The Jews in the Modern World
A History Since 1750
Published on 28. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-340-69163-2 (ISBN)
Description
"The Jews in the Modern World" covers the period from 1750 until the present, with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores in detail the diverse ways in which the Jewish people have reacted to Modernity. As well as covering the Holocaust, the Diaspora and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the authors have included material on anti-Semitism, philo-Semitism, Sephardi and Oriental Jewry and the development of rival ideologies within the Jewish community. An important section of the book is devoted to the often neglected topic of the role of women in Judaism. Interest in modern Jewish history has never been greater, but despite the huge amount of recent research, this is the first major textbook in forty years to deal with the topic in a clear and undogmatic manner.
Reviews / Votes
The Jews in The Modern World possesses the merit of offering considerable information and of being up to date. Dark Times, Dire Decisions: Jews and Communism (St The book will be useful for undergraduate study due to its wide sweep, accessible language, attractive format, timelines, maps, and short 'Further Reading' sections at the end of each chpater. - Volume 90 Issue 1 January 2005 HISTORY - Journal of The Historical AssociationMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliog , index
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
715 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-69163-2 (9780340691632)
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W. D. Rubinstein | Hilary L. Rubinstein | Abraham J. Edelheit
The Jews in the Modern World Since 1750
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06/2002
Hodder Arnold
€90.67
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Content
Introduction / Jewish history from ancient times until the 18th century / Jewish responses to modernity in the 18th century / Patterns of emancipation: the continental experience / Patterns of emancipation: the English-speaking world / Jewish life in Tsarist Russia / The shephardi world: Afro-asian Jewry / Jewish social and economic pattern in the modern world / Judaism, the Jewish mind and the challenge of modernity / The rise of modern anti-semitism and Jewish-gentile relations, 1850 - 1933 / The Zionist movement and the Palestine mandates 1880 - 1939 / Interwar Europe and the zone of anti-semitism / Nazi Germany and the Holocaust 1933 - 45 / Israel: foundation and the state 1939 - 2000 / Jewish life under communism 1917 - 91 / The Jewish diaspora / Unity and division in contemporary jewish life / Bibliography / Index