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Richard Rashke, “Useful Enemies: John Demjanjuk and America’s Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals” (Delphinium, 2013)

Richard Rashke
Useful Enemies
John Demjanjuk and America's Open-Door Policy for Nazi War Criminals
Delphinium Books, 2013

New Books in American Studies New Books in Genocide Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network April 19, 2013 Marshall Poe

You may have heard of a fellow named Ivan or John Demjanuik. He made the news–repeatedly over a 30 year period– because he was, as many people probably remember, a Nazi war criminal nick-named “Ivan the Terrible” for his brutal… Read More

Melissa R. Klapper, “Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women’s Activism, 1890-1940” (NYU Press, 2013)

Melissa R. Klapper
Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace
American Jewish Women's Activism, 1890-1940
New York University Press, 2013

New Books in American Studies New Books in Gender Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network March 18, 2013 Marshall Poe

Many people have probably heard of Betty Friedan, Bela Abzug, Gloria Steinem, and Andrea Dworkin, all stars of Second Wave Feminism. They were also all Jewish (by heritage if not faith). As Melissa R. Klapper shows in her new book… Read More

Donald Bloxham, “The Final Solution: A Genocide” (Oxford UP, 2009)

Donald Bloxham
The Final Solution
A Genocide
University Press, 2009

New Books in European Studies New Books in Genocide Studies New Books in German Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network February 12, 2013 Kelly McFall

The end of the Cold War dramatically changed research into the Holocaust. The gradual opening up of archives across Eastern Europe allowed a flood of local and regional studies that transformed our understanding of the Final Solution. We now know… Read More

Gil Troy, “Moynihan’s Moment: America’s Fight Against Zionism as Racism” (Oxford UP, 2012)

Gil Troy
Moynihan's Moment
America's Fight Against Zionism as Racism
Oxford University Press, 2012

New Books in American Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network January 18, 2013 Jeff Bloodworth

The 1970s and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict are quite possibly the two most depressing subjects an academic could study. With shag carpeting, disco, Watergate, malaise defining the former and an internecine and (seemingly) eternal clash characterizing the latter who on earth… Read More

Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin
El Iluminado
A Graphic Novel
Basic Books, 2012

New Books in Biblical Studies New Books in Christian Studies New Books in History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network December 14, 2012 Marshall Poe

Are you looking for a good Hanukkah gift? A good Christmas gift? Heck, any gift? Or maybe you just want to read a terrific book? Well I’ve got just the ticket: Ilan Stavans and Steve Sheinkin‘s, El Iluminado: A … Read More