{"product_id":"new-horizons-paperback","title":"New Horizons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Bloch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Horizons \u003c\/em\u003eis based on the true story of a Jewish family escaping pogroms in the Ukraine, where they lived, and the general slaughter and hunger in Russia during the Revolution of 1917 and the following civil war that lasted through 1920. For safety, the family moved to Harbin in Manchuria with many other Russians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the 19th century, Harbin was a small Chinese fishing village. It grew rapidly to 375,000 residents in 1930, with nearly 300,000 of them Chinese. The Jewish population peaked at 20,000 in the 1920s. Japan then invaded Manchuria, capturing Harbin in 1932, and making life harder for the Jewish community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJews in Harbin ran a self-administrative community with their own bank, hospital, schools, library, and cemetery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the family left for the U.S in the late 1920s. The parents left for Palestine in 1930, with the rest following in 1934. The book describes the historical events during this tumultuous period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor people and events in \u003cem\u003eNew Horizons\u003c\/em\u003e are real. Some details are told as oral history by the people who lived then, while other information was passed down through the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Dr. Alex Bloch's eighth book. He was born in Germany and came to Palestine as a child. From there he went to the U.S., where he earned a BS from M.I.T. and an MS from Columbia. He eventually moved to Israel and received his Ph.D. in history from Tel-Aviv University, where he also taught. The author has written mainly historical novels after retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42106728120455,"sku":"9781948858649","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/78b5ab0390622b49ab3b1744819d3ea6.webp?v=1732447909","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/new-horizons-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}