The Mazal Holocaust Collection. Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-243). Table of Contents: 1. Historical outline: Exile, Restoration and Diaspora -- 2. Diaspora: the historical background -- 3. Italy: Rome and the Jews -- 4. Syria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Egypt, Cyrene -…
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The Mazal Holocaust Collection. Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-243). Table of Contents: 1. Historical outline: Exile, Restoration and Diaspora -- 2. Diaspora: the historical background -- 3. Italy: Rome and the Jews -- 4. Syria, Phoenicia, Judaea, Egypt, Cyrene -…
In this provocative book, Goldberg launches a bold attack on what he calls the "Holocaust cult," challenging Jews to return to a deeper, richer sense of purpose. He argues that this cult - with shrines like the U.S. Holocaust Museum, high priests such as Elie Wiesel, and rites l…
In 1996 the world commemorates the 900th anniversary of the First Crusade or, more precisely, of the pogroms unleashed by the crusade upon the Jews of the Rhineland. In the Year 1096 ... presents a clear, highly readable chronicle of the events of 1096. Noted teacher and histori…
When Hitler marched into Austria in March 1938, the country's Jewish population numbered nearly 200,000. Those Jews who were able to find refuge in neutral countries were safe; those who fled to countries subsequently overrun by the Nazis were eventually hunted down. Between 193…
1. Bulgaria, Germany, and the Jews -- 2. Anti-semitic legislation in Bulgaria -- 3. Preparation for deportation -- 4. Deportation from the new territories -- 5. The failure of the deportations from Bulgaria -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix I. Jewish consistories in Bulgaria -- Appe…
Stella Suberman recalls her youth in 1920s Concordia, Tennessee, where her father, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, ran a dry goods store, which became locally known as "the Jew store" in the predominantly Christian small town.
"Erich Arndt, his wife Ellen (nee Lewinsky) and his sister Ruth Arndt Gumpel, now living in the USA, here tell their story in detail for the first time. They have long felt that the world should be told that anti-Semitism was not as ubiquitous among ordinary Germans as has previ…
Describes Jewish attempts to facilitate the emigration of German Jews to Palestine (1933-38) and, during the war, to prevent deportation and annihilation through negotiations with Nazi representatives. Examines the main stages of the Transfer Agreement. Focuses on contacts of Je…
Analyzes the position of Jews in Poland in the 16th-18th centuries, up to Poland's final partition. States that Poland was not able to modernize its backward social, economic, and political systems. Jews were blamed for failure to modernize, which contributed to economic antisem…
"To describe what it meant to be a Jew in India, Roland draws on a wealth of materials such as Indian Jewish periodicals, official and private archives, and extensive interviews. Historians, Judaic studies specialists, India area scholars, postcolonialists, and sociologists will…