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Book Review of The Jews: Story of a People

The Jews: Story of a People
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Ages have passed since the Beni Yisrael, that fierce confederation of tribes that comprised the original children of Israel, scratched a harsh, nomadic existence from the deserts of the Sinai.
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Century upon century spent wandering, "from place to place, from city to city, from country to country," hated and dispossessed.
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But they endured, forging a legacy rich in cultural and intellectual achievement from an ancient religious heritage.
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This is a special people, and theirs is a special story, an epic of magnificent richness, color, and grandeur. It is a story that pleads for a master storyteller to render it in all its complexity and wonder. A storyteller like Howard Fast.