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1) Creative Cooking Jewish

The Netherlands: Rebo Publishers, 2006 Provides a wide variety of recipes for traditional Jewish dishes from different countries. Fully illustrated in color.. Soft Cover. New. 8 x 11. more information

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2) A Fistful of Lentils : Syrian-Jewish Recipes from Grandma Fritzie's Kitchen
Abadi, Jennifer Felicia

The Harvard Common Press, 2002 An intimate culinary food album featuring more than 125 Syrian-Jewish recipes, warm family anecdotes, and little-known stories of Syrian-Jewish culture and history.. Hard Cover. New/New. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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3) Jewish Family & Life: Traditions, Holidays, and Values for Today's Parents and Children
Abramowitz, Yosef I.;Silverman, Susan

Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Golden Books, 1997 As new book in as new dust jacket. Dj slightly scuffed. Sound advice on important and current parenting issues.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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4) The Mystery Bear: A Purim Story
Adelson, Leone

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Clarion Books, 2004 In very good, clean, unmarked condition. Cover shows very light edge/shelfwear and a slightly cocked spine. Text crisp. Little Bear is hungry and all he want s to do is help himself to fruit and honey and hamantaschen.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11. more information

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5) The Mystery Bear: A Purim Story
Adelson, Leone

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Clarion Books, 2004 When he awakens from hibernation, Little Bear's hunger leads him to a house where a Purim celebration is just beginning. With glossy pictorial cover under D/J. . Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Naomi Howland . 8 1/2 x 11. more information

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6) The Mystery Bear: A Purim Story
Adelson, Leone

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Clarion Books, 2004 When he awakens from hibernation, Little Bear's hunger leads him to a house where a Purim celebrations is just beginning. Glossy pictorial cover under D/J. . Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Naomi Howland. 8 x 10. more information

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7) The Enemy at His Pleasure: A Journey Through the Jewish Pale of Settlement During World War I
Ansky; An-Ski, S

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Owl Books, 2004 Translated by Joachim Neugroschel. S. Ansky, the influential Jewis-Russian journalist, playwright, and politician details his extraordinary four-year journey on a commission in 1914 to organize desperately needed relief for Jews who were caught between the warring armies of Russia, Germany, and the Austrial Empire.. Soft Cover. New. 5 1/2 x 8. more information

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8) Alicia: My Story
Appleman-Jurman, Alicia

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1990 In very good, clean, unmarked condition. Slight edge/shelfwear. Spine uncreased. The author's experiences between the ages of 10 and 15 as a Polish Jew in Nazi-dominated, war-torn Poland. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 4 1/2 x 7. more information

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9) The Mystic Quest: An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism
Ariel, David S

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Schocken Books, 1992 In good, clean, unmarked condition. Spine uncreased but lightly cocked. Cover shows edge/shelfwear including lightly bumped corners and a small dent on front cover which does not penetrate to text. A comprehensive introduction to Jewish mysticism. . Soft Cover. Good. 5 1/2 x 8. more information

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10) In All Their Finery: Jewels from the Jewish World
Ben-Ami, Alia, Edit

Jerusalem, Israel: The Israel Museum, 2002 Shows light shelfwear. Text is in Hebrew and English on the same page. Presents the jewelry collection in the Israel Museum's Department of Jewish Ethnography, representing an exceptional range of cultures and styles, mostly created during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Fully illustrated in color.. Spiral Bound. New. 8 x 11. more information

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11) Four Sides, Eight Nights: A New Spin on Hanukkah
Ben-Zvi, Rebecca Tova;Natti, Susanna

Brookfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.: Roaring Brook Press, 2005 A Hanukkah story that uses the dreidel to tell the story of the holiday.. Hard Cover. New/New. 8 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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12) Secrets of Fat-Free Kosher Cooking
Bernstein, Deborah, M. D

New York: Avery Publishing Group, 2002 This is a new book with some shelfwear. It provides over 150 Low-Fat and Fat-Free Traditional and Contemporary Recipes from Matzoh Balls to Kugel. Most recipes have less than one gram of fat per serving. Provides Nutritional Facts and is illustrated in color.. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Wincek, John. 7 1/2 x 10. more information

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13) Mordecai: An Early American Family
Bingham, Emily

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hill & Wang Pub, 2003 The story of one Jewish family's first century in the United States, covering over three generations, who settled in the overwhelmingly Protestant antebellum South during the period of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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14) Some of My Best Jokes are Jewish!
Blumenfeld, Gerry

Kanrom, 1965 First edition hardcover in good, clean, unmarked condiiton. No dj. Cover shows edge/shelfwear including bumped corners, rubbing and some age-related discoloration. Yiddish stories which teach with humor.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6 1/2 x 10 1/2. more information

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15) Ideology and Jewish Identity in Israeli and American Literature (S U N Y Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)
Budick, Emily Miller, Edit

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: State Univ of New York Pr, 2001 A collection of essays by prominent Israeli and American writers that show how modern Jewish culture rewrites the Jewish tradition across different ideological imperatives; explores how that narrative turns away from religious tradition to secular identity.. Soft Cover. New. 6 x 9. more information

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16) The Hanukkah Book
Burns, Marilyn

Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1991 120 pages in as very good condition. Book is as new, but text is yellowing. Ink mark thought bar code on back. The Hanukkah Book is full of facts, time-honored traditions, and interesting projects to help celebrate and understand the true meaning of Hanukkah.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 5 x 7 1/2. more information

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17) Becoming Eichmann : Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a Desk Murderer
Cesarani, David

UK: Da Capo Paperback, 2006 Explores the life of Adolf Eichmann to show how he developed into the Reich's expert on Jewish matters, and how he conducted administered mass murder from behind a desk. Illustrated.. Hard Cover. New/New. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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18) Angels Sweep the Desert Floor: Bible Legends About Moses in the Wilderness
Chaikin, Miriam

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Clarion Books, 2002 A collection of eighteen tales that follow Moses and the Israelites as they wander the desert, and finally reach the Holy Land. Glowing paintings capture the majesty of heaven and the grace of angels who watched over the Israelites during their historic journey.. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Alexander Koshkin. 9 x 10 1/2. more information

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19) The Crucified Jew : Twenty Centuries of Christian Anti-Semitism
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan

UK: Harper Collins, 1992 In very good, clean condition. The author presents his thesis that Christians and their Church have initiated and condoned anti-Semitism throughout the ages. Concludes with the initiatives made toward reconcilitation between Christians and Jews.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 5 x 8. more information

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20) A Concise Encyclopedia of Judaism (Concise Encyclopedia of World Faiths)
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan

London W1X 3Td, United Kingdom: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 1998 This is a new book with a bump to lower, outside corner. Covers key people, places, rituals, texts and art; features extensive cross-referencing, a chronology, and a thematic index and bibliography. Fully illustrated with maps and photographs. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 5 x 8 1/2. more information

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21) The Jew Called Jesus
Crotty, Robert

Australia: E J Dwyer Ltd, 1994 Relates the life of Jesus as a Jewish person following all the laws, traditions and customs of the Jewish people, providing an appreciation of the culture into which Jesus was born and out of which came the Christian church. Illustrated with photography.. Soft Cover. New. Illus. by Michael Coyne. 7 1/2 x 10. more information

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22) Queer Jews. Essays, Fiction, Poetry - Response A Contemporary Jewish Review Number 67 Winter/Spring 1997
David R., Chanita Baumhaft, & Michael R. Steinberg Adler

New York: Response, 1997 In good, clean, unmarked condition. Spine uncreased. Cover shows edge/shelfwear. Explores Jewish identity, community, culture, and politics through a series of essays and short ficition.. Soft Cover. Good. 6 x 9. more information

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23) The Religion of Israel: A Short History
Doorly, William J

Mahwah, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Paulist Pr, 1997 In as new condition with slight edge/shelfwear to cover. Using the Hebrew Bible as a primary source, this work assists readers in distinguishing between the historical Israel that produced the Bible and the idealized Israel presented in the Bible. . Soft Cover. As New. 6 x 9. more information

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24) Where the Tailor Was a Poet: Polish Jews and Their Culture an Illustrated Guide
Dylewski, Adam

Poland: Pascal, 2002 Updated 2003 edition with sturdy soft cover, silvertoned. Text is clean, crisp and unmarkd. Cover shows some creases, spine is uncreased. Both a history and travel guide to the culture of Polish Jews. Text is given by major cities and regions of Poland: Warsaw, Lodz, Lublin, Malopolska region, Kielce region, Podlashe region. Each section covers the culture, arts, history and people. Extensively illustrated.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 5 x 8. more information

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25) Papa's Latkes
Edwards, Michelle

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Candlewick Press, 2004 On the first Hunakkah after Mama died, Papa and his two daughters try to make latkes and celebrate without her.. Hard Cover. New/New. Illus. by Stacey Schuett. 9 x 11. more information

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26) Kabbalah: The Way of the Jewish Mystic
Epstein, Perle

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1998 Explains the Jewish mysticism that has flourished for over five thousand years. Author traces the history of Kabbalah through the lives of its illustrious scholars and practitioners, and unravels the web of ancient traditions hidden in texts such as the Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar.. Hard Cover. New/New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. more information

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27) Anti-Semitism: From Its European Roots to the Holocaust
Finzi, Roberto

Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Interlink Pub Group Inc, 1999 Looks at the history and religious origins of anti-semitism and investigates how it has spread even in secular, educated societies. With over 100 archive photographs, color maps and illustrations.. Soft Cover. As New. 5 x 8. more information

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28) Raising the Tents
Frances Payne Adler

Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.: Calyx Books, 1993 In very good, clean, unmarked condition. Spine uncresased. Cover shows light edge/shelfwear and a couple of tiny nicks on front lower corner. Powerlessness, divorce, homelessness, and alcoholism are some of the current societal ills addressed in this exciting first collection of poetry.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 6 x 9. more information

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29) The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An Interfaithfamily.Com Handbook
Friedland, Ronnie; Case, Edmund (editors)

Woodstock, Vermont, U.S.A.: Jewish Lights Pub, 2001 In as new condition with light edge/shelfwear to cover. Comfort and advice for Jews who are now part of interfaith families. . Soft Cover. As New. 6 x 9. more information

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30) Growing Up Jewish in America: An Oral History
Frommer, Myrna Katz; Frommer, Harvey

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995 In very good, clean condition. Against the background of the monumental movements of the 20th century, this book lingers along the byways of intimate, intergenerational family life, muses on the interaction with a gentile world, and expresses the tension between the sacred and the profane.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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31) When Being Jewish Was a Crime
Frydland, Rachmiel

T. Nelson, 1978 In good, clean, unmarked condition. Cover shows edge/shelfwear including chipping and corners beginning to curl. Spine is unbent. The autobiography of a Jew who was delivered from death time after time during the years of Nazi occupation in Poland.. Soft Cover. Good. 5 x 8. more information

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32) Israel Through the Jewish-American Imagination: A Survey of Jewish-American Literature on Israel, 1928-1995 (S U N Y Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture)
Furman, Andrew

Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.: State Univ of New York Pr, 1997 Analyzes a wide array of Jewish-American fiction on Israel. Authors include Meyer Levin, Leon Uris, Saul Bellow, Chaim Potok, Philip Roth, Tova Reich, and others.. Soft Cover. New. 6 x 9. more information

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33) Romance and Ritual: Celebrating the Jewish Wedding
Gilbert, Barbara;Sabar, Shalom;Grossman, Grace Cohen;Gozani, Tal;Skirball Cultural Center

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Skirball Cultural Center, 2001 This is a new book with a black cover that shows some shelfwear. Filled with vintage photographs of weddings and brides, manuscripts, art and ceremonial items along with detailed commentary, presents a history of the Jewish Wedding.. Soft Cover. New. 8 1/2 x 11. more information

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34) Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction
Gilbert, Martin, Sir

New York: Harpercollins, 2006 In very good, clean condition. Examines Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, describing the events leading up to it, the occurrence, and the aftermath. Examines more than fifty previously unpublished eyewitness testimonies and graphic newspaper accounts of the events as they unfolded. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6 x 8 1/2. more information

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35) You Can't Do Business (Or Most Anything Else) Without Yiddish
Gildin, Leon H.; Porges, Paul Peter

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hippocrene Books, 2000 Provides a crash course on Yiddish with definitions of popular Yiddish words, jokes, cartoons, and humorous comments and observations. With Glossy pictorial cover.. Hard Cover. As New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. more information

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36) Family Haggadah: A Seder for All Generations
Gindi, Elie M

Springfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Behrman House, 1999 An easy-to-follow Family Haggadah to serve as a guide between adults and children. With easy-to-follow instructions for a traditional ceremony. Special features include text boxes, illuminated Haggadot and artifacts, and texts in Hebrew letters, Hebrew script and English.. Soft Cover. New. 8 x 11. more information

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37) To the Promised Land: A History of Zionist Thought from Its Origins to the Modern State of Israel
Goldberg, David J

E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Penguin USA, 1997 Text is clean and unmarked. Cover shows some wear with upper edge of rear cover in particular. A history of the origins and developments, the political theory and ideology, and the thinking of Zionism's leading thinkers from its beginnings.. Soft Cover. Good. 5 x 8. more information

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38) Men of Vision: Anglo-Jewry's Aid to Victims of the Nazi Regime 1933-1945
Gottlieb, Amy Zahl

United Kingdom: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 1998 First Edition. Describes the fund-raising and rescue efforts to save European Jewery during World War II. Traces the immigration of refugees and the Kindertransports to Great Britain, Palistine, and other countries in the western world, and the men, women, and organizations who made these efforts possible.. Hard Cover. New/New. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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39) The Holocaust (New Perspectives) (Library Binding)
Grant, R. G

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Raintree Pub, 1998 Examines the early persecution of Jews in Germany, the rise to power of the Nazis, the concentration camps, and other historical events surrounding the Holocaust. Extensively illustrated, with Date List, Glossary, Resources, Maps.. Hard Cover. New. 7 x 10. more information

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40) Hebrew Love Poems
Gross, David C., Edit

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hippocrene Books, 1995 Ranging from The Song of Songs to poetry from modern Israel, there are poems of praise and devotion, quiet reflection, joyous celebration, humor and sensuous beauty. Illustrated.. Soft Cover. As New. Illus. by Shraga Weil. 6 x 9. more information

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41) The Stone Lamp: Eight Stories of Hanukkah Through History
Hesse, Karen

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 2003 D/J shows some edgewear. Glossy pictorial cover under D/J. Captures the resilient spirit of the Jewish people through the imagined voiced of eight children at Hanukkah.. Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. 10 1/2 x 11 1/2. more information

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42) Torn Thread
Isaacs, Anne

New York: Scholastic Books, 2002 In June, 1943, twelve-year-old Eva, along with her father and her sister, have been forced to leave their comfortable home in the Polish town of Bedzin and move to the Jewish ghetto.. Soft Cover. New. 5 x 7 1/2. more information

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43) Oy Vey, It's Always Something
Isaacson, Jean

Denver: C & M Press, 1998 This book is in very good, clean, unmarked condition. Corners show slight curling. A humorous account of one woman's growing up in a Jewish home.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 6 x 8 1/2. more information

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44) Stalking Elijah: Adventures With Today's Jewish Mystical Masters
Kamenetz, Rodger

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Harper San Francisco, 1997 New with strike mark on bottom edge. Entertaining, illuminating, and deeply moving, teaches at every step of the path how to celebrate the Jewish tradition in the context of feminism, contemporary science, and interfaith dialogue.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. more information

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45) Asher and the Capmakers : A Hanukkah Story
Kimmel, Eric A

New York: Holiday House, 1993 D/J shows a faded spot where label was removed. On his way to get an egg for his mother the night before Hanukkah, a young boy encounters a group of mischievous fairies who take him on an adventure to Jerusalem.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/As New. Illus. by Will Hillenbrand. 8 x 11 1/2. more information

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46) The Spotted Pony : A Collection of Hanukkah Stories
Kimmel, Eric A

New York: Holiday House, 1992 D/J shows some shelf rubs. Presents eight stories, with a "shammes" story for each, to be read on the eight nights of Hanukkah.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Leonard Everett Fisher. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. more information

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47) The Essence Of Kabbalah
Lancaster, Brian L

UK: Eagle Editions, 2006 Explores key extracts from the seminal works of Kabbalah: the Sefer Yetsirah, the Bahir and the Zohar, and presents the major teachings of influential kabbalists. Explains the ways in which Judaism's teachings, prayers and rituals express a concealed inner tradition.. Soft Cover. New. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. more information

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48) The Illustrated History of the Jewish People
Lange, Nicholas De, and de Lange, Nicholas

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1997 Chronicles the Jews' development from their emergence as a distinct Middle Eastern people with a highly developed religious life, to their dispersion to diverse places in history and the world, and present history. With 150 black-and-white and full-color illustrations with commentary. 432 pages.. Hard Cover. New/New. 8 1/2 x 11. more information

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49) Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl
Lasky, Kathryn

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Scholastic Books, 1998 Dear America Series. Twelve-year-old Zippa, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904. With ribbon bookmark.. Hard Cover. As New. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. more information

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50) Live and Be Well: A Celebration of Yiddish Culture in America from the First Immigrants to the Second World War
Levi, Vicki Gold; Shepard, Richard F. and Levi, Vicki Gold

Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Rutgers Univ Pr, 2000 Lavishly illustrated with photos, cartoons, theater posters, and song sheets this book provides the history and culture of Jewish, Yiddish-speaking immingrants.. Hard Cover. New/New. 9 x 11 1/2. more information

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