Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes
Author: Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes
Author: Jews of Rhode Island 1658-1958
Author: Geraldine S. FosterPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738590158
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Although the fact is seldom recognized, Jews have been a part of the American experience since the early colonial days. They brought to these shores skills and traditions that America has welcomed and rewarded. They have made major contributions to this country's social, scientific, and cultural fabric. Despite their small numbers, the Jews of Rhode Island can claim two governors and many lawyers, physicians, scientists, manufacturers, businessmen, artists, and educators in state history. The Jews of Rhode Island 1658-1958 is the first comprehensive pictorial history of the Rhode Island Jewish experience. It provides a broad sweep of the first 300 years of Jewish history in Rhode Island beginning with the very first Jewish settlers in Newport in 1658 and includes images of their lives in all parts of the state.
The Jews of Rhode Island
Author: George M. GoodwinPublisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584654247
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A richly illustrated survey of the history and culture of Rhode Island Jews.
The Handmaid's Tale
Author: Margaret AtwoodPublisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771008791
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.
The Book Thief
Author: Markus ZusakPublisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307433846
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.
Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna
Author: Alison RosePublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292774648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Despite much study of Viennese culture and Judaism between 1890 and 1914, little research has been done to examine the role of Jewish women in this milieu. Rescuing a lost legacy, Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna explores the myriad ways in which Jewish women contributed to the development of Viennese culture and participated widely in politics and cultural spheres. Areas of exploration include the education and family lives of Viennese Jewish girls and varying degrees of involvement of Jewish women in philanthropy and prayer, university life, Zionism, psychoanalysis and medicine, literature, and culture. Incorporating general studies of Austrian women during this period, Alison Rose also presents significant findings regarding stereotypes of Jewish gender and sexuality and the politics of anti-Semitism, as well as the impact of German culture, feminist dialogues, and bourgeois self-images. As members of two minority groups, Viennese Jewish women nonetheless used their involvement in various movements to come to terms with their dual identity during this period of profound social turmoil. Breaking new ground in the study of perceptions and realities within a pivotal segment of the Viennese population, Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna applies the lens of gender in important new ways.
Normative Judaism
Author: Jacob NeusnerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780824081720
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Judah Touro Didn't Want to Be Famous
Author: Audrey AdesPublisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
ISBN: 1541545621
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A slice of American Jewish history in colonial times, the true story of Jewish philanthropist Judah Touro
Release from Nervous Tension
Author: David FinkPublisher: Waldo Specthrie Press
ISBN: 1445509881
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Originally published in 1943, this is a reprint of fascinating historical document about fighting stress and nervous tension. Thoroughly recommended for the psychologist's bookshelf, its 268 pages contain a wealth of information and anecdote on the subject. Contents Include: Even Dogs Get Neurotic, Meet the Interbrain, The Mind Tells the Body, And the Body Talks Back, Self-Directed Relaxation: a Way Out, Let Go-a Little More, How Relaxation Works, Action Leads to Freedom, Play Is Good Medicine, Words Are Triggers to Action, Every Man His Own Analyst, The First Ten Years Are the Hardest, Treat Yourself to a Fresh Start, Are You Allergic to Some People?, and Try on a New Attitude. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.