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Schocken Books (1946), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 261 pages
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This charming memoir by Bella Chagall recalls her childhood in Vitebsk, the Russian-Jewish market town where she and her husband, Marc Chagall, grew up. Her warm reminiscences of Jewish family life in pre-Revolutionary Russia are illustrated with thirty-six pen-and-ink drawings by Marc Chagall. Bella Chagall, a gifted author and actress, was the youngest of seven children born to a well-to-do Hasidic family. While living in France in the 1930s, the Chagalls conceived the idea of commemorating their native town with a book. The title they chose was Burning Lights, an allusion to the festive candles that in their childhood had lit up the holidays of the Jewish year.
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LibraryThing member judithann
Collection of memories about groing up as a Jewish girl in Vitebsk in Russia. Fun to read about the different Jewish festivities and her first meetings with her husband-to-be.