Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs by Yekhezkel Kotik New Year Or should they defend themselves

Or should they defend themselves

and Gideon drops out of college to go on a dangerous journey that will put his principles to the test

and related stories and life experiences

Luminous black & white and color photographs along with stories and accounts of contemporary Jewish life in Eastern Europe including an essay by Polish art historian and critic Anda Rottenberg

and yet resigned to a life of evasion

Journey to a Nineteenth-Century Shtetl: The Memoirs by Yekhezkel Kotik New Year Or should they defend themselvesOriginally published in Warsaw in 1913, this beautifully written memoir offers a panoramic description of the author's experiences growing up in Kamieniec Litewski, a Polish shtetl connected with many important events in the history of nineteenth century Eastern European Jewry. Although the way of life portrayed in this memoir has disappeared, the historical, cultural, and folkoric material it contains will be of major interest to historians and