Marie Syrkin : values beyond the self

Marie Syrkin : values beyond the self / Carole S. Kessner.

Author/creator	Kessner, Carole S., 1932-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : published by University Press of New England, ©2008.
Description	xii, 479 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Syrkin, Marie, 1899-1989. Jews--New York (State) --New York --Biography. Jews--New York (State) --New York --Intellectual life. Intellectuals--New York (State) --New York --Biography. Zionists--New York (State) --New York --Biography. Jewish scholars--New York (State) --New York --Biography. Jewish authors--New York (State) --New York --Biography. New York (N.Y.)--Biography.

Series	Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life HBI series on Jewish women. ^A755079
Contents	Marie's birthright -- A Bronx adolescence -- That fabulous summer: Maurice -- Elopement and annulment -- Marriage, motherhood, tragedy -- David, divorce, and the death of Nachman -- A new life: Charles -- An unorthodox marriage: Palestine and Hollywood -- At the nexus of the "Jewish problem" -- On the Jewish Frontier: the twenty-first Zionist Congress -- The war, the White Paper, and the rescue of Jews -- Wartime horrors: personal unhappiness -- Postwar projects: DP camps, Blessed is the match, Israel -- Academia at last: the Brandeis years.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-458) and index.
LCCN	2008015100
ISBN	9781584654513 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	1584654511 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F 128.9.J5 S975 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold