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Here is the citation for Daniel Gordis’s book in clean format - I’ll follow with Tom’s in a few minutes: Gordis, Daniel. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn. Ecco, 2016. The discussion of Holocaust Jews being called “Sabon” or “Soap” occurs on pages 252 and following Israel: A Concise History of a Nation book won the 2016 Jewish Book of the Year award from the Jewish Book Council. The National Jewish Book Awards is “recognized as the most prestigious” awards program of its kind in North America. This book is available on Amazon in hard back for $39.27 https://www.amazon.com/Israel-Concise-History-Nation-Reborn/dp/0062368745 Daniel Gordis as described in Wikipedia: Daniel Gordis is the author of a dozen books on Judaism and Israel. He has received the National Jewish Book Award twice, including Book of the Year for Israel: A Concise History Of A Nation Reborn. The Forward has called Gordis "one of the most influential Israel analysts around." Gordis was the founding dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism, the first rabbinical school on the West Coast of the United States.[3] From 1998 to 2007, he worked at the Mandel Foundation and the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. He joined the Shalem Center in 2007 as Senior Vice President and Koret Distinguished Fellow at Shalem College A couple of questions: Do you trust this author (a strong Zionist by the way)? Do you believe his very specific scholarship on this issue?