National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern

National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe

Journalist, author, and travel expert Ruth Ellen Gruber presents a new edition of her acclaimed 1992 guide to Jewish heritage sites in Eastern Europe. Widely acknowledged as the best and most comprehensive book of its kind, this is the only Jewish travel guidebook that takes visitors to hundreds of fascinating sites in small villages and remote hamlets as well as major cities.

This expanded and updated edition includes new coverage of Austria, Ukraine, and Lithuania in addition to Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and all of the former Yugoslavia, areas that are the ancestral home to the great majority of North American Jews. Gruber provides specific historical and cultural information about these Central and Eastern European nations. Then she journeys across each country, exploring Jewish roots in major cities and small shtetls, describing the vestiges of each Jewish community and offering personal insights and reflections on the various people she meets.

Readers will find a wealth of practical travel information throughout, including a language guide, listings of useful local addresses, and up-to-date details on sites that have only recently become accessible to visitors. From exploring the massive 16th-century synagogue in the historic Polish town of Pincrow to strolling among the 12,000 headstones crowded into the old Jewish cemetery in Prague, to meeting resident Jews proudly embracing their ancient culture in Slovenia, this volume takes you on a very special and memorable tour.
Country USA
Brand National Geographic
Manufacturer National Geographic
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781426200465
Model 9781426200465
ReleaseDate 2007-03-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781426200465

Country	USA
Brand	National Geographic
Manufacturer	National Geographic
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781426200465
Model	9781426200465
ReleaseDate	2007-03-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781426200465

National Geographic Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to Eastern Europe

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