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1	Sarah's Key more books like this by Tatiana De Rosnay add to wishlist Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to ... see all copies from $4.37! new only from $7.74! \| SVS
2	Skeletons at the Feast more books like this by Chris A Bohjalian add to wishlist In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich to reach the British and American lines, in this richly crafted novel that puts a face on one of the 20th century's greatest tragedies. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Keeping Quilt more books like this by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator) add to wishlist "In a glowing personal book, Polacco traces the history of a quilt made from bits of her ancestors' clothing in 'backhome Russia.' Over the course of a century, the coverlet serves as a Sabbath tablecloth, a wedding canopy, and a blanket for newborn babies. The pictures have vigor and tremendous warmth".--Detroit News. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish Religion, Its People, and Its History more books like this by Joseph Telushkin, Rabbi add to wishlist With 348 short chapters covering every essential aspect of Jewish history and life--from the Torah to modern American Jewish culture--this invaluable reference is a comprehensive yet thoroughly accessible resource on the fundamentals of Judaism. see all copies from $6.31! new only from $17.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Exodus more books like this by Leon Uris add to wishlist A sweeping historical novel of the events and characters surrounding the reestablishment of the nation of Israel in Palestine. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels more books like this by Thomas Cahill add to wishlist A narrative history of the Jewish people, written by the best-selling author of "How the Irish Saved Civilization". Cahill understands the real significance of the Jews in world history to be not merely as the originators of monotheism, but as the first people to understand the notion of history itself--the first to view time as a linear narrative ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Merchant of Venice more books like this by William Shakespeare add to wishlist This edition presents a fresh examination of the text and all the important aspects of its significance and meaning. It is based upon the first printed edition, the Quarto of 1600. This edition has been collated against the second quarto, the Pavier Quarto of 1619 (falsely dated 1619), as well as against the First Folio of 1623, from which some ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Diary of a Young Girl more books like this by Anne Frank add to wishlist One of the most valuable and informative artifacts of the holocaust, THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL is the actual diary of Anne Frank, a German-Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during World War II. The Diary begins on June 14, 1942, shortly after Anne's 13th birthday. While initial entries focus on Anne's life at school and her relationships with her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization more books like this by Nicholson Baker add to wishlist Bestselling author Nicholson Baker, recognized as one of the most dexterous and talented writers in the US today, has created a compelling work of non-fiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy -- a wide-ranging, astonishingly fresh perspective on the political and social landscape that gave rise to World War II. Human Smoke delivers a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Coffee Trader more books like this by David Liss add to wishlist This historical novel begins in 1659 in Amsterdam, where a Portuguese Jewish merchant named Miguel Lienzo has just lost all his money thanks to the fluctuating sugar markets. When he meets a beautiful woman who is willing to let him in on the brand new trade in coffee, he takes the chance gratefully--only to find his life plunged into chaos and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Understanding the Old Testament more books like this by Bernhard W Anderson add to wishlist Appropriate for freshman and sophomore level courses in Introduction to the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, the Bible as Literature, or Biblical Perspectives on Human Life that might be offered through Theology, Religion, or Philosophy Departments. Presents a study of the Old Testament by interweaving historical, archeological, literary, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.50! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The works of Josephus more books like this by Flavius Josephus add to wishlist Complete and unabridged, this is the best one-volume edition of the classic translation of Josephus works. Important improvements include: the entire text has been reset in modern, easy-to-read type; numbering corresponding to that used in the Loeb edition has been added to the text; citations and cross-references have been updated from roman ... see all copies from $5.59! new only from $12.09! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer more books like this by Isaac Bashevis Singer add to wishlist The forty-seven stories in this collection, selected by Singer himself out of nearly one hundred and fifty, range from the publication of his now-classic first collection, "Gimpel the Fool," in 1957, until 1981. They include supernatural tales, slices of life from Warsaw and the shtetls of Eastern Europe, and stories of the Jews displaced from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi Germany more books like this by Marion A Kaplan add to wishlist The author, a historian, chronicles Jewish life in Germany under Nazi control. In response to countless observers who wonder why German Jews did not simply leave the country, Kaplan argues that choices could not be made this easily. What began as subtle humiliation of and indecency toward Jews led to widespread racial hatred and distrust and ... see all copies from $5.74! new only from $12.59! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History more books like this by Paul R Mendes-Flohr (Editor), Professor Jehuda Reinharz (Editor) add to wishlist Most complete source book available on modern Jewish History. The second edition of The Jew in the Modern World is an expanded and highly diverse collection of primary materials that trace the Jewish experience in the modern period and illustrate the transformation of Jewish religion, culture, and identity from the 17th and 18th centuries to 1948. ... see all copies from $3.76! new only from $67.45! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Ministry of Special Cases more books like this by Nathan Englander add to wishlist The long-awaited first novel from the author of the sensational short-story collection "For the Relief of Unbearable Urges" is a stunning historical tale set at the start of Argentina's Dirty War, a hallucinatory journey into a forbidden city and a world of terror. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Source more books like this by James A Michener add to wishlist Framed around the archeological excavation of the Mahor Tell, this novel moves back and forth in time to tell the story of Israel until 1949, the War of Independence. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Israel, My Beloved more books like this by Kay Arthur add to wishlist Bestselling author Kay Arthur tells the dramatic story of the nation of Israel, painting a living panorama that will forever change the way we view God's people. History comes alive as readers are drawn to the vibrant characters--from the beautiful yet strong-willed Sarah, to the endearing couple Enoch and Rebecca, to the devoted Samuel. "Israel, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Exile more books like this by Richard North Patterson add to wishlist From a #1 "New York Times" bestselling author comes the mesmerizing story of a lawyer who must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Peony more books like this by Pearl S Buck add to wishlist A young woman is sold into a rich Chinese-Jewish household and scandalizes tradition by falling in love with the family's only son. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	World as I See It more books like this by Albert Einstein add to wishlist To the majority of people Einstein's theory is a complete mystery. Their attitude towards Einstein is like that of Mark Twain towards the writer of a work on mathematics: here was a man who had written an entire book of which Mark could not understand a single sentence. Einstein, therefore, is great in the public eye partly because he has made ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.05! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World more books like this by Kati Marton add to wishlist Author Kati Marton follows these nine over the decades as they flee fascism and anti-Semitism, seek sanctuary in England and America, and set out to make their mark. The scientists Leo Szilard, Edward Teller, and Eugene Wigner enlist Albert Einstein to get Franklin Roosevelt to initiate the development of the atomic bomb. Along with John von ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Devil's Arithmetic more books like this by Jane Yolen add to wishlist Bored during a Passover ceremony and tired of her grandfather's constant reflection on the Holocaust, 12-year-old Hannah finds her self transported through time from America in 1988 to Poland in 1942. There Hannah finds that she is no longer Hannah, but a girl named Chaya who is being sent to a concentration camp. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq more books like this by Ariel Sabar add to wishlist Sabar once looked at his [immigrant] father with shame, scornful of the alien who still bore scars on his back from childhood bloodlettings. This book, he writes, is a chance to make amends.--"New York Times Sunday Book Review." see all copies from $2.63! new only from $5.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Holocaust: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation more books like this by Donald L Niewyk (Editor) add to wishlist This volume in the Problems in European Civilization series features a collection of secondary-source essays focusing on aspects of the Holocaust. The essays in this book debate the origins of the Holocaust, the motivations of the killers, the experience of the victims, and the various possibilities for intervention or rescue. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| SVS

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