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1992 National Jewish Book Awards
AUTOB IOGRAPHY
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MEMO IR
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Mostly Morgenthaus: A Family History,
by Henry Morgenthau I I I
(Ticknor & Fields)
Mostly Mongenthaus
is a tale o f three patriarchs — Henry
Morgenthau Sr., Henry Mongenthau Jr., and Henry
Morgenthau III. It is more than a peculiarity American tale
about the Morgenthau family’s vitality and optimism. The book
describes their determination to embrace the new land and en
ter fully into its aspirations and opportunities. But, also, and
more importantly, this is a tale o f the author’s concerted effort
to determine why his childhood associates and many o f his fam
ily, cutting themselves o f f from Jewish tradition, were left in
a religious vacuum. That search to uncover the road that his
family had taken away from long-standing Jewish tradition,
makes this memoir a liberating and absorbing experience for
both writer and reader.
CH ILDREN ’S L ITERATURE
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The Man From the Other Side,
by Uri Orlev, trans. by Hillel Halkin
(Houghton Mifflin)
The Man From the Other Side
is a compelling work based on
a true story that provides an unusual view o f the Holocaust
and the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. It describes Warsaw’s negative
attitude toward Jews observed through the eyes o f 14-year old
Marek, a non-Jew, whose personal life is inextricably linked with
events surrounding the Ghetto. From smuggling goods into the
Ghetto with his stepfather, to smuggling escapees out; from
joining with young thugs from school to torment a fugitive Jew
to helping hide a young Jewish escapee who becomes a friend,
a father figure and a catalyst for change, Marek is affected by
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