National Network for Equitable Library Service

Verbal attacks against Israel for human rights violations have turned into physical attacks against the Jewish community worldwide. How has that happened?

The late twentieth century witnessed massive human rights violations. What can to done to stop them? How can the root causes be addressed?

Rachel is a Jew living in Kishinev, Russia. At fourteen, she has dreams of being a writer.

It is 1904, and Rachel and her family are leaving Russia to escape the continuing riots against Jews. They take the Trans-Siberian Railway across the country and board a ship to Shanghai.

Rachel, a young Jewish woman from a small town in Russia, has made an incredible journey.