Jewish Budapest
Monuments, Rites, History
Edited by Geza Komoroczy, Centre for Jewish
Studies, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, and Hungarian
Academy of Sciences with Kinga Frojimovics, Viktoria
Pusztai, and Andrea Strbik
"This work delivers excellent insight into the
past and present, and leaves hope for the future."
- Slavic and East European Journal
"The rich variety of photographs, maps and drawings
make lore and history come alive. Encyclopedic in scope
and detail, this volume will certainly become the basic
English text on the Jews of Budapest and Hungary. Highly
recommended for large and academic libraries." - Library
Journal
"The work will be useful to scholars grappling with
Jewish history and Central European identities, yet
it may also serve those planning travel or reflecting
on their knowledge of this complex city. Excellent bibliography."
- Choice
"'Jewish Budapest is not limited to presenting
Budapest's Jewish monuments. It deals also with the
background and history of their accomplishment, and
with the institutions which established the buildings.
The book is a kind of anthology connected with various
quarters of the city. In the course of the walks in
Buda, Óbuda, and Pest (the latter is presented
in various districts) the reader gets a historical retrospect
and a good knowledge about Jewsih life and religious
customs." - Journal of Semitic Studies
"'Jewish Budapest' amasses huge amounts of information
and lore about a city... At its best, the book offers
vivid portraits, often with the aid of literary illustrations
of the city's beloved Jewish institutions: its schools,
its culture centre, even its one-time kosher restaurants.
It also holds out hope that Jewish life in Hungary does
have a future." - Budapest Review of
Books
"Jewish Budapest chronicals the long history
of Jews in this part of Hungary, working their way from
a marginal existance literally on the edge of town to
an integral part of Budapest...
Also describes much about Judaism as practiced in Europe,
not just ritual, but also daily lives of the Jews and
personalities and conflicts during the centuries within
the community and with their neighbors. The religious
information is basic enough so that it can be understood
by people with little or no knowledge of Judaism and
yet interesting for those well familiar with Jewish
ritual and customs. I especially recommend this book
to people going to Budapest, people who have visited
the city, people with ties to Hungary and history buffs".
- Amazon (from a reader's
review)
"No se trata de una obra de ficción ingeniosa
que un lector ávido agarra y no puede soltar
sino de elementos con la más estrecha pertenencia
a la realidad, recreados erudita pero también
poéticamente. Este Jewish Budapest es un libro
de consulta, para los investigadores que acuden a la
biblioteca, interesados en conocer a fondo la gloria
y magnificencia de la vida judía en la capital
de Hungría." - Maj'shavot (Buenos
Aires)
Contents
Part 1: Castle Hill Part 2: Old Buda
Part 3: Király Street, the ages old Jewish quarter
of Pest Part 4: Jewish triangle of Pest Part
5: Erzsébetváros Part 6: Józsefváros Part
7: Terézváros Part 8: The Israelite parish
of Pest Part 9: Lipótváros, Új-Lipótváros Part
10: The Külső-Józsefvárós Part 11: The neighbours
of the parish of Pest Part 12: Pest, 1944, ghetto
Part 13: Jewish cemeteries Part 14: Jewish
life in Budapest today Part 15: Invisible Jewish
Budapest
A Selection of the Jewish Book Club
1998
520 pages
ISBN 978-963-9116-38-2 cloth $69.95 / €59.95 /
£44.95
ISBN 978-963-9116-37-5 paperback $29.95 / €25.95
/ £17.95
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