Judaism’s social justice message is what captured me as a teenager and young adult growing up in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, the Anti-Vietnam War Movement, and the second wave Women’s Movement. These movements jolted me into the awareness that many activists like myself came ...
Gretchen Schafft, author ofFrom Racism to Genocide: Anthropology in the Third Reich “Exceptionally well researched and annotated, meticulously structured, as well as simply very interesting to read [and] impressively sensitive to the complexities of the Polish memory of the war.” ...
savor here in this impressively poignant, hauntingly realistic, and searingly moving tale. Schafer intensively explores themes of racism, violence, war, and human welfare. Vivid, boldly written, life-affirming historical fiction drawn from the horrors of the Rwandan genocide crisis.”—Kirkus Reviews...
father committed genocide against Rosencrace’s Mystics; as the last surviving member of the Niccolo bloodline, the onus falls on her to pay her father’s debt of sin.Despitebeing the youngest of seven siblings, Ofelia was trained from birth to be the heir to Emperor Pietro’s throne. ...
Public knowledge of this intended genocide, along with the technology behind it, will only cause widespread panic and chaos. The need for secrecy in eliminating this threat is considered extremely paramount. Enter the Dogs of Warr. Battling an unseen foe of a known enemy creates quite a challeng...
Vol. 2,War and Genocideseries Edited by Ulrich Herbert Moving beyond the well-established problems and public discussions of the Holocaust, this collection of essays, written by some of the leading German historians of the younger generation, leaves behind the increasingly agitated arguments of the ...
brought to justice by Mossad operatives is as gripping as any novel. Hard as it is read the details of Cukurs’ horrific crimes, the outcome is both moving and uplifting, with the Latvian’s demise helping to bring other perpetrators of genocide to justice. Talty is at the top of his ...
“When I would tell my stories about their history, they would start to ask me a lot of questions.” A focal point of Wilkens’s presentation to the KSS students was a photo of two people he met, a woman named Maria who survived the genocide with her daughter while her husband ...
SEDEROT, Israel - Ayelet Waldman, a well-known Berkeley author, was arrested by Israeli police at the Erez Crossing — the border between Israel and Gaza — while protesting the war with a group of American rabbis during Passover. Waldman’s husband, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Michael Chabo...
Ages 14 & Up This hi-lo novel for teens tackles the topics of learning disabilities, ageism and genocide as an insecure high school student turns reluctant activist. Grades 6 & Up This hi-lo non-fiction book for teens and grown-ups teaches about psychosis, how it affects everyday life, ...