The Crisis of Zionism by Peter Beinart
24.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
"A deeply important book for anyone who cares about Israel."--President Bill Clinton "A probing, courageous, and timely book... Beinart offers a forceful exposition of American apprehensions about Israel's path.... Marks a significant evolution in the debate over Israel."--Jacob Heilbrunn, "The Atlantic ...Show more
Wicked Son by David Mamet
22.99 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: Jewish Encounters Ser.
David Mamet's interest in anti-Semitism is not limited to the modern face of an ancient hatred but encompasses as well the ways in which many Jews have internalized that hatred. Using the metaphor of the Wicked Son at the Passover seder (the child who asks, "What does this story mean to you?") Mamet con ...Show more
Beirut, Beirut by Sonallah Ibrahim
21.99 AUD
30.99 (29% off)
Category: Judaica
November 7, 1980. An Egyptian writer has chosen the wrong time to come to Beirut in search of a publisher for his controversial new book. Men with machine guns are on every street corner. When the writer meets an old friend from his revolutionary student days, he is introduced to two fascinating women: ...Show more
Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust: Instruments of Hope and Liberation In Mankind's Darkest Hour by James A. Grymes
27.99 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: P.S.
A stirring testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of music, Violins of Hope tells the remarkable stories of violins played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust, and the Israeli violin maker dedicated to bringing these inspirational instruments back to life.The violin has formed ...Show more
The Story of a Life by Aharon Appelfeld
35.00 AUD
Category: Judaica
When Aharon Appelfeld was seven years old the Nazis occupied Czernowitz, his hometown. They penned the Jews into a ghetto and eventually sent whoever had not been shot or starved to death on a forced march across the Ukraine to a labor camp. As men, women, and children fall away around them, Aharon and ...Show more
A Treasury of Yiddish Stories by Lord Howe
38.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
This is a delightful collection of Yiddish stories that bring alive an often forgotten world. See the world through the eyes of Rabbis, teachers, simpletons and schnorrers. With an eloquent introduction by the editors and beautifully rendered translations by such writers as Saul Bellow and Alfred Kazin, ...Show more
Auschwitz Escape by Joel C Rosenberg
24.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide.As the Nazi war machine rolls across Europe, young Jacob Weisz is forced to flee his beloved Germany and join an underground resistance group in Belgium. But when a rescue operation goes horribly wrong, Jacob finds himself trapped in a crowded cattle car heade ...Show more
The True Herod by Geza Vermes
40.00 AUD
Category: Judaica
Who was Herod the Great? How did he come to govern one of the most politically tumultuous regions in the world? Was he the heartless baby-killer of Matthew's Gospel, or does this popular tale do Herod a great disservice? Geza Vermes, whose work on the Historical Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls has made h ...Show more
The Wisdom of Maimonides: The Life and Writings of the Jewish Sage by Edward Hoffman
22.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
Here is an accessible introduction to the life and wisdom of the famous twelfth-century philosopher-physician Moses Maimonides, whose prolific writings on medical and religious issues, commentaries on Jewish texts, and writings on Jewish ethics and law profoundly influenced Judaism. The Wisdom of Maimon ...Show more
Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Holocaust Photographs of Henryk Ross by Maia-Mari Sutnik
83.00 AUD
Category: Judaica
From 1941 to 1944, the Polish Jewish photographer Henryk Ross (1910-1991) was a member of an official team documenting the implementation of Nazi policies in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland. Covertly, he captured on film scores of both quotidian and intimate moments of Jewish life. In 1944, he buried thousand ...Show more
Israel Since the Six-Day War by Leslie Stein
49.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
Completing his acclaimed trilogy on the history of Israel, Leslie Stein brings readers right up to contemporary events in Israel Since the Six-Day War. Stein vividly chronicles Israel's wars and military engagements, but he also incorporates fascinating assessments of many other issues, including Israel ...Show more
Jews and the Military: A History by Derek Penslar
46.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
Jews and the Military is the first comprehensive and comparative look at Jews' involvement in the military and their attitudes toward war from the 1600s until the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. Derek Penslar shows that although Jews have often been described as people who shun the army, in fac ...Show more