The Jewish Odyssey

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The Jewish Odyssey

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Author : Marek Halter
language : en
Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
Release Date : 2010

The Jewish Odyssey written by Marek Halter and has been published by Flammarion-Pere Castor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.

Thirty years ago, I wrote a preface to The Book of Abraham by Marek Halter, the amazing saga of a Jewish family, his own, across two thousand years of history. Today, with The Jewish Odyssey, the story of that Jewish family has become the history of the Jewish people. A history of four millenniums, which, under the pen of Marek Halter, reads like an intelligent novel. Shimon Peres, president of the State of Israel and recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize --

The Jewish Odyssey Of George Eliot

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Author : Gertrude Himmelfarb
language : en
Publisher: Encounter Books
Release Date : 2012-05

The Jewish Odyssey Of George Eliot written by Gertrude Himmelfarb and has been published by Encounter Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

It is one of the curiosities of history that the most remarkable novel about Jews and Judaism, predicting the establishment of the Jewish state, should have been written in 1876 by a non-Jew - a Victorian woman and a formidable intellectual, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest of English novelists. And it is still more curious thatDaniel Deronda, George Eliot’s last novel, should have been dismissed, by many of her admirers at the time and by some critics since, as something of an anomaly, an inexplicable and unfortunate turn in her life and work. Yet Eliot herself was passionately committed to that novel, having prepared herself for it by an extraordinary feat of scholarly research in five languages (including Hebrew), exploring the ancient, medieval, and modern sources of Jewish history. Three years later, to reenforce that commitment, she wrote an essay, the very last of her writing, reaffirming the heritage of the Jewish "nation” and the desirability of a Jewish state - this well before the founders of Zionism had conceived of that mission. Why did this Victorian novelist, born a Christian and an early convert to agnosticism, write a book so respectful of Judaism and so prescient about Zionism? And why at a time when there were no pogroms or persecutions to provoke her? What was the general conception of the "Jewish question,” and how did Eliot reinterpret that "question,” for her time as well as ours? Gertrude Himmelfarb, a leading Victorian scholar, has undertaken to unravel the mysteries ofDaniel Deronda. And the mysteries of Eliot herself: a novelist who deliberately wrote a book she knew would bewilder many of her readers, a distinguished woman who opposed the enfranchisement of women, a moralist who flouted the most venerable of marital conventions - above all, the author of a novel that is still an inspiration or provocation to readers and critics alike.

Chestnuts Of Yesteryear

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Author : Zvi Ankori
language : en
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Release Date : 2003

Chestnuts Of Yesteryear written by Zvi Ankori and has been published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Fiction categories.

A unique saga of the Jewish People in modern times, spanning history, countries, and the spectrum of human emotion. Occasionally one comes across a book, whose impact is unexpected and inspirational. This moving and compelling saga confronts the problems that preoccupied the Jewish People of Europe on the threshold of modern times, recounting one family's fascinating story, told through the eyes of a young boy. With a backdrop of the great changes that shaped the face of the world in the first half of the 20th Century, the events, dates and names of localities and personages are fully authentic, forming an impressive work of literature.

A Jewish Odyssey

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Author : Saralea Zohar Aaron
language : en
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
Release Date : 2009-11

A Jewish Odyssey written by Saralea Zohar Aaron and has been published by Trafford on Demand Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Saralea Zohar Aaron's remarkable, richly detailed memoir is a story of growing up in a struggling immigrant Jewish family during the 1940's and 1950's in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a small city north of Boston; of marrying and giving birth to her daughter in Israel and serving as a triage nurse during some of the bloodiest battles of the Yom Kippur War; of traveling in India; of organizing aid for Native Americans and Ethiopian Jewry after her return to the United States. Her reflections on the Jewish-Palestinian dilemma, and on Jewish-Christian issues, are both candid and insightful.

The Glassmakers

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Author : Samuel Kurinsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987

The Glassmakers written by Samuel Kurinsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Glass manufacture categories.

An American Jewish Odyssey

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Author : Cipora O. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Release Date : 2007

An American Jewish Odyssey written by Cipora O. Schwartz and has been published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

No Fixed Abode A Jewish Odyssey To Africa

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Author : Peter Fraenkel
language : en
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Release Date : 2019-08-18

No Fixed Abode A Jewish Odyssey To Africa written by Peter Fraenkel and has been published by Plunkett Lake Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In this memoir, Fraenkel writes as a member of an enclosed minority: German Jew within a predominantly Lithuanian Jewish community which was part of a white settler community, itself a minority in a predominantly black African territory. A young settler reprimanded him for stepping out of the way of an African family on a narrow bush path: “Walk straight on. They must know who is the master in the land.” Fraenkel found himself whistling the Nazis’ anthem “Clear the streets for the brown battalions. The storm troopers are marching.” He was coming to learn the importance of not conforming. “A vivid account of a childhood in a middleclass, non-observant Jewish family in Nazi Germany, forced to emigrate to Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) in 1939.” — Trevor Gundry, Jewish Chronicle “Peter Fraenkel... and his family emigrated in 1939 from Breslau to Northern Rhodesia, where he forged a successful career... in the Central African Broadcasting Service. Fraenkel was thus given the opportunity of using his undoubted skills as a broadcaster to help in the education of black people, using new methods of mass education... his sojourn in Northern Rhodesia came to an end in 1957, a few years after the country was refashioned by the British government as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland — a big mistake, Fraenkel thinks, and one that wasn’t undone until much later when the independent state of Zambia was created. His love affair with Africa came to an end, and he felt impelled to leave, because of his ‘dislike of racist politics in this bastion of white privilege’... Peter Fraenkel’s account of the 20 years in Northern Rhodesia is absorbing... there are riveting chapters on his activities as a somewhat subversive broadcaster, working together with like-minded whites and Blacks... The book is written in a very lively manner and there are countless anecdotes, many of them in direct speech... I recommend it strongly.” — Leslie Baruch Brent, Association of Jewish Refugees “The book bursts with life. Countries like these Central African territories are... far more exciting than countries with a settled structure. Here a new society is emerging. This excitement is lost in official reports and academic studies and one of Fraenkel’s achievements is that he conveys it in full measure. I know of no book which more vividly describes the variety and throb of a modern African township.” — Max Gluckman, The Observer “He brings out the formation of the new African metropolitan and rural societies... I know of no book which describes this surging varied vitality so well.” — Africa

Esther

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Author : Pierre Lasry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Esther written by Pierre Lasry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with categories.

The Glassmakers

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Author : Samuel Kurinsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990-12-31

The Glassmakers written by Samuel Kurinsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-12-31 with Business & Economics categories.

"The religious and ethical contribution of the Judaism to civilization has been rightly acknowledged. The seminal role the Jews have played in the technological evolution of civilization has been largely overlooked." "This remarkable book uses the history of glassmaking as a foil with which new light is shed on the hidden history of that phenomenally creative people. During his association with the glassmakers of Venice, the author uncovered an intriguing historical symbiosis between the Jews and the art of glassmaking. The revelation impelled him to launch an intensive, eight-year campaign of research which led him across three continents and through 4000 years of human history. He discovered that the vitric arts, conceived in Akkadia among the progenitors of the Jews, was subsequently borne by the Jews into the Diaspora, an enthralling historical odyssey which has never been told in its entirety." "Many myths are shattered in the course of following the adventurous path of the art from its Akkadian roots through Canaan, Egypt, Rome, Persia, China and the West. Drawing upon a wealth of archeological, Biblical, archival and historical material, an intense beam of light is cast into the darker recesses of history in which conquered peoples suffer the indignity of having the record of their accomplishments obliterated by their conquerors, a process the author terms "Institutionalized Obfuscation."" "The peculiar parallelism between the movement of the Jews and the vitric arts bears historical connotations which stretch far beyond glassmaking; the very foundation upon which classic versions of history is based is demolished by the revelations which erupt from the pages of the book."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Odyssey

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Author : John Bierman
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 1984

Odyssey written by John Bierman and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with History categories.

Recounts the voyage of 500 Jews aboard the Pentcho, a decrepit paddle steamer, from Bratislava in May 1940.