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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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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
by Edmund de Waal
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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)

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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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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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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots
by Deborah Feldman
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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)

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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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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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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 Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary
The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary
by Robert Alter
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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)

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Every Day, Holy Day: 365 Days of Teachings and Practices from the Jewish Tradition of Mussar
Every Day, Holy Day: 365 Days of Teachings and Practices from the Jewish Tradition of Mussar
by Alan Morinis
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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)

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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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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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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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Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families
Living a Jewish Life: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families
by Anita Diamant
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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)

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What Do Zionists Believe? (What Do We Believe?)
What Do Zionists Believe? (What Do We Believe?)
by Colin Shindler
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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)

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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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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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Ethical Writings of Maimonides
Ethical Writings of Maimonides
by Moses Maimonides
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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)

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The Temple Bombing
The Temple Bombing
by Melissa Fay Greene
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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)

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