Jewish Journey

A Passage through European History

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

The history of European Jewry is a vast and complex subject. In this book, Edward Gelles traces Jewish history in Europe and the Near East from early times to the modern day. Topics examined include: population movement; settlement and integration; advancement in aspects of European culture and learning; relations with European states and dynasties, Christians and Ottomans; religious persecution; and war and anti-semitism, including the Holocaust. Edward Gelles and his family, both immediate and in their wider circle, have huge and distinguished family connections that provide historical context.Combining biography, traditional genealogy and a contribution from the rapidly developing field of genetic genealogy, this book weaves emerging patterns into the grand tapestry of European history.

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Utgivningsdatum:2021-02-25
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350241701

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Edward Gelles is an independent historian and genealogist. Born into a distinguished Jewish family, he came to England in 1938 after the Anschluss and studied at Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK. He pursued a career in chemistry, returning to the study of history and genealogy after his retirement.

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Preface Introduction - A Mirror of the Past Part 1. Genealogical Threads 1. Carolingian Connections in the 8th Century - Kalonymos of Narbonne 2. In the Spanish March and Provence from the 10th Century - Benveniste and Shem Tov Halevi3. From Portugal to the Ottoman Empire in the 16th Century - Joseph Nasi, Duke of Naxos4. From Provence to Venice and Beyond - Eliyahu Menachem Chalfan Part 2. 16th - 17th Centuries 5. Bohemia, England, and America - David and Chaim Gans of Prague6. Golden Age for the Jews of Prague - Judah Loew and Contemporary Rabbis7. From Padua and Venice to Poland and Lithuania - Life and Times of Saul Wahl8. A Polish Affair - Sigismund III Vasa and Hannele WahlPart 3. 18th Century and Later9. Capitalists and Rabbis - Galician Social and Economic Background 10. Jewish Community Life in Brody - “The Jerusalem of Austria”11. From the Baltic to the Black Sea - Jewish Migrations in Eastern Europe12. Shmuel Hillman of Metz - Connections of an Influential 18th-Century Rabbi13 Frankists - A Heretical Jewish sect in Eastern Europe 14. Chasidism in the Age of Enlightenment - Rational and Mystical strands in 18th-Century JewryPart 4. Various Roads to Modern Times15. Mendelssohn, Marx, Buber and other Descendants of Saul Wahl16. Chayes: Prague, Brody, Livorno, and Vienna - Pan-European Connections from the 15th to the 20th Centuries 17. They Met in Trieste - Christians and Jews in an Ethnic Melting-Pot 18. Rabbis and Lawyers - A Shared EthosPart 5. A Brief Look Back to our Legendary Past19. Davidic DescentAppendices - Onomastics and Genetic Genealogy20. Family Names 21. A Study in Genetic Genealogy22. The Wahls of Tarnobrzeg - Genealogical Links and DNA tests23. X-DNA Matches and European Roots24. Genetic Admixture of Ashkenazi Jews - Relating to Millennial MigrationsEpilogueGlossary