Jewish History

  • Jews, Horns and the Devil

    Jews, Horns and the Devil

    £25.00

    An Illustrated History

    Felton, Anton

    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 saved, how many millions of lives were not even lived, because of the climate...

  • King of Children

    King of Children

    £20.00

    The Life and Death of Janusz Korczak

    Lifton, Betty

    This is the tragic story of Janusz Korczak (as featured in the major motion picture The Zookeeper's Wife) who chose to perish in Treblinka rather than abandon the Jewish orphans in his care. Korczak comes alive in this acclaimed biography by Betty Jean...

  • Licoricia of Winchester

    Licoricia of Winchester

    £22.50

    Marriage, Motherhood and Murder in the Medieval Anglo-Jewish Community

    Bartlet, Suzanne

    Edited by: Skinner, Patricia

    On a spring day in 1277, the prominent Jewish businesswoman Licoricia of Winchester was found by her daughter murdered, stabbed to death in her own house. Alongside Licoricia's body was that of her Christian maid, Alice. Why was...

  • London Jews and British Communism 1935-1945

    London Jews and British Communism 1935-1945

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    Copyright: 2/1/1995

  • Loyal Sons

    Loyal Sons

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    Jews in the German Army in the Great War

    Appelbaum, Peter

    During World War I, approximately 100,000 Jews served in the German army, of whom around 80,000 fought on the Front and 12,500 were killed, died, or went missing in action. About 35,000 were decorated, 23,000 promoted, and more than 2,000 became...

  • Loyalty Betrayed

    Loyalty Betrayed

    £22.50

    Jewish Chaplains in the German Army During the First World War

    Appelbaum, Peter

    Around 30 Jewish chaplains served with honor and distinction in the German army during World War I, providing spiritual care for about 100,000 Jewish, as well as non-Jewish, soldiers, and also Jewish refugees made homeless by the Tsarist army....

  • Mandate

    Mandate

    £25.00

    The Palestine Crucible, 1919-1939
    Turnberg, Leslie 

    (A)n astonishing feat of scholarship and analysis that sits at the nexus of history, foreign policy and most importantly, a timely assessment of where Britain is heading based on the prison and prism of the past. It is...

  • Medicine

    Medicine

    £50.00

    From Biblical Canaan to Modern Israel
    Stanton, Stuart and Collins, Kenneth (Eds)

    In chapters that range from Babylonian and Biblical medicine to health and medicine under Ottoman and British Mandate authority to mainstream and complementary medical services in Israel today, this excellent collaborative volume by a...

  • Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism

    Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism

    £19.95

    A New Interpretation of Early American Jewish Life

    Leibman, Laura

    Winner of the 2012 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award in the Category of Cultural Studies and Media Studies, and in January 2013 a winner of a National Jewish Book Award in the category of American Jewish Studies, Messianism, Secrecy and Mysticism offers a...

  • Never Tell Anyone You’re Jewish

    Never Tell Anyone You’re Jewish

    £16.95

    My Family, the Holocaust and the Aftermath
    Chamberlain, Maria

    With a scientific mind and a profound personal dedication, Maria Chamberlain takes her reader on a journey into the family history. The book combines research and reflection, history and memory, and provides rare insights into...