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HISTORY & CULTURE (Authors A - L)


 
 
Books - History & Culture
From Kabul to Queens: the Jews of Afghanistan and Their Move to the United States
Aharon, Sara A.
Arrow $18 
 
 
 

 
Books - History & Culture
After Jews and Arabs: Remarking Levantine Culture
Alcalay, Ammiel
Arrow $18 
 
 
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Spanish and Portuguese Jewry Before and After 1492
Altabe, David F.
Arrow $13 
 
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Sephardi Voices
Angel, Marc
now Arrow $10 
 
Remnants of Israel  
 
Books - History & Culture
Remnant of Israel
Angel, Marc
Arrow $50 
Published in honor of the 350th anniversary of Jewish communal life in North America, Remnant of Israel provides a remarkable portrait of America’s first Jewish synagogue, Congregation Shearith Israel, founded in 1654. Written by Rabbi Marc Angel, spiritual leader of the synagogue for over 30 years, the book reveals how the story of the congregation is intertwined with the development of the American Jewish community and their adopted city and nation. This heavily illustrated volume is rich with documents and photos that recreate both the synagogue’s and its members’ past.
   
Voices in Exile: A Study in Sephardic Intellectual History  
Books - History & Culture
Voices in Exile: A Study in Sephardic Intellectual History
Angel, Rabbi Marc
Arrow $15 
A comprehensive study of the intellectual and spiritual life of Sephardic intellectuals from Turkey, the Balkans, Israel, North Africa, Europe and the New World from the period of the Spanish expulsion to the first half of the twentieth century.
   
spanish
 
 
Books - History & Culture
The Spanish & Portuguese Jews in Postage Stamps
Arbell, Mordehay
Arrow $10 
Postage Stamps
   
Hispanic Culture & Character of Sephardic Jews  
 
Books - History & Culture
Hispanic Culture & Character of Sephardic Jews
Benardette, Mair Jose
Arrow $15 
A study of how the Jewish experience in Spain influenced their destiny in the lands to which they fled following the massacres of 1391. Each chapter presents a lively picture of Sephardic life as well as reports from travelers to these communities, portions of rabbis’ responsa and poems and legends in Ladino.
   
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Haim Nahum
Benbassa, Esther
Arrow $20 
A Sephardic Chief Rabbi in Politics, 1892-1930
   
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Letters to the Editor and other thoughts...
Bitton, Isaac
Arrow $10 
 
   
They Called Me Gigi
 
 
Books - History & Culture
They Called Me Gigi
Cohen, Berthe
beforeArrow $13
now Arrow $8
Touching and thoughtful remembrances and reflections of a Holocaust survivor and her post-war struggles in Egypt and France.
   
voice  
 
Books - History & Culture
The Voice of the Poor in the Middle Ages: An Anthology of Documents from the Cairo Geniza
Cohen, Mark R.
Arrow $30
Cohen translates more than ninety letters, alms lists, donor lists and other related documents from the Geniza providing historical context for each one.
   
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Books - History & Culture
Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages
Cohen, Mark R.
Arrow $25
Mark Cohen offers a systemic comparison of Jewish Life in medieval Islam and Christendom- and the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational than those between Christians and Jews in the West.  
   
leoni  
 
Books - History & Culture
The Hebrew Portuguese Nations at the Time of Charles V & Henry VIII
Di Leone Leoni, Aron
Arrow $30 
A new scholarly work documenting the story of a group of merchants of Jewish origin who, at beginning of the 16th century, were instrumental in developing the city of Lisbon into the largest financial and commercial center of Europe. In extending their influence to London they set up a complex rescue organization to plan and finance the flight of Marranos towards lands where they could openly practice Judaism.
   
No Room of their Own  
 
Books - History & Culture
 No Room of their Own
 Feldman, Y. S.
Arrow $17 
Gender and Nation in Israeli Women's Fiction
   
western
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Western & Eastern Cultures
Fischman, Naomi
Arrow $5
The historical encounter between the western and eastern cultures of Judaism.
   
 
 
Books - History & Culture
The First Jews in the New World (soft cover)
Heckelman, Joseph
Arrow $15 
In this fascinating work, Heckelman chronicles the dramatic story of the original Jewish movement to the Western Hemisphere in the 16th century. He explores the historical circumstances that led to this relocation, and provides insight into the courage and tenacity that the original Jewish settlers in the New World displayed in their odyssey
   
 
Books - History & Culture
Abraham Galante - A Biography
Kalderon, Albert
Arrow $10 
The first full length biography of Abraham Galante, an intellectual, journalist, historian and social activist who served as a deputy in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and as a professor at the University of Istanbul. A pioneer in the study of all facets of Jewish history and culture in Turkey, Galante is credited with providing the basis for all future research about Jewish life in the Ottoman Empire. 
   
Christopher Columbus & The Participation of Jews in Spanish & Portuguese Discoveries  
 
Books - History & Culture
Christopher Columbus & The Participation of Jews in Spanish & Portuguese Discoveries
Kayserling Dr. M.
before Arrow $15 
now Arrow $10
History - Christopher Columbus
   
Mother of the Pound - Memoirs of Life & History of Iraqi Jews  
 
Books - History & Culture
Mother of the Pound - Memoirs of Life & History of Iraqi Jews
Kazzaz, David
before Arrow $25 
now Arrow $15
A fascinating tale which mixes biblical and historical information with personal experience of growing up in the Jewish community of Baghdad. Above all, it is a testament to his courageous wife, Louise, one of the first Jews to apply for permission to leave Iraq, and who by example opened the way for Jewish emigration from Iraq in the 1950‘s. 
   
The Kidnapping of Edgar Mortara  
 
Books - History & Culture
The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
Kertzer, David I.
Arrow $15
The extraordinary story of the Vatican's imprisonment of a six-year-old Jewish boy
   
goodbye  
 
Books - History & Culture
Goodbye Evil Eye
Kirchheimer, Gloria de Vidas
Arrow $20 
“Gloria de Vidas Kirchheimer’s stories are intimate domestic portraits of Sephardic Jews. Her characters are invariably globetrotters at the crossroads between tradition and modernity…” A finalist in the National Jewish Book awards