In these riveting, first hand accounts,yeshivah students of yesteryear vividly portray life in the small towns and yeshivasof Eastern Europe.
Whether in Kamenitz, Lublin, Pressburg or Vilna - Mir,Warsaw, Nitra or Slabodka - Kelm, Shurayn, Telz or Marienbad - the strength of spirit and deep set emunah they imbibed in the yeshivah walls prepared them to withstand the spiritual challenges posed by the powerful currents sweeping Jewish communities worldwide: - the tribulations of war, Kovno and Lodz ghettos, life in Siberia and on the steppes of Asia, and even in the countries where they eventually settled.