Blessed is the match: the life and death of Hannah Senesh. New York: Docuramafilms, 2010. Summary: Tells the life story of Hungarian-born poet and Holocaust heroine Hannah Senesh, who was only 22 when she parachuted into Nazi-occupied Europe as part of a rescue mission to save the Jews of Hungary. Dramatizations, interviews, photographs, newsreel footage, letters, and diary entries are used to illuminate Senesh's early years, her immigration to Palestine, her involvement in the perilous rescue mission, and her capture and eventual execution in Hungary.
Recommended by Avital Guy
341.41 MAR
The Nuremberg war crimes trial, 1945-46: a documentary history. Boston: Bedford Books, c1997. This is the first book to examine historically the indictment of 22 Nazi leaders at the end of World War II. Skillfully weaving text and documents, the author presents the complex trial in its dramatic setting, in its historical context, and in legal perspective. The wide array of 73 primary documents - including journalistic accounts, private reflections, and tribunal transcripts - lets students evaluate first-hand the words of both prosecutors and defendants.
222.9
RUT
Reading Ruth: contemporary women reclaim a sacred story. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. A generally superb collection of both traditional and unorthodox readings of the Book of Ruth. The biblical story of Ruth--the young Moabite widow who followed her Israelite mother-in-law, Naomi, to the Land of Israel, married her husband's kinsman, and became mother of the messianic line through her descendant, King David--is an intriguing one, especially for women, who find few active female role models in the Bible. Recommended by Andrea Rock
DVD
F
STO
Stolen summer. Burbank, Calif: Miramax Home Entertainment, [2002], c2001
This is a touching story of a young Catholic boy, Pete O'Malley, who's on a quest to help a dying Jewish friend, Danny Jacobsen, get into heaven. On an unforgettable adventure marked by conflict and discovery, Pete and Danny will together learn the true meaning of hope and friendship. Pete O'Malley is played by our own Adi Stein class of 2008.
296.437
BAR
Barclay, Elozor. Guidelines: over five hundred of the most commonly asked questions about Pesach. Southfield, Mich: Targum/Feldheim, 2002.
Recommended by Shanni Prutchi '
944.081
BUR
Burns, Michael. France and the Dreyfus affair :: a documentary history. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, c1999. The Dreyfus affair — the infamous account of Jewish army officer and French citizen, Alfred Dreyfus, unjustly convicted of treason in 1894 — was the most significant political and social crisis of fin-de-siècle Europe. In the first book designed to introduce students to the broad outlines and significant legacies of the affair, the author deftly interweaves text with documents, tracing the course of events. He highlights the many issues connected with the case, including anti-Semitism, militant nationalism, socialism, the birth of modern Zionism, and the separation of church and state. Sixty-six documents are embedded in the narrative, offering students a broad range of sources to examine, including newspaper editorials, letters, trial testimony, and diary entries
222.4
JOB
Jobling, David. 1 Samuel. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press, c1998. Organizing the text through the three interlocking thematic fields of class, race, and gender, the author asks how such a canonical book may function in a modern context where these themes continue to be of crucial importance. Donated by Mr. Allen Gottlieb
R
296.1
PIR
Lieber, Moshe. Pirkei Avos treasury: ethics of the fathers the sages' guide to living. Brooklyn, N.Y: Mesorah Publications, 1995.
305.42
MAC
MacLean, Nancy. The American women's movement, 1945-200: a brief history with documents. Boston: Bedford/st Martin's, 2009.
R
222.1
RAM
V.3
Moses Ben Nachman. The Torah : with Ramban's commentary translated, annotated,and elucidated :: Vayikra/Leviticus = ספר ויקרא. Brooklyn, NY :: Mesorah Publications, ltd, 2010. Presented by the Math & Science DepartmentsIn Memory of Jeanne Schachter ז"ל
R
222.1
RAM
V.4
Moses Ben Nachman. The Torah : with Ramban's commentary translated, annotated,and elucidated :: BaMidbar/Numbers : ספר במדבר. Brooklyn, NY :: Mesorah Publications, ltd, 2009. Presented by the Math & Science Departments In Memory of Jeanne Schachter ז"ל
305.48 ROS
Rose, Alison. Jewish women in fin de siècle Vienna. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2008. Despite much study of Viennese culture and Judaism between 1890 and 1914, little research has been done to examine the role of Jewish women in this milieu. Rescuing a lost legacy, Jewish Women in Fin de Siècle Vienna explores the myriad ways in which Jewish women contributed to the development of Viennese culture and participated widely in politics and cultural spheres. Areas of exploration include the education and family lives of Viennese Jewish girls and varying degrees of involvement of Jewish women in philanthropy and prayer, university life, Zionism, psychoanalysis and medicine, literature, and culture. Presented by the Math & Science Departments In Memory of Dina Ben-IshayBeloved Sister of Rony Cohen
B
BAK
Rose, Phyllis. Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in her time. New York: Vintage Books, 1991.
Josephine Baker's fascinating life encompassed stardom in the Paris of the 1920s, a career in the French Resistance, and civil rights activism in the '50s and '60s. Rose brings Baker to life as a performer, as a cultural icon, and as a black woman in a white world.
F
SAB
Sabato, Haim. Adjusting sights. Toby Press, 2003.
When war breaks out in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up together to serve in their tank battalion, but in the chaos of battle the friends are separated. A month later, Haim returns alone, on his first leave home. As he struggles to come to terms with his experiences, weary and saddened but sustained by his religious faith, there is one question that remains uppermost in Haim's mind: What happened to Dov during those fateful days after the outbreak of
war.
F
SAB
Sabato, Hayim. From the four winds. New Milford, CT: Toby Press, 2010.
Haim Sabato draws us into his childhood with this evocative rendering of his experiences as a young boy whose family immigrates to Israel in the 1950's, settling in a Ma'abara - a transit camp. He notices his fellow immigrants' concealment of their pasts. He accepts this secrecy, sensing that everything will reveal itself eventually. And this revelation does come, in the form of Farkash, a mysterious, dynamic man who takes Haim under his wing and gradually divulges to him his sorrowful, uplifting story, one that profoundly impacts Haim for the rest of his life...
z
F
SHA
Shalev, Meir. הדבר היה ככה : HaDvar Haya Kacha = My Russian Grandmother and her American Vacuum Cleaner: . Tel Aviv :: Am Oved Publishers Ltd, 2010 In this partial memoir, Meir Shalev lets us in on his family's secret language and his grandma's cleanliness compulsion.
Recommended by Rony Cohen
394.1 STA
Standage, Tom. A history of the world in 6 glasses. New York: Walker & Co, c2005.
Historian Standage explores the significant role that six beverages have played in the world's history. Few realize the prominence of beer in ancient Egypt, but it was crucial to both cultural and religious life throughout the Fertile Crescent, appearing even in the Gilgamesh epic. Wine's history has been recounted in many places, and its use to avoid often--polluted water supplies made it ubiquitous wherever grapes could be easily cultivated. Spirits, first manufactured by Arabs and later rejected by them with the rise of Islam, played a fundamental role in the ascendance of the British navy. As a stimulant, coffee found no hostility within Islam's tenets, and its use spread as the faith moved out of Arabia into Asia and Europe. Tea enjoyed similar status, and it bound China and India to the West. Cola drinks, a modern American phenomenon, relied on American mass-marketing skills to achieve dominance. Recommended by Devorah Treatman 2013
296.7 STR
Strassfeld, Sharon. Everything I know: basic life rules from a Jewish mother. New York: Scribner, c1998.
Strassfeld's newest book of homespun wisdom (she coauthored three editions of The Jewish Catalog) grows out of the mini-books she compiled as gifts for two of her college-bound kids as a kind of "armor/treasure to take on [their] journey." In the three sections ( "Know where you come from..."; "Know where you are going..."; "And before whom you will one day stand in judgment..."), Strassfeld attempts to help readers navigate difficult questions of faith and identity through family lore, anecdotes, advice and even recipes imparted in catchy one-liners as well as longer, more thoughtful pieces. Presented by Madelyn & Roy HeymanIn Honor of Grandchildren Alex Moshal 2011 and Tayla Moshal 2015
What's New in the Barrack Library?
Librarian, Ms. Gabay, gives you the scoop
on books you'll like!
940.53
SEN
RUT
Recommended by Andrea Rock
F
STO
This is a touching story of a young Catholic boy, Pete O'Malley, who's on a quest to help a dying Jewish friend, Danny Jacobsen, get into heaven. On an unforgettable adventure marked by conflict and discovery, Pete and Danny will together learn the true meaning of hope and friendship. Pete O'Malley is played by our own Adi Stein class of 2008.
BAR
Recommended by Shanni Prutchi '
BUR
JOB
Donated by Mr. Allen Gottlieb
296.1
PIR
MAC
222.1
RAM
V.3
Presented by the Math & Science Departments In Memory of Jeanne Schachter ז"ל
222.1
RAM
V.4
Presented by the Math & Science Departments In Memory of Jeanne Schachter ז"ל
Presented by the Math & Science Departments In Memory of Dina Ben-Ishay Beloved Sister of Rony Cohen
BAK
Josephine Baker's fascinating life encompassed stardom in the Paris of the 1920s, a career in the French Resistance, and civil rights activism in the '50s and '60s. Rose brings Baker to life as a performer, as a cultural icon, and as a black woman in a white world.
SAB
When war breaks out in 1973, childhood friends Haim and Dov are called up together to serve in their tank battalion, but in the chaos of battle the friends are separated. A month later, Haim returns alone, on his first leave home. As he struggles to come to terms with his experiences, weary and saddened but sustained by his religious faith, there is one question that remains uppermost in Haim's mind: What happened to Dov during those fateful days after the outbreak of
war.
SAB
Haim Sabato draws us into his childhood with this evocative rendering of his experiences as a young boy whose family immigrates to Israel in the 1950's, settling in a Ma'abara - a transit camp. He notices his fellow immigrants' concealment of their pasts. He accepts this secrecy, sensing that everything will reveal itself eventually. And this revelation does come, in the form of Farkash, a mysterious, dynamic man who takes Haim under his wing and gradually divulges to him his sorrowful, uplifting story, one that profoundly impacts Haim for the rest of his life...
F
SHA
In this partial memoir, Meir Shalev lets us in on his family's secret language and his grandma's cleanliness compulsion.
Recommended by Rony Cohen
Historian Standage explores the significant role that six beverages have played in the world's history. Few realize the prominence of beer in ancient Egypt, but it was crucial to both cultural and religious life throughout the Fertile Crescent, appearing even in the Gilgamesh epic. Wine's history has been recounted in many places, and its use to avoid often--polluted water supplies made it ubiquitous wherever grapes could be easily cultivated. Spirits, first manufactured by Arabs and later rejected by them with the rise of Islam, played a fundamental role in the ascendance of the British navy. As a stimulant, coffee found no hostility within Islam's tenets, and its use spread as the faith moved out of Arabia into Asia and Europe. Tea enjoyed similar status, and it bound China and India to the West. Cola drinks, a modern American phenomenon, relied on American mass-marketing skills to achieve dominance. Recommended by Devorah Treatman 2013
Strassfeld's newest book of homespun wisdom (she coauthored three editions of The Jewish Catalog) grows out of the mini-books she compiled as gifts for two of her college-bound kids as a kind of "armor/treasure to take on [their] journey." In the three sections ( "Know where you come from..."; "Know where you are going..."; "And before whom you will one day stand in judgment..."), Strassfeld attempts to help readers navigate difficult questions of faith and identity through family lore, anecdotes, advice and even recipes imparted in catchy one-liners as well as longer, more thoughtful pieces.
Presented by Madelyn & Roy Heyman In Honor of Grandchildren Alex Moshal 2011 and Tayla Moshal 2015