Author: Seán Hand File Type: epub Despite an outpouring of scholarship on the Holocaust, little work has focused on what happened to Europes Jewish communities after the war ended. And unlike many other European nations in which the majority of the Jewish population perished, France had a significant postwar Jewish community that numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Post-Holocaust France and the Jews, 19451955 offers new insight on key aspects of French Jewish life in the decades following the end of World War II.How Jews had been treated during the war continued to influence both Jewish and non-Jewish society in the post-war years. The volume examines the ways in which moral and political issues of responsibility combined with the urgent problems and practicalities of restoration, and it illustrates how national imperatives, international dynamics, and a changed self-perception all profoundly helped to shape the fortunes of postwar French Judaism.Comprehensive and informed, this volume offers a rich variety of perspectives on Jewish studies, modern and contemporary history, literary and cultural analysis, philosophy, sociology, and theology.With contributions from leading scholars, including Edward Kaplan, Susan Rubin Suleiman, and Jay Winter, the book establishes multiple connections between such different areas of concern as the running of orphanages, the establishment of new social and political organisations, the restoration of teaching and religious facilities, and the development of intellectual responses to the Holocaust. Comprehensive and informed, this volume will be invaluable to readers working in Jewish studies, modern and contemporary history, literary and cultural analysis, philosophy, sociology, and theology.(Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies Series)

Author: R. W. Holder File Type: pdf We often use euphemisms when dealing with taboo or sensitive subjects. We speak of full-figured women. We fudge on our income tax. We get cold feet before our wedding. In How Not to Say What You Mean, R.W. Holder offers an engaging volume that celebrates this human tendency to use mild, vague, or roundabout expressions rather than those which are blunt, precise, and true. Arranged in alphabetical order, this dictionary contains thousands of entertaining and informative entries ranging from such circumlocutions as a fruit salad (mixture of illegal narcotics), arm candy (a good-looking female companion), a barrel-house (a brothel), birthday suit (nakedness), and a blue hair (an old women). Completely updated, the dictionary provides definitions, examples, as well as historical explanations where appropriate. Fun, fascinating, lively, and at times shocking, this new edition of How Not to Say What You Mean is a browsers delight and will appeal to all language and word play lovers, and anyone looking for a good laugh. **From Publishers WeeklyDelightful, quirky and exhaustive, Holders dictionary of American and British circumlocutions is the kind of reference work that one can spend hours browsing through happily. This third edition includes thousands of alphabetized entries for both old-fashioned and contemporary terms. The term uncover nakedness, for example, used be a standard Biblical translation for copulate, though many people wouldnt recognize that use today. (Incidentally, to line also meant to copulate, and Holder cites part of Shakespeares As You Like It as an example of such use Winter garments must be linedSo must slender Rosaline.) Deep six, underprivileged and rip off still enjoy healthy use, and in Ireland scuttered still means drunk. For Holder, however, this project is about more than just having fun with word games. In fine Orwellian spirit, Holder writes in his introduction that euphemism is the language of evasion, of hypocrisy, of prudery, and of deceit, which makes it all the more important to be able to see through the embroidery. 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review`Review from previous edition Eupehmists are a lively, inventive, self-regarding and bumptious bunch. Holder goes among them with an etymological glint in his eye. Iain Finlayson, Financial Times `this fascinating book ... dont put this dictionary in the loo - theres another euphemism for you - or else guests will never come out. Its unputdownable once you open it. Peter Mullen, Yorkshire Post `Ordered alphabetically and indexed by subject, lovers of word play will have a field day. Paul James, Herald Express (Torquay) `Your complete guide to every euphemism you could ever want to know, and many you would rather not. Daily Mail `Review from previous edition Euphemists are a lively, inventive, self-regarding and bumptious bunch. Holder goes among them with an etymological glint in his eye. Iain Finlayson, Financial Times