Moskat family
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The Moskat family is a fictional Jewish family at the center of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel "The Family Moskat," representing the changing world of Polish Jewry before World War II.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moskat family canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
literary character group ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Family Moskat ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hasidic background
ⓘ
Jewish bourgeoisie in Poland ⓘ |
| centralThemeIn | The Family Moskat ⓘ |
| createdBy | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation |
Polish shtetl milieu
ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfWork | 1950 ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Adele Moskat
ⓘ
Asa Heshel ⓘ Meshulam Moskat ⓘ
surface form:
Baruch Moskat
Emil Moskat ⓘ Meshulam Moskat ⓘ
surface form:
Ezriel Moskat
Koppel Moskat ⓘ Lola Moskat ⓘ Meshulam Moskat ⓘ Shifra Moskat ⓘ Yoshke Moskat ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| hasSettingCountry | Poland ⓘ |
| hasSettingPeriod | pre–World War II era ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Zionism and emigration
ⓘ
assimilation ⓘ economic change ⓘ family decline ⓘ impact of war on Jewish communities ⓘ marriage and infidelity ⓘ religious tradition versus modernity ⓘ secularization of Jewish life ⓘ |
| hasWorkTitle | The Family Moskat ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English translation
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
microcosm of prewar Jewish society in Poland
ⓘ
symbol of the fate of Polish Jewry ⓘ |
| portrays |
generational conflict
ⓘ
social stratification within Jewish communities ⓘ tension between faith and skepticism ⓘ urbanization of Jewish life ⓘ |
| represents |
Polish Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Polish Jewry
changing Jewish life in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| workAuthorLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
| workAuthorNationality | Polish-American ⓘ |
| workGenre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ |
| workOriginalLanguage | Yiddish ⓘ |
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