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Author Frieden, Menachem Mendel, 1878-1963.

Title A Jewish life on three continents [electronic resource] : the memoir of Menachem Mendel Frieden / translated, edited, and annotated, and with introductions and an afterword by Lee Shai Weissbach.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xliv, 470 p.
Series Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Menachem Mendel Frieden's apologia -- My father's family -- My mother's family -- My father's house -- Me and my youth -- My entry into heder -- On my way through yeshivot -- Passover and the holiday cycle -- More yeshiva studies -- I study with rabbis -- Matchmakers and marriage -- America -- I found the best woman -- My journey to the land of Israel and my early activities there -- The work of Americans in the land of Israel and my role in it -- More on life in the land of Israel -- Travels, the era of World War II, and illness -- A second trip to the United States -- Afterword : Menachem Mendel Frieden's journal and his life after 1947.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Frieden, Menachem Mendel, 1878-1963.
Jews -- Lithuania -- Biography.
Jews, Lithuanian -- United States -- Biography.
Jews, Lithuanian -- Israel -- Biography.
Zionists -- Israel -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Weissbach, Lee Shai, 1947-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804783637 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804786201 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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