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Article: A 'traditional' history of the past century
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- Jerusalem Post
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- January 4, 2002
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Headline: A 'traditional' history of the past century
Byline: Zishe Rich
Edition; Daily
Section: Books
Page: 12
Friday, January 4, 2002 -- Faith & Fate - The Story of the Jewish
People In The Twentieth Century by Rabbi Berel Wein. Shaar Press/Messorah
Publications. 408 pages, $59.99
Berel Wein has written a popular history with a welcome twist - a
narrative that includes events, issues and personalities of particular
interest to traditional and Orthodox Jews.
This does not mean the book is a history of Orthodox Jewry. Indeed,
Wein presents Jewish history in the context of world events. But
he then adds information about the Orthodox community - the kind that
is ...