Who Will Say Kaddish? - A Search for Jewish Identity in Contemporary Poland

By the eve of the Holocaust, Poland was home to the second largest Jewish population in the world. By war's end, its Jews had been decimated and their once-vibrant culture all but destroyed. The authors of this book revisit their roots to research a rumor that Jewish life is being rekindled in modern Poland. What they discover are three generations of Jews -- Holocaust survivors and their offspring -- with differing historical perspectives.A sociocultural portrait -- through interview, photography, reportage, and personal memoir -- of the Jewish resurgence that has taken place since the fall of the communist regime in 1989. Who Will Say Kaddish? shows how each group explores the issue of "Jewish" identity for themselves and for Poland at large.

About the author

Larry N. Mayer is a writer and teacher. His articles have appeared in Hadassah and the Boston Phoenix. The son of Polish Holocaust survivors, he lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Gary Gelb's photographs have appeared in Hadassah, Moment, Money, and Smart Money. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Product details

• Authors: Larry Mayer
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9780815607199
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0719-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 261 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 875 g
• Series: Religion, Theology and the Hol
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology