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I was a boy in Belsen

I was a boy in Belsen

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(Reviewer: Marcia Leveson, Vol. 70, No. 1, Pesach 2015)   What distinguishes this account of a Holocaust survivor from most others is that it is a child’s eye view. Tomi Reichental was born on a 120 hectare farm in Slovakia in 1935 and was only
By a Mighty Hand

By a Mighty Hand

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(Reviewer: David Scher, Vol. 71, No. 1, Pesach 2016)   Some years ago Rodney Mazinter, vice-chairman of the Zionist Federation, Cape Council, and a frequent contributor to the press in defense of Israel, was attending a conference in Israel on the topic of antisemitism. He
Jews and Words

Jews and Words

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(Reviewer: Beverley May, Vol. 71, No. 1, Pesach 2016)   Jews and Words is described by the authors, Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger, as a “speculative, raw, and occasionally playful attempt to say something a bit new on a topic of immense pedigree.” They describe
Denial: History on Trial

Denial: History on Trial

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(Reviewer: Ralph Zulman, Vol. 72, No. 3, Chanukah 2017)            Deborah Lipstadt is currently the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University. She is the author of Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust 1933-1945 (1986),
The Reb and the Rebel

The Reb and the Rebel

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(Reviewer: Kathy Munro, Vol. 71, No. 3, Chanukah 2016)   At first glance, this would appear to be a book of limited appeal. It is likely to be read with enthusiasm by the members of the Schrire family, because it is a collection of family