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Tolerance
This morning I read a short article in the NY Times that got me thinking again about tolerance, “At the Intersection of Synagogue and Boardwalk, a Feud.” The author writes about the last Synagogue on Venice Beach, which is next to a store that sells tee shirts, string bikinis and undergarments; apparently there have been […]
August 16th, 2005 by alephnaught
Rescue in Denmark
Title: Rescue in Denmark Author: Harold Flender Paperback: 281 pages Publisher: Unites States Holocaust (December 1980) ISBN-10: 0896040186 ISBN-13: 978-0896040182 This book recounts how the Danes saved over 98.5 percent of the Jews in Denmark from the Nazi Holocaust in World War II. It stresses how the Danes came together, even people that didn”t know […]
June 23rd, 2005 by alephnaught
The Jews of Florence
Title: The Jews of Florence From the Origins of the Community up to the Present Author: Roberto G. Salvadori Paperback: 95 pages Publisher: Editrice La Giuntina, Florence, Italy, 2001 ISBN: 88-8057-124-9 A good short book describing the history of the Jews in Florence. There were lots of ups and downs for the Jews in Florence […]
July 20th, 2008 by alephnaught