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Ruth Gruber

Born

in Brooklyn, New York

September 30, 1911

Died

November 17, 2016

Genre

History, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Ruth Gruber was an award-winning Jewish American journalist, photographer, and humanitarian. Born in Brooklyn in 1911, she became the youngest PhD in the world and went on to author nineteen books, including the National Jewish Book Award–winning biography Raquela (1978). She also wrote several memoirs documenting her astonishing experiences, among them Ahead of Time (1991), Inside of Time (2002), and Haven (1983), which documents her role in the rescue of one thousand refugees from Europe and their safe transport to America.

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Average rating: 4.31 · 2,632 ratings · 309 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Raquela; A Woman of Israel 4.40 avg rating — 1,009 ratings — published 1978 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America by Ruth Gruber, Dava Sobel (Foreword) 4.23 avg rating — 1,030 ratings — published 1966 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ahead of Time: My Early Years as a Foreign Correspondent 4.35 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1991 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witness: One of the Great Correspondents of the Twentieth Century Tells Her Story 4.18 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inside of Time: My Journey from Alaska to Israel 4.50 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exodus 1947: The Ship That Launched a Nation 4.41 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Virginia Woolf: The Will to Create as a Woman 3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rescue: The Exodus of the Ethiopian Jews 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Memoirs: Ahead of Time, Haven, and Inside of Time 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Felisa Rincon De Gautier: The Mayor of San Juan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1972 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Mama wept openly. “If I don’t die now,” she cried, “there is no death.”
― Ruth Gruber, Raquela: A Woman of Israel

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“How does one comfort a young woman whose body must hunger for her husband? How does one help her mourn? How does one comfort the wives and mothers and children of dead soldiers?”
― Ruth Gruber, Raquela: A Woman of Israel

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“Only you would think of Sholom Aleichem to make the people forget for a little while.”
― Ruth Gruber, Raquela: A Woman of Israel

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