title: The Bells of Memory: A Palestinian Boyhood in Jerusalem
author: Issa J Boullata
description: Issa Boullata invites us to catch glimpses of his life in a Palestinian family in the uniquely pluralistic city of Jerusalem in the 1930s and 1940s. Writing simply, sympathetically, but wisely, he tells us about his life experiences at home, at school, and in society against the backdrop of the gathering political storm that culminated in the Palestinian Nakba of 1948. This book will undoubtedly leave a lasting impression on its readers. -- Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, President of Al-Quds University
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  # Pictures of Jewish Home-Life Fifty Years Ago
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Hannah Trager
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
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  FOREWORD
  
  
  THE ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM
  
  
  THE WELCOME
  
  
  THE CELEBRATION OF PURIM
  
  
  THE BAKING OF THE MATZOS
  
  
  LAG B'OMER
  
  
  THE SABBATH IN PALESTINE
  
  
  THE SUCCAH
  
  
  HOW CHARITY IS GIVEN
  
  
  FATHER FROST IN JERUSALEM
  
  
  ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING CEREMONIES
  
  
  APPENDIX
  
  
  GLOSSARY
  
  
  
  
  
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  Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Keren Vergon, Cori Samuel and the
  
  
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  PICTURES OF JEWISH HOME-LIFE FIFTY YEARS AGO
  
  
  By HANNAH TRAGER
  
  
  Author of _Stories of Child-Life in Palestine_ _Festival
  
  
  Stories of Child-Life in Palestine_ _Pioneers in Palestine_
  
  
  WITH A PREFATORY LETTER BY LEO JUNG
  
  
  WITH FOUR PLATES AND A GLOSSARY
  
  
  NEW YORK BLOCH PUBLISHING CO., Inc.
  
  
  PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE STANHOPE PRESS, LTD. ROCHESTER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To
  
  
  MY BELOVED PARENTS in reverence and grati