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Book Notes American Jewish Life Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America, by Beth B. Cohen. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2007. 223 pp. $44.95. ISBN 08135-3953-6. Case Closed challenges the prevailing optimistic perception of the lives of Holocaust survivors in postwar America by scrutinizing their first years through the eyes of those who lived it. The facts brought forth in this book are supported by case files recorded by Jewish social service workers, letters and minutes from agency meetings, oral testimonies, and much more. Let Us Prove Strong: The American Jewish Committee, 1945­2006, by Marianne R. Sanua. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England/Brandeis University Press, 2007. 495 pp. $60.00. ISBN 1-58465-631-X. The American Jewish Committee, founded in 1906, has a long-term mission to protect the civil and religious rights of Jews in the U.S. and around the globe. The AJC has also been distinguished for its outstanding staff and superb library, for its importance as a research center, and for its efforts to bring about social change through public education. Marianne Sanua's volume offers a history of this important organization. Biblical and Rabbinic Literature Exploring the Old Testament: Vol. 2: A Guide to the Historical Books, by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

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American Jewish Life Case Closed: Holocaust Survivors in Postwar America, by Beth B. Cohen. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2007. 223 pp. $44.95. ISBN 08135-3953-6. Case Closed challenges the prevailing optimistic perception of the lives of Holocaust survivors in postwar America by scrutinizing their first years through the eyes of those who lived it. The facts brought forth in this book are supported by case files recorded by Jewish social service workers, letters and minutes from agency meetings, oral testimonies, and much more. Let Us Prove Strong: The American Jewish Committee, 1945­2006, by Marianne R. Sanua. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England/Brandeis University Press, 2007. 495 pp. $60.00. ISBN 1-58465-631-X. The American Jewish Committee, founded in 1906, has a long-term mission to protect the civil and religious rights of Jews in the U.S. and around the globe. The AJC has also been distinguished for its outstanding staff and superb library, for its importance as a research center, and for its efforts to bring about social change through public education. Marianne Sanua's volume offers a history of this important organization. Biblical and Rabbinic Literature Exploring the Old Testament: Vol. 2: A Guide to the Historical Books, by

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Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish StudiesPurdue University Press

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