRIPT TITLED LIFE AND DEATH: ONE PROGNOSIS, SHE NEVER LACKS FOR CLIENTS. IN FACT, MUCH OF THIS SWEETLY CLEVER COMEDY CONSISTS OF THE LETTERS ARLETTE RECEIVES FROM DESPERATE WANNABE WRITERS HOPING THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM WRITE EVERYTHING FROM HOLOCAUST NOVELS TO AN ALZHEIMER'S JOKE BOOK. |
EN4 | 08203 | TASK OF THIS TRANSLATOR | STORIES | HASAK-LOWY, TODD | TIM ZAGIN | A DEMORALIZED ISRAELI JOURNALIST ENDS UP WORKING AS A SNACK-SHOP CASHIER AT JERUSALEM'S HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL. ANOTHER FLOUNDERING JOURNALIST GETS OVERLY INVOLVED IN HIS INVESTIGATION INTO A WEIGHT-WATCHER COMPANY THAT PROVIDES BODYGUARDS TO ENFORCE ITS RULES. IN THE TENSE YET DARKLY FUNNY TITLE STORY, A POSEUR FINDS HIMSELF PLAYING THE ROLE OF TRANSLATOR AT A VIOLENT CONFRONTATION INSTIGATED BY THE BOSNIAN WAR. |
EN4 | 08204 | TWO LIVES | | VIKRAM, SETH | ASHER SUSS | AT 17, THE INDIAN-BORN AUTHOR LEFT HIS HOMELAND TO STUDY AT OXFORD. HE LIVED WITH HIS AUNT AND UNCLE, A MIDDLE-CLASS ENGLISH COUPLE IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT ONE-HIS UNCLE SHANTI WAS INDIAN AND HIS AUNT HENNY WAS A GERMAN JEW. THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH HIS UNCLE AND A TRUNK OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM HIS AUNT, HE IS ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY. |
EN4 | 08205 | YIDDISH WITH DICK AND JANE | | WEINER, ELLIS | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | DICK AND JANE ARE ALL GROWN UP, AND THEY'RE LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD-AND IT'S FULL OF TSURIS (TROUBLES). THAT'S THE PREMISE OF THIS HILARIOUS LITTLE BOOK, WHICH FUNCTIONS BOTH AS A HUMOROUS TALE AND A GENUINE GUIDE TO A LANGUAGE WITH A SENTIMENT AND WORLD VIEW ALL ITS OWN. |
EN4 | 08206 | MODERN JEWISH GIRL'S GUIDE TO GUILT | | ELLENSON, RUTH | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | TWENTY-EIGHT OF TODAY'S TOP JEWISH WOMEN WRITERS TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THEIR RABBIS WARNED THEM NEVER TO DISCUSS IN PUBLIC. |
EN4 | 08207 | JERUSALEM SKY | STARS, CROSSES, AND CRESCENTS | PODWALL, MARK | JESSICA LEONARD | WITH BEAUTIFUL POEMS, PODWAL CAPTURES THE HOPE AND TEARS THE CITY EVOKES AMONG FOLLOWERS OF THE THREE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD. CALLING ON BOTH HISTORY AND MYTH, PODWAL EXPLAINS WHY JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM HOLD IT HOLY. |
EN4 | 08208 | HOW TO CURE A FANATIC | | OZ, AMOS | PAUL SPERRY | AMOS OZ'S TWO SHORT ESSAYS ARE FULL OF VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE MINDSET OF A FANATIC IN GENERAL, AS WELL AS INTO JUST AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO DEAL WITH THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. |
EN4 | 08209 | ELECTED MEMBER | | RUBENS, BERNICE | ELIZABETH LONDON | "IN THIS 1970 BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL, NORMAN IS THE CLEVER ONE OF A CLOSELY-KNIT JEWISH FAMILY IN LONDON'S EAST END. INFANT PRODIGY, BRILLIANT BARRISTER, THE APPLE OF HIS PARENTS' EYES-UNTIL AT 41 HE BECOMES A DRUG ADDICT, CONFINED TO HIS BEDROOM, AT THE MERCY OF HIS HALLUCINATIONS AND PARANOIA.
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EN4 | 08210 | OMAHA BLUES | A MEMORY LOOP | LELYVEID, JOSEPH | PAUL SPERRY | IN THIS MEMOIR, THE AUTHOR REFLECTS ON FAMILIAL ECCENTRICITIES AS HE SORTS THROUGH HIS DYING FATHER'S BELONGINGS. HE RECALLS NOT JUST HIS OWN PAST, BUT THAT OF HIS RABBI FATHER AND SHAKESPEAREAN SCHOLAR MOTHER, AS WELL AS POLITICAL EVENTS OF THEIR TIME, LIKE THE SCOTTSBORO TRIALS AND THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT. |
EN4 | 08211 | LOVE WITH NOODLES | AN AMOROUS WIDOWER'S TALE | FREUND, HARRY L | PAUL SPERRY | 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. |
EN4 | 08212 | LION OF HOLLYWOOD | THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF LOUIS B.MAYER | EYMAN, SCOTT | AUDREY FLAMBERG | MAYER'S "MANIA FOR QUALITY" DROVE MGM TO THE TOP OF HOLLYWOOD'S STUDIO SYSTEM, WHILE HIS MELODRAMATIC FAINTING SPELLS AND CRYING JAGS WOULD FREQUENTLY INDUCE FELLOW EXECUTIVES OR STARS TO RELENT. EYMAN'S EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF OLD HOLLYWOOD, HIS SCRUPULOUS RESEARCH AND HIS REFUSAL TO INDICT THE OFTEN-PILLORIED MAYER MAKE THIS BIOGRAPHY AN OFTEN REVELATORY DELIGHT. |
EN4 | 08213 | ESTHER STORIES | | ORNER, PETER | LORNA KOCHE | "THIS COLLECTION PRESENTS 34 STORIES THAT SPAN AMERICA. THOUGH THE PHYSICAL TERRITORY COVERED IS BROAD, THE EMOTIONAL PROBING OF THE CHARACTERS IS THE HIGH POINT HERE. THE BOOK IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS: THE FIRST TWO CONCERN THE LIVES OF UNRELATED STRANGERS; THE LAST TWO PRESENT TWO ASSIMILATED JEWISH FAMILIES, ONE ON THE EAST COAST, THE OTHER IN THE MIDWEST.
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EN4 | 08214 | IN THE BEGINNING: BIBLICAL CREATION AND SCIENCE | | AVIEZER, NATHAN | CRAIG DAVENPORT | THE AUTHOR DOES A TRULY CREDIBLE JOB IN CONNECTING THE BIBLICAL STORY OF CREATION WITH SCIENCE'S MOST RECENT FINDINGS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL WORLD. IT IS AN INTERESTING STUDY ABOUT EVOLUTION AND ORIGINS FROM A BIBLICAL AND A SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW. |
EN4 | 08215 | KABBALAH: A LOVE STORY | | KUSHNER, LAWRENCE | ELLEN DAVID | THE AUTHOR STITCHES TOGETHER A SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED NARRATIVES THAT RANGE ACROSS MORE THAN EIGHT CENTURIES AND TRANSPORT THE READER FROM 20TH CENTURY NEW YORK TO MEDIEVAL SPAIN TO POLAND DURING THE HOLOCAUST. THE MAIN THREAD THAT LINKS THESE TALES IS THE STORY OF RABBI KALMAN STERN, A SCHOLAR OF JEWISH MYSTICISM WHOSE PSYCHIC SCARS FROM HIS FIRST WIFE'S DECISION TO ABANDON HIM FOR ANOTHER MAN EARLY IN THEIR MARRIAGE HAVE STUNTED HIS EMOTIONAL LIFE, PREVENTING HIM FROM CONNECTING WITH ANY OTHER WOMEN. |
EN4 | 08216 | CRADLE ROBBERS | | WALDMAN, AYELET | TANYA SHERMAN | JULIET APPLEBAUM, LAWYER TURNED STAY-AT-HOME MOTHER AND PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, IS TRYING TO COPE WITH NURSING HER THIRD CHILD AND KEEPING HER MARRIAGE ALIVE. MEANWHILE, SHE AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, AL, GET A NEW CASE THAT WILL TAKE THEM INTO THE GRIM WORLD OF INCARCERATED MOTHERS. |
EN4 | 08217 | BLUE NUDE: A NOVEL | | ROSNER, ELIZABETH | SANDI SKODNIK | THIS BOOK IS A HAUNTING PORTRAIT OF INDIVIDUALS TORMENTED BY THEIR PAST. TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THREE PROTAGONISTS--SIBLINGS DANZIG AND MARGOT, CHILDREN OF A NAZI OFFICIAL, AND MERAV, AN ISRAELI SOLDIER AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR--ROSNER SHIFTS FROM CONTEMPORARY SAN FRANCISCO TO POSTWAR GERMANY AS SHE TANTALIZINGLY REVEALS EACH CHARACTER'S PSYCHIC WOUNDS. |
EN4 | 08218 | BUBBE ISABELLA AND THE SUKKOT CAKE | | TERWILLIGER, KELLY | DIANE LIPMAN | ONE SUKKOT, BUBBE ISABELLA BUILDS A SUKKAH. EACH NIGHT SHE WISHES FOR SOMEONE TO SIT WITH HER AND SHARE HER FRESHLY BAKED LEMON CAKE. JUST AS SHE IS ABOUT TO DISASSEMBLE IT, A BOY ASKS FOR HER COLORED CLOTH TO MAKE A FLAG FOR THE SIMCHAT TORAH HOLIDAY PROCESSION. BUBBE ISABELLA IS HAPPY TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO SHARE HER SUKKAH WITH SOMEONE ELSE. |
EN4 | 08219 | HEY, LITTLE ANT | | HOOSE, PHILLIP M. | CYNTHIA HARRIS | BASED ON A SONG, THIS BOOK HAS A MESSAGE: RESPECT ALL CREATURES AND THEIR RIGHT TO LIVE. AN ANT, LOADED DOWN WITH TWO SHOPPING BAGS, IS CONFRONTED BY A HUMAN YOUNGSTER INTENT ON STEPPING ON HIM. BEFORE THE BOY CAN CARRY OUT HIS THREAT, THE ANT BEGS HIM TO RECONSIDER. THE BOY IS URGED TO LOOK AT THINGS FROM THE ANT'S POINT OF VIEW BEFORE DECIDING ON HIS COURSE OF ACTION. |
EN4 | 08220 | FORTUNE TELLER'S KISS | AMERICAN LIVES | SEROTTE, BRENDA | NORMA FIRE | 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. |
EN4 | 08221 | THERE ARE JEWS IN MY HOUSE: STORIES | | VAPNYAR, LARA | JOAN PLATNIK | IN HER FIRST BOOK, VAPNYAR, A RECENT RUSSIAN EMIGRANT, DRAMATIZES AN ARRAY OF RUSSIAN AND RUSSIAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCES IN SIX NEATLY CONSTRUCTED AND EMOTIONALLY INTRICATE SHORT STORIES. IN THE TITLE STORY, GALINA, A RUSSIAN LIBRARIAN IN A SMALL NAZI-OCCUPIED TOWN TAKES IN HER BEST FRIEND, RAYA, A JEWISH WOMAN WITH AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. AS TIME PASSES, GALINA NURSES AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PETTY GRUDGES, UNTIL SHE CONSIDERS GOING TO THE NAZI AUTHORITIES. |
EN4 | 08222 | BROKEN FOR YOU | | KALOOS, STEPHANIE | JOAN PLATNIK | MARGARET HUGHES LIVES ALONE IN A SEATTLE MANSION, DIVORCED FROM HER HUSBAND AFTER THE DEATH OF THEIR SON. WANDA SCHULTZ, ABANDONED AS A CHILD BY HER PARENTS, CANNOT ACCEPT THE REJECTION OF HER LOVER, PETER, WHOSE SOLITARY POSTCARD BRINGS HER ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN SEARCH OF HIM. WHEN CANCER SENDS MARGARET A WAKE-UP CALL, SHE OPENS HER HOME AND HER HEART: FIRST TO WANDA AND THEN TO A FLOOD OF OTHER NEW "FAMILY" MEMBERS AS SHE LEARNS TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE AND EVENTUALLY TO ATONE FOR A PAST CRIME SHE ONLY GRADUALLY UNDERSTANDS. |
EN4 | 08223 | JOURNEY THAT SAVED CURIOUS GEORGE | THE TRUE WARTIME ESCAPE OF MARGRET AND H.A. REY | BORDEN, LOUISE | NORMA FIRE | CURIOUS GEORGE IS BELOVED AND KNOWN BY ADULTS AND KIDS AROUND THE WORLD - BUT FEW HAVE HEARD OF THE HISTORY OF HIS CREATORS, HANS AND MARGRET REY, WHO HAD TO FLEE THEIR PARIS HOME AS THE GERMANS INVADED. THEIR JOURNEY ON BICYCLES WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S BOOK MANUSCRIPTS AMONG THEIR FEW POSSESSIONS IS RECOUNTED IN THIS BOOK WITH FLARE AND DRAMA. |
EN4 | 08224 | CATASTROPHIST | | LAWRENCE DOUGLAS | TOM CARROLL | ACADEMIC SUPERSTAR DANIEL WELLINGTON IS ON THE FAST TRACK AND IS VERY HAPPILY MARRIED. HOWEVER, WHEN HIS WIFE INFORMS HIM THAT SHE IS PREGNANT, HE IS STRICKEN WITH A CATASTROPHIC FEAR OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF FATHERHOOD. HIS BEHAVIOR BECOMES INCREASINGLY ERRATIC. WHILE WORKING AS A CONSULTANT ON A PROJECT TO BUILD A HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL IN BERLIN, HE FINDS HIMSELF COMPULSIVELY LYING IN INTERVIEWS, CLAIMING TO BE THE CHILD OF SURVIVORS. AS DANIEL'S LIFE IMPLODES ON ALL FRONTS, THE AUTHOR TAKES INCREASINGLY FUNNY SHOTS AT MARRIAGE, ACADEMIA, AND MODERN ART. |
EN4 | 08225 | BORDER OF TRUTH | A NOVEL | REDEL, VICTORIA | JAN BURRELL | AT 41, SARA, AN ACADEMIC IN MANHATTAN, REGISTERS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION AGENCY, AND SHE IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE HER FAMILY HISTORY. SHE KNOWS HER LOVING, WIDOWED FATHER, RICHARD, CAME TO THE U.S. AS A HOLOCAUST REFUGEE IN THE 1940S, BUT HE DOES NOT TALK ABOUT IT. WHAT IS HE HOLDING BACK? AS THE FAMILY MYSTERY BUILDS TO A CLIMAX, THE REVELATIONS OF LOVE, GUILT, BETRAYAL, LOSS, AND DENIAL ARE HAUNTING. |
EN4 | 08226 | WOMAN OF UNCERTAIN CHARACTER | THE AMOROUS AND RADICAL ADVENTURES OF MY MOTHER JENNIE (WHO ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A RESPECTABLE JEWISH MOM) BY H | SIGAL, CLANCY | | JENNIE PERSILY WAS A STYLISH RUSSIAN-JEWISH AMERICAN LABOR ORGANIZER (AND SINGLE MOTHER) WHO COULD OUTSMART AND STARE DOWN THE TOUGHEST CHICAGO COPS AND SOUTHERN SHERIFFS. SIGAL, WHO BECAME A HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITER BLACKLISTED IN THE MCCARTHY ERA, ACCOMPANIED HIS BRAVE, ZEALOUS MOTHER ALL ACROSS THE SOUTH DURING THE 1930S AS SHE TOOK ON THE DANGEROUS WORK OF ORGANIZING BLACK WOMEN WORKERS, THEN HELD HIS OWN IN CHICAGO'S TOUGH JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN WITH ALL DUE HILARITY AS THE GREAT VEST SIDE. |
EN4 | 08227 | RESPONSIBLE MEN | A NOVEL | EDWARD SCHWARZSCHILD | | MAX WOLINSKY, A SWINDLING SALESMAN, REVISITS HIS PHILADELPHIA STOMPING GROUNDS. AFTER A YEAR OF EXILE IN FLORIDA, FOLLOWING HIS WIFE'S INFIDELITY, MAX RETURNS TO SEE HIS FATHER AND STROKE-IMPAIRED UNCLE AND TO ATTEND HIS SON NATHAN'S BAR MITZVAH, BUT THE TRIP GOES SOUR WHEN OLD ASSOCIATES WANT IN ON HIS LATEST SCAM. AS MAX GEARS UP FOR A MIDLIFE CRISIS, HE BEGINS TO QUESTION HIS OWN DUPLICITY AND MEETS A WOMAN WHO MIGHT JUST KEEP HIM HONEST. |
EN4 | 08228 | HEART IS KATMANDU | | HOFFMAN, YOEL | ROSEANNE RUBINO | YEHOAHIM AND BATYA COME TOGETHER IN MODERN-DAY HAIFA; EACH HAS AN UNCERTAIN PAST THAT INCLUDES LOST LOVE. WE ARE GIVEN A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR MINDS, WHERE ORDINARY WORDS AND OBJECTS BECOME TOTEMS, RELIGION AND ART SERVE AS TOUCHSTONES, AND MEANING IS AS EPHEMERAL AS LOVE ITSELF. |
EN4 | 08229 | COYOTE DREAM | | STEIN, JESSICA DAVIS | JAN BURRELL | SARAH FRIEDMAN, RAISED AS AN OBSERVANT JEW IN NEW YORK CITY, FALLS FOR BEN LONEFEATHER, A MAN NOT ONLY A GENTILE, BUT A NAVAJO. WHEN HER PARENTS ARE CONFRONTED WITH THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION THE "WORLDS COLLIDE". WILDLY DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIES, BACKGROUNDS, AND CULTURES CANNOT DETER THE COUPLE'S PASSIONATE CONNECTION. |
EN4 | 08230 | I PROMISE TO KEEP QUIET (AFTER I'M DEAD) | | BECKER, LEA HOPE | AUDREY FLAMBURG | THE AUTHOR'S FERVENT DESIRE IS TO REDUCE THE COMPLEXITIES OF THE UNIVERSE TO A FEW PRACTICAL IDEAS FOR BETTER LIVING. HER ADVICE TO BOTH YOUNG AND OLD IS: "SAY SOMETHING FUNNY YOU CAN LAUGH AT EVERY SINGLE DAY -- IT CAN EVEN BE SILLY AND MIGHT BE WORTH JOTTING DOWN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE." |
EN4 | 08231 | MURDERER IN THE MIKDASH | | ROTHSTEIN, GIDON | TIM ZAGEN | RACHEL TUCKER, AN ABC NEWS ANCHORWOMAN TEMPORARILY LIVING IN ISRAEL, HAS JUST HAD A BABY AND LOST HER BEST FRIEND TO SUDDEN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. HER ATTEMPTS TO FIND THE REAL CAUSE OF THAT FRIEND'S DEATH FORCE HER TO CONFRONT UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS ABOUT THE MESSIANIC SOCIETY THAT ISRAEL HAS BECOME, ABOUT HERSELF, AND ABOUT HOW SHE CAN OR CANNOT FIND HER PLACE IN THAT WORLD. |
EN4 | 08232 | IT'S SID BERNSTEIN CALLING | THE AMAZING STORY OF THE PROMOTER WHO MADE ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY | BERNSTEIN, SID & AARON, ARTHUR | IRVING GOLDFARB | "IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU MAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT PHONE CALL OF YOUR LIFE BASED ON A WISH AND A HUNCH. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT PROMOTER SID BERNSTEIN DID WHEN, FEELING THAT THE TIME WAS RIGHT FOR THE BEATLES TO PLAY AMERICA, HE PLACED A SINGLE CALL TO BRIAN EPSTEIN AND ARRANGED THE POP GROUP'S HISTORY-MAKING EVENT AT CARNEGIE HALL. A YEAR LATER, SID PRESENTED JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO TO A SOLD-OUT SHEA STADIUM. THAT UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCE, THE FIRST CONCERT IN A VENUE THAT LARGE, CHANGED THE FACE OF MUSIC.
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EN4 | 08233 | DAYS OF AWE | | NISSENSON, HUGH | MARY ANN DEROSA | THE NATIONAL TRAGEDY OF 9/11 COLLIDES WITH THE PERSONAL TRAGEDY OF A MANHATTAN BOOK ILLUSTRATOR ARTIE RUBIN LIVES ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE WITH HIS WIFE, JOHANNA. AT THE ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER MIDBOOK, NISSENSON BROADENS THE SCOPE TO INCLUDE FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES AND CHARACTERS WHO GET CAUGHT IN THE ATTACKS. JOHANNA SUFFERS A SERIOUS HEART ATTACK; ARTIE STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN HIS PERSPECTIVE. |
EN4 | 08234 | TEN THOUSAND CHILDREN | TRUE STORIES TOLD BY CHILDREN WHO ESCAPED THE HOLOCAUST ON THE KINDERTRANSPORT | FOX, ANNE; ABRAHAM-PODIETZ, EVA | MARILYN BECK | "TELLS THE TRUE STORIES OF CHILDREN WHO ESCAPED NAZI GERMANY ON THE KINDERTRANSPORT, A RESCUE MISSION LED BY CONCERNED BRITISH TO SAVE JEWISH CHILDREN FROM THE HOLOCAUST.
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EN4 | 08235 | POMEGRANATE SEEDS | LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH TALES | GROSSER NAGARAJAN, NADIA | BARBARA FERBER | THESE THIRTY-FOUR TALES SPAN THE 500 YEARS OF JEWISH PRESENCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. THE FOLKTALES AND CULTURAL ORAL NARRATIVES WERE OFTEN BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS, RECORDED NOT ONLY FROM THE ASHKENAZI PERSPECTIVE BUT FROM THE SEPHARDIC AND ORIENTAL AS WELL. LIKE DISPERSED POMEGRANATE SEEDS, ALL THE STORIES COME FROM A COMMON CLUSTER, YET EACH IS A SEPARATE KERNEL. |
EN4 | 08236 | ELIJAH'S TEARS | STORIES FOR THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS | PEARL, SYDELLE | BARBARA FERBER | THE PROPHET ELIJAH IS THE UNIFYING PERSONA OF THESE FIVE ORIGINAL STORIES SET DURING FOUR JEWISH HOLIDAYS: PASSOVER, SUCCOT, HANUKKAH, AND YOM KIPPUR. ALTHOUGH HE IS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH PASSOVER, ELIJAH IS COMMANDED BY GOD TO SEARCH FOR PIETY AND GOOD DEEDS ALL THROUGH THE YEAR. IN EACH SELECTION, HE ENABLES THOSE WITH SPIRITUAL NEEDS TO FIND DIVINE INSPIRATION AND REWARDS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES. |
EN4 | 08237 | WE JEWS AND BLACKS | MEMOIR WITH POEMS | BARNSTONE, WILLIS | PAUL SPERRY | THIS MOVING AND ASTONISHING MEMOIR IS A MEDITATION ON THE THORNY POLITICS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITY AND HOW THEY HAVE SHAPED AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE. BARNSTONE, A PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY, WAS BORN IN THE 1920S TO A JEWISH FAMILY BUT FROM AN EARLY AGE WAS TAUGHT TO "PASS" AS "WHITE"-I.E., CHRISTIAN AND ACCEPTABLE TO MAINSTREAM U.S. CULTURE. BARNSTONE IS FASCINATED WITH THE IDEA OF "PASSING" AND HOW DESTRUCTIVE IT IS. |
EN4 | 08238 | FINE ROMANCE | JEWISH SONGWRITERS, AMERICAN SONGS | LEHMAN, DAVID | WIN ROBBINS | LEHMAN, POET, ANTHOLOGIST AND CRITIC (THE LAST AVANT-GARDE), MELDS DREAMY PERSONAL REFLECTIONS WITH IMPRESSIVE ARCHIVAL EXCAVATION FOR A THOROUGH LOOK AT THE POPULAR EARLY-20TH-CENTURY SONGWRITERS AND WHAT MADE THEIR WORK QUINTESSENTIALLY JEWISH. |
EN4 | 08239 | NOWHERE IN AFRICA | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL | ZWEIG, STEFANIE | JAN BURRELL | THE NOVEL IS BASED ON ZWEIG'S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS A GERMAN JEWISH REFUGEE CHILD IN KENYA DURING WORLD WAR II. THE IRONIC MIX OF ANGER AND SORROW IS UNFORGETTABLE. |
EN4 | 08240 | DROPPED FROM HEAVEN | STORIES | JUDAH, SOPHIE | PAMELA VASSIL | THE 19 STORIES IN JUDAH'S DEBUT EXPLORE THE LITTLE KNOWN JEWISH COMMUNITY OF BENE ISRAEL IN INDIA OVER THE COURSE OF MORE THAN A CENTURY. |
EN4 | 08241 | WRITING A JEWISH LIFE | MEMOIRS | RAPHAEL, LEV | JAYSON BERKSHIRE | WRITING A JEWISH LIFE CHRONICLES NOVELIST LEV RAPHAEL'S STRUGGLE TO CLAIM BOTH HIS RELIGIOUS AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES, AND THE HAPPINESS HE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND. A SON OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, RAPHAEL GREW UP IN AN UNMISTAKABLY JEWISH BUT NONRELIGIOUS HOME. HOWEVER, AS AN ADULT HE INITIATED HIS OWN AFFILIATIONS WITH JUDAISM: HE HAD A BAR MITZVAH AT AGE 30, WENT TO ISRAEL TWICE, AND FELL IN LOVE WITH A JEWISH MAN. |
EN4 | 08242 | CHESED BOOMERANG | HOW ACTS OF KINDNESS ENRICH OUR LIVES | DOUECK, JACK | JACK DOUECK, ASHER SUSS | WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BUT DON'T KNOW HOW? DOUECK, POSITING THAT ACTS OF KINDNESS DO NOT GO UNREWARDED, SETS OUT TO TEACH READERS HOW THEY CAN HELP IMPROVE THE WORLD AND, IN THE PROCESS, ENRICH THEIR OWN LIVES. WITH INSPIRING EXAMPLES OF REAL PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE EVERYDAY KINDNESS, AND HELPFUL CITATIONS, PROGRESS CHARTS, AND OTHER TOOLS, HE GUIDES READERS TO NEW WAYS ANYONE - SCHOLAR OR LAYMAN, COMMUNITY LEADER OR COMMUNITY MEMBER, WELL EDUCATED IN JUDAISM OR JUST A BEGINNER - CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND CHANGE THE WORLD. © 2000 |
EN4 | 08243 | WHO SHE WAS | MY SEARCH FOR MY MOTHER'S LIFE | FREEDMAN, SAMUEL G. | BAZ SNIDER | 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. |
EN4 | 08244 | 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER | | GOLD, JUDY: RYAN, KATE MOIRA | SANDI SKODNIK | A VERY FUNNY AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK BASED ON INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED ACROSS AMERICA WITH MORE THAN 50 JEWISH WOMEN OF DIFFERENT AGES AND OCCUPATIONS. AT TIMES HILARIOUSLY FUNNY, ENDEARING, COMPLEX, RELEVANT FOR EVERYONE AND ALWAYS TOUCHING. AN INSIGHTFUL VIEW OF THE MOTHER/CHILD RELATIONSHIP. |
EN4 | 08245 | AMONG THE RIGHTEOUS | LOST STORIES FROM THE HOLOCAUST'S LONG REACH INTO ARAB LANDS | SATLOFF, ROBERT | ARLENE SIMON | ROBERT SATLOFF IS A MAN WITH A MISSION. HE BELIEVES THAT IF CONTEMPORARY ARABS KNEW ABOUT ARABS WHO RESCUED JEWS DURING THE HOLOCAUST, THEY WOULD REJECT THE HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ANTI-SEMITISM THAT ARE NOW SO PREVALENT IN THE ARAB/MUSLIM WORLD. THIS BOOK TELLS OF HIS QUEST TO TRACK DOWN THE HISTORY OF THOSE ARABS' DEEDS. |
EN4 | 08246 | LADY UPSTAIRS | DOROTHY SCHIFF AND THE NEW YORK POST | NISSENSON, MARILYN | TIM ZAGIN | IN THIS TANTALIZING BIOGRAPHY, NISSENSON REVEALS A FASCINATING WOMAN WHO MANAGED THE POST FROM 1939 UNTIL 1976, WHEN SHE SOLD IT TO RUPERT MURDOCH. NISSENSON OFFERS AN INTERTWINED LOOK AT THE LIFE OF SCHIFF AND THE POST DURING THE MAJOR SOCIAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF AMERICAN LIFE. SCHIFF'S PERSONAL LIFE WAS AGLITTER WITH ROMANCES WITH PROMINENT MEN, INCLUDING FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, AND SHE WAS NOT AVERSE TO USING HER SOCIAL STATUS AND PERSONAL CHARM TO ADVANCE THE POST. |
EN4 | 08247 | TAKING CARE OF CLEO | A NOVEL | BRODER, BILL | SANDY SKODNIK | JEWISH IDENTITY, AUTISM AND BOOTLEGGING FORM THE UNLIKELY FRAMEWORK FOR THIS SET IN A LAKESIDE MICHIGAN TOWN DURING PROHIBITION. REBECCA BEARWALD LONGS TO ESCAPE THE CONFINES OF SMALLTOWN LIFE IN CHARLEVOIX, WHERE HER FAMILY IS THE ONLY JEWISH ONE, BUT HER PARENTS EXPECT HER TO STAY AT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF CLEO, REBECCA'S AUTISTIC OLDER SISTER. BUT REBECCA DEFIES HER PARENTS, SECRETLY APPLYING FOR A SCHOLARSHIP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. |
EN4 | 08248 | HEART HAS REASONS | HOLOCAUST RESCUERS AND THEIR STORIES OF COURAGE | KLEMPNER, MARK | EMERY THOMPSON | MARK KLEMPNER EXAMINES THE LIVES OF 10 DUTCH RESCUERS WHO SAVED JEWISH CHILDREN DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF THEIR COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II. ASKED WHY SHE HELPED WHILE SO MANY OTHERS STOOD BY, ONE OF THE RESCUERS REPLIED, "THE HEART HAS REASONS." |
EN4 | 08249 | JEWS AND THE AMERICAN SOUL | HUMAN NATURE IN THE 20TH CENTURY | HEINZE, ANDREW R. | WIN ROBBINS | THIS GROUNDBREAKING, WONDERFULLY RESEARCHED AND CONSISTENTLY PROVOCATIVE BOOK SUGGESTS THAT WHILE TRADITIONAL PROTESTANT VALUES FORMED THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATION'S PRESCRIPTION FOR HAPPINESS, AFTER 1900 JEWISH THINKERS-FROM FREUD AND ADLER, TO THE 1950S POPULAR PSYCHOLOGY OF DR. JOYCE BROTHERS AND ANN LANDERS-PROVIDED A FRAMEWORK TO SHAPE THE AMERICAN PSYCHE AND "INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT." |
EN4 | 08250 | LIVING PROOF | | ISLER, ALAN | PAUL SPERRY | CYRIL ENTWISTLE, WOMANIZER AND WORLD-CLASS LIAR, HAS CHOSEN STAN KOPS, AN ACADEMIC, TO WRITE HIS BIOGRAPHY. OUR NARRATOR IS ROBIN SINCLAIR, WHOSE MOTHER WAS ONCE ENTWISTLE'S MISTRESS. IN HIS BOOK ALAN ISLER ACHIEVES ONCE MORE HIS UNIQUE BLEND OF COMEDY AND TRAGEDY AS HE EXPLORES QUESTIONS HAVING TO DO WITH THE DEPENDABILITY OF FACTS AND TRUTHS AS THEY ARE RECORDED IN MEMORY, HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. AND IN DOING SO, HE HAS PRODUCED A RICH TRANS-ATLANTIC SOCIAL SATIRE. |
EN4 | 08251 | POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY | AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST 1776 TO THE PRESENT | OREN, MICHAEL B | ARLENE SIMON | IN THIS ENGAGING IF UNBALANCED SURVEY, THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED SIX DAYS OF WAR FINDS CONTINUITY IN U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY WAR AGAINST THE BARBARY PIRATES TO TODAY'S IRAQ WAR. |
EN4 | 08252 | BOOK ABOUT MY MOTHER | | TALBOT, TOBY | TOBY TALBOT, MAGGIE SNYDER | A MEMOIR OF TOBY TALBOT'S MOTHER'S LIFE AND HER OWN CHILDHOOD. IT'S THE EXPERIENCE OF MOURNING, OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, OF THE HANDING DOWN OF LIFE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, OF THE NEED TO GO ON. |
EN4 | 08253 | CONSOLATION FOR AN EXILE | THE CHRONICLES OF ISAAC OF GIRONA | ROE, CAROLINE | LLOYD MOSS | THE SPRING OF 1355 BRINGS UNEXPECTED CHANGES FOR THE BLIND JEWISH PHYSICIAN ISAAC. HIS STUDENT YUSUF HEADS TO GRENADA TO MEET HIS REAL FAMILY AFTER THEY THOUGHT HIM DEAD FOR YEARS. TWO NARROW ESCAPES FROM DANGER LEAD HIM TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WITHIN THE CASTLE WALLS IS LESS THAN HAPPY ABOUT HIS RETURN. FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE, THE BOY HEADS FOR THE ONLY TRULY SAFE HAVEN HE KNOWS. ISAAC COPES WITH THE SUDDEN PASSING OF A PATIENT. NOW, ISAAC MUST USE ALL HIS SKILLS AND EVERY CLUE AT HIS DISPOSAL TO UNTANGLE AN ELABORATE WEB OF LIES AND SECRETS. |
EN4 | 08254 | MURDER IN JERUSALEM | A MICHAEL OHAYON MYSTERY | GUR, BATYA | LLOYD MOSS | 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. |
EN4 | 08255 | POLISH WOMAN | A NOVEL | MEKLER, EVA | RICHARD BERGMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 08256 | ONE GOD CLAPPING | THE SPIRITUAL PATH OF A ZEN RABBI | LEW, ALLAN | LORNA KOCHE | 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. |
EN4 | 08257 | BALDWIN STREET | A NOVEL | RAKOFF, ALVIN | TIM ZAGIN | ROOTED IN THE VITAL JEWISH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY OF SHOPKEEPERS IN TORONTO DURING THE DEPRESSION, THIS NOVEL TELLS SURPRISING STORIES OF FINDING HOME, OFTEN FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF TEENAGE LEONARD ABLESON. THERE IS THE TENSION BETWEEN HAUNTING MEMORIES OF WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND VERSUS THE TOUGH STRUGGLE FOR ASSIMILATION. |
EN4 | 08258 | BOULEVARD OF DREAMS | HEADY TIMES, HEARTBREAK, AND HOPE ALONG THE GRAND CONCOURSE IN THE BRONX | ROSENBLUM, CONSTANCE | SANDY SKODNICK | THE BRONX'S GRAND CONCOURSE, WITH ITS ART DECO STRUCTURES, IS ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL DELIGHTS, AND ITS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS NEW BOOK. IT SAW THE ARRIVAL OF JEWS IN THE FIRST FIVE DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FOLLOWED BY WAVES OF IRISH AND ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS SEEKING TO PURSUE THEIR CULTURE AND CAREERS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. THE AUTHOR ALSO DISSECTS THE RIVALRY BETWEEN WEST BRONX AFFLUENCE AND THE WORKING-CLASS EAST BRONX, AND THE RACIAL TENSIONS THAT LED TO WHITE SUBURBAN FLIGHT AND THE DECLINE AND NEGLECT OF THE AREA. |
EN4 | 08259 | OTHER SHULMAN | A NOVEL | ZWEIBEL, ALAN | LLOYD MOSS | SHULMAN IS RUNNING THE NEW YORK CITY MARATHON AND PONDERS THE TORTUROUS PATH THAT BROUGHT HIM TO SUCH AN UNLIKELY PLACE. THE AUTHOR TELLS THE HILARIOUS STORY OF THE OVERWEIGHT, STRESSED-OUT SHULMAN, WHO SOMEHOW CONVINCES HIMSELF THAT RUNNING 26.2 MILES WILL SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY HIS FAILING BUSINESS AND FLAGGING MARRIAGE. |
EN4 | 08260 | AFTER EMANCIPATION | JEWISH RELIGIOUS RESPONSES TO MODERNITY | ELLENSON, DAVID | WIN ROBBINS | THIS IS A FASCINATING COLLECTION OF TWENTY-THREE ESSAYS. ELLENSON, PRESIDENT OF THE HEBREW UNION COLLEGE, HAS BEEN INTRIGUED BY THE ATTEMPTS OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN ALL DENOMINATIONS OF JUDAISM TO REDEFINE THEMSELVES AND THEIR TRADITIONS IN THE MODERN PERIOD AS BOTH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND INDIVIDUAL JEWS ENTERED RADICALLY NEW REALMS OF POSSIBILITY AND CHANGE. |
EN4 | 08261 | MY PARENTS WENT THROUGH THE HOLOCAUST AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY SHIRT | A NEAR-LIFE EXPERIENCE | STADNER, S. HANALA | ELAINE WOLBROM | "TORTURED BY A PAST FILLED WITH NAZIS AND THE PARENTS WHO FLED THEM, HANALA ESCAPED FROM MONTREAL, HEADED FOR HOLLYWOOD AND CHANGED HER NAME TO SOMETHING NOT JEWISH. SHE BECAME SUZAN STADNER, THE CREATOR AND STAR OF HER OWN TV SHOW. BUT NOT RIGHT AWAY. WHEN SHE FIRST ARRIVED, INSTEAD OF GETTING INTO ACTING, SHE GOT INTO DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND LIMOS WITH STRANGE MEN. AFTER SEVERAL OVERDOSES, SHE BECAME SOBER AND AN AEROBICS INSTRUCTOR.
THE NARRATOR AND DIRECTOR OF THIS RECORDING FOUND THIS BOOK BOTH MOVING AND INSPIRING." |
EN4 | 08262 | GRANDMOM GRODE'S GOURMET GOODIES | RECIPES BY ELIZABETH GRODE | NEW, R. DAVID | CONNIE ZIMET | ELIZABETH GRODE WAS BORN IN KIEV AND CAME TO AMERICA AS AN INFANT. SHE LOVED - AND WAS LOVED FOR - BAKING FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MOTIVATING HER GRANDSON TO DOCUMENT HER WORK FOR THE FAMILY. THEN HE LOST HIS EYESIGHT AND REALIZED THAT AN AUDIO VERSION OF HIS GRANDMOTHER'S RECIPES WOULD BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR OTHERS LIKE HIM, AND HE DONATED THE RESULTING RECORDING TO JBI. THE MAIN PART OF THE BOOK CONTAINS RECIPES FOR BAKED GOODS, FOLLOWED BY A SECTION OF NON-DESSERT RECIPES, INCLUDING SUCH JEWISH CLASSICS AS KNEIDLACH AND KUGELS. NOT AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE - DTB OR MP3 ONLY. © 2004 |
EN4 | 08263 | START-UP NATION | THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S ECONOMIC MIRACLE | SENOR, DAN; SINGER, SAUL | TIM ZAGEN | HAMPERED BY AN ARAB NATION BOYCOTT THAT MAKES REGIONAL TRADE IMPOSSIBLE AND ENDOWED WITH PRECIOUS LITTLE BY WAY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ISRAEL HAS BEATEN THE ODDS TO BECOME A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE GLOBAL BUSINESS WORLD, ESPECIALLY IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR. WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF STARTUPS PER CAPITA OF ANY NATION IN THE WORLD AND MASSIVE VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT, ISRAEL IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP HUBS. |
EN4 | 08264 | WHEREVER YOU GO | | LEEGANT, JOAN | ELAINE WOLBRUM | YONA TRAVELS FROM NEW YORK TO ISRAEL TO VISIT HER ESTRANGED OLDER SISTER. MARK, A RESPECTED JEWISH LECTURER, FACES HIS DRUG-ADDLED PAST. AARON, A COLLEGE STUDENT, ARRIVES AT A RADICAL OUTPOST AFTER DROPPING OUT OF HIS PROGRAM ABROAD. WHEN AN ACT OF VIOLENCE PROPELS THE CHARACTERS' LIVES IN A SHOCKING CLIMAX, THEY ARE FINALLY FORCED TO CONFRONT THE AFTERMATH OF THEIR LIFE CHOICES. |
EN4 | 08265 | BLUE GENES | A MEMOIR OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL | LUKAS, CHRISTOPHER | PAUL SPERRY | "CHRISTOPHER AND TONY LUKAS'S MOTHER COMMITTED SUICIDE WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG, BUT THE BOYS WERE NEVER TOLD HOW SHE DIED. IN A SUPREMELY BRAVE EFFORT LITERALLY TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE, LUKAS SHATTERS THE SILENCE SURROUNDING THE LONG HISTORY OF SUICIDE IN HIS HUNGARIAN-GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THAT OF HIS OLDER BROTHER TONY.
BEAUTIFULLY READ BY A PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR!" |
EN4 | 08266 | THIS IS A SOUL | THE MISSION OF RICK HODES | BERGER, MARYLIN | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | THE REMARKABLE STORY OF RICK HODES'S JOURNEY FROM SUBURBAN AMERICA TO MOTHER TERESA'S CLINIC IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA. WHILE THERE, HE WAS DRAWN TO MOTHER TERESA'S MISSION IN ADDIS ABABA. IT WAS THERE THAT RICK FOUND HIS CALLING WHEN HE BEGAN CARING FOR THE SICKEST CHILDREN IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES. HE BEGAN TAKING THEM INTO HIS HOME AND OFFICIALLY ADOPTED FIVE OF THEM. |
EN4 | 08267 | BLOOD OF LORRAINE | A NOVEL | CORRADO POPE, BARBARA | ALLISON EDWARDS | "POPE SETS THIS HISTORY-MYSTERY IN FRANCE IN 1894. THE MOTHER AND NURSE INSIST THAT A WANDERING JEW MURDERED THE INFANT AS PART OF A RITUAL SACRIFICE. THE CASE WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO A JEWISH COLLEAGUE OF THE MAGISTRATE BERNARD MARTIN, WHO BELIEVES IT REPRESENTS A TRAP. ACTION AND TENSION ESCALATE FROM THERE. BESIDES BEING AN ENGROSSING MYSTERY, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMINATION OF HOW PREJUDICE SEEPS INTO EVERY AREA OF LIFE.
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EN4 | 08268 | PLUMES | OSTRICH FEATHERS, JEWS, AND A LOST WORLD OF GLOBAL COMMERCE | STEIN, SARAH ABREVAYA | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | THE THIRST FOR EXOTIC ORNAMENT AMONG FASHIONABLE WOMEN IN EUROPE AND AMERICA PROMPTED A GLOBAL TRADE IN OSTRICH FEATHERS THAT FLOURISHED FROM THE 1880S UNTIL THE FIRST WORLD WAR. WHEN FEATHERS FELL OUT OF FASHION WITH CONSUMERS, THE RESULT WAS AN ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE FOR MANY. THIS BOOK IS A STORY OF GLOBAL COMMERCE, COLONIAL ECONOMIC PRACTICES, AND THE RISE AND FALL OF A GLAMOROUS LUXURY ITEM. |
EN4 | 08269 | LEGACIES | STORIES OF COURAGE, HUMOR, AND RESILIENCE, OF LOVE, LOSS, AND LIFE-CHANGING ENCOUNTERS, BY NEW WRITERS SIXTY AND OLDER | EDITED BY LEIBOVITZ, MAURY; SOLOMON, LINDA | ELLEN DAVID | A COLLECTION OF STORIES WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO ARE SIXTY OR OLDER REPRESENTS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF INDIVIDUALS OF EVERY RACE, CLASS, AND RELIGION. |
EN4 | 08270 | KING'S JEWS | MONEY, MASSACRE AND EXODUS IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND | MUNDILL, ROBIN R. | NIKKI JAMES | IN 1290 ENGLAND BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY TO EXPEL A JEWISH MINORITY FROM ITS BORDERS. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO TAKE THEIR PORTABLE PROPERTY BUT THEIR HOUSES WERE CONFISCATED BY THE KING. THE AUTHOR CONSIDERS THE JEWS OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND AS VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE. WHAT EMERGES IS A PICTURE OF A LOST SOCIETY WHICH HAD MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE AND YET WAS TURNED AWAY. |
EN4 | 08271 | PRAGUE SPRING | A SIMON WOLFE MYSTERY | DEL BOURGO, DAVID | MD LAUFER | "THE MURDER OF A UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN'S SON SENDS INSPECTOR SIMON WOLFE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A PURSUIT IN WHICH HE IS BLACKMAILED WITH HIS PAST AS AN ISRAELI ASSASSIN. WHEN INSPECTOR WOLFE FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE DEAD BOY'S PSYCHIATRIST AND MUST PROTECT HER FROM A ROGUE NAZI OPERATIVE, HE IS FORCED TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS UNCOMPROMISING NOTIONS OF JUSTICE THAT WERE FORMED WHEN HE WAS A PRISONER IN AUSCHWITZ.
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EN4 | 08272 | I'M NOT GOING BACK | WARTIME MEMOIR OF A CHILD EVACUEE | WINTROB, KITTY | ALLISON EDWARDS | AT THE START OF WORLD WAR II, THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN ARE EVACUATED FROM LONDON TO THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE BEFORE GERMAN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL. KITTY SIMMONDS, A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL, ISN'T PLEASED TO BE LEAVING HER MUM BEHIND. ONCE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, SHE'S STUNNED AT THE HARDSHIPS SHE HAS TO ENDURE FROM HER "FOSTER PARENTS" AS SHE STRUGGLES TO MAINTAIN HER JEWISH IDENTITY IN AN ALIEN WORLD. |
EN4 | 08273 | GERMANS INTO JEWS | REMAKING THE JEWISH SOCIAL BODY IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC | GILLERMAN, SHARON | WIN ROBBINS | "THE BOOK TURNS TO AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND MISUNDERSTOOD PERIOD OF GERMAN AND JEWISH HISTORY-THE YEARS BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS. IT HAS BEEN ASSUMED THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN GERMANY WAS IN DECLINE DURING THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC. BUT THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES THAT WEIMAR JEWS SOUGHT TO RECONFIGURE THEIR COMMUNITY AS A MEANS BOTH OF STRENGTHENING THE GERMAN NATION AND OF CREATING A MORE EXPANSIVE AND AUTONOMOUS JEWISH ENTITY WITHIN THE GERMAN STATE.
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EN4 | 08274 | DIAMONDS | | KREITMAN, ESTHER | SELMA MARGUILES | THE STORY OF AN ORTHODOX JEWISH DIAMOND MERCHANT IN ANTWERP ON THE EVE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE IS HARD TO PLEASE, HIS SON IS DRIFTING AND HIS DAUGHTER IS A SPENDTHRIFT. AS THE KAISER'S ARMY CLOSES IN ON ANTWERP PANIC ENSUES AND THE FAMILY FLEES TO LONDON. |
EN4 | 08275 | WHAT PHILIP ROTH NEVER TOLD YOU | THE TRUE STORY OF A NEWARK GIRL | STATLANDER, JANE | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | TRACES THE LIFE OF A GIRL BORN IN NEWARK TO HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. EVENTS OCCUR AS IN A DREAM OR POEM, WHERE, AMONG OTHERS, SHE INVOKES AND EXCORIATES PHILIP ROTH, ANOTHER NEWARK NATIVE. |
EN4 | 08276 | GILDED LILY | LILY SAFRA: THE MAKING OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST WIDOWS | VINCENT, ISABEL | MAGGIE SNIDER | THE MESMERIZING BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST WOMEN, LILY SAFRA, THE WIDOW OF MONACO BANKER EDMOND SAFRA, WHO DIED IN A SUSPICIOUS FIRE IN HIS MONTE CARLO PENTHOUSE IN 1999. |
EN4 | 08277 | MATCHES | A NOVEL | KAUFMAN, ALAN | RICHARD RUBIN | THE TITLE IS AN ISRAELI ARMY TERM FOR A SOLDIER, OR ONE WHO "STRIKES, BURNS, AND DIES." NATHAN FALK IS AN AMERICAN EXPATRIATE SERVING IN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (IDF). HIS UNIT IS REPEATEDLY CALLED UP TO SERVE IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. THE AUTHOR CAPTURES THE ABSURDITY OF THE WAR AND THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. IT SHOWS HOW WAR DAMAGES A MAN'S SOUL. |
EN4 | 08278 | PESACH FOR THE REST OF US | MAKING THE PASSOVER SEDER YOUR OWN | PIERCY, MARCE | ELAINE WOLBRUM | THE BOOK IS NOT INTENDED FOR ORTHODOX JEWS BUT, RATHER, FOR SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS JEWS, "WITH A MODERN SLANT INTO A MORE SATISFYING AND MEANINGFUL WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY." THE AUTHOR OFFERS RECIPES, POEMS, AND BLESSINGS AS SHE DELVES INTO ALL THE RITUALS AND PRACTICES, AND SHE REMINISCES ABOUT THE SEDERS SPENT WITH HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. |
EN4 | 08279 | MURDER AT THE MINYAN | A NOVEL | KUSTANOWITZ, SHULAMIT | LES SUSSMAN | A SHOT IN THE SYNAGOGUE PARKING LOT BRINGS RABBI LONDON RUNNING. THE RABBI KNOWS HE SHOULD HAVE SEEN TROUBLE BREWING WEEKS BEFORE WHEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DEATH TURNED NASTY. DESPITE THE RABBI'S TEACHINGS, THE MURDERER HAS PUT HIS PLAN INTO MOTION. SOON THERE WILL BE ENOUGH PEOPLE MOURNING HIS VICTIMS TO ENSURE THE MINIMUM OF TEN MEN AT THE DAILY SERVICE, AND HE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY HIS KADDISH. |
EN4 | 08280 | BLINDNESS OF THE HEART | | FRANCK, JULIA | ELIZABETH LONDON | 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. |
EN4 | 08281 | CASE OF THE LAMBENT LAMA | A MORDECAI MACCABBEE MYSTERY | SCHILLER, ALEXANDRA | DANIELE LASSNER | MORDECAI MACCABBEE ZIPS AROUND CHINATOWN, COURTING THE MONGOLIAN LADY. THIS RELATIONSHIP LEADS HIM DIRECTLY INTO A NEAR-FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH A WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF ANTIQUITIES THIEVERY AND SMUGGLING. WHEN HIS CAR AND HIS GIRLFRIEND BOTH DISAPPEAR, NOT EVEN THE SAGACIOUS LAMA CAN TELL HIM WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THEM. |
EN4 | 08282 | BEGINNINGS | REFLECTIONS ON THE BIBLE'S INTRIGUING FACTS | SHALEV, MEIR | NIKKI JAMES | IN THIS INNOVATIVE AND SKILLFULLY WOVEN ANALYSIS OF BIBLICAL FIRSTS, SHALEV, AN ISRAELI COLUMNIST, PROBES THE SIGNIFICANCE AND UNDERLYING STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH 11 OF THE BIBLE'S "FIRSTS." HE INVESTIGATES THE MEANING OF THE FIRST LAUGH, EXPLAINS HOW THE FIRST JEWISH MONARCHY AROSE, AND EXPLORES THE TRAGIC STORY OF THE FIRST LOVING WOMAN, ALL FROM A FIRMLY SECULAR PERSPECTIVE. |
EN4 | 08283 | NEWS FROM THE NEW AMERICAN DIASPORA AND OTHER TALES OF EXILE | | NEUGEBOREN, JAY | SANDI SKODNICK | FROM UKRAINE TO BROOKLYN AND FROM BROOKLYN TO WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND FLORIDA, WANDERING JEWS STRAY FAR FROM THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL HOMES. THE CHARACTERS EXHIBIT COMPLEX SYMPTOMS OF THEIR DISPLACEMENT, SELF-IMPOSED OR OTHERWISE, IN THESE TALES ABOUT MEMORY AND DISLOCATION, MANY OF WHICH ARE FRAMED AS REMINISCENCES. |
EN4 | 08284 | GOOD FOR THE JEWS | A NOVEL | SPARK, DEBRA | ELLEN PLATT | 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. |
EN4 | 08285 | 97 ORCHARD | AN EDIBLE HISTORY OF FIVE IMMIGRANT FAMILIES IN ONE NEW YORK TENEMENT | ZIEGELMAN, JANE | TIM ZAGIN | "THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE CULINARY LIFE THAT WAS THE HEART AND SOUL OF NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHERE GERMANS, IRISH, ITALIANS, AND EASTERN EUROPEAN JEWS ATTEMPTED TO FORGE A NEW LIFE. EACH REPRESENTS THE PREDICAMENTS FACED IN ADAPTING THE FOOD TRADITIONS IT KNEW TO THE COUNTRY IT ADOPTED.
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EN4 | 08286 | UGLY BEAUTY | HELENA RUBINSHTEIN, L'OREAL AND THE BLEMISHED HISTORY OF LOOKING GOOD | BRANDON, RUTH | AUDREY FLAMBERG | THE STORY OF HELENA RUBINSTEIN, A POLISH JEW FROM A POOR FAMILY, WHO BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TYCOON AND SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE. AT THE SAME TIME, A YOUNG FRENCH CHEMIST NAMED EUGÈNE SCHUELLER WAS MAKING HIS NAME IN HAIR DYES (AND LATER COLLABORATING WITH THE NAZIS); IT WAS HIS COMPANY, L'OREAL, THAT SWALLOWED RUBINSTEIN'S BUSINESS. |
EN4 | 08287 | DISOBEDIENCE | A NOVEL | ALDERMAN, NAOMI | MEGAN OWEN | THE TALE OF TWO WOMEN AND THE CHOICES THEY MAKE AS THEY COME TO TERMS WITH THEIR IDENTITIES IN A TRADITIONAL ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY. |
EN4 | 08288 | ELIA KAZAN | A BIOGRAPHY | SCHICKEL, RICHARD | DIANE LIPMAN | "FROM THE LATE FORTIES THROUGH THE SIXTIES, ELIA KAZAN WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL DIRECTOR IN AMERICA, AND THE ONLY ONE WHO MANAGED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO DOMINATE BOTH THEATER AND FILM. HIS VARIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY PRODUCTION OF THE DEATH OF A SALESMAN AND SUCH HOLLYWOOD FILMS AS BRANDO'S STREETCAR AND SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS.
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EN4 | 08289 | 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.
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EN4 | 08290 | TEVYE'S DAUGHTERS | COLLECTED STORIES OF SHOLOM ALEICHEM | SHOLOM ALEICHEM | MAGGIE SNIDER | OF ALL THE CHARACTERS IN MODERN JEWISH FICTION, THE MOST BELOVED IS TEVYE THE MILKMAN. THREE OF HIS DAUGHTERS ARE WELL KNOWN FORM THE FILM "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF". HERE THE STORY CONTINUES WITH THE TALES OF HIS YOUNGER DAUGHTERS, SCHPRINTZE AND BEILKE. |
EN4 | 08291 | EVERYTHING IS BURNING | POEMS | STERN, GERALD | BARBARA STURMAN | GERALD STERN CALLS UPON HIS OWN LIFE AS A GROUND FOR HIS POEMS. SHOWING A HORROR OF LIES, TREACHERY, AND WAR, HE OFFERS REDEMPTION THROUGH STARK LANGUAGE AND PLAIN SPEECH. |
EN4 | 08292 | NOW YOU SEE ME | A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE | KRICH, ROCHELLE | GINGER RICH | A FAN OF LOS ANGELES CRIME REPORTER MOLLY BLUME DESPERATELY NEEDS MOLLY'S HELP IN FINDING HIS EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HADASSAH, WHO HAS RUN AWAY FROM HOME TO BE WITH A MAN SHE MET ON THE INTERNET. THE MORE MOLLY LOOKS FOR CLUES TO THE MISSING GIRL'S FATE, THE MORE SHE WONDERS: IS HADASSAH A RANDOM VICTIM OF A PREDATOR, OR IS THE GIRL A PAWN IN A SCHEME OF REVENGE AGAINST HER FAMILY? |
EN4 | 08293 | MORNING PRAYERS | POEMS | GRUBIN, EVE | ELAINE WOLBROM | IN HER STRONG DEBUT, GRUBIN WRITES FROM, AND ABOUT, HER JEWISH FAITH, EXPLORING AND JUSTIFYING IT IN CAREFUL IMAGES FROM MODERN CITY LIFE, AND IN JUXTAPOSITIONS OF JEWISH LITURGY WITH HER OWN MEMORIES OF CRISIS AND EPIPHANY. |
EN4 | 08294 | MOM'S MARIJUANA | LIFE, LOVE, AND BEATING THE ODDS | SHAPIRO, DAN | STEVEN SCHREIBER | HONEST AND OFTEN HILARIOUS, THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF THE AUTHOR'S JOURNEY FROM COLLEGE STUDENT AND CANCER PATIENT TO GRATEFUL SURVIVOR AND LOVING FATHER. |
EN4 | 08295 | WORLD OF YESTERDAY | AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY | ZWEIG, STEFAN | TIM ZAGIN | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS BIOGRAPHER AND DRAMATIST IS A CHRONICLE OF THREE ERAS: THE GOLDEN DAYS OF VIENNA THAT ENDED WITH WORLD WAR I; THAT WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH; AND THE HITLER YEARS. |
EN4 | 08296 | SIMON WIESENTHAL | THE LIFE AND LEGENDS | SEGEV, TOM | M.D.LAUFER | FIRST FULLY DOCUMENTED BIOGRAPHY OF SIMON WIESENTHAL AND BRILLIANT CHARACTER STUDY OF A MAN WHOSE LIFE WAS PART INVENTION BUT WHOLLY DEDICATED TO ENSURING BOTH THAT THE NAZIS BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CRIMES AND THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN JEWRY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. |
EN4 | 08297 | BURNT BOOKS | RABBI NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV AND FRANZ KAFKA | KARMENETZ, RODGER | DIANE LIPMAN | THE AUTHOR TRACES THE HIDDEN LINKS BETWEEN A LITERARY NINETEENTH-CENTURY HASIDIC RABBI AND A QUINTESSENTIAL MODERN SECULAR JEWISH WRITER. |
EN4 | 08298 | COSMOPOLITANS | | KALMAN, NADIA | ELIZABETH LONDON | "THE STORY OF THE MOLOCHNIKS, RUSSIAN-JEWISH IMMIGRANTS IN SUBURBAN CONNECTICUT. DAUGHTERS WED, HOUSES FLOOD, CULTURES CLASH, AND THE PAST HAS A WAY OF EMERGING AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT MOMENTS (AND IN THE STRANGEST WAYS).
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EN4 | 08299 | JUMP ARTIST | | RATNER, AUSTIN | ELLISON EDWARDS | "PHILIP HALSMAN WITNESSED HIS FATHER'S DEATH, WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER, AND WAS TOSSED IN AN AUSTRIAN PRISON COURTESY OF A CASE BUILT UPON ANTI-SEMITISM. HALSMAN WAS EVENTUALLY LIBERATED AND ARRIVED IN PARIS, WITH THE EXTRA BAGGAGE OF HIS WIDELY PERCEIVED GUILT. DESPITE HIS UNFORTUNATE BEGINNING, HE BECAME A MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER PHOTOGRAPHER.
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EN4 | 08300 | IN ISHMAEL'S HOUSE | A HISTORY OF JEWS IN MUSLIM LANDS | GILBERT, MARTIN | WIN ROBINS | THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE EVOLUTION OF JUDAISM AND ISLAM THROUGH A LENS OF MIDDLE EASTERN STABILITY. |
EN4 | 08301 | LAST BROTHER | A NOVEL | APPANAH, NATACHA | WIN ROBBINS | THE BOOK TELLS ABOUT THE LITTLE KNOWN FACT THAT 1500 JEWS WERE SENT FROM PALESTINE TO MARITIUS, AN ISLAND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN, FOR FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT PAPERS WHEN THEY LANDED IN PALESTINE. THIS IS ALSO A STORY OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO YOUNG BOYS, ONE FROM MAURITIUS AND THE OTHER A JEWISH PRISONER. |
EN4 | 08302 | DARING DAUGHTER OF COVENANT | A HISTORICAL NOVEL BASED UPON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BEATRICE NASI MENDES | BARNETT, EMILIE M. | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | BEATRICE NASI MENDES WAS BORN IN PORTUGAL TO PARENTS FORCED TO FLEE SPAIN BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWS, AND CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY BY ORDER OF KING MANUEL. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HER PARENTS SHE LEARNS THAT THEY SECRETLY CONTINUED TO OBSERVE THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR TRUE FAITH. DESPITE THE ATMOSPHERE OF HATE AND FEAR BEATRICE RESOLVES TO LEARN OF HER HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 08303 | AMOROUS BUSBOY OF DECATUR AVENUE | A CHILD OF THE FIFTIES LOOKS BACK | KLEIN, ROBERT | HOWELL MAYER | 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. |
EN4 | 08304 | SECOND SON | A NOVEL | RABB, JONATHAN | PAM VASSIL | ON THE EVE OF HITLER'S OLYMPICS, CHIEF INSPECTOR NIKOLAI HOFFNER, A HALF JEW, HAS BEEN FORCED OUT OF THE KRIMINALPOLIZEI. HIS SON GEORG IS MISSING IN SPAIN. HE HAS ALREADY LOST HIS ELDER SON, WHO IS FULLY ENTRENCHED IN THE NAZI REGIME. BUT GEORG IS NOT WHAT HE APPEARS TO BE, AND WHEN HOFFNER DISCOVERS THIS, HE IS DETERMINED TO SAVE THE ONE SON HE CAN. |
EN4 | 08305 | RICHARD HOFSTADTER | AN INTELLECTUAL BIOGRAPHY | BROWN, DAVID S. | ARLENE SIMON | RICHARD HOFSTADTER WAS AMERICA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL GROUNDBREAKING BOOKS HE WAS A VIGOROUS CHAMPION OF THE LIBERAL POLITICS THAT EMERGED FROM THE NEW DEAL. IN THIS MASTERFUL BIOGRAPHY, DAVID BROWN EXPLORES HOFSTADTER'S LIFE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM. |
EN4 | 08306 | 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. |
EN4 | 08307 | AVAILABLE MAN | | WOLITZER, HILMA | FRED SULLIVAN | IN THIS FUNNY NOVEL, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR HILMA WOLITZER MINES THE UNPREDICTABLE FALLOUT OF SUDDENLY BECOMING SINGLE LATER IN LIFE, AND THE CHAOS AND JOYS OF FALLING IN LOVE THE SECOND TIME AROUND. THIS BOOK WAS RECORDED COMMERCIALLY. THE AUTHOR AND THE PUBLISHER GAVE THEIR PERMISSION TO OFFER IT TO JBI PATRONS AS PART OF THE COLLECTION. |
EN4 | 08308 | AFTER THE AUCTION | | FRANK, LINDA | EILEEN PLATT | LILY KOVNER COULD NOT HAVE DREAMED THAT RESEARCH FOR A MAGAZINE ASSIGNMENT WOULD RESURRECT A SEARING MEMORY FROM HER CHILDHOOD. A GLIMPSE OF A FAMILY TREASURE LOOTED BY THE NAZIS LAUNCHES HER QUEST FOR JUSTICE AND RESTITUTION SPANNING THREE CONTINENTS. |
EN4 | 08309 | FOR THE SOUL OF FRANCE | CULTURE WARS IN THE AGE OF DREYFUS | BROWN, FREDERICK | NIKKI JAMES | THE AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT THE FORCES THAT LED UP TO THE YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WHEN FRANCE, DEFEATED BY PRUSSIA IN THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR OF 1870-71, WAS FORCED TO CEDE THE BORDER STATES OF ALSACE AND LORRAINE, AND OF THE RESULTING CIVIL WAR THAT TOPPLED NAPOLÉON III, CRUSHED THE PARIS COMMUNE, AND PROVOKED A DANGEROUS NATIONALISM THAT GRIPPED THE REPUBLIC. |
EN4 | 08310 | EDEN | A NOVEL | HEDAYA, YAEL | NORMA FIRE | THE CHALLENGES OF DOMESTIC LIFE AND THE FEARS OF TERRORIST VIOLENCE HAUNT THE SEVEN INHABITANTS OF AN ISRAELI FARMING COLLECTIVE. |
EN4 | 08311 | COLLECTED STORIES | | PALEY, GRACE | PAMELA VASSIL | THIS RICH COMPILATION PRESENTS US WITH THE FULL SPECTRUM OF PALEY'S VOICES AS WELL AS HER OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF URBAN FAMILY LIFE AND A SOCIETY THAT THRIVES ON OPPRESSION. |
EN4 | 08312 | SPLENDID SOLUTION | | KLUGER, JEFFREY | SUSAN HENDERSON | THE BOOK TELLS HOW POLIO WAS BEATEN 50 YEARS AGO IN ONE OF THE TRIUMPHS OF MODERN MEDICINE. THE NARRATIVE CENTERS ON JONAS SALK, WHOSE LAB DEVELOPED THE FIRST POLIO VACCINE. |
EN4 | 08313 | PALACES OF TIME | JEWISH CALENDAR AND CULTURE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE | CARLEBACH, ELISHEVA | CHANNA NEUMAN | FROM ONE OF THE LEADING HISTORIANS OF THE JEWISH PAST COMES A STUNNING LOOK INTO A PREVIOUSLY UNEXAMINED DIMENSION OF JEWISH LIFE AND CULTURE: THE CALENDAR. AN EVOCATIVE ILLUMINATION OF HOW EARLY MODERN JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN MARKED THE RHYTHMS AND REALITIES OF TIME AND FILLED IT WITH ANXIETIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS. |
EN4 | 08314 | SARAH'S KEY | | DE ROSNAY, TATIANA | LORNA KOCH | 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. |
EN4 | 08315 | MATTERS OF HONOR | | BEGLEY, LOUIS | AUDREY FLAMBERG | AN ELEGANT NOVEL OF ENDURING FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN SAM, THE ADOPTED SON OF AN ALCOHOLIC BANKER AND HENRY, SMART JEWISH REFUGEE. SAM, WHO ACHIEVES A MEASURE OF SUCCESS AS A LITERARY NOVELIST, NARRATES THEIR 50 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP. |
EN4 | 08316 | DIN IN THE HEAD | ESSAYS | OZICK, CYNTHIA | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | IN HER SPIRITED ESSAY COLLECTION THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE ESSENTIAL JOYS OF GREAT LITERATURE. WITH RAZOR-SHARP WIT OZICK INVESTIGATES UNEXPECTED BYWAYS IN THE WORKS OF LEO TOLSTOY, SAUL BELLOW, HELEN KELLER, ISAAC BABEL, SYLVIA PLATH, SUSAN SONTAG, AND HENRY JAMES, AMONG OTHERS. |
EN4 | 08317 | MEMORY OF ALL THAT | GEORGE GERSHWIN, KAY SURFT, AND MY FAMILY'S LEGACY OF INFIDELITIES | WEBER, KATHARINE | AUDREY FLAMBERG | AN ENTHRALLING LOOK AT A TREMENDOUSLY INFLUENTIAL-AND HIGHLY ECCENTRIC-FAMILY. GRANDMOTHER KAY SWIFT, THE FIRST FEMALE BROADWAY COMPOSER AND GEORGE GERSHWIN'S LONGTIME LOVER; GRANDPA JAMES PAUL WARBURG, FDR'S ECONOMIC ADVISER, AND DADDY SIDNEY KAUFMAN, SERIAL WOMANIZER AND UNCONVENTIONAL FILMMAKER ARE PART OF THIS CAPTIVATING MULTIGENERATIONAL SAGA. |
EN4 | 08318 | LIFE ON SANDPAPER | | KANIUK, YORAM | RICHARD BERGMAN | IN THE 1950S, THE PROTAGONIST/AUTHOR IN THIS FICTIVE MEMOIR MEETS EVERYBODY FAMOUS IN THE NYC ART AND MUSIC SCENE AND BECOMES THEIR FRIEND. LATER HE MARRIES HIS WAY INTO AMERICAN "ARISTOCRACY" AND SAILS BACK TO ISRAEL TO BEGIN THE REST OF HIS LIFE. |
EN4 | 08319 | 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. |
EN4 | 08320 | 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. |
EN4 | 08321 | 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. |
EN4 | 08322 | SCENES FROM VILLAGE LIFE | | OZ, AMOS | CHANA NEUMAN | "STRANGE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN TEL ILAN, A CENTURY-OLD PIONEER VILLAGE. A DISGRUNTLED RETIRED POLITICIAN COMPLAINS TO HIS DAUGHTER THAT HE HEARS THE SOUND OF DIGGING AT NIGHT. WHERE HAS THE MAYOR'S WIFE GONE, VANISHED WITHOUT TRACE?
" |
EN4 | 08323 | HILLEL: IF NOT NOW, WHEN? | JEWISH ENCOUNTERS | TELUSHKIN, JOSEPH | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | JOSEPH TELUSHKIN'S PORTRAIT OF THE ANCIENT JEWISH LEADER HILLEL. HILLEL'S LESSONS AND SAYINGS AS A TALMUD SCHOLAR HAVE UNIVERSAL APPLICATION FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN BRINGING DIGNITY AND PEACE TO THE WORLD. IN HILLEL WE FIND A MASTER EDUCATOR AND A PERSON OF PROFOUND LEARNING, SPIRITUAL DEPTH, HUMILITY, AND TOLERANCE. |
EN4 | 08324 | EMMA GOLDMAN | REVOLUTION AS A WAY OF LIFE | GORNICK, VIVIAN | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | A SURPASSINGLY INTIMATE AND INSIGHTFUL PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN OF HEROIC PROPORTIONS WHOSE PERFORMANCE ON THE STAGE OF HISTORY DID WHAT TOLSTOY SAID A WORK OF ART SHOULD DO: IT MADE PEOPLE LOVE LIFE MORE. |
EN4 | 08325 | 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. |
EN4 | 08326 | MIGHTY WALZER | A NOVEL | JACOBSON, HOWARD | TIM ZAGIN | A HILARIOUS AND HEARTBREAKING STORY OF ONE MAN'S COMING OF AGE IN 1950S MANCHESTER |
EN4 | 08327 | BALFOUR DECLARATION | THE ORIGINS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT | SCHNEER, JONATHAN | JESSICA LEONARD | ISSUED IN LONDON IN 1917, THE BALFOUR DECLARATION COMMITTED BRITAIN TO SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT IN PALESTINE OF "A NATIONAL HOME FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE," AND ITS REVERBERATIONS CONTINUE TO BE FELT TO THIS DAY. NOW THE ENTIRE FASCINATING STORY OF THE DOCUMENT IS REVEALED IN THIS IMPRESSIVE WORK OF MODERN HISTORY. |
EN4 | 08328 | 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. |
EN4 | 08329 | JEWS AND BOOZE | BECOMING AMERICAN IN THE AGE OF PROHIBITION | DAVIS, MARNI | NIKKI JAMES | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES AMERICAN JEWS' LONG AND COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP TO ALCOHOL DURING THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, THE YEARS OF THE NATIONAL PROHIBITION MOVEMENT'S RISE AND FALL. |
EN4 | 08330 | 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. |
EN4 | 08331 | THERA | | SHALEV, ZERUYA | ELIZABETH LONDON | ELLA MILLER IS A 36-YEAR-OLD ARCHAEOLOGIST STUDYING ONE OF THE LARGEST VOLCANIC BLASTS IN HISTORY, THE FAMOUS THERA ERUPTION. SHE THEORIZES THAT THE DEVASTING BLAST SPARKED THE BIBLICAL TEN PLAGUES. ELLA'S LIFE IS ALSO UNDERGOING TECTONIC SHIFTS. HER MARRIAGE TO HER NEEDY AND BRUTISH FORMER MENTOR HAS ENDED. HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER INTELLECTUALLY TOWERING FATHER AND HIS SERVILE WIFE ARE UNBEARABLE. HER SON SWINGS WILDLY FROM ADAPTABILITY TO DESPAIR. HER NEW LOVER MUST FACE UP TO HIS OWN RECENTLY DESTROYED MARRIAGE. AS THESE FAULT LINES THREATEN TO DESTABILIZE HER FUTURE, ELLA SEEKS TO BUILD A NEW KINGDOM ATOP THE RUINS OF THE OLD. |
EN4 | 08332 | REUBEN SACHS | | LEVY, AMY | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | THE STORY OF AN EXTENDED ANGLO-JEWISH FAMILY IN LONDON FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO COUSINS AND THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THEIR JEWISH IDENTITIES AND ENGLISH SOCIETY. |
EN4 | 08333 | 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. |
EN4 | 08334 | LEON TROTSKY | A REVOLUTIONARY'S LIFE | RUBENSTEIN, JOSHUA | TIM ZAGIN | BORN LEV DAVIDOVICH BRONSTEIN IN UKRAINE, TROTSKY WAS AN EFFECTIVE MILITARY STRATEGIST AND AN ADEPT DIPLOMAT, WHO STAKED THE FATE OF THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION ON THE MEAGER FOUNDATION OF A EUROPE-WIDE COMMUNIST UPHEAVAL. |
EN4 | 08335 | DANGEROUS LIES | | SMITH, LISA | ALISON EDWARDS | FATE BRINGS JAKE AND TINA TOGETHER FOR THE TRIAL OF A VICIOUS MOBSTER: TINA, FORMER MOB MISTRESS, THE KEY WITNESS, AND JAKE, THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY. BUT IN ORDER FOR HER TO TESTIFY, JAKE HAS TO KEEP HER ALIVE. SOMEONE WANTS HER DEAD. |
EN4 | 08336 | GUILTY PLEA | | ROTENBERG, ROBERT | TOM LIVINGSTON | WITH THE GUILTY PLEA, A GRIPPING SEQUEL TO THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OLD CITY HALL, ROBERT ROTENBERG HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER SHARP, SUSPENSEFUL LEGAL THRILLER WITH AN EXPLOSIVE CONCLUSION. |
EN4 | 08337 | HARRY LIPKIN, PRIVATE EYE | | FANTONI, BARRY | TIM ZAGIN | HARRY LIPKIN IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR WHO CARRIES A .38 ALONG WITH A SPARE SET OF DENTURES. HE'S NOT THE BEST P.I. IN MIAMI, BUT AT EIGHTY-SEVEN, HE'S CERTAINLY THE OLDEST. SOMEONE HAS BEEN STEALING SENTIMENTAL TRINKETS AND THE OCCASIONAL PRICELESS JEWEL FROM HIS CLIENT, MRS. NORMA WEINBERGER; SOMEONE SHE EMPLOYS, TRUSTS, CARES FOR, AND TREATS LIKE FAMILY. WITH THE STAKES FAIRLY LOW AND BLOOD PRESSURE THAT'S A LITTLE TOO HIGH, HARRY LIPKIN MUST FIGURE OUT WHODUNIT BEFORE THE THIEF STRIKES AGAIN. |
EN4 | 08338 | JERUSALEM | THE BIOGRAPHY | MONTEFIORE, SIMON SEBAG | ARLENE SIMON | JERUSALEM IS THE UNIVERSAL CITY. THIS IS THE EPIC HISTORY OF THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF FAITH, SLAUGHTER, FANATICISM, AND COEXISTENCE. THE AUTHOR BRINGS THE HOLY CITY TO LIFE, THROUGH THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED AND DESTROYED IT AND DRAWS ON HIS OWN FAMILY HISTORY, AND A LIFETIME OF STUDY TO SHOW THAT THE STORY OF JERUSALEM IS TRULY THE STORY OF THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 08339 | BINTEL BRIEF | LETTERS FROM THE LOWER EAST SIDE TO THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD | ED. ISAAC METZKER | HELEN BELINK | A COMPILATION OF 60 YEARS OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO THE EDITOR OF THE JEWISH DAILY FORWARD, DEALING WITH THE LIVES AND PROBLEMS OF THE NEW IMMIGRANTS LIVING ON NEW YORK'S LOWER EAST SIDE FROM 1906 TO 1967. |
EN4 | 08340 | SWIMMING HOME | | LEVY, DEBORAH | POLLY ADAMS | AS HE ARRIVES WITH HIS FAMILY AT THE VILLA, JOE SEES A BODY IN THE SWIMMING POOL. BUT THE GIRL IS VERY MUCH ALIVE. WHY IS SHE THERE? AND WHY DOES JOE'S WIFE ALLOW HER TO REMAIN? A BRILLIANT STUDY OF LOVE, THE BOOK REVEALS HOW THE MOST DEVASTATING SECRETS ARE THE ONES WE KEEP FROM OURSELVES. |
EN4 | 08341 | MOO PAK | | JOSIPOVICI, GABRIEL | RICHARD BERGMAN | JACK TOLEDANO IS TRYING TO WRITE A NOVEL ABOUT LANGUAGE, AS EXPRESSED THROUGH THE SYMBOL OF MOOR PARK, A MANSION THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY PURPOSES AND, MISSPELLED BY A STUDENT, IS THE SOURCE OF THE TITLE. BUT, CYNICAL AND DISILLUSIONED BY MODERN LIFE, JACK CAN'T GET THE BOOK WRITTEN, AND INSTEAD SHARES HIS THOUGHTS ON LIFE AND LITERATURE DURING LONG WALKS THROUGH LONDON WITH A FRIEND. |
EN4 | 08342 | OLD COUNTRY TALES | | ALEICHEM, SHOLOM | STANLEY BAUMBLATT | A COLLECTION OF SELECTED STORIES BY THE RENOWNED AUTHOR |
EN4 | 08343 | NEW YORKER THEATER | | TALBOT, TOBY | ELLEN DAVID | TOBY TALBOT HAS RECORDED AND RESURRECTED AN EXCITING PERIOD IN THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE WORLD'S CINEMA. |
EN4 | 08344 | FOREIGN BRIDES | STORIES | LAPPIN, ELENA | ELLEN DAVID | TRANSPLANTED FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER, WOMEN LIKE ISRAELI NORA, RUSSIAN VERA, AND GERMAN PAULA SETTLE INTO LIVES OF PERSISTENTLY UNFAMILIAR IF NOT UTTERLY STRANGE ROUTINES. THE AUTHOR HAS COMPOSED THESE INSIDIOUSLY FUNNY TALES ABOUT LOVE AND SURVIVAL IN AN INTERNATIONAL NO-MAN'S LAND OF MARRIAGE. |
EN4 | 08345 | 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. |
EN4 | 08346 | 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. |
EN4 | 08347 | WHEN WE DANCED ON WATER | A NOVEL | FALLENBERG, EVAN | LORNA KOCHE | THE STORY OF A MALE BALLET DANCER - A JEW WHOSE TALENT ONCE SAVED HIM FROM THE NAZIS -WHOSE FADING PASSION FOR LIFE REIGNITES WHEN A NEW ROMANCE LINKS HIM TO A YOUNGER WOMAN FLEEING THE GHOSTS OF HER PAST AS AN ISRAELI SOLDIER. |
EN4 | 08348 | WOLF TRAP | | SIMON, ALAN | RICHARD BERGMAN | AL QAEDA DECLARES WAR ON THE CIA. AN AMERICAN TURNCOAT LEADS A BAND OF ASSASSINS TARGETING CIA OFFICERS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PENETRATE TERRORIST CELLS. SEAN BROGAN, THE PRINCIPAL CIA SPECIAL OPERATIONS OFFICER, IS ASSISTED BY RACHEL ALLON, A SENIOR MOSSAD COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICER. TOGETHER, THEY COMBAT THE EFFORTS OF AL QAEDA'S TERRORISTS TO FAN A MIDEAST WAR. |
EN4 | 08349 | WHATEVER IS CONTAINED MUST BE RELEASED | MY JEWISH ORTHODOX GIRLHOOD, MY LIFE AS A FEMIMIST ARTIST | AYLON, HELENE | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | HELÈNE AYLON WAS A GOOD JEWISH GIRL RAISED IN ORTHODOX BROOKLYN, MARRIED TO A RABBI, AND MOTHER OF TWO WHEN HER WORLD SPLIT APART. A WIDOW AT THIRTY, SHE BROKE FREE OF TRADITION TO BECOME AN ECO-FEMINIST ARTIST WHOSE WORK DEALS IN TRANSGRESSIVE IMAGES ABOUT WAR AND PEACE, WOMEN'S BODIES, WOMEN AND GOD. |
EN4 | 08350 | NOVEL IN THE VIOLA | THE START OF AN AFFAIR, THE END OF AN ERA | SOLOMONS, NATASHA | POLLY ADAMS | IN 1938 ELISE LANDAU ARRIVES AT TYNEFORD AND IS FORCED TO BECOME A PARLOUR-MAID. AS SERVANTS POLISH SILVER AND SERVE DRINKS ON THE LAWN, ELISE WEARS HER MOTHER'S PEARLS BENEATH HER UNIFORM, AND CAUSES OUTRAGE BY DANCING WITH A BOY. BUT WAR IS COMING, THE WORLD IS CHANGING, AND ELISE MUST CHANGE WITH IT. AT TYNEFORD SHE LEARNS THAT YOU CAN LOVE MORE THAN ONCE. |
EN4 | 08351 | HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND | EMBRACING ANGER TO HEAL YOUR LIFE | HERSCHKOPF, ISAAC | LASSNER, DANIELE | HERSCHKOPF PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO THE ROOTS OF ANGER IN SUCH AREAS AS FAMILY ABUSE AND REPRESSION, AND THE AUTHOR'S EXAMPLES OF APPLYING THE APPROACH IN MARRIAGE, CHILD-REARING AND WORK-RELATED SITUATIONS ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND HELPFUL. |
EN4 | 08352 | UNORTHODOX | THE SCANDALOUS REJECTION OF MY HASIDIC ROOTS | FELDMAN, DEBORAH | NICOLE CHARBANI | AS A MEMBER OF THE STRICTLY RELIGIOUS SATMAR SECT OF HASIDIC JUDAISM, DEBORAH FELDMAN GREW UP UNDER A CODE OF RELENTLESSLY ENFORCED CUSTOMS. IT WAS STOLEN MOMENTS SPENT WITH THE LITERARY CHARACTERS OF JANE AUSTEN AND LOUISA MAY ALCOTT THAT HELPED HER TO IMAGINE AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF LIFE. |
EN4 | 08353 | WHAT THEY SAVED | PIECES OF A JEWISH PAST | MILLER, NANCY K. | JESSICA LEONARD | AFTER HER FATHER'S DEATH, NANCY K. MILLER DISCOVERED A FAMILY ARCHIVE. HER STORY, UNLIKE THE MANY FAMILY MEMOIRS FOCUSED ON THE HOLOCAUST, TAKES US BACK EARLIER IN HISTORY TO THE WORLD OF POGROMS AND MASS EMIGRATIONS AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. |
EN4 | 08354 | SECRET HOLOCAUST DIARIES | THE UNTOLD STORY OF NONNA BANNISTER | BANNISTER, NONNA | ALLISON EDWARDS | "NONNA BANNISTER CARRIED A SECRET ALMOST TO HER GRAVE: THE DIARIES SHE HAD KEPT AS A YOUNG GIRL EXPERIENCING THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST. THE BOOK TELL THE REMARKABLE TALE OF HOW A RUSSIAN GIRL FROM A FAMILY THAT HAD KNOWN WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE, THEN EXPOSED TO GERMAN LABOR CAMPS, LEARNED THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FORGIVENESS.
" |
EN4 | 08355 | NO ONE IS HERE EXCEPT ALL OF US | | AUSUBEL, RAMONA | KLEIMAN, ROXANNE | IT IS THE LATTER YEARS OF WWII AND A SMALL GROUP OF JEWISH VILLAGERS IN ROMANIA DECIDE THAT THEY'RE TIRED OF RUNNING AWAY FROM THE DESTRUCTION AROUND THEM. THEY DECIDE TO REINVENT HISTORY AND BEGIN THEIR WORLD OVER AGAIN FROM DAY ONE. HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN ARE REASSIGNED HOMES AND STORIES ARE INVENTED TO EXPLAIN THEIR PLACES IN THE WORLD. |
EN4 | 08356 | 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. |
EN4 | 08357 | FAR TO GO | A NOVEL | PICK, ALLISON | FLAMBERG, AUDREY | THE STORY OF A YOUNG JEWISH FAMILY STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE AS THE NAZIS INVADE CZECHOSLOVAKIA. PAVEL AND ANNELIESE BAUER ENDURE TERRIFYING ATTACKS ON THEIR DIGNITY, FREEDOM, AND LIVES, CLINGING TO A HOPE THAT THE MADNESS WILL SOON END. |
EN4 | 08358 | LOST LIVES, LOST ART | JEWISH COLLECTORS, NAZI ART THEFT, AND THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE | MULLER, MELISSA; TATZKOW, MONIKA | LONDON, ELIZABETH | THE TRAGIC STORIES OF 15 JEWISH COLLECTORS, THE DISPERSAL OF THEIR EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTIONS THROUGH FORCED SALE AND/OR CONFISCATION, AND THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF THEIR HEIRS TO RECOVER THEIR INHERITANCE. |
EN4 | 08359 | NEVER MIND THE GOLDBERGS | | ROTH, MATTHUE | AVERSA, AMY | TEENAGED HAVA IS A SELF-CONSCIOUSLY OBSERVANT JEWISH BROOKLYNITE WITH UNORTHODOX TENDENCIES; SHE HAS SPIKED HAIR AND LOVES PUNK CULTURE, AND HER BEST FRIENDS ARE IAN, GAY AND NON-JEWISH, AND MOISHE, A COUNTERCULTURAL ORTHODOX FILMMAKER. WHEN SHE IS OFFERED A LEAD ROLE IN A HOLLYWOOD SITCOM ABOUT A JEWISH FAMILY, SHE IS THRUST INTO A WORLD OF MAKE-BELIEVE AND PRETENSE, AND SPENDS THE SUMMER TRYING TO SORT OUT WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT ISN'T AND WHAT HER RELIGION MEANS TO HER. |
EN4 | 08360 | CHAIM WIEZMANN, THE ZIONIST DREAM | THE PEACE CONFERENCES OF 1919-23 AND THEIR AFTERMATH (MAKERS OF THE MODERN WORLD) | FRASER, TOM | FEINSTEIN, BARBARA | THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BOOK FOR ANYONE WHO SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE ASPIRATIONS AND EVENTUALLY REALIZED DREAMS OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT AND THE FOUNDING OF THE ISRAELI STATE AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. |
EN4 | 08361 | HIDDEN SCROLL | AN ARCHEOLOGICAL ADVENTURE | ANOUCHI, AVRAHAM | TIM ZAGIN | A HISTORICAL NOVEL ON AN ARCHAEOLOGY PROFESSOR WHOSE PASSION IS THE SEARCH FOR ANCIENT PARCHMENTS AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE TIME OF THE SECOND TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM AND THE MACCABEEAN REVOLT. HE ENCOUNTERS OBSTACLES BY A RADICAL ISLAMIST ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO UNDERMINE THE JEWISH CLAIM TO THE LAND OF ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 08362 | BOSTON CREAM | JONAH GELLER MYSTERY | SHRIER, HOWARD | RICHARD BERGMAN | A BRILLIANT YOUNG SURGEON-IN-TRAINING LAST SEEN 2 WEEKS AGO LEAVING THE BOSTON HOSPITAL WHERE HE WORKED. CANADA'S TOP PRIVATE EYE JONAH GELLER SOON FIND OUT THAT DAVID FLED FOR HIS LIFE AFTER A VICIOUS IRISH CRIME BOSS TRIED TO ABDUCT HIM. |
EN4 | 08363 | WHEN GENERAL GRANT EXPELLED THE JEWS | | SARNA, JONATHAN D | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | ON 17 DECEMBER, 1862 MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT ISSUED GENERAL ORDER NO. 11 EXPELLING ALL JEWS FROM HIS MILITARY DISTRICT WHICH CAUSED GREAT DISTRESS AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. GRANT INTENDED TO HINDER THE ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE WHO SMUGGLE THINGS IN AND OUT OF THE WAR ZONE WHICH, IN HIS MIND, WERE JEWS. AS HISTORY LATER SHOWED, MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE UNDER HIS COMMAND, ENGAGED IN THE LUCRATIVE SMUGGLING TRADE. EVENTUALLY, GRANT WAS ABLE TO RECOUP AND EVEN WIN JEWISH SUPPORT FOR HIS PRESIDENCY. |
EN4 | 08364 | DOVEKEEPERS | | HOFFMAN, ALICE | PAM VASSIL | HOFFMAN'S NOVEL IS A SPELLBINDING TALE OF FOUR EXTRAORDINARILY BOLD, RESOURCEFUL, AND SENSUOUS WOMEN, LIVING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TEMPLE AND AT MASADA. ALL ARE DOVEKEEPERS, AND ALL ARE ALSO KEEPING SECRETS-ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY COME FROM, WHO FATHERED THEM, AND WHOM THEY LOVE. |
EN4 | 08365 | INHERITING ABRAHAM | THE LEGACY OF THE PATRIARCH IN JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM | LEVENSON, JON D. | BARABARA FEINSTEIN | A MASTERFUL READING OF JEWISH, CHRISTIAN, AND ISLAMIC THINKING THAT YIELDED THREE DIFFERENT PORTRAITS OF ABRAHAM. THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE BIBLICAL PATRIARCH. |
EN4 | 08366 | LADDER OF JACOB | ANCIENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BIBLICAL STORY OF JACOB AND HIS CHILDREN | KUGEL, JAMES L. | LIPMAN, DIANE | THE AUTHOR IS ABLE TO RECONSTRUCT HOW ANCIENT INTERPRETERS WORKED. THE LADDER OF JACOB IS AN ARTFUL, COMPELLING ACCOUNT OF THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION. |
EN4 | 08367 | SOME GIRLS, SOME HATS AND HITLER | A TRUE LOVE STORY REDISCOVERED | KANTER, TRUDY | DIANE LIPMAN | THE AUTHOR, A JEWISH HATMAKER, RECALLS HER EFFORTS TO FLEE NAZI-OCCUPIED VIENNA. FROM PARIS TO VIENNA TO LONDON, KANTER CREATES A VIBRANT TAPESTRY OF HER INCREDIBLE ODYSSEY THROUGH ONE OF THE DARKEST PERIODS IN CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. |
EN4 | 08368 | JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN | HOW A GENERATION OF SWASHBUCKLING JEWS CARVED OUT AN EMPIRE IN THE NEW WORLD IN THEIR QUEST FOR TREASURE | KRITZLER, EDWARD | LIPMAN, DIANE | THE AUTHOR TELLS THE TALE OF AN UNLIKELY GROUP OF SWASHBUCKLING JEWS WHO RANSACKED THE HIGH SEAS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION. |
EN4 | 08369 | MOSES, A STRANGER AMONG US | | HARRIS, MAURICE D. | DIANE LIPMAN | RABBI MAURICE HARRIS LEADS US TO LOOK BEYOND FAMILIAR AND POPULAR PORTRAYALS OF MOSES SO THAT WE CAN DISCOVER THE MOSES WHOSE LESSER-KNOWN ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCES PROVIDE US WITH SURPRISINGLY FRESH ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE. |
EN4 | 08370 | LINGERING CONFLICT | ISRAEL, THE ARABS, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, 1948-2011 | RABINOVICH, ITAMAR | TIM ZAGIN | NOTED AUTHOR AND DIPLOMAT ITAMAR RABINOVICH PROVIDES A DETAILED HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF ARAB-ISRAEL RELATIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE BIRTH OF THE ISRAELI STATE IN 1948. |
EN4 | 08371 | REBBE | THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON | HEILMAN, SAMUEL; FRIEDMAN, MENACHEM | LAUFER M.D. | FROM THE 1950S UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1994, MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON--REVERED BY HIS FOLLOWERS SIMPLY AS THE REBBE--BUILT THE LUBAVITCHER MOVEMENT FROM A RELATIVELY SMALL SECT WITHIN HASIDIC JUDAISM INTO THE POWERFUL FORCE IN JEWISH LIFE THAT IT IS TODAY. |
EN4 | 08372 | I SHALL NOT HATE | A GAZA DOCTOR'S JOURNEY ON THE ROAD TO PEACE AND HUMAN DIGNITY | ABUELAISH, IZZELDIN | PAUL SPERRY | A PALESTINIAN DOCTOR WHO HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO MEDICINE AND RECONCILIATION BETWEEN ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS. |
EN4 | 08373 | PEOPLE OF THE BOOK | PHILOSEMITISM IN ENGLAND, FROM CROMWELL TO CHURCHILL | HIMMELFARB, GERTRUDE | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | THE HISTORY OF JUDAISM HAS FOR TOO LONG BEEN DOMINATED BY THE THEME OF ANTI-SEMITISM. THE HISTORY OF PHILOSEMITISM PROVIDES A CORRECTIVE TO THAT VIEW, A REMINDER OF THE VENERABLE RELIGION AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR NON-JEWS AS WELL AS JEWS. |
EN4 | 08374 | SONECHKA | | ULITSKAYA, LYUDMILA | PAM VASSIL | FICTION. |
EN4 | 08375 | JEWISH ODYSSEY OF GEORGE ELIOT | | HIMMERLFARB, GERTRUDE | MURPHY, MARY | THE MOST REMARKABLE NOVEL ABOUT JEWS AND JUDAISM, PREDICTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JEWISH STATE, WAS WRITTEN IN 1876 BY A NON-JEW - A VICTORIAN WOMAN AND A FORMIDABLE INTELLECTUAL, WHO IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ENGLISH NOVELISTS. HERE, THE BIOGRAPHER TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEORGE ELIOT'S INTEREST IN JEWISH MATTERS. |
EN4 | 08376 | LEONARD WOOLF | A BIOGRAPHY | GLENDINNING, VICTORIA | TIM ZAGIN | "THE FIRST FULL BIOGRAPHY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MAN WHO WAS THE ""DARK STAR"" AT THE CENTER OF THE BLOOMSBURY SET, AND THE DEFINITIVE PORTRAIT OF THE WOOLF MARRIAGE.
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EN4 | 08377 | AND SO IT WAS WRITTEN | | BRAZER, ELLEN | LORNA KOCHE | THE BOOK TRAVELS TO A TIME WHEN A THIRD TEMPLE IS BUILT AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT HOLDING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IS FOUND. AS THE ROMANS PREPARE TO RECLAIM ISRAEL, THE BOOK FOLLOWS TWO SETS OF BROTHERS-ONE ROMAN AND ONE JEWISH-WHOSE FRIENDSHIPS, HATREDS, AND LIVES INTERTWINE. |
EN4 | 08378 | MOSHE DAYAN | | BAR-ON, MORDECHAI | NIKKI JAMES | "IN THIS MEMORABLE BIOGRAPHY, MORDECHAI BAR-ON, DAYAN'S IDF BUREAU CHIEF, OFFERS AN INTIMATE VIEW OF DAYAN'S PRIVATE LIFE, PUBLIC CAREER, AND POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES, SET AGAINST AN ORIGINAL ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL'S POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT FROM PRE-MANDATE PALESTINE THROUGH THE EARLY 1980S.
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EN4 | 08379 | VENUS IN THE AFTERNOON | | LIEBERMAN, TEHILA | POLLY ADAMS | IT IS ALL HERE-THE LOVE, LUST, AND GRIEF. THESE STORIES NEVER FORCE A CHOICE BETWEEN TRAGEDY AND REDEMPTION, BUT RATHER INVITE US INTO THE PRIVATE MOMENTS OF LIVES AS FLAWED AS OUR OWN. |
EN4 | 08380 | AM I A JEW? | MY JOURNEY AMONG THE BELIEVERS AND PRETENDERS, THE LAPSED AND THE LOST | ROSS, THEODORE | PAUL SPERRY | WHEN THEODORE ROSS MOVED FROM NEW YORK CITY TO SMALL-TOWN MISSISSIPPI, HIS MOTHER INSISTED THAT THE FAMILY PRETEND TO NOT BE JEWISH. HE WAS SENT TO AN EPISCOPAL SCHOOL, WHERE HE STUDIED THE BIBLE. AS AN ADULT, HE WONDERED: AM I A JEW? FILLED WITH HUMOR AND SINCERITY THE AUTHOR EXPLORES AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY, AND ONE MAN'S QUEST TO STAKE A CLAIM WITHIN IT. |
EN4 | 08381 | WITCH OF COLOGNE | | LEARNER, TOBSHA | LORNA KOCHE | THE DAUGHTER OF AN INFLUENTIAL RABBI, RUTH IS A HIGHLY SKILLED MIDWIFE, BUT SHE IS ALSO THE OBSESSION OF SOLITARIO, A DOMINICAN INQUISITOR. SPURNED BY RUTH'S MOTHER, HE IS DETERMINED TO DESTROY THE DAUGHTER AND USES RUTH'S PRACTICE OF KABBALAH--SEEN AS A FORM OF JEWISH MAGIC--TO LAUNCH HIS ATTACK. |
EN4 | 08382 | BEN-GURION | POLITICAL LIFE | PERES, SHIMON | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT GIVES US A DRAMATIC AND REVELATORY BIOGRAPHY OF ISRAEL'S FOUNDING FATHER AND FIRST PRIME MINISTER. |
EN4 | 08383 | ON THE CHOCOLATE TRAIL | A DELICIOUS ADVENTURE CONNECTING JEWS, RELIGIONS, HISTORY, TRAVEL, RITUALS AND RECIPES TO THE MAGIC OF CACAO | PRINZ, RABBI DEBORAH | NICOLE CHARBANI | A DELIGHTFUL, FASCINATING READ FULL OF HISTORY, RELIGION, ETHICS, ANECDOTES AND RECIPES THAT WILL MAKE YOU HUNGRY. |
EN4 | 08384 | ROAD TO VALOR | A TRUE STORY OF WORLD WAR II ITALY, THE NAZIS, AND THE CYCLIST WHO INSPIRED A NATION | MCCONNON, AILI AND ANDRES | LONDON, ELIZABETH | THE INSPIRING, AGAINST-THE-ODDS STORY OF GINO BARTALI, THE CYCLIST WHO MADE THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN TOUR SE FRANCE HISTORY AND SECRETLY AIDED THE ITALIAN RESISTANCE DURING WORLD WAR II. |
EN4 | 08385 | BIBLICAL SEDUCTIONS | SIX STORIES RETOLD BASED ON TALMUD AND MIDRASH | RAPOPORT, SANDRA E | NIKKI JAMES | THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE NARRATIVES RELATING TO SIX WOMEN IN THE BIBLE WHO EITHER SEDUCED OR WERE VIOLATED, AND EXPLORES THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RABBINIC LITERATURE TO FIND LOGICAL RESOLUTIONS TO READERS' QUESTIONS. |
EN4 | 08386 | DEATH IN VIENNA | A NOVEL | TALLIS, FRANK | TIM ZAGIN | DETECTIVE OSKAR RHEINHARDT, WHO IS ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF MODERN POLICE WORK, AND DR. MAX LIEBERMANN, A FOLLOWER OF SIGMUND FREUD MUST USE BOTH HARD EVIDENCE AND INTUITIVE ANALYSIS TO SOLVE A MEDIUM'S MYSTERIOUS MURDER-ONE THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY ANYONE ALIVE. |
EN4 | 08387 | BOOK OF MISCHIEF | NEW AND SELECTED STORIES | STERN, STEVE | NIKKI JAMES | STEVE STERN'S STORIES TAKE US FROM THE UNLIKELY OLD JEWISH QUARTER OF THE PINCH IN MEMPHIS TO A TURN-OF-THE CENTURY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK; FROM THE MARKET TOWNS OF EASTERN EUROPE TO A DOWN-AT-THE-HEELS CATSKILLS RESORT. |
EN4 | 08388 | 188TH CRYBABY BRIGADE | A SKINNY JEWISH KID FROM CHICAGO FIGHTS HEZBOLLAH: A MEMOIR | 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. |
EN4 | 08389 | BELVA PLAIN COLLECTION | | PLAIN, BELVA | | "THIS IS A COLLECTION OF BOOKS THAT FOLLOWS THE CHARACTERS IN A SERIES. IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS IN STORY ORDER: ""EVERGREEN"" (3255), """"GOLDEN CUP"" (5340), ""TAPESTRY"" (5226) AND ""HARVEST"" (5716).
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EN4 | 08390 | TRUSTING CALVIN | HOW A DOG HELPED HEAL A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR'S HEART | PETERS, SHARON | M. HOFFMAN | 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. |
EN4 | 08391 | FAYE KELLERMAN COLLECTION I | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | VARIOUS | "THIS IS A COLLECTION OF (4) EARLIER BOOKS WRITTEN BY FAYE KELLERMAN IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS: ""RITUAL BATH"" (4790), ""SACRED & PROFANE"" (4984), ""DAYS OF ATONEMENT"" (5851) AND ""MILK & HONEY"" (5873).
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EN4 | 08392 | FAYE KELLERMAN COLLECTION II | | KELLERMAN, FAYE | VARIOUS | THIS IS A COLLECTION OF (4) RECENT BOOKS WRITTEN BY FAYE KELLERMAN IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS: "JUPITER BONES" (7131), "STALKER" (7418), "FORGOTTEN" (7478) AND "STREET DREAMS" (7922). |
EN4 | 08393 | SPINOZA PROBLEM | | YALOM, IRVIN D. | PETER LEVINE | THE STORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY THINKER BARUCH SPINOZA, HIS PHILOSOPHY AND SUBSEQUENT EXCOMMUNICATION FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, AND HIS APPARENT INFLUENCE ON THE NAZI IDEOLOGUE ALFRED ROSENBERG, |
EN4 | 08394 | KONIN | ONE MAN'S QUEST FOR A VANISHED JEWISH COMMUNITY | RICHMOND, THEO | STEVE SCHREIBER | IN 1939 THE POLISH TOWN OF KONIN VANISHED IN THE WAKE OF NAZI OCCUPATION. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, THEO RICHMOND SET OUT TO FIND WHAT HE COULD ABOUT THAT VANISHED WORLD. |
EN4 | 08395 | NO JOKE | MAKING JEWISH HUMOR (LIBRARY OF JEWISH IDEAS) | WISSE, RUTH R. | DIANE LIPMAN | WISSE BROADLY TRACES MODERN JEWISH HUMOR AROUND THE WORLD, TEASING OUT ITS IMPLICATIONS AS SHE EXPLORES MEMORABLE AND TELLING EXAMPLES FROM GERMAN, YIDDISH, ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, AND HEBREW. |
EN4 | 08396 | JEWS AND WORDS | | OZ, AMOS; OZ-SALZBERGER, FANIA | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | THE AUTHORS EXAMINE THE ROLE WORDS AND LANGUAGE HAVE PLAYED IN BINDING THE JEWISH PEOPLE TO THEIR HERITAGE. |
EN4 | 08397 | DANIEL SILVA COLLECTION | | SILVA, DANIEL | MULTIPLE | THIS IS A COLLECTION OF FIVE BOOKS WRITTEN BY DANIEL SILVA. IT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING BOOKS: "KILL ARTIST" (7366), "ENGLISH ASSASSIN" (7579), "A DEATH IN VIENNA" (7938), "THE MESSENGER" (8200) AND "THE CONFESSOR" (8036). |
EN4 | 08398 | FIFTEEN JOURNEYS: WARSAW TO LONDON | | REICHARDT, JASIA | | "THE TRAVELER IS A YOUNG GIRL, WHO WE MEET AT AGE SEVEN. ALONG THE WAY, SHE LOSES HER HOME, HER FAMILY, HER NAME, HER HAIR, AND FINALLY, HER FEAR. TWO THINGS HELP HER ON HER JOURNEYS DURING THESE DIFFICULT YEARS: SOME LESSONS FROM HER PARENTS AND A LARGE SHARE OF LUCK, WHICH NEVER DESERTS HER.
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EN4 | 08399 | ODYSSEY OF SAMUEL GLASS | | KOPS, BERNARD | MARY MURPHY | SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD SAM GLASS IS DEPRESSED. SINCE HIS FATHER DIED SUDDENLY, HE SEES NO POINT IN LIFE. THEN A RABBI FROM THE MIDDLE AGES APPEARS AND TAKES SAM BACK IN TIME. HE MEETS A PANOPLY OF CHARACTERS INCLUDING HIS OWN FOREBEARS AND SOME FAMILIAR FIGURES FROM JEWISH HISTORY. THEN HE DISCOVERS THE SECRET PURPOSE FOR WHICH HE HAS BEEN CHOSEN: TO ASSASSINATE TSAR ALEXANDER II …… |
EN4 | 08400 | WEDDING IN GREAT NECK | | MCDOUNOUGH, YONA ZELDIS | ELLEN DAVID | THE SILVERSTEIN FAMILY IS COMING TOGETHER IN GREAT NECK, LONG ISLAND, FOR THE NUPTIALS OF THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER ANGELICA. THEN AN IMPULSIVE ACT BY HER NIECE JUSTINE PUTS THE ENTIRE WEDDING AT RISK AND BRINGS THE SIMMERING FAMILY TENSIONS TO THE BOILING POINT. BEFORE VOWS ARE EXCHANGED, THIS DAY WILL CHANGE MORE THAN ONE LIFE FOREVER… |
EN4 | 08401 | UNLIKELY COLLABORATION | GERTRUDE STEIN, BERNARD FAŸ, AND THE VICHY DILEMMA | WILL, BARBARA | ALISON EDWARDS | IN 1941, THE JEWISH AMERICAN WRITER GERTRUDE STEIN EMBARKED ON ONE OF THE STRANGEST INTELLECTUAL PROJECTS OF HER LIFE: TRANSLATING FOR AN AMERICAN AUDIENCE THE SPEECHES OF MARSHAL PHILIPPE PÉTAIN, HEAD OF STATE FOR THE COLLABORATIONIST VICHY GOVERNMENT. WHY AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD STEIN UNDERTAKE THIS PROJECT? THE ANSWERS LIE IN STEIN'S LINK TO THE MAN AT THE CORE OF THIS CONTROVERSY: BERNARD FAÿ, STEIN'S APPARENT VICHY PROTECTOR. |
EN4 | 08402 | JACOB'S FOLLY | | MILLER. REBECCA | ALISON EDWARDS | IN 18TH CENTURY PARIS, JACOB CERF IS A JEW, A PEDDLER OF KNIVES AND SNUFFBOXES. HE IS DETERMINED TO RAISE HIMSELF UP IN LIFE, BY WHATEVER MEANS HE CAN. MORE THAN 200 YEARS LATER, JACOB IS AMAZED TO FIND HIMSELF REINCARNATED AS A FLY IN THE LONG ISLAND SUBURBS OF 21ST CENTURY AMERICA. |
EN4 | 08403 | WATCHMAKER'S DAUGTHER | | TAITZ, SONIA | SONIA TAITZ | 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. |
EN4 | 08405 | ONCE WE WERE BROTHERS | | BALSON, RONALD H | BAZ SNIDER | "THE GRIPPING TALE ABOUT TWO BOYS, ONCE AS CLOSE AS BROTHERS, WHO FIND THEMSELVES ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HOLOCAUST.
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EN4 | 08406 | AL CAPP, A LIFE TO THE CONTRARY | | SCHUMACHER, MICHAEL; KITCHEN, DENIS | AUDREY FLAMBERG | "CAPP WAS A FAMILIAR PERSONALITY ON TV AND RADIO.WITH UNPRECEDENTED ACCESS TO CAPP'S ARCHIVES , THE AUTHORS HAVE WRITTEN A PROBING BIOGRAPHY. CAPP'S STORY IS ONE OF INCREDIBLE HIGHS AND LOWS, OF POPULARITY AND VILLAINY, OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE-TOLD HERE WITH AUTHORITY AND HEART.
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EN4 | 08407 | ASSISTANT | | MALAMUD, BERNARD | MULTIPLE | 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. |
EN4 | 08408 | JOHANNES REUCHLIN AND THE CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY JEWISH BOOKS | | PRICE, DAVID H. | WIN ROBBINS | THIS BOOK IS A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO STUDY OF AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPEAN HISTORY: CHRISTIANS ACQUIRING ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE OF JUDAISM AND ITS HISTORY. |
EN4 | 08409 | HAVEN OF LIBERTY | NEW YORK JEWS IN THE NEW WORLD, 1654-1865 | ROCK, HOWARD B | AUDREY FLAMBERG | HAVEN OF LIBERTY CHRONICLES THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST JEWS TO NEW YORK IN 1654 AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF REPUBLICANISM IN SHAPING THEIR IDENTITY AND INSTITUTIONS. |
EN4 | 08410 | COUNTRY OF ASH | A JEWISH DOCTOR IN POLAND, 1939–1945 | REICHER, EDWARD | PAUL SPERRY | A CHRONICLE OF A JEWISH DOCTOR WHO MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED NEAR-CERTAIN DEATH, FIRST INSIDE THE LODZ AND WARSAW GHETTOES, WHERE HE WAS FORCED TO TREAT THE GESTAPO, THEN ON THE ARYAN SIDE OF WARSAW, WHERE HE HID UNDER NUMEROUS DISGUISES |
EN4 | 08411 | EMERGING METROPOLIS | NEW YORK JEWS IN THE AGE OF IMMIGRATION, 1840-1920 (CITY OF PROMISES) | POLLAND, ANNIE; SOYER,DANIEL | RICHARD BERGMAN | THE STORY OF NEW YORK’S EMERGENCE AS THE GREATEST JEWISH CITY OF ALL TIME. IT EXPLORES THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND EAST EUROPEAN JEWS’ ENCOUNTER WITH NEW YORK CITY, TRACING IMMIGRANTS’ ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL ADAPTATION BETWEEN 1840 AND 1920. |
EN4 | 08412 | JEWS IN GOTHAM | NEW YORK JEWS IN A CHANGING CITY 1920-2010 | GUROCK, JEFFREY S. | BARBARA FEINSTEIN | THE BOOK DETAILS THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS THAT CAUSED JEWS TO PERSIST, ABANDON, OR BE LEFT BEHIND IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS DURING CRITICAL MOMENTS OF THE PAST CENTURY. |
EN4 | 08413 | LIAR'S GOSPEL | A NOVEL | ALDERMAN, NAOMI | ELIZABETH LONDON | IMAGINING THE STORY OF JESUS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HIS MOTHER, A FRIEND, A COLLABORATOR, AND A REBEL, ALDERMAN PROVIDES A JEWISH VERSION OF THE GOSPEL. ALTHOUGH A STORY CAN'T BE SEPARATED FROM ITS TELLER'S MOTIVES, THIS POWERFUL REIMAGINING SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON AN OLD STORY. |
EN4 | 08414 | CHASING THE KING OF HEARTS | | KRALL, HANNA | ELIZABETH LONDON | AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVE STORY, SPANNING FROM THE WARSAW GHETTO TO ISRAEL. AFTER THE DEPORTATION OF HER HUSBAND TO AUSCHWITZ, IZOLDA REGENBERG, ALIAS MARIA PAWLICKA, HAS ONLY ONE AIM: TO FREE HER HUSBAND. |
EN4 | 08415 | SPIES AGAINST ARMAGEDDON | INSIDE ISRAEL'S SECRET WARS: UPDATED & REVISED | RAVIV, DAN & MELMAN, YOSSI | ARLENE SIMON | THIS IS A HISTORY OF ISRAEL'S ESPIONAGE AND SECURITY NETWORK FROM 1948 UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY |
EN4 | 08416 | MISSING FILE | | MISHANI,D.A. | POLLY ADAMS | ISRAELI DETECTIVE AVRAHAM AVRAHAM MUST FIND A TEENAGE BOY GONE MISSING FROM THE SUBURBS OF TEL AVIV. |
EN4 | 08417 | PLEDGES OF JEWISH ALLEGIANCE | CONVERSION, LAW, AND POLICYMAKING IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORTHODOX RESPONSA | ELLENSON, DAVID & GORDIS, DANIEL | MARIE HOFFMAN | THIS BOOK EXAMINES A WIDE ARRAY OF LEGAL OPINIONS WRITTEN BY NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORTHODOX RABBIS IN EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, AND ISRAEL. |
EN4 | 08418 | DAY AFTER NIGHT | | DIAMANT, ANITA | NICOLE CHARBANI | THE POPULAR AUTHOR SKETCHES THE INTERTWINED FATES OF SEVERAL YOUNG WOMEN REFUGEES AT ATLIT, A BRITISH-RUN INTERNMENT CAMP SET UP IN PALESTINE AFTER WWII. |
EN4 | 08419 | JEWISH CANDIDATE | | CROSSLAND, DAVID | POLLY ADAMS | A POLITICAL THRILLER WHICH PAINTS A CHILLING SCENARIO OF THE THREATS POSED TO CONTEMPORARY GERMAN SOCIETY BY NEO-NAZI EXTREMISTS. |
EN4 | 08420 | STERN, THE MAN AND HIS GANG | | GOLAN,ZEV | MARIE HOFFMAN | THE BOOK TRACES ABRAHAM STERN'S EVOLUTION FROM HATED GANGSTER TO FOLK HERO AND CHRONICLES THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL DEEDS OF THE THOUSAND JEWS WHO JOINED HIS WAR AGAINST ENGLAND. |
EN4 | 08421 | CRAFT BEER BAR MITZVAH | | COWAN, JEREMY | MARCEL SISLOWITZ | IN THIS COMPELLING TALE OF HOW THE NATION’S FIRST AND ONLY JEWISH CELEBRATION BEER CAME TO FRUITION, FOUNDER JEREMY COWAN TELLS THE STORY OF SHMALTZ BREWING’S EVOLUTION FROM AN INSIDE JOKE INTO A THRIVING AND AWARD-WINNING CRAFT BREWING COMPANY. |
EN4 | 08422 | CELLA | | WERFEL, FRANZ | MARCEL SISLOWITZ | THIS UNFINISHED, SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL ABOUT THE NAZI TAKEOVER OF AUSTRIA GIVES A SEARING PORTRAIT OF A WORLD ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE. |
EN4 | 08423 | 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. |
EN4 | 08424 | BARNEY'S VERSION | | RICHLER, MORDECAI | TIM ZAGIN | BARNEY PANOFSKY—CANADIAN EXPAT, WILY LOVER OF WOMEN, WRITER, TELEVISION PRODUCER, RACONTEUR—IS FINALLY PUTTING PEN TO PAPER SO HE CAN REBUT THE CHARGES ABOUT HIM MADE IN HIS RIVAL’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. |
EN4 | 08425 | MY PROMISED LAND | THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF ISRAEL | SHAVIT, ARI | TIM ZAGIN | AN AUTHORITATIVE AND DEEPLY PERSONAL NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, BY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL JOURNALISTS WRITING ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY |
EN4 | 08426 | RUSS & DAUGHTERS | REFLECTIONS AND RECIPES FROM THE HOUSE THAT HERRING BUILT | FEDERMAN, MARK RUSS | BARBARA FEISTEIN | THE FORMER OWNER/PROPRIETOR OF THE BELOVED APPETIZING STORE ON MANHATTAN’S LOWER EAST SIDE TELLS THE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY’S JOURNEY FROM A PUSHCART IN 1907 TO “NEW YORK’S MOST HALLOWED SHRINE TO THE MIRACLE OF CAVIAR, SMOKED SALMON, ETHEREAL HERRING, AND SILKEN CHOPPED LIVER” |
EN4 | 08427 | FINE THINGS | | STEEL, DANIELLE | LORNA KOCH | THE STORY OF BERNIE FINE WHOSE WIFE DIES, LEAVING HIM ALONE WITH TWO CHILDREN. A KIDNAPPING AND A BITTER CUSTODY BATTLE FORCE HIM TO LEARN WHAT PERSONAL COMMITMENT IS ALL ABOUT. |
EN4 | 08428 | TIME OF ANGELS | | SCHONSTEIN, PATRICIA | JESSIA LEONARD | A COLORFUL EXPATRIATE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ITALIAN JEWS IN POST-APARTHEID CAPETOWN IS THE SETTING FOR THIS CHARMING NOVEL OF FOOD, LOVE AND MAGIC. |
EN4 | 08429 | SEABURY PLACE | A BRONX MEMOIR | WOLFE, DANIEL | STEVE SCHREIBER | DANIEL WOLFE BRINGS TO LIFE HIS BRONX NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION. |
EN4 | 08430 | JEWISH JOCKS | AN UNORTHODOX HALL OF FAME | FOER, FRANKLIN; TRACY, MARK | STEVE SCHREIBER | A TIMELESS COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHICAL MUSINGS, SOCIOLOGICAL RIFFS ABOUT ASSIMILATION, FIRST-PERSON REFLECTIONS, AND, ABOVE ALL, GREAT WRITING ON SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND UNEXPECTED PIONEERS IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS. |
EN4 | 08431 | PROSPEROUS THIEF | | GOLDSMITH, ANDREA | ELLEN DAVID | A STORY ABOUT IDENTITY AND FORGIVENESS SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF NAZI GERMANY AND THE HOLOCAUST. THE THIEF'S CRIME IRREVOCABLY LINKS TWO FAMILIES AND CREATES A LEGACY THAT HAS FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES. |
EN4 | 08432 | STRANGLEHOLD | | ROTENBERG, ROBERT | PAM VASSIL | A LEGAL THRILLER FEATURING DETECTIVE ARI GREENE IN THE FIGHT OF HIS LIFE. |
EN4 | 08434 | DANCING WITH THE ENEMY | MY FAMILY'S HOLOCAUST SECRET | GLAZER, PAUL | RICHARD BERGMAN | THE GRIPPING STORY OF THE AUTHOR’S AUNT, A JEWISH DANCE INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS BETRAYED TO THE NAZIS BY THE TWO MEN SHE LOVED, YET MANAGED TO SURVIVE WWII BY TEACHING DANCE LESSONS TO THE SS AT AUSCHWITZ. |
EN4 | 08435 | NO BETTER TIME | THE BRIEF, REMARKABLE LIFE OF DANNY LEWIN, THE GENIUS WHO TRANSFORMED THE INTERNET | RASKIN, MOLLY KNIGHT | NIKKI JAMES | A STORY OF A YOUNG MATHEMATICAL GENIUS WHO WROTE A SET OF ALGORITHMS THAT WOULD CREATE A FASTER INTERNET. DANNY LEWIN’S BRILLIANT BUT BRIEF LIFE IS LARGELY UNKNOWN BECAUSE, UNTIL NOW, THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM HAVE GUARDED THEIR MEMORIES AND QUIETLY MOURNED THEIR LOSS. LEWIN WAS STABBED TO DEATH AT AGE 31 WHILE TRYING TO OVERPOWER THE TERRORISTS WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY FLY AMERICAN FLIGHT 11 INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. |
EN4 | 08436 | STORYTELLER | | PICOULT, JODI | NIKKI JAMES | SAGE SINGER BEFRIENDS JOSEF WEBER, AN ELDERLY RETIRED TEACHER, WHO TELLS HER THAT HE’S A FORMER SS OFFICER AND ASKS HER TO HELP HIM END HIS LIFE. SAGE, WHOSE GRANDMOTHER MINKA SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST, REACHES OUT TO LEO STEIN, AN ATTORNEY AND NAZI HUNTER. LEO INVESTIGATES SAGE’S CLAIMS, WHICH LEADS THEM TO MINKA, WHO SHARES A SURPRISING CONNECTION TO JOSEF. |
EN4 | 08437 | LIKE DREAMERS | THE STORY OF THE ISRAELI PARATROOPERS WHO REUNITED JERUSALEM AND DIVIDED A NATION | HALEVI,YOSSI KLEIN | DIANE LIPMAN | THE LIFE STORIES OF MEN OF BRIGADE 55, A RESERVE UNIT PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR LIBERATING THE WESTERN WALL AND SEIZING EAST JERUSALEM FROM JORDANIAN CONTROL. |
EN4 | 08438 | ENGLISH GIRL | | SILVA, DANIEL | LORNA KOCHE | A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, WITH WHOM THE MARRIED BRITISH PM HAS BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR, IS SNATCHED FROM HER VACATION ON CORSICA. TRYING TO AVOID A SCANDAL, THE PRIME-MINISTER REACHES FOR HELP TO ART RESTORER AND ISRAELI SPY, GABRIEL ALLON. |
EN4 | 08439 | PRINCE OF FIRE | A GABRIEL ALLON NOVEL | SILVA, DANIEL | LORNA KOCHE | ART RESTORER AND SEMIRELUCTANT SPY, GABRIEL, IS PULLED FROM HIS COVER TO HUNT DOWN TERRORISTS WHO HAVE COMMITTED A HORRIFIC CRIME, IN THIS CASE THE BOMBING OF THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN ROME. |
EN4 | 08440 | SUPERMAN IS JEWISH | HOW COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES CAME TO SERVE TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE JEWISH-AMERICAN WAY | BROD, HARRY | POLLY ADAMS | "HARRY BROD REVEALS THE LINKS BETWEEN JEWS AND SUPERHEROES IN AN INVESTIGATION OF ICONIC COMIC BOOK FIGURES.
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EN4 | 08441 | CUT ME LOOSE | SIN AND SALVATION AFTER MY ULTRA-ORTHODOX GIRLHOOD | VINCENT, LEAH | ELIZABETH LONDON | "AN ELECTRIFYING MEMOIR ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN'S PROMISCUOUS AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE SPIRAL AFTER BEING CAST OUT OF HER ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY
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EN4 | 08442 | JERUSALEM MAIDEN | A NOVEL | CARNER, TALIA | ELIZABETH LONDON | A YOUNG ORTHODOX JEWISH WOMAN IN JERUSALEM IS EXPECTED TO MARRY. WHILE ESTHER UNDERSTANDS HER OBLIGATIONS, HER ARTISTIC TALENT INSPIRES HER TO SECRETLY EXPLORE WORLDS OUTSIDE HER RELIGION, TO DREAM OF STUDYING IN PARIS. ESTHER FORCED TO CONFRONT THE MOST DIFFICULT QUESTION: TO WHOM MUST SHE BE TRUE, GOD OR HERSELF? |
EN4 | 08443 | WHO WROTE THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS? | THE SEARCH FOR THE SECRET OF QUMRAN | GOLB, NORMAN | ROXANNE KLEIMAN | SINCE THEIR DISCOVERY IN THE QUMRAN CAVES IN 1947, THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS HAVE BEEN THE OBJECT OF INTENSE FASCINATION AND EXTREME CONTROVERSY. PROFESSOR NORMAN GOLB ARGUES THAT THEY WERE NOT THE WORK OF A SMALL SECT, AS OTHER SCHOLARS HAVE CLAIMED, BUT WRITTEN BY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF JEWS AND THEN SMUGGLED OUT OF JERUSALEM'S LIBRARIES BEFORE THE ROMAN SIEGE OF 70 C.E.. |
EN4 | 08444 | GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS | | BASSANI, GIORGIO | MARCEL SISLOWITZ | THE STORY OF A WEALTHY, INSULAR JEWISH FAMILY IN FASCIST ITALY JUST BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II. A NEW RECORDING OF THE ORIGINAL. |
EN4 | 08445 | NETANYA | | BURSTEIN, DROR | MARCEL SISLOWITZ | A FASCINATING BLEND OF REMINISCENCE, FICTION, AND AMATEUR SCIENCE, SEEKING TO CONVEY NOT ONLY A PERSONAL STORY BUT THE BIG PICTURE IN WHICH THE SAGA OF LIFE ON EARTH HAVE THE SAME STATUS AS ANECDOTES ABOUT ONE'S AUNTS AND UNCLES. |
EN4 | 08446 | 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. |
EN4 | 08447 | CREATED EQUAL | HOW THE BIBLE BROKE WITH ANCIENT POLITICAL THOUGHT | BERMAN, JOSHUA | WIN ROBINS | THE AUTHOR E |