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Rappaport, Doreen

In the Promised Land: Lives of Jewish Americans

32 pp. | HarperCollins | March, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-688-17150-8 $15.99 | Library ISBN 0-06-059395-4 $16.89
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu. Highlighting a moment in an individual's career, each double-page spread serves as a sketch (though brief and often vague) of a Jewish American (both familiar and unfamiliar people are included). Three of the thirteen Jews featured are astronaut Judith Resnick, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and director Steven Spielberg. Vibrant watercolors accompany the text. Reading list, websites. Bib.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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