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Aharon Appelfeld; Translated by Jeffrey M. Green
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The Sin of Writing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature
contends that the processes of enlightenment, modernization, and
secularization in nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish
society were marked not by a reading revolution but rather by a
writing revolution, that is, by a revolutionary change in this
society's attitude toward writing. Combining socio-cultural history
and literary studies and drawing on a large corpus of
autobiographies, memoirs, and literary works of the period, the
book sets out to explain the curious absence of writing skills and
Hebrew grammar from the curriculum of the traditional Jewish
education system in Eastern Europe. It shows that traditional
Jewish society maintained a conspicuously oral literacy culture,
colored by fears of writing and suspicions toward publication. It
is against this background that the young yeshiva students
undergoing enlightenment started to "sin by writing," turning
writing and publication in Hebrew into the cornerstone of their
constitution as autonomous, enlightened, male Jewish subjects, and
setting the foundations for the rise of modern Hebrew literature.
This book tells the life story of an extremely engaging and
charming Polish Jew, Shmuel Braw (1906-1992), who lived through the
traumatic historical events that shaped Jewish experiences in the
twentieth century. The story is told largely in Shmuel's own
Yiddish- inflected Australian English to two avid listeners: Calvin
Goldscheider, a social scientist, and Jeffrey M. Green, a writer
and translator. Both the Holocaust and Shmuel's harrowing
experience as a prisoner in a Soviet labor camp in Siberia figure
prominently in this book, but Shmuel also describes his community
of Tarnow, a town in southeastern Poland, in rich detail. After
World War II, Shmuel settled in Melbourne, Australia before
eventually immigrating to Israel. Shmuel was lively, colorful,
entertaining, deeply concerned about other people, and a devoted
and kind family man. The book is true to Shmuel's spirit and shares
the life of a man whom everyone fondly remembers as a typical
extraordinary Jew.
The second volume of Shmuel Feiner's The Jewish Eighteenth Century
covers the period from 1750 to 1800, a time of even greater
upheavals, tensions, and challenges. The changes that began to
emerge at the beginning of the eighteenth century matured in the
second half. Feiner explores how political considerations of the
Jewish minority throughout Europe began to expand. From the "Jew
Bill" of 1753 in Britain, to the surprising series of decrees
issued by Joseph II of Austria that expanded tolerance in Austria,
to the debate over emancipation in revolutionary France, the lives
of the Jews of Europe became ever more intertwined with the
political, social, economic, and cultural fabric of the continent.
The Jewish Eighteenth Century, Volume 2: A European Biography,
1750-1800 concludes Feiner's landmark study of the history of
Jewish populations in the period. By combining an examination of
the broad and profound processes that changed the familiar world
from the ground up with personal experiences of those who lived
through them, it allows for a unique explanation of these momentous
events.
The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep
changes that took place during its course shaped the following
generations, and its most prominent voices still reverberate today.
In this first volume of his magisterial work, Shmuel Feiner charts
the twisting and fascinating world of the first half of the 18th
century from the viewpoint of the Jews of Europe. Paying careful
attention to life stories, to bright and dark experiences, to
voices of protest, to aspirations of reform, and to strivings for
personal and general happiness, Feiner identifies the tectonic
changes that were taking place in Europe and their unprecedented
effects on and among Jews. From the religious and cultural
revolution of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) to the question
of whether Jews could be citizens of any nation, Feiner presents a
broad view of how this century of upheaval altered the map of
Europe and the Jews who called it home.
The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep
changes that took place during its course shaped the following
generations, and its most prominent voices still reverberate today.
In this first volume of his magisterial work, Shmuel Feiner charts
the twisting and fascinating world of the first half of the 18th
century from the viewpoint of the Jews of Europe. Paying careful
attention to life stories, to bright and dark experiences, to
voices of protest, to aspirations of reform, and to strivings for
personal and general happiness, Feiner identifies the tectonic
changes that were taking place in Europe and their unprecedented
effects on and among Jews. From the religious and cultural
revolution of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) to the question
of whether Jews could be citizens of any nation, Feiner presents a
broad view of how this century of upheaval altered the map of
Europe and the Jews who called it home.
The Sin of Writing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature
contends that the processes of enlightenment, modernization, and
secularization in nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish
society were marked not by a reading revolution but rather by a
writing revolution, that is, by a revolutionary change in this
society's attitude toward writing. Combining socio-cultural history
and literary studies and drawing on a large corpus of
autobiographies, memoirs, and literary works of the period, the
book sets out to explain the curious absence of writing skills and
Hebrew grammar from the curriculum of the traditional Jewish
education system in Eastern Europe. It shows that traditional
Jewish society maintained a conspicuously oral literacy culture,
colored by fears of writing and suspicions toward publication. It
is against this background that the young yeshiva students
undergoing enlightenment started to “sin by writing,” turning
writing and publication in Hebrew into the cornerstone of their
constitution as autonomous, enlightened, male Jewish subjects, and
setting the foundations for the rise of modern Hebrew literature.
In For Every Sin, Aharon Appelfeld, recounts the moving and
unforgettable story of Theo, a young Holocaust survivor struggling
to come to terms with his experience. A student when he was first
imprisoned, Theo is a young man who has lost his family and friends
and wants nothing more than to return to his home. In a desperate
attempt to escape the pain of the camps, he sets out to walk across
Europe, determined to remain alone until he has regained his
strength. In the nightmarish world he enters, haunted by images
from his past and continually reunited with fellow survivors, he is
forced to come face to face with his own demons and the human
condition from which he cannot escape.
The second volume of Shmuel Feiner's The Jewish Eighteenth Century
covers the period from 1750 to 1800, a time of even greater
upheavals, tensions, and challenges. The changes that began to
emerge at the beginning of the eighteenth century matured in the
second half. Feiner explores how political considerations of the
Jewish minority throughout Europe began to expand. From the "Jew
Bill" of 1753 in Britain, to the surprising series of decrees
issued by Joseph II of Austria that expanded tolerance in Austria,
to the debate over emancipation in revolutionary France, the lives
of the Jews of Europe became ever more intertwined with the
political, social, economic, and cultural fabric of the continent.
The Jewish Eighteenth Century, Volume 2: A European Biography,
1750-1800 concludes Feiner's landmark study of the history of
Jewish populations in the period. By combining an examination of
the broad and profound processes that changed the familiar world
from the ground up with personal experiences of those who lived
through them, it allows for a unique explanation of these momentous
events.
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Blooms of Darkness (Paperback)
Aharon Appelfeld; Translated by Jeffrey M. Green
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The ghetto in which the Jews have been confined is being
liquidated by the Nazis, and eleven-year-old Hugo is brought by his
mother to the local brothel, where one of the prostitutes has
agreed to hide him. Mariana is a bitterly unhappy woman who hates
what she has done with her life, and night after night Hugo sits in
her closet and listens uncomprehendingly as she rages at the Nazi
soldiers who come and go. But when she's not mired in
self-loathing, Mariana is fiercely protective of the bewildered,
painfully polite young boy. And Hugo, in turn, becomes protective
of Mariana, trying to make her laugh when she is depressed, and
soothing her physical and mental agony with cold compresses. As
memories of his family and friends grow dim, Hugo falls in love
with Mariana. And as her life spirals downward, Mariana reaches out
for consolation to the adoring boy. The arrival of the Russian army
sends the prostitutes fleeing, but Mariana is tracked down and
arrested as a Nazi collaborator for having slept with the Germans.
As the novel moves toward its heartrending conclusion, Aharon
Appelfeld once again crafts out of the depths of unfathomable
tragedy a renewal of life and a deeper understanding of what it
means to be human.
The ghetto in which the Jews have been confined is being
liquidated by the Nazis, and eleven-year-old Hugo is brought by his
mother to the local brothel, where one of the prostitutes has
agreed to hide him. Mariana is a bitterly unhappy woman who hates
what she has done with her life, and night after night Hugo sits in
her closet and listens uncomprehendingly as she rages at the Nazi
soldiers who come and go. But when she's not mired in
self-loathing, Mariana is fiercely protective of the bewildered,
painfully polite young boy. And Hugo, in turn, becomes protective
of Mariana, trying to make her laugh when she is depressed, and
soothing her physical and mental agony with cold compresses. As
memories of his family and friends grow dim, Hugo falls in love
with Mariana. And as her life spirals downward, Mariana reaches out
for consolation to the adoring boy. The arrival of the Russian army
sends the prostitutes fleeing, but Mariana is tracked down and
arrested as a Nazi collaborator for having slept with the Germans.
As the novel moves toward its heartrending conclusion, Aharon
Appelfeld once again crafts out of the depths of unfathomable
tragedy a renewal of life and a deeper understanding of what it
means to be human.
Punctuated by thoughtful wit, this engaging volume of essays offers
Jeffrey M. Green's personal and theoretical ruminations on the
profession of translation. Green begins many of the essays by
relating the specific techniques and problems associated with
translating from Hebrew texts. From this intimate perspective, he
forges wise reflections on such subjects as identifying and
preserving the writer's voice, the cultural significance of
translations and their contents, the research and travel that are
part of a translator's everyday life, and the frequent puzzles
associated with the craft. Green combines a contemporary frankness
about the financial, practical, theoretical, and ethical aspects of
translation with an aspiration to write "like a good literary
critic of the old school"-considering the moral and spiritual
implications of the translation as well as its content. Thinking
Through Translation shows us, with eloquent honesty, that
translation is a delicate art and skill, and presents the trade as
a way of attaining insight about history, the world, and oneself.
The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain is a detailed study of the
events surrounding this infamous chapter in Spanish history. Based
on hundreds of documents discovered, deciphered, and analyzed
during decades of intensive archival research, this work focuses on
the practical consequences of the expulsion both for those expelled
and those remaining behind. It responds to basic questions such as:
What became of property owned by Jewish individuals and
communities? What became of outstanding debts between Jews and
Christians? How was the edict of expulsion implemented? Who was in
charge? How did they operate? What happened to those who converted
to Christianity in order to remain in Spain or return to that
country? The material summarized and analyzed in this study also
sheds light on Jewish life in Spain preceding the expulsion. For
example, Jews are shown to have been present in remote villages
where they were not hitherto known to have lived, and documents
detailing lawsuits between Christians related to debts left behind
by Jews reveal much about business and financial relations between
Jews and Christians. By focusing on the expulsion of the Jews from
Spain in such detail - for example, by naming the magistrates who
presided over the confiscation of Jewish communal property -
Professor Beinart takes history out of the realm of abstraction and
gives it concrete reality.
Trudi Berger was literally snatched from the flames of the
Holocaust. At the age of fourteen her family was confined to a
Lithuanian ghetto. A few years later she and her mother were sent
off to the camps, suffering forced labor and the ever-present
threat of death. This story of courage, determination, and hope is
a powerful and moving memoir and that special bond between a mother
and daughter.
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