Jerusalempublishing "Filobiblon"published a bookof selected articlesand essaysSaratovetsformerand currentIsraeli,Cand.Phil.SciSteveLevin "From the Jewishpoint of view ...".It was froma Jewish pointof view,are consideredheroesin herworksand the problemsof the largestRussian-Jewish writerIsaac BabelXXcentury,to the Jews andthe Jewish questionDostoevsky, Leskov, Chekhov, Korolenko,Heine, M. Gorky,Marina Tsvetaeva.
A special section isdevoted to the historyof synagogues andJewish communityof Saratov.Firstpublishedunique material onthe sensationaland continuesto cause controversySaratovritualproceedings (1853 -1860).
The book receivedpositive feedback fromprofessionalsin Israel andabroad. Itis beautifully decorated andequipped withnumerousillustrations and photographs, some ofwhich are published forthe first time.
Clearlywrittenandaccessible andwill be of interestto anyone interested inliteratureand Jewish history.
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