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Pub. Date
2024.
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"For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. They go there. They cover Jews and money. Jews and power. Jews and privilege. Jews and white privilege. The Black and Jewish struggle. Emmanuel asks, Did Jews kill Jesus? To which Noaresponds, "Why are Jewish people history's favorite scapegoat?" They unpack Judaism itself: Is it a religion, culture, a peoplehood, or a race? And: Are you antisemitic if you're anti-Zionist? The...
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Touro University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"This unique autobiography is set in Ukraine and Crimea and provides context for the current war in Ukraine, shedding light on the problems that exist between Ukrainians, Crimeans, and Russians. For the first time, a Jewish functionary, Pinkhes-Dov Goldenshteyn, who served not only as a kosher slaughterer but who also performed circumcisions, provides detailed descriptions of Jewish communal life and of the interactions between the Jewish and non-Jewish...
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Kalaniot Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Leah and her family are packing everything they own, and along with their close-knit Jewish community, leaving the coast of India for their new home in Israel. Leah is torn between the two treasured places until she realizes that her heart is big enough to hold many things.
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Distributed by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
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Combining images of ceremonial art with fascinating images from the history of Judaism, this book celebrates the migration of Jews throughout the world, focusing the the educational, religious, and cultural achievements of Jews living in Diaspora.
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"A gay Jewish man has just been elected president of the United States--or so it seems, until the governor of Kansas decides that some election results in his state are invalid and awards crucial votes to the other candidate, his fellow party member. Things quickly go very wrong--and hundreds of thousands of people flock to Kansas to protest for what they believe is right and just. Among them are Jimmy and Duncan, teens who are not only fighting for...
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The Collective Book Studio
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Oy, Chelm. Long known as home to the 'wisest' people in Yiddish folklore. But what is Chelm like today? What if the kids were more clever than the rest of the townsfolk? When the misguided adults of modern-day Chelm believe the moon has plunged into the lake, it's up to the Schlemiel siblings to convince the grown-ups that their fears of a fallen moon are unfounded"--
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Cherry Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"During WWII in Poland, the narrator and her Jewish husband defy the Nazis and refuse to be classified as Jews destined for extermination. They evade the Nazis and the Soviets in several dramatic escapes and often live in hiding, but still manage to save many Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto and a labor camp. They participate in the Warsaw Uprising, are taken prisoner, escape, and survive. This is a true story of hope amid horrifying tragedy. It illustrates...