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Handbook To Life In The Medieval World

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Jews And Power

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Writing A Modern Jewish History : Essays In Honor Of Salo W. Baron

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Yiddish Civilization : The Rise And Fall Of A Forgotten Nation

  • Yiddish Civilization : The Rise And Fall Of A Forgotten Nation

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    Paul Kriwaczek

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    Book, 1st American ed, Alfred A. Knopf, 2005

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    Providing a rich portrait of Yiddish civilization, Kriwaczek reflects upon the development of Yiddish language, occupations, social life, art, music, and literature, and introduces us to notable diplomats, artists, and thinkers: from the ?Court Jews? of 17th- century Europe to Glikl of Hamelins, who wrote the first great Yiddish autobiography, to Moses Mendelssohn, the 18th-century philosopher and musician, to the great writers of the late 19th and 20th centuries, Sholem Aleichem and I.B. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  DS135.E8 K75 2005  AVAILABLE

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Born To Kvetch : Yiddish Language And Culture In All Its Moods

  • Born To Kvetch : Yiddish Language And Culture In All Its Moods

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    Michael Wex

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    Book, 1st ed, St. Martin’s Press, 2005

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    As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. In Born to Kvetch, Michael Wex looks at the ingredients that went into this buffet of disenchantment and examines how they were mixed together to produce an almost limitless supply of striking idioms and withering curses (which get a chapter all to themselves). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PJ5113 .W48 2005  AVAILABLE

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A Vanished World : Medieval Spain’s Golden Age Of Enlightenment

  • A Vanished World : Medieval Spain's Golden Age Of Enlightenment

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    Chris Lowney

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    Book, Free Press, 2005

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    In a world troubled by religious strife and division, Chris Lowney’s vividly written new book offers a hopeful historical reminder: Muslims, Christians, and Jews once lived together in Spain, creating a centuries-long flowering of commerce, culture, art, and architecture. No less astonishing than medieval Spain’s wide-ranging accomplishments was the simple fact its Muslims, Christians, and Jews often managed to live and work side by side, bestowing tolerance and freedom of worship on the religious minorities in their midst. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  DP99 .L695 2005  AVAILABLE

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Daily Life In Biblical Times

  • Daily Life In Biblical Times

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    by Oded Borowski

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    Book, Brill, 2003

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    Beyond material culture, the book delves into daily and seasonal cultural, social and religious activities, art, music, and the place of writing in Israelite society. Drawing on textual and archaeological evidence, and written with nontechnical language, the book will be especially helpful for undergraduates, seminarians, pastors, rabbis, and other interested nonspecialist readers as well as graduate students and faculty in Hebrew Bible. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  DS112 .B63 2003b  DUE 05-25-09

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Unsettled : An Anthropology Of The Jews

  • Unsettled : An Anthropology Of The Jews

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    Melvin Konner

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    Book, Viking Compass, 2003

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    In this intellectually rich and passionately written history, anthropologist Melvin Konner takes the whole sweep of Western civilization as his canvas and onto it places the Jewish people and faith. Drawing on archaeological findings, census data, religious texts, diaries, poetry, oral histories, and more, Konner shows how the Jews shaped the world around them and how this largely hostile but at times accepting world shaped Jewish practice, culture, and success. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  DS116 .K66 2003  AVAILABLE

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The Gifts Of The Jews : How A Tribe Of Desert Nomads Changed The Way Everyone Thinks And Feels

  • The Gifts Of The Jews : How A Tribe Of Desert Nomads Changed The Way Everyone Thinks And Feels

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    Thomas Cahill

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    Book, 1st Nan A. Talese/Anchor Books, Nan A. Talese, 1999

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    In The Gifts of the Jews Thomas Cahill takes us on another enchanting journey into history, once again recreating a time when the actions of a small band of people had repercussions that are still felt today. Full of compelling stories, insights and humor, The Gifts of the Jews is an irresistible exploration of history as fascinating and fun as How the Irish Saved Civilization. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  BM165 .C25 1999  AVAILABLE

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The Pity Of It All : A History Of The Jews In Germany, 1743-1933

  • The Pity Of It All : A History Of The Jews In Germany, 1743-1933

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    Amos Elon

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    Book, 1st ed, Metropolitan Books, 2002

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    From an acclaimed historian and social critic, a passionate and poignant history of German Jews from the mid-eighteenth century to the eve of the Third Reich As it’s usually told, the story of the German Jews starts at the end, with their tragic demise in Hitler’s Third Reich. Elon traces how this minority-never more than one percent of the population-came to be perceived as a deadly threat to national integrity, and he movingly demonstrates that this devastating outcome was uncertain almost until the end. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  DS135.G33 E57 2002  DUE 02-10-10

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Medieval Jewish Civilization : An Encyclopedia

  • Medieval Jewish Civilization : An Encyclopedia

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    Norman Roth, editor

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    Book, Routledge, 2003

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    Coverage includes: Abulafia Family * Almoravids * Ambassadors, Jews as * Banking, Italy * Barcelona * Benjamin of Tudela * Bernard of Clairvaux * Byzantium * Charity * Clothing * Commerce * Education * England * Expulsion: France * Fernando and Isabel * Food * German Law: Jews in * Islam and the Jews * Jonah Gerundi * Kings, Jewish * Law, Jewish * Moneylending * Music * Poetry, Hebrew * Radhanites (merchants) * Science and Mathematics * And much more. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     REFERENCE (MAIN)  DS124 .M386 2003  AVAILABLE

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The Crafts And Culture Of The Ancient Hebrews

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Yiddish : A Nation Of Words

  • Yiddish : A Nation Of Words

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    Miriam Weinstein

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    Book, 1st ed, Steerforth Press, 2001

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    THIS FIRST-EVER popular history of Yiddish is so full of life that it reads like a biography of the language. Impoverished and disenfranchised in the eyes of the world, Yiddish-speakers created their own alternate reality - wealthy in appreciation of the varieties of human behavior, spendthrift in humor, brilliantly inventive in maintaining and strengthening community. The tale, which has never before been told, is nothing short of miraculous - the saving of a people through speech. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  PJ5113 .W44 2001  AVAILABLE

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Morocco : Jews And Art In A Muslim Land

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American Jewish Desk Reference : The Ultimate One-volume Reference To The Jewish Experience In America

  • American Jewish Desk Reference : The Ultimate One-volume Reference To The Jewish Experience In America

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    American Jewish Historical Society

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    Book, 1st ed, Random House, 1999

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    From the Foremost Archive of the American Jewish Experience, the First All-Encompassing Reference to Jewish Life in the United States, from 1654 to the Present This authoritative reference of nearly 900 entries covers all aspects of America’s lively and influential Jewish culture–history, religion, rituals, family life, law, politics, business, education, music and the arts, sports, entertainment, books, language, science, and more. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     REFERENCE (MAIN)  E184.35 .A44 1999  AVAILABLE

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