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How I Stopped Being a Jew

by Shlomo Sand

Published: 2014-10-07

Hardcover: 112 pages

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Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that of a “secular Jew.” With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal...

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Just Say Nu: Yiddish for Every Occasion (When English Just Won't Do) (P.S.)

by Michael Wex

Published: 2008-09-09

Paperback: 336 pages

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In his New York Times bestseller, Born to Kvetch, author Michael Wex led readers on a hilariously edifying excursion through Yiddish culture and history. With Just Say Nu, he shows us how to use this remarkable language to spice up conversations, stories, presentations, arguments, and more...

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Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?

by Richard Cohen

Published: 2014-09-16

Kindle Edition: 289 pages

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A very personal journey through Jewish history (and Cohen’s own), and a passionate defense of Israel’s legitimacy.Richard Cohen’s book is part reportage, part memoir—an intimate journey through the history of Europe’s Jews, culminating in the establishment of Israel. A veteran, s...

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Murder, Inc.: The Story Of The Syndicate

by Burton B. Turkus, Sid Feder

Published: 2003-07-31

Paperback: 512 pages

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Before "The Sopranos," there was The Syndicate-a ruthless group of men guilty of committing a thousand murders in the late '30s and '40s. From the highest levels of the U.S. government to the lowest levels of street crime, the Syndicate infiltrated everything from gambling to politics. Her...

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Is It Good for the Jews?: The Crisis of America's Israel Lobby

by Stephen Schwartz

Published: 2006-09-19

Hardcover: 288 pages

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In 2005, two then-officials of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee were indicted for handing over classified information to a foreign power. That the power in question was assumed to be Israel brought fresh credibility to a conspiracy theory that had been floating around Washingto...

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Killing Hitler: The Plots, the Assassins, and the Dictator Who Cheated Death

by Roger Moorhouse

Published: 2006-03-28

Kindle Edition: 384 pages

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For the first time in one enthralling book, here is the incredible true story of the numerous attempts to assassinate Adolf Hitler and change the course of history.Disraeli once declared that “assassination never changed anything,” and yet the idea that World War II and the horrors of ...

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The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time

by Judith Shulevitz

Published: 2011-04-05

Paperback: 288 pages

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What is the Sabbath, anyway? The holy day of rest? The first effort to protect the rights of workers? A smart way to manage stress in a world in which computers never get turned off and work never comes to an end? Or simply an oppressive, outmoded rite? In The Sabbath World, Judith Shulevi...

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Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism

by Howard Schwartz

Published: 2007-08-24

Paperback: 704 pages

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The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Drawing from the Bible, the Pseudepigrapha, the Talmud and Midrash, the kabbalistic literature, medieval folklore, Hasidic texts, and oral lore col...

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The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: Hermann Göring, Dr. Douglas M. Kelley, and a Fatal Meeting of Minds at the End of WWII

by Jack El-Hai

Published: 2014-09-02

Paperback: 304 pages

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In 1945, after his capture at the end of the Second World War, Hermann Göring arrived at an American-run detention center in war-torn Luxembourg, accompanied by sixteen suitcases and a red hatbox. The suitcases contained all manner of paraphernalia: medals, gems, two cigar cutters, silk u...

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The Secret of Chabad

by David Eliezrie

Published: 2015-08-17

Hardcover: 448 pages

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Considered one of the most influential movements in modern Judaism,writers have speculated for decades about the unparalleled success of Chabad Lubavitch. In The Secret of Chabad, Rabbi David Eliezrie depicts the events,philosophies, and personalities that have made Chabad Lubavitch a worldwide phenomenon....