Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land by Rachel Cockerell

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/49929 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land Author: Rachel Cockerell Narrator: Henry Goodman, Rachel Cockerell Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins Release date: 02-29-24 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: Judaism Publisher's Summary: On June 7th 1907, a ship packed with Russian Jews sets sail not to Jerusalem or New York, as many on board have dreamt, but to Texas. The man who persuades the passengers to go is David Jochelmann, Rachel Cockerell's great-grandfather. It marks the beginning of the Galveston Movement, a forgotten moment in history when 10,000 Jews fled to Texas in the lead-up to WWI. The charismatic leader of the movement is Jochelmann's closest friend, Israel Zangwill, whose novels have made him famous across Europe and America.