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Profiles of a Lost World - Memoirs of East European Jewish Life Before World War II (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,505
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Profiles of a Lost World - Memoirs of East European Jewish Life Before World War II (Hardcover): Eva Zeitlin Dodkin

Profiles of a Lost World - Memoirs of East European Jewish Life Before World War II (Hardcover)

Eva Zeitlin Dodkin; Hirsz Abramowicz; Volume editing by Dina Abramowicz, Jeffrey Shandler; Introduction by David E Fishman, Dina Abramowicz; Translated by E.Z. Dobkin

Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology

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First published in a Yiddish edition in 1958, Profiles of a Lost World is an incomparable source of information about Eastern Europe before World War II as well as an invaluable touchstone for understanding a rich and complex cultural environment. Hirsz Abramowicz (1881-1960), a prominent Jewish educator, writer, and cultural activist, knew that world and wrote about it, and his writings provide a rare eyewitness account of Jewish life during the first half of the twentieth century.

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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Imprint: Wayne State University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology
Release date: April 1999
First published: 1999
Translators: Eva Zeitlin Dodkin
Authors: Hirsz Abramowicz
Volume editors: Dina Abramowicz • Jeffrey Shandler
Introduction by: David E Fishman • Dina Abramowicz
Translators: E.Z. Dobkin
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-2784-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
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LSN: 0-8143-2784-2
Barcode: 9780814327845

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