Abramowicz was a witness to war, revolution, and major cultural transformations in the Jewish world. His essays, written and originally published in Yiddish between 1920 and 1955, document the local history of Lithuanian Jewry in rural and small-town settings, and in the city of Vilna -- the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" -- which was a major center of East European Jewish intellectual and cultural life. They shed important light on the daily life of Jews and the flourishing of modern Yiddish culture in Eastern Europe during the early twentieth century and offer a personal perspective on the rise of Jewish radical politics.
The collection incorporates local history of Lithuanian Jewry, shtetl folklore, observations on rural occupations, Jewish education, and life under German occupation during World War I. It also includes a series of profiles of leading social and intellectual Jewish personalities of the authors day, from traditional scholars to revolutionaries. Together the selections provide a unique blend of social and personal history and a window on a lost world.
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Abramowicz was a witness to war, revolution, and major cultural transformations in the Jewish world. His essays, written and originally published in Yiddish between 1920 and 1955, document the local history of Lithuanian Jewry in rural and small-town settings, and in the city of Vilna -- the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" -- which was a major center of East European Jewish intellectual and cultural life. They shed important light on the daily life of Jews and the flourishing of modern Yiddish culture in Eastern Europe during the early twentieth century and offer a personal perspective on the rise of Jewish radical politics.
The collection incorporates local history of Lithuanian Jewry, shtetl folklore, observations on rural occupations, Jewish education, and life under German occupation during World War I. It also includes a series of profiles of leading social and intellectual Jewish personalities of the authors day, from traditional scholars to revolutionaries. Together the selections provide a unique blend of social and personal history and a window on a lost world.
Imprint | Wayne State University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology |
Release date | April 1999 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | 1999 |
Translators | Eva Zeitlin Dodkin, E.Z. Dobkin |
Authors | Hirsz Abramowicz |
Volume editors | Dina Abramowicz, Jeffrey Shandler |
Introduction by | David E Fishman, Dina Abramowicz |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 448 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8143-2784-5 |
Barcode | 9780814327845 |
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LSN | 0-8143-2784-2 |