Jewish History

  • The Jewish Factor in the Relations between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union

    The Jewish Factor in the Relations between Nazi Germany and the Soviet U...

    $69.95

    1933-1941

    Govrin, Yosef

    Nazi Germany's foreign policy towards the Soviet Union was carried out in accordance with ideological and political objectives. These were defined and planned well in advance, with a view to a final confrontation for the domination of Europe. This policy regarded 'Jewish Bolshevism' as the main obstacle to securing...

  • The Jewish Immigrant in England 1870-1914

    The Jewish Immigrant in England 1870-1914

    $32.95

    This is an analysis and description of that section of the great Jewish migration from eastern Europe which settled in Britain - around 120,000 Jews. The routes to England and the immigrants' travel experiences are discussed and the dockside reception is presented, which leads to a consideration of the...

  • The Jews of England and The Revolutionary Era

    The Jews of England and The Revolutionary Era

    $75.00

    1789 – 1815
    Jeremy Smilg

    This is a wonderful and accessible book written with energy and enthusiasm incorporating political, social, cultural and religious history. It is the first to explore the responses of English Jewry to the French Revolution and how British politics and culture dealt with ‘the Jew’ at...

  • The Jews of Italy, 1848-1915

    The Jews of Italy, 1848-1915

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    Between Tradition and Transformation

    Schächter, Elizabeth

    In this book, author Elizabeth Schachter challenges the widely held view that Jewish integration in Italy - from the second emancipation (1848) to the First World War - was an unqualified success, and thus an anomaly in European Jewish history. She draws on contemporary Jewish journals,...

  • The Jews of Lemberg

    The Jews of Lemberg

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    A Journey to Empty Places

    Driebergen, Michiel; Zorgdrager, Heleen

    A hundred years ago Lemberg (also known as Lviv and Lwow) was part of the Habsburg Empire and famed for its splendour and rich cultural life. Until the German occupation in 1941, a Jewish community of over 100,000 people lived in Lwow. When...

  • The King's Own Loyal Enemy Aliens

    The King's Own Loyal Enemy Aliens

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    German and Austrian Refugees in Britain's Armed Forces, 1939-45

    Leighton-Langer, Peter

    During the Second World War, 10,000 Germans and Austrians volunteered to join the British Forces from the UK. Most were refugees, but there were others also. From 1939 until 1943 most served in the 18 so-called Alien Companies of the Pioneer...

  • The Lie that Will Not Die

    The Lie that Will Not Die

    $32.95

    The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

    Ben-Itto, Hadassa

    With a new Introduction by Dave Rich

    How encouraging to think that when people tell racist lies there are courts in which the slandered can prove that they're being slandered, and that judges can make the world a better place.
    Tom Payne,...

  • The Medieval Jewish Mind

    The Medieval Jewish Mind

    $27.50

    Copyright: 1/1/1971

  • The Shapiro Family, Jewish Creativity and Courage in Russia and Eastern Europe

    The Shapiro Family, Jewish Creativity and Courage in Russia and Eastern ...

    $22.95

    Bayvel, Rachel

    The Baal Shem Tov (Besht), the founder of Hasidim, once said that the Shapiro family is one of three families, most ancient and distinguished in their ancestry. Rachel Bayvel is a direct descendent of the Shapiro family, and covers some 1100 years of the more dramatic history of...

  • The US: 150 Years of Service

    The US: 150 Years of Service

    $37.95

    llustrated by 150 Orders of Service and key artefacts from the collection of Professor David Latchman
    United Synagogue
    Divrei Bracha from Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis
    Message from Michael Goldstein, President of the United Synagogue

    For 150 years, The United Synagogue has marked key events such as births, memorials, wars...