{"product_id":"the-rooster-called-gila-kornfeld-jacobs-9780998361963","title":"The Rooster Called: Hungary to Israel - Our Father's Life Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe authors of \u003cem\u003eThe Rooster Called \u003c\/em\u003etrace the life of their father, Yisrael Kornfeld, who was born in a village in the Austro-Hungarian empire. He joined the movement that envisaged a socially just society for a new Jewish state and immigrated to Palestine. He participated, literally, in building Israel, as one of the craftsmen who built the Port of Tel Aviv. Kornfeld married and had a family, worked daily, honestly, and skillfully. Yet, he did not enjoy the gains of many of his contemporaries. The sadness of his last years, as he endured the devastation of Parkinson's Disease, made the authors wonder about the progression of his life, and engendered a wish to create a memorial to a man who came to the country with so much promise and left it, and his family, in painful loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book joins the authors' memories with historical and social research about the cultural effects on Jews of living in the Austro- Hungarian Empire, and the political, economic and social developments in Israel through the years. This combination of individual and family histories, combined with historical research, sets \u003cem\u003eThe Rooster Called \u003c\/em\u003eapart from other family memoires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gila Kornfeld Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0998361968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780998361963\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Personal History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Gila Kornfeld Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046932574463,"sku":"9780998361963","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_043d5982-0a4e-4012-a4bb-1067cebccdac.jpg?v=1684987318","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rooster-called-gila-kornfeld-jacobs-9780998361963","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}