Böcker i Judaic Studies Series-serien

A careful, well-documented description of an important moment in the history of Eastern Europe.

During the height of the Korean conflict, 1950-51, Orthodox Jewish chaplain Milton J. Rosen wrote 19 feature-length articles for Der Morgen Zhornal, a Yiddish daily in New York. Stanley R. Rosen has translated his father's articles into English and provides background on Milton Rosen's military service before and after the Korean conflict.

Youth Aliyah is considered by Israelis as a major contributor to the foundation of a Jewish presence leading to the modern state of Israel. Brian Amkraut details the story of the organisation from its origins through its alliances and antagonisms with other Jewish organisations, and the challenges that vexed its efforts from every side.

A work of both childhood memory and adult reflection undergirded with scholarly research, Ruth Herskovits Gutmann's powerful memoir recounts her life not only as a concentration camp inmate and survivor, but also as a sister and daughter.

The belief of the Jewish people that their race is eternal, but the fear that their generation might be the last, is (according to the author) heightened in the USA - nation of free, open pluralism of faith and ideology. The examination of this paradoxical vitality is the main focus of this book.

Offers an account of life in a small Polish-German town and provides information on the religious life of the Jewish citizens. This book creates a direct sense of the random, mystifying personal violence individuals felt at the hands of Germans - not the anonymous industrial death machine, but immediate, face-to-face violence.

This biography of a pioneering Zionist and leader of American Reform Judaism adds significantly to our understanding of American and southern Jewish history. Max Heller's life experience provides a distinct vantage point from which to view the complexity of race relations in New Orleans and the South and the confluence of cultures that molded his development as a leader.