Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 9 - Catastrophe and Rebirth, 19391973

An exploration of global Jewish responses to the years 1939 to 1973, a time of unprecedented destruction, dislocation, agency, and creativity.

About the author

Samuel D. Kassow is Charles H. Northam Professor of History at Trinity College. David G. Roskies is the Sol and Evelyn Henkind Chair of Yiddish Literature and Culture and professor of Jewish literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Deborah Dash Moore is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. She is editor in chief of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization.

Summary

An exploration of global Jewish responses to the years 1939 to 1973, a time of unprecedented destruction, dislocation, agency, and creativity.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel D. Roskies Kassow
• Assisted by: Samuel D Kassow (Editor), Samuel D. Kassow (Editor), Kassow Samuel D. (Editor), David G Roskies (Editor), David G. Roskies (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780300188530
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18853-0
• No. of pages: 1088
• Series: Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization; Posen Library of Jewish Cultur; Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization (Yale)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Judaism / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Jewish, RELIGION / Judaism / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Religion, Jewish Studies, The Holocaust, Judaism, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Literature: history and criticism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust