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OverviewThe book, based on memories of a native son and the research of a scholar, is an amalgam of descriptions and discussions, peppered with conversations, personal observations and an acute observer's reflections, focused on the fabric of life in the city of Lodz and its vicinity. The author describes the ""court"" of the Hasidic Rabbis of Aleksander, with which his family was affiliated, the rival camps of Hasidim and Zionists, industrialists and laborers, struggles with the Polish authorities, and more. Detailed chapters are dedicated to a description of studies at a modern Jewish-Zionist high school (Gymnasium) its exhilarating goals, directors and teachers, to the Lodz poet Yitzhak Katzenelson before and during the Holocaust, and to life in a small Polish shtetl. The concluding chapter ""Return to Poland"" examines the cities and towns described earlier in the book, as well as Breslau-Wroclaw, where the author had completed his rabbinic and university studies in 1933, as they appeared to him during his visit in 1982, nearly fifty years after his departure from Europe for Israel. The author's aim was to produce a portrait, sympathetic, intimate, but also knowledgeable and critical, of a generation that did not have the time to take stock of itself before its obliteration. He has thus rendered palpable the experiences and quandaries of many of his contemporaries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Efraim Shmueli , Gila ShmueliPublisher: Academic Studies Press Imprint: Academic Studies Press ISBN: 9781644695975ISBN 10: 1644695979 Pages: 338 Publication Date: 09 December 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Professional & Vocational , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsEditor's Preface Author's Preface Chapter 1 – The World of Polish Jews The World in which we are Born, the World we Create About this Memoir Jews and Poles—Perceptions Chapter 2 – Pilgrimage to the Rebbe Chapter 3 – Holiness and its HeirsThe Early Ẓaddikim of Aleksander Acceptance or Rejection of a Ḥasidic Rebbe A Young Person's Quandaries about Ḥasidism and High School Chapter 4 – Inside Lodz On the Tram through the Streets of Lodz Great Orators of the Day Chapter 5 – Lodz Economy and Politics A Productive City, Energetic and Energizing The Press The Steiger Case Bałuty—The Poor District The City's Pauperization Community Leaders and the Reincarnation of Religious Energy The Ghetto Chapter 6 –Sanctity and Sin An Exemplary Ḥasid Sorrow of Raising Daughters Fathers and Sons Chapter 7 – A Town and its Ẓaddik The ""Earthly Aleksander"" Ḥasidim Assemble; Beginnings of the Aleksander Dynasty At the Cemetery The Greatness of Reb Yeḥiel—Tears and Joy The Old Rebbe's Innovation—Torah Study with Dveikut Between the Living and the Dead Chapter 8 – Portrait of a Ḥasidic Rebbe (ADMOR)The Wisdom of Yismaḥ Yisroel A Ẓaddik in a Capitalistic World No Reward in this World Miracles and the Sphere of Wonders Wonders and Doubts Ẓaddikim and the Power of Healing Chapter 9 – Farewell to Aleksander Ḥasidim Throng to the Great Beit Midrash In the Rebbe's Presence The Tish, the Meal and the ""Rebbe's Wisdom"" Four theological lessons Chapter 10 – A Hebrew High School in its Heyday Zionist Environment and Jewish Activism Jewish Education and the Polish Authorities Power of the Polish Language Dr. Mordechai (Markus) Ze'ev Braude, Founder of the Hebrew High School Chapter 11– My Teachers First Period: Hebrew Literature—Dr. Nathan Eck Physics and Scientific Faith—Dr. Emanuel Anisfeld Jewish History—Dr. Philip (Filip) Friedman The Ancient Classical World—Dr. Moshe Freilich (Mojżesz Frejlich) Polish Romantic literature— Mrs. Strauch Tragedy of Jewish Poets—on Julian Tuwim and Antoni Słonimski Last Lesson of the Day: ""Contemporary Poland""—Civics with Shaul Rieger Extracurricular; The Actor Israel Schumacher Modern Jewish Education—Legacy and Remnants Chapter 12 – With Yiẓḥak Katzenelson Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Katzenelson's Poetry Ignored by the Critics Poetry of Splendor and Love Tales of Youth Hebrew Literature in Katznelson's Youth Love and Art Give Meaning to Life Last Poetry before the Holocaust Chapter 13 – The Holocaust Poet Love and Art Come to his Aid The Scroll of Lamentations of a Modern Zionist Jew God and Man in the Holocaust The Song of the Murdered Jewish People—Structure and Main Themes A Message of Consolation Chapter 14 – A Small Town in Poland Dreams and fears An Ordinary Town and its Extraordinary Feud Germans and Poles—Business and Trade Family Members; Discomfiture at not Knowing the Bible Between the Two World Wars Chapter 15 – Return to Poland End of the Story and Prologue to a Journey Indecision and Resolution First Impressions ""For This Now is Weeping"" A New City Jewish Cemeteries in Poland Aleksander Empty of Ẓaddikim, Empty of Jews Train Chat on Bribery and on Holiness In the City of the Saint—and Saints In Wroclaw, formerly Breslau Joyless Festival of Joy; in front of the Jewish Theological Seminary Martial Law The Solidarity Movement and the Economic-Political Struggle Return to Warsaw In the Heart of the Warsaw Ghetto—the Heart of the Holocaust Chapter 16 – Poland's Five Great Changes—and One Fixation Notes Sources Glossary Author's Bio Photo credits IndexReviews“A vivid portrait of Poland’s Jewish community in the 1920s.” — Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel Author InformationProfessor Efraim Shmueli (1908-1988), an Israeli philosopher and historian, lectured and taught for over 50 years in Israel and the U.S. Wrote on the Renaissance, on faith and heresy, topics in philosophy, history, sociology and literature. His interpretation of Jewish history and thought Seven Jewish Cultures appeared in English (Cambridge University Press, 1990). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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