Freedman, Samuel G.:Jew vs. Jew; The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and small chips.. x,… Mehr…
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in good dust jacket. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and small chips.. x, 210 p. 29 cm. Illustrations. DJ subtitle is "The Lost World of East European Jews". Foreword by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Many photos, taken from the archives of the weekly Yiddish newspaper The Forward. These photos, along with the accompanying essays, document the daily life of Jews living in East Europe in the early 20th century., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974, 2.75, New York: William Morrow, 2020. First Edition [stated]. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Beovulf Sheehan (Author photograph). xii, [4], 558, [2] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Cast of Characters. Map of Poland, Illustrations. Author's Note on Research. Notes. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Judy was born and raised in Montreal, where she grew up speaking English, French, Yiddish and Hebrew. She studied the history of science at Harvard then moved to London to pursue a Ph.D. in art history. Judy wrote essays and articles for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Vogue, the Forward, Salon, the Jerusalem Post and many other publications. Her stories about family relationships, the generational transmission of trauma, pathological hoarding and militant minimalism came together in her book White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess in Between (NAL/Penguin, 2016). Back in 2007, during her phase of career promiscuity, Judy was doing research on strong Jewish women at the British Library when she happened to come across a dusty, old Yiddish book. Freuen in di Ghettos (Women in the Ghettos), a Yiddish thriller about "ghetto girls" who hid revolvers in teddy bears, bribed Nazis with whiskey and pastry, and blew up German supply trains, became the inspiration for The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos. The Light of Days is a New York Times bestseller and won a National Jewish Book Award and a Canadian Jewish Literary Award. It was adapted into an award-winning children's book, will be translated into 22 languages, and was optioned by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners, for whom Judy is co-writing the screenplay. One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fightersa group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now. Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Polandsome still in their teenshelped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these "ghetto girls" paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, and helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with German soldiers, bribed them with wine, whiskey, and home cooking, used their Aryan looks to seduce them, and shot and killed them. They bombed German train lines and blew up a town's water supply. They also nursed the sick, taught children, and hid families. Yet the exploits of these courageous resistance fighters have remained virtually unknown. As propulsive and thrilling as Hidden Figures, In the Garden of Beasts, and Band of Brothers, The Light of Days at last tells the true story of these incredible women whose courageous yet little-known feats have been eclipsed by time. Judy Batalionthe granddaughter of Polish Holocaust survivorstakes us back to 1939 and introduces us to Renia Kukielka, a weapons smuggler and messenger who risked death traveling across occupied Poland on foot and by train. Joining Renia are other women who served as couriers, armed fighters, intelligence agents, and saboteurs, all who put their lives in mortal danger to carry out their missions. Batalion follows these women through the savage destruction of the ghettos, arrest and internment in Gestapo prisons and concentration camps, and for a lucky fewlike Renia, who orchestrated her own audacious escape from a brutal Nazi jailinto the late 20th century and beyond. Powerful and inspiring, featuring twenty black-and-white photographs, The Light of Days is an unforgettable true tale of war, the fight for freedom, exceptional bravery, female friendship, and survival in the face of staggering odds. NPR's Best Books of 2021., William Morrow, 2020, 3, New York: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 8vo. x, 294 pp. in English. x, 537 pp. in Yiddish. Gray textured cloth over boards. Very good., Yivo Institute for Jewish Research, 1974, 3, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Second Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 397, [3] pages. A Note on Hebrew and Yiddish Terms. Bibliography, Index. Signed by the author. The author of The Inheritance explores the meaning of Judaism in America today, concluding that beneath its prosperous exterior, American Jews are bitterly divided along sectarian and political lines. Samuel G. Freedman is an American author and journalist and currently a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Freedman was a staff reporter for the Culture section of The New York Times. He has authored six nonfiction books, including Who She Was: A Son's Search for His Mother's Life, a book about his mother's life as a teenager and young woman, and Letters to a Young Journalist. Freedman has won the National Jewish Book Award in 2000 in the Non-Fiction category for Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry. His book The Inheritance: How Three Families Moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and Beyond was a finalist for the 1997 Pulitzer Prize. His book, Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights, was published in New York, in August 2013 by Simon & Schuster. Freedman writes the "On Religion" column in The New York Times and formerly wrote The Jerusalem Post column "In the Diaspora." At a time when Jews in the United States appear more secure and successful than ever, Freedman maintains that cultural and religious differences are tearing apart their community. No longer being attacked from without, American Jews are facing struggles that come from within. Religious and cultural differences are further alienating the already diverse communities of Judaism. The author looks at the period 1960-2000 and the history of tension between the various factions of the Jewish community--Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Zionist, etc. He considers the "Who is a Jew? " issue, and covers every geographic sector of America. Derived from a Kirkus review: Jews today may not face sustained, overt anti-Semitism, but nevertheless all is not rosy for American Jewrywhich is plagued, Freedman (Journalism/Columbia Univ.) claims, by infighting. Any number of issues divides Jews in the US. Take gender: though Conservative and Reform Jews ordain women, they remain ambivalent about other feminist reforms. One California congregation Freedman profiled almost fell apart over the question of whether to incorporate the names of the matriarchsSarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leahinto the section of the amidah (the centerpiece of Jewish liturgy) that refers to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jews are also divided over Israel: should land be traded for peace? Should the Palestinians have a state? And Jews disagree about tradition and assimilation. Secularists and Reform and Conservative Jews are often, according to the author, incredibly hostile to Orthodox Jews: one secular couple, for example, left their Long Island home because their neighbors had become Orthodox. Beachwood, Ohio (a largely-Jewish suburb of Cleveland), became the site of bitter fighting when local Orthodox Jews wanted to build a synagogue and day-schoolthe less observant Jewish residents were horrified at the prospect that their town would get a reputation as an Orthodox ghetto. And American Jews, like Israelis, are also split over the question of "Who is a Jew?" If one's mother is not Jewish, must one undergo a formal conversion (as Orthodox law teaches), or does a Jewish father make one Jewish? Does a conversion presided over by a Reform or Conservative rabbi count? An evenhanded and loving portrait that will prove enlightening to Jewish and non-Jewish readers alike., Simon & Schuster, 2000, 3<
