Bouncing back, and forward : from immigrant household to Cambridge fellowship
Reif, Stefan C., 1944-2021
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The tale of how a boy of working-class, immigrant Jewish parents in Edinburgh became a Cambridge scholar of international repute. Stefan Reif traces the numerous obstacles encountered as he struggled to make a life that released him from poverty and anonymity but maintained the best of Ashkenazi Judaism. We follow his adventures as a pupil subjected to the rigours of a Scottish Presbyterian education, as well as the demands of traditional Jewish learning. The account describes London, Glasgow, and Philadelphia before concentrating on Cambridge and describing how difficult it was for a scholar who had degrees from London to win academic recognition.
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Author:
Reif, Stefan C., 1944-, author
Imprint:
Elstree : Vallentine Mitchell, 2021.
Collation:
392 pages : illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:
9781912676521 (pbk)
Dewey class:
378.12092378.12
LC class:
LB1778.4.G7
Language:
English
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BRN:
2812373
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