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Cinema and Zionism

£50.00

The Development of a Nation through Film

Feldestein, Ariel

This book examines the connections between the cinema of the Yishuv (Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine) and the Zionist idea. The book follows the plans to create the figure of the New Jew in Eretz Yisrael, as part of a personal, national, and universal...

Claude Montefiore

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His Life and Thought

Langton, Daniel

As a revered scholar, philanthropist and spiritual authority, Claude Montefiore belongs to that important group of learned laymen who have sought to revolutionise Judaism. He was a founder of British Liberal Judaism at the turn of the century, considered to be the most original Anglo-Jewish religious...

Close Encounters with Twenty Israeli Writers

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Negev, Eilat

This collection of biographies is the first of its kind, as Israeli literature is almost devoid of author biographies. They are arranged chronologically and cover a hundred years of Israeli literature; the change of style and subject matter hints at the demographical and historical transformations that have occurred during...

Commentary Magazine 1945-1959

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'A Journal of Significant Thought and Opinion'

Abrams, Nathan

Launched in 1945, Commentary magazine became one of America's most celebrated periodicals. Under the editorship of Elliot E. Cohen, it developed into the premier postwar journal of Jewish affairs attracting a readership far wider than its Jewish community origin. This book is the...

Composed and Conducted By Walter Scharf

£17.95

Copyright: 3/17/1988

Composers of Classical Music of Jewish Descent

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Stevens, Lewis

This book describes and explains the relative preponderance of composers of Jewish descent, particularly during the last two hundred years. The first two chapters of the book give a brief history of composers of Jewish descent from biblical times to the present day. Chapter three attempts to assess the...

Confessions of a Serial Biographer

£14.95

New and Expanded Edition

Freedland, Michael

Confessions of a Serial Biographer is the story (or rather the stories) of Michael Freedland, a man who has mingled with celebrities since he was a teenage junior newspaper reporter. He has been involved with some of the iconic names of Hollywood and showbiz in general...

Confronting the Perpetrators

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A History of the Claims Conference

Henry, R; Henry, Marilyn

At the end of the twentieth century, the world seemed to rediscover Holocaust survivors. Ceremonies commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II-era events offered occasions for reflection about the war, its heroes, and its victims. In the US, broad interest in...