Description
The concluding chapter "Return to Poland" examines the cities and towns described earlier in the book, as well as Breslau-Wroclaw, where the author had completed his rabbinic and university studies in 1933, as they appeared to him during his visit in 1982, nearly fifty years after his departure from Europe for Israel.
The author's aim was to produce a portrait, sympathetic, intimate, but also knowledgeable and critical, of a generation that did not have the time to take stock of itself before its obliteration. He has thus rendered palpable the experiences and quandaries of many of his contemporaries.
About the Author
Professor Efraim Shmueli (1908-1988), an Israeli philosopher and historian, lectured and taught for over 50 years in Israel and the U.S. Wrote on the Renaissance, on faith and heresy, topics in philosophy, history, sociology and literature. His interpretation of Jewish history and thought Seven Jewish Cultures appeared in English (Cambridge University Press, 1990).
Reviews
"A vivid portrait of Poland's Jewish community in the 1920s."
- Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel
Book Information
ISBN 9781644695975
Author Efraim Shmueli
Format Hardback
Page Count 338
Imprint Academic Studies Press
Publisher Academic Studies Press