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The tower of life : how Yaffa Eliach rebuilt her town in stories and photographs /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2022Copyright date: �2022Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781338225891
  • 1338225898
Other title:
  • How Yaffa Eliach rebuilt her town in stories and pictures
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Tower of lifeDDC classification:
  • 940.53/18094793 23/eng/20220215
LOC classification:
  • DS135.L52 E357 2022
Summary: "The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the villagers send photos to their relatives overseas to wish them a "Gut Yontif"! But one dark day, the town is invaded. And quickly the once happy home to 5,000 Jewish people is uprooted. Yaffa survives the war and becomes a Professor of History and America's foremost Holocaust expert. And when President Jimmy Carter invites her to create an exhibit for the new National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, she travels around the world hunting down her grandmother's photos taken of people who fled from her beloved town, Eishyshok, along with their stories and memories. This breathtaking revival of the town's collective spirit, which is a permanent exhibit at The National Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, will inspire all who read it"--
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 940.53 STI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000591366

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"The story begins with Yaffa Eliach, a spirited young girl who grows up in a vibrant, happy 800-year-old town in Poland, filled with family life and rich traditions. Yaffa's grandmother, who receives a gift of a camera from America, becomes the village photographer, and takes photos of all the family events: weddings, bar mitzvahs, and family gatherings. And on the Jewish New Year, the villagers send photos to their relatives overseas to wish them a "Gut Yontif"! But one dark day, the town is invaded. And quickly the once happy home to 5,000 Jewish people is uprooted. Yaffa survives the war and becomes a Professor of History and America's foremost Holocaust expert. And when President Jimmy Carter invites her to create an exhibit for the new National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, she travels around the world hunting down her grandmother's photos taken of people who fled from her beloved town, Eishyshok, along with their stories and memories. This breathtaking revival of the town's collective spirit, which is a permanent exhibit at The National Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, will inspire all who read it"--

Ages 6-8. Scholastic Inc.

Grades 2-3. Scholastic Inc.

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