Jewish category: 3083 books
Heresy and the Politics of Community
The Jews of the Fatimid Caliphate
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
In a book with a bold new view of medieval Jewish history, written in a style accessible to nonspecialists and students as well as to scholars in the field, Marina Rustow changes our understanding of the origins and nature of heresy itself. Scholars have long believed that the Rabbanites and Qaraites,...
Money, Power, and Influence in Eighteenth-Century Lithuania
The Jews on the Radziwiłł Estates
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
It has often been claimed that Jews have a penchant for capitalism and capitalist economic activity. With this book, Adam Teller challenges that assumption. Examining how Jews achieved their extraordinary success within the late feudal economy of the eighteenth-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,...
Bubbe and Me in the Kitchen
A Kosher Cookbook of Beloved Recipes and Modern Twists
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Living Now Book AwardsJerry Seinfeld's fictional dentist Tim Whatley famously converted to Judaism "for the jokes," but if there's one thing that defines Jewish culture as much as humor it's food. Miri Rotkovitz spent her childhood in the kitchen of her grandmother,...
No Apology Needed
Learning to Forgive as God Does
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Nathan R. Byrd was inspired to write *No Apology Needed: Learning to Forgive as God Does *during Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and forgiveness, in 2012. As he began to research the Jewish perspective of the holiday, he realized that neither Adam nor Eve ever apologized to God for their...
Cherish
Food to make for the people you love
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
'Sesame & Spice is an absolute treat; full of warmth and generosity, and so many recipes I want to cook, that I've been headily immoderate with my post-it notes!' Nigella Lawson
'If you're a fan of Ottolenghi and Sabrina Ghayour, you'll love this' BBC Good Food magazine
The recipes...
The New Jewish Mandate (Vol. 2, Lipstick and War Crimes Series)
Renouncing the Money Changers
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
The New Jewish Mandate : Renouncing the Money Changers is the Jewish Edition of Vol. 2 of the Lipstick and War Crimes Series by Ray Songtree, with special introduction for friends and critics of Israel.
From David Ben Gurion to the Grammy award Divas, with over 350 color images, Vol 2 is a...
Irena's Children
The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot comes an extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler—the “female Oskar Schindler”—who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.
In 1942,...
Gertruda's Oath
A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
Trapped in the horrors of World War II, a woman and a child embark on a journey of survival in this page-turning true story that recalls the power and the poignancy of Schindler’s List.
Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three years old when war...
by Flavius Josephus,William Whiston (Translator)
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic...
by Albert Memmi
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The Pillar of Salt by Albert Memmi (with a new introduction by the author and a preface by Albert Camus; translated from the French by Edouard Roditi; 114,000 words)
When The Pillar of Salt was first published in 1953, it caused a scandal in Tunis. Acclaimed sociologist Albert Memmi, the son...
by Edith Stein
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
This initial volume of the Collected Works of Edith Stein offers, for the first time in English, the unabridged biography of Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), depicting her life as a child and young adult. Her text ends abruptly because the Nazi SS arrested, then deported, her to the Auschwitz...
Behind Enemy Lines
The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing family members to the Nazis but surviving with her spirit and integrity intact.” —Publishers Weekly
Marthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France...
Counting on America
A Holocaust Memoir of Terror, Chutzpah, Romance and Escape
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Counting on America, an uplifting Holocaust memoir, illustrates the escalation of anti-Semitism following Germany’s annexation of Austria in 1938 (the Anschluss); and the obstacles Jewish refugees faced trying to reach the shores of America. In response to the Nazi invasion, newlyweds Kurt and Hennie...
The Hidden Pope
The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Changed the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
From a PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author: The true story of Pope John Paul II, his Jewish childhood friend, and a milestone in religious history.
In October 1978, Karol Wojtyla, Polish Archbishop of Krakow, became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in 455 years. He had a mission...