books by Intentional Productions

books by Intentional Productions

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Constructive Spirit: Quakers in Revolutionary Russia

David McFadden, Claire Gorfinkel, ...

Intentional Productions, 2004

Plenty of lessons for contemporary international work
Writing from Moscow to Quaker colleagues at home in the disastrous winter of 1921, Anna J. Haines specified what kind of emergency relief workers were needed to cope with civil war, famine and a paranoid Bolshevik government: "In general the people who will be able to ...

The Evacuation Diary of Hatsuye Egami

Hatsuye Egami

Intentional Productions, 1996

An eye opener to USA history
The lady who wrote this book was a very remarkable women. She was able to see "the light" in a very dark world. When she should have been bitter toward the way her country treated her and her family, she remained loyal and forgiving. This book has touched my life ...

Over The Highest Mountains: A Memoir Of Unexpected Heroism In France During World War II
Alice Resch Synnestvedt

Intentional Productions, 2004

A lively young Norwegian nurse discovered the Quakers in Vichy France. She volunteered to help feed hungry French children and wound up spending six years rescuing people from the Nazis. She wrote this memoir in 1945 for her deaf mother. Some of the children whose lives she saved have now honored her with its publication.

Journey of the Wild Geese: A Quaker Romance in War-Torn Europe

Madeleine Yaude Stephenson, Edwin Stephenson

Intentional Productions, 1998

A memorable love story during post-World War II in Europe.
I was compelled to read every word of this love story about two people during their humanitarian, relief work in war torn Europe after World War II. In the format of copies of actual letters between "Red" in Poland and his love in France and other countries, they are ...

Teach Us to Live: stories from Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Diana Wickes Roose

Intentional Productions, 2007

Teach Us to Live: Stories from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These stories are so moving, and the voices reading them aloud add such a richness to the experience. What a lot of work these interviews entailed and what a mitzvah the author has done for all of us who will read this important book and realize more deeply the ...

Much Remains to be Done: Ruth Chance and California's 20th Century Movement for Social Justice
Claire Gorfinkel

Intentional Productions, 2003

Ruth Chance was a witness to the 20th Century. For seventeen tumultous years of the 1960s and 70s, she led the Rosenberg Foundation of San Francisco in making grants to California's disenfranchised farmworkers, minority groups, and children -- many of whom were incarcerated. Much Remains to Be Done is a tribute to the wit and wisdom of ...

Because We Were Slaves: A Concise Haggadah for All of Us

Claire E. Gorfinkel, Charles Davis

Intentional Productions, 1999

Because We Were Slaves: A Concise Haggadah For All Of Us
This haggadah is completely Jewish, yet universal in scope. It is quite easy to use and it makes the Passover experience meaningful for both Jews and non-Jews alike. It is perfect for mixed groups of all ages.

Be Happy, Be Free, Dance! A Holocaust Survivor's Message to His Grandchildren

Richard Weilheimer

Intentional Productions, 2005

A Moving and Unique Story of a Survivor
There are probably countless books about the Holocaust from the classic books of personal recollection of Elie Wiesel (especially "Night"), to stories of "Shindler's List" and "Sophie's Choice," and the cold objective histories epitomized by William Shirer's "The Rise ...