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1st ed. -  First edition
dj. -  Dust jacket
ExLib. - Ex Libris (with former library markings)
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pp. - Pages
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UL - Underlining

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Aaron, F. W., Bearing the Unbearable. Yiddish and Polish Poetry in the Ghettos and Concentration Camps. SUNY, 1990. 1st edition. hb(fine). dj(fine). 242pp. index. $12
Adler, H.G., Die Juden in Deutschland: Von der Aufklaerung bis zum Nationalsozialismus. Kosel-Verlag, 1961. 178pp. hb. ExLib.  <<In German>>   $6
Aleichem, Sholom, The Adventures of Menahem-Mendl. Paperback Library, 1970. Transl. by T. Kahana. 191pp. pb. $4
Aleichem, Sholom, Some Laughter, Some Tears. Paperback Library, 1969. Transl. by C. Leviant. 239pp. pb. $4
Anderson, J., & D. Lipshitz, Tall Tales Told and Retold in Biblical Hebrew. EKS, 1983. 92pp. pb. illustrated in English & classical Hebrew.  $8
Arad, Y., & Y. Gutman & A. Margaliot, Documents on the Holocaust. Selected Sources on the Destruction of the Jews of Germany and Austria, Poland, and the Soviet Union. Yad Vashem & Pergamon Press, 1981. 1st ed. hb(fine). 504pp. index.  $28
Auerbach, B., On the Heights. Leisure Hour Series, vol. 1. Holt, 1890. 440pp. hb(yellow cloth with gold & black embossed images of branch with spider in web on cover, few small rips on otherwise clean cover).  Jewish German literature first published by Holt in 1875.  $6
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Barnouw, D., & G. van der Stroom, The Diary of Anne Frank. The Critical Edition. Prepared by the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation. Introduced by H. Paape, G. van der Stroom & D. Barnouw, with a Summary of the Report by the State Forensic Science Laboratory of the Minsitry of Justice compiled by H. J. J. Hardy. DOubleday, 1989. 1st edition (stated). hb(fine). dj(very good). 719pp. illustrated. Large heavy book requires extra postage.  $20
Bein, A., Theodor Herzl. Biographie. Ullstein Materialien, 1934/1983. 367pp. hb. indexed. top of spine bumped. <<in German>>  $6
Ben-Arieh, Y., Jerusalem in the 19th Century. The Old City. Yad Ishak Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem and St. Martin's Press, New York, 1984. 438pp. hb. dj. photos. bibliography. indexed.  $26
Ben-Gurion, David, Israel: Years of Challenge. Holt-Rinehart-Winston, 1963. 1st ed. hb(like new). dj(small tears). clean copy.  $12
Berman, I. V., The Talmud. The Steinsaltz Edition. Volume IV. Tractate Bava Metzia. Part IV. Random House, 1991. 274pp. hb. dj. new (upper corner slightly bumped).  $16
Birmingham, S., "The Rest of Us" The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews. Little, Brown & Co., 1984. 1st ed. 392pp. indexed. photos. hb. dj.  $14
Borowitz, Eugene, Choices in Modern Jewish Thought. A Partisan Guide. Behrman, 1983. 305pp. pb.  $7
Browning, C. R., Ordinary Men. Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland. HarperCollins/Aaron Asher, 1992. 1st edition, 2nd prntng. hb(fine). dj(fine). 231pp. index.  $12
Buber, M., Between Man and Man. Beacon, 1961. 211pp. translated by R. G. Smith. index. pb.  $7
Buber, M., Between Man and Man (with an Afterword by the author on "The History of the Dialogical Principle"). Macmillan, 1965/1969. 229pp. translated by R. G. Smith; introduction by M. Friedman. index. pb.  $7
Buber, M., Das Dialogische Prinzip: Ich und Du. Zwiesprache. Die Frage an den Einzelnen. Elemente des Zwischenmenschlichen. Zur Geschichte des Dialogischen Prinzips. Schneider, 1962/1992. 324pp. pb. >>in German<<  $10
Buber, M., Das Problem des Menschen. Schneider, 1982. 172pp. pb. >>in German<<  $8
Buber, M., Reden Ueber Erziehung: Rede Ueber das Erzieherische Bildung und Weltanschauung Ueber Charaktererziehung. Schneider, 1953/1986. 95pp. pb. >>in German<<  $6
Buber, M., I and Thou. Scribners, 1958. 137pp. pb. 2nd ed. translated by R. G. Smith with a postscript by Buber.  2 copies  $6 each.
Buber, M., I and Thou. Scribners, 1958. 137pp. pb. translated by W. Kaufman with a prologue & notes by Kaufman. Classic picture of Buber on cover. 2 copies.   $6 each
Buber, M., Tales of the Hasidim. The Early Masters. Schocken, 1968. pb(very good, label on punched cover). 355pp. index.  $8
Buber, M., Two Types of Faith. A Study of the Interpenetration of Judaism and Christianity. Harper Torchbooks, 1951/1961. translated by N. P. Goldhawk. 177pp. index. pb.  $7
Bulka, R. P., Jewish Divorce Ethics: The Right Way to Say Goodbye. Ivy League, 1992. 1st ed. pb.  $11
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Chartock, R., & J. Spencer, The Holocaust Years: Society on Trial. Bantam, 1978. 295pp. pb.  In cooperation with the Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith.  $6
Cohen, Col. Eliezer "Cheetah," Israel's Best Defense: The First Full Story of the Israeli Air Force. Orion, 1993. 504pp. hb. dj. Photos. 1st US ed.  $12
Cohen-Mushlin, A., Jewish Art. Journal of the Center for Jewish Art. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Vols. 16-17. 1990/1991. 199pp. Large sized hb. Laminated full color cover. Glossy paper throughout with many color and b/w photos. ExLib, but spine is clean.  Like new.  $14
Cohen-Mushlin, A., Jewish Art: Sepharad. Journal of the Center for Jewish Art. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Vol. 18. 1992. 211pp. Large sized hb. Laminated full color cover. Glossy paper throughout with many color and b/w photos. ExLib, but spine is clean.  Like new.  $14
Cohn-Sherbok, D.,& L. Cohn-Sherbok, Jewish & Christian Mysticism, An Introduction. Continuum, 1994. 186pp. index. hb. dj.  $10
Cohn-Sherbok, D., Judaism. Religions of the World Series. Prentice-Hall, 1999. 128pp. pb. New. $5
Cooper, D. A., God is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism. Riverhead/Penguin, 1997. 333pp. hb. dj.  $12
Czech, D., Auschwitz Chronicle 1939-1945. Henry Holt, 1980. First American Edition. hb(fine). dj(fine, price clipped). 855pp. index. folio size(extra postage).  $45
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Dabringhouse, E., Klaus Barbie: The Shocking Story of How the US Used this Nazi War Criminal as an Intelligence Agent. Acropolis, 1984. 205pp. hb. dj(clipped). Photos and government documents. 1st ed.  $18
Dann, J., Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction. Intro by I. Asimov. Harper & Row, 1974. 244pp. hb. dj. Book Club. $20
Dawidowicz, L. S., A Holocaust Reader. Behrman, 1976. 397pp. indexed. pb.  $8
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Eilberg-Schwartz, H., ed., People of the Body: Jews and Judaism from an Embodied Perspective. SUNY, 1992. 392pp. hb. 1st ed. 1st prntng.  $12
Eisen, G., Children at Play in the Holocaust. Games Among the Shadows. University of Massachusttes Press, 1990. 1st paperback edition. 153pp. index. illustr.  $9
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Flanders, H. J., R. W. Crapps & D. A. Smith, People of the Covenant: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. Oxford, 1996. 562pp. hb. B&W photos and illustrations. 4th ed.  Latest graduate level text.  $20
Frankl, V. E., The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy.  Bantam, 1971. 236pp. pb. 2nd expanded ed. $7
Friedman, M., Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue. Harper Torchbooks, 1955/1960. 312pp. pb. index.  $8
Friedman, R., The False Prophet: Rabbi Meir Kahane. From FBI Informant to Knesset Member. Lawrence Hill, 1990. 282pp. hb. dj(in plastic). ExLib(no label on cloth spine). Fly-leaf missing. photos. $7
Friedman, R., The False Prophet: Rabbi Meir Kahane, From FBI Informant to Knesset Member. Hill, 1990. 282pp. photos. 1st ed. pb. $8
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Gager, J. G., The Origins of Anti-Semitism: Attitudes Toward Judaism in Pagan and Christian Antiquity. Oxford, 1983. 3200pp. pb. Uncorrected advance proof. $6
Georg, Willy, In the Warsaw Ghetto Summer 1941. Photographs by Willy Georg with Passages from Warsaw Ghetto Diaries compiled and with an Afterword by Rafael F. Sharf. Aperture, 1993. 1st edition. hb(fine). dj(fine). 111pp. Oversize.  $20
Goldmann, N., Das Juedische Paradox. Zionismus und Judentum nach Hitler. Europaeische Verlaganstalt, 1983. 288pp. pb.  $8
Greenberg, S., The Ordination of Women as Rabbis. Studies and Responsa. JTSA, 1988. 223pp. pb. Previous owner's bookplate on title page. $8
Gutman, I., ed., Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Volumes 1-4 complete. Macmillan, 1990. 1st edition, 1st prntng. 4 vols. heavily illustrated. hb(fine). Previous owner's signature on flyleaf.  $160
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Halkin, A.S., 201 Hebrew Verbs, Fully Conjugated in All the Forms. Barron's, 1970. 425pp. pb. Spine cracked, pages loose. $4
Hammer, R., Entering Jewish Prayer: A Guide to Personal Devotion and the Worship Service. Schocken, 1994. 350pp. pb. Occasional highlighting.  $5
Herberg, W., Judaism and Modern Man: An Interpretation of Jewish Religion. Harper, 1951/1970s. 313 pages, index. pb.  $6.
Hertzberg, A., Judaism: The Key Spiritual Writings of the Jewish Tradition. Simon & Schuster, 1991. 331pp. pb.  The classic anthology and guide.  $9
Hertzberg, A., Being Jewish in America. The Modern Experience. Schocken, 1979. 287pp. pb.   $7
Hessing, J., ed., Juedischer Almanach 1993 des Leo Baeck Instituts. Juedischer Verlag, 1992. 175pp. pb. photos.   $7
Hoffman, C., Gray Dawn: The Jews of Eastern Europe in the Post-Communist Era. Harper Collins, 1992. 349pp. hb. dj. Light remainder stripe on bottom. 1st ed. $15
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Idel, M., & B. McGinn, Mystical Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. An Ecumenical Dialogue. Continuum, 1989/1996. 252pp. index. pb.  $12

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Jackson, E., Middle East Mission: The Story of a Major Bid for Peace in the Time of Nasser and Ben-Gurion. Norton, 1983. 124pp. hb. dj. 1st ed. $10
Jonas, G., Vengeance. True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team. Simon & Schuster, 1984.  1st ed. 376pp. hb. dj(slight tears at edges). b/w photos. Story of vengeance against PLO terrorists after 1972 Munich Olympics.  $11
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Karmon, Y., Israel. Eine geographische Landeskunde. mit 34 Figuren im Text, 25 Tabellen, 43 Fotos und 1 farbigen Kartenbeilage. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1983. hb. with large fold-out color map. In the series "Wissenschaftliche Laenderkunden Band 22". new.   $9
Kaufman, J., A Hole in the Heart of the World. Being Jewish in Eastern Europe. Viking, 1997. hb(fine). dj(fine). 328pp.  $7
Kimmerling, B. (ed.), The Israeli State and Society: Boundaries and Frontiers. SUNY, 1989. 301pp. pb. 1st ed. $8
Kogon, E., The Theory and Practice of Hell. The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them. Farrar, Straus & Co., ca. 1950.  307pp. indexed. hb.  $14
Kook, Abraham Isaac, The Lights of Penitence, The Moral Principles, Lights of Holiness, Essays, Letters Poems. Paulist, 1978. Classics of Western Spirtuality Series. 415pp. index. pb.  $9
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Lachman, E., Birdwatching in Israel. Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, nd (about 1990). 52pp. extra large pb. many full color photos, maps.  $12
Langer, J., Nine Gates to the Chasidic Mysteries. Jason Aronson, 1993. 273pp. hb. dj.  $12
Langer, L. L. (ed.), Art From the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology. Oxford, 1995. 675pp. Fiction, drama, poetry and the painters of Terezin. New 1st ed. pb. $14
Laqueur, W., The Road to War: The Origin and Aftermath of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1967-8. Penguin, 1968. 456pp. 1st ed. pb. Worn covers, yellowing pages, but very much intact with clean pages.  $5
Levi, Primo, The Sixth Day and Other Tales. Simon & Shcuster / Summit, 1990. 1st edition, 1st prntng. hb(fine). dj(fine). 222pp.  $15
Lifton, R. J., & E. Markusen, The Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Holocaust and Nuclear Threat. Basic, 1990. 346pp. pb. Red remainder dot on bottom. $8
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Maimonides, The Guide of the Perplexed. Abridged Edition with Intro & Commentary by J. Guttmann, Translated by C. Rabin. East & West/Hebrew Publishing Co., 1978. 233pp. pb.  $6
Mansoor, M., Jewish History and Thought: An Introduction. KTAV, 1991. 571pp. index. hb. new copy.  $14
Mansoor, M., Jewish History and Thought: An Introduction. KTAV, 1991. 571pp. index. pb. new copy.  $10
Marton, K., A Death in Jerusalem. The Assassination by Jewish Extremists of the First Arab/Israeli Peacemaker. Pantheon, 1994. 321pp. 16pp of photo plates with 37 b/w photos. Remainder stripe across top near spine.  $13
Meltzer, M., Rescue. The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the Holocaust. HarperTrophy, 1988/1991. 168pp. indexed. pb.  $8
Meyer, M. A., Ideas of Jewish History. Nehrman House, 1974. 360pp. hb. dj. index.  $14
Michener, J. A., ed., Firstfruits. A Harvest of 25 Years of Israeli Writing with a Forward by Chaim Potok. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. 1st ed. hb(fine). dj(fine, clipped). 347pp.  $20
Miller, J., One, by One, by One. Facing the Holocaust. Simon & Schuster, 1990. 1st ed. hb(near fine). dj(very good). 319pp. index.  $12 
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Nadich, J., The Legends of the Rabbis. (2 vols.) Vol. 1: Jewish Legends of the Second Commonwealth. 477pp. index.  Vol. 2: The First Generation after the Destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. 248pp. index. pb. new copies.  $22
Neusner, J., Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah. University of Chicago, 1981. 419pp. hb.  1st ed.  $16
Neusner, J., Judaism in Society: The Evidence of the Yerushalmi: Toward the Natural History of a Religion.  University of Chicago, 1983. 270pp. hb. 1st ed. $14
Neusner, J., Signposts on the Way of Torah. Wadsworth, 1998. 351pp. pb. index. new.  $9
Nochlin, L., & T. Garb, The Jew in the Text: Modernity and the Construction of Identity. Thames & Hudson, 1995. 335pp. hb. index.  2 copies at $12 each
Noveck, S., ed., Contemporary Jewish Thought. B'nai B'rith, 1985.  380pp. pb index.  $8
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Ostrovsky, V. and C. Hoy, By Way of Deception: The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer. St. Martin's, 1990. 371pp. hb. dj. $11
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Patai, R., The Jewish Mind. Scribners, 1977. 624pp. pb. index.  $10
Poll, S., The Hasidic Community of Williamsburg: A Study in the Sociology of Religion. Schocken, 1962/1978. 308pp. pb. index.  $7
Pollak, M., Mandarins, Jews, and Missionaries. The Jewish Experience in the Chinese Empire. JPSA, 1980. 436pp. pb. photos & maps. $7
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Raphael, C., The Springs of Jewish Life. Chatto & Windus, 1983. 288pp. index. hb. dj.  $7
Rockland, M. S., The Jewish Yellow Pages. A Directory of Goods & Services. Schocken, 1976. 212pp. large pb. indexed. many photos & illustrations.  $10
Rodinson, M., Israel and the Arabs. Pelican, 1969. 239pp. pb. Cover slightly worn. $5
Rosen, Moishe, with W. Proctor, Jews for Jesus. Revell, 1974. 126pp. hb. dj(worn edges).  1st ed.  $10
Rosenfeld, A.H., A Double Dying: Reflections on Holocaust Literature. Indiana University, 1980. 210pp. hb. dj. ExLib. $8 
Rotem (Kazik), S., Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Fighter: The Past Within Me. Yale, 1994. 180pp. hb. dj. 1st ed. Eye-witness participant. New. $12
Rubin, B., Assimilation and its Discontents. Times, 1995. 333pp.hb. dj. Remainder dot on bottom. 1st ed. $15 
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Sachar, A. L., A History of the Jews. 5th ed. rev. Knopf, 1982. 478pp. + xivpp. indexed. hb. dj. Book has been bumped in lower outside corner.  $7
Sachar, H. M., Farewell Espana: The World of the Sephardim Remembered. Knopf, 1994. 439pp. hb. dj.  Remainder strip on top at spine. 1st ed. $16 
Sachs, N., O The Chimneys. Selected Poems, including the verse play Eli. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1967. 1st ed. 387pp. hb. dj.  $17
Sarte, J.-P., Anti-Semite and Jew. Schocken, 1965/1985. 153pp. pb. $5
Schneider, S. W., Jewish and Female. Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today. Simon & Schuster, 1984. 1st ed. 640pp. hb. dj. photos. indexed.  $10
Scholem, Gershom, From Berlin to Jerusalem. Memories of my Youth. Scholen, 1980. 1st ed. 1st prntng. 178pp. hb. dj(inplastic).  $12
Shabtai, Yaakov, Past Continuous. Jewish Publication Society of America, 1977/1983/1985. 389pp. hb. dj(slight wear). $10
Shammas, A., Arabesques. Harper Perennial, 1989. 263pp. Black remainder stripe on bottom. 1st Perennial ed. pb. $7
Smith, H. H., et al., Area Handbook for Israel. US Gov't Printing Office, 1970. 458pp. indexed. hb.  $10
Solomon N., Judaism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, 1996. 146pp. b/w photos. 1st ed. pb.  $5
St. John, R., Israel. Time-Life, 1968. 160pp. hb. Oversized, maps and many color photos. Exc. cond. $6
Steinsaltz, A., Teshuvah: A Guide for the Newly Observant Jew. Free, 1987. 1st ed. 180pp. hb. dj.  $10
Swidler, L., Women in Judaism: The Status of Women in Formative Judaism. Scarecrow, 1976. 242pp., indexed, hb.  $7
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Trepp, L., A History of the Jewish Experience: Eternal Faith, Eternal People. Behrman House, 1973. pb. index.  $12
Twersky, I., ed., A Maimonides Reader. Behrman, 1972. 494pp. index. pb.  $10
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Uris, L., Mila 18. Doubleday, 1961. 539pp. hb. Book Club ed.? $10
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van der Rol, Ruud, & Rian Verhoeven, in association with the Anne Frank House, Anne Frank. Beyond the Diary. With an Introduction by Anna Quindlen. Viking, 1993. 1st edition. hb(fine). dj(fine). Many color & b/w photos, maps, etc.  $13
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Weinberg, M., Because They were Jews. A History of Antisemitism. Greenwood, 1986. 1st ed. hb(fine). 282pp.  $16
Weiss-Rosmarin, T., Judaism and Christianity: The Differences. Jonathan David, 1943/1972. 158pp. pb. index.  $8
Wiesel, E., Dawn. Avon/Bard, 1970. 3rd prntng. 127pp. pb. Clean copy, spine not creased.   $3
Wiesel, E., The Forgotten. Summit, 1982. 1st ed., 2nd prntng. hb(fine). dj(fine). 237pp.  $9
Wiesel, E., The Jews of Silence. A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1966. 1st edition. hb(fine). dj(fine, price clipped, in plastic with no glue or tape). 143pp.  $18
Wiesel, E., Night. Bantam, 1982. 109pp. pb.  $3
Wiesel, E., Die Pforten des Waldes. Ullstein, 1986. 289pp. pb. <<in German>>  $7
Wiesel, E., One Generation After. Schocken, 1982. pb. 198pp.  $6
Wiesel, E., Souls on Fire. Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters. Jason Aronson, 1993. 278pp + charts. hb. dj.  $12
Wiesel, E., Souls on Fire. Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters. Summit, 1972. pb. 268pp + charts. $7
Wiesel, E., & P.-M. de Saint-Cheron, Evil and Exile. University of Notre Dame Press, 1990. 1st edition. hb(fine). dj(very good). 194pp. $14
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