Mitsvot nashim melamdah. Precetti d'esser imparati dalle donne Hebree by Slonik, Benjamin Aaron ben Abraham - 1710

New York; Yeshiva University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XV, 265 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral-Yeshiva University) . "The second part of this volume contains the 'case histories' themselves, as recorded by Rabbi Slonik". The second part consists of a digest of Slonik's ‘Mas'at Binyamin' (1633) , containing 112 responsa and including questions and comments by his two sons, Avraham and Ya‘akov. "The responsa of Rabbi Benjamin Aaron ben Abraham Slonik, when viewed against the background of the writings of his teachers and contemporaries, as well as other sources available to us, present a detailed picture of the religious, cultural, communal and economic life of sixteenth-century Polish Jewry. " (Jacket description) . Subjects: Jews - Poland - History - 16th century. Judaism - Poland - History - 16th century. Responsa - 1040-1600. Poland - Ethnic relations. Institutional stamps on backstrip and endpages, otherwise very clean and fresh in good… Read More

Hoboken: Ktav Pub. House; New York, N. Y. : Yeshiva University Press, 1986. Hardcover, 8vo, xv, 265 pages, 24 cm. SUBJECT (S) : Jews -- Poland -- History -- 16th century. Judaism -- Poland -- History -- 16th century. Responsa -- 1040-1600. Poland -- Ethnic relations. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Yeshiva University) "The second part of this volume contains the ‘case histories' themselves, as recorded by Rabbi Slonik" on page xiv. Includes index. Bibliography on pages 255-259. Light water stain to bottom right corner of front and back cover. Light wear. Good condition. (Heb-22-10).

New York; Yeshiva University Press, 1986. Hardcover. Publishers cloth. 8vo. XV, 265 pages. 24 cm. First edition. Based on the author's thesis (doctoral-Yeshiva University) . "The second part of this volume contains the 'case histories' themselves, as recorded by Rabbi Slonik". The second part consists of a digest of Slonik's ‘Mas'at Binyamin' (1633) , containing 112 responsa and including questions and comments by his two sons, Avraham and Ya‘akov. "The responsa of Rabbi Benjamin Aaron ben Abraham Slonik, when viewed against the background of the writings of his teachers and contemporaries, as well as other sources available to us, present a detailed picture of the religious, cultural, communal and economic life of sixteenth-century Polish Jewry. " (Jacket description) . Subjects: Jews - Poland - History - 16th century. Judaism - Poland - History - 16th century. Responsa - 1040-1600. Poland - Ethnic relations. With signature of previous author on endpage (David Kranzler - holocaust historian) ;… Read More

Newtonville, MA: Spencer Press, Inc., 2014. Signed and dated by author on fep 8vo size trade paperback; 260 pages From cover: "In the aftermath of 9/11, with its attendant rise in global anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, this classic book emerges, helping to explain the marginality of the Jewish people in a new and exiting way: that marginality need not be a negative attribute; that is can be "creative" and that it is through this "creative paranoia" that the Jews have not only survived throughout the centuries, but have imaginatively contributed to the culture and fabric of he societies in which they have dwelt." Contents include: Political & Intellectual Rebels The Jewish Rebel The Jewish Intellectual The Jewishness of Karl Marx The Jewish Presence in Sociology Minorities within a Minority The Jewish Homosexual The Jewish Woman The Jewish Young Adult The Jewish Upper Class We note only edgewear. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity… Read More

NP: (Caves Book Co.) (Pirated Copy), ND. Pirated edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. viii; 124. Illustrated with b&w photos of 112 furniture examples. Intertextual block print reproductions. Bound in green cloth with silver lettering stamped on spine.Former owner name in ink on front pastedown. Slight fading to edges of binding; dust jacket with a US-quarter size chip on front panel, closed 2" tear. On the title page Kates is identified as "Curator of Oriental Art, The Brooklyn Museum," but no publication data is presented, other than a bookseller tag on rear free-endpaper ("Caves Book Co."): thus, a pirated copy, even though the Dover edition is referenced on the dust jacket's rear panel. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

New York, Harper and Row, 1971, hardcover, xiii-368 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Good in Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. Straight and firmly bound, dampstain to top edge affecting front board and top of first 50 pages, non-authorial gift inscription to previous owner to half-title page, light spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, darkening to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The author of Our Crowd, The Right People, and Those Harper Women, presents an in-depth look at the tiny band of twenty-three Sephardim who arrived in the United States in 1654 from Spain, the rich and varied history of their descendants, and the impact they had on the development of the social, financial, and political landscape. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Sources, Index. An Abbreviated Genealogical Chart of America's Sephardic Elite attached inside rear cover. ISBN 9780060103378

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 298 pp. Brown cloth binding with black titles. Spine cloth darkened, spine titles faded but clear, spine ends frayed, light soiling to covers, corners bumped, interior toned, spine a bit shaky but hinges and text secure, corner of page 9 torn off not affecting text, text clean, prior owner's pencil signature on front endpaper. Yezierska's first book, a collection of short stories previously published in magazines, and later made into a movie, about Jewish immigrant ghetto life on the Lower East Side of New York. Scarce first printing of author's first book.

n. 1974. Soft cover. Good. 1974 Soft cover Good hippie counter culture newspaper

New York: Columbia University, 1917. First edition. Near very good condition; Paper tape repair to title page.. Columbia University Oriental Studies Series, Vol. XI; 125 pages. Professor Efros was a Rabbi, Hebrew poet, professor of semantics at University of Buffalo and, later, rector of Tel Aviv University. He also translated many of the great English poets into Hebrew.

HARD TO FIND! The Family Moskat. A Novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Copyright 1950 Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY. VG/VG green and orange original dust jacket is included. Translated from the Yiddish by A.H. Gross.

THE KING OF KINGS, Copyright 1927, Grosset & Dunlap. Written by Jeanie Macpherson and Henry Macmahon. USED. 257 pages plus adverts. 5 ¼ X 7 5/8. Light brown boards with delft blue titling and ornamentation. VG Condition/Acceptable RARE original H.B. Warner dust jacket. The jacket is in acceptable condition with wear and loss to back panel and spine. Now protected in a mylar wrap. Sorry about the stack of books photos. King of King is the only title available here. Summary: "The King of Kings is a 1927 American silent epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It depicts the lasts weeks of Jesus of Nazareth before his crucifixion, and stars H.B. Warner in the lead role.

Collectible Fine First Edition Decorative Hardcover Clean 468 pp. NOT a library copy. 8vo. NO writing NO signatures. In depth study into Primary Evil in the Hebrew Kabbalah the Sefirah, Talmudic Legends. Torah, Messianic Interpretations Hebrew and Christian and even Persian Zoroastrianism. Fine clean condition. See all our Three Geese In Flight Book scans for Table of Contents, Edition and Condition

Boston, Beacon Press, 1989, trade paperback, 360 pp, Revised and expanded Edition (most of the material in this volume originally appeared in nos. 29/30 of the journal Sinister Wisdom (1986)), First Printing, Signed and inscribed by both Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz and Irena Klepfisz 'To Abby' with personal messages, on the title page, Very Good in bright, pictorial card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner bumps, corner crease to rear cover affecting the final two pages. A collection of writings, including poetry, by Jewish women worldwide regarding the value of women's participation in Jewish life, and the feminist struggle in the Jewish community. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white photographs. Appended: Glossary, Contributor's Notes, Resources. ISBN 9780807036051