The Dream is the set in the southern provinces of Poland during the first half of the seventeenth century, shortly before the devastating pogroms of Bogdan chmielnicki and his Cossack hordes. During this period the Jewish population of Poland enjoyed unprecedented prosperity and privileged status, but the cold winds of change were already in the air.

The Dream

Gold, Avner

Children's Books

Cis Pub

3rd volume in Ruach Ami Series is set in ythe midst of the dreadful catastrophe that befell the Jewish people in Poland over 300 hundred years ago, a catastrophe that is all but forgotten. It is a story about violent pogroms that characterized the Cossack uprisings of 5408 (1648) and 5409 (1649), the infamous years of Tach and Tatas they have become known in Jewish history.

The Year of the Sword (Ruach Ami Series)

Promised Child

<p>Twilight by Avner Gold is the fourth volume in the ruach Ami Series published by C.I.S. Publications Division. It adds yet another chapter to the fascinating saga of the Pulichever family, which began with The Promised Child and continued with The Dream and The Year of the Sword. Twilight is set in Poland less than ten years after the Cossack uprisings of 5408 (1648) and 5409 (1649), the infamous years of Tach and Tat, as described in The Year of the Sword. The painful memories of the Cossack sword are still fresh in the minds of the survivors, but there is also hope. The darkness enveloping the Kingdom of Poland is beginning to fade at the edges. It is twilight, that fragile moment that is not quite night and not quite day. It is a time to bind up wounds and begin to build for the future once again. During this twilight time a new element is introduced. Many people hear the footsteps of Mashiach in the fading darkness. It gives them strength and courage, but it also opens a dangerous</p>

Twilight

<p>Over the centuries since thedestruction of the second BaisHamikdash, various adventurersand false prophets have laid claimto the royal mantle of Mashiach andpromised to bring an end to thelong and bitter galus of the Jewishpeople. These messianicmovements have almost invariablybrought tragic results, but nonemore so than the catastrophicmessianic campaign of theinfamous false Mashiach ShabbesaiTzvi, the central figure of TheImpostor, the fifth volume in TheRuach Ami Series.Viewed for the most part throughthe eyes of the characters of thePulichever saga, the amazing storyof The Impostor unfolds d_uring themiddle of the seventeenth centuryin the heart of the Turkish Empire.Feeding on the profound yearningof the Jewish people for the comingof Mashiach, the mystical cult,formed by the charismatic figure ofShabbesai Tzvi and the burningambition of his disciples, threatenedto engulf the major Jewishcommunities of the world. TheImpostor traces the development ofthis movement from its earliestorigins with mysterious midnightmeetings on the shores of the Bayof Smyrna to its hair raising climaxin the Imperial courts of the TurkishSultan.</p>

The Imposter (Ruach Ami Series)

The setting of the Pulichever saga shifts to the capital of the Hapsburg Emperors during the year of 5428 (1668) in Avner Gold's Envoy from Vienna, the seventh volume in the continuing Ruach Ami Series. As the story unfolds, the Jewish community of Vienna prepares to celebrate the wedding of Mendele Pulichever when it suddenly finds itself embroiled in a serious crises that threatens its very existence. The dismayed Jews of Vienna are confronted by a formidable array of adversaries, including Empress Margareta Theresa, her mother Queen Maria Anna of Spain, the Emperor's Jesuit confessor and a fanatical Spanish duke. After a tense confrontation in the imperial palace of Emperor Leopold l of Austria, the Jews of Vienna attempt to enlist the support of some of the most powerful princes in Europe. In the course of the story, the fate of the Jews becomes entangled in a struggle between the Hapsburg Emperor and King Louis XlV of France and with the ambitions of the Elector of Brandenburg, a

The Impostor (Ruach Ami Series No 5)

The Purple Ring (The Ruach Ami Series)

C.I.S. Publications Division

To prevent the expulsion of the Jews from Vienna, Herr Ringel embarks on a perilous journey, in 1668, to the Imperial Palace to meet with the Emperor.

Envoy from Vienna (The Ruach ami series)

C.I.C. Publications Division

Envoy from Vienna (Ruach Ami Series)

The Dream by Avner Gold The Ruach Ami Series

The Dream (The Ruach Ami Series)

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