Download or read book The New Jewish Trivia and Information Book written by Ian Shapolsky and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1994-04 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This captivating book provides an enjoyable way to learn more about Jewish history, current events, people, places, language as well as arts & culture. Have fun with friends & family testing your knowledge with this witty collection of provocative questions & answers about all things Jewish! More than 125,000 copies have been sold.
Download or read book The Jewish Trivia and Information Book written by Rony Oren and published by Ulverscroft. This book was released on 1985-07-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jewish Trivia Information Book written by Ian Shapolsky and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ultimate Jewish Trivia Book written by Signe Bergstrom and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think you know everything there is to know about being Jewish? Oy vey, let me tell you, that’s a lot of drek to keep in one’s Yiddisher kop! But why be in the dark? Covering information on everything from religious history to the fashion world, the Ultimate Jewish Trivia Book delves into the whole megillah . . . and then some. Yes, there are a ton of Jewish holidays and the traditions that go with them, and even the uber-faithful sometimes get them mixed up. Sukkot? Real or imaginary? Cholent? A type of festival, a stew, or both? Jews have been entertaining the world at large for centuries. We have top contenders and players in just about every media: heayy hitters like Neil Simon, Steven Spielberg, Sarah Silverman, and Zac Efron are all Jewish! Can you name some others? Jews in sports is not as rare as it sounds—ever heard of Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax?. In this book, we’ve included trivia on chess, poker, boxing, and even bullfighting. After all, any sport is meaningless without a little mental competition…and an angry bull or two. Plus there are also hundreds of questions about science, medicine, business, and food, plus a fun game of Who Said That?: Famous Quotes. And don’t forget, the Ultimate Jewish Trivia Book makes a great gift and is sure to liven up any get-together!
Download or read book The Second Jewish Trivia Information Book written by Ian Shapolsky and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Essential Jewish Trivia Book for Kids written by Harry Araten and published by Devora Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shabbat fun book that was written by kids for kids. Includes hundreds of essential Jewish questions and answers. Ideal for home, synagogue, youth groups.
Download or read book Classic Jewish Tales written by David Sokoloff and published by SP Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful introduction to the remarkable range of stories which have enriched Jewish life for generations. Adapted from Jewish folklore, the Talmud and Hasidic tradition and illustrated with dozens of charming drawings. CLASSIC JEWISH TALES WELCOMES KIDS TO THE WORLD OF JEWISH LITERATURE.
Download or read book Amazing Jewish Facts and Curiosities written by Ronald H. Isaacs and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an array of strange facts and curiosities about Jewish customs and rituals. In the great body of Jewish literature there are a plethora of fascinating (but relatively unknown), strange, and unusual statements, curiosities, oddities, and other bits of information that have accumulated over the centuries. This book gathers these curiosities and presents them thematically for the reader's pleasure.
Download or read book Rashi Rambam and Ramalamadingdong written by Mark D. Zimmerman and published by Zimco Creative Arts. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RASHI, RAMBAM and RAMALAMADINGDONG contains over 200 challenging, humorous, and entertaining questions and answers covering topics of Jewish Law, Tradition, History, and Popular Culture.
Download or read book Jewish Trivia written by Jane Lenarsky and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book People Love Dead Jews Reports from a Haunted Present written by Dara Horn and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice Finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal, Chicago Public Library, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living. Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture—and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly antisemitic attacks—Horn was troubled to realize what all of these assignments had in common: she was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones. In these essays, Horn reflects on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the mythology that Jewish family names were changed at Ellis Island, the blockbuster traveling exhibition Auschwitz, the marketing of the Jewish history of Harbin, China, and the little-known life of the "righteous Gentile" Varian Fry. Throughout, she challenges us to confront the reasons why there might be so much fascination with Jewish deaths, and so little respect for Jewish lives unfolding in the present. Horn draws upon her travels, her research, and also her own family life—trying to explain Shakespeare’s Shylock to a curious ten-year-old, her anger when swastikas are drawn on desks in her children’s school, the profound perspective offered by traditional religious practice and study—to assert the vitality, complexity, and depth of Jewish life against an antisemitism that, far from being disarmed by the mantra of "Never forget," is on the rise. As Horn explores the (not so) shocking attacks on the American Jewish community in recent years, she reveals the subtler dehumanization built into the public piety that surrounds the Jewish past—making the radical argument that the benign reverence we give to past horrors is itself a profound affront to human dignity.
Download or read book Essential Jewish Trivia Book for Kids written by Harry Araten and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1997-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shabbat fun book that was written by kids for kids. Includes hundreds of essential Jewish questions and answers. Ideal for home, synagogue, youth groups.
Download or read book The Everything Jewish Wedding Book written by Rabbi Hyim Shafner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From reciting the Kiddush (sanctification prayer) to building the chuppah (wedding canopy), the details of a Jewish wedding can be overwhelming! This wedding guide helps newlyweds understand tradition and plan a wedding they’ll cherish forever. Written by a rabbi who has performed many weddings, this informative guide will help people navigate: the Judaic concept of marriage; engagement etiquette; the proper way to introduce the families; how to confer with a rabbi and the ritual director; the business of incorporating family heirlooms; and more! Whether the wedding is joining two Jewish people or an interfaith couple, this book is a must-have survival guide for any chatan (groom) or kallah (bride).
Download or read book The New Jewish Encyclopedia written by David Bridger and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 1976 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is more than a book of facts. To turn its pages is to explore the wonder and excitement and awesome adventure of what it means to be a Jew . . . to stride through the grandeur of your inheritance, spanning the ages and the continents and the seas from Ur of the Chaldees and Pharaonic Egypt to present-day Israel and America.
Download or read book The Invention of the Jewish People written by Shlomo Sand and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be read and reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation—returned at last to its Biblical homeland? Shlomo Sand argues that most Jews actually descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered far across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The formation of a Jewish people and then a Jewish nation out of these disparate groups could only take place under the sway of a new historiography, developing in response to the rise of nationalism throughout Europe. Beneath the biblical back fill of the nineteenth-century historians, and the twentieth-century intellectuals who replaced rabbis as the architects of Jewish identity, The Invention of the Jewish People uncovers a new narrative of Israel’s formation, and proposes a bold analysis of nationalism that accounts for the old myths. After a long stay on Israel’s bestseller list, and winning the coveted Aujourd’hui Award in France, The Invention of the Jewish People is finally available in English. The central importance of the conflict in the Middle East ensures that Sand’s arguments will reverberate well beyond the historians and politicians that he takes to task. Without an adequate understanding of Israel’s past, capable of superseding today’s opposing views, diplomatic solutions are likely to remain elusive. In this iconoclastic work of history, Shlomo Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel’s future.
Download or read book American Jewish Desk Reference written by American Jewish Historical Society and published by Random House Reference. This book was released on 1999 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This all-encompassing reference book covers virtually every subject pertaining to Jews in the United States. The sheer volume of information on the subjects and people relative to the Jewish experience in the United States is what makes this book so impressive. Arranged by subject -- from Feminism, Intermarriage and Conversion, Rituals and Celebrations, Business, Education, and Sports to Art and Entertainment -- chapters include A-Z and chronological listings of events, people, and more.Included in this book are descriptions of the many noteworthy Jewish Americans who had a profound effect on our country, including Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Harvey Milk, Calvin Klein, Peggy Guggenheim, Mark Rothko, Woody Allen and Gloria Steinem, just to name a few. This book brings together the issues and figures of contemporary Judaism in the United States in an adult manner unlike any other reference book of its kind.
Download or read book The Newish Jewish Encyclopedia written by Stephanie Butnick and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 883 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of Library Journal’s Best Religion & Spirituality Books of the Year An Unorthodox Guide to Everything Jewish Deeply knowing, highly entertaining, and just a little bit irreverent, this unputdownable encyclopedia of all things Jewish and Jew-ish covers culture, religion, history, habits, language, and more. Readers will refresh their knowledge of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, the artistry of Barbra Streisand, the significance of the Oslo Accords, the meaning of words like balaboosta,balagan, bashert, and bageling. Understand all the major and minor holidays. Learn how the Jews invented Hollywood. Remind themselves why they need to read Hannah Arendt, watch Seinfeld, listen to Leonard Cohen. Even discover the secret of happiness (see “Latkes”). Includes hundreds of photos, charts, infographics, and illustrations. It’s a lot.
