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In World War I, reacting against the oppressive Turkish regime, Aaronsohn founded a Jewish spy organization, nili, to help the British in the forthcoming battle for Palestine. Here is told the story of Aaronsohn, who is revealed as a master of strategy, and his sister Sarah, whose self-sacrificing devotion to the cause shows her to be a great historic personality in her own right. Historian Shmuel Katz here rectifies the absence of a comprehensive biography of Aaronsohn and the nili spy ring. Meticulously researched British War Office intelligence documents and the letters and field reports of nili’s central figures illustrate the crucial contribution made by nili to the British conquest of Palestine. Powerfully written, with deep sensitivity to the emotional lives of the people portrayed, The Aaronsohn Saga is both solid history and a marvelous read. Reviews: Laurence Weinbaum Jewish Affairs …Katz’s language is fluent and engaging, [reading] more like a novel than a work of history. He paints colourful portraits of all the main fi gures in the epoch and in doing so he also provides a fine picture of the life and times of the Yishuv and its relations with the outside world. In the contemporary review of the 1936 travelogue Palestine on the Eve, by the Hungarian-born journalist Ladislas Farrago, a British writer wrote: ‘…one day, truth will emerge from the well, and the Empire will learn what it owed to Aaron and Sarah Aaronsohn, Avshalom Feinberg, and others of that devoted band, who endured and died for their faith under the inspiration of Aaron.’ Thanks to the indefatigable efforts and meticulous scholarship of Shmuel Katz, it seems that ‘one day’ may have finally arrived.” Jewish Book World “Shmuel Katz’ newest book explores the contributions of this remarkable Jewish\/Palestinian hero. 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A physician after the war, he follows a relentless, unfulfilled pursuit of retribution for Nazi war criminals through the courts. The Sobibor uprising and its leaders, Alexander Pechersky, are pivotal to the novel. The author, Michael Lev, a product of Soviet Jewish culture, avoids loud rhetoric and heroic pathos, keeping the narration within the limits of realism. A flowing, masterful read. Reviews: Jewish Book World “This novel is a somber, somewhat ghostly retelling of the people and events in the Sobibor death camp. Categorized by the author as “a vivid testament of remembrance,” it is not for the casual reader… The unremitting horrors as revealed through the memories, thoughts, and nightmares of the survivors are shattering… Yet it is the relentless efforts of Berek and other Nazi hunters through which we participate, albeit vicariously, in the trials of two of the most vicious administrators of Sobibor. 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Arguably the first ‘feminists’, these brave and passionate sisters fought for property rights and religious education for women, at a time when such notions were unthinkable. Their efforts resulted in the institution of inheritance laws that were subsequently incorporated into the laws of the Torah, paving the way for women’s rights and liberty. The Daughters Victorious is based on a rigorous study of teachings from the Talmud and Midrash. Rabbi Wexler invigorates this little-known story, exploring a new and refreshing angle on the subject of women in the bible. Indeed, this book demonstrates how Judaism was the first religion to advance the status of women, more than 3,000 years before even the most progressive western civilizations acted similarly. Engaging and accessible, The Daughters Victorious deftly combines history, fiction and biblical teachings. 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