..". vital to understanding this period of East European Jewish history. As Hyman promises, the memoir... read s] like a novel." --Russian Review
In this striking autobiography Puah Rakovsky (1865-1955) tells of her experiences as a Jewish woman in late 19th- and early 20th-century Poland who broke with her traditional upbringing to become a professional educator, Zionist activist, and feminist leader. Her passionate account offers unprecedented entree into the life experience of East European Jewry in a period of massive social change. Published in the original Yiddish in 1954, the...
..". vital to understanding this period of East European Jewish history. As Hyman promises, the memoir... read s] like a novel." --Russian Review
