Hold on to the Sun (27 page)
1
(1700-60) Charismatic founder and first leader of Hasidism in Eastern Europe.
2
A lively Polish dance from the Krakow region.
3
A drink of raw egg mixed into milk, in this case probably a stolen egg mixed with some sugar.
4
(German) A
kapo
was a privileged prisoner of the Nazi concentration camps who served as a supervisor of the barracks.
kapo
was a privileged prisoner of the Nazi concentration camps who served as a supervisor of the barracks.
5
Code name for Gusta Dawidson Draenger, resistance fighter and author of diaries written while imprisoned by the Gestapo in Krakow.
6
(1970) Documentary film exploring average French citizens’ memories of Nazi occupation.
7
Arabic term for the Palestinian Liberation Organization, founded in 1964.
8
Code name given to the illegal immigration of Jews to Palestine in violation of British restriction (1934-48), distinguished from Aliyah A, the limited Jewish immigration permitted by British authorities in the same period.
9
(Hebrew) Organized attempt to collect Holocaust survivors in Europe and bring them to pre-state Israel, resulting in three hundred thousand survivors reaching Israel (1944-48).
10
A religious concept by which man finds virtue resembling God.
11
(German) Common nickname for the deportation and murder of Jews.
12
(1908-46) Austrian war criminal found guilty of murdering tens of thousands of people. He was executed by hanging.
13
(German) A unit of ten, used ironically.
14
(Hebrew) A left-wing political party, the dominant force in Israeli politics until it merged with the Israeli Labor Party in 1968.
15
(1877-1942) An influential Yiddish poet and songwriter, best known internationally for his song “
S’brent
” (It is Burning). He was killed by a Nazi bullet in the Krakow ghetto on Bloody Thursday (June 4, 1942).
S’brent
” (It is Burning). He was killed by a Nazi bullet in the Krakow ghetto on Bloody Thursday (June 4, 1942).
16
(1869-1907) A Polish playwright, painter, and poet who linked modernism with the Polish folk tradition.
17
(Aramaic) The prayer recited at funerals and by mourners.
18
(German) “Work brings freedom,” the sign over the gates of Auschwitz.
19
USSR chain of stores.
20
(Yiddish) Multipurpose interjection, often analogous to “well?” or “so?”
21
(Distorted French and German) “We soldiers here, understand? Soldiers? War.”
22
(Distorted French and German) “Now here. Visit. Visit. With wife. Understand?”
23
(German) Work unit consisting of Nazi death camp prisoners forced to assist the mass killing process during the Holocaust.
24
(Hebrew) Jewish penitential poems and prayers leading up to Rosh Hashanah andYom Kippur
25
(Yiddish) assistant synagogue manager
26
(Hebrew) A prayer book.
27
(Hebrew) Often called a “Rabbinical Bible” in English, an edition that generally includes three distinct elements: the biblical text, the Aramaic translation, and biblical commentaries.
28
A classic Hasidic work by one of the founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement.
29
(Yiddish) Special stew for Sabbath.
30
(Hebrew) Pulpit.
31
(Yiddish) Fur hat worn by many married Haredi (ultra orthodox) Jewish men, particularly members of Hasidic groups, on Sabbath and during Jewish holidays.
32
(Yiddish) Long black coat worn by Haredi Jewish men.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Govrin, Michal, 1950-
[Le-ehoz ba-shemesh. English]
Hold onto the sun : true stories and tales / by Michal Govrin ; edited
and revised translations by Judith G. Miller.—1st Feminist Press ed.
p. cm.
[Le-ehoz ba-shemesh. English]
Hold onto the sun : true stories and tales / by Michal Govrin ; edited
and revised translations by Judith G. Miller.—1st Feminist Press ed.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-558-61674-5
I. Miller, Judith, 1947- II. Title.
PJ5054.G665L413 2010
892.4’36—dc22
PJ5054.G665L413 2010
892.4’36—dc22
2010024283
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