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short definitions to lengthy essays, it
is as accessible as it is comprehensive.

The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mor-
tara
By David I. Kertzer; Knopf; $26.
"The extraordinary story of how the
Vatican's imprisonment of a 6-year-old
Jewish boy in 1858 helped bring about
the collapse of the pope's worldly pow-
er in Italy," is the subtitle of this story
which has been ignored by modern his-
torians.

Living History: A Memoir
By Chaim Herzog; Pantheon; $30.
Published less than six months be-
fore his death, the son of Ireland's chief
rabbi tells in his own words of his life
as a freedom fighter, army general, Is-
raeli ambassador and president of Is-
rael. Living History chronicles not only
his own life, but a history of events in
Israel.

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Getting Over Getting Older: An In-
timate Journey

By Letty Cottin Pegrebin; Berkley
Trade; $13.
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The best-selling author of Deborah,
Golda and Me and founding editor of
Ms. magazine has written a funny, self-
mocking and moving guide for the 77 million
baby boomer women beginning to turn 50.

Name: Shirley Wolk

Residence: Farmington Hills

Occupation: Retired Librarian

"I just finished a very interesting
book called The Lake in the Woocl.s
by Tim O'Brien. It's the story of a
Vietnam veteran who becomes a
politician. He's overcome by his
demons and the atrocities that
happened in the war; he has to deal
with the demons in his mind. Very
well-written."

Name: Ricky I3lumenstein

Residence: Bloomfield Township

Occupation: Real Estate Developer

"There are a couple of books. I just
read Snow Falling on Cedars by

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Founder: A Portrait Of The First Roth-
schild And His Time
By Amos Elon; Viking; $24.95.
The five Rothschild brothers — in London,
Frankfurt, Paris, Vienna and Naples — con-
trolled the finances of Europe more closely
than any family ever had. Meyer Amschel
Rothschild, the father of these brothers, was
born in a Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt. Founder
goes beyond biography, giving a depiction of
his time, the condition of the Jews and the
state of his Germany.

The Boys: The Story Of 732
Young Concentration Camp
Survivors
By Martin Gilbert; Henry Holt;
$30.
Sir Gilbert, one of the foremost
historians of the 20th century and
Winston Churchill's official biog-
rapher, has written extensively on
the Holocaust. Of The Boys, the
story of the "remnants" of the
death camps, London's The Times
said, "This is a book about coming
out of hell, about great evil, about
the triumph of the human spirit.
One is left with hope, and admi-
ration."

The Oxford Dictionary Of The
Jewish Religion
By R.J. Zwi Werblowsky and Ge-
offrey Wigoder; Oxford University
Press; $95.
The combined efforts of Israeli,
American and European scholars
have resulted in this dictionary of
the Jewish religion. Containing
nearly 2,400 alphabetically
arranged entries, ranging from

Mona In The Promised Land
By Gish Jen; Vintage Contemporaries; $12.
The author of Typical American returns to
the Chinese immigrant family of that novel
in this new one: The American-born daugh-
ter converts to Judaism while her Jewish
boyfriend gravitates toward Eastern mysti-
cism.

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