In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad -- The Chaya Leah Walkin Story

In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad -- The Chaya Leah Walkin Story - Paperback

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In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad -- The Chaya Leah Walkin Story - Paperback

In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad -- The Chaya Leah Walkin Story - Paperback

by Vera Schwarcz
$37.80
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Book Overview

Focusing upon the life of Chaya Walkin-one little girl from a distinguished Torah lineage in Poland--this book illustrates the inner resources of the refugee community that made possible survival with dignity.

Based on a wide variety of sources and languages, this book is crafted around the voice of a child who was five years old when she was forced to flee her home in Poland and start the terrifying journey to Vilna, Kobe, and Shanghai. The Song of Songs is used to provide an unexpected and poetic angle of vision upon strategies for creating meaning in times of historical trauma.
ISBN9781618117861
Author Vera Schwarcz
PublisherAcademic Studies Press
GenreBiography and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages340
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad -- The Chaya Leah Walkin Story

In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad -- The Chaya Leah Walkin Story - Paperback

In the Crook of the Rock: Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad -- The Chaya Leah Walkin Story - Paperback

By Vera Schwarcz

About Vera Schwarcz

Vera Schwarcz is Mansfield Freeman Professor of History and East Asian Studies and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Wesleyan University. She is author of several books, including Bridge Across Broken Time: Chinese and Jewish Cultural Memory, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.

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