Translated from the Hebrew by Dena Ordan Tells the remarkable story of six young men and the organizations they founded between 1939 and 1948 that would set the stage for the militant Zionist activism of today.

This volume contains a collection of essays examining the Holocaust from the perspective of gender. The book is divided into seven sections, each focusing on a different aspect of the discourse between gender and identity. Following a historical introduction delineating the basic framework for understanding women's experiences during and shortly after the Holocaust, the book explores the major research trends evincing themselves since the end of World War II. The topics examined include various aspects of women's experiences during the war years, such as leadership, martyrdom, and social...

This work is an expression of how the different memories of different gendered experiences affected the Jewish attitudes towards modernity. Focusing on three geographical centres-pre-war and wartime Europe, the United States and Israel, the 15 articles provide a backdrop to understanding the variation of Jewish life and Identity. The book opens with seven articles that deal with the European arena. Gershon Bacon explores the search for identity among Jewish young women in inter-war Poland; Dalia Ofer of the Hebrew University discusses Cecilia Slepak's studies of women's lives under adversity,...

This book is an expression of how the different memories of different gendered experiences affected the Jewish attitudes towards modernity. Focusing on three geographical centers - pre-war and wartime Europe, the United States and Israel, the fifteen articles provide a backdrop to understanding the variation of Jewish life and identity.