Pilgrimage of a Proselyte: From Auschwitz to Jerusalem

by David Patterson

The author, David Patterson, set out on a journey that led from the Kingdom of Night to the Land of the Covenant. And from those waters of purification he emerged transformed body and soul.

207 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

About the author

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David Patterson holds the Hillel Feinberg Chair in Holocaust Studies in the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. A member of the World Union of Jewish Studies and the Association for Jewish Studies, he has delivered lectures at numerous universities and community organizations throughout the world. He is a participant in the Weinstein Symposium on the Holocaust, a member of the Facing History and Ourselves International Board of Advisors, and a member of the Scholars' Platform for the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre, Cambridge, England. He also serves as Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Stephen S. Weinstein Series in Post-Holocaust Studies, published by the University of Washington Press.

He has also translated literary works by Turgenev, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy.

Reviews

[Elaine Haynes · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my all time favourite books. The first time I read it, it touched a part of my soul I didn't know existed. It has become a very important part of my journey and I read it over every year or two.