Kiddush ha-Shem

Published
Aug 2008
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
Pages
232

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Kiddush ha-Shem is one of the earliest historical novels in modern Yiddish literature. Author Asch's classic tale of Jewish life in premodern Poland. An innkeeper and his family experiences the terrible pogroms of the Khmelnytsky Uprising in mid-17th century. This epic, with its evocative passages on community, love, and piety in the face of anti-Semitism, offers readers an engaging and gripping story for any era.

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First Edition Aug 2008 Genizah Editions ISBN 1590211677
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Oct 2001 Jewish Contemporary Classics, Incorporated ISBN 1893079090
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