by Morty Leibowitz
A description of "getting hooked" in the butt, while
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fishing at a secluded lake. Unfortunately a group of misguided girl scouts comes along, tries to treat him, and manages to break his leg. A painfully "funny" experience.
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by Judy Frankel
“To Unify a Nation”, the fourth book by Rabbi Dov
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Lipman, is a cri de coeur for moderation and against polarization in our society. In describing his experiences in Israel, he urges an end to discrimination of many kinds, including religious discrimination.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
A stark and horrific `word-camera' personal account
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of the experiences of an eighteen year old who survived seven concentration camps later returning to Berlin and re- inventing his life.
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by Judy Frankel
The author interviews more than sixty assorted Israelis
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to discover their feelings, experiences and hopes about their lives in Israel. Their candid answers highlight the complexity of today’s society in a fascinating way.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
Pnina highly recommends this book about the IDF most
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elite unit unit known as Talpiot. She says that the unit's history, its eccentric approaches to problem-solving, its unique methods of recruitment and teaching make for fascinating reading.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
Pnina highly recommends Nina Selbst's thoroughly enjoyable
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water journey. She says " there is no area of human activity linked to water that the author of this lucid and fascinating book has not delved into".
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by Vera Freudmann
This sounds like a user friendly recipe book with a
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difference!!Illustrated with beautiful photographs both of Tel Aviv and of some of the food ideas shared written by a resident of Tel Aviv who loves her city as well as its culinary secrets.
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by Stephen Kliner
The enormous collaborative effort that resulted in
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the successful illustrated history of the Glasgow Jewish community has received outstanding reviews. Already in its second reprint, the album is proof that Jewish Glasgow has a story people want to hear. Stephen Kliner, who initiated the project, takes us behind the scenes.
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by Carl Hoffman
Carl Hoffman’s review of Hopeless Wars, an account
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by Russian immigrant Yakov Kedmi of his struggle for the emigration of Soviet Jewry, comments that while some of the book has merit, it focuses on the minutiae of Kedmi’s actions rather than on the greater picture, thereby detracting from readability and interest.
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by Gloria Deutsch
Here we have the story of Barney, an autistic child
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whose affliction brings many hardships on his loving family and affects all who come in contact with him.In addition ,we meet some colourful characters who feature in this very readable and interesting book.
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by Morty Leibowitz
Morton Leibowitz, in this moving poem, addresses the
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contrast between hope and despair; harmony and conflict.
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by Carl Hoffman
Most of us know at least the outlines of the story
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about the man who is known as “the Japanese Oskar Schindler. This book, however, is extraordinary in that its author is not Jewish, but Japanese and provides an excellent account of the courage and humanity of Chiune Sugihara
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by Mark Elliott Shapiro
In this poem, the author explores metaphorically the
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possibility of building an all-inclusive ark for all people, and asks whether the very process of constructing it would render it unnecessary.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
In this book review, a thriller by Dan Sofer is described
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as combining mysticism and mayhem in Jerusalem with plenty of wit and a neat ending.
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by Pnina Moed Kass
The Pater, by Elliot Jager is an unusual memoir of
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a child abandoned by his father, his difficult life, and later his life as a husband but not a father. Pnina Moed Kass finds that the balance of intellectual and personal inquiry makes The Pater an intriguing read.
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