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The Royal Purple and the Biblical Blue: Argaman and Tekhelet ...

The Royal Purple and the Biblical Blue: Argaman and Tekhelet ...

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CONTENTS President Chaim Herzog Foreword 7 Ehud Spanier and Moshe Ron Introduction 9 Sidney M. Edelstein Preface 1 1 Biography and Appreciation of Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog 1 5 Hebrew Porphyrology — the doctoral dissertation of ...
Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations ...

Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations ...

Paul Cronin

This edition of Herzog on Herzog presents a completely new set of interviews in which Werner Herzog discusses his career from its very beginnings to his most recent productions.
Conversations with Chaim Potok

Conversations with Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok Daniel Walden. An. Interview. with. Chaim. Potok. Lynn. Hinds. /. 1986. From WPSX-TV, April 7, 1986. Reprinted by permission of Penn State University. Hinds: Chances are that many of you have read some of Mr. Potok' s novels, ...
Herzog on Herzog

Herzog on Herzog

Werner Herzog

A collection of interviews with the respected European filmmaker discusses such topics as his first international success with Aguirre, The Wrath of God, his cast hypnosis during the making of Heart of Glass, and his more recent documentary ...
Chaim Potok

Chaim Potok

Edward A. Abramson

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Chaim Potok.
Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion

Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion

Sanford V. Sternlicht

An in-depth study of the eight major novels by renowned Jewish-American writer, Chaim Potok.
Chaïm Soutine

Chaïm Soutine

Klaus Carl

Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), the unconventional and controversial painter of Belorussian origin, combines influences of classic European painting with Post-Impressionism and Expressionism.
The Gates of November

The Gates of November

Chaim Potok

Now, Chaim Potok, beloved author of the award-winning novels The Chosen and My Name is Asher Lev, unfolds the gripping true story of a father, a son, and a conflict that spans Soviet history.
The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History

The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History

Timothy Corrigan

To his hardest critics, Herzog’s films appear as little more than Hollywood fantasies disguised as high seriousness. This book is an attempt to illuminate these contradictions.
Chaim Potok: Confronting Modernity Through the Lens of Tradition

Chaim Potok: Confronting Modernity Through the Lens of Tradition

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INTRODUCTION Daniel Walden Chaim Potok was a world-class writer and scholar, a Conservative Iew who wrote from and about his tradition and the conflicts between observance and acculturation. With a plain, straightforward style, his ...
Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of ...

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of ...

Werner Herzog

One of the most revered filmmakers of our time, Werner Herzog wrote this diary during the making of Fitzcarraldo, the lavish 1982 film that tells the story of a would-be rubber baron who pulls a steamship over a hill in order to access a ...
Weber and Toennies: Comparative Sociology in Historical ...

Weber and Toennies: Comparative Sociology in Historical ...

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Joseph B. Maier and Chaim I. Waxman, “Werner J. Cahnman: An Introduction to His Life and Work,” in Joseph B. Maier and Chaim I. Waxman, eds., Ethnicity, Identity, and History. Essays in Memory of Werner J. Cahnman (New Brunswick, ...
Image and Emotion in Voter Decisions: The Affect Agenda

Image and Emotion in Voter Decisions: The Affect Agenda

Renita Coleman

Weaver, David, Doris Graber, Maxwell McCombs, and Chaim Eyal. Media Agenda Setting in a Presidential Election: Issues, Images and Interest. New York: Praeger, 1981. Winter, James P., and Chaim Eyal. “Agenda Setting for the Civil Rights ...
A Companion to Werner Herzog

A Companion to Werner Herzog

Brad Prager

"A Companion to Werner Herzog represents more than two dozen original scholarly essays examining five decades of cinematic contributions by one of the world's most acclaimed and innovative filmmakers"--OCLC Continually blurring the line ...
Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and the ...

Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and the ...

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Seasons in Hell is a riotous, candid, irreverent behind-the-scenes account in the tradition of The Bronx Zoo and Ball Four, following the Texas Rangers from Whitey Herzog?s reign in 1973 through Billy Martin?s tumultuous tenure.
Davita's Harp

Davita's Harp

Chaim Potok

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The Chosen

The Chosen

Chaim Potok

The story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each.
In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Chaim Potok

As a young man, he must start anew and define his own path of personal belief that diverges sharply with his devout father and everything he has been taught.... From the Paperback edition.

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