The Catskills, the Holocaust, and the Literary Imagination
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Köp båda 2 för 481 kr"[A] collection of provocative and highly illuminating essays. . . . Here we find a tight focus on the strange and powerful point of connection between the Borscht Belt, a place of escape and frolic, and the Holocaust, an event of dire gravity. . . . a unique exercise in extracting new meanings from the unlikeliest of sources." -- Jonathan Kirsch * Jewish Journal * "Summer Haven brings to life the vibrant culture of the Jewish Catskills against the backdrop of the Nazi devastation of Jewish life in Europe. I know of no other book that recreates with such richness the history and character of the Catskills and the defining culture of Yiddishkeit. Peopled by refugees and survivors, the Catskills provided a haven in response to loss and displacement, a New Jerusalem, as expressed in the literary imagination, memoirs, and scholarly responses so lovingly collected in this valuable book. Summer Haven brilliantly captures a crucial part of the legacy of Jewish life in America." -- Victoria Aarons, O.R. & Eva Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Literature, Trinity University Summer Haven is a must read for all those interested in Jewish culture in an American context set against the background of the Holocaust. Under the astute editorship of Holli Levitsky and Phil Brown, this volume hones in on the Catskills examining from a variety of literary perspectives how the Holocaust was experienced in this very American setting. Among the book's many achievements is its demonstration that while Jews vacationed in the Catskills, their thoughtsand nightmareswere of their persecuted European coreligionists. -- Alan L. Berger, Raddock Family Eminent Scholar Chair in Holocaust Studies, Florida Atlantic University Evoking times of great pleasure interwoven with fear and mourning, this rich collection of fiction, essays, memoirs, and inter-generational reflections shows that the Catskills, a holiday refuge, was still intimately connected to the Holocaust. Summer Haven sets the sharply rendered details of local history in a vital international context." -- Eric J. Sundquist, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University, author of <i>Strangers in the Land: Blacks, Jews, Post-Holocaust America</i> "As its sub-title proclaims, Summer Haven focuses on the Catskills, the Holocaust and the Literary Imagination, how Jews came to America after experiencing the agony and horror of the Holocaust and experienced the unique and almost make-believe-funny and peaceful world of the Catskills. We are there through many pages of fiction, memoirs, essays, personal and general, reflections, and musings. The result is an evocation of a time and place, a way of life that belonged to history and now belongs to all of us fortunate enough to have this special book. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED." -- Dr. Harvey Frommer, Dartmouth College, coauthor of <i>It Happened in the Catskills</i>
Acknowledgments Sources and Permissions Framing and History Introduction Phil Brown and Holli Levitsky Reuben Wallenrods Dusk in the Catskills and its Central Role in Catskills Holocaust History Holli Levitsky and Phil Brown Memoirs and Conversations A Memoir from Before My Birth Phil Brown The Holocaust, the Catskills, and the Creative Power of Loss Holli Levitsky Catskill Reflections: Testimonial, Literary, and Jewish Values in Singers Novel Sandor Goodhart Legacy Michael Berenbaum Imaginings and Re-imaginings From Dusk in the Catskills Reuben Wallenrod Dusk in the Catskills: My Father, the Holocaust, Memories, and Reflections Naima (Wallenrod) Prevots From Enemies, A Love Story Isaac Bashevis Singer The Holocaust, Three Women, One Man, and a Rabbi: Posthumous Reading in Isaac Bashevis Singers Enemies, A Love Story Sandor Goodhart From Summer on a Mountain of Spices Harvey Jacobs Reflections on Summer on a Mountain of Spices Harvey Jacobs From Woodridge 1946 Martin Boris Not to Know the Past is to Diminish the Future: Reflections on Woodridge 1946 Gloria Boris From Maus: A Survivors Tale, II: And Here My Troubles Began Art Spiegelman What We Didnt Know Hilene Flanzbaum From Paradise, New York Eileen Pollack Preserving the Catskills: An Exercise in Nostalgia, or Survival? Eileen Pollack Bingo by the Bungalow Thane Rosenbaum Renewal Thane Rosenbaum A Catskills Muse Phil Brown Reflections on A Catskills Muse Phil Brown From Displaced Persons: Growing Up American After the Holocaust Joseph Berger Resuming Life After the War: Survivors in the Catskills Joseph Berger The Catskills (or What Was, Was, and Is No More) from A Jew Grows in Brooklyn Jake Ehrenreich Reflections on A Jew Grows in Brooklyn Jake Ehrenreich From Dreaming in the Ninth Ezra Cappell Balm of Gilead: Haunted in the Catskills Ezra Cappell New Imaginings and Last Days The Four Seasons Lodge: Survivors in the Bungalow Colony Andrew Jacobs Prize-Winning Essays: Fiction Catskill Dreams and Pumpernickel Bonnie Shusterman Eizikovitz Your Dovid Rita Calderon Prize-Winning Essay: Non-Fiction Forgiving God in the Catskills Michael Kirschenbaum Index