Did Jew Know

Author : Emily Stone
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781452129570

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Did Jew Know? by Emily Stone Pdf

An addictively readable mix of practical information, fun facts and figures, and amusing trivia about Jewish life. This witty handbook serves up a hearty stew of all things Jew. Did Jew Know is filled with fun, surprising, and informative facts about all aspects of Jewish life. Need to know about all those second-tier holidays no one ever celebrates? We’ve got you covered. Curious about kosher laws and Kabbalah? Have no fear. Join us for a history of the Jewish people from Saul to Seinfeld, a rundown of bubbe-approved nosh, and details about the Jewish invention of . . . everything. Packed with infographics, quizzes, and charts, this handy primer is perfect for cocktail conversation, sharing facts around the Seder table, or celebrating the unlikely triumphs of the Chosen People.

Author : Joseph Telushkin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062046048

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Jewish Literacy Revised Ed by Joseph Telushkin Pdf

What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question? In this insightful and completely updated tome, esteemed rabbi and bestselling author Joseph Telushkin helps answer the question of what it means to be a Jew, in the largest sense. Widely recognized as one of the most respected and indispensable reference books on Jewish life, culture, tradition, and religion, Jewish Literacy covers every essential aspect of the Jewish people and Judaism. In 352 short and engaging chapters, Rabbi Telushkin discusses everything from the Jewish Bible and Talmud to Jewish notions of ethics to antisemitism and the Holocaust; from the history of Jews around the world to Zionism and the politics of a Jewish state; from the significance of religious traditions and holidays to how they are practiced in daily life. Whether you want to know more about Judaism in general or have specific questions you'd like answered, Jewish Literacy is sure to contain the information you need. Rabbi Telushkin's expert knowledge of Judaism makes the updated and revised edition of Jewish Literacy an invaluable reference. A comprehensive yet thoroughly accessible resource for anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of Judaism, Jewish Literacy is a must for every Jewish home.

Author : Norma Procter
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780244113551

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Jew Boy by Norma Procter Pdf

Jew Boy is a story of friendship between two people, a Jew and a Gentile. Both had war disrupted childhoods. It is a story of violence against a Jewish community, intertwined with a picaresque business life. It is also a story of dependency, love and lost dreams - a story of a woman who came to live in Wales and her friendship with a man born in Russian Poland, diminished by being labelled Jew Boy in the hidden prejudice of Wales.

Author : Ellis Weiner,Barbara Davilman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781101457115

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The Big Jewish Book for Jews by Ellis Weiner,Barbara Davilman Pdf

A hilarious compendium of traditional wisdom, recipes, and lore from the authors of the bestselling Yiddish with Dick and Jane. Modern Jews have forgotten cherished traditions and become, sadly, all- too assimilated. It's enough to make you meshugeneh. Today's Jews need to relearn the old ways so that cultural identity means something other than laughing knowingly at Curb Your Enthusiasm- and The Big Jewish Book for Jews is here to help. This wise and wise-cracking fully-illustrated book offers invaluable instruction on everything from how to sacrifice a lamb unto the lord to the rules of Mahjong. Jews of all ages and backgrounds will welcome the opportunity to be the Jewiest Jew of all, and reconnect to ancestors going all the way back to Moses and a time when God was the only GPS a Jew needed.

Author : Jonathan Petropoulos,John K. Roth
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 1845453026

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Gray Zones by Jonathan Petropoulos,John K. Roth Pdf

Few essays about the Holocaust are better known or more important than Primo Levi's reflections on what he called "the gray zone," a reality in which moral ambiguity and compromise were pronounced. In this volume accomplished Holocaust scholars, among them Raul Hilberg, Gerhard L. Weinberg, Christopher Browning, Peter Hayes, and Lynn Rapaport, explore the terrain that Levi identified. Together they bring a necessary interdisciplinary focus to bear on timely and often controversial topics in cutting-edge Holocaust studies that range from historical analysis to popular culture. While each essay utilizes a particular methodology and argues for its own thesis, the volume as a whole advances the claim that the more we learn about the Holocaust, the more complex that event turns out to be. Only if ambiguities and compromises in the Holocaust and its aftermath are identified, explored, and at times allowed to remain--lest resolution deceive us--will our awareness of the Holocaust and its implications be as full as possible.

Author : Tamar Caspi
Publisher : Seal Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781580055017

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How to Woo a Jew by Tamar Caspi Pdf

Have you been single longer than the Jews wandered the desert? Or are you newly single and hoping to hook up with a hot MOT*? Either way, Tamar Caspi is on a mission to help you find your Chosen One... and who better to do that than the advice columnist from the massively popular dating site JDate.com? In How to Woo a Jew, your very own Jewish Carrie Bradshaw takes you through each facet of the dating world—from traditional Jewish matchmaking and mixers to modern online dating portals, from honing your Jewdar to kosher sex. Whatever mishegas you’ve made of your love life, Caspi has words of wisdom—and a few enlightening quizzes, charts, and illustrations—to help you find your Jewish soul mate. *Member of the Tribe

Author : Theodore Ross
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101590164

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Am I a Jew? by Theodore Ross Pdf

What makes someone Jewish? Theodore Ross was nine years old when he moved with his mother from New York City to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Once there, his mother decided, for both personal and spiritual reasons, to have her family pretend not to be Jewish. He went to an Episcopal school, where he studied the New Testament, sang in the choir, and even took Communion. Later, as an adult, he wondered: Am I still Jewish? Seeking an answer, Ross traveled around the country and to Israel, visiting a wide variety of Jewish communities. From “Crypto-Jews” in New Mexico and secluded ultra-devout Orthodox towns in upstate New York to a rare Classical Reform congregation in Kansas City, Ross tries to understand himself by experiencing the diversity of Judaism. Quirky and self-aware, introspective and impassioned, Am I a Jew? is a story about the universal struggle to define a relationship (or lack thereof) with religion.

Author : Zhou Xun,Sander L. Gilman
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781789145083

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‘I Know Who Caused COVID-19’ by Zhou Xun,Sander L. Gilman Pdf

A timely exploration of the global explosion in xenophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a close analysis of four cases from around the world, this book explores prejudice toward groups who are thought to have caused and spread COVID-19: the residents of Wuhan and Black African communities in China; ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel; African-Americans in the United States and Black/Asian/mixed ethnic communities in the United Kingdom; and White right-wing groups in the United States and Europe. The authors examine stereotyping and the false attribution of blame towards these groups, as well as what happens when a collective is actually at fault, and how the community deals with these conflicting issues. This is a timely, cogent examination of the blame and xenophobia that have been brought to the surface by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Author : David Groen
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781468573893

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Jew Face by David Groen Pdf

During the Nazi occupation of Holland, 19401945, the Jewish community there suffered devastation on a scale as great as in any other nation in Europe. Only a small percentage of Dutch Jews survived the systematic annihilation. The land was flat and easy to patrol, peoples backgrounds and religions were well documented, and the physical appearance of a Jew was often obvious and very distinctive. In this environment, love was difficultbut not impossible. This memoir tells a love story that grew during the occupationthat of Nardus and Sipora Groen, as written by their son, author David Groen. It is the story of two Jews who were drawn together by the basic goal of survival. One was an Orthodox Jewish man who evaded the grasp and arrest by the Nazis numerous times, although each time as a member of the resistance and never as a Jew. The other was a woman whose innocent beauty and Jewish-looking face compelled her to move from place to place and exhibit an almost unimaginable courage in order to avoid detection and almost certain death at the hands of the Nazis. Together, and with the help of many special people, including a couple whose righteousness reached the highest level one can imagine, they have lived to tell their story. David Groen, the youngest child of Nardus and Sipora Groen, has had the benefit of a listening to their firsthand accounts throughout his life. David has an extensive knowledge of Jewish history and has interviewed many of the individuals featured in the story, both in the United State and the Netherlands. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he has lived all over the world, including Jerusalem, London, and Philadelphia. He currently lives in Queens, New York.

Author : Diana Cooper-Clark
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781525505508

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Dreams of Re-Creation in Jamaica by Diana Cooper-Clark Pdf

Diana Cooper-Clark has written a book that uncovers a ‘hidden’ history in the Holocaust narrative. The stories of seventeen Holocaust survivors who escaped to Jamaica and who are among the last eyewitnesses to the Shoah are inspiring. As well, she reveals the involvement of Jamaican Jews with the refugees and the Holocaust, and the virtually unknown story of the killing of Caribbean Jews in Nazi concentration camps. In addition, Dreams of Re-Creation in Jamaica has dozens of never before published photographs shared by the Jewish refugees. This book also sheds light on the Sephardim and their marginalization in the history of Hitler’s extermination policies. These compelling tales bring together World War II, Jewish refugees and Jamaican Jews, stories that have previously slipped through the cracks of history. As a child of six years old in Jamaica, Cooper-Clark read a book about the Nazi, Karl Eichmann, thus changing her life. She swore to spend the rest of her life bearing witness to the Holocaust. For everyone inspired by survival stories, and the triumph of life over death for both individuals and communities, this book is a must-read.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Bills, Legislative
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106507916

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Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101076424991

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Every Saturday by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stella Suberman
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781565123304

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The Jew Store by Stella Suberman Pdf

The author describes her family's life in a small town in Tennessee before World War II, where, as the first Jews in town, they owned a dry goods store and struggled to prosper in a place where Jews were treated as outsiders

Author : Sally Friedes
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781846946431

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The New Jew: An Unexpected Conversion by Sally Friedes Pdf

The New Jew is a story of an unexpected road to conversion, from Sally's first culture shock in synagogue, through encounters with rabbis that left her feeling alienated, to the warmth of Jewish friends and family who drew her in. Woven into the story is Sally’s relationship with Bernice, her Manhattanite Jewish mother-in-law, whose unexpected death offers a particular poignancy to her journey.

Author : Dorothy Uhnak
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781480460973

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The Ryer Avenue Story by Dorothy Uhnak Pdf

DIVDIVOn a snowy night in 1935, a decades-old secret begins with a killing/divDIV Walter Stachiew has powerful arms, matinee-idol looks, and an easy charm that he uses to distract his neighbors in the Bronx from his bad habits, which include a love of liquor and a fondness for teenage boys. When he is found one night, beaten to death with a shovel, the natural suspect is his drinking buddy, Stanley Paycek, who is tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in the electric chair. He is just a few minutes from death when his son Willie whispers the truth about who killed Walter Stachiew./divDIV Willie is a hateful boy, rat-faced and ostracized, but he and a few of his schoolmates know more about Stachiew’s death than they will ever tell. As they grow into men, finding success all over the globe, the secret of that night binds them together forever. As the hate festers in Willie’s heart, it threatens to one day destroy them all./divDIV/div/div