Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe 2017039969, 9780385542517, 9780385542524, 0385542518

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD For more than a decade, a harsh Congressional immigration policy kept most Jew

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Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
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Does religion encourage altruism on behalf of those who do not belong? Are the very religious more likely to be altruist

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The incredible story of Gyles Mackrell and his Burmese, elephant-assisted wartime rescue mission.

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A detailed and fascinating biography of the holy man who helped to topple an empire. Rasputin: The Untold Story is a ri

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The Board of Trade and the community have grown along parallel lines over the past 140 years; their histories are insepa

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If someone who is rich and powerful comes to you for a favor, you don't persecute him - you help him. Having such a

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Cover; Title Page; Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; THE FACTS; CHAPTER ONE : DYING BY THE SWOR

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Cutting a path from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Panama Canal set a new course for the development of Central Americ

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"This work is the first history of recorded literature since Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph in 18

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