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Thomas Cahill, author of the bestselling How
the Irish Saved Civilization, continues his Hinges of
History series with The Gifts of the Jews, a light-handed,
popular account of ancient Jewish culture, the culture of the
Bible. The book is written from a decidedly modern point of
view. Cahill notes,... Read more
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Washington Post Book World, Jonathan Groner
Suberman, like many memoirists, goes wrong in assuming that
the reader cares about the daily details of her family life--the
visits of some aunts from New York, for example, or various
sententious dinner-table conversations. The Jew Store,
however, still represents a significant chapter in our... Read more
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Eishyshok, in Lithuania, was for nine centuries a center of
Jewish life in Eastern Europe, where Jews lived "under all the
various governments that had fought for control of it: Lithuanian,
Polish, German, Russian, and Soviet." But as a result of the
Holocaust, writes Eishyshok native Yaffa Eliach... Read more
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In the first decades following World War II, Americans rarely
discussed the Holocaust. Now, remembering the Holocaust has
become a fundamental part of Jewish identity; gentiles, too,
view the Holocaust as a touchstone of moral solemnity. In The
Holocaust and American Life, Peter Novick asks why, and...
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Paul Johnson says that writing A History of the Jews
was like writing a history of the world "seen from the viewpoint
of a learned and intelligent victim." Johnson's history begins
with the Bible and ends with the establishment of the State
of Israel. Throughout, Johnson's history is driven by a... Read more
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In a work that is as authoritative as it is explosive, Goldhagen
forces us to revisit and reconsider our understanding of the
Holocaust and its perpetrators, demanding a fundamental revision
in our thinking of the years between 1933-1945. Drawing principally
on materials either unexplored or... Read more
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Cultural historian Peter Gay (The
Bourgeois Experience: Victoria to Freud, Freud:
A Life for Our Time) applies his considerable analytic
skills to his memoir of his early years as a Jew in 1930s Berlin.
Light-haired, blue-eyed, and culturally assimilated, the Frohlich
family, as they were then... Read more
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When we think gangster, hood, or wiseguy, we often associate
these characters with such names as Capone, Luciano, or even
Corleone. However, when organized crime reared its ugly head
in the late 1920s in Brooklyn, at the foundation were men like
Meyer Lansky and Ben Siegel--both Jews. Rich Cohen's... Read more
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When we think gangster, hood, or wiseguy, we often associate
these characters with such names as Capone, Luciano, or even
Corleone. However, when organized crime reared its ugly head
in the late 1920s in Brooklyn, at the foundation were men like
Meyer Lansky and Ben Siegel--both Jews. Rich Cohen's... Read more
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Written for the educated, skeptical, searching Jew, and for
the non-Jew who wants to understand the meaning of Judaism,
this thought-provoking book has become a widely-read introduction
to the oldest living religion, consisely and engagingly presenting
Judaism as the rational, moral alternative for... Read more
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from Los Angeles, California , May 7, 1999 A fine comprehensive history of Biblical times
The value of this volume is threefold, and all are noteworthy.
First, Josephus' account of the historical events and people
in Judea during the 1st century A.D. has no peer. Josephus'
facts are the most reliable from any secular historian during
that period.
Second, Josephus' histories corroborate... Read more
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A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this
vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted
Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945.
Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th
birthday, just weeks before she and her family went... Read more
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Amazon.com A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People, edited by Eli
Barnavi, is one of those rare books that can literally make
a reader gasp with delight and horror. It may even be the best
one-volume history of Judaism in print. Beginning with "The
Migrations of the Patriarchs," and continuing to the present...
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from Crystal Lake, Illinois , September 7, 1999 Good reference source
A well written and easily searchable reference source of the
"whys" of Judaism. Explains traditions connected with holidays
and major life events (weddings, births, funerals) clearly and
concisely. The book has a serious tone, and the reader can expect
a serious treatment of the subjects... Read more
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The acclaimed book that spans centuries and circles the globe
to tell the astounding 4,000-year story of the Jewish people
and their triumphant contributions to the history of Asia, Europe,
and America. First published 30 years ago, this million-copy
seller has been updated and broadened to explore... Read more
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Pillage is one of the traditional perks of warfare. But it took
Adolf Hitler to systematize the decimation and despoiling of
cultures, and it took Hector Feliciano seven years to track
five famous art collections stolen by the Nazis. He uncovered
not only Nazi schemes but also a well-oiled machine... Read more
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The writings of Josephus - the first century Jewish historian
- are indispensible to a proper understanding of Jewish thought,
background and history up to and around the time of Christ.
His complete works are presented in this updated version. Read more
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Why would a comfortably affluent, well-educated, secular Jew
seek out the rigorous discipline of traditional Jewish observance?
This is the intriguing question behind not just David Klinghoffer's
personal story, but the growing movement of Jewish ba'alei
teshuvah. In recent decades, tens of... Read more
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For every Talmudic scholar there are 10 well-intended
souls who can't scan a page of Genesis without snoring. But
thanks to Stan Mack, the history of the Jews is accessible to
anyone who's ever succeeded in reading the comics. With humor,
biblical quotes, cartoon sketches, historical accuracy, and...
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A hugely controversial work, The Secret War Against the Jews
uses thousands of previously top-secret documents and interviews
with hundreds of current and former spies to present a compelling
narrative claiming that many Western countries--who profess
to be allies--have willfully spied on Israel... Read more
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From
Kirkus Reviews , December 1, 1998
paper 0-8135-2590-X How Jews came, during the last three decades,
to be viewed, by themselves and others, as white (having previously
been considered not quite white) is the focus of this equally
interesting and flawed study. By white anthropologist Brodkin
(Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles; Caring by... Read more
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Renowned defense expert Martin Van Creveld (author of Command
in War) offers a comprehensive 20th-century military
history of Israel, starting in 1907 with the organization of
Jewish settler groups and concluding with the modern day. Much
of the focus is on the Israeli Defense Force's glory years,...
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Description
For 5,758 years, the Jewish people and their culture survived
and prospered, despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles such
as the Egyptian enslavement, the destruction of the two temples
in Jerusalem, the Spanish Inquisition, Russian pogroms, the
Nazi Holocaust, and continued anti-Semitism today.... Read more
The publisher, Gefen
Publishing House, e-mail: [email protected] , September
5, 1996 Even real gangsters enjoy reading this book.
At the American Librarian's Association Convention in July
1996, the NY State Prison librarian approached our booth and
asked to purchase another copy of the book. When asked why
he needed a second book for his library he replied: "Two days
after the book arrived it was stolen off the... Read more
