The Jews in Poland / Edition 1

by Chimen Abramsky

Overview

By the end of the 17th century probably three quarters of world Jewry dwelt within the borders of the Polish republic, which became not only a haven from persecution but the centre of a flourishing Jewish culture. This culture survived the decline and partition of the Polish state and in the 19th century became the seedbed for the intellectual movements that were to transform the Jewish world - zionism, secularism, socialism and neo-orthodoxy. With the development of mass emigration from the late 19th century onwards, the influence of Jews from the former Polish Republic was carried to Western Europe, North and South America, South Africa and Australasia.

The Jews in Poland focuses on the relationship of the Jews to the other peoples with whom they lived - sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict - to offer a general outline of the most significant factors in the evolution of Jewish life in Poland from the beginnings of Jewish settlement to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780631165828
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/08/1991
Edition description:	REPRINT
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.07(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Chimen Abramsky respectively former Goldsmith Professor of Jewish History, University of London.

Editorial Reviews

The second-largest pre-Holocaust Jewish population in the world, the once-flourishing culture of Polish Jewry--seedbed of Zionism, socialism and neo-orthodoxies--is examined in what PW called ``a set of scholarly papers.'' The editors depict how, throughout history, Poland's Jews have consistently been victims of anti-Semitism promoted as government policy. (May)

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