Genre search:Biography

Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. 1: A-L

by Paula E. Hyman
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, women
Collection
Reference
Barcode
2608
Status
Available
Call number
REF 920.72 HYM

Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Vol. 2: M-Z

by Paula E. Hyman
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, women
Collection
Reference
Barcode
2607
Status
Available
Call number
REF 920.72 HYM

Life Doesn't Get Any Better Than This: The Holiness of Little Daily Dramas

by Robert Alper
Paperback, 1997
Tags
ethics, holiness - kedusha
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2279
Status
Available
Call number
296.19 ALP

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

by Mitch Albom
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, ALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound, New York Times Bestseller, AR book - UG, teachers, death
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
1457
Status
Available
Call number
378.1 ALB

THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL: The Definitive Edition

by Anne Frank
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Library List, AR book - MG+, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust - hidden children
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1874
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.207 FRA

In the Name of Sorrow and Hope

by Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, Israel, URJ High School and Young Adult list
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
2077
Status
Available
Call number
T B RAB

When They Came to Take My Father: Voices of the Holocaust

by Mark Seliger
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Holocaust, photography, Holocaust - survivors
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5175
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 SEL

Jewish Heroes & Heroines: Their Unique Achievements

by Darryl Lyman
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
biography
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4258
Status
Available
Call number
909.0492 LYM

Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York

by Stephen Birmingham
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
New York
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3083
Status
Available
Call number
974.702 BIR

Gesher Vakesher: Bridges and Bonds - The Life of Leon Kronish

by Henry A. Green
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
rabbis
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2863
Status
Available
Call number
B KRO

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, AR book - UG, women, children, African American - Jewish relations, mothers, New York, race relations, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2790
Status
Available
Call number
974.7 MCB

God: A Biography

by Jack Miles
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Pulitzer Prize, God, Bible - Old Testament, Bible - criticism and commentary, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2360
Status
Available
Call number
231 MIL

Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood

by Binjamin Wilkomirski
Paperback, 1996
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Holocaust, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, World War II, children
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2103
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 WIL

Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz

by Olga Lengyel
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - concentration camps
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5180
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 LEN

All But My Life: A Memoir

by Gerda Weissmann Klein
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - Germany, Holocaust - survivors
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
4922
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 KLE

All But My Life: A Memoir

by Gerda Weissmann Klein
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - Germany, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3436
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 KLE

The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet's Re-Discovery of Jewish Identity in Buddhist India

by Rodger Kamenetz
Paperback, 1995
Tags
travel, Buddhism, India
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3329
Status
Available
Call number
296.3872 KAM

All But My Life: A Memoir

by Gerda Weissmann Klein
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, URJ High School and Young Adult list, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - Germany, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3011
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 KLE

A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry

by Mark Kurlansky
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2999
Status
Available
Call number
305.892 KUR

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Library List, AR book - MG+, Anne Frank, Netherlands, World War II, Holocaust - hidden children
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2948
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 FRA

All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs

by Elie Wiesel
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Holocaust - survivors
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Elie Wiesel's Memoirs (Volume 1)
Barcode
2943
Status
Available
Call number
B WIE

The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

by Nicholas Dawidoff
Paperback, 1995
Tags
baseball, World War II, spies
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2937
Status
Available
Call number
B BER

It All Adds Up: From the Dim Past to the Uncertain Future

by Saul Bellow
Paperback, 1995
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2724
Status
Available
Call number
814.52 BEL

Daughter of My People: Henrietta Szold and Hadassah

by Hazel Krantz
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, Hadassah (organization), Henrietta Szold
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1858
Status
Available
Call number
T B SZO

The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography, Two Volumes

by Jacob Rader Marcus
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
biography
Collection
Reference
Status
Available
Call number
REF 920 MAR

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

Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry

by Ingo F Walther
Paperback, 1994
Tags
art, biography, Marc Chagall
Collection
Adult Biography
Series
Taschen 25th Anniversary
Barcode
3169
Status
Available
Call number
B CHA

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

Begin: A Portrait

by Harry Zvi Hurwitz
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Israel
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2885
Status
Available
Call number
B BEG

Roommates: My Grandfather's Story

by Max Apple
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
grandparents
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
2789
Status
Available
Call number
F APP

Mornings and Mourning: A Kaddish Journal

by E. M. Broner
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
grief and mourning, women, feminism, Kaddish
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2610
Status
Available
Call number
296.445 BRO

Biblical Images

by Adin Steinsaltz
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
Bible - Old Testament, Israeli writer
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2200
Status
Available
Call number
221.922 STE

Rashi: The Story Of Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki

by Yaakov Dovid Shulman
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Rashi, biography
Collections
Adult Biography, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6626
Status
Available
Call number
B RAS

Assignment: Rescue : An Autobiography (Point)

by Varian Fry
Paperback, 1993
Tags
teen - young adult, biography, Holocaust - resistance and rescue
Collections
Teen Biography (grades 6-12), Federation Collection
Barcode
4739
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRY

Shanghai Refuge: A Memoir of the World War II Jewish Ghetto

by Ernest G. Heppner
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, China, World War II, Germany, ghettos, Holocaust - refugees, Shanghai
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3052
Status
Available
Call number
951.1304 HEP

Outwitting the Gestapo

by Lucie Aubrac
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Holocaust, France, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2960
Status
Available
Call number
940.5344 AUB

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

Power Privilege and The Post: The Katharine Graham Story

by Carol Felsenthal
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
newspapers and media
Collection
Adult Biography
Barcode
2911
Status
Available
Call number
B GRA

Sages and Dreamers: Portraits and Legends from the Jewish Traditions

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Talmud, Bible - Old Testament
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
92nd Street Y Lectures (4)
Barcode
2199
Status
Available
Call number
296.0922 WIE

Personal Witness: Israel through My Eyes

by Abba Eban
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Israel, Zionism
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6635
Status
Available
Call number
956.94 EBA

The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank

by Willy Lindwer
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, biography, Anne Frank, Netherlands, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Holocaust - survivors
Collections
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5874
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.5318 LIN

Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust

by Gay Block
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, courage - ometz lev, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collections
Adult Non-Fiction, Federation Collection
Barcode
5015
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BLO

Four Centuries of Jewish Women's Spirituality

by Ellen Umansky
Paperback, 1992
Tags
URJ Library List, women, meditation
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
HBI Series on Jewish Women (2008)
Barcode
3364
Status
Available
Call number
296.7082 UMA

A Daughter's Gift of Love: A Holocaust Memoir

by Trudi Birger
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II, Lithuania, persecution
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3042
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BIR

Fighting Back: A Memoir of Jewish Resistance in World War II

by Harold Werner
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, anti-Semitism, World War II, Holocaust - resistance and rescue
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3038
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 WER

Into the Flames: The Life Story of a Righteous Gentile

by Irene Gut Opdyke
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2996
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 OPD

Into the Flames: The Life Story of a Righteous Gentile

by Irene Gut Opdyke
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2995
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 OPD

Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust

by Gay Block
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Holocaust, World War II, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, courage - ometz lev, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2964
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 BLO

Great Jews in Sports

by Robert Slater
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
athletes, biography, sports
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2905
Status
Available
Call number
796.089 SLA

Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewish Experience

by Peter Levine
Hardcover, 1992
Tags
sports, United States
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2673
Status
Available
Call number
796.089 LEV
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