Thanksgiving All Year Round : A Memoir
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy
ISBN-10
1618115170
ISBN-13
9781618115171
Publisher
Academic Studies Press
Imprint
Academic Studies Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 1st, 2017
Print length
294 Pages
Product Classification:
MemoirsEuropean historyPostwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000Jewish studies
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Delves into the author's ancestry, providing a partial slice of Russian Jewish history. The book also offers an individual perspective on what it meant to grow up in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of WWII. It also gives a personal account of the rise and development of Jewish national awareness, and describes the struggle for the immigration to Israel in the late 1960s and the early 1970s.
Thanksgiving All Year Round describes Gavriel Shapiro''s eventful life, which spans over seventy years, in three different countries and on as many continents.
This book first delves into Shapiro''s ancestry, thereby providing a partial slice of Russian Jewish history and offers an individual perspective on what it meant to grow up in the Soviet Union in the aftermath of WWII. Thanksgiving All Year Round also gives a personal account of the rise and development of Jewish national awareness and describes a struggle for the immigration to Israel in the late 1960s and the early 1970s through job loss, persecution, arrests, imprisonment, and trial. further, it relates the author’s life in Israel, including his work at the Voice of Israel, study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and service in the Israel Defense Forces. Finally, it explores the author’s academic career in the United States, from the graduate school at the University of Illinois to professorship at Cornell University.Get Thanksgiving All Year Round by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Academic Studies Press and it has pages.
