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English
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Interweaving introspection with political commentaries, biography with history, The Promised Land (1912) brings to life the transformation of an East European Jewish immigrant into an American citizen. Mary Antin recounts "the process of uprooting, transportation, replanting, acclimitization, and development that took place in my own soul," and reveals the impact of a new culture and new standards of behavior on her family. A feeling of divisionsbetween...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on his wealth of contacts as a journalist, as well as everyday Palestinians and Jews, a former speechwriter for Israeli Prime MInisters Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert attempts to find out why the Middle East problem refuses to be resolved and why so many people outside the Middle East think they have the answer.
Publisher
Typecast Releasing
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about Jewish American academic Norman Finkelstein, a devoted son of holocaust survivors, ardent critic of U.S. and Israeli Mid-East policy, and author of five provocative books, including The Holocaust Industry. Finkelstein has been steadfastly at the center of many intractable controversies, including the recent denial of his tenure at DePaul University. He's called a lunatic and a self-hating Jew by some and an inspirational street-fighting...
9) Chunky
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Hudi needs to lose weight, according to his doctors. Concerned about the serious medical issue Hudi had when he was younger, his parents push him to try out for sports. Hudi would rather do anything else, but then he meets Chunky, his imaginary friend and mascot. Together, they decide to give baseball a shot. As the only Mexican and Jewish kid in his neighborhood, Hudi has found the cheerleader he never had. Baseball doesn't go well (unless getting...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[c2005]
Language
English
Description
Offers vignettes from the lives of thirteen Jewish Americans whose achievements, from the colonial period through the present, contributed to women's and worker's rights, medicine, science, fashion, photography, sport, and entertainment.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
During the hard and bitter years of his youth in England, Harry Bernstein's selfless mother never stops dreaming of a better life in America. Then, one miraculous day when Harry is twelve, steamship tickets arrive anonymously in the mail. Suddenly, a new life full of the promise of prosperity seems possible--and the family sets sail for America, meeting relatives in Chicago. For a time, they get a taste of the good life, but soon the harsh realities...
12) As good as anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Provides the story of the friendship of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and their collective efforts to end discrimination through their non-violent peace protests and marches.
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