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The Always Prayer Shawlby Sheldon Oberman, Ted LewinISBN 0140561579 (0-14-056157-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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American Judaismby Nathan GlazerISBN 0226298434 (0-226-29843-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Ancient Israel: Religious Institutionsby Roland DevauxISBN 0070166005 (0-07-016600-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Ancient Israel, Social Institutionsby Roland DevauxISBN 0070165998 (0-07-016599-8)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitzby Mordecai RichlerISBN 0140152962 (0-14-015296-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Big Book of Jewish Humorby William Novak, Moshe WaldoksISBN 0061138134 (0-06-113813-4)
Softcover, Collins
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A Book of Psalms: Selected & Adapted from the Hebrewby Stephen MitchellISBN 0060924705 (0-06-092470-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Book of Psalms: Selected & Adapted from the Hebrew'Book summary:Psalm 93
God acts within every moment [via]
and creates the world with each breath.
He speaks from the center of the universe,
in the silence beyond all though.
Mighter than the crash of a thunderstorm,
mighter than the roar of the sea,
is God's voice silently speaking
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A Century of Ambivalence: The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Presentby Zvi Y. GitelmanISBN 0253214181 (0-253-21418-1)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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A Crown of Feathers and Other Storiesby Isaac Bashevis SingerISBN 0224009869 (0-224-00986-9)
Hardcover, Cape
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Days of Awe : Stories for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippurby Eric A. Kimmel, Erika WeihsISBN 0140502718 (0-14-050271-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mountby Gershom GorenbergISBN 0195152050 (0-19-515205-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Essays on Ancient and Modern Judaismby Arnaldo Momigliano, Silvia BertiISBN 0226533816 (0-226-53381-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Every Eye Beholds You: A World Treasury of Prayerby Thomas J. CraughwellISBN 0151004838 (0-15-100483-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Fixerby Bernard MalamudISBN 0140185151 (0-14-018515-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fixer'Book summary:Amazon.com Review Roy Hobbs, the protagonist of The Natural, makes the mistake of pronouncing aloud his dream: to be the best there ever was. Such hubris, of course, invites divine intervention, but the brilliance of Bernard Malamud's novel is the second chance it offers its hero, elevating him--and his story--into the realm of myth. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review "A brilliant and unusually fine novel." -The New York Times "A preposterously readable story about life." -Time "Malamud [holds a] high and honored place among contemporary American writers." -Washington Post Book World "The finest novel about baseball since Ring Lardner left the scene." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. [via]
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The Forgotten: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novelby Faye KellermanISBN 0066209587 (0-06-620958-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Forgotten: A Peter Decker / Rina Lazarus Novel'Book summary:L.A. homicide detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, his Orthodox Jewish wife, return in a new entry in this popular series. Faye Kellerman can be counted on to deliver emotional complexity along with suspense, and in The Forgotten it comes from the relationship between Peter and Jacob, Rina's troubled teenage son. Jacob has a personal connection to the event that sets off this intricately plotted novel, the defacing of Rina's synagogue by one of his classmates. Ernesto Golding can't explain why he vandalized the synagogue, but when he and his therapists are murdered months after the incident, Peter realizes that something the teenager told him when admitting his guilt may hold the key to the killings: Ernesto's belief that his grandfather may have been a Nazi who posed as a Jew to escape to South America after the war. Investigating Ernesto's story gives Rina a strand of the plot to tease out; meanwhile, Peter concentrates on another motive for the therapist murders that involves computer fraud, the College Board exams, and the high cost exacted by parents who pressure their teenagers to succeed.
Kellerman skillfully keeps the dramatic tension going as she pulls all the pieces of her complex plot together. But what makes this novel her best yet is her acutely revealing portrait of Jacob, struggling with the existential angst of adolescence as he attempts to reconcile his devotion to Judaism with the temptations of contemporary life, from drugs to sex. She brilliantly limns his search for identity, intimacy, and independence even as he redefines his relationship to Peter and Rina, in a scenario that resounds with psychological truth. The Forgotten is a terrific addition to the Kellerman oeuvre. While she's always been an exceptional illustrator of the emotional life of the family, this time she writes with an expertise that may owe something to professional insights of her husband, author Jonathan Kellerman, who's also a child psychologist. --Jane Adams [via]
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Gabriel's Palaceby Howard SchwartzISBN 0195093887 (0-19-509388-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Gabriel's Palace: Jewish Mystical Talesby Howard SchwartzISBN 0195062922 (0-19-506292-2)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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God at the Center: Meditations on Jewish Spiritualityby David R. BlumenthalISBN 0062548395 (0-06-254839-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Grievous Sinby Faye KellermanISBN 0061159182 (0-06-115918-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grievous Sin'Book summary:The birth of their baby girl has filled Rina Lazarus and her husband, LAPD Homicide Detective Peter Decker, with joy mingled with sorrow, since complications have ensured that they can have no more children. But the situation is grim at the hospital, which has been devastated by severe budget cutbacks and staff shortages. And when a respected nurse vanishes along with a newborn from the nursery, Peter and Rina fear for the safety of their own precious childespecially when the missing nurse's car is found at the bottom of a cliff . . . with a corpse inside.
A most grievous sin has been committed. In pursuit of justice, Deckerwith the help of his tough-as-nails partner, Marge, and an able assist from his teenage daughter, Cindyfollows a twisted path that winds through a sinister maze of hospital politics, misplaced passions, and torturous mind games that can all too easily lead to murder.
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The Guide of the Perplexedby Moses MaimonidesISBN 0226502317 (0-226-50231-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Hasidic Tales of the Holocaustby Yaffa EliachISBN 0195031997 (0-19-503199-7)
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The Healer of Shattered Hearts : A Jewish View of Godby David J. WolpeISBN 0140147950 (0-14-014795-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Heart and the Fountain: An Anthology of Jewish Mystical Experiencesby Joseph DanISBN 0195139798 (0-19-513979-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Her Share of the Blessings : Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman Worldby Ross S. KraemerISBN 0195066863 (0-19-506686-3)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Her Share of the Blessings: Women's Religions Among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman Worldby Ross Shepard KraemerISBN 0195086708 (0-19-508670-8)
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Herzogby Saul BellowISBN 0142437298 (0-14-243729-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Herzog'Book summary:A novel complex, compelling, absurd and realistic, Herzog became a classic almost as soon as it was published in 1964. In it Saul Bellow tells the tale of Moses E. Herzog, a tragically confused intellectual who suffers from the breakup of his second marriage, the general failure of his life and the specter of growing up Jewish in the middle part of the 20th century. He responds to his personal crisis by sending out a series of letters to all kinds of people. The letters in total constitute a thoughtful examination of his own life and that which has occurred around him. What emerges is not always pretty, but serves as gritty foundation for this absorbing novel. [via]
A History of Israel: From the Aftermath of the Yom Kippur Warby Howard Morley SacharISBN 0195043863 (0-19-504386-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XIIby John CornwellISBN 0140296271 (0-14-029627-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII'Book summary:This devastating account of the ecclesiastical career of Eugenio Pacelli (1876-1958), who became Pope Pius XII in 1939, is all the more powerful because British historian John Cornwell maintains throughout a measured though strongly critical tone. After World War II, murmurs of Pacelli's callous indifference to the plight of Europe's Jews began to be heard. A noted commentator on Catholic issues, Cornwell began research for this book believing that "if his full story were told, Pius XII's pontificate would be exonerated." Instead, he emerged from the Vatican archives in a state of "moral shock," concluding that Pacelli displayed anti-Semitic tendencies early on and that his drive to promote papal absolutism inexorably led him to collaboration with fascist leaders. Cornwell convincingly depicts Cardinal Secretary of State Pacelli pursuing Vatican diplomatic goals that crippled Germany's large Catholic political party, which might otherwise have stymied Hitler's worst excesses. The author's condemnation has special force because he portrays the admittedly eccentric Pacelli not as a monster but as a symptom of a historic wrong turn in the Catholic Church. He meticulously builds his case for the painful conclusion that "Pacelli's failure to respond to the enormity of the Holocaust was more than a personal failure, it was a failure of the papal office itself and the prevailing culture of Catholicism." --Wendy Smith [via]
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A Hole in the Heart of the World: The Jewish Experience in Eastern Europe after World War IIby Jonathan KaufmanISBN 0140254536 (0-14-025453-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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If Not Now, When?by Primo LeviISBN 0140188932 (0-14-018893-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If Not Now, When?'Book summary:Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. A compelling tale of action, resistance and epic adventure, it also reveals Levi's characteristic compassion and deep insight into the moral dilemmas of total war. It ranks alongside "The Period Table" and "If This is a Man" as one of the rare authentic masterpieces of our times. [via]
The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilizationby Martin Gilbert, Josephine BaconISBN 0233985697 (0-233-98569-7)
Hardcover, A. Deutsch
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The Illustrated History of the Jewish Peopleby Nicholas De LangeISBN 0151003025 (0-15-100302-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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In the Land of Israelby Amos Oz, Maurie Goldberg-BarturaISBN 0156481146 (0-15-648114-6)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Jewish-Christian Dialogue: A Jewish Justificationby David NovakISBN 0195072731 (0-19-507273-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Joshua Then and Nowby Mordecai RichlerISBN 0140152806 (0-14-015280-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Joys of Hebrewby Lewis GlinertISBN 0195086686 (0-19-508668-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Joys of Hebrew'Book summary:When do you say mazal tov? What is the English equivalent to the Talmudic expression Alya ve-kots ba ("a sheep's tail with a thorn in it")? What is a get, a golem, a kibbutz, a chalutz? What four plant species are waved during prayers on the harvest festival of Sukkot? You'll find answers to these questions and hundreds of others--all in clear English--in this remarkable collection of the best known, most loved Hebrew words and phrases in the English speaking world.
From Acharon to Zohar, this informative and often humorous dictionary features over six hundred Hebrew words and expressions arranged in alphabetical order (the Roman alphabet is used throughout, as well as Hebrew head words). The first such guide to Hebrew, this volume is more than a mere lexicon--it is a jubilant celebration of Hebrew itself, a treasure trove of Jewish wit, wisdom, culture, and tradition. Lewis Glinert provides a concise definition of each entry, and then illustrates the word's usage with generous passages from the Bible and the Talmud, the prayers and the sayings of famous rabbis, the razor's edge of Jewish humor, excerpts from the work of Elie Wiesel, Adin Steinsaltz, S.Y. Agnon, Martin Buber, Naomi Shemer and other contemporary writers, folklore from all over the Jewish world, and colorful slices of modern Israeli life. There are words directly related to the practice of religion, such as amida (a prayer said standing, under one's breath, essentially a cry for help--for wisdom, health, peace, prosperity, and so forth) as well as the names of all the Jewish holy days and religious customs; words from everyday Jewish experience, such peot (the long sidecurls customarily worn by the Chasidim); many words familiar from their use in Israel, such as rega (literally, "one moment," it is the Israeli equivalent of Mexico's mañana) or miluim (army reserve service); and many traditional sayings, such as Tsarat rabim chatsi nechama ("A public woe is half a comfort"). In addition, Glinert provides at the back of the book an alphabetical list of familiar biblical names in English, Sephardi/Israeli Hebrew, and Ashkenazi Hebrew.
This celebration of Hebrew language and culture is a joy to read and to use. Everyone from Bible students to collectors of Judaica, from Woody Allen fans to people planning a journey to the Holy Land, will be delighted by this informative volume.
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Judaismby Isidore EpsteinISBN 0140135529 (0-14-013552-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Judaism: A Historical Presentationby Isidore EpsteinISBN 0140204407 (0-14-020440-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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The Lions Of Al-rassanby Guy Gavriel KayISBN 0061056219 (0-06-105621-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, A. R. BraunmullerISBN 0140714626 (0-14-071462-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merchant of Venice'Book summary:This edition of The Merchant of Venice, based on a fresh examination of the early editions, includes an exceptionally lucid and accessible introduction which addresses Shakespeare's attitude toward Semitism and establishes the cultural, historical, and literary context in which Shakespeare wrote the play. An interesting range of production photographs and drawings of Renaissance merchants and Jews, and a survey of the play's stage history ranging from discussions of its early staging to important twentieth-century productions and performances outside England, particularly Israel, makes this an ideal edition for students, actors, and the general reader. [via]
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- The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 019283424X (0-19-283424-X)
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Merchant of Venice: ISBN 0140707069 (0-14-070706-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr - The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 0174434758 (0-17-443475-8)
Softcover, Thomson Learning - The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 0192814540 (0-19-281454-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 0198319738 (0-19-831973-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 0198320175 (0-19-832017-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 0198129254 (0-19-812925-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 019831924X (0-19-831924-X)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press - The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 0140714626 (0-14-071462-6)
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- The Merchant of Venice: ISBN 019283424X (0-19-283424-X)
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The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contextsby William Shakespeare, Brents StirlingISBN 0140714219 (0-14-071421-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Merchant of Venice: Texts and Contexts'Book summary:"Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?" Shylock's impassioned plea in the middle of The Merchant of Venice is one of its most dramatic moments. After the Holocaust, the play has become a battleground for those who argue that the play represents Shakespeare's ultimate statement against ignorance and anti-Semitism in favour of a liberal vision of tolerance and multiculturalism. Other critics have pointed out that the play is, after all, a comedy that ultimately pokes fun at a 16th-century Jew. In fact, the bare outline of the plot suggests that the play is far more complex than either of these characterisations. Bassanio, a feckless young Venetian, asks his wealthy friend, the merchant Antonio, for money to finance a trip to woo the beautiful Portia in Belmont. Reluctant to refuse his friend (to whom he professes intense love), Antonio borrows the money from the Jewish moneylender. If he reneges on the deal, Shylock jokingly demands a pound of his flesh. When all Antonio's ships are lost at sea, Shylock calls in his debt, and the love and laughter of the first scenes of the play threaten to give way to death and tragedy. The final climactic courtroom scene, complete with a cross-dressed Portia, a knife-wielding Shylock, and the debate on "the quality of mercy" is one of the great dramatic moments in Shakespeare. The controversial subject matter of the play ensures that it continues to repel, divide but also fascinate its many audiences. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Religious Radicalismby Aviezer RavitzkyISBN 0226705781 (0-226-70578-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Language and Cultureby Ruth R. WisseISBN 0226903184 (0-226-90318-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Moonlight on the Avenue of Faithby Gina B. NahaiISBN 0151003882 (0-15-100388-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith'Book summary:The first voice we hear in Gina B. Nahai's second novel is that of Lili, the grown daughter of a miraculous mother. When Lili was 5 and living in the Jewish ghetto of Tehran, her mother, Roxanna, "had grown wings, one night when the darkness was the color of her dreams, and flown into the star-studded night of Iran that claimed her." Thirteen years would pass, Lili informs us, before she would find her mother again. This short introduction serves as a framing device for the story of Roxanna's life, a life begun as a "bad-luck" child. According to her sister, Miriam the Moon, she "had been a runaway before she ever became a wife or a mother, before she came into existence or was even conceived."
There is an unwritten rule that any book featuring such character names as Roxanna the Angel, Miriam the Moon, and Alexandra the Cat must also contain a great deal of magical realism; Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith lives up to expectations. In addition to Roxanna's winged departure from her home and family, there are episodes involving illuminated sunflowers, dreams of flight that result in beds of white feathers, and Roxanna's final illness, a "mysterious fluid that ... started to fill her body like a poisonous presence, that oozed out of the corner of her eyes, swelled her arms and legs till she had no more use of them and turned her once-magical voice into a gurgling whisper." Besides the miraculous, this novel has undeniable sweep, beginning in Tehran, touching down in Turkey, and ending up in Los Angeles many years later with hair-raising adventures punctuating each change of address. Gina B. Nahai has crafted a lyrical novel reminiscent of the work of Isabelle Allende. Readers with a taste for the fantastic will enjoy this tale. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Nazi Germany and the Jews: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939by Saul FriedlanderISBN 0060928786 (0-06-092878-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Nine Talmudic Readingsby Emmanuel Levinas, Annette AronowiczISBN 0253208769 (0-253-20876-9)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nine Talmudic Readings'Book summary:"I know of no work that more readily opens this classic of Judaic learning to the general reader." The Key Reporter
"The appearance in English of nine of Levinass essays on talmudic discourse, collected and beautifully translated by Aronowicz, is an important occasion.... These essays are crucial to the interpretation of Levinass work more generally, [and] Aronowiczs excellent introduction and occasional notes are very helpful in making this work accessible to those unacquainted with either Talmud or Levinas." Religious Studies Review
Nine rich and masterful readings of the Talmud by the French Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas translate Jewish thought into the language of modern times. Between 1963 and 1975, Levinas delivered these commentaries at the annual Talmudic colloquia of a group of French Jewish intellectuals in Paris. Here Levinas applies a hermeneutic that simultaneously allows the classic Jewish texts to shed light on contemporary problems and lets modern problems illuminate the texts. Besides being quintessential illustrations of the art of reading, the essays express the deeply ethical vision of the human condition that makes Levinas one of the most important thinkers of our time.
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Opening to Youby Norman FischerISBN 0142196134 (0-14-219613-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Oxford Companion to the Bibleby Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. CooganISBN 0195046455 (0-19-504645-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to the Bible'Book summary:The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers or Martin Scorsese's controversial Last Temptation of Christ. For countless generations, it has been a comfort in suffering, a place to reflect on the mysteries of birth, death, and immortality. Its stories and characters are an integral part of the repertoire of every educated adult, forming an enduring bond that spans thousands of years and embraces a vast community of believers and nonbelievers.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law.
Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature).
Of course, the Companion can also serve as a handy reference, the first place to turn to find factual information on the Bible. Readers will find fascinating, informative articles on all the books of the Bible--including the Apocrypha and many other ancient texts, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, and the Mishrah. Virtually every figure who walked across the biblical stage is identified here, ranging from Rebekah, Rachel, and Mary, to Joseph, Barabbas, and Jesus. The Companion also offers entries that shed light on daily life in ancient Israel and the earliest Christian communities, with fascinating articles on feasts and festivals, clothing, medicine, units of time, houses, and furniture. Finally, there are twenty-eight pages of full-color maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world.
A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the Bible:
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The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Versionby Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. CooganISBN 0195112660 (0-19-511266-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Version'Book summary:****THS IS PRINT ED. COPY - SEE SHORT COPY FOR ELEC. ED.**** The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers or Martin Scorsese's controversial Last Temptation of Christ. For countless generations, it has been a comfort in suffering, a place to reflect on the mysteries of birth, death, and immortality. Its stories and characters are an integral part of the repertoire of every educated adult, forming an enduring bond that spans thousands of years and embraces a vast community of believers and nonbelievers.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law.
Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature).
Of course, the Companion can also serve as a handy reference, the first place to turn to find factual information on the Bible. Readers will find fascinating, informative articles on all the books of the Bible--including the Apocrypha and many other ancient texts, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, and the Mishrah. Virtually every figure who walked across the biblical stage is identified here, ranging from Rebekah, Rachel, and Mary, to Joseph, Barabbas, and Jesus. The Companion also offers entries that shed light on daily life in ancient Israel and the earliest Christian communities, with fascinating articles on feasts and festivals, clothing, medicine, units of time, houses, and furniture. Finally, there are twenty-eight pages of full-color maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world.
A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Version:
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religionby Geoffrey Wigoder, R. J. Zwi WerblowskyISBN 0195086058 (0-19-508605-8)
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The Prophetsby Abraham J. HeschelISBN 0061314218 (0-06-131421-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prophets'Book summary:According to the popular definition, a prophet is one who accurately predicts the future. But in the Jewish tradition, as Abraham Joshua Heschel explains in The Prophets, these figures earn their title by witnessing the world around them with outstanding passion. Prophets are those whose "life and soul are at stake" in what they say about "the mystery of [God's] relation to man." They are "some of the most disturbing people who have ever lived," and yet they are also "the men whose image is our refuge in distress, and whose voice and vision sustain our faith." Heschel's book, one of the classic texts on the subject, contains sophisticated, straightforward discussions of each of the Hebrew prophets, the primary themes of their preaching, and comparisons of Israel's prophets to those of other religions'. Throughout, Heschel avoids the two great temptations in any discussion of prophesy: overstating the supernatural quality of a prophet's epiphany ("A prophet is a person, not a microphone"), and reducing prophesy to a merely human phenomenon. Instead, Heschel describes the prophet's peculiar status as God's spokesman in a way that does justice to its complexity: "He speaks from the perspective of God as perceived from the perspective of his own situation." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
Reflections on the Psalmsby C. S. LewisISBN 015676248X (0-15-676248-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Response to Modernity: A History of the Reform Movement in Judaismby Michael A. MeyerISBN 0195063422 (0-19-506342-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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See Under--Loveby David GrossmanISBN 0224026402 (0-224-02640-2)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichaiby Yehuda AmichaiISBN 0060960620 (0-06-096062-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehoodby Raymond P. ScheindlinISBN 0195139410 (0-19-513941-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Spinoza's Heresy: Immortality and the Jewish Mindby Steven M. NadlerISBN 0199268878 (0-19-926887-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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The Star of Redemptionby Franz RosenzweigISBN 0268017182 (0-268-01718-2)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Surpassing Wonder: The Invention of the Bible and the Talmudsby Donald Harman AkensonISBN 0226010732 (0-226-01073-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Understanding the Old Testamentby Bernhard W. Anderson, Judith H. Newman, Steven BishopISBN 013092380X (0-13-092380-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding the Old Testament'Book summary:Presents a study of the Old Testament by interweaving historical, archeological, literary, and religious perspectives. The book traces the story of the people of Israel from the Exodus in the time of Moses through the dawn of the Common Era. It considers the importance of literary criticism and other methods for understanding the literature of ancient Israel; treats the latest archaeological discoveries that illuminate the Old Testament period. [via]
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The Upstairs Roomby Johanna ReissISBN 006440370X (0-06-440370-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Upstairs Room'Book summary:A Life in Hiding
When the German army occupied Holland, Annie de Leeuw was eight years old. Because she was Jewish, the occupation put her in grave danger-she knew that to stay alive she would have to hide. Fortunately, a Gentile family, the Oostervelds, offered to help. For two years they hid Annie and her sister, Sini, in the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse.
Most people thought the war wouldn't last long. But for Annie and Sini -- separated from their family and confined to one tiny room -- the war seemed to go on forever.
In the part of the marketplace where flowers had been sold twice a week-tulips in the spring, roses in the summer-stood German tanks and German soldiers. Annie de Leeuw was eight years old in 1940 when the Germans attacked Holland and marched into the town of Winterswijk where she lived. Annie was ten when, because she was Jewish and in great danger of being cap-tured by the invaders, she and her sister Sini had to leave their father, mother, and older sister Rachel to go into hiding in the upstairs room of a remote farmhouse.
Johanna de Leeuw Reiss has written a remarkably fresh and moving account of her own experiences as a young girl during World War II. Like many adults she was innocent of the German plans for Jews, and she might have gone to a labor camp as scores of families did. "It won't be for long and the Germans have told us we'll be treated well," those families said. "What can happen?" They did not know, and they could not imagine.... But millions of Jews found out.
Mrs. Reiss's picture of the Oosterveld family with whom she lived, and of Annie and Sini, reflects a deep spirit of optimism, a faith in the ingenuity, backbone, and even humor with which ordinary human beings meet extraordinary challenges. In the steady, matter-of-fact, day-by-day courage they all showed lies a profound strength that transcends the horrors of the long and frightening war. Here is a memorable book, one that will be read and reread for years to come.
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1973 Jane Addams Award Honor Book
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The Buxtehude Bulla Prize 1976 (German Award for Outstanding Children's Book Promoting Peace)
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Way of the Kabbalahby Ben Shimon HaleviISBN 0091254116 (0-09-125411-6)
Hardcover, Rider
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While the Candles Burn : Eight Stories of Hanukkahby Barbara Diamond Goldin, Elaine GreensteinISBN 0140373411 (0-14-037341-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Witnesses to War: Eight True Life Stories of Nazi Persecutionby Michael LeapmanISBN 0141308419 (0-14-130841-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Woman in Jerusalemby Hillel Halkin, A. B. YehoshuaISBN 0151012261 (0-15-101226-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Wonder Spotby Melissa BankISBN 0143037218 (0-14-303721-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wonder Spot'Book summary:Six years after her amazingly successful debut, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, Melissa Bank rewards her fans for their patience with The Wonder Spot, a refreshingly honest interpretation of one young woman's journey into adulthood. As we follow heroine Sophie Applebaum through a comfortable, yet awkward childhood in suburban Pennsylvania to the challenges of finding love and a career in midtown Manhattan, The Wonder Spot is never guilty of the self-indulgent traps set by other members of the Chick Lit genre Bank helped launch.
We first meet the Applebaum clan on their way to cousin Rebecca's bat mitzvah in Chappaqua, New York, where Sophie ends up sneaking cigarettes in the woods with a handsome eighth grader one year her senior. Yet even this minor rebellion is more charming than anything else; as with most of her future transgressions, Sophie is less the instigator than the innocent witness. Defining moments in Sophie's life are revealed through her relationships: an almost mythical college roommate named Venice; her charismatic yet capricious older brother; her brilliant younger brother; her unpenetrable father; and her hilarious grandmother, who takes it upon herself to save her "Sophila" from "impending spinsterhood." Of course no real journey into young womanhood is complete without a series of committment phobic, potentially deliquent, overly nice men whose appearances seem less about love than about demonstrating our heroine's inability to ever truly be comfortable with herself. As Sophie observes during a seventh grade skating party, "I felt sure that everyone was looking at me and then realized that no one was, and i experienced the distinct shame of each."
Undeniably clever, occasionally hilarious, and often poignant, The Wonder Spot is captivating enough for readers to forgive Sophie's indecisive, self-destructive tendancies and simply bask in her sincerity. --Gisele Toueg
Wonder Woman: An Amazon.com Interview with Melissa Bank 
Melissa Bank's bestselling 1999 debut, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, took readers by storm and heralded the wave of Chick Lit to follow in its wake. Bank is back with her new book, The Wonder Spot, a series of interconnected stories chronicling the bittersweet misadventures of middle-child Sophie Applebaum, from adolescence to adulthood. Amazon.com senior editor Brad Thomas Parsons exchanged e-mail with Bank to talk about writer's block, Curtis Sittenfeld's very public take-down in the Sunday Times, and the dreaded "c" word--Chick Lit.
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Words of the World's Religions: An Anthologyby R. EnglewoodISBN 0139650040 (0-13-965004-0)
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