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Book Review: Mandatory reading?

Monty Penkower sheds light on the tumultuous period of 1933 to 1939 in Palestine, when the British turned anti-Zionist and the Zionists were split by internal feuds.

An unpaved road to Jerusalem, circa 1936. During the period the book covers, tens of thousands of Jews immigrated to Israel.
An unpaved road to Jerusalem, circa 1936. During the period the book covers, tens of thousands of Jews immigrated to Israel.
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
ByYISRAEL MEDAD
OCTOBER 14, 2014 15:19
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