List of Illustrations Preface Beginnings: Converging on Jerusalem Jerusalem, the State Cult, and the Three Harvest Pilgrimages Pilgrimage in the Early Diaporas Life on the Pilgrimage Road Oh, Zion: Jerusalem in the Center Jewish Saints Be Praised! The Cult of the Rebbe: Hasidic Pilgrimage Praying at the Tzadiq's Tomb: Sephardic Pilgrimage The Shrines of the Holocaust The Shrines of Nationhood Israel as a Shrine for the Diaspora Roots Pilgrimage Shrine Wars Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
The first book to cover the fascinating story of Jewish pilgrimage from its mythic beginnings to current times.
David M. Gitlitz is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Rhode Island. His book Secrecy and Deceit: The Religion of the Crypto-Jews won a National Jewish Book Award. Linda Kay Davidson is an instructor at the University of Rhode Island and has written four books on aspects of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela that have become standards in the field. Together, Gitlitz and Davidson have co-authored A Drizzle of Honey: The Lives and Recipes of Spain's Secret Jews, which won a National Jewish Book Award as well as the International Association of Culinary Professionals Prize for Scholarship, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook, and Pilgrimage from the Ganges to Graceland: An Encyclopedia, selected by Library Journal as a Best Reference Source for 2002.
Gitlitz and Davidson examine pilgrimage in Judaism from biblical
times to the present. Along with the biblical pilgrimage festivals
and pilgrimage following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70
CE, they cover pilgrimage within Hasidic culture, Sephardic
pilgrimage to the tombs of holy men, and the practice and function
of pilgrimage among contemporary Jews. In the latter category are
discussions of The Shrines of the Holocaust, The Shrines of
Nationhood, and Israel as a Shrine for the Diaspora….[a]n engaging
and evocative survey of the experience of Jews who, in diverse
settings and for a variety of reasons, have sought the spiritual
fulfillment that comes from visits to places that represent their
heritage. It is a perceptive compendium on Jews' travels to sites
sanctified by Jewish history and experience. Recommended.
Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general
readers.
*Choice*
The authors trace the history and explore the varieties of Jewish
pilgrimage in this fascinating book filled with maps, photographs
(many from the authors' own collections), other illustrations, and
copious notes….Recommended for Judaica collections.
*Library Journal*
Pilgrimages to shrines are most commonly associated with Christians
and Moslems. As coauthors of the National Jewish Book Award-winning
A Drizzle of Honey: The Lives and Recipes of Spain's Secret Jews,
Gitlitz and Davidson explore shrines important to Jews. They treat
journeys to graves of holy men and women in Israel and elsewhere
important to Sephardic and Hasidic Jews, shrines for recent
political leaders, Holocaust sites, and roots pilgrimages. The book
includes maps, photos, and a chronology surrounding the shrine wars
between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem.
*Reference & Research Book News*
Pilgrimage and the Jews serves as an excellent reference work for
anyone interested in learning more about Jewish pilgrimages….[a]
thorough, well-researched book.
*Jewish Federation of Broome County's The Reporter*
In this interesting book they tell the fascinating and sometimes
harrowing story of Jewish pilgrimage from the beginnings of Judaism
to the present day. They trace the history of Jewish pilgrimage and
show how the repeated cycles of exile and return to Israel serve
the Jews as a kind of pilgrimage in reverse. From Jerusalem and the
Mt. of Olives, to the tombs of King David, Rachel and Joseph, from
Galilee to Curacao, Jewish pilgrims seek out spiritual
transcendence, a return to their roots, communion with those who
have gone before, and connection to their common heritage, as they
visit holy shrines, important synagogues around the world, Nazi
death camps, and the graves of leaders, among other holy
places.
*JewishMediaReview*
Explores the diverse history of Jewish pilgrimage from ancient
times to the present; examples include travels to Jerusalem, to the
grave sites of Hasidic rebbes; and to the sites of Nazi death
camps.
*The Chronicle of Higher Education*
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