Categorically Jewish, Distinctly Polish

Polish Jewish History Reflected and Refracted

AvMoshe Rosman

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Moshe Rosman's revolutionary approach has become a cornerstone of Polish Jewish historiography. Challenging conventions, he asserts that the 'marriage of convenience' between the Jews and the Polish--Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dynamic relationship that, though punctuated by crisis and persecution, developed into a saga of overall achievement and stability. With that fundamental message this book forges a thematic survey of Jewish history in early modern Poland. These essays, written by Rosman over the course of a distinguished career, have all been updated and enhanced with new detail and nuanced arguments, taking account not only of new archival material and research but also of the ongoing evolution of the author’s own knowledge and perspectives. Some appear here in English for the first time. The volume's structure highlights key topics for understanding the Polish Jewish past: relations between Jews and other Poles; Jewish communal life; Polish Jewish women; and hasidism. One section analyses how this past has been presented in both scholarly and popular modes. The essays are crafted to place them in dialogue with each other. Analytical introductions weigh their significance in the light of modern and postmodern Jewish and Polish historiography. An extensive general introduction sets the context of the history portrayed here, while a thoughtful conclusion elucidates the larger motifs that emerge.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-04-01
Mått:163 x 239 x 40 mm
Vikt:367 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Antal sidor:549
Förlag:Liverpool University Press
ISBN:9781906764852

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Moshe Rosman is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He has taught and held fellowships at many universities in Europe and the United States, published several prize-winning books, and received an honorary doctorate and prestigious awards, most recently the Rothschild Prize in Jewish Studies (2020).

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Reviews'This is a book I myself would want!'Antony Polonsky, author of the three-volume History of the Jews in Poland and Russia

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPART I HISTORIOGRAPHYIntroduction1. A New Scholarly Foundation: The Historiography of Polish Jewry Since 19452. The Verdict of Israeli Historiography on Hasidism3. POLIN: The Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the New Polish Jewish MetahistoryPART II JEWS AND OTHER POLESIntroduction4. Jewish Perceptions of Persecution and Powerlessness in the Commonwealth5. A Minority Views the Majority: Jewish Attitudes Towards the Commonwealth and Interaction with Poles6. Dubno in the Wake of Khmelnytsky7. The Question of the Jews in the Constitution of the Third of MayPART III THE JEWISH COMMUNITYIntroduction8. Jewish Autonomy in Poland and the Polish Regime9. The Authority of the Council of Four Lands Outside Poland--Lithuania10. The Indebtedness of the Lublin Kahal in the Eighteenth Century11. Everyday Violence in Jewish Communities of the Commonwealth12. The Image of Poland as a Torah Centre after 1648PART IV WOMENIntroduction13. History of Jewish Women in the Commonwealth I: An Assessment14. History of Jewish Women in the Commonwealth II: From Facilitation to Participation15. A Proto-Feminist Demand to Increase Jewish Women’s Religious Capital: Leah Horowitz’s Tkhine ImohosPART V HASIDISMIntroduction16. The Rise of Hasidism17. Międzybóż and Rabbi Yisra’el Ba’al Shem Tov18. Stories that Changed History: The Unique Career of Shivḥei habesht19. Hasidism as a Modern PhenomenonConclusion: Theme Decoding