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Cover of The Power of a Tale:  Stories from the Israel Folklore Archives
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The Pow­er of a Tale: Sto­ries from the Israel Folk­lore Archives
Haya Bar-Itzhak and Idit Pintel-Ginsberg (eds.)
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The Newish Jew­ish Ency­clo­pe­dia: From Abra­ham to Zabar’s and Every­thing in Between
Stephanie But­nick
Mark Oppen­heimer
Liel Lei­bovitz
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Amer­i­can Jew­ish His­to­ry: A Pri­ma­ry Source Reader
Gary Phillip Zola (Editor), Marc Dollinger (Editor)
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Ency­clo­pe­dia of Jew­ish Folk­lore and Traditions
Raphael Patai, founding ed.; Haya Bar-Itzak, ed.
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The Geo­graph­i­cal Ency­clo­pe­dia of the Holo­caust in Hungary
Randolph L. Braham, ed.
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Holo­caust Lit­er­a­ture: A His­to­ry and Guide
David G. Roskies and Naomi Diamant
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The Jew­ish Sto­ry Find­er: A Guide to 668 Tales List­ing Sub­jects and Sources
Sharon Barcan Elswit; Peninnah Schram, fwd.
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The JPS Guide to Jew­ish Traditions
Ronald L. Eisenberg
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In Our Own Voic­es: A Guide to Con­duct­ing Life His­to­ry Inter­views with Amer­i­can Jew­ish Women
Jewish Women’s Archive, ed.
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Car­ing: A Jew­ish Guide to Caregiving
Naomi Brudner
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The Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries Guide to Yid­dish Short Stories
Bennett Muraskin
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Jew­ish Lon­don: A Com­pre­hen­sive Guide­book for Vis­i­tors and Londoners
Rachel Kolsky and Roslyn Rawson
Cover of The Jewish Story Finder: A Guide To 363 Tales Listing Subjects and Sources
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The Jew­ish Sto­ry Find­er: A Guide To 363 Tales List­ing Sub­jects and Sources
Sharon Barcan Elswit
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The Kab­bal­ah Hand­book: A Con­cise Ency­clo­pe­dia of Terms and Con­cepts in Jew­ish Mysticism
Gabriella Samuel
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The Jew­ish Val­ues Find­er: A Guide to Val­ues in Jew­ish Chil­dren’s Literature
Linda R. Silver, for the Association of Jewish Libraries
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The YIVO Ency­clo­pe­dia of Jews in East­ern Europe
Gershon David Hundert, ed.
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