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Understanding Jewish holidays and customs

historical and contemporary
1999
A historical and contemporary overview of customs and ceremonies as practiced by Jews from Biblical times to the present, discussing the changes that have taken place through the centuries.

Judaism

1997
Discusses the origins, evolution, teachings, and celebrations of Judaism.

A history of the Jews in America

1992
Chronicles three and a half centuries of Jews in America.

All-of-a-kind family

1989
The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century.

Judaism

2006
Presents a short study of Judaism, and describes the history of the Jewish community, the Holocaust, Jewish worship, beliefs, and holy days, and much more.

The Jewish-American heritage

1988
Explores the history, culture, and contributions of Jews in America from the arrival of the earliest European settlers to the present day.

1,000 mitzvahs

how small acts of kindness can heal, inspire, and change your life
2011
Traces the author's inspirational quest to honor the memory of her late father by performing one thousand acts of kindness, describing the unexpected personal benefits she experienced while helping others and explaining how readers can transform their own lives through mitzvah acts.

People of the book

a novel
2008
In 1996, Hanna Heath, a young Australian book conservator is called to analyze the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, a priceless six-hundred-year-old Jewish prayer book that has been salvaged from a destroyed Bosnian library. When Hanna discovers a series of artifacts in the centuries' old binding, she unwittingly exposes an international cover up.

Encyclopedia of Judaism

2006
Contains over six hundred alphabetically arranged entries on Judaism, covering Diaspora Jewish communities as well as theological concepts, personalities, historical events, movements, and institutions, with a chronology and photographs.

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