Rose Zar was 19 years old when the Nazis invaded her native Poland. Her father urged her to save herself by hiding “in the mouth of the wolf”—or within the enemy itself. She managed to obtain false papers, secretly changing her identity and surviving the Holocaust as maid and nanny for a Nazi SS colonel.

In the Mouth of the Wolf

Biographies & Memoirs

Zar, Rose

Historical

Jewish Publication Society

A classic collection of over 300 legends about the City and its close vicinity. Legends contains tales of Holy places, natural sites, and the names they bear. These legends encompass all the three great religions. Collected during Vilnay's many decades a

Legends of Jerusalem (The Sacred Land, V. 1)

Politics & Social Sciences

Vilnay, Zev

Social Sciences

Passover

Klein, Mordell

Yellow cloth hardcover no dust jacket.1969 256p. 9.25x6.25x1.05. GOURMET AND HOLIDAY RECIPES OF JEWISH COOKING

Jewish Cooking Around the World: Gourmet and Holiday Recipes

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Hanna Goodman

Entertaining & Holidays

Studies in Jewish Thought

Rawidowicz, Simon

The Polish Lad

Isaac Joel Linetzki

Literature & Fiction

Adventures of a thumb-sized Jewish boy who must fend for himself when stranded on an island.

K'tonton on an island in the sea: A hitherto unreported episode in the life of the Jewish thumbling, K'tonton ben Baruch Reuben

Weilerstein, Sadie Rose

Maimonides: Torah and Philosophic Quest

Hartman, David

Joseph Karo (1488-1575) was one of the greatest figures of rabbinic Judaism and the author of the Shulhn Arukh, the standard code of Jewish Law. Like many other rabbinic ascetics, who would write on talmudic or kabbalistic subjects yet carefully conceal their intimate mystical experiences, Karo left a diary, Maggid Mesharim, recording the messages that he received from a celestial mentor. As Karo was a leading member of the Safed circle that included Solomon Alkabets and Moses Cordovero, his diary yeilds new insights into the world of sixteenth-century pre-Lurianic kabbalism. In this magisterial study R. J. Zwi Werblowski examines the controversial diary. He also describes Joseph Karo's life and times. Above all, however, it is the psychological interest of Maggid Meshrim which makes it an important source for our knowledge of the types of mystical life cultivated in rabbinic circles. With consummate skill and learning, Professor Werblowsky explores this interest to produce a powerful portrait of mystic piety as practiced by a foremost rabbinic authority.

Joseph Karo: Lawyer and Mystic

Werblowsky, R. J. Zwi

Here is the story of Dona Gracia, one of the most remarkable women in Jewish history. The pride of sixteenth century Jewry, she is acknowledged today for her courageous defense of her people and the promotion of their culture. This JPS classic presents the first full-length biography of Dona Gracia in English. It is an epic drama featuring extraordinary characters who risked their lives for freedom of conscience, playing for high stakes among the palaces and political courts of Renaissance Europe.

Dona Gracia of the House of Nasi

Cecil Roth

Community & Culture

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