Recommended books that can be borrowed from the Aaron Garber Library, 26500 Shaker Boulevard. Library Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9-4. Phone 216-212-4116 from Ilka Gordon, On Site Director.
Letters to Talia by Dov Indig
Dov Indig, a student at a hesder yeshiva, was killed in a battle on the Golan Heights October 7, 1973. His family published his correspondence with Talia, a high school student in a secular kibbutz, in his memory. “The letters reveal the rich spiritual worlds of Dov and Talia and establish a bridge of understanding between these two young people who came from such different backgrounds.” (from the forward)
New Perspectives in theology of Judaism by Shubert Spero, copyright 2013
In Rabbi Shubert Spero’s (spiritual leader of Young Israel of Cleveland 1950-1983) new collection of essays he focuses “on elements heretofore ignored, and perhaps to ask questions not considered important in the past.” (from the introduction p.11) Rabbi Spero investigates some of the basic concepts of Judaism such as; “Is G-d Knowable, Judaism and the Aesthetic and The Ethical Theory of Judaism.” Highly recommended
Hatemail: Anti-semitism on Picture Postcards by Salo Aizenberg
Over 250 postcards from 1890-1920 are reproduced in this disturbing and shocking book by Salo Aizenberg, one of the foremost postcard collectors, Aizenberg translates each postcard and puts it in its historical context. Recommended for those who want a new perspective on pre-holocaust anti-semitism.
Oy, My Buenos Aires by Mollie Lewis Nouwen
“Between 1905 and 1930, more than one hundred thousand Jews left Central and Eastern Europe to settle permanently in Argentina. This book explores how these Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi immigrants helped to create a new urban strain of the Argentine national identity.” (from the books flap) This book is an example of one of the many books on world communities in the Aaron Garber library collection.
A Jewish Life on Three Continents: The Memoir of Menachem Mendel Frieden translated, edited and Annotated by his grandson Lee Shai Weissbach
Menachem Mendel Frieden’s fascinating autobiography, written originally in Hebrew, covers Frieden’s life as a Yeshiva student in Eastern Europe, as an American immigrant and finally as an oleh.toPalestine. Recommended for patrons who want to learn Jewish history through a personal perspective.
Thanks,
Ilka Gordon
On Site Director, Aaron Garber Library
phone : 216-212-4116
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