| After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring Contributor(s): Polak, Joseph (Author), Wiesel, Elie (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 9655241629 ISBN-13: 9789655241624 Publisher: Urim Publications OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | Military - World War Ii - Religion | Judaism - History |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| LCCN: 2014031046 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of: 2015 National Jewish Book Award; Biography, Autobiography, and Memoir This memoir is a fascinating portrait of mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past, societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle to reenter the world of the living. It is the tale of how one newly takes on the world, having lived in the midst of corpses strewn about in the scores of thousands, and how one can possibly resume life in the aftermath of such experiences. It is the story of the child who decides, upon growing up, that the only career that makes sense for him in light of these years of horror is to become someone sensitive to the deepest flaws of humanity, a teacher of God's role in history amidst the traditions that attempt to understand it--and to become a rabbi. Readers will not emerge unscathed from this searing work, written by a distinguished, Boston-based rabbi and academic. |