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Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity
Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity
by Primo Levi
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In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and Italian citizen of Jewish race, was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. Survival in Auschwitz is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German... (read more)

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Writing a Modern Jewish History: Essays in Honor of Salo W. Baron
Writing a Modern Jewish History: Essays in Honor of Salo W. Baron
by Salo Wittmaye Baron
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In this insightful book, an eclectic and distinguished group of writers explore the Jewish experience in the Americas and celebrate the legacy of Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895–1989), a preeminent scholar who revolutionized the study of Jewish history... (read more)

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Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bib (P.S.)
Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bib (P.S.)
by David Plotz
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At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of religion on American politics has never been greater, when many Americans still believe in the Bibles literal truth, it has never been more important to get to know the... (read more)

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The Kabbalah Reader: A Sourcebook of Visionary Judaism
The Kabbalah Reader: A Sourcebook of Visionary Judaism
by Edward Hoffman
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This comprehensive and accessible entrée into the world of Kabbalah covers 1,600 years of Jewish mystical thought and features a variety of thinkers—from the renowned to the obscure—unavailable in any other volume. It’s a fresh... (read more)

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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman
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When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis... (read more)

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I and Thou
I and Thou
by Martin Buber
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Martin Buber's I and Thou has long been acclaimed as a classic. Many prominent writers have acknowledged its influence on their work; students of intellectual history consider it a landmark; and the generation born since World War II considers Buber as... (read more)

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King of the Jews Arnold Rothstein
King of the Jews Arnold Rothstein
by Nick Tosches
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So begins Nick Tosches's sprawling biography of Arnold Rothstein, which, in fact, is so much more: not only an elegy to old New York but an idiosyncratic history of the world as told in Nick Tosches's inimitable style. Known by many names — A. R... (read more)

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The Wisdom of Maimonides: The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage
The Wisdom of Maimonides: The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage
by Edward Hoffman
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Here is an accessible introduction to the life and wisdom of the famous twelfth-century philosopher-physician Moses Maimonides, whose prolific writings on medical and religious issues, commentaries on Jewish texts, and writings on Jewish ethics and law... (read more)

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Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza
Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza
by Adina Hoffman
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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FINALIST Part of the Jewish Encounter series One May day in 1896, at a dining-room table in Cambridge, England, a meeting took place between a Romanian-born maverick Jewish intellectual and twin learned Presbyterian Scotswomen,... (read more)

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A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book
A Jewish Woman's Prayer Book
by Aliza Lavie
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A beautiful and moving one-of-a-kind collection that draws from a variety of Jewish traditions, through the ages, to commemorate every occasion and every passage in the cycle of life, including: Special prayers for the Sabbath, holidays, and important... (read more)

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The Sabbath
The Sabbath
by Abraham Heschel
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Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication-and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in... (read more)

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The Boy: A Holocaust Story
The Boy: A Holocaust Story
by Dan Porat
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A cobblestone road. A sunny day. A soldier. A gun. A child, arms high in the air. A moment captured on film. But what is the history behind arguably the most recognizable photograph of the Holocaust? In The Boy: A Holocaust Story, the historian Dan... (read more)

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Here I Am: Using Jewish Spiritual Wisdom to Become More Present, Centered, and Available for Life
Here I Am: Using Jewish Spiritual Wisdom to Become More Present, Centered, and Available for Life
by Leonard Felder
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During stressful times, it’s easy to get caught up in feeling anxious, tense, foggy, and overloaded. Here, a popular psychologist shares easy-to-use techniques for managing and rebalancing these emotions and helps you to find your calm, strong... (read more)

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Norman Podhoretz: A Biography
Norman Podhoretz: A Biography
by Thomas L Jeffers
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This is the first biography of the Jewish-American intellectual Norman Podhoretz, longtime editor of the influential magazine Commentary. As both an editor and a writer, he spearheaded the countercultural revolution of the 1960s and after he broke ranks... (read more)

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Ecstatic Kabbalah with CD (Audio)
Ecstatic Kabbalah with CD (Audio)
by David A Cooper
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Kabbalah--the secret is out From Madonna's controversial conversion to the Dalai Lama's acknowledgment and support, this mystical tradition is gaining unprecedented recognition. But how do we put this powerful and esoteric worldview into practice? With... (read more)

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Sacred Treasure-The Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic
Sacred Treasure-The Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic
by Rabbi Mark Glickman
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In 1897, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, and there found the largest treasure trove of medieval and early manuscripts ever discovered. He had entered the synagogue's... (read more)

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Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance
Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance
by Michael Goldfarb
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The first popular history of the Emancipation of Europes Jews in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—a transformation that was startling to those who lived through it and continues to affect the world today. Freed from their ghettos, Jews... (read more)

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Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor Camp
Remembering Survival: Inside a Nazi Slave-Labor Camp
by Christopher R Browning
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In 1972 the Hamburg State Court acquitted Walter Becker, the German chief of police in the Polish city of Starachowice, of war crimes committed against Jews. Thirty years before, Becker had been responsible for liquidating the nearby Jewish ghetto... (read more)

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Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941-1946
Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story of Survival, 1941-1946
by Greg Dawson
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Zhanna, a young Jewish girl from Ukraine, also happens to be a gifted piano prodigy and is giving concerts by the age of six. When disaster strikes her hometown and her family is condemned to exile and execution, Zhanna manages to escape the famed Nazi... (read more)

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The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans
The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans
by Mark Jacobson
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Few growing up in the aftermath of World War II will ever forget the horrifying reports that Nazi concentration camp doctors had removed the skin of prison ers to make common, everyday lampshades. In The Lampshade, bestselling journalist Mark Jacobson... (read more)

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