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Minḥah sheluḥah : teʼure meḳomot ḳedoshim bi-yede omanim Yehudim / by Sarfati, Rachel.(CARDINAL)264556; Yarhi, Elisheva.; Muzeʼon Yiśraʼel (Jerusalem)(CARDINAL)152251;
Subjects: Shrines in art.; Jewish shrines; Jewish art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Jerusalem : city of longing / by Goldhill, Simon.(CARDINAL)276061;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.The center of the Christian world -- The center of Jewish Jerusalem -- The center of Muslim Jerusalem -- The old city -- The oldest city -- The Victorian city -- The modern city.Jerusalem is the site of some famous religious monuments in the world, from the Dome of the Rock to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Western Wall of the Temple. This work takes you on a tour through the history of this image-filled and ideology-laden city--from the bedrock of the Old City to the towering roofs of the Holy Sepulchre.
Subjects: Christian shrines; Jewish shrines; Islamic shrines; Architecture;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Holy places; Jewish, Christian, and Muslim monuments in the Holy Land / by Hollis, Christopher,1902-1977.(CARDINAL)130408; Brownrigg, Ronald.(CARDINAL)513082;
Subjects: Shrines;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Alexandria : the city that changed the world / by Issa, Islam,author.(CARDINAL)883446;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-459) and index.The ancient era -- Alexander's dream -- Alexander's dream city -- Ptolemy the Saviour -- The Ptolemies -- Wonder of the world -- All the books in the world -- Shrine of knowledge -- Cleopatras -- Ageless Cleopatra -- Jewish hub -- St Mark the Evangelist -- Horror -- Early Christianity -- Destruction -- Hypatia -- Islamic conquest -- Umayyads and Abbasids -- Fatamids -- The Crusaders and Saladin's Ayyubids -- Mamluks and the plagued century -- Ottomans -- Napoleon -- The father of Egypt -- British invasion -- The First World War and revolution -- Cultural hub -- Cultural renaissance -- The Second World War -- The postman's son -- Epilogue.An award-winning British-Egyptian writer presents an authoritative history of the first modern city and how it has shaped our modern world, including its role as a global capital of knowledge as well as the site of plagues and violence. A city drawn in sand. Inspired by the tales of Homer and his own ambitions of empire, Alexander the Great sketched the idea of a city onto the sparsely populated Egyptian coastline. He did not live to see Alexandria built, but his vision of a sparkling metropolis that celebrated learning and diversity was swiftly realised and still stands today. Situated on the cusp of Africa, Europe and Asia, great civilisations met in Alexandria. Together, Greeks and Egyptians, Romans and Jews created a global knowledge capital of enormous influence: the inventive collaboration of its citizens shaped modern philosophy, science, religion and more. In pitched battles, later empires, from the Arabs and Ottomans to the French and British, laid claim to the city but its independent spirit endures. In this sweeping biography of the great city, Islam Issa takes us on a journey across millennia, rich in big ideas, brutal tragedies and distinctive characters, from Cleopatra to Napoleon. From its humble origins to dizzy heights and present-day strife, Alexandria tells the gripping story of a city that has shaped our modern world.
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.;
Available copies: 26 / Total copies: 28
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HarperCollins atlas of Bible history / by Page, Nick,1961-(CARDINAL)460624; Pritchard, James B.(James Bennett),1909-1997.(CARDINAL)149817;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index.Places biblical events in a geographical and historical context, in a guide that provides detailed references, timelines, and sources for further reading.
Subjects: Maps.; Bible; Bible;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Zabar's : a family story, with recipes / by Zabar, Lori,author.(CARDINAL)471680; Moskin, Julia,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)643420;
Ostropolia -- In transit and acclimating to America -- The beginning of Zabar's -- The war years -- After the war -- Life after Louis -- The 1960s culinary revolution and Zabar's evolution -- The epicurean emporium expands, 1970-84 -- Trouble in gourmet paradise, 1985-95 -- Zabar's present tense."When Louis and Lilly Zabar rented a counter in a dairy store on 80th Street and Broadway in 1934 to sell smoked fish, they could not have imagined that five decades later their store would occupy half a city block and become a beloved, world-renowned mecca for quality food of all kinds. A passion for perfection, a keen business sense, cutthroat competitive instincts, and devotion to their customers led four generations of Zabars to create the Upper West Side shrine to the cheese, fish, meat, produce, baked goods, and prepared products that heralded the 20th-century revolution in food production and consumption. Lori Zabar-Louis's granddaughter-begins with her grandfather's escape from Ukraine in 1921, following a pogrom in which his father, a sister, and an uncle were killed, and his (illegal!) entry into the United States from Canada. She describes Zabar's gradual expansion, Louis's untimely death in 1950, and the passing of the torch to Saul, Stanley, and partner Murray Klein, who raised competitive pricing to an art form and added top-tier houseware and appliances to Zabar's shelves. She paints a delectable portrait of Zabar's as it is today-the intoxicating aromas, the crowds, the devoted staff-and shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes of the long-time employees, family members, eccentric customers, and celebrity fans who have created a uniquely American institution that honors its immigrant roots, revels in its New York history, and is relentless in its devotion to the art and science of selling gourmet food"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Recipes.; Cookbooks.; Gourmet food industry; Zabar's & Co.; Families; Delicatessens; Jewish cooking; Jewish businesspeople;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The visual culture of American religions / by Bjelajac, David,contributor.(CARDINAL)765356; Buggeln, Gretchen Townsend,contributor.; Davis, John,1961 September 24-contributor.(CARDINAL)209615; Doss, Erika,1956-contributor.(CARDINAL)342615; Farago, Claire J.,contributor.(CARDINAL)204333; Giggie, John M.(John Michael),1965-contributor.(CARDINAL)855775; Gutjahr, Paul C.,contributor.(CARDINAL)652948; Hoover, Stewart M.,contributor.(CARDINAL)855774; Markowitz, Harvey,contributor.(CARDINAL)363489; Morgan, David,1957-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)206493; Promey, Sally M.,1953-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)279125; Schmidt, Leigh Eric,contributor.(CARDINAL)185480; Smith, Ellen,1951-contributor.(CARDINAL)210110; Tweed, Thomas A.,contributor.(CARDINAL)363570; University of California Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)280932;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-382) and index."Contemporary artists have often clashed with conservative American evangelicals in recent years, giving the impression that art and religion are fundamentally at odds. Yet historically, artistic images have played a profound role in American religious life. This superb collection of essays, with its unique assembly of images, challenges the apparent tension between religion and the arts by illustrating and investigating their long-standing and intriguing relationship from the early nineteenth century to the present day. The essays explore such varied topics as Sioux Sun Dance artifacts and paintings, American Jewish New Year postcards, the New Mexican santos tradition, roadside shrines, images of journey in African American pictorial traditions, the public display of religion, and the religious use of nineteenth-century technologies of mass reproduction"--Publisher description.
Subjects: Art and religion;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Children of the book : a memoir of reading together / by Kurshan, Ilana,author.(CARDINAL)488146;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292).Introduction: Paradise lost. Genesis: Sunset at the dawn of time. Trailing clouds of glory -- By the light of the moon -- Far from the tree -- Going, going, gone -- Serious silliness -- Babel builders and beyond -- Tell me a Yitzvi -- Running away -- The set table -- Wild about books -- Exodus: The journey to reedom. Signs and wonders -- The top ten commandments -- Left to their own devices -- The unicorn and the scroll -- A series of their own -- Bare ruined choirs -- Leviticus: The shrine of the book. Pilgrimage to the library -- The bad mother -- The Menorah tattoo -- The tent of meeting -- Happily ever after -- Sacrificing the Little Prince's sheep -- The miniature shrine -- Numbers: Beezus and Corona. Panic, plunder, pandemic -- Revealing the end -- Quimby crock-pot and the Egyptian meat pots -- The unreliable narrator -- Sit here for the present -- Deuteronomy: Moses's memoir. An incandescent mind -- The bus driver who wanted to be God -- The kind family -- The sense of an ending -- Weaning my children all over again -- Conclusion: The promised land -- Acknowledgments -- Reading recommendations -- Notes."A celebration of the power and wonder of lifelong reading-both secular and sacred Zibby Owens, My Most Anticipated Books 2025 In Children of the Book, Ilana Kurshan explores the closeness forged when family life unfolds against a backdrop of reading together. Kurshan, a mother of five living in Jerusalem, at first struggles to balance her passion for literature with her responsibilities as a parent. Gradually she learns how to relate to reading not as a solitary pursuit and an escape from the messiness of life, but rather as a way of teaching independence and forging connection. Introducing her children to sacred and secular literature-including the beloved classics of her childhood-helps her become both a better mother and a better reader. Chief among the books Kurshan reads with her children is the Five Books of Moses, known as the Torah, which Jews the world over read in synchrony as part of the liturgical cycle. In the five parts of this memoir, Kurshan explores the surprising resonances between the biblical text and her experiences as a mother and a reader - from the first picture books that create the world through language for little babies, to the moment our children begin reading on their own leaving us behind, atop the mountain, as they enter new lands without us. A testament to the enduring power of shared texts, Children of the Book celebrates the deep pleasures of books"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Kurshan, Ilana.; Bible.; Reading; Authors; Literature; Children; Secularism in literature.; Reading, Psychology of.; Jewish families;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 7
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Southern crossroads : perspectives on religion and culture / by Conser, Walter H.(CARDINAL)176468; Payne, Rodger M.(Rodger Milton)(CARDINAL)286351;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Religious aspects of southern culture -- "Just a little talk with Jesus" : Elvis Presley, religious music, and southern spirituality / Charles Reagan Wilson -- Miami's little Havana : yard shrines, cult religion, and landscape / James R. Curtis -- The archaeology of African American slave religion in the antebellum south / Charles E. Orser, Jr. -- Prime minister / William Martin -- Contextualizing the apocalyptic visions of McKendree Robbins Long / William D. Moore and Walter H. Conse, Jr. -- Flannery O'Connor and the southern code of manners / Matthew Day -- Encounters in southern religion and culture -- Meetings at the Buddhist temple: signposts to a changing south / Barbara Lau -- Feeding the Jewish soul in the Delta diaspora / Marcie Cohen Ferris -- "There is magic in print" : the Holiness-Pentecostal Press and the origins of southern Pentecostalism / Randall J. Stephens -- Scottish heritage, southern style / Celeste Ray -- "These untutored masses" : the campaign for respectability among white and black evangelicals in the American south, 1870-1930 / Paul Harvey -- Religion and markers of identity -- Purgatory in the Carolinas : Catholic devotionalism in nineteenth-century South Carolina / Diana Pasulka -- Baptist women and the south : from the woman's sphere to the pulpit / Bill J. Leonard -- Lynching religion : why the old man shouted "glory!" / Donald G. Mathews -- Fundamentalism in recent southern culture : has it done what the civil rights movement couldn't do? / Samuel S. Hill.
Subjects: Christianity and culture;
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The Nazi's granddaughter : how I discovered my grandfather was a war criminal / by Foti, Silvia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Silvia Foti was raised on reverent stories about her hero grandfather, a martyr for Lithuanian independence and an unblemished patriot. Jonas Noreika, remembered as "General Storm," had resisted his country's German and Soviet occupiers in World War II, surviving two years in a Nazi concentration camp only to be executed in 1947 by the KGB. His granddaughter, growing up in Chicago, was treated like royalty in her tightly knit Lithuanian community. But in 2000, when Silvia traveled to Lithuania for a ceremony honoring her grandfather, she heard a very different story--a "rumor" that her grandfather had been a "Jew-killer." The Nazi's Granddaughter is Silvia's account of her wrenching twenty-year quest for the truth, from a beautiful house confiscated from its Jewish owners, to familial confessions and the Holocaust tour guide who believed that her grandfather had murdered members of his family. A heartbreaking and dramatic story based on exhaustive documentary research and soul-baring interviews, The Nazi's Granddaughter is an unforgettable journey into World War II history, intensely personal but filled with universal lessons about courage, faith, memory, and justice.
Subjects: Personal narratives.; War criminals; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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