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PATRICIA YU CHAVA ESTHER LIN BAT AVRAHAM
By Patricia
Lin
My Chinese and Jewish identities are not in
conflict. They are complementary and inextricably intertwined.
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THE DREAM
By Carlton Watson
Becoming a Jew was not a political act, but rather the fulfillment
of a lifelong dream. The search for an authentic faith has been a
constant in my life since childhood.
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By Arie Kaplan
How Jews transformed
the comic book industry. Part III of three--The Bronze Age (1979-
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BURYING
OUR FEARS
By Sue Fishkoff
Even
though the heart of the Jewish funeral process -- the physical
prepartaion of a body for burial -- can be difficult, even frightening,
for some,
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COOKING?:
Passover Delights from Around the World
By Tina
Wasserman
Matzah Lasagna
-- a variation of the classic Turkish Mina and a meatless Scacchi;
Passover Granola; and Morrocan Lamb Tagine with Prunes. ...Full
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True Stories and Imaginative Tales
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Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land
This is a book about ordinary people trying to live normal
lives during abnormal times," writes journalist Donna Rosenthal,
a former news producer for Israeli television and reporter
for Israel Radio. "The Israelis in these pages are not politicians
or generals or guests on Nightline." This in-depth
portrait of Israeli society today--based on interviews with
Israelis from all walks of life as well as different ethnic
groups and religions--reveals a human face of Israel that
is often lost behind the headlines.
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Hungarian
writer Imre Kertész was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 2002. His autobiographical novel, Fateless--the
first work in a trilogy that ends with Kaddish for a Child
Not Born--presents an unusual perspective on the experience
of internment in a concentration camp. The story is narrated
by Gyorgy Koves, a bright but naive fourteen-year-old boy
who is abducted from his home in Budapest and sent to successive
camps--Auschwitz, Zeitz, and Buchenwald. A child from a broken
home...
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