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Stories of Jewish Life: Casale Monferrato-Rome-Jerusalem, 1876-1985

Stories of Jewish Life: Casale Monferrato-Rome-Jerusalem, 1876-1985

Segre, Augusto
Siporin, Steve

Hardcover

Series: Raphael Patai Jewish Folklore and Anthropology

JudaismGeneral World HistoryItalian History

ISBN10: 0814347657
ISBN13: 9780814347652
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Sep 8 2020
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Stories of Jewish Life: Casale Monferrato-Rome-Jerusalem, 1876-1985 is an unconventional memoir-an integrated collection of short stories and personal essays. Author Augusto Segre was a well-known public figure in post-WWII Italy who worked as a journalist, educator, scholar, editor, activist, and rabbi. He begins his book with stories shaped from the oral narratives of his home community as it emerged from the ghetto era, continues with his own experiences under fascism and as a partisan in WWII, and ends with his emigration to Israel. Spanning the years 1876 (one generation after emancipation from the ghetto) to 1985 (one generation after the Shoah), Segre presents this period as an era in which Italian Jewry underwent a long-term internal crisis that challenged its core values and identity. He embeds the major cultural and political trends of the era in small yet telling episodes from the lives of ordinary people.

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