{"product_id":"9780870717444","title":"\"therefore, Choose Life...\": An Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn annotated translation of the extraordinary autobiography of Dr. Moisey Wolf (1922-2007), \u003ci\u003e“Therefore, Choose Life...”\u003c\/i\u003e is an important addition to the literature of Jewish experience and deepens our understanding of the human condition in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolf describes his Jewish childhood and youth in pre-war Poland, his escape from the Holocaust and subsequent medical service in the Soviet Army during World War II and the following decade, his distinguished career in psychiatry in post-Stalinist Soviet Russia, and his final years in Portland, Oregon, after his departure from the Soviet Union in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolf’s narrative skill and evocative personal insights, combined with Judson Rosengrant’s judicious editing and annotation and elegant translation, provide the reader with direct access to a world that has seemingly ceased to exist, yet continues to resonate and inform our own lives in powerful ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Therefore, Choose Life…”\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to readers interested in the history of the East-European twentieth century, pre-Holocaust Jewish family life in Poland, and in the survival of a man of deep religious faith and cultivation in the face of the catastrophes and vicissitudes of his time and place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oregon State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033029001456,"sku":"9780870717444","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780870717444_p0.jpg?v=1763844126","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780870717444","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}