Kiddush ha Shem an Epic of 1648

1926. Sholom Ash was a prolific novelist. Most of his novels celebrate faith in God to redeem humanity from worldly pleasures and pain and he is considered a master of realistic fiction. The world he portrays is so sordid and decaying that belief in a higher being is humanity's only alternative to despair. Kiddush ha-Shem is a Hebrew term used in Jewish history for a Jew who choses to offer his own life for the sake of his faith. Kiddush ha-Shem is one of the earliest historical novels in modern Yiddish literature, it is a story of Jewish martyrdom during the Chmelnitsky uprising in mid-17th century Ukraine and Poland. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.Ash, Sholom is the author of 'Kiddush ha Shem an Epic of 1648' with ISBN 9781417916337 and ISBN 1417916338.