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bookstore
Persian-language bookstore Ketab Corp. closes but maintains its mission
Tabby Refael
September 19, 2017
Holland’s largest Hebrew bookstore shutters doors
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
One of Western Europe’s largest Hebrew bookstores closed in Amsterdam as its former owners prepare to immigrate to Israel.
Unthinkable: Man opens bookstore
Jewish Journal
July 25, 2012
If it weren’t for a small red neon sign that said “books,” I probably wouldn’t have made a right turn on Idaho Avenue last Saturday night to discover Tony Jacobs’ little storefront masterpiece. I was on my way to the Nuart to catch a late film with a friend, and we figured we would find parking on Sawtelle Boulevard.
Spain’s high court overturns Nazi bookstore conviction
Jewish Journal
June 6, 2011
Spain\’s Jewish community has slammed a ruling by the country\’s Supreme Court that overturns the conviction of four people connected to a Barcelona bookstore that sold Nazi literature. The four connected to the now defunct bookshop, Kalki, had been found guilty by a lower court of fostering xenophobia and anti-Semitism through the selling of Nazi literature. The acquittals include a publisher in the nearby town of Molins de Rei.
An Eye for Modernism
Michael Aushenker
November 14, 2002
On March 5, 1936, Julius Shulman was awestruck when he saw the Hollywood Hills home designed by legendary California Modernist architect Richard Neutra.
The Nachas of Books
Amy Sara Clark
June 27, 2002
Until recently, it seemed you could find Yiddish books only in obscure libraries or in the attic of the house of someone\’s grandparents.
Hidden Stacks
Sheldon Teitelbaum
May 31, 2001
Read any good Hebrew books lately?
If you live in the Valley — we\’ll assume you read Hebrew — you\’ll most likely have picked up the latest Ram Oren techno-thriller or Naomi Ragen frummie-potboiler at the recently opened Steimatzky bookstore on Ventura Boulevard near Corbin.
Preemptive Strike Against Hate
Michael Aushenker
September 21, 2000
One would think that a Barnes & Noble store would be the last place someone would be encouraged to close a book, yet that is exactly what Barnes & Noble Booksellers, along with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Scholastic Books, wants children to do.
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