Table of Contents

1: The Heritage of Medieval Judaism
2: Glimmerings of a New Age
3: A Rift Opening, 1720-1780
4: Era of Revolution
5: Emancipation and its Fruits: Western Europe, 1815-1870
6: Oppression, Expansion, and Reforms: The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1815-1881
7: Outposts
8: Age of Migration and Ideologies
9: From War to War, 1914-1939
10: Havens and National Home
11: Catastrophe, Recovery, and Triumph
12: A New Jewish World, 1950-1980
Index

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Professor of European Jewish History Emeritus, Tel-Aviv

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