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Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, gray cloth with gold lettering, x, 258 pp., glossary, sources of selections, contributors, index Articles are "The Ethos of Eastern European Community," Ghitta Sternebrg, "Preparing for Passover in North Africa," Irene Awret, "Religious Roles of Elderly Women," Susan Starr Sered, "Synagopgue Life among American Reform Jews," Frida Kerner Furman, "Orthodoxy in an American Synagogue," Samuel C. Heilman, "Worship in the Havura Movement," Chava Weissler, "Turning to Orthodox Judiasm," Lynn Davidman, "Tradition and Innovation in the Marriage Ceremony," Einat Ramon, "A Bat Mitzvah among Russian Jews in america," Fran Markowitz, "Books as a Path to Jewish Identity," Claudio Segre, "Memory and the HolocaustL Two Perspectives," Ismar Schorsch and Jackie Feldman, "Meanings of the Western Wall," Danielle Storper Rerez and Harvey Goldberg, "A Moraccan Jewish Shrine in Israel," Yoram Bilu, "Religion, Study, and Contemporary Politics," Tamar El-Or, "Ethiopian Jewry and New Self-Concepts," Hagar Solomon.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. XII, 226 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Front blank has the signature of the previous owner, Professor Sarah Reguer, Z.L. The distinguished professor of Judaic studies, Sarah Reguer, Z"L. (1943-2023) professor emerita of Jewish history at Brooklyn College. Prof. Reguer completed her Ph. D. at Columbia where she focused on the Middle East. Her book on Winston Churchill and the Shaping of the Middle East reflected those interests. Subsequently, she branched out to study and publish on Jews in the Middle East, Women, Jews in Italy, and more. Her volume entitled OPINIONATED brings together many of her writings. Late in life, she published MY FATHER'S JOURNEY, based on his memoir, tracing her family's transition from Lithuania to Mandatory Palestine to the United States. Prof Reguer spent her career at Brooklyn College where she educated legions of students and also chaired for some years the history and Jewish Studies programs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. "A fascinating record of Libyan Jewish life", which contains "selections from the Highid Mordekhai of Mordechai Hakohen, based on the complete Hebrew text as published by the Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem". This work was "composed in the early years of the twentieth century and covers domestic life, religion, trade, as well as the relations of Jews to Arabs, Berbers, and the Italians who invaded in 1911". Book.…