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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “renee levine melammed”
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  • An Ode to Salonika

    The Ladino Verses of Bouena Sarfatty

    by Renée Levine Melammed ...
    Series series Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies
    Through the poetry of Bouena Sarfatty (1916-1997), An Ode to Salonika sketches the life and demise of the Sephardi Jewish community that once flourished in this Greek crossroads city. A resident of Salonika who survived the Holocaust as a partisan and later settled in Canada, Sarfatty preserved the traditions and memories of this diverse and thriving Sephardi community in some 500 Ladino poems ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • A Question of Identity

    Iberian Conversos in Historical Perspective

    by Renee Levine Melammed ...
    In 1391 many of the Jews of Spain were forced to convert to Christianity, creating a new group whose members would be continually seeking a niche for themselves in society. The question of identity was to play a central role in the lives of these and later converts whether of Spanish or Portuguese heritage, for they could not return to Judaism as long as they remained on the Peninsula, and their ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Heretics or Daughters of Israel?

    The Crypto-Jewish Women of Castile

    by Renee Levine Melammed ...
    Between 1391 and the end of the 15th century, numerous Spanish Jews converted to Christianity, most of them under duress. Before and after 1492, when the Jews were officially expelled from Spain, a significant number of these conversos maintained clandestine ties to Judaism, despite their outward conformity to Catholicism. Through the lens of the Inquisition's own records, this groundbreaking ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

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    What does it mean to be a Jew? How does one begin to answer so extensive a question?In this insightful and completely updated tome, esteemed rabbi and bestselling author Joseph Telushkin helps answer the question of what it means to be a Jew, in the largest sense. Widely recognized as one of the most respected and indispensable reference books on Jewish life, culture, tradition, and religion, ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • This Is My God

    by Herman Wouk ...
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author shares a "valuable, wise, and quietly moving" meditation on orthodox Judaism ( Chicago Tribune ).Renowned for his sweeping historical novels such as The Cain Mutiny and The Winds of War, Herman Wouk now presents a brilliantly distilled examination of his own religious faith. A miracle of brevity, This Is My God guides readers through the world's oldest practicing. ... Read more

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  • The Book of "Genesis"

    A Biography

    by Ronald Hendel ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it continues to play a central role in debates about science, politics, and human rights. With clarity and skill, acclaimed biblical scholar Ronald Hendel provides a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Fromms

    How Julius Fromm's Condom Empire Fell to the Nazis

    by Gotz Aly, Michael Sontheimer ...
    Translated by Shelley Frisch ...
    If you wanted to buy a top-quality condom in prewar Germany, you bought Fromms Act, the first brand name condom and still a leading brand in the German market. The man behind this "pure German quality product" was Julius Fromm, a Jewish entrepreneur who had immigrated from Russia as a child. Fromm was in the right place at the right time: he patented Fromms Act in 1916, when the combination of ... Read more

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  • Jews and Magic in Medici Florence

    The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis

    by Edward L. Goldberg ...
    In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rare supernatural powers, and Benedetto Blanis—a businessman and aspiring scholar from a distinguished ... Read more

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  • The "Dead Sea Scrolls"

    A Biography

    by John J. Collins ...
    Series series Lives of Great Religious Books
    Since they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination--and more controversy--than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that existed around the time of Jesus, and they continue to inspire veneration and conspiracy theories to this day. John Collins tells ... Read more

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  • The ALFRED EDERSHEIM Collection, 3-in-1 (Illustrated). Sketches of Jewish Social Life, Temple Its Ministry and Services, Jesus the Messiah

    by Alfred Edersheim ...
    THE ALFRED EDERSHEIM COLLECTION includes the full text of 3 of Edersheim’s most well-known works: SKETCHES OF JEWISH SOCIAL LIFE, THE TEMPLE ITS MINISTRY AND SERVICES, JESUS THE MESSIAH (the official abridged version of “Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah”).* This is not a cheap scanned copy, but a fully searchable and formatted collection! *Includes the FULL TEXT of:SKETCHES OF JEWISH SOCIAL ... Read more

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  • Jewish Wisdom

    by Joseph Telushkin ...
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    Many contemporary Israelis suffer from a strange condition. Despite the obvious successes of the Zionist enterprise and the State of Israel, tension persists, with a collective sense that something is wrong and should be better. This cognitive dissonance arises from the disjunction between “place” (defined as what Israel is really like) and “Place” (defined as the imaginary community comprised of ... Read more

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