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The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape

by Brian Ladd

Published: 1998-11-15

Paperback: 282 pages

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In this compelling work, Brian Ladd examines the ongoing conflicts radiating from the remarkable fusion of architecture, history, and national identity in Berlin. Ladd surveys the urban landscape, excavating its ruins, contemplating its buildings and memorials, and carefully deconstructing...

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The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch

by Sue Fishkoff

Published: 2005-01-04

Paperback: 368 pages

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“Excuse me, are you Jewish?” With these words, the relentlessly cheerful, ideologically driven emissaries of Chabad-Lubavitch approach perfect strangers on street corners throughout the world in their ongoing efforts to persuade their fellow Jews to live religiously observant lives. In...

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We Look Like the Enemy: The Hidden Story of Israel's Jews from Arab Lands

by Rachel Shabi

Published: 2009-01-02

Hardcover: 272 pages

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"There is a class split," writes Rachel Shabi, "that runs on ethnic lines"?specifically, between Jews of European origin and those whose ancestral homes were Arab countries. Middle Eastern Jews from Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Yemen, and other Arab lands make up nearly half of Israel's populatio...

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Jew Boy: A Memoir

by Alan Kaufman

Published: 2000-09-01

Hardcover: 402 pages

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Provides an autobiographical account of growing up with a mother traumatized by the Holocaust, finding Jewish identity, and discovering his gift as a poet.

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The Pope's Jews: The Vatican's Secret Plan to Save Jews from the Nazis

by Gordon Thomas

Published: 2012-10-02

Hardcover: 336 pages

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This revelatory account of how the Vatican saved thousands of Jews during WWII shows why history must exonerate "Hitler's Pope"Accused of being "silent" during the Holocaust, Pope Pius XII and the Vatican of World War II are now exonerated in Gordon Thomas's newest investigative work, The ...

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Chutzpah & High Heels: The Search for Love and Identity in the Holy Land

by Jessica Fishman

Published: 2017-02-07

Paperback: 336 pages

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Having grown up in Minnesota, Jessica Fishman moves to a land in the Middle East that is full of idiosyncrasies, terrorists, and beautiful, olive-skinned men. When she arrives in Israel, she is a wide-eyed immigrant hoping to survive on Zionism. But instead of working the land on a kibbutz or being swept...

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The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control

by Abraham H. Foxman

Published: 2007-09-17

Hardcover: 256 pages

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The representative of the Jewish community and staunch defender of human rights, Foxman delivers a powerful blow to such ideas as "The Israel Lobby." He shows how old stereotypes associated with the most virulent forms of bigotry have been resurfacing and taking subtle new forms. From Cart...

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Homesick (Hebrew Literature Series)

by Eshkol Nevo

Published: 2010-04-20

Paperback: 374 pages

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Moving from character to character, perspective to perspective, Homesick is a complex and moving portrait of parallel lives and failing love in a time of permanent war.

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Washing the Dead

by Michelle Brafman

Published: 2015-03-16

Kindle Edition: 345 pages

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Three Orthodox Jewish women search for truth amid a lifetime of secrets in this “heartfelt story of loss, hope, and reconciliation” (Booklist).   Barbara Blumfield, a big-hearted suburban Milwaukee mom and preschool teacher, was seventeen years old when her mother’s affair ripped he...

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Zion in the Desert: American Jews in Israel's Reform Kibbutzim (SUNY series in Israeli Studies)

by William F. S. Miles

Published: 2008-06-05

Paperback: 288 pages

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The first book about the only two Reform Movement kibbutzim in Israel.Zion in the Desert speaks to the millions of Jewish American baby boomers who at one time in their youth flirted with moving to Israel and may still wonder: “What would have happened to me? Who would I have become?” ...