Description
Book SynopsisFocusing upon the life of Chaya Walkin – one little girl from a distinguished Torah lineage in Poland – this book illustrates the inner resources of the refugee community that made possible survival with dignity. Based on a wide variety of sources and languages, this book is crafted around the voice of a child who was five years old when she was forced to flee her home in Poland and start the terrifying journey to Vilna, Kobe, and Shanghai. The Song of Songs is used to provide an unexpected and poetic angle of vision upon strategies for creating meaning in times of historical trauma.
Table of ContentsPreface
A Voice Knocks: Chaya Leah Walkin’s Story Finds Me
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Virtue of One Vineyard: Jewish Refuge Reconsidered
Chapter One
If She Be a Wall: Pohost and Lukatch Before Disaster Strikes
Chapter Two
Watchmen Patrolling the City: Escape from Vilna to Japan
Chapter Three
An Apple Tree Nestled in the Woods: Respite in Kobe
Chapter Five
Tender Kids Beside the Sheperds' Tents: Starting Anew in Shanghai
Chapter Five
In the Crook of the Rock: Expanding The Meaning of Survival
Chapter Six
The Vine has Budded: Schooling, Bombings, and Beyond
Chapter Seven
Under the Apple Tree: End of the War, End of Refuge in Shanghai
Chapter Eight
Before the Shadows of Night Are Gone: Starting a New Life in America
Chapter Nine
Until it Ripens: Marriage, Community, and the Arc of Return
Conclusion
Seeking Your Voice for the Sake of the Unborn
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