Jewish Heritage
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Capturing Memories
$19.50
The Art of Reminiscing
Gordon, Sue; Rosefield, Jeanie; Stanton, Pat; Woolf, Vivienne
In today's fast-paced world, older people find little opportunity to tell stories and pass on the wisdom of their experience and years. They remember the past clearly, but the art of storytelling has been lost. Reminiscence classes revive this art....
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Chapters of Accidents
$24.95
A Writer’s Memoir
Baron, Alexander
Colin Holmes and Nick Baron (Eds)Alexander Baron ... was the greatest British novelist of [World War II] and among the finest, most underrated, of the postwar period.
John Williams, The Guardian
‘We have waited a long time for this war’s All Quiet on the Western Front’, wrote... -
Composers of Classical Music of Jewish Descent
from $32.95
Stevens, Lewis
This book describes and explains the relative preponderance of composers of Jewish descent, particularly during the last two hundred years. The first two chapters of the book give a brief history of composers of Jewish descent from biblical times to the present day. Chapter three attempts to assess the...
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Creating a Storm
$29.95
Jewish Women in the World of Arts and Culture
Seddon, Isabelle
Foreword by Dame Maureen LipmanIt is to Isabelle Seddon’s great credit that she marks the contributions of the early pioneers, as well as those who have done sterling work in more recent years.
Rabbi Dame Julia NeubergerHere Isabelle...
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Debating the Zeitgeist and being Second Generation
$34.95
David, Miriam E. and Moos, Merilyn (Eds)
This book is not a study about the second generation but gives voice to the second generation themselves. It provides fascinating and unique insights as to how the ‘second generation’ feels about themselves and their place within their communities.
Lord Dubs
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East End Jews and Left-Wing Theatre
from $37.95
Alfie Bass, David Kossoff, Warren Mitchell and Lionel Bart
Seddon, Isabelle
This is a wonderful book that places these Jewish artists in a historical-cultural context. This is not only a British story, but a much wider Jewish one for which Isabelle Seddon provides many interesting insights.
Colin Shindler, The Jerusalem Post
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Escape from Benghazi
$34.95
Diary of an Imposter
Meghnagi, EliaMeghnagi takes us on a cultural and political tour of Benghazi and its Jewish community in the twentieth century under Italian, British and Arab regimes. In doing so he reveals with a masterful and at times funny touch his personal story as a boy growing...
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Essentials of the Land of Israel
$69.95
Marlon, Brandon
Essentials of the Land of Israel is an excellent resource for both the layman and scholar interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the geography and history of Israel.
Rabbi Ken Spiro, Senior Lecturer & Researcher, Aish HaTorah, Jerusalem
Brandon Marlon’s ready compendium of...
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Exodus Too
$29.95
The Story of an Ordinary Egyptian Jewish Family in Extraordinary Times
Tamman, Gabriel
[T]he time may soon be coming when the events that have taken place in the region will have to be considered as part of the great exchanges of population that have taken place in history rather than...
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Finding Relly
$19.95
My Family, The Holocaust and Me
Schonfeld, RosemaryRosemary Schonfeld grew up as the daughter of a Czech immigrant in post-war UK and Canada, unaware of her father’s Jewish identity and of what really happened to his absent relatives. In adulthood she began to feel compelled to find out whether Relly,...