One Step Toward Jerusalem: Oral Histories of Orthodox Jews in Stalinist Hungary

by Sandor Bacskai

Book Overview

Originally published in 1997, Bacskai's powerful ethnography portrays the political, religious, and individual forces that came to bear on the Orthodox Jewish tradition as it struggled for survival in the aftermath of the Holocaust in Hungary. Jews who returned to their homes eagerly reestablished their close-knit community lives. However, they were greeted with hostility and faced daily prejudice. Following the fall of Hungarian democracy, the number...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815635311
• ISBN13: 9780815635314
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 8.9"