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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783678803321

Titolo

Dark times, dire decisions : Jews and Communism / / edited by Jonathan Frankel ; guest symposium editor, Dan Diner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-19-029292-X

1-280-42856-2

0-19-534613-0

1-4237-2223-X

1-60256-561-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

Studies in Contemporary Jewry

Disciplina

909.04924

335.4089924

Soggetti

Communism and Judaism - History

Jewish communists - History

Jews - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers contributed to a symposium held at the Simon-Dubnow-Institut für Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur, Nov. 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Symposium Dark Times, Dire Decisions: Jews and Communism; Essay; Review Essays; Book Reviews; Biography, History, and the Social Sciences; Language, Literature, and the Arts; Religion, Thought, and Education; Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East; Contents for Volume XXI; Note on Editorial Policy

Sommario/riassunto

Part of the ""Studies in Contemporary Jewry"" series, this title features essays on the varied and often controversial ways Communism and Jewish history interacted during the 20th century. It examines the relationship between Jews and the Communist movement in Poland, Russia, America, Britain, France, the Islamic world, and Germany.