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  • Masks of the Prophet

    The Theatrical World of Karl Kraus

    by Karl GRIMSTAD ...
    Series series Heritage
    'When the name "Hitler" is mentioned, nothing occurs to me' – so said Karl Kraus. For this leading Viennese Jewish critic and intellectual the touchstone of art was ethics. How could he be speechless in the face of a threat to all that ethics means?To answer this question, the author makes a detailed chronological study of Kraus's intellectual activity as reflected in his work on the theatre. The ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

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    Story of a People

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    A vivid and eminently readable story of Jewish history covering 4,000 years, and including extensive illustrations and historical photographsHoward Fast, the bestselling author of Spartacus, tells the sweeping story of the Jewish people and Judaism over four millennia, from their nomadic beginnings and the rise of Moses, to the kings David and Solomon, through the Diaspora and the unthinkable ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jewish Jocks

    An Unorthodox Hall of Fame

    Edited by Franklin Foer, Marc Tracy ...
    A collection of essays by today's preeminent writers on significant Jewish figures in sports, told with humor, heart, and an eye toward the ever elusive question of Jewish identity.Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame is a timeless collection of biographical musings, sociological riffs about assimilation, first-person reflections, and, above all, great writing on some of the most influential ... Read more

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  • LIFE Anne Frank: The Diary at 70

    Her Life and Her Legacy

    by The Editors of LIFE ...
    In 1942, a young girl named Anne Frank was given a diary as a 13th birthday present. In it, she recorded her thoughts and experiences as her family-German Jews living in Amsterdam-went into hiding to attempt to escape the Nazi regime. They were finally found out and did not survive to the end of the war, but the subsequent publication of Anne's moving, mature and often beautiful diary made her ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Raise a Jewish Child

    A Practical Handbook for Family Life

    by Anita Diamant, Karen Kushner ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Red Tent—a classic parenting bookthat combines insights from Jewish tradition with contemporary thinking about how children learn and grow.In this updated edition, you will discover the practices, customs, and values that go into creating a Jewish home and raising joyful children within the rich traditions of Judaism. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Brooklyn Boy (TCG Edition)

    by Donald Margulies ...
    “A terrific production . . . American playwright Donald Margulies’ self-reflective, dream reverie comedy drama Brooklyn Boy is tough, insightful, bittersweet, funny and ultimately wise.”—The Hollywood Reporter“Those who know Margulies’ plays will find his familiar themes here: the inevitable transformations wrought by aging, the complex hands linking parents and children, the uneasy dance between ... Read more

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  • In Fragile Moments / The Last Time

    by Zsuzsanna Fischer Spiro, Eva Shainblum ...
    Series series The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
    Born two hundred kilometres away from each other and two years apart, Zsuzsanna Fischer and Eva Steinberger are both thrown into chaos when Germany occupies Hungary and destroys their peaceful childhoods. In the spring of 1944, as Zsuzsanna and Eva are sent into ghettos and then to Auschwitz, they each take refuge in the one constant in their lives – their older sisters. While Zsuzsanna ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism

    by Ami Pedahzur ...
    Series series Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare
    While Mossad is known as one of the world's most successful terrorist-fighting organizations, the state of Israel has, more than once and on many levels, risked the lives of its agents and soldiers through unwise intelligence-based intervention. The elimination of Palestinian leaders and militants has not decreased the incidence of Palestinian terrorism, for example. In fact, these incidents have ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Antisemitism Explained

    by Steven K. Baum ...
    "Beneath the surface [of our society]," writes historian Robert Wistrich, are "ancient myths, dark hatreds, and irrational fantasies [that] continue to nourish antisemitism." But the larger question has to do with why we are so prone to believe them. To that end, Steven K. Baum has an answer. In this book, Baum carefully guides the reader through the social mind and explains how the formation of ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • Joe Salsberg

    A Life of Commitment

    by Gerald Tulchinsky ...
    This book follows the life and intellectual journey of Joseph Baruch Salsberg, a Polish-Jewish immigrant who became a major figure of the Ontario Left, a leading voice for human rights in the Ontario legislature, and an important journalist in the Jewish community. His life trajectory mirrored many of the most significant transformations in Canadian political and social life in the twentieth ... Read more

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  • Jewish Magic and Superstition

    A Study in Folk Religion

    by Joshua Trachtenberg, Moshe Idel ...
    Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from the religion. According to Joshua Trachtenberg, it is not possible truly to understand the ... Read more

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  • Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China

    Tragedy and Splendor

    by Matthias Messmer ...
    Jewish Wayfarers in Modern China focuses on the many extraordinary contacts between East and West in China during the 20th century. Through a collection of short biographies situated in the context of Chinese and Western history, it offers a panoramic view of China as experienced by many different persons of Jewish origins during their sojourn in the Middle Kingdom. The book offers a journey ... Read more

    $47.79 USD