Search Results: Jewish History

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968. Very good (faded cover tops and a small, faint smudge on the top page edges) in good only dust jacket (intact but heavy edgewear with a few small missing chips, now in Brodart to prevent further wear; price-clipped). 333 pages including index, a bibliography of Sholom Aleichem's works in English translation, and a 16-page collection of family photographs.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.

New York: Harper & Row, 1988. Third printing. Very good (black remainder mark along top page edges, some edgewear, previous owner's name on first free endpaper; interior clean and unmarked) in very good dust jacket (edgewear as on book itself). Library binding, but NOT ex-lib. 168 pages. Aimed at young readers but suitable for all ages. . Hard Cover.

Washington DC: New Israel Fund, 2001. A pamphlet (27 pages) intended to enrich the seder not only through inclusion in the formal elements of the seder ("Miriam's Cup" and "We were strangers in the Land of Egypt") but through discussion groups as guests arrive ("At the Red Sea: Two Midrashim" and "The Embattled Leader: Rabban Gamaliel II of Yavne"). The publishing organization is "Israel's foremost social-change institution, providing hundreds of Israeli non-profit organizations with financial and technical support. . . ." and intended to "strengthen democracy and promote social justice in Israel.". Soft Cover.

New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Near fine (minimal edgewear, a couple of light marks on the front cover) in very good+ dust jacket (very light edgewear). A startling story of abuse of power and murder. Jewish only in the sense that in this case the criminal happened to be a rabbi, but the author does investigate the way in which the clergy sometimes misuse their prestige. 295 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1991. New Series, Volume XIII Number 2, Spring 1991. Very good (wrinkled back cover, some edgewear, interior clean and unmarked). Paper covers. 200 pages. The central work in this issue is the translation of Czech writer Arnost Lustig's short novel (about 60 pages), "Colette," which grows out of Lustig's Nazi labor camp experiences. Colette is a 19-year-old Jewish girl from Belgium who searches for meaning and love in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Later published as a separate work in the Czech Republic (1992). Other contributions include fiction from Reynolds Price and poetry, essays, reviews, and drama. . Paperback original. Soft Cover.

Washington, D.C.: Inscape Publishes, 1976. A collection of short stories, included in his "Children of the Holocaust" and conceived as a single work by Lustig. Translated by George Theiner, this is a reprint of the 1962 edition. Made into a film, there are 8 stills from the film included in the book. Near fine (some slight edgewear, mostly at the spine top and bottom) in very good dust jacket (edgewear, especially at spine and corners).. Hard Cover.

Sherman Oaks CA: Weiss Books, 1975. Soft cover book with about 35 humorous illustrations of the cultural changes that the Messiah will bring, including the draydle table in Las Vegas and Wonder Challah (builds spirits eight ways!). Includes a few repetitions of the pages at the end--either a binding error or just to see if you're paying attention. Very good soft cover (some light spotting on front cover and page edges and some light insect damage just noticeable on the white covers).. Soft Cover. Illus. by Kathryn Jacobi.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. Very good (a few light foxing spots on page edges, one bumped corner) in very good dust jacket (light edgewear including some small chips at folds, one fold looks fragile but the dust jacket is fully intact). A first novel.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Taplinger Publishing, 1967. HARDCOVER. VG / G. 0x0x0. VERY-GOOD HARDBACK IN MODERATELY WORN DUSTJACKET WITH MENDED EDGE TEAR & SMALL CHIPS

New York: Thos. Yoseloff , 1962. Very good (1 inch water stain on top page edges) in good only dust jacket (sunned and water stained spine). The difficulties confronted by young American Jews trying to adjust to life in a Zionist Training Farm. This book won the author the 1958 John Day Novel Award from the New School for Social Research.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Fine (slight rubbing at top and bottom of spine) in very good dust jacket (slightly edgeworn, 1 closed tear). Publicity photo of author laid in.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Very good (sunned, some spotting on pastedowns) in very good dust jacket (edgewear, especially at top of spine). Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange. Life in a kibbutz in the 1960s when they were thriving.. 1st American edition. Hard Cover.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990. A slim book in near fine condition (top corners bumped) with a near fine dust jacket (lightly rubbed with a tiny bit of top edgewear). The author, a well-known sociologist, writes of his difficult childhood growing up in a Jewish remnant in Harlem, a ghetto within a ghetto. His family had fled persecution in the Ukrainian pale. In Harlem, he writes, they were "a vilified Jewish minority within a mortified black minority, to use the imagery employed by Booker T. Washington in 'The Man Farthest Down.'" . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.

Vintage, 1988. Nice copy with just minor wear. Pages of text are clean, bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.*** . Trade Paperback. Very Good.

New York: Reconstructionist Press , 1968. Near fine in good+ dust jacket (rubbed w/ tears at top of spine but protected from further wear by Brodart archival cover). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Schocken, 2011. Near fine+ (small amount of edgewear at top of spine) in very good dust jacket (some insect nibbling along jacket folds). 286 pages including notes. The discovery and history and significance of the largest cache of discarded Jewish texts.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs and manuscripts.

Grove Press, 2004-02-05. Uncorrected Proof. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncorrected, advance proof. Book is in very good condition, with typical light wear to cover. Inside pages clean and white.

Jerusalem, Israel: Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 1975. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 1975. 1st. Very Good. Martyrs' and Heroes of the Holocaust<br /><br />1975, Book is in very good condition NOT EX-LIBRARY Minor shelfwear present Small signs of visible wear SEE PICTURES for any wear or defects Condition based on age of book To ensure you receive the quality of book expected we provide pictures of NOTICEABLE WEAR for ALL books we sell with marked conditions of GOOD + If you have any questions at all don't hesitate to send us an email

New York: Doubleday, 1990. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. A most intelligent and comprehensive account of the present and future of the Middle East. This is a controversial and important book. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his New York Times dispatches from Beirut and Jerusalem in the 1980s. Very clean and unmarked, slight edgewear to cover, tight and solid binding. Internals are very clean and unmarked. 541 pages with Index. 8 x 5". Doubleday Publishing, New York, 1990.

New York: Doubleday, 1995. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Near Fine Condition. This edition updated, with a new chapter. A most intelligent and comprehensive account of the present and future of the Middle East. This is a controversial and important book. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his New York Times dispatches from Beirut and Jerusalem in the 1980s. Very clean and unmarked card cover, no edgewear. Internals are very clean and unmarked. 558 pages with Index. 5.2 x 8 inches. Doubleday Publishing, New York, 1995.