Kiddush ha-Shem — Sholem Asch

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Paperback editions:

  • Trade Paperback
  • Aug-2008
  • Genizah Editions
  • ISBN: 1590211677
  • ISBN13: 9781590211670

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Audio editions:

  • Audio Cassette
  • Oct-2001
  • Jewish Contemporary Classics, Incorporated
  • ISBN: 1893079090
  • ISBN13: 9781893079090

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Description
Kiddush ha-Shem is one of the earliest historical novels in modern Yiddish literature. Author Asch's classic tale of Jewish life in premodern Poland. An innkeeper and his family experiences the terrible pogroms of the Khmelnytsky Uprising in mid-17th century. This epic, with its evocative passages on community, love, and piety in the face of anti-Semitism, offers readers an engaging and gripping story for any era.
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