Beginning with a vivid evocation of the milieu of prewar Warsaw; where his upper-class family was both privileged among Jews and despised by Poles; Moshe Prywes deftly interweaves vignettes of his autobiography with keen observations about a world tumbling into war and madness. Mobilized into the Polish Army as a medical officer in 1939; he escaped the Nazi invasion but was captured by the Soviet Army and shipped off to a Siberian labor camp. He spent six years there; at one time serving as physician to 28;000 prisoners. After liberation his path led to Ukraine; Sweden; Paris; and in 1951; to the new Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. Later he would serve as founding dean at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; where his "Beer Sheva Experiment" remains a model for medical education worldwide. This fascinating retrospective is a story of personal courage in the face of great adversity; a life that was; as Prywes writes; "sustained by faith and hope: faith in humanity and hope for a better world."
#110575 in Books Evangelist Mike 2015-11-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.00 x .90 x 10.00l; 2.35 #File Name: 0873519922144 pagesDowntown Minneapolis in the 1970s
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Old and Cold Days of Long AgoBy jboyWhen I arrived in Minneapolis in 1971 ( I think it was ); I didn't have a camera; but Mike Evangelist did; and the visions of the scene of much of my youth have been preserved for me.When I got there the city buses' livery was being changed from green and white to red; something Evangelist has captured and preserved. Lots of old memories are summoned back. Plantation Pancakes; never ate there; but walked past it a zillion times. The old Christmas decorations on Nicollet Mall look familiar; even tough I can't say for sure what the ones they have now look like. This book reminds me of a lot of things that I couldn't force myself to remember. The Venice Cafe? ....yeah; there it is; that's it alright.Seventies are now about halfway between the 1920s and now. Go back another 45 years from then; and there was no Foshay Building. The IDS building was new in '72 and I remember the Harvest House Cafeteria on the mezzanine above the Crystal Court. There was also a cafeteria; as I recall; in the Basement of the Soo Line Building ( and there was a Soo Line RR back then too ).The big old time pre-oil embargo; cars of the 70s are everywhere in the pictures. Those cars were built about halfway between now and the last production runs of the Ford Model T. Time flies; but to where? Well the big old taxicabs built by Checker were all over downtown then. I guess they went to the scrapyard. I guess the bell bottoms got recycled too; somehow.Even if your memory lane doesn't go back that far; this book is a good slice of time in America at the start of the last third of the twentieth century. It is about Minneapolis; but it could've been almost any American city of that time. I say almost; because many of the scenes are definitely "snow belt". They say you can't remember pain; but some of these pictures sure remind me of some painfully cold days in Minneapolis.Daytons; Powers; The Gopher Theater; Peter's Grill; Shinders; and the Cascade 9; aren't in Minneapolis anymore; and neither am I. Mary Tyler Moore is retired too; I think. This is as Minneapolis was in the prime of Mary Richards.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful and interestingBy SnowyThis is a beautiful and well done book. It is on the larger side and nicely heavy. The text is interesting and the photos are wonderful. I agree that I would have loved to see more photos. Even if you were not familiar with Minneapolis during this period (I was born in the 1980s) it is a fascinating book. Perfect gift.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. My son enjoyed seeing how different the city looks then to nowBy TayMNBought this for my dad who grew up in Minneapolis. It brought back a lot of memories for him and it sits on his coffee table. My son enjoyed seeing how different the city looks then to now. There are things you forget about and this brought back a lot of fun memories.
