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  • Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1949

    by Freddy Liebreich ...
    This book provides an important shift in the analysis of Britain's policy towards the illegal postwar Jewish immigration into Palestine. It charts the development of Britain's response to Zionist immigration, from the initial sympathy, as embodied in the Balfour Declaration, through attempts at blockade, refoulement and finally disengagement.The book exposes differences in policy pursued by the ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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  • Legends of the Jews

    by Louis Ginzberg ...
    Bible times and characters from creation to Esther. The introduction begins: "The term Rabbinic was applied to the Jewish Literature of post-Biblical times by those who conceived the Judaism of the later epoch to be something different from the Judaism of the Bible, something actually opposed to it. Such observers held that the Jewish nation ceased to exist with the moment when its political ... Read more

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  • The Cabala

    by Bernhard Pick ...
    This is a short monograph on the Kabbalah, written from a purely academic and somewhat critical point of view. Pick traces the origins and background of the Kabbalah to Jewish scholars of mediaeval Spain. He does not attribute any deeper roots to it historically, nor does he examine the roots of Jewish mysticism except for a brief mention of the Merkabah. If you are looking for an introduction to ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sacred Treasure-The Cairo Genizah

    The Amazing Discoveries of Forgotten Jewish History in an Egyptian Synagogue Attic

    by Rabbi Mark S. Glickman ...
    Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in an old Egyptian synagogue—the amazing story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious scholarship.In 1896, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Cambridge University stepped into the attic of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt, and there found the largest treasure trove of medieval and early manuscripts ever discovered. He had entered the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Berlin to Jerusalem

    Memories of My Youth

    by Gershom Scholem, Moshe Idel ...
    "A serene, lucid and stylish essay in intellectual autobiography that at the same time commemorates a vanished world."—Times Literary Supplement"An extraordinary life—one that itself takes on symbolic, if not mystical, significance." —Robert ColesFrom Berlin to Jerusalem portrays the dual dramas of the author's total break from his middle-class German Jewish family and his ever-increasing ... Read more

    $18.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Everything Jewish History and Heritage Book

    From Abraham to Zionism, all you need to understand the key events, people, and places

    by Richard D Bank ...
    Series series Everything® Series
    A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Jewish Holidays

    A Journey through History

    by Larry Domnitch ...
    The events surrounding the holidays molded the foundation of the Jews as a nation and are related to their continuity and survival as Jews throughout history. In The Jewish Holidays: A Journey through History, author Larry Domnitch contends that there is a cyclical nature to the events of Jewish history. He writes, "The events that make up the themes of the Jewish holidays did not occur in a ... Read more

    $120.99 CAD

  • A Treasury of Jewish Quotations

    Edited by Joseph L. Baron ...
    The quotations contained in this monumental volume consist of aphorisms, maxims, proverbs, and comments of Jewish authorship or on Jewish themes. Here is a rich treasury compiled from over 2,500 years of Jewish writingsDfrom the Talmud, the Mishnah, the Zohar, and the Bible, through excerpts from Rashi, Maimonides, the Baal Shem Tov, as well as Spinoza, Disraeli, Herzl, Freud, Einstein, and many ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • The Sages Speak

    Rabbinic Wisdom and Jewish Values

    by William B. Silverman ...
    Organized by subject, this is a collection of teachings and quotations from the Talmud, the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, and ancient and modern religious and secular writings. Writers include Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hebrew poet Hayim Bialik, Cynthia Ozick, Emile Zola, Albert Einstein, Bruno Bettelheim, Gertrude Stein, Irving Howe, and Maimonides. In commentary that explains why ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Shifting Images of the Hasmoneans

    Second Temple Legends and Their Reception in Josephus and Rabbinic Literature

    by Vered Noam ...
    The shifting image of the Hasmoneans in the eyes of their contemporaries and later generations is a compelling issue in the history of the Maccabean revolt and the Hasmonean commonwealth. Based on a series of six Jewish folktales from the Second Temple period that describe the Hasmonean dynasty and its history from its legendary founders, through achievement of full sovereignty, to downfall, this ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • Jewish Lunacy

    6000 Years of Tradition, Pride, and Stories as Told by Someone Who Missed the First 5,960 Years

    by eric ...
    Jewish Lunacy looks back on six millennia of Jewish history, presenting it as the history of a family by telling it through the reminiscences of Eric, who calls himself the Tygrrrr Express. He grew up hearing stories of heartbreaking pain, insightful wisdom, and sidesplitting humor from Jewish relatives and the elders in Long Island, where he grew up. Drawing upon his familys rich oral traditions, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Jewish Blood

    Reality and metaphor in history, religion and culture

    Edited by Mitchell Hart ...
    Series series Routledge Jewish Studies Series
    This book deals with the Jewish engagement with blood: animal and human, real and metaphorical. Concentrating on the meaning or significance of blood in Judaism, the book moves this highly controversial subject away from its traditional focus, exploring how Jews themselves engage with blood and its role in Jewish identity, ritual and culture.With contributions from leading scholars in the field, ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD