ISBN:
0195106857
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9780195106855
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 176 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Zimmerman, Joshua D. Sparks Amidst the Ashes: the Spiritual Legacy of Polish Jewry (review) 2002
Parallel Title:
Print version Sparks Amidst the Ashes : The Spiritual Legacy of Polish Jewry
DDC:
296.09438
Keywords:
Spiritual life Judaism
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Rabbis
;
Judaism History
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Poland ; Influence
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Jews ; Poland ; Intellectual life
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Judaism ; Poland ; History
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Poland ; Intellectual life
;
Rabbis ; Poland
;
Spiritual life ; Judaism
;
Electronic books
;
Poland Intellectual life
Abstract:
For many years, Poland served as the epicentre of Jewish life but became a "Jewish Atlantis" after the Holocaust. This book shows how the works of intellect produced during the Jewish "Golden Age" in Poland can provide today's Jews with the resources required to ensure future Jewish continuity
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; 1. To Reclaim a Legacy; 2. Grandmother's Tales; 3. Sparks in Exile; 4. Life, Learning, and Luria in Lublin; 5. The Spiritual Magnates of Cracow; 6. Transmigrations of a Name; 7. King for a Night; 8. Auschwitz; 9. Jewish Continuity; 10. Sparks in Ashes; 11. Inward Journeys; 12. The Land We Shared; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
