Jewish History

The emergence of Jewish history--part two.

The Jewish experience between 1914 and 1948 begins and ends with war. In 1914, WWI began, a watershed in both European and Jewish history, as it marked the end of four great empires: the Tsarist, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, and German Reich.

European influence in the Middle East.

Art as text.

The namesake for the Conservative day school network was a key scholar who became president of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York.

Jewish historiography frequently uses the history of texts as the periodization for Jewish history.

Jews in Medieval Christendom. Jewish History from 632 - 1650. Medieval Jewish History. Jews in the Middle Ages.

From chants to niggunim.

The social and intellectual changes brought about by the advent of the printing press.

The Inquisition expanded its horrible reach

A historical perspective on the Jewish canon, and reflections on what today's learned Jews need to know.

Nachman Krochmal pioneered the idea of historical-critical study of Judaism in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia