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A Jewish State

Read by Adrian Praetzellis

Theodor Herzl

Read in English, this is a pivotal document in the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. Herzl designed this work to elevate the discu…

Jewish Children (Yudishe Kinder)

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שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem

Although written from a child's perspective, this is not a kids book but a series of funny, poignant, and sometimes disturbing stories about…

The King of Schnorrers

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Israel Zangwill

Manasseh da Costa, protagonist of this hilarious novel, is a schnorrer (beggar) who lives on the charitable contributions of the Jews of lat…

California Coast Trails

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Joseph Smeaton Chase

In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Me…

The Curious Quest

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E. Phillips Oppenheim

A sweet, simple tale of how friendship and honesty triumph over money. The protagonist’s pun of a name—Ernest Bliss—foreshadows the plot in …

Reuben Sachs: A Sketch

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Amy Levy

Reuben Sachs is a London lawyer whose political aspirations do not include marriage to Judith Quixano, the daughter of a respectable but une…

Sons of the Covenant: A Tale of London Jewry

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Samuel Gordon

Born in London's poverty-stricken and heavily Jewish East End, the Lipcott boys create their own successes in life and love. The brothers' c…

An Angler's Hours

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Hugh Tempest Sheringham

One of the classic British books about angling. The author’s love was fly fishing—“…while there are trout, life is worth living…” but he was…

The Open Road

In The Wind in the Willows (version 3)

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Kenneth Grahame

The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river-bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has it all: excitement, sentiment, d…

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