We have a large selection of books and perodicals covering a range of genres, from literature and legend to Yiddish and Jewish thought.
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Name | Author/Editor | Summary |
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Jews Don't Count | David Baddiel | Extended essay by Baddiel for 'those hwo think of themselves as as the right side of history have of… |
A Higher Light | R. Larry Tabick | Hasidic and Kabbalistic insights into the Jewush holidays. |
The Aura of Torah | R. Larry Tabick | Kabbalistic slant on the 5 books of Moses. |
Through Darkness to Dawn | Dr. John Geller | Cynthia Hollisworth, a KK member's parents, Bllanka and John Geller experienced the worst of the hor… |
A Month in the New Old Country | Shirley Kleiman/Paul Kleiman | Diary of KK member Paul Kleiman's mother of a month spent in Israel with her husband shortly after… |
Jewish Folk Tales in Britian and Ireland | Liz Berg | Delightful tour of England and Ireland through Jewish story-teling, and its relationship to local cu… |
Being Jewish Today | Tony Bayfield | Former rabbinic head of MRJ, Tony Bayfields thoughtful commentary on the issues facing Jews today in… |
Inclusive Judaism | Rabbis Jonathan Romain and David Mitchell | The issues challenging Jews today and how The Reform Movement is able to make Judaism an inclusive f… |
Steppig Back in Time | Kathryn Esta Berman | Kathryn Berman's journey into the paths her ancesters took leads from Eastern Europe to Israel to Fa… |
Jewish Renaissance-Oct. 2019 | Rebecca Taylor | Oxford Jewry is fetured along with the 'Last Jews of Yemen and Plymouth Cemetery |
Jewish Renaissance, Jan. 2020 | Rbecca Taylor | Caribbean Jewry is featured along with Yiddishists, Central Asian Jewry, |
Jewish Renaissance, April 2020 | Rebecca Taylor | North England is featured in terms of its Jewish history along with Sephardi culture throughout Euro… |
Jewish Renaissance, Oct. 2020 | Rebecca Taylor | Washington DC Jewry is featured, along with Ruth Baden Ginsberg, Egyptian and Chinese Jewry. |
Australian Genesis, Jewish Convicts and Settler 1788-1850 | J.S. Levi ad G. E. J. Bergman | Tracing Australia Jewish history from the early years through to colonial Jewish personalities to cr… |
Atlas of the Holocaust | Martin Gilbert | Meticulously researched geographical data of Jewish populations before and after the Holocaust by on… |
Faith after the Holocaust | Eliezer Berkovits | One of Judaism's major thinkers, Prof. Berkovit discusses how man can retain his faith even when con… |
Holocaust Theology | Dan Cohn-Sherbok | R. Cohn-Sherbok confronts theories of major theologians who cannot reconcile the reality of the Shoa… |
Approaches to Auschwitz, The Legacy of the Holocaust | Richard Rubenstein and John K. Roth | Historical approach to what created Auschwitz and the philosophical and religious commentary connect… |
Holocaust Journey, Travelling in search of the past | Martin Gilbert | A geographical pilgrimage by the renown historian, Martin Gilbert, with his university students thro… |
The Jews of Southwest England | Bernard Susser | Well known historian, Susser's history of Jews from Ancient times, through the Middle Ages, and into… |
Pirkei Avos | Commentaries by R. Meir Zlotowitz and R. Nosson Scherman | Interesting commentary and text of the famous Sayings of the Fathers. |
Shema Yisrael | R. Nisson Scherman and R. Meir Zlotowitz | Three portions of the Shema with translations and text from talmudic, midrashic and rabbinic sources… |
A Jewish Book of Common Prayer, Shabbat Eve Service | Intro., translation and Commentary by Chaim Raphael | Done in two parts, Raphael gives the background of the prayer book and the full Shabbat Evening Serv… |
The Jewish Festivals | Hayyim Schauss/Translator: Samuel Jaffe | Wonderful commentary on the history, custom and practice of various Jewish festivals including text,… |
The Book of Jewish Practice | Louis Jacobs | Ethics, rituals, custom and practice into leading an observant Jewish life. |
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For a complete list of categories refer to the Library sub-menu. All items may be borrowed by members for one month, renewable, provided the item has not been reserved in the meantime by someone else.
Borrow a book
To borrow a book, pamphlet or periodical, please contact Leslie Lipert on 01736 762675 to arrange collection. Leslie may also be able to arrange a delivery of the items.
The library is there to be used, so please take advantage of it. Unread books are sad creatures: well read books are full of life.