BUBER, MARTIN

Das Buch Der Zwölf

Berlin: Schocken Verlag, circa 1935. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Slight soil. ; This is from a deluxe set bound in vellum with gilt titles front and spine; Die Schrift #13; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 237 pages; Das Buch (Die Schrift) is the first translation of the Hebrew Bible into German, a language that would be more understandable to European Jews. "Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, he became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou) , and in 1925, he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language. In 1930, Buber became an honorary professor at the University of Frankfurt am Main, but resigned in protest from his professorship immediately after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. He then founded the Central Office for Jewish Adult Education, which became an increasingly important body as the German government forbade Jews to attend public education. In 1938, Buber left Germany and settled in Jerusalem, Mandate Palestine (later Israel)." Buber worked with Rosenzweig until ill health forced his co-translator to resign in 1929. The balance of work was done by Buber alone. With the rise of Nazism and the changes to the laws regulating the publishing industry, Verlag Lambert Schneider was forced to cede the publishing of this series to Schocken.. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 19040

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MATAS, DAVID

Aftershock Anti-Zionism & Anti

Toronto: Dundurn, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 1550025538. Card covers show light shelf wear, corner curl.; A bright, solid book.; 8.82 X 5.98 X 0.71 inches; 256 pages; From the back cover: "Anti-Zionists, whose primary goal is destruction of the State of Israel, use accusations of the worst forms of human rights violations against Israel to delegitimize the state. These accusations criminalize the Jewish population worldwide for actual or presumed support of the State of Israel." "Verbal attacks against Israel for human rights violations have turned into physical attacks against the Jewish community worldwide. How has that happened? This book attempts to explain the phenomenon.Anti-Zionists, whose primary goal is destruction of the State of Israel, use accusations of the worst forms of human rights violations against Israel to delegitimize the state. These accusations criminalize the Jewish population worldwide for actual or presumed support of the State of Israel.The contemporary international human rights system and the existence of the State of Israel are twin legacies of the Holocaust. The failure of the human rights system to prevent attacks on Israel and the Jews is an aftershock of the Holocaust.". Very Good .

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Book number: 17581

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism

Keywords: 1550025538 Jews Anti-semitism Holocaust Israel RELIGION Middle East

ROSKIES, DAVID

The Literature of Destruction Jewish Responses to Catastrophe

New York: The Jewish Publication Society, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0827603142. DJ shows light shelf wear, with small 2cm tear to back bottom of DJ, repaired with archive-quality tape. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar. A heavy book - may require extra postage ; 10.1 X 7.8 X 2.4 inches; 652 pages; "David Roskies, in one hundred powerful selections, presents the two-thousand year history of Jewish responses to castastrophe. The cyclical nature of violent regimes and their overthrow is delineated in these recurring images of sin, martyrdom, and retribution that have sustained the Jewish people despite pogroms, massacres, and expulsions -- from the destruction of the First Temple through the Holocaust to the eventual return to their homeland." "Gathers short stories, diaries, sermons, essays, and poems written in response to the Spanish Inquisition, martyrdom, Russian pogroms, and the Holocaust". Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 19403

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Keywords: 0827603142 Judaism Spanish inquisition pogrom Holocaust

TAPPER, LAWRENCE F.

A Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry 1909

Teaneck NJ: Avotaynu, Inc, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0962637300. Signed by Author; DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; Inscribed by the author on the title page. A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 11.0 X 8.6 X 1.0 inches; 245 pages; "Births, bar mitzvahs, marriages and deaths, as well as information concerning communal and synagogue activities of Canadian Jewry. Taken from the pages of The Canadian Jewish Times.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20657

Catalogue: Religion::Judaism::Canada

Keywords: 0962637300 RELIGION