From the Book - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Bist a Yid? : Roots schmoots! ; Nostalgie de la boue
The Jews of Rome : A basket and a truss of hay
From the Mediterranean to the Baltic : As strange as a circumcised unicorn ; Sennan and zippan
The remaking of Western Europe : Charles's elephant ; New borders, new allegiances ; Drang nach osten.
At the crossroads : In every castle a king ; A blessing upon Mieszko, King of Poland
The new Yiddish world : The language ; The literature ; The religion ; The scholarly tradition
Political consolidation : Landowners, merchants, artisans, servants ; At the Jewish inn
The Reformation : Hussites ; Luther ; Now a miracle happened
The Yiddish Renaissance : Cracow ; Prague ; Dovid Gans
Wide horizons : Wealth and honour ; The great divide
The deluge : The Cossacks ; Poverty and disgrace
Decline ... : Who permits the forbidden ; The holy creed of Edom ; The famous Ba'al Shem Tov : may his light long shine ; Oppose them strongly
...And fall : The "Jewish problem" ; Words that fall on us like lashes ; Shakespearean tragedy
