In these riveting, firsthand accounts, based on twenty years of interviews, yeshivah students of yesteryear vividly portray life in the small towns and yeshivos of Eastern Europe and Israel. The strength of spirit and deep-set emunah they imbibed in the yeshivah walls prepared them to withstand fierce spiritual challenges posed by the powerful currents sweeping Jewish communities worldwide, the tribulations of war, hardships in Israel and America, life in Siberia and on the steppes of Asia, and even in the countries where they eventually settled. The reader will come away with a new appreciation and understanding of life in pre-war Litvish Europe.