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In the East

How My Father and a Quarter Million Polish Jews Survived the Holocaust

by Mikhal Dekel ...

**A Finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Chautauqua Prize"Not simply another detail of the Holocaust but a matter of enduring existential, psychological and moral reflection." —Johnathan Brent, New York Times Book ReviewWith a new epilogue and reading group guide featuring a Q&A and commentary with Tara Zahra**Despite decades of ... Read more

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**A Finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Chautauqua Prize"Not simply another detail of the Holocaust but a matter of enduring existential, psychological and moral reflection." —Johnathan Brent, New York Times Book ReviewWith a new epilogue and reading group guide featuring a Q&A and commentary with Tara Zahra**Despite decades of
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Tehran Children

A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey

by Mikhal Dekel ...

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Fleeing East from Nazi terror, over a million Polish Jews traversed the Soviet Union, many finding refuge in Muslim lands. Their story—the extraordinary saga of two thirds of Polish Jewish survivors—has never been fully told.Author Mikhal Dekel's father, Hannan Teitel, and her aunt Regina were two of these refugees. After they fled the town in eastern Poland where their family had been successful ... Read more

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Fleeing East from Nazi terror, over a million Polish Jews traversed the Soviet Union, many finding refuge in Muslim lands. Their story—the extraordinary saga of two thirds of Polish Jewish survivors—has never been fully told.Author Mikhal Dekel's father, Hannan Teitel, and her aunt Regina were two of these refugees. After they fled the town in eastern Poland where their family had been successful
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The Orientalist

Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

by Tom Reiss ...

Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany, ... Read more

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Part history, part cultural biography, and part literary mystery, The Orientalist traces the life of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince and became a best-selling author in Nazi Germany.Born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the oil-boom city of Baku, at the edge of the czarist empire, Lev escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan. He found refuge in Germany,
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Arabs and Jews in Ottoman Palestine

Two Worlds Collide

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The historian and expert on Israeli-Palestinian relations offers "a well-written, well-balanced" account of cultural conflicts in the region before WWI (Anita Shapira, author of Israel: A History).When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Some discussions focus on the 1967 war, some go back to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and others look to the beginning of the British Mandate in ... Read more

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The historian and expert on Israeli-Palestinian relations offers "a well-written, well-balanced" account of cultural conflicts in the region before WWI (Anita Shapira, author of Israel: A History).When did the Arab-Israeli conflict begin? Some discussions focus on the 1967 war, some go back to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and others look to the beginning of the British Mandate in
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Underground to Palestine

And Other Writing on Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East

by I. F. Stone ...

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A moving and unforgettable eyewitness account of the courageous exodus of Holocaust survivors from post–World War II Europe to the Promised Land, now expanded with Stone's frontline reporting on the Arab-Israeli crises of 1948–49 and the Suez War of 1956, and with a new foreword by D. D. GuttenplanIn the spring of 1946, American journalist I. F. Stone embarked on an incredible adventure, ... Read more

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A moving and unforgettable eyewitness account of the courageous exodus of Holocaust survivors from post–World War II Europe to the Promised Land, now expanded with Stone's frontline reporting on the Arab-Israeli crises of 1948–49 and the Suez War of 1956, and with a new foreword by D. D. GuttenplanIn the spring of 1946, American journalist I. F. Stone embarked on an incredible adventure,
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Death on the Black Sea

The Untold Story of the 'Struma' and World War II's Holocaust at Sea

by Douglas Frantz, Catherine Collins ...

"A meticulous, judicious, at times searing chronicle" of the Struma disaster. "It will leave no reader unmoved" ( Chicago Tribune) .On the morning of February twenty-four, 1942, on the Black Sea near Istanbul, an explosion ripped through a decrepit former cattle barge filled with Jewish refugees. One man clung fiercely to a piece of deck, fighting to survive. Nearly eight hundred others—among them ... Read more

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"A meticulous, judicious, at times searing chronicle" of the Struma disaster. "It will leave no reader unmoved" ( Chicago Tribune) .On the morning of February twenty-four, 1942, on the Black Sea near Istanbul, an explosion ripped through a decrepit former cattle barge filled with Jewish refugees. One man clung fiercely to a piece of deck, fighting to survive. Nearly eight hundred others—among them
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1947

Where Now Begins

by Elisabeth Åsbrink ...

Translated by Fiona Graham ...

**“One of the best books, certainly the best nonfiction book, that I've read recently.” —Nancy Pearl on NPR’s Morning Edition“An extraordinary achievement.” —New York Times Book ReviewAn award-winning writer captures a year that defined the modern world, intertwining historical events around the globe with key moments from her personal history.**The year 1947 marks a turning point in the twentieth ... Read more

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**“One of the best books, certainly the best nonfiction book, that I've read recently.” —Nancy Pearl on NPR’s Morning Edition“An extraordinary achievement.” —New York Times Book ReviewAn award-winning writer captures a year that defined the modern world, intertwining historical events around the globe with key moments from her personal history.**The year 1947 marks a turning point in the twentieth
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The Seventh Million

The Israelis and the Holocaust

by Tom Segev ...

Translated by Haim Watzman ...

A Ha'aretz columnist sheds critical light on the complex relationship between Israel and the Holocaust in this "frank and eye-opening" history ( The New York Times Book Review).The Seventh Million is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands of declassified documents, Tom Segev ... Read more

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A Ha'aretz columnist sheds critical light on the complex relationship between Israel and the Holocaust in this "frank and eye-opening" history ( The New York Times Book Review).The Seventh Million is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands of declassified documents, Tom Segev
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On Zionist Literature

by Ghassan Kanafani ...

Translated into English for the first time after its publication in 1967, Ghassan Kanafani's On Zionist Literature makes an incisive analysis of the literary fiction written in support of the Zionist colonization of Palestine.Interweaving his literary criticism of works by George Eliot, Arthur Koestler, and many others with a historical materialist narrative, Kanafani identifies the political ... Read more

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Translated into English for the first time after its publication in 1967, Ghassan Kanafani's On Zionist Literature makes an incisive analysis of the literary fiction written in support of the Zionist colonization of Palestine.Interweaving his literary criticism of works by George Eliot, Arthur Koestler, and many others with a historical materialist narrative, Kanafani identifies the political
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Sultanic Saviors and Tolerant Turks

Writing Ottoman Jewish History, Denying the Armenian Genocide

by Marc David Baer ...

An examination of why Jews promote a positive image of Ottomans and Turks while denying the Armenian genocide and the existence of antisemitism in Turkey.Based on historical narrative, the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 were embraced by the Ottoman Empire and then, later, protected from the Nazis during WWII. If we believe that Turks and Jews have lived in harmony for so long, then how can we ... Read more

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An examination of why Jews promote a positive image of Ottomans and Turks while denying the Armenian genocide and the existence of antisemitism in Turkey.Based on historical narrative, the Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 were embraced by the Ottoman Empire and then, later, protected from the Nazis during WWII. If we believe that Turks and Jews have lived in harmony for so long, then how can we
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Jerusalem 1913

The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

by Amy Dockser Marcus ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter examines the true history of the discord between Israel and Palestine with surprising resultsThough the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict have traditionally been traced to the British Mandate (1920-1948) that ended with the creation of the Israeli state, a new generation of scholars has taken the investigation further back, to the Ottoman period. The first ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter examines the true history of the discord between Israel and Palestine with surprising resultsThough the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict have traditionally been traced to the British Mandate (1920-1948) that ended with the creation of the Israeli state, a new generation of scholars has taken the investigation further back, to the Ottoman period. The first
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Icon of Evil

Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam

by David G. Dalin, John F. Rothmann ...

A chilling, fascinating, and nearly forgotten historical figure is resurrected in a riveting work that links the fascism of the last century with the terrorism of our own. Written with verve and extraordinary access to primary sources in several languages, Icon of Evil is the definitive account of the man who during World War II was called “the führer of the Arab world” and whose ugly legacy lives ... Read more

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A chilling, fascinating, and nearly forgotten historical figure is resurrected in a riveting work that links the fascism of the last century with the terrorism of our own. Written with verve and extraordinary access to primary sources in several languages, Icon of Evil is the definitive account of the man who during World War II was called “the führer of the Arab world” and whose ugly legacy lives
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