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Aleppo - City of Scholars
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Aleppo - City of Scholars
by Rabbi David Sutton
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Catalog # : ALPH
Release Date : 03/28/2005
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Based on LiKedoshim Asher Ba'aretz by Hacham David Laniado; Edited and expanded by Rabbi David Sutton; Translated by Isaac Kirzner Known since Biblical times as Aram Soba, the city of Aleppo, Syria was a scholarly and spiritual center for thousands of yea
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The Rishonim
The Rishonim
Biographical sketches of the prominent early sages and leaders
by Rabbi Hersh Goldwurm
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Catalog # : RISH
Release Date : 08/01/1982
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Biographical sketches of 300 prominent 10th-15th-century Rabbinic sages and leaders such as Rashi, Rambam, R' Gershom Meor HaGolah. Traces the beginnings of Jewish communities in each part of the continents.
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The Early Acharonim
The Early Acharonim
Biographical sketches of the prominent early rabbinic sages and leaders from the 15th-17th centuries
by Rabbi Hersh Goldwurm
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Catalog # : AC1H
Release Date : 10/01/1989
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Biographical sketches of 300 great sages and leaders from the 15th-17th centuries. A panoramic range of biographies of great men from all Jewish communities such as Arizal, R' Yosef Caro, Maharsha, R' Menashe ben Yisrael as Jewish life moved ea
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From Djerba to Jerusalem
From Djerba to Jerusalem
The Extraordinary Story of Rebbetzin Shulamit Bitton Blau
by Libby Lazewnik
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Catalog # : DJEH
Release Date : 02/01/2018
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From Djerba to Jerusalem is an engrossing story. More: it’s an eye-opening, heart-opening look at the power of chesed, emunah, and love.
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Faith Amid The Flames
Faith Amid The Flames
The Story of Reb Yosef Friedenson – The Kiddush Hashem He Witnessed And Created
by Rabbi Yosef C. Golding
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Catalog # : FAFH
Release Date : 07/09/2019
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In this extraordinary volume, 3,000,000 Polish Jews speak to us – eloquently and inspiringly -- through the pen of Yosef Friedenson.
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Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz
Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz
Belzer Chassidus - History, Rescue and Rebirth
by Yosef Israel
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Catalog # : BELZH
Release Date : 04/14/2005
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With typical modesty, the saintly tzaddik Grand Rabbi Aharon of Belz said, "Every survivor must have been accompanied by malachim (angels) on every side." If every survivor was saved by angels, the Rebbe was surely escorted by entire companies of angels.
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The Forgotten Memoirs
The Forgotten Memoirs
Moving personal accounts from Rabbis who survived the Holocaust
by Esther Farbstein
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Catalog # : FORGH
Release Date : 07/22/2011
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A Monumental Work of Holocaust Scholarship -- and a Masterpiece of Torah Thought Under the direction of world-renowned Holocaust researcher Esther Farbstein, a team of scholars examined the preface of virtually every religious book published since the 19
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Destined to Survive
Destined to Survive
Uplifting stories from the worst of times
by Israel I. Cohen
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Catalog # : DTSH
Release Date : 08/28/2001
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Israel Cohen was a prisoner in a slave-labor hell during the Holocaust. More than once the thought that he was a footstep away from the end, but he was destined to survive - to start a new life, raise a proud family, and share his experiences with us. And
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Child of War
Child of War
by Arye Leibish Friedman, Rabbi Nachman Seltzer
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Catalog # : COWH
Release Date : 01/26/2009
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When little Leibish was eight years old, his world came to an end. It had been a wonderful world, the secure and peaceful world of Chassidic Budapest. And now, in an instant, it was gone. The Nazis had arrived, and Leibish and his family were brutally thr
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BUDAPEST '44
BUDAPEST '44
Rescue and Resistance 1944-1945
by Moshe Holczler
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Catalog # : BUDH
Release Date : 02/04/2004
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The young Slovakian businessman planned to join his wife in London, but the Nazis marched into Austria and life would never be the same. Mandated by his illustrious father to remain in Europe to help his people, R' Shmuel Binyomin (Wolf) Frey embarked on
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Captive Child
Captive Child
From Communist Cruelty, to Rebirth in Jerusalem
by Carmela Raiz
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Catalog # : CAPH
Release Date : 12/07/2011
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A most unlikely hero. A most unconventional memoir. Shepsel was a little Jewish boy cared for in a nurturing German home - until his Nazi "father" was killed fighting for the Third Reich and his foster mother handed him over to a death camp. (She gave hi
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The Final Solution Is Life
The Final Solution Is Life
A Chassidic Dyansty's Story of Survival and Rebuilding
by Laura Dekelman, Rebbetzin Chana Rubin
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Catalog # : FSLH
Release Date : 08/14/2000
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This is a story of travails, survival and renaissance. It is the story of the Muzsayer Rebbetzin and her husband, scions of distinguished rabbinic and chassidic families in Hungary, families that exemplified scholarship, piety, generosity and aristocra
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Dateline: Istanbul
Dateline: Istanbul
Dr. Jacob Griffel's lone odyssey through a sea of indifference.
by Joseph Friedenson
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Catalog # : DATP
Release Date : 01/20/1993
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The courageous story of Dr. Jacob Griffel. Though his family had been wiped out, he never stopped fighting to save Jews.
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BUDAPEST '44
BUDAPEST '44
Rescue and Resistance 1944-1945
by Moshe Holczler
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Catalog # : BUDP
Release Date : 02/04/2004
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The young Slovakian businessman planned to join his wife in London, but the Nazis marched into Austria and life would never be the same. Mandated by his illustrious father to remain in Europe to help his people, R' Shmuel Binyomin (Wolf) Frey embarked on
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The Final Solution Is Life
The Final Solution Is Life
A Chassidic Dynasty's Story of Survival and Rebuilding
by Laura Dekelman, Rebbetzin Chana Rubin
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Catalog # : FSLP
Release Date : 08/14/2000
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This is a story of travails, survival and renaissance. It is the story of the Muzsayer Rebbetzin and her husband, scions of distinguished rabbinic and chassidic families in Hungary, families that exemplified scholarship, piety, generosity and aristocra
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A Tale of Two Worlds - Hebrew Edition
A Tale of Two Worlds - Hebrew Edition
Rabbi Dovid and Rebbetzin Basya Bender - the bridge between the Yeshiva-Bais Yaakov worlds of pre-War Europe and post-War America
by Mrs. Devora Gliksman
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Catalog # : HTTWH
Release Date : 06/09/2016
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This is a panorama of a book, the story of worlds within worlds. It combines many slices of fascinating human interest and the history of Torah worlds. It invites us into the life of a family that will make us smile with admiration, marvel at its courage
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Dateline: Istanbul
Dateline: Istanbul
Dr. Jacob Griffel's lone odyssey through a sea of indifference.
by Joseph Friedenson
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Catalog # : DATH
Release Date : 01/20/1993
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The courageous story of Dr. Jacob Griffel. Though his family had been wiped out, he never stopped fighting to save Jews.
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