Gitlitz, David M. <br/><br/>
Pilgrimage and the Jews/ 
David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson. 
 - Westport, Conn :  Praeger Publishers,  2006. 
 - xvi, 312 p. :  ill., maps ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Jewish pilgrims? --<br/>2. Beginnings : converging on Jerusalem --<br/>3. Jerusalem, the state cult, and the three harvest pilgrimages --<br/>4. Pilgrimage in the early diasporas --<br/>5. Life on the pilgrimage road --<br/>6. Oh, Zion : Jerusalem in the center --<br/>7. Jewish saints be praised! --<br/>8. The cult of the Rebbe : Hasidic pilgrimage --<br/>9. Praying at the tzadiq's tomb : Sephardic pilgrimage --<br/>10. The shrines of the Holocaust --<br/>11. The shrines of nationhood --<br/>12. Israel as a shrine for the diaspora --<br/>13. Roots pilgrimage --<br/>14. Shrine wars. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0275987639 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.<br/>Jewish shrines.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Jerusalem--In Judaism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.481   / GIT/P