Rekindling the Flame: American Jewish Chaplains and the Survivors of European Jewry, 1944-1948

by Alex Grobman

Book Overview

A study of American Jewish chaplains in displaced persons' camps after World War II, Rekindling the Flame provides a historical analysis of the survivors impact on American Jewish chaplains and indirectly on American Jewry. The chaplains were among the first liberators to meet the survivors in Europe and to send reports to American Jews. This information, supplemented by accounts from American soldiers and journalists helped shape American Jewish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814324134
• ISBN13: 9780814324134
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.0"