1 comments about The Jewish Experience.

1. This collection of essays, short stories, memoirs, and excerpts from novels ranges from subjects as diverse as theology, history, Jewish humor, and Holocaust survival to Erica Jong's reflections on sexual fulfillment. It is a book which should be owned by every family interested in studying the roots and multifaceted social contributions of a people whose religion emerged nearly four centuries before the birth of Joshua, "whom the Gentiles Jesus call."

1 comments about "Elder of the Jews": Jakob Edelstein of Theresienstadt.

1. An outstanding description of the background conditions of Jews in pre-war Czechoslovakia, written with great understanding and based on thorough research. The story of the establishment of the Terezin ghetto is extremely well told, but the remaining chapters are a bit too long and too detailed. An exceptionally fine memorial for Edelman and similar honest and upright leaders of the Judenrat.

No comments about David, the Story of a King.

No comments about First Facts in American Jewish History: From 1492 to the Present.

1 comments about Elie Wiesel (Modern Peacemakers).

1. When Elie Wiesel was 15 years old-- a sheltered, studious adolescent, his life changed radically. This was Hungary; its head of state was an Axis partner who had refused to turn over his Jews to Hitler, although Hungary had plenty of its own Nazis. Still, when the family was offered hiding by their faithful housekeeper, they politely refused her help; his father thinking that the trouble would pass and the war would soon be over. Not soon enough, for the Hungarians, although the last to die, were shipped to the slave labor and killing camps as fast as Eichmann could manage it. Several of Wiesel's family members were killed immediately. Wiesel spent 11 months at Auschwitz, where he experienced torture, abuse, violence and where his father died. It took 10 years, however, for Wiesel to write about his experiences in the famous memoir, Night. Since then, Wiesel has found his métier as a spokesperson against injustice, serving as a powerful voice for victims of racism, hatred and repression throughout the world. He has been chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust and a winner of the Nobel Prize. What is exceptional about this book is that not only does it cover all of Wiesel's accomplishments but also contains a humanized portrait of the man, with a format that is attractive to young readers. The print is slightly larger; there is ample white space between lines, lots of photographs (both black and white and colored) with highlighted information set off by a different colored paper. There is also a prodigious amount of reference material listed: appendix, chronology, notes, bibliography, further reading and index. For ages 11-15.

No comments about Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust (Leicester History of Religions).

No comments about Our Great Solicitor: Josiah C. Wedgwood and the Jews.

No comments about NECROLOGY: JOHN J. APPEL, 1921-1998.(Obituary): An article from: American Jewish History.

No comments about David Ben-Gurion: Politics and Leadership in Israel.

2 comments about The Moon Is Bread.

1. I think I must be using the wrong form -I am the author of this book, and I would like to provide a list of my other books, could you please tell me how to do this?
   Thank you, Naomi



2. Quite rightly,Israel has been called a melting pot for immigrants from many diverse countries. Having previously reviewed a couple of books for the Jerusalem Post about Yemenite Jews,I looked forward (and wasn't disappointed ) to learn about another ethnic group-the Ethiopians.

   But this is a story with a difference. The author is an English lady,the daughter of Holocaust survivors,who fell in love with a young Ethiopian from Gondar,when she was working as a counsellor in an absorption centre.

   The main thrust of the book is a graphic description of the living conditions of Ethiopian Jews in their villages,the dangerous journey through Sudan to the Promised Land (dressed as a Christian priest),and the fears and longings and Jewish pride of the new immigrants. Arriving in Israel,they had to worry about their families not yet arrived while trying to learn Hebrew and adjust to a new lifestyle.

   This very readable account pulls no punches and doesn't flinch from discussing the occasional frictions between the young couple because of their different backgrounds,as well as the Ethiopians distrust of the Jewish Agency and the Rabbinate.

   Zafan (Eddie Murphy to his colleagues) is now a policeman living in Maale Adumin not far from Jerusalem with his wife,Naomi and four children ,Daniel Achenef,Michael Fassil,Yigal Tadele,and Eyal Takele. His mother spent the last eight years of her life suirrounded by her fouty-five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. But Naomi's mother died in England far from her fourteen Israeli grandchildren.

   I will write no more because you need to read this book and be amazed,horrified,informed and exhilirated.