The Greatest Need: The Creative Life and Troubled Times of Lily Tobias, a Welsh Jew in Palestine

by Jasmine Donahaye

The first full biography of Lily Tobias (1887-1984) a Jewish writer from Wales: a courageous, idealistic woman who wrote compellingly about Jewish life and experience in the 20th century. Daughter of Polish immigrant parents, Lily Tobias grew up in the Swansea valley. The family spoke Yiddish at home, English in class and Welsh in the playground, and Lily was always aware of her mixed identity. She was passionate about her rights as a woman in a time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909983233
• ISBN13: 9781909983236
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Honno Press
• Length: 300 Pages