Pioneers : The First Breach (9780815635048)

When young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea what's in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he plans to teach his students the Russian language and other secular subjects. Residents of the town quickly become divided, with some regarding Itzkowitz as the devil's messenger and others supportive of his progressive ideas. Set during the time of the Haskalah, the great Jewish Enlightenment that was sweeping through Europe, Pioneers is a charming tale of one ambivalent young man's attempt to join the movement and a compassionate portrait of one shetl on the brink of transformation.

Product details

• Format Hardback | 224 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 17.53mm | 390.09g
• Publication date 11 May 2017
• Publisher Syracuse University Press
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• ISBN10 0815635044
• ISBN13 9780815635048

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