Mendilow, Jonathan. "Jerusalem." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 2 Sept. 2010.
Call It Sleep
By Henry Roth
This book is tells about the youth of Henry Roth. It tells about the poor treatment he endured during his early childhood, which was spent in a Jewish slum. Roth used strong language in a very frank style in order to convey how terrible treatment which he had endured during his time there had been. The book gives a terribly direct glance into the life of his family, and how they had managed to get along in such a terrible situation.
Henry Roth was born in the Ukraine on Feb. 8, 1906 and then immigrated to New York City with his family when he was only 18 months old.
Mellard, James M. "Roth, Henry." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 1 Sept. 2010.
Call It Sleep (continued) By Henry Roth As a youth, Henry talks about beginning his life in America in a New York City slum. As David grows and matures he is impacted with many traumatic experiences. His father, Albert, is unable to maintain employment which triggers his verbal abuse to his family. This book shows his perspective of the American dream. This family is unpleasantly hit by reality because it is set during the Great Depression. Albert states in the book, "Getting up and going outside onto the earth did not change a man; getting up and going outside onto pavement did."
Based off of the poems by Charles Reznikoff, the immigrating Jews moved into neighborhoods that had few Jews that lived there already. The Jews that did live there were wealthy. The immigrants did not have money, and they got in trouble if they were not perfect.
Reznikoff, Charles. Poems 1918-1975: The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey Inc, 1989.
Hebrew literature
contains stories, poems, religious studies, and other works written in Hebrew, one of the oldest living languages in the world. The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, is the greatest product of Hebrew literature. Through the centuries, many Hebrew works were written by Jews living in Europe. Today, Israeli writers produce most Hebrew literature.
Nash, Stanley L. "Hebrew literature." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 1 Sept. 2010.
The First known works of literature were Biblical poems written in Hebrew. The poems include "The Song of Miriam", which may date back to the early 1200's B.C., and "The Song of Deborah", written in the 1100's B.C.
The other major product of Hebrew literature was the Mishnah, a written version of the traditional Jewish oral law. The Mishnah, which was written in about 200 A.D., forms part of the Talmud. The Talmud, next to the Bible, is the most sacred book in the Jewish religion. Great verse prayers called piyyutim were being composed by the 500's for religious services.
Nash, Stanley L. "Hebrew literature." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 2 Sept. 2010.
Joshua Abraham Heschel was a Jewish philosopher and scholar. He was know for his theological writings, which were written in a poetic style, reflected the influences of Jewish mysticism. Heschel's most known book is God in Search of Man (1955). In this book, he criticizes the life of Jews in his time for lack of emotion and concivtion. He says that the Jews schold rediscover God's presents through studying a Jewish holy book called the Torah. The Torah is the first five books of the Bible. Joshua Abraham Heschel was born in Warsaw, Poland. He studied and taught in Berlin before he was expelled by the Nazi government in 1938. He moved to the United States in 1940 and became a U.S. citizen in 1945. He was a teacher at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1945 until he passed in 1972.
"Heschel, Abraham Joshua." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 3 Sept. 2010.
The Upstairs Room
By:Johanna Reiss
Johanna was a young girl during World War Two, in which she and her family were Jewish and lived in hiding from the cruel Germans, in Holland. In writing this book Johanna only wants to tell of the suffering she and her sister went through. She also writes to tell of those who helped them along the way, such as the Gentile family that took care of she and her sister for several years. Johanns states, " the members of that family were not heros but people, with strengths and weaknesses.
Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1972
People Walk on Their Heads: Moses Weinberger's Jews and Judaism in New York
By: Moses Weinberger
This book is about how American Judaism has become a dormant and wrecked religion because of America's "spiritual situation". Weinberger describes how New York life has had a negative impact on the Jews in the area. These include giving them a sense of pride and hatred and gave them the lust for materials. He clearly defines his perspective on America that its just a bad influence.
Weirberger, Moses. People Walk on Their Heads: Moses Weinberger's Jews and Judaism in New York. Ed. Jonathan D. Sarna. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1982
Perspectives in Literature
Mendilow, Jonathan. "Jerusalem." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 2 Sept. 2010.
Call It Sleep
By Henry Roth
This book is tells about the youth of Henry Roth. It tells about the poor treatment he endured during his early childhood, which was spent in a Jewish slum. Roth used strong language in a very frank style in order to convey how terrible treatment which he had endured during his time there had been. The book gives a terribly direct glance into the life of his family, and how they had managed to get along in such a terrible situation.
Henry Roth was born in the Ukraine on Feb. 8, 1906 and then immigrated to New York City with his family when he was only 18 months old.
Mellard, James M. "Roth, Henry." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 1 Sept. 2010.
Call It Sleep (continued) By Henry Roth As a youth, Henry talks about beginning his life in America in a New York City slum. As David grows and matures he is impacted with many traumatic experiences. His father, Albert, is unable to maintain employment which triggers his verbal abuse to his family.
This book shows his perspective of the American dream. This family is unpleasantly hit by reality because it is set during the Great Depression. Albert states in the book, "Getting up and going outside onto the earth did not change a man; getting up and going outside onto pavement did."
Call It Sleep: Copy Right Information. 2005. 6 Sept. 2010 <http://http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-call-it-slee...> .>.
Based off of the poems by Charles Reznikoff, the immigrating Jews moved into neighborhoods that had few Jews that lived there already. The Jews that did live there were wealthy. The immigrants did not have money, and they got in trouble if they were not perfect.
Reznikoff, Charles. Poems 1918-1975: The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff. Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey Inc, 1989.
Hebrew literature
contains stories, poems, religious studies, and other works written in Hebrew, one of the oldest living languages in the world. The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, is the greatest product of Hebrew literature. Through the centuries, many Hebrew works were written by Jews living in Europe. Today, Israeli writers produce most Hebrew literature.
Nash, Stanley L. "Hebrew literature." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 1 Sept. 2010.
The First known works of literature were Biblical poems written in Hebrew. The poems include "The Song of Miriam", which may date back to the early 1200's B.C., and "The Song of Deborah", written in the 1100's B.C.
The other major product of Hebrew literature was the Mishnah, a written version of the traditional Jewish oral law. The Mishnah, which was written in about 200 A.D., forms part of the Talmud. The Talmud, next to the Bible, is the most sacred book in the Jewish religion. Great verse prayers called piyyutim were being composed by the 500's for religious services.
Nash, Stanley L. "Hebrew literature." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2010. Web. 2 Sept. 2010.
Joshua Abraham Heschel was a Jewish philosopher and scholar. He was know for his theological writings, which were written in a poetic style, reflected the influences of Jewish mysticism. Heschel's most known book is God in Search of Man (1955). In this book, he criticizes the life of Jews in his time for lack of emotion and concivtion. He says that the Jews schold rediscover God's presents through studying a Jewish holy book called the Torah. The Torah is the first five books of the Bible. Joshua Abraham Heschel was born in Warsaw, Poland. He studied and taught in Berlin before he was expelled by the Nazi government in 1938. He moved to the United States in 1940 and became a U.S. citizen in 1945. He was a teacher at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America from 1945 until he passed in 1972.
"Heschel, Abraham Joshua." World Book Student. World Book, 2010. Web. 3 Sept. 2010.
The Upstairs Room
By:Johanna Reiss
Johanna was a young girl during World War Two, in which she and her family were Jewish and lived in hiding from the cruel Germans, in Holland. In writing this book Johanna only wants to tell of the suffering she and her sister went through. She also writes to tell of those who helped them along the way, such as the Gentile family that took care of she and her sister for several years. Johanns states, " the members of that family were not heros but people, with strengths and weaknesses.
Reiss, Johanna. The Upstairs Room. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., 1972
People Walk on Their Heads: Moses Weinberger's Jews and Judaism in New York
By: Moses Weinberger
This book is about how American Judaism has become a dormant and wrecked religion because of America's "spiritual situation". Weinberger describes how New York life has had a negative impact on the Jews in the area. These include giving them a sense of pride and hatred and gave them the lust for materials. He clearly defines his perspective on America that its just a bad influence.
Weirberger, Moses. People Walk on Their Heads: Moses Weinberger's Jews and Judaism in New York. Ed. Jonathan D. Sarna. New York: Holmes & Meier, 1982