ALTSHULER, DAVID [ED]

The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collection

New York, Summit Books. 1983, First Pbk.Ed.. (ISBN: 0671494988) Soft cover. Book, "The collection of the Czechoslovak State Jewish Museum in Prague is a unique repository of historic artifacts, artistic rarities, and cultural memories. These objects document the vitality and significance of Czech Jewry, which has flourished for a for a millennium at the crossroads of East and West and is the oldest continuous Jewish community in Europe. One hundred fifty-three local Jewish communities in Bohemia and Moravia were devastated during the Holocaust, and thus the Prague Museum bears eloquent testimony to a world virtually snuffed out just one generation ago. This book brings to American audiences their first glimpse of this extraordinary collection of Judaica in conjunction with an exhibition that is touring our nation's major museums under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service" 288p+plates, bibliography. index NOTE: Heavy [1.1 kg] oversIzed volume [25x 20x 2.5 cm]. As New.

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Book number: 046076

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Keywords: 0671494988 Judaism Jews in Czechoslovakia Jewish Museum Prague Judaica Exhibition Catalogues , Mazal Holocaust Collection, Sta?Tni? Z?Idovske? Muzeum Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Exhibition Catalogues

ARIEL

ARIEL : A Review Of Arts & Letters in Israel. # 88 1992

Jerusalem, Ariel. 1992. (ISBN: 0000041343) Soft cover. Book, A selection of articles on art, literature, music and culture in Israel This issue has a nice article on Sephardic " Ketubot" - the lovely illuminated Jewish marriage contract documents.96p. illus [some col]. Fine.

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Book number: 043679

Catalogue: Jews & Judaism

Keywords: 0000041343 Art Literature Music Israel Jews Judaism Jewish Sephardic Sephardim Ketubot Israel Magazines and Periodicals

FLEMING, K. E.

Greece - a Jewish History

Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press. 2010, 1st US Edition. (ISBN: 0691146128) Hardcover. Book, For centuries, Jews lived in areas that are now part of Greece. But Greek Jews as a nationalized group existed in substantial number only for a few short decades-from the Balkan Wars (1912-13) until the Holocaust, in which more than 80 percent were killed. This book offers a comprehensive English-language history of Greek Jews. Publishers PR sheet laid in. New/New.

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Book number: 043447

Catalogue: Jews in Greece

Keywords: 0691146128 Judaism Jews in Greece Jews & Judaism

GUTTER, PINCHAS

Memories in Focus

Toronto, Azrieli Foundation. 2017, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 1988065240) Trade Paperback. Book, [The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs, # 47] As ten-year-old Pinchas is deported from the Warsaw ghetto to the killing site of Majdanek and then to a series of concentration camps, he shuts himself off to the terrors surrounding him and tries his best not to be noticed, to become almost invisible. But after liberation, his photographic memory won't let his past fade away, and Pinchas struggles to deal with nightmares and flashbacks while trying to raise a family and heal his emotional scars. Memories in Focus vividly retells Pinchas's painful journey, describing the separation from his parents and twin sister, his struggle to stay alive under the cruellest of circumstances and the luck and moments of kindness that enabled him to survive. 157p. illus. map. New.

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Book number: 37768

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Keywords: 1988065240 Jews in Canada Holocaust Biography Jews & Judaism Poland Holocaust Biography Azrieli Foundation Polish Canadian Writers Holocaust Jewish Canadian Writers

STAVROULAKIS, NICHOLAS P. & DEVINNEY,TIMOTHY J.

Jewish Sites and Synagogues of Greece

Athens, Talos Press. 1992. (ISBN: 9607459016) Soft cover. Book, 299p.plates (some col) maps. glossary, bibliography .index. New.

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Keywords: 9607459016 Judaism Jews in Greece Greeks Jews Synagogues Jews & Judaism

PARIK, ARNO

Prazske´ synagogy = Prague synagogues = Prager Synagogen

Prague, Zidovske Muzeum = the Jewish Museum In Prague. 2000, 1st CZECH EDITION. (ISBN: 8086889092) French Wraps. Book, Kniha Prazské synagogy si vsímá historie i nové podoby sedmi nejvýznamnejsích prazských synagog. Prinásí podrobný umelecko-historický popis techto unikátních památkových objektu zidovské Prahy doplnený bohatou fotografickou dokumentací.Autorem textu je Arno Parík, autory fotografií Dana Cabanová a Petr Kliment.The fascinating history of the Synagogues of Prague, illustrated with gorgeous photographs by Dana Canabova and Peter Kliment. English translation by Stephen Hattersley. Text in Czech, English and German. 118p. illus. glossaries, illustrated endpapers. New.

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Keywords: 8086889092 Prague Czechoslovaakia Synagogues Jews & Judaism Books in Czech Czechoslovakia Books in German

ROBINSON, IRA; ANCTIL, PIERRE & MERVIN BUTOVSKY [ED]

An Everyday Miracle: Yiddish Culture In Montreal

Vehicule Pr. 0. (ISBN: 1550650092) Soft cover. Book, Papers presented at a Conference held at the Jewish Public Library, Montreal in March 1988.[1] "Yiddish in Montreal: The Utopian Experiment" by David G. Roskies [2]"Montreal of Yesterday: A Snapshot of Jewish Life in Montreal During the Era of Mass Immigration" by Zachary M. Baker [3]"The Journal of Yaacov Zipper 1925-1926" by Ode Garfinkle and Mervin Butovsky [4] "HM Caiserman: Yiddish as a Passion" by Pierre Anctil [5]"'A Letter from the Sabbath Queen': Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg Addresses Montreal Jewry" by Ira Robinson [6] "Between Two Worlds: The Works of JI Segal" by Shari Cooper Friedman[7] "Public Lives in Private: Ida Maze and the Montreal Yiddish Renaissance" by Irving Massey. Also a glossary of terms from Aggadah to Zohar. 169p. index. As New.

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Book number: 039891

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Keywords: 1550650092 Jews in Canada Quebec Montreal Yiddish Conference Papers Jews in Canada

REINHARTZ, HENIA

Bits and Pieces : A Memoir

Toronto, Azrieli Foundation. 2008, 1st Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 1897470002) Trade Paperback. Book, [The Azrieli series of Holocaust Survivor Memories] The Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program was established by the Azrieli Foundation in 2005 to collect, preserve and share the memoirs and diaries written by survivors of the Holocaust who came to Canada.Lodz, Poland, 1944. Teen aged Henia Rosenfarb sat with her family in a small, secret room, hiding from Nazi soldiers who were looking for them. Little could the fiery redhead have imagined that her path would take her from wartime Poland to faraway Canada. 86p. index map. As New.

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Book number: 36288

Catalogue: Jews & Judaism

Keywords: 1897470002 Jews & Judaism Biography Holocaust Jews in Poland Polish Canadian Writers Azrieli Foundation Holocaust Jews in Canada

RYBAR, CTIBOR

Jewish Prague Guide to the Monuments : Jewish Prague: Gloses on History and Kultur a Guidebook

Prague, TV Spektrum / Akropolis Publishers. 1991, First Thus. (ISBN: 8085334062) Laminated Hardcover. Book, A comprehensive survey of the Jewish Community of Prague and its surviving Monuments, Translated by Joy Turner-Kadeckova and Slavos Kadecka. 305p. illus. bibliography. As New/No Jacket.

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Book number: 046019

Catalogue: Jews & Judaism

Keywords: 8085334062 Prague Czechoslovakia Jews Judaism Czechoslovakia Prague

SMOLEN, KAZIMIERZ

Selected Problems From the History of KL Auschwitz

Oswiecim / Auschwitz, Panstwowe Muzeum W Oswiecimiu. 1979, First Thus. Soft cover. Book, An analysis of Auschwitz as an extermination camp; Slave labour by the prisoners; the Auschwitz resistance; and the Liberation of Auschwitz.English translation by Andrzej Branny. 101p. illus. Fine.

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Book number: 046240

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Keywords: Worls War Ii Oswiecim Auschwitz Nazi Concentration Camps Poland Holocaust Poland Holocaust

VOLAVKOVA, HANA

The Pinkas Synagogue : A Memorial of the Past and of our Days

Prague, Statni Zidovske Muzeum. 1955, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Jewish monuments in Bohemia and Moravia series , v.1, pt. 2. By Hana Volavkova with the cooperation of the members of the research staff of the State Jewish Museum in Prague.This report on the architectural restoration of the Pinkas Synagogue in Prague is written to draw attention to the work being done for the creation of a memorial to the Seventy Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety Seven; What form the memorial will take; and the architectural, cultural, historical associations. Tragedy overtook Europe's Jewish minority in the years 1938-1945. In Bohemia and Moravia alone 77,297 Jewish men, women, and children perished. Their names with all the obtainable data of birth, death, and date of transport have been gathered and will be inscribed on the walls of the Pinkas Synagogue, the shine now destined to their memory. The history of the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia begins in the 9th to 10th centuries and the oldest finds made of the Pinkas Synagogue date from that time. They throw light on the dim picture we have of medieval synagogues. English translation: by Greta Hort. 147p.maps, diagrams + 68 photographic plates. Nice Decorative linen binding, Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover. Fine.

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Book number: 046078

Catalogue: Jews & Judaism

Keywords: Jews Judaism Judaica Czechoslovakia Pinkas Synagogue Czechoslovakia Prague

WATTS, IRENE N.

Clay Man: The Golem of Prague

Toronto, Tundra Books. 2009, First Canadian Edition. (ISBN: 9780887768804) Hardcover. Ill.: Kathryn E. Shoemaker. Book, It is 1595, and the rabbi's son Jacob is frustrated with having to live in the walled ghetto known as Jewish Town. Why can't he venture outside of the gates and explore the beautiful city? His father warns him that Passover is a dangerous time to be a Jew and that the people from outside accuse the Jews of dreadful deeds. But one night, Jacob follows his father and two companions as they unlock the ghetto gates and proceed to the river, where they mold a human shape from the mud of the riverbank. When the rabbi speaks strange words, the shape is infused with life and the Golem of Prague is born. In this breathtaking retelling of a timeless tale, Irene N. Watts's beautiful words are complemented by the haunting black-and-white images of artist Kathryn E. Shoemaker. New/New.

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Book number: 044710

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Keywords: 9780887768804 Kathryn E. Shoemaker. Czechoslovakia Ficton Golem Prague Jewish Ghetto Youth Fiction

YEHOSHUA, A.B.

Mr.Mani : A Novel

New York, Doubleday. 1992, 1st.US Edition. (ISBN: 0385267924) Hardcover. Book, ". a profound and passionate epic chronicling six generations of the Mani family.. "it ranges in time and place from Athens in 1848, through a village in Poland, Crete in 1944, Jerusalem in 1918 and eventually to a contemporary kibbutz in the Negev. Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. Fine/No Jacket.

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YEHOSHUA, A.B.

Mr.Mani : A Novel

New York, Doubleday. 1992, 1st.US Edition. (ISBN: 0385267924) Hardcover. Book, ". a profound and passionate epic chronicling six generations of the Mani family.. "it ranges in time and place from Athens in 1848, through a village in Poland, Crete in 1944, Jerusalem in 1918 and eventually to a contemporary kibbutz in the Negev. Translated from Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. New/New.

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Book number: 34429

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Keywords: 0385267924 Grece Israel Fiction Sold