Posting for a friend: The Litvak Legacy * by Mark N. Ozer Publication Date: 3/2/09 Trade Paperback; $24.99; 680 pages; 978-1-4363-6778-3 Cloth Paperback; $34.99; 680 pages; 978-1-4363-6779-0 To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7479. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7876. For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.or www.Xlibris.com/TheLitvakLegacy.html
PRESS RELEASE: Gain A Better Understanding of Your Roots Through The Litvak Legacy New book traces the fascinating historical roots of the Litvak heritage Washington, DC - (Release Date 3/2/09) -From the 1880s to 1920s a million Litvak (Lithuanian) Jews left Lita, their home in the western edge of the Russian Empire, to establish new homes all over the world. What is the legacy of that migration over the next century for their estimated five million descendants? Where did they come from? How did they get to where they are? Discover these answers and more as author Mark N. Ozer tells the fascinating story of The Litvak Legacy. The Jewish inhabitants of Lita were called *Litvaks* to distinguish them from non-Jewish Lithuanians as well as from other Jews. In their home, they formed a distinct culture that differed in its variant of their language of Yiddish as well as the character of their religion. Secularization led to the development of the particularly Jewish brand of socialism as well as Labor Zionism. The characteristic Litvak intellectual strand was expressed in the flowering of secular literary and historical studies. All these partook of the intensity previously devoted to the sacred writings. The Great Migration from Lita occurred in the period of the latter third of the 19th century and in the 20th century prior to the First World War, but extended through World War II. Even beyond the Holocaust/Shoah, the few survivors continued to bear witness to its memory. It is the author*s thesis that there is a distinctive Litvak cultural heritage that can be traced through the maintenance of that culture through the several generations with differences found among the English-speaking countries of the United States, Canada, Britain and South Africa and Hebrew-speaking Israel. The Litvak Legacy is a book that people have been looking for, especially as the third or fourth generation of those who first emigrated seek their roots. The breakdown of the Soviet Empire has now made it possible for many to visit the sources of their families. Yet there has been a disconnection between those, now mainly integrated into the countries of their birth, and their knowledge of their sources, their evolution over the past 100 years, and how that evolution has occurred in the various sites. Deeply researched, passionately written, this book leads the reader to discover the roots of one*s heritage and their various transplants.-Dr Max Ticktin Professor, Dept of Religion George Washington University Insightful, wide-ranging and informed by massive reading. -Professor Milton Shain, Department of Historical Studies and Director, Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Cape Town Rich biographic detail documents the contribution of Lithuanian Jewry to the world*s leading Jewish communities--Francois Guesnet, Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University College, London About the Author Mark N. Ozer is a descendant of Litvaks. A native of Boston, he trained in modern European history as an undergraduate at Harvard. Since his retirement from a fruitful career as a professor of Neurology, living in Washington, DC, he has written and lectured extensively on the history of cities throughout the world. --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [email protected] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
