Among the RighteousPublicAffairs, 30 oct 2006 - 288 páginas Thousands of people have been honored for saving Jews during the Holocaust -- but not a single Arab. Looking for a hopeful response to the plague of Holocaust denial sweeping across the Arab and Muslim worlds, Robert Satloff sets off on a quest to find the Arab hero whose story will change the way Arabs view Jews, themselves, and their own history. The story of the Holocaust's long reach into the Arab world is difficult to uncover, covered up by desert sands and desert politics. We follow Satloff over four years, through eleven countries, from the barren wasteland of the Sahara, where thousands of Jews were imprisoned in labor camps; through the archways of the Mosque in Paris, which may once have hidden 1700 Jews; to the living rooms of octogenarians in London, Paris and Tunis. The story is very cinematic; the characters are rich and handsome, brave and cowardly; there are heroes and villains. The most surprising story of all is why, more than sixty years after the end of the war, so few people -- Arab and Jew -- want this story told. |
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Among the Righteous: Lost Stories from the Holocaust's Long Reach into Arab ... Robert Satloff No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2006 |
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Página 6 - Jewish tradition says, if you save one life. it is as if you have saved a whole world.
Página 8 - And the other alternative? Strasser My dear Mademoiselle, perhaps you have already observed that in Casablanca, human life is cheap. Good night, Mademoiselle.
Página 2 - that's history" is commonly used to dismiss something as unimportant, or no relevance to current concerns, and, despite immense investment in the teaching and writing of history, the general level of historical knowledge in our society is abysmally low. The Muslim peoples, like everyone else in the world, are shaped by their history, but, unlike some others, they are keenly aware of it.
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Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice Maurianne Adams,Lee Anne Bell,Pat Griffin No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2007 |