This week’s book recommendations from Ilka Gordon, Librarian, Aaron Garber Library
26500 Shaker Boulevard. Library Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9-4. All are welcome to borrow books. Phone 216-371-0446 ext. 267.
Mi Dor Le Dor : Genetics and Genetic Diseases : Jewish Legal and Ethical Perspectives. By Dr. Deena Zimmerman.
Dr. Deena Zimmerman provides the lay person with straightforward medical information. Fluent in both halacha and medicine, in theory and practice, her practical suggestions are a blessing to parents struggling to raise special children. This is a book that brings much-needed order and compassion to the field of Jewish genetics. Recommended for counselors, Rabbis, teachers, parents and all those caring for a special child. Adapted from the back cover endorsement by Chana Henkin, Dean Nishmat. http://catalog.case.edu/
The Kosher Supervision Guide 2013-2014 Edition To The 1,151 Kosher Agencies Worldwide. (A supplement to Kashrus Magazine).
There are two indexes in this guide, kosher symbols and kashrus agencies which makes the guide easy to use. World Kashrus symbols range alphabetically from Argentina to Venezuela and many countries in between. Recommended for U.S. and world travelers and all patrons who are interested in kosher products. http://catalog.case.edu/
The Rebbe :The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson. by Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman.
“Samuel and Menachem Friedman paint an unforgettable portrait of Schneerson, showing how he reinvented himself from an aspiring French-trained electrical engineer into a charismatic leader who believed that he and his Lubavitcher Hassidic emissaries could transform the world.” From the book jacket http://catalog.case.edu/
Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller : Portrait of a Seventeenth-Century Rabbi. by Joseph Davis
This carefully researched biography of Yom-Tov Lipman Heller (1578-1654), author of the Mishna commentary, Tosafot Yom Tov, is a study of Heller’s world-view, conception of Judaism and the seventeen century. His arrest, imprisonment, and the death of his children led him to wrestle with questions such as; the meaning of suffering the differences between Jews and non-Jews. http://catalog.case.edu/
Ilka Gordon
Librarian, Aaron Garber Library
216-371-0446 ext. 269
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