Bruce Hoffman’s Anonymous Soldiers is a comprehensive
study of the Jewish underground during Mandatory Palestine. The book won the National Jewish Book Award Prize
for Jewish Book of the Year, and it is well deserving of that title. Hoffman, a
professor whose expertise is rooted in terrorism studies, approaches the story
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by Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
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Since Israel’s emergence as an independent Jewish state, there have been few organizations to come out of Jewish communities in the United States that openly challenge Zionism or modern-day Jewish nationalism. Some ultra-Orthodox…
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by Ilana Rossoff, Reference Services Research Intern, Center for Jewish History
This post is part of the Jews and Social Justice Series. To view all posts in the series, click here.
At the same time that they were coordinating post-war refugee relief in Europe, Jewish Labor Committee members began to take an active role in supporting African-American-led efforts to advocate for civil rights…