Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish Modernity - Architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and Orthodoxy

Zusatztext "Olson has filled a lacuna that should have been addressed long ago. He brings readers into the mind of this profound intellectual and neglected Jewish leader, helping us to understand both what drove Birnbaum over his six-decade multifaceted career and the tensions and choices of his contemporaries and successors." Informationen zum Autor Jess Olson is Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Associate Director of the Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University in New York. Klappentext A pioneering biography of Nathan Birnbaum, one of the central but largely forgotten founders of Zionism, leader in Jewish nationalism, and theoretician of Orthodox political activism. Zusammenfassung A pioneering biography of Nathan Birnbaum, one of the central but largely forgotten founders of Zionism, leader in Jewish nationalism, and theoretician of Orthodox political activism.

Product details

• Authors: Jess Olson
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.01.2013
• EAN: 9780804778732
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7873-2
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education