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Ruth Gay

Author of Unfinished People: Eastern European Jews Encounter America

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About the Author

Ruth Gay has written extensively on Jewish history.

Works by Ruth Gay

Unfinished People: Eastern European Jews Encounter America (1996) 77 copies

The Jews of Germany: A Historical Portrait (1991) 67 copies

Safe Among the Germans: Liberated Jews After World War II (2002) 29 copies

Jews in America; a short history (1965) 9 copies

Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland. Von der Römerzeit bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg (1993) 4 copies

Jews in America : a short history 3 copies

The Jews of Germany- A historical portrait 1 copy

Das Undenkbare tun : Juden in Deutschland nach 1945 1 copy

Associated Works

The Jewish King Lear : a comedy in America (2007) — Translator, some editions — 9 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Slotkin, Ruth (birthname)
Other names: GAY, Ruth
SLOTKIN, Ruth
Birthdate: 1922-10-19
Gender: female

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Jews in America by Gay

A history of Jews in America starting in 1654

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Awards

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National Jewish Book Award

Unfinished People: Eastern European Jews Encounter America (Winner – Non-Fiction – 1997)

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Statistics

Works: 8
Also by: 1
Members: 191
Popularity: #114,255
Rating: ½ 4.5

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 16
Languages: 1
Favorited: 1

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persondata.toolforge.org gnd 122803418 (German)

DNB Gay, Ruth (German)

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