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Synagogues Without Jews: And the Communities that Built and Used Them

Ben-Zion Dorfman, Rivka DorfmanPublisher: JPSA National Jewish Book Award WinnerIn the face of claims that synagogues no longer remain in the smaller cities and towns of central, eastern, and southern Europe, the authors went in search of these lost synagogues and found the remains and often, to their delight, magnificent renovations. Through words and over 300 exquisite color photographs, the ...

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Sun Will Rise, The

Miriam DanskyPublisher: ArtscrollThe Germans are at hand, and in Poland, a teen-age boy hides in an attic. Someone locks the door and he is trapped inside.A young girl in Hungary keeps a diary as the horrors begin to close in on her, and when she is deported to Auschwitz, she hides it in a chimney.They both survive — somehow — ...

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Studies in Modern Jewish Literature

Arnold J. BandPublisher: JPSThis outstanding volume of 26 essays represents a cross-section of the writings of Arnold Band on Jewish literature. Band, a renowned Jewish studies and humanities scholar, writes on such topics as: literature in historic context, interpretations of Hasidic tales and other traditional texts, Zionism, S.Y. Agnon and other important Israeli writers, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Jewish studies, ...

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Straight into Darkness

Faye KellermanPublisher: WarnerIn 1920s Munich, the body of Anna Gross, a young society wife, has been found in the English Gardens, still clothed in finery. Soon a second body is discovered, also a woman of high society. When a third body is found, homicide detective Axel Berg realizes he’s dealing with unprecedented evil. Is the murderer politically motivated? Is he ...

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Stories Within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition

Peninnah Schram, Howard D. SchwartzPublisher: Jason AronsonGifted and highly acclaimed storyteller Peninnah Schram contributes to the ever-growing library of Jewish folklore collections, thus actively helping to restore the rich treasures of Jewish oral tradition in our contemporary world.The stories presented in Peninnah Schram’s highly anticipated Stories within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition are drawn primarily from talmudic and midrashic ...

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Stories Straight from Mommy’s Heart

Rabbi Chaim Walder, Ahuva RaananPublisher: FeldheimSometimes Mommy worries,and sometimes Mommy is emotional,Sometimes Mommy feels sad,and sometimes Mommy feels satisfied.When Avi doesn’t listen to her she feels angry,and when he calms Tammy she feels happy.When something hurts Avi Mommy is sympathetic,when Avi fights with Tammy Mommy may feel disappointedbut Mommy always, always loves.The most significant influence on the development of a ...

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Step Up to the Plate

By: Rabbi Yisroel RollBaseball.Judaism.What’s the connection?In this inspiring and entertaining read, renowned author, popular rabbi, and psychotherapist Rabbi Yisroel Roll shows us how to use life lessons from America’s favorite game to win the game of life.As our national pastime, baseball evokes lots of passion. But it also teaches us about life – about taking charge, about winning and losing, ...

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Starving to Live

Rabbi Dovid GoldwasserPublisher: Judaica Press“There is the pressure. You feel-am I worth something only if I’m thin?”“Once you’re already in the disorder, then you don’t know what’s going on, and you don’t know who you are.”“You’re trapped… You’re very trapped…”“They don’t seem to comprehend how big the fear of gaining weight is.”These are the voices of those in the midst ...

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Spice and Spirit: The Complete Kosher Jewish Cookbook

Esther Blau, Tzirrel Deitsch, Cherna LightPublisher: BlochSPICE AND SPIRIT the complete kosher Jewish cookbook is a completely revised edition of that best selling book, containing more than 900 recipes, including traditional, natural, gourmet, and international cooking styles, all in a more convenient size with improved design, new illustrations, and a thorough index. The sections have been rewritten to appeal to ...

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Spice And Spirit Kosher for Passover Cookbook

Lubavich Woman’s OrganizationPublisher: Lubavich Woman’s OrganizationKeeping kosher and celebrating the Jewish holidays are given an added, joyful dimension, with practical guidelines interwoven with spiritual insights into many aspects of Jewish life and observance. Recipes range from traditional favorites such as blintzes and chicken soup to Szechuan chicken, aduki-squash soup and many other international, gourmet, and natural specialties. All in a ...

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Spice and Spirit

The Complete Kosher Jewish CookbookIn addition to over 800 recipes, this newly-revised and award-winning cookbook provides important information on the practical observance of Jewish life. The comprehensive yet clearly presented sections on kashrut, Shabbat, and the Jewish festivals provide an enriching dimension to the preparation of kosher dishes throughout the year: challah and bread, dairy dishes, soups and accompaniments, pareve ...

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Soncino Midrash Rabbah CD ROM

Windows or MacThe complete text of the Midrash Rabbah in Hebrew and English.The Midrash Rabbah contains homiletical, ethical, and moral interpretations of the Bible, as expounded by the rabbis during Talmudic times. The Soncino translation of the Midrash Rabbah is renowned as the most scholarly, authoritative, yet easy-to-read translation available. Since the Tanach is included on this CD, when the ...

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