Drunk From The Bitter Truth: The Poems Of Anna Margolin (Suny Series, Women Writers in Translation) Anna Margolin State University of New York Press, 2005 The poems of Anna Margolin (1887–1952), appearing here both in the original Yiddish and in English translation.             Christ Killers: The Jews and the Passion from the Bible to the Big Screen4 reviews Jeremy Cohen Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 A Stunning Achievement + Excellent Exploration of a Difficult Topic + Sober must read This book is a stunning achievement. In clear and elegant prose, Jeremy Cohen traces the the origins of the belief that Jews, at all times and in all places, share in the collective responsibility for the Crucifixion of Christ. Applying his own insights and interpretation of the sources, and ...             Jews and Judaism in the 21st Century: Human Responsibility, the Presence of God and the Future of the Covenant Edward Feinstein Jewish Lights Publishing, 2007 The generation of the late twentieth century experienced a rupture in Jewish time. As a result of our confrontation with Modernity, the integration of Jews into the American mainstream, the shattering tragedy of the Holocaust, and the miraculous rebirth of a Jewish State in the Land of Israel, we can no longer look easily to the past for lessons of faith and models of Jewish meaning. No ...             Marc Chagall (Jewish Encounters)3 reviews Jonathan Wilson Schocken, 2007 Icon of Modernism + A Short Chagall The reader turns the first page of this little book to see the 1929 oil on canvas painting, "Lovers" by Marc Chagall. The painting depicts a man and woman seated and embracing; the woman's head turned inward on the man's breast, while the man, an expression of calm and contentment, peers upward, ...             Let Us Prove Strong: The American Jewish Committee, 1945-2006 (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, ... Marianne Sanua Brandeis, 2007 The American Jewish Committee (AJC), founded by wealthy men of German-Jewish descent in 1906, has a long-term mission to protect the civil and religious rights of Jews in the U.S. and around the globe. The AJC has also been distinguished for its outstanding staff and superb library, for its importance as a research center, and for its efforts to bring about social change through public education. ...             Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Fall Holidays -- Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot2 reviews Paul Steinberg Jewish Publication Society of America, 2007 Excellent Book + Superb introduction I ordered this book before the Jewish high holidays and was very glad to have it with me during services and at home throughout the Jewish holiday season. Each of the holidays discussed in the book (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot) has a very interesting section explaining not only customs of ...             The Years of Extermination: Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1939-1945 (Nazi Germany and the Jews)22 reviews Saul Friedlander HarperCollins, 2007 Astonishing history of our darkest hour + a great work.minus a small detail + An Essential Study of Nazi Germany and the Jews + Truly magisterial but something is missing + A Dantean Tour of Holocaust Hell by master chronicler Saul Friedlander             What Happened to the Children Who Fled Nazi Persecution1 review Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 An Important Study Well Done This is a first rate study of the youngsters who came to the United States as refugees from the Nazis, either with their parents or sent here by themselves. It gives a factual account of numerous characteristics of that near-cohort that reveals this group to have been notably more successful than ...             My Dear Daughter: Rabbi Benjamin Slonik and the Education of Jewish Women in Sixteenth-Century Poland ... Edward Fram Hebrew Union College Pr, 2007 Based on passages in Leviticus, rabbinic law dictates that Jewish women who experience uterine bleeding are prohibited from having physical contact of any kind with their husbands. The intricate laws of niddah (enforced separation) spell out exactly when and under what circumstances physical relations, even simple touching, can be resumed. Aside from the guidance of other women, how could ...             Who Will Write Our History?: Emanuel Ringelblum, the Warsaw Ghetto, and the Oyneg Shabes Archive (The Helen ...1 review Samuel D. Kassow Indiana University Press, 2007 definitive book A fantastic, I am tempted to say a definitive book about this compelling issue. For sure a milestone, as far as I can judge.             Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present93 reviews Michael B. Oren W. W. Norton, 2008 well written book of relatively unspoken history + Interesting and informative + Informative, almost entertaining + Interesting + More excellent history from Michael Oren             If You Awaken Love4 reviews Emuna Elon Toby Press, 2007 Amazing and Riveting + On native ground + The whole story of Israel today is here Emuna Elon has captured the complexities of the Land of Israel and her people. This is not just a tale of unrequited love between a man and a woman but a story about much larger things..like the unrequited love between G-d and man; the inner struggle of the individual human heart, the power of ...             A Shout in the Sunshine2 reviews Mara W. Cohen Ioannides Jewish Publication Society of America, 2007 As Bright, Warm and Dazzling as Its Title + A trip down memory lane A Shout in the Sunshine is a beautifully written coming of age tale that chooses, as its setting, 15th century Greece and, as its focus, the assimilation of two disparate communities of Jews (the Spanish and the Greek), following the displacement of Spanish Jews after the Inquisition. Cohen ...             Celebrating the Jewish Year: The Winter Holidays : Hanukkah, Tu b'shevat, Purim (Celebrating the Jewish Year)1 review Paul Steinberg Jewish Publication Society of America, 2007 A superb addition to personal, family, school and community library Judaic Studies reference collections Deftly edited by Janet Greenstein Potter, "Celebrating The Jewish Year: The Winter Holidays" by Rabbi Paul Steinberg (Director of Jewish Studies and Hebrew at the Levine Academy: A Solomon Schechter School in Dallas, Texas) focuses upon three Jewish sacred events: Hanukkah, Tu b'Shevat, and Purim. ...             The Jewish Americans: Three Centuries of Jewish Voices in America4 reviews Beth Wenger Doubleday, 2007 A Great Chorus of Interesting Jewish Voices + Agreed + A small selection of the history of American Jews While I understand the concerns of the previous reviewers, I don't think it's fair to judge a book by what it isn't. In a way the criticisms are interesting precisely because there are so many American Jewish contributors to our national life that it is incredibly hard to set limits and make final ...             They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland before the Holocaust2 reviews Mayer Kirshenblatt, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett University of California Press, 2007 A Look At A Lost World + The Shtetl - You Are There They Called Me Mayer July is a beautiful book, both in the written word and the art work. It details the day-to-day lives of the Jewish people who lived in their 'schtetles' before the Holocaust and it goes into the various personalities, nick names, and jobs that were done during those years. ...             The Septembers of Shiraz50 reviews Dalia Sofer Ecco, 2007 Sorrow and hope in the hands of a master storyteller + A great, poignant story + I enjoyed Dalia Sofer's debut; try 'In the Country of Men' next Masterpiece is defined as the superlative work of an artist and no word better describes Dalia Sofer's debut novel. "The Septembers of Shiraz" amazes by its sheer quietness and simplicity, and its impact is powerful for such understated prose. It's 1981 in Tehran. Isaac Amin, a wealthy jeweler ...             Hitler's Canary6 reviews Sandi Toksvig Roaring Brook Press, 2007 Ordinary Danes exhibit extraordinary courage during WWII + After a slow start, this story really grabbed me + Hitler's Canary + Everyone should know this story             Farewell, Shanghai1 review Angel Wagenstein Handsel Books, 2007 A marvelously written... and translated novel of Shanghai and the Jewish colony there. The professional reviewers state very well how wonderful this novel truly is. And, evidently, it was translated from Bulgarian into French and then from French into English. This expert translation process speaks as well of the ...             A Hanukkah Present2 reviews Mark Binder Light Publications, 2007 Short Stories for the Family + A Hanukkah Present A Hanukkah Present is a collection of short stories that the whole family can enjoy. They are about a group of people that live in the village of Chelm. The "Fools of Chelm" as they are called, prove to be anything but that. They struggle to survive, fueled by their unwavering faith in God, ...