- History (226)
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Man's Search for Meaning
- Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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Viktor E. Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric hospital in 1942 when he became a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. In 1946, he published this book about his camp experiences and a method of psychotherapy he developed.
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logo therapy
- By Shilpa on 17-04-24
Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
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O Jerusalem
- Day by Day and Minute by Minute the Historic Struggle for Jerusalem and the Birth of Israel
- Written by: Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
- Narrated by: Theodore Bikel
- Length: 23 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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O Jerusalem! is the epic drama of 1948, when Arabs and Jews fought for control of the city of Jerusalem...
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Storyline
- By ganeshkumar on 02-03-24
Written by: Larry Collins,
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The Good Assassin
- How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia
- Written by: Stephan Talty
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The untold story of an Israeli spy’s epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justice - a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis....
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Goose-skin giving unknown true story
- By PANKAJ DESAI on 08-07-22
Written by: Stephan Talty
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Judaism
- Written by: Israel Abrahams
- Narrated by: Paul Landergan
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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"Judaism is often called the religion of reason. It is this, but it is also the religion of the soul. It recognises the value of that mystic insight...
Written by: Israel Abrahams
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
- Written by: Gary A. Rendsburg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Gary A. Rendsburg
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus....
Written by: Gary A. Rendsburg,
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The Book of Jubilees
- Written by: Robert Henry Charles - translator
- Narrated by: Christopher Glyn
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called 'Little Genesis', is an ancient Jewish book that retells many of the stories in Genesis and Exodus with some additional details....
Written by: Robert Henry Charles - translator
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Man's Search for Meaning
- Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Viktor E. Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric hospital in 1942 when he became a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. In 1946, he published this book about his camp experiences and a method of psychotherapy he developed.
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logo therapy
- By Shilpa on 17-04-24
Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
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O Jerusalem
- Day by Day and Minute by Minute the Historic Struggle for Jerusalem and the Birth of Israel
- Written by: Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
- Narrated by: Theodore Bikel
- Length: 23 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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O Jerusalem! is the epic drama of 1948, when Arabs and Jews fought for control of the city of Jerusalem...
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Storyline
- By ganeshkumar on 02-03-24
Written by: Larry Collins,
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The Good Assassin
- How a Mossad Agent and a Band of Survivors Hunted Down the Butcher of Latvia
- Written by: Stephan Talty
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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The untold story of an Israeli spy’s epic journey to bring the notorious Butcher of Latvia to justice - a case that altered the fates of all ex-Nazis....
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Goose-skin giving unknown true story
- By PANKAJ DESAI on 08-07-22
Written by: Stephan Talty
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Judaism
- Written by: Israel Abrahams
- Narrated by: Paul Landergan
- Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
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"Judaism is often called the religion of reason. It is this, but it is also the religion of the soul. It recognises the value of that mystic insight...
Written by: Israel Abrahams
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The Dead Sea Scrolls
- Written by: Gary A. Rendsburg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Gary A. Rendsburg
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
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Learn what the scrolls are, what they contain, and how the insights they offered into religious and ancient history came into focus....
Written by: Gary A. Rendsburg,
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The Book of Jubilees
- Written by: Robert Henry Charles - translator
- Narrated by: Christopher Glyn
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book of Jubilees, sometimes called 'Little Genesis', is an ancient Jewish book that retells many of the stories in Genesis and Exodus with some additional details....
Written by: Robert Henry Charles - translator
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The Rational Bible: Deuteronomy
- God, Blessings, and Curses
- Written by: Dennis Prager
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
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Is the Bible, the most influential book in world history, still relevant? Why do people dismiss it as being irrelevant, irrational, and/or immoral? This explanation of the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Bible, will demonstrate how it remains profoundly relevant....
Written by: Dennis Prager
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The Rational Bible: Genesis
- Written by: Dennis Prager
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Many people today think the Bible, the most influential book in world history, is not only outdated but irrelevant, irrational, and even immoral. This explanation of the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, demonstrates clearly and powerfully that the opposite is true....
Written by: Dennis Prager
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The Rational Passover Haggadah
- Written by: Dennis Prager
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Dennis Prager, author of The Rational Bible - which, upon its first publication, was the number one bestselling non-fiction book in America - turns his attention to the Haggadah, the book used for the most widely celebrated Jewish ritual, the Passover Seder....
Written by: Dennis Prager
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Escaping from Eden
- Does Genesis Teach that the Human Race was Created by God or Engineered by ETs?
- Written by: Paul Wallis
- Narrated by: Paul Wallis
- Length: 6 hrs
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Escaping from Eden will take you on a journey around the world and into the mythologies of ancient Sumeria, Mesoamerica, India, Africa, and Greece, to reveal a profound secret, hidden in plain sight in the text of the Bible....
Written by: Paul Wallis
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The Dreyfus Affair
- The Scandal That Tore France in Two
- Written by: Piers Paul Read
- Narrated by: David Pevsner
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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July 20, 1894: The German Military Attache in Paris, Colonel Maximillien von Schwarzkoppen received a visit from a seedy-looking middle-aged Frenchman....
Written by: Piers Paul Read
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The Holocaust & the Exile of Yiddish
- A History of the Algemeyne Entsiklopedye
- Written by: Barry Trachtenberg
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early 1930s in Berlin, Germany, a group of leading Eastern European Jewish intellectuals embarked upon a project to transform the lives of millions of Yiddish-speaking Jews….
Written by: Barry Trachtenberg
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The Torah
- Written by: Rabbi Rodney Mariner
- Narrated by: Marie Hoffman
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
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This early 20th-century translation of the Hebrew Bible by the Jewish Publication Society brings to life the history of the Jewish people in a classical way. It includes the Hebrew texts as they actually appear in the Torah scroll and bears all the hallmarks of a classic work....
Written by: Rabbi Rodney Mariner
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Is God a Vindictive Bully?
- Reconciling Portrayals of God in the Old and New Testaments
- Written by: Paul Copan
- Narrated by: Jim Denison
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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Critics outside the church often accuse the Old Testament God of genocide, racism, ethnic cleansing, and violence. But a rising tide of critics within the church claim that Moses and other "primitive," violence-prone prophets were mistaken about God's commands and character....
Written by: Paul Copan
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Capitalism and the Jews
- Written by: Jerry Z. Muller
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history....
Written by: Jerry Z. Muller
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The Sabbath
- Written by: Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Narrated by: John Clickman
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In his acclaimed work, "The Sabbath," renowned theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel unveils the profound meaning of this sacred day. Transcending mere rest, the Sabbath emerges as a transformative experience, fostering awe, introspection, and connection with loved ones and the divine.
Written by: Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Revealing the Jewish Roots of Christianity
- Written by: John Bergsma
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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From award-winning scholar John Bergsma comes an intriguing audiobook that reveals new insights on the Essenes, a radical Jewish community predating Christianity, whose existence, beliefs, and practices are often overlooked in the annuls of history....
Written by: John Bergsma
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Stranger in a Strange Land
- Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem
- Written by: George Prochnik
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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Taking his lead from his subject, Gershom Scholem, Prochnik combines biography and memoir to counter our contemporary political crisis with a reimagining of the future of Israel....
Written by: George Prochnik
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Israel and the Church
- An Israeli Examines God’s Unfolding Plans for His Chosen Peoples
- Written by: Amir Tsarfati
- Narrated by: Amir Tsarfati
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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To truly grasp Bible prophecy, we must first understand how God’s promises to Israel complement his vision for the church. Native Israeli and author Amir Tsarfati makes clear what the Bible says about God’s unique master plans for his two chosen groups, Israel and the church....
Written by: Amir Tsarfati
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Jews, God, and History
- Written by: Max I. Dimont
- Narrated by: Anna Fields
- Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
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Vitality floods its pages. Philosophers and kings, warriors and merchants, poets and financiers come alive as the story ranges across time and the globe....
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narration not satisfactory
- By Lingareddy Subba Rami Reddy on 31-03-20
Written by: Max I. Dimont
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The Nazi Officer's Wife
- How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
- Written by: Edith Hahn Beer, Susan Dworkin
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp....
Written by: Edith Hahn Beer,
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The Jewish Gospels
- The Story of the Jewish Christ
- Written by: Daniel Boyarin
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Guiding us through a rich tapestry of new discoveries and ancient scriptures, The Jewish Gospels makes the powerful case that our conventional understandings of Jesus and of the origins of Christianity are wrong....
Written by: Daniel Boyarin
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The Antiquities of the Jews
- Written by: Flavius Josephus
- Narrated by: Allan Corduner
- Length: 51 hrs and 46 mins
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Among the many important historical documents from the Classical world of Greece and Rome The Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus is one of the most distinctive and characterful....
Written by: Flavius Josephus
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Is God a Moral Monster?
- Making Sense of the Old Testament God
- Written by: Paul Copan
- Narrated by: Claton Butcher
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
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Leading apologetics writer with a proven track record tackles the most difficult Old Testament passages and topics, helping listeners to reconcile the God of righteousness with the God of love....
Written by: Paul Copan
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Sun Stand Still
- What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
- Written by: Steven Furtick
- Narrated by: Steven Furtick
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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If you're not daring to believe God for the impossible, you may be sleeping through some of the best parts of your Christian life....
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Excellent reading
- By Placeholder on 18-09-21
Written by: Steven Furtick
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The Book of Genesis
- Written by: Gary A. Rendsburg, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Gary A. Rendsburg
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
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But is it possible that the understanding of the book of Genesis we've all grown up with isn't as complete as we'd like to believe?....
Written by: Gary A. Rendsburg,
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In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day
- How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars
- Written by: Mark Batterson
- Narrated by: Mark Batterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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Your greatest regret at the end of your life will be the lions you didn't chase....
Written by: Mark Batterson
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
- Written by: Amos Oz
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
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Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through....
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Stunning!
- By D D Tahilyani on 15-10-23
Written by: Amos Oz
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Bibi
- Written by: Anshel Pfeffer
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled in numerous scandals, all of his own making, and may soon be ousted from the office he has held longer than any prior Israeli prime minister outside of David Ben Gurion....
Written by: Anshel Pfeffer
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Israel Is Real
- Written by: Rich Cohen
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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It's a great irony that Israel was more secure as an idea than it's ever been as a nation with an army....
Written by: Rich Cohen
New Releases
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The Jews of Summer
- Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
- Written by: Sandra Fox
- Narrated by: Sharon Freedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Focusing on the lived experience of campers and camp counselors, The Jews of Summer demonstrates how a cultural crisis birthed a rite of passage that remains a significant influence in American Jewish life.
Written by: Sandra Fox
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Man's Search for Meaning
- Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Viktor E. Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric hospital in 1942 when he became a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. In 1946, he published this book about his camp experiences and a method of psychotherapy he developed. Forty-five years later, it was still named one of the most influential books in the United States. Part One describes his three years in four Nazi concentration camps, which took the lives of his wife, father, mother, and brother. He closely observed inmates’ reactions to their situation, as well as how survivors came to terms with their liberation.
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logo therapy
- By Shilpa on 17-04-24
Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
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2 Baruch
- Written by: Christopher Glyn
- Narrated by: Christopher Glyn
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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2 Baruch, also known as the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch, is a profound piece of Jewish literature written following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. Attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe of the Prophet Jeremiah, this text offers a window into the spiritual and existential crises of its time.
Written by: Christopher Glyn
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Judaism Is About Love
- Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
- Written by: Shai Held
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the religion of law. In the face of centuries of this widespread misrepresentation, Rabbi Shai Held—one of the most important Jewish thinkers in America today—recovers the heart of the Jewish tradition, offering the radical and moving argument that love belongs as much to Judaism as it does to Christianity.
Written by: Shai Held
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The Cello Still Sings
- A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
- Written by: Janet Horvath
- Narrated by: Samantha Desz
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping history of three generations darkened by the long shadow of the Holocaust, The Cello Still Sings is a vivid, moving, and true story of personal discovery. As a child Janet is haunted by the eerie hush surrounding her parents' experiences. George and Katherine, two professional musicians and Holocaust survivors, bury the memories of who and what they were before, silencing the past in order to live.
Written by: Janet Horvath
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Murder in Manchuria
- The True Story of a Jewish Virtuoso, Russian Fascists, a French Diplomat, and a Japanese Spy in Occupied China
- Written by: Scott D. Seligman
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a three-country struggle for control of Manchuria—an area some called China's "Wild East"—and an explosive mixture of nationalities, religions, and ideologies. Semyon Kaspe, a young Jewish musician, is kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately murdered by disaffected, antisemitic White Russians, secretly acting on the orders of Japanese military overlords who covet his father's wealth.
Written by: Scott D. Seligman
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The Jews of Summer
- Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America
- Written by: Sandra Fox
- Narrated by: Sharon Freedman
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Focusing on the lived experience of campers and camp counselors, The Jews of Summer demonstrates how a cultural crisis birthed a rite of passage that remains a significant influence in American Jewish life.
Written by: Sandra Fox
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Man's Search for Meaning
- Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Viktor E. Frankl was a medical doctor at a psychiatric hospital in 1942 when he became a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps in World War II. In 1946, he published this book about his camp experiences and a method of psychotherapy he developed. Forty-five years later, it was still named one of the most influential books in the United States. Part One describes his three years in four Nazi concentration camps, which took the lives of his wife, father, mother, and brother. He closely observed inmates’ reactions to their situation, as well as how survivors came to terms with their liberation.
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logo therapy
- By Shilpa on 17-04-24
Written by: Viktor E. Frankl
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2 Baruch
- Written by: Christopher Glyn
- Narrated by: Christopher Glyn
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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2 Baruch, also known as the Syriac Apocalypse of Baruch, is a profound piece of Jewish literature written following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 AD. Attributed to Baruch ben Neriah, the scribe of the Prophet Jeremiah, this text offers a window into the spiritual and existential crises of its time.
Written by: Christopher Glyn
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Judaism Is About Love
- Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
- Written by: Shai Held
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A dramatic misinterpretation of the Jewish tradition has shaped the history of the West: Christianity is the religion of love, and Judaism the religion of law. In the face of centuries of this widespread misrepresentation, Rabbi Shai Held—one of the most important Jewish thinkers in America today—recovers the heart of the Jewish tradition, offering the radical and moving argument that love belongs as much to Judaism as it does to Christianity.
Written by: Shai Held
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The Cello Still Sings
- A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
- Written by: Janet Horvath
- Narrated by: Samantha Desz
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A sweeping history of three generations darkened by the long shadow of the Holocaust, The Cello Still Sings is a vivid, moving, and true story of personal discovery. As a child Janet is haunted by the eerie hush surrounding her parents' experiences. George and Katherine, two professional musicians and Holocaust survivors, bury the memories of who and what they were before, silencing the past in order to live.
Written by: Janet Horvath
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Murder in Manchuria
- The True Story of a Jewish Virtuoso, Russian Fascists, a French Diplomat, and a Japanese Spy in Occupied China
- Written by: Scott D. Seligman
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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In Murder in Manchuria, Scott D. Seligman explores an unsolved murder set amid the chaos that reigned in China in the run-up to World War II. The story unfolds against the backdrop of a three-country struggle for control of Manchuria—an area some called China's "Wild East"—and an explosive mixture of nationalities, religions, and ideologies. Semyon Kaspe, a young Jewish musician, is kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately murdered by disaffected, antisemitic White Russians, secretly acting on the orders of Japanese military overlords who covet his father's wealth.
Written by: Scott D. Seligman
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Juden zählen nicht
- Written by: David Baddiel
- Narrated by: Axel Wostry, Franziska Ball, Beate Himmelstoß,
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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"Wer gegen Rassismus und gegen Antisemitismus ist, wer keine blinden Flecken mag, aber dafür gute Sachbücher, sollte dieses Buch lesen". So schrieb 2021 Nele Pollatschek nach dem Erscheinen dieses Buches unter anderem Titel. „Jews don’t count“ – „Juden zählen nicht“ ist nach dem 7. Oktober auch in Deutschland zum geflügelten Wort geworden – und eine bittere Wahrheit von Nahost- bis zu Aiwanger-Debatten. Wir veröffentlichen das bedeutende Buch darum neu mit dem übersetzten Original-Titel und einem aktuellen Vorwort David Baddiels.
Written by: David Baddiel
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The Disputation at Barcelona
- Written by: Ramban
- Narrated by: John Clickman
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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"The Disputation at Barcelona" was a pivotal event in 1263 where Rabbi Moses ben Nachman, a prominent Jewish scholar, engaged in a formal debate with Pablo Christiani, a Jewish convert to Christianity, in the court of King James I of Aragon.
Written by: Ramban
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Our Palestine Question
- Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978
- Written by: Geoffrey Levin
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A new history of the American Jewish relationship with Israel focused on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights.
Written by: Geoffrey Levin
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Henrietta Szold
- Jewish Lives: Hadassah and the Zionist Dream
- Written by: Francine Klagsbrun
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Using Szold's copious letters, diaries, and essays, along with other archival documents, Francine Klagsbrun traces Szold's life and legacy with an eye to uncovering the person behind the Zionist icon. She reveals Szold as a complex human being who had to cope with controversy and criticism, a workaholic with an outsized sense of duty, and an idealist who fought for her beliefs even as she questioned her own abilities. With deep insight, Klagsbrun introduces listeners to this extraordinary woman, whose impact on women's lives as well as on education and health systems still resonates.
Written by: Francine Klagsbrun
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The Sabbath
- Written by: Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Narrated by: John Clickman
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In his acclaimed work, "The Sabbath," renowned theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel unveils the profound meaning of this sacred day. Transcending mere rest, the Sabbath emerges as a transformative experience, fostering awe, introspection, and connection with loved ones and the divine.
Written by: Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair
- Jewish Lives Series
- Written by: Maurice Samuels
- Narrated by: Jason Grasl
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting "Death to Judas!" In this book, Maurice Samuels gives listeners new insight into Dreyfus himself—the man at the center of the affair. He tells the story of Dreyfus's early life in Paris, his promising career as a French officer, the false accusation leading to his imprisonment on Devil's Island, the fight to prove his innocence that divided the French nation, and his life of quiet obscurity after World War I.
Written by: Maurice Samuels