Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1960). A classic sociological study originally published in 1928, which "traces back Jewish immigrant colonies now disappearing from our modern cities to the medieval ghettos." A Phoenix Book. Illustrated with woodcuts by Todros Geller. Index of authors and subjects. 298 pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1976). SIGNED hardcover - A book which tells the story of over 2 million Jewish immigrants who came to in America in four decades beginning with the 1880s, many settling in New York City, and how they strived to keep their Yiddish culture while making their way in the new society. SIGNED by Irving Howe on the half title page. Illustrated with photographs. Footnotes, reference notes, glossary of Yiddish terms, bibliographical notes, index, xx, 714 pp. ISBN: 0151463530.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A double memoir: the story of two men who as adults in the US become friends only to find out that during their childhood they were on opposite sides during World War II: one was a prisoner at Auschwitz where his whole family was murdered and the father of the other was a counterintelligence officer in the Germany army. INSCRIBED on the title page by TWO authors: Fred Tubach and Bernat Rosner. Illustrated with photographs. Notes. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-520-225317.

New York: Random House, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - A play by the Nobel prize winning author which "illuminates the plight of Soviet Jewry as well as the anguish of individuals everywhere who must survive - yet long for something more than mere survival." Based on a translation from the French by Nathan Edelman. 172 pp,. ISBN: 0-394-49637X.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A brief but eloquent book, which blends religious history, memoir and literary reflection, as he compares the fortunate life of his American-born grandmother with that of his father's mother, killed by the Nazis in a concentration camp. 132 pp. ISBN: 9780374272388.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. dj. Hardcover first edition - " Warm and deeply human, this book offers a picture of Jewish life in America as entertaining as it is richly informative." Includes contributions from Irving Howe, Morris Freedman, Ruth Glazer, Herbert J. Gans, Harry Gersh, Earl Raab, Milton Kaplan and more. Introduction by David Riesman, preface by Elliot Cohen. xxvi, 337 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author, then a 56 year old engineer, was among the Romanian Jews deported to the German-occupied Soviet territory of Moghilev. He set up a small task force to repair the city's iron-works (The Foundry), and then continued to devise new projects to keep the spared workers alive - eventually saving 15,000 lives. Written by Jagendorf before his death in the United States in 1970, but never published, this account is interspersed with commentaries with Hirt-Manheimer that expand and document this account. Photographs, sources, index. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-06-016106x.

Milwaukie, OR: M Press, (2004.). In 1939, when she was just 11 years old, Ursula and her parents were among the last Jewish families to be able to get out of Germany - and at the time, when of the few places open to Jews was the city of Shanghai, the 'armpit' of the world as one sailor described it. Twenty-thousand Jews found refuge in this city already teeming with people; this is an account of the hardships they encountered, but also the friendships and the helpfulness, and also an account of coming to age in a world torn by war. A fascinating account. Photographs. 267 pp.

San Francisco: Jossey Bass - Wiley, (2001.). First edition - A collection of the greatest Jewish writing of the 1990s in this first volume of a projected new series. It features pieces on Jewish culture, identity, and spirituality by contributors as diverse as Adrienne Rich, Norman Podhoretz, Philip Roth, Marge Piercy, William Safire, C. K. Williams, Senator Joseph Lieberman, and many others. 436 pp. ISBN: 0-787959367.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First person accounts from 13 of the thousands of young Jewish children who were sent away from their families to live with others - often strangers who risked their own lives to take them in - to avoid the Nazis and escape the Holocaust. Illustrated with many photographs. Written for older children or young adults. Suggestions for further reading, index. 118 pp. ISBN: 0-395-660742.

New York: Vintage Books, 1982. Chilean born writer, who adopted Israel as his home, attempts to come to terms with the impact on his life (his son went to the front in the Lebanon war) and on the country of Israel as the aggressor. ISBN: 0-394-714717.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. SIGNED - A double memoir: the story of two men who as adults in the US become friends only to find out that during their childhood they were on opposite sides during World War II: one was a prisoner at Auschwitz where his whole family was murdered and the father of the other was a counterintelligence officer in the Germany army. SIGNED on the title page by all three authors. Illustrated with photographs. ISBN: 0-520-236890.

New York: Schocken, 1971. The first full length biography of this Yiddish writer. Photographs. ISBN: 0-8052-02978.

San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An exploration of the current Jewish dilemna faced by the 'assimilated generation' of post-Holocaust American born Jews. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-06-2515772.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of a devout Ladover Hasid who, against powerful odds, had become an internationally known painter. After 20 years of living in Paris, he returns to the Brooklyn of his childhood when a beloved uncle dies. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-394-572122.

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Historical novel for young adults, based on the seige of Masada by the Roman Legions in the year 72 C.E. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Map front endpapers. ISBN: 0-8028-51657.

New York: St Martin's, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful and moving novella, in which a young girl who is helping her grandmother prepare the Passover meal learns the significance of each dish, and the history of her own family. Illustrated with woodcuts by McMurdy. ISBN: 0-312-131410.

New York: Pantheon, 1985 dj. Hardcover first edition - transcription of English subtitles to the 1985 French film. Photographs. 200 pages. ISBN: 0-394-551427.

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. 194 pp. ISBN: 1578061679.

University, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Judaic Studies series. 220 pgs, including notes, bibliography and index. Illustrated with photographs

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. dj. Hardcover -

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Hardcover first edition - Assassinated Israeli leader Rabin's granddaughter writes about her grandfather, her country and the quest for peace.