Lawrence J. Epstein

Autor de The Haunted Smile: The Story of Jewish Comedians in America

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Sobre El Autor

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, mostrar más Converts to Judaism, and The Dream of Zion. mostrar menos

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

Conversion to Judaism : a guidebook (1994) 83 copias

A Treasury of Jewish Anecdotes (1977) 28 copias

At the Edge of a Dream: The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, 1880-1920 (Arthur Kurzweil Books) (2007) 23 copias

Readings on Conversion to Judaism (1995) 21 copias

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

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

A Treasury of Jewish Inspirational Stories (1707) 18 copias

Political Folk Music in America from Its Origins to Bob Dylan (2010) 15 copias

The Basic Beliefs of Judaism: A Twenty-first-Century Guide to a Timeless Tradition (2013) 12 copias

The Dead Don't Talk (2018) 11 copias

Americans and the Birth of Israel (2017) 9 copias

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

George Burns: An American Life (2011) 7 copias

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

The Land of Eighteen Dreams (2012) 5 copias

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

Targets (Singer and Walker #4) 4 copias

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

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

Exiles (2016) 3 copias

Should I Convert to Judaism? (2018) 2 copias

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Samuel Goldwyn (1981) 2 copias

The Starry Night of Death (2019) 2 copias

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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Anécdota (2) Biografía (3) Ciclo de vida (2) Ciudad de Nueva York (3) Comedia (11) comedians (3) Comunidad (2) Conversion to Judaism (2) Conversión (27) Cuentos (2) Entretenimiento (4) Estados Unidos de América (3) Historia (13) historical-1901-1945 (5) Humor (14) Inmigración (3) Jewish humor (3) Jewish way of life (2) Judaica (4) Judaísmo (24) judío (10) leido en 2009 (3) leyendo ahora (2) Libro electrónico (3) Lower East Side (3) Música (3) No ficción (8) Nueva York (3) Periodismo (2) pogroms (2) Política (2) Por leer (9) Propio (4) Religión (8) Rusia (2) shelved (3) Siglo XX (3) TBI Library (3) TempleConcord (3) ✓ (2)

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Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento: 1946
Género: male

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Back to Life (The Charlie Singer and Katie Walker… por 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… por 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… por 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) por 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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