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by Tania Grossinger  Publisher Comments '\"To be devoured in one non-stop gulp...fascinating reading.\"—The New York Post From 1919 to 1986, Grossinger\'s Catskill Resort Hotel provided a summer retreat from the city heat for New York\'s Jews, and entertained the great, the near-great... (read more)  List Price $14.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Judith Abrams Publisher Comments The Talmud is filled with knowledge, inspiration, and insights that enrich all facets of Jewish life. Yet many are intimidated by the thought of studying its text, and their hesitancy prevents them from experiencing the wisdom of its words. In this new... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David S Ariel Synopsis In the wake of the renewed interest in Kabbalah comes David Ariel's Kabbalah The Mystic Quest in Judaism, a thoroughly updated edition of his classic best selling book, The Mystic Quest. Ariel beautifully presents the complex elements of Jewish mysticism'... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Pearl Oliner Publisher Comments Does religion encourage altruism on behalf of those who do not belong? Are the very religious more likely to be altruistic toward outsiders than those who are less religious? In this book Pearl M. Oliner examines data on Christian rescuers and... (read more) List Price $34.00 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by William Schiff Publisher Comments William & Rosalie is the gripping and heartfelt account of two Polish Jews who survive six different German slave and prison camps throughout the Holocaust. In 1941, newlyweds William and Rosalie Schiff are forcibly separated and sent on their individual... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jps Publisher Comments Regarded throughout the English-speaking world as the standard English translation of the Holy Scriptures, the JPS Tanakh has been acclaimed by scholars, rabbis, lay leaders, Jews, and Christians alike. The JPS Tanakh is an entirely original translation... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $20.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by H A Meek Synopsis Retells the history of Jewish communities through the architecture and decorative art associated with the synagogue. This book traces the history of the synagogue from its origins in Solomon's Temple to the classic simplicity of the modern synagogue.... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Sarah A Ogilvie Publisher Comments In May of 1939 the Cuban government turned away the Hamburg-America Line's MS St. Louis, which carried more than 900 hopeful Jewish refugees escaping Nazi Germany. The passengers subsequently sought safe haven in the United States, but were rejected once... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin Samuel Cohen Publisher Comments An inspiring and new translation of the Book of Psalms, featuring the Hebrew text with a fresh gender-neutral translation.... (read more) List Price $31.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Melanie Kaye Publisher Comments Diverse essays that affirm the depth of women's participation in Jewish life and give strength to feminist struggle in the Jewish community.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Eva Hoffman Publisher Comments As the Holocaust recedes in time, the guardianship of its legacy is being passed on from its survivors and witnesses to the next generation. How should they, in turn, convey its knowledge to others? What are the effects of a traumatic past on its... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Victor Klemperer Publisher Comments The publication of Victor Klemperer's secret diaries brings to light one of the most extraordinary documents of the Nazi period. "In its cool, lucid style and power of observation," said the New York Times, "it is the best-written, most evocative, most... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carol Meyers Publisher Comments Traditionally, many feminist scholars have looked to the Bible for clues to the sources of contemporary sexist attitudes; yet, the "biblical position" of women has been discussed only in light of the scriptural texts themselves. In an illuminating and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Biale Publisher Comments In three chronological sections -- Mediterranean Origins, Diversities of Diaspora, and Modem Encounters -- comprised of essays by twenty-three internationally renowned scholars, this landmark work considers many of the Jewish cultures that developed in... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $32.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jewish Publication S Publisher Comments The JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh features the oldest-known complete Hebrew version of the Holy Scriptures, side by side with JPS's renowned English translation. Its well-designed format allows for ease of reading and features clear type, an engaging and... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price $28.00 (Used - Flexible) check for new and sale copies
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by Stuart Eizenstat Publisher Comments U.S. foreign policy official Eizenstat tells how the Holocaust became a political and diplomatic battleground 50 years after the war's end, as the issues of dormant bank accounts, slave labor, confiscated property, looted art, and unpaid insurance... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $4.18 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sander L Gilman Book News Annotation Commencing with an account of the 1056 Crusades' attack against major Jewish communities in Germany, 100+ scholars conduct a chronological tour of Jewish contributions to German culture. Under the editorship of Gilman (U. of Chicago) and Zipes (U. of... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Eva Hoffman Publisher Comments Today the word shtetl (Yiddish for small town) summons only hazy associations: images of Chagall-like crooked streets and glowing Sabbath dinners on one hand, of pogroms and brutal Cossacks on the other. In the artful hands of Eva Hoffman, Shtetl brings... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Moshe (edt) Mykoff Publisher Comments A "little treasure" of aphorisms and advice for living joyously and spiritually today. Challenges and helps us to move from stress and sadness to hope and joy.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price $5.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin Gilbert Publisher Comments The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust Drawing from twenty-five years of original research, Sir Martin Gilbert re-creates the remarkable stories of non-Jews who risked their lives to help Jews during the Holocaust According to Jewish tradition, "Whoever... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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