Jewish category: 3083 books
Ellis Island to Ebbets Field
Sport and the American Jewish Experience
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 1993
In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field, Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success. From...
by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Rachel Rae Moncharsh-Lessem, Shoshana Deutscher-Nurik
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
This book contains images and stories of some of the Jews who have impacted Solano County. It is not a record of every Jew to pass this way, some of whom may have come intending to shed their Jewish identity by changing their names or converting. Wonderful stories emerged about extraordinary people who...
The Mile End Cookbook
Redefining Jewish Comfort Food from Hash to Hamantaschen
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Noah and Rae Bernamoff, owners of the New York City restaurant Mile End, celebrate the craft of new Jewish cooking with more than 100 soul-satisfying recipes and gorgeous photographs.
When Noah and Rae opened Mile End, their tiny Brooklyn restaurant, they had a mission: to share the classic...
Jerusalem of Gold
Jewish Stories of the Enchanted City
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2003
Collects some of the finest timeless tales of Jerusalem from a wide variety of sources, ranging from the Talmud and midrash to Jewish folklore and mysticism. These retellings are beautiful and meaningful, fantastical and true, inviting us to honor the traditions and wisdom of the sacred city. Includes...
Saving What Remains
A Holocaust Survivor's Journey Home to Reclaim Her Ancestry
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
When Livia Bitton-Jackson returned in 1980 to her childhood town of Šamorín, Czechoslovakia, on the Danube River, she was no ordinary tourist: thirty-six years earlier, as a thirteen-year-old girl in what was then the Hungarian town of Somorja, she and her family had been deported to Auschwitz. In...
Jewish Poland Revisited
Heritage Tourism in Unquiet Places
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Since the end of Communism, Jews from around the world have visited Poland to tour Holocaust-related sites. A few venture further, seeking to learn about their own Polish roots and connect with contemporary Poles. For their part, a growing number of Poles are fascinated by all things Jewish. Erica...
Masada
From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2019
A new account of the famous site and story of the last stand of a group of Jewish rebels who held out against the Roman Empire
Two thousand years ago, 967 Jewish men, women, and children—the last holdouts of the revolt against Rome following the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the...
Modern Jewish Cooking
Recipes & Customs for Today's Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
From a leading voice of the new generation of young Jewish Americans who are reworking the food of their forebears, this take on Jewish-American cuisine pays homage to tradition while reflecting the values of the modern-day food movement. In this cookbook, author Leah Koenig shares 175 recipes showcasing...
by Marlena Spieler
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2012
Discover the secrets of the Jewish kitchen with this beautiful cookbook, including 130 fantastic authentic recipes. Featuring outstanding recipes from a world-renowned author, the dishes are both classical and contemporary, for all occasions and special events. Ever-popular dishes include dips and starters...
A Jewish Baker's Pastry Secrets
Recipes from a New York Baking Legend for Strudel, Stollen, Danishes, Puff Pastry, and More
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
This follow-up to the author's James Beard award-winning Secrets of a Jewish Bakeris a charming collection of European-style bakery classics, such as coffee cake and strudel.
George Greenstein has a gift for teaching home bakers to think, work, and bake like the pros with his evocative and tactile...
by Nick Zukin, Michael Zusman
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Finally, fifty years after I started eating pastrami sandwiches and knishes at Wilshire’s Deli in Cedarhurst, Long Island, Nick Zukin and Michael C. Zusman have written a cookbook that allows delicatessen enthusiasts to make their favorite deli dishes at home. Making your own knishes? No problem. Rustle...
Kosher USA
How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Kosher USA follows the fascinating journey of kosher food through the modern industrial food system. It recounts how iconic products such as Coca-Cola and Jell-O tried to become kosher; the contentious debates among rabbis over the incorporation of modern science into Jewish law; how Manischewitz...
by Liz Della Croce
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2017
The Ultimate Jewish Shabbat Dinner The Ultimate Jewish Shabbat Dinner is the third edition of the Food From Our Ancestors eCookbooks series. Filled with 15 time-honored, treasured Jewish recipes from Liz’s grandmother, you’re going to love discovering just how easy it is to make Challah Bread, Beef Brisket, Kasha Varnishkes, Ljuba’s Baked Chicken and more!
Falafel Nation
Cuisine and the Making of National Identity in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
When people discuss food in Israel, their debates ask politically charged questions: Who has the right to falafel? Whose hummus is better? But Yael Raviv’s Falafel Nation moves beyond the simply territorial to divulge the role food plays in the Jewish nation. She ponders the power struggles, moral...