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- 2009006568 abstract "Raised in a nonreligious Jewish family, London knew his heritage but had no strong desire to experience it personally. But in the summer of 2004, while doing relief work with children in Bosnia, he stumbled upon a community where Jews worked alongside Muslims and Christians to rebuild a city ravaged by war. London liked this idea of a humanitarian Judaism, and this encounter gave him the idea for a journey around the world and back to his roots. From a shopkeeper selling Jewish trinkets in Iran, to a Hanukkah celebration in an Arkansas bowling alley; from Rangoon, where a chain-smoking caretaker watches over an all-but-forgotten synagogue, to an engineer in Cuba proud of his Jewish heritage, yet even prouder of his Communist ideals, pockets of the Diaspora endure. Their decision to stay put offers hope that peace may lie not in congregating behind borders but in the promise of a global community of neighbors.--From publisher description.".
- 2009006568 contributor B11400424.
- 2009006568 created "c2009.".
- 2009006568 date "2009".
- 2009006568 date "c2009.".
- 2009006568 dateCopyrighted "c2009.".
- 2009006568 description "Belonging -- Caretakers -- Newcomers -- Rebirth -- Siege and survival -- Converts -- Imperiled? -- Revolutionaries -- Zion.".
- 2009006568 description "Raised in a nonreligious Jewish family, London knew his heritage but had no strong desire to experience it personally. But in the summer of 2004, while doing relief work with children in Bosnia, he stumbled upon a community where Jews worked alongside Muslims and Christians to rebuild a city ravaged by war. London liked this idea of a humanitarian Judaism, and this encounter gave him the idea for a journey around the world and back to his roots. From a shopkeeper selling Jewish trinkets in Iran, to a Hanukkah celebration in an Arkansas bowling alley; from Rangoon, where a chain-smoking caretaker watches over an all-but-forgotten synagogue, to an engineer in Cuba proud of his Jewish heritage, yet even prouder of his Communist ideals, pockets of the Diaspora endure. Their decision to stay put offers hope that peace may lie not in congregating behind borders but in the promise of a global community of neighbors.--From publisher description.".
- 2009006568 extent "viii, 310 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- 2009006568 identifier "0061561061".
- 2009006568 identifier "9780061561061".
- 2009006568 identifier 2009006568-b.html.
- 2009006568 identifier 2009006568-d.html.
- 2009006568 issued "2009".
- 2009006568 issued "c2009.".
- 2009006568 language "eng".
- 2009006568 publisher "[New York] : William Morrow,".
- 2009006568 subject "305.892/4 22".
- 2009006568 subject "DS134 .L655 2009".
- 2009006568 subject "Jewish diaspora.".
- 2009006568 subject "Jews Civilization.".
- 2009006568 subject "Jews Identity.".
- 2009006568 subject "London, Charles, 1980- Religion.".
- 2009006568 subject "London, Charles, 1980- Travel.".
- 2009006568 tableOfContents "Belonging -- Caretakers -- Newcomers -- Rebirth -- Siege and survival -- Converts -- Imperiled? -- Revolutionaries -- Zion.".
- 2009006568 title "Far from Zion : in search of a global Jewish community / Charles London.".
- 2009006568 type "text".