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1	Suite Francaise more books like this by Irene Nemirovsky, Dr. Sandra Smith (Translator) An extraordinary novel of life under Nazi occupation--discovered and published 62 years after the author's tragic death at Auschwitz. Subtle, often fiercely ironic, and deeply compassionate, "Suite Fran aise" is both a piercing record of its time and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.42! \| first editions
2	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms ... see all copies from £2.24! new only from £3.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Boy in the Striped Pajamas more books like this by John Boyne Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and ... see all copies from £7.13! new only from £7.13! \| first editions
4	When Bad Things Happen to Good People more books like this by Harold S Kushner For anyone who has ever been hurt by life. "I knew that one day I would write this book. I would write it out of my own need to put into words some of the most important things I have come to believe and know. And I would write it to help other people who might one day find themselves in a similar predicament. I would write it for an those people ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Chosen more books like this by Chaim Potok Out of a Baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish Boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patiently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield ... see all copies from £1.64! new only from £6.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Yiddish Policemen's Union more books like this by Michael Chabon The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" pens an homage to the stylish menace of 1940s noir, in a novel that imagines if Alaska, not Israel, had become the homeland for the Jews after World War II. see all copies from £3.24! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Source more books like this by James A Michener The story of Israel and all the Bible lands through many centuries. Into this massive canvas, James Michener has woven a constant thread, the story of man's spiritual pilgrimage amidst oppression and suffering. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Last Days more books like this by Joel C Rosenberg Baghdad lies in ruins. Now the eyes of the world are on Jerusalem as Jon Bennett--a Wall Street strategist turned senior White House advisor arrives in the Middle East to meet with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. On the table: a dramatic and potentially historic Arab-Israeli peace plan. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Faith Club: A Muslim, a Christian, a Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding more books like this by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, Priscilla Warner A groundbreaking book about Americans searching for faith and mutual respect, "The Faith Club" interweaves the stories of three women, their three religions, and their urgent request to understand one another. see all copies from £7.31! new only from £7.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Ordinary Men more books like this by Christopher R Browning This study is an account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews. Browning tells about such Germans, and helps the reader to understand, not only what they did to make the Holocaust happen, but also how they were transformed psychologically, from the ordinary men of the title into ... see all copies from £4.69! new only from £9.18! \| first editions
11 view cover	My grandfather's blessings : stories of strength, refuge and belonging more books like this by Rachel Naomi Remen This work is an inspiring collection of stories from Rachel Remen, author of "Kitchen Table Wisdom". In this book we become friends with her wise grandfather and are let into Rachel Remen's childhood. She also applies the lessons she learnt during childhood to her work as a therapist and many anecdotes and case studies come from this time in her ... see all copies from £5.40! new only from £5.40! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million more books like this by Daniel Mendelsohn In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detective work that brilliantly explores the nature of time and memory, family and history. "The Lost" begins as the story of a boy ... see all copies from £5.85! new only from £6.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children more books like this by Wendy Mogel, PH.D. In the trenches of a typical day, every parent encounters a child afflicted with ingratitude and entitlement. In a world where material abundance abounds, parents want so badly to raise self-disciplined, appreciative, and resourceful children who are not spoiled by the plentitude around them. But how to accomplish this feat? The answer has eluded ... see all copies from £5.95! new only from £8.96! \| signed copies
14 view cover	The Bronze Bow more books like this by Elizabeth George Speare Daniel, a young Galilean boy, is obsessed with hatred of the Roman conquerors who crucified his father, and joins a band of Jewish guerillas in order to seek revenge. But when Daniel meets Jesus he wonders if violence is the answer. The book won the American Newbery Medal in 1961. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Exodus more books like this by Leon Uris A sweeping historical novel of the events and characters surrounding the reestablishment of the nation of Israel in Palestine. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Keeping Quilt more books like this by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) When Patricia's Great-Gramma Anna came to America as a child, the only things she brought along from Russia were her dress and the babushka she liked to throw up into the air when she was dancing. Soon enough, though, Anna outgrew the dress and her mother decided to incorporate it and the babushka into a quilt. "It will be like having a family in ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels more books like this by Thomas Cahill In "The Gifts of the Jews", Thomas Cahill reveals the critical change that made Western civilisation possible. Within the matrix of ancient religions and philosophies, life was seen as an endless cycle of birth and death; time was like a wheel, spinning irrevocably until ancient Jews began to see time differently, as a narrative whose triumphant ... see all copies from £2.12! new only from £7.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The works of Josephus more books like this by Flavius Josephus, William Whiston (Translator) Complete and unabridged, this is the best one-volume edition of the classic translation of Josephus works. Important improvements include: the entire text has been reset in modern, easy-to-read type; numbering corresponding to that used in the Loeb edition has been added to the text; citations and cross-references have been updated from roman ... see all copies from £8.48! new only from £9.35! \| first editions
19 view cover	Bread Givers more books like this by Anzia Yezierska, Alice Kessler-Harris (Foreword by) This masterwork of American immigrant literature is set in the 1920s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and tells the story of Sara Smolinsky, the daughter of an Orthodox rabbi, who rebels against her father's rigid conception of Jewish womanhood. Photos. see all copies from £4.17! new only from £7.42! \| first editions
20 view cover	Illuminations: Essays and Reflections more books like this by Walter Benjamin, Professor Hannah Arendt (Designer) Studies on contemporary art and culture by one of the most original, critical and analytical minds of this century. see all copies from £9.36! new only from £9.36! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus more books like this by Amy-Jill Levine Country Western singer Kinky Friedman often performs a song entitled "They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore," and New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine would agree. In fact, her career is dedicated to helping Christians and Jews understand the Jewishness of Jesus, thereby deepening the understanding of him, and facilitating greater ... see all copies from £7.83! new only from £8.80!
22 view cover	Snow in August more books like this by Mr. Pete Hamill A young Irish Catholic boy growing up in Brooklyn makes a deal with a rabbi in his neighborhood: Michael will teach Rabbi Hirsch about baseball and help him improve his English; in return, the rabbi will teach the boy Yiddish. This strange compact ends in Michael's beating by Frankie the local bully, followed by his mystical revenge. see all copies from £4.43! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Echoes more books like this by Danielle Steel This multi-generational saga of star-crossed lovers by bestselling romance author Danielle Steel spans two world wars. When German Jew Beata Wittgenstein meets French Catholic Antoine de Vallerand in 1915, they fall dizzyingly in love and marry, despite the shocked disapproval of both their families. The now-Catholic Beata keeps her former ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.07! \| first editions
24 view cover	Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths more books like this by Bruce Feiler (Read by) In this timely, provocative, and uplifting journey, the bestselling author of "Walking the Bible" searches for the man at the heart of the world's three monotheistic religions -- and today's deadliest conflicts. At a moment when the world is asking, "Can the religions get along?" one figure stands out as the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, ... see all copies from £2.82! new only from £5.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Complete Jewish Bible-OE more books like this by David H Stern (Translator) Translated by David H. Stern Focuses on "Jewishness" Names and key terms presented in easy-to-understand transliterated Hebrew enabling readers to pronounce them the way Yeshua (Jesus) did 1,697 pp. see all copies from £16.95! new only from £19.31!

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