In the promised land

lives of Jewish Americans

By Rappaport, Doreen & Van Wright, Cornelius & Hu, Ying-Hwa

Publishers Summary:
Offers vignettes from the lives of thirteen Jewish Americans whose achievements, from the colonial period through the present, contributed to women's and worker's rights, medicine, science, fashion, photography, sport, and entertainment.

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ISBN
978-0-06059-395-7
Publisher
[New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, [c2005]


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on May 1, 2005

Gr 2-4 In several short paragraphs each, Rappaport tries to re-create a "defining" moment in the lives of 13 notable figures. Her subjects range from Asser Levy, whose letters of petition to the New Amsterdam council helped to gain rights for Jewish settlers in the colony, to Steven Spielberg and his creation of the character E...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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