One Step Toward Jerusalem

Oral Histories of Orthodox Jews in Stalinist Hungary

Sándor Bacskai (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2018
Syracuse University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8156-3531-4 (ISBN)

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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 for survival in the aftermath of the Holocaust in Hungary. Jews who returned to their homes eagerly reestablished their close-knit community lives. However, they were 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 antisemitism and antizionism. 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 story of Jews struggling to maintain a community despite significant resistance.

Sándor Bacskai is a Hungarian writer, editor, and photographer. Eva Maria Thury is associate professor in the Department of English and Philosophy at Drexel University.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.02.2018
Reihe/Serie	Modern Jewish History
Übersetzer	Eva Maria Thury
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	200 x 225 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8156-3531-1 / 0815635311
ISBN-13	978-0-8156-3531-4 / 9780815635314
Zustand	Neuware