A professor at Ave Maria University decisively explodes the myths about Pope Pius XII being 'Hitler's Pope' by showing how the story of collusion between the Vatican and Nazi Germany originated as Communist propaganda and revealing how Holocaust survivors have praised the wartime pope's efforts to rescue Jews.

Mines the historical record to document the relationships between U.S. Presidents and the prominent Jews of their day, ranging from Haym Solomon, who helped George Washington finance the American Revolution, to Senator Joseph Lieberman, who was chosen by Vice President Al Gore to be the first Jewish nominee on a national ticket. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: 1999 PAPERBACK

From the back cover: MAKING A LIFE, BUILDING A COMMUNITY places Hartford within the larger contexts of American social, urban, ethnic, and Jewish history by comparing its unique experience to those of New England and other American Jewish communities. Drawing extensively on primary sources such as synagogue minute books, newspapers, family memories, and an important new collection of oral histories, the authors skillfully document internal divisions and issues of communal cohesiveness. this careful study will be illuminating for anyone interested in American social or ethnic history and the immigrant experience. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: During the past half-century, most American Jews have believed that religion should be rigorously separated from public life: the more thoroughly secular the society, the safer it is for Jews. But now, many are having second thoughts...read more

Product Description: From Marxism to Judaism is a collection of e ssays by Will Herberg. He embraced Marxism as a teenager and young journalist in his early 20s. His essays trace this fa scinating, intellectual odyssey. '