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The journey of Yiddish singer Myriam Fuks through Germany, Ukraine and Israel, trying More... |
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The journey of Yiddish singer Myriam Fuks through Germany, Ukraine and Israel, trying to find the truth about her mother's life story.
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| Publisher: | ,2007 |
| Additional Details: | 78 pages, paperback, good condition. Rare book. ISBN 978-2-9600700. |
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The social structure of Israel, starting at the Yishuv period. The book presents a sociological More... |
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The social structure of Israel, starting at the Yishuv period. The book presents a sociological analysis of Israeli society and institutions, giving the major relevant historical, institutional, and contemporary details. |
| Publisher: | Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London,1970 |
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451 pages, hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition: pages are clean, unmarked and tight, binding is strong with some rubbing, gift inscription.
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The aim of this study is to provide a systematic analysis of the development of the Jewish community in Palestine from its beginnings in the late 1880s up to the present day. Such an analysis can, of course, be attempted from several diverse points of view. It seems to us that its focal point should be the development of the country's society as a modern society with specific problems and characteristics of its owm.
Another book you may enjoy: Local Communities and the Israeli Polity |
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Poems by Yohanan Ramati. The poems are divided into eight sections: Ballads; Love; More... |
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Poems by Yohanan Ramati. The poems are divided into eight sections: Ballads; Love; Children; Animal Poems; Americana; Of Man and the Universe; The Jews; Israel, Oh Israel!.
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| Publisher: | Bialik Institute, Jerusalem,1995 |
| Illustrator: | Sisel Vagard |
| Additional Details: | 245 pages, paperback, good condition: pages and binding are clean and tight. |
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Death in the Mountains The wind of winter whistles And snow bedecks the thistles Upon the lonely glen, Its searing whiteness blinding, Its frozen facets finding Even the foxes` den. ... |
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The book represent a set of research studies about social stratification in the kibbutz, which More... |
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The book represent a set of research studies about social stratification in the kibbutz, which were conducted throughout the kibbutz movement during the first half of the 1980s. Table of Contents: A typy of community: a debate; Modern stratification; Application: stratification in the kibbutz; Attributes and rewards; Status and roles; Social strata; social mobility; Privileges and deprivation; Social networks; Social status and images of society; Social conflicts; The kibbutz - what next?.
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| Publisher: | Avebury, England,1988 |
| Additional Details: | 166 pages, hardcover, good condition. ISBN 0566055066. |
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Despite its restricted size - it represents about 3.5 percent of the Israeli population - the kibbutz is one of the most original aspects of Israeli society. Combining agriculture, industry and community services, this collective settlement is a constant object of scientific and intellectual curiosity.
Another book you may enjoy: Family and Community in the Kibbutz |
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A study of man as seen by contemporary Kabbalists. After a brief exposition of the Tree of Life, More... |
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A study of man as seen by contemporary Kabbalists. After a brief exposition of the Tree of Life, the mystical tool of the Kabbalah, the book sets out in modern terms how eternal principles operate throughout the four Worlds present in a human being. This is followed by a detailed study of the psyche's anatomy where ancient and modern approaches prepare the way for the examination of the Soul. The latter part of the book is concerned with the awakening of the Soul and its growing consciousness of the upper Kabbalistic Worlds of Creation and Emanation. The conclusion describes the progress of man into the realm of the Spirut and the Presence of the Divine.
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| Publisher: | Rider and Company, London,1974 |
| Additional Details: | 333 pages, paperback, good condition. ISBN 0091195012. |
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Adam Kadmon is the Universe. He contains the whole of manifest creation. Stretching between heaven and Earth his head touches the ultimate crown of spirit, and his feet the densest of matters. Made in the image of God, Adam Kadmon expresses the ten prime attributes of the creator and the four major laws which govern the universe.
Another book you may enjoy: A Kabbalistic Universe / Ze'ev ben Shimon Halevi |
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This book provides an introduction to the problems of the modern Middle East, and analyses the More... |
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This book provides an introduction to the problems of the modern Middle East, and analyses the impact of Western civilization on the Islamic peoples and societies.
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| Publisher: | Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London,1968 |
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164 pages, paperback, good condition: pages are clean and unmarked, cover is tight but shows some wear.
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The term Middle East was invented in 1902 by the american naval historian Alfred Thayer Mahan, to designate the area between Arabia and India, with its centre - from the point of view of a naval strategist - in the Persian Gulf.
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Poems. Notebook, On the Road to Kefar Kisch, Fusion in Spring, Zichron Ya'akov, Turn Pink and More... |
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Poems. Notebook, On the Road to Kefar Kisch, Fusion in Spring, Zichron Ya'akov, Turn Pink and Stand on One Leg, On the Gilboa, Winter Comes and Darkens, Watering the Plants, and more.
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| Publisher: | Shulamit Halperin & Notza Vakeshet, Tel Aviv,1991 |
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59 pages, hardcover, good condition: clean and tight pages and cover. Inscribed in Hebrew by the author. Very rare.
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Notebook Just proving my voice, she declared And heard what was written Again and again Like the tra la la of the harmonies, The practice of warm-up. She remembered the startling blue sea And how her friend`s flamingo Flew across, but could not find A place for a second leg Within the frame, and the Frame had the imprint of the Leg and part of the picture Was empty, and evoked Its own Balance, its own Spatiality. ... |
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A novel about a Russian-Jewish family who settles in Palestine before Worlsd War More... |
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A novel about a Russian-Jewish family who settles in Palestine before Worlsd War I.
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| Publisher: | Simon and Schuster, New York,1972 |
| Additional Details: | 832 pages, hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition. |
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Under God`s stars, with the younger children lying close on one side and the other side of her, the girls curled against each other on the left and the boys on the right, Feigel truly felt herself like a great mother bird with her brood nestling under her wings.
Not all of them were there. Two had already flown on, nearly a year ago already, to the new-old land to show the way.
A related book you may enjoy: Thieves in the Night / Arthur Koestler |
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The book presents the growth and development of the Jewish Siddur, the history and content of More... |
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The book presents the growth and development of the Jewish Siddur, the history and content of the prayers and the centrality of the Sidduur in Judaism. From the Table of Contents: Hebrew Worship in Ancient Days; Prayer in Bible and Temple Days; National Tragedy and Spiritual Consolidation; The Framework of Jewish Worship; Expansions of the Weekday Services; The Crystallization of the Sabbath Services; The Liturgy of the Major Festivals; Private and Home Worship; Rites, Symbols, and Ceremonies of Jewish Worship; The First Siddur; The Synagogue's Confrontation with the Church; The Mystic Stream in Jewish Liturgy; The Invention of the Printing Press; and more.
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| Publisher: | The Jewish Publication Society of America,1971 |
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673 pages, hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition: white, unmarked and tight pages, strong and clean binding.
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Judaism has given birth to several religious institutions which have revolutionized man`s world outlook and man`s way of life. Among these are the Sabbath and the synagogue. Equally important are the religious literary classics that Judaism has begotten - for example, the Bible and the Talmud. But the religious classic that has been closest to the heart of the Jew is the Jewish book of common prayer, known as the Siddur.
A related book you may enjoy: The Saga of Traditional Judaism: A survey of post-biblical literature |
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Mernissi, an internationally known Moroccan sociologist, endeavors to show that discrimination More... |
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Mernissi, an internationally known Moroccan sociologist, endeavors to show that discrimination against women, so common in the Muslim world today, is not a fundamental tenet of Islam as many contemporary male Muslims would like us to believe. Her basic premise is that Islam is inherently egalitarian and, using extensive documentation from the Koran, the Hadith, and other Islamic historical commentary, Mernissi successfully proves her hypothesis. While doing so, she teaches the reader a great deal about Mohammed (the man as well as the prophet), his wives, his companions, and early Islamic society
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| Publisher: | Addison-Wesley Publishing,1991 |
| Additional Details: | 228 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition: white, clean and tight pages, strong binding. ISBN 0-201-52321-3. |
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``Can a woman be a leader of Muslims?`` I asked my grocer, who, like most grocers in Morocco, is a true barometer of public opinion.
``I take refuge in Allah!`` he exclaimed, shocked, despite the friendly relations between us. A related book you may enjoy: The Arabs / Peter Mansfield |
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An Album of black and white photographs, featuring life in Israel. Each photograph is More... |
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An Album of black and white photographs, featuring life in Israel. Each photograph is accompanied by a fitting biblical passage. Captions and passages are given in Hebrew, English and French.
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| Publisher: | Or Israel, Tel Aviv,1968 |
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No pagination, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition: pages are clean and tight, small tears to jacket.
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A related book you may enjoy: From Sunrise to Sunrise: Scenes of Life in Israel |
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A reference book which includes brief biographical sketches of Israeli and Jewish personalities More... |
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A reference book which includes brief biographical sketches of Israeli and Jewish personalities - scholars, artists, public figures, and more. The second part is a review of enterprises and public institutions
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| Publisher: | Bronfman & Cohen Publishers, Tel Aviv,1970 |
| Additional Details: | 609 pages, hardcover, good condition. |
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Avigdor Kahalani, commander of a tank battalion on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, More... |
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Avigdor Kahalani, commander of a tank battalion on the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, describes this experience in this book. Beginning with a description of the initial Syrian offensive, he recounts the personal endeavors of his men, their fears and their ambitions, as well as their emotional and physical hardships. His account traces the efforts of the Israel Armored Corps as they struggle to overcome extreme difficulties and setbacks. Kahalani describes their ultimate penetration into enemy territory and their approach to within forty kilometers of Damascus. Translated from the Hebrew ("Oz 77"). Foreword by Donn A. Starry, Retired General in U.S. Army
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| Publisher: | Steimatzky,1997 |
| Additional Details: | 198 pages, paperback, very good condition. Signed by author Avigdor Kahalani. |
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I was on the roof, not feeling my best, when the phone rang. Tiles had to be replaced before the winter rains began, and my head throbbed from the aftereefects of last night's wedding party. My brother Emanuel had married Ruthi.
Dalia called me down. It was urgent, she said."Who is it?" I asked with some annoyance. "Yanosh!" What the devil could the brigade commander want now, on the eve of the Jewish New Year. I clambered to the ground. |
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The memoirs of Michael Usiskin ("uncle Mike") - a Jewish farmer in Edenbridge, Canada. More... |
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The memoirs of Michael Usiskin ("uncle Mike") - a Jewish farmer in Edenbridge, Canada. Translated from the Yiddish by Marcia Usiskin Basman.
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| Publisher: | Peguis Publishers, Canada,1983 |
| Illustrator: | Ken Kirby |
| Additional Details: | 174 pages, paperback, good condition. ISBN 0-919566-92-8. |
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Here before me lies a large bundle of letters. Friends from the big cities of the world want to know why we, nearly all of us from the bustling major centres of Europe, Africa and America, have come to such a deathly still wilderness. Why, they want to know, have we stayed on here without even a thought of returning to those vibrant centres? Why did we leave those splendid large cities and come to Edenbridge, in north-western Canada? And why we have stayed on to endure a life that, since we got here, has been one continuous chain of suffering the like of which can be compared to no other Jewish colonization in the whole world?
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This book is dedicated to the extraordinary heroes who were willing to risk or sacrifice their More... |
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This book is dedicated to the extraordinary heroes who were willing to risk or sacrifice their life for the nation. Israeli presidents, prime ministers, generals, writers, scholars and artists have joined together to write the saga of the Lions of Israel: Nakdimon Rogel writes about Joseph Trumpeldor, Limor Livnat about Sarah Aharonson, Rafael Eitan about Alexander Zeid, Avraham Akavia about Orde Wongate, Aharon Megged about Hannah Senesh, Itzhak Navon about Yanusz Korczak, Shevach Weiss about Mordechai Anielewicz, Ariel Sharon about Meir Har Zion, and many more.
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| Publisher: | Warner Books, New York,1998 |
| Additional Details: | 330 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, good condition: pages are white and clean, binding is tight, |
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The first to arrive in Palestine in the nineteenth century, even before the official birth of Zionism, were the members of the Bilu organization. Coming from Eastern Europe, they settled in the first Jewish colonies throughout the country, many of which were financed by Baron de Rothschild.
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Sam Halpern's Darkness and Hope describes lovingly and mournfully the variety of Galician shtetl More... |
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Sam Halpern's Darkness and Hope describes lovingly and mournfully the variety of Galician shtetl life that exists no more. The horrors of forced labor, the public humiliations, the creation of the ghetto of Chorostkow, and all the bans and laws instituted by the Nazis are graphically described. In a forced-labor camp, Sam beat near starvation as well as typhus. In a stroke of good fortune, Sam and his brother Arie escaped and were hidden by old family friends until liberation, when Sam and Arie picked up the threads of their lives. After darkness of all they endured, Sam and his wife Gladys, full of hope, raised a family and became very involved in the future of the international Jewish community. Introduction by Elie Wiesel.
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| Publisher: | Shengold Publishers, New York,1996 |
| Additional Details: | 242 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, very good condition. |
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I was liberated by the Red Army on March 22, 1944. Although the war would go on for another fourteen months, on this day, when the Nazis retreated from our town, my brother, Arie, and I were finally able to leave the hayloft in which we had been hiding since we escaped from Kamionka, the forced-labor camp where we had been imprisoned.
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The story of the role played by North American volunteers in Aliyah Bet. This book tells about More... |
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The story of the role played by North American volunteers in Aliyah Bet. This book tells about the rescue of more than 32,000 Jews who sailed from post-Nazi Europe to British blockaded Palestine on vessels purchased in the United States and manned by American volunteer sailors. With an introduction by Martin Gilbert.
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| Publisher: | Gefen,1987 |
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190 pages, hardcover with dust jacket, very good condition: pages are white, clean and tight with a gift inscription on title page, binding is clean and strong, minor rubbing to jacket. ISBN 965-229-023-8 (9652290238).
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Blood ran down the sailor`s face and soaked into his shirt. Pain shot through his head, radiating from the spot where the attacker`s club had landed. The sailor`s skin smarted from tear gas.
Anger followed the pain, coursing through him like hot liquid. There was no time to think, only to react. A violent rage took over his entire body as the fire in his head turned to a throbbing pulse of pain.
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A textbook for Jewish schools. The Beliefs inside the Jewish Way of Life; How the Jewish Way of More... |
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A textbook for Jewish schools. The Beliefs inside the Jewish Way of Life; How the Jewish Way of Life began and grew; The Jewish Way of Life in the Ghetto; The Jewish Way of Life under freedom; The Jewish Way of Life in Israel.
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| Publisher: | Behrman House, New York,1959 |
| Illustrator: | Harry Lazarus |
| Additional Details: | 192 pages, hardcover, good condition: clean and tight. |
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Did you ever wonder what makes you what you are? Suppose you had been born an Indian, or an Eskimo, or a Frenchman. Your whole way of life would be different. If someone asks you, `What makes you different from an Eskimo?` you'd have to answer, `It isn't just the clothes I wear, or the language I speak, or living in an igloo. It`s everything I do.`
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Selections from the works of Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the great spiritual leaders of the More... |
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Selections from the works of Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the great spiritual leaders of the twentieth century. The selections are arranged around such topics as "Questions Man Asks," "Man's Needs," "Man's Ultimate Purpose," "What is Troubling the Family?" "Celebration," "The Uphill Struggle," "The Sabbath," and more.
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| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York,1977 |
| Additional Details: | 368 pages, paperback, good condition: pages are clean and tight, wear to covers. |
| Opening: | It is not enough for me to be able to say `I am`; I want to know who I am, and in relation to whom I live. It is not enough for me to ask questions; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for? |
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A biography of Herbert Samuel, a British Jew who served as High Commissioner in British Mandated More... |
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A biography of Herbert Samuel, a British Jew who served as High Commissioner in British Mandated Palestine. This biography attempts to potray the man, to relate his political theory to his practice, and to place his career in perspective against the historic unfolding of the great events in which he has taken part.
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| Publisher: | Victor Gollancz, London,1957 |
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367 pages, hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition with clean and tight pages and binding.
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Herbert Louis Samuel, first Viscount Samuel of Mount Carmel and of Toxteth in Liverpool, was born in that city on November 6th, 1870, in the third year of Mr. Gladstone`s first administration and in the autumn of the Franco-Prussian War. The fourth and youngest son of Edwin Louis Samuel, of the great banking firm of Samuel Montagu, and of Clara Yates of Liverpool, he came on both sides of Jewish stock.
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