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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827697903321

Autore

Olson Jess

Titolo

Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish modernity : architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and orthodoxy / / Jess Olson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8047-8500-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Collana

Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Disciplina

320.54095694092

B

Soggetti

Zionists - Austria

Yiddishists - Austria

Orthodox Judaism - Europe - History

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

Discovering the nation -- New conflicts, new directions -- Rupture and renaissance -- The eastward gaze -- The origins of an orthodox ideologue -- At home in the fold -- The final ascent.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum. Now remembered mainly for his coinage of the word ""Zionism,"" Birnbaum was a towering figure in early Jewish nationalism. Because of his unusual intellectual trajectory, however, he has been written out of Jewish history. In the middle of his life, in the depth of World War I, Birnbaum left his venerable position as a secular Jewish nationalist for religious Orthodoxy, an unheard of decision in his time. To the dismay of his former colleagues, he adopted a life