International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War

The untold story of how American Jews reinvented modern humanitarianism during the Great War and rebuilt Jewish life in Jewish homelands.

List of contents

Preface; Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. War Sufferers: Moving Money in War; 2. The Hungry: Establishing In-Kind Relief in the Field; 3. Refugee: Solutions without Resolution; 4. The Sick: Jewish Fitness through Jewish Health; 5. Child: Welfare for a Contested Jewish Future; 6. The Impoverished: Credit as Reconstruction; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Jaclyn Granick is Lecturer in History and Religion at Cardiff University.

Summary

Jaclyn Granick reveals the untold story of how American Jews reinvented modern humanitarianism during the Great War and rebuilt Jewish life in Jewish homelands. She provides insights into the origins of American Jewish philanthropy and politics and its implications for understanding modern humanitarianism as a whole.

Additional text

'This is a pioneering monograph on global Jewish social policy from the First World War through the 1920s. Granick deftly illustrates the synergy between American-Jewish funders and administrative experts in Europe, their Herculean efforts to assist Jews in war-torn regions, and the challenges they faced as trans-national actors in a world increasingly defined by nation-states.' Derek Penslar, author of Shylock's Children: Economics and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe

Product details

• Authors: Jaclyn Granick, Jaclyn (Cardiff University) Granick
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108495028
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49502-8
• No. of pages: 418
• Series: Human Rights in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Jewish Studies, Judaism, Human rights, civil rights, History and Archaeology, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities