American Jewish chaplains and the survivors' return to Jewish communal life (1945-1952)
TitreAmerican Jewish chaplains and the survivors' return to Jewish communal life (1945-1952)
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0535
N° d'objet10444g
Lieu de publicationTel Aviv, Israel
EditeurBrill
Année de publication
2014
Paginationpp 112-136
MatérielArticle
SérieJewish identities in a changing world ; Volume 23
ISBN9789004277762
NotesArticle from the book 'Postwar Jewish displacement and rebirth 1945-1967' pp 112-136
Description
Analyses the multifaceted impact of American Jewish chaplains, both in DP camps and in the disrupted French Jewish communities at the end of the war. They helped restore the practice of Judaism and returned dignity to survivors, reinvigorating Jewish life in Rheims and postwar Paris.