Jewish History
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Divided We Stand
£40.00
A Journey with Judge Israel Finestein QC
Lang, Colin
The late Israel Finestein was an outstanding lawyer, historian and lay leader of the British Jewish community. This book of essays by his nephew, Colin Lang, in part an evocation, in part a continuation of his teachings, is a fitting tribute...
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East End Jews and Left-Wing Theatre
from £25.00
Alfie Bass, David Kossoff, Warren Mitchell and Lionel Bart
Seddon, Isabelle
This is a wonderful book that places these Jewish artists in a historical-cultural context. This is not only a British story, but a much wider Jewish one for which Isabelle Seddon provides many interesting insights.
Colin Shindler, The Jerusalem Post
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Emanuel Ringelblum and Reuven Ben-Shem's War Writings
£60.00
Perceptions of space in the Warsaw Ghetto
Nizan, Victoria
History and politics were two important concepts defining Jewish identity prior to the Second World War. This book explores how these were expressed in the war writings of Emanuel Ringelblum and Reuven Ben-Shem, inmates...
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Escape from Benghazi
£18.95
Diary of an Imposter
Meghnagi, EliaMeghnagi takes us on a cultural and political tour of Benghazi and its Jewish community in the twentieth century under Italian, British and Arab regimes. In doing so he reveals with a masterful and at times funny...
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Essentials of Jewish History
£45.00
Marlon, Brandon
An extremely well-researched and comprehensive overview of the significant personalities in Jewish history from Abraham to the present. An excellent resource for both the scholar and layman of Jewish history.
Rabbi Ken Spiro, Senior Lecturer & Researcher, Aish HaTorah, Jerusalem
Brandon Marlon has compiled an indispensable ‘Who’s Who’ of... -
Essentials of Jewish History Essentials of the Land of Israel
£63.00
2-Volume Set
Marlon, BrandonPurchase both volumes together at a 30% discount from the individual price
Essentials of Jewish History is a comprehensive compendium for ready reference. Both a typology of leadership roles (prophets; prophetesses; high priests; Judges; kings; queens; exilarchs; courtiers; Zionists; generals; sages) and a Who’s Who, its unique value...
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Essentials of the Land of Israel
£45.00
Marlon, Brandon
Essentials of the Land of Israel is an excellent resource for both the layman and scholar interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the geography and history of Israel.
Rabbi Ken Spiro, Senior Lecturer & Researcher, Aish HaTorah, Jerusalem
Brandon Marlon’s ready compendium of...
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Faith Against Reason
£19.95
Religious Reform and the British Chief Rabbinate, 1840-1990
Persoff, Meir
From the Reform secession of the 1840s and the founding of Liberal Judaism six decades later, to the 'Jacobs Affair' and the rise of Conservative (Masorti) theology towards the end of the twentieth century, the British Chief Rabbinate has faced challenges and...
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Family Albums
£25.00
Ostrava and its Jews Volume 2
Lawson, David and Salomonovičová, LibušeIn Volume I, Ostrava and its Jews, the authors present the story of the Ostrava Jewish Community from its beginning in the eighteenth century, through the Holocaust to the present. After the murder of almost all the Jewish population,...
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Fighting Back
£45.00
British Jewry's Military Contribution in the Second World War
Sugarman, Martin
This book is a response to the oft-perpetrated myths of Anglo-Jewry's lack of fighting spirit and its failure to participate in the Second World War. Anglo-Jewry has never formed more than about one half of one per cent of the population,...
