The authors bring to life events that have over the past four thousand years shaped the Jewish people and determined the course of their history. Divided into four sectionsMoments of Courage, Moments of Joy, Moments of Despair, and Moments of Creativitythis stirring work recreates the high points and low points of the Jewish adventure over the millennia and throughout the world, affording us today the opportunity to experience the momentous Jewish past. With black-and-white photographs.
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The authors encompass 4,000 years, beginning with Abraham's test of faith in God in the eighteenth century B.C. They divide their book into four categories: moments of courage, joy, despair, and creativity; in each category, the most significant events, whether positive or negative, are highlighted. In the section on courage, for instance, Esther saves the Jews of Persia, the Haganah (the Jewish armed forces in Palestine) is founded, and Mordecai Anielewicz leads the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. In the section on joy, the Ba'al Shem Tov founds the Hasidic movement, and the Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered. The expulsion of the Jews from Spain and the night of terror in Germany known as Kristallnacht are among the entries under the category of despair, and various events involving the Talmud and the Hebrew Bible are among the selections in the category of creativity. There are bound to be differences of opinion over the authors' selections, but the book, which is filled with black-and-white photographs, will be of interest to Jews and non-Jews alike. George Cohen
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"I myself have taken part in a fair number of the 'moments' in this book, though I never quite thought of them at the time as the greatest moments in Jewish history. Of course, they were just that, and we have the Slaters to thank for highlighting them in this excellent volume." -- Teddy Kollek
I myself have taken part in a fair number of the moments in this book, though I never quite thought of them at the time as the greatest moments in Jewish history. Of course, they were just that, and we have the Slaters to thank for highlighting them in this excellent volume. -- Teddy Kollek
I myself have taken part in a fair number of the moments in this book, though I never quite thought of them at the time as the greatest moments in Jewish history. Of course, they were just that, and we have the Slaters to thank for highlighting them in this excellent volume. -- Teddy Kollek
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A great Jewish reference book,
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This review is from: Great Moments in Jewish History (Hardcover)
This book makes an original bar or bat mitzvah gift and is a companion to the Slater team's other books about Great Jewish Women and Great Jewish Men. The division into categories rather than straight chronology makes it the kind of book one browses rather than reads right through, but the writing is light and interesting and suitable for all age groups. The "moments" the authors have highlighted are well chosen to provide a wide-ranging and varied overview of the history of the Jewish people.
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