{"product_id":"the-murders-of-moiss-ville-javier-sinay-9781632062987","title":"The Murders of Mois駸 Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning journalist Javier Sinay investigates a series of murders from the nineteenth century, unearthing the complex history and legacy of Mois駸 Ville, the \"Jerusalem of South America,\" and his personal connection to a defining period of Jewish history in Argentina.\u003c\/b\u003eWhen Argentine journalist Javier Sinay discovers an article from 1947 by his great-grandfather detailing twenty-two murders that had occurred in Mois駸 Ville at the end of the nineteenth century, he launches into his own investigation that soon turns into something deeper: an exploration of the history of Mois駸 Ville, one of the first Jewish agricultural communities in Argentina, and Sinay's own connection to this historically thriving Jewish epicenter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seeking refuge from the pogroms of Czarist Russia, a group of Jewish immigrants founded Mois駸 Ville in the late 1880s. Like their town's prophetic namesake, these immigrants fled one form of persecution only to encounter a different set of hardships: exploitative land prices, starvation, illness, language barriers, and a series of murders perpetrated by roving gauchos who preyed upon their vulnerability. Sinay, though a descendant of these immigrants, is unfamiliar with this turbulent history, and his research into the spate of violence plunges him into his family's past and their link to Mois駸 Ville. He combs through libraries and archives in search of documents about the murders and hires a book detective to track down issues of \u003ci\u003eDer Viderkol\u003c\/i\u003e, the first Yiddish newspaper in Argentina started by his great-grandfather. He even enrolls in Yiddish classes so he can read the newspaper and other contemporaneous records for himself. Through interviews with his family members, current residents of Mois駸 Ville, historians, and archivists, Sinay compiles moving portraits of the victims of these heinous murders and reveals the fascinating and complex history of the town once known as the \"Jerusalem of South America.\"\u003cp\u003e\"Sinay acknowledges the impossibility of fully separating legends from facts. . . but his diligence has produced as definitive an account as possible of what actually happened during this bloody period. This nuanced search for truth should have broad appeal.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I greatly admire Javier Sinay's enlightening and humane account of his sleuthing--the disinterment of a violent episode of buried history--now no longer forgotten. Its implications resonate far beyond the borders of Argentina.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Paul Theroux, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnder the Wave at Waimea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Part detective story, part family history, \u003ci\u003eThe Murders of Mois駸 Ville: The Rise and Fall of the Jerusalem of South America \u003c\/i\u003e-- by Buenos Aires journalist Javier Sinay-- offers a compelling path to learn more.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eHoward Freedman, \u003ci\u003eJewish News of Northern California\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the pursuit to understand his own past, while unraveling the mysteries surrounding Mois駸 Ville, Javier Sinay has created an unflinching portrait of the first Jewish community in Argentina, who, despite enormous challenges, life-threatening privations, and demeaning persecution, endured to pave the way for others seeking a new life in Argentina...Sinay has demonstrated once again, that history must be preserved no matter the cost - for ourselves, as well as for future generations.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Stephen Newton, \u003ci\u003eLitro Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" What begins as an exercise in historical sleuthing evolves into a more ambitious exploration of Argentine Jewish history and identity...Sinay doesn't need to create a direct connection to this tragic present. It is more than enough that he refuses to flatten the Mois駸 Ville murders to fit a totalizing narrative of antisemitic violence in Argentina. In so doing, he not only rejects facile conceptions of Jewish victimhood, but also defies the Zionist idea that, by virtue of having suffered in one country, Jews are automatically entitled to land in another.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Lily Meyer, \u003ci\u003eJewish Currents\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Javier Sinay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632062984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632062987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Restless Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/27\/2021","brand":"Javier Sinay","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052321272063,"sku":"9781632062987","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c212c214-e8b0-4c3e-8d88-51fcfaf56bc9.jpg?v=1685018158","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-murders-of-moiss-ville-javier-sinay-9781632062987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}