The Last Generation of Jews in Poland - by Efraim Shmueli (Paperback)

About the Book

An amalgam of personal reminiscences of a bright young man with later observations of a mature scholar bring to life the mighty pulsation of Jewish life in Poland in its last two decades of existence, 1919-1939--an extraordinary, perhaps unique, mode of Jewish life in the diaspora.

Book Synopsis

An amalgam of personal reminiscences of a bright young man with later observations of a mature scholar bring to life the mighty pulsation of Jewish life in Poland in its last two decades of existence, 1919-1939-an extraordinary, perhaps unique, mode of Jewish life in the diaspora.

Review Quotes

"A vivid portrait of Poland's Jewish community in the 1920s."

- Sheldon Kirshner, Times of Israel

About the Author

Professor Efraim Shmueli (1908-1988), an Israeli philosopher and historian, lectured and taught for over 50 years in Israel and the U.S. Wrote on the Renaissance, on faith and heresy, topics in philosophy, history, sociology and literature. His interpretation of Jewish history and thought Seven Jewish Cultures appeared in English (Cambridge University Press, 1990).