The story of Ostrava and its Jews encapsulates in a small space (85 square miles) and a short time (ca. 150 years) a miniaturized history of Central Europe. It covers industrialization and massive eco
The story of Ostrava and its Jews encapsulates in a small space (85 square miles) and a short time (ca 150 years) a miniaturised history of Central Europe. It covers industrialisation and massive econ
This is the tragic story of Janusz Korczak (as featured in the major motion picture The Zookeeper's Wife) who chose to perish in Treblinka rather than abandon the Jewish orphans in his care. Korczak c
This meticulously researched new book from author Arye Oded analyzes Israel's complex relationship with African countries from the time period of the 1950s to the present day. There are three broad ph
Francine Lazarus survived WWII in Belgium hidden with strangers, isolated from her family, and moved from place to place. She witnessed murder and was often injured herself. With her father murdered i
Heggy, a writer and international petroleum strategist, continues his focus on the need for reforms in Egypt and the Middle East so they can rejoin the progress toward modern civilization. He points o
Dagmar Nick, a multiple literary prize-winner in her native Germany, has turned her considerable talents to researching her fascinating Jewish ancestry. She brings to life her family history through t
What is a philanthropist? Why do they do what they do? What impact do they have? What makes them tick? What in their personal biographies, their communities, their backgrounds, and their moment in tim
Abraham Joshua Heschel, a Jewish refugee from Nazism, became a significant theologian and social activist in the USA, though relatively unknown in the UK. The first part of this book contains a brief
How did United States-Iraq relations deteriorate into a double-feature war that destroyed Iraq's Ba'th regime, a secular sovereign government, and dragged the United States into an unforeseen chaos th
This is the story of perhaps the world's most unusual Jewish community, told through the eyes of the oldest member of one of its most unusual families. Solomon 'Momy' Levy is one of the best known fig
This book is the first comprehensive and impartial account of the ways in which people in the state of Israel grappled in the 1950s with the still fresh memory of the Holocaust and with finding a way
This memoir contains many fascinating vignettes about pre-war childhood in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, a child's-eye-view of the lost world of East European Jewry. It tells the tormented story of t
From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the Suez Crisis of 1956 Britain's strategic interests in Palestine and in the Middle East underwent radical changes. Professor Michael J. Cohen, a leading autho
On a spring day in 1277, the prominent Jewish businesswoman Licoricia of Winchester was found by her daughter, murdered, stabbed to death in her own house. Alongside Licoricia's body was that of her
Historian and political activist Forman (women's studies, U. of Toronto) was herself a child refugee in Switzerland during World War II. She was five to nine years old in 1942-46, so her memories, lik
Rabinovich (Middle Eastern history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) presents 21 essays he has penned in previous years on the topic of Syria. The essays revolve around three main themes: the evolution of the not
For many years, Israeli culture recoiled from dealing with the Holocaust from a humorous or satirical perspective. The perception was that a humorous approach might threaten the sanctity of its memory
Wartime Kindertranports were not the only case in which England permitted Jewish immigration to escape Nazi persecution. This book is presented as the first historical study of Jewish refugees from Au
Originally published in Hebrew in 1986 by Magnes Press, this edition contains additional material based on newly released Soviet archival sources. Govrin (retired diplomat; researcher, Hebrew U. of Je
Although Jews were readmitted to England in 1661, nearly 200 years later there was an election for Chief Rabbi where the short list of candidates was all German. Today the community takes its British
This is a personal account of a young boy's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Transnistria. The descriptions are presented against the background of unfolding events, combining personal recollectio
