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Rashi
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Elie Wiesel |
From Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, comes a magical book that introduces us to the towering figure of Rashi--Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki--the great biblical and Talmudic commentator of the … |
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A life in letters, 1914-1982
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Gershon Scholem |
"Perhaps the greatest scholar of Jewish mysticism in the twentieth century, Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) once said of himself, "I have no biography, only a bibliography." Yet, in thousands of letters … |
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Stranger in a Strange Land
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George Prochnik |
**Taking his lead from his subject, Gershom Scholem—the 20th century thinker who cracked open Jewish theology and history with a radical reading of Kabbalah—Prochnik combines biography and memoir to … |
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Creators of the Jewish experience in ancient and medieval times
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Simon Noveck,Reuven Kimelman |
The B'nai B'rith History of the Jewish People. Index. |
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Gershom Scholem
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Noam Zadoff |
German-born Gerhard (Gershom) Scholem (1897?1982), the preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism, delved into the historical analysis of kabbalistic literature from late antiquity to the twentieth centu… |
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Jüdische existenz in der Moderne
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Christian Wiese,Thomas Brechenmacher,Walter Homolka |
"In this book, internationally renowned historians reconstruct the biography and intellectual development of the rabbi and historian Abraham Geiger (1810-1874). The focus is on Geiger's intellectual … |
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Links in the chain
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Naomi E. Pasachoff |
Presents biographical essays on individuals who have shaped Jewish history, including Hillel, Moses Mendelssohn, and Theodor Herzl. |
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From Berlin to Jerusalem
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Gershon Scholem |
On his 80th birthday, Gershom Scholem (1897–1982) created the most beautiful birthday present for himself: the memories of his youth in the Jewish milieu in the still quiet Berlin of the early 20th c… |
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