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Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947
$20.99 Add to cartThis lively chronicle of the years 1847–1947–the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world–is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction… [more below]
- Author: Lebrecht, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1982134267
- Language: English
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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
$29.99 Add to cartIs it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how ha
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1632062623
- Language: English
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Josephus: The Essential Writings
$24.99 Add to cartAn award-winning translation and condensation of The Jewish Antiquities and The Jewish War of Josephus. The historical events take on a brilliant new dimension in this revised edition now with photogr… [more below]
- Author: Josephus, Flavius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 12 1990
- ISBN10: 0825429641
- Language: English
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Ages in Chaos I: From the Exodus to King Akhnaton
$39.99 Add to cartThis is the first volume of the series Ages in Chaos, in which Immanuel Velikovsky undertakes a reconstruction of the history of antiquity. With utmost precision and the exciting style of a presentati
- Series: Ages in Chaos #1
- Author: Velikovsky, Immanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 382
- Publish Date: July 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1906833532
- Language: English
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Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Jewish Community
$18.99 Add to cartBrings to life the impressive, surprising, and long-neglected history of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s efforts in support of the Jewish community.
- Author: Shneier, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1580232736
- Language: English
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Zionism: An Emotional State
$27.95 Add to cartEmotion lies at the heart of all national movements, and Zionism is no exception. For those who identify as Zionist, the word connotes liberation and redemption, uniqueness and vulnerability. Yet for … [more below]
- Series: Key Words in Jewish Studies
- Author: Penslar, Derek J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: June 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0813576091
- Language: English
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Jews, God, and History
$9.95 Add to cartA rich study of Jews and Jewish history that offers a unique look at a people who have persevered through unspeakable adversity and have contributed incredible advancements to the world we know today.… [more below]
- Author: Dimont, Max I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0451529405
- Language: English
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A Brief and Visual History of Anti-Semitism
$49.95 Read moreThe world is in crisis: antisemitism, the “longest hatred,” is rearing its ugliest heads, again. Although much has been written about the subject, very little has been done to educate the public speci
- Author: Bitton, Israel B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: December 08 2022
- ISBN10: 9657801109
- Language: English
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Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism
$19.95 Add to cartRecovering the history of the revolutionary Jewish tradition
Jewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those r- Author: Brossat, Alain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 21 2017
- ISBN10: 1784786071
- Language: English
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El Maestro de la Fuga: El Hombre Que Escapó de Auschwitz Para Alertar Al Mundo / The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the Wor
$22.95 Add to cartLa verdadera historia de Rudi Vrba, el primer judÃo que escapó de Auschwitz y trató de advertir al mundo de las atrocidades nazis.
En abril de 1944, Rudolf Vrba se convirtió en el primer judÃo en
- Author: Freedland, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 6073900139
- Language: Spanish
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Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust
$16.98 Add to cartIt seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally no… [more below]
- Author: Gross, Jan Tomasz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0190614536
- Language: English
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Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities
$28.99 Read moreA journalist and author of The Influence of Soros examines the history of Jewish people in America and explores their ever-evolving relationship to the nation’s culture and identity–and each other.
Wh
- Author: Tamkin, Emily
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 006307401X
- Language: English
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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
$24.00 Add to cartIs it possible to conceive of the American diet without bagels? Or Star Trek without Mr. Spock? Are the creatures in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are based on Holocaust survivors? And how ha
- Author: Stavans, Ilan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1632062267
- Language: English
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Bad Rabbi: And Other Strange But True Stories from the Yiddish Press
$22.00 Add to cartStories abound of immigrant Jews on the outside looking in, clambering up the ladder of social mobility, successfully assimilating and integrating into their new worlds. But this book is not about the
- Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
- Author: Portnoy, Eddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 150360411X
- Language: English
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History of the Jewish People Vol. 2: The Birth of Zionism to Our Time
$17.95 Add to cartPresents Jewish history from the turmoil and strife of Russia in the 1880’s, to the great migration to the United States, the creation of the modern State of Israel, modern American Jewish life, and l… [more below]
- Author: Sarna, Jonathan D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 26 2007
- ISBN10: 0874411920
- Language: English
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A Short History of the Jews
$27.95 Add to cartA concise narrative history that brings the story of the Jewish people marvelously to life
This is a sweeping and powerful narrative history of the Jewish people from biblical times to today. Based on- Author: Brenner, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: March 12 2012
- ISBN10: 069115497X
- Language: English
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And None Shall Make Them Afraid: Eight Stories of the Modern State of Israel
$33.99 Add to cartFinalist for the National Jewish Book Award
“An excellent book… Worth the read.”
–Ben Shapiro
This is the story of how Zionism, supported by Americanism, created a modern miracle–told through the li
- Author: Richman, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1641772743
- Language: English
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Jewish History: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartHow have the Jews survived? For millennia, they have defied odds by overcoming the travails of exile, persecution, and recurring plans for their annihilation. Many have attempted to explain this singu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Myers, David N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0199730989
- Language: English
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Zionism: The Concise History
$29.95 Add to cartThe story of Zionism, the Jewish movement of national liberation that led to the founding of modern Israel, is animated by leaders possessed with rare vision and political genius. It is also a story o
- Author: Ryvchin, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: September 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1925826589
- Language: English
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A History of the Jews
$22.99 Add to cartNational Bestseller
“A tour de force. . . . A remarkable achievement.” —New York Times Book Review
“A marvelous book. . . . This is history: richly textured, provocative and wise.” —Plain Dealer
From a
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: September 14 1988
- ISBN10: 60915331
- Language: English
