Lucienne Carasso
Author & Educator
Rooted in deep research and historical facts, Lucienne Carasso has created a library of resources from books to posters written with academic research precision that are in easy-to-understand language to educate people of all ages about Jewish history within the context of world history.
Best Sellers
Begin or deepen your knowledge of the history of the Jews and world history with these books and posters.
The aim of this history of the Jews is to correct many misconceptions, that Jews are the colonizers of the land of Israel, that the Jews are not its indigenous people, that Jews only returned to Israel in the nineteenth century and to stop ignorant people from spouting untruths and believing that somehow the Arabs are the indigenous people of present-day Israel. In fact, the Hebrews, as they were called, arrived in the land of Canaan-Israel in about 1900 BCE when Abram/Abraham and his family immigrated from what is now known as Iraq. Since then, Israelites/Jews established several kingdoms in the land of Israel, had more than 42 kings and one queen. In "The Indigenous People of Israel/Palestine," you will learn with evidence that Jews never abandoned their ancestral homeland after the Romans destroyed the Second Temple of Jerusalem and expelled them in the second century CE, that they continuously lived in their ancestral homeland under the yoke of some of the most powerful empires of the time who were the invaders, oppressors and colonizers of the region. Contrary to common belief that Jews only returned to their ancestral homeland in the nineteenth century, Jews immediately started to return after the expulsion and did so every subsequent century.
Lucienne Carasso grew up in Alexandria, Egypt. Her cozy, secure and settled world was shattered by the Suez Canal Crisis in November 1956 when her father and uncle were interned by the government of Gamal Abdel Nasser. This marked the beginning of the end of the century-long sojourn of her extended Sephardic family in Egypt.
In her memoir, she shares the magical world of her childhood in the rich, multifaceted city of Alexandria, while giving the reader an intimate sense of the changes wrought by the nationalistic policies of the Nasser regime and of the greater historical forces which caused the multiple peregrinations of her family from Spain to the Ottoman Empire (Salonika) to Egypt with their ultimate emigration to America.
She successfully portrays the arc of her life while weaving in the stories of her patrician grandmother and other family members into the tapestry of Egyptian history. Her father Leon's love for ships and international commerce and her family's deep connection to Spain lead her to investigate what she can reconstruct of her family's odyssey around the Mediterranean.
Have you ever wondered who lived first, Isaiah, Amos or Jeremiah?
Are you interested in discovering when the United Kingdom of Israel split into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah? Would you like to see what was going on in the two Kingdoms when the Etruscans ruled the Italian Peninsula, or the Phoenicians established Carthage, or Homer composed The Illiad and The Odyssey, or when Rome was founded or when the Acropolis or the Great Wall of China were built?
FIND OUT THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE ON THIS TIMELINE OF JEWISH HISTORY....
This poster, measuring 24" x 36" is a graphical representation of Jewish history, juxtaposed against important events taking place elsewhere in the world at the same time. It graphically demonstrates the history of the Jewish People from the time of Abraham [ca. 2000 BCE (BC)] up to the completion of the Babylonian Talmud [ca. 500 CE (AD)]. During this period, Jewish life paralleled that of the Akkadian and Sumerian Empires, in Mesopotamia, through the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 475 CE (AD) which took place at the same time as the "Golden Age" of Indian culture.
In this poster, you can see when different Prophets lived, when books important to Judaism and Christianity were written and when other crucial historical events in Jewish history took place. You can also see when two independent Kingdoms of Israel were created (that of Israel in the North and Judah/Judea in the South). You will also see when the two Temples were erected (and destroyed) as well as when the various expulsions of Jews took place from their homeland.
All of these events can easily be related in time to important events taking place in such disparate places as Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Greece, Carthage, Persia, Rome, China or India. Along with the Prophets, the Timeline of Jewish History provides the dates of the fight by Judah Maccabee and his brothers to maintain Judaism which led to the celebration of the first Hanukkah. You can learn when the Rabbis mentioned in the Passover Haggadah lived. This Timeline of Jewish History gives you the opportunity to see the evolution of Judaism as it continued to grow and thrive, even in the face of such calamities as the deportation of the Ten Tribes from the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE (BC), the Babylonian Exile from the Southern Kingdom of Judah in the 6th century BCE (BC), the deportation by the Romans of most Jews of Judea from their homeland in the 1st century CE (AD), the destruction of the Second Temple by Rome, the most powerful nation of the time and the change of the country's name to Palestina by Roman Emperor Hadrian in 135 CE (AD).
WHAT MAKES THIS TIMELINE OF JEWISH HISTORY UNIQUE?
Because it is a large poster, it can graphically represent a comprehensive view of 2,500 years of Jewish History which can be savored in small sips while connecting with World History. Conversely, when you learn about events in Ancient World History, you can easily connect them to what was happening to Jews at the time. This should be especially meaningful and exciting to students of all ages.
Best Sellers
Begin or deepen your knowledge of the history of the Jews and world history with these books and posters.
The Indigenous People of Israel Palestine: The Return of the Jews to Their Ancient Homeland (Hardcover)
$65.99
Growing Up Jewish in Alexandria: The Story of a Sephardic Family’s Exodus from Egypt (Paperback)
$16.95
The Indigenous People of Israel Palestine: The Return of the Jews to Their Ancient Homeland (Paperback)
$45.99
Growing Up Jewish in Alexandria: The Story of a Sephardic Family’s Exodus from Egypt (Kindle)
$9.99
The Indigenous People of Israel Palestine: The Return of the Jews to Their Ancient Homeland (Kindle)
$11.99
Have you ever wondered who lived first, Isaiah, Amos or Jeremiah?
Are you interested in discovering when the United Kingdom of Israel split into the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah? Would you like to see what was going on in the two Kingdoms when the Etruscans ruled the Italian Peninsula, or the Phoenicians established Carthage, or Homer composed The Illiad and The Odyssey, or when Rome was founded or when the Acropolis or the Great Wall of China were built?
FIND OUT THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE ON THIS TIMELINE OF JEWISH HISTORY....
This poster, measuring 24" x 36" is a graphical representation of Jewish history, juxtaposed against important events taking place elsewhere in the world at the same time. It graphically demonstrates the history of the Jewish People from the time of Abraham [ca. 2000 BCE (BC)] up to the completion of the Babylonian Talmud [ca. 500 CE (AD)]. During this period, Jewish life paralleled that of the Akkadian and Sumerian Empires, in Mesopotamia, through the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 475 CE (AD) which took place at the same time as the "Golden Age" of Indian culture.
In this poster, you can see when different Prophets lived, when books important to Judaism and Christianity were written and when other crucial historical events in Jewish history took place. You can also see when two independent Kingdoms of Israel were created (that of Israel in the North and Judah/Judea in the South). You will also see when the two Temples were erected (and destroyed) as well as when the various expulsions of Jews took place from their homeland.
All of these events can easily be related in time to important events taking place in such disparate places as Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Greece, Carthage, Persia, Rome, China or India. Along with the Prophets, the Timeline of Jewish History provides the dates of the fight by Judah Maccabee and his brothers to maintain Judaism which led to the celebration of the first Hanukkah. You can learn when the Rabbis mentioned in the Passover Haggadah lived. This Timeline of Jewish History gives you the opportunity to see the evolution of Judaism as it continued to grow and thrive, even in the face of such calamities as the deportation of the Ten Tribes from the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE (BC), the Babylonian Exile from the Southern Kingdom of Judah in the 6th century BCE (BC), the deportation by the Romans of most Jews of Judea from their homeland in the 1st century CE (AD), the destruction of the Second Temple by Rome, the most powerful nation of the time and the change of the country's name to Palestina by Roman Emperor Hadrian in 135 CE (AD).
WHAT MAKES THIS TIMELINE OF JEWISH HISTORY UNIQUE?
Because it is a large poster, it can graphically represent a comprehensive view of 2,500 years of Jewish History which can be savored in small sips while connecting with World History. Conversely, when you learn about events in Ancient World History, you can easily connect them to what was happening to Jews at the time. This should be especially meaningful and exciting to students of all ages.
