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MEDIAID	TITLEID	TITLE	SUBTITLE	AUTHOR	NARRATOR	ANNOTATION
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 "
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 "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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). "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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). "
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). "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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. "
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 "
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