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FrumJewishBooks.com Pesach 2015 Reviews, History MIRACLE AT EL ALAMEIN BY RABBI ZEV T. PARETZKY Miracle at El Alamein: The Story of the Rabbis Who Stopped the Nazi Onslaught at the Gates of Eretz Yisrael by Rabbi Zev Paretzky reads like a thriller. Although this has suspense, thrills and adventure galore, it is different from most such reads in once crucial respect – it is all true. To be factual, Miracle at El Alamein is a history book. It covers a little known aspect of World War II: the Nazi advance on Eretz Yisrael. Not many people are aware that during the war, the Italian Air Force strafed Tel Aviv and bombed Haifa and that the famous Nazi General Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, had set his sights on Jerusalem. There’s a widespread misconception that the Jews of Eretz Yisrael were unaffected by the war. Baruch Hashem, they were indeed spared the fate of European Jewry, but it was a very close call indeed. This action-packed narrative keeps readers on the edge of their seats, turning pages far into the night to discover how things turn out. The Nazis came within a hair’s breadth of conquering Palestine and implementing their detailed plan for the destruction of Jewry in the Middle East. FrumJewishBooks.com vol 1 Pesach 5775 -2015 [7]