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Author | : Joshua Levinson |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 2021-08-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0812252950 |
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What happens when Jewish authors—whether by force or of their own free will, whether in reality or in the imagination—travel from one place to another? Jews and Journeys explores what it is about travel writing that enables it to become a central mechanism for exploring the realities and fictions of individual and collective identity.
Author | : Joshua Levinson |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2021-08-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0812297938 |
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Journeys of dislocation and return, of discovery and conquest hold a prominent place in the imagination of many cultures. Wherever an individual or community may be located, it would seem, there is always the dream of being elsewhere. This has been especially true throughout the ages for Jews, for whom the promises and perils of travel have influenced both their own sense of self and their identity in the eyes of others. How does travel writing, as a genre, produce representations of the world of others, against which one's own self can be invented or explored? And what happens when Jewish authors in particular—whether by force or of their own free will, whether in reality or in the imagination—travel from one place to another? How has travel figured in the formation of Jewish identity, and what cultural and ideological work is performed by texts that document or figure specifically Jewish travel? Featuring essays on topics that range from Abraham as a traveler in biblical narrative to the guest book entries at contemporary Israeli museum and memorial sites; from the marvels medieval travelers claim to have encountered to eighteenth-century Jewish critiques of Orientalism; from the Wandering Jew of legend to one mid-twentieth-century Yiddish writer's accounts of his travels through Peru, Jews and Journeys explores what it is about travel writing that enables it to become one of the central mechanisms for exploring the realities and fictions of individual and collective identity.
Author | : Howard Jacobson |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1995-08-01 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1468305794 |
Download Roots Schmoots Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When fast-breaking political events forced British novelist Jacobson (Peeping Tom) to put off a trip to Lithuania planned as a search for his Jewish roots, he accepted an offer from the BBC to visit Jewish communities around the globe instead. This informed and witty account of his experiences deals with the wide variety of contemporary Jewish life, as well as with how Jacobson's observations affected his own concept of what it means to be a Jew. Riding an emotional roller coaster, he witnessed the hostility between Jews and African Americans in New York City, attended services in a gay synagogue in California and found his basic cynicism about religion reinforced after he spent time with Orthodox Jews in Israel, although his spirits were lifted by a visit to an idealistic, tolerant Israeli kibbutz. His journey concluded with the postponed trip to Lithuania, where the author found virulent anti-Semitism.
Author | : Tuvia Book |
Publisher | : Maggid |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2021-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781592645909 |
Download Jewish Journeys: The Second Temple Period to the Bar Kokhba Revolt: 536 Bce-136 Ce Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This beautifully Illustrated history book is the the first volume to be published in a planned six-volume series directed at Jewish young adults. It is noteworthy that this inaugural volume tells the story of Jews returning to the Land of Israel, while the Diaspora continues to thrive in a world of superpowers which clash and cooperate - a period not unlike our own. We hope that this series will go some way to rectify the ignorance of our unique, long, and complex history, and to enable future Jewish adults to understand both their past and ground their future in a changing and evolving world.
Author | : Paula Amann |
Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2013-09-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1580237851 |
Download Journeys to a Jewish Life Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Follow the soul treks of Jews lost and found. Be inspired to connect with Judaism in new ways. “No two people take the same journey.... Yet the telling of each story can ease the footsteps of those who follow.... It is my hope that [these] tales will offer you camaraderie, a guidepost here and there, and, most of all, the heart and strength to pursue your own path.” —from the Introduction What draws Jews back to their religious roots? What drives them away? What obstacles must they overcome to find their way home? Paula Amann candidly probes these questions and more as she explores how secular and nominal Jews are blazing their own trails toward a vibrant, twenty-first-century Judaism. With the ear of a journalist and the heart of a seeker, Amann weaves a tapestry of human stories—of alienation, connection, spiritual detours, and unexpected portals into a life of faith. The people you meet in this engaging book will throw a fresh light on Jewish thought and practice. And their tales of personal transformation might just renew your relationship with Judaism—or send you off on your own Jewish journey. Topics include: Swerving In and Out of Other Faiths Traditions That Chafe The Arts as a Portal Healing Body and Soul Making a Jewish Life That Works ... And Many Others
Author | : Ilan Stavans |
Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822987155 |
Download The Seventh Heaven Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Internationally renowned essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans spent five years traveling from across a dozen countries in Latin America, in search of what defines the Jewish communities in the region, whose roots date back to Christopher Columbus’s arrival. In the tradition of V.S. Naipaul’s explorations of India, the Caribbean, and the Arab World, he came back with an extraordinarily vivid travelogue. Stavans talks to families of the desaparecidos in Buenos Aires, to “Indian Jews,” and to people affiliated with neo-Nazi groups in Patagonia. He also visits Spain to understand the long-term effects of the Inquisition, the American Southwest habitat of “secret Jews,” and Israel, where immigrants from Latin America have reshaped the Jewish state. Along the way, he looks for the proverbial “seventh heaven,” which, according to the Talmud, out of proximity with the divine, the meaning of life in general, and Jewish life in particular, becomes clearer. The Seventh Heaven is a masterful work in Stavans’s ongoing quest to find a convergence between the personal and the historical.
Author | : Jeremy Leigh |
Publisher | : Armchair Traveller (Haus Publi |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781904950394 |
Download Jewish Journeys Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The 'journey' is at the heart of the Jewish experience - an anthology of Jewish 'travel writing'
Author | : Ruth Ellen Gruber |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781426200465 |
Download Jewish Heritage Travel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This expanded and updated edition includes new coverage of Austria, Ukraine, and Lithuania in addition to Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and all of the ancestral homes to the great majority of North American Jews.
Author | : Gadi BenEzer |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2019-04-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 900439656X |
Download Migration Journeys to Israel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Migration Journeys to Israel, psychologist/anthropologist Gadi BenEzer examines the neglected subject of journeys of migrants and refugees, focusing on the experience and meaning of such journeys for Jews migrating to Israel from around the world during the 20th century.
Author | : Anthony Le Donne |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2016-09-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310522978 |
Download Near Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This unique book is an exploration of Christianity alongside Jewish guides who are well-studied in and sympathetic to Christianity, but who remain “near Christianity.”Reflecting on his journeys within biblical studies and contemporary Jewish-Christian dialogue, Anthony Le Donne illustrates not only the value but also the necessity of continued Jewish friendship for the Christian life. With the help of Jewish friends and mentors, he presents a deeper and more complex Christian faith, offering readers a better vision of the beauty and genius of Christianity, but also an honest look at its warts and failings. Weaving his own story and personal conversations with Jewish friends, Le Donne, a respected scholar and published author, models how his fellow Christians can avoid blurring the differences between Christianity and Judaism on the one hand and exaggerating them on the other.