Rifka Grows Up

by Chaya M. Burstein

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884829065
• ISBN13: 9780884829065
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Bonim Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Vibrant account for children of Jewish life in Russia

Twelve year old Rifka, the only girl in the little Jewish town of Savran, in Russia is determined to get an education and see the world. She raises money for her education by resourcefully selling geese, and raising the goats and chickens in her lively home. For fun she go's iceskating and spends time with her best friend, jolly blond Raizelleh, picks flowers and withher amily and the community celebrates all the special Jewish holidays and festivals.. Growing up in Czarist Russia, she has other worries. Will she be prevented from getting into high-school because of the quota preventing Jewish children from attending, even if she passes the entrance examination? Will her teacher Shayndel's revolutionary activities get everyone into trouble? Meanwhile her friend Leibel has plans to migrate to the Land of Israel, then known as 'Palestine' and part of the Ottoman Empire. Set against the backdrop of the impending Russian Revolution, pogroms and discrimination against Jews, as well as the move of Jews back to their ancient homeland in Israel, Rifka will soon migrate to America. A fast-moving and vibrant acount for young readers of Jewish life in Russia in the early 20th century.