The Jews of San Nicandro /

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Not many people know of the utterly extraordinary events that took place in a humble southern Italian town in the first half of the twentieth century--and those who do have struggled to explain them. In the late 1920s, a crippled shoemaker had a vision where God called upon him to bring the Jewish f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Davis, John A. (John Anthony) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Jewish converts from Christianity > Italy > Sannicandro Garganico.
Jews > Italy > Sannicandro Garganico > History > 20th century.
Conversion > Judaism > History > 20th century.
Conversion > Judaïsme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Conversion > Judaism
Ethnic relations
Jewish converts from Christianity
Jews
Religion
Sannicandro Garganico (Italy) > Religion.
Sannicandro Garganico (Italy) > Ethnic relations.
Italy > Sannicandro Garganico
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Maps
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: The Prophet of San Nicandro
  • 1. Manduzio's Story
  • 2. Jewish Encounters
  • 3. The Duce and the Pope
  • 4. The Man from Milan
  • 5. Persecution
  • 6. Falling into the Net
  • 7. A Hero Comes to Visit
  • 8. A Difficult Conversion
  • 9. What Next?
  • 10. After Manduzio
  • 11. The Promised Land
  • 12. The Story's End
  • Notes
  • Sources
  • Index.

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