Serotta, Edward

Survival in Sarajevo: Jews, Bosnia, and the Lessons of the Past

Wien, Germany, Edition Christian Brandstatter, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the pictorial wraps, in gate-fold. Hundreds of black-and-white illustrations, mostly photographs. Published for an exhibition that told and documented the story of a small number of Bosnian Jews and their efforts to save, protect and rescue their friends and neighbors in Sarajevo, and that included Muslims, Serbs and Croats. 128 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Keywords: Edward Serotta|Sarajevo|Jewish history|Bosnia|civil war|anti-Semitism

Nissim ben Jacob ibn Shahin

An Elegant Composition Concerning Relief After Adversity

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1977. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Dark blue, almost black cloth binding, with still sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear,some slight sunning along edges, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Yale Judaica Series, Volume XX, and translated from the original Arabic by William M. Brinner and who provided the Introduction and Notes to this 11th century Jewish classic meditation grief and consolation.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Book number: 347145

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Keywords: Nissim Ben Jacob Ibn Shahin|William M. Brinner|Rabbi Nissim Ben Jacob Ibn Shahin|consolation|Grief

Shapiro, Leon

The History of Ort: A Jewish Movement for Social Change

New York, Schocken Books, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Handsomely produced in linen cloth over boards, red cloth-backed, and with orange and gilt lettering to spine and to covers, stamped, with a bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xvii [2], 1-412 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 347594

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Sharp, William

Life of Heinrich Heine

London, Walter Scott, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bound handsomely in half-leather, burgundy cloth over boards, gilt ruled, gilt lettering to spinebeing another fine contribution to the series, Great Writers, edited by Eric Robertson. Solid binding, decorated endpapers, some moderate foxing at endpapers, generally clean and still bright. Contents: introductory note, 8 chapters and an index, bibliography and chronological list of works. Full index and bibliography. Prelims plus 218 [1], ii-xvii pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Shazar, Rachel Katznelson, ed.

The Plough Woman: Memoirs of the Pioneer Women of Palestine

New York, Herzl Press, in association with Pioneer Women, the Women's Labor Zionist Organization of America , 1975. Second English Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bright green cloth covers, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, some mild soiling thereto, machine- but not price-clipped. Translated from the original Hebrew by Maurice Samuel. xvii + 301 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Very Good

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Shelemay, Kay Kaufman, ed.

Studies in Jewish Musical Traditions: Insights from the Harvard Collection of Judaica Sound Recordings

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard College Library, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author at the first free endpaper, being inscribed warmly "For Faroghat, with best wishes, Kay Shelemay." Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond crease to front cover, less to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy.This is No. 7 of the series Harvard Judaica Collection Student Research Papers, edited by Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Professor of Music at Harvard University, contributed to by her and then as follows: Free improvisation: John Zorn and the construction of Jewish identity through music / Michael Scott Cuthbert -- "Hear the echos of Miriam's song" : American nusach in concert / Benjamin Dreyfus -- "And we sing gay songs": the Klezmatics: negotiating the boundaries of Jewish identity / David Kaminsky -- Traditional melodies of the Ashkenazi high holiday Chatzi Kaddish / Elizabeth Kessler -- Musical constructions of history : performance practices in recent recordings of Judeo-Spanish song / Julia Randel -- "And thou shalt tell thy son" : issues in transmission of the Passover Seder / Eliyahu Shoot -- Shashmaqam and the changing identity of Bukharan Jews in Queens / Noriko Toda -- The music of Messianic Jews : strategies for outreach / Talya Weisbard. x + 222 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Good

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Book number: 347353

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Keywords: Kay Kaufman Shelemay|music|Jewish history|Jewish culture|Harvard Collection of Judaica |Judaism|Judaica

Shire, Michael

Mazal Tov!: The Rituals and Customs of a Jewish Wedding

New York, Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bound simply in brick-red cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond slight furling along edges. Illustrated with illuminated manuscripts and Ketubbot from the British Library. 76 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 355768

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Silver, Kenneth

The Circle of Montparnasse: Jewish Artists in Paris, 1905-1945

New York, Universe Publishing, 1985. . Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. From the publisher's blurb, "Here is a sensitive portrait--in words and pictures--of the large group of Jewish artists who came to Paris early in the 20th century and the works they created in a unique atmosphere of mutual encouragement and support." Plentiful photographs of Jewish artists such as Chagall, Lipchitz, Modigliani, Soutine, Delaunay, Jabo, Kisling, Marcoussis, Orloff, Pascin, Weber, Zadkine and others in black-and-white. 16 full-page full-color plates. Brief biography, bibliography, exhibitions, etc., for each artist. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. [5], 6-127 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 349166

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Keywords: Montparnasse|Jewish artists|Jewish history|Jewish culture|Jewish artists|French art history

Singer, Isaac Bashevis

Enemies, a Love Story

New York, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in bright green cloth, author's initials embossed to front cover, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. [6], 280 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 346341

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Keywords: Isaac Bashevis Singer|literature|Judaica|Jewish history and culture

Sluyser, Meyer

Before I Forget

New York, Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Edited by Angelo Cohn, this fine introduction to pre-W.W.I.I. Amsterdam in Jewish history and culture. Meyer Sluyser (1902-72) was popular in pre-war Dutch Jewish circles especially in the poorer section of Amsterdam. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Illustrated paper dust jacket, showing minor wear, short closed tears, creasing along top edge, not price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-200 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 351617

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Keywords: Meyer SLuyser Angelo Cohn Amsterdam

Smolen, Kazimierz

Auschwitz, 1940-1945

Sarego, Poland, Panstwowe Muzeum of Oswiecimiu, 1961. First English Translation. . Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of illustrated covers, in gate-fold, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Jacket and graphic design by Jerzy Adam Brandhumber, photographs by Norbert Boronowski, and from the State Museum Archive in Oswiecim. A bracing, frank, rageful assessment by Communist Poland's intellectuals and former political prisoners to the plight of Jewish victims and of Romany and non-Jewish Polish victims including homosexuals. Takes pot-shots also at West Germany for allowing ex-Nazi soldiers' Union groups to continue to function in Poland. Translated from the original Polish by Krystyna Michalik, Ph.D., being a photojournalistic essay about the horrors of Auschwitz/Oswiecimiu and of antiSemitism in Poland and Germany. The chapter and section titles bespeak the horrible contents: Racial Discrimination of Jews; Concentration Camps; Extermination of Soviet POWs; Extermination of Gypsies; The Road to Death; Deceiving of Victims; Extermination Factory; Process of Extermination; Administration of the Camp; German Industry Used Prisoners as Workmen; Starvation; Fate of Women and Children; Experiments on Prisoners; The Block of Death; and Punishing the Criminals. The author Kazimierz Smolen (19 April 1920 – 27 January 2012) was a Polish political prisoner in Auschwitz and much later became a Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Smolen had been a law student when he was arrested by the Gestapo on 15 April 1940 and for his anti-Nazi activism. He was transported to Auschwitz on 6 July 1940 and suffered there, terribly. His KZ Auschwitz number was 1327, and at first was given work in the construction workgang but then was forced to write for the regime in the camp's administration office. He suffered five years in Auschwitz then went on not one, but two death marches, ended up in the Ebensee concentration camp from which he was liberated on 6 May 1945. He helped to investigate Nazi crimes in Poland and participated as a witness and expert in trials of SS staff of Nazi concentration camps at Nuremberg. He died in 2012 on the day of the 67th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 355774

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Keywords: Smolen Kazimierz antiSemitism the Holocaust Poland W.W.I.I.

Snider, Jenny

Chelm: Stories and Scenes

Rosendale, New York, The Women's Workshop Studio, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the author and illustrator inside front flap, an endearing Jewish-themed story, beautifully illustrated in black-and-white, featuring a female angel who distributed seeds around the world, including at the foot of a hill. She explains in an Afterword that the story is set in the 17th-century Polish town of Chelm, a set of folktales about "a body of folktales about a particularly Jewish order of foolishness." Measures 9 3/4" x 11 3/4" in size. Clean and unmarked.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 345657

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Coenen Snyder, Saskia

Building a Public Judaism: Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Handsomely bound in black cloth, with sharp and distinct silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. The author was at the time of publication Assistant Professor of Jewish History at University of South Carolilna. [7], 2-350.00Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Used: Like New

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Book number: 347428

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Keywords: Saskia Coenen Snyder|Judaism|Judaica|Jewish history|Jewish culture|synagogue

Abramovich, Solomon and Yakov Zilberg, eds.

Smuggled in Potato Sacks: Fifty Stories of the Hidden Children of the Kaunas Ghetto

London, England, Vallentine Mitchell, 2011. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. About 5,000 children were imprisoned in the Kaunas Ghetto in 1941-1944, of which some 250-300 were smuggled out of the ghetto, hidden by gentiles and survived. Augmented by plentiful black-and-white illustrations and photographs. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xv [1], 2-416 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 353818

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Keywords: The Hidden Children of the Kaunas Ghetto Solomon Abramovich Yakov Zilber

Steinberg, Milton

A Partisan Guide to the Jewish Problem

New York, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations in American Universities, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and furled, price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-308 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 355770

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Keywords: Milton Steinberg Judaism Judaica Jewish history Jewish culture