"An Odyssey Of Survival" has been awarded Best Book in the category of Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Literature by the Jacob and Clara Egit Foundation of Toronto.
The author, Professor Michael Klein, accepted the award in Tel Aviv on June 15, 2006, where it was presented by the chairman of the Histadrut, the general federation of labor in Israel. "An Odyssey of Survival" is published by Mazo Publishers and distributed by Ingram and Baker & Taylor in the US and Jerusalem Books in Israel. Professor Klein, who received a cash prize for his work from the Egit Foundation, spoke after the presentation and gave a brief history of his survival in the concentration camps and the role that Oskar Schindler player in saving his life. Professor Klein told how he arrived in the US, not speaking English, and how ,10 years later, he received his Ph.D in Physics from Cornell University. In "An Odyssey of Survival", Professor Klein portrays the Jews' spiritual resistance to the Germans and their struggle to retain their faith and humanity in the shadow of death. He then portrays his personal struggle back to a normal life, not only the struggle for health and an education, but also to reconcile the tension between the world of a Chassidic teenage boy and the experience of surviving the Nazi death camps. Professor Klein lives in Jerusalem. For further information about the book, contact the publisher, Chaim Mazo, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ISBN: 965-7344-06-9 Soft Cover, 208 pages, $16.95 <http://www.mazopublishers.com/An%20Odyssey%20Of%20Survival.html>http://www.mazopublishers.com/An%20Odyssey%20Of%20Survival.html In addition to Professor Klein, the Egit Foundation recognized four other authors. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
