Battling For Souls.Battling For Souls Alex Grobman KTAV Publishing House 930 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306 0881258431 $29.50 www.ktav.com Battling For Souls: The Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee In Post-War Europe by academician and historian Alex Grobman tells the story of the men, women, and rabbinical rab·bin·i·cal also rab·bin·ic adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of rabbis. [From obsolete rabbin, rabbi, from French, from Old French rabain, probably from Aramaic leaders of the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee, who strived to keep and nourish nour·ish v. To provide with food or other substances necessary for sustaining life and growth. the spark of Jewish spirit in the hearts of survivors in the wake of the unspeakable atrocities of the Holocaust Holocaust (hŏl`əkôst', hō`lə–), name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. . A mission that sustained itself despite lack of funds and even in the face of open hostility, from both local populations and other Jewish organizations, The Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee battled tirelessly tire·less adj. Not yielding to fatigue; untiring or indefatigable. tire  less·ly adv. for nothing less than Jewish souls. An eye-opening true story of group dedication, determination and purpose.
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