Library

From East End to Land's End

Endearing local history of the evacuation of Jews' Free School in London to Mousehole, Cornwall, during World War Two.

From East End to Land's End

The good book for all the Cornish Jews to read; there will be people you know and people you wish you had known. Susan Soyinka's book covers the war years (WWII) when Jews were evacuated from the Jews Free School in London, to Mousehole, Cornwall. Their experiences are told with poignancy from a woman who has spent a large part of her life in Mousehole and whose personal interest in telling this story grew into a book which not only documents much unknown Jewish history, but also illustrates what it was like to live in the West country some 70 years ago.

From Prejudice to Destruction, Anti-Semitism, 1700-1933

Katz catalogues the nature of racism and anti-semitism from the Christian traditions, the rationalists and Voltaire through the development in Germany of nationalism and romanticism to French revolutionary times and on into Germany, and Austria-Hungary leading up to the era of the Nazis.

Ghetto in Flames

Based on personal experience, the story of the Jews of Vilna and the Warsaw Ghetto and what happened to so many and how the lucky ones survived to be witnesses.

God's Gold, The Quest for the lost Temple Treasure of Jerusalem

Scholarly discussion through the use of archives, archaeological sources, and historical texts, of the treasures of the Temple ransacked by the Romans in CE70.

Guide to Jewish Holy Days

Another classic text used by students of Jewish traditions, custom, practice and history to which explains the ins and outs of all the Days of Aw, from Shabbat, Pesach, Shavuot, Rosh HaShannah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Channukah and Purim.Highly readable and accessible.

Harvet of Hate, Nazi Program for the Destruction of Jews of Europe

An overall but readable and concise overview of the holocaust from the beginnings of the rise of Nazis in Germany in 1938, through the persecutions, ghettoes, cam, Jewish resistances, and the aftermath. A good way to start to study the holocaust.

Hebrew Origins

Account of the origins of the Jewish people and a critical historical commentary also on fact vs. fiction as events unfolded in the early days of monotheism.

Heritage, Civilisation and the Jews

The verbose and prolific Abba Eban goes through the history of our people with good illustrations. Well thought out and good overview of a very long and detailed chronology.

Heritage, Civilization and the Jews

Historical and pictorial compendium of the Jewish people , from the times of the Egyptian empire through the Middle Ages, to he Ghettoes of Eastern and Western Europe to the State of Israel. Outstanding summary from Eban who is one of Israel's most famous diplomats, scholars and statesmen. A classic reference for everyone's shelf.

History of the Jews

Vol. I: From the earliest period to the death of Simon The Maccabee[135 BCE]; Vol.II: From the Reign of Hyrcanus [135 BCE] to the completion of the Babylonia Talmud [500 CE]; Vol. V: From the Chmielnicki persecution of the Jews in Poland [1648 CE] to the present time [1870 CE]; Vol. VI: Memoir of the author by Dr. Phillipp Bloch, a chronological Table of Jewish History, an Index to the whole work and four maps.

Hitler and the Holocaust

Tracing the causes of the Holocaust, Wistrich explores the role of anti-Semitism and the apathy of Western societies to come to grips with the Nazi racial annihilation as well as the economic environments and lack of Christian support during this terrible time.

Hitler's Beneficiaries , Plunder, Racial War and the Nazi Welfare State

Ex-libris Liz Berg

Holocaust Journey, Travelling in search of the past

A geographical pilgrimage by the renown historian, Martin Gilbert, with his university students through the major areas of Jewish population and which terminated at the death maps. Moving account of a journey of Jewish life that was but still continues despite everything.

I Came Alone

Berta Leverton's tribute to the kinders of the Kindertransport. She is the guiding light who organised and founded the reunions of those who were on the trains leaving their parents and coming to England to be saved from the Nazis. Poignant, heart-rending personal testimonies of those who lived to made a new life and kept the Jewish population going, those who were lucky enough to find a new home when the majority of Jews were literally forgotten, or turned away.

Islam, A Short History

A good historical precise of Islam from the time of The Prophet(570 CE) through the modern Islam. Tends to explain the contributions of Islam, rather than emphasise the beliefs. Armstrong, a well respected teacher at Leo Baeck College, he work has been acknowledged and praised by both Islamic, Christian, and Judaic circles. A direct, clear style and a good way to catch up on the evolvement of the religion and its 20th century impact.

Israel and the World's Mock Trial: The Shame

Book which is unbound but presents a case for Israel which few people seem to grasp in the world outside of mainstream Jewry. A good read for someone who wants to have not only knowledge but some comebacks when being criticised for the state of Israel.

Israel, the First Forty Years

Lovely commentary from someone who's been there and 'done that' and can talk knowledgeably and endlessly about Israel and its history. Pictures and background make it well worth reading.

Israel: Pictorial Guide

Wonderful pictorial travelogue of the famous historical sites throughout Israel.