Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ellin Berlin, an R.C. who married a Russian Jewish songwriter named Irving Berlin and made a go of it, knows that those who marry out of their faith are not always so lucky. In Lace Curtain, her second novel, Veronica goes through a young girl's social hell before she finally marries Protestant Jamie Stair. Then she discovers that not even love and children are sufficient armor against relatives and religious differences. At the end, Veronica waits for her husband to return from the war, prays that somehow they can make their marriage last...
...least likely to agree to a Jewish state...
...hours before Britain's mandate over Palestine had ended, a momentous announcement was made: 1. Proclaiming the establishment of a Jewish state, to be called Israel...
...Asking that peace proposals be submitted to the British, King Abdullah and Jewish Prime Minister Ben-Gurion...
...Reporting that 100,000 Jewish reinforcements had joined battle...