For her first book, Rachel Cockerell took an unconventional approach. With the exception of the preface and the afterword, Melting Point, a history of Cockerell’s family and their involvement in early ...

Ezekiel was an exile. Born in the kingdom of Judah, he survived the siege of Jerusalem, in 597 B.C.E., but afterward was banished with his fellow-Jews to Babylon. While there, he had an arresting ...

Discovering the ways her great-grandfather’s rich life intersected with the hidden history of Zionism led to an unusually crafted new book, “Melting Point.” By Marc Tracy One summer day 10 years ago, ...