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In Polish Jews in Israel: Polish-Language Press, Culture, and Politics Elżbieta Kossewska presents a study of the political history of Polish Jews in Israel and their cultural and intellectual achievements, with particular emphasis on the Polish-language press. The book describes Polish immigrants’ adaptation in Israeli society after World War II, and shows the shifting of emigrants’ attitudes and viewpoints against the backdrop of the Israeli political system. The book contains numerous testimonies, memoirs, and personal documents from Polish journalists and writers that have never been published before. These anecdotes, biographical curiosities, and fascinating details create an evocative and colorful picture of the lives of key figures of post-war Polish life in Israel.
Price: $243.00
Pages: 434
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
22 April 2021
ISBN: 9789004450134
Format: Hardcover
"This book, originally published in 2015 by Warsaw University Press, is a highly scholarly volume, the product of meticulous and painstaking research, for the most part conducted in archives in Israel. The subject is an interesting and important one — addressing the larger questions of the path of emigrants toward integration and assimila¬tion in a new host culture through the medium of foreign language media in their native language. (…) With its extensive bibliography and detailed footnotes, Polish Jews in Israel is an invaluable reference source."
- Mindy C. Reiser, Jewish Study Center, Washington, D.C., in AJL News and Reviews, February | March 2022, Volume II, No.6
Elżbieta Kossewska is an associate professor at the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Political Science and International Studies. She has published many monographs and articles devoted to Polish-Israeli relations and the cultural and literary heritage of Polish emigrants.