Politics » Jewish History
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A National Home for the Jewish People
$74.95
The Concept in British Political Thinking and Policy Making 1917-1923
Barzilay-Yegar, Dvorah
What was the concept of 'A National Home for the Jewish People,' where did it come from, and how was it defined? Barzilay-Yegar traces the shifting meanings of the phrase from its first coining in the Balfour Declaration of 1917,...
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Antisemitism in the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Time to Confront the Elephant in the Room
Stone, David H.
Foreword by Colonel Richard KempDavid Stone’s masterful account exposes how the root cause of the Arab-Israeli conflict lies in a continuing and virulent antisemitism cloaked in anti-Zionism. A depressing but essential message that deserves to be widely read, especially...
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Baffy
$37.95
The Diaries of Blanche Dugdale, 1936–1947
Norman Rose (Ed)Granddaughter of a duke and niece of a prime minister, Blanche ‘Baffy’ Dugdale was in an ideal position to observe British political and social life, before, during and immediately after the Second World War. She had a sharp eye for the...
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Britain's Hegemony in Palestine and the Middle East, 1917-56
$84.95
Changing Strategic Imperatives
Cohen, Michael
From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the Suez Crisis of 1956, Britain's strategic interests in Palestine and in the Middle East underwent radical changes. A leading authority on the British Mandate in Palestine and the rise of the state of Israel, Professor Michael J. Cohen focuses...
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East End Jews and Left-Wing Theatre
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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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Internment in Britain in 1940
$74.95
Life and Art Behind the Wire
Newman, Ines with Brinson, Charmian and Dickson, Rachel
This remarkable book gives a unique insight into the press-inspired panic which propelled the forced internment of so many anti-Nazis refugees.
David Glasser, Chair, Ben Uri Gallery and MuseumWhen the artist Hugo Dachinger...
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Internment in Britain in 1940
$29.95
Life and Art Behind the Wire
Newman, Ines with Brinson, Charmian and Dickson, Rachel
This remarkable book gives a unique insight into the press-inspired panic which propelled the forced internment of so many anti-Nazis refugees.
David Glasser, Chair, Ben Uri Gallery and MuseumWhen the artist Hugo Dachinger...
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Mandate
$39.95
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 impossible to read this book and...
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Photographs of Childhood and Parenting on Kibbutz
$89.95
Collective Memories and Private Memorials
Barromi-Perlman, EdnaWhat is it that we wish to see in our photo albums? Reality as it was, or a selected, upgraded version of our past? Can we control the memories we pass on? These are some of the thought-provoking questions that Edna Barromi-Perlman raises...
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The Champagne Spy
$26.95
Israel’s Man in Egypt
Lotz, WolfgangThe true story of Wolfgang Lotz, nicknamed The Champagne Spy by his handler. His story bears a striking similarity to that of Eli Cohen, portrayed by Sasha Baron Cohen in Netflix’s The Spy.
As a top Israeli agent operating in Egypt, Wolfgang Lotz lived...
