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UK Holidays - The Complete Jewish Guide to France

The Complete Jewish Guide to France
List Price: $17.95
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Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.40484
EAN: 9780312244491
ISBN: 0312244495
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2001-09
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin

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Editorial Reviews:

The Complete Jewish Guide to France is the only resource you need to embark on a trip through Jewish France. Travel writer and journalist Toni L. Kamins catalogs information on well-known sights and little-known treasures, such as the Marais district (Paris's celebrated Jewish neighborhood), ancient ghettos, beautiful old synagogues around the country, and many other places. She includes information on transportation and lodging, plus hundreds of places to buy kosher food. Selected photographs and maps fill out the picture. Kamins also recounts the nearly two thousand years of French-Jewish history beginning with evidence that Jews may have lived in France as early as the first century, and continuing right up to the present day.

The Complete Jewish Guide to France has everything you need to know to make your trip to France a success-and to put it into a historical context that will make it even more worthwhile.



Spotlight customer reviews:

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Summary: Ce n'est pas bon
Comment: Je suis un ecrivain et je n'aime pas ce livre. J'ai vivé a Paris y le livre
ne m'aide pas trouver les places juifs dans ma belle cité. L'histoire de les
juives francaises es magnifique -- il y'a des autres livres superiors.
Au revoir et mazel tov!

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Summary: Not so hot
Comment: I agree with the reviewers who gave this book poor reviews. There are far better sources of this material than this poorly written book. It is not worth the money and I wouldn't bother to get it out of the library either.

Also, who reviews her own book but just uses the space to devalue another reviewer's honest opinion and then gives herself five stars? Weak ego!

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Summary: Question for Mr. Benoni of Amsterdam from the author
Comment: Mr. Benoni's charge about the quality of my research is really perplexing. So I invite him to demonstrate what has been left out and show me where on the internet he has found all the interesting stuff he claims I left out that would have been available five years ago when the book was being researched. He can e-mail me directly.

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Summary: To Be Honest: a Waste of Money !!
Comment: I sincerely doubt how honest some of the reviews of this book here are! It's simply not a good guide. Not that the author can't write, but the content is very poor. A search on the internet will reveal more information on the places you want to visit than you can find in this book. There are so many terrific places which aren't mentioned: in fact some of the most interesting synagogues France has to offer aren't included. Probably the author doesn't know them, which says a lot about the research she has done. A great subject to write a book about but unfortunately a missed opportunity!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Packed with information!
Comment: I heartily disagree with the Belgian reviewer who found the book lacking in little-known synagogues and other sites. (Which ones did he or she mean?) I'm an American Jew who lived in France for years and who visits regularly. I have used other supposedly complete Jewish guides and found them lacking because they usually just list kosher restaurants and synagogues currently open for prayer without offering any historical or social context. Miss Kamins's book does offer that context, plus fuller and more up to date listings than the other books have. And, if you want the small gems, you'll find them. She discusses the nooks and corners of Paris, plus she pays more attention to the glories of the Jewish life in the provinces than any of the other guides I've seen. If you want a full and lively guide to the rich history of Jewish places in France, buy this book!


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