And the time flow in this book is exquisite: as in life, Gilman's transforms Joseph from page in subtle but certain stages, bringing him from early childhood into his cheder years.
She immediately became involved in an underground movement Aliyah Bet, which secretly organized the expatriation to the promised land of Jews who had escaped Nazi concentration camps.
According to Jewish lore, these unseen guests only visit the sukkah (shelter) where the poor are welcome—a reminder of each person's responsibility to care for others.
The earliest reliable historical records of the Jews date from around 1200 BC in unfortified villages in hill country far from Canaanite coastal cities.
Kabbala, also spelled KABALA, KABBALAH, CABALA, CABBALA, OR CABBALAH, is an esoteric Jewish mysticism as it appeared in the 12th and following centuries.
Poland withdrew from a central European summit in Jerusalem after a dispute with Israel over how to characterise Poland's treatment of its Jewish community during the second world war.
At one time, kosher-style delis like Katz's were a dime a dozen, but thanks to things like gentrification and changing food trends, Katz's is the only one that's been able to survive the ages.
The central idea of the Musar movement and of similar religious and ethical practices beyond Judaism is that we must improve ourselves before looking outward at society seeking to change it.
In the same year that Hitler invaded Poland, two Jewish scientists exiled from Nazi Germany - Rudolf Peierls, and Otto Frish first realised uranium's power as a weapon of war.