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Author:   Rosemary Horowitz
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780786441990

ISBN 10:   0786441992
Pages:   302
Publication Date:   19 April 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: History  1  A History of Yizker Books (Rosemary Horowitz)  2  Israel as the Cradle of Yizker Books (Michlean Amir) Part II: Landmark Essays  3  Landsmanshaftn Literature in the United States During the Past Ten Years (Philip Friedman)  4  Review of Yizker Books—1953 (Jacob Shatzky)  5  Review of Yizker Books—1955 (Jacob Shatzky)  6  A Survey and Evaluation of Yizker Books (Elias Schulman)  7  “Memorial Books” as a Source for Research into the History of Jewish Communities in Europe (Abraham Wein) Part III: Studies of Yizker Books  8  Reception of Memorial Books in Poland (Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska)  9  “To Hold Our Own Against Silence” (Adina Cimet) 10  “Write This as a Memorial in the Book”—A Jewish Pattern for Memory (Roni Kochavi-Nehab) 11  Blood Ties: Leib Rochman’s Yiddish War Diary (Jan Schwarz) Part IV: Studies Using Yizker Books 12 Authenticating the Historical Fiction of Uri Orlev (Rosemary Horowitz) 13  Yizker Books and Photographic Form (Daniel Magilow) 14  The Others in Yizker Books (Rivka Parciak) 15  Klezmer Memories in Yizker Books (Yale Strom) Part V: Bibliography 16  A Survey of Reference Books (Rosemary Horowitz) 17  A Survey of Collections (Amy Burnette and Rosemary Horowitz) About the Contributors Index

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a useful tool to a better understanding of how to read a yizker book. It clarifies the nature of the genre and how yizker books can be used --<i>Religious Studies Review</i>.

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The late Rosemary Horowitz was a professor of English at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. She published extensively on Jewish topics.

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