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A Tzaddik in Our Time : The Life of Rabbi Aryeh Levin ~ by Simcha
Raz
A Tzaddik in Our Times is a biography of of a man that few people outside
the Jewish world, are aware of, but should. Reb Aryeh Levin, a man in whom
goodness and humanity is manifested, a hero and a model of human
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America and I : Short Stories by American Jewish Women Writers ~
Joyce Antler (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1991
Encompassing five generations of Jewish women writers, here is a vibrant
chronicle of the female tradition in 20th-century American Jewish
literature, featuring some of this century's finest short story writers. |
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Dubins Lives (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) - Bernard
Malamud / Paperback / Published 1994
Malamud here
introduces us to William Dubin, a popular biographer in his late 50s whose
life and work are in a serious slump.
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The ancient Israelites, like all our ancestors, depended
on nature for their daily livelihood. Rain and crops determined their fate
Nature was an integral part of their lives and of their faith.
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Jewish Music : Its History, People, and Song ~ Ronald H. Isaacs /
Paperback / Published 1997 -Jason Aronson Publishing |
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Why the Jews? : The Reason for Antisemitism ~ Dennis Prager,
Joseph Telushkin /Paperback/ Published 1985
The book goes well beyond what is commonly said and written about
Anti-Semitism. The authors do an excellent job explaining the root cause
of hatred against Jews in a way that both Jews and Non-Jews can digest |
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Words That
Hurt Words That Heal : How to Choose Words Wisely and Well - Joseph Telushkin / Hardcover / Published 1996
An ethical self-help book for all of us who belittle lies, slander, and
gossip as ``only words.'' According to Telushkin, a rabbi and popularizer of
Jewish lore (Jewish Wisdom, 1994, etc.), it is easier to give up alcohol
than to abandon our daily diet of verbal cruelties. |
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