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Examines the social and cultural forces which have shaped Jewish history and civilization since the time of the French Revolution

Product Description: A diverse collection of essays studying Jewish communities before, during, and after their emergence into a modern, emancipated status. A fitting tribute to an outstanding sociologist and scholar.

Examines how Jewish society, politics, and culture have changed during the past two centuries and describes how modernization and widespread emigration affected the Jewish community

A collection of 22 essays by distinguished scholars on the Jewish response to antisemitism worldwide over the past 200 years.

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Tracing the development of modern anti-Semitism from the 1870s to the Nazi takeover, the author maintains that it was less sinister and less influential over the lives of Jews and gentiles than some historians have suggested. UP. (view table of contents)

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"Traversing farflung Jewish communities in South Africa, Australia, Texas, Brazil, China, New Zealand, Quebec, and elsewhere, this wide-ranging collection explores the notion of "frontier" in the Jewish experience as a historical geographical reality and a conceptual framework. As a compelling alternative to viewing the periphery only as a locus of dispossession and exile from the "homeland," this work imagines a new Jewish history written as the history of the Jews at the frontier. In this new history, marked by the dynamics of change, confrontation, and accommodation, marginalized experiences are brought to the center and all participants are given voice. By articulating the tension between the center/periphery model and the frontier model, "Jewries at the Frontier" shows how the dynamic confrontation between and among cultures and peoples provides a new, multivocal account of Jewish history." (view table of contents)

An updated and revised book reviews the history of the Jewish people and the development of anti-Semitism, describes the horrors of the Holocaust, and examines the role of Holocaust survivors in the growth of Israel. Original.

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Product 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...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An eminent historian and author of A History of Israel provides a readable, comprehensive study of the Jewish people over the course of the last four hundred years, analyzing the diverse roles of the Jews as both catalysts for key accomplishments of modern civilization and as the victims of reactionary political ideologies and totalitarian regimes. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Presents a collection of essays, editorials, and book reviews on Jewish history, issues, and politics written over a forty-year period by the political philosopher who fled Germany in 1933 following the rise of Hitler. Reprint.

Reviews the history of the Jewish people and the development of anti-Semitism, describes the horrors of the Holocaust, and examines the role of Holocaust survivors in the growth of Israel