Through the Eye of a Jew - Volume I
Through the Eye of a Jew - Volume I

Author: Melvin Fechter

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 1467560987

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Here are dreams and tales of trivial and great matters throughout all my life; of great figures of the past in literature, philosophy, politics, science, mathematics, art; of friends of my youth and of my broken heart; dreams of other worlds, other me's that might have been or still may be even if beyond our touch; writers and books that enchanted me; my reflections on religion, God, the Roman Catholic Church, Judaism and other faiths; thoughts of hostility Jews have faced throughout the ages, of the vows of Israel's destruction and of Israel's eternal imbroglio with the Palestinians; as well as, yes, of life and death, of my death at age 10 in a world that might have been and almost was; of the Charleston I knew and loved as a child, of free will and determinism. In a word, what you will find in these pages is me, - and you will find a little of yourself.

Through the Eye of a Jew - Volume II
Through the Eye of a Jew - Volume II

Author: Melvin Fechter

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-09-20

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1304440575

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Here I, a 92-year-old Jew, tell of One True Faith - of the ""morally infallible"" One True Faith of The Roman Catholic Church which in recent years has pleaded for reconciliation among all mankind but in earlier years burned Jews at the stake and buried thousands of witches alive for their sins. I tell, too, of another One True Faith, risen upon the scene, this of Islam, calling for the eradication from the face of the earth of ""infidels,"" all of other faiths, including Judaism and Christianity. Is Israel reluctant to permit the Palestinians to have a state of their own? Why? Can it be because the Palestinians wish to reserve to their state the right to eradicate Israel? Is it true that there is a Conspiracy among Jews, a Bond, that has held them together throughout history? Yes, it is true! I confess and reveal that Bond within the first dozen pages of this volume.

Hebrews Through a Hebrew's Eyes
Hebrews Through a Hebrew's Eyes

Author: Stuart Sacks

Publisher: Messianic Jewish Publisher

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781880226612

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Written to Messianic Jews in the first century, the Book of Hebrews, understood properly through Jewish eyes, edifies and encourages all. This epistle is one of the outstanding theological treatises in the New Testament. This book teaches the message of this important letter in a fresh, new way. Dr. Stuart Sacks, himself a Messianic Jew, offers insights into Hebrews that only a Jewish believer in Yeshua can give.

My China Eye
My China Eye

Author: Israel Epstein

Publisher: LONG RIVER PRESS

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9781592650422

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This sweeping, eighty-year memoir is the last work of veteran journalist Israel Epstein (1915-2005), one of the very few Western writers to experience the Chinese Communist Revolution firsthand. Born in Poland and raised in China, Epstein served as a war correspondent from the front lines of the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan, as well as during the Communist-Nationalist struggle. Inspired by the immense social revolution taking place, Epstein took Chinese citizenship, only to be imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. During this dark period, Epstein found his ideals challenged in ways he never imagined, yet his lifelong struggle for social equality has never wavered. This powerful memoir resonates with some of the twentieth century's most turbulent years and is a fascinating read for anyone interested in Chinese history.

In the Eye of the Storm
In the Eye of the Storm

Author: Herbert Arthur Strauss

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780823219162

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In this memoir of the first 25 years of his life in Germany, Strauss (emeritus, history, City College of New York) recounts his upbringing, experiences at the last surviving Jewish institution of higher learning in Berlin, in the city's underground, and 1943 escape to Switzerland. Includes photos of his family, friends, and the first postwar meeting of the International Conference of Christians and Jews. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Eye on Israel
Eye on Israel

Author: Michelle Mart

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2006-02-09

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0791466876

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Examines the image of Israel in American culture before 1960.

Catch The Jew!
Catch The Jew!

Author: Tuvia Tenenbom

Publisher: Gefen Publishing House

Published: 2015-02-01

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9789652298249

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Catch the Jew! recounts the adventures of gonzo journalist Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel and the Palestinian Authority for seven months in search of the untold truths in today's Holy Land. With holy chutzpah, Tenenbom boldly goes where no Jew has gone before, at times risking his life as he assumes the identities of Tobi the German and even Abu Ali in order to probe into the many stories in this strange land and poke holes in all of them. From the self-hating leftists in Tel Aviv to the self-promoting PLO execs in Ramallah, from the black-clad Haredim of Bet Shemesh to the glowing foreign human rights activists in Beit Hanina, from Jewish settlers and the Christians who come from abroad to toil with them to ardent Jerusalem monks and Bedouins in surprisingly glorious shacks, Tenenbom takes on the people of the land, getting to know them and disarming them as he breaks bread and mingles with anyone and everyone. Does Palestinian wife number one hate the Jews more than she hates wife number two? Who finances cash-rich NGOs pursuing a Judenrein Israel? Who sets Palestinian olive groves on fire and why? What is the emotional gravity that pulls idealistic human rights activists from other countries to Israel and only to Israel? Who are the flaming feminists who sacrifice their lives for the rights of polygamists? Whose land is this, anyway? By turns poignant, enraging, and laugh-out-loud funny, this unique travelogue lays bare the intensity of this turbulent land in an unprecedented, eye-opening education, person by person, city by city, and meal by meal. You will never look at Israel the same way again.

The Invention of the Jewish People
The Invention of the Jewish People

Author: Shlomo Sand

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2010-06-14

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 178168362X

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A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In this iconoclastic work, which spent nineteen weeks on the Israeli bestseller list and won the coveted Aujourd'hui Award in France, Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel's future.

The Invention of the Land of Israel
The Invention of the Land of Israel

Author: Shlomo Sand

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1844679462

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What is a homeland and when does it become a national territory? Why have so many people been willing to die for such places throughout the twentieth century? What is the essence of the Promised Land? Following the acclaimed and controversial The Invention of the Jewish People, Shlomo Sand examines the mysterious sacred land that has become the site of the longest-running national struggle of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The Invention of the Land of Israel deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the Holy Land and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it. Sand’s account dissects the concept of “historical right” and tracks the creation of the modern concept of the “Land of Israel” by nineteenth-century Evangelical Protestants and Jewish Zionists. This invention, he argues, not only facilitated the colonization of the Middle East and the establishment of the State of Israel; it is also threatening the existence of the Jewish state today.

Wooden Eyes
Wooden Eyes

Author: Carlo Ginzburg

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780231119603

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Ginzburg, "the preeminent Italian historian of his generation [who] helped create the genre of microhistory" ("New York Times"), ruminates on how perspective affects what we see and understand. 26 illustrations.