books about: jewish     books:     Jewish      Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland Christopher R. Browning Harper Perennial, 1993 Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach! This book (as described by previous reviewers and the product description) details what the men in the Nazi Reserve Police Battalion 101 went through, specifically during the SS Invasion of Poland. Browning describes in detail the process of dehumanizing the Jews, ...             The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) Michael Chabon Harper Perennial, 2008 Great writing, brilliantly read! This is a fun, fast paced, brilliantly imagined detective story set in a fanciful present. Might be particularly interesting for those with an affinity/awareness/interest in Jewish culture. As this is an audio book,the reading is as critical as the writing, and we are ...             Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History Art Spiegelman Pantheon, 1986 Masterpiece i was one of the few among my peers who had never read one of the Maus books. When i finally got around to it, i was blown away by its excellence. This is a masterpiece (and i do not use the term lightly). Do yourself a favor and don't miss it.             Survival In Auschwitz Primo Levi Touchstone, 1996 The Experiences and Reflections of an Italian Jew at Auschwitz My review of this classic emphasizes matters not raised by previous reviewers, and is based upon the 1986 edition which combines SURVIVAL IN AUSCHWITZ, THE REAWAKENING, and AFTERWORD... Levi wasn't sent to or near the gas chambers and crematoria. Instead, he was ...             Certain Girls: A Novel Jennifer Weiner Atria, 2008 Sequel well-worth the wait This long-awaited and much anticipated sequel to Good In Bed is everything I could have hoped for. Picking up thirteen years later, Cannie Schapiro is just as funny and crazy - but she's also more mature, more settled, and mother to a teenage girl. Certain Girls is a ...             Those Who Save Us Jenna Blum Harvest Books, 2005 Amazing book, seemed like a true and heartbreaking account Thank you to the author for sharing this amazing story. I truly felt the confusion and desperation of the characters (even, in part, the 'bad guys') and how our life choices can haunt us when we view them through our own shadowed lenses.             Night (Oprah's Book Club) Elie Wiesel Hill and Wang, 2006 A new day for Night I was happy to see that this book was added to Oprah's book club, this ment that millions who never knew of this book would read it or at least hear it's story. I read this in college as part of the debates on wither the US should have entered WW2 before 1941. When I ...             Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank Bantam, 1993 A bright soul in a dark time I have finally, at the age of 33, gotten around to reading Anne Frank's diary. There is little point in adding another glowing review. Everything has been said. But after reading some of the negative reviews, I feel compelled to respond. It seems there are two ...             The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale Art Spiegelman Pantheon, 1996 Masterpiece! As a Jew Living in Israel, holocaust related books are important to read, but it's hard to do it actually. I can remember several holocaust-era semi-biographic novels which are great but those are the exceptions. Most of the books are a bit bothersome though true. ...             People of the Book: A Novel Geraldine Brooks Viking Adult, 2008 Mystery and history combined If you like historical fiction with a bit of mystery intertwined, you will like this. I won't repeat the plot, but I found it totally fascinating and found myself going back to reread parts -- the chapter headings were so helpful, I'm thinking the author anticipated ...             The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 Studying the Five Books Berlin, Adele, Bettler, Marc Zvi and Michael Fishbane, editors. "The Jewish Study Bible", Oxford, 2004. Studying the Five Books Amos Lassen Looking at the Bible section at any bookstore is an overwhelming experience. There are Bibles for every taste, religion ...             The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children Wendy Mogel Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001 What works with kids and for parents Child rearing is tough work, as tough or tougher now than ever. Mogul, a psychologist, sought to find a different, healthy approach to managing children and parenthood. She came to Judaism's traditional ways. For much of the book, the theme is simple: given three ...             When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa Peter Godwin Back Bay Books, 2008 When a Crocodile Eats the Sun Peter Godwin's book, titled above, is a very worth while read. In plain dialogue he lets the rest of the world know what is really going on in Zimbabwe in the most sensitive way possible through his own families lives. The book is beautifully written, I couldn't put ...             The Chosen Chaim Potok Fawcett, 1987 The Chosen:Understanding in reading "The Chosen" i was very pleased with the book. The plot was very touching as we saw the boys (Danny and Reuven) grow from the grounds of a baseball field to the advanced college campus. Their friendship was very strong and was normally able to overcome most ...             The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman W. W. Norton, 2007 Lest we forget... I really enjoyed this book and the photos; I learned a lot. (It should be required reading.) It's well-researched, with notes, a bibliography, and an index. Not only did it flesh out the history, the characters were interesting--the people and the animals. 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