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Books - History & Culture
Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan (out of stock)
Malka, Eli S.
Arrow $25 
Historical work documenting the culture of Sudanese Jewry.
   
 
Portugal's Secret Jews:The End of an Era  
 
Books - History & Culture
Portugal's Secret Jews:The End of an Era (Out of stock)
Mayone Dias, Edoardo
Arrow $30 
History - Portugal's Secret Jews
   
 
memmi
 
 
Books -History / Communities
The Pillar of Salt  
Memmi, Albert
Arrow $25 

A semi-autobiographical novel about a young boy growing up in French colonized Tunisia.
"His father an Italian Jew, his mother a Berber, Benillouche struggles on the tattered fringe of the Tunisian ghetto for the very air he breathes. . . . A mature, thoughtful book."
--The New York Times

   
 
 
 
 
Books -History / Communities
The Ornament of the World
Menocal, Maria Rosa
Arrow $15 

A portrait by Yale historian, Maria Rosa Menocal, of the brilliant intellectual life in Spain from 750 - 1492 during a brief time of religious tolerance which produced Ibn Rushd’s commentary of Aristotle and Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed.  Told with an eye for an “illuminating anecdote” the book shows how “cultural brilliance” survived subsequent Muslim and Christian intolerance.

   
 
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Troubled Souls
Meyers, Charles; Simms, Norman
Arrow $25 
Conversos, Crypto-Jews, and Other Confused Jewish Intellectuals from the 14th through the 18th Centuries.
   
 
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Traditions and Customs
Molho, Michael

Arrow $45 
The traditions, customs, rituals and beliefs, proverbs, ballads, songs and tales which author Micheal Molho has preserved in these pages are preserved with a genuine appreciation and passion for his culture and will invoke in the eyes of its readers the ancient ties of the Sephardim to their Spanish and Iberian origins.
   
 
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Books - History & Culture
Iraq's Last Jews
Morad,Tamar; Shasha, Dennis; Shasha, Robert
nowArrow $15

Iraq’s Last Jews is a thoroughly researched, riveting account of the last generation of Iraqi Jews. The editors have identified some of the most remarkable stories about this community, and in doing so have brought to light the rich, sometimes sad, always interesting history of the oldest Jewish diaspora in the world. This book will be a great value to all who care about the history of the Middle East, Iraq in the twentieth century, and the saga of the last Jews of Arab lands.”
David Landau, former editor-in-chief, Ha’aretz

   
 
 
 
Books - History & Culture
A Short Remarkable History of New York City
Mushabac, Dr. Jane
Arrow $18 
History - New York City
 
nahon
 
 
Books - Biography
Sir Moses Montefiore
Nahon, Umberto
before Arrow $10 
now Arrow $8
A life in the service of Jewry (slightly damaged)
   
 
cross
 
 
Language / Literature
The Cross and the Pear Tree: A Sephardic Journey
Perera, Victor
Arrow $20 
now Arrow $15
Victor Perera describes the history of his people from the time of the Inquisition to present day Israel.
   
 
planas
 
 
Books - History & Culture
A History of Jewish Catalonia 
Planas, Silvia; Forcano, Manuel
Arrow $50

Beautifully illustrated with photographs of historic places, ritual objects and reproductions of original documents and paintings, the authors trace the history of the Jews of Catalonia from the time of the late Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages until the decree of 1492.

   
 
 
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Books -History & Culture
The Sephardic Frontier  
Ray, Jonathan
Arrow $18

"The Sephardic Frontier is a pioneering book on an age of pioneers, vividly explaining how the Jews of Spain and Portugal found a space for themselves on the expanding frontiers of the Christian kingdoms, under the leadership of dynamic individuals and in the face of increasing interference by the Crown." David Abulafia, University of Cambridge

 
 
 
sadka  
 
Books -History & Culture
Farewell to Dejla: Stories of Iraqi Jews at Home and in Exile
Sadka, Tova M.
Arrow $16

“This collection of stories and a novella explores the little-publicized migration of the Iraqi Jews escaping oppression, only to be confronted with the difficult realities of new nations and customs. Tova Murad Sadka’s work spans Iraq, Israel and the U.S. with beautiful, laconic prose, magnifying the everyday adversity of immigrants.”  Academy Chicago Publishers

 
 
 
sfar
 
 
Photo/ Art Books/ Posters
The Rabbi’s Cat        
Sfar, Joann
Arrow $18 

“The preeminent work by one of France’s most celebrated young comics artists, The Rabbi’s Cat , a graphic novel, tells the wholly unique story of a rabbi, his daughter, and their talking cat–a philosopher brimming with scathing humor and surprising tenderness…….      Rich with the colors, textures, and flavors of Algeria’s Jewish community, The Rabbi’s Cat brings a lost world vibrantly to life–a time and place where Jews and Arabs coexisted–and peoples it with endearing and thoroughly human characters, and one truly unforgettable cat.”  Pantheon Books

   
 
 
altabe
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Israeli Cinema (INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON SEPHARDIC FILMS)
Shohat, Ella
Arrow $20 
This comprehensive study of Israeli film from the era of the Yishuv through the 1980’s analyses the political uses of cinematic image particularly with regard to Palestinian Arabs and Sephardim.
 
making
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Making Jews Modern
Stein, Sarah Abrevaya
Arrow $25 
Based on a careful study of the Ladino and Yiddish press, Stein has produced a skillful, comparative study of Ashkenazi and Sephardi responses to the cultural and social transformations which occurred at the beginning of the twentieth century.
ISBN# 978-0-253-21899-3  
 
plumes
 
 
Books - History & Culture
Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce
Stein, Sarah Abrevaya
Arrow $25 
Dr. Stein’s book. Plumes examines the thriving global trade in ostrich feathers from the “feather boom” of the 1880s to the economically devastating “feather bust” that coincided with WWI. Drawing on archival material from three continents, the authos brings to light a remarkable portrait of Jewish enterprise, and tells a rich story of a boom and bust market, global commerce, and the rise and fall of a single glamorous luxury item.
   
 
The Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times  
 
Books - History & Culture
The Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times
Stillman, Norman A.
Arrow $40 

Stillman presents a collection of documents describing the lives and the fate that befell the Jews of Arab lands, during the past century, particularly in light of the creation of the state of Israel and the exodus of Jews which occurred in its wake.

 
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Books - History & Culture
Surviving Salvation
Westheimer, Ruth; Kaplan, Steven
Arrow $25 
The Eithiopian Jewish Family in Transition
   
 
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Books - History & Culture
Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life in Morocco
Zafrani, Haim
Arrow $30 
 A thorough study of Moroccan Judeo-Arab society and history which developed under the dual influences of the Bible, Talmud and the halakhah and the surrounding cultural environment
   
 
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