In a book that emanates from his Hebrew work History, Memory and Propaganda (2007), Gelber (emeritus, U. of Haifa; Jewish peoplehood, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya) examines Israeli historiograph
Antisemitic cartoons have long been rife in the Arab-Muslim media. The September 2001 Durban Conference against Racism, intended to denounce and combat racism in all its forms, also featured the dist
French and Italian post-war cinema could be interpreted as relatively ambivalent to the Holocaust, and Lichtner (Victoria U., Wellington) examines several films with varying attitudes toward Shoah to
Dating back to early antiquity one of the central roles of rabbinic leadership has been the ability to analyse the key issues of the day and provide an appropriate response, drawing on the depth and b
The book's main theme is the interpretation of the Holocaust and genocide in historiography, philosophy and the contemporary culture of commemoration. Running through the essays is an attempt to under
Dating back to early antiquity one of the central roles of rabbinic leadership has been the ability to analyse the key issues of the day and provide an appropriate response, drawing on the depth and b
Rabbi Jacobs, with sixty years' experience of pulpit work to his credit, provides a number of homilies for each weekly portion of the modern sermon and for the chapters of Ethics of the Fathers. The t
Rabbi Jacobs, with sixty years' experience of pulpit work to his credit, provides a number of homilies for each weekly portion of the modern sermon and for the chapters of Ethics of the Fathers. The t
This book deals with the large variety of contacts that constitute intercultural relations. These studies suggest the different areas a?? literature, history, society a?? research can take to discover
This collection of twenty essays analyzes the encounters of the Yishuv (the Hebrew community in pre-state Israel) and Israeli society with the Holocaust while it occurred, and with its survivors. Sixt
Thanks to the might of Israel, even Diaspora Jews can hold their heads up high. So remarks Tomer in Amos Oz’s 1966 novel Elsewhere, Perhaps. This quotation speaks to the profound impact which Zi
Ernest Levy, the youngest of eight, was born into a strong Orthodox family and achieved his Bar Mitzvah as Nazism reached into Czechoslovakia and expelled Jews of Hungarian origin back across the bord
Rosemary Schonfeld grew up as the daughter of a Czech immigrant in post-war UK and Canada, unaware of her father’s Jewish identity and of what really happened to his absent relatives. In adultho
Cartoons uniting visual representation with cultural associations, can cause devastation. One picture may save a thousand words but we will never know how many hundreds of thousands of lives were not
Can we have an objective history of a modernist event such as the Holocaust? How much 'historical distance' does, can, or should a historian have? Since Hayden White's Metahistory (1973) we have becom
Cohen recounts the campaign by British Member of Parliament Rathbone (1872-1946) on behalf of Europe's Jewish refugees, and her commitment to the refugee question during the Nazi era--an effort that s
Paul Levine presents here for the first time the true history of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the most-famous heroes of the Holocaust. It is the first scholarly study of Wallenberg and Swedish diplomacy i
Today Raoul Wallenberg is a symbol of the ultimate Righteous Gentile, a cross between the Scarlet Pimpernel and Elijah, who was martyred for his actions. In the minds of those he saved, he was a genui
How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works is the first comprehensive collection of Korczak’s works translated into English. It contains his most important pedagogical writings, journal articles, as
How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works is the first comprehensive collection of Korczak’s works translated into English. It contains his most important pedagogical writings, journal articles, as
How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works is the first comprehensive collection of Korczak’s works translated into English. It contains his most important pedagogical writings, journal a
How to Love a Child and Other Selected Works is the first comprehensive collection of Korczak’s works translated into English. Volume 1 comprises three pedagogical works, the first being How to
In a feminine approach to Holocaust studies, Dublon-Knebel (German history, Tel Aviv U., Israel) presents the product of an Israeli-German team of female historians and sociologists on Jewish inmates
Because progressive Jewish organizations including the Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Congress supported workers' and civil rights in the early Cold War years, and the Jewish Communist Par
Communist opposition to Zionism has a long history which pre-dates both the Russian Revolution and the Balfour Declaration of November 1917. Yet the Communist and Marxist critique of Zionism has alway
