Jewish Heritage
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Giacomo Meyerbeer and his Family
$49.95
Between Two Worlds
Elaine ThorntonThornton provides a pithy family biography of the well-known Berlin Beer family that illuminates the paradoxical situation between enlightenment and antisemitism that Jews faced in the German territories in the 19th century.
Dr Susanne Korbel, University of Gratz
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Helping With Inquiries
$34.95
An Autobiography
Jacobs, Louis
This autobiography of one of the world's leading Jewish religious thinkers and teachers, and the central participant in the dramatic 'Jacobs affair', begins with his early boyhood in a poor district of Manchester. The story covers his student life at Gateshead and London University, his trips...
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Immanuel Jakobovits
$32.95
A Prophet in Israel
Persoff, Meir
Chaim Bermant called him 'far and away the greatest Chief Rabbi Britain has had'. Margaret Thatcher described him as 'one of the most remarkable spiritual leaders of the twentieth century'. And Jonathan Sacks lauded him as 'a prince of God in our midst'. From his first...
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Intrepid Pioneers
$29.95
Jewish Women in the Public Arena
Seddon, IsabelleIt 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 Neuberger
Here Isabelle Seddon reveals the astonishing contributions made by British born... -
Jewish Letchworth
$29.95
A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience
Fachler, YankyFew people are aware of the intellectually diverse and remarkably innovative Jewish community of Letchworth which existed from the 1930s until the 1970s. Yanky Fachler has reclaimed the history of this talented group of people...
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Jewish Living
$14.95
4th Edition
Turner, Reuben
In this informative handbook will be found the values of Judaism that have been the strong link in the golden chain of Jewish history. The compilation of knowledge found in these pages will be useful to all those who wish to find out more about the meaning and...
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Jewish Nobel Prize Winners
$39.00
Taylor, Derek
With a Foreword by Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Jews make up 0.2% of the worlds' population, yet they have won over 20% of the Nobel prizes – 204 in total out of around 900 awarded since the first Laureates at the start of the...
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Jews and the Olympic Games
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Sport - A Springboard for Minorities
Mayer, Paul Yogi
In the last century young Jews, particularly in Central Europe, found that they had the new and exhilarating opportunity to give expression to their physical talents and energy. How they and their successors grasped it is the theme of this engaging book, the...
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Jews by the Seaside
$59.95
The Jewish Hotels and Guesthouses of Bournemouth
Fox, PamA visit to a Jewish hotel in Bournemouth in post-war Britain was greatly anticipated - for many, it was both a regular family and communal event. Pam Fox’s incisive investigation has reclaimed the underlying meaning of this episode in Anglo-Jewish history.
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Jews by the Seaside
$26.95
The Jewish Hotels and Guesthouses of Bournemouth
Fox, PamA visit to a Jewish hotel in Bournemouth in post-war Britain was greatly anticipated - for many, it was both a regular family and communal event. Pam Fox’s incisive investigation has reclaimed the underlying meaning of this episode in Anglo-Jewish history.
Colin...