Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Gauchos judíos Gauchos judíos Alberto Gerchunoff "Reprint, with minor changes, of the 1955 translation of Gerchunoff's 1910 classic volume about Jewish immigrants in rural Argentina. Twenty-six vignettes, with some inter-related characters, tell st… OL1308236W
Marked Marked Stephen Herz In *Marked*, Stephen Herz's poems of the Holocaust, we see through a prism of linked poems the unfolding horror, terror, and despair of this dehumanizing bloody time of cruelty, evil, and death. Here… OL16812363W
Judaism Judaism Kahn-Harris, Keith For a group of people so limited in number, the Jewish community has had a huge impact on both global events and local politics. In this vibrant new look at Judaism, sociologist and cultural critic K… OL17203518W
J J Howard Jacobson "A profound, darkly comedic parable set in a future where collective memory has vanished following a historic catastrophe, and one young couple's love affair could have shattering consequences for th… OL17887374W
Dinner at the center of the earth Dinner at the center of the earth Nathan Englander "The best work yet from the Pulitzer finalist and best-selling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges--a political thriller that unfolds in the highly charged territory of the Israeli-Palestini… OL19712825W
Lilli's quest Lilli's quest Lila Perl Germany on the cusp of World War II. Hitler has risen to power, and the Jews are being taken away from their homes in the middle of the night, forced to wear yellow stars, their businesses smashed, t… OL20015072W
Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik Annette F. Timm Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik provides the first extensive exploration of the reception of Ka-Tzetnik's work and the role that his books have played in the larger discussion of the… OL21136988W
Jagendorf's foundry Jagendorf's foundry Siegfried Jagendorf "Let us take advantage of this historic moment and cleanse the soil of Romania..." These words began the Romanian Holocaust in 1941. Deported Jews were expected to perish. So it might have been for t… OL4484273W