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Federica Francesconi writes the history of the Jewish merchants who lived and prospered in the northern Italian city of Modena, capital city of the Este Duchy, during the seventeenth and eighteenth ……続きを見る

The Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture is an extensively updated revision of the very successful Companion to Jewish Culture published in 1989 and has now been updated throughout. Experts from al……続きを見る

The question of how to preserve, construct or transform Jewish peoplehood consumed Jewish intellectuals in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Despite a rich array of writing from Jew……続きを見る

An extraordinary true story of survival against all odds - and a fascinating eyewitness account of one of the darkest periods in human history. 'A huge 5 stars for a story that had to be told. There……続きを見る

DAS STANDARDWERK ÜBER DIE DENKMÄLER ZUM NATIONALSOZIALISMUS IN TIROL Dieses UMFASSEND BEBILDERTE STANDARDWERK dokumentiert mehr als 200 ERINNERUNGSZEICHEN zu WIDERSTAND UND VERFOLGUNG IM NATIONALSOZ……続きを見る

In the late nineteenth century, Italians and Eastern European Jews joined millions of migrants around the globe who left their countries to take advantage of the demand for unskilled labor in rapidl……続きを見る

**"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."ーThe Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it als……続きを見る

This book presents a multidimensional case study of international human rights in the immediate post-Second World War period, and the way in which complex refugee problems created by the war were of……続きを見る

Although remembered and even lauded in the public mind as the British prime minister during the Second World War who played a major role in Allied victory over the Axis Powers and Japan, Winston Chu……続きを見る

'Het levensverhaal van Salo Muller, even hartverscheurend als hoopgevend, is geweldig meeslepend om te lezen.' Claudia de Breij Op wrede wijze wordt de zesjarige Salo Muller in 1942 na een razzia va……続きを見る

“Titan of Tehran,” a richly reported and elegantly rendered story, presents a compelling central character, historic sweep and moments that read like chapters in a thriller. The titan is Habib Elgha……続きを見る

In the era of the appeasement of the dictators, Samuel Untermyer stands out as a champion of the human rights of not just German Jewry, but of other persecuted communities in Germany such as trade u……続きを見る

For readers of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah who are looking for an immersive true account of Nazi-occupied Paris, Star-Crossed is an epic story of love and resistance during WW2 from the award-……続きを見る

When the Nazis came to power, they used various strategies to expel German Jews from social, cultural, and economic life. Fighter, Worker, and Family Man focuses on the gendered experiences and disc……続きを見る

***INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR BEN KINGSLEY** A powerful memoir by one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, Tova Friedman, following her childhood growing up during ……続きを見る

A Family Remembers is a collection of memories from a German-Jewish family during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Three personal narratives relate the day-to-day activities of life in ……続きを見る

Author and Astrologer Miriam Slozberg describes her own journey and the journeys of five other persons through their exploration of the soul, and reveals how the path toward healing may become known……続きを見る

This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual boo……続きを見る

A lyrical literary memoir that explores the exhilarating, discomforting, and ultimately healing process of Polish-Jewish reconciliation taking place in Poland today Although an estimated 80 percent ……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS Special Introduction Selections From The Talmud Translator's Introduction On Blessings On The Sabbatical Year On The Sabbath O……続きを見る

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestselling author of Alexander Hamilton, the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical, comes this definitive biography of the Warburgs, one of the great German-Jewis……続きを見る

Indiana Jones meets The Da Vinci Code in an old Egyptian synagoguethe amazing story of one of the most important discoveries in modern religious scholarship. In 1896, Rabbi Solomon Schechter of Camb……続きを見る

A new intellectual history that looks at "Jewish self-hatred" Today, the term "Jewish self-hatred" often denotes a treasonous brand of Jewish self-loathing, and is frequently used as a smear, such a……続きを見る

In this lively debut work of history, Edward Kritzler tells the tale of an unlikely group of swashbuckling Jews who ransacked the high seas in the aftermath of the Spanish Inquisition. At the end of……続きを見る

Prophets Without Honour: Freud, Kafka, Einstein, and Their World by Frederic V. Grunfeld (with an introduction by Michael Brenner; 134,000 words, 16 illustrations) Prophets Without Honour is a colle……続きを見る

Explains how Cairo came to have its important Genizah archive, how Cambridge developed its interests in Hebraica, and how a number of colourful figures brought about the connection between the two c……続きを見る

More than simply a method of communication shared by a common people, the Hebrew language was always an integral part of the Jewish cultural system and, as such, tightly interwoven into the lives o……続きを見る

Abraham Cohens Ancient Jewish Proverbs contains hundreds of Jewish proverbs and sayings, many from the Talmud and Mishna. The proverbs are divided into categories, such as Family Life, Human Existe……続きを見る

The real power of memory lies in the richness of experience a town such as Athens offered. I donʼt fully understand the strength of that bond, yet I feel the power of attachment. Some may despise th……続きを見る

The gripping story of the author’s aunt, a Jewish dance instructor who was betrayed to the Nazis by the two men she loved, yet managed to survive WWII by teaching dance lessons to the SS at Auschwit……続きを見る