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Tightrope: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty

Tightrope: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty


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The 750-year epic tale of the extraordinary Backenroth family, this is at the same time an engaging, scrupulously researched narrative history of Jewish life since the Middle Ages. Throughout this time span, the Backenroths could be found at some of the most important events in Jewish history: the migration of their community from western to eastern Europe, the creation of the Hasidic movement, the birth of Zionism, and the loss of so many of their family during the Holocaust. As they struggle to survive, the Backenroths marry, find their fortune in oil, and spawn families with last names that are still widely known. This sweeping family saga is shaped by real people -- talented and creative women and men swept by the dramatic tides of the history into distant regions and complex situations, where they were forced to display resourcefulness and courage in order to survive. Time and time again they slid from prosperity and opulence to profound poverty and distress, and time after time they managed to surmount crises by virtue of their personal abilities, their tenacious belief in their values, and family solidarity.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Transfer. Chapter 2 The Tavern Keeper. Chapter 3 The Miracle. Chapter 4 Oil Fever. Chapter 5 Backenroth the Hasid. Chapter 6 Ecological Disaster. Chapter 7 King is Born. Chapter 8 For God, Emperor, and Homeland. Chapter 9 Crime and Punishment. Chapter 10 The Drasha Speech. Chapter 11 Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Chapter 12 The Road to Mecca. Chapter 13 Love Story. Chapter 14 Deceptive Fate. Chapter 15 The Wedding Chapter 16 The Communist. Chapter 17 Judenrat. Chapter 18 Parting. Chapter 19 A Perfect Riding Hall. Chapter 20 Ullo's Best School. Chapter 21 Stolen Identity. Chapter 22 Phoenix-Like. Chapter 23 Interlude on the Way to Anchorage. Bibliography.

About the Author :
Michael Karpin has been a television and radio news reporter and anchor in Israel for more than thirty years. He is the author of The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World. Karpin is coauthor of Murder in the Name of God: The Plot to Kill YitzhakRabin. He has also produced documentaries, including A Bomb in the Basement, which has been shown on Canadian, European, Moroccan, and Israeli television. His documentary The Road to Rabin Square was screened by TV networks in fifteen countries and won prizes at leading international film festivals.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780470173732
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
  • Height: 239 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Six Centuries of a Jewish Dynasty
  • Width: 165 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0470173734
  • Publisher Date: 26 Sep 2008
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 34 mm
  • Weight: 746 gr


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