03068oam 22005654a 450 991015471120332120180817105043.097802530005760253000572(CKB)4340000000022941(MiAaPQ)EBC4766643(OCoLC)1016802814(MdBmJHUP)muse57740(Perlego)2429583(EXLCZ)99434000000002294119980526d1998 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierIn Search of Jewish Community Jewish Identities in Germany and Austria, 1918-1933 /edited by Michael Brenner and Derek J. PenslarBloomington, [Indiana] ;Indianapolis, [Indiana] :Indiana University Press,1998.©19981 online resource (271 pages) illustrations, tablesIncludes index.9780253334275 0253334276 Includes bibliographical references and index.A collection of essays interrogates the nature of Jewish identity in the time between two world wars. The history of Jews in interwar Germany and Austria is often viewed either as the culmination of tremendous success in the economic and cultural realms and of individual assimilation and acculturation, or as the beginning of the road that led to Auschwitz. By contrast, this volume demonstrates a re-emerging sense of community within the German-speaking Jewish population of these two countries in the two decades after World War I. The fresh research presented here shows that while Jews may have experienced a deepening sense of impending crisis and economic decline, a renewal of Jewish communal life took place during these years, as new groupings sprang up, including organizations for youth, for rural Jews, and for political groups such as Zionists and Bundists. Several chapters consider the impact of economic and political crises on German-Jewish family life. Together, these essays form a complex mosaic of German Jewry on the eve of its demise. "An excellent collection... well written and cogently argued." -David N. Myers JewsAustriaSocial conditionsCongressesJudaismGermanyHistory20th centuryCongressesJewsGermanySocial conditionsCongressesAustriaEthnic relationsCongressesGermanyEthnic relationsCongressesAustriaHistory1918-1938CongressesGermanySocial conditions1918-1933CongressesElectronic books. JewsSocial conditionsJudaismHistoryJewsSocial conditions305.892/4043Penslar Derek Jonathan1117003Brenner Michael1964-475906MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910154711203321In Search of Jewish Community2799005UNINA