Ben-Zion Gold's memoir brings to life the world of a million Jews in pre-World War II Poland who were later destroyed by the Nazis. Warmly recalling the relationships, rituals, observances, and celebrations, Gold evokes the sense of family and faith that helped him through the catastrophe that followed. With him we experience the life and institutions of the time: the Heder and hooky playing, his encounter with Hassidism, the courtship and marriage of his oldest sister, and the author's own first inkling of love. And with ...
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Ben-Zion Gold's memoir brings to life the world of a million Jews in pre-World War II Poland who were later destroyed by the Nazis. Warmly recalling the relationships, rituals, observances, and celebrations, Gold evokes the sense of family and faith that helped him through the catastrophe that followed. With him we experience the life and institutions of the time: the Heder and hooky playing, his encounter with Hassidism, the courtship and marriage of his oldest sister, and the author's own first inkling of love. And with him, we recapture the memories that made life worth living in the face of disaster, along with the experience of the human capacity for evil that tested and transformed his faith as it devastated his world. Finally, Gold tells of the fate of his family and of his own escape from that fate.
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Good Condition. Size: 14.6 x 1.9 x 22.2 cm. 154 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Social & Urban History; Jewish Studies; Poland; 20th Century; Anthropology; ISBN: 080322222X. Add. Inventory No: 230130ROSJ007524.
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As New in As New jacket. U.S.A. : University of Nebraska Press, 2007. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Signed neatly by the author with brief inscription. Fresh & new, unopened copy. Name of previous owner on endpage. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library..