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Author Bacskai, Sándor, author

Title One step toward Jerusalem : oral histories of Orthodox Jews in Stalinist Hungary / Sándor Bacskai ; translated from the Hungarian by Eva Maria Thury
Edition First edition
Published Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Modern Jewish history
Modern Jewish history.
Contents C; Bacskai Final; b
Summary Originally published in 1997, Bacskai's powerful ethnography portrays the political, religious, and individual forces that came to bear on the Orthodox Jewish tradition as it struggled for survival in the aftermath of the Holocaust in Hungary. Jews who returned to their homes eagerly reestablished their close-knit community lives. However, they were greeted with hostility and faced daily prejudice. Following the fall of Hungarian democracy, the number of Orthodox Jewish congregations dramatically decreased. Those who remained struggled to combat antisemitism and antizionism. It is these individuals, the bearers of the Orthodox Jewish tradition, whom Bacskai celebrates and gives voice to inOne Step toward Jerusalem. Through detailed interviews and intimate profiles, Bacskai narrates the individual stories of survival and the collective story of Jews struggling to maintain a community despite significant resistance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 01, 2018)
Subject Jews -- Hungary -- Biography
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography
Orthodox Judaism -- Hungary
Orthodox Judaism -- Europe, Eastern
HISTORY -- Holocaust.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Jews
Orthodox Judaism
Eastern Europe
Hungary
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Thury, Eva M., translator
LC no. 2017046843
ISBN 9780815654094
081565409X
Other Titles Egy lépés Jeruzsálem felé. English