Lawrence J. Epstein

Autore di The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America

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Sull'Autore

Lawrence J. Epstein is professor emeritus at Suffolk County Community College, where he taught courses on Jewish thought and culture. He served as adviser on the Middle East for two members of the United States Congress. He is the author of numerous books, including The Basic Beliefs of Judaism, mostra altro Converts to Judaism, and The Dream of Zion. mostra meno

Comprende il nome: Lawrence Jeffrey Epstein

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Danny Ryle

Daniel Levin

Opere di Lawrence J. Epstein

Popolari Recenti

The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America (2001) 94 copie

Conversion to Judaism : a guidebook (1994) 83 copie

A Treasury of Jewish Anecdotes (1977) 28 copie

At the Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, 1880-1920 (Arthur Kurzweil Books) (2007) 22 copie

Readings on Conversion to Judaism (1995) 21 copie

Mixed Nuts: America's Love Affair with Comedy Teams from Burns and Allen to Belushi and Aykroyd (2004) 19 copie

Questions and Answers on Conversion to Judaism (1998) 18 copie

A Treasury of Jewish Inspirational Stories (1707) 18 copie

Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan (2010) 14 copie

The Basic Beliefs of Judaism: A Twenty-first-Century Guide to a Timeless Tradition (2013) 11 copie

The Dead Don't Talk (2018) 10 copie

Americans and the Birth of Israel (2017) 9 copie

The Dream of Zion: The Story of the First Zionist Congress (2016) 8 copie

George Burns: An American Life (2011) 7 copie

Converts to Judaism: Stories from Biblical Times to Today (2015) 7 copie

The Land of Eighteen Dreams (2012) 5 copie

American Jewish Films: The Search for Identity (2013) 4 copie

Targets (Singer and Walker #4) 4 copie

The Hidden Hand of Death (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 1) (2020) 4 copie

The Theory and Practice of Welcoming Converts to Judaism: Jewish Universalism (Jewish Studies, Vol 13) (1992) 3 copie

Exiles (2016) 3 copie

Should I Convert to Judaism? (2018) 2 copie

The Ryder Code (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 3) (2020) 2 copie

A FIRE IN EVERY VEIN (The Walker West Mysteries Book 1) 2 copie

The First Mistake I Made Was Being Born (The Ethan Brady Mysteries Book 2) (2022) 2 copie

The Zero Commandment (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series #3) (2019) 2 copie

Graveyard Bound (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 6) (2021) 2 copie

Back to Life: A Hollywood Historical Mystery Novel (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series Book 1) (2017) 2 copie

The Dead (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 4) (2021) 2 copie

The Dead Crawl Home (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 2) (2020) 2 copie

Gentlemen Murder Blondes (The Jack Ryder Mysteries Book 5) (2021) 2 copie

Samuel Goldwyn (1981) 2 copie

The Starry Night of Death (2019) 2 copie

Zion's call : Christian contributions to the origins and development of Israel (1984) 1 copia

The Hunted Girl (The Danny Ryle Mysteries Book 4) (2019) 1 copia

Thou Shalt Not Kill Twice (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series #2) 1 copia

Back to Life (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker Mystery Series #1) 1 copia

A Death in the Promised Land (The Daniel Cresson Series Book 1) (2021) 1 copia

Speak, Death (The Daniel Cresson Series Book 2) (2021) 1 copia

A Darker Shade of Blood (The Danny Ryle Mysteries Book 2) (2019) 1 copia

The Mysteries Inside My Head 1 copia

The Voice of Death (The Danny Ryle Mysteries #5) 1 copia

The Gallery of Missing Husbands (2016) 1 copia

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Aneddoto (2) Biografia (3) ciclo vitale (2) comedians (3) Commedia (11) Comunità (2) Conversione (27) da leggere (9) EBook (3) Ebraismo (24) ebrei (10) Ghiur (2) Giornalismo (2) historical-1901-1945 (5) Immigrazione (3) in lettura (2) Intrattenimento (4) Jewish way of life (2) Judaica (4) Letto nel 2009 (3) Lower East Side (3) Musica (3) New York (stato) (3) New York City (3) Novecento (3) pogroms (2) Politica (2) posseduto (4) Religione (8) Russia (2) Saggistica (8) shelved (3) Stati Uniti d'America (3) Storia (13) storie (2) Storiella ebraica (3) TBI Library (3) TempleConcord (3) Umorismo (14) ✓ (2)

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Data di nascita: 1946
Sesso: male

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Back to Life (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker… di Lawrence J. Epstein

1939 and a pro-Nazi actress, Marthe Bevin, is killed in Hollywood. Meanwhile in New York Amy, wife of Charlie Singer is stabbed to death. When a man is arrested for Bevin's death, his mother contacts Singer for help.
A easy read, good mystery set at a quick pace.

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

Thou Shalt Not Kill Twice (The Charlie Singer and… di Lawrence J. Epstein

May 1940 and mystery writer Antonia Boswell is witness to a murder. A murder by Katie Walker who is soon arrested and charged. Charlie Singer is convinced she is innocent and tries with the help of his friends to prove this. But with many suspects and motives can they solve the case in time.
An enjoyable mystery story

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

The Zero Commandment (The Charlie Singer and Katie… di Lawrence J. Epstein

In New York City three men have been murdered, all Jews. Charlie Singer is called in to investigate when he saves a woman, Hannah Levinsky, from being beaten in a park.
An interesting mystery

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

Targets (Singer and Walker #4) di Lawrence J. Epstein

December 1941 and Singer and his team become involved in a case when Wynton, his butler, is shot. What possibly motive is there. Also Singer becomes convinced to deal with his father's death some years ago.
A enjoyable mystery

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Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |

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