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Study Guide for Sifron La-Student ('Alef, Bet) (2nd Edition)

By: Frank Talmage,Chaim Rabin,Libby Garshowitz

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Study Guide for Sifron La-Student ('Alef, Bet) (2nd Edition)

By: Frank Talmage,Chaim Rabin,Libby Garshowitz

The second edition of this companion volume to Sifron la-Student, the Hebrew University summer school textbook for teaching modern Hebrew to English-Speaking students, has been revised to correspond with the new edition of the Sifron. The volume again provides a less-by-lesson Hebrew-English vocabulary and presents relevant grammatical material in a concise and systematic matter. In addition, it includes additional syntactical material and a dictionary of words used.

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Heritage

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1487582552

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9781487582555

Jews in Israel

Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns

By: Uzi Rebhun,Chaim Isaac Waxman

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Jews in Israel

Contemporary Social and Cultural Patterns

By: Uzi Rebhun,Chaim Isaac Waxman

Offers a complete sociological perspective of Jews and Jewish life in Israel from 1948 to the present.

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UPNE

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1584653272

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9781584653271

The Arab-Israeli Wars

War and Peace in the Middle East

By: Chaim Herzog,Shlomo Gazit

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The Arab-Israeli Wars

War and Peace in the Middle East

By: Chaim Herzog,Shlomo Gazit

The Arab-Israeli Wars is former President of Israel Chaim Herzog’s acclaimed history of Israel’s fight since 1947 to preserve her existence against repeated attacks. Revised after his death by friend and colleague General Shomo Gazit, this new edition also covers the events of the past twenty years, including the pullout from Lebanon, both intifadas, the first Gulf War, the Oslo Process, and beyond. Riveting, informative, and comprehensive, this authoritative account tells the story of Israel’s struggle to survive but gives a clear picture of the people and politics that continue to shape the destiny of this crucial region.

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Vintage

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1400079632

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9781400079636

Turning Judaism Outward

A Biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

By: Chaim Miller

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Turning Judaism Outward

A Biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

By: Chaim Miller

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, took an insular Chasidic group that was almost decimated by the Holocaust and transformed it into one of the most influential and controversial forces in world Jewry. This superbly crafted biography draws on recently uncovered documents and archives of personal correspondence, painting an exceptionally human and charming portrait of a man who was well known but little understood. With a sharp attention to detail and an effortless style, Chaim Miller takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind and struggles of one of the most interesting religious personalities of the Twentieth Century. --

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Kol Menachem

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1934152366

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9781934152362

The A to Z of Zionism

By: Rafael Medoff,Chaim I. Waxman

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The A to Z of Zionism

By: Rafael Medoff,Chaim I. Waxman

The Jewish attachment to Zion is many centuries old. While the modern Zionist movement was organized a little more than a century ago, the roots of the Zionist idea reach back close to 4,000 years ago, to the day that the biblical patriarch Abraham left his home in Ur of the Chaldees to settle in the Promised Land, where the Jewish state subsequently arose. From that day to the establishing of the state of Israel in 1948, the Jewish people have been in a constant struggle to either regain or maintain their homeland. Although 60 years have now passed since the establishment of Israel, many of the political and religious factions that made up the Zionist movement in the pre-state era remain active. The A to Z of Zionism_through its chronology, maps, introductory essay, bibliography, and over 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial persons, organizations, and events_is a valuable contribution to the appreciation for both the diversity and consensus that characterize the Zionist experience.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810870525

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9780810870529

Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem

By: Chaim Noy

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Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Commemorative Texts and Performances in Jerusalem

By: Chaim Noy

Combining ethnographic, semiotic, and performative approaches, this book examines texts and accompanying acts of writing of national commemoration. The commemorative visitor book is viewed as a mobilized stage, a communication medium, where visitors' public performances are presented, and where acts of participation are authored and composed. The study contextualizes the visitor book within the material and ideological environment where it is positioned and where it functions. The semiotics of commemoration are mirrored in the visitor book, which functions as a participatory platform that becomes an extension of the commemorative spaces in the museum. The study addresses tourists' and visitors' texts, i.e. the commemorative entries in the book, which are succinct dialogical utterances. Through these public performances, individuals and groups of visitors align and affiliate with a larger imagined national community. Reading the entries allows a unique perspective on communication practices and processes, and vividly illustrates such concepts as genre, voice, addressivity, indexicality, and the very acts of writing and reading. The book's many entries tell stories of affirming, but also resisting the narrative tenets of Zionist national identity, and they illustrate the politics of gender and ethnicity in Israel society. The book presents many ethnographic observations and interviews, which were done both with the management of the site (Ammunition Hill National Memorial Site), and with the visitors themselves. The observations shed light on processes and practices involved in writing and reading, and on how visitors decide on what to write and how they collaborate on drafting their entries. The interviews with the site's management also illuminate the commemoration projects, and how museums and exhibitions are staged and managed.

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Oxford University Press

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0199398992

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9780199398997

Historical Dictionary of Zionism

By: Rafael Medoff,Chaim I. Waxman

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Historical Dictionary of Zionism

By: Rafael Medoff,Chaim I. Waxman

The Jewish attachment to Zion is many centuries old. While the modern Zionist movement was organized a little more than a century ago, the roots of the Zionist idea reach back close to 4,000 years ago, to the day that the biblical patriarch Abraham left his home in Ur of the Chaldees to settle in the Promised Land, where the Jewish state subsequently arose. From that day to the establishing of the state of Israel in 1948, the Jewish people have been in a constant struggle to either regain or maintain their homeland. Although 60 years have now passed since the establishment of Israel, many of the political and religious factions that made up the Zionist movement in the pre-state era remain active. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Zionism_through its chronology, maps, introductory essay, bibliography, and over two hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries on crucial persons, organizations, and events_is a valuable contribution to the appreciation for both the diversity and consensus that characterize the Zionist experience.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810866838

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9780810866836

The War of Atonement

The Inside Story of the Yom Kippur War

By: Chaim Herzog

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The War of Atonement

The Inside Story of the Yom Kippur War

By: Chaim Herzog

This is the authoritative account of the Israeli army’s performance in the bitter Yom Kippur War of 1973. The origins of the war amid the turbulent history of competing powers in the Middle East are fully explored, as is the build-up of Arab forces that almost inexplicably caught Israel by surprise. The author then provides a gripping narrative of the conflict itself, punctuated by firsthand accounts and interviews with combatants. The War of Atonement is full of drama and tales of inspirational bravery, as Israel defied the odds to defeat the two-pronged invasion. An analysis of the political implications of the conflict bring this epic tale to a close. For this edition Chaim Herzog’s son, Brigadier General Michael Herzog, has written an introduction which places the book in the context of his father’s achievements and gives a revealing insight into the man himself. This is the most comprehensive work on a conflict that has had major implications for our own troubled times.

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Simon and Schuster

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1510738800

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9781510738805

Jewish Baby Boomers

A Communal Perspective

By: Chaim I. Waxman

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Jewish Baby Boomers

A Communal Perspective

By: Chaim I. Waxman

This book critically analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Utilizing data obtained from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the book begins with a demographic portrait of American Jewish baby boomers. Realizing that America's Jews are both a religious and ethnic group, a comparison is made with Protestant and Catholic baby boomers, as well as other ethnic groups. The religious patterns of the Jewish baby boomers and their ethnic patterns are examined in-depth, and placed within the larger contexts of the modern or post-modern character of religion and ethnicity. The book's extensive presentation of detailed quantitative data is consistently complemented by qualitative examinations of their communal implications for Jewish continuity and the organized American Jewish community.

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State University of New York Press

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079149151X

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9780791491515

Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew

By: Reuven Chaim Klein

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Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew

By: Reuven Chaim Klein

A Linguistic Journey from Eden to Israel Throughout Jewish literature, the Hebrew language is referred to as Lashon HaKodesh. Its history, origins, decline, and rebirth are simply fascinating. Furthermore, at its deepest level, Lashon HaKodesh is called such (“the Holy Language”) because it is intrinsically sacred – and is thus unlike any other language known to Man. Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew seeks to understand the holiness of Lashon HaKodesh, follows its history, and focuses on the significance of Aramaic and other ‘Jewish languages’ such as Yiddish and Ladino. An extended section is devoted to Modern Hebrew, its controversies, and its implications from a religious perspective. This unique work delves into the linguistic history of each ‘Jewish language’, as well as the philological, Kabbalistic, and Halachic approaches to this topic taken by various Rabbinic figures through the ages. The author also compares and contrasts traditional Jewish views to those of modern-day academia, offering proofs and difficulties to both approaches. As the old saying goes, “Two Jews, three opinions.” In almost every chapter, more than one way of looking at the matter at hand is presented. In some cases, the differing opinions can be harmonized, but ultimately many matters remain subject to dispute. Hopefully, the mere knowledge of these sources will whet the reader’s intellectual curiosity to learn more. Written by a brilliant young scholar, Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew is ground-breaking, intriguing, and truly remarkable.

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Mosaica Press

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1937887367

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9781937887360

Americas Jews

By: Chaim Waxman

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Americas Jews

By: Chaim Waxman

The book is a social history and sociology of American Jewry. It provides an up-to-date analysis of the contemporary American Jewish community, an analysis that includes educational, occupational, income, and political patterns of American Jews; the American Jewish family; anti-semitism; the relationship between American Jews and Israel; and the recent immigration of Soviet, Israeli, and Iranian Jews to the USA. In synthesizing a vast array of empirical studies, the author argues that while American Jews have been successful in their quest to integrate into the American social system, recent developments both in the American social and cultural system, at large, and within the Jewish community, in particular, indicate that this ethno-religious group is confronting the challenge to its continuity and its manifesting survivalist strengths which were not readily apparent in earlier generations. America's Jews in Transition should interest students in a wide range of fields, among them sociology, ethnic studies, Jewish studies, American studies, and religious studies. Because of its breadth and the freshness of its material, the book should also appeal to the general reader.

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Temple University Press

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1439906211

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9781439906217

A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

By: Jaime-Chaim Shulman

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A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

By: Jaime-Chaim Shulman

In A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century, Chaim Shulman presents an analysis of three projects of urban water supply systems carried out between 1560s–1610s. The technical and economic differences between these projects resulted from external conditions not directly related to the water supply problem. Although the same basic technology was apparently available at the time in all cases, the geographical, engineering, entrepreneurial and cultural nature of each region differed. The inhabitants’ wellbeing improvement achieved varied accordingly. Much broader insights are drawn on the policies of the three monarchies regarding the initiative of and support for grand scale public works in general.

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411

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BRILL

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9004312420

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9789004312425

Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

By: Chaim Z. Rozwaski

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Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

By: Chaim Z. Rozwaski

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Jason Aronson, Incorporated

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1461734533

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9781461734536

The Development of the Syntax of Post-Biblical Hebrew

By: Chaim Rabin

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The Development of the Syntax of Post-Biblical Hebrew

By: Chaim Rabin

This volume is concerned with a historical development of the syntax of Hebrew in the post-biblical periods, more specifically from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries as used in non-artistic prose in Southern France and Spain, a period in which the language underwent some fundamental changes and developments. With his superb knowledge of all phases of Hebrew the author portrays and analyses these developments in relation to Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew. This is a highly original and important contribution to a diachronic description of Hebrew syntax, and undoubtedly a necessary reading for any serious Hebraist and Semitist.

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BRILL

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9004348484

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9789004348486

Lord Jakobovits

By: Chaim Bermant

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Lord Jakobovits

By: Chaim Bermant

Lord Jakobovits has been described by one commentator as Mrs Thatcher's father confessor. A staunch defender of Victorian values and family life, he has propounded his views with a forthrightness and vigour which have often placed him at the centre of controversy and have given him national prominence. And yet, if extremely conservative on some issues, he can be surprisingly liberal on others, and he is the only Orthodox rabbi of any eminence to have openly expressed his misgivings about Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and to have called for territorial concessions in the West Bank and Gaza. He is in fact difficult to categorise, and this vividly written, authorised biography attempts to reconcile the apparent contradictions in his views. It also describes the man, his colourful, vivacious wife, the circumstances and convictions which have helped to shape him, and the communities who identities he has helped to guide. Though not uncritical, it adds up to a remarkable portrait of a remarkable man.

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A&C Black

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1448211182

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9781448211180

The Limits of Nationalism

By: Chaim Gans

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The Limits of Nationalism

By: Chaim Gans

A radical new perspective on the demands made in the name of cultural nationalism.

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208

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Cambridge University Press

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0521004675

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9780521004671

Book's by Chaim Rabin

Study Guide for Sifron La-Student ('Alef, Bet) (2nd Edition)

Study Guide for Sifron La-Student ('Alef, Bet) (2nd Edition)

Jews in Israel

Jews in Israel

The Arab-Israeli Wars

The Arab-Israeli Wars

Turning Judaism Outward

Turning Judaism Outward

The A to Z of Zionism

The A to Z of Zionism

Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Thank You for Dying for Our Country

Historical Dictionary of Zionism

Historical Dictionary of Zionism

The War of Atonement

The War of Atonement

Jewish Baby Boomers

Jewish Baby Boomers

Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew

Lashon HaKodesh: History, Holiness, & Hebrew

Americas Jews

Americas Jews

A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities

Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

Jewish Meditations on the Meaning of Death

The Development of the Syntax of Post-Biblical Hebrew

The Development of the Syntax of Post-Biblical Hebrew

Lord Jakobovits

Lord Jakobovits

The Limits of Nationalism

The Limits of Nationalism

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