Jewish Lights Publishing, October 2001. Trade Paperback. Discover how to make virtually any moment in your day a significant part of a meaningful Jewish life. As we have discovered, and as our sages have long known, there is no experience in the life of a Jew that cannot be marked..... 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
W W Norton & Co Inc, January 2002. Hardcover. History is preserved in the memories of the survivors of the Holocaust and the imaginations of their children, the so-called second generation. This collection of writings considers the heritage of the descendants of those who faced the horrific lie that adorned..... More
Blackwell Pub, March 1987. Hardcover. More
Blackwell Publishers, March 1991. Hardcover. More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, September 1989. Hardcover. Polin' is a leading forum for authoritative historical and cultural material on Polish and East European Jewry. Each volume contains articles representing original research, often including previously unpublished documents. Each issue also features an extensive..... More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, September 1990. Hardcover. Polin' is a leading forum for authoritative historical and cultural material on Polish and East European Jewry. Each volume contains articles representing original research, often including previously unpublished documents. Each issue also features an extensive..... More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, January 1991. Hardcover. Now in its sixth year of publication, Polin is rapidly emerging as a leading forum for authoritative historical and cultural material on Polish and east European Jewry. Each volume contains articles representing original research, often..... More
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press, September 1992. Hardcover. Published in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, this volume has a special section with memoirs and other material dealing with aspects of Jewish life in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Topics covered..... 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
Shanti Sadan, January 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 2nd edition. Octavo in tattered, scarred DJ with foxing/darkening to verso. Front flap clipped. Blue faux leather with stamped gold foil lettering along spine and centered on front panel. Scattered through text, underlining and side notes, mostly in pencil. An uncommon title. [269 pages]..... More
Random House Inc, February 1998. Hardcover. How does one live after surviving injustice? What satisfaction comes from revenge? Can the past ever be left behind? Masterfully composed and imbued with extraordinary feeling and understanding, "The Iron Tracks" is a riveting tale of survival and revenge by the writer whom Irving..... More
Schocken Books, January 1966. Paper Back. Octavo. Heavy wear. Surfaces scratches, creasing and edgewear to cover. Spine is faded, slightly cocked and foxed. Darkened/foxed textblock edges. Damp staining lower corner of textblock. Decent reading copy. No underlining. No notes. Etc. 164 pages. More
Newman Press, January 1968. Reprint. Cloth. Octavo. In mildly edgeworn DJ with darkened spine and one inch tear top edge of rear jacket panel. Boysenberry cloth with gold lettering on spine. Stamped in red ink: 'Library Glenn Dorris' front and rear free end pages.Dust stained top edge. Mild darkening at..... More
Ktav Publishing House, May 1999. Hardcover. Speaking to her daughters as they will be in ten years or so, Sally Berkovic writes that "the moment that Avigayil, my first born, was delivered, I had a profound religious experience. I realized that feminist theologians who claim God is a woman are..... More
Counterpoint LLC, January 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. The Invisible Wall is one man's quest to understand the failure of the German-Jewish relationship and to explain the character and attitudes of Germany's assimilated Jews over a three-hundred-year period. Juxtaposing the broad picture of history and politics in Germany against the stories..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, June 1970. Trade Paperback. 100 years after its original publication, Martin Buber's landmark work of philosophy and theology I and Thou remains one of the most important books of Western thought and a seminal work of 20th-century intellectual history. Considered to be one of the most influential..... 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
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
Nan A. Talese, March 1998. Hardcover. Taking us first to Sumer in the third millennium, Cahill explores a civilization in which life is seen -- as it was in all ancient societies -- as part of an endless cycle of birth and death: time perceived as a wheel, spinning ceaselessly..... More
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, January 1991. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket Very Good w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy. More
Scribner, August 1986. Trade Paperback. Describes the celebrations and rituals of a traditional Jewish wedding, offers advice on planning a wedding and reception, and discusses married life and divorce. More
Johns Hopkins University Press, May 1995. Trade Paperback. Volume II: A Time for Gathering. Between 1820 and 1880, European Jews arrived in the United States in ever greater numbers. While later Jewish immigrants would criticize their "rush" to assimilation, the Jews of this period created the institutions that continue to..... More
Grand Central Publishing, October 2007. Hardcover. A riveting scientific detective story crossed with a provocative and controversial re-examination of the meaning of race, ethnicity, and religion. Could our sense of who we are really turn on a sliver of DNA? In our multiethnic world, questions of individual identity are becoming..... More
