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Conquering Jerusalem by Stephen Dando-Collins

Conquering Jerusalem by Stephen Dando-Collins

Dando-Collins details the conflict from both sides of the 7-year campaign. His examination of the revolt draws upon numerous archaeological and forensic discoveries made in recent years to illuminate the people and events as...

2207 South Green Road by Janice C Spector

2207 South Green Road by Janice C Spector

A poignant and humorous story of love despite dysfunction among an assimilating extended Jewish family riddled with secrets in suburban Cleveland during 1961. While in today’s world they would just seem a bit eccentric,...

Broken Oaths by Norman Mounter

Broken Oaths by Norman Mounter

Heidelberg, 1938 Doctor Sárkány’s career is crumbling. The once eminent pathologist begins to lose everything that he holds dear – his reputation, position and pride. But what of his wife, Éva? What of his...

The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave by Moshe Sokol

The Snake at the Mouth of the Cave by Moshe Sokol

In addition to the halakhic portions of the Talmud, there is also a great amount of aggadic narratives interspersed throughout the talmudic text – these are the non-halakhic teachings about theology, ethics, spirituality, psychology,...