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Author : Beth S. Wenger
Release : 2007
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 391/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Jewish Americans by : Beth S. Wenger
Download or read book The Jewish Americans written by Beth S. Wenger. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the story of Jews in America, from the mid-seventeenth century to the present day, examining the contributions of the Jewish people to American culture, politics, and society.
Author : Maurie Sacks
Release : 1995
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 531/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Active Voices by : Maurie Sacks
Download or read book Active Voices written by Maurie Sacks. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne Karpf
Release : 2008-09-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A Time to Speak Out by : Anne Karpf
Download or read book A Time to Speak Out written by Anne Karpf. This book was released on 2008-09-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this volume, a collection of strong Jewish voices come together to explore some of the most challenging issues facing diaspora Jews, notably in relation to the ongoing conflict in Israel-Palestine. Most of the contributors are signatories of the Independent Jewish Voices declaration which, when launched in 2007 in Britain, opened a floodgate of responses. This book bears witness to the urgency of that continuing debate. It provides powerful evidence of the vitality of independent Jewish opinion as well as demonstrating that criticism of Israel has a crucial role to play in the continuing history of a Jewish concern for social justice."--BOOK JACKET.
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Release : 2009-08-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 685/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Voices from Shanghai by :
Download or read book Voices from Shanghai written by . This book was released on 2009-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Hitler came to power and the German army began to sweep through Europe, almost 20,000 Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai. A remarkable collection of the letters, diary entries, poems, and short stories composed by these refugees in the years after they landed in China, Voices from Shanghai fills a gap in our historical understanding of what happened to so many Jews who were forced to board the first ship bound for anywhere. Once they arrived, the refugees learned to navigate the various languages, belief systems, and ethnic traditions they encountered in an already booming international city, and faced challenges within their own community based on disparities in socioeconomic status, levels of religious observance, urban or rural origin, and philosophical differences. Recovered from archives, private collections, and now-defunct newspapers, these fascinating accounts make their English-languge debut in this volume. A rich new take on Holocaust literature, Voices from Shanghai reveals how refugees attempted to pursue a life of creativity despite the hardships of exile.
Author : Shlomo Sand
Release : 2012-11-20
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 462/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Invention of the Land of Israel by : Shlomo Sand
Download or read book The Invention of the Land of Israel written by Shlomo Sand. This book was released on 2012-11-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a homeland and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land? Following the acclaimed and controversial The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the mysterious sacred land that has become the site of the longest-running national struggle of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Invention of the Land of Israel deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the Holy Land and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it. Sand’s account dissects the concept of “historical right” and tracks the creation of the modern concept of the “Land of Israel” by nineteenth-century Evangelical Protestants and Jewish Zionists. This invention, he argues, not only facilitated the colonization of the Middle East and the establishment of the State of Israel; it is also threatening the existence of the Jewish state today.
