Irene Levin Berman was born, raised, and educated in Norway. Her first conscious recollection of life goes back to 1942, when as a young child she escaped to Sweden, a neutral country during World War II, to avoid annihilation. Germany had invaded Norway and the persecution of two thousand Norwegian Jews had begun. Seven members of her father's family were among the seven hundred and seventy-one unfortunate persons who were deported and sent to Auschwitz. In 2005, Irene was forced to examine the label of being a Holocaust survivor. Her strong dual identity as a Norwegian and a Jew led her to explore previously unopened doors in her mind. This is not a narrative of the Holocaust alone, but the remembrance of growing up Jewish in Norway during and after WWII. In addition to the richness of both her Norwegian and Jewish cultures, she ultimately acquired yet another identity as an American.
Irene Levin Berman was born, raised, and educated in Norway. Her first conscious recollection of life goes back to 1942, when as a young child she escaped to Sweden, a neutral country during World War II, to avoid annihilation. Germany had invaded Norway and the persecution of two thousand Norwegian Jews had begun. Seven members of her father's family were among the seven hundred and seventy-one unfortunate persons who were deported and sent to Auschwitz. In 2005, Irene was forced to examine the label of being a Holocaust survivor. Her strong dual identity as a Norwegian and a Jew led her to explore previously unopened doors in her mind. This is not a narrative of the Holocaust alone, but the remembrance of growing up Jewish in Norway during and after WWII. In addition to the richness of both her Norwegian and Jewish cultures, she ultimately acquired yet another identity as an American.
Norway didn't have many Jews—but it had enough to attract Hitler's attention. It’s 1940 in Norway, and one Jewish family would rather be thinking of anything else. Budding artist Rebekka Davidson sketches the soldiers filling the school and streets, while her cousin Harald Rosenberg learns that he’d rather read about Hitler’s politics than experience them. Talented musician Ingrid Rosenberg prepares to go to her dream school while experiencing the wonders of first love—with the nephew of the leader of the local Nazis. Together, the family will do whatever it takes to return to normal life…but will it be enough? By the end of the war, Norway had lost a higher percentage of its Jews than almost any other country in Europe. This story, inspired by the author’s own experience growing up Jewish in 1940s Norway, brings readers both young and old into the touching struggles of one incredible family. Norway wasn’t too small for Hitler, and for some families, it was everything.
In The Price of Survival: Marcus Levin, Norwegian Holocaust Humanitarian, Irene Levin Berman tells the story of her father’s heroic attempts to save the Jews of Norway, as well as hundreds of stateless refugees who had escaped other European countries in the 1930s, from deportation to Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Marcus Levin worked tirelessly to help Jews before and after the Nazis invaded Norway, and after the war he worked with the American Joint Distribution Committee and organizations in Norway such as the Jewish Social Unit to help find homes and jobs for the few Norwegian Jews who returned survived the concentration camps as well as about 600 stateless Displaced Persons. In 1962 Marcus Levin was awarded a gold Medal of Honor by King Olav of Norway in recognition of his efforts during World War II.
Everyday Silence and the Holocaust examines Irene Levin’s experiences of her family’s unspoken history of the Holocaust and the silence that surrounded their war experiences as non-topics.A central example of what C. Wright Mills considered the core of sociology – the intersection of biography and history – the book covers the process by which the author came to understand that notes found in her mother’s apartment following her death were not unimportant scribbles, but in fact contained elements of her mother’s biographical narrative, recording her parents’ escape from occupied Norway to unoccupied Sweden in late 1942. From the mid-1990s, when society began to open up about the atrocities committed against the Jews, so too did the author find that her mother and the wider Jewish population ceased to be silent about their war experiences and began to talk. Charting the process by which the author traced the family’s broader history, this book explores the use of silence, whether in the family or in society more widely, as a powerful analytic tool and examines how these silences can intertwine. This book provides insight into social processes often viewed through a macro-historical lens by way of analysis of the life of an "ordinary" Jewish woman as a survivor.An engaging, grounded study of the biographical method in sociology and the role played by silence, this book will appeal to readers with an interest in the Holocaust and World War II, as well as in social scientific research methods. It will be of use to both undergraduate and postgraduate scholars in the fields of history, social science, psychology, philosophy, and the history of ideas.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Everyday Silence and the Holocaust examines Irene Levin’s experiences of her family’s unspoken history of the Holocaust and the silence that surrounded their war experiences as non-topics.A central example of what C. Wright Mills considered the core of sociology – the intersection of biography and history – the book covers the process by which the author came to understand that notes found in her mother’s apartment following her death were not unimportant scribbles, but in fact contained elements of her mother’s biographical narrative, recording her parents’ escape from occupied Norway to unoccupied Sweden in late 1942. From the mid-1990s, when society began to open up about the atrocities committed against the Jews, so too did the author find that her mother and the wider Jewish population ceased to be silent about their war experiences and began to talk. Charting the process by which the author traced the family’s broader history, this book explores the use of silence, whether in the family or in society more widely, as a powerful analytic tool and examines how these silences can intertwine. This book provides insight into social processes often viewed through a macro-historical lens by way of analysis of the life of an "ordinary" Jewish woman as a survivor.An engaging, grounded study of the biographical method in sociology and the role played by silence, this book will appeal to readers with an interest in the Holocaust and World War II, as well as in social scientific research methods. It will be of use to both undergraduate and postgraduate scholars in the fields of history, social science, psychology, philosophy, and the history of ideas.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
For noen år siden, da Irene Levin ryddet i sakene etter sin avdøde mor, fant hun noen skrevne ark. De dukket opp litt her og der, noen i en bokhylle, andre i en bunke med gamle kvitteringer. Først virket det som usystematiske skriblerier, alt fra lange fortellinger med en begynnelse og en slutt, til korte brokker, nærmest som huskelapper.Etter hvert begynte Irene Levin å gå grundigere gjennom notatene. Et nytt bilde av Fanny Raskows historie avtegnet seg, preget av selvbebreidelser fra krigen. Under datterens oppvekst i etterkrigstiden var de traumatiske hendelsene hele tiden til stede i hverdagen. De ble bare ikke snakket om. Hvorfor ble det slik?Irene Levin er akademiker og har også tidligere jobbet med taushet som fenomen. I Vi snakket ikke om Holocaust bringer hun temaet inn både i sin personlige og profesjonelle historie: Hvordan var det å være jøde i Norge etter krigen? Var det slik at jødenes grusomme skjebne ikke passet med det norske krigsnarrativet?«Dypt bevegende (…) Et oppriktig og personlig prosjekt (…) Aller best er boken når forfatteren sanker av sine egne minner og familieanekdoter.» Nikolai Melamed Kleiva, Morgenbladet
For noen år siden, da Irene Levin ryddet i sakene etter sin avdøde mor, fant hun noen skrevne ark. De dukket opp litt her og der, noen i en bokhylle, andre i en bunke med gamle kvitteringer. Først virket det som usystematiske skriblerier, alt fra lange fortellinger med en begynnelse og en slutt, til korte brokker, nærmest som huskelapper. Etter hvert begynte Irene Levin å gå grundigere gjennom notatene. Et nytt bilde av Fanny Raskows historie avtegnet seg, preget av selvbebreidelser fra krigen. Under datterens oppvekst i etterkrigstiden var de traumatiske hendelsene hele tiden til stede i hverdagen. De ble bare ikke snakket om. Hvorfor ble det slik? Irene Levin er akademiker og har også tidligere jobbet med taushet som fenomen. I Vi snakket ikke om Holocaust bringer hun temaet inn både i sin personlige og profesjonelle historie: Hvordan var det å være jøde i Norge etter krigen? Var det slik at jødenes grusomme skjebne ikke passet med det norske krigsnarrativet? «Perspektivrik fortelling som gjør inntrykk.»Sindre Hovdenakk, VG «Imponerende» Tore Linné Eriksen, Klassekampen «Dypt bevegende.»Nikolai Melamed Kleivan, Morgenbladet
En kortfattet, oppdatert og velskrevet bok for alle som ønsker å vite mer om hva sosialt arbeid egentlig er.I denne nye utgaven av «hva er SOSIALT ARBEID» viser Irene Levin hvordan faget blir til, og hvordan det endrer seg med samfunnsutviklingen. Sosialt arbeid og sosialarbeidere befinner seg i flere spenningsfelt: mellom teori og praksis, mellom hjelp og kontroll, og mellom individ og samfunn. Boken viser hvilke utfordringer sosialarbeidere møter, og hvordan relasjoner både er et arbeidsredskap og en analyseenhet.
Denne boken gir en grunnleggende introduksjon til symbolsk interaksjonisme som er ett av de sentrale perspektivene innen sosialpsykologi. Perspektivet innebærer blant annet at den sosiale virkeligheten ses i stadig forandring. Forfatterne viser hvordan menneskelig interaksjon skjer ved hjelp av innlærte symboler noe som gjelder både det talte språk og vårt kroppsspråk. Den beskriver videre hvordan menneskets sosiale roller overgår til identiteter, og gir en rekke konkrete eksempler på hvordan symbolsk interaksjonisme kan benyttes for å forstå samhandling og hverdagslivets gleder og sorger. Boken tar også for seg tidlige pragmatikere som William James, Charles Cooley, William I. Thomas, John Dewey, George Herbert Mead foruten Jane Addams og kvinnene på Hull House. Irene Levin er dr.polit. og professor ved Høgskolen i Oslo, der hun forsker i blant annet sosialt arbeid og sosialpsykologi. Jan Trost er fil.dr. og professor ved Uppsala universitet, der han forsker i blant annet sosiologi og sosialpsykologi.
Att förstå vardagen ger en grundläggande introduktion till symbolisk interaktionism som är en av de centrala teoribildningarna inom socialpsykologi. Teorin innebär bland annat att den sociala verkligheten ses som ständigt föränderlig. Författarna visar hur mänsklig interaktion sker med hjälp av inlärda symboler vilka utgör såväl vårt talade språk som vårt kroppsspråk. De beskriver vidare hur människans sociala roller övergår till identiteter och ger en mängd konkreta exempel på hur symbolisk interaktionism kan användas för att vi ska förstå vår vardag. Denna femte upplaga är språkligt uppdaterad och innehållet har bearbetats för att bli mer tillgängligt för läsaren.Boken är avsedd för universitets- och högskoleutbildningar inom samhälls- och beteendevetenskapliga ämnen.
Michael Hviid Jacobsen; Søren Kristiansen; Emma Engdahl; Antje Gimmler; Anja Jørgensen; Joseph A. Kotarba; Irene Levin; Søren Peter Olesen; Søren Overgaard; Jan Trost; Dan Zahavi; Michael Gardiner
Hverdagen spiller en afgørende rolle, hvis man vil forstå samfundet i sin helhed og kompleksitet, og de seneste årtier har studier af hverdagen spillet en stadig større rolle inden for sociologien. Hverdagslivet – sociologier om det upåagtede giver en bred introduktion til hverdagslivssociologien som et samlet felt. Bogen beskriver hverdagslivssociologiens ophav i Chicago-skolen og den amerikanske pragmatisme samt udviklingen mod nyere teoridannelser. Der stilles skarpt på marxisme, fænomenologi, eksistentialisme, emotionssociologi og nyere fransk hverdagslivssociologi, der ikke er eksplicit sociologiske skoler, men som på hver deres måde kaster et perspektivrigt blik på hverdagslivet. Endvidere præsenteres centrale hverdagslivstænkere som Goffman, Garfinkel, Sacks og Schegloff. Bogen er rettet mod studerende og undervisere på universiteter og højere læreanstalter. Bogen foreligger her i en gennemrevideret og ajourført udgave med til føjelse af to kapitler: fransk hverdagssociologi og emotionssociologi. Indhold: 1. Chicago-sociologi: Anja Jørgensen 2. Amerikansk pragmatisme: Antje Gimler 3. Symbolsk interaktionisme: Jan Trost, Irene Levin 4. Marxisme, modernitet og utopi: Michael Gardiner 5. Fænomenologisk sociologi: Dan Zahavi og Søren Overgaard 6. Erving Goffmann: Søren Kristiansen 7. Fransk hverdagssociologi: Michael Hviid Jacobsen 8. Eksistentiaistisk sociologi: Joseph A. Kotarba 9. Etnometodologi og det absurdes sociologi: Michael Hviid Jacobsen 10. Samtaleanalyse: Søren Peter Olesen 11. Emotionssociologi: Emma Engdahl og Michael Hviid Jacobsen Redaktion: Michael Hviid Jacobsen, professor ved Institut for Sociologi og Socialt Arbejde, AAU. Søren Kristiansen, lektor i sociologi ved Institut for Sociologi og Socialt Arbejde, AAU, samt prorektor sammesteds.
Irene Poe-Duce-Levi (1919) was called to Jerusalem, Israel, in 1948 and has lived there ever since. By using her extensive knowledge of the Semitic roots of God's Word, Irene continues to build bridges between Jews and Arabs. Related to the famous Edgar Allen Poe, Irene uses her God-given talent to bring glory to His name. While Irene has also written many Hebrew poems and songs, this book is a compilation of her English versions.
Whether you're dealing with the pain of being "dumped" by a friend or struggling to end a toxic relationship, Best Friends Forever is an indispensable resource for understanding and overcoming the challenges of friendship breakups. Navigating the end of a close friendship can be as heart-wrenching as a romantic breakup. In Best Friends Forever, psychologist and journalist Irene Levine, offers a compassionate and insightful guide to help women cope with the loss of a best friend. Drawing from years of research and personal testimonials from thousands of women, Levine provides practical advice and emotional support for those facing this unique form of grief. This groundbreaking book explores the reasons why friendships fall apart, offers strategies for coping with the emotional aftermath, and provides tools for personal assessment and growth. With heartfelt stories, actionable advice, and a deep understanding of the complexities of female friendships, Levine's book is a beacon of hope and healing for anyone who has ever experienced the loss of a close friend.
Practical tools for leading a happy, productive life Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling mental disorder that afflicts one percent of the population, an estimated 2.5 million people in America alone. The firsthand advice in this reassuring guide will empower the families and caregivers of schizophrenia patients to take charge, offering expert advice on identifying the warning signs, choosing the right health professional, understanding currently available drugs and those on the horizon (as well as their side effects), and evaluating traditional and alternative therapies.
Drawing on expertise in both expressive arts and grief counselling, this book highlights the use of expressive arts therapeutic methods in confronting and healing grief and bereavement. Establishing a link between these two approaches, it widens our understanding of loss and grief.With personal and professional insight, Renzenbrink illuminates the healing and restorative power of creative arts therapies, as well as addressing the impact of communion with others and the role that expressive arts can play in community change. Covering a broad understanding of grief, the discussion incorporates migration and losing one's home, chronic illness and natural disasters, highlighting the breadth of types of loss and widening our perceptions of this. Grief specialists are given imaginative and nourishing tools to incorporate into their practice and better support their clients.An invaluable resource to expand understanding of grief and explore the power of expressive arts to heal both communities and individuals.
Uncover the secrets to a thriving marriage. Focusing on reconciling differences and forging true intimacy, Two Equals One emphasizes the crucial roles of communication, understanding, and concerted team effort.100% of marriages that end in divorce are cited for "irreconcilable differences." Things that brought couples together are now tearing them apart. Simple occasional frustrations have morphed into everyday fights causing complex fractures. Marriages are miserable, families are affected, and the equation for a marriage made one is elusive.In Two Equals One, Jimmy and Irene Rollins introduce you to a solution that is counter-cultural to a society that encourages you to give up, to not give your spouse any more chances, or use pain as permission to step out on your spouse. A solution that with two committed people coupled with the power of God can be the equation for a marriage made one. Two Equals One presents the case to stay rather than leave. To lean in rather than let go. To give you a framework and path to discover a marriage equation of love, laughter, and longevity.From tackling tough topics such as addiction and resentment to addressing the impact of neglecting spousal roles, Two Equals One is a comprehensive guide to strengthening and salvaging relationships, while offering practical challenges, prayers, and resources to actively engage couples.Jimmy and Irene will help readers to:Move from cussing and fussing to communicating and forgivingLearn tools to have hard conversations that will improve your communication and connection in relationshipsFind hope and healing in areas in your relationship where there is real hurt, broken trust, and rebuild your relationship togetherDiscover how two completely different people can accept, learn from, and leverage their differences to make a marriage made one Jimmy and Irene encourage couples to identify differences and navigate through them, providing guidance on conflict management and expectation setting. They stand firm in their belief that with effort and commitment, any marriage can overcome challenges and thrive. Your irreconcilable difference can be reconciled.
