Marie Syrkin – Values Beyond the Self

Carole S. Kessner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

504 Seiten

2021
Brandeis University Press (Verlag)
978-1-68458-072-9 (ISBN)

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A compelling biography of an important eyewitness to the twentieth century.

Marie Syrkin’s life spanned ninety years of the twentieth century, 1899–1989. As a polemical journalist, socialist Zionist, poet, educator, literary critic, translator, and idiosyncratic feminist, she was an eyewitness to and reporter on most of the major events in America, Israel, and Europe. Beautiful as well as brilliant, she had a rich personal life as a lover, wife, mother, and friend. During her lifetime Syrkin’s name was widely recognized in the world of Jewish life and letters. Yet, since Syrkin’s death, recognition of her name is no longer quite so immediate. Carole S. Kessner’s biography restores Syrkin’s fascinating life and legacy for a new generation.

Carole S. Kessner is professor emerita of comparative studies at SUNY, Stony Brook. She was the 1994 recipient of the Marie Syrkin Fellowship.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART I
Chapter 1. Marie’s Birthright
Chapter 2. A Bronx Adolescence
Chapter 3. That Fabulous Summer: Maurice
Chapter 4. Elopement and Annulment
Chapter 5. Marriage, Motherhood, and Tragedy
Chapter 6. David, Divorce, and the Death of Nachman
Chapter 7. A New Life: Charles

PART II
Chapter 8. An Unorthodox Marriage: Palestine and Hollywood
Chapter 9. At the Nexus of the “Jewish Problem”
Chapter 10. On the Jewish Frontier: The Twenty-First Zionist Congress
Chapter 11. The War, the White Paper, and the Rescue of the Jews
Chapter 12. Wartime Horrors: Personal Unhappiness
Chapter 13. Postwar Projects: DP Camps, Blessed is the Match, Israel
Chapter 14. Academia at Last: The Brandeis Years

Epilogue
Notes
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	11.10.2021
Reihe/Serie	HBI Series on Jewish Women
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 226 mm
Gewicht	832 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-68458-072-2 / 1684580722
ISBN-13	978-1-68458-072-9 / 9781684580729
Zustand	Neuware