In the Crook of the Rock : : Jewish Refuge in a World Gone Mad — The Chaya Leah Walkin Story / / Vera Schwarcz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Schwarcz, Vera,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Jewish Identities in Post-Modern Society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface A VOICE KNOCKS: Chaya Leah Walkin’s Story Finds Me --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: THE VIRTUE OF ONE VINEYARD: Jewish Refuge Reconsidered --; CHAPTER 1. IF SHE BE AS A WALL: Pohost and Lukatch before Disaster Strikes --; CHAPTER 2. WATCHMEN PATROLLING THE CITY: Escape Through Vilna to Japan --; CHAPTER 3. AN APPLE TREE NESTLED IN THE WOODS: Respite in Japan --; CHAPTER 4. TENDER KIDS BESIDE THE SHEPHERDS’ TENTS: Starting Anew in Shanghai --; CHAPTER 5. IN THE CROOK OF THE ROCK: Expanding the Meaning of Survival --; CHAPTER 6. THE VINE HAS BUDDED: Schooling, Bombings and Beyond --; CHAPTER 7. UNDER THE APPLE TREE: End of the War, End of Refuge in Shanghai --; CHAPTER 8. BEFORE THE SHADOWS OF NIGHT ARE GONE: Starting a New Life in America --; CHAPTER 9. UNTIL IT RIPENS: Marriage, Community, and the Arc of Return --; CONCLUSION: Seeking Your Voice for the Sake of the Unborn --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781618117878; 9783110688184
• DOI: 10.1515/9781618117878
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Vera Schwarcz.

Focusing upon the life of Chaya Walkin—one little girl from a distinguished Torah lineage in Poland—this book illustrates the inner resources of the refugee community that made possible survival with dignity. Based on a wide variety of sources and languages, this book is crafted around the voice of a child who was five years old when she was forced to flee her home in Poland and start the terrifying journey to Vilna, Kobe, and Shanghai. ‹em›The Song of Songs ‹/em›is used to provide an unexpected and poetic angle of vision upon strategies for creating meaning in times of historical trauma.