a Yiddish life in Russia and Texas Gurwitz, Z. 1859-1947 creator author. Gurwitz, Alexander Z. Stone, Bryan Edward. Prero, Amram. text Biography. Electronic books. alu 2016 monographic eng yid 1 online resource (441 pages) illustrations Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Text -- Editor's Introduction -- 1. Childhood -- 2. In the Heder -- 3. The Holidays: High Holy Days -- 4. The Holidays: Fall and Winter -- 5. The Holidays: Spring and Summer -- 6. Half a Yeshiva Bocher -- 7. A Student in Minsk -- 8. The Volozhin Yeshiva -- 9. From Student to Bridegroom -- 10. Married and Widowed -- 11. On the Road -- 12. Settled in Pavlograd -- 13. Leaving for America -- 14. From Sea to San Antonio -- 15. Resuming a Life -- 16. Jews We Are! -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. adult Alexander Z. Gurwitz ; edited by Bryan Edward Stone ; translated by Rabbi Amram Prero. Description based upon print version of record. Translated from the Yiddish. Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-406) and index. Gurwitz, Z 1859-1947 Gurwitz, Z 1859- Jews, Russian Texas San Antonio Biography HISTORY / Europe / Eastern HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union Jews, Russian Texas San Antonio E184 947/.004924 Gurwitz, Alexander Z. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press,c2016 9780817389550 0817389555 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1229518 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1229518 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1229518 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1229518 EBLCP 160423 20200709060447.0 ocn946788150 eng