Toby Press, September 2007. Trade Paperback. Written around the time of the Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament, these texts reveal the ambiguities and conflicts encountered by Jews of that period. More
Thames & Hudson, March 2016. Hardcover. This exquisitely produced facsimile of the "Brother" Haggadah is accompanied by an introduction by medieval scholar professor Marc Michael Epstein focusing on the historical background of the Passover and iconographic scheme of the manuscript; an essay on its provenance by Ilana Tahan, head of... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, January 1935. Hardcover. More
Behrman House, June 1976. Trade Paperback. More
Bantam USA, January 1979. Mass Market PaperBack. More
State University of New York Press, September 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. By creating a dialogue between Israeli and American Jewish authors, scholars, and intellectuals, this book examines how these two literatures, which traditionally do not address one another directly, nevertheless share some commonalities and affinities. The disinclination of Israeli and... More
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, October 1996. Oversize Softcover. More
Urj Press, September 1995. Trade Paperback. This compilation of essays from some of today's most prominent thinkers pays tribute to one of North America's great Jewish leaders. Reflecting the issues and concerns that marked Rabbi Schindler's career as a preeminent educator and leader, this volume is ideal for adult study. More
NYU Press, September 1992. Trade Paperback. Over ten years ago, Benjamin Fain, a physicist now living in Tel Aviv, attempted to hold a conference on Jewish culture in Moscow, an effort that was foiled by the KGB. Many of the participants were eventually able to flee, most emigrating to Israel... More
Paulist Pr, September 1990. Trade Paperback. A powerful collection of reflections on the Holocaust which examines spiritual, political, and moral meanings of the Holocaust from a striking variety of philosophical, theoretical and personal perspectives. More
David R. Godine Publisher, December 1995. Trade Paperback. Examines from a Jewish point of view such topics as love, sex, marriage, business ethics, health and medicine, the environment, faith, birth control, civil disobedience, scholarship, and death. More
Chronicle Books, June 1996. Hardcover. All the color, vibrancy, and humor of Yiddish is captured in this delightfully illustrated treasury of over 100 folk sayings in both English and Yiddish. From the sublime (Man thinks and God laughs/"A mentsh tracht un Got lacht") to the practical (When you look to... More
Dover Publications, June 1979. Trade Paperback. "No American fiction of the year merits recognition more than this Russian's stories of Yiddish life. ... [Mr. Cahan] is a humorist, and his humor does not spare the sordid and uncouth aspects of the character whose pathos he so tenderly reveals." -- William... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 1997. Trade Paperback. Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most revered religious leaders of the 20th century, and God in Search of Man and its companion volume, Man Is Not Alone, two of his most important books, are classics of modern Jewish theology. God... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 1997. Trade Paperback. Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most revered religious leaders of the 20th century, and God in Search of Man and its companion volume, Man Is Not Alone, two of his most important books, are classics of modern Jewish theology. God... More
Crossroad Publishing Company, September 1983. Trade Paperback. Rabbi Samuel H. Dresner introduces his collection of the aphorisms and spiritual wisdom of Abraham Joshua Heschel. Drawing upon virtually all of Heschel's published work, Rabbi Dresner has an unerring eye for the heart of the matter: brief, gemlike statements that have both... More
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May 1997. Trade Paperback. More
Farrar Straus Giroux, January 1975. Trade Paperback. Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication--and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this... More
W. W. Norton & Company, September 1996. Trade Paperback. For the past fifty years the Iron Curtain and the Cold War have prevented the truth from being told about one of the most enduring mysteries of the twentieth century: how, exactly, Adolf Hitler died on April 30, 1945, and what... More
Basic Books, July 1986. Trade Paperback. More
Basic Books, February 1984. Paper Back. The first book to capture the flavor and spirit of the Talmud as a human document and to summarize its main principles as an expression of divine law. More
Grove Pr, September 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. Light water stain on the back of the jacket. More
Schocken, January 1998. Trade Paperback. The year is 1937. On a remote hilltop some distance from Vienna stands a hotel called The Retreat. Founded by a man who is determined to cleanse himself and his guests of all "Jewish traits," it is a resort of assimilation, with daily activities that... More
Schocken, January 1998. Trade Paperback. In turn of the century Eastern Europe, a brother and sister have been chosen to guard an ancient cemetery of Jewish martyrs situated on an isolated mountain. The endless snows protect them from the pogroms and plagues that rage in the world below, but that... More
David R Godine, April 2009. Paper Back. Badenheim 1939 owes everything to its author's astonishing capacity to recreate the energies and confusions of innocent and uncomprehending victims who, always loyal to civility and social graces, fail to even dimly see the cruel terms of their imminent fate. More
