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Memoirs of a Refugee: The Travels and Travails of Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung
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Memoirs of a Refugee: The Travels and Travails of Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung
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The author notes that in October of 1941, twenty-nine rabbis and rabbinical students left Shanghai and eventually arrived in Montreal, under an unusual Canadian government visa program to help Orthodox rabbis. Among these refugees were the future chief rabbi of Montreal, Pinchas Hirschprung (1912-1998), as well as nine shlichim of the Lubavitcher rebbe. The author offers a detailed account of Hirschprung’s journey from his hometown of Dukla, Poland, through Lithuania, Latvia, the Soviet Union, Japan, Shanghai, and the United States, until his arrival in Montreal. Through Hirschprung’s personal experience, the author highlights the complexities and difficulties of searching for refuge during this particular period of the war, prior to the American entry after Pearl Harbor. As well, the author brings together previously untranslated archival and biographical information on the other rabbinical refugees who travelled with Hirschprung, including students and teachers from some of the best-known prewar yeshivot of Lithuania and Poland. The author also addresses the tensions between the Orthodox and secular rescue organizations during the Holocaust.
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Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes
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Vol. 27
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68-84
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2019
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en
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Lapidus, Steven. “Memoirs of a Refugee: The Travels and Travails of Rabbi Pinchas Hirschprung.” Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes Vol. 27 (2019): 68–84.
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