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1st Edition

Terms of Survival The Jewish World Since 1945

Edited By Robert Wistrich Copyright 1995
    480 Pages
    by Routledge

    480 Pages
    by Routledge

    480 Pages
    by Routledge
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    The emergence of the state of Israel has fundamentally changed the conditions of Jewish existence. The issues now facing Jews everywhere are totally different to those that confronted them only fifty years ago.
    This book provides the only thoroughly worldwide modern history of the Jews of the Diaspora. Robert Wistrich has drawn together an outstanding collection of authors from the United States, Europe and Israel in order to analyse the immense changes that have taken place since 1945 in a comprehensive, yet original, manner.
    Cultural, religious, domestic, political, economic and occupational transformations in Jewry are addressed in up-to-date studies.
    Terms of Survival reframes the nature of the debate by highlighting continuity and change in the position of the Jews throughout the world.

    INTRODUCTION: THE POST-WAR JEWISH WORLD Part I 1 CHANGING CORES AND PERIPHERIES: FIFTY YEARS IN SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE 2 THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST 3 EMIGRATION AND ALIYAH: A REASSESSMENT OF ISRAELI AND JEWISH POLICIES 4 THE NEW JEWISH POLITICS IN AMERICA 5 THE SKILLS AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF AMERICAN JEWRY 6 MODERNIZATION, ETHNICITY AND THE POST-WAR JEWISH WORLD Part II 7 THE POLITICAL PROFILE OF AMERICAN JEWRY 8 AMERICAN JEWS AND UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY (1945–90) 9 SOVIET JEWRY—A COMMUNITY IN TURMOIL 10 ETHNICITY AND THE JEWISH VOTE: THE FRENCH CASE 11 JEWISH POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND VOTING PATTERNS IN ENGLAND 1945–87 12 ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE AFTER 1945 Part III 13 RELIGIOUS TRENDS AMONG AMERICAN AND ISRAELI JEWS 14 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN AMERICAN JUDAISM: THE CASE OF NATHAN GLAZER 15 PROTESTANT ATTITUDES TO JEWS AND JUDAISM DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS 16 CATHOLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR 17 THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD AND THE JEWS: THE LAST HALF-CENTURY Part IV 18 BREAKING THE MOULD: THE MATURING OF HEBREW LITERATURE 19 THE JEWISH WRITER AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 20 STATE AND REAL ESTATE: TERRITORIALITY AND THE MODERN JEWISH IMAGINATION

    Biography

    Robert S. Wistrich is the Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of London, and holds the Neuberger Chair of Modern European History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the author of many books and articles, including Anti-Semitism: The Longest Hatred (1991) and Between Redemption and Perdition (1990).

    `... useful addition to the library of studies of contemporary Jewry ...' - Times Literary Supplement

    `The Jewish fate, in all its majesty, terror and mystery, continues to merit curiosity and reflection. This impressive and authoritative book ranges across continents and disciplines to make that fate relevant. To the specialist, Terms of Survival will be indispensable; to the serious general reader, it will be engrossing.' - Stephen J. Whitfield, Brandeis University, USA

    `A window into the diverse, complex and fascinating saga of Jewish existence since the holocaust.' - David Cesarani
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