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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 |
B
| 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 |
C
| 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 |
D
| 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 |
E
| 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 |
F
| 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 |
G
| 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 |
H
| 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 |
I
| Idel, M., & B. McGinn,
Mystical
Union in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. An Ecumenical Dialogue.
Continuum, 1989/1996. 252pp. index. pb. $12 |
J
| 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 |
K
| 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 |
M
| 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 |
N
| 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 |
O
| 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 |
P
| 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 |
R
| 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 |
U
| Uris, L., Mila 18.
Doubleday, 1961. 539pp. hb. Book Club ed.? $10 |
V
| 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 |
W
| 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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