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THE SEPHARDI JEWS OF BARBADOS (1627 – 1934) Reviewed by Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 27, 2023
- Judaica
Jose and the Pirate Captain Toledano Reviewed by Bee Lindy
- By Bee Lindy
- Published June 2, 2022
- Judaica , GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Arnon Z. Shorr
Illustrator: Joshua Edelglass
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
ISBN: 978-1728420097
Snapshot: The IDF as Never Seen Before Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published July 20, 2018
- Judaica , Reference , General Non-Fiction
Author:Yoav Limor: Photo Journalist, Ziv Koren
Publisher: Gefin Publishing House
ISBN: 972-2-538-0247
What exactly is the Israeli Defense Force (IDF)?
600 Days in Hiding: A Jewish Family in Nazi-Occupied Thessaloniki, Greece Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 7, 2018
- Judaica , Biographies & Memoirs
Authors: Andreas Algava with Daniel Levine
Publisher: For Passion Publishing Company, LLC
ISBN: 9781983462542
Phoenix: Shimon Peres and the Secret History of Israel Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published March 3, 2017
- Judaica , Politics , History , Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Michael Bar-Zohar
Publisher: Magal Books
ISBN: 978-1-63064-047-7
Jews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 25, 2017
- Judaica
Deborah Rising: A Novel Inspired By The Bible Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published October 15, 2016
- Judaica
Author: Avraham Azrieli
Publisher: HarperLegend
ASIN: B01BKD8YIK
Fields of Exile: A Novel Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 23, 2016
- Judaica
Author: Nora Gold
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 9781459721463
The Gilboa Iris Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 4, 2016
- Romance , Judaica
Max's Diamonds Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published January 23, 2016
- Judaica
A Tale of Two Citizens Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 6, 2015
- Judaica , Historical Fiction
The Ambassador: A Novel Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 2, 2015
- Judaica
Authors: Yehuda Avner (Deceased March 2015) & Matt Rees
Publisher: The Toby Press
ISBN: 978-1-59264-388-2
Review of Arc Copy
Esther Queen of Persia Reviewed By Conny Withay of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published March 4, 2014
- Judaica
Dateline Jerusalem: An Eyewitness Account of Prophecies Unfolding in the Middle East Reviewed By Conny Crisalli of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published October 31, 2013
- Judaica
ISBN: 978-1-4002-0528-8
Faith – Joseph’s Story Reviewed By Conny Crisalli of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published October 29, 2013
- Judaica
Author: Sandra Lea Hardage
Publisher: CrossBooks
ISBN:
978-1-4627-2783-4
Return to Me Reviewed By Conny Crisalli of Bookpleasurs.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published October 28, 2013
- Judaica
ISBN: 978-0-7642-0898-0
Jewish Lives Britain 1750-1950 Reviewed By Sandra Shwayder Sanchez
- By Sandra Shwayder Sanchez
- Published October 21, 2013
- Judaica
Author: Melody Amsel Ariel
Publisher: Pen and Sword Family History
ISBN: 1848844115
The Countershaded Ibex Reviewed By Conny Crisalli of Bookpleasures.com
- By Conny Withay
- Published August 29, 2013
- Judaica , GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
ISBN: 978-1-62295-187-1
Heroism in the Forest, The Jewish Partisans of Belarus Reviewed By Janet Walker of Bookpleasures.com
- By Janet Walker
- Published August 19, 2013
- History , Judaica
ISBN: 978-965-7589-01-4
How The Jews Defeated Hitler: Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism
- By Norm Goldman
- Published August 4, 2013
- Judaica , History
Author: Benjamin Ginsberg
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers IncISBN: 978-1-4422-2238-0
The Founding Fathers of Zionism Reviewed By Michael Curtis of Bookpleasures.com
- By Michael Curtis
- Published October 21, 2012
- Judaica
Author: Benzion Netanyahu
Publisher: Balfour Books
ISBN-10: 1933267151
ISBN-13: 978-1933267159
Should Israel Exist? A Sovereign Nation Under Attack by the International Community Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 3, 2012
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS , Judaica , Politics
Author: Michael Curtis
Publisher: Balfour Books
ISBN: 9781933267302
Rasputin and the Jews: A Reversal of History Reviewed By John Cowans of Bookpleasures.com
- By John Cowans
- Published May 23, 2012
- History , Judaica
Author: Delin Colon
Publisher: Createspace
ISBN: 97811461027751
An Uncommon Journey: From Vienna to Shanghai to America A Brother and Sister Escape to Freedom During World War 11 Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published May 15, 2012
- Judaica
Authors: Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs
Publisher: Barricade Books Inc.
ISBN: 13-978-1-56980-452-0
Rasputin And The Jews, A Reversal Of History Reviewed By Janet Walker of Bookpleasures.com
- By Janet Walker
- Published April 20, 2012
- Judaica , History
ISBN : 978-1461027751
The Jerusalem Inception Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 22, 2011
- Judaica
Author: Avraham Azrieli
ISBN: 978-1451549515
Cipora Hurwitz's Forbidden Strawberries Reviewed By Kathryn Atwood of Bookpleasures.com
- By Kathryn Atwood
- Published February 7, 2011
- Biographies & Memoirs , Judaica
Author: Cipora Hurwitz
I Shall Live: Surviving the Holocaust Against All Odds Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 9, 2010
- Judaica
ISBN: 979-0-8253-0597-9
If you never read anything about the Holocaust, Henry Orenstein's commemorative edition of I Shall Live: Surviving the Holocaust Against All Odds is a must read and the perfect one with which to start. (The first edition was published nearly a quarter of a century ago).
The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 22, 2010
- Judaica , Politics
Author: Yehuda Avner
Publishers: The Toby Press:
ISBN: 13: 9781592642786
Rarely am I overly excited about reading someone's 703-page memoirs. Nonetheless, Yehuda Avner's The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership proved to be the exception. Once started, I couldn't put it down and in fact I will even go so far in recommending this book as required reading for every journalist covering the Middle East, as well as the so-called “experts” and pundits that very often naively swallow Arab misrepresentations without questioning its veracity and without knowing a great deal about Mid-East history
Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home: A Hebrew American's Sojourn in the Land of Israel Reviewed By Norm Goldman of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 22, 2010
- Judaica
Author: Jason
Alster
ISBN: 9781439258750
Part memoir and part travelogue, Jason Alster with his Leaving Home, Going Home, Returning Home: A Hebrew American's Sojourn in the Land of Israel reminisces about his experiences when he made aliyah to Israel in 1984 at the age of twenty-eight, and where he lived until returning to the USA in 2007
Rightfully Mine(God’s Equal Rights amendment) Reviewed By Chris Phillips of Bookpleasures.com
- By Chris Phillips
- Published April 19, 2010
- Judaica
Author: Aggie
Villanueva
ISBN: 978-0-557-08654-2
Publisher: Lulu
It is a refreshing account of those events in Bible history. Villaneuva is a good writer. She handles dialog and thought very well and integrates all the elements of good story-telling into her art
Chosen: The Lost Diaries of Queen Esther Reviewed By Mary Simmons of Bookpleasures.com
- By Mary Simmons
- Published April 10, 2010
- Judaica
Author: Ginger Garrett
Publisher: David C. Cook
ISBN: 978-1-4347-6801-8
I thoroughly enjoyed the novel aspect of Ginger Garrett’s exploration into the mind of Jewish historical figure, Queen Esther. The queen’s story, as told through a series of diary entries, is one of intrigue, romance, adventure, and faith
City of Refuge: A Biblical Novel of the Ancient Past Reviewed By Norm Goldman Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published September 5, 2009
- Religion and Spirituality , Judaica
Author: Valerie Farber
Publisher: Falcon Books
ISBN: 976-0-9816058-0-7
American born author Valerie Farber, who now makes her home in Hashmonaim Israel, has penned an absorbing novel that you can easily get lost in. She has accomplished this feat not just by weaving her City of Refuge: A Biblical Novel of the Ancient Past expertly, but also by constructing a time and place in such a way that we believe every detail of the landscape is real
Hiding in the Spotlight: A Musical Prodigy's Story Of Survival 1941-1946 Reviewed By Norm Goldman Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Norm Goldman
- Published June 24, 2009
- Judaica , Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Greg Dawson
Publisher: Pegasus Books
ISBN: 978-1-60598-045-4
Rarely am I able to read a
book in one sitting, however Greg Dawson’s Hiding in the
Spotlight was the exception.
In Hiding in the Spotlight
Dawson narrates the story of his mother, Zhanna Arshanskaya, who was
a Holocaust survivor and an extraordinary pianist.
The Other Half: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis: Reviewed by Lily Azerad-Goldman
- By Lily Azerad-Goldman
- Published May 16, 2009
- Judaica
Author: Kim Ablon Whitney
ISBN 978-0-375-85219-0
Publisher: Alfred Knopf
The Other Half of Life: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis is
the Titanic of the Holocaust.
Review: Valley of Strength (ARC COPY)
- By Lily Azerad-Goldman
- Published May 8, 2009
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS , Judaica
Author: Shulamit Lapid
Translated from the Hebrew by
Philip Simpson
ISBN: 13 978 1 59264 230 4
Publisher: Toby Press
Thanks to Philip Simpson's
excellent translation, I was able to easily read Shulamit Lapid's
Valley of Strength, the fascinating saga of Rosh Pina.
Review: The Passover Papers: Controversy, Myth, Fairy Tales, and Nonsense (Second Edition)
- By Norm Goldman
- Published April 29, 2009
- Religion and Spirituality , Judaica
Author: Paul R. Finch
ISBN: 978-9800739-3-5
Paul R.Finch’s controversial The Passover Papers: Controversy, Myth, Fairy Tales, and Nonsense is likely to either dazzle you or offend you depending on your beliefs and perhaps even your religion.
Review: Tightrope: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty
- By Norm Goldman
- Published February 3, 2009
- Judaica , History , Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Michael Karpin
ISBN: 978-0-470-17373-2
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
It is difficult to conceive just how Tightrope: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty was written. It is just over four hundred pages in size including very extensive footnotes, yet it is huge in its accomplishment. And this is exactly what Israeli television and news reporter Michael Karpin was able to pull off when he wrote about an Ashkenazi family, the Backenroths, dating back to 1350.
Review: Keeping Hannah Waiting
- By Persis Granger
- Published December 9, 2008
- Judaica
Author: Dave Clarke
ISBN: 978-0615227474
Publisher: Hologram
Publishing
Author Dave Clarke spins a fascinating tale of a grieving daughter’s accidental discovery of a previously unknown and fabulously valuable Chagall painting, found among the huge collection of old books left by the young woman’s recently deceased mother.
Review: Abraham's Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 18, 2008
- Judaica
Author: Jon Entine
ISBN: 10: 0-446-58063-5: 13:978-0-446-58063-2
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
A fascinating narrative
Review: Wind of the Khazars
- By Lily Azerad-Goldman
- Published November 11, 2008
- Judaica
Author: Marek Halter
Translated by Michael Bernard
ISBN 13: 978-1-59264-158-1
ISBN 10: 1-59264-158-X
Historical fiction has never been so exciting under the expert penmanship of Marek Halter where believable stories unfold at a quick and exhilarating pace. He takes you right into the action of the Wind of the Khazars from the first page on and does not let you down until the last word.