The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881

The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881
Author: Israel Bartal
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2011-06-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 0812200810

In the nineteenth century, the largest Jewish community the modern world had known lived in hundreds of towns and shtetls in the territory between the Prussian border of Poland and the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea. The period had started with the partition of Poland and the absorption of its territories into the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires; it would end with the first large-scale outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence and the imposition in Russia of strong anti-Semitic legislation. In the years between, a traditional society accustomed to an autonomous way of life would be transformed into one much more open to its surrounding cultures, yet much more confident of its own nationalist identity. In The Jews of Eastern Europe, Israel Bartal traces this transformation and finds in it the roots of Jewish modernity.

Jews and Germans in Eastern Europe

Jews and Germans in Eastern Europe
Author: Tobias Grill
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2018-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110492482

For many centuries Jews and Germans were economically and culturally of significant importance in East-Central and Eastern Europe. Since both groups had a very similar background of origin (Central Europe) and spoke languages which are related to each other (German/Yiddish), the question arises to what extent Jews and Germans in Eastern Europe share common historical developments and experiences. This volume aims to explore not only entanglements and interdependences of Jews and Germans in Eastern Europe from the late middle ages to the 20th century, but also comparative aspects of these two communities. Moreover, the perception of Jews as Germans in this region is also discussed in detail.

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Eli Valley
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780765760005

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Cracow, and Budapest is the most comprehensive guidebook covering all aspects of Jewish history and contemporary life in Prague, Warsaw, Cracow, and Budapest. This remarkable book includes detailed histories of the Jews in these cities, walking tours of Jewish districts past and present, intensive descriptions of Jewish sites, fascinating accounts of local Jewish legend and lore, and practical information for Jewish travelers to the region.

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age

The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age
Author: William David Davies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 766
Release: 1984
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780521219297

Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.

Jewish Heritage Travel

Jewish Heritage Travel
Author: Ruth Ellen Gruber
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781426200465

This expanded and updated edition includes new coverage of Austria, Ukraine, and Lithuania in addition to Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and all of the ancestral homes to the great majority of North American Jews.

The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West, 1450-1800

The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West, 1450-1800
Author: Paolo Bernardini
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781571814302

Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social, and religious development of the New World. They played an important role in the discovery, colonization, and eventually exploitation of the resources of the New World. Alone among the European peoples who came to the Americas in the colonial period, Jews were dispersed throughout the hemisphere; indeed, they were the only cohesive European ethnic or religious group that lived under both Catholic and Protestant regimes, which makes their study particularly fruitful from a comparative perspective. As distinguished from other religious or ethnic minorities, the Jewish struggle was not only against an overpowering and fierce nature but also against the political regimes that ruled over the various colonies of the Americas and often looked unfavorably upon the establishment and tleration of Jewish communities in their own territory. Jews managed to survive and occasionally to flourish against all odds, and their history in the Americas is one of the more fascinating chapters in the early modern history of European expansion.

A History of East European Jews

A History of East European Jews
Author: Heiko Haumann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN:

Presents a history of East European Jewry from its beginnings to the period after the Holocaust. It gives an overview of the demographic, political, socio-economic, religious and cultural conditions of Jewish communities in Poland, Russia, Bohemia and Moravia. Interesting themes include the story of early settlers, the 'Golden Age', the influence of the Kabbalah and Hasidism. Vivid portraits of Jewish family life and religious customs make the book enjoyable to read.

Brothers and Strangers

Brothers and Strangers
Author: Steven E. Aschheim
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1982-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0299091139

Brothers and Strangers traces the history of German Jewish attitudes, policies, and stereotypical images toward Eastern European Jews, demonstrating the ways in which the historic rupture between Eastern and Western Jewry developed as a function of modernism and its imperatives. By the 1880s, most German Jews had inherited and used such negative images to symbolize rejection of their own ghetto past and to emphasize the contrast between modern “enlightened” Jewry and its “half-Asian” counterpart. Moreover, stereotypes of the ghetto and the Eastern Jew figured prominently in the growth and disposition of German anti-Semitism. Not everyone shared these negative preconceptions, however, and over the years a competing post-liberal image emerged of the Ostjude as cultural hero. Brothers and Strangers examines the genesis, development, and consequences of these changing forces in their often complex cultural, political, and intellectual contexts.

The Extermination of the European Jews

The Extermination of the European Jews
Author: Christian Gerlach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 521
Release: 2016-03-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521880785

A major new interpretation of the Holocaust, contextualizing the destruction of the Jews within Nazi violence against other groups.

Jews and Their Neighbours in Eastern Europe Since 1750

Jews and Their Neighbours in Eastern Europe Since 1750
Author: Yiśraʼel Barṭal
Publisher: Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781904113911

Counters the traditional image of Jews being in a permanent state of conflict with their eastern European neighbors by exploring neglected aspects of inter-group interaction, focusing on commonalities, reciprocal influence, and exchange.