The Pity of It All: A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933 by Amos Elon
32.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
In this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a stunningly successful community of writers, philosophers, scientists, tycoons, and activists. In engaging, brilliantly etched portraits of Moses Mendels ...Show more
Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
15.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
Phoebe Gilman's beloved classic celebrates its 20th anniversary! Joseph's grandfather made him a beautiful blanket when he was a baby, but now it's frazzled and worn, and Joseph's mother says it is time to throw it out. Joseph doesn't want to part with his special blanket, and he's sure that his grandf ...Show more
Hasidic Tales by SHAPIRO, RAMI
32.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
The Tales of the Hasidic Masters Can Become a Companion for Your Own Spiritual Journey. "The wisdom of the Hasidim is earthy, realistic, rooted in the simplicity of the heart. It is alive with the awareness of the holiness of Creation and the boundlessness of God s mercy, and is utterly honest about the ...Show more
Nazi Germany and the Jews: The Years of Persecution 1933-1939 by Saul Friedlander
35.00 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: Nazi Germany and the Jews Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A great historian crowns a lifetime of thought and research by answering a question that has haunted us for more than 50 years: How did one of the most industrially and culturally advanced nations in the world embark on and continue along the path leading to one of the most enormous criminal enterprises ...Show more
Alright, Already!The Ultimate Book of Jewish Jokes and Humour by David Minkoff
26.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
This is, quite simply, the most comprehensive collection of Jewish jokes, ever! The author has sourced over 1000 jokes and witty anecdotes that will have your sides splitting. With topics ranging from Rabbis to relationships; hairdressers to honeymoons; Bar Mitzvahs to bodybuilders; and from shopping, d ...Show more
The Secret Holocaust DiariesThe Untold Story of Nonna Bannister
24.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
Nonna Bannister carried a secret almost to her Tennessee grave: the diaries she had kept as a young girl experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust. This book reveals that story. Nonna’s childhood writings, revisited in her late adulthood, tell the remarkable tale of how a Russian girl from a family that ...Show more
The Jewish Annotated New Testament by Amy-Jill Levine
41.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
Although major New Testament figures—Jesus and Paul, Peter and James, Jesus' mother Mary and Mary Magdalene—were Jews, living in a culture steeped in Jewish history, beliefs, and practices, there has never been an edition of the New Testament that addresses its Jewish background and the culture from whi ...Show more
The Dreidel That Wouldn't SpinA Toyshop Tale of Hanukkah by Martha Seif Simpson
21.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
This dreidel doesn t work! the father had cried. What do you mean? How can a dreidel not work? the shopkeeper asked. It was certainly the most beautiful spinning top the shopkeeper had ever seen, with magical golden letters on its sides. But it just would not spin for two spoiled children who insisted o ...Show more
Simon and the BearA Hanukkah Tale by Eric A. Kimmel
29.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
Before Simon sails to America, he promises his family that he will get a job and send for them. Simon's mother knows he will need a miracle, so she reminds him to celebrate Hanukkah wherever he may be. Little does either of them know that Simon will spend the first night of Hanukkah on an ice floe after ...Show more
Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler
29.99 AUD
Category: Travel Literature
Both a heart-racing adventure and an uplifting quest, Walking the Bible describes one man's epic odyssey—by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel—through the greatest stories ever told. From crossing the Red Sea to climbing Mount Sinai to touching the burning bush, Bruce Feiler's inspiring journey will forever ...Show more
The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies by Dean Phillip Bell
49.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
The Bloomsbury Companion to Jewish Studies is a comprehensive survey of of the field – past, present and future. Providing an overview of the key theoretical and methodological issues, as well as practical guidance on researching, it is the ideal guide for advanced students in Jewish Studies. Topics c ...Show more
Norwood: it Changed the Face of Melbourne by Roland Johnson
34.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2014 FELLOWSHIP OF AUSTRALIAN WRITERS (FAW) BARBARA RAMSDEN AWARD From Johnny Fawkner's party landing on the Yarra in 1835, Melbourne had 55 years of rarely interrupted prosperity. It had come so easily few believed it would end. But it did end, just as financier, philanthropist ...Show more