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ISBN/EAN: 9783034329866

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978-3-0343-2986-6
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Autor des Buches: judith tydor baumel, judith schwartz
Titel des Buches: special life, berni

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Autor/in: Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz
Titel: A Very Special Life: The Bernice Chronicles - One Woman’s Odyssey Through Twentieth Century Jewish America
Verlag: Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017-07-21
Bern; CH
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Schweiz.
Sprache: Englisch
87,95 € (DE)
87,95 € (AT)
95,95 CHF (CH)
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EA; E107; Nonbooks, PBS / Geschichte; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte; Verstehen; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; HISTORY / Latin America / General; RELIGION / Judaism / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies; Memoirs; Prose: non-fiction; General & world history; History of other lands; Social & cultural history; Judaism; Gender studies: women; America; American Jewish Education; American Jewish History; American Jewish Institutional Development; Baumel; Bernice; Century; Chronicles; Family Studies; Gender; Genealogy; Immigration; Jewish; Life; Odyssey; Schwartz; Special; Through; Twentieth; Very; Woman’s; Biografien und Sachliteratur; Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen; Judentum; Eintauchen; EA; EA; BC

(Peter Lang, 2016).

This book tells the story of mid-20th century Jewish America through the eyes of Bernice Cohen Schwartz, born in NYC in 1923. The oldest daughter of a family of Eastern European origin, Bernice had an American-born mother, but in other things was similar to her contemporaries, reflecting the lives of a generation of pre-WWI urban Jews in America with immigrant parents.

century: the Great Depression, the Second World War, the development of Zionism, the response to the new State of Israel, and the development of Jewish suburbia. We follow Bernice's school years during the Depression, her connection with the Bronx Y, her college studies, her stint in the Women's Land Army, study trip to Israel in 1949, and marriage to Arthur Schwartz, a young army veteran and social work student from Nyack, NY.

After the couple's odyssey through several East Coast Jewish communities, they and their sons settled in Teaneck, New Jersey. We follow Bernice's response to her oldest son immigrating to Israel, and the couple's move to Riverdale, NY and life there during their "Golden Years" in the 21st century.

This book tells the story of mid-20th century Jewish America through the eyes of Bernice Cohen Schwartz, born in NYC in 1923, whose life reflects much of American Jewry's 20th century history: the Great Depression, WWII, Jewish educational and Institutions, the response to Israel, and the development of Jewish suburbia.

Introduction to Part I: The Genesis of a Book – How it all Began – The Education of Bernice Cohen (1923-1939) – The Second World War and the Women's Land Army (1939-1945) – The Bronx Y: Bernice's Home Away From Home (1930-1951) – Israel 1949: «A Wilderness of Magnificent Beauty» – Introduction to Part II: The Courtship of Bernice Cohen – Arthur Schwartz: A Boy From Nyack – East Coast Adventures (1950-1960) – The Schwartzes of Teaneck (1960-1999) – Closing the Circle: A Son Makes Aliyah (1967-1974) – The Schwartzes of Riverdale (1999–) – Epilogue: The Reconstruction of a Family – Family Tree – Glossary of Foreign Terms – Bibliography – Photographs – Index names – Index places – Index organizations, institutions