Acknowledgments

I don’t think I could have faced 4,000 years of Jewish history without knowing Julie Gutin was by my side. Her keen eye for detail insured the accuracy of this book. I would like to thank my editors, Gary Krebs and Eric Hall, for making this project a reality; Jack Herzig, Esq., for providing research material; and my agent, Carol Susan Roth.

—Richard Bank

I would like to thank my family—Nonna, Faina, and Leonid Gutin—for all their love and support. I would also like to thank Richard Bank for his expertise and all the hard work he put into this project. And of course, many thanks go out to Eric Hall, Kate McBride, and Gary Krebs at Adams—I couldn’t have done this without your help. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the Jewish Federation of the North Shore for helping Russian families like mine find new homes in the Boston area.

—Julie Gutin