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Binding: Audio Cassette
Published: by The Destiny Foundation
By Rabbi Berel Wein Noted Jewish historian Rabbi Berel Wein traces the fascinating story of 19th and 20th century forces that drive modern Jewish life. Follow Rabbi Wein'sanecdotes and insights into this turbulent piece of our history.
Secular Zionism and the Mussar movement, a Lithuanian answer to Chassidus, were on the rise as both religious and non-religious Jews sought amore spiritual life. Many Jews were trying to escape the growing anti-Semitismthat plagued the shtetls by moving to America and Israel. But with the rise ofHitler in Germany, Jewish life would never be the same, and Rabbi Wein exploresthe forces that devastated Jewish Europe.
Finally, Rabbi Wein discusses Zionism's answer to the Holocaust, the establishment of a Jewish state. Israel gathered in survivors and put them towork building a country. But even today, Israel struggles for survival amongits enemies.
Rabbi Wein's engaging account....
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