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The Vengeance of Samuel Val

Hoffman, Elyse
The Vengeance of Samuel Val
Samuel Val is blessed with a loving family and a tight-knit community in his Jewish village of Khruvina. He dreams of becoming Khruvina's Rabbi, but his dreams are crushed when his family is slaughtered by Nazi Officer Viktor Naden, the Beast of Belorussia.With Samuel left as Khruvina's only survivor, he joins the anti-Nazi resistance group known as the Black Foxes. Determined to avenge his family, he swears to hunt down and destroy Viktor Nad...

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Where David Threw Stones

Hoffman, Elyse
Where David Threw Stones
Welcome to the Brennenbach of Midnight! The Curse Hours have begun."West Germany, 1968When ten-year-old David Saidel's parents are murdered, he is sent to live with his grandfather in the anti-Semitic village of Brennenbach. Miserable and lonely, David finds solace in his kindly Grandpa Ernst, who has one strict rule: never go out after midnight.When David breaks curfew to search for his missing dog, he discovers why Ernst is so serious about ...

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Who by Fire, Who by Water

Hoffman, PhD, Rabbi Lawrence A. / Arian, Merri Lovinger / Bayfield, Tony / Brettler, Marc Zvi / Brous, Sharon / Brown, Erica / Durchslag, Ruth / Feinstein, Edward / Frishman, Elyse D. / Goldstein, Andrew / Hoffman, Joel M. / Horvilleur, Delphine / Kaunfer, Elie / Kedar, Karyn D. / Kushner, Lawrence / Kushner, Noa / Landes, Daniel / Langer, Ruth / Lerman, Liz / Lopatin, Asher / Madsen, Catherine / Magonet, Jonathan / Marx, Dalia / Messinger, Ruth W. / Middleburgh, Charles H. / Nussbaum, Rachel / Panken, Aaron D. / Rose, Or N. / Saperstein, Marc / Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg / Slater, Jonathan P. / Spodek, Brent Chaim / Stern, David / Teutsch, David A. / Tucker, Gordon / Umansky, Ellen M. / Weiss, Avraham / Wenig, Margaret Moers / Wolfson, Ron / Zemel, Daniel G. / Zierler, Wendy
Who by Fire, Who by Water
The most controversial prayer of the Jewish New Year-what it means, who wrote it, why we say it. Thought-provoking and inspiring discussions from a wide range of perspectives on all aspects of this prayer that defies easy understanding.

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Who by Fire, Who by Water

Hoffman, PhD, Rabbi Lawrence A. / Arian, Merri Lovinger / Bayfield, Tony / Brettler, Marc Zvi / Brous, Sharon / Brown, Erica / Durchslag, Ruth / Feinstein, Edward / Frishman, Elyse D. / Goldstein, Andrew / Hoffman, Joel M. / Horvilleur, Delphine / Kaunfer, Elie / Kedar, Karyn D. / Kushner, Lawrence / Kushner, Noa / Landes, Daniel / Langer, Ruth / Lerman, Liz / Lopatin, Asher / Madsen, Catherine / Magonet, Jonathan / Marx, Dalia / Messinger, Ruth W. / Middleburgh, Charles H. / Nussbaum, Rachel / Panken, Aaron D. / Rose, Or N. / Saperstein, Marc / Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg / Slater, Jonathan P. / Spodek, Brent Chaim / Stern, David / Teutsch, David A. / Tucker, Gordon / Umansky, Ellen M. / Weiss, Avraham / Wenig, Margaret Moers / Wolfson, Ron / Zemel, Daniel G. / Zierler, Wendy
Who by Fire, Who by Water
A peculiar aspect of High Holy Day liturgy is the medieval poetry that expands the number of prayerbook pages with lessons and imagery that most modern worshipers find baffling. At the top of this list is Un'taneh Tokef, a warning that at every New Year, God establishes, in advance, "who will live and who will die ... who by fire and who by water"not to mention by such deaths as "strangulation and warfare." To be sure, "repentance, prayer and ...

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