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Subject: Jewish Studies
Passage from Home: The Erotic Awakening of a Young Intellectual
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Rosenfeld, Isaac (edited by Jonathan D. Sarna; introduction by Mark Shechner)
Subject: World Literature
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This outstanding family novel, set in a Jewish neighborhood of Chicago, is “the fullest articulation of the generational conflict between Jewish fathers and [sins],” writes Alexander Bloom in his 1986 book Prodigal Sons. The central character, a 15-year-old boy in …
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The Chosen People
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Nyburg, Sidney Lauer
Subject: U.S. History, World Literature
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This book is the fictionalization of a true class conflict in Baltimore’s textile industry at the turn of the century. The strike around which the story is centered involved religious leaders, Christian social workers, and the local gentry.
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The Levant: A Fractured Mosaic
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Harris, William
Subject: Middle East: Israel/Palestine/Levant, World History
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One of the “10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East” — The Wall Street Journal
In the wake of the November terrorist attack in Paris, the Wall Street Journal asked several experts for book recommendations …
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Tropical Diaspora: The Jewish Experience in Cuba
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Levine, Robert S.
Subject: Caribbean, Jewish Studies ,History
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.”a comprehensive and absorbing account of the travails of Cuban Jews… Cuba did not conform to the behavior of a classical dictatorship in its struggle to chart its own path, but perhaps it is this nonconformity that makes it such …
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Zionism: A Brief History
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Brenner, Michael (translated by Shelley Frisch)
Subject: Middle East, Religion, World History
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This book explores the origins of Zionism within Jewish tradition, the variety of Zionist ideologies, and the political circumstances that fostered this movement. Jewish immigration to Palestine, shifting British policies, Arab reactions to Jewish settlements, and the impact of the …
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