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The historical biography of a true Jewish heroine in her day, Gracia Mendes. Born in 1510 in Portugal, the book details this woman s extraordinary personality until her death in 1569 in Constantinople (today s Istanbul). Her life exemplified a perseverance by the Jewish culture to survive and triumph even in the worst of conditions. As a young girl, Gracia secretly married successful Jewish spice trader, Francisco Mendes. But at age 27 she bec...

Four o'clock is approaching, my daughter is becoming restless, prancing like a colt, ready to bolt out of here. The program is over: The news she will watch at home. But she gives it another try: she fishes out a large sheet of paper from her handbag -she goes around with gigantic handbags- that carries a text in huge capital letters: I LOVE YOU, SQUEEZE MY HAND IF YOU UNDERSTAND. She grabs my left hand, I let her, but do not react. Of course,...

Four o'clock is approaching, my daughter is becoming restless, prancing like a colt, ready to bolt out of here. The program is over: The news she will watch at home. But she gives it another try: she fishes out a large sheet of paper from her handbag -she goes around with gigantic handbags- that carries a text in huge capital letters: I LOVE YOU, SQUEEZE MY HAND IF YOU UNDERSTAND. She grabs my left hand, I let her, but do not react. Of course,...

The historical biography of a true Jewish heroine in her day, Gracia Mendes. Born in 1510 in Portugal, the book details this woman's extraordinary personality until her death in 1569 in Constantinople (today's Istanbul). Her life exemplified a perseverance by the Jewish culture to survive and triumph even in the worst of conditions. As a young girl, Gracia secretly married successful Jewish spice trader, Francisco Mendes. But at age 27 she bec...

The essays in this book provide interesting contributions to the ongoing debate concerning the representation of differing cultures, i.e., the "image of the Other" in the early modern period.

The recognized cultural historian and researcher of the Middle Ages relates about the gruesome year of 1944 in Hungary, as she has seen the events with the eyes of a small Jewish girl.

Beduinischer Kamelhirte - Esterházy, greiser König David - Konrád, Ahnenbeschwörung - Spiró. Als feinsinnige Fragestellerin gelingt es Marianna D. Birnbaum, nicht nur auf diese Fragen, sondern auch auf andere besondere Lebensmomente ein Licht zu werfen. Es werden nicht nur Parallelen gezogen, sondern auch Unterschiede zwischen diesen drei Ikonen der ungarischen Literatur herausgeschält. Im Sog der Erzählungen wird dem Leser eine fast schon in...