Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Iii: Jews and Other Ethnic Groups in - a Multi Ethnic Worl

Zusatztext 'This abundance of material poses a formidable task for any reviewer. Once the initial shock has been survived! the next reaction must be wonderment at the liveliness of historical scholarship.Lionel Kochan! L'Eylah Klappentext This series is published yearly by the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It is edited by Jonathan Frankel, Peter Medding, and Ezra Mendelsohn, all distinguished professors of history at The Hebrew University. Volume III, the first to be published by Oxford, includes symposia, articles, book reviews, and lists of recent dissertations by major scholars of Jewish history from around the world. This year's symposium topic is "Jews and Other Ethnic Groups in a Multi-ethnic World." Essays in Volume III cover such topics as Jews in the Austro-Hungarian armed forces; post-Holocaust Hungarian Jewry; the American Jew as journalist; and Jewish social history. Zusammenfassung Address on of the great questions of modern Jewish studies: to what extent is modern Jewish history unique, and to what extent have Jews acted in ways similar to those of other minorities?

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Medding Frankel, Ezra Mendelsohn
• Assisted by: Jonathan Frankel (Editor), Frankel Jonathan (Editor), Peter Y. Medding (Editor), Medding Peter Y. (Editor), Ezra Mendelsohn (Editor), Ezra (all Professors of History Mendelsohn (Editor), Mendelsohn Ezra (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.1987
• EAN: 9780195048964
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504896-4
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Studies in Contemporary Jewry,; Studies in Contemporary Jewry
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Judaism / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Social and cultural history, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General