1981.018.002-004
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1981.018.002 is titled Children of the Ghetto, by I. Zangwill. It was published in 1919 by the Macmillan Company in New York. This book talks about how Moses Ansell, the protagonist, migrated to the United States with his family from Eastern Europe, because of bloody pogroms throughout the Russian Empire. It discusses his life in America, especially life in the ghettoes and the need to assimilate into a new culture. 1981.018.003 is titled King of Schnorrers, by I. Zangwill. It was published in 1914, at The Macmillan Company in New York. This book contains many fantasy stories such as The King of Schnorrers, The Semi-Sentimental Dragon, An Honest Log-Roller, Tragi-Comedy of Creeds, The Memory Clearing House, etc. 1981.018.004 is titled The Voice of America on Kishineff, by Cyrus Adler. It was published in 1904 by The Jewish Publicstion Society of America, in Philladelphia. This book talks about the American response to the massacre at Kishineff. People created petitions, made relief efforts, and wrote about the incident.
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