Genre search:General Nonfiction

Mahjong: A Chinese Game and the Making of Modern American Culture

by Annelise Heinz
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Mah-Jongg
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6949
Status
Available
Call number
795.34 HEI

Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews

by Chaim Potok
Hardcover, 1978
Tags
URJ Library List, history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2972
Status
Available
Call number
909.0492 POT

The War Against the Jews: 1933-1945

by Lucy S. Dawidowicz
Paperback, 1986
Tags
Holocaust - Germany, anti-Semitism, URJ Library List
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5021
Status
Available
Call number
940.5315 DAW

The Chosen Wars: How Judaism Became an American Religion

by Steven R. Weisman
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
United States - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5672
Status
Available
Call number
296.0973 WEI

Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany

by Marie Jalowicz Simon
Paperback, 2016
Tags
Holocaust - Germany, Holocaust - survivors, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Berlin
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6615
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 SIM

There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok

by Yaffa Eliach
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Lithuania, history, shtetl
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6741
Status
Available
Call number
947.93 ELI

The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews

by Father Patrick Desbois
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Ukraine, Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, anti-Semitism
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4891
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 DES

The Grammar of God: A Journey into the Words and Worlds of the Bible

by Aviya Kushner
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
National Jewish Book Award finalist, Torah, Sam Rohr Prize finalist, Betty's 100 Books
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4142
Status
Available
Call number
220.4 KUS

The Bible Code

by Michael Drosnin
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Bible - Old Testament
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Bible Code (1)
Barcode
2248
Status
Available
Call number
221.68 DRO

The Avengers: A Jewish War Story

by Rich Cohen
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, URJ High School and Young Adult list, Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2986
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 COH

The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time

by Judith Shulevitz
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, Christianity
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5505
Status
Available
Call number
H SH 296.41 SHU

The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times

by Susan E. Tifft
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Time Magazine Best Book of the Year, New York, newspapers and media
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
2881
Status
Available
Call number
071.471 TIF

The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded Paperback Edition)

by Simon Wiesenthal
Paperback, 1998
Tags
URJ Library List, URJ Significant Jewish Books, Betty's 100 Books, forgiveness - selichot, Simon Wiesenthal, Holocaust - concentration camps
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4446
Status
Available
Call number
179.7 WIE

The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland

by Shlomo Sand
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Israel, Palestine, Zionism, Israel - history
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4903
Status
Available
Call number
320.54 SAN

World of Our Fathers: The Journey of East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made.

by Irving Howe
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Yiddish language, Yiddish culture, immigration and emigration, New York
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1618
Status
Available
Call number
301.451 HOW

Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams

by Charles King
Paperback, 2012
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, Ukraine, Soviet Union, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3857
Status
Available
Call number
947.72 KIN

The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team

by Matthew Goodman
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
basketball, sports, National Jewish Book Award finalist, New York
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6237
Status
Available
Call number
796.32 GOO

The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris

by Jonathan Kirsch
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Holocaust - Kristallnacht, France, Paris, Herschel Grynszpan
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5419
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 KIR

The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family

by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Germany, family history - genealogy
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2932
Status
Available
Call number
943.0049 CHE

Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism

by Alain Brossat
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Holocaust, Soviet Union
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
7128
Status
Available
Call number
320.53 BRO

My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace

by Ehud Barak
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Israel - government and politics, biography, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
5709
Status
Available
Call number
B BAR

An American Bride in Kabul: A Memoir

by Phyllis Chesler
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3678
Status
Available
Call number
305.892 CHE

The Good Old Days: The Holocaust as Seen by Its Perpetrators and Bystanders

by Ernst Klee Editor
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4902
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 KLE

Our Crime Was Being Jewish: Hundreds of Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories

by Anthony S. Pitch
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6290
Status
Checked out
Call number
940.5318 PIT

The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership

by Yehuda Avner
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Israel, Israel - history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5509
Status
Available
Call number
945.94 AVN

Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed

by Leslie Maitland
Paperback, 2013
Tags
JBC National Jewish Book Club, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3739
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 MAI

Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation

by Yossi Klein Halevi
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Israel - history, Israel - military, Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel - Yom Kippur War
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5436
Status
Available
Call number
356.166 HAL

I and Thou (Second Edition)

by Martin Buber
Paperback, 1958
Tags
URJ Library List, URJ High School and Young Adult list, mysticism, philosophy
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2117
Status
Available
Call number
181.06 BUB

The Crisis of Zionism

by Peter Beinart
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
Israel, Zionism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3407
Status
Available
Call number
320.54 BEI

How Good Do We Have to Be?: A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness

by Harold S. Kushner
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 7, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, forgiveness - selichot, Genesis, Bible - Old Testament, Bible - criticism and commentary, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3387
Status
Available
Call number
T 296.7 KUS

How Good Do We Have to Be?: A New Understanding of Guilt and Forgiveness

by Harold S. Kushner
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 7, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, forgiveness - selichot, Genesis, Bible - Old Testament, Bible - criticism and commentary, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1343
Status
Available
Call number
296.7 KUS

The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

by Michael Berenbaum
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Holocaust, World War II
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4896
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BER

The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

by Michael Berenbaum
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2961
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BER

Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community

by Dan Raviv
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Israel - history
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5207
Status
Available
Call number
327.1 RAV

My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew

by Abigail Pogrebin
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
holidays, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, calendar, National Jewish Book Award finalist
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5242
Status
Available
Call number
296.43 POG

Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective

by Judith Plaskow
Paperback, 1991
Tags
URJ Library List, women, feminism
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2572
Status
Available
Call number
296.082 PLA

The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East

by Abraham Rabinovich
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, Israel, Israel - history, Middle East, Arab-Israeli conflict
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4216
Status
Available
Call number
956.048 RAB

Schindler's Legacy: True Stories of the List Survivors

by Elinor J. Brecher
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
Holocaust, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2985
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BRE

Schindler's Legacy: True Stories of the List Survivors

by Elinor J. Brecher
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Holocaust, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3232
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BRE

Heritage: Civilization and the Jews

by Abba Eban
Hardcover, 1984
Tags
history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2975
Status
Available
Call number
909.0492 EBA

A Short History of the Jewish People: From Legendary Times to Modern Statehood

by Raymond P. Scheindlin
Paperback, 2000
Tags
history
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4913
Status
Available
Call number
909.04924 SCH

If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir

by Ilana Kurshan
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Talmud, women, wisdom - study - learning
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
5608
Status
Available
Call number
296.1 KUR

FDR and the Jews

by Richard Breitman
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, anti-Semitism, immigration and emigration
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3670
Status
Available
Call number
973.917 BRE

Jews, God and History Revised and Updated Edition

by Max I. Dimont
Paperback, 1994
Tags
URJ Library List, history
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2126
Status
Available
Call number
909.0492 DIM

A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People: From the Time of the Patriarchs to the Present

by Eli Barnavi
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
history, maps
Collection
Reference
Status
Available
Call number
REF 909.0492 BAR

A Historical Atlas of the Jewish People: From the Time of the Patriarchs to the Present

by Eli Barnavi Editor
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
history, maps
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3312
Status
Available
Call number
909.0492 BAR

Shoah

by Claude Lanzmann
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, movies
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5181
Status
Available
Call number
940.5315 LAN

Shoah

by Claude Lanzmann
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, movies
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
6077
Status
Available
Call number
940.5315 LAN

Reading the Holocaust

by Inga Clendinnen
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Holocaust, books and reading, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6443
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 CLE

Out of My Later Years

by Albert Einstein
Hardcover, 1950
Tags
physics
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2710
Status
Available
Call number
530.092 EIN
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