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Wanderings: History of the Jews
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by Chaim Potok
Sales Rank: 340503
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Features
Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 576 pages
Published by: Fawcett October 12, 1987
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0449215822
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0449215821
Book Dimensions:
6.9 x 4.2 x 1.3 inches
Weighs: 9.6 ounces
Reader Reviews
This story reads like a novel despite many names, places, and years. The narrative worked best for me when he intersperses his own experiences, such as meeting his father-in-law, who fled Russia as a 16-year old boy. I would have benefited from more descriptions of how the Jews developed history into ritual, such as Channnuka and discussion of changing beliefs (e.g., the current Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox branches) (Rabbi Dosick's Living Judaism does this well). This book presents common elements such as the contribution and personalizing of whatever community they are in, e.g., the development of Yiddish in Eastern Europe. There is often a strong intellectual development and reawakening, such as the "Sandhedrin", after the fall of Jerusalem. It is remarkable they have kept their identify despite wide spread dispersal and torture. The irrational hatred for the Jews is troubling both in its intensity as in the Crusades, but also among "learned people" such as Voltaire and Martin Luther.
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