Modern Jewish History
Why Are So Many American Jews Politically Liberal?
The post-war politics of American Jews were shaped more by Jewish experience than Jewish tradition.
Wissenschaft des Judenthums
The new academic study of Judaism examined Jewish religion from the scholarly perspectives of theology, literature, and history.
Absorbing the Exiles
Israel worked to absorb massive numbers of Jewish immigrants during the 1950s.
Jewish History, 1948 to 1980
A narrative of Jewish history between 1948 and 1980, including the foundation of the state of Israel, Jews in the USSR, and suburbanization in the United States.
Jewish Emancipation in Russia
Faced with state-endorsed anti-semitism, Russian Jews attempted to make their own emancipation.
Jewish Emancipation and Enlightenment
How Enlightenment ideals in Europe created the potential for Jewish citizenship.
