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 First
Prize in the SJHS Book Contest
Clive Webb, author of
Fight
Against Fear
A major
contribution to our understanding of both Jewish history and race
relations in the United States. Clive Webb portrays Jews in the
South in all of their complexity. Those interested in Jewish
history, the American South, and race relations in the twentieth century
will want to buy this book.
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Honorable Mention
in the SJHS Book Contest
Leonard Rogoff, author of Homelands
This
delightful new book uncovers the history of the Jewish community in Durham,
N.C.
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 Emily
Bingham, author of
Mordecai: An Early American Family
Encompassing
the Revolutionary War, which formed the nation, and the Civil War, which
split it in two, this engrossing book tells the story of three generations
of a lower-middle-class Jewish family that settled first in Virginia and
later in North Carolina. Drawing on thousands of vibrant letters, diaries,
and journals, Bingham offers a portrait of the Mordecai clan, who, as one of
them wrote, were determined to become a "little faithful band of love
and duty," guided by affection, responsibility, and a deep respect for
learning.
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Bernard Rapoport,
author of
Being Rapoport: Capitalist with a Conscience
Author Bernard
Rapoport has lived the American Dream. Born to Russian Jewish immigrant
parents in San Antonio, Texas, in 1917, he grew up in poverty and worked his
way through the University of Texas during the Great Depression. In 1951, he
founded the American Income Life Insurance Company, which he developed into
a multi-million dollar business. Using his wealth to support a host of
local, national, and international organizations, Rapoport was named by
Fortune magazine as one of America's forty most generous philanthropists,
unstinting in his support for education, social justice, and liberal
political causes. In this memoir, Rapoport recalls a life of hard work and a
philosophy of giving that made him a successful entrepreneur and
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 Harriet
Keyserling, author of Against
the Tide: One Woman's Political Struggle
This book will interest
students of politics who wish to learn the observations of a liberal
Democrat elected official who participated and observed the past three
decades of the emergence of the politics of the "New South".
Harriet Keyserling retired from the South Carolina state
legislature in 1992 and has produced this brilliant insightful insider
account of that legislative body. A legislator who was devoted to such
issues as increasing support for education and resisting nuclear waste in
her state, she offers several lessons from her experiences.
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