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Author Sherwin, Byron L

Title Sparks Amidst the Ashes : the Spiritual Legacy of Polish Jewry
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (191 pages)
Contents Contents; 1. To Reclaim a Legacy; 2. Grandmother's Tales; 3. Sparks in Exile; 4. Life, Learning, and Luria in Lublin; 5. The Spiritual Magnates of Cracow; 6. Transmigrations of a Name; 7. King for a Night; 8. Auschwitz; 9. Jewish Continuity; 10. Sparks in Ashes; 11. Inward Journeys; 12. The Land We Shared; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary For many years, Poland served as the epicentre of Jewish life but became a "Jewish Atlantis" after the Holocaust. This book shows how the works of intellect produced during the Jewish "Golden Age" in Poland can provide today's Jews with the resources required to ensure future Jewish continuity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index
Notes English
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Subject Judaism -- Poland -- History
Jews -- Poland -- Intellectual life
Spiritual life -- Judaism.
Rabbis -- Poland
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Influence
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Intellectual life
Jews -- Intellectual life
Judaism
Rabbis
Spiritual life -- Judaism
SUBJECT Poland -- Intellectual life. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104106
Subject Poland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 96022761
ISBN 9780195355468
0195355466
1429415649
9781429415644