| A Jewish Refugee in New York: Rivke Zilberg's Journal Contributor(s): Molodovsky, Kadya (Author), Norich, Anita (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0253040760 ISBN-13: 9780253040763 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Jewish |
| Dewey: 839.133 |
| LCCN: 2019010971 |
| Series: Modern Jewish Experience |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6" W x 9" (0.60 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rivke Zilberg, a 20-year-old Jewish woman, arrives in New York shortly after the Nazi invasion of Poland, her home country. Struggling to learn a new language and cope with a different way of life in the United States, Rivke finds herself keeping a journal about the challenges and opportunities of this new land. In her attempt to find a new life as a Jewish immigrant in the US, Rivke shares the stories of losing her mother to a bombing in Lublin, jilting a fiancé who has made his way to Palestine, and a flirtatious relationship with an American allrightnik. In this fictionalized journal originally published in Yiddish, author Kadya Molodovsy provides keen insight into the day-to-day activities of the large immigrant Jewish community of New York. By depicting one woman's struggles as a Jewish refugee in the US during WWII, Molodovsky points readers to the social, political, and cultural tensions of that time and place. |