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The great Jewish cities of Central and Eastern Europe : a travel guide and resource book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest / Eli Valley.

DS135.C96 P846 1999

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Valley, Eli.
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Jews--Czech Republic--Prague--History.; Jews.; History.; Czech Republic--Prague.; Prague (Czech Republic)--Guidebooks.; Prague (Czech Republic).; Jews--Poland--Warsaw--History.; Poland--Warsaw.; Warsaw (Poland)--Guidebooks.; Warsaw (Poland).; Jews--Poland--Kraków--History.; Kraków (Poland)--Guidebooks.; Kraków (Poland).; Jews--Hungary--Budapest--History.; Budapest (Hungary)--Guidebooks.; Budapest (Hungary).; Hungary--Budapest.; Poland--Kraków.
Physical Description:: xix, 538 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:: Northvale, N.J. : Jason Aronson, [1999]
Summary:: The most detailed and useful guide for Jewish travelers to Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, and Cracow ever written.
Contents:: Introduction: Peretz's Golem xvii; A Note on the Term "Jewish Community" xix; I Prague: City of the Old and the New; A History of the Jews in Prague 5; In the Beginning 5; Servi Camerae Regiae 6; Oppression in the Fourteenth Century 7; Life among the Hussites 8; Persecution and Expulsion 9; The Renaissance and the Golden Age 10; The Seventeenth Century 12; Jewish Population Growth and the Familiants Laws 13; Expulsion: 1745-1748 14; The Edict of Tolerance 15; Enlightenment, Equality, Assimilation 17; The Holocaust 21; Postwar to Today 22; Prague's Philosopher Kings 28; Tomas G. Masaryk 28; Vaclev Havel 30; Spotlight: Rabbi Judah Loew; The "Maharal" (c. 1525-1609) 32; The Golem of Prague 34; The Creation of the Golem 35; The Golem as Servant 37; The Golem as Savior 38; The End of Brother Thaddeus 40; The End of the Golem 41; The Golem Redux 44; Raba Bara Gavra 44; God's Golem 45; Golems in Jewish History 46; The Golem of Prague 48; Visiting Prague: The "Jewish Town" Today 50; The Jurassic Park of Judaism 53; The Jewish Essentials 56; Praying in Prague 57; Mikveh 59; Keeping Kosher in Prague 60; Restaurant 60; Grocery Store 60; Orientation and Suggested Itinerary 61; The Altneuschul 64; The Aron Hakodesh 70; The Amud 72; The Women's Section 74; The Bimah 75; The Hebrew Inscriptions 76; The Yahrzeit Boards 77; The Banner 80; The High Synagogue 82; The Jewish Town Hall 85; The Pinchas Synagogue 88; The Old Jewish Cemetery 99; The Nefele Mound 116; The Ceremonial Hall 116; The Klausen Synagogue 121; The Maisel Synagogue 125; The Spanish Synagogue 129; Elsewhere in Prague 132; The Jerusalem Synagogue ("Jubilee") 132; The Old Olsany Cemetery 134; The New Olsany Cemetery 137; The Rudolfinum 140; The State of Rabbi Judah Loew (1910) 140; The Crucifix on Charles Bridge 141; Tyn Church 144; The Langweil Model of Prague 145; II Warsaw: City of Monuments; A History of the Jews in Warsaw 150; The Earliest Jewish Community in Warsaw 150; Warsaw without Jews 150; The Rise of Praga 151; Partitioned Poland 152; Under Prussian Rule 153; The Duchy of Warsaw 155; St. Petersburg on the Vistula 155; Jewish Rebels 156; Jewish Life in the Nineteenth Century 158; Litvak Warsaw 159; The Jewish Utopias 160; Jewish Culture in Warsaw: The Triumph of Diaspora Jewry 161; Poland and the Jews between the Wars 163; The Holocaust 165; The Mass Deportations of July 22-September 21, 1942 170; The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 171; The Generations After 173; Spotlight: Emmanuel Ringelblum (1900-1944) 177; The Jewish Essentials 179; Praying in Warsaw 180; Mikveh 181; Keeping Kosher in Warsaw 182; Restaurant 182; Buying Food 182; Orientation and Suggested Itinerary 183; The Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw 183; During the War 186; The Cemetery Today 187; The Memorial to Janusz Korczak 211; After the Cemetery: The Former Skra Stadium 213; The Memorial Route of Jewish Martyrdom and Struggle 214; Guide to the Monuments 216; The First Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 217; The Warsaw Ghetto Monument 218; Elsewhere on the Monument Square 221; The Szmul Zygielbojm Memorial 222; Mila 18 225; Stawki 6/8 226; Umschlagplatz 228; The Umschlagplatz Square 229; The Monument 231; Warsaw: The Walking Tour 232; Bohaterow Getta (Nalewki Street) 234; "Sony" Skyscraper (Tlomackie Street Synagogue) 237; The Jewish Historical Institute 238; Krochmalna Street 240; Plac Grzybowski 244; Prozna Street 244; The Street 245; The Buildings 247; Nine 247; Seven 247; Fourteen 248; Twelve 248; The Jewish Theater 249; The Nozyk Synagogue 249; Elsewhere in Warsaw: Praga 251; A Brief History of Praga 251; Visiting Praga 252; Selected Highlights 253; The Praga Jewish Cemetery 253; Strezelecka Street 11/13 254; Stalowa Street 42 254; Mala Street 254; Klopotowskiego Street 31 255; Jagiellonska Street 8 255; III Cracow: City of Legends; A History of the Jews in Cracow 261; Life before Kazimierz 261; King Casimir the Great 262; The Dark Age of the Fifteenth Century 263; The Jews in Kazimierz 264; The Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz 265; The Kazimierz Ghetto? 267; The Golden Age 267; The Commercial Life of the Jews 269; Terrible Times 269; Into Modernity 270; The Holocaust 272; Postwar to Today 274; Spotlight: Rabbi Moses Isserles (1525 or 1530-1572) 275; Legends of Cracow 278; The Birth of the Rema 278; Yakov and the Heavenly Court 279; The Test 282; The Cherem 283; The Custom of the Wall 285; The Jewish Essentials 287; Praying in Cracow 288; Mikveh 289; Keeping Kosher in Cracow 289; Orientation and Suggested Itinerary 291; The Altschul 292; Old and Old New, Cracow and Prague 293; How Old Is Old? 294; The Twentieth Century and Beyond 295; The Vestibule 297; Entering the Main Sanctuary 298; The Main Tzedekkah Box 298; The Women's Sections 300; The Bimah 301; The Aron Hakodesh 302; The Museum Exhibit 303; Customs of the Altschul 304; The Rema Synagogue 307; The Old Jewish Cemetery of Cracow 310; History 312; Moses Isserles (1525 or 1530-1572): The Rema 315; Eliezer Ashkenazi (1512-1585) 318; Nathan Nata Spira (1585-1633): The Megalleh Amukkot 321; The Revealing of the Depths 322; The "Back" of the Cemetery: The Western Wall 326; Joel Sirkes (1561-1640): The Bach 326; Joshua ben Joseph (1578-1648): The Meginnei Shlomo 329; Abraham Joshua Heschel (d. 1663) 331; Michael Calahora (Late Seventeenth Century) 332; Isaac ben Mordechai Halevi (d.; 1799) 333; Yomtov Lippman Heller (1579-1645): The Tosefot Yomtov 334; The Birth of a Legend 335; The Cemetery Square 337; The History 338; The Legend 338; The Original Story 339; Near the Cemetery Square 341; The Popper Synagogue 341; The High Synagogue 343; Nearby the High Synagogue 345; The Isaac Synagogue 346; The Legend of Reb Isaac Reb Jekeles 346; The Synagogue and Its Controversy 347; The Kupa Synagogue 350; Near the Kupa Synagogue 351; The Tempel 352; The New Jewish Cemetery 357; A Stroll through the New Jewish Cemetery 358; Elsewhere in Kazimierz 362; The Jewish Crafts School 362; Hebrew Grammar School 362; Plac Novy 363; Beit Midrash B'nei Emunah 363; Visniac's Gate 364; Beit Midrash Chevrah Tehilim 364; Corpus Christi Church 364; Kazimierz Town Hall 365; Bochenska Street 365; The Former Jewish Hospital 366; The Cracow Ghetto in Podgorze 366; History of the Cracow Ghetto 366; Selected Sites in the Former Ghetto 368; IV Budapest: City of Synagogues; A History of the Jews in Budapest 376; The Magyars Arrive! 377; The Jewish Illiterate 378; The King's Favor, the Church's Rancor 378; Expulsion 379; The Law Book of Buda 380; The First Blood Libel of Hungary 381; The Jewish Prefect of Buda: King of the Jews 381; Among the Turks: Glory Days 382; The Obuda Century 384; Josef II 385; The Neolog Movement 387; Emancipation 389; World War I and the White Terror 389; The Holocaust 390; Postwar to Today 391; Spotlight: Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) 396; The Jewish Essentials 399; Praying in Budapest 400; Mikveh 400; Keeping Kosher in Budapest 401; Restaurants 401; Butchers 402; Salami Store 402; Milk Store 402; Grocery Store 402; Patisserie 403; Hotel 403; Orientation and Suggested Itinerary 405; Buda: Jewish Life from the Middle Ages through the Turks 408; The Old Jewish District of Buda 408; The New Jewish District of Buda 411; The Mendel Houses 412; The Small Synagogue 414; The Star of David 414; The Arrow 415; Nearby the Small Synagogue 417; The Great Synagogue 417; The Churban of 1686 421; Megillat Buda 423; Obuda: Count Zichy's Jews in the Eighteenth Century 426; The Obuda Synagogue 428; Pest: The Jew in the Modern World 431; The Hungarian Jewish Congress and the Three Synagogues of Pest 434; The Dohany Street Synagogue 436; Highlights of the Building 436; The Pulpits of Dohany 439; The Aron Hakodesh 439; The Dohany Organ 440; The Dohany Street Synagogue: A Legend! 441; Origins of the Dohany Street Synagogue 442; The Beginnings of the Synagogue 445; The Competition 447; The Opening of the Synagogue 448; The Dohany Temple of Solomon 450; The Dohany Street Church 451; The Hungarian Jewish Museum 452; The Martyrs' Cemetery 454; The Heroes' Temple 454; The Holocaust Memorial of Budapest 456; Nearby the Holocaust Memorial 457; The Rumbach Synagogue 458; History of the Rumbach Synagogue 460; The Rumbach and the Status Quo 462; The Status Quo Traditions of the Synagogue 463; The Rabbis of Rumbach 464; The Kazinczy Street Synagogue 465; Elsewhere in Budapest 468; Kozma Street Cemetery 468; Ohelim, Budapest Style 469; The World War I Memorial 470; The Holocaust Memorial 470; The Rabbinical Row 472; The Ujpest Synagogue 472; The Living Synagogue: Budapest's Special Treasure 475; The Dohany Street Synagogue 476; The Heroes' Temple 476; "Rumbach" Congregation 477; The Kazinczy Street Synagogue 477; The Rabbinical Seminary 478; Nagyfuvaros Synagogue 479; Bet Smuel ("Csaky") 480; Bet Aharon Synagogue 481; Dessewffy Street Synagogue 482; Bethlen Ter Synagogue 483; The Ujpest Synagogue 484; The Buda Synagogue 485; Teleki Ter Synagogue 486; Sasz Chevra 486; Terezin 489; Treblinka 490; Auschwitz 492.
Notes:: Includes bibliography (pages 501-508) and index.
ISBN:: 0765760002
OCLC:: 37663523

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