FINKEL, AVRAHAM YAAKOV

Contemporary sages. The great Chasidic masters of the twentieth century.

Northvale, New Jersey / London, 1994. XXIV, 219 pp., illustrated. 4to. Fine copy. Orig. cloth with dustjacket. Minor discoloration to dustj. Hasidism. Rabbi's. Part I of the book is devoted to the rebbes of the early decades of the twentieth century, the champions in the struggle against the onslaught of secularism, atheism, and assimilation. Part II tells the story of Chasidut during the conflagration of the Holocaust and the superhuman spiritual heroism displayed by the chasidic leaders who gave their lives al kiddush Hashem, for the sanctification of God's Name. Their immortal words of faith and courage quoted in the book live on to inspire future generations. Part III encompasses the rebbes who miraculously survived the Holocaust to rebuild the decimated chasidic movement. Against all odds, charismatic men like the Belzer, Bobover, Gerer, Klausenburger, Lubavitcher, and Vizhnitzer rebbes, as well as many other leaders, succeeded beyond anyone's expectations. Judaism. Jewish history. ISBN: 9781568211558

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Fornari, Salvatore

La Roma Del Ghetto

Roma, Fratelli Palombi Editori, 1984. 203 pp., Fine copy. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 9788876212949

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Book number: 52889

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Foxbrunner, Roman A.

Habad: The Hasidism of R. Shneur Zalman of Lyady (Judaic Studies Series)

Tuscaloosa/London, The University of Alabama Press, 1992. xi, 305 pp., Very good copy. Paperback. Hasidism evokes heated controversy among scholars trying to analyze the movement and its significance. The Hasidic thought of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady (1745-1813), known as Habad, has had a major influence on Jewish life throughout the world. Habad is an acronym of the initials for the Hebrew words Hokhmah, Binah, Da'at or wisdom, understanding, knowledge. This book, based on all the extant teachings of Shneur Zalman, systematically presents that thought and analyzes its underlying theological philosophical, religious, and ethical concepts. ISBN: 9780817305581

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Book number: 52772

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FREIMARK, PETER; HERZIG, ARNO (Hrsg.)

Die Hamburger Juden in der Emanzipationsphase (1780-1870).

Hamburg, Christians, 1989. 337 pp. Fine copy. Hardcover with dustjacket. German language. Jewish history. ISBN: 9783767210851

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Book number: 51445

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GARTNER, LLOYD P.

History of the Jews in Modern Times. ISBN 9780192892591

USA, Oxford University Press, 2001. 468 pp. Lichte ouderdomsverkleuring. Goed, schoon exemplaar. Paperback. Lloyd Gartner presents, in chronologically-arranged chapters, the story of the changing fortunes of the Jewish communities of the Old World (in Europe and the Middle East and beyond) and their gradual expansion into the New World of the Americas. The book starts in 1650, when there were no more than one and a quarter million Jews in the world (less than a sixth of the number at the start of the Christian era). Gartner leads us through the traditions, religious laws, communities and their interactions with their neighbours, through the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and into Emancipation, the dark shadows of anti-Semitism, the impact of World War II, bringing us up to the twentieth century through Zionism, and the foundation of Israel. Throughout, the story is powerful and engrossing - enlivened by curious detail and vivid insights. Gartner, an expert guide and scholar on the subject, writing from within the Jewish community, remains objective and effective whilst being careful to introduce and explain Jewish terminology and Jewish institutions as they appear in the text. This is a superb introductory account - authoritative, in control, lively of the central threads in one of the greatest historical tapestries of modern times. ISBN: 9780192892591

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GELBER, MARK H. (ed.)

The Jewish Reception of Heinrich Heine (Conditio Judaica, Band 1)

Tübingen, Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1992. 234 pp. Good copy, clean, no entries, underlinings etc. Paperback. Slight wear to cover. This volume contains the lectures, many substantially expanded and revised, which were delivered at an international conference held at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheva in 1990. By utilizing the methodological guidelines and insights of reception aesthetics, a range of Jewish readings of Heine's works and his complex literary personality are analyzed. Considerations of his impact on major figures, like Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau, Karl Kraus, Else Lasker-Schüler, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Max Brod comprise the major part of the book. In addition, there are readings of Heine by minor or neglected Jewish writers and poets, including, for example, Aron Bernstein and Fritz Heymann, and by Jewish writers in Hebrew and Yiddish literature, as well as by Jewish readers within other national readerships, for example, the American and Croatian. In the process of this analysis, the notion of Jewish reception itself is naturally subjected to critical scrutiny. ISBN: 9783484651012

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GOLDMAN, LAZARUS MORRIS

The History Of The Jews In New Zealand.

Wellington, Reed, 1958. 272 pp. Illustr. Very good copy in fair dustjacket. Cloth with dustjacket. First edition.

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Book number: 50826

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Grab, Walter &Julius H. Schoeps (ed.)

Juden in der Weimarer Republik : Skizzen und Portraits

Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft Primus, 1998. 373 pp., Fine copy. Hardcover. German language. History of the Jews in Germany ISBN: 9783896780744

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Hank, Sabine und Hermann Simon

Feldpostbriefe jüdischer Soldaten 1914 - 1918 - Briefe ehemaliger Zöglinge an Sigmund Feist, Direktor des Reichenheimischen Waisenhauses in Berlin - Band 1 + 2. Complete in 2 volumes. ISBN 3933471257 and 3933471338

Teetz, Hentrich & Hentrich, 2002. 735 pp. Illustr. Stamps on verso title. Else very good. Hardcover. German language. Germany. Correspondence of Jewish soliders in World War 1. First World War.

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HARRIS, ISIDORE

History of Jews' College. November 11th 1855 - November 10th 1905.

London, Luzac & Co., 1906. (II), CCII and many photographic plates. First photo-portrait with waterstain in the margin and tissuegard missing. Else internally very good.. Or. cloth, rebacked, new endpapers. Edges worn. Anglo-Judaica. Modern Jewish History England.

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Book number: 25516

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Herzig, Arno

Judentum und Aufklärung: Jüdisches Selbstverständnis in der bürgerlichen Öffentlichkeit (Studienhefte Zur Altertumswissenschaft)

Gottingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2002. 244 pp., Very good copy. Hardcover. ISBN: 9783525362624

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HESS, Jonathan

Germans, Jews and the Claims of Modernity

New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, 2002. xiv, 258 pp. Fine copy. Hardcover with dustjacket. In the analysis of the debates in Germany over Jews, Judaism and Jewish emancipation in the late 18th and 19th centuries, Jonathan M. Hess reconstructs a crucial chapter in the history of secular anti-Semitism. He examines not only the thinking of German intellectuals of the time but also that of Jewish writers, revealing the connections between anti-Semitism and visions of modernity, and the Jewish responses to the treat posed by these connections. (...) Hess considers the work of major figures of the period, such as Moses Mendelssohn, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Schleiermacher, whose debates about the shape of the modern world provide us with fresh insights into Jewish emancipation, German colonial discourse, and the intersections between religious and political reform.

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ISRAEL, GÉRARD

The Jews in Russia. The Dramatic Untold Story of the 200-year Struggle of Jews in Russia Against Oppression, Assimilation and Death.

London, Charles Knight, 1975. XI, 329 pp. 2 pages sl. damaged, no loss of text. Good copy. Clean, no name, stamp, underlinings or any other marks.Hardcover with dustjacket. Translated from the French into the English by Sanford L. Chernoff.

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Book number: 14417

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KAHN, CHARLOTTE

Resurgence of Jewish Life in Germany

London, Praeger, 2004. 214 pp. As new. Hardcover. This work focuses on the present while addressing the underlying question of the future for Jews in Germany: How temperate is the German social climate and how fertile is its soil for Jews? Seventy people were interviewed for this book to establish what kind of relationships are being established across the Jewish and non-Jewish border. The interviewees represent three generations and all walks of life. German Jews represent the fastest growing Jewish community in the contemporary world. Charlotte Kahn explores the development of relations between Jews and non-Jewish Germans, drawing on 70 interviews with people from all age groups and many different walks of life. ISBN: 9780275973742

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Katz, Steven T. [Editor]

Interpreters of Judaism in the Late Twentieth Century (The B'Nai B'Rith History of the Jewish People)

Washington, B'nai B'rith Books, 1993. xv, 423 pp., Fine copy. Hardcover with dustjacket. Essays on Eliezer Berkovits, Eugene B. Borowitz, Emil Fackenheim, Irving (Yitzchak) Greenberg, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Louis Jacobs, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Gershom Scholem, Elie Wiesel and many others.The past quarter century has been a dynamic phase in the evolution of Jewish scholarship. First-class minds of all denominations have continued to wrestle with both old and new issues confronting the Jewish People. The Holocaust, the continuing development of the American Jewish community, and the growth of the State of Israel have been the causes of ferment in Jewish thought. In the present collection of original essays, each examining the work of one of the foremost thinkers of our time, an attempt has been made to describe and analyze this diverse conceptual scene. Ranging over the wide geographical expanse of the Jewish People, from Israel, through Europe and on to America, this volume offers the most current, comprehensive, and sophisticated introduction available to contemporary Jewish thought. ISBN: 9780910250221

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