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by Dan Cohn Sherbok  Publisher Comments This concise encyclopedia features a complete historical survey of Judaism, covering figures from Cain to Chagall, topics from fasting to euthanasia, and locations from the Garden of Eden to the Wailing Wall.... (read more)  List Price $16.95 Your price $4.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Jack Canfield Publisher Comments In deference to its cure-all effects, chicken soup is warmly referred to as Jewish penicillin. It is not merely the delicious golden elixir itself, but, perhaps even more so, the love that is stirred into every potful that produces these miraculous... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Melissa Muller Publisher Comments With an Epilogue by Miep Giess The first biography of the girl whose fate has touched the lives of millions. For people all over the world, Anne Frank, the vivacious, intelligent Jewish girl with a crooked smile and huge dark eyes, has become the "human... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $4.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by David Bankier Publisher Comments When and how did the Allies find out about the Holocaust, and what were the intelligence sources that delivered the information? This fundamental collection of research studies digs deeply into that sensitive topic and sheds new light on the reali-ties... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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 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 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 Schmuley Boteach Publisher Comments The outspoken author of the best-selling "Kosher Sex" turns his energy and erudition to the core teachings of Judaism itself, presenting the Jewish faith as a source of inspiration and meaning to people of all religions.... (read more) List Price $18.50 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Adam Sutcliffe Publisher Comments Investigates the philosophical and political significance of Judaism in seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe.... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Donald M Mckale Publisher Comments Examines the entire history of Hitler's racial war, including the murderous role of the Wehrmacht in the extermination of Jews; Jewish resistance; and the role of German citizens as both enablers and witnesses.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Diane Wolkstein Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-350) and index.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $10.50 (Used - Hardcover) 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 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 $60.00 Your price $12.50 (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 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 $14.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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