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Internment in Britain in 1940
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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 Museum
When the artist Hugo Dachinger...
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Internment in Britain in 1940
£18.99
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 Museum
When the artist Hugo Dachinger...
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Intrepid Pioneers
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Jewish Women in the Public Arena
Seddon, IsabelleIt is to Isabelle Seddon’s great credit that she marks the contributions of the early pioneers, as well as those who have done sterling work in more recent years.
Rabbi Dame Julia Neuberger
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Israel Isidor Mattuck, Architect of Liberal Judaism
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Fox, Pam
Now available in paperback, this biography shows how Israel Isidor Mattuck was probably the most influential figure in the development of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue (LJS) in the UK and the wider Liberal Jewish movement through his involvement with the World Union for Progressive Judaism, which he chaired from...
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Jacques Faitlovitch and the Jews of Ethiopia
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Trevisan-Semi, Emanuela
The architect of the ingathering of the most problematic group of the Jewish diaspora was Jacques Faitlovitch. He was an adventurer, scholar and Zionist, a Polish-born Jew who lived in Paris and Palestine. His life was marked by his devotion to the cause of the Beta Israel, the black...
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Jewish Chaplaincy in the British Armed Forces
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Captains of the Souls of Men 1892-2021
Lewis, JonathanField Marshal Montgomery famously said that the most important people in the army are the nursing sisters, who tell the men that they matter to us, and the padres, that they matter to God.
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Jewish Chaplaincy in the British Armed Forces
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Captains of the Souls of Men 1892-2021
Lewis, JonathanThis is a ground-breaking book, exhaustively researched, throwing light on interesting facets of Jewish life in Britain as well as Jewish chaplaincy, and touched in places by moving experiences. For those interested in the work of Army chaplains, it is essential...
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Jewish Germany
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An Enduring Presence from the Fourth to the Twenty-First Century
Levinson, David
In Jewish Germany, cultural anthropologist David Levinson draws out and explores for us the expanse of the Jewish experience in Germany from the fourth century CE to the present. With the extensive use of primary sources, among others, the carefully...
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Jewish Letchworth
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A Microcosm of the Jewish Communal Experience
Fachler, YankyFew people are aware of the intellectually diverse and remarkably innovative Jewish community of Letchworth which existed from the 1930s until the 1970s. Yanky Fachler has reclaimed the history of this talented group of people in Letchworth who inspired so many...
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Jewish Life in Cracow 1918-1939
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Martin, Sean
Re-evaluates the way Jews lived among Poles without abandoning their Jewish heritage. By focusing on the history of the Jewish press, schools and other cultural institutions, the book examines how Jews in the same community created varying ethnic and national identities in order to cope with the demands of...