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			Aquariums Of Pyongyang Ten Years In The North Korean Gulag By Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot, Translated by Yair Reiner Published by Basic Books www.basicbooks.com
		"The Aquariums of Pyongyang is one of the most terrifying memoirs I have ever read. As the first such account to emerge from North Korea, it is destined to become a classic. Kang Chol-hwan's beloved—but doomed—aquarium is a microcosm of his boyhood in a North Korean prison camp: a world of constant surveillance, isolation, and death." —Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking North Korea is one of the most heavily guarded countries in the world, its gulags, even more so. Virtually no Westerners have gained access to these top-secret state-run camps. Years of torture and deprivation have continued unabated, with no possible relief for the thousands who remain wrongly imprisoned. In the AQUARIUMS OF PYONGYANG, Kang Chol-hwan provides the first personal documentary account of life in one of these camps; he is the first survivor and escapee to openly reveal his experiences in one of these brutal Communist labor camps. North Korea today is one of the last bastions of hard-line Communism. No organized opposition exists, either at home or abroad, and until recently, no one ever managed to leave the country. In horrific detail, Kang documents his years in the camps, which included: • Forced labor in dangerous weather conditions • Starvation rations with bugs and rats to supplement the diet • Severe mental repression and abuse • Families and loved-ones torn apart forever Kang Chol-hwan was arrested at the age of nine with his sister, father, uncle and grandmother for a "crime of high treason", after his grandfather, a high-level government bureaucrat, mysteriously disappeared. Thus began ten years of physical and emotional abuse, including twelve-hour workdays, two hours of daily "political training" and nearstarvation rations, that included a supplement of rats and bugs. The AQUARIUMS OF PYONGYANG seeks to inform the public about the terrible suffering that continues in North Korea today. It will serve as a wake-up call to the human rights organizations; up to 200,000 people are thought to be imprisoned in these camps today. With recent political developments in the Koreas, including the normalization of relations between North and South, and the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the President of South Korea, the terrible human rights violations in the North should not be whitewashed. It would be tragic if these victims were forgotten. ABOUT THE AUTHORS/TRANSLATOR: Kang Chol-hwan lives and works in Seoul, where he is a staff writer for Chosun nbo7 a daily newspaper in South KoIea. Pierre Rigoulot is one of the contributing editors to The Black Book of Communism (Harvard University Press) an 800-page compendiurn of the crimes of Cornrnunist regimes around the world. First published by Editions Laffont in 1997, it became an international bestseller and has been translated and published in 28 languages. He lives in Paris. Yair Reiner is a translator, writer, and radio producer who lives in Brooklyn, NY. AQUARIUMS OF PYONGYANG: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag By Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot Translated by Yair Reiner Published by Basic Books Distributed by HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN: 0-465-01101-2/$24.00/238 pages.
					To Be A Jew and To Pray As A Jew By Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin Published by Basic Books www.basicbooks.com "Rabbi Donin has, in a clear, concise, and easy-to-read manner, revealed the basic laws, customs and guiding principles of Judaism to vast audiences. I have personally given away hundreds of copies as gifts and enthusiastically welcome its reprinting." —Rabbi Steven Dworken, Executive Vice President, Rabbinical Council of America After being in print for thirty years and selling over a quarter-million copies TO BE A JEW along with TO PRAY AS A JEW returns to hardcover, passing on the ageless heritage of Judaism to new generations. These unique treasuries of practical information and daily inspiration have long been acknowledged as classic guides to traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to contemporary daily life. In TO BE A JEW: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life, Rabbi Donin presents the laws and observances for daily life as well as for the major and minor holidays. This classic text includes chapters on the underlying creed of Judaism, ethics, the Torah and the Commandments, and other topics that make it an indispensable summary and rationale of the Jewish Law for our time. In TO PRA Y AS A JEW: A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service, Rabbi Donin guides us through the entire prescribed course of Jewish liturgy, passage by passage, ritual by ritual, from the simplest details of how to comport oneself on entering a synagogue to the most profound and moving comments on the prayers themselves. Unsurpassed for beginners as well as the religiously observant, this book is an indispensable guide to a fuller comprehension of the ritual practices and to the vast treasures embedded in Jewish tradition. TO BE A JEW and TO PRAY AS A JEW have been enthusiastically embraced through the years by hundreds of thousands of readers hungry for clear, comprehensive explanations of the ageless heritage of Judaism. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The late RABBI HAYIM HALEVY DONIN was Rabbi of Congregation B'nai David in Southfield, Michigan, and Adjunct Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Detroit. Through his classic books, and years of educational work in Detroit and Israel, Rabbi Donin dedicated his life to providing quality Jewish education. TO BE A JEW: A Guide to Jewish Observance in Contemporary Life By Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin Revised Foreword by Norman Lamm Published by Basic Books, Distributed by HarperCollins. ISBN: 0-465-08624-1/ $30.00/368 pages TO PRAY AS A JEW: A Guide to the Prayer Book and Synagogue Service By Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin Published by Basic Books, Distributed by HarperCollins. ISBN: 0-465-08629-4/$30.00/416 pages. This website: Copyright © 2002 Dream World Media, LLC. / Urban Mozaik Magazine. All rights reserved. The opinions expressed in Urban Mozaik Magazine are not necessarily those of Urban Mozaik Magazine and the publisher cannot be held responsible for them. This website/publication, in whole or in part, may not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher.