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Amos Elon

Related: World: General, Jewish Studies - All Titles, Europe

Amos Elon is the author of eight widely praised books including Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild, and the New York Times bestseller Israelis: Founders and Sons. He was a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine and The New York Review of Books. He passed away in 2009.

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The Pity of It All

A Portrait of the German-Jewish Epoch, 1743-1933

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In this important work of historical restoration, Amos Elon shows how a persecuted clan of cattle dealers and wandering peddlers was transformed into a...

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