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The Arc of Our History: A Social and Political Narrative of Family and Nation by Stanley Ringler traces Jewish history across three continents: Europe, North America and the Middle East.
Focusing on the Jewish people whose roots are in Eastern Europe, the book follows significant social, political and economic events from the fourteenth century to the present. It links the arc of East European Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the birth of the State of Israel and its confrontation with external and internal challenges. Ringler weaves his own experiences, and those of his extended family and other individuals, into the larger story, so that personal lives illustrate the collective Jewish experience.
Told chronologically, it suits readers who want a broad, readable account of modern Jewish history with a human face. Paperback, 626 pages, Gefen.