I Rest My Case
by Mark Verstandig
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Mark Verstandig's compelling epic spans pre-Holocaust Jewish culture in Eastern Europe and its post-war reformation in Australia. His personal story interweaves the vast forces of politics and history with intimate details of the shtetl--from the pre...
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Emma Lazarus (Jewish Encounters)
by Esther Schor
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This is the pioneering biography of the iconoclastic 19th century poet and activist whose verse gave a voice to the Statue of Liberty, but whose extraordinary life has remained a mystery until now....
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Unsettled an Anthropology of the Jews
by Melvin Konner
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Far reaching, intellectually rich, and passionately written, Unsettled takes the whole history of Western civilization as its canvas and places onto it the Jewish people and faith. With historical insight and vivid storytelling, renowned anthropologist...
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Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
by Lawrence Kushner
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A leading scholar of Jewish spirituality and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright--study partners of long standing--offer a unique exploration of the meaning of the Bible in today's world....
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Using and Abusing the Holocaust (Jewish Literature and Culture)
by Lawrence L Langer
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Examines a range of important issues in the study of Holocaust history, literature, and...
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The Jews of Rhode Island (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Lif)
by George M Goodwin
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A richly illustrated survey of the history and culture of Rhode Island Jews....
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The Girl from Foreign: A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Forgotten Histories, and a Sense of Home
by Sadia Shepard
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In this beautifully crafted memoir, a young Muslim-Christian woman travels to an insular Jewish community in India to unlock her family's secret history Sadia Shepard grew up in a happily complicated family just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, her...
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Mindful Jewish Living: Compassionate Practice
by Jonathan Slater
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In this popular introduction to Jewish mindfulness practice, Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater examines Jewish sources and applies their teachings to the practices of mindfulness and meditation. Drawing from Hasidic texts as well as liturgical, talmudic, and...
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
by Hannah Arendt
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Hannah Arendt's authoritative report on the trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann includes further factual material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript directly addressing the controversy that arose over her account....
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Kabbalah & Criticism Paper #0001: Kabbalah and Criticism
by Harold Bloom
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While Bloom is appreciated for his originality, range and clarity, less notice has been taken of the remarkable unity that is displayed in his writings from the earlier studies on Shelley, Blake and Romanticism, up to A Map of Misreading. That unity is...
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What Time and Sadness Spared: Mother and Son Confront the Holocaust
by Roma Nutki Ben Atar
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Not an ordinary memoir, this book is a joint project undertaken by a holocaust survivor, who recalls her Nazi-era experiences, and her historian son, who brings an awareness of the tricks and difficulties presented by historical narrative and memory....
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The Invisible Voice: Meditations on Jewish Themes
by George Konrad
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Written over the last two decades, the essays in this collection speak to what it means to be Jewish-historically, theologically, ideologically, philosophically-within the context of the Holocaust and the disintegration of Communism. George Konrad, a...
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Shush! Growing Up Jewish Under Stalin: A Memoir
by Emil Draitser
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Many years after making his way to America from Odessa in Soviet Ukraine, Emil Draitser made a startling discovery: every time he uttered the word Jewish--even in casual conversation--he lowered his voice. This behavior was a natural by-product, he...
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