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Heart Songs - A Holocaust Memoir (Hardcover): Barbara Gilford Heart Songs - A Holocaust Memoir (Hardcover)
Barbara Gilford
R890 Discovery Miles 8 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Last Train to Auschwitz - The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability (Hardcover): Sarah Federman Last Train to Auschwitz - The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability (Hardcover)
Sarah Federman
R2,376 Discovery Miles 23 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the immediate decades after World War II, the French National Railways (SNCF) was celebrated for its acts of wartime heroism. However, recent debates and litigation have revealed the ways the SNCF worked as an accomplice to the Third Reich and was actively complicit in the deportation of 75,000 Jews and other civilians to death camps. Sarah Federman delves into the interconnected roles-perpetrator, victim, and hero-the company took on during the harrowing years of the Holocaust. Grounded in history and case law, Last Train to Auschwitz traces the SNCF's journey toward accountability in France and the United States, culminating in a multimillion-dollar settlement paid by the French government on behalf of the railways.The poignant and informative testimonies of survivors illuminate the long-term effects of the railroad's impact on individuals, leading the company to make overdue amends. In a time when corporations are increasingly granted the same rights as people, Federman's detailed account demonstrates the obligations businesses have to atone for aiding and abetting governments in committing atrocities. This volume highlights the necessity of corporate integrity and will be essential reading for those called to engage in the difficult work of responding to past harms.

Remembering Rohatyn and Its Environs - 2nd Edition (Hardcover): Dora Gold Shwarzstein Remembering Rohatyn and Its Environs - 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
Dora Gold Shwarzstein; Foreword by Michael Berenbaum
R1,010 Discovery Miles 10 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dukor - A Memoir (Hardcover): Daniel Charney, Skakun Dukor - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Daniel Charney, Skakun
R1,109 R938 Discovery Miles 9 380 Save R171 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nirelle - Memories of Escape and Survival (Hardcover): Elizabeth Silverstein Nirelle - Memories of Escape and Survival (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Silverstein
R783 Discovery Miles 7 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Against Apion Hardcover (Hardcover): Flavius Josephus Against Apion Hardcover (Hardcover)
Flavius Josephus
R688 R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Save R79 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Friends from Within - Faith in humanity is tested to its limits when a young man fights to survive the Holocaust (Hardcover):... Friends from Within - Faith in humanity is tested to its limits when a young man fights to survive the Holocaust (Hardcover)
Amrom Gottesman
R614 R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Early-Roman Period (30 BCE-117 CE) (Hardcover): Noah Hacham, Tal Ilan The Early-Roman Period (30 BCE-117 CE) (Hardcover)
Noah Hacham, Tal Ilan; Contributions by Deborah Jacobs, Meron M. Piotrkowski, Zsuzsanna Szanto
R3,607 Discovery Miles 36 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The period between the Roman take-over of Egypt (30 BCE) and the failure of the Jewish diaspora revolt (115-117 CE) witnessed the continual devaluation in the status of the Jews in Egypt, and culminated in the destruction of its Jewish community. This volume collects and presents all papyri, ostraca, amulets and inscriptions from this early Roman period connected to Jews and Judaism, published since 1957. It is a follow-up of the 1960 volume 2 of the Corpus Papyrorum Judaicarum. It includes over 80 documents in Greek, Demotic, and Hebrew, both documentary and literary. The expansion of the scope of documents, to include languages other than Greek and genres beyond the documentary, allows for a better understanding of the life of the Jews in Egypt. The documents published in this volume shed new light on aspects discussed previously: The Demotic papyri better explain the Jewish settlement in Edfu, new papyri reveal more about Jewish tax, about the Acta papyri, and about the developments of the Jewish revolt. The magical papyri help explain cultural developments in the Jewish community of Egypt. This volume is thus a major contribution to the study of the decline of the greatest diaspora Jewish community in antiquity.

Bridging Worlds - Poetry and Philosophy in the Works of Immanuel of Rome (Hardcover): Dana W. Fishkin Bridging Worlds - Poetry and Philosophy in the Works of Immanuel of Rome (Hardcover)
Dana W. Fishkin
R2,759 Discovery Miles 27 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ma?berot Immanuel is a collection of twenty-eight chapters in Hebrew of rhymed prose and poetry written by the poet and amateur philosopher Immanuel of Rome during an era of rapid political change in late medieval Italy. The final chapter, Mah?beret Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-'Eden (A Tale of Heaven and Hell), like Dante's Commedia, depicts Immanuel's visits to hell and heaven. Bridging Worlds focuses on the interrelation of Immanuel's belletristic work and biblical exegesis to advance a comprehensive and original reading of this final chapter. By reading Immanuel's philosophical commentaries and literary works together, Dana Fishkin demonstrates that Immanuel's narrative made complex philosophical ideas about the soul's quest for immortality accessible to an educated populace. Throughout this work, she explains the many ways Mah?beret Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-'Eden serves as a site of cultural negotiation and translation. Bridging Worlds broadens our understanding of the tensions inherent in the world of late medieval Jewish people who were deeply enmeshed in Italian culture and literature, negotiating two cultures whose values may have overlapped but also sometimes clashed. Fishkin puts forth a valuable and refreshing perspective alongside previously unknown sources to breathe new life into this extremely rich and culturally valuable medieval work.

The Promised Land (Hardcover): Mary Antin The Promised Land (Hardcover)
Mary Antin
R874 Discovery Miles 8 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
There Was a Fire - Jews, Music and the American Dream (revised and updated) (Hardcover): Ben Sidran There Was a Fire - Jews, Music and the American Dream (revised and updated) (Hardcover)
Ben Sidran
R830 Discovery Miles 8 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Memorial Book of Kobylnik (Narach, Belarus) - Translation of Sefer Kobylnik (Hardcover): Yitzhak Siegelman Memorial Book of Kobylnik (Narach, Belarus) - Translation of Sefer Kobylnik (Hardcover)
Yitzhak Siegelman; Compiled by Anita Frishman Gabbay; Cover design or artwork by Jan Fine
R1,174 Discovery Miles 11 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Judaism and Homosexuality - An Authentic Orthodox View (Hardcover, New): Rabbi Chaim Rapoport Judaism and Homosexuality - An Authentic Orthodox View (Hardcover, New)
Rabbi Chaim Rapoport; Introduction by Jonathan Sacks; Preface by Berel Berkovits
R1,516 Discovery Miles 15 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In light of modern changes in attitude regarding homosexuality, and recent controversy surrounding Government legislation, Orthodox Rabbi Chaim Rapoport, Chief Medical Advisor in the Cabinet of the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth, explores the Jewish stance on homosexuality. Rabbi Rapoport combines an unswerving commitment to Jewish Law, teachings and values with a balanced, understanding perspective that has, arguably, been lacking among many in the Orthodox Jewish establishment. This work represents a milestone in understanding an issue at the heart of a great deal of debate, not to mention prejudice and discrimination. It will undoubtedly be a vehicle for future discussion and will serve as a brick in the wall of an increasingly harmonious World Jewish Community. The book combines clearly written prose for instant and easy access with exhaustive endnotes for all those who wish to explore the issue further. Judaism and Homosexuality is the first word on Orthodox att

Lake Waubeeka - A Community History (Hardcover): Jeffrey S Gurock Lake Waubeeka - A Community History (Hardcover)
Jeffrey S Gurock
R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Jews of Czestochowa (Czestochowa, Poland) - Translation of Tshenstokhover Yidn (Hardcover): Raphael Mahler The Jews of Czestochowa (Czestochowa, Poland) - Translation of Tshenstokhover Yidn (Hardcover)
Raphael Mahler; Translated by Gloria Berkenstat Freund; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper
R1,617 Discovery Miles 16 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Smorgonie, District Vilna; Memorial Book and Testimony (Smarhon, Belarus) - Translation of Smorgon mehoz Vilno; sefer edut... Smorgonie, District Vilna; Memorial Book and Testimony (Smarhon, Belarus) - Translation of Smorgon mehoz Vilno; sefer edut ve-zikaron (Hardcover)
Abba Gordin, Honoch Levin, Marc D Hodies
R1,585 Discovery Miles 15 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Sepher Yosippon - A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel (Hardcover): Steven B. Bowman Sepher Yosippon - A Tenth-Century History of Ancient Israel (Hardcover)
Steven B. Bowman
R3,003 Discovery Miles 30 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The seminal medieval history of the Second Commonwealth period of ancient Jewish history. Sepher Yosippon was written in Hebrew by a medieval historian and noted by modern scholars for its eloquent style. This is the first known chronicle of Jewish history and legend-from Adam to the destruction of the Second Temple-since the canonical histories written by Flavius Josephus in Greek and later translated by Christian scholars into Latin. Sepher Yosippon has been cited and referred to by scholars, poets, and authors as the authentic source for ancient Israel for over a millennium, until overshadowed by the twentiethcentury Hebrew translations of Josephus. It is based on Pseudo Hegesippus's fourth-century anti-Jewish summary of Josephus's Jewish War. However, the anonymous author (a.k.a. Joseph ben Gurion Hacohen) also consulted with the Latin versions of Josephus's works available to him. At the same time, he included a wealth of Second Temple literature as well as Roman and Christian sources. This book contains Steven Bowman's translation of the complete text of David Flusser's standard Hebrew edition of Sepher Yosippon, which includes the later medieval interpolations referring to Jesus. The present English edition also contains the translator's introduction as well as a preface by the fifteenth-century publisher of the book. The anonymous author of this text remains unique for his approach to history, his use of sources, and his almost secular attitude, which challenges the modern picture of medieval Jews living in a religious age. In his influential novel, A Guest for the Night, the Nobel Laureate author Shmuel Yosef Agnon emphasized the importance of Sepher Yosippon as a valuable reading to understand human nature. Bowman's translation of Flusser's notes, as well as his own scholarship, offers a well-wrought story for scholars and students interested in Jewish legend and history in the medieval period, Jewish studies, medieval literature, and folklore studies.

Womb of Diamonds - A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan (Hardcover): Ezra Choueke Womb of Diamonds - A True Adventure From Child Bride Of Syria To Celebrity Businesswoman Of Japan (Hardcover)
Ezra Choueke
R947 Discovery Miles 9 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Staszow Memorial Book - Translation of Sefer Staszow (The Staszow Book) (Hardcover): Elchanan Erlich, Jean-Pierre Stroweis,... Staszow Memorial Book - Translation of Sefer Staszow (The Staszow Book) (Hardcover)
Elchanan Erlich, Jean-Pierre Stroweis, Leonard Levin
R1,651 Discovery Miles 16 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Mlynov?Muravica Memorial Book (Hardcover): J Sigelman Mlynov‐Muravica Memorial Book (Hardcover)
J Sigelman; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff Hopper; Edited by Howard Schwartz
R1,735 R1,461 Discovery Miles 14 610 Save R274 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Queen of Sheba - A Captivating Guide to a Mysterious Queen Mentioned in the Bible and Her Relationship with King Solomon... Queen of Sheba - A Captivating Guide to a Mysterious Queen Mentioned in the Bible and Her Relationship with King Solomon (Hardcover)
Captivating History
R705 R621 Discovery Miles 6 210 Save R84 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wyszkow Memorial Book - Translation of Sefer Wyszkow (Hardcover): David Shtokfish Wyszkow Memorial Book - Translation of Sefer Wyszkow (Hardcover)
David Shtokfish; Produced by Howard B Orenstein; Cover design or artwork by Nina Schwartz
R1,585 Discovery Miles 15 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Crooked Lines - A Single Mom's Jewish Journey (Hardcover): Jenna Zark Crooked Lines - A Single Mom's Jewish Journey (Hardcover)
Jenna Zark
R657 Discovery Miles 6 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Live Another Day - How I Survived the Holocaust and Realized the American Dream (Hardcover): Michael Edelstein Live Another Day - How I Survived the Holocaust and Realized the American Dream (Hardcover)
Michael Edelstein; As told by Walter Ruby, Dan Ruby
R724 R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Save R43 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Henry - A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America (Hardcover): Katrina Shawver Henry - A Polish Swimmer's True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America (Hardcover)
Katrina Shawver
R665 R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Save R56 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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