The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 8, The Modern World, 1815–2000

This eighth volume offers an overview of modern Jewish history from political, social and cultural perspectives over the period 1815–2000.

Mitchell B. Hart (Edited by), Tony Michels (Edited by)

9780521769532, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 September 2017

1160 pages
23.7 x 16 x 4.8 cm, 1.5 kg

The eighth and final volume of The Cambridge History of Judaism covers the period from roughly 1815–2000. Exploring the breadth and depth of Jewish societies and their manifold engagements with aspects of the modern world, it offers overviews of modern Jewish history, as well as more focused essays on political, social, economic, intellectual and cultural developments. The first part presents a series of interlocking surveys that address the history of diverse areas of Jewish settlement. The second part is organized around the emancipation. Here, chapter themes are grouped around the challenges posed by and to this elemental feature of Jewish life in the modern period. The third part adopts a thematic approach organized around the category 'culture', with the goal of casting a wide net in terms of perspectives, concepts and topics. The final part then focuses on the twentieth century, offering readers a sense of the dynamic nature of Judaism and Jewish identities and affiliations.

Introduction Mitchell B. Hart and Tony Michels
Part I. History and Geography: 1. Central and Western Europe Robin Judd
2. Russian and Soviet Jewry Olga Litvak
3. Poland Scott Ury
4. The Balkans and South-Eastern Europe Matthias B. Lehmann
5. Great Britain, the Commonwealth and Anglophone Jewry Adam Mendelsohn
6. The United States Hasia Diner
7. The Hispanic world/Latin America Jeffrey Lesser and Raanan Rein
8. Colonial and post-Colonial Jewries: the Middle East, Africa and Central/Southern Asia Yaron Tzur
9. Israel Derek Penslar
Part II. Emancipation: Challenges and Consequences: 10. Jews and the modern state Pierre Birnbaum
11. Assimilation and assimilationism Todd M. Endelman
12. Liberal Judaisms Claire E. Sufrin
13. The new Jewish politics David Engel
14. Jews and the Left Jack Jacobs
15. Jews and commerce Jonathan Karp
16. Jews and social class Eli Lederhendler
17. Education and the politics of Jewish integration Gary B. Cohen
18. Philanthropy, diplomacy and Jewish internationalism Jonathan Dekel-Chen
19. Jews and modern European imperialism Ethan B. Katz, Lisa Moses Leff and Maud S. Mandel
20. Antisemitism and the Jewish question Jonathan Judaken
21. Generation, degeneration, regeneration: health, disease and the Jewish body Todd Samuel Presner
22. Zionism and its critics Eran Kaplan
23. The Holocaust and its aftermath Samuel Kassow
Part III. Jewish Cultures, National and Transnational: 24. Jewish culture: what is it? Zohar Shavit and Yaakov Shavit
25. Sephardic and Mizrachi literature Nancy E. Berg
26. Anglophone literature Axel Stähler
27. Hebrew literature Shachar Pinsker
28. Yiddish Mikhail Krutikov
29. Jewish studies: history, memory, scholarship David N. Myers
30. Jews and material culture Leora Auslander
31. Jews and popular culture in the twentieth century: North America Andrea Most
32. Jews and popular culture in the twentieth century: Israel and the Middle East Amy Horowitz and Galeet Dardashti
Part IV. Jews in the Modern World: 33. The dynamics of modernity: shifts in demography and geography Tobias Brinkmann
34. In search of authenticity: issues of identity and belonging in the twentieth century Jonathan Boyarin
35. Gender and the re-making of modern Jewry Naomi Seidman
36. Jews and science Ulrich Charpa
37. Mysticism and messianism Jody Myers
38. Orthodoxy and ultra-Orthodoxy as forces in modern Jewish life Jess Olson
39. Jews and Christianity Susannah Heschel
40. Jews and Islam Ivan Kalmar
Index.

Subject Areas: Geography [RG], Development economics & emerging economies [KCM], Judaism [HRJ], Religious issues & debates [HRAM], Religion & beliefs [HR], Social & cultural history [HBTB], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], History [HB]