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From a Ruined Garden, Second Expanded Edition: The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry Paperback – July 22, 1998

by Jack Kugelmass (Editor), Jonathan Boyarin (Editor)

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"An indispensable sourcebook . . . Emphasis falls on the variegated, often joyful, culture of the Polish Jews, on what existed before the garden was ruined." ―Geoffrey Hartmann, The New Republic

"From these marvelous selections, one can see an entire culture unfolding." ―Curt Leviant, New York Times Book Review

"This newly revised version of the classic study . . . is a pleasure for the eye and the soul! One of the seminal studies of the impact of the Shoah on European Jewry, it is even more moving in its new incarnation than in its original version. More than a collection of studies of books of remembrance and mourning, this volume asks how one can mourn for a world lost and still live in the present and the future." ―Sander L. Gilman

"Kugelmass and Boyarin have done a splendid job of combing the vast memorial book literature to select the most revealing accounts of Jewish life in interbellum Poland. Ordinary people speak in this volume with an immediacy and poignancy that cannot help but touch the reader. In the time since it first appeared, From a Ruined Garden has become a classic. Its reappearance in an updated and expanded form is most welcome." ―Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

"In this magnificent collection, the editors combine a profound 'feel' for the vanished world of Polish Jewry, the anthologist's skill at selecting the telling example, and the anthropologist's sophisticated understanding of how these testimonies should be read. A marvelous introduction to this rich literature." ―Peter Novick

Polish Jewish survivors of the Holocaust compiled memorial books to preserve the memory of their destroyed communities. They describe daily life in the shtetl as well as everyday life during the Holocaust and the experiences of returning survivors. These memories paint a haunting picture of a way of life lost forever.

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392 pages
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English
Publisher

Indiana University Press
Publication date

July 22, 1998
Dimensions

9.22 x 6.13 x 1.19 inches
ISBN-10

0253211875
ISBN-13

978-0253211873
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Jack Kugelmass is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, author of The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The Story of a Jewish Congregation in the South Bronx and Masked Culture: The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, and editor of Between Two Worlds: Ethnographic Essays on American Jewry.
Jonathan Boyarin, an anthropologist and ethnographer, is author of Polish Jews in Paris: The Ethnography of Memory, Storm from Paradise: The Politics of Jewish Memory, and Thinking in Jewish.
Zachary M. Baker is Head Librarian at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Indiana University Press; Second Expanded edition (July 22, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 392 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0253211875
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0253211873
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.22 x 6.13 x 1.19 inches

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Ari Davidow

Reassembles the mosaic of pre-Holocaust Jewish life

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 1998

What this book does, like nothing else, is to recreate the diversity of Jewish life in Eastern Europe prior to the Holocaust. Carefully selected excerpts from hundreds of memorial books in the YIVO library, this book isn't just about some shtetl, but about Zionists and Misnagdim and town councils and about town that, well, "most towns have a town fool, our town was so small that our village idiot was only half-crazy."

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myra@ksc11.th.com

an excellent presentation - a MUST BUY - MUST READ

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 1999

This is a truly splendid compendium of excerpts from various memorial books written after the Holocaust to commemorate the vanished world of Eastern European Jewish life in the shtetlach of Poland. I read it in a sitting and will re-read it in the future. For anyone with the slightest interest in this vanished world, I URGE you to buy this book - give it to your friends, as well.

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Tomasz Panczyk

From a Ruined Garden

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2002

Fantastic book. Reading it is like exploring the vanished world of polish stetels. Although I found only one chapter regarding Szczebrzeszyn I highly recomend the book. I wish there would be more translations of Yizkor Books.

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drbob1

A Chiulling and Heartwarming Account of Jewish Life Lost Forever

Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2015

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Yizkor books contain anecdotes, memories of pre[Shoah Europe, Europe in WWII, and the frightening years of return and exile for Survivors. It is chilling and heartwarming at the same time. A fine project, the volume has a terrific introduction, and gathers heartending examples of racist European life.

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