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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal Publisher Comments An Economist Book of the Year Costa Book Award Winner for Biography Galaxy National Book Award Winner (New Writer of the Year Award) Edmund de Waal is a world-famous ceramicist. Having spent thirty... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Writing a Modern Jewish History: Essays in Honor of Salo W. Baron by Salo Wittmaye Baron Publisher Comments 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 (18951989), a preeminent scholar who revolutionized the study of Jewish history... (read more) List Price $40.25 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity by Primo Levi Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman Publisher Comments In the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's andlt;Iandgt;Infidel andlt;/Iandgt;and Carolyn Jessop's andlt;Iandgt;Escape, Unorthodox andlt;/Iandgt;is a captivating story about a young woman determined to live her own life at any cost. andlt;BRandgt;andlt... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Kabbalah Reader: A Sourcebook of Visionary Judaism by Edward Hoffman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza by Adina Hoffman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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I and Thou by Martin Buber Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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King of the Jews Arnold Rothstein by Nick Tosches Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.95 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter Publisher Comments Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Hebrew Bible as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. In this landmark work, Alter's masterly translation and probing commentary combine... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Every Day, Holy Day: 365 Days of Teachings and Practices from the Jewish Tradition of Mussar by Alan Morinis Publisher Comments The myriad events and interactions that make up our everyday life provide a rich opportunity for us to examine our impulses and actions and grow spiritually, according to the Jewish practice of Mussar. Mussar is an eminently wise, practical, and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Wisdom of Maimonides: The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage by Edward Hoffman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Here I Am: Using Jewish Spiritual Wisdom to Become More Present, Centered, and Available for Life by Leonard Felder Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans by Mark Jacobson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $22.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families by Anita Diamant Publisher Comments Living a Jewish Life describes Judaism as not just a contemplative or abstract system of thought but as a blueprint for living fully and honorably. This new edition builds on the classic guide, which has been a favorite among Jewish educators and... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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What Do Zionists Believe? (What Do We Believe?) by Colin Shindler Publisher Comments Zionism was a movement of national liberation. It sought to establish a permanent home for the Jewish people where they could attain political independence and instigate a national renaissance. Some Zionists were inspired by a vision of religious... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Norman Podhoretz: A Biography by Thomas L Jeffers Publisher Comments 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) List Price $37.99 Your price: $12.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Sacred Treasure-The Cairo Genizah: The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic by Rabbi Mark Glickman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $24.99 Your price: $16.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Ethical Writings of Maimonides by Moses Maimonides Publisher Comments Here are the most significant ethical writings of the 12th-century philosopher, physician, and master of rabbinical literature translated from the original sources by noted Maimonides scholars. Includes the first English versions of "Eight... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Temple Bombing by Melissa Fay Greene Publisher Comments At 3:37 in the morning of Sunday, October 12, 1958, a bundle of dynamite blew out the side wall of the Temple, Atlanta's oldest and richest synagogue. The devastation to the building was vast-but even greater were the changes those 50 sticks of dynamite... (read more) List Price $19.75 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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