02953nam 2200649 a 450 991077824520332120200520144314.00-8147-5338-80-8147-5231-410.18574/nyu/9780814753385(CKB)1000000000484162(EBL)865665(OCoLC)779828170(SSID)ssj0000102220(PQKBManifestationID)11127248(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102220(PQKBWorkID)10048732(PQKB)10795561(MiAaPQ)EBC865665(OCoLC)193465936(MdBmJHUP)muse10643(Au-PeEL)EBL865665(CaPaEBR)ebr10210079(DE-B1597)548058(DE-B1597)9780814753385(dli)HEB30764(MiU)MIU01000000000000012322567(EXLCZ)99100000000048416220070604d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica Jewish loss after the Holocaust[electronic resource] /Laura LevittNew York New York University Pressc20071 online resource (311 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-5217-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Unraveling, a Personal Story; Introduction: Indirection and Ordinary Jews; 1. Looking Out from under a Long Shadow; 2 Postmarked Pictures; 3 Secret Stashes; 4 Mary, Irena, and Me: Keepers of Accounts; Conclusion: Other Ghosts, Other Encounters, Other Communities; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorMany of us belong to communities that have been scarred by terrible calamities. And many of us come from families that have suffered grievous losses. How we reflect on these legacies of loss and the ways they inform each other are the questions Laura Levitt takes up in this provocative and passionate book. An American Jew whose family was not directly affected by the Holocaust, Levitt grapples with the challenges of contending with ordinary Jewish loss. She suggests that although the memory of the Holocaust may seem to overshadow all other kinds of loss for American Jews, it can also open up pJewsUnited StatesIdentityHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)InfluenceHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the artsJewsIdentity.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Influence.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), and the arts.305.892/4073Levitt Laura1960-790988MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778245203321America Jewish loss after the Holocaust3834138UNINA