{"product_id":"from-berlin-to-jerusalem-memories-of-my-youth-9781589880733","title":"From Berlin to Jerusalem: Memories of My Youth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A serene, lucid and stylish essay in intellectual autobiography that at the same time commemorates a vanished world.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An extraordinary life--one that itself takes on symbolic, if not mystical, significance.\" --Robert Coles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Berlin to Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e portrays the dual dramas of the author's total break from his middle-class German Jewish family and his ever-increasing dedication to the study of Jewish thought. Played out during the momentous years just before, during, and after World War I, these experiences eventually led Scholem to immigrate to Palestine in 1923.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gershom Scholem is historian who has remade the world...He is coming to be seen as one of the greatest shapers of contemporary thought, possibly the boldest mind-adventurer of our generation.\"--Cynthia Ozick, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A remarkable book.\"--Harold Bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Scholem] vividly describes the spiritual and intellectual odyssey that drew him...to a rigorous immersion in the texts of Jewish tradition.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGershom Scholem\u003c\/b\u003e (1897-1982) was born in Berlin and educated at the Universities of Berlin, Jena, Bern, and Munich. In 1923, he immigrated to Palestine, where he devoted the rest of his life to the study of the Jewish mystical tradition and the Kabbala. In Jerusalem, he was appointed the first professor of Jewish mysticism at Hebrew University and served as president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Scholem was the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eMajor Trends in Jewish Mysticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Jews and Judaism in Crisis: Selected Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (also now available from Paul Dry Books).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGershom Scholem: Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) was born in Berlin, educated at the universities of Jena and Bern, and emigrated to Palestine in 1923, where he devoted himself to the study of the Jewish mystical tradition and the Kabbalah. One of the greatest scholars of the twentieth century, admired both for his philological prowess and his philosophical insight, Scholem was the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eMajor Trends in Jewish Mysticism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn Jews and Judaism in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of autobiographical writings and essays on Zionism.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Dry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855847100690,"sku":"9781589880733","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5484e47a-ddf8-4702-96cd-5a6f7fa7d579.jpg?v=1737485913","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/from-berlin-to-jerusalem-memories-of-my-youth-9781589880733","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}