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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration: -- INTRODUCTION -- I Varieties of Russian-Jewish History: Liberals, Zionists, and Diaspora Nationalists -- II M. O. Gershenzon and the Intellectual Life of Russia's Silver Age -- Bibliography -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index.

"Featuring essays by scholars of history, literature, television, and sociology, Rebuilding Jewish Life in Germany illuminates important aspects of Jewish life in Germany since 1949, including institution building, the internal dynamics and changing demographics of the Jewish community, and the central role of Jewish writers and public intellectuals."--

"This volume assesses the role of Jews, as both agents and figures, in the development of critical and literary theory in the twentieth century and beyond. Its topics range from biblical criticism to the relationship between Derrida and Levinas, from Mizrachi Jews in Israel to the Zionisms of Buber and Scholem"--

"Jews and Urban Life recognizes that throughout their long history, Jews have often inhabited cities. The reality of this urban experience ranged from ghetto restrictions to robust participation in a range of civic and social activities. Essays in this collection present relevant examples from within the Jewish community itself, moving historically from the biblical period to the modern-day State of Israel. Taking a comparative approach while recognizing the particulars of individual instances, authors examine these phenomena from a wide variety of approaches, genres, and media. Interdisciplinary and accessibly written, the articles display a multitude of instances throughout history showing the range of Jewish life in urban settings"--

This series focuses on the Jewish textual tradition as well as the ways it evolves in response to new intellectual, historical, social and political contexts. Fostering dialogue between literary, philosophical, political and religious perspectives, this series, which consists of original scholarship and proceedings of international conferences, reflects contemporary concerns of Jewish Studies in the broadest sense

Reviews Mirella Serri's I redenti (The Redeemed [2005]), which documents the experience of Italian intellectuals during & after the Fascist regime, which instituted a racial campaigned particularly marked by anti-Semitism. Discussion opens by noting the Italian left's vigorous denouncement of the text as sullying some of the left's most valued personalities, ie, the so-called Redeemed who moved from supporting the Fascist regime to adopting an antifascist stance during WWII. This response is seen to raise the issue of why the left should wish to conceal the responsibility for a large stratum of its intellectual personalities. Three historiographical themes springing from this phenomenon are outlined, focusing on the third, centered on how the concealment influenced the perception of the extermination of the Jews & of Fascism's racial policies in the political conscience & historical memory of Italians. It is argued that the Marxist-Leninist tradition is structurally incapable of grasping the Jewish problem & Zionism's nature in particular. The extent to which the Redeemed helped reinforce this insensitivity to the Jewish problem is analyzed. A 1961 civil disturbance involving an assault on antifascists following a screening of a communist-produced antifascist documentary & the polemic unleashed by the author's (1994) article on the same film critical of the left's "somnolence" with regard to its capacity to remember are recounted. Attention is given to the activities of scientist Sabato Visco, a signatory of the "Manifesto of Racist Scientists." From this, explored is why the Communist left has been so deaf on the historiographical silence of the Redeemed, which has served to conceal the racial policies of the Fascist regime & why it has evidenced such a lack of sensitivity regarding the Jewish question. D. Edelman

The relationships, past and present, between Jews and the political left remain of abiding interest to both the academic community and the public. Jews and Leftist Politics contains new and insightful chapters from world-renowned scholars and considers such matters as the political implications of Judaism; the relationships of leftists and Jews; the histories of Jews on the left in Europe, the United States, and Israel; contemporary anti-Zionism; the associations between specific Jews and Communist parties; and the importance of gendered perspectives. It also contains fresh studies of canonical figures, including Gershom Scholem, Gustav Landauer, and Martin Buber, and examines the affiliations of Jews to prominent institutions, calling into question previous widely held assumptions. The volume is characterized by judicious appraisals made by respected authorities, and sheds considerable light on contentious themes

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface to the New Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Narratives of Diaspora -- Introduction: Indian and Colonial Frames -- Farha: Crossing Borders, Maintaining Boundaries -- Mary: Coming Home to the Mount of Olives -- Flower: Meeting India at the Midnight Hour -- Jael: Indian Portrait, Jewish Frame -- Conclusion: Dwelling in Travelling -- References -- Notes.

The authors roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Father and daughter tell the tales behind Judaism's most enduring names, adages, disputes, texts, and quips. These words, they argue, compose the chain connecting Abraham with the Jews of every subsequent generation. From the unnamed, possibly female author of the Song of Songs through obscure Talmudists to contemporary writers, they suggest that Jewish continuity, even Jewish uniqueness, depends not on central places, monuments, heroic personalities, or rituals but rather on written words and an ongoing debate between the generations

This essay considers the place of the Jewish literary intellectual,
the Diaspora of Jewish public intellectuals from New York urban culture
to the American universities, and the consequent transformation of
public intellectuals into literary intellectuals. The beginning section,
entitled "Situating Myself," discusses my own diaspora from a suburban
enclave into the academic world and how I, like many Jews, have been a
not always comfortable guest in the house of English Literature.


"Eating Kosher Ivy" considers the discomfort Jews felt with New Criticism
and its emphasis on an ideal gentile reader, and the importance
of the work of Leslie Fiedler in freeing Jews from the shackles of
New Criticism. It stresses the work of important Jewish scholars who
emphasized representation rather than aesthetics and proposed major synthe
sizing visions of how literary periods functioned in terms of history
and philosophy. The role of Jews as public intellectuals is considered
at a time when Jews were still having difficulties finding a place in
prestigious universities, especially those in the Ivy League. Jewish
Studies was a way for scholars to rediscover themselves both as Jews
and public intellectuals.