Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn: This Dark and Desperate Age Vol. 2 - Couverture souple

Melnick, Ralph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814345042 ISBN 13 : 9780814345047

Editeur : Wayne State University Press, 2018

Synopsis

This second volume portrays Lewisohn's last decades as an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany.

This second volume portrays Lewisohn's last decades as an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany, a leading promoter of Jewish resettlement in Palestine, a member of Brandeis University's first faculty, and one of the earliest voices advocating Jewish renewal in America. Despite his activism, Lewisohn was no longer welcome in Zionist circles by 1948 as a result of his "unacceptable" opinions concerning British intransigence, organizational politics, and, particularly, Jewish cultural and religious decline. However, the invitation to join the newly established Brandeis University as its only full professor provided him with the opportunity he sought to contribute to the reshaping of American Jewry. Lewisohn's efforts would later bear fruit in the Jewish renewal movement of the next generation.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ralph Melnick is the library director and religion instructor at Williston Northampton School. He is the author of The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wayne State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814345042
• ISBN 13: 9780814345047
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 620
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible