Name: The Jewish Search for a Usable Past (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies)
Price: 1144.00 TWD
Availability: InStock
Author: David G. Roskies
ISBN: 9780253335050

portada The Jewish Search for a Usable Past (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies)

The Jewish Search for a Usable Past (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Author

David G. Roskies

Year

1999

Language

English

Pages

232

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

0253335051

ISBN13

9780253335050

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Jewish Search for a Usable Past (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies) "

Roskies has illuminated a path to further self-understanding of who Jews are and the type of bridges used to reach a usable past." -Lifestyles Magazine [The author has] an exceptional gift for historical reconnection... The force of the shtetl, if not its romance, remains very much within him." -Irving Louis Horowitz, Congress Monthly ... fine new volume of essays... " -David Singer, Commentary These studies, each a gem unto itself, together reveal how Jews cope with loss and catastrophe and illustrate that it is exactly by coping with loss and tragedy that Jews create a usable past and in, in the process, define their present and shape their future." -Choice After redrawing the map of modern Jewish memory, David G. Roskies takes the reader on a grand tour of major memory sites, each of which is built upon foundations of rebellion, rupture, and loss. Among them: chronicles of catastrophe from the Warsaw ghetto; a gallery of rabbis and zaddikim who are really rebels in disguise; a failed revolution recast into an Honor Row of magnificent tombstones; and a Holy Land where the search for a sacred space is led by those least likely ever to find it. The creativity with which Jews have coped with loss and catastrophe in modern times is richly revealed in this lively account.

Customers reviews

Have you read this book? Login to add your review.

More customer reviews

0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)

Questions and Answers about the Book

Do you have a question about the book? Login to be able to add your own question.

Opinions about Bookdelivery

More customer reviews

The Jewish Search for a Usable Past (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies) - David G. Roskies

Synopsis "The Jewish Search for a Usable Past (The Helen and Martin Schwartz Lectures in Jewish Studies) "

Customers reviews

Frequently Asked Questions about the Book

Is the book original?

In what language is the book written?

What is the format of this book?

Questions and Answers about the Book

Opinions about Bookdelivery