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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461187003321

Autore

Berkowitz Michael

Titolo

The Jewish self-image [[electronic resource] ] : American and British perspectives, 1881-1939

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2000

ISBN

1-283-13365-2

9786613133656

1-86189-881-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Disciplina

305.8924

Soggetti

Jews

Jews - Identity

Zionists

Self-perception - Religious aspects - Judaism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Jewish Self-Image Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The Gallery of Zionists; 3. Greater Deviations; Epilogue; References; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text explores the ways in which Jews visualized themselves as a political entity between 1881 and 1939. Keen to assimilate into the Western societies of which they were a part, Jews also sought to preserve and re-invent forms of solidarity for themselves. Their efforts of self-assertion in the face of conflicting impulses came to be embodied in such personalities as Theodor Herzl and Rebecca Sieff.