
Jerusalem Transformed
Politics, Culture, and Hidden Corners
Richard I. Cohen(Editor)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 23. December 2024
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-19-778321-4 (ISBN)
Description
The symposium that kicks off the latest volume of Studies in Contemporary Jewry focuses on the city that is at the very center of contemporary Jewish life, both geographically and culturally. Jerusalem is an extremely engaging and beautiful city as well as a source of continual controversy and contestation. The authors in the symposium discuss a wide range of topics, with a focus on politics and culture, offering readers provocative views on the city over the last 120 years. Essays by historians and cultural scholars in the volume engage with such issues as visions of the city among Jews and non-Jews and musical and literary imaginings of the city, while other scholars bring original interpretations of the city's political evolution in the past century that will both surprise and intrigue readers. The extensive book review section illustrates the consistent interest in modern Jewish history and culture.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
16 figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-778321-4 (9780197783214)
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09/2024
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Person
Richard I. Cohen is Professor Emeritus in modern Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, recently served as the academic director of the Israel Center of Research Excellence (I-Core) for the Study of Cultures of Place in the Modern Jewish World and was formerly the Paulette and Claude Kelman Chair in French Jewry Studies. His research interests have focused on the history of Jews in western and central Europe and on the interrelationship between art and society in the modern period. He recently co-authored Samuel Hirszenberg 1865-1908. A Polish Jewish Artist in Turmoil.
Editor
Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish HistoryProfessor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Content
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