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The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History - Hardcover

Flohr, Paul R.Mendes-

 
9780195026313: The Jew in the Modern World: A Documentary History

Synopsis

A collection of 200 essays, by wellknown and unknown Jews and non-Jews, inquiring into the Jewish identity, anti-Semitism, the Russian and American experiences, and the Holocaust

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Review

`A useful teaching tool, indeed the best available for the subject'Journal of Modern History

`A fascinating presentation executed through the skill and acumen of its editors, and should be compulsory reading for all those―Jew and Gentile alike―who are concerned with a fuller understanding of the historical forces that moulded the Jew in an alien world.'Jewish Quarterly

About the Author

Paul Mendes-Flohr is the author of From Mysticism to Dialogue, Martin Buber and the Transformation of German Social Thought (Wayne State UP, 1989), Divided Passions, Jewish Intellectuals and the Experience of Modernity (Wayne State UP, 1990). Jehuda Reinharz is the author of Chaim Weizmann, 2 vols., (OUP NY, 1985, 1993).

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