Thesis--Columbia University, 1918. / Vita. Bibliography: p. [545]-559.

Thesis--Columbia University, 1918. / Vita. Bibliography: p. [545]-559.

Thesis--Columbia University, 1918. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [545]-559) and index.

Bibliography: p. [A41-A42]. / Essentially, this history recounts the endeavours of a comparatively small Jewish Community, distant from the main centres of culture and population, in its search for assurance of continuity expressed in terms of an educational response to positive as well as negative forces acting on its group-existence. Interestingly enough, it is epitomised in the story of one or two Jewish schools: generally, one main school holds the stage. It is a story, however, which cannot be adequately understood without an examination of its long historical roots.

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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- McMaster University, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 309-336). Also available via World Wide Web.

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This thesis will present an account of the religious way of living drawn from the writings of selected authorities. It will consider how myths, rituals and religion can help humans reach moments of transcendence. These themes will be discussed further in reference to the pious Jews who originated from small towns in Eastern Europe and who lived in accordance with their religious values. / This thesis will give substance to the account of the religious way of living with specific reference to the experience of pious Eastern European Jews before, during and after the Holocaust. It will be proposed that Holocaust studies can offer students several messages that are of crucial importance.