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The Rebbe the life and afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson / by Heilman, Samuel C.

Table of Contents: “…Farbrengen : the gathering of the emissaries -- Death and resurrection -- Coming of age in a time of transition -- Entering the court of Lubavitch -- From survival to Uforatzto -- On a mission from the Rebbe in life -- From resurrection to death : we want moshiach now -- On a mission from the Rebbe in his afterlife.…”
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After the Girls Club how teenaged Holocaust survivors built new lives in America / by Ford, Carole Bell, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…A meeting with Holocaust survivors -- Introduction: The women and the Girls Club -- Lodz : a path to the ghetto -- Growing up : coming of age in a nightmare -- Sh'erit ha-Pletah : the "Surviving Remnant" -- America : a home at the Girls Club -- After the Girls Club : settling in, settling down -- Betty and Lucy : different forks in the road -- Child survivors in old age : the aging women.…”
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Mr. New York : Lew Rudin and his love for the city / by Lachman, Seymour

Table of Contents: “…Take care of our city -- Family roots -- Entree to politics and policy -- Birth of the association for a better New York -- New York's film and television industry comes of age in New York City -- Advent of the fiscal crisis -- Pre-payment of property taxes, and the road back to prosperity -- New York City marathon -- International tennis becomes synonymous with New York -- Protecting local and state tax deductions -- Living landmark.…”
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House of Refuge : Origins of Juvenile Reform in New York State, 1815-1857 / by Pickett, Robert S.

Table of Contents: “…Manhattan, gateway to the New York world (1825-55) -- The society for the prevention of pauperism (1825-55) -- The quest for support (1824-26) -- Joseph Curtis, first superintendent of the New York house of refuge (1824-26) -- Institutions for the reformation of juvenile delinquents (1825-59) -- "Most prolific sources of juvenile crime" (1826-56) -- The road to Albany (1827-54) -- The New York house of refuge system (1827-54) -- Coming of age (1827-57).…”
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