Although Jewish communities have thrived in Iraq, Tunisia and Morocco, as well as in south-west Asia and North Africa, knowledge of these cultures is limited. This book presents an anthology of work describing the lives and culture of Jews in the Middle East in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Imagine a traditional Jewish community on the eve of the 19th century, and you will most likely picture the Eastern European shtetl. This prevailing European-oriented view obscures the fact that Jewry is a coat of many colors, with many diverse yet traditional manifestations, including the numerous Jewish communities of North Africa and Southwest ......
German and Jewish Confrontations with National Socialism and Other Crises
In a unique and relevant approach, Aschheim (history, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem) presents new insights into the existential dilemma of German-Jewish intellectuals who, having shared in the disposition of a great German cultural tradition, found themselves victims of its National Socialism. Within this
The complicity of the Hungarian Christian church in the mass extermination of Hungarian Jews by the Nazis is a largely forgotten episode in the history of the Holocaust. Using previously unknown correspondence and other primary source materials, Moshe Y. Herczl recreates the church's actions and its disposition toward Hungarian Jewry. Herczl ......
How has Judaism, a religion defined by its minority status, attained equal footing with Catholicism and Protestantism in dominating modern American religious life? This work, revealing the effects of this evolution on Jews in America and on America in general, encompasses politics and culture.
Falasha in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century
The origin, condition and future of the Black Jews of Ethiopia has been a source of debate. This study of the history of this community aims to demythologise the history of the Falasha and to consider them in the wider context of Ethiopian history and culture.
Illustrates how Jewish identity is inextricably linked to the physical, showing how racial identity both reflects and defines Jewishness. This title examines Holocaust remembrance, in the wake of Holocaust denial, as an act of revolt.
This collection offers a systematic and accessible account of the central issues in the thought of Rav Kook, the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Palestine. It concentrates on three areas: his relationship with Jewish tradition; his approach to faith and culture; and his political thought.
This collection offers a systematic and accessible account of the central issues in the thought of Rav Kook, the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Palestine. It concentrates on three areas: his relationship with Jewish tradition; his approach to faith and culture; and his political thought.
