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One step toward Jerusalem : oral histories of Orthodox Jews in Stalinist Hungary / Sándor Bacskai ; translated from the Hungarian by Eva Maria Thury.
Van Pelt Library DS135.H93 A12713 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bacskai, Sándor, author.
- Series:
- Modern Jewish history
- Standardized Title:
- Egy lépés Jeruzsálem felé. English
- Language:
- English
- Hungarian
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Hungary--Biography.
- Jews.
- Orthodox Judaism.
- Hungary.
- Eastern Europe.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Biography.
- Orthodox Judaism--Hungary.
- Orthodox Judaism--Europe, Eastern.
- Pápa (Hungary).
- Košice (Slovakia).
- Local Subjects:
- Pápa (Hungary).
- Košice (Slovakia).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2018.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Hungarian.
- Summary:
- Originally published in 1997, Bacskai's powerful ethnography portrays the political, religious, and individual forces that came to bear on the Orthodox Jewish tradition as it struggled to survive in the aftermath of the Holocaust in Hungary. Jews who returned to their homes eagerly reestablished their close-knit community lives. However, they were regularly greeted with hostility and faced daily prejudice. Following the fall of Hungarian democracy, the number of Orthodox Jewish congregations dramatically decreased. Those who remained struggled to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. It is these individuals, the bearers of the Orthodox Jewish tradition, whom Bacskai celebrates and gives voice to in One Step toward Jerusalem. Through detailed interviews and intimate profiles, Bacskai narrates the individual stories of survival and the collective narratives of Jews struggling to maintain a community despite significant resistance--back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bacskai, Sándor. One step toward Jerusalem.
- ISBN:
- 9780815635437
- 0815635435
- 9780815635314
- 0815635311
- OCLC:
- 985947678
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