Into the Forest

Into the Forest

Author: Rebecca Frankel

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 125026765X

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A 2021 National Jewish Book Award Finalist One of Smithsonian Magazine's Best History Books of 2021 "An uplifting tale, suffused with a karmic righteousness that is, at times, exhilarating." —Wall Street Journal "A gripping narrative that reads like a page turning thriller novel." —NPR In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. They miraculously survived two years in the woods—through brutal winters, Typhus outbreaks, and merciless Nazi raids—until they were liberated by the Red Army in 1944. After the war they trekked across the Alps into Italy where they settled as refugees before eventually immigrating to the United States. During the first ghetto massacre, Miriam Rabinowitz rescued a young boy named Philip by pretending he was her son. Nearly a decade later, a chance encounter at a wedding in Brooklyn would lead Philip to find the woman who saved him. And to discover her daughter Ruth was the love of his life. From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, one family’s inspiring true story.


The Book of Stratagems

The Book of Stratagems

Author: Harro von Senger

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780140169546

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With worldwide focus on the strategies used to win the Gulf War, here is a guide to ancient Oriental stratagems and their relevance today. Swiss sinologist Harro von Senger has brought together an invaluable guidebook for the West, illustrating the traditional strategic rules and survival schemes used by the Chinese for thousands of years.


My Promised Land

My Promised Land

Author: Ari Shavit

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0812984641

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A deeply reported, deeply personal history of Zionism and Israel that does something few books even attempt: It balances the strength and weakness, the idealism and the brutality, the hope and the horror, that has always been at Zionism’s heart.”—Ezra Klein, The New York Times Winner of the Natan Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Ari Shavit’s riveting work, now updated with new material, draws on historical documents, interviews, and private diaries and letters, as well as his own family’s story, to create a narrative larger than the sum of its parts: both personal and of profound historical dimension. As he examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, Shavit asks difficult but important questions: Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can it survive? Culminating with an analysis of the issues and threats that Israel is facing, My Promised Land uses the defining events of the past to shed new light on the present. Shavit’s analysis of Israeli history provides a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in today’s global political landscape.


When Hope Prevails

When Hope Prevails

Author: Sam Offen

Publisher: Nelson Publishing&Marketing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781928623595

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During the Nazi regime, Sam Offen suffered slave labor, ghetto confinement and concentration camp horror. More than 50 members of his immediate and extended family were killed. Despite the pain he has faced, Sam's story of survival is a testimony to triumph of the human spirit. He has shared his experiences with groups at schools, events and the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. After much urging by friends and family, he has put his story in writing. This is the hardcover edition of his book.


Triumph of Survival

Triumph of Survival

Author: Berel Wein

Publisher: Mesorah Publications

Published: 1990-09

Total Pages: 538

ISBN-13: 9780899064987

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World renowned historian and lecturer, Rabbi Berel Wein, paints a panoramic picture of our people in the modern era, from the Cossack pogroms to the rise of the Chassidic movement, from the Vilna Gaon to the rebirth of Torah in America.


Den of Lions

Den of Lions

Author: Terry A. Anderson

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 539

ISBN-13: 9780816159321

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The former Associated Press chief Middle East correspondent shares the story of his captivity by Shiite radicals in Beirut, the spiritual rebirth that allowed him to endure, and his ultimate release


Beautiful Buttons

Beautiful Buttons

Author: Cathrine Ann

Publisher: BPS Books

Published: 2011-08-09

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1926645731

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Unwanted and neglected as a child, abused by neighborhood perverts beginning at six years old, and then by loser boyfriends during her adolescence and beyond, Cathrine Ann became pregnant at fifteen, was pimped out by her rich uncle at seventeen, was jailed at eighteen, and lived as a prostitute in her thirties. But today she is the founder and president of a multi-million-dollar company. How did that happen? Beautiful Buttons is a rough, raw, candid, and surprisingly funny testament to the resilience of the human spirit -- an inspiring and empowering self-portrait of a life lived and redeemed.


A Life of Triumph

A Life of Triumph

Author: Esther Weber

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9789657344163

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"A Life Of Triumph" is a story of courage and strength focused on giving to others. As young child living in Poland, Esther Weber survived the Holocaust and has been able to rebuild her life and become an "Eshet Chayil" amongst the Jewish people. Her experience during the Holocaust bears testimony that, although nobility of character is manifested in great moments, it is formed in the small ones. Esther's personal support for the State of Israel and to the soldiers of the Israel Defense Force exemplify her dedication and commitment to all that she holds so dear. "A Life Of Triumph" is a historic lesson for both young and old in the meaning and value of commitment, dedication, and loyalty to her family and to her people, in spite of unspeakable and unimaginable abandonment and adversity.