Between Budapest and Jerusalem The Patai Letters, 1933-1948

The tribulations experienced by the five Patais (Raphael, his father, mother, brother, and sister), as well as their interactions with many well-known Jewish leaders, authors, and scholars of the 1930s both in Hungary and Palestine, spring to life in fascinating detail in the letters presented in Between Budapest and Jerusalem. Rich in source material, this book provides rare insight into the life of one of the first families of Hungary and Palestine, the twilight of the Hungarian Jewish community, the initial phase of Jewish nation-building in Palestine, and the Arab-Jewish struggle for that much-contested and much-loved land.Patai, Raphael is the author of 'Between Budapest and Jerusalem The Patai Letters, 1933-1948' with ISBN 9780739102114 and ISBN 0739102117.